#oh i'm in danger

[tofixtheshadows]

This is one of my favorite minor details in Dungeon Meshi, firstly because what in the femme fatale, but also because it's one of those little things that raises so many questions about worldbuilding.

The Occam's Razor defense attorney in me says that Ryoko Kui gave Kabru a boot knife because she wanted him to escape from his bonds here. And Kabru is a very competent swordsman, why wouldn't he have a boot knife, sure. He's already got a dagger, he can have this too.

And yet: the implications. Kabru, why do you have that? That is not remotely something that could be easily accessed or used in combat. Nobody is pulling out a pen knife from the heel of their boot during a fight with a monster. It's useless in the dungeon ... unless you're the type of person who isn't just worried about monsters.

I've mentioned this before, but I consider one of Kabru's functions in the narrative as being the character who fully brings the idea of human ecosystems into the story. There's a reason why he's always connected to large groups of people (Toshiro's party, the Canaries). He (along with Mr. Tansu, briefly) introduces the reader to the social and political forces working on the dungeon, showing us that none of this is happening in a monster-filled vacuum. His confrontation with the corpse retrievers, who very nearly kill Kabru's party permanently with their reckless murder-for-money scheme, reminds us that monsters are not the only things that prey on humans. Kabru understands the ways the dungeon causes people to put profit over human lives.

We only get hints of it in the story, but like any gold-rush-style economic boom, it's implied that there is a lot of crime and corruption surrounding the dungeon.

So yeah, it really makes me wonder why Kabru keeps a tiny knife in his boot, meant to be carried on him even in situations where he would otherwise be unarmed. Stored exactly in the place where it's easy to reach, even if, for some reason, your hands are tied behind your back.

[th3e-m4ng0]

re: that post about the lack of enrichment in trucks

i bring yet another megop au where op is another depressed fellow whose EM field is always emitting gloomy and tired vibes. vs megatron who is at his happiest when hauling materials and messing with his coworkers/friends

they haven't seen each other in years since the war ended and they signed all these treaties and paperwork !

[dollya-robinprotector]

Egg time for cottagewhore!

"You heard it mom, now pick up your pen~" "But I've already been drawing non stop for weeks---"

[livejournallegacy]

MAD MAX (1979) dir. George Miller + NA NA NA (2010) dir. Robert Schober, Gerard Way

"I wanted to make this concept album that connected with the [Killjoys] comic. But because of that, I had changed some things about it for the sake of being part of MCR, and I made things a little more dystopian, a little more like a colourful punk-rock post-Mad Max thing." - Gerard Way

[kozuki-hiyori]

Sorry, sorry, I know this has been talked about before, I'm sure,,, but Zoro who is one of the characters with thematic ties to god, being crucified upon his introduction, being the one to reject the idea of god, being the one who embodies demons and hell...

And Luffy, the sun god, representing freedom and joy and hope,,,

Oh, I can't, the parallels are just so perfect

It's just that Luffy is the antithesis of the dogma of the church, he doesn't care what anyone says, he does what he wants when he wants, he is not so much loyal as protective - and yet he is god. And Zoro who commits himself to one path and idea, is loyal to end when he decides to be, even ties himself to the idea of hell - says he doesn't believe.

(It's not that Luffy lacks dedication and Zoro lacks individuality, that is untrue, but just that whimsy and loyalty are their most evident traits)

Zoro claiming the title of King of Hell, of Demon, despite not being one. And Luffy being Nika, the Sun God, despite not knowing it.

[cloned-eyes]

Ready to let a middle aged man ruin my life yet again

[crimeronan]

i downloaded that app that lets you customize your own soundscapes because i was like well this probably still won't be for me but i'll try it out just to see. first i set up a cafe with loud babble so i could eavesdrop on the table next to me, but there was only about 2 minutes of recorded audio. so once i memorized the conversation, i moved on to an irish coastal seascape, where i discovered that you can set the sliders to "drowning in the open ocean." that legitimately relaxed me so much that my headache went away but after about 20 minutes my brain adapted enough for the Voices (TM) to return, so i turned to a thunderstorm where all the thunder sliders were turned up to 100% power. so you feel like you're in the middle of bullshit tornado country. after all this i discovered there's a haunted mansion soundscape already so. i guess i'll get some mileage out of this thing yeah.

