#look at that passionate boy

[suchawrathfullamb]

my "hot" take on the show is that while it tried to dehumanize hannibal and make him seem like a god/devil, with no feelings, and apparently most of you do see him like that, I'm over here like "my bbg he has biiiig big feelings leave him alone" and "I trust no words that come out of Will Graham's mouth". I don't know what happened along the way but I ended up perceiving everything upside down from what they tried to depict lol

#idk I just see so much humanity in hannibal and soooo many feelings like too many that he just cannot deal so he created a person suit #but he's passionate and impulsive and so in love and he gets emotional over opera like hello #I see the truth in EVERY lie he told #and I don't see him as supernatural or godly #but Will on the other hand?? WILL GRAHAM IS AN ALIEN TO ME #that man scares me so much #I trust nothing that he does or says he has such cunning vibes #I swear that man is an alien disguised as a pretty boy and I do not trust him he looks like a coiled snake #besides he fooled everyone EVERYONE on that show #hannigram #nbc hannibal #hannibal #will graham #murder husbands #hannibal lecter #hugh dancy #mads mikkelsen #meta #analysis

[anxiouspotatorants]

Actually you know what I need to rant about this: while literati is technically a good girl x bad boy dynamic it is written so incredibly well and avoids so many pitfalls and stereotypes that it makes a good girl x bad boy hater like myself (I’m only half joking — I don’t think any trope is inherently good or bad but I tend to dislike most pairings with this dynamic) fall head over heels for their story and relationship.

So much of what makes the two of them work is the contrast between how others perceive them and how they truly are. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of people who understand who Rory is as a person (Lorelai, Lane, Paris, Richard and Emily to a certain degree for starters), but she's constantly met with the expectation that she just does good and is supposed to make everyone proud 24/7. Stars Hollow as a group especially are big on this, as seen f. ex. through how Taylor takes Rory's one comment about an inappropriate DVD and twists the whole thing into a censorship crusade and makes Rory its poster-child even though she wants nothing to do with it and tells him so repeatedly. But instead of hearing Rory disagree with him (like he would Lorelai and Luke) he assumes that she actually agrees with him - and why shouldn't she when she's the perfect sunshine paragon of good who would never disagree with her elders? Also her grandparents treat her as incredibly fragile and childlike, like she must be too innocent to ever do anything wrong and so whenever she does something it has to be somebody else's fault (usually Lorelai, but occasionally Jess or whoever else was present). Time and time again Rory is treated like something innocent and naive and weak — but not by Jess. He sees her as a person.

And it obviously goes the other way too. Jess is treated like shit by pretty much everyone else. Either people hate him unprovoked or very much provoked (he did do a lot of pranks in his first few weeks and while I'm a Dean-hater I'm not blind to how much Jess picked fights with him), or they’ve simply given up on him. He tells Rory himself that every authority figure he had back in New York gave up on him too, from teachers to principals to his very own mother. But Rory doesn’t treat him like a lost cause, she treats him like the smart, brilliant and asshole-ish teen that he is. By having faith in him she also often holds him more accountable than others. Where f. ex. Lorelai or the other adults just roll their eyes, Rory physically drags Jess into doing his shifts at the diner. While others write him off, Rory chews Jess’ ear out for not helping Luke more and for willfully making enemies out of the Stars Hollow adults.

They don't put each other on pedestals or below each other. Jess doesn’t try to make a sinner out of Rory and she doesn’t try to make a saint out of him. There’s genuine respect between them. They expect each other to have integrity and treat others with kindness and honesty, and the rest is good old chemistry and common interests.

I particularly love how in so many of their scenes (especially pre-relationship) when they spend time alone they just get to be these goofy nerdy kids. They argue about controversial authors and dig through records shops and eat hot dogs and make fun of each other and try to make each other laugh. It’s not just sexual chemistry as it too often is in a dynamic like this (and often uncomfortably sexual when writing teenagers - looking at you Gossip Girl), and not just well written intellectual chemistry — they have platonic chemistry too. A hell of a lot of it actually.

