#yes you ARE the present

[bereft-of-frogs]

There’s that post that’s like ‘everyone should get into a tiny niche fandom at least once’ fully agree, that was really fun -- but I would like to add that everyone should get into a fandom where their opinions run counter to major fanon because it really teaches you about sticking to your guns and trusting your interpretation of the text without having to rely on peer validation

because WHAT are people talking about sometimes

#aka: genuinely sometimes I think I live in a parallel universe and simply watched/read different things #full disclosure it does make you feel like a killjoy sometimes #because often times these fanons will be presented in a silly jokey manner #'oh so silly isn't this character so funny this is just my silly little headcanon' #and it's like yes yes lol lol but ok look me in the eyes and tell me you know that this is #at best only one interpretation of many and at worst simply not supported by the text at all #please tell me you know that #or in one specific example such a ubiquitous joke that is literally a significant theme of the work and i feel like SUCH a killjoy #being like 'ok yes very funny.....you know that was a major theme right?? tell me you know that'

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The squad of all time has arrived on scene.

#dungeon meshi #mithrun #Cithis Ofri #Pattadol #Fleki #Lycion #Otta #Happy Canary Debut Day! These guys wont really get to be very present until the next season of Dungeon Meshi #But I can still be excited to see them animated!!! #Shout out to Pattadol - I also tend to occupy 'The Punchline' niche of the friendgroup. #The punchline differs from 'The Jester' who willingly absorbs the jokes. The punchline is often unwillingly the joke. #You are either the one no one likes or the well beloved little-sibiling-esque friend. Good luck figuring out which! #Yes it is canon that Otta is into Women. YES she dates younger women and dumps them when they age. #This isn't a fan made bit. It's real. #Dungeon Meshi has no romance but it does have canonically queer characters. #Shipping is fine and all but it is a running theme in the series than *everyone* who expresses romantic interest in someone - #-finds that love unrequited. Just something to be mindful of to measure your expectations of this series! #Ah! In other housekeeping notes; I'm going to *try* and add Alt Text to my dungeon meshi thurday posts going forwards. #I might not be able to do it day of but I will try to get it done within a week.

[jq37]

In Sophomore Year, Adaine's nightmare vision of herself is in mourning garments, speaking to her underlying fear that, as an elf, she'll outlive everyone she cares about and have to face forever alone.

In the finale of Junior Year, Aelwyn says that she hopes that she and Adaine can eat ice cream and do magic together forever and Adaine with no trace of insincerity agrees. She still has to face forever, but not alone. Not anymore.

#adaine abernant #aelwyn abernant #dimension 20 #fantasy high #fantasy high spoilers #dimension 20 spoilers #d20 #d20 spoilers #'my dear' #like are you kidding me??? #i'm so messed up about the sisters tonight #that's why I'm awake at 2:30 AM #(yes yes I know elves can age normally outside of falinel don't @ me) #(the narrative presented this as a fear Adaine has so I'm engaging with that ok?)

[theoldkyokodied]

One wedding and three funerals

Background paintings under the cut

#tomgreg #succession #tom wambsgans #greg hirsch #shiv roy #roman roy #kendall roy #yeah no im not tagging everyone thats too much #this is me going 'how much implications themes and symbolism can i fit in one painting' #yes i gave rose shivs haircolor. if we ever find out how she looks like and its not like this im just gonna pass away i guess #but yeah i hope yall connect the dots #i put waaay too much thought and work into this. i was googling pictures of all the actors as kids just for reference (sigh) #honestly kinda wanted to make tom and greg link pinkies as like. a pinkie promise. but that was too hard to draw in this angle #at least not without obstructing the view of the ring which is important to see so ya #my fave is actually the tomshiv wedding pic i went off with that. i love them... they should have run away to become sheep farmers fr fr #anyway im so glad im done with this UGH!! finally i can draw smth else without being like oh noooo i need to finish this #i see a lot of you wondering why there is no portrait of logan but one of ewan #it's bc the placement of the painting represent their standing. logans portray would not hang next to the stairs #his present portrait hangs at the end of it. all the way up at the top. alone and withering away #basically the picture you see underneath ewan to the right? its where toms parents would be. the right side of the wall is tom and gregs #and the left one is the roy siblings theirs. since they grew up rich rich. and tom and greg didn't #but ya thats why ewan hangs here and logan does not :)

[nonranghaes]

wonwoo lights up in delight as he sees you walk into the kitchen, and immediately is calling out to you when you start to walk away. when you turn, he's holding up his phone, smiling to himself.

