#she's not a complete monster!

[selfloathingextraordinaire]

Yo....I can't get over the Izutsumi reveal, and how it's in a side comic. Like, she was never human. She's a cat with part of a human soul put into her. That's probably why she acts so cat instinctively. Just.....fjdhdhdh what...wow...

#dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi spoilers #dunmeshi #izutsumi #kui sensei out here dropping major character stuff in side things #i feel like a lot of kabru is also explored in the side bits as well #like oh yeah his mother was cast out for infidelity suspicions cuz he was born with blue eyes #and had to raise him all on her own before she died #and as a kid he thought he was part monster cuz of them #etc etc #the dungeon bible has fascinating character stuff and i cant wait to get the complete version #whenever it gets officially translated in English

[101-zigzagoons]

oh THAT'S why ivy wasn't surprised to see lucy alive- she just assumed lucy had finally given in and let ankarna resurrect her, and that she was fully on their side again

#also explains why kipperlilly is so calm about merking her own party members. I thought it was just because she sucks. #dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year #fhjy spoilers #so it seems like what happened was maybe #kipperlilly pushed for the group to get a spring break assignment that was way above their skill level #bc she wanted a 'challenge' #and they were wildly underprepared for actual combat bc they'd only been fighting rats or w/e #so some of them went down #I don't think it was a TPK bc lucy wouldn't have come back but it was probably enough of them #that she didn't have the resources to resurrect them herself #so they let ankarna bring them back instead #definitely kipperlilly probably ruben and oisin potentially jace(?) #if any of the others survived they could have been pressured into it later but eventually #the rest of the party is serving the rage god and lucy is the last holdout #so they kill her thinking it'll force her hand but it doesn't work #I also think it would explain why kipperlilly was so confident the bad kids would fail the last stand #if HER party nearly got wiped out being overwhelmed by monsters and they were obviously way more capable (/s) #and it would really twist the knife for them to not only survive but completely ace the exam #anyway many thoughts head full etc etc

[heartofarcanum]

OK AND ANOTHER THING

I have to give credit to Amen and Evthys’s enemies to lovers plot and Amen’s character. How many times have I read “it’s enemies to lovers” and it’s just two people who sorta hated each other but now it’s fine. How many times have I read “he’s brooding and bad and has done horrible things” but he also saves kittens from trees and helps orphans in his spare time?

Like she pulled no punches. Amen wants to kill Evthys, he thinks about it often. Evthys knows he will kill her, knows and loves him almost against her will anyway. They know what they are, they know they’re destined for tragedy but they can’t help themselves. That is what enemies to lovers should be.

And the follow through with Amen. She told us the man is a monster and the man is in fact a monster. He doesn’t have a heart of gold, he doesn’t secretly help orphans or donate money in his spare time. He is a hunter, a killer, and he does not pretend or act otherwise. He tortures and he kills and he isn’t kind about it even when she asks him to be. There’s no way to excuse his actions and there shouldn’t be. There should be no “but it’s ok because” — it’s not ok, it’s fucked, and that’s the point.

Their relationship is fucked, but it’s what enemies to lovers is supposed to be. He’s what a morally gray character is supposed to be. These are not supposed to be happy or kind things. In scn they’re not sugar coated in any way and that’s part of what makes it just so freaking good.

If you hate Amen, good you’re supposed to. If you love Amen anyway, good you’re supposed to. That’s the trap and tragedy of enemies to lovers—it’s a car crash you can’t look away from, because no matter how bad it gets you’re always hoping they survive. You’re always hoping that somehow all of this will end and they’ll be happy, no matter how unlikely that is.

