#gotta keep this shit on for hours

[desire-mona]

trying heatless curls before i return to the working world so i can actually have something going on w my hair and i feel ridiculous. straight up socks on my head rn

[kenzan-brainrot-mp4]

More pirate yakuzer ending ranting (I have been so unwell literally all day over this fuckass game it's not even funny)

It's so fucked up to me that pirate yakuza technically had a "perfect ending". Like you literally have one of the most upbeat endings to a yakuza game I can think of; everyone won, none of the protagonists' allies/friends/family had to die to make it happen (INSANE concept for a yakuza game I know, rgg should be proud of themselves for that one), they found the damn treasure and kept it all without tearing each other apart over it, Noah got to fulfill his dream without getting traumatized, the Rich family's relationship is. Well idk if it's completely fixed but it's certainly better now. AND Majima got payback on that fuckass squid that made him lose his memories. And Majima Construction's getting back off the ground to help wrap up the whole ex-yakuza conflict as a neat little bonus.

Like, in terms of conflict resolution, this is as good as it's gonna get like ever. Straight up fairytale "the real treasure was the friends we made along the way" levels of success right there. Pretty much Any other Yakuza game would Never give you an ending this clean without any heartbreak to agonize over. Or at least that's how it Seems, for like 98% of the ending sequence, and then the game throws some of the most gut wrenching shit ever at you.

Majima was literally able to (again, without ANY losses) accomplish everything he could've possibly wanted in Hawaii. Except the One Thing he sought out to find when he left for Hawaii in the first place, before the game even started. He ran off to chase after a fantasy, and you know he did basically find what would be a fantasy to anyone else, but it wasn't the one he was looking for.

The hard dose of reality in the last few minutes of the game was a Crazy move. Pyih as a whole lowkey felt like a fever dream, but that last scene, the dawning realization of Why Majima was going to Hawaii in the first place was like waking up and realizing that things still kind of suck in the real world.

Also just like. The theme of dreams in general? (Oh my god it's like yakuza 5 all over again no way). Noah's dream to see the world, Jason's dream to finally find that treasure, Rodriguez's too while we're at it, etc. Literally everyone got their dream fulfilled on that fuckass adventure despite how hopeless it all seemed at the start. Or at least, almost everyone's. Majima's dream before he got amnesia was equally as hopeless and absurd if not more, because he, technically, should know better. In any other circumstance if someone told Majima Goro that there was some magical treasure that could make you live forever and Also hopefully cure cancer he'd laugh in their face, but the way Saejima described his actions made it seem like he was, really, dead serious (or just desperate. Definitely desperate) on trying to find it. And well, we all know how that turned out. Hell its even worse because basically according to Saejima, Majima's dream was so much bigger than just that treasure, it was Kiryu himself. And we all know how hopeless That's been for who knows how long at this point. (Something something "guys our age are supposed to be smart enough not to go chasin' legends." something something Kiryu constantly bring referred to as the "legendary yakuza/dragon")

(On a sidenote, it's so fucking funny to me that everyone on Nele Island (including Majima if he hadn't gotten amnesia on the way there) was basically going "*rubs hands together* I'm going to look for this secret ancient treasure behind the others' backs and Not tell anyone else about it" all at the same time. That's pretty fucking hilarious, if I ignore the absolute agony of the Majima Implications. I love you pirate yakuza you were such a game)

And then as if all that wasn't enough, the game makes sure to give you an extra kick in the dick by basically telling you that the "eternal life elixir" that everyone was looking for was under their noses the Entire Time. They were literally All There where it was, and now it's at the bottom of the ocean, and the only man who knew about it is dead.

Not that it really mattered by then, for the mostpart. Everyone who was after the treasure had basically made their peace that the legend they were hunting after wasn't gonna be there. Jason and Noah, most notably, decided that they ultimately didn't need it, because Noah would be fine, and his condition wouldn't hold him down. Like he said, it could be a lot worse. But considering Majima's. Dubious amounts of peace he's made with Kiryu, and the fact that he, out of everyone in the crew, was left in the dark about those final clues about where the "treasure" really was? Damn. That's crazy. That shit hurted.

Also the fact that they literally made Majima encounter a whale too when that's where the "Heart of the Dragon" originated from? Bro was so close to finding what he was "truly" looking for so many times. And he basically Just missed every step of the way. And I just think that's a little fucked up.

Like idk, just the fact that rgg can pack so much bittersweetness into such a generally joyful game in the span of like 10 minutes is insane. The way that they can cast the whole game in a different light, by revealing Majima’s true intentions for his Hawaii trip, by having his last line of the game basically take it all back to the beginning (woah re-playability) but in what feels like almost an entirely different, far more depressing context, was genius. (Do you think that Kiryu ever got to know that Majima went to Hawaii for him or do you think that Majima plans to keep that part in the dark forever? I mean he was willing to die for Haruka once because he knew that she was one of the only joys in Kiryu's life and he sure as hell didn't get to know about that soo...). Just. Damn rgg. They really had me thinking this would be their one game that was almost entirely feel-good (for the mainstory at least), only to me serve the most insane gut punch I've felt in a While. Good job guys.

Tl;dr That ending ruined my entire day. It was perfect. Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is a love story guys pack up and go home.

