#love oz to death

[employee052]

turns out a brief moment of feeling ok doesnt mean im done grieving

anywho, heres a vent doodle with a pose i saw online, might not reblog the road trip thread posts for a bit (i feel bad for not being able to participate in my own trend but as long as people enjoyed it then i dont mind all too much)

i dont wanna call it a break bc i cant help but be on tumblr, but things might go quiet in terms of art or me talking.

hope yall are doin well today/tonight/timezone n ill see yall when i see you :3

[bestjeanistmonster]

Shadow’s entire apartment was sucked up into the tornado when he came to oz. Guy was literally just chilling and watching the Wizard of Oz film before he was pulled into this much and he at many points debates the possibility of him being dead and being trapped in a musical was his eternal punishment

[can-of-slorgs]

The other researchers are also here! (magical edition!)

[babisawyer]

Jackie realizing she’s gonna have to take care of shauna and jeff’s ghost baby

[flugame-mp3]

what do you fucking mean that's how charlie dies. THAT'S HOW CHARLIE DIES??? i mean i know the show has a penchant for killing off every character who's not a winchester brother or an angel of thursday but good god. what the fuck. charlie was such a good and enjoyable recurring character, and she had such a fandom impact that i've seen, and she's only around for THREE SEASONS?? (sidebar: it's amazing she has the presence she does for only being around for a couple episodes in the long run!) but: was this necessary? and she just dies offscreen after her skills are utilized to progress the plot of decoding the book of the damned?? oh my god. what in the actual fuck. i'm finding myself getting genuinely very upset at her death. she did not fucking deserve that. and i can absolutely see why the fan response to her death is what it is now. completely fucking unjustified and throwaway and useless.

[longagoitwastuesday]

I am liking Jujutsu Kaisen, way more than I imagined I would, but I foresee it will let me down and it's keeping me from enjoying this as much as I could haha

I think the characters and dynamics are well set, and I think many of them have an incredibly good and deep potential, but I would be willing to bet they'll not get a proper development, enough for them to really hit. A well assembled set of gears is not enough to make the movement go, you have to wind the clockwork.

I think Gojo and Megumi have a fascinating and very complex dynamic, but I doubt it will be given the time and care that imo it needs to actually work. And it is going well enough for now! One could see the intimacy between them was deeper than the one Gojo had with, say, Yuji and Nobara ever since the very first few episodes despite the fact Fushiguro too was a first year. But the pieces forming what they have are extremely complex, and it just wouldn't be realistic if it doesn't show, even if in a not showing way, or if it doesn't have consequences or implications.

It's one of those dynamics that shape one's life, the way one regards the world, the way one establishes or not relationships with other people. It's one of those dynamics that could be full of fondness, gratitude, resentment, admiration, trust, and that imply intimacy, the good kind or the bad, even if in just the knowledge of someone who's been a constant through your life. It could, and would, imply a myriad of feelings, and probably in such a mix it could imply contradictory feelings too. Even the nothingness would weight, even the nothingness would be significant and meaningful.

Gojo took Megumi and his sister under his wing, the son of a man who murdered him, because of both selfish and selfless reasons. Megumi looks like Toji. What does Gojo feel about this? How does Gojo deal with this? How does Gojo go about taking care of Megumi? Would he walk him to school? Make him breakfast? Celebrate his birthdays making him blow candles? Did he take him to the zoo? Does the relationship between them feel professional or is it something more? Gojo appreciates his students, but is Megumi to him just another student? When Gojo faces Sukuna in Megumi's body, did he see the kid he raised, or does he just see Sukuna in one of his students' body? Did he have one faint wavering instant? And how does Megumi feel about this? Is he resentful of him? Resentful of the situation? Of the selfishness behind his actions? Does he feel like a pawn? Is he grateful? Does he resent feeling grateful? Would he rather not? Does he love Gojo? Does he feel nothing about him other than what he could feel about a teacher that sort of annoys him but knows he's reliable in his strength? Does he think it unfair, cruel or unfeeling that Gojo is close, closer perhaps, with Yuuji or Yuta, considering their story? When Sukuna slices Gojo in two, does the remnants of Megumi's soul tremble?

And not just Megumi and Gojo. Yuuji and Nanami, Gojo and Nanami, Yuuji and Fushiguro, Nobara and the boys, or Nobara and Maki, Todo and Yuuji or Yuta, Gojo and Yuta, Megumi and his sister. Gojo and Geto, even! If the pieces are well set, the dynamics are intriguing, interesting, and have potential to be deep, but then the characters have like two plot relevant scenes that punch you hard, but little more, it's not nearly enough. Especially not nearly enough for the enormity that is shonen dynamics and situations. And the potential existing at all, and then not delivering, makes it all the more frustrating when you're left with something mediocre that could have been so good.

