#surprise to you both

[willowser]

in a way that i think katsuki can be flustered by intimacy, i think shouto is just plain as day curious.

situations like when you're pressed up against each other on a busy train car, leaning into a familiar touch rather than the unknown, i think shouto has no qualms about being so obvious. you glance up at him shyly, heat burning down your chest, and he's just looking at you, open and unashamed.

so close that you can see him catalogue you, explore in ways he maybe never has before; eyes flitting over the width of your nose and the curve of your lips and your each individual lash. just learning, in the most innocent and interested manner, the new bits of you he'll think of when you're not together.

i think in moments like this that could be deemed romantic—two people in their quiet corner, staring so deeply into the other's face, a breath apart—he's easily engaged, but i don't know if he realizes the significance of it. why it means what it means and why it will affect him uniquely, later on. all the lines you're crossing.

that's also why being kissed by him comes as a complete surprise to you, because i don't think he's planning any of it. he just wants to know, is all, and there's plenty to figure out, with you.

#✿ thoughts: shouto #waaahhh i think about shouto kissing you by surprise so much actually LOL #surprise to you both #it just HAPPENS #bc you're there so close and he's just CURIOUS #he could do it and he wants to and so he does akfahahfaa #it's probably not a deep kiss #more of a press of his lips to yours than anything but he WANTS IT #woof #bye bye bye #i actually think shouto isn't flustered by intimacy and romance bc he simply doesn't register that's what is happening LOL #i think he could more affected by it the further you two go on #later in your relationship he can finally pick up when you're making a move on him and he's like ' oh :3' #LMAO

[atissi]

i don't really like when people say dungeon meshi is accidentally good autistic representation, because while i understand not wanting to make conclusions without explicit confirmation from the author, there's always the weird assumption that non-western authors somehow don't know about things like neurodivergency/queerness/etc. (on top of the assumptions that east asian authors are somehow more naive or oblivious to "western" social issues).

given that dungeon meshi started being published in 2014, it's not really a "work belonging to its times"—it's as contemporary as any other media we discuss on this site, which means it should be fair to assume it engages with contemporary topics (and at the very least, you shouldn't say that the representation is accidental with so much confidence)

but anyways, the chapter "perfect communication" in ryoko kui's "terrarium in a drawer" is some of the most straightforward autistic representation I've seen, and from now on I'm going to assume that laios's character writing is absolutely intentional in that regard:

#beepbeep.txt #dungeon meshi #ryoko kui #this is me trying to explain h/ollow knight lore #also yayyyy reading new things. chapter 18 'spring' is basically UFUT if you squint (sorry for the jumpscare if you know UFUT) #but the last two pages were such a surprising gut punch....it's hard not to see it as a metaphor for both the experience of raising childre #and of taking care of your parents in old age....aughh....

[azuneekun]

i drew my favorite stardew valley mean girl ♥

#stardew valley #stardew valley haley #stardew haley #haley stardew valley #sdv haley #haley sdv #haley sv #sv haley #my art #no surprise i love both shane AND haley. #im an equal opportunist masochistic bisexual #its about time i drew my other wife again 🤤💘 #if you noticed that my haley seems to have asian features...well thats because i hc her and emily being asian americans! heehee #hence her pudding hair 🍮 #i wonder if some of you will notice another subtle detail i added about her #anyway im satisfied so gn

[swampbestie]

joels newest hermitcraft episode was great for many reasons but. the contrast between "cis straight white man mining content" and scar telling joel and etho to get a room.

#not to mention joel always saying ethos obsessed with him #and ethos response being 'someone needs to put up with you' like LMAO???? #theyre so funny #and both their builds look so fucking good so far #i am enjoying this season so much if you could tell #anyway #hermitcraft season 10 #smallishbeans #ethoslab #i had to make my thoughts known for once #boat boys #semi related im so surprised when anyone calls joel 'beans' #im like wdym......

[starflungwaddledee]

running a little late, but someone's finally arriving at the @kirbyoctournament !

sent in to the tourney by her well meaning friends, starstruck is a Totally Normal adult waddle dee from king dedede's kingdom of dream land! she's here to try and meet new people, and maaaybe get out of her anxious shell a little bit!

equipped with her customary cheerful attitude, she's also sporting a brand new backpack full of lovingly packed goodies to help her through the event.

if you'd like to get to know her a little better, you can check out her tag on my blog, or these three important comics from previously!

a few notes for any interactions

🌸 despite being a waddle dee, other waddle dees typically don't like being around her, and folks who already know what a waddle dee should be like also tend to get a weird vibe off her. 🌸 she is quite friendly and approachable, but prone to extreme anxiety if she perceives she might have done something wrong or inappropriate. tiny wanya takes criticism the way a handful of hay takes a flame. 🌸 if you have wings and you take her flying she'll never leave your side. she's only palm sized, so if you are big and have wings or can fly, please pick her up and go flying with her please please pleeaase she wants to go go flying and fawn over your wings so so bad 🌸 for the purposes of the tourney, which by merit of its existence is something of an au timeline, consider this event to completely predate her ability to summon these.

