#this is peak character development

[flyingwargle]

suna week day 7: birthday

when he was a kid, suna wanted to be on tv.

he watched a lot of it, thanks to absent parents, everything from reality sitcoms, detective dramas, medical documentaries, cooking shows. he watched celebrities face their darkest fears, ordinary citizens fall in love, actors cry about their dead families, late night hosts crack jokes and make commentary that went over his adolescent head. after his sister was born, he was forced to sit through kids’ shows, educational programs, and shojo anime, but regardless of what was on screen, he retained a singular wish: to be on tv.

he never really made an effort to fulfill it, accepted it as a pipe dream. when he went to nationals as a first-year in junior high, he was astonished by the tv crews and cameras along the top rows of the stands to broadcast the tournament, hosts interviewing coaches and parents of players to look out for. any time they walked past an interview, he would try to step into frame, try to catch the interviewer’s eye.

his team never made it to nationals after that. the dream went into hibernation until high school, when inarizaki seized the competition by storm.

kita, the twins, and their coach were the only ones ever interviewed. monthly volleyball once filmed a short documentary about them during his second year, but his section didn’t make the cut. they kept the clip of atsumu fumbling his toss, though, probably to show how he isn’t completely unflappable.

graduation led him and his friends down separate paths. he watched ojiro win the championship for the falcons, atsumu score five service aces in his debut match, osamu open onigiri miya. he watched interviews with old high school rivals, documentaries about their training, podcasts explaining their journey as a pro.

he started to accept that maybe his dream will stay that way – a dream, and nothing more.

then, he signed onto ejp.

“suna-senshu! can you comment on how you feel about debuting tonight?”

the interviewer caught him ten minutes before official warm-ups began, clad in the #23 jersey, out of place in yellow and white. he had to slouch to mumble into the microphone, a camera documenting every second.

“i feel nervous, but i’m confident in my skills and teammates. we’ll emerge victorious.” and they did.

interviews came more easily after that, each one building his media persona – deadpan humor, fast quips, surprisingly insightful when needed. friends send him compilation videos of his best interview moments more often than his best plays. he saves them all, watches them on bad days, even on good days because wow, some of his best moments really are the best.

he remembers all of this while standing on the international stage.

the stadium is packed with spectators. his teammates’ backs are to him, opponents across the net. they all wear the jnt jersey, a bright red with the japanese flag over their hearts, their surnames and numbers emblazoned across their backs.

his own, suna, #20.

he has grown accustomed to the blinding stadium lights, flashing shutters, cameras that track his every move. his ears are trained for the sharp whistle’s tweet, his teammates’ shouts, the way the crowd chants his name.

the world on tv seemed so far away as a kid. now, it’s his reality.

he recalls a question that an interviewer asked him as the whistle silences the crowd. “suna-senshu, if you could speak to your eight-year-old self, what would you say?”

the ball leaves his hand. “oh, that’s a tough question. i think i’d say…”

he jumps.

“you’ll fulfill your dream. it’ll take a while – a long while – but you’ll get there.”

“was it to become a pro volleyball player?”

“nah.” he’d looked straight at the camera with his signature smirk. “it was to be on tv.”

he flies into the light.

[ghosts-of-the-apocalypse]

SIR PENTIOUS FANS STAY WINNING

IM GOING INSANE

I LOVE THIS LITTLE GUY SO MUCH ADJSHJSHDHAVKKAIGAUAVIAVAKGBLABTCWXUVLHVLAVOTCAIXAUAUCAICIFC

[i-am-trying-my-best-okay]

Jean Grabbing Jeremy's Chin: A Saga of Character Development

1st Chin Grab

This is Jean setting a boundary, someone who's never been allowed to set a boundary before. He's unsure if this boundary will be listened to, thinking he needs to become physically threatening to ensure it. At the same time, he's trusting Jeremey to be a person he can even attempt to set a boundary with at all.

2nd Chin Grab

This is more of a causal touch, Jean comfortable in doing so, but it serves a purpose, or more so a correction. A touch to shift Jeremy's attention away from Jean's pain, to ask him to look away, a dismissal of his own pain. Again, he thinks he needs to ensure Jeremy's attention to get his point to come across. But when Jeremy responds with obvious care, Jean loses track of his dismissal, releasing Jeremy.

3rd Chin Grab

Again, a causal touch that serves a purpose, but Jean has more focus on what that is. This isn't the practiced dismissal of his pain from his time in the Ravens, but something Jean has thought out. This is a showage of Jean's trust to Jeremy rather than an attempt to distract Jeremy away, allowing Jeremy in.

4th Chin Grab

They've already long since established this causal touch of the chin, it's something familiar to them. Jean knows it gets Jeremy's attention, and so he uses it to ground Jeremy in this moment, an anchor in his panic, as well as an assessment of how Jeremy is feeling. Because if Bryson is a threat to Jeremy in any way, Jean wants to know so he can get rid of the problem, and he knows that Jeremy isn't going to vocalize Bryson as a problem so he has to judge based on his face.

5th Chin Grab

Jeremy is the kind of person that refuses to show anyone his face if it shows any kind of distress; he never wants to address that he's anything less than okay, feeling he doesn't deserve comfort. And again, Jean knows this by now, using chin grabs to see in full Jeremy's distress, to get Jeremy to let him in; a shift from Jeremy trying to get Jean to let him in.

