#The first screencap is not but it's still valid

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"I love you in every universe."

[queencvbra]

this was her “oh shit 🥺❤️” moment

[yourhighness6]

Zutara's Song is Definetely The Great War by Taylor Swift

I've seen a lot of Zutara songs and playlists out there and I wanted to share my opinion on my personal favorite

I want to start out by saying that this analysis is going to completely ignore Taylor Swift's intentions when she wrote the song and any analysis of the song in concurrence with her life. I'm also going off my personal feelings that the first verse and chorus are Zuko talking to Katara, the second verse, chorus, and bridge are Katara talking to Zuko, and the remaining parts of the song are them reflecting after the war.

My knuckles were bruised like violets,

Sucker punching walls, cursed you as I sleep talked,

For me, this was pretty typical season 1 Zuko. Angry at the world, fighting everything in sight, ect, ect. It's only after the first two lines that the song gets a little bit more specific.

Spineless in my tomb of silence,

Tore your banners down, took the battle underground,

That third line is really reminiscent of Ba Sing Se. He took himself out of the story, until, of course, he had to make a choice in "Crossroads of Destiny"

And we know what he chooses

It's almost phrased in the form of an apology, which connects it even further to their story. "Tore your banners down" could also mean the fall of Ba Sing Se in general. Aang is Katara's banner, the avatar who she put so much hope in, but the Earth Kingdom banner is also who she was fighting behind. Azula killed Aang, so I would personally say it's the latter, but I saw two meanings behind it so it's totally up for interpretation.

And maybe it was egos swinging,

The "egos swinging" bit resonated with me a lot, because at this point in the story Zuko isn't done with his character arc. He still seeks his father's validation over his own moral code, and although it seems to me like he's gotten over a lot of his entitlement, I think he still feels entitled to his throne. That's one of my favorite things about his arc, actually, that he comes from a place of privilege but eventually, unlike Azula, realizes that the right to rule isn't given by birth but by true care for the people you represent. (some politicians should take notes)

Maybe it was her,

To me, the "her" in this case is Azula, convincing Zuko their father will be proud of him if he returns to the Fire Nation, although it could also mean Mai. Again, open for interpretation.

Flashes of the battle come back to me in a blur,

This could mean a lot for different people. I've seen a theory about Zuko possibly disassociating (not unlike similar theories about Darth Vader), which I think is interesting. It could also maybe represent the guilt he still feels, which is my personal opinion.

Moving on, the chorus is fairly generic once again,

All that bloodshed, crimson clover,

Uh-uh, sweet dream was over,

My hand was the one you reached for,

All throughout the great war,

The hand part stuck out to me because of the part in the final agni Kai when they reach for each other:

(screencaps are bad quality but ya'll get the idea)

Then it goes back to the any enemies-to-lovers generic dynamic again...

Always remember, uh-uh,

Tears on the letter,

I vowed not to cry anymore,

If we survived the Great War.

And then we switch to Katara's POV:

You drew up some good faith treaties,

I drew curtains closed, drank my poison all alone,

You could argue that this is several moments throughout the series, maybe at the end of the war when she gets together with Aang, but I connected it most with her time spent on the ship after book 2. While Zuko was trying to fix his relationship with the Fire Nation and return to his family, Katara was isolating herself, worried about the war, about the avatar, avoiding her father and Sokka out of shame and feelings of abandonment. It was an extremely dark time for her, and although Zuko was trying to feel hopeful about his return, he doesn't even smile when he reunites with Mai. He knows he made the wrong decision.

You said I have to trust more freely,

This is after Zuko's redemption arc, during "The Southern Raiders" (which is probably my favorite ATLA episode, btw). Zuko encourages Katara to trust him, feeling that he is changed and is now deserving of it.

But she refuses to forgive or trust him

I would argue this is for good reason. She is clearly angry at more than just him, the entire Fire Nation, in fact, for murdering her mother and starting the war, but it is also very personal. When he betrayed her in Ba Sing Se after she revealed such a devastating detail of her life and they shared a connection, her abandonment issues probably came into play. It's similar to the trauma she had with her father after he left to join the war. She is scared that the people she cares about will leave her, just like her parents did, whether they had a choice or not, and just like Aang did when Azula shot him with lightning, again, without meaning to. Zuko left her intentionally to join the Fire Nation, even after she offered to heal his scar, a very important moment in their arcs. She is forgiving, optimistic, helpful, and kind to someone who hunted her and her friends for nearly a year, and he throws the offer of her most valuable asset back in her face and is instrumental in Aang's near death experience.

But diesel is desire, you were playing with fire,

He helps her. He uncovers her trauma, aids her in working through it, is supportive even when it was probably more than he bargained for.

And maybe it's the past that's talking,

Screaming from the crypt,

Telling me to punish you for things you never did,

Her mother did die at the hands of the Fire Nation, under Zuko's family's orders, whether they came directly from Ozai or not. But he wasn't the one who killed her or ordered her death, and he IS the one who is trying to defeat his father and end the war in favor of balance and peace. She realizes that...

So I just defied it,

...And finds it in her heart to forgive him.

After that, we start on the chorus again.

All that bloodshed, crimson clover,

Uh-uh, the bombs were closer,

I think that last line also refers to a different scene, much earlier in "the Southern Raiders", when Azula attacks the temple...

My hand was the one you reached for,

All throughout the Great War

...And Zuko saves Katara.

(I might do a separate post analyzing just this moment because holy crap there is A LOT there)

Always remember, uh-uh,

The burning embers,

I vowed not to fight anymore,

If we survived the Great War,

I think this refers to the agni Kai specifically, as does most of the bridge. The fire everywhere, the fear, the fact that it's the last battle of the war. It just fits.

It turned into something bigger,

Somewhere in the haze got the sense I'd been betrayed,

Your finger on my hairpin trigger,

Everything is depending on this battle. If they can't defeat Azula, what will happen to the Fire Nation? Will the people now just be under a new, arguably stronger and more powerful tyrant?

Soldier down, on that icy ground,

Looked up at me with honor and truth,

Broken and blue, so I called off the troops,

But they never learn what would have happened, because their combined efforts defeat Azula.

That was the night I nearly lost you,

I really thought I'd lost you

But not before Zuko (or rather, Azula) gives Katara the fright of her life.

(the love and concern on her face is so heartbreakingly beautiful it makes me want to sob)

And now everything is fine! The bridge is over and the next verse is full of hope.

