#red tinted glasses

[kylethethylacine]

Yesterday I was on character ai and the ai described my criminal au sun with a red leather jacket and red tinted glasses which made me realise that…. He would wear that. (I also drew it btw :))

[prognostic-santhanas]

Saintlike Behaviour

More fanart for my roleplay with @fivefishinatrenchcoat ! Im super proud of how this cane out, especially the poses and expressions! This was one of my first times putting so much time, effort, and detail into clothing, and I really love how it came out! I had tons of fun on the background, with advice from some peers. The outfits and inspo is the song Crucified by Army of Lovers.

☆•~°Reblogs and Comments are Appreciated°~•☆

[red-tintedglasses]

Monday-

Sparkledog and Dumpster Bitch

Cyrus meets a fellow federal law-breaker who's a bit too casual about the murder he just commited.

[muzsmoux]

All of the Upper Court: Hua Cheng is a danger to society and has singlehandedly caused the demise of over 30 highly qualified heavenly officials. He's unpredictable and not to be trusted. His presence is warned by silver butterflies, avoid him at all costs.

Xie Lian:

[summerandfall]

Do you ever find yourself in a long-term relationship one day and can't agree on when your anniversary is?

Managed to make some reguri for pride month!

born from @sundaeserenade's ask: reguri love confession without explicitly saying the words "i love you" neither of them properly confessed to each other so they're not actually sure how long they've been dating, but eventually, they get engaged so that's the only anniversary they have to worry about for a while.

.// don't worry about all 3 images being vastly different styles, it's an artistic choice (it isn't)

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[unhingedalmi]

hi guys

I have officially lost it!

[wistfullywaiting2]

Headcanon that the reason why Atsushi’s eyes are purple and yellow is because the yellow part of his eyes is his ability. He was born with bad eyesight and couldn’t see shit so the tiger manifested itself in Atsushi’s eyes to fix his eyesight but now he’s also colorblind.

And then for Atsushi’s first month and a half of working at the agency every time Dazai makes direct skin to skin contact with Atsushi his vision gets 10x worse. And Atsushi’s too scared to point it out at first but eventually he’s like “hey guys every time Dazai touches me I can’t see and also I start seeing new colors what’s wrong with me”

Eventually they all figure it out and get Atsushi a pair of glasses so that he can turn off his ability every once and awhile, Atsushi also ends up learning how to drive because Kunikida and Yosano can’t just be the agency’s chauffeurs and even though he can only drive if he turns off his ability and puts on his glasses it’s still really funny to say that a colorblind teenager can drive better than 90 percent of the agency.

[the-dragon-girl-27]

Lu Li La Lu Li La to watashi wa utau no

[dxscmfrt]

i know this is my blog and i can post whatever tf i want but i feel kinda bad about suddenly being obsessed with my own ocs right after having quite a few people follow me (presumably) for fanart lmao. so. have these guys again. this one was started on 29 feb (although finished a little later but still oldish), i have so many other drawings of these two that i plan to share but haven't because Fear Of Being Perceived By The Wrong Audience so this is all you get for now lol

[rickybaby]

Exclusive: Why RB are ‘in no rush’ to decide Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda future

Laurent Mekies specifying that the team is in no rush to sort the future of either Yuki or Daniel and highlighting any decisions to be taken later on in the year will likely be with the input from Helmut and Christian.

[voidwasstolen]

Pov me when someone points out Cael's red flags

[red-tintedglasses]

"Jimmy, Keep Gunning, it's All in Your Mind!"

Jimmy tosses his phone to the other side of the truck. Now that that's out of the way, he can get to business. "Thank god, /finally/ you're focusing!" Gregg takes a hard turn. Not that he needs to, but Jimmy deserves it for dragging them out here! "Who the hell was that anyway? You gave so much information away!"

Jimmy hums. “Just someone I met at this cafe.” He tends to his leg.

"What? When? You just met them and your telling them all about this godforsaken car chase? What, did they drug you or something?" Gregg looks over their shoulder and sees Jimmy trying to hold his bullet wound shut with his hands. With a sigh, he tosses a towel to Jimmy. "I /swear/, Jimmy, you're cleaning this up after!"

"Darling, I drug myself plenty without any outside help!” He laughs and grabs the towel and wraps it around his leg. “Thank you for saving me from those pigs.”