#I have brain rot how can I not #good GOD this book #I feel like I’m on a ledge rn fr #like she said he is a monster and he is a MONSTER #there’s no excuses to be made and he makes none and it does something for me #it was just all so well written #dia doing everything she could to the end #amen being completely unforgiving #he has not made a special exception for evthys he’s just not sure what she is yet #but what will he do when it comes down to the wire? #can he really kill her? even he doesn’t know #AND IT MAKES ME CRAZY #romance club #rc #song of the crimson nile #scn #rc amen #rc evthys #amen x evthys

[kamboree]

would someone lend me $800 USD so I can buy the OG lagoona and Clawdeen dolls

#Monster High #Lagoona Blue #Clawdeen Wolf #digital art #drawing #my art #sketch #art #i folded and drew monster high <\3 #these girls were my first ever dolls as a kid #my most favourite ladies in the world.... sigh i wish i could afford the dolls in all seriousness. i think i would be complete #i already have an abbey (my 3rd fave) and shes my treasure #but oh my goodness if i could have them...my heart would be set free. #if anyone wants to buy me one :3 ill be in your art dept forever and youll never have to pay for a commission <3 #jk #or am i

[angelthemanspanker]

The way some people characterise Buffy in fics like you described genuinely put me off Buffy fandom for years, it was absolutely everywhere, in Spuffy fics, in faith/buffy fics, it felt like I couldn't read a fic without the obligatory 'Buffy apologises to whoever the fuck for being so mean' and I just stopped, it was so baffling

For real its so weirdly pervasive. It genuinely blows my mind bc I totally get the urge to use your fic to call out a character/plot point you don't like, more power to you. Like I'm constantly imagining rewrites of the scenes where Xander is at his most insufferable but no one in-show is verbalising obvious holes in his bullshit (my big one is that besides a one off line from Buffy that everyone in the show ignores and a DELETED line from Giles is that NO ONE calls him on his absolutely infuriating "I was jealous of Angel being with the girl I like and I'm gonna have the gall to pretend it was bc I saw him turning evil coming" BULLSHIT)

But like. Buffy? You came out of this show and the person you had beef with and want to call out is BUFFY? THE VAMPIRE SLAYER? The protagonist of all time? Bc she's mean sometimes :( people try to apologise for trying to kill her and she's so unsympathetic :( she carries out her responsibility as the Slayer whether she wants to or not even if the person she's targeting is a character I like :( why won't she apologise. why won't she apologise. why does she insist on taking up space. why can't she just be nice all the time. yes my ao3 tag is princessspuffy why do you ask. yeah I know their relationship is abusive but I think Spike would forgive her :)

#NONE OF YOU DESERVE HER. SHE SAVED EXISTENCE AND YOU SAY SHE SHOULD HAVE SMILED MORE KILL KILL KILL #anyway. normal about her. #buffy summers #buffy the vampire slayer #im not a spuffy hater i love their mess but spike is easily the most common Why Wont Buffy Be Nice To Him i see #even though SPIKE loves her bc she DOESN'T let him off easy #'im a monster but you treat me like a man' was about the kiss in intervention #he hit on her and helped her fight and played nice with the scoobs all season #but he was clearly doing it to GET something and buffy is obviously completely unresponsive to that #but he lets himself get tortured almost to death for buffy and dawn and doesn’t seem to plan on telling them about it until buffy tricks him #THAT was real. the first real selfless good thing he did for her. AND SHE KISSED HIM FOR IT. #buffy has IMMENSE capacity to forgive people who she can see are actually trying #she just has zero patience for coddling self pitying murderers bc she learned from her first boyfriend #if you choose to do wrong she'll stop you but if you choose to do right she SEES that and she remembers it #she responds to action not words. you are what you do. and even if you're a monster #if you try to do the right thing she'll treat you like a man

[peachcitt]

happy friday the 13th a flesh monster be upon ye

my never ending @ladrienjune continues with another chapter of greatest hits that you can read here

thanks for reading!!<3

#ladrien #ladrien june #ml #ml fic #miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug fic #okay honesty córner time before writing the spider monkey this bitch line down on the google docs it popped into my head and i laughed to #myself thinking ‘how ridiculous there is no way she should say that’ and then i sat staring at the screen and it was the only thing i could #think of. and yes i thought it was funny. so i put it in. and i had completely forgotten about it until i scanned the chapter just now #anyway yeah this is a big flesh monster chapter. loads of fun

[azuzula]

Monster High March Day 1 - Howl 🌕

was this an excuse to draw clawdeen slaying? maybe. you can’t prove anything though.

Alt. Versions Below!

