#grimm thoughts ^.^

[studiogrimm810]

PLEASE. GOD. ANYONE. I NEED MORE SAM W STUBBLE AND/OR BEARD. PLEASE

GONNA HAVE CARPET BURN ON MY -

[emyluwinter]

Listen, I can't help but think that Yuu and Grimm have been treated somewhat… Unfair? (Yep, as if it wasn't like that before.) But listen, Silver and Sebek received the titles of knights from the reigning monarch of the Valley of Thorns. They also received armor.

Yes, I understand that they did most of the work, but… YUU AND GRIMM WERE WITH THEM THE WHOLE DAMN TIME. It would be possible to make an "honorary title" like beast tamer or those who give light in the dark. Come up with any one. Those who provide important support.

Did they deserve at least a public commendation?!

If this had happened at a party and Malleus Draconia had publicly given his official monarch's thanks for the non-magical child and the fire-eared beast, it would have been enough to acknowledge that they had tried their best too.

These two have been through so many Overblots, they've seen so much horror, pain, tears, and despair. Would it be possible to at least thank them for really trying to reason with the guys and help them based on their strengths and abilities?

Even a short mention would be enough!

Why couldn't one small line be made to involve them in history, in this long, exhausting battle?

I understand that they only play the role of a guide for us.

But still, it's not fair for the two of them.

These two have been through a lot, and they don't have super powers like the others, but that doesn't stop them from fixing guys' brains when the situation requires it.

Give them some of the recognition they deserve!!

[charmac]

[maci-lena]

...

I don't know what to say.

Enjoy my dumb musing.

[lez-bichi-lover]

Certainly an idea that happened while resting from comms

[keymintt]

some style studies with grimm n yarrow for funsies

[in order: persona 5, disco elysium (aleksander rostov), witch hat atelier (kamome shirahama), the tea dragon society (k o'neill), alphonse mucha, hades (jen zee), in stars and time (insertdisc5), and promare]

[potatobugz]

here is a collection of riptide drawings that i made a while ago but never posted ^_^

[ponlypone]

REACHING THE UNREACHABLE

Reinhard has been alone, shouldering the extremely heavy burden of defending the world against the threat of the world. It has been said to be an otherworldly intense battle; sure, it’s hype as hell, but Tappei has yet to delve further into Reinhard’s current mental state/point of view (understandably so, because as described, Reinhard is completely absorbed in the task, and it might not be the focus rn). So as a fan, in advance, I’d like to give it a shot with my own interpretations based on what sensei has cooked (because I care a lot about my fav chara(s)’ psychology. Definitely can be proven wrong in the future tho HAHAH).

Wanna peek at what was in my brain when I drew this? I got you.

1. Reinhard vs. Witch of Envy (Satella)

- “His arms had been torn to shreds and into ribbons.”–––I really want to emphasize the gravity of his current physical condition, so I’ve been putting efforts into showing how fucked up his arms are.

- He has been swinging his sheathed sword to block off Satela’s attacks “10-20 times a second until his sweat and blood left his body as steam.”–––How tf can I draw this without making the art an absolute blur. I lack the skill to nail this bruh, but at least I wanna show how locked in bro is and how immeasurably overwhelming this situation is.

2. “A Sword Saint never loses.” –Young Heinkel

Y’know, I’ve always been wondering, why can Reinhard have such a sturdy, unwavering mentality in his role as a Sword Saint? And from the very latest chapter, it confirms something to me. Maybe aside from that he is feeling responsible for his grandma’s death; it’s because of this,

“Because the Sword Saint can’t lose. That’s what Father said.”

––Child!Reinhard to Wilhelm.

As far as I can gather, Reinhard did really respect and love Heinkel, so these words coming from his respected figure must have ingrained themselves in his brain so much to the point that they fueled his mentality to be as fixed as it is now. Emphasized, even to this day, Reinhard still seriously cares about Heinkel; that’s why I drew the panel getting brighter to the flashback image, as, in my opinion, Heinkel’s words are still as clear as the day to his current self.

An extra note from Tappei’s Q&A I found on his Twitter: Sensei said the times Reinhard spent with Heinkel when he was still a good dad were one of his happy moments from the past. That’s why the nuance has to be bright.

3. Reinhard drowning and chained down

Reinhard’s burden has always been heavy, but this time it’s extremely heavy. Though, it’s his duty as Sword Saint, and he has always been the type who is so resigned to fate. That’s why I drew him resigned, with no struggles whatsoever to even break free from the chains binding him. He kept sinking deeper because those chains are connected to these heavy burdens from the world that are not getting any lighter (they become worse instead). His arms are floating upward not because he is trying to reach out to Felt or anyone (emphasizing how he never asks for help), but simply because he doesn’t put any energy on them, so they naturally float due to the sea’s nature.