"cute." he chuckles to himself. "you look nice."

you roll your eyes. so maybe you look presentable from the waist-up, having changed into a nice shirt so that you could record yourself doing a presentation for your class. this is the exact shit you'd do if you worked from home, too: nice shirt, but still wearing your cozy pajama pants where no one can see it on camera.

"can you turn around?" his eyes crinkle a little when he giggles to himself.

so you throw your arms out, giving him a slow turn so he can take in the entire look. he has a matching pair of pajama pants because they were part of your christmas gift to him, covered entirely in little cats. maybe he'll get them out of the laundry to surprise you when you come back out.

you cross the room after he lowers his phone, leaning in to steal a quick kiss from him. "do you have our daughter?"

wonwoo glances over to where the cat is curled up in her little pet bed for once, snoozing away. "i'll distract her if she starts looking for you," he promises. before you can move too far away from him, he reaches forward to draw you back in for another kiss, longer this time. "i mean it, though. you look nice. you've got this."

he's sweet, and he knows you well enough to know any presentation is going to give you anxiety. "thank you," you say, and draw away from him. with a heavy sigh, you take a few steps back. "time to get this over with."

he's definitely changing into the cat pajama pants when you shut that door.

#nonranghaes.thoughts #seventeen x reader #nonranghaes.svt #svt x reader #seventeen imagine #seventeen x you #svt imagine #svt x you #wonwoo x reader #jeon wonwoo x y/n #wonwoo x y/n #jeon wonwoo x reader #wonwoo fluff #jeon wonwoo fluff #svt fluff #seventeen fluff #yes im abt to record a presentation while in a sweater and pajama pants. what of it!!!

[myststone]

YES RIJU YES

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the Eighth Heroine

#Ladies and Gentlemen #I present to you the 8th Herione #Zelda #TotK #DUAL WIELDING #YOU DON'T #WANNA #MESS #AHASKLGHAKSLDHGA;KLS #Nintendo #Tears of the Kingdom #Direct #Loz #Botw #Botw 2 #Yes #Yeoajsopjasidf #SHE'S GROWING INTO HER OWN #HAHHAHGDHAHHA #THE POWERS LINK HAD WENT TO THEIR DESCENDANTS #NOT ONLY DOES THAT MAKE SO MUCH SENSE BUT IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL #AJSEKGLJASLKGHALKSHGSA

[chrxnicdaydream]

hc that Dazai made a point of calling Chuuya small when they met because Dazai was used to being the small one.

like, finally there was someone shorter than him. because let’s be real, Dazai was barely taller than Chuuya in Fifteen.

i think people forget how small Dazai was too— not just in height, but also in weight. He was underweight in Dark Era, but in Fifteen & even at present he's barely within the healthy weight range for his height. he was constantly described as a twig in Fifteen, and almost every time he's introduced in the light novels he's called lanky, slender, etc.

#even in terms of his present day height. like yes he’s tall #but he’s not even close to one of the tallest in bsd. he’s just tall compared to Chuuya #fic writers should really take advantage of the fact that Chuuya called Dazai a twig in 15 #‘but what about broad shoulders Dazai?’ pretty sure that’s just how harukawa draws 😭 like basically every character has ‘broad shoulders’ #if you look at it like that #i recently came to the realization that i gatekeep my hcs & theories fsr?? so i’m trying to change that lol #i wrote this in the tags of a post but figured it deserved its own post #rambling about bsd again #bsd #bungou stray dogs #soukoku #skk #bsd dazai #bsd chuuya #dazai osamu #nakahara chuuya #bsd analysis #bsd meta #tw weight #bsd hcs #skk hc

