#it is so so satisfying

[bookwyrminspiration]

I think My Best Habit by the Maine would fit Sophie if she had an arc where she said “fuck this” and left the Black Swan to have actual autonomy over her life

Okay first of all you're so right. And second of all upon looking up this song and seeing the cover I just went "hehe ass." Moving on

It think the line "Good thing I don't exist for you at all anymore" really encompasses the whole aesthetic and vibe of that kind of arc. Sophie's existence started for someone else. She started because a group of people saw a problem and wanted to fix and so they created someone to help them do that, to have a role she never asked for. Even if it's just "to be something new," that's a condition of her existence she got no say in. Her upbringing was curated, where she was placed and who her parents were. An arc where she breaks away from that brings her autonomy fully into her control, where she exists for herself only, that's what that line represents. And it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks or if they're disappointed or happy for her, because her existence is for her, not anyone else.

That continues with "My feet are mine to follow / You don't get to decide." Her path is hers to decide, she gets to follow what she believes and do what she thinks is right without someone else guiding her or trying to tell her what's right and wrong. We saw some of that in her burning down the storehouse, because that was very much something everyone else would've decided against and they made that vocal when she got back. But she doesn't exist for them, and they recruited her to their side, they didn't recruit a tool to be used as they wished. They recruited and made a person. She gets to make her own decisions and reap her own consequences. She gets to make her own mistakes and have her own regrets, none of her controlled by someone else. That's a big shift from the young girl who kept looking for notes telling her what to do next, and i think it's a great one.

There's also "Burned our teenage years down to the ground," which I think is especially fitting. Sophie's teenage years have been filled with fighting, with listening. If we take the interpretation to the extreme, it's been filled with her being a pawn in someone else's conflict. She didn't ask for any of this, yet she was made to be the center of it. Her stepping away from that is getting rid of her teenage years, of being young, and stepping into being in control of herself, following her own feet, her own desires and beliefs. It also ties in nicely with the storehouse, which I've already mentioned. She burned it to the ground and in doing so, burned down the relationships between her and everyone else. That's not to say that they're all destroyed beyond repair, but they are all different, because she's revealed something about herself no one else expected. Those ties were a tie to her teenage years, so by burning down the storehouse she's burned down those specific ties to the young girl she used to be. She still has ties, but they're changed, and I think that could be utilized well in entering the "fuck this" arc.

All this to say that I agree entirely and there are so many more lines that I could use to relate to that kind of arc for her, both in the glimpses we've seen in canon and more extremes she hasn't gotten to. Her autonomy and relationship to everything happening is so important to the story, so it'd be absolutely enthralling to watch something like this play out !! thank you for the song recommendation!!

[latepivi]

golden fleece my beloved

[kittarts]

[beebeedibapbeediboop]

The forest king and the postwoman

[zoe-oneesama]

"I swear I won't steal your time and go back to five minutes before this embarrassing moment."

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[nouverx]

OPLA sketches

I love Luffy a normal amount

[olasketches]

finally got the motivation to finish this sketch

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

going through my old journals as part of therapy homework and i'm reading a section written in the emotional wreckage of a full-on breakdown when i get hit with this line:

There is never a satisfying answer to ‘Why didn’t they love me?’

like wow babe. good fucking point

[furiousfruitcakeee]

The Night Before (Goodnight, Darling)

Guys... FARCILLE SOFT HOURS OPEN

CW: Nudity, Implied sexual content!

[earl-of-221b]

I can’t explain what blue eye samurai makes me feel…….its a typical revenge story, a man sets out on his hero’s journey to kill the four men who have wronged him. A lone ronin, wide brimmed hat and sword in hand, roaming Edo Japan on his vendetta. But he’s not a man. He’s a woman. And how has he been wronged? What’s she getting revenge on?