We can plant a memory garden,

Say a solemn prayer, place a poppy in my hair,

For the poppy part, I'd like to address a particular fan theory. In the final scene, Katara has a pink flower in her hair.

(I left the usernames on, but please lmk if anyone wants a different type of credit. screenshot taken from this post: x)

According to another source I found, this flower is a pink peony, which symbolizes prosperity and a happy marriage.

(flower analysis originally from this post: x)

I know that this is a peony, not a poppy, but close enough? Also, if it were a poppy, it would symbolize compassion and platonic love.

Either way, I think of this as a kind of goodbye from Zuko to Katara. No matter what the situation was at the end of the series, whether Zuko was in love with Katara, Katara was in love with Zuko, or they were in love with each other, "platonic love" and "happy marriage" were a goodbye. It's either wishing her the best with Aang, or saying they can only be friends because of Aang or because of duty, but that he loves her anyway. (oh look, I made myself cry) At least, I think that in canon context. But within the song, it's a peony and they're now engaged lol

Anyway, the verse continues.

There's no morning glory, it was war, it wasn't fair,

And we will never go back to that,

And then the chorus starts again, but it's tone is far more hopeful than before. The worst is behind them. The war is over.

Bloodshed, crimson clover,

Uh-uh, the worst was over,

My hand was the one you reached for,

All throughout the Great War,

Always remember, uh-uh,

We're burned for better,

I vowed I would always be yours,

'Cause we survived the Great War.

It's just so perfect! I love it! (psst, if anyone wants me to also analyze another "Zutara song" feel free to ask)

[jupitermelichios]

What the fuck is Riverdale actually about anyway?

that's not an easy question to answer, but I've been asked it a lot, so I'm going to do my best.

disclaimer: while the plot summaries are accurate, my interpretation of the themes is just my interpretation. other fans might disagree, and that's valid. unless it's about season 6. if you disagree with me about season 6, you're wrong. archie literally sings bread and roses. union busting is compared to mass murder. that one's not up for debate.

Season 1

[ID: a promo image for riverdale season 1, showing the characters of betty, veronica, and archie in the diner, while cheryl, josie, and jughead pose dramatically outside the window. The words 'riverdale series premier tonight' are superimposed over the picture]

The Plot: the murder of a highschool student leads his classmates to discover that the adults in their small town are all hiding dark secrets. also there's a love triangle.

What it's actually about: mostly just that, tbh. there's not a lot of subtext in season 1. This is the season where they let showrunner Roberto Aguierra-Sacassa (he of glee and pretty little liars infamy) write stuff, before the writers all barricaded themselves in the writing room and started writing plots which are just about how much they hate him and his ideas

Season 2

[ID: a screencap, showing archie posing with the vigilante gang he starts. the gang is made up of shirtless men wearing red balaclavas. archie is wearing a blue shirt and his face is uncovered, because when you're bating a serial killer it's important to let them know what you look like]

The Plot: A serial killer, the black hood, begins terrorising the town. Jughead accepts his birthright and joins a biker gang. Meanwhile Veronica's gangster father begins trying to take over the town so he can commit crimes with impunity

What it's actually about: this season is mostly a series of increasingly self-aware riffs on different horror and thriller subgenres. It's the transition between the uninspired first season and the genre-parodies that make up the rest of the show, so it's not as tight as other seasons. It does feature an episode which is almost entirely just the writer being real pissed off about aguira-sacassa framing a teacher-student relationship as romantic and consensual in season 1, in which the teacher in question is shown to be a serial abuser and then immediately brutally murdered because of it, and ngl, that was pretty based.

Season 3

[ID: a screencap, showing the main actors playing their character's parents in a flashback to the first gargoyle king murder. the characters are dressed as fantasy stereotypes; a paladin, rogue, warrior-king, nobleman, and wizard. they are pointing their weapons at someone off screen]

The Plot: A new serial killer, the gargoyle king, begins terrorising the town and seems to be connected to a ttrpg which mind controls its players. Meanwhile a cult which claims to allow its members to contact the dead has started recruiting at the school. Also Archie is sent to prison for a murder he didn't commit and forced to participate in an underground fightclub but that only lasts like 5 episodes.

What it's actually about: wouldn't it be ridiculous if the shit people believed during the satanic panic was true? wouldn't that be insane? wouldn't it be unbelievable. wouldn't be insane if, say, a huge portion of trump voters still believed in the satanic panic? tell me you believe in the satanic panic, i dare you, i fucking dare you-

Season 4

[ID: a screencap showing the entire cast dressed as Hedwig from Hedwig and the Angry Inch, with blond wigs, blue eye make-up, denim miniskirts, and high-healed boots]

The Plot: Jughead gets involved in a murderous battle to become the new ghost-writer for a hardy boys parody that ends with him faking his own death. Archie starts a boxing club for underpriviledged youth but Veronica's dad keeps trying to shut it down because he thinks Archie might be going to uncover his illegal paladium smuggling ring. Veronica becomes a bootlegger and opens a speakeasy because she wants her dad to respect her and thinks the only way to get that is by being the fucking worst before she realises that actually he sucks and she shouldn't care what he thinks.

What it's actually about: rich people are the fucking worst and we should probably just kill all of them. Listen. Listen, they're evil. It's very important to all the writers that you know this. They're all evil.

Season 5

[ID: a screencap showing what is referred to in the show as mothman, a boney humanoid with no hair, ridges over its eyes, and boney stubs that may be the tops of wings growing out of its back]

The Plot: following a 7 year timeskip, the gang return to Riverdale as adults and try to stop the town from being discorporated and demolished by Veronica's dad to make way for a new property developement. Betty hunts a serial killer who's been targetting sex workers in the area. Also Cheryl starts a Maple Syrup-themed cult and controls bees with her mind.

What it's actually about: Honestly, this season is mostly just about genre parodies. They're good genre parodies, don't get me wrong, but there's not a lot of coherent theming.

Season 6

[ID: a screencap, showing archie topless and tied to a saint andrew's cross, wearing a crown made of antlers. cheryl is standing in front of him wearing a red robe, elaborate headdress, and holding a knife, as she prepares to sacrifice him to ensure a good maple syrup harvest]

The Plot: after riverdale colides with a parallel universe, the gang find they have developed superpowers which are all related to their key character traits, which they must use to battle an evil wizard called percival pickens who is trying to destroy the world using a magical train. the genre parodies get weird this season, because a lot of them are comics riffs rather than movie or tv riffs. also there's an extended alan wake parody.

