#now is weekly suffering

[ratita-ratata]

the last manga i read weekly and followed was haikyuu. what am i doing with my life reading jjk? i changed from the sunshine personification realizing his dreams and being happy to the sunshine personification having all his dreams destroyed, everyone he cares dead, now he is traumatized and deeply scarred for the rest of his life (if he live long)

[hollowflight-propaganda]

I think it's time I change my bio to say it's been 11 years since I started to watch Ninjago.....

Gosh. Where's my senior discount on the lego sets, huh?

[heymrspatel]

🩵Weekly Tag Wednesday🩵

thanks for tagging me @deedala @mickeysgaymom @creepkinginc @lingy910y @sleepyfacetoughguy @metalheadmickey @gallawitchxx and @transmickey

Name: julissa 🩵

Age: XXXIII 👍🏼

Favorite color: blue and green - like the sea, like the woods 🌊🌲

What emoji best describes your current mood? 😮‍💨

What season is it where you are right now? autumn🍁

Were you up before or after the sun this morning? after 😴

Are you currently in possession of a pumpkin? i am not and i think i should be! i think i'll look for one this weekend 🎃

Do you prefer to carve or paint your jack-o-lanterns? paint! both! but paint lol 🎨

Do you have a favorite pumpkin-spice flavored treat? If so, what is it? pumpkin cream cold brew is my beloved. i also like a pumpkin muffin with cream cheese filling or a pumpkin bread! 🤘🏼

What's your favorite season and what's your favorite pie that you associate with it? autumn and apple pie!! 🥧

We're having a pot-luck, what are you going to bring? hmm empanadas or a tres leches cake! 😋

It's chilly outside and you need a hot drink in your hands, what are you drinking? peppermint mocha or a chai latte ☕️

Will you be wearing a costume for Halloween? Is it ready? i will probably just be home so no. i do have a skeleton tshirt, so maybe i'll wear that to be in the spirit 🩻

Finally, what's something you've made or done recently that you're proud of? not to keep harping on this, but the lace in my latest drawing! i'm really proud of how it came out 🥰 but i guess i'm also proud of all of my kinktober pieces, even the ones i haven't finished (will i finish them? who knows). i pushed myself to share some stuff i wouldn't of shared last year and i'm proud of that! (i'm fully aware of what i shared last year. still though.) 🙂

i'm late to this but i'll tag a few babes @whatthebodygraspsnot @whatwouldmickeydo @gardenerian @howlinchickhowl @rereadanon @squidyyy23 @too-schoolforcool @thisdivorce @xninetiestrendx @suchagallabitch if you would like! if not, this is just me giving you a teeeeenie tiiiiiiny pumpkin, it's so small, it's in the palm of your hand 🎃

[frecklystars]

dude my eyes burn every time I blink I need to be smothered in warm safe hugs by all of my f/os until I finally fall asleep

[kaicean]

I normally just draw and not make long text posts but I have bundled up Natsu/Lucy feelings I want to word vomit ever since I picked up the Fairy Tail game out of curiosity (PLS & THIS & ?!?!) and most of all watched the Dragon Cry movie for the very first time a few months ago (July ironically). This movie dragged me back by the neck to this ship I loved several years ago.

Now I own a copy of the movie’s storyboard manga drawn by Mashima himself and the pamphlet. I flip through the pages of these two more times than I can count like-

真島自らが描いた、ナツの回想の中ルーシィ Natsu’s recollection of Lucy, drawn by Mashima himself

I’ve read several essays + interview (i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii to name a few) revolving around the famous nalu scenes in the movie, but I don’t think I ever came across anyone talking about what I think is the ultimate song that perfectly captures them in their entirety—Dragon Cry’s ending theme What You Are by Polka Dots.

There are only two translations I found, one of them being from the wiki but it’s a little off. This one is more accurate. My translation version is a mix of it plus usage of DeepL so it may not be entirely accurate but it’s close enough.

I absolutely see this song as Lucy -> Natsu due to obvious phrases within the lyrics and it fits my headcanon of Natsu being metaphorically Lucy’s brightest star. His name means summer which has ties to the sun, aka the brightest star. The sun is known to be the brightest star because it’s the closest to us, just like the person closest to Lucy is Natsu.

You're still you, no matter what Softly illuminating the darkness You're a star

Self explanatory, first line starts off with Lucy’s answer to Natsu’s “What do I look like?” question. This was first shown to us in the beginning of the movie so let’s keep that in mind.

