#it builds the best relationships

[ruporas]

drank too much

[ID: Digital Art of Vash and Wolfwood from Trigun Maximum. Vash’s body is turned slightly away from the viewer as he holds a staggering Wolfwood by his shoulder. He has one foot ahead of the other, the foot in the back used to stabilize himself from tipping over. Wolfwood is tethering into Vash, his weight pressed into him with his arms wrapped around Vash’s waist and his face is hidden away as he leans against Vash’s shoulder. Vash’s expression can be seen, his eyes wide and mouth tight-lipped, and his face is flushed red. A speech bubble comes out from Wolfwood, saying a drawled “Spikeyyy...”. The background are desaturated pastels of blue and green, showing night time, as they stand in the middle of an empty street that is also lit by the moon not depicted. Yellow light is seen coming from the inside of a saloon. End ID]

[luck-of-the-drawings]

[OLD ART ALERT] A COLLECTION OF SCENES FROM THE GILLIONS CATSCRATCH ARC THAT BROUGHT ME GREAT JOY. i love fishy chips especially when its just gillion being delirious and violent and hostile

[yookikiku]

her name is Tensai and she has a socmed dependence problem

[jay-wasreblogging]

Okay but the way Sherlock kept reassuring Mariana that she doesn't need to do anything she's not comfortable with?? That he would do it instead so she wouldn't have to?? Like? EXCUSE ME SIRRR?? 😭

I hear the talk about Mariana and John this, Mariana and John that - but let's talk about Sherlock and Mariana!!

This case had Sherlock encouraging Mariana to speak up and NO don't say you shouldn't talk when you got smt to say to the team! Your input is just as valuable and needs to be heard!! You're a part of this team and this is a team effort!

And when they were about to find the bodies, the way he talked her through an extremely traumatic situation? 😭 That shit got me fr like yes what you're thinking is horrible but whether you like it or not it is true and we cannot change this to suit the reality we want, we can only accept it and continue from there - and he was kind!! He didn't look down on her or mock her for wanting to not believe what was true, because it was traumatic and something she wasn't accustomed to.

HOWEVER what I really loved was that she didn't need to do smt she didn't want!! Im so glad it didn't take the 'but you have to do this' bullshit route that many stories do because it's okay not to, it's okay to know your limits and stay in it, it's okay to not want to do something you don't want to!! There's nothing you have to prove because you shouldn't have to!!

This podcast mannn.

[add1ctedt0you]

An interesting theme, imo, in mdzs is the sheer tiredness you must feel when dealing with someone who, having been dead for more than a decade, is still the same person as before, while you aren't anymore.

[kindaorangey]

i think the main reason i can stand the "two teenagers pining hopelessly for each other" trope with charles and edwin is because they're both seeing other people. like at the beginning of the season edwin won't even acknowledge his own sexuality but then he has 3 different crazy paranormal and homoerotic experiences and THEN he confesses to charles. it's just a lot more fun and realistic for him to have a weird experimental phase before being able to contend with what he feels for charles and i think it's the main reason he was able to confess at all AND take the rejection well.

[greenvillainredemption]

One thing I love about mutant mayhem is that Leo has a crush on an April who’s not conventionally attractive. It almost feels like, because of the turtles’ isolated upbringing* he hasn’t been influenced by the popular western beauty ideals and just thinks this ordinary human is beautiful! And I think that’s really cool! Because she is!

*though they’ve clearly been exposed to celebrities and other pop culture so ?? idk lol

[mamawasatesttube]

like. okay. thinking about this some more and tbh it is kind of insane to me the way people will sometimes characterise core four, and kon specifically, as being completely unconditionally on board with tim not revealing his real name or face to them prior to wwyj.

like, i know the real reason is that the people doing this simply don't read comics. which is such a fucking wall to run into. but man... tim not telling them his identity when everyone else had revealed theirs to each other/didn't have one to begin with was the biggest driving force behind the tim and kon fight on apokalips. the same way kon was upset and hurt that superman never told him he's also clark kent. kon is very explicitly not cool with being left out of the loop about things as big as secret identities. it makes him feel like the other person doesn't consider him trustworthy, and then he starts questioning their relationship. (once again, pointing at the kon & lois conversation post hypertime arc when he finds out clark's secret identity.)

i love identity shenanigans. i love identity angst. i think thats one of the most fun things about the superhero genre! and aus where they don't know each other's ids can be fun!!! but it's like. INCREDIBLY out of character for that not to be a driving force of conflict if kon is involved in any way.