The development of dynamics through not only a few plot relevant gut wrenching moving scenes, but also the smallness of life, is important. The friend who recommended this to me said that those things were just unnecessary filler, but I disagree. I think there's a big difference between a large amount of anime-only filler episodes whose existence is based on the fact they had run out of manga chapters to animate, and moments of quietness. The low stakes character-driven moments of quietness can be so telling and so insightful, and they are so satisfactory when brought back later in higher stakes situations. My friend teased me there was no scene of Gojo making breakfast to Megumi, that it would be an idiotic idea, but it would be so telling. How he makes breakfast, what they eat, if he tries hard or if it's all mechanised, if they have personal bowls or if they use whatever, if he just buys them some pastry on the way to school, if the way they have breakfast changes through the years, or if he doesn't make them breakfast at all! All that would be very insightful on their dynamic and its evolution. All that would give a glimpse on how they regard each other and why, even in the present. All that could become meaningful in tense situations and high stakes scenes.

These moments also let the plot breath; if a lot is happening all the time, if every character is always experiencing trauma after trauma, the entire story is so emotionally draining that at some point you don't even care all that much. Besides, these nothing moments or low stakes plot arcs, besides deepening and developing dynamics, also let some in-world time pass, which would make the intimacy and bond between characters more believable imo; between Yuuji eating Sukuna's finger and their last confrontation in December how much time has passed? A few months? Am I truly to believe these characters are so everything to each other in only a few months?

Without some smallness, some repetition, some daily life, some low stakes not plot-centric development, the dynamics don't hit, they don't truly feel fleshed out, and dynamics as complex as the ones Megumi and Gojo have, or as supposedly meaningful as the one Megumi has with Yuuji or his sister, should be fleshed out if they're going to exist at all. Otherwise they'd risk making the writing feel awkward and fake. Besides, if the dynamics felt well fleshed out and realistic, they would shape the way the characters interact and act, and how they deal with situations, thus being plot relevant.

The shonen genre has so much happening all the time, the stakes are so high, the dynamics are so rooted in big events and the relationships carry enormous weight and implications. Yet they barely get developed, and it feels so stupid, so plain, the absence of something so important noticeable like a constant void, a shapeless nothingness present in every scene. It makes the characters feel like cardboard figures. Jujutsu Kaisen is already getting a better job than many, but I doubt it will do enough for what I've heard, and I fear I am bound to feel let down, and bound to feel unmoved.

After all, if not enough time and care has been given to develop a dynamic, I am not going to feel pressured by the high stakes; if not enough time and care has been given to develop the dynamic between Megumi and Yuuji, as good potential as it has I am bound to feel little for this last confrontation between Sukuna and Itadori, and his effort in getting Megumi back.

[octopus-defence-squad]

I know I haven't posted a ton of art recently, but I have been working on refs for artfight (i'm octopus-defence there!) and this is my Wildsea PC Aurora!

She was a research vessel back when the seas were made of water, but sunk in a deadly storm. Now revived and given independent mobility by the magic of the Verdant Sea, she works as a navigator in the crew of Our Fucking Ship (actual name of the boat dear god) and is intent on finding out what happened to her former crew.

Her torso comes from her figurehead back when she was a boat, and her legs and hips were carved from scrap wood she found. I am obsessed with her

[bababerries]

think my main issue with Sharon Rainsworth is idk what Mochijun was trying to do with her and she feels very out of place in the cast