What it's actually about: Unionize. Unionize right the fuck now. Why are you not already in a union? Don't you know joining a union will literally improve your changes of getting into heaven? Look at Archie Andrews singing bread and roses and tell me you still think unions are bad you coporate bootlicking piece of shit!

Season 7 (so far)

[ID: a promotional image for season 7, showing betty, archie, and veronica wearing costumes based on the archie comics of the 1950s. They are sitting in the diner, and Berry and Veronica are each holding one of archie's hands]

The Plot: as a result of stopping the evil wizard in S6, the gang are sent back in time to the 1950s with no memory of their previous lives, where they are once again in highschool. Jughead has been told by an angel to make the town more just as this will help the angel bring them back to their own time, but someone is commiting murders and framing kids in the highschool for them. also there's an extended reference to alex hirsch's fight with disney S&P over gravity falls, which I did not see coming

What it's actually about (so far): oh, you think this show would be better if it was set in the 50s? You do know the 50s were the fucking worst, right? You do know the apple pie america the archie comics are set in never existed, right? you do know people who insist the 50s were a great decade are all racist homophobic sexist pieces of shit, right? right?!

[okiecookie20]

EXO "Obsession" theory part 1

Lucky One Theory | the Cube

• Let's first dive into the main theme before exploring other details. Obsession makes us wonder whether X-EXO are evil clones. On the contrary Baek mentioned something similar in their behind the scenes video (pls click on individual screencaps to read):

The boys are involved in this good v. evil fight as we know. Now that we have the theme of alter egos confirmed I wanted to mention there is a song on the album called Jekyll (지킬) the idea is borrowed from R. L. Stevenson's book and makes it easy to connect the dots. The lyrics of the song make it clear about the main plot of this era so we move on...

• Chen plays a game of chess with his evil counterpart. At the end there are certain pieces that remain - knight, knight, 4 pawns idk how this is valid since if a king is in checkmate the game ends conventionally.

I believe Chen and his counterpart are the knights. Now knights + pawns = 6 members in comeback. This might mean that Chen is in control and knows things which the other 5 don't since they are just "pawns" for the time being. He is also the only good guy remaining or smth out of these 6 and others might have been corrupted or defeated??!

I believe Chën won.

There are multiple footages of their chess board too: it might mean each of their actions is being watched by the RF. But I'm still not sure why they have the screens in their room (since Chen has the power of Thunder which could roughly go with electricity?). Is Chen keeping an eye on Chën?

• Moving on.. Chanyeøl is the one in center when the song begins. He is also the only member with eye-catching continuous patterns on his outfit. Something about Chanyeol seems a little off. I have started thinking of reasons for his behavior and vulnerability which I'll surely discuss another time :)

Clearly they emphasize how Chanyeøl is the leader of X-EXO or smth, like the most destructive force. In the mv all of X-EXO (except Sehůn) glow red but we see that only Chanyeol (special emphasis on red eyes) looks like that. This makes me think he is consumed by his evil ego:

Chanyeol and his X-EXO counterpart engage in a physical battle using fire:

At one point Chanyeøl is engulfed by fire as they fight and later we see Chanyeol radiating flames. He is also seen on the red side of the ground, encircled by the fire - hence it is clear he loses the fight. More explained about the fate of doubles in part 2

THANK YOU FOR READING THIS FAR!! 😀

• Kai is a biker and his scenes with Kāi reminds us of bullfighting. In the first gif below, we see how Kai tries to dodge his matador counterpart:

There are negative versions of Kai and his evil counterpart (maybe they fight in two different worlds since we know Kai teleports like in MAMA). I'm unsure who wins the fight since both appear with subdued expressions in inverted colors.

I'll also mention that in the performance video of EXO AND X-EXO, Kāi and Kai interact:

• In this picture we see there are 12 rooms → for the original 12 "legends". Only 6 members took part in this comeback so the other rooms are empty (Luhan Tao and 🥴 belong to the rooms below but were trapped in the maze). Notice how Kai is in the center of the OT9 rooms — he is the key to something. From Japanese, Kai translates to Recovery in English: it could mean protection and restoration of the tree of life to its prosperous state since "tree of life and the heart slowly grew dry" in MAMA intro. This is something very important to revert to as we unravel their clues to the story.

•We see exo playing video games/reading comics in some teaser photos of other releases, the vcr from their EXplOration Dot (Day 1, Seoul) and even Power mv and merch reflects this vibe - which makes sense that the battle at such a physical level is fictitious (and being endured mentally). These might be dreams the boys have after the RF drugged them or possibly influenced them in some way.

Another thing is that the drugs induced by the RF (Lucky One) might have smth to do with the creation of alter egos. The boys try to fight the evil versions of themselves but they were created so that RF takes control over the good Exo who foil their plans and to exploit their powers.

_oh well that's all for now, I will create a part 2 to incorporate it all. Have a nice day!!⭐

[tired-reader-writer]

Arslan Senki Reread

Maybe they got too used to Andragoras' way of Head-on Combat All The Time™ lol. I don't believe the main Lusitanian forces have fought against Team Arslan at this point? So they were expecting more raw, straightforward power from Team Arslan's end only for the latter to go... “hahaha, nope~ :3”

This line probably doesn't warrant this much overthinking but somehow it got me thinking about gender roles??

So in Pars, women in general... don't tend to have all that much freedom or power? They rarely travel (nobility, at least. maybe merchant families do travel a lot, I dunno), they don't hold military ranks, they can't be monarch, they also probably can't be de jure head of the household (even if they can hold de facto power and sway). Alfarīd and Farangis pretty much seem to be the exceptions, as far as I remember. I might be wrong, I was going off of some old spoilers post I read or smth like that, the topic of gender hasn't come up in the manga unfortunately.

And Lusitania... Etoile is the only soldier we see that was born a girl. And even then, Etoile had to “throw away their (female, original) name” and functionally become a boy in order to be able to enter the army. They're the only child of a knight family, it would be up to them to continue the family line if it came to it, the truth of their gender would've come up eventually, I assume they would still be allowed to their knighthood by that point in the far hypothetical future? Otherwise the whole shebang would kinda turn out pointless.