[figscigfigs]

the way emily axford plays dnd is the most beautiful thing in the world to me.

it is literally such an inspiration in every aspect (she is the reason i started playing dnd). the idea of being a support system for the people around you, and being so intelligent and strategic, that not only do you lift up every single person so they can have their moments but you’re also the funniest and raddest characters is brillant.

i am truly an emily axford enthusiast forever.

[aroacehanzawa]

whats ur beef?

My favourite manga lost the plot so now i cope by being a hater 👍

[strawbebbiesart]

Haunted // Love Affair With A House 🏡💌

[wendeeesaucy]

Shakarian Romance - ME2

[arsenicflame]

so, this ones technically not a fix it because its still major character death but this is how i would tweak the canon story to give Izzy's death meaning and weight.

First of all, Izzy doesn't get shot by Ricky. The crew of the revenge may still be absolute rookies by Izzy's standards but even they know to take all the weapons off a hostage and unload any guns. Ricky still escapes and alerts the Navy, and our crew are running through the woods, down to the beach and Izzy is still falling back. For all his new prosthetic has helped his mobility immensely, its no good for running. Its clunky and dragging behind him and Ed and Frenchie and Jim and everyone keeps slowing down to make sure he's keeping up with them, but in doing that the navy are quickly catching up to all of them, they're being swarmed.

They break through the trees onto the beach, with more and more men coming up behind them. Izzy's struggling even more across the beach than he was in the woods, the hoof sinking in and sand shifting as he tries to run, and he stumbles. All the while Navy men continue to appear from all directions- and it hits him. That this is it. There's no way they will all make it out alive.

But he's Izzy Fucking Hands and even if he cant run anymore, he can still fight. He can fight for this crew, this family, these people who have given him so much, who have opened their arms to him when he was at his lowest, who have allowed him to feel free. He can still fight. He can buy them time.

So he turns, and draws his sword.

There was never any way he could win, of course. Even when he truly was the best swordfighter in all the Caribbean, fighting dozens of navy men at once would have been beyond him- but he can distract them, hold them off long enough the revenge sets sail. Its a glorious sight, one man against dozens, bodies falling around him as he holds them back. Its impressive to watch, and maybe, for a second, the crew allows themselves to hope. But then, he takes a cut to his sword arm, and another to his side.

And then he goes down.

But he goes down fighting.

Izzy Hands, who spent his whole life fighting dies that way too, fighting for the safety he spent his whole life searching for.

[thranduel]

here’s why mike and will are the ones that belong together and need each other more than anything

this smile right here happened because of will, and only will. this is one of the only scenes we see a real, genuine smile from mike all season because will is the only person he can truly be himself with (the other scene where he smiles like this is the one with will in season 4 episode 4). will makes mike feel loved and needed, just like mike has always done for him. mike is clearly struggling with his own insecurities and self-doubt and will is the one that cheered him up and made him feel like he was worth something. he told him he was needed and that he's "the heart" of the group, always leading and taking care of others. he painted something special for him to remind him of this, and we know how important will's art is to mike. he keeps a binder of his artwork and has his art all over his basement and room. you could see how excited he felt when he first opened the painting and found out will painted it.

will needs mike because mike has always been his safe place and the person who understands him most, and mike needs will for those exact reasons as well. they both make each other feel accepted for who they are and they were each other's first friend which makes their relationship even more special and beautiful. it's also important to remember that mike was the one who made the choice to walk up to will and ask him to be his friend because he saw that he was lonely, just like him. this made them more emotionally connected and they've always been able to understand each other from the moment they met. mike also likes the feeling of being needed because his role has always been to protect others and look out for them. that's what makes him feel genuinely happy and worth something. he's been pushed to the side his entire life, just like will, but when he can be there for people, it makes him feel so much better because he knows he's helping others too.

but the most heartbreaking thing about this entire scene is that will used eleven's name instead of his own... it could've been his moment, and mike could've finally realised how important he is to will and how important will is to him, but the timing unfortunately didn't work out. mike ended up thinking that those words and the art came from eleven, which it didn't, and that's the only reason why he ended up saying his monologue to eleven, because he was convinced she needed him and saw him as "the heart" when she never even said anything like that... the one who truly needs him, especially right now, is will. the car monologue, the painting and the speech about the heart was all from will. that is what touched mike's heart and made him truly happy because he needed to hear that more than anything.