"I had to, its my job. Unfortunately. But seriously! You can't go off spilling Crow info to anybody who calls! Who were they? A cop? A private investigator? The FBI?" They swerve into an offroad and the windshield is soon splattered in dirt and rocks. They turn the windshield wipers on and check the rearview mirror. The cop car stumbles and bounces over the unpaved road. •Aw, look at their plastic shitwagon! Can't even cross a widdle ditch!•

“I never did ask who they were anyway, all I know is they had the /worst/ style! They didn't even try all that hard, it was sad!"

"Jimmy-"

"They were wearing /brown/, Gregg! This drab, cheap, brown sweater!"

"We have better things t-"

"They're underdressed for /everything/! How can somebody live like that?"

"Okay- okay, shut up! God, why do I even ask? Just keep shooting! Next time you see them, /don't/ give the more ways to contact you!" •And after I lose these fucking cops, I have to go back to Madeline, who's on the other side of the fucking town!• He sped up, foot pressing the pedal to the floor.

“Aww, Greggy, what’s up your ass today?” He jokes. "/You/! I was gonna stay home today! But /noo/! You had to pull another one of your over-dramatic stunts again, ans get shot. Now your compromising the Crows, all for 'someone you met at this cafe!'"

Jimmy gasps (in a dramatic manner) and clasps his hand over his heart (dramatically, may I add). “I am /not/ dramatic! And besides, I wasn’t planning on getting shot!" He crosses his arms. "And that 'someone' is very nice! Their name is Cyrus!”

"Okay, well, you barely know 'Cyrus'! You're so sloppy all of the time! Next thing I know, you may as well wear a massive target on your back that says 'Shoot me! I'm a fucking idiot!' And nice people do /not/ exist, this 'Cyrus' character's probably going to traffick you or something!" Gregg turns to give him a pointed glare. "/Again!/" Gregg pops their head out the window. "And god dammit!" Jimmy looks back at him. "They're still following us! Are you out of ammo or something!? Shoot!"

Jimmy quickly re-loads the gun and slams it through the back window. Before Gregg can protest, he shoots a couple blind shots at the car. “You know, darling, that target idea isn’t so bad!” he crouches to hide from the cops, “But /really/, don’t worry about Cyrus! There's no way they could be a harm to the Crows!”

"Thats what they say about everybody. God!" He takes a hand off the wheel to grab a discarded Sharpie and scrawl 'DUMB IDIOT PLEASE SHOOT NO CYRUS ALLOWED' on a receipt. Gregg tosses the paper behind him. "There, you little shit!"

Jimmy takes the paper and his eyes light up “Eheheh, Gregg, thank you~”

"Dammit, Jim, don't thank me-" Gregg slaps the steering wheel, inadvertently scrawling Sharpie ink over himself at the same time. "God- /fuck/!"

Jimmy flings his torso out of the car, legs firmly pressed against the door inside. Giggling, he brandishes the receipt in his hands, the official ban of shooting Jimmy that shall surely save the day!

"Oh my god! Jimmy, what the fuck, they'll shoot you!" Gregg yells. Jimmy doesn't even look back as he starts waving the receipt around. One of the detectives looks offended. The other looks flummoxed. "Jimmy, you’re useless! Just fucking shoot, we cant lead them to Madeline!"

“Oh come on, you're no fun!” Jimmy einks at the cops and lets the receipt fly away in the wind. He climbs back in the car. “It’s not like they would have shot me again!”

"Yes, most likely because it's been /whole minutes/ and you're still bleeding! All over my new carpet! Those fucking pigs probably feel bad for you, you know that! God, you really /do/ deserve that sign on your back."

“I know what to do, I'm not an idiot! I'm just choosing to ignore that way and do it my /clearly/ better way!” He leans out the car to fire a couple shots. "And why would those fucking pigs in a pen feel bad about me?" He continues. "I've been their worst problem for almost a year now!”

"Havent you been fucking around with /just/ one, though-? Okay, look, fix yourself up or I'm coming back there! And I'll use straight fucking vodka instead of actual disinfectant to clean, so fucking heal yourself!"

Jimmy huffs. "/Greggy/, it's kind of hard to treat a wound when you keep yelling at me to shoot, shoot, shoot, bang, bang, gun all the time!” He kneels before the window to shoot, shoot, shoot, bang, bang, gun at the cops.

"Oh yeah, you're doing /such/ a great job of getting rid of those goddamn pigs!" He sighs. "Fine. Don't fucking shoot a single bullet until that wound's fixed, okay?"