On the fact that she exists. She wants revenge on the four white men that could possibly have conceived her. Who got her Japanese mother pregnant with a blue-eyed child. And not just any blue-eyed child, but a girl child. How is she possibly supposed to live in the world like that? For the wrong of being conceived, for the wrong of being born, for the wrong of being birthed into a world that will never love or accept her, she will kill her father.

I don’t know what level of convoluted self hate that is. Is she a child of rape? Or a child of a whore? Halfway through I realise what she told herself at the start couldn’t possibly be true - it’s not really for her mother. Her mother wasn’t the root of her vendetta, she wasn’t really doing it for her. When she leaves that farm and leaves the chance to live a simple, legitimate life as a woman, she goes right back to hunting down the men. Those men personally wronged her.

And then there’s so much to be discussed surrounding the way she grew up, because as a boy child and a man she can afford so much more than life has dealt her. Her swordfather who took her in out of the love and care in his heart had no shame in teaching a mixed man his art. The face of a ‘demon’ is fine. But not the identity of a woman. Shh. Don’t say it. Don’t confess. He knows and doesn’t want to hear it.

And because she’s lived that way her entire life for safety and security, she’s so completely alienated from being a woman, perhaps she really is he. But not really by choice. Or is it? The thing she does best is the art of killing, the art of men. Gender is a prison and gender is a performance and she has to choose which to perform. The times cannot reconcile hatred and violence with a woman. So she lives as a man.

So she can get revenge on her father, for revenge on herself.

[knifearo]

being aromantic is like. hey btw you're going to live a life that is the culmination of most of society's worst nightmares. sorry lol ✌️ but then you turn around and take a really good hard look at it and it turns out that living in that nightmare is fucking awesome and you get to wake up every day and take that fear that other people have and laugh and hold it close until it's a great joy for you instead. and being happy is a radical act that you define instead of someone else. and you're sexy as fuck that's just a fact of life i don't make the rules on that one

[uncanny-tranny]

Amatonormativity has destroyed so many people's understanding and acceptance of themselves, and it's heartbreaking.

Yes, it is normal to be in your 20s, 30s, or older and not have lost your virginity, had a first kiss, or a partner. It is normal to say that you aren't ready for those things, too! It is normal if your life doesn't follow the "college graduate -> engagement -> buying a home -> 2.5 kids and a dog" trajectory that so many people have idealized.

So many people associate maturity with losing your virginity, or having a first kiss, or a serious relationship, and I think that's a dangerous association. Maturity isn't gained through those things, and you don't have to have those experiences to be considered "mature" or "grown." It is not a bad thing to go at your pace. Nobody else can live your life but you. If you end up having those experiences, that's great! But it should be done because you want to experience them, not because you feel "broken" and "immature" without them.

[bluegiragi]

cockatrice (part 2)

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werewolf lore drop ahead!!

although werewolves are classified as a shifter-type monster (same as Horangi or the cockatrice) they're actually unique in a hidden way. Horangi is a hybrid whose lineology originates from the first pureblood haetaes, which had zero human in them. In comparison, werewolves originated AS a human-wolf monster, which results in an interesting relationship between the human and shifted 'full-wolf' form.

While Horangi is the same in his human and haetae form, Soap juggles two souls in one body - one belonging to human side, and the other to his wolf. They are both still implicitly him - the souls run parallel with one another throughout his life - but being a werewolf is very much like maintaining a life-long partnership. Soap and his wolf are a great example of a success story, but some werewolves have difficult relationships with their wolf, resulting in only transforming during full moons when they have to.

In some ways, Soap is perfect in the military's eyes as he has a strong connection with his wolf, and happens to come from a long line of larger-than-average specimens (even though he doesn't care too much about his genealogy, preferring to call himself a mongrel breed). In other ways, he's also a nightmare, because his wolf exemplifies the worst in his rebellious streak, featuring recklessness, fickleness towards authority and an extremely low tolerance for boredom.

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

world's longest staring contest GO-

[yhwcomeback]

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