She’s too pretty i had to include the standard lighting and without jacket

#clawdeen wolf #monster high #monster high march #monsterhighmarch2024 #me art #there’s no chance in hell im gonna be able to complete all of the prompts but #i am so Bad at keeping up with monthly challengers but in the spirit of the season #so i may pop up wit( various ones but no promises lol #over the past few months my love for MH has been reactivated like a sleeper agent #didn’t really follow the prompt. she’s howling at the moon. vaguely. #maybe this is why i love green on clawdeen. idk #tried ambient lighting but i don’t think it worked 😭 #i love lifeless and have been doing for years but idk anymore sobsob #LINELESS #im not retyping all of that

[khaotunq]

no narrative, no scene, just her. Mind Sawaros as Nueng (GAP, 2022-2023)

#gap the series #gapedit #gap nueng #asian lgbtq dramas #gap series #mine: gap the series #mine: lady nueng #mine: thai drama #my gifs #endless gifs #my edits #hell hath no fury like a big sister actually #nueng rly said not my baby sister u whole entire cow #i could talk about her for hours #the complete lack of respect in that wai #i could talk about the potential for nuance and how she nails it #the anger and grief and vindication in her #i could talk about how family can harm in such specific and unique ways #look at that head turn #oh I'M the monster?? #i could talk about the guilt. THE GUILT. #grandma is the reason song died but maybe nueng can't help but wonder #i'm on the floor #i refuse to get up #i love her #this scene has become fundamental to my existence

[hwashitape]

ship discourse aside if you don't think Laios was genuinely touched by the things Kabru's said and done idk what to say except ask if you even read it completely and to the end…

#not to make this about ship discourse but #the general interpretation of Laios as being almost completely devoid of love for anything that isn't monsters #taking his love for Falin for granted #genuine trust and respect in his party #how hurt he was by the fight with Shuro #Thistle!!!! #the ENDING ITSELF!!!! #some people want Labru to be one-sided so badly as like a gotcha to cringe shippers it looks like you hate Laios instead #he's been hurt before and yet!!!! he is full of love #do you understand #he loved his sister so much he even left before she did #is that a man devoid of empathy… a man who only cares about monsters… #that's my boy and I love him #not art

[eerna]

I just think that............. *gestures wildly to how Harrow experiences attraction* you know??????

#as you could probably tell by my fanart today i am having a Night #this funky repressed nun chose the object of her worship to double as her imaginary gf #she cuddles her she calls her beloved she tries to make a move on her #all completely imaginary of course. she doesn't feel any of that but likes to imagine she can feel it. #the object of her worship is also the death of god the monster he defeated once but couldnt defeat twice who resides in a tom under her home #a tomb harrow herself was conceived at the price of 200 innocent children to keep shut #she is the symbol of harrow's power as a necromancer she is the proof harrow deserves to live even if the price was so horrible #and then there's ianthe who is also a brilliant necromancer. who understands attraction at the level harrow does and uses it against harrow #how the only two times harrow even considered giving in to ianthe was when she was either at the end of her rope and insanely powerless #or when she felt at the top of her game like the powerful necromancer she is supposed to be and somehow isn't anymore #their touching is always threatening and uncomfortable and makes her feel on edge #and then there's gideon who just. has nothing to do with any of that. gideon exists on a completely different level. #she reduces alecto to ''ice lolly bimbo'' and ''big slut'' and ''bullshit dead girlfriend'' without breaking a sweat #she forgives harrow everything. things harrow had no part in and things she had. it doesn't matter she forgives it all #she holds harrow's hand she hugs her she kisses her she is REAL and the FIRST PERSON TO EVER PROPERLY TOUCH HER WITH AFFECTION #and it stuns harrow so much she is incapable of even processing it. she completely shuts down every time. we dont know how she feels aboutit #just. harrow and attraction and desire. holy shit #tlt liveblog

[sleepy-crypt1d]

going a little insane thinking about that one echo in moxxi's heist that's jack calling his mom on mother's day- a call she very much does not answer- and how much the sadness in his voice when saying goodbye says about him

