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but the demon stripes being called 'patterns' and talked about in ways that sound A LOT like the characters are talking about habits, like (spoilers)

golden

Waited so long to break these walls down. To wake up and feel like me. Put these patterns all in the past now, and finally live like the girl they all see.

celine to young rumi

When the Honmoon is sealed, all demons will be gone from this world. And so will your patterns.

past adult rumi and celine

Maybe they'll understand. No, Rumi. Nothing can change until your patterns are gone.

jinu and rumi

A demon girl. Also Hunter. Hiding, walking around free in the human world. Just Hunter, not demon. Then how'd you get the patterns?

jinu narrating flashback

We were happy. But the patterns, they kept spreading until they consumed me. And I was condemned to the demon world. Prisoner of Gwi-Ma for all eternity.

jinu and rumi

Look, if I help him, he's promised to erase my memories, and those voices in my head will be gone.

Pathetic.

I'm pathetic? You can't even talk about your patterns.

You want me to talk about my patterns? I hate them! Just like I hate all demons. How I hate Gwi-Ma.

If hate could defeat Gwi-Ma, I would've done it a long time ago. Trust me.

rumi changing lyrics to takedown

When your patterns start to show, I see a pain that lies below.

rumis plan

Gwi-Ma will be permanently cut off, and all the demons will be gone from this world. I will finally be free of these patterns. No more hiding. No more secrets.

zoey and mira discovering rumis secret

How do you have patterns? These were supposed to be gone. You were never supposed to see! You were hiding this from us this whole time? No, I have a plan to erase them.

what it sounds like

Nothing but the truth now. Nothing but the proof of what I am. The worst of what I came from. Patterns I'm ashamed of. Things that even I don't understand. I tried to fix it. I tried to fight it. My head was twisted. My heart divided. My lies all collided. I don't know why I didn't trust you to be on my side.

now read it all again but replace every instance of the word 'patterns' with 'mental illness symptoms', replace 'demon(s)' with 'mentally ill (people)', and replace 'gwima' with 'mental illness'

rumi spending her whole life ashamed of showing evidence of a trait that she didnt choose and cant opt out of, and trying to get rid of it entirely, and hating the fact that she has it, but then at the end, rumis patterns turning beautiful colors when she accepts the fact that its part of her... REALLY feels like a story about learning how to accept, control, and appreciate your neurotype after growing up internalizing that being neurodiverse (especially in the exact way it turns out you are) was the worst possible thing you could be, and that you needed to hide it until you could get rid of it, or else everyone would hate you

and the beauty of art is that it can mean something different to every single person who wonders what it means. and like a mirror, it can show you things about yourself that you might never have seen otherwise

but whatever metaphor you see in the demon patterns, please know that you deserve people who will embrace you even if you can never get rid of the thing you have hated about yourself for as long as you can remember. because whatever you are, human or demon or both, you have the choice to be kind to yourself and allow others the opportunity to love all of you

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I've rarely seen a more validating sentence in my entire life.

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the colors. the animation. the soundtrack. the self hatred storyline. found family. sisterhood. power of love and acceptance. i just adore this movie.

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I feel like Huntrix would watch Jentry Chau vs the Underworld on repeat.

I feel like Jentry would be a big fan of Huntrix

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tfw you're listening to music while doing chores or something and the song ends right when you finish❤️

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made a picture i will use a lot

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WHEEEEEEZE

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day 1 of having the wayobs blessing to leave natlan. ifa has broken 15 laws, kinich just got adopted by the fucking warden of the fortress of meropide and ororon is. Ororon.

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Sounds like something from Hamilton...

*Trumpets blare in the background* OFFICALS *beat drop* assemble..

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I rinsed my eye out so I think I'll be okay.

A bug flew in my eye and I don't think I got it out....

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A bug flew in my eye and I don't think I got it out....

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Especially the Ororon one, he's at the top of my kin list. Hating him is hating me.

DNI if you dumb citlali down to fan-service drunkard t-t-tabibito!! simply because she blushed at aether for three seconds SHUT UP god forbid an isolated, centuries-old girl gets flustered when someone like them shows interest in who they are personally and understands them

DNI if you hate kachina for showing basic ass emotions (read: SADNESS AND FEAR) that everyone else in natlan is deficient in because war has messed their emotional regulation to the point people are bullying a kid for being scared to die

DNI if you think mavuika being "mary sue" and flat isnt an intentional direction of her character and you cant comprehend a character being closed off and not showing their true emotions around the traveller god forbid a girl lie to herself and everyone else about how empty she feels and her suicidal mentality god forbid an archon be human

DNI if you hate mualani

DNI if you made fun of chasca's reaction when chuychu died as if she didnt just see her loved one succumb to something she's been dealing with her entire life and wholeheartedly blames herself for it

DNI if you hate ifa because his bro talk is "childish and annoying" god forbid someone not talk in cursive and try be casual, probably for his patients and maybe as a coping mechanism to himself god forbid someone talk somewhat realistically (ifa is ahead of his time actuals)

DNI if you hate iansan

DNI if you hate xilonen and dont understand that the point of xilonen's casual attire when she works as a name-engraver is to reflect more about her laidback personality and how she can balance her work-life, than that she is a blacksmith HAVE YOU SEEN XILONEN do you think she would be lounging around in trees in a full blacksmith suit ffs

DNI if you hate ororon

DNI if you think kinich is flat and boring as if his deadpan face and lack of reaction to everything isnt a subsequent consequence from all the trauma he had to face when he was SEVEN YEARS OLD and then you completely ignore the fact that he still has hobbies like farming and jumping off cliffs

DNI if you dumb varesa down to o-oh traveller y-youre so awesome o-oh im g-gonna flash my ass now!! god forbid someone fangirl over the person the entire nation has been glazing god forbid a girl be clumsy and insecure without being called a pick-me this is why society has no empathy

DNI if you dont understand the point of capitano's sacrifice and think the developers put it there for shipping and for mavuika's sake HE DIDN'T DO IT FOR MAVUIKA.

DNI if you hate natlan actually

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Some nights I just want to take my hair off when it feels all gross and dirty and switch it out for a clean one like I do with my clothes but then I remember that it's attached to my head.

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I befriend the ghosts and we work together to play pranks on him. He never figures it out.

A friend invites you over to an apartment he bought, raving about the grandness and low rent. Once you visit, you discover that it’s actually completely haunted. Your friend has no idea.

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Guys, if Charlie is a Disney Princess, what if she showed up in Sofia the First...

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Very important list for reference

Anthropology: Maybe ask first

Archeology: Perhaps but might be human bone

Botany: You might hallucinate and die, OR it might be delicious.

Chemistry: NO!!!!! DO NOT!!!!!

Engineering: Maybe, but it’ll probably taste like spreadsheets.

Herpetology: bad plan bad plan BAD PLAN

Linguistics: Despite the name, please probably don’t.

Psychology: What does this desire to lick science say about you?

Sociology: yes, if you have time and dedication and a willingness to piss a lot of people off.

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Don't you just love it when people put an extra railing in the middle of benches so no one can sleep on them?

Makes you just want to hug them.

Very tight.

AROUND THE NECK.