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*scrolling tumblr* hmmm. i agree with the sentiment of this post, but the phrasing feels off to me. it doesn’t really have that Reblog factor, you know? *scrolls* oh good, a post that just says “i jerk off till my penis scrweam” . i better reblog this

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@thelibraryloser and @mlsecretsanta, here is the gift!! hope you like it

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SLEEP WHEN YOU’RE DEAD

Comm I did for Antdroids1 on twitter! 

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*makes your protags Filipino*

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my new game, SHOOTY SHOOTY ROBOT INVASION comes out in one week from today!!!

i worked on it for 4 years and you should check it out!!

bit.ly/ShootyShootyRobotInvasion

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He doesn’t want to spoil the surprise for himself

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miraculous x twilight

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Don't know what to watch this weekend?

Maybe you should check Jentry Chau vs the underworld on Netflix ❤️🫰🔥

A 16 year old Chinese-American girl who lives in Seoul happily as a teenager until she has to go back to her hometown where she lived when she was a kid on a random Texas town because she is being hunted by some demon and now it has to have a balance between her new high school life and how to stop that demon that is going after her

Not going to lie this is one of the best shows I've seen this year and it's so refreshing to have a cartoon for all ages to enjoy and also with some action, please go check it 🔥❤️

I haven't finished it, but we deserve another season..

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How do you feel about Adrinino?

They should make out

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miraculous x twilight

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going back to my roots…. cute ladybug comics where they hug each other

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A victimless crime (dismemberment)

You can support me and my art by donating to my GoFundMe

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haven't seen s6 yet but I miss them

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Nathalie, Emilie, and the bird wives

@asukiess This post is for you

I've always been interested in stories of the swan maiden variety; in the typical iteration, a man comes upon a group of swan maidens in human form, and steals the cloak of feathers that allows one of them to transform back, while the others turn back into swans and flee, forcing her to become his wife. The story ends by her finding her swan skin and leaving him, and whatever children they had, forever. In this motif, the wife can also be some creature other than a swan, and the story falls broadly under the "Magic Wife" motif.

Recently, I've also been looking into the Japanese folktale of the crane wife, where a man saves a crane, and she comes to be his wife in return. To support them, she makes fine fabric for him to sell, but it's at great personal cost. The Wikipedia page for Tsuru no Ongaeshi tells the story like this:

"In The Crane Wife story, a man marries a woman who is in fact a crane disguised as a human. To make money, the crane wife plucks her own feathers to weave silk brocade, which the man sells, but she becomes increasingly ill as she does so. When the man discovers his wife's true identity and the nature of her illness, devastated by the truth, he demands her to stop. She responds that she has been doing it for love, for them. The man says that love exists without sacrifice, but he is wrong. He who lives without sacrifice for someone else does not deserve to be with a crane."

Looking through all the known variants listed on the Swan maiden page, I also found this reference under the Chinese oral tales heading:

"A tale from Southeastern China and near regions narrates the adventures of a prince who meets a Peacock Maiden, in a tale attributed to the Tai people. The tale is celebrated amongst the Dai people of China and was recorded as a poem and folk story, being known under several names, such as "Shaoshutun", "The Peacock Princess" or "Zhao Shutun and Lanwuluona" "

Anyway, you probably know where I'm going with this, but I think the crane wife is a really striking ringer for Nathalie's relationship with Gabriel, and presumably his marriage to Emilie. She plucks her peacock feathers to make magical gifts for him, despite the terrible toll it takes on her. He asks her not to sacrifice herself, but she insists she's doing it for them, out of love. Neither of them are wrong for the way they love, but they are wrong for each other, because Gabriel will never sacrifice himself for her the way she does.

As a crane wife, she's willingly giving up her feathers, but as a swan maiden, she's trapped against her will; he has something hidden away that she can't fly without, and in the meantime, she's working to raise their children and be a good wife, because she has no other option. I think the swan maiden story gives it a little more eminath razzle-dazzle; what else would Gabriel have hidden away that she couldn't leave without?

I think they're both cool lenses to look at the relationships through! :)

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muscle memory kicking in