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i love you mirror versions i love you possession i love you cloning i love you simulacrums i love you shadow selves i love you digital copies of a mind i love you alternate timeline versions i love you tropes that play with identity and what it means to be a certain person

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moonbird thanks you for feeding her.

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Shoutouts to Vanitas Kingdomhearts. He's anywhere between 1000 years old or 3 years old. He has reality altering powers that it physically hurts him to use. He was born without a face. He's potentially a personification of one of the oldest eldritch abominations in the universe. He's obsessed with "recompleting" with one of the main protagonists and violentally merging their souls together in a destructive amalgemation and bringing about the end of the world.

Based on that list of character traits, you'd assume he'd be some kind of narratively loadbearing antagonist. Instead, he's a whiny backflip obsessed teenager who is always instead just a hired goon for the Real Big Bad: An Old Man Going Through A Divorce.

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Obsessed with sun and moon symbology.

Alternative versions:

And this one has a timelapse because I suddenly remembered I can record it:

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Taken and given.

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I loved when “Drift Compatible” entered pop lexicon cause we were in DESPERATE need for a way to platonically express “one of us to the other is as a limb to a body; we are a left and right feet of a dancer; we do not need to speak because any one word inspires an exchange of unspoken words that conveys a full conversation in which a mutual conclusion is determined in an instant”. Huge win for the QPRs out here

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AUGH IT'S DONE!!! All the ghost types so far! (plus some closeups)

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repliku be like “your memory is a trainwreck” bad news my guy

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i just can't believe that oda fucking create sanji, a stereotypical ladies man who simps to an embarrassing degree for women while having his hackles comically raised around everyone he perceives as a man - and most notably butting heads with the more obvious ~manly man~ of the crew. haha, classic anime running gag, the kind that gets obnoxious at times but still makes you laugh.

AND THEN, like a billion chapters later, motherfucker steeples his fingers and goes "soooooooo... what makes a person Like That?"

and the answer is that he grew up in fucking Toxic Masculinity, The Kingdom. the answer is that he was always Different, in a way other guys instinctively perceived as weak, and that made him the target of visceral scorn and violence. the answer is that he was sensitive, sweet, caring, nurturing - feminine-coded traits which are only valued by patriarchy insofar that they're performed by women in service of men. the answer is that in a kingdom comprised almost entirely by violent men, the only ones who were ever kind to him, the only safety he ever had, were a girl and a woman.

so cooking is for women and servants, it makes you less of a man. only women will ever really value you for your passions and dreams. women are also actively hurt by the way the world works, they are unsafe unless they comply with men's violence, and you have to protect them.

(men will always know what you are, and they will hurt you if you let them.)

and even after he leaves... at baratie he is cherished and respected, but even that is an extremely masculine environment. we don't talk about our feelings, we don't let our guard down, the only love is tough love. when he tries to express his artistry and express himself through his cooking, rather than just filling orders and making money, he gets mocked.

so here is a man who will not raise a hand to a woman, because he rejects the masculinity he was raised with and refuses to become yet another man subjecting women to violence. he is desperate for women's attention and affection because it's SAFE, it's the only kind he can trust. other men are potential threats and must be treated as such. he must at all times be snarky, tough, Not Feminine, because to be perceived otherwise is to be powerless, to be hurt.

like y'all. the queer coding of it all? the overtly feminist themes? the active rejection of toxic masculinity and the way it's shown to be directly tied to imperialism? what the fuck.

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Idk but I think in some ways Doflamingo is jealous of Law?? Corazon's decision to protect Law, a child with no ties to their family or past, over his own brother, is a significant blow to Doflamingo. It challenges his worldview, where loyalty is paramount.

Like It's plausible that among the many heinous acts Doflamingo has committed, Corazon's death is the one that haunts him the most. This could be because it involves family, a betrayal he didn't foresee, and perhaps a lingering affection or attachment to his younger brother. And Law wearing Corazon's name and leading the Heart Pirates is a constant reminder to Doflamingo of his brother's betrayal and his failure to control or extinguish Corazon's influence. It's a symbol of Doflamingo's loss, both in terms of family and power.

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it's simple really: october is for horror movies with highly stylized villains and iconic monsters because they make for good costumes. early november is for gothic horror because of the fog and decay etc. late november is for zombies (commentary on consumerist culture). december is for psychological horror and stuff where they're trapped in a room because that's when you have to go to holiday parties with your family.

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Literal TEARS in my eyes rn

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found out you can swim in the fountains at gold saucer

Update: Midgar man who went swimming in Gold Saucer fountain tells Public Security he's "not drunk, just bored"

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Samurai Mace. Third Jedi in samurai star wars concepts. Mace Windu. Magister of the Jedi order, Council Member, Great warrior. First and second HERE

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forget what anyone else says, including what even I said previously, the absolute worst fanfic reader experience is being a fan of a supporting character, even a fairly popular one, and wanting to read fics involving them, you've even lowered your bar from "the fic is about them" to "they are a side character in other people's dramas", but every single new fic in their tag is tagged for mentioning them exactly one (1) time, in passing, in a list of names

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Animatic idea I’ve had for a whiiiiiile, but DAMN I’m happy with how it turned out!! XD