While I don’t think ASP wrote them through a purely deconstructionist lens on the good girl x bad boy dynamic (if she did plan on writing the dynamic at all), there is something to be said about how where many around them treat them like stereotypes they treat each other like people. To so many people, Rory is a perfect small town princess, a little miss sunshine with booksmarts for days but too delicate and sweet for anything with grit and weight. To a lot of the same people and many more Jess is a pathetic brutish and maniacal lost cause, hell personified in a chainsmoking leather-wearing teenager. But to each other they are actual human beings. Kind and mean and flirtatious and scared and reckless and smart. Rory really thinks that with the right motivation and mindset Jess can be the kind who does (and at the end wrote) incredible things. Jess really believes that with a little more practice and support to step out of her comfort zone she can be the amazing journalist she wishes to be.

They don’t have this stupid «we’re so bad for each other but we can’t stay away» thing that too many trope users rely on and don’t even justify in the plot. Everyone else might think they’re not fit for each other, but they knew they were each other’s person from the very first day.

#where a lot of good girl x bad boy dynamics are about opposites attracting #what draws Rory and Jess towards each other is how much they resonate with each other #the books the weight of expectations and assumptions the passion for more in life #they don't look at each other and see a sexy alien world they look at each other and see themselves #me rant because me unnecessarily passionate about this #again I don't inherently hate the good girl x bad boy dynamic #there's just so many examples of doing it badly out there #like I don't even need the dynamic to be morally good I just need it to be justified in the narrative #and to not just rely on the same old “it's so bad but it feels so good” and relying on stereotypes over actual character writing #Rory and Jess is one of the ways this dynamic is actually done right and it's because ASP doesn't dumb them down #or take the dynamic for granted just because it's popular and bound to have an audience #literati #gilmore girls #rory gilmore #jess mariano #rory x jess #gilmore girls meta #my meta #also extra because I can't contain myself

[sass-squat]

Part 6 of the Linked Universe Winged Au! After many requests this time around we've got our Veteran, Legend!

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As always we have to start off with a bird fact, so did you know that male White-Winged Crossbills have unpigmented barbules that mask their red color and are what make them appear pink in the fall? However, as these barbules wear off, the bright red is able to show through leaving them a brilliant red in the spring and summer!

Anyways, I found this fact to be very interesting especially considering Legend's adventure throughout Oracle of Seasons. Just the mental image of his plumage slightly shifting with the constant changing of the seasons was very funny to me and I couldn't NOT make it canon. Plus, I enjoy making his life more difficult than it already is because I also headcanon that when he was younger, his wings were constantly stuck in a half molted state because white-winged crossbills usually molt in the fall. In other words, turns out messing around with seasons and time has consequences so he was a very scruffy, fluffy looking kid growing up.

As for how he looks and acts now, he has many similar characteristics and behaviors of a White-Winged Crossbill. For example, he is a very strong flier, and his unique way of flying has given him a very aggressive and abrupt fighting style both on the ground and in the air. His style of fighting is especially effective in forests with a lot of trees because it allows him to dart between foliage and foes alike.

While his flight and fighting styles were influenced by the sheer number of quests he has gone on as well as his young age when he began, other characteristics and behaviors of his were also influenced as well. For example, when he was still just a kid thrown into his first adventure where just about everything in the world was bigger than him, he learned to bristle and fluff his feathers to appear bigger and more threatening to enemies. While somewhat effective at the time, nowadays it means he still has the unconscious habit of doing it whenever he is irritated or embarrassed.

In addition to his tendency to "poof" when upset, he also has a habit of picking at and pulling out his own feathers when especially stressed. He picked up this habit mainly because of his constant molting as a child but then continued it as he was went on more and more adventures. Doing it is second nature to him now, but it's a bad habit he's actively trying to break by fiddling with his rings instead. It's also part of why he's so insistent about preening the others because helping them quite literally stops him from pulling out his own feathers.

Anyways! I could go on, but that's all for now folks! Thank you again for all your support and kind messages! I really treasure them and they are always the highlight of my day! As always, feel free to let me know who or what you would like to see next! Thank you all again!