#my art #my comics #starstruck dee #kirby #bandana waddle dee #meta knight #king dedede #throwing her into the ring!!! tiny pink bouncy stressball (ball of stress) in there with all these incredibly cool and powerful ocs! #just trotting from your house in the countryside to the Community Gathering and finding a whole bunch of literal legends there #if your oc has wings she is going to be following them around like this -> 🥺👉👈 <- the whole time. just so you know #don't let meta knight know!! she thought he had the market for both “cool knight” and “pretty wings” covered but she's in for a surprise! #anyway. phew! finally finished this just in time! excited to be participating!!! best of luck everybody!

[mishiami]

seen a lot of fem skk lately thought i'd share my 15 fem skk designs

#you cant tell me fem dazai wouldnt be 1000x more obnoxiously smitten #like dazai is smitten but she's OPENLY smitten #gives chuuya a heart attack once every day #its her agenda #i have VIVID designs for fem skk through the years dont be surprised if i dump those at some point #i really like dazai looking basically the same in the mafia then trying out more feminine looks in her 2 years underground #its just a fun little thought #yk when people think about the soukoku reaction and hc chuuya as being shocked by dazai's eyes showing?? #fem chuuya being quietly surprised and smitten when she walks into the dungeon and sees dazai with both eyes. different. feminine. HAPPY. #just food for thought #dazai osamu #osamu dazai #nakahara chuuya #chuuya nakahara #soukoku #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd chuuya #bsd dazai #fem skk #my art #fan art

[raticalshoez]

is this too niche.

aka i SWEAR i've seen a total drama life series art thing but when i went to go look for it i couldn't find any SOOOOOOO i made it myself

Bonus:

Alenoah as that one desert duo scene because i was stumped on who i should've drawn for that scene

#trafficblr #life series #grian #goodtimeswithscar #desert duo #should i tag total drama too? #yeah sure whatever okay #total drama #noah td #alejandro td #alenoah #not really meant to be shippy but i can understand if it is taken that way #i will not be surprised if this kinda flops #7th grade total drama fixation came back and so obviously i melded it with my other favorite thing #eh they're both practically death games #if you do not fit into this niche but you found this i'm sorry but there is so much i need to explain if you don't get that second photo #and just so little time

[gomzdrawfr]

they're open for adoption

#do not separate #one requires attention 24/7 #the other requires something to bite on 24/7 #both wants kisses every night but will hiss if you touch them #capable of living independently but will make a fuss if you leave them for too long #dont be surprise if something explode in the house #they love shinies #gummmyart #doodle #hey look i still know how to do fluff #simon ghost riley #john soap mactavish #soapghost #ghostsoap #call of duty

[squeeneyart]

[Image description: A digital pencil comic of Loid and Yor Forger. Panel 1: They sit on a couch, Loid slightly hunched forward and Yor slouching into the seat back.

Yor: You know...

Loid: Hm?

Yor: When Yuri moved out, I remember thinking- Eventually we'll run out of 'clients'. It has to end at some point right? "When does the fighting stop?".

Panel 2: Yor from Loid's pov, slightly turned away.

Yor: And here I am.

Panel 3: Loid looking forward with a look of exhaustion.

Yor (off-screen): Still on call.

End ID]

gotta do everything myself. anyway the ramifications of a war that never truly ends, causing people to do terrible things in the name of a peaceful future that may never happen due to powers much bigger than them

#spy x family #yor forger #loid forger #the story's politics sit between basic war-is-bad and hmmmmm dont know about this #who knows anything is capable of surprising you #mostly i would like them to talk to each other about their jobs in both funny and sad ways

[hjea]

Mariner and Boimler in the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season Two Trailer

#trekedit #snwedit #star trek #strange new worlds #lower decks #beckett mariner #bradward boimler #what do you bet mariner is telling pike they've (probably accidentally) time travelled from the 2380s in that first gif? #surprise! don't tell the starfleet time police on us! #god i love them both so much #mine

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

i just got to the part of pride & prejudice in like. chapter 34 when mr. darcy goes to lizzy and says "In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." and um. yeah if I were a girl in the regency era reading this for the first time right as it was published they would've sent me to the seaside to treat my hysteria

#NO BC LIKE IT'S NOT LIKE A MOVIE WHERE THE WHOLE FOCUS IS THE BOTH OF THEM PACKED IN 90 MINS #THE BOOK IS SO EPISODIC & CENTERED IN LIZZY'S POINT OF VIEW THAT AS YOU FOLLOW ALONG IN THE MUNDANE DAY-TO-DAY #ONGOINGS & THE DRAMA AROUND COLLINS AND HER SISTER & MR BINGLEY #THAT YOU'RE *JUST AS SURPRISED* AS ELIZABETH WHEN DARCY RUSHES IN AND TELLS HER #pride and prejudice #mine #if you followed me for witch3r content too fucking bad it's classic lit time

[tinyshinysylveon]

miri finally getting her own room! ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و

#buddy daddies #buddy daddies spoilers #kazuki kurusu #rei suwa #miri unasaka #but you know what #i wont be surprised if miri still wants to cuddle with both her fathers anyway #buddy daddies;gif #my gif

[lunarin64art]