I wonder how things are in Turan. Jimsa didn't bat an eye at the female warriors in Arslan's entourage. Maybe like in Otoyomegatari, the women possessing some level of combat capabilities is fairly normal?

A preliminary flying Daryun! I won't be screencapping the end-of-the-chapter flying menace Daryun but this little thing was nice to spot.

Guiscard being indecisive. I don't blame him, he took the treasure with great pains, his provisions already got burned once.

Very good Guiscard face, LOL.

Hello, son-in-law— *silenced*

Gieve and matters of faith. He hates the Lusitanians, and would use any word to hit them the hardest. And he must hate the hypocrisy too, the same way he hates the hypocrisy of Pars' ruling class. I like to think he has a romantic heart, but got disillusioned with the world due to... well, it's not exactly hard to be disillusioned with Pars' society the way it is.

It was Arslan in the end, who started to revive that small buried part of Gieve.

He questioned the validity of what the Lusitanians were doing while Baudouin fully endorsed it— and the latter died first. His narrative karma caught up to him, as I like to see it. (I think @innerchorus had a similar train of thought but w Kubard and Shapur?) Montferrat did question it but... he also kept upholding it.

For what it's worth though, the battlefield wasn't a complete wasteland, and he at least got to die with a smile on his face and with a tiny flower persevering despite it all as his last sight.

You did loot Parsian treasures the first time around during the chaos, you jackass.

[forcebookish]

I just have to say you are restoring my faith in humanity with all your Top and Mew opinions. People are so weird about them I just don't get it. Their dynamic to me is so exciting and I look forward to their scenes every week. What really strikes me about Top and what a lot of people don't want to see is that he truly wants someone to care for and look after. The way he so quickly took to taking care of Mew you can tell he really treasures him. I also just love how much of an enigma Mew is (in the best way), he always subverts expectations and I think he really needed someone like Top in his life, regardless of what's going to happen in the future.

thank you, anon 🙏

you put it perfectly, they "don't want to see" who he actually is, so caught up in their own narrative of what they want him and the drama to be - something neither of them are. like, why do they think top wanted to still be with mew after he thought that he wasn't a virgin, had lied to him about actually liking him, and might have been cheating on him with ray? just... 'cause? he told boston he still liked him even after all of that, after being so hurt that he slept with someone else. how many times does a guy have to say he likes someone before people believe him????

and you're so right about him taking care of mew!! i've been planning a post about this since ray asked, "is top the kind of boyfriend you want?" because uhhh, you mean a boyfriend who takes care of him? validates his feelings? worships his body? respects his boundaries? and like you said, treasures him.

on their first date, he buys him the sex book lol

on their second date, he puts on his laser tag light up thingie for him

he helps him at water skiing

(i mean lol that second one is obviously a move but still)

on their silent disco date, he puts on mew's headphones for him and gets him a drink

he assembles furniture for him

he gets his drinks for him at the party, he takes him home

(side-note: i've seen folks have a problem with this checklist line, as if he's "faking" at being a good boyfriend, but it's just a reference to mew saying he has his a checklist.....)

he's so concerned for mew when he gets hurt, he wants to go after biker, and "fixes" his glasses (an attempt was made ok😂)

like???? do they think he didn't take care of his exes??? he doesn't know what mew's "type" is, he's just acting like how he acts in relationships. and he was taking care of him even before mew said that!! (inb4 that line about him only caring about coming and making himself happy, he said specifically that he couldn't remember the last time he felt like that; that doesn't mean he never has, it just means that mew's the most serious boyfriend he's ever had. he's never been in love before, that doesn't mean he's not now.)

who goes that far just to "pretend" to care for someone?? and even if he did, don't you think that would lead to him actually caring about him? they really go, hmmm, he's a good boyfriend🤔🤔🤔 suspicious🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 lmao

to your point about mew, he is an enigma! every week, i want to know more about him. i've never seen a character like mew before - even though i've known people like him in real life.

and i agree that top's actually been good for mew, even if it leads to (momentary?🥺 interim?🥺 please not permanent🥺🥺🥺) heartbreak, it's good that he's getting out of his shell. we haven't seen a lot of his backstory, but top keeps introducing him to new experiences outside of just reading, helping him live a life outside of studies. and, uh, (at least soon) help him realize how shitty his friends are😅

so pleased my silly little (ok, overly long) posts restore your faith in humanity, anon. it's asks like these that restore my faith in humanity. so glad i'm not alone in loving them <3

(and glad that you anons seem to like it when i make your asks into HUGE ASS POSTS COMPLETE WITH SCREENCAPS OMG I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE READS THESE BUT I'M GLAD Y'ALL DO)

[the-sun-princess]

Emi Plays Revue Starlight: El Dorado Part 14

okay mahiru nana stageplay time aka i screencap all the mahiru praise

starts off similarly to the futaba claudine version

carmencita gets at Least one more line lol

intewesting...instead of immediately opting to take salvatore under his dad's wing, alejandro suggests bein a soldier over a sailor. ends up in the same place tho.

oo zulfikar doesn't surprise them with isobel, they pinpoint him before he attacks

FINALLY the mahiru gushing i've been waiting for this entire time. are u feeling it now, mr krabs

ok rude. i mean it was a first impression but rude.

mahiru is the shiningnest brightnessest

THATS WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING. MAHIRU IS TOP STAR BC SHE THE SUN!!!!!

mahiwu legy

mm nana's alejandro is leadin mahiru's salvatore into certain actions

mahiru literally the Only One of the seisho girls here who that description actually fits

salvatore actually inviting isabel along If he ever gets to sail bc apparently he's Not going with alejandro? he's doomed to be in charge of the household on land (not rlly, obv, but the 'plan')

honestly a way better lead into salvatore pulling isabel into a kiss than the others like it actually felt Fitting

also nana/alejandro reaction shot lol

can my ac shut the fuck up i wanna hear mahiru. lol alejandro finishes off his dad

funny how its the opposite in this one

nana time to praise mahiru

ok tbf hikari + karen did that, not junna, but i guess junna did kick ur ass about ur pity party afterwards

and u lifted me up like a child. literally

doting gf karen-chan

what

claudine n kaoruko what will they talk about

lol

honestly i thought kaoruko was talkin about mahiru n claudine nana akjhkdjhf welp. they are similar like that

amemiya getting flustered at nana calling her shion-chan as if i havent been wondering the whole time Why nana of all ppl was using last name-san