Where is tomorrow? The past cannot be erased In a pitch-dark world I found a warm, enveloping light "It's gonna be okay" the voice said That voice echoed in my heart I want to believe in you, whatever you are Whatever the road I take, I want to be by your side I want to keep walking Wish on a star Let's find it, let's find it The only light

This can be easily depicted by my favorite scene in Snow Fairy opening, where Lucy’s world was rainy and bleak until a literal light shines through when she looks at Fairy Tail, particularly Mirajane and main team:

She ran away from home, stripped herself from Lucy Heartfilia to just Lucy, and began her own journey. Her world was small and lonely due to her strict upbringing but it was thanks to Natsu, who led her to Fairy Tail, that her world brightened and expanded since that day. Hard as she tried, she couldn’t hide her Heartfilia name for long which led us to the Phantom Lord arc. Here was where Natsu firmly assured her twice that she could stay in the guild and that it is her home that she can come back to, because she’s Lucy of Fairy Tail. These feelings were further cemented towards the end of the arc by Makarov. From then, she stopped running away and faced her past/father head-on, before returning home to the guild.

The cherry blossom colored dusk reflects in your eyes I'm not sad, yet the tears spilled Someone once said that the most beautiful things are fleeting No matter what today is, it has meaning I’ll always be by your side I'll hold your hand tight Let's tell each other The feelings hidden in our hearts You're a star You're a star

This part screams post-Tenrou Island and GMG arc+. One of my top favorite chapters is chapter 257 which happened after the 7-year timeskip. Natsu, Lucy and Happy traveled to visit Lucy’s father only to find out he had passed away just one month prior. Natsu offered her words of comfort and space but it’s this chapter where the lost of time was incredibly overwhelming for Lucy. I truly believe it was after this day (her BIRTHDAY no less wtf Mashima, satanic much???) that “time” was seen more precious and that every day has a meaning. Lucy’s first step of moving forward was tagging along with Natsu and Happy on a job, and her monologue just hits.

The concept of each moment being precious solidified during the GMG arc. Future Lucy lost her life to save her past self before wishing she could go on more adventures. Present Lucy proclaimed she had to laugh, cry, and live enough for both her and her future self. In Future Lucy’s version of heaven, it was Natsu who first called out to her and pulled her hand to say “Let’s continue on our adventure” before they ceased to exist.

And in the current timeline, present Lucy felt what Future Lucy felt in her heart. She then thanked Natsu, for saving her and their future.

You ask, "What am I?" I'll answer, "You're you” That assurance is all we need from each other Let’s make a wish upon the shining stars You're still you, no matter what The one who gently shines in the darkness That's right, my own Superstar A Superstar that lights up this road that goes on and on You're a star

At the end of the song, we circled back to the beginning, just like we did in the movie where Natsu asked Lucy for the second time what he looked like and she assured him yet again that Natsu looked like Natsu, obviously. And this was enough.

Natsu was the one who saved her (unintentionally) back in Hargeon thus leading her to Fairy Tail and stuck with her ever since. He became the person who she was closest to and vice versa. It was thanks to him that she got to experience so many things and came out stronger from it. Without meeting him and Happy, she wouldn’t be the person she was today. No matter what happens, as Natsu told her at the end of the main series, it doesn’t matter because they will always be together, to continue on more adventures!

I love when songs line up perfectly with the theme and this takes the cake. Thanks for coming to my TED talk as I continue to listen to this song on repeat and cry. I can’t wait until I can draw all of this out in the future, something similar to my comic here.

Also if there is an analysis of nalu + dragon cry’s ending theme out there, pls throw it my way thanks I will literally die on this hill.

[forgetme-eternally-blissfully]

Sorry Cale you’ve still got 121 chapters left before the book ends and I Do Not have hope for you

[bmpmp3]

the epic highs and lows of trying to read an ongoing shounen manga

[agayconcept]

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[somewhat-very-insane]

time to . never talk to anyone again because i am yet again feeling disgusting and unlovable and irredeemable and terrible and honestly i think if im on my phone any longer i am going to wind up trying to contact my abuser which is really fucking terrifying but that’s what these episodes do to me and i did that once a few years ago and it was horrifying and i can’t control that urge so i’m just going to engage in special interest in hopes that it helps and if it doesn’t i’m going to drug myself to sleep so that i can’t do anything bad.

[solradguy]

GDI IM STEALING YOUR FUCKING SPINE YOU GOLIATH

Watch out for that lumbar though; It's got some tricky discs that'll slip out if you're not careful hahaha

[scarletcomet]

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[marchenmusika]

I am so not ready for tonight’s new i7 episode

[love-has-a-way-ofgrowingbackward]

i miss back when i was active here and had actual friends who cared for me who i talked regularly to and i was doing well

[corvid-cr0w]

Roman Empire this Roman Empire that, how much do guys think about the Roman Empire?

Real question is how much do you think about Dante’s Inferno?

[rubys-domain]

they're doing this to spite me i swear to god

[roseband]

5am in spring aka time for a cocktail of benadryl, tylenol, and diet coke