#I HAVE CRIED SEVERAL TIMES

[whenyourealizethisisntagoodname]

I have done it. Took several months. But I am now caught up on One Piece. The anime AND the manga. What a life-changing story.

I started with watching 3 a day, which when skipping intros and outros is only about an hour. Some days I watched way more, and I even did 100 episodes a week a few weeks.

Completely worth it. If you’re interested in long-form narrative, there is nothing better out there. Oda is a genius, and literally nothing is left behind. No loose ends, no unexplained anything. Everything and everyone has a purpose. If you haven’t heard of something in a few hundred episodes, you can be sure something’s moving in the background like everything else. Because the world moves without the Strawhats.

Just unbelievable. Highly recommend for anyone and everyone.

[kagoutiss]

divine intoxication

[summerroseart]

Hiiiii hi!!! This AU is actually still completely brain rotting me :)

If everyone wants to cry, I've decided that the characterization fits best with the SCU versions of the Sonic characters, so we're traumatizing him by blowing up his dad! (I'm genuinely so sorry)

Bonus father-son bonding! Punch that guy in the face!!

[knowthatiloveyou]

Absolutely sobbing at the way Hannah Waddingham talks about her daughter 🥺

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[naamahdarling]

Been a couple of months since I watched D20 A Crown of Candy and Lapin still has me 31 flavors of fucked up.

[dhmis-autism]

TALK ABOUT DAD DOG DUO PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEEEEE THEYRE MY FAVES

Okaaay I’ll talk about them! I’ll knock out about three or so things about their relationship that I've noticed that I like about it. Because they are my faves also as well. I mean, look at them!

First, and I’ve seen a post on this before (where I have NO IDEA I’ve BEEN LOOKING) so it’s not my original idea but I love pointing it out; how Duck takes care of YG physically.

First one to rush to get the first aid kit in Jobs, careful enough with Warren extraction in Friendship to not hurt YG, and some could argue that swapping his old rusty  batteries out the first time in Electricity is a form of first aid. There’s also smaller stuff like how based off the flashback in Death, YG clearly trusts Duck enough with things like this to ask for his help.

Second would be the fact that I think their relationship is fairer than a lot of people think. Lots of people seem to have this idea that Duck is sort of a weird parental/authority figure over YG or that their relationship is just Duck constantly berating this guy who thinks the world of him. I’m going to break down why I think both of those points are untrue, and why I think their relationship is closer to equal.

YG clearly feels comfortable enough around Duck to draw boundaries with him. Example that immediately comes to mind, for me, is when Duck is trying to get the other two to leave with him in Family and Yellow straight up just turns him down. Like, if he doesn’t want to do something or go somewhere with him, he won’t.

Also, weirdly enough, the fight in Friendship solidifies more of them being on a equal playing field to me. Like Duck starts it verbally, but YG both makes it physical and immediately tells Duck not to insult him. Which, IMO, you wouldn’t do to someone you totally idolized/a parental figure. YG barely reacts when his own dad pushes him in Family, so I think if he saw Duck as a parental figure he definitely wouldn’t fight back the way he we see him do in Friendship.

Third I’m going to end with cute things about them that I’ve noticed. Starting with of course! Little moments in Death that are sweet like…

YG holding all of Ducks ties during Big Day

Duck ironing white socks in Big Day when we NEVER see him wear socks. YOU KNOW WHO DOES WEAR WHITE SOCKS THOUGH

YG sitting on Ducks bed while he mourns him

The flashback during Memories where Duck yells at him to GET OFF implying that Yellow makes himself comfy in Ducks bed often enough to make Duck annoyed

Their shared interest in music :]

The way they both bob their heads agreeingly in Transport when Red Guy is cycling through driving instruction tapes, implying they both understand the lessons LOL

Of course I have to bring up the (you have diabetes/ maybe your blood sugar is low, let me get you a snack thing) which makes me cry a lil bit. Both because of what it implies about them offscreen AND because as I’ve established in a previous post, when his batteries are Charged, YG’s memory is NOTABLY horrible. And despite that … somehow the diabetes thing was important enough for him to remember <:3

Anyways fav fav fav duo I LOVE them with all my heart. ❤❤❤❤❤

[aerostaticsurrender]

Dream brother with your tears scattered round the world

Dont be like the one who made me so old

Dont be like the one who left behind his name

Cause they’re waiting for you like I waited for mine

And nobody ever came

[fictionadventurer]

The worst part about reading in a genre where you have low expectations (in this case, Christian historical fiction) is that when a book impresses you, you have no idea if it's actually good or if you're just overly impressed because it was a fraction of a degree better than the usual garbage.

