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Shishiwakamaru: The Cape of No Return

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Yu Yu Hakusho 幽☆遊☆白書 029 "Flowers of Blood" 血の花を咲かす蔵馬!

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Back on my yyh fixation

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Yu Yu Hakusho 幽☆遊☆白書 030 "Dragon of the Darkness Flame" 未完の奥義·炎殺黒龍波

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Rewatched my middle school hyperfixation and now im obsessed again

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iida is rei in a different universe

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Ah yes my guilty pleasure, the final stoke second volume ( ive rewatched it a million times just because albert is my favorite character).

Free! The Final Stroke

It took me a few years but I finally watched it lmao. I have so many thoughts and emotions going through my head I feel like I haven't processed everything yet. Knowing that it's the official ending of Free!, it's bittersweet. I started watching this show when it first came out in 2013, when I was 14 years old, and now I'm 26 still getting emotional over these swimming dorks. When I was a teenager, this show saved my life and solidified my own dream of becoming an artist. That being said, imma share my initial thoughts under the cut <3

I still don't know yet how the vast majority of the fandom feels about The Final Stroke, but personally? I'm a little disappointed if I'm being honest. Now don't get me wrong, I absolutely loved it for what it was but I still feel like there was so much missing! I think Volume 1 was almost perfect, actually, but Volume 2 had way too much going on for them to be able to properly fit everything into one movie. I think if they wanted to do the plot that they did, they should've kept Volume 1 as a movie and did Volume 2 as a season 4. It would've given them much more time to flesh out the story and make sure that all the conflict was handled in a satisfactory way. Everything in Volume 2 felt so rushed and there's too many characters in Free for everyone to have gotten the proper attention that they all deserved. Especially considering the movie as a whole covers a timespan of an entire year??? Two years if you count the ending. It's actually kind of insane. The fact that they had to cover so much of that time with montages too annoyed me to no end. It took away from the heart of the story and the depth of the characters.

The main conflict didn't really work for me. I've always been in the boat of people that feel like it didn't make sense for Haru to go into professional swimming, so when I watched Volume 1 I was really happy with the direction that things were going in. For Haru, it made sense to me that swimming in a world championship against someone like Albert would screw with his head like that. I just think the way that it was resolved didn't make sense. It's like Rin and Makoto were just like nah you're fine and Haru was like oh yeah I guess. I know that's an exaggeration but I feel like it should've taken more than that race on the rooftop for Haru to act less antagonistic. He just continued to over-exert himself with the goal of beating Albert. I think it would've made more sense for Haru's character if his goal had been to understand Albert, rather than to just beat him. He talked about how sad and cold Albert's swimming was, and I think normally that would've made Haru's friends more curious about Albert as a person.

Also, speaking of Haru over-exerting himself, what the fuck? They really just let him do that???? I say this with peace and love but Sousuke and Ikuya should've beat his ass. Cuz what the hell was that? What happened to "If you overdo it, you won't be able to do what you could before"???? It would've been so much better if we could have seen Makoto help train Haru to swim in a way that wouldn't have taken such a toll on his body. Makoto and Rin literally joined him in his training for the purpose of helping him figure out the answer of what he was looking for, but they still let him destroy himself for the sake of what, beating Albert??? It just didn't make sense!!! They should've figured out that they wanted to swim the relay from much earlier on. It should've been the answer that Makoto and Rin helped Haru find. They should've trained for that instead of focusing solely on themselves! I know that they weren't supposed to be able to choose to swim in the relay, but they fuckin ended up doing that anyways right lmao. The relay has always been the heart of Free and I think it would've been even more rewarding if they planned on it sooner, instead of watching Haru physically fall apart.

Speaking of the relay, was nobody going to tell me that Ikuya and Rin should kiss? (LMAOOOO IM ONLY KIDDING... unless? 👀) In all seriousness I adore Ikuya and Rin's newfound friendship, and I'm glad it took more than one scene for them to become friends. Those two weirdos mesh a lot better than I previously would have imagined! I wish we could've gotten more of the whole relay team bonding together. Again, it would've been much more rewarding that way! Seeing them practice together, butting heads and being dumb, with Makoto and Nao to help guide them, it would've been beautiful.

Makoto deserved better. They've been building up so much suspense with his fear of losing Haru I really thought there would be some kind of payoff with it. It fell so flat. He didn't even say anything about it. It just festered and festered and then fizzled out after the rooftop race with Rin. Why does Kyoani insist on sidelining one of THE most popular characters in the entire series? Let him have his fucking moment, jesus christ.

Nagisa and Rei deserved better, as always. Do I think that it was necessary for them to continue swimming in college? Not really. Am I mad about it? Of course not! I'm so glad Rei and Ai ended up on the same team as Ikuya and Hiyori, and Nagisa being on the same team as Kinjou BLEW MY MIND. If Volume 2 was a season instead of a movie, it would have been beautiful to see Nagisa crack through Kinjou's shell. Nagisa would have been the perfect character to tame Kinjou's shitty personality. I feel like Kinjou's character as a whole fell flat as well, and they weren't able to flesh him out enough because again, a movie was not enough time for them to fit in everything that they wanted to include in this! I'm glad we got some snippets of his backstory, and I do enjoy him as a character, I just think his purpose was a little lost. When he came in at the end of DTTF, he was so... terrifying. It was exciting! In The Final Stroke he's just some asshole LMAO.