will is the one that gave mike hope and strength, just like mike has always done for him. even when they were apart, will was thinking of mike and the party because they are so important to him and they have always provided him safety and comfort. mike and will's last private moment before leaving each other was when mike asked "what if you wanna join another party?" and will said "not possible". this painting shows that will kept his promise and thought of mike and the party even when he was far away. even in this scene, will sacrifices his own feelings and disguises his confession to protect mike and eleven's relationship and help them fix their problems when he didn't have to, especially after how he's been treated and excluded. so anyone that doubts how much will loves mike and how much mike means to him need to remember this. it's not just a "little crush" and will can't just "move on and find someone else". people who say things like that have no idea what they're talking about and they're just invalidating will’s feelings and his love for mike. will has always been in love with mike, long before eleven was in the picture, and none of this is easy for him.

will byers is the only person that can make mike wheeler smile like he did in the photo above. and the reason why it's different from all the other times mike smiles is because mike isn't pretending to be someone he's not, and he doesn't feel insecure around will. that is how you know it's real. this is true, genuine love. mike feels safe in his own skin when he's with will and he doesn't feel inferior to him at all. they are equals in the relationship and they always have been. will is the only person mike can truly be himself with, and mike is the only person will can truly be himself with too. we've seen it so many times throughout the entire series. they both understand each other, they feel equal to each other, they can be themselves with each other, they can open up and be honest and vulnerable with each other, they feel comfortable with each other, they bring out the best in each other, they've known each other the longest, they were each other's first friend and they have the closest and most genuine relationship in the entire show. mike and will are the ones that need each other more than anything and they don't even realise it.

[sunnnfish]

“If you just do everything you’re supposed to do you’ll eventually end up where you need to be.” Infinity train book 4 you fuck me up so bad still. “You can mess up even if you stand still…” MIN-GI PARK…..

[musclesandhammering]

The #GirlBoss movement in the MCU is extremely pseudo-feminist.

I could be totally off-base with this, but has anybody else noticed that here lately the mcu has had a slight pattern of making a few female characters ridiculously overpowered as well as turbo-hyped by the narrative and marketing…

This specifically includes Wanda, Carol Danvers, and Sylvie.

I’m in particular talking about how all 3 of them had far less time for character exploration and strength build-up than the majority of the other more powerful heroes, had fairly bland and uncreative personalities compared to the other more powerful heroes (Wanda was coddled by the narrative and not allowed to have any ownership in her wrongdoings which would’ve made her more complex, Carol was a victim of the “having the same arrogant attitude as the douchebro male characters is all it takes to make a Strong Female Character(TM)” writers’ mentality, and Sylvie with mary sue-ed to hell), and were generally made more about the cool powers and ‘oooh such a badass’ moments and the aesthetic than the actual depth.

My point is… they’re all so shallow and performative. It’s like the (mostly male) writers looked at the female character and scoffed and said “ok there’s no way this lady’s gonna become a fan fave on her own- we have to help her. We have to give her a boost. I have zero faith in women being able to gain popularity by their own merit (because who’d be interested in a woman, ammiright?), so we can’t just give her a compelling backstory and let that be it. We have to make sure she has the most tragic backstory of anyone on screen at any given time, and we have to make sure the audience knows it! We can’t just give her a specific set of powers and depict them in an interesting and unique way. We have to make her stronger than any other character she’s going to share screen time with and we have to have her flaunt her powers every ten minutes to remind the audience how strong she is! We can’t just make her intelligent in her own way and give her witty banter with the male characters. We have to make sure she makes them look like idiots and condescends them as frequently as possible so the audience knows it! We can’t just flesh out her morals and let her get things wrong sometimes. We have to make it so she’s always in the right and the audience should always be on her side! And even when she does something wrong, we have to make sure the audience knows that it wasn’t really her fault and she still has the moral high ground! That’s the only way we’ll ever get people to like her as much as the main male characters!!”

It’s just…. This is just rank with a lack of confidence in women. They approach the idea of having women front and center with equal parts skepticism and greed. They’re so out of touch with what women want in superhero films and just what women want in general. They fall into the trap of thinking feminists want everyone to know that girls are actually superior to guys, when in reality we just want to be treated with the respect and humanity and agency guys have always been treated with.

And by creating these female characters the way they do (making sure they’re not equal but decidedly better than the male ones, making sure they’re nearly infallible strength-wise, making sure they’re never allowed to be held accountable for mistakes) they literally defeat that whole point. They’re being extremely counterproductive to what feminists are actually trying to do, because they aren’t actually interested giving women genuinely good representation- they’re just interested in pandering to Twitter stans and casual female fans who form their opinions based on a first glance and girls who are so starved for rep that they’ll praise movie-makers for serving up rank crumbs.

They give us female representation but not really, just like they give us queer representation but not really, and like they give us poc representation but oftentimes not really…. Because (surprise surprise) the multi-billion dollar corporation does not actually give a shit about minority issues.