[cry-ptidd]

"And she had brown eyes like a lamb, innocent and golden"

#when the Yuri so unhealthy one of them eats the other #symbolism galore #hellsing oc #my oc #laura chastel #my art #OOOH boy let's go with the content warnings #cw gore #cw guro #cw nudity #artistic nudity #cw blood #cw death #cw cannibalism #cw decapitated head #cw decapitation #cw dismemberment #this is the woman that Laura loved (was it love? she had no idea) before Integra #I'll try to give more info on her. the idea came recently and I thought it could be cool #yes another nun. in my defense this one became one AFTER they met #it's just how catholic French villagers are ig. idk I don't really hang out with them #this piece beat my ass black and blue #i have no idea how to render #please be patient i have autism #and I'm a bit unsure about this piece. presenting it to you with an awkward hand

[tawaifeddiediaz]

it’s just really interesting that you have ryan being so self-aware of the fact that buck and eddie are the worst at relationships with anyone except each other which means the writers definitely know it too, and they still chose to have buck talk about dating with chris.

in the single, first, most impressionable episode that’s supposed to introduce buck, eddie and chris to the abc audience, you have them deliberately choosing buck instead of say, bobby (in terms of people eddie goes to for advice), who has two successful relationships under his belt and constantly gives eddie relationship advice specifically.

you have them deliberately introducing them as a family unit and it’s…a choice…

#zee rambles #yes you could make an argument that bobby’s advice usually talks about finding love after loss or whatever #but to present buck and eddie as a coparenting unit #and to present buck as eddie’s confidant for all things is just so telling #like this has to be on purpose #eddie diaz #evan buckley #buddie #911 spoilers #buck x eddie #911 abc

[pisces-swirlix]

if you’re a kalos stan PLS reblog this, i need to celebrate with people like me who have been waiting in silence for 11 years

#KALOS STANS #WE WON #YES KALOS MY ANGEL #COME BACK TO ME I MISS YOU #pokemon z #pokemon legends z-a #zygarde #pokemon #kalos #kalos region #lumiose city #pokemon gen 6 #pokemon legends #pokemon xy #pokemon presents

[screamingfromuz]

Listen. LISTEN, the longer I spend in the academic world, I am more convinced that describing Judaism and Jews as a religion/ethnic grope/ethnoreligion is unhelpful outside of Academic circles.

The best way to explain Judaism is using the tribe model. A lot of times Judaism is a community first and a religion second, i.e., your level of religiousness is rarely a thing that alienate you from the community.

Think of other tribes, like the Sámi, Aboriginal Australians, Māori, Yurok, Inuit ect. Each have their own unique religion, but we do not think of them as a religious group, because the tribal identity is more important, and the religion is considered part of the culture, not the opposite.

IMORTANT SIDENOTE: I am aware that many of those tribes, and other tribes have a big chunk of Christians in them, usually more Christians than those who follow the indigenous religion of the tribe. BUT for the sake of discussion, I am equating Judaism to the section that does follow the indigenous religion of the tribe.

So, despite the fact that the religious structures of Judaism is very integral to Judaism, it is partly because of the community based focus of Judaism. The most basic example is the Minyan, the fact that prayer is preferred to be done in a group. Or the fact that the Sader is meant to be a celebrated in a group. and so on.

SO, ethnoreligion is a great academic term, but for outside that world? A tribe is a much better term to explain Judaism.

#jumblr #judaism #ethnoreligion #the problem of using academic terms outside academia is that they require the ACADEMIC CONTEXT #and I found that presenting Jews as a tribe makes a lot of the comparison to Christianity go away #and helps explain the solidarity a lot of Jews find toward other indigenous tribes #because we have a lot in common #the Jewish tribe is just far more spread out than most tribes #yes #this is an oversimplification #but sometimes you have to do it in order to get the point #Judaism is a closed practice #just like the faith of many other tribes

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

D'Arce S Ending: "As soon as I can revive him from the dead, the wedding is BACK ON!"