I wish Gou went to Tokyo. I do think it makes sense that she stayed in Iwatobi, but I just wanted to see her shine! I wish we knew what her dream was, I'll forever be mad that they didn't tell us.

Asahi deserved better, I wish Natsuya and Nao were more than just supporting characters, I wish we could have seen more depth with Sousuke's rehab and his training with Makoto, Kisumi has always deserved better (we never got to see him play basketball with anyone and I'll forever be mad about it), Haru deserved better. At the end of the day, everyone deserved better, and Volume 2 should have been a season (or two honestly) instead of a movie to insure that everyone would get the endings that they deserved!! That's not to say that I didn't enjoy the movies, because I absolutely did and there's many more things that I want to talk about. I just think the story was too big to fit into three hours.

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„Allen Shore was burned alive by the government“

Another ISM fanart :PP

bonus!!

(I'm truly sorry)

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The ol’ jitterbug

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I still haven't gotten over Delico's Nursery, and I probably won't get over it any time soon, so here goes. Can I ask for some headcanons of the protagonists on their wedding day with the reader?

Even if it’s his second marriage (or 4th. who knows with Dali) he would want to have a spectacular wedding.

A huge venue, with a large reception hall, so everyone he has invited can come to marvel at the happy couple.

Custom and expensive décor, with flowers as far as the eye can see. Nothing but the best for him and his beloved.

Ever the showman, there would also be several outfit changes. For the ceremony, the reception arrival, opening the dance floor, cutting the cake, leaving to go on their honeymoon. All custom tailored and designed to match the theme of the evening or event.

Raphael acts as the ring bearer while Ul is just there for moral support.

He appreciates that he will have to have a wedding to marry his intended, but must they?

Planning an event like this is stressful, so Gerhard mostly ignores it. Leaving the planning to his intended and their family or hiring someone to do all of it.

The most important part is making sure the right people are invited and that the right people come. Noble events like this are more about networking than whatever pretense they have gathered for.

Gerhard would spend most of the evening making sure that his guests are satisfied than his new spouse. Stating that he will make it up later to them, which is a great first step in a marriage.

Angelico is left in the care of his nanny. This is a serious event and children would ruin it.

Dino has actually had 4 weddings, and he wasn’t a fan of any of them.

Much like Gerhard he understands that the point is not about them but inviting the right people so they do not feel snubbed, and can see the high standard of the Classico house.

It is the smallest of any of the weddings, however. Immediate family and only those required to be invited.

Even though he did nothing to plan or set up the wedding, Dino states that he is completely drained for all the activity.. They postpone their honeymoon for the fall after he has recuperated.

Theodore attends but due to his age he is just a spectator.

Henrique is excited and can barely contain himself in that excitement.

He finally gets to marry the person he loves most and wants everything to be perfect for them. He also wants to be involved in the planning.

He has a lot of imput but is also a good listener when his partner is stressed out. His usual Henrique everything-will-work-out attitude is very helpful in this situation.

A lot of dancing. Henrique loves to dance and wants to do so with his partner all night, so everyone can see as they glide through the ballroom how radiant they are.

Elena & Lucia are obviously their flower girls.

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I want to post my art but it keeps BUGGING OUT

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older art, but it still counts :P

Boxed In, CHcG: best of the best, inaccurate accurate events :))

Haven't seen any posts on ISM for some time (last time I clicked on #in sound mind latest post was mine, am I fr keeping this fandom alive?)

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Being Desmond Wales' Friend would include:

> @fisheadz

A/N: please ism fandom!!! Come request. I love these goobers.

Him checking in on your mental well being,being almost a mother hen. He would pull the "I have a PHD" card of youre being stubborn

You having to force him to take breaks. Banging into his Office with home made or take out food and grabbing the back of his chair and pulling him away.

You bringing him coffee to his Office + his favorite snacks.

Keeping him company in his Office at night when hes doing paperwork and scheduling. Make sure he doesnt stay up late,his wife Will thank you and Desmond too even if he bitches about it at first.

Tonia going from being jealous to being a cuddle bug with you.

You spoiling Tonia and then desmond teasing you that youre going to make her a diva (she already is ♡)

Him infodumping about his profession.

Him playing guitar for you and dueting if you also play another instrument or sing.

Him being the most reassuring, loving friend

You comforting desmond when his mind gets the better of him. He might shrug it off but hes defenetly thankful.

You being worried sick when he drops off the face of the earth. You find him passed the fuck out in his Office and make sure hes okay until Lucas shows up.

Helping him bring down Mayer corp.

Desmond finding that your shadow form doesnt hurt him,and that it keeps him company.

Him making contact in Lucas' area with you,you might find it weird or paranoia ish but maybe you also laugh it off. This is your buddy and hes okay,at least.

Your shadow heckling at Agent Rainbow and shitting on him verbally, making Desmond laugh.

Your shadowform helping Desmond get through the levels.

Both of you playing videogames.

Having you over for dinner,his wife loving you there.

Fixing desmonds outfit when he wakes up after falling asleep in his Office. He waves you off,but Is smiling low key.

Him and his cheesy dad jokes. So. Many. Dad. Jokes.

Being silly and dancing in his Office.

He gets your favorite music on vynil to play when you come over.

Overall,he loves having you around. You help him more than he can Express.

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He's holding him like he did when he was a baby but this time there's no crying

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In Sound Mind funnies part 2! (PART 3 INCOMING) OGs under the cut!