Bonus Doodle Feat. Wind taking a photo of Wild taking a photo of Legend inspired by this masterpiece:

#my art #winged au #LUWAU #Linked Universe: Winged AU #linkeduniverse #linked universe #loz #legend of zelda #loz link #lu legend #I'm a failure #I swear I had this art done like 2 days ago but I'm illiterate and couldn't write to save my life #Anyways. Making Legend's life and childhood even more difficult than it already was is my passion #Did I basically give him the equivalent of bird acne with his constant molting??? Whoops. #also that lil tidbit about pulling out his own feathers is a real thing birds do when physically or emotionally distressed! #I really looked at Legend and went “this bad boy can hold so many suppressed trauma responses” #I also showed this to @breannasfluff a couple days ago and she said Legend looked like he was posing for a picture #So I had to draw a quick doodle to make it canon #I use my time and artistic talents for good I swear

[thormanick]

Me, going about my day: i really like alhaitham and kaveh and whatever is happening between them. precious boys need to keep them safe

Evil Thoughs tm popping up in my head once in a while: canonically, Kaveh wants to be remembered. Alhaitham is a Scribe, which implies that he's keeping records. Alhaitham is closest to Kaveh and knows him really well. Alhaitham will be the best at remembering Kaveh. Therefore it might be a possibility that Alhaitham will outlive Kaveh, and by much-

Me, suddenly distressed: shut up shut up shut up-

#ah yes don't you love it when your thoughts go and do. that #anyways wishing nothing but the best to the boys may their respective reruns happen soon #genshin impact #genshin impact thoughts #genshin impact headcanons #genshin impact kaveh #genshin impact alhaitham #haikaveh #kavetham #alhaitham x kaveh #afinna explores teyvat #this was actually partially inspired by the idea that Vision holders give something up in order to receive a Vision #and if the Vision encompasses the most sincere wishes of the weilder #what will happen when the weilder achieves these dreams while still being alive #in my hc achieving the passion that Vision symbolizes like. annihilates you from existence on a certain level or smth idk #on this point. in-game we've seen people gain visions. get their visions taken away. and die while having a vision (kazuha's friend). #i wonder what will happen to a person when they achieve the goal that allowed them to get their vision in the first place #i think that would be interesting #also idk sometimes i look at kaveh and go 'ah yes you have the narrative potential of dying at some point of the story and I. Am. Worried.'

[sokkas-first-fangirl]

HOW IS IT ONLY NOW SINKING IN THAT HUNTER’S EYE BAGS ARE GONE???

MY BOY IS FINALLY RESTING 😭💕

#he's happy at last #look at him go #hunter noceda #hunter toh #toh spoilers #watching and dreaming #the owl house #hunter deamonne #toh finale #he's got a family #he's got a flapjack tattoo #he's doing things he's passionate about #my boy is thriving #i'm so proud #hunter my beloved

[crescentfool]

i've been doing a bunch of tartarus runs in reload lately, and it got me thinking about how i miss certain ways FES's clunky gameplay can characterize minato… (ramble about the great clock mechanic + leveling up party members in reload vs fes under the cut)

when i got to yabbashah block in tartarus (block 3), i remember commending the developers for adding the great clock mechanic. it's a much more convenient way to keep party members at the protagonist's level- so when you think about p3 from the perspective of trying to make it easier for people to play, the mechanic succeeds in this respect.

but now that i'm in adamah block, and that i've done lots of my once-a-month tartarus runs… i think that i got a little too dependent on it, and the way that i played through reload feels like a vastly different experience from how i played FES.

in reload, my party's levels are very lopsided. minato, yukari, akihiko, mitsuru, and fuuka are all level 90+, meanwhile junpei and aigis are at level 79, and then… poor ken and koromaru are at 71 and 64 respectively. (i never got to have a great clock for them…)

meanwhile, in FES, my party's levels were much more evenly distributed and were at least level 90. i did all of this manually for every monthly tartarus run because i enjoyed having options available for the taratarus guardians and monthly operations.

with how i perceive minato, i feel that the way i played FES feels more in-line with his character than me dawdling around waiting for the great clocks in reload.

