#my precious child

[satorougojo]

Shibuya Incident - Gate, Close

#jujutsu kaisen #jjkedit #jjk spoilers #hyeahjujutsu #yuji itadori #my precious child #love him so deeply it did something to my soul #have you all tried loving yuji #I think we should all love yuji #jjk #mygifs

[bird-inacage]

Dead Friend Forever EP12 | “White? Why? Why?”

"I'm sorry I put you through all this. Actually, you didn't wanna come, but I kept asking you to come. And now we're in a dangerous place. When you asked me, you didn't know that things like this were gonna happen."

"You can shoot me instead, but please let him go. He has no part in this. He's not supposed to experience this. Why do I have to know all about this? I didn't wanna come here in the first place, Tee."

"Tee, don't leave me. A guy like me doesn't deserve to be happy. I believe that no one in this world deserves to be alone."

#dead friend forever #dff the series #DFF #dff spoilers #teewhite #fuaiz thanawat #this was so goddamn sad #my precious child #my poor precious boy #you didn't deserve any of this #😭😭😭

[bproccoli]

the bestest boy

#stick my beloved #my precious child #my emotional support background character #dead poets society #dps #dps fandom #stick #stick dps #my posts

[frozenearthwife]

Ruby is a rare type of protagonist

This is gonna be long, you’ve been warned!

I am a grown ass adult woman. I like female protagonists, I prefer watching them and relating to them, and always have.

I’ve watched a lot of animes since my teenage years, upwards of 400 last I counted on MyAnimeList a few years ago. I’ve been to Tokyo - twice - and spent at least 20 hours scouring the anime stores of Akihabara. I paid the Japanese mailing service to send a Saber figurine back to my home country since it was too big to bring in my luggage. (This one!)

Why does this matter and what does it have to do with Ruby? Read on:

During my years of being an utterly anime fanatic, I started to grow bored. After 400 animes, you’ve seen most of the plot twists. Most of the stereotypical personalities. All the classics have been watched and rewatched. The story beats, even if presented in a new packaging, becomes predictable.

You start to see the patterns, so to say. I’ve been hyped more times than I can count, only to be disappointed when yet another promising series took a predictable, cliché turn with its story or characters. It may not be sudden, sometimes it happens several episodes or even a few seasons into the show. So you never know for sure until having spent a lot of time watching.

There are a lot of GREAT animes with male protagonists, but how rare isn’t it to find one that does NOT build towards the guy being needing to become stronger than his enemies and winning some important final fight? (as is common in shounen in general)

As time went by I found myself getting more and more picky with what I wanted to spend time watching. I prefer shows with the cool, badass, strong girls, since those are the ones I enjoy watching and them being girls makes it easier for me to relate and enjoy their achievements.

Cool...

Badass...

...strong girls. 

These are what I want. Finding them, however, can be tedious work, especially in the role as main protagonists.

In the anime world, there are some common tendencies with strong female characters:

1) The badass female character is either a side-kick to the male protagonist, eventually become overshadowed by a male protagonist, OR in some cases by some new girl, because heaven forbid any of the cool girls get developed beyond their one single character arc. (ex. Fate/Zero, A Certain Magical Index, Shakugan no Shana, Koutetsujou no Kabaneri, Sword Art Online, Attack on Titan, any anime with a harem, and so many others - they can still be good shows though, that’s not the point!)

2) There are great animes out there with great female protagonists, however they are usually either a) sexualized (ex. Kill la Kill) or b) shows geared towards kids (ex. Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, The Owl Hourse (yes, I’m putting this here even if it’s not an anime) or c) romance focused (ex. Revolutionary Girl Utena). I love these shows for other reasons though!

3) The actually great action animes with badass female protagonists that are allowed to develop and not be overshadowed by their crush/secret male protagonist etc. do exist, but are sadly few and far between. (Soul Reaper is pretty great with Maka, although BlackStar steals a lot of space, and I prefer the anime for this exact reason. A Certain Scientific Railgun was my fav for a long time, but sadly Mikoto is in love with the harem protagonist of the main show and gets overshadowed whenever he’s involved.)

And it doesn’t matter if the show is named after the girl(s) or not!

Here are two girls, each with their own anime named after them (Railgun/Index). Guess who’s the most important character who actually drives the main story?

Shakugan no Shana: Yes, Shana is the name of the girl. Guess which character gets the most power-ups and biggest development?

There’s nothing wrong with liking these shows, I mean I watched them too, and I enjoyed them for the most part... but sometimes I just... whish the dude would stay a side-kick?

So, first impression of RWBY was... cautious optimism?

When I first watched RWBY, because an online friend suggested it, I was surprised to find four strong female protagonists - and Ruby presented as the main protagonist what with the very first episode being named after her and there was no guy in sight.

Seems good? Even if the animation is super wonky. Ruby is cool. I like her. She has an awesome weapon too and is competent with it. She even bites back at people instead of becoming submissive. She gets saved in first episode yes, but it was by an adult woman after a woman took over the fight from Roman.

Also no fanservicy panty shots, suggestive angles and what-not? Seems promising.