[figs-oliomedley]

it's time I come out: I am a Samukai fan. He's in my top 5, if not number one, Ninjago villains.

anyways 24 HOUR ANIMATION CHALLENGE BABY SOLVES ALL YOUR PROBLEMS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (except hand pain) I CAME I SAW I DIDN'T EAT COZ THAT'S A TIME LOSS BUT I COOKED

I wanted to add all the other ninja and I had their bits planned out, but hey, that's life. Hope to return to this in the future!

[cozylittleartblog]

my ACEN tip gimmick has been fulfilled, aaand i got a little carried away with it. I haven't had time to draw for myself (or at all, really??) in like two weeks, i needed to Doodle and Have Fun. ... also, i did not think he would get so many donuts. people understand the value of giving treats to fictional characters :) its what he deserves

also shoutout to snazzyskeletons who had the same Tip Theme i did. we took pictures with our tip jars together. they are adorable v

i'm glad their vash got some donut money too :) 🍩 please check them out if you want some cute trigun stuff

[ghostygenetics]

day 3. i call this one: "what the fuck do i even call this?"

[skrunksthatwunk]

oh thank god. the past couple of weeks my sleep schedule shifted to that of a normal adult's so i was waking up at like 7 am every day naturally and just now i woke up from a very courageous very handsome 5 hour nap that hit me like a truck and carried me to safety (my stupid idiot sleep schedule where i sleep in 4-6 hour increments twice a day)

[xxplastic-cubexx]

brings me so much joy to see comic/bald charles likers like yes he’s gorgeous! he’s fine as hell!!!! say it for the people at the back!!! magneto being attractive is common knowledge but seeing ppl find charles attractive too makes me so giddy

Im legally not allowed to watch any 92/97 episodes with anyone where charles wears his combat uniform lest i cause a scene and make everyone uncomfortable

[sodapopcurtis-dx-asks]

Ponyboy, do you and Curly skip school often?

Hahahaa noooo...

Why would we ever do that... we're good little kids, we don't do nothing bad! Today just happened to be a, uh, slip up rare moment of bein' bad or whatever.

...Curly told me to. Honest!

Curly's made his way behind the counter when Ponyboy was writing, reading over his shoulder. He gave him a quick shove and he scoffed.

“No way you're blaming me right now! You're the one who wanted to leave!”

Ponyboy laughs. “Don't matter! The papers don't need to know nothin'.”

“Oh yeah?” Curly raised an eyebrow, before snatching up the pen Ponyboy used. “Well, how about I just—”

Ponyboy slammed Curly to the ground before he could even lay the ball of the pen onto that paper. They both scrambled around, pushing each other and fighting. Eventually Tim just came over and picked the note up himself, taking a pen out of the cup.

Ponyboy's a liar because he knows his brother re-reads these papers sometimes. Don't let the lil' fucker decieve you.

Ponyboy stumbled to his feet as he pushed Curly onto the floor, off of him. “Tim! Quit snitchin' on me!”

“I didn't snitch, I'm being honest.” Tim put the note back into the jar and crossed his arms.

Ponyboy huffs, before he gets dragged back onto the floor by a hand on his knee, tugging him onto the floor hard with a great, big thud. He yelps, and Tim just laughs at him.

[b4kuch1n]

ough brain is doing SO bad but sometimes. there are colors

[junespriince]

the first birdflash on this account is gonna be drawn damnit, plus neeeeeed to practice more so yee, ALSO HE GONNA BE FLIRTY AND SHIT MENTIONING HIS BF BEC FUCK YOU DC

old art/the ref in the keep reading

first one was made 8/17/2022 the improvement is crazy I'm actually so proud of this

[the-cookie-of-doom]

my god I only got like 4 hours of sleep last night and I am crashing. trying to get some writing done in a cafe but it's so dark and quiet that it's putting me to sleep

[catboygirljoker]

(smiling so smiley) waiter more lamia lore please 😊

:3 !!

uhhh they were friends with lea and isa growing up! mostly lea. i think isa didnt particularly like lamia, but certainly neither of them believed lamia deserved to be bullied by their peers or singled out by their teachers. lea would stand up for lamia, and isa would often get roped in. sometimes lea would hang out with lamia when they were lonely.

since lamia's dad was a scientist, i imagine they lived in the castle, and so did lea and isa after they became ansem's apprentices—but they became pretty busy, so lamia didn't see much of them. and lamia wouldn't have gone to see them at the labs; they tended to avoid people as much as possible, especially authorities, even finding back ways to sneak out of the castle to avoid the guards.

later, saïx reads xigbar's reports that mention lamia, and he doesnt really think much of it. just like, "oh, huh. i remember them. seems they havent changed much." axel might have a stronger reaction to hearing about lamia, but all of that happens during Days, and, yknow. axel's got a lot more on his mind then.

[skrunksthatwunk]

ok soooo im like 5 episodes into dear brother and i need you guys to know how much i love rei so far if only for her staggering around like a rain-soaked stray dog just haggard and unseeing all the time. like we know very little about her thus far except that every scene she's in she steals the show by flopping and wilting all over the frame

[teawithghosts]

I just think it’s fun to draw him

[quietwingsinthesky]

trans woman desmond & trans man lucy both still in the closet and helping each other try to keep the doors shut because the world potentially ending in a few months is not a great time to have a gender crisis

[coridallasmultipass]

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