#plus different context and all

[scalproie]

granted season 1 just ended so this might be a bit unfair but earthspark makes you sympathize with the decepticons by telling you look! The decepticons are treated horribly and yeah they might be a little mean but often if someone listen to them and get thru theyre not that bad! They might even show up to repay a favor, even someone like starscream!

meanwhile cyberverse making you sympathize with the cons was like. the decepticons are bastards for 2/3 of our show. The only reason they stop is because if they didnt everyone was going to die, AND we had them team up with the autobots during a training montage set to a knock off version of "The Touch". After that neither factions wanted to go back to fighting so they didnt. When some asshole tried to start the war again they realized they actually liked not having to fight 24/7 (and might actually CARE for those stupid fucking autobots) and deceived him, and even the autobots, into thinking they havent changed their ways before fighting to protect the newfound peace at the risk of their lives. Theyre still mean bastards to the end. But get this: they were funny about it.

[lucabyte]

even dogs pass the mirror test

[rorydrawsandwrites]

I wish someone would look at me the way stupid sauced Ragatha looks at her stuffs

[isabelguerra]

I always make an effort to look at paranatural through the ~2013 era lens it was conceptualized from, back when it was at it’s most subversive, in tandem alongside its contemporary lens. Because thats what Paranatural was, for those who aren’t aware — paranatural played off of & against the common shonen & cartoon tropes and character expectations that were prevalent in that age: the wise and just mentor, the prejudiced bully, the action girl implemented to pushback against sexism + the subversion of the action girl, the excited rare skilled selfless battleprone protagonist, etc.

most new fans will likely see the comic and take it at face value — why shouldn’t they? — when in reality there’s so much more of a dialogue happening underneath the hood. There is so much underlying, forgotten context that makes paranatural, paranatural

[pencilofawesomeness]

what were the dragon's reactions to hearing acnalogias story?

(sorry this took so long for me to answer)

Man, that scene kicked my ass. I tried to write it from a few different perspectives but it felt too... repetitive? I guess? Couldn't nail the tone. But it's a good question to ask.

Sting was the newest to the fold, so knew Acnologia the least. However, he had been operating on the coping thought of "dragon slayers are meant to slay dragons" for a year at this point, because Weisslogia's implanted memory, so the full impact didn't really set in for him.

Wendy, sweet Wendy, really has a hard time imagining it all. Acno? Hurting their parents? Seemed fake. Except Acno doesn't lie and he's really upset over this, so maybe it did happen. Conflicting points of interest, for sure, because she loves them both. Still hard to imagine that Acno used to be bad though. It's like if your straight-laced parent, whom for all your life wore sweater vests and drove the speed limit and discouraged violence went "oh yeah when I was in high school I was in a gang and did drugs and killed people."

Rogue was admittedly a little cowed. Had to rethink everything and re-contextualize, for sure. Its the gut instinct of "oh no my dad" versus the fact that he had been observing Acno for months at that point and he seemed legit, but he's also six so his confidence in his profiling is not the best. (Except Rogue is very good at people watching.) Obviously the fact that Acno is visibly distraught and has never done anything to hurt them won out. After all, Gajeel had yelled at him and said nasty things too when they met and didn't quite remember each other, but they're brothers now, so things change. Kids this age roll with things very well.

Gajeel was pissed at first—he doesn't like being lied to, for one—but then it quickly switched to being more upset that Acno looked one word away from leaving forever. His unresolved abandonment issues didn't handle being left behind again, so he mostly yelled at Acno to get his shit together at this point. Teen angst at its finest. Later though, it pieces together everything he knew from Metalicana and the others and realized it tracks. But Acno has nothing to gain from telling them this if he was still like that, so clearly he's different now.

Happy is also a baby and doesn't really understand the severity of it at the time. It's the sort of simple moral formula: you did something bad, you said you're sorry, and it's better now.

Charle, despite being the same age, absolutely is on guard around him for the next few months and religiously watching over Wendy and all of the others because those boys have bad self-preservation. Charle, for magic reasons as we all know, comes pre-packed with trauma and trust issues. But. Acno gets its so he just lets her be vigilant around him and lets her have space and eventually she calms down and has an epiphany about dragon slayers and people in general. Her thing actually comes up a bit in this oneshot I want to do with her and Erik soon, when Erik first gets adopted.

Laxus doesn't have any emotional stake in this but it definitely re-contextualizes stuff. He keeps calm but has a momentary small crisis of "wait did this guy kill my dad because he was insane back then, or...?" and then quickly remembers he has loads of evidence that Ivan was insane and that Acnologia still, ya know, saved his life. He's got this moral gray stuff figured out, and clearly Acno isn't still Like That. Plus it makes sense to Laxus now why Acno bailed so hard and fast when Laxus was a kid, because he's watching it now in real time. It was the bone deep guilt.

Natsu, actually, understands Acno's whole ordeal the most, on a conceptual level. Because he's spent countless nights thinking about Zeref at this point, and how Zeref has caused soooo many problems and so much damage but Natsu still cares and still wants Zeref to get better and Not do those things. Acnologia is now proof that that can work. That someone can be awful and then choose to stop being awful. It definitely hurts him deeply that being separated from Igneel was, in part, *because* of Acnologia (and this dawns on all of them) but like... what's done is done. At this point, it's equally hard to imagine a life without Fairy Tail or without Acnologia. So. It's just life and how it is.