4. Felt reaching out to Reinhard

Heavily referenced from [Arc 9, Chapter 18 – “A Hundred Times More Troublesome”]

Felt has voluntarily offered the Sword Saint aid in facing Al in the ways she can. She is not helping him fight Al head-on, but she offers herself as his second backup, a safety net just in case Reinhard is taken care of and things are fucked (and they were!). Referencing that specific scene, I wrote, “––Those hands that tried to reach him.” and drew Felt stretching both of her palms because she did place both of her hands on his cheeks. Reinhard knew about this help, as it was offered before he went off to the battlefield. This is something he is aware of, which he appreciated (as he was amazed by Felt’s efforts); that’s why I drew him locking eyes with her, but at this point? He is basically occupied in a task of another realm nobody can step into; that’s why I drew his expression as a complete resignation with no hope placed on the other.

Felt, on the other hand, is as determined as ever (since, from what I’ve read, she hasn’t shown any sign of yielding). However, even her great efforts alone are far from enough. Even worse, she was held hostage as Al kept marching on with his plans. She, too, failed in stopping the bro with the cheat code. Thus, the white lines around her neck are Yae’s threads, the ones that kept her from escaping, and let’s just say that I think the close contact it has made with her skin has grazed it a bit; therefore, the faint smear of blood is especially noticeable since this is metaphorically underwater.

5. Flash image of the people that have bonds with Reinhard

I think it’s important to include them too because they are people who care for him to varying extents.

Honestly, I have only read EX 4 so I hesitated to put Ferris in … but he did look so happy when he chatted casually and had a drink with Ferris and Julius, and they seemed rather close in their times as royal guards, so yeah, I think bro deserved the ‘friend spot.’

I don’t think I need to explain his bond with Subaru. Y’all know that already.

JULIUS… DAMN IT… I totally forgor that he is STILL forgotten. Well … can’t defend my careless ass here… Let’s just say this is a little treat for bro who has gone through so much (Besides, Reinhard acknowledged, ‘Oh ya based on yall’s reactions, I believe this bro was supposed to be my bud!’) but I still think it’d be cooler if he were featured with his face glitched here (too late for me to fix rip). Anyways, I personally think Reinhard is closer to Julius than he is to Ferris. When I read them conversing, I feel like they share a similar wavelength too to some extent—maybe due to both of them having the same career and chivalry.

The people on the right—guess those who have never read the side stories won’t know. They are Carol and Grimm, the old couple who are friends with Wilhelm and Theresia and serve in House Astrea. They have been mentioned to love and care for Reinhard, and Reinhard, in return, also cares for them. They seem close, and Reinhard can act natural with them. I believe they are the ones who have been taking care of him in the absence of his family. (Maybe this kinda answers my other wonder: How can Reinhard grow to be a decent dude without anybody taking care of him? It is also mentioned in one of the side stories, ‘Reinhard has never felt abandonment’. Ah. So it might be thanks to this old couple, after all). So ofc a special spot is reserved for them!

The twins on the front are Flam and Grassis, Carol and Grimm’s granddaughters. They are also House Astrea’s servants, placed in the Astrea Family Main Residence. Reinhard had been taking care of them since they were babies, he mentioned in one of the side stories; they are already like his sisters to him; in return, these two also care greatly for their Young Master (though on usual occasions, it’s not expressed obviously).

6. Wilhelm come to rescue

Heavily referenced from [Arc 9, Chapter 28 – “A Passage of Legend”]

Wilhelm has once again made an epic comeback; ‘to turn the [Sword Saint] back into a human.’

Basically, from what I grasped, he is trying to do what he did to Theresia (taking off the Sword Saint burden) again, but this time, with Reinhard. And ho boy, he has been fighting like hell; that’s why I want to emphasize the thick blood smearing around him because he has been described as injured. Like a lot.

One of the many chains has been broken––that’s because at [Arc 9, Chapter 26–”Sword Demon vs Crimson Sakura], he has successfully defeated Yae, which naturally followed with securing Felt’s, Reinhard’s master’s safety. Yae herself is Al’s accomplice, so I depict it as one of his ways of severing one of the many problems burdening Reinhard.

But in general, I look at Wilhelm’s desire and good intent as something that’s worth the acknowledgement to break one of Reinhard’s chains, and of course it’s only one and far from significant. I also want to emphasize the huge distance between them, as he is still far from reaching Reinhard (because I don’t want to sugarcoat the little achievement compared to the grave situation), but still, the effort counts. And this is something Reinhard is unaware of, as he is too occupied dealing with what’s in front of him; that’s why I drew the previous panel of him casting his eyes down, almost completely closing them, as if resigning to the possibility that no one could have saved him and that is ‘fine’.