That feeling when he can't stand to see you that way, no matter what you do, no matter what you say😩😭💔

#scott pilgrims precious little life #scott pilgrim vs the world #spvtw #spto #scott pilgrim #wallace wells #lisa miller #scollace #kim pine #natalie adams #envy adams #don't rlly know if I like how this turned out but oh well;;; #hope its obvious that this is based on the song “Scott Pilgrim” which the creation the comics were inspired from #the lyrics always make me think of Wallace and Lisa's feelings for Scott every time I hear it #ofc you could also relate it to Kim especially since the singers voice kind of reminds me of her #but overall the lyrics fit these two much better since Scott never truly “saw them that way” despite how long they've liked him #and they always seem happier to see him compared to Kim #Im surprised tho that I havent yet seen anyone draw these two together now that their dialogue parallels have been acknowledged more lately #also tho I wish more people pointed out that they both got cucked by red heads LOL #and Kim and Envy actually do look really similar when scott first meets them #makes me wonder if Scott subconsciously went for Envy since she reminded him of Kim (which would be fitting given that you could argue that #Envy dated Scott because he reminded her of Todd. Since he and Scott are confirmed to be meant to be seen as similar to one another #so much so that even their first and last names rhyme #last thing I'll add tho is that while Wallace and Lisa are very similar even personality wise #the one big difference is that despite that whole conclusion on vol4 of Scott not cheating on Ramona with Lisa because he loves her #the writers apparently think it would be “organically correct” for him to have an affair with wallace LMAO #but I guess we shouldn't be surprised since Wallace and Ramona are both in the front of the official valentines art which is clearly #a deptiction of Scotts wet dream or smth (oh and you could also argue that Wallace and Lisa parallel on that art since they're both #shirtless with white socks.. which could be a reference to how lisa wears skimpy clothes for Scott and Wallace often only wears boxers #to like sexually frustrate Scott for fun or smth

[canisalbus]

I thought I might try my hand at moodboards, too :')

.

#aaaa these are so good hhhh #holy moly #it's funny I actually considered many of these as well #the Pieta and the weeping Mary #I tried to find a good pic of a trurifer to include the incense somehow but didn't have much luck #that one is perfect #the matching milagros/ex-votos for both is such a nice touch #I WAS SO CLOSE to putting that exact picture of Proserpina's thigh on Vasco's moodboard it was already there but got edited out #same brain cell #I don't know why but the golden field hit me in the feelings it has such Vasco vibes #and it's neat how both of these have a very unified color schemes but the center panel stands out #thank you! I didn't expect another set this was such a wonderful surprise hraah #gift art #dancing-coyote #own characters #Machete #Vasco

[moeblob]

Sorry I forgot Hanneman suggested Byleth undress after they show up with a different hair color. And I miss Hanneman. And also while swapping between Houses and Hopes and seeing Hanneman pop up to help in a Hopes paralogue is just devastating since he doesn't ever actually join you at all and I am denied my old man rights.

So I had to draw this. Thank you for understanding.

#fe three houses #byleth #hanneman von essar #i like that Byleth just kinda stares at him and he realizes WHAT HE SAID and the implications and is like #step back uh forget that I said that #like man so zoned in on research he blurts that out and has to backtrack mentally to AH socially bad to say that my bad #if i need to tag this as anything lemme know even though it is a conversation in game basically (minus the marriage) #also if you have never married hanneman i genuinely enjoyed his s support and was VERY surprised and hes just #honestly one of my favorites overall in 3h ?? and im still bummed i cant play as him in thropes like thats just mean #also i think if byleth was like oh well if its awkward to see someone undress randomly #then marriage would solve the awkwardness this is truly the best deduction #which is really funny that i can see it happening with both leths despite my hc of them #with fyleth as bi and myleth as ace i think both would just be like AH cool we can avoid awkwardness by marriage #and hanneman just wants to go lie down in a ditch because he said something like that #and and byleth doesnt even know about religion while working at church school they dont know about school regulations #that wasnt really on their mind to check ok just saying you could tell byleth no to something #and then they just go oh school policies i understand unfortunately #and the person is like no we just meant its frowned upon to do archery practice in the tea garden its not technically illegal just dont??

[calware]

"i happened to not find this character very interesting or likeable" doesn't automatically mean they're an objectively bland and boring character it just means you have a personal opinion

#jane is a very nuanced character who suffers from both violent childhood trauma and grooming #she's a clumsy teenager still trying to navigate her friendships and social life with her other clumsy teenager friends #and she's not great at it all the time and neither are they but she still cares about them! that's an interesting character concept! #again you don't have to find her interesting if that's not your preference. but that doesn't mean everyone feels the same way #also she is more similar to the fandom's most specialest boy (dave) than a lot of people realize but she's a Girl so she's not allowed to #be treated or viewed in the same ways as him. but i won't get into it #now. if you want to argue that her character arc got cut short and didn't really amount to much? that's a valid argument to make + i can #see how that might make people like her less. but it's less of her being a bland character and more ''uh oh the story had to end'' flavor #of weird act 6 writing that a lot of characters got shafted with #tldr you're allowed to not like jane but don't be surprised when other people do <3