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[sabertoothwalrus]

I probably missed it, but what IS your favourite Dungeon Meshi ship?

WELL SINCE YOU ASKED, I have a chart already hdhshdh

1) Farcille is my number one!!! I wish I’ve drawn more of them, but most of my ideas for them are longggg and angsty and take a lot more mental bandwith. I’ve said before, I approach comics like I’m pitching an idea, and I mostly* agree with people’s depictions of them, so I have less to say.

*I say mostly because I cannot stand when people depict Falin as possessive, or disregard her characterization to give her generic dommy alpha monster traits hdhshdjs NOT THAT IT’S BAD it just doesn’t feel true to her character. I find myself bored by it.

I’m also put off by some of the folks I’ve seen in the farcille tags. They’re like,,, cliquey?? There was a point where people were dunking on mlm ships that came off borderline terfy, as if most of the dungeon meshi mlm shippers aren’t transmascs and lesbians?? I wasn’t a fan of the hostility like lmao it’s cartoons man

2) labru……… I love them….. mostly just post-canon. I really love Kabru (I think he’s my favorite character overall) and I loveeee the poetry of their individual character arcs and how well they play together. Guy who struggles to be honest, even with his own feelings vs Guy who doesn’t even consider being anything except honest. Kabru needing to carefully, painstakingly craft a mask tailored to each individual he interacts with, vs Laios, who is the only one to make all of Kabru’s masks fall apart. Also I think they’re kinda aro about it. They’re really good t4t flavored too.

The main appeal is post-canon. The King and his advisor. His right hand man. But it’s also the way like,,, Laios is DEFINITELY not the one in charge in their relationship dhshshsh (and this is what peeves me about how @myszkaa’s labru comic got memed to hell and back…. they don’t understand the later of comedy is from the KING asking for PRAISE from his SUBORDINATE!!!)

I will say!! This ship has a lot of folks with good takes on it, but it’s not immune to flanderization and boring yaoification. It’s popular enough that there’s enough of the good stuff.

3) chilshi!! I’ll admit this one has less canon validation hdhshsh but I think they have a lot of post-canon potential, and I think their difference in lifespans + the contrast in their lifestyle habits is really interesting and directly addresses a lot of the Dungeon Meshi’s core themes.

Part of the reason I like hanging out with chilshi shippers is cause most of em are chill, more nuanced in discussions, and are actually willing to draw fat & hairy people. And middle aged people.

special mention Kabumisu. I WISH I LIKED THIS ONE MORE!! I’ve tried,,,, I see the potential but I’m so picky about it and most of the content for it does absolutely nothing for me 🙈

Another thing is I HAVE to be able to like a pairing platonically to ship them romantically. Obviously shipping isn’t the only thing that matters to be about dungeon meshi.

I could say a lot more. Feel free to ask about my thoughts 👍

[an-actual-floof]

hit them with the sappy gay love beam

my writing is small pls zoom <3

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meme on the right is originally by @/myszkaa here on tumblr. Post is here !

[moiipon]

I wanted to join this trend that made @/ myszkaa

[lovinglapislazuli]

The fandom: exictedly waiting for the season finale Me: aww episode 2 was great, let me make a meme out of it (based on this amazing post by myszkaa While I do get spoilers from a few clips, I am watching one episode weekly and I enjoy it a lot so far!! Hazel is pretty charming and Cosmo and Wanda are two goofballs <3

[vennshine]

How a mf will look at you for a nuka-cola (ignore Hancock)

Original for the first pic is @/ myszkaa on here :3

[tofixtheshadows]

@myszkaa It is completely bizarre to me, when I consider the story of Dungeon Meshi to be so clearly laid out, but I know it's because 1) fandom will always rally around the easiest, shallowest readings, the quickest and least challenging impressions, and, more importantly, 2) these attitudes will always affect characters of color in the most negative light possible. Seeing what's been happening to Kabru and Toshiro (and inevitably with Thistle I'm sure) feels like living through a time loop because they're the exact things I've seen happen in every fandom, like clockwork. The takes are all the same, just with different set dressing.

Because Kabru is positioned in the story in a way that is the slightest bit "oppositional" to golden boy Laios, and because he is not white, he is treated as inherently sinister and antagonistic, assumed to be full of himself and incorrect, because Laios is "right" so therefore Kabru must be "wrong." He is not given anywhere near the same amount of grace that his white counterparts are given. For example, I cannot imagine a fandom that would let Chilchuck be their darling if he were not white.

Even the most positive depictions of Kabru- normally from people invested in shipping him, so they don't register what they're doing as biased- often portray him as more aggressive than he is, whether that's making him short-tempered and violent or just mean and catty. Or he will be a prop for another character. Or they will go in the opposite direction and claim that there's absolutely no good reason anyone could possibly ship Kabru with anyone, and donwnplay his significance in the story to an absurd level.

Meanwhile his very obvious PTSD has only recently started to be talked about in fandom. I seriously did not see anyone actually use the term PTSD to describe Kabru until about a month ago, despite the fact that his PTSD is portrayed as clearly as Laios's autism, complete with triggers and flashbacks and panic episodes.

I like to write about Kabru because I find him and the story fascinating, but part of my motivation is that I want to make the fandom sympathize with him more. I'm trying to purify polluted waters one drop at a time.

[rebcebab]

It wasn’t fully his fault tho’ I just really wanted to draw this meme

Absolutely brilliant original meme is by the wonderful @myszkaa please please please show some love in the links below!!!! https://x.com/sweepswoop_/status/1813707550493483334 https://www.tumblr.com/myszkaa/757534969372557312/thought-tumblr-would-like-to-see-it-here

[chosisbox]

Omggg prince sanji

(I saw @myszkaa georgeous drawing based on that AI and I really wanted to do it in my style)

[loriache]

Hi, are there any blogs that post dungeon meshi you like?

yep : ) i never go into the tags (scary in there) so curating a little group of good blogs is essential. let me see.

For meta and analysis, I recommend @ambrosiagourmet, @malewifesband, and @tofixtheshadows. they have all engaged with dungeon meshi in a way i feel has enriched my understanding of the story, themes & characters. for art, @sabertoothwalrus, @myszkaa, @triptrippy and @vickychendraws. vicky chen's farcille comics are the gold standard for farcille to me!

oh, all of those may or may not have untagged spoilers for the ending of the manga though - some definitely do, some probably not? but if you follow me you're already at risk there so.

hope that helps and thanks for being interested in my taste ! ^_^ happy dmblogging <3

[diab-latko]

Niektórych nie da się zadowolić. Jak tylko dostaną to, czego chcieli, chcą więcej...

~myszkaa💔