Why I used the word “Another sword” because again, Wilhelm is trying to ‘save’ the person dear to him with his sword instead of words. Also, I wrote “another” because I have used the first word of sword to describe Dragon Sword Reid, the one to carry on the world's duty, meanwhile, this sword Wilhelm is using is Trias, the one to carry on his own purpose.

[studiogrimm810]

yaknow i really wanna know what jared and jensens perspectives during the french mistake were like

like sam and dean know NOTHING about the show, but jared and jensen would. so like,, did they think it was like some weird trip?? or did they fucking ROCK that shit??

would’ve loved to see j2 in the spn universe😔

[raddest-laddest]

local man accidentally throws his dead wife into a cult and forgets

[glow-and-vamp]

Every January-February we come back to Hollow Knight and write very self-indulgent RPs

Here's old doodles PK from random scenes in unrelated threads.

[lez-bichi-lover]

⟢NEW PFP, LAYOUT & USERNAME⟢

I wanted to make an update to the blog as a whole, with an actual icon of my artwork, some matching gif as header and a new username! Finally changed from Alecz to Lez, the "bichi" part comes from a silly way I say the word "bicho" (bug), fitting for the theme;]

[paystery]

something i think about often is why milton grimm wasn’t held more accountable in ever after high (spoilers for the first and third book)

1. he was the one of the main perpetrators of lie that should you not follow your destiny, you’ll die

2. he was caught lying multiple times and the most he ever got for it was an eye roll (end of throne coming when apple and raven just say ‘don’t do that again 😆🙄’ and that was it)

3. he cursed his little brother and banished him 100(or something) feet below the school because he was trying to tell the truth (and then giles was just like haha no big deal!)

4. he sabotaged apple and raven on their journey to find alternatives to signing the book by planting a corpse. THAT MAN WAS CRAZY!!!

4.5 straight up just told these girls that they would die and then planted a fake corpse

5. never admitted to the book being fake

6. he blamed maddie for releasing the jabberwocky and kicked her out of school without any sort of investigation or trial

and he somehow gets less hate than Apple both in the stories and amongst viewers like that’s crazy to me

[wesen-grimmopedia]

I don’t see enough people talking about the fact that Nick is a really good artist. He can briefly see a wesen woge and then hours later draw a highly detailed and accurate sketch of what he saw. From what I remember this is just… not really discussed in the show.

[critter-wizard]

ep 43 had me tearing up in a fucking shopping centre ‼️‼️

b+w alt version that I truly couldn't decide if I liked it more . Also I included a lot of thoughts in the tags but they're somewhat incoherent<3

[bears-are-my-favourite-colour]

As a cruel joke from the universe, I have been thrusted into this dead fandom. But man, I have some issues as I'm completing my watch namely about the whole Nick and Adalind situation. While I went into this knowing that they were endgame I hadn't realised just how annoyed at it I'd be.

I mean, Adalind has been awful to Nick from the get go, and while I know she was the show's bad guy for a bit, she literally had tried to kill Nick's aunt, did all sorts of shit to Julliette to get back at him for stealing her hexenbiest-ness, not to mention the whole thing with Hank.

But worst of all, she literally raped Nick. And maybe it's a result of the fandom being dead, but I feel like nobody talks about it. Similar to the fandom, it NEVER gets spoken about in the show other than for it to be called "weird" or to have Juliette treat it as if Nick cheated on her.

And now, as of Season 4 episode 20, Nick has a complete character change in regards to her MID episode. From being disgusted and hating her to almost doting on her after she forces him to touch her pregnant stomach that was the result of the rape. I understand that she did it to get rid of his grimm-ness for the royals so she could get her baby back; this point later becomes moot as they didn't even have the baby, this still shouldn't excuse her actions.

And again, the show never touches on it. But even putting that aside, it's so forced and rushed in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, I love a good redemption ark and I feel Adalind's could have been great but having her cared for by Nick as if she was suddenly nothing more but an extension of the rape baby, cheapens her. She was a great character, a villain to good guy arc could have been perfect.

As an extension to this, they could have done a redemption arc without the poorly done enemies to lovers trope. Become a good guy through realisation and growth and not because she's carrying his baby. Not having Nick suddenly forget his feelings towards her instead of a gradual acceptance where the hatred fades away to a certain level of acknowledgement of the past; not that I'm saying that I'd blame him for always holding a level on uncertainty about her.

All I'm saying is that this feels like a very crap way to force Adalind into a main character along with Nick & Co and I feel it could have been handled better by leaps and bounds.

Keeping this out of the ship tag because as much as I do not like it, I live by ship and let ship.