.....she still referred to masai as masai-san tho kjfkjshdfkjh

~interlude for me to shower~

oh carmencita's not dead. yet. maybe

i should Not be surprised mahiru and nana have similar ranges in this bg song- they are also a duet irl with harmoe

i can pick apart who is who in this song just bc im very used to mahiru's voice ksjdhfjh

interesting. alejandro baits zulfikar with miguel, not el dorado this time

i Am curious why they would even Need zulfikar now- is it just for a boat

isabel just hopped along with alejandro no need to stowaway this time

OR NOT KAJHKJHSKJDH

THAT'S EVEN FUNNIER. also for a master assassin zulfikar sure is cheaply bought

oh now theres' the jelly

sjdkfhksj this is extremely funny to me rip alejandro no royal pussy for u

....nevermind lmao jealous the other way around.

dude u need a crew to get there anyway whats another person

rip to everyone mahiru salvatore captures everyone's heart. lol

this salvatore is way more fun skjhdkfjdh "spite"

even tho he has the Option to fulfill his promise with alejandro. once he learned alejandro used him he's like Fuck You which valid. like. his best friend allowed his dad to rape him- i wouldnt forgive that either

yeh u are mahiru

he does tell alejandro if he wants to come he as to follow him he aint just gon take ale with

ah salvatore still gets slashied up by ale. into the ocean he n isabel go

o actual epilogue

alejandro killed himself i guess. rip. miguel hooked up with zulfikar. and isabel and salvatore made it to el dorado

hehe

also goddammit where is hikari

but good yes praise mahiru

after party time cmon hikari. cmon. show up

oh image limit well we got thru the stageplay. after party time

<<part 13 part 15>>

[velvetglow]

Alright! So here's Part 2 of my Classic Macintosh Screencap series! Beginning in order of left to right beginning from top to bottom:

The contents of a report about the Anglo Saxons that I wrote.

I wrote this back in 2008! I refuse to believe that 2008 was almost 16 years ago. I was in high school at the time, so please excuse my atrocious writing. Honestly, doing my schoolwork in this emulator (full-screen) was actually quite nice, it served as a pleasant environment for some distraction-free writing.

Artwork by my niece who was around 8 at the time. I'd let her use the emulator environment from time to time to play games or in this case, draw. Crazy that she's in college now, time sure flies.

The Stickies application that we've known and loved in macOS is a lot older than you think. It debuted in Macintosh System 7.5 in 1994!

The contents of the main drive and also the System Folder where the System Software resides. A neat thing about the System Folder: You can move it anywhere even while the system is running, you can stuff it in a folder elsewhere, and the Mac will still find the System Folder and be able to boot from it! It is no longer possible to do this trick starting with the first release of Mac OS X/macOS back in 2001 and the folder is simply called 'System' ever since.

System related settings were in the form of Control Panels, they were essentially little program snippets and you can freely move them in and out of the Control Panels folder. Third party applications would sometimes include their own Control Panels for better system integration. An example would be a Control Panel for your graphics card. Starting with Mac OS X the Control Panels were replaced by System Preferences/System Settings and the panels are fixed. They cannot be removed or moved around.

A simple maze game called Baby Labyrinth.

SimCity Classic is one of my favorite vintage games to play. It doesn't like running on any color setting other than black & white, even telling you to set it to this color setting, then quits. Much older software that was written without color displays in mind might not work and might even crash until you change the color settings. However not all vintage Macs supported setting the color to black and white.

Ok so the disk image is actually a tad bit older than I thought. This saved game was from 2007!

The disk image format style of installing applications by opening a DMG file, and dragging it into an Applications icon in the present day? It's been around since the early days of Macs. It was originally used to preserve the resource fork of files as it couldn't be easily transferred and preserved over networks. Even though resource forks aren't really being used any longer, this method of software distribution has been standard and preferred ever since.

An error message. Nothing serious, the application just couldn't find a particular piece of software.

A game of Risk!

Some wallpapers that came bundled with the system. Hmm... yes purple.

Before Spotlight, this is what you'd use to look for files. Since indexing wasn't a thing that was built into the system, it would take a considerable amount of time to find a document. I tried searching for that Anglo Saxon document that I wrote and about 5 mins later it was still searching. I gave up.

Another feature that has existed for quite a while: The ability to select a startup disk in the Control Panel. Drives that contain a valid System Folder will show up in this panel. Once you select a drive, the system will then boot up from that drive moving forward, until you return to the same Startup Disk control panel then specify a different drive.

I have an actual Mac stashed away in storage that I'd like to share more pics and screen caps, but sadly I'm out of state at the moment and not sure when I'll have a chance to revisit it.

[unbidden-yidden-deactivated20240]

Hello! Did you by chance see the article on Hey Alma that came out today (9/29) by about being anexvangelical Jewish convert and also an Atheist? People seem to be very angry about it, and see the person's actions as appropriative based on the way she talks about her reasons for conversion, but I (a Jew by birth myself) am genuinely having a hard time seeing the problem--to my eye it seems that if born-Jews can be Atheists, there is no reason a convert cannot do so as well, and still be genuinely a Jew and feel called to other parts of Jewish experience. I think some of the rage is that she came from an evangelical tradition that was appropriative, and part of her call to Judaism was that she wanted a faith community and went to Judaism because it felt familiar, comfortable. A lot of people seem to feel like if you're not converting out of spiritual desire, then why do it, and see her need for community and rootedness as better served elsewhere. But it seems to me like she's come as a genuine participant, learner, and seeker, if not of god exactly, and that all the rest is between her and her Rabbi. But people are REALLY mad about this, and if there is something I'm missing, i want to understand what it is. You often have really interesting and nuanced takes about these sorts of things (conversion, appropriation, the intersect of ex-christian-experiencing those things), so I'm just very curious to hear what you make of it, if you're willing to share.

Hi! Thank you for your kind words and confidence in my ability to unpack this... situation.

I assume this is the article you mean?

I think part of the problem here is not that you can't be atheistic or non-theistic as a ger - plenty of valid Reconstructionist gerim fit that description - and rather that this article was framed in a deliberately provocative presentation and tone. It's on Hey Alma so that's not promising.