Jimmy rolls his eyes. "/Fine/." He lets the gun  drop out the window and lets his knees buckle onto the. ground

"Oh, goddamn-!" Gregg opens the glovebox and pulls out his own gun. He leans out the window and fires several shots. One hits the tire wheel, and the cop car falls back significantly. Gregg grins and leans back into the car and looks back at Jimmy. "See, that's how you-!" Gregg looks ahead and swerves away just in time to avoid the concrete wall of a small, empty overpass. He drifts and screeches to a halt right under it. Nimmy grabs on to the handlebars for dear life as everything in the back of the trunk thunks against his side of the wall. They catch their breath, then, “/Wow/! You couldn’t have done a better job, Gregg! That was /so/ /great/!"

"I flattened one of their tires!" Gregg snaps. "That's more than /you/ did!" Gregg maneuvers the car to face the way they had just come. Police sirens echo, drawing closer. "Aight, Jimmy. I need you to sit in the passenger seat and aim your gun out the window. Be ready to shoot." 

The cop car comes into view.

Gregg revs the car engine.

Jimmy, with a mostly-mended leg, hops over the centre console into the passenger seat. He readies the gun to shoot. “These cops never give up, do they, darling?” No response. Jimmy turns his head just in time to see Gregg flooring the gas pedal. The car screeches forward and careens towards the cop car.

“Gregg, jesus christ, what the fuck are you doing!?”

"Get ready to shoot. Your window is going to be a clear path." The two cars near.

Jimmy swallows down a protest and gets ready to shoot.

The two cars get closer.

And closer. 

And closer. The two cops look terrified, now clearly visible. Just feet away, Gregg swerves the car violently so that Jimmy's side is closest to the car. 

The gun clatters onto the car floor, dropped.

Jimmy glances dowm for a brief second, and whem he looks back up, he realizes the coos are staring at him, turned back in their seats. He blows them a kiss and practically pirouettes back into his seat.

//

"Oh my god." Jimmy turns to look at Gregg.

Gregg presses harder against the gas pedal. "Oh my god...!" His eyes blaze. "Oh my god! Jimmy you goddamn motherfucking asshole piece of idiot shit! Fucking die! Fucking burn in hell!" He slams the steering wheel so hard with his fist the car actually vibrates a bit. "Goddamn it! I hate you! You fucming shithead!"

Jimmy sits stock-still in shock. Bis moutu hinges uo and down, trying to get a word in sideways. Finally, there's a pause in Gregg's slew of insults as the man catches his breath. “Wow. Gregg, did i miss or something?"

Gregg doesnt find it funny. But his heart is pounding, he has run out of things to call Jimmy, and adrenaline is still coursing through his veins. So he laughs, doubling over on the steering wheel, the clearly frazzled laughter sounding closer to cryinf than a jovial chuckle. And he keeps laughing, only half an eye on the road.

"Uhm…"

Jimmy reaches out his hand to touch Gregg's back but he pulls it away. •That's probably not a good idea.•

"Gregg?"

No response.

Jimmy's eyes alight with a brilliant plan. Digging into the deep voids of his inner jacket pockets, he grabs a glob of worms on a string. He throws them over Gregg like confetti. "Ta-da!"

Gregg's laughter halts to a start. Partially because one of the worms fell into his mouth. And also because Jimmy's plan did, in fact, work. He sits up straight. He shakes off the worms on strings. He is humiliated, shamed, horrified! for doing something as horrible as... l-l-laughing!!! "Sorry." He says, with as little emotion as possible.

“Aww," Jimmy pouts, "I was hoping I finally drove youover the edge!” Jimmy laughs and he picks the gun off the floor. “So, Gregg…" he puts his feet up on the dashboard. "How's your day been?” Jimmy asks.

"Oh, it was great!" Gregg falls back into his usual snark. "Until /you/ fucking decided to put on your giant clown shoes and get shot!" He picks up one of the worms and flicks it onto Jimmy's lap. "Now dont bleed out. We're on the way to Madeline's."

Jimmy huffs. "Well, in my defense, darling, my car breaking down was not apart of the plan!” He picks up the worm and pets it on the head before putting it back in his jacket. He can get the test later, when Gregg has to bail him out yet again. “And, I mean, seriously Gregg! How would I have known they were going to shoot me on the highway