#I was crying though

[a-halfblood-named-coin]

ITS OVER  😭BD Episode 12 talk/whole series retrospective

I want you to know I was already crying 2 minutes into episode 12 so, I was stable for sure. I’m really glad they wrapped up the threads with them and the organization, that was my biggest concern. I would love to hear other peoples thoughts on why rei’s dad didn’t shoot him at the end, but overall I'm satisfied with that aspect of the show. 

A couple moments really stood out to me though, Rei explaining what he finds important was so sweet and also heartbreaking in it’s simplicity. To know that he finds learning how to make French toast to be a major reason to continue living is so sad. You can really tell how much he was missing in his life, and how  much he loves now. His growth is stellar.

 Ogino’s death was BRUTAL, knife crimes are considered to be more personal and gory because of how close you need to be to your victim to commit them. So the fact that the creepy, last words collector Ogino was killed in a personal crime, rather than being shot (an impersonal crime), was a really nice choice I felt. Plus, rei’s hair was down at the time, in my opinion showing the removal of his “Suwa Heir” persona. Again really nice visual imagery there.

Then the TIME SKIP  😭 😭 😭 😭, I was not expecting that but I really liked it. My only gripe is that it feels like the choice you make when you have no intention to ever make more of a show, which IS fine but just a little sad for those of us who hoped for a season 2. But Miri looks so adorable, Rei looks amazing and Kazuki’s goatee is dumb lol. I won’t really go much into what I think is rei/Kazuki’s canon relationship, because honestly this whole talk of QPR vs regular PR is too much for me. Yes, romance does not have to be a relationships endgame for it to be meaningful, important and life long. But I also don't think people wanting them to be romantic by the end means they’re undermining other types of relationships. Honestly, I don’t think there's enough in BD to say that Kazuki and Rei are in a committed relationship, platonic or not. In terms of canon, I have a feeling they’re just co-parenting, with Rei not being interested in any relationship and Kazuki just not finding one (the man and daughter in your house might be a bit of a hard sell for any lady). But! That doesn’t matter, their relationship with Miri is what the shows about, and you can write WHATEVER you like in terms of fanfiction!

ON that note, here’s my overall thoughts on the whole season.

I really loved how BD handled each of the Dads growth into becoming proper parents. They each have a different life that has given them different reactions and trauma, and neither is treated as worse than the other. I think this show shines in terms of it’s characterization and interactions, it is where the writers flexed their muscles for sure. The overall plot is, eh, but it is everything it needs to be. The plot is basic so that the main characters can dance around it as needed for various scenes and plot points. I mean, you can summarize the whole show like “2 men find a girl, decide to keep her, have to give her up for her safety, and they need to take her in again, the end.” But again, it’s the wholesome and sweet nature of two men learning to love again that carries the show. It’s about the thawing of hearts, of healing and of moving forward stronger than before. Buddy daddies tells its audience that your never stuck. You never have to live tomorrow like you lived today, you can change. From Rei finally leaving an unfulfilling livelihood, Kazuki releasing his guilt over his wife and even to Misaki devoting herself to her daughter until the end. That’s what made this show special and meaningful, its seeing those changes in motion that made me cry. There are things I wish the show explored more, Kazuki/Rei’s relationship being number one of course. But I’m very happy with what we got, a clean, sweet and wholesome season. no cliffhangers, no waiting for a season 2 that may never come, or sitting around for movies announced in 2017. It’s a complete, heartwarming story of learning to love and letting go of the past, and I loved watching it.

Hat’s off to you Buddy Daddies, We had a lot of fun!

[sergle]

this tweet is making me choke to death

[kathaynesart]

REPLICA PLAYLIST

MUSIC UNDER CUT

I have been receiving requests for any songs that inspired Replica, so here, have my personal playlist. Sorry it’s not Spotify/Soundcloud but they don’t have some of these songs available so uh… guess you’re stuck with YouTube vids. For fun I'll include my personal titles for them (which might give a few hints of what to expect in the future/end).

Replica Main Theme - “Die for You” by Grabbitz Like Father Like Son Like Brother (Omega and Shelldon) - "As Above So Below" by Alistair Lindsay Mikey's Theme / The 1st Vision - "Suzume no Tojimari" by Nanoka Hara Military (Mad) Dogs / Central Park Colony - "Imperium" by Madeon Shanghai - "Icarus" by Madeon Boom Goes the Donnie-mite (Mikey/Donnie vs the Sweeper) - "The Red Zone" by Mitsuoto Suzuki The Day the Sky Bled Red - "7 Seconds Till the End" by Nobuo Uematsu Going Out Like a Boss (Raph and Leo) - "Agape" by Nicholas Britell Remembering the Right Way (Mikey and Leo) - "The Souls of Many" - by Alistair Lindsay Mystic Hands / The 2nd Vision - "Am I Dreaming" by Metro Boomin x A$AP Book 2 Trailer - "Sea Dragon" by Covet 7 Years Later - "Iron" by Woodkid Leo's Theme / Attack on the Labor Camp - "Ego Death" by Polyphia Omega's Theme - "Touch" by Daft Punk Flat Lines (Omega Alone) - "Die Toteninsel Emptiness" by 1000 Eyes Spear - "Monsters" by Tommee Profitt Final Protocol - "The Kraken" by Katie Dey Rise / Epilogue - "Close in the Distance" by Masayoshi Soken & Tom Mills