Her thing is that she feels weak specifically because she relies on her chain a lot but it’s kind of just stated and then done with and she’s like “I was arrogant about it” but this wasn’t shown so I’m just like ???? Her main role in the story is a support to Break similar to Reim and like that’s fine but it’s so distracting how out of place she is because sometimes I feel like I’m reading a separate story when there’s a scene about her specific insecurity and I’m just like “oh ok” I think the idea of Sharon being reliant upon her chain and constantly being cuddled and sheltered and seen as weak especially with the state her body is in of not aging causing a lot of crisis within her because she’s in this weird stage of not feeling exactly like an adult but not entirely like a child is interesting but it doesn’t feel like that at all tbh it's not explored despite how it's adding to her insecurity. And then there’s the whole her acting “arrogant thing” and my response to that is when? The only time she was mean is once to Gilbert like literally only one panel, she was joining in on teasing him with Break. It's very light hearted and comedic to and frankly who in the manga doesn't bully Gil? It's not enough. I wish they made her messier and that she was a spoiled princess with unchecked privileged who was overcompensating and trying to hold the power of her family after feeling coddled and sheltered throughout her life and feeling like she needs to live up to the image of her mom and grandma but doesn't know how to so she's all talk and relies heavily upon her chain and acts haughty about it. Not realizing she's further indulging in her ignorance of the world. I think she could’ve been interesting in PH classism and exploitation themes. That she wants to be "strong" but is just furthering her ignorant just in a different way. And real strength and maturity would come in her recognizing the flaws in royal society and how they hurt and exploit the people below them. And her having to look inwards on her own flaws and unchecked privilege. (It also just adds to pandora heart's toxic codependency theme where obsession and reliance on something is harmful and denies you of growth and identity) And I just think about that one line she says to Lottie “selfishness runs in my blood” or smth it was a good line but it really doesn't feel earned because we never see Sharon being selfish or arrogant or cocky or anything. I don’t mind Sharon not being that angsty of a character she didn't need to have a sob story and a breather character like her would be good for more diversity esp when a lot of characters in pandora hearts can be quite intense with their conflicts. But her entire arc is incredibly lacking. The manga tells me *this* is her arc without actually showing it. And her development is someone calling her weak once and gets over it

[mayoiayasep]

:(((( <- got to elliot's death scene again

[gregmarriage]

i heavily relate to oswald cobblepot, bc i too walk like a penguin, and am rather sensitive about it, and wanna kill people who make fun of it

[maskyartist]

Stares at my young Ozpin in wanting to make him an ask blog but knowing I will immediately drop it after two days but wanting to do it but not wanting to do it but-

[oveliagirlhaditright]

I'm upset!

So, in the book "Dark Congress," Tara comes back. And at first, I thought it was "she comes back," like it wasn't really her.

But nope, it turns out that it really was her.

And I knew from the get-go that whoever this Tara person was (whether it was her or not. And like I said, at first I thought it wasn't really her, though it turns out it was!) was going to have to go away by the end of the book, because this is a season 8 book and there's no Tara in the season 8 comics.

But now knowing it was the real Tara has me so devastated.

Like, this super powerful old witch brought her back to life as a gesture as goodwill to Willow, because she wanted Willow to be her apprentice.

But it turns out this witch is evil (surprise, surprise). And some of the things she does to get her magic is super sketchy (like draining the power from other witches). And Willow and Tara then realize that if Tara stays alive, they'll pretty much be being hypocrites in condoning this woman for these things, when that's the way she got that magic to bring Tara back: since magic always comes with a price.

So Tara chooses to die again, in knowing deep-down that none of this is really right.

And there's actually a lot to love about it. It's so nice seeing Tara again. And we have some lovely Tillow moments. And more than anything, I feel this was about giving Willow the chance to say goodbye (which she never got) and closure, which is beautiful.

But why? Why?! -sobs forever-

[saintbarou]

❤️‍🔥and👄for astarlamb if you’d like!!!!<3

❤️‍🔥 - astarion my beloved. My Utter Beloved. for me it’s acts of service ‼️‼️‼️ i love doing things for him !!! i love spoiling him i love doing some chore while he lounges reading a new book he’s simply my princess. for him i do think after discovering non-sexual intimacy + his voicelines for when you kiss him, it’s physical touch !!it’s simply addictive to him. a kiss on the temple, your hands in his hair, your leg over his when you sleep in bed with him. it’s all so new to him, he can’t help but want more.

👄- the first kiss was awkward and kinda bad JDOSSO it was my b 😞 i was nervous around him and he had to teach me how to kiss. he looks back fondly on it however, enjoys how i get embarrassed and flustered over how bad i was. but there’s something about it that makes him recall in detail. it was nice knowing that he was probably my first real kiss and it’s nice that i kissed him just to kiss him.

[chryzuree]

general 2,3,7 love 2,6,7 domestic life 13 w/ chrysigil :3..

II. GENERAL

2. Did they have an official first date? If so, what was it like?

if by official, you mean it was official in OZ’S book, then yes!! (nobody is parent trap scheming harder than oz to get chrysigil together.. he will stop at nothing to have chrysi as his sister-in-law!!!) it also would up being an official first date when chrysi and gil figured it would be easier in the long run to stop fighting oz’s attempts to get them to be close together. and besides. they did end up bonding & making plans to go shopping early at the market.. flirting.. (oz screaming at gil bc that is NOT a romantic second date!! it shouldn’t be a date at all!!! i’m not making sense, i don’t think.)

