#about koda

[loe-does-stuff]

and so, the princess and the knight lived happily ever after.

[does-this-look-inanimate-to-you]

youtube video: here’s ten things you didn’t know about stardew valley!

me, sipping my mayonnaise: try me bitch

[karmicpunishment]

basically me after this chapter

[thatonechocogirl]

is that okay if you can draw nimona meeting kenai and koda in the woods.

bada bing bada boom

bear in mind im still not good with backgrounds (haha bear)

BUT HERE YA GO

[ninjastormz]

Not them being former flat earthers 😭😭😭 I love them your honor

[sonyshock]

Please don't hit me with a slipper, but your OC reminds me of this guy:

Why would I hit you with the slipper if you are right

[caveat-canine]

I think more people on the internet need to understand that just because it was a phase for YOU, doesn't meant it was a phase for everyone else.

[smoshmonker]

look, a family isn’t just a mother and father. sometimes it’s a little goblin with a constant need for validation, alcohol, and his heroes to just look at him, a wizard blade singer trying way too hard to be cool with the power of god and anime on his side, a himbo warforged druid who knows what sex is who chooses his family but not his friends, and a halfling with thunder thighs, smushed pie in her purse and an innate desire to adopt them all

[hallowpen]

I know you said you're not talking about it anymore but I would like to invoke my special privilege of being your most favorite mutual who has suffered for you creating sh weapon references until visions of runes replaced my very thoughts

What is it that distinguishes general shipping culture from Thai-specific shipping culture? Because you mention Thai shipping culture a lot, and while I know there is a difference I can't seem to put into words what that difference is. I don't know if I'm making any sense, but like, under the umbrella of QL in Thailand, what part of it is culture and what part of it is marketing? Like the presenting of a "ship" as a "product" part.

Listen you... (Only because it's YOU asking... but be aware: You cannot pull this 'fave moot' card for the rest of our tumblr interactions. You had one shot! And you've now used it hehe)

So let's sort of break down the Thai QL marketing strategy, as you've put it: You have the 'production' and then you have the 'fandom/engagement' side of that production.

Production Marketing Branded Pairing - the production companies are going make a QL series and then present you with the leads as an easily 'shippable' pair. In Thailand, we refer to these ships as คู่จิ้น or 'imaginary couples' (จิ้น is pronounced as "jin" like imaGINE... cute no? hehe) These pairs are the product... the draw to attract viewers/fans. It's more common for branded pairs to stay working together once they've developed a comfortable relationship with one another. However, this can lead to some stagnancy within their working relationship and the types of roles they are offered. Companies like GMMtv, in my opinion, go a little overboard in this aspect. The logos and mascots are cute, but they're firmly cementing the fact that these pairs will never star opposite someone else in a BL production once they're established as a brand. It's very limiting for the actors involved and the fans who crave varied content... because at some point it all starts to feel very same. But again, that's just my feeling. It does work very well in some instances. And as long as production companies are gaining revenue, I don't really see that changing anytime soon.

Fanservice - the pairs' job is to sell the product: attract brand deals and increase fan engagement. The best way to do that for QL is to play up the fantasy (at a level that both individuals involved are comfortable with). They're going to pretend and have fun with their fans with a little back-and-forth. At this point in the conversation it's important to note that in the early days of fanservice, and even still, there was a lot of cultural nuance involved in order for businesses and potential viewers to be more accepting of mlm relationships which were heavily featured in the series that were being promoted. There's also discussion about whether or not the proco's allow their pairs any say in the level of fanservice they must perform. For the most part, it seems that they do... but that's not always the case.

