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i say this in all seriousness, a great way to resist the broad cultural shift of devaluing curiosity and critical thinking is to play my favorite game, Hey What Is That Thing

you play it while walking around with friends and if you see something and don't know what it is or wonder why its there, you stop and point and say Hey What Is That Thing. and everyone speculates about it. googling it is allowed but preferably after spending several minutes guessing or asking a passerby about it

weird structures, ambiguous signs, unfamiliar car modifications, anything that you can't immediately understand its function. eight times out of ten, someone in the group actually knows, and now you know!

a few examples from me and my friends the past few weeks: "why is there a piece of plywood sticking out of that pond in a way that looks intentional?" (its a ramp so squirrels that fall in to the pond can climb out) • "my boss keeps insisting i take a vacation of nine days or more, thats so specific" (you work at a bank, banks make employees take vacation in long chunks so if youre stealing or committing fraud, itll be more obvious) • "why does this brick wall have random wooden blocks in it" (theres actually several reasons why this could be but we asked and it was so you could nail stuff to the wall) • "most of these old factories we drive past have tinted windows, was that just for style?" (fun fact the factory owners realized that blue light keeps people awake, much like screen light does now, so they tinted the windows blue to keep workers alert and make them work longer hours)

been playing this game for a long time and ive learned (and taught) a fuckton about zoning laws, local history, utilities (did you know you can just go to your local water treatment plant and ask for a tour and if they have a spare intern theyll just give you a tour!!!) and a whole lot of fun trivia. and now suddenly you're paying more attention when youre walking around, thinking about the reasons behind every design choice in the place you live that used to just be background noise. and it fuckin rules.

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childhood doggys 🐶

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  It all culminates in Shun pushing Dennis from the stepping stones over a stream and Dennis being quick enough to drag Shun with him. The way the two of them act about it, you’d think they’re soaked in deep water rather than splashing up to their ankles.

  “Children,” Serena mutters.

✧ ･ﾟ.* In worlds with fewer kidnapped sisters and destroyed hometowns, Shun and Dennis are just those two guys who complain about the other breathing their air. Background is a screenshot edit of Made In Abyss, issues with the manga aside, it’s an amazing world, and so an au happened while I was crying over Prushka. *:･ﾟ✧

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Did I already post my trans Crustle art here? Yes.

Just wanted to reupload it to remove the original context of why I drew it. Doesn't matter why anyways, just enjoy trans Crustle.

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*makes the sound slowpoke makes*

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I need to find more tapestry bag patterns that I can use to use my scrap yarn

Maybe I should make my own

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Small Gilbert running, as requested by my sister.

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Okay it’s been a while but I have been wanting to organize a new free Fire Emblem community zine and you know what

The one and only thing I cannot decide is the theme :/ therefore...

Please don ́t hesitate to reblog if you would be interested, the idea is to welcome everyone on board, and get inspired and motivated together :3 ! And of course every game would be welcome !

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I had to go to Ikea yesterday to pick up a new mattress and I found some packs available in a store

I unbelievably pulled the one card I thought I would never own <3 I'm SO happy I got it, I love Ho-oh so much

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I think Izanami’s jealous of Marie.

You know how she just absolutely verbally TEARS into Marie when you confront her? Laughing at her, calling her a fool? Keep in mind Izanami is a split entity. She’s Marie, she’s the person at the gas station, she’s the Sagiri twins. But I’m just going to call the gas station attendant Izanami.

Marie, as per her own words, is the shard of Izanami that believed in humanity, that wanted to protect humanity, that had faith in the people to believe in the truth.

And she was the one cursed and cast away by her wish-granting side by that special comb.

Marie actually got to bond again with people, reunite with “Izanagi” in the form of Yu (and in my playthrough they got back together) and make friends with so many people. The Investigation Team proved Marie didn’t have to die. She’s their friend. During her fight, she puts her trust in them—and her trust is proven founded. They don’t abandon her, they even succeed at saving her, to her pure shock. I mean she says this line that’s so foolish I can only imagine it’s out of a lack of self-esteem.

Marie, you’re what they get out of it! Is that really not enough? You’re good enough for them, why not yourself? DON’T CALL YOURSELF NOTHING. Give yourself a break!

But to be honest her lack of self esteem and the way she totally doesn’t expect them to save her is understandable with the knowledge she’s a shard of Izanami. In the tale of Izanagi and Izanami as told by the Kojiki, Izanami lost everything after her death, even when Izanagi tried to save her initially. Izanagi panicked upon not heeding her wishes and seeing her corpse, something she understandably took as a betrayal. She probably felt abandoned by Izanagi.

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So having taken and broken off one of the end-teeth of the multitudinous and close-toothed comb stuck in the august left bunch [of his hair], he lit one light and went in and looked. Maggots were swarming. and [she was] rotting, and in her head dwelt [O-Ikazuchi, ] the Great-Thunder, in her breast dwelt [Honoo-Ikazuchi, ] the Fire-Thunder, in her left hand dwelt [Waka-ikazuchi,] the Young-Thunder, in her right hand dwelt [Tsuchi-Ikazuchi,] the Earth-Thunder, in her left foot dwelt [Naru-Ikazuchi] the Rumbling-Thunder, in her right foot dwelt [Fusu-Ikazuchi] the Couchant-Thunder:—altogether eight Thunder-Deities had been born and dwelt there. Hereupon [Izanagi], overawed at the sight, fled back, whereupon his younger sister [Izanami] said: "Thou hast put me to shame," and at once sent the [Yomotsu-shikome] to pursue him.

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- Basil Hall Chamberlain's translation of the Kojiki

The side of Izanami we take down in the final dungeon is the side that had lost her faith in humanity, despite it being implied by Ame-no-Sagiri that she does want to believe in them—Ame-no-Sagiri is genuinely impressed when defeated by the Seekers of Truth, not really bothered at all.

I have to wonder how much it hurts Izanami to know that the part of herself she looks so far down on is the part of herself that ended up getting a second chance.

Also, considering some of Izanami’s dialogue in her dungeon, what with her being actually portrayed as pleased when the Seekers of Truth progress through her dungeon, I wonder how much of Izanami was hoping that Marie was right. She doesn’t seem upset when the IT proves her wrong at any point, only when Yu gets angry at her for making fun of Marie. She just… wonders if this was meant to be.

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I made this a month ago (ish) I totally forgot to post it. I wanna say that it took 3 weeks to make

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warm-up doodle (I love Shun Kurosaki)

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Youtube, entre les pubs pour rejoindre le fan club du christ et celles pour le brevet des collèges, je suis confus

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Chibis of my favorite boys

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Pretty words have never been enough to save the world.

Pixel art of Nuwa's snake form from Shin Megami Tensei V. Made for the Year of the Snake.