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Is that not girlhood is? To be trapped in a cage and told to be happy that it's pink

(Thinking about how the exterminators picked middle school girls as their primary source of grief. Thinking of how Sayaka is in a lot of ways female rage. Thinking about trying to fight your way only to wake to find yourself locked back in. Thinking about Sayaka Miki and how she can never fight for a better world without suffering within it.)

ID: A digital drawing of Sayaka Miki from Puella Magi Madoka Magica. She is in a corked glass bottle in a mermaid form. Her skin is pale and ghostly. She has gills and fins on her arms. Her hands are a dark blue that blends into her skin tone as the color goes up her arm. Her top is based on her magical girl costume, with pearls on her neckline instead of frills, and the white base under her blue bodice replaced with a sheer while covering. Her tail is blue. Her tail is lifted up, tied with a rope lifted by a hook. The other end of the rope is slack against Sayaka's neck as her head is bent. Sayaka stares at the viewer, her eyebrow furrowed in anger, tear marks on her face. Her eye is red, slightly illuminating her surroundings. Her belongings are surrounding the bottle, lined up like trophies. They all have traces of red light, meant to represent blood. The belongings include her soul gem ring, swords, hair clip, grief seed, and shattered soul gem. Underneath the bottle is a plaque that reads "Miki Sayaka". Underneath the plaque is a smaller plaque that reads "Oktavia von Seckendorff". END ID

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I'll always love these nerds

ID: A digital drawing of Misa, L, and Light from Death Note. L is sitting on a single red sofa, holding a cupcake in one hand, and holding pink, heart tinted glasses over his head with the other. He's looking up to the side at Misa, wearing his usual white shirt and jeans. Misa is sitting in the right arm of the chair, turning to look at L. She's holding a cupcake in one hand; her other hand pointing to glasses on her head that match L's. She's wearing a black halter top adorned with a modified harness and chains, a red plaid mini skirt, fishnets and fingerless gloves. She's smiling brightly at L, seemingly in mid-conversation. Light is handcuffed to L, standing behind the sofa on the other side of Misa. He's wearing an open, plum shirt over a black tee with jeans. He's rolling his eyes, pink heart sunglasses hanging from his shirt. A cupcake is on a plate, resting on the arm of the chair in front of him. The wall behind them is covered with paneled pink wallpaper with hearts and diamonds. END ID

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I wonder if you would recognize yourself if you saw yourself now.

ID: A two panel digital drawing of Light Yagami from Death note featuring two panels against a background that shifts from black to red. Both panels focus on Light's eye. The left panel is his left eye, from towards the begining of the anime/manga, looking right. His eye is larger, more rounded, has more light in it. The right panel is tinted red. It features his right eye, from towards the middle and end of the anime/manga, looking left. END ID

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Ascension

ID: A digital drawing of Kaname Madoka from Madoka Magica. Madoka looks up against a black background illuminated by light coming from above, she looks slightly confused. Her hair is untied, and she's wearing a plain white, shirt. Above her, a glowing crown floats with wings beside it. Madoka's eyes are beginning to turn yellow, glowing slightly. END ID

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I've been thinking about Jason's grief ever since I saw @dramaturgydrakes' post

ID: A digital comic of Jason Todd, a DC character. Panels focus on the boots of a person walking through a graveyard. The person stops in the fourth, seeming to hesitate before walking forward. The page opens up to focus on Jason's grave, which reads "Jason Peter Todd, XXXX-XXXX, Beloved son, brother, hero." A candle on a platform is beside the grave. Jason's shadow is seen over his grave. The focus shifts to a profile view of the grave. Jason's hand is seen placing a bouquet of white lilies on the grave. The next panel lingers on the grave as Jason says, offscreen, "You didn't deserve what happened to you." The focus shifts to a full panel of Jason, staring at his grave. He's in his Red Hood costume (the version with the helmet and the leather jacket). He seems to be looking at the grave, his helmet under his arm. The next panel focuses on the helmet that he's holding as Jason says "You didn't deserve what happened to you." The first 'you' is emphasized. A sequence of 3 descending panels shows Jason sitting down in front of the grave. This is followed by three more descending panels. The first one depicts the candle next to Jason's grave being lit with the lighter. The next two depict the candle shrinking over time and the moon's position shifting. The page opens up to a profile silhouette of Jason sitting in front of the grave, his helmet in front of him, the flowers on the grave, and the candle still lit. He says, "...I miss you." END ID

