#Kiki's tho???

[therabbitthatpostthings]

Anyone else come to some wildly different conclusion on Ghibli movies with age?

Kiki's Delivery Service: Kid: Being a witch is so cool! Adult: Growing up and growing apart from the life you had before is a natural progression of life. You aren't losing the old parts of yourself, just finding new pieces that were there all along. Life is about changing, you'll never stay stagnant.

Ponyo: Kid: She's such a cute fish, you should always follow your dreams! Adult: Leaving home will not take you away from your family. Even when you're miles away and you feel like you're in different worlds your family will still be there, encouraging you. Parents are meant to let go of their kids at some point.

Howl's Moving Castle: Kid: Sophie's a big sister like me! I want to a princess in a magic castle. Adult (I've also read the book): Sometimes you don't find your place in this world, you make one. The people that come along with you will see you through every ugly part of yourself and you would do the same for them. Chase after that shooting star.

Spirited Away: Kid: What just happened... Adult: SHIT HAPPENS! And it sucks, life sucks but you keep going. You can cry along the way. You are being so fucking brave for even going on this hellish journey we call life. It's okay. You're okay.

[kindlythevoid]

It’s really beautiful how Tolkien takes the time to honor the dead. After Gandalf’s death, they take the time in Lothlorien to deal with their grief and sing their laments, but as there is no body, that’s all they can do.

But when Boromir dies, even when Aragorn has to make the decision to either pursue Frodo or Merry and Pippin, and both are rapidly growing farther from the three left, they take the time to honor their friend. They don’t leave immediately, even though efficiency would dictate otherwise. No, instead they take the time to decide how to “bury” him (quotations only because it’s not burying in the strictest sense of the word, but rather reverently dealing with Boromir’s body). And then they gather trophies of his last stand and arrange them in the boat with him, taking time to “[comb] his long dark hair and [array] it upon his shoulders.”

How many times have other adventurers dedicated valuable time to honor the bodies of fallen companions, specifically to this extent? More often than not, they have to leave them behind, or only take the time to fold their arms or close their eyes.

Occasionally, they’ll build a pyre or bury them or whatnot, but it’s always after the battle that they set aside a significant chunk of time, or they live up to the term of fantasy (which isn’t a bad thing!) and there is no time wasted in building a cairn or burial or what-have-you.

My point is that time is spent, time that could be used for more “productive” things, such as, I don’t know, pursuing Merry and Pippin whose lives are at stake. And it isn’t framed as a bad thing, because it isn’t! Each life is precious, even when only the body is left. And they take the, well, the time to acknowledge this, in a reasonable and conservative way. (And when I say conservative, I mean that they pick the burial most fitting for their running clock, balancing both their need for a grieving period as well as the haste that the hobbits will require.)

I can’t speak to the rest of the deaths in the books as I haven’t caught up and refreshed my memory, but I will touch on another death, this time in the movie, that shares the same theme.

Theodred.

While he certainly hasn’t been totally forgotten by the fandom, I believe it is fair to say that he gets less discussion. Which is fair, considering he gets almost no active dialogue that I can remember and he is unconscious for most, if not all, of his screen time (and book time) before dying shortly after.

And one could say it’s because he’s a prince, one could say it’s because he was the heir, etc., etc. But it honestly makes no sense to dedicate all that time to preparing and putting on a large funeral when Saruman is right at Rohan’s door and there are so many bigger and more impactful decisions to be making now that Theoden has his mind back.

But, again, it isn’t criticized in the movie. It isn’t treated as the wrong decision. The people, included Theoden, needed time to mourn and Theodred deserved to be honored, even in death, even as the great forces of orcs and Uruk-hai were marching across Rohan.

Time is valuable, time is precious, and it should be wasted, especially when you’re trying your hardest to make sure you and yours survive. But time is meaningless if you don’t use it to live and subsequently honor those who have lived.

[strwberrimilktea]

.•*: ･ﾟ hello kitty lookbook (⑅˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈ )❣️

[biscuitboba]

Rewatching OPLA and god, sanji and luffy are literally just chillin (talking about nami actually, but imho? more like lowkey flirting), and then zoro shows up and approaches them, slowly but surely making his way to (stand next to) luffy... like he is establishing dominance here😭😭

OPLA zoro you will always be famous for you jealou pettiness since day one<3

[angerinc]

Have some Kieran doodles cuz this little guy is literally rotting my brain away. Ft my Sc/Vi Sona because I WOULD listen to him ramble on and on about literally anything. I love him.

Also the last image was inspired by a line up of all Kiki's battle models I saw on Bulbapedia (a pic under cut)

The change in his eyes man,,,,, he's going through it,,,,,

[peanutseagle]

we need Anya forcing Damian to go trick or treating with her in couples costumes (he secretly likes it)

They went as Kiki and Tombo!

[aq2003]

the vox machina episode 6 thumbnail is really funny to me

[whoredmode]

the city of steelport

[magnificentmicrowave]

babys first attempts at animation

[kafus]

hi so there's this chinese ryouniji fangame called Heaven for Death by @/S_RefriGE on twitter that recently got translated into english. i just played it and i wasn't expecting much from the kind of crazy premise, but it ended up being a wild and heartfelt ride that actually made me cry at the end. there's multiple endings so definitely save often. the game is about 2 hours long but it only took me an hour and a half. you can find the translation here!! (warning for direct discussion of su!c!de and religion. yes. in a bocchi the rock fangame)

to sell you on it here's some screencaps i took while playing, there's so many beautiful cgs and the dialogue is well done:

[meelagna]

Sky traffic🌌

[winryrockbellwannabe]

yall, pretend my bow is red, would this work as a kiki closet cosplay??

[kindlythevoid]

“Gimli was lifted up [onto the horse] behind his friend, and he clung to [Legolas], not much more at ease than Sam Gamgee in a boat.”

-The Two Towers pg. 35

Friendly reminder that the one time Gimli got onto a horse for the first time and hated it so much that he was compared to Sam in a boat, who had multiple paragraphs dedicated to how much he hated boats.

[salon-maiden-anabel]

skin from here

[boopshoops]

Palette cleanser in between requests! I redrew the piece my pfp came from!

(I don't,,, think?? This is suggestive?? Poll dancing is a genuine form of exercise, it's not always for funky times. So uh, content warning for pole dancing lmao ig)

Her name is Kiki :D she's one of my OCs outside of TWST-related content! She's a bit stupid, but she knows damn well who she is and that she's happy being herself. Mayhaps that involves a bit of dance and a bit of crime.

No lighting ver for my pfp:

Also also also- i'm kind of having a flare up atm sob- feeling sick, so I might not be as active for a few days? At least art wise, i'll probably be browsing tumblr a lot while im stuck in bed boowomp

[aq2003]

1x69 // 1x89 or; keyleth and percy and "i need you"