But I’d seen this before. A show starts out with a cool, interesting, badass girl as the main protagonist. Then at some point some guy gets introduced, and it turns out he’s special, and she crushes on him, and then he gets stronger, and now she’s his side-kick, and more girls come along, and everything keeps scaling upwards forever (except the original girl), you get the idea.

Then the show turned into some hybrid of Harry Potter x Sailor Moon x high school anime spinoff wannabe with questionable quality? Okay, but maybe with these interesting girls and some cool plot it can work?

The Jaundice episodes seemed to fulfill the prophecy and I lost interest halfway through. Yes, even if the episodes were just 6 minutes long.

I dropped RWBY and didn’t touch it again for several years.

By this point V4 had just finished. I was bored one day, and I decided to give RWBY another chance.

Got past V1 and V2. It was better than I remembered. Got to V3 and... oh no, is Pyrrha gonna do the “stealing the protagonist role” thing? 

Ugh. I hate when shows trade out their main characters for new ones because they can’t figure out how to develop the ones they already have. Pyrrha is fine, but I’m already commited to team RWBY you know? Pyrrha is so OP compared to the others, it won’t be fun watching her just demolish every single foe ever, especially if she’s gonna have magic as well. It’ll just be her special story along with her romantic story with Jaune. She is going to overshadow team RWBY and then what, is Jaune gonna come along and do the same to her eventually?

With little faith left, I pressed on to episode 9, 10, 11, and... holy shit. 

HOLY SHIT!

They really did that, didn’t they? They really made me think they were incompetent, cliché writers and all that. That they were gonna focus on Pyrrha and Jaune going forwards because they had no idea how to tell a compelling story with the girls they’d already established as “main protagonists”.

And then they a) Killed off the “ace student” promised for greatness and b) destroyed the High School setting and c) Allowed the bad guys to win and d) Introduced an actual competent villain AND e) Gave new depth to team RWBY and Ruby in particular.

I was HOOKED. I realized RWBY is a show that allows its protagonists to take a backseat now and then, only to hit hard with the actual meaningful stuff. Developing and letting side characters shine as well, so that it doesn’t seem like team RWBY are the only characters with purpose in this world.

Cause no matter how special or strong or high on the political ladder they are, no character in RWBY has all the answers, nor do they have any means to actually stop Salem. 

They still don’t!

Ruby has her silver eyes, but they didn’t “save” Beacon, or Pyrrha, or Penny, or Atlas. Actually, they may be more a curse than anything, now knowing about the Hound and what Salem can do to silver-eyed warriors. Not even a meaningful curse in the “I’ll become a cool vampire” type of curse, but just... horrible! No! Do not want this! Actually bad curse!

Ruby can’t solve this alone. She’s not all-powerful, she isn’t the shounen protagonist who always powers up in a pinch, she’s not the Maiden of all Maidens, she doesn’t always have the answers, she’s not Ozpin’s host or Salem’s Chosen or any of those clichés. That’s not the point of her character and the story we’re being told.

Ruby, like everyone else in this story, has to train, and learn, and fail, and do mistakes, and be wrong, and correct herself, and try again, and do better next time, and trust, take risks, experience loss and helplessness, and we have not seen the end of her development. I’m hyped for V9 not because of new fights, power-ups or what-not, but because I’m excited to see what Ruby has learned from their failures so far, how they’ll pick themselves up, and how they’ll try to approach the defeating of Salem. 

Because at this point in time, they have no idea how to do any of it, and that’s what excites me most about RWBY and Ruby’s character in particular.

Ruby does not have all the answers, but she’s trying anyway, because the alternative is to give up.

She’s 17 years old and has been thrust into war against a foe that can’t die, into a role of leadership she has no grasp on how to handle. She’s trying to learn from those around her, imperfect human beings as they too are. She’s doing her best, and although she happens to have special Grimm-melting laser beam eyes, that won’t stop Salem. It won’t save Remnant from the gods.

“What are you?” is going to be a very interesting question to explore in V9.

Ruby is a rare type of protagonist because she’s not the answer to every problem, she’s not the Chosen One solely able to save the world. Yet she’s also not overshadowed or sidelined by someone else. Her story intrigues me more than anyone else’s, in any other show I’ve seen.

#RWBY #Ruby Rose #my precious child #RWBY has great writing #And I would pay to read the actual scripts #Or a book form of the scripts

[baronaliswritingcorner]

BERNIE BEAR

SHE!!!!

IS!!!!

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! After four years of bitter defeat, each worse than the last, WE HAVE FINALLY WON. The sweet taste of liberation from Third Place now graces the lips upon every Bernie Bro and Gal. Bask in this moment, for we have crushed the Engage resistance and have avenged our humiliating loss against the snake woman menace. True to our word, she is now thrown into the fire where she belongs.

Pen your riveting fiction, water your carnivorous plants, sew your furever friends, hum your dainty songs and feast upon your scrumptious cakes, for our ceaseless efforts have revealed Bernadetta to all, and she is eternal: her adorable visage glistening with the found courage that fuels her unyielding faithful; our love, the kindling, berning bright with passion aflame.