I will admit, it's a little embarrassing since you can easily see the patterns of what I've been listening to for the past year or two. I swear I listen to more than just videogame OSTs, these songs just jive well with the story and I often find lyrics distracting when brainstorming scenes. Regardless, the music I listen to is such an important part of my creative process and some of these songs really defined the scenes I now have locked in my head. So I figured it was only fair to give them the credit they're due.

I will continue to add to this playlist, and will note in comic updates when one of these songs is applicable!

[broh3m3]

Kalim's tsum vignette was fun (I lost my mind multiple times)

[oblique-lane]

Mourning what's not lost

[alpacahat67]

the idea of gay dads post-nimona movie ending is so funny to me because imagine you're ambrosius and you and your husband adopted this little shapeshifter that just found your husband one day and your child looks at you and tells you that she had a baby gay relationship with your great-great-great-great-great-etc-grandmother about a thousand years ago like id be so distraught /hj

[nicosbighead]

Paper Daisies 🌼

INSPIRED BY MY FAVORITE SCENE 😭😭😭🥺🥺🥺 🌼✨

🩷 Prints here! 🩷

[sketchy-tour]

Blame eechytooru for Beta Wally taking up so much free real estate in my mind. And blame work for as to why I am posting...MORE sketches. But! These were some Wally practice cause I'm never happy with how I draw him but also just...ya know. *Gestures to the art

Anyway. Beta Wally am I right? Yea??? Yea....

....Yea

[egophiliac]

innocently logging in to look at the Twst schedule for May like

[stil-lindigo]

your favourite arach-narchists 🕷️

prints

[crimson-constellations]

atla modern au where suki & zuko are life guards for the summer and sokka just keeps drowning

[constantlyfalling]

Reminder. Somedays, you'll cry until your face hurts. There will be other days, though. Days where you'll laugh until your face hurts.

[lovely-v]

Me before completing the forest temple: okay I get that ocarina of time is fun and nostalgic for people but it’s a bit of a stretch to call it one of the greatest video games of all time

Me after completing the forest temple: By revealing that Link is not a Kokiri, but a Hylian, the game effectively strips him of his humble origins amongst a group of people that already fail to recognize him in his adult form. Thus, kokiri village instantly becomes a location that is no longer Link’s home in any sense, exacerbated by the fact that the game now loads up in the temple of time instead of Link’s bedroom— he is a stranger in the only place that has ever been familiar to him and he is depressingly reduced to his destiny alone. However, the subsequent introduction of the time travel mechanic, which allows the player to travel from the horrific apocalyptic future back to the idyllic past of Link’s childhood, gives new meaning to the idea of this “destiny”. In effect, Link is not a stock “chosen one”, but a protagonist who consciously decides to fight onwards. Link’s dual existence as a child who knows the grim future and as an adult who was powerless to stop disaster gives a sort of desperation to his character, because while it brings the player relief to revisit the Castle Town that is populated by cheerful villagers instead of lurking zombies, the story can only be progressed through the acknowledgement of reality — the decision to make those seven years pass again. Therefore, both the player and Link as a character must be proactive in their heroism and make the conscious choice to struggle onwards despite the darkness that permeates—

[gomzdrawfr]

content warning: angst, MCD

this is a redraw of this doodle

extra note:

zoom

anyways this started because someone retweeted the doodle on twitter, I looked at it and went hm I wonder how the current me would draw this, so I did just that

[singedsage]

in my headcannons after the events of the final chapters, the entire touden party lives longer lives than usual for their races because of the effects of Senshi’s advice and his delicious and healthy food. And they can all enjoy each other’s company a little bit longer, and Marcille and Senshi don’t have to be as lonely for as long.

this is def also totally not because I tend to ship the short lived races with the long lived ones

[shesmyevangeline]

not me crying over the ace rep in heartbreak high again. 'i feel like someone's always gonna be making a sacrifice if they'd want to be with me' i mean that shit hits so fucking hard. i've really never had a character i could relate to as much as i do to ca$h