Production Engagement Shipping - the viewers and fans are the 'consumers'. They essentially buy the 'product' the companies are selling, with both financial support and through their engagement. Now... in Thailand, as fans of these pairs, we are very aware of what is being sold to us. This is what I refer to as 'Thai shipping culture'. It's part of the 'game', for lack of a better word. We tease and we joke and we partake in the shipping... but at the end of the day, we know it's not real. Our support doesn't have any strings attached and isn't based in contingencies. We support the actors because we like the content they are providing for us. It's as simple as that. It's equal parts unfortunate and heartbreaking that this culture has been lost in newer fandom (from Thailand specifically). But it's important for interfans to understand, as well, that fanservice and shipping are not forms of queerbaiting. No one is trying to trick anybody... it's all very laid out in plain sight. And if you're buying too much into the fantasy, that's a YOU problem.

I don't really know how else to end this, other than to say what I always say, which is:

Please re-evaluate what it means to be a "fan" of someone. You are no more entitled to an artist's time or attention because you paid for it. You did that because you wanted to; you wanted to SUPPORT them. This doesn't give you any right to dictate their life; you cannot claim ownership over them. They are NOT your property. So if you truly "support" them, just let them be themselves...and love them all the more for it! The only thing misplaced anger/hate accomplishes is to create an environment where artists no longer feel comfortable interacting with their fans altogether, out of fear that every little thing they do or say will be misjudged.

[zukkaoru]

okay so here's my vision. kunikida watching aya and dazai separately struggle with having to use a mobility aid for chronic leg pain reasons and wanting to be able to help them, but while he also is struggling with his hands, he knows it's different. so he thinks. who could help aya and dazai better than someone else going through the exact same thing?

dazai is hesitant at first. or-- okay, hesitant is putting it lightly. he outright refuses. comes up with every excuse in the book and then a whole bunch of other ones that don't make a single lick of sense, because he's decided he hates aya by virtue of her being a child and him not trusting himself to interact with kids. especially ones who have imprinted on kunikida. because what happens when this turns out like q or akutagawa or elise or gin or rokuzou or or or...... no, he's not going to do that. he's going to keep his distance. and aya can tell he doesn't like her because she's not dumb, so she also refuses kunikida's idea of them talking to each other.

but kunikida already planted the idea in both of their minds. and though they're both incredibly stubborn, they also both trust kunikida deeply. so--

so dazai sees aya struggling with her cane, or aya sees dazai trying to avoid using his, or aya falls and dazai helps her up, or they run into each other on the stairs that neither of them are supposed to be using. one of them says "you need to be more careful" and the other says "bold words coming from you" and they realize they.. actually do have a lot more in common than they thought. and maybe kunikida was right about them being able to find some sort of comfort in one another.

[felassan]

concept/random speculation: D'Read Koda is what plays during the Dragon Age: Dreadwolf start menu screen. in the background an eluvian like this floats on some rock, suspended there in the void. maybe the petal-like pattern rotates around behind it, sun-like. when you press start or new game, D'Read Koda reaches its ending crescendo and, like the Chantry exploding at the Conclave in the title menu of DA:I, the eluvian shatters.

[album img credit and source link: Reddit user LegendeRRisCZ17, link]

[ssaraexposs]

Congrats to those who predicted it!

[does-this-look-inanimate-to-you]

isn’t it lovely to have a piece of media you enjoy, so much so that mundane things remind you of it and make you smile? i think it’s lovely

[thatonechocogirl]

got jumpscared when i saw them in the short

[vdearest]

[enesl]

Suicide? Yes. That kills you, right? We all die anyways. Then why die early? For liberation. From what? From everything. Everything like? You know, when we grows up they expect too much- a proper career, proper behaviour, a specific personality, pretty eyes, shaped eyebrows, proper noses, proper body shapes and geometry, a specific way to dress- and there's just so much more. If you don't fulfill all this, you're just an ugly failure. No one says it but you can always feel it. That's a lot. It is. So you'd kill yourself because? I'm one of these ugly failures. You know, you remind me of the wilting flowers in my garden. She turns to the little boy with a blank expression- he has a small smile of his face. I really like them, they're beautiful. I think you're pretty too. But they're wilting. They are. He smiles, But they always bloom again. He gets up and hops over to play with the other kids, then turns back one last time— My mother says if they didn't wilt, them blooming wouldn't ever matter.