There aren't comments on the article itself, so I checked Twitter and there's like, one or two comments defending her in a sea of criticism, much of it unnecessarily cruel. That said, I think the article I linked has been edited. This is what the article says as I read it now:

And this is a screencap I saw on Twitter:

The first one is fine (if somewhat confusing as to what her point is); the second one is big yikes. 😬

If this was changed, then it's very possible that other edits were made as well. Even just this one change from the original shows that the original piece very much has a "not like other girls" vibe to it that I don't appreciate.

All that said, Judaism is an orthopraxic religion, so I'm a lot more interested in what an atheist convert does and how she acts than I am in dissecting her exact beliefs beyond just "does she pass the sniff test?"

At the end of the day, she either had a valid conversion or not. If not, then she's not Jewish and Hey Alma should retract the piece and issue an apology. If she did have a valid conversion through an accepted Jewish movement, then the issue of whether she should have been converted or not lies solely with her conversion rabbi and beit din. They are the ones who act as gatekeepers for the community and it is their professional responsibility to decide if someone's motives are correct and if their behavior backs up their stated goals and motives. If they think a conversion is a bad idea, it is their job to work with the person to explain why it's not a good fit and to gauge sincerity if their reasons shift.

And look, there's a lot worse reasons to convert than a sense of belonging to the Jewish people and a search for community. There are people who try to convert solely to be able to speak about their anti-Zionism "as a Jew" rather than as a plain old vanilla gentile. There are also people who try to convert because they think it will bring them closer to Jesus and/or allow them to "connect to The Holy Land." There are people who try to convert because they think it will make them richer or give them better networking connections. There are people who grudgingly convert rather than break up with their Jewish fiance. There are people who try to convert because they think it will make them more interesting. There are people who try to convert so they can be "Jewitches" and deflect accusations of appropriation in their pagan practice.

There are bad reasons to convert, but I don't think this quite crosses that line.

I don't love it, and I don't like her original language about other gerim. Admittedly I am very much a theist and hope that everyone finds the right path for connecting to the Divine, whether that's from an overtly theistic perspective or through a deep appreciation for the vastness of the universe and our part in it. (There's also a conversation to be had about whether the strict binary of theist/atheist is even remotely coherent, but that's for another post.) But it's not up to me. It was up to her rabbi and beit din, who I trust exercised their professional judgment in making that determination.

So yeah, if someone feels like a member of the Tribe and takes the right steps to formally join, including commiting to living a life of Torah and mitzvot, even in the absence of a belief in G-d, then who am I to judge? A rabbi and beit din found this person worth converting, and absent other indications of intentional malice or deceit, she's a Jew and people need to chill out.

When did we start holding by Beit Shammai rather than Beit Hillel?

[ageless-aislynn]

You know what? I am SO glad I made that Halo Reach vid. It put me back in the mindset of making something just for me. If other people watch it, if other people like it, well, of course that’s great, but if it gets 0 comments, 0 notes, 0 hits straight across the board? I’m still so happy with it!

I’ve had this vid in my head literally from the first time I heard the song. Every time I’d hear it again, I just felt that it was meant for me to use for a Noble Team tribute. I really wanted to see it come to life, to put the pieces in place, and then to finally be able to step back and see it as a completed whole.

You can tell that I made this just for me because of the super-indulgent long outro it has, lol! I went into Firefight to record the footage I needed, then had to figure out how to unlock the theater camera so I could zoom ahead of myself to get “clean” footage (not entirely successful and my bit of a hand tremor kept it from being as smooth as I wanted). But still! That’s the vision I had, even if it’s not as professionally done as I wish. It was one of those things that I put together and was just all “Eeeeee!” after the fact. I had so much fun with this entire thing, I can’t even tell you! 😁

Plus, I noticed some things in the cutscenes that I hadn’t noticed before. I want to do a GIF or screencap post about them in the next day or two. Will anybody care? Probably not but I’m going to try to do them anyway. This is all about getting back to where I started with fandom, just making things that I love because I love them, not making them “certain” ways because that’s how other people think it should be done or whatever. This is about getting back to creating for the sheer love of it.

I think that’s how I’m going to conquer my writer’s block. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what’s stopping me from finishing my WIPs and, honestly, I think the root of the problem is that I’m afraid I’m going to “mess them up” by making choices in the final chapters that other people won’t like. I can’t control what other people like, though. I can only do my best. And, just like making this Reach vid, if I make something that I like, the way I like it, that’s not only valid, it’s awesome!

PS - I wasn’t going to link to the vid because this wasn’t meant as a commercial for it, lol, but, well... If I were reading this from somebody else, I’d want the vid link, so, here you go: “Legends Never Die.” Feel free to skip, though. Like I said, this isn’t meant to drum up views or comments, though all that’s welcome, of course. I really did make this one for me and it’s already served its purpose and has made me so happy! 💖

[itsbeahoney]

I posted 248 times in 2022

That's 77 more posts than 2021!

118 posts created (48%)

130 posts reblogged (52%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@neutronice

@nezukoo-channn

@katsukiforov-s

@vampvitya

@inthetags

I tagged 236 of my posts in 2022

Only 5% of my posts had no tags

#victuuri - 94 posts

#yoi - 92 posts

#yuri on ice - 89 posts

#victuri - 61 posts

#victor nikiforov - 49 posts

#viktor nikiforov - 35 posts

#yoi fanart - 34 posts

#beas ramblings - 26 posts

#katsuki yuuri - 20 posts

#yuuri katsuki - 18 posts

Longest Tag: 120 characters

#i live in one of the most humid parts of the united states and in the summer it gets upper 90 degrees f almost every day

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

the difference between victor’s fake smile and his smile when he’s with yuuri ;-;

488 notes - Posted April 10, 2022

#4

I could speak endlessly about the things that make Victor and Yuuri an amazing couple, but this one really stood out to me: their insecurities.

(some of this is kinda headcanon, but it’s based on what is implied in canon)

It’s evident from the beginning that Yuuri sees himself as not enough. He doesn’t think he’s good enough, attractive enough, sexy enough, or talented enough to be Victor’s student. These fears introduce his struggle with anxiety long before he enters his first Grand Prix competition. He doesn’t think he’s good enough to deserve Victor’s attention, he doesn’t think he’s talented enough to beat Yurio, he doesn’t think he can keep Victor in Hasetsu with him when the world wants him back in Russia, competing.