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Realized that the top of Madoka's skirt is star-shaped and now I can't stop thinking about this

ID: Digital comic of Homura and Madoka from Madoka Magica. The comic has some panels and some free drawings. The page is tinted pink and purple, growing darker as the comic goes on. There are doodles of hearts, stars, and moons across the pages. Madoka tapping Homura's shoulder from behind. Homura's eye widens, filled with wonder as she turns to see Madoka seemingly glowing in her magical girl outfit. Text: "And to me, you were always a STAR" A panel of Homura and Madoka holding hands with just their hands visible. Text: " Guiding me forward with each wayward night" Madoka facing the right, bounding forward, intended to resemble the hallucination Mima has of herself, bouncing away from her through the town in Satoshi Kon's "Perfect Blue. Text: "Just out of reach" One of Madoka's red ribbon's flies in the air behind her. Homura reaches out for the ribbon, already holding onto the other ribbon. She seems to be shouting out. Text: "Just a little too far" The lines from Madoka's bouning swirl into chaos framing her lying down in water, crying yet trying her best to smile as her grief seed forms. Text: "The memory of something" A panel of Homura's hand holding a gun, her hand shaking. Text: "that died long ago." The scene fades into Homura on a rooftop, wearing Madoka's ribbon, looking down. Text: "Because how could you have died lightyears ago" Madoka walks, with yellow ribbons in her hair, talking to someone not seen on the page. Text: "When I see you here right in front of me."

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Thinking about her 💜

ID: A digital drawing of Stephanie Brown from DC, in her Spoiler outfit. She is hanging off a street direction pole, which reads "Gotham City 8th Main". Her arms are behind her, holding the pole; her legs are bent, resting on the body of the pole. She is looking off into the distance, her fringe and cape blowing in the wind. She's lit with purple light coming from below. A slightly blurred city is seen in the background behind her. END ID

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Thanks for everything. I'm glad that I got to watch you grow. I'll always keep you close to my heart.

ID: The spread of photos of the Class 1-A students of My Hero academia, at the beginning of their second year, as shown in the manga. Stickers of pro-heroes (including Mountain Lady, Fatgum, Eraserhead, Present Mic, Midnight, Hawks, Kamui Woods, and All Might) are scattered across the pictures. The students are all in their UA uniform, all in various poses: Momo waving, Iida saluting, Kaminari smirking, Jirou holding up two devil horn signs, Kirishima flexing an arm, Koda smiling, Toru and Mina doing different iterations of flower posers, Tokoyami with his arms crossed, Shinsou doing a two-fingered salute, Ochako holding up two hands, Tsuyu holding up two hands like claws, Ojiro making a heart with his tail and a hand, Izuku holding up a peace sign, Shouto with a thumb up, Bakugou holding his All Might card above his head, Sato with a peace sign, Aoyama posing holding a hand up, Shouji smiling, his arms folded, Sero hanging upside down, Mineta's picture is slightly out of frame so you cannot see his face. END ID

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What does forgiveness even mean, when everything you did that I hate all started with me?

ID: A digital comic of Soren from The Dragon Prince. Panel 1: Text: "If I had died, would it all change?" Young Soren is holding his dragon plushy and waving outside Viren's door. The door is slightly ajar with Viren looking out, slightly out of frame. Panel 2: Text: "Or should I have been better?" The door closes. Soren begins to drop his hand. Panel 3: Text: "Something worth the pain." The door is fully closed, and Soren has dropped the plushy. His head is drooped, his hands bunched up. He is making himself small. Panel 4: Text: "I tried, and I tried, and I tried." A long panel that shifts from early to later in the day from left to right. Soren at three different stages of life is practising sword fighting. He used wooden swords in the first two stages and his sword from seasons 1-3 in the last stage. He is only smiling in the last stage. Panel 5: Text: "And I can't turn back time, but if I could" The floor of the Katolis prison from season 6 where Viren was kept. The letter Viren had written to Soren is partially burning on the floor. We see Soren's shoes on the edge of the panel. Panel 6: "Maybe..." Soren is holding the burnt letter, reading it, his eyes wide. END ID.