FES's gameplay loop left me with the very strong impression that minato has to work twice as hard as everyone else in SEES does. it makes sense because, yeah, he's the leader, but something about having minato run through tartarus multiple times with different groups of people just to make sure that they are adequately prepared speaks volumes about his character, to me.

and while the tired mechanic is present in reload to some degree, most notably with allowing you to freely raise your courage stat when you visit edogawa after school… the tiredness system doesn't hit the same way that FES does, i think.

the way your party members in FES will call it quits when they return to the entrance floor at tartarus when they're tired, versus minato, in spite of all his tiredness and sickness, still pushes through tartarus because it's his responsibility…. idk!!! i miss that! i feel like this really hammers home the difference between minato and the rest of SEES, how minato doesn't really see himself as a human with needs worth respecting as long as he's useful to someone.

i don't think that tartarus being tedious (in FES especially) is not what most people would describe as fun, and i can respect people thinking it's a slog. but, regardless of how it feels to play, it doesn't change that FES's gameplay loop is a fundamental building block in how i perceive minato…

of course, i do recognize that you can just opt to NOT use the great clock in reload (and it's great when players are offered the choice to not partake in mechanics)! i definitely think that if someone really wanted to, they could manually level up party members, but i do feel that kind of playstyle isn't necessarily "incentivized" to the type of people who are into playing games for Having a Good Time. it's kind of like… "why would you do that when there's a much more convenient option available to you."

in any case! despite my woes, i do want to emphasize that i'm glad that reload has a much more smoother gameplay loop than the original P3 did, because it does make the game more accessible to people. having played both FES and reload, it feels very strongly apparent to me how the core gameplay formula of persona has really been refined in the past 18 years (to think og p3 was 2006 and reload is 2024.. time flies!). and reload has made revisiting a story that i love so dearly much, much easier because the gameplay just bops!

at the same time, due to my "i miss characterization informed by weird and dated FES gameplay quirks" woes, i still think that playing FES is worthwhile. (really, i feel this way about all iterations of p3! i think it's worthwhile to see what each version and side media has to say even if it doesn't Land™ for you.) but i also understand why people wouldn't want to play it, so i will keep writing posts about things i liked from FES's gameplay because i'm still very fond of FES (especially in respects to minato. these mechanics are so telling about him!!!) 💪

#lizzy speaks #persona 3 #persona 3 reload #<- specifically mentions of mechanics. no added story content just tartarus talk #minato arisato #today on lizz life: lizz wakes up THINKING about minato for the NTH time and is compelled to write a tumblr post about it #tartarus in reload is excellent looking and fun but i keep thinking about what i liked about how FES characterizes minato so #here i am... LOL... with my 790 or so word ramble... im so normal about the blue boy #i needed to get my feelings out there somewhere i just could not stop thinking about HIM HE IS IN MY BRAIN 24/7 #me playing reload last night like 'minato would not fucking wait for a great clock to make sure that SEES is adequately prepared.' #and yet my sloth brain awaits the great clock... LOL gameplay convenience is not lost on me #i'm stuck in tartarus rn im grinding rubies and stuff trying to get equipment so i can throw hands with elizabeth its going to be fun #im still not done with this game i continue to be haunted by tartarus i fucking love that tower unironically #uh usually id ramble more in tags but. go read my post!! because i like analyzing FES gameplay mechanics!! i am full of passion and love!

[oatbugs]

my research partner and i are huddled in a blanket in paddington waiting for a too-late train i already miss you and you and you

