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Dreamscape

Day 86

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the medicine seller in the second bakeneko arc.

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Fly me to the moon and let me play among the stars ~ 🎶

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Marcaniel redesign because what do you mean they've been wearing those damn skinny jeans since 2015

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One thing about Mononoke that I find kinda funny is that the samurai in the series are always pretty useless.

A lot of anime present samurai as these, like, hardcore unstoppable badasses, but whenever a Medicine Man runs into a samurai, they're either stupid, cowardly, or they just get in the way. At best, they're portrayed as being in way over their heads. Even the evil samurai in the series aren't particularly badass. They're just portrayed as thugs and lowlives that happen to have swords.

Not only is this funny, it also ties into the feminist themes of the franchise. A lot of Mononoke has to do with the hardships women face in a male-dominated world. That an exalted, all-male class like the samurai are in reality a bunch of losers helps show how bitterly unfair the gender dynamic in Edo society is. A lot of these guys are just allowed to fail upward because of their connections or social status or whatever while lower class women who are braver and more competent than them just get crushed by the system.

One thing that's never said outright but is still clear from the reactions of the characters is that only men of the samurai class are allowed to carry swords. Legally, a merchant like the Medicine Man isn't allowed to have one. However, not only are the swords the samurai carry completely useless against mononoke, but none of the samurai are even good swordsmen in the first place. Whenever they do use a sword to kill someone (which is rare), it's usually an unarmed civilian that can't defend themselves. These aren't hardened warriors; they're just bullies with a title. The Medicine Man is way more qualified to carry a sword than any of them.

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The obi can be pulled up like a tube top??!?! The sexiest thing I found out recently. Anyhow, I'm going thru the rage of not being able to watch newest movie again.

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So do you think anybody is going acknowledge that Hind Rajab should have been celebrating her 7th birthday today with her family? Do you think anybody is going to acknowledge that?

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Scene from the lovely untangled au by @merinathropp. I love this fic wholeheartedly and can’t wait for it to come back. I found it years ago and always hoped it would continue after it stopped being updated at some point. Then it actually did come back and I was ecstatic.

It is on hiatus at the moment, but I would still suggest anyone who enjoys cassunzel to read it. I especially love that it doesn’t get rid of Eugene, or portrays him as a bad person for the sake of the ship. Everyone is very in character, which I am a sucker for.

I got Tumblr literally for the sake of sharing this lol.

Commissions are open.

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a compilation of cassunzel art that you can get prints of in my store :) help me escape a homophobic country: get prints ✦ commission me ✦ donate ✦ share this post

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the secret kissing of the sun and moon ☀️🌙

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Asra - Reversed Ending

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sunset patrol

we are SO back

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"In the end .... you choose them .... not me."

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Brooo, every time I play other route, grgrgrgr the pain the painnn!!!! 😭😭😭 ma babyyy!!!

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