ANYWAY, the date itself was going to a new tea house that oz had heard good reviews for. it took some finagling, but he convinced chrysi and gil, separately, that they needed to meet a client / informant there (?? not sure what the plan way, okay), and when they showed up, it was like. oh. well. i guess this is a date now.

oz left an itinerary at their reserved table, which was including, but not limited to, a museum outing, getting a rowboat trip around the lake, going to a botanical garden, a candlelit dinner, and then a walk home through an idyllic park. chrysi and gil wound up bonding over how fucking exhausted they were and how they prefer smaller things, like going on errands nd such. okay, date no. 2 is going to shop for groceries and date no. 3 will be laundry day <3

((important to note that at this point, chrysi’s only flirting w gil bc she feels safe in the assumption that he won’t fall for her, and gil doesn’t realize he has a massive crush on her. oz is tearing his hair out as we speak!! btw alice doesn’t care, bc chrysi’s already her sister.))

3. What was their first kiss like?

it was after gil knocked chrysi the FUCK out during a scuffle, and when she woke up, he worriedly tried to nurse her back to health. in the moment, she called him charming + pretty, and then she gave him a little peck on the lips. gil froze up and didn’t react. it was only after she left that he was like “wait, no, i want another kiss…” <- blushing FURIOUSLY. but unfortunately, he didn’t tell chrysi that and so she doubled down on the whole “safe to flirt because he won’t EVER fall for me” thing. oh boy.

7. What is their relationship with each other's families like?

so, like, disregarding the whole “baskerville clan trying to change time and the world by killing lacie at the beginning, before she got the chance to meet jack” thing, chrysi rlly rlly gets along w them. lottie is like her sister, and so is lily. and, i mean, alice is ALREADY her sister.

ummm, but she cannot stand vincent. fine by him!! he can’t stand chrysi either!!! he thinks that his brother should choose someone else. or no one at all. both chrysi and vince have actively been waging war behind gil’s back for the past 100 years.

OH, for the nightrays (fucking hell, gil has a lot of families), chrysi only rlly gets along w elliot. the rest of them do NOT like chrysi. that’s okay. she doesn’t mind!!!

gilbert hasn’t rlly met any of chrysi’s family, which is for the best. if he met her sister, he would… well, i dunno. i get the sense that if he ever saw the way her family treats her (including gavriel and that whole fate thing), he would push her behind him & try to protect her. chrysi’s like awwww. honey!! anyway, that won’t work. they WILL kill you. let me talk to them.

III. LOVE

2. What are their primary love languages?

gil’s is 100% acts of service. no questions asked. chrysi’s is quality time / physical touch!!!

6. What are their favorite things to do together?

oughhh.. laundry day is their date night.. also they like baking together (NOT cooking though. gil always turns around to find chrysi reorganizing their spice rack bc he wasn’t keeping her properly preoccupied. FUCK.), and also they like watching the sunrise together while drinking tea <333

7. Who is better at comforting the other? How do they usually comfort each other?

hmmmmmmmmm. i mean,i think i’ll have to say chrysi on basis of the fact that she’s more consistent at comforting gil, but honestly?? gil doesn’t do too badly when it comes to comforting chrysi!!! chrysi will jst hold gil and say all the right things (and slightly un-right things, which make gil laugh when they shouldn’t) and kiss him. gil sits silently next to chrysi while he’s trying to figure out a plan for attack + he’s quiet for so long that it makes chrysi finally tell him what’s bothering her. then he’ll hug her, bc he learned frm her that she prefers that. physical touch is her main love language, indeed…

IV. DOMESTIC LIFE

13. Do they have any "couple traditions", or family traditions?

i am the WORST at coming up w traditions.. umm, family traditions include chrysi, alice, and oz trying to drag gil to a graveyard for a picnic every month. sometimes it’s a random graveyard, but more frequently, they’ll go to one w break’s grave & reim’s and sharon’s… they miss their friends :(((( oh no, i’ve made myself rlly sad.

[sheyearns]

Tag dump.

[scottishoctopus]

"Ever met the tin man? He doesnt have a heart too!"

"...The amount of times Ah have been asked this bluddeh question..." Jones grumbles bitterly, blocking the urge to slam his forehead against the keys of his pipe organ repeatedly.