#he keeps falling asleep almost on my shoulder and waking up and readjusting but i want to tell him its ok weve seen a lot #of each other ive seen your brainwaves you called me crying a few nights ago. research partner right now is a potentiality #friend is a certainty. i met a banker passionate about finance. he said his advice made the lives of others better and he likes the numbers #more than he likes anything else. on a high rise near canary wharf the view was wonderful and the people even moreso #he said i loved her but i spent 33 grand on her and i cant do this anymore. his voice cracked talking about her. he did love her. #and she talked softly she grabbed my hand she bought me a pack of Marlborough gold she told me to snap #the russian menthol cigarettes of the tortured polish man near us with my teeth i kept staring at her teeth #bright white and sharp. i couldnt find her heartbeat but i did find warmth and i did find her lips and i did feel #how she felt pressed against a wall. a pretty boy held my hand and i gave him my number. i couldnt stop smiling about her no matter #how many runways youve walked on how many collections youve designed how many students youve taught. senior lecturer teaches me how to do #very unethical things ethically over a double shot of vodka made by the half-persian with broken farsi. she talks softly #and she says her eyes are hazel but they appear a shade of red. pure gold on her hands and leather on her back and her fingers on my lips #(she talks softly sees through me she says something i cant hear but i wont forget the way she flies) she talked to my research partner #about the possibility of moving to sunny dubai with the rest of her family and my heart felt pierced. on her arm i traces a tattoo of a #knife passing through a rose. she told me she thought there was romance in severing so i kissed her some more. #he sat me down and asked me what i loved and i told him and he said no romance no person no tragedy will take that from you. #the room was filled with a collection of people in love with something that wasnt a person and i kept looking at her. #red eyes bitten jawline beautiful hands. it is 3 degrees Celsius my head is on his shoulder i miss my friends #we walked out the lecture hall with arms linked a photo of two years ago and we both said #jesus christ. i miss you all. and i miss logic metatheory lectures. im glad i get to stare at the depth of your eyes #i wish i had met you years ago. #crushposting

[nonokoko-draws]

Do you guys see my vision

#bucchigiri?! #bucchigiri #marito jin #jin marito #nonokoko's art #my edits #I hit him with the trans beam. Mahoro is trans too btw #Their parents expected a boy and a girl and they sure had them lol #sorry if the top surgery scars are weird it's my first time coloring them instead of letting them in black so idk what I was doing #I just complicated my life x10 harder by giving him more tattoos? Yeah I did now I'll have to remember them and draw them *le sigh* #trans headcanon #not entirely convinced in letting his lower tattoo have the same colors as the butterfly. May change that detail #not proud of the result it looked better in my doodle phase tbh like what's up with that arm. Oh well #giving snake inspo features to characters related with snakes on their design in some way is my passion. Long live animal characteristics #♡ — my art #artists on tumblr #character headcanons #IMPORTANT FACT: the scars are supposed to resemble the S from Siguma that's why they are rounder than normal scars would look like

[galactic-aesir]

Sorry Dunmeshi English dub but Laios, to me, will always sound like an excitable Wayne from Letterkenny.

#its about the cadenced monotone that gets rapid fire fast when passionate #laios #dunmeshi #dungeon meshi #actually wayne looks like laios too alksjdfa;lksjdf #im anime only but i sort of heard that laios is from a northern ish place? #make my boy canadian

[hivemindscape]

The waves continued to lap against the shore. Push and pull. Breathe in, breathe out.

“What triggered it?”

The question was quiet, and so out of the blue it took Wilbur a moment to realize Tommy had asked it.

“What do you mean?” Wilbur asked.

“Your panic attack,” Tommy clarified, his hair tickling Wilbur’s cheek again. “Was it random, or did something trigger it?”

"Your Name Is A Triangle" by @bonesandthebees​

song i drew this to alt version under the cut

#These past few months have been Hard for me art wise #No desire to even pick up the pen for the first few weeks after the wilbur finale and then utter demotivation because of tommys #At some point my passion for the mcyt fandom hanged by one thread- fanfiction #and the only fics i wanted to read were those of someone i already know and love #I was miserable over the idea no crimeboys content will make me emotional anymore #The first fic I willed myself to read is This one #and it was the biggest most sought-after surge of positive emotion I've experienced in a while #so relatable and soft and real and in character and so. full of love #Bee revitalized me to the point i instantly jumped to sketch this art the image was SO CLEAR. And I drew and It Worked I could draw #And till recently i couldnt find time to finish it and post it but even the coloured sketch brought me so much hope and joy to look at #Now one of my favorite pieces for so many reasons #Love your resident fic writers #Give them apprecition on the daily #they're my forever heroes #crimeboys #crime boys #crime boys fanart #mcyt fanfiction #wilbur soot #wilbur soot fanart #fanfiction fanart #tommyinit fanart #tommyinnit #mcyt