#fear and hunger #d'arce cataliss #le'garde #fear and hunger spoilers #blood #self harm #Quote from Piosplayhouse #And he would go on to slay. Many millions of people infact. #D'arce Cataliss more like D'arce Catalyst For The Near Destruction Of Humanity. #D'arce has such a noble and pure heart but it is presented as her greatest flaw and I think that's brilliant. #Girl I don't think you can love the flaws out of this man. Yes is he very beautiful. No you can't fix him. #There are some people you can sacrifice everything for and they still will not care for you the way you care for them. #Learning dark magic to bring him back from the dead is NOT a good first date idea D'arce! #(I'm not very good at drawing blood and flesh. Yet. This series is going to push my limits)

[kockatriceking]

how Courier Six be looking at Jeannie-May Crawford just before putting on the red beret (her head is about to spontaneously explode)

#art #fallout new vegas #fallout nv #courier six #oc: mule #courier 6 #fanart #fallout #novac #hello fallout fandom i present to you my courier six #his name is Mule and hes somewhat deranged and incredibly volatile but also inexplicably kind #he is the three time winner of the 'survivor of amateur brain surgery' award #as well as the 'survivor of surgery with non-sterile equipment' award #his brain is an entirely seperate being to himself and they frequently argue #also his brain runs the entirety of Independent Vegas / Independent Nevada #since w/ yes man and the army mule took over kicked out the ncr and then absorbed the Legion into his forces thus collecting their territor #well. Mule's brain gave the instructions to do that. mule just follows orders #his brain is basically Mr House Part Two Electric Boogaloo #while mule is just. The Dragon. #anyway yeah thats the lore for this silly guy #*securitron army not like. the actual army #fallout oc #my art

[bingqiv]

it’s just the way that the doctor still tragically loves the master despite everything.

the master has destroyed their planet and violated their people in the worst way possible and yet they’re still intrinsically entwined for eternity.

the master is who he thinks about when there’s a chance he may die and the master is who he thinks about when he survives.

missy said “my heart is maintained by the doctor” and i do think that’s mutual. the doctor’s hearts are maintained by the master, they always have been and always will be.

#the doctor thinking he is about to die sings the skye boat song and talks about the moon and the president’s wife #the link to missy and the spy master and simm with the saxon theme #the universe really said ‘you’ll never get away from the sound of the woman that loves you’ #also when we finally get a master/doctor reunion it’s going to be so fucking angsty can’t wait #also this is all something i think the master needs to realise (especially a post dhawan one) #like yes you are still equals and yes you are still the most important person in the doctor’s past present and future stop #dw #doctor who #dw spoilers #the master #thoschei #the doctor

[swan2swan]

If Sammy ever found out about this, she would lasso Darius, tie him to a chair, tell Yaz to yell at him for her, storm out of the room, and then come back after Yaz's "What were you THINKING?" rant with the Gun Safety Manual, and then lecture him for another hour.

#''I THOUGHT I TAUGHT YOU BETTER THAN THAT DARIUS BOWMAN.!!!!!!!'' #jurassic world: chaos theory #jwct #chaos theory spoilers #jw:ct #chaos theory #darius bowman #seriously though that was insanely dangerous #yaz gives him the ''DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE CONSQUENCES EVERYONE CARES ABOUT YOU WHAT IF YOU'D GOTTEN HURT'' side of the rant #and if she wasn't present in the room Sammy would just put Yaz on speaker #gun safety #and yes I fully believe that Sammy taught Darius how to use a gun on Nublar #she taught everyone how to do it #there are guns and there are dinosaurs and everyone needs to be Safe #BUT SHE TAUGHT YOU BETTER

[robert-deniro]

The Room (2003) // Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

#filmedit #filmgifs #moviegifs #fyeahmovies #userrobin #dailyflicks #userbbelcher #chewieblog #useranimusvox #sakshi does a thing #parallels* #killers of the flower moon #the room #tommy wiseau #robert de niro #well yes this was the first thing that came to mind when i first watched kotfm #doesn't help that exactly a week before that i did a double feature of mean streets and the room at the local cinema #with greg sestero present! surreal watching it on the big screen though #anyway #yeah there it is here you guys go. you're welcome