[hotasfahrenheit]

the audacity of 1000 Years Old to come in swinging for the gut with an ABSOLUTE RECONTEXTUALIZATION OF THE ENTIRE SERIES RIGHT AT THE END, IN THE FINALE, and the need i have to rewatch the entire series immediately and cry about it has been driving me insane since i finished the finale earlier today

i just keep thinking about various moments and flashbacks and just losing it

i'm ok everything is fine

[hammill-goes-fogwalking]

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[athenawritesandkeepsplants]

Dude genuinely the reveal of Ruby’s mom could have been so good. It could have been Susan, River Song (RS initials to match Ruby Sunday anyone?), hell even the daughter of one of the gods. But having it be a regular person, after so so much buildup, was just so anticlimactic.

And also some of that logic just wasn’t it (like we never actually see Susan come up?)

[hermitw]

You know how Mahito shows junpei a button with a swirl on it?

I'd been wondering where it was taken from.

I think that Geto kept his school uniform, and Kenjaku took the bottom from it.

[lillybearrie]

What is that one animated movie that absolutely destroyed you as a child so much so that it is now both your favorite kids movie and also something you can't watch?

[selfinflictedgunshotwound]

sorry for only saying this type of shit lately but i kinda wanna drive a car straight into a brick wall at the highest speed possible

[sysig]

Handplates and haircut and more Handplates after that (Patreon)

[mallowmelon]

My one issue with this musical

So I recently found out about this musical and fell in love with it. The musical symbolism, the clever use of lyrical and instrumental motifs. The fact that it explores the moral dilemmas to an emotional extent that I don't think the original myth truly covered...I love It.

I also apologize if a lot of this seems "rant"-y. I love this musical, really. I'm just expressing my hopes for the Ithaca saga, and I wanna hear other people's thoughts

TW: Discussions of rape threats as a plot point in "Hold Them Down", also spoilers for that song

My one issue currently would have to be "Hold Them Down". In so many ways it is a good song. The original myth portrayed the suitors as annoyances: The musical's suitors are terrifying and a genuine threat, and it is GREAT

I only really have a problem with the use of rape threats as a plot point. I realize the original myth was already patriarchal: Penelope was still clever in her own right, but only insofar as she could fulfill her symbolic role as the "ideal loyal wife".

So I understand the writers probably don't have much room to work with to pull a "girlboss Penelope" moment, but the musical has already taken creative liberties with Odysseus's own actions, and I hope it does the same with hers.

Obviously I can't expect her to fend off all the suitors, but in a musical that seems to be okay with contradicting the original plot, it would be nice to see her have more agency with the suitors rather than having to wait for Odysseus to "save" her from them.

My other issue is that the suitors are already terrifying. It's already clear that they are a threat. It feels too...don't know, extra(?) to have them threaten to rape penelope. Rape as a plot point is a way to make the female character week in a specifically feminine way: They can't have her be bested in combat and need help because of that, because that would place her as a man's equal.

She's already obviously clever, having bought time for Odysseus thus far as established in The Challenge. I just would love to see Penelope more as Odysseus's equal rather than someone who, despite her strengths, still needs to be saved in the end.

I understand "Challenge" portrayed her as strong, but I only fear her strength is going to only end in her needing to be saved. It wouldn't diminish her strength and courage thus far, but would it still establish her as a damsel in distress?

Obviously, the Ithaca saga hasn't been released yet so l can't say what'll happen yet, and maybe it's too early for a post like this, but I am hoping the writers are planning to give her agency in whatever the suitors are planning--perhaps not in fending them off completely, but in having a part in her own survival