[frobby]

I met this guy once in my government class and we were working on a project together and I was taking about mairuma and he was like 'oh I've watched that' so we started talking about it and he asked me who I thought was endgame for iruma and I told him the love trio obviously and he was very put off by that. He literally said "maybe Clara but not asmodeus because he's a guy"

My brother in christ mairuma is basically a big allegory for being queer

#It's impossible to engage with mairuma without acknowledging that it's queer #Striped of all the magical elements mairuma is about a boy with a secret where if people around him find out he will be harmed #It's about being yourself and it's about greed #Be passionate and greedy when it comes to yourself be indulgent #It's about queer acceptance #It's about queer love #It's about queer power #You can't look past that it's impossible #Mairuma #mairimashita iruma kun #That guy after we finished our project literally never talked to me again

[creativesplat]

inspired by @shokuheshi's doodle of Ivy, I thought I would find my funniest screenshots and doodle them.

#as a side note Dimitri and alfred not getting along was a bit tragic #like the bois why don't they like each other? #but it was either going to be they hate each other with a passion or are super close friends from the get go and I guess they picked the 1s #maybe that's why Alfred can only talk to Claude in fe engage because dimitri and alfred would be too powerful but also petty together #lol #anyway #the me if I had therapy looking mofo is my fave #dimitri alexandre blaiddyd #what a cool name #dimitri #yimr #alfred #fire emblem #fire emblem heroes #fire emblem 3houses #fire emblem engage

[raestarr42]

#trafalgar law #LOOK AY ME LIKE THAT PRETTY BOY #LOOK AYT ME WITH THOSE PASSIONATE ASS EYES AAAAAAAHHH #LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME #MARRY ME #get down on ur knee (both of them) #hes my lesbian wife #my bbg <3 #i need him #i want him #mine mien mien mine mine mine mine mine mine

[justgleekout]

My baby moves at midnights

Goes right on ‘til the dawn

#YOU GUESSED IT! #ITS MY FAVOURITE BABY DISCO BOY! #glee #blaine Anderson #glee fanart #blaine anderson fanart #my art #I was looking at gifs of this scene and he just looked so precious and compact and passionate #and I LOVE HIM #so I just made this quick thing #because loOK AT HIM #BABY DARLING LOVE OF MY LIFE BLAINE ANDERSON

[mizukiko-kun]

something something being the only one shirtless in a conversation about opening up to your friend and your crush

#i was taught that there's a connection between mr darcy in the 2005 film wearing his shirt open at the end and him finally opening up #you know. revealing oneself both physically and mentally and all #but boy... #this is VERY revealing #but that's the end of my thoughts. they can't go very far with him looking like that #my adventures with superman #maws #also he looks like he could pose for one of those very passionate romance fiction covers #you know the ones with wild shirtless men and half-undressed women with the forest as the background lol

[the-valiant-valkyrie]

ok hang on bc now im thinking abt... wigfrid- after numerous failed attempts to try and get willow to appreciate any sort of art (preferably hers but at this point literally anything would do)- and suddenly just having an epiphany that... every time she makes a fire. that is art to her. that is her art.

willow standing there like "no its not. its not art its fire. art is cringe and lame and fire is cool and based wigfrid. obviously."

but its like. no willow. no it is art to you. its your lens through which you see the world. its your metaphor to which you convey your sense of self. its the spark that sets alight your soul to indescribable emotion. what you feel when you make a fire is no different than what an artist feels when they produce art. and in that regard you've kind of been an artist this entire time.

and she just kind of has to. figure out what to do with that.

#going insane abt this new concept sorry. probably bc im hungy as hell and im not thinking straight #this is important though. to me. #wig and willow have a really fun dynamic and this is new territory to explore i haven't even considered #both very passionate women who don't fully understand each other's interests.... but now. but now. #theres a link. of sorts. look at the link boy.