And although his confidence grows throughout the series, his self-doubt is still very evident in their argument in episode 11. Yuuri doesn’t think his career is worth more than Victor’s career. Yuuri doesn’t even consider the romantic value of their relationship, only comparing the success of their careers, because even with all the validation he receives from Victor, he doesn’t know just how much his love means to Victor, and he’s scared of overestimating it. Yuuri’s ongoing fear is not being enough.

Victor, on the other hand, is an enigma. Throughout the show, Yuuri’s unreliable narration makes it difficult to know exactly how Victor feels. Victor is scared of being too much. When he arrived in Hasetsu, he was expecting a very different welcome— something akin to the sensual, sexy, confident dancer he encountered at the banquet— and is instead greeted by a shy, unconfident skater, who can’t grasp why Victor would be there to coach him of all people.

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#3

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#2

this is one of the funniest screencaps in the whole show, im dying to know what fuckshit victor was saying here to make yuuri react like that

642 notes - Posted April 10, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

i cannot explain the intense warm feeling this gif gives me

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[endversewinchester]

Let’s do the entire Molly and Sirius argument (+Lupin) next 🥳🥳 gonna grab my laptop for this so hang tight with the screencaps.

So the pre fight context: Sirius being forced to face everything that he went through (everything. From childhood too) for the first time since leaving Azkaban is making him very grumpy.

Molly being forced back into a war with her 7 kids (+ Harry and Hermione) and really worried about the impact it will have on all of them. She is also worried about how close Harry is to Sirius, because she doesn't really think his godfather is doing his role of a parent properly (cue the Mundungus argument)

Cool? Let's go.

Lupin in this argument works as the middle ground, as you are going to see as we go forward. That he is wary of how harshly Sirius approached the topic with Harry is a sign that Molly's concerns aren't unfounded, and Remus himself probably shares them. But unlike her, Remus cares deeply about Sirius too. So rather than judging him for acting up instead of being a proper parent, he is worried (wary) about him.

I also want to preface this by saying Harry doesn't understand the dynamic of this scene. You're going to see that later on. He is 15, and too young to understand. So much so he attributes Lupin's wary look to Voldemort's name being said, and not to Sirius' behavior.

Matching Remus, Molly too doesn't like how Sirius breached the topic. We know she already doesn't think he's fit to be a parent, and how carelessly he brought this up doesn't help, though she is trying to hold back and remain civil. Right now, the argument can be broken down to her believing Harry is too young to know, and Sirius thinks he should. But the other context I'm giving is what makes it escalate.

Sirius is Harry's godfather. He has no legal claim to him as a wanted criminal, but he is the parent that James and Lily chose to be there in case anything went wrong. And to make matters deeper, Harry too considers Sirius a father figure far more than he considers the Weasleys per his own words last book.

And speaking of the last book, Sirius, for his part, was also trying really hard to be there for Harry as much as he could. Down to turning into padfoot and staying in the infirmary with him at the end, despite Fudge being in the castle AND IN THE ROOM WITH HIM.

So that is where Sirius is coming from. He respects how Molly parents her children, even if he doesn't agree (he could have told the twins what is going on but didn't), but where Harry is concerned, he is the parent.

While I don't personally disagree he is the parent, because Harry sees him as such, Siri should remember that in the decade he wasn't there, Harry had other adults in his life. Not all of them awful like the Dursleys.

This was interesting. Molly is clearly hurt for being cut out as one of Harry's parents, but she knows she can't claim Sirius is not Harry's guardian and that she is (for the reasons I cited above, he is the godfather and Harry sees him as such), so she tries to involve Dumbledore.

Up until now in this saga, every single adult and kid on the "good" side respects and obeys Dumbledore. With that card, she hopes to convince Sirius that her views on how Harry should be handled are valid, and that he is too young to know.

Remus is still concerned about Sirius and how he's handling... everything. With Sirius' explosive and impulsive personality, it is also possible that he's afraid Sirius will snap at Molly, which wouldn't be helpful at all on any level. Please do keep watching him, Moons.

This point of the argument doesn't bother me. While I see where Molly is coming from, I agree with Sirius. It doesn't really matter if Harry is too young. It is him that Voldemort is after, and he should be ready.

This stung. All of it, down to Harry's innocence. Do I think there's some projecting going around? Absolutely. Both Sirius and Harry see each other as James to an extent (though I think Harry projects more than Sirius does because Harry wants a father). I have no problem with Molly discussing this with Sirius, but she should do it privately.

To do it in front of everyone, especially the kids, and especially Harry was just uncalled for. Fortunately Harry is too young to understand the implications of that. But if he wasn't, she would have made him question whether Sirius really loves him or not, and that for a kid that really really wants a family would be heartbreaking.

You care so deeply about Harry's safety, Molly? Then why are you trying to scar him for life?

And again, completely unnecessary to bring James up to discuss that Sirius should be more mindful of how he's parenting Harry. She could have just said that. "Hey Sirius, I know you think Harry is a very capable wizard, which he is, but he is still a child. Maybe you should consider making things age-appropriate for him".

Her bringing Dumbledore up again to further her point is a bit manipulative. If Dumbledore didn't trust Sirius because he's rash, he wouldn't have made Grimmauld Palace the HQ, nor would he have allowed Sirius anywhere near Harry.

LOL Arthur doesn't want anything to do with this mess. He knows Molly has a good heart, but that she is taking it too far. And I can only imagine what facial expressions Sirius had to be making when Molly was bringing up extremely hurtful topics to him so carelessly that Remus spent two entire pages staring at him.

And I think this is why he took Sirius' side. Sirius is actually keeping himself in check really well despite what is being said for Harry's sake instead of taking the bait, which proves that he can actually control himself and act rationally. It proves that Sirius doesn't just want Harry involved in the order so he can go on missions with the kid and pretend he's James, but that he actually thought this through.

And here is where it all goes off the rails for good. Molly bringing Dumbledore up for the third time to try and make them bend to her will wouldn't be so bad, if she hadn't implied Sirius doesn't have Harry's best interests at heart.

That, on top of everything else that was already said was too much for Sirius, and so he bit back. Unfortunately, he's wrong. Yes, she shouldn't be trying to undermine his feelings for the boy, but the same can be said from him towards her.

Awful as the circumstances were, he wasn't there. And since he wasn't there, there were other adults that had to be, Molly being one. It's not fair to undermine her role in his life and her care for him anymore than it is for her to do it to him.