[a9saga]

bitches and hoes who claim that danger days sucks and is a huge downgrade from the quality of the black parade are just afraid to have fun and wear colorful clothing once in a while

[transrevolutions]

disappointed but not surprised at the number of posts saying snow's moral depravity is because of his apparent low empathy and not because he. yknow. supports and upholds a fucking fascist regime.

[heretherebedork]

It's how they first decided to make Q jealous and got him to kiss Toey and then end with both him and Toey miserable and crying and then Q's slow return to their basic friendship and now they're just gonna do the same thing again apparently hoping for different results?!

We know Q is jealous! We know he loves Toey! The problem on his end isn't not having enough jealousy, it's about not having enough confidence to keep going. It's about everyone standing behind Toey and comforting him when Q left. It's about him having ghosted Toey in the past and feeling like he left his heart with him when he did.

Q does not need jealousy. Q does not need all his friends working to get them together. Q needs his friends to talk to him and reassure him and ensure that he knows he is part of their group, that he is important as well, that Toey wants to keep moving forward in their relationship... not to see Chain flirting with Toey and thinking that they moved on and that the original confession was just manipulation like the rest of it was.

He has to feel like he can't really trust anything, like he's worried about what he might lose and what he's risking.

Toey is, to him, his entire heart. Toey is the person he loved who eh was so scared of losing that he fled and now he'd back but he's lying, he's flirting with Chain, he's using all of his friends to manipulate Q and how can Q know where to go from there?

(Will the resolution of this be about Q giving Chain permission to date Toey and the rest of them realizing how he's taking this or will it be just more of this? Will the jealousy act work or will it truly fail the way I want?)

[sugarpasteltmnt]

I got a little neon void animatic idea c:

Ever heard of 'drift away'

I'M SCARED

[seokmattchuus]

Did I finish The Brothers Sun in one sitting? Yes.

Did it fuel my mafia life dream? Also yes.

[fudgecake-charlie]

[Mulholland's Dinner and Wine]

definitely one of the weirder things i've drawn but it was fun so i'm still posting it

[dollya-robinprotector]

Winter holds the gem up to the light. "Pretty," he says. "Similar to the ones they mine nearby." He frowns. "Except a different hue."

[stop-breaking-my-heart-dragonage]

my greatest achievement in DA2 is maxing out Carver's friendship

and all it took was begrudgingly kissing a little templar ass in act 1 because Carver didn't want to plan a prison break if my Hawke got his ass arrested for being stupid.

[shima-draws]

Hello! First of all, your art is very amazing. I love your style: rich colors and lively faces create an incredibly cute atmosphere. Your blog is very nice to look at. Can I ask a question about Sanlu? Have you thought that Luffy is the kind of person who believes in "cute nonsense" like love's healing kiss? Like, if a person kisses a wound, it will heal faster. Luffy loves to attract attention in many ways, while Sanji does nothing but care about everyone and everything.

Luffy: *scraped his knee*.

Luffy: Sanji!

Sanji: ...

Sanji: You haven't washed in a week, it's completely unsanitary.

(sorry my english is not very good)

Aaaa thank you so much?? That's so sweet of you to say omg 😭

And ohhh oooOOHH that's actually so cute!! I feel like it was something that took off bc Usopp jokingly said smth like "Don't you know true love's kiss heals wounds faster?" and Chopper's like "I thought that was for when you're in a deep deep sleep, not injuries!" but Luffy takes that and runs with it, mostly as an excuse to get more kisses from Sanji (and to provide more kisses himself. LOL)

It probably escalates to the point where Luffy hurts himself on purpose OR comes to Sanji with really minor injuries, like a papercut. Eventually Sanji cracks and he's like "You know you don't have to be injured to get a kiss from me, right? You can just ASK." and Luffy's like !! :DDDDD

Or we could bring in the Angst and have Sanji kiss Luffy when he's really, really injured in hopes that maybe it might make him even a little bit better :")