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For the life she always wanted,

for the life she'll never have.

ID: A digital drawing of Claudia from The Dragon Prince, season 6, lying in the water reflecting a night sky, strongly resembling the sea of the castout. Similar to Aaravos, her tears flow directly into the water. She looks distraught, on the break of giving up. She stares up at the sky, represented here, by her looking directly at the viewer. END ID

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It's the boy's birthday

ID: A digital drawing of Tim Drake on a graffitied skate ramp. The scene is dark, with illumination from the lights of the park. He's lying down on the ramp, his skateboard next to him. He has his eyes closed, his head resting on his arm. He's wearing a Nightwing shirt with a a Green Day and bi flag charm linked to a loop in his jeans, and the initial necklace that Bernard gave him. His skateboard has a central Robin Logo, with smaller stickers of Batman and Blue Beetle's logos. The light of the Bat-signal looms in the back of the sky. END ID

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Whatever it takes.

ID: A digital drawing of body parts of characters from Madoka Magica. On top of a pile of what vaguely looks like shattered yellow, red, blue, and black gems lies Mami Tomoe's head, Sayaka Miki's torso, Kyoko Sakura's right arm, Madoka Kaname's left arm, and Homura Akemi's legs, all of them in magical girl form, their clothes tattered and torn. All the body parts are stitched together with pink string with blood seeping out of them. Kyoko's hand lays on Sayaka's chest, loosely holding her red gem. Sayaka's grief seed lies on her chest. Madoka's grief seed lays on her open palm. The end of Homura's left leg is seemingly cut off. END ID

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We were taught to heed to prophecy, to live in fear of failing it. To burn before burnt. To climb, push and shove for honor that we hardly knew the meaning of.

I did everything right, everything I was asked to do.

But I guess it never mattered.

For you were always meant to be the Phoenix, and I, the ash left forgotten in your wake.

ID: A digital drawing of Azula and Zuko from Avatar the last Airbender. Azula is dragging herself forward on the ground. She looks down, crying. One of her hands is holding onto Zuko's wrist, slightly digging into his skin. Zuko is in the middle of turning back to look at her. They stand on cracked, molten land. Blue fire surrounds Azula, and as the fire comes close to Zuko, it mixes in with red flames, forming what resembles wings near Zuko's back. The sky behind is storming, with lightning and a drizzle of rain. END ID

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Again.

ID: A digital drawing of Homura Akemi for Madoka Magica in her magical girl outfit, crawling up a black, staircase, with stained glass-esque patterns. Her clothes are tattered, and she is bruised. There are pools of blood and bloody handprints on the stairs below her. The staircase is in front of a patchwork of asymmetric, angular, grayscale patterned panel pieces joined by dark purple beads. The stairs lead up to a glowing light pink door, with sparkles and hearts in the glow. The glow extends, becoming darker and wisping over the staircase. END ID.

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Matt and Mello

ID: A manga-style, screentoned digital drawing of Matt and Mello sitting on a bench, focused on their shoes. Matt is wearing dark sneakers with smiley face patches, stripped Pacman socks, and rolled-up jeans. Mello is wearing medium dark dress shoes and flared dark pants with short slits towards the end. The shoes next to each other are pressed next to each other. END ID

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When the moon calls out to you, listen

ID: A digital drawing of Tsukino Usagi from Sailor Moon. She's in her school uniform, sitting on a bench with her school bag lying beside her. She reaches up, her face full of wonder, towards a shining moon illuminating her in the darkness. The moon shines with the colors of the Sailor Scouts surrounding it. On the ground behind the bench, there is a circle of flowers, each the color of a Sailor Scout. The orange flower is the only one in bloom, the rest are buds. A white flower in the middle of the circle is glowing, slightly open with a moon in its center. END ID