#like he’s really rolling in the deep.

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[masonhasbean]

MANTISCYTHE. a.k.a Rolan Deep!

Hero of bug-type body modification!

Has the ability to transform limbs into insect-like weaponry at will, his most well known form being his arm morphed into a giant scythe.

Powers that favor close-range combat with capability of jumping to inhuman heights. This requires light but easily injurable bones, which have to be thought of while fighting an enemy.

"What?! But i was in the middle of!- Ugh.. Right.. Hero time."

[dizzybizz]

man it's him the man

[bloobydabloob]

Idk if this is ur type of music but i love listening to Talkshow Boy while drawing striders&dirkjake i think its a fun vibe. Especially Testosterone & Chop Us Out though i have a hard time picking favorites especially with the testosterone(album)

Just got back from a degree show. Check out this awesome art before I answer, sorry for lack of credit. I went near the end of the exhibition and most of the artists had no business cards left sadly. Sigh. I’ll have a look & update the alt text if I can find credit.

I’m mostly a death grips / Fiona Apple guy when it comes to music nowadays, if you are asking about taste. (My favorite song right now is coco mango diced by MF DOOM though) but I did used to listen to talk show boy when I was maybe 13 or 14.

From memory my favorite on testosterone was called something like “four breakbeats” or something. My bad, it has been a hot minute. I’ll relisten after this. I definitely understand where the Strider connotations come from with that artist though. I don’t think you’re alone either considering I’m also pretty sure there is a Dave Strider animatic to his biggest song. Ignore if I’m just lying here.

For songs / artists I associate with Dirk, I’m lacking. I have one song in my Dirk playlist and it is “declare independence” by Björk. (Don’t think he would listen to it, just associate with him). I do associate a few death grips songs with him but I think it’s purely by virtue of being a fan. (Specifically hot head, spread eagle across the block & I break mirrors with my face in the United States for Dirk / Spikes + culture shock + you might think he loves you yadda yadda for UltDirk. I recommend all songs. All good songs)

Here is a selection of songs on my DirkJake Spotify playlist though. Ignore if this is actually a sucky selection, don’t tell me if it is. I’m willing to explain any if you are curious.

Thanks for sharing this with me though. I’ll relisten to the album next time I draw Dirk… so probably soon. I draw that guy too much

[bizlybebo]

Dakota and Williamcore

KILLS YOU.

[plantwriting]

I can’t stop thinking about the fact that Rand heard Kian’s playing and ignored it.

Like nobody can blame Rand for that, of course he ignored it, he’d just run away from Rolan for far less, he was panicking and scared and who the fuck wouldn’t have ignored that? Who wouldn’t have?

But just. How fucking much would it hurt Kian if he ever found out? If he found out that Rand heard him, and knew it was him, and chose to ignore it? That Rand KNEW he was going to see Becky, that he was supposed to come back hours ago, that something must have gone horribly wrong, and he didn’t even try to help him when given the chance to?

Does Rand blame himself? Even if he knows that in the end, he probably couldn’t have done anything to save Kian, does he blame himself? Does he think about how things might have gone differently if he’d gone to get him, if he’d been there, would he have looked behind that tree? Would he have found Kian, realized what was going on, would they have been able to bring him back before he even had to fully die? Would the confrontation with the queen gone differently if Kian hadn’t been completely unraveled that first time?

Does he think about how even when they did finally go and get him, he still did nothing for Kian? Rolan was the one who started singing along to the song, Rolan was the one who brought Kian back, while Rand stood by and watched.

Does Rand blame himself? For not being able to convince Kian not to go see Becky, for not going with him to protect him, for not going to look for him when the clock ticked past the time they were supposed to meet back up, for ignoring Kian when he heard him playing, for not bringing him back, for leaving him at the community house, for not being able to kill the queen fast enough to stop Kian from dying again, for not protecting him?

Does Rand blame himself?

Somewhere deep down, even if he’ll never admit it, does Kian blame him as well?

[imminent-danger-came]

Anyways. Wukong was WAY too chill with MK being a Moneky. Just like "Yeah hahaha we're both monkies! Isn't that so cool!" the whole entire special. LIKE NO. THAT'S NOT COOL. YOU SO CLEARLY KNEW ABOUT THIS

[itsamenickname]

What kind of movies do you think Luigi and Bowser would like watching? I can honestly see Bowser being a huge horror movie fanatic while Luigi is more into the romcom movies.

[urproblematicfav-arsonk]

Me, crying and throwing up thinking about the pilot cast: the texture.......the musical texture we were robbed of.........instead everyone just sounds like they're from the same Disney channel show

[sysig]

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[illegiblewords]

Uzal/The Dark Urge

[lieblogger]

I FUCKING HATE CULINARY

[dizzybizz]

what a goofy gooper. what a goopy goober. what a goopy gooper. whouphfh oghhf aughfh goop goopyg ooper-

[ghost-bard]

I wanna be your slave by maneskin is a bitb song purely for the line “im a devil searching for redemption, im a lawyer searching for redemption, im a healer searching for redemption” that’s literally rand, rolan, and kian in order wtf-

FUCK I JUST LOOKED UP THE LYRICS AND ITS KILLER NOT HEALER I HATE IT HEREEEEE welp. I mean kian slays so in a way hes a killer i give up

[dirt-str1der]

I keep thinking about the mechanics for how to make kazumaji happen outside of adrenaline fuelled lovemaking , like obviously majima isnt going to solicit him for an actual relationship because whatever they have going on is already more than he expected to get because majima isnt a wanting man he gets dealt his hand then he plays (plus hes waiting for someone else , he cant leave and have his story end with kiryu , they both know this) , kiryu isnt a wanting man either i mean not for his love life but you know this guy fights like hell to get what he wants. He doesn’t exactly have a problem pulling girls but its the commitment after thats the issue , he always has someplace to be thats not here no matter how suave and charming he is youre gonna be wondering why he ghosted you for three years then find out he just got released from prison the point is that he doesnt follow through. Once youre done with him then youre done and very rarely is he gonna come back (unless he wasnt actually done with you). Majima offers to help him out in osaka and kiryu says no no no see ive left you behind i have to live this next chapter of my life properly now , without you. He has this inability to understand that people want to spend time with him thats not him helping them / repaying him a favour / working together to achieve a common goal. You literally cant assume he’ll be around you really have to cling tight or he’ll find some reason to fuck off and by then you cant even ask him to stay because Shit is it a good reason. Y0 nishiki got so so fucking close to showing kiryu he didnt need to have any redeeming qualities for people to like hanging out with him. He didnt need to be fun or like to party or entertaining at all , just him sitting quietly on a nearby barstool and maybe clapping along is enough to make his night fun as hell. Im sure kiryu realises that he can be distant and lack initiative , im sure this self awareness has convinced him that hes an undesirable long term romantic partner , and majima fucking up big time with mirei also forces him to internalise the fact that hes not a good partner either. So the two of them have to really really Really want something to start it because otherwise theyd be gracefully and expertly sidestepping any mention of commitment , pirouetting around the word “partner”, assuming they’ve made things clear when no discussion had taken place. They dont figure it out because its obvious to everybody thats not them, all the thinly veiled offers to be useful to each other, the leaning forward when they speak to each other , the open mouthed kisses with tongue , they want each other. More than one time , more than This... but how does one communicate something they havent realised yet ...