Do not forget this moment. Let this victory bloom vindication upon your breast, for Bernie shall always prevail; her quiver, aiming true with every fling of an arrow, piercing our hearts with pure, endless love.

BERNADETTA FOREVERRRRRRRR!!!

(Source for last image.)

#bernadetta von varley #fire emblem three houses #fire emblem heroes #choose your legends #bernie bear #my precious child #maybe I'll write a Felibern Flufflet to celebrate???

[twomanyfandomshelp]

Greetings my fellow winion!

What is your favorite Epic song so far?

Hiya fellow winion! How are you on this wonderful Saturday?

Anyhoo, that’s such a hard question for me to answer because I genuinely love this whole musical so much.

My favorite released song is Ruthlessness, and my fav unreleased song is Little Wolf (Telemachus my beloved)

If I absolutely HAD to choose between the two, I think Little Wolf would win, but just barely.

But yeah, I listened to all the sagas that have been released last night while I did some homework and OMG I love this musical so much. Then I saw that Jorge had posted a video about the underworld saga and I got so excited lol

I’m about to pop in your inbox and ask you the same thing, so you’ve been warned.

Have a good day y’all, stay fabulous

#thanks nyx of darkness 1620 #always a pleasure to meet a fellow winion #i need more people to talk to about epic #I’m gonna go ask you this same question now so get ready #hehe :3 #epic: the musical #epic the musical #jorge rivera herrans #epic the ocean saga #ruthlessness #epic the wisdom saga #little wolf #when i tell you little wolf is my favorite song #ahhhhh #telemachus #my precious child #little bean

[arocrows42]

On this day in history, 21 years ago, American rock band My Chemical Romance released their first album I Brought You My Bullets You Brought Me Your Love. It was the world's first look at mcr, and it was the start of something beautiful. Sure, it wasn't the most popular, and the sound quality was far from perfect, but bullets is and always has been an amazing album nonetheless. From Romance to Demolition Lovers, it's an experience unlike any other I have ever heard. I've spent many a time hiding out in church bathrooms, listening to this album, just to escape catholicism and live.

Happy birthday, Bullets!!!!

#my posst #bullets mcr #mcr #bullets #actually he is like a son to me #my precious child

[zthesheep]

What do I even call this one- My DCA's human OC??? Handler OC??? People of the DCA subfandom you get what I'm trying to say here-

Anyways! Hope you like them! :D They're really fun to draw lol

#idk how to tag this #digital art #oc art #oc #art #Hoka #Hoka art #oc Hoka #hoka #fnaf dca oc #dca oc #dca handler oc #fnaf oc #human dca oc #self insert oc #my precious child #idk what im doing #those boots were hard af to draw #trans oc

[error-silence]

Hehe my latest baby has been born and I adore them so

#look at my super model child #they’re the youngest of 5 but acts like the oldest #Aspen Ortega #art #digital drawing #digital art #illustration #digital illustration #model #magazine #magazine cover #oc #new oc #new baby #original character #my precious child

[rqinyfqce]

✨Introducing Abel Vizrahi !✨

My Wayfarer for @idrellegames​‘s Wayfarer IF. She’s been living in my mind rent free for around two weeks now, so I’m glad to finally have her drawn out!  Also, I truly do recommend the game! The storytelling is extremely well done and the characters are so loveable, even when they mercilessly shatter your heart. 🥰

#wayfarer if #wayfarer #wayfarer oc #abel vizrahi #character design #character sheet #my precious child #i still don't understand how tumblr works but it's okay *thumbs up*

[this-blog-needs-a-new-name]

Me over thinking my sexuality but in reality waiting on a season three confirmation 😄

#lol #you got to admit #sister camila #looking a little gay #my precious child #i love her #she’s the idiot in your life that makes sense in all the chaos that surrounds you #bring her back to us #warrior nun netflix #with a season three netflix!! #warrior nun spoilers #warrior nun #warrior nun season 2

[ivrket]

Academy stuff!

I just enrolled in my master's degree this fall and these are some of the assignments I had so far!

#I love Calcite yall #My precious child #Like they aint even that young #but we had to draw adults kids and elders #So I aged down Corundum and Calcite #Calcite #Corundum #Star Sapphire #Opal #Koh-i-noor #Star Padparadscha

[mumuying]

I love Snotlout's design in all the movies, I also love the amount of details he have, this is mostly bc of the higher budget but... Yeah you get it haha

#how to train your dragon #httyd #snotlout jorgenson #i love him #my precious child #snotlout

[belladonnaisrunning]

Khash + Mercenary Light Iron Armor is literally the best combo for her to look badass.

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Khash the Argonian

#skyrim #skyrim mods #Khash the argonian #khash skyrim #elder scrolls #Sidekicks of Tamriel #my precious child

[pingponkan]

I love putting hats on Yves for some reason lol

#random ponkan #blender #the sims 4 #sims 4 #simblr #oc #original character #my precious child

[braveblackbutterfly]

Damn

A part of me wants to make a proper reaction post to “watching and dreaming.” But I’m just so much in my feels right now!

I’m so happy and proud of Luz! She deserves all the happiness in the universe!

#bbb butterfly #luz noceda #my precious child #the owl house #toh spoilers