Now this was a big yikes from her. She's saying what I said above. That while he wasn't there, there were other adults that had to be. But she is doing so in a very cruel manner. It's not his fault that he wasn't there. He didn't do anything wrong, and he didn't deserve 12 to spend 12 years in jail. This said in this manner is completely uncalled for, and it got to him.

And that is most likely why Remus intervened. He could scold both of them for acting out in the entire convo, but he only scolds her. What she said cut deep, hence the "his face white".

So there we have it! The argument. Let's look at the fallout next.

[bugs-in-the-dirt]

Pretty emotional dump incoming! Just spent the last 30 mins going through my posts from the last month scrubbing for pro-ship or pro-para posts, except for answering asks because I'd feel bad getting rid of someone else's stuff, y'know? But I might screencap and delete them anyway. I'm tired of feeling like I have to explain/justify myself or hide outright, and people on here were asking me all day to explain/justify myself, and when I tried to talk to my mom about it, she said, "Just don't post anything gross", which sounded uncomfortably close to when she said not to be more assertive with my grandparents about my name and pronouns. I wanted to be happy and have that sense of community, because it's important to me and won't go away, but that doesn't mean I have to be public about it, I guess

hello anon, i first off i wanna say i am so sorry to hear youre having a tough time with your identity, that shit sucks. feeling the need to hide for safety when you want to just be yourself is really tough, i can relate to that. if you need any support for who you are, i got ur back.

family members adjusting to names and pronouns can be,,, a challenge. my parents dont really use he/they for me and my birth name is still in regular use, so i get that struggle. i hope that at the very least they're trying to adjust mentally so you can receive the proper support you need.

and in relation to facing difficulties online, i think you just gotta find a good community that's willing to understand your experiences. people on the internet suck ass, its difficult to fond your people on here, especially with accounts getting termed left and right. if u need a friend i'm always here to offer support.

as nice as it is to he validated by others, you dont have to justify yourself to anyone. youre a very real person with very real experiences, and if people arent willing to give you the kindness and respect you have a right to, they arent worth your time. you dont need to prove yourself to anyone. youre gonna be okay, i promise.

hope that youre feeling a little better!

[gottagobuycheese]

“Well,” Crowley said, and shrugged. “Got you here, haven’t I? Seems like a stroke of luck to me.” He smiled, suddenly, a slightly lopsided grin.

Aziraphale, instinctively, smiled back. the many-venomed earth (Chapter 5): by @fremulon 

nothing like a fun murder mystery full of shenanigans and unnecessary feelings budding alliances set in 1930′s England to get the creative juices unstuck, am I right?  

[joyfulexperiment]

Joyful Experiment, Day #1: "Anna" Study, charcoal

"So I'll walk through this night Stumbling blindly toward the light And do the next right thing."

Art diary (and excuses, explanations) under the cut.

All things considered, I think this is a good start to the month. It's not polished by any means, but it's better than usual. Let me tell you the story of "the usual."

I drew all the time as a kid, but primarily for the sake of telling stories. I didn't make "hang-on-the-fridge" art. I made comics and magazines and newspapers and storyboards and scenes for computer games. Plenty of OC's, but I stole my style from 80's cartoons.

(Not my art, but very much the style I was learning from. Credit to Peyo, image from "Johan and Peewit")

Around eleven we moved to another province, and my pencil crayons disappeared amongst the luggage for months. I focused on writing instead, and write my first little novel that year. And thus I became a writer, not an artist. I honed my author craft religiously throughout my teens, and if I ever drew, it was mindless doodling during family read alouds - doodles of people who still looked weirdly like Smurfs and Care Bears despite being human. I went through a fortnight of sketching historical costumes out of a book, mostly for the validation from my parents, who loved them, but little of the experience stayed.

Then, I took an art history course that required us to sketch ten acknowledged masterpieces of the past. Our professor was not particularly picky about skill, as there was no artistic instruction in the course, and it was only necessary to produce something that demonstrated you'd looked at some art.

Nonetheless, perfectionist that I am, I spent ages on every one of those sketches. I made grids with a hundred squares and painstakingly reproduced every detail of the "Starry Night" and the "Muse of Comedy" and the Michelangelo-inspired philosopher in Raphael's "School of Athens." Several audiobooks sketched themselves into those works in the process - for me Rudyard Kipling and E. Nesbit are still heavily associated with charcoal fingers.

By the time I turned in my portofolio, I had rather astounded myself, because, while the work was nowhere near excellent, it was mindblowingly better than anything I had produced before. Because I was actually looking at the shapes and using reference carefully. My professor told me that though my art was rough there was something there and I should pursue it.

Reader, I did not pursue it. I seldom do aught but doodle, and I am capable of drawing two poses: Standing up straight with hands at sides, or with hands behind back. I cannot eyeball proportions, even making a character hold out a hand reveals that I have never seen a human arm in my life, shading tends to look a bit like leprosy -and just - it's a mess. Here's a good example of what my art looks like when I'm actually trying:

(It wouldn't be too bad if the character in question wasn't supposed to be a grown man...)

Things turn out a little bit better if I use reference, but frankly, I'm afraid to use reference that isn't someone else's art. Drawing from life or photos is HARD, because someone else hasn't made the artistic choices for me, hasn't chosen which lines are needed and which can be left out. But, that kind of thing is generally frowned on as intellectual property theft unless you keep the art strictly to yourself.

I want to start drawing from photos. I want to start mixing and matching elements from multiple photos. I want to mix ideas out of my head with appropriate reference. So... I picked a middle ground for this starting sketch. I picked a Disney CGI movie, because it's a bit like drawing from a photo, but still with a number of artistic choices already clear on the screen. (Also Disney is so huge I don't mind doing studies of their screencaps and posting them the same way I would just finding an Indie artist and doing a study of their work.)

It's a stepping stone - I don't want to stay stuck doing this kind of thing, but it's what I need to get the ball rolling. I'm not especially a "Frozen" fan, but I do have a soft spot for Anna.

Disclosures: When I uploaded the sketches I arranged them to be closer together for a more pleasing look, and I increased the clarity by 25% to make up for the greying/fading my scanner causes. Otherwise, this is the art as it looks on the page. For the large image of Anna, I did permit myself to cheat by tracing rudimentary markings to show the distance from eye to eye, from top to bottom of the face, etc, but I tried to avoid any major tracing. (It's from a screencap, not from lineart so there wasn't much in the way of lines to trace anyway.)