#borderlands #handsome jack #borderlands 3 #dude i love moxxi's heist so much it fed us jack and Timothy lovers SO good #he MISSES his MOM :(((( #like this opens up so many questions #did she show back up in his life after she abandoned him?? after he became ceo?? after his name became known as a monster?? #does she know hes dead? that her granddaughter killed herself because of him? that he died crying and desperate to be seen? #did they talk at all or did she disown him completely once he first tasted blood? #did she watch the phone ring in silence every time he called her waiting for it to stop so she could breathe? #did they both dread mother's day and birthdays and funerals as much as the other? did either of them know? #was she there to meet his wife- or his second- did she know about nisha? did he tell her? did he wish she was there? #did she mourn her mother knowing he was the one who ordered her to be murdered? did she know her mother abused him? #I Need To Know #gearbox please i am begging on my knees ANYTHING about his mom and his wife please please please #was he loving?? was he a good kid?? was he a good cook or a funny dad?? did he play in the mud or hide under his covers?? #PLEASE #ANYTHING #I AM GOING INSANE #i have answers to All Of This in my head but like- any crumb of info about his family would feed me for months #am so normal about this man

[unsanctitude]

various women designed for funsies who knows what ill do with them :)

#porcupine may be in same universe as alpaca hands the other two each have their own scenarios in my head atm #the deer was a human cab driver and she hit a deer and ummm woke up like that #mermaid is a pollution enthusiast who is also secretly a prototype design for a char in a dream game i wanna make lol #gotta start somewhere #anyway look at the funny animals i hope you enjoy them #feels nice to design things that are completely mine #my art #ocs #character design #seal #deer #porcupine #furry #anthro #monster #mermaid #TW: #blood #wounds

[pinkhysteria]

i need matt in that jury so bad so i can stop being subjected to these annoying ass, infantilizing takes from both fans and the other players. his refusal to play his own game being twisted into 'poor matty is being taken advantage of by the evil monster jag' is so unserious.

#bb25 #jag is a fucking clown right now but i'm tired of that white freak getting babied in comparison. #ever since felicia nutty ass said she trusts him because he reads the bible i've wanted his ass out. #all these takes acting like matt putting a number for himself on the block on HIS hoh is something matt is the 'victim' of #rather than something completely fucking stupid he literally didn't have to do. #or pretending he wasn't throwing cirie utb to jag for that matter. he ACTIVELY helped jag evict her. #like yeah matt IS jag's puppet lmfao. #but if matt isn't responsible for anything and is just a vessel for the manipulative monster jag - then he doesn't deserve shit! #and this is me TRYING not to write the essay i wanna write fr!

[recallback-art]

Day 28: Trick! The simulacrai are the trickiest of guys, who better a fit for the prompt than a bodysnatcher?

Satomi is a character from Primrose Path (Oren and Luz's story) who I've had visuals for stuck in my head since forever, so was really fun to finally draw her.

#oc tober #inktober #bweirdoctober #body horror #creature design #recall draws #my ocs #laid out in lavender #shes too minor to get a tag she was like just born #shes just a fun antag who has a fight i want to illustrate so so bad #rlly do need to play with the body horror aspect of the simulacrai more #byeah. monster girl momence! #shes named satomi so that for jokes her name can be shortened to tomi. yknow. like tomie #shes a weird girl nerd whos very loud and bossy and exciteable but the most important fact is shes nosy af #and she gets into trouble frequently bc shes nosy and rude #satomi can completely handle trouble mind u. shes a beast. but she likes having other ppl save her its part of the fun. to her #and those are my basic thots on miss tomi bc thats all the characterization i need to drive the arc - #- shes the antag for

[softboymudkip]

rest in peace Polly Geist you would have loved California Gurls by Katy Perry

#monster prom #polly geist #polly 😍👻🥰😘👻🥰😍🥰👻 #my head canon is that she cant listen to any music that came out after she died #so at parties where they play modern music its just completely silent for her

[danielslaw]

BUFFY SUMMERS AND ANGEL BANGEL FAVORITE KISS.

#bangeledit #bangel #buffy summers #angel the vampire #btvsedit #buffy the vampire slayer #caliedits #caligifs #(no one doesi t like they do) #(she saw him and he was ashamed and she said i love you completely) #(she said I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE BECAUSE TO HER ANGEL IS NOT A MONSTER) #(i don't want to speculate but i did heard something about how smg and david might had something during the show first seasons and honestl) #(their kisses were always so good) #(the start slow and then getting hungrier which is the only way to describe this tbh)