[newsies-united]

i am worth it i am smart i am kind i am strong i am creative !! one hard day will NOT BREAK ME 🔥🔥💪💪🔥💪🗣️🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥💪🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️

[dailykugisaki]

Day 127 | id in alt

They hangin out on a building fr.

[skrunksthatwunk]

so i read cyrano today. here's some parts i thought were funny in/out of context

cyrano's debut comes with bullying an actor he doesn't like offstage. two acts later he sends a band of musicians after him just to get them off his hands. he also tells them to tell this actor he sent them

and, of course, marmaladegate

[the0ther-side0f-dawn]

just a little personal anecdote/ thought dump in the tags..

[meowchela]

🌙- what is your f/o doing late at night when they can’t sleep?

delilah is a CERTIFIED SLEEPYHEAD so she doesn't have this problem. due to her powers, she falls and stays asleep very easily....however, actually getting rest is another story, because using her dream powers takes up a lot of energy. this makes her nap during the day in order to get that energy back properly!!! so she'd probably meet up with me the next morning and we'd both me tired, me from not sleeping because i'm more of an insomniac between the two of us and her from sleeping but not getting any rest XD

as for sarv? she has a lot more skeletons in her closet that would keep her up. certain regrets and irreversible choices, past actions that haunt her, even things she's been forgiven for that she just can't let go of. being alive for centuries will do that to you, and being former leader of the underworld doubly so......especially since she's tried so hard to distance herself from that life. usually she sleeps pretty well but i can definitely see there being times where it all catches up with her again and she has to take a night to just ponder everything. most of the time she'll have ruv by her side to be a silent comfort/to talk things out with him since he was either there for it or has seen her at a point where he'd understand but on nights where i stay over i'm sure she'd just want to cuddle me close like a teddy bear and try to ignore it all. like with ruv she can let her feelings out more freely because he's seen her at her worst and understands where she's coming from, but she sees me as a fresh start and wouldn't want me to see the uglier sides of herself that she's been distancing herself from for centuries now. of course i would love her no matter what, but to her it's an oppurtunity she doesn't want to mess up, yknow? so if we spend the night together we'd probably stay up doing fun or relaxing things to get both of our minds off of the late night demons we both have to face

from this prompt list!

[gingerbreadmonsters]

gahhhh. im sure it doesn't sound like it most of the time, but wow my degree is so cool and fun 🥰🥰

[pixeldotgamer]

Not someone on Twitter implying I'm asking too much when I say I want artists to be able to draw fat ppl because my Vtuber is fat and im tired of getting comms where hes drawn thin

[toerrishumansodont]

AND LIKE... I wanna say the meat industry stuff is maybe even just a vehicle for a different deeper theme. something more to do with society and identity maybe? you would expect. but I really cant say it felt like it delved too deeply into what separates a human from an animal or HOW do people manage to distance themselves from meat that has their own face. Cus that is a HUGE LEAP. THATS what I wanna see.

[blooky8]

одна профессия, которую нужно гейткипить больше - это написание и перевод субтитров. бро, он не это сказал

one profession that does need better gatekeeping is people who write or translate subtitles. brother that is not what was said.

[dravidious]

Tales of Berseria Custom Character: Imp

Martial Artes: Ailment-inducing pitchfork stabs. Malak Artes: Stat-lowering ranged attacks.

The imp's malak artes can lower enemy stats, setting them up for easy status ailments from its martial artes. It doesn't have many artes that stun, giving it little to do against enemies that already have an ailment. Find a new target to weaken or switch characters to score a stun!

Break Soul: Prankster Portal The imp rips open a hole in space-time to warp across the battlefield. It will warp next to the targeted enemy if far away, and warp backward if already close. Teleport in to melee a weakened enemy, or escape from enemies surrounding you and punish them with spells! The portals damage nearby enemies when they appear and when the imp jumps in, breaking guards and allowing combos.

Break Soul: Devil Purge Usable during Prankster Portal. The imp explodes the portals, damaging nearby enemies and removing all their buffs. Enemies with an ailment take massively increased damage, but the ailment is removed afterward. Inflict an ailment, purge it for damage, then repeat!

Break Soul: Hellish Torment Usable during Devil Purge. The imp stabs its pitchfork through a portal, opening up several portals around the target that each stab it with a massive pitchfork. This attack builds a large amount of BG.

Mystic Arte 1: Hell of a Trip The imp trips the enemy, making them fall into a conveniently-placed ravine, slamming against rocky outcrops on the way down, finally falling onto the imp's raised pitchfork as it waits casually at the bottom.

Mystic Arte 2: Impossible Impact The imp opens a portal, out of which a swarm of identical imps pours forth and pounces on the enemy, dashing and slashing with claws until the original jumps down with a final slash from above.

Mystic Arte 3: Laughing Sadist Usable after Hellish Torment. The imp drags the enemy through a portal to hell, where they're roasted with flames, skewered by a rain of pitchforks, and finally stomped to dust by a gigantic imp.

Misc The imp's first healing arte cures all stat debuffs, and its second grants immunity to stuns and status ailments (doesn't cure). It has effective artes against all enemy types besides Amorphous (slimes are too slippery for even it to prank!) and Fiend (the little demon can't counter itself). And Person obviously. It uses all elements, but it has several Earth martial artes and several Fire malak artes. The imp's hurtbox is genuinely smaller, so a few enemy attacks may whiff.