6th Chin Grab

Again, Jean knows the meaning of Jeremy turning his face away; he wants to hide, and Jean isn't going to let him, he wants Jeremy to allow himself vulnerability just as Jeremy created a space that allowed Jean the same. He isn't allowing Jeremy to invert into himself. Because Jeremy promised Jean something, and Jean has such faith in Jeremy and his promises, knowing that if he brought it up Jeremy would immediately concede. Overall, he just completely trusts Jeremy, trusting this is just Jeremy having a moment and not him breaking his promises, just needing a quick, grounding reminder. Because that's what Jean touching Jeremy's chin so often means; it's grounding both Jean and Jeremy, a reassurance of vulnerability on both ends.

7th Chin Grab

He wants him. That's it.

Really though, this is a shift in Jean's normal chin grabbing. Yes, it's to ensure Jeremy's attention, but the normal intentions of that are now different. Every single time Jean touches Jeremy's chin there's a clear purpose, an intent, what Jean would consider a necessity. But Jean himself after this realizes how it accidently came across, how unplanned this move was. It was a thoughtless grab for Jeremy, to hold onto him, likely brought on by the memories of what he remembers Faser did to Jeremy, another time Jean's control slipped.

[ant1draws]

Crimson peak redesigns for class!

[vice-like]

gotta say tho one of the best moments from homura for me is this, sensei actually thanking natori and him getting all surprised, it makes me lowkey emotional

i love sensei's relationship with natsume's friends and how it develops, midorikawa does it so subtly and beautifully and i love it

like the way this leads into younger cousin arc with sensei cuddling the heck out of natori and pointing out how he's having a hard time idk i just love this old man cat and and his relationship with the humans he supposedly doen't care about and how natsume is the thread connecting them all 😭

[polyporethewicked]

MONTH OF ULTRAKILL DAY 14 // JUSTICE IS SPLENDOR

didnt intend to draw him on valentine’s but hey its fitting for this community id say

[angels-creative]

as someone who watches a lot of comedies, i’m not entirely sold on Adults yet (yes, even after six episodes in). but one thing I really have to praise them for is the fact that they have good writers. the comedy is decent. each plot is original. but i legitimately have to give them kudos for this exchange right here:

“did he call you his rock bottom?”

“,,,yeah,,,”

“he might be yours, too.”

that exchange? those three lines? absolutely amazing. top tier writing. hits hard, and it really sells that moment of realization that one needs to figure out their life, and how they’re going to move forward.

[kripsybac0n125]

[empty-dream]

Maybe having others refute or correct your ideas is what passing the torch really means. Things don't go as planned. Misunderstandings or unexpected events occur. The believer is opposed by the heretic. Heliocentrism is opposed by the geocentric model. The twists brought on by those outside elements might be the very thing that gives you hope to move forward.

Orb: On the Movements of the Earth episode 12. Heliocentrism is my faith

[artist-issues]

When Simba runs back into danger to help Nala in Act 1

but then in Act 2 he won't go back to the Pridelands to help her

because he used to have a little "self-sacrificial assumption of responsibility" like his father, but then he forgot who he was.

[foloxcer]

Just got done playing Deltarune Ch 3&4 and…

I’m still comprehending the fiction I just experienced because oh my GOD.

The character development and revelations are absolutely astounding. Night and day comparisons between now and Ch 1.

AND THE GAME’S HILARIOUS!?!

Toby Fox is a genuine masterclass of a writer.

[nemo-me-impune]

I am very new to this fandom but I'm caught up thanks to the wonders available on the high seas so like

What if when Buck and Eddie go canon they immediately have sex and then the morning after Eddie says "let's get married"

And then Buck is like "... You know you can't get me pregnant right?"

And then Eddie explains that he doesn't want to wait and he wants Buck to be entirely a part of his life yadda yaddaand convinces Buck to say yes

But then they explain it to everyone else and then Chimney is like "... Did you get Buck pregnant? Do I need to go buy a shotgun?"

[iceclew]

(10 min into the game) MY FAMILY, MY BOIS, MY LOVES!!! 🥹🥹

(3 hours later) I'm gonna punch you in your f*cking face, you lovely idiot. I will heal your wounds immediatelly, but I will punch you nonetheless....

OH YES, ALSO LOVE IS THERE TOO, LOOKING VERY RESPECTFULLY, BUT SORRY I LOVE YOU. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[sickficsaturn]

How a character acts when sick/injured feels important for character development/psyche and should be added to more OC asks/questionaires, me thinks.

[jetcorax]

chapter 17 // chapter 25

chapter 11 // chapter 27

epilogue

[thatswhatsushesaid]

man, but like.... why is there a contingent of jiang cheng stans who are incapable of stanning their special guy (totally justifiably! i support you!!) without shitting on jin guangyao in the process? why are these fans capable of doing deep narrative dives to understand and contextualize jiang cheng's justifiable actions re: wei wuxian and the wen remnants pre-timeskip, who write thoughtful screeds in defence of his feelings of anger and betrayal vis-a-vis the golden core reveal, but lose that capability entirely the second jin guangyao shows up?

is it because jin guangyao is mean to jiang cheng while trying to not get murdered as his whole life collapses around him? jiang cheng is a big boy, jin guangyao's carefully calculated spiel to provoke him during the guanyin temple confrontation doesn't even make the list of top ten most traumatic things to happen to him, he'll be fine.

feral jc stans should be friends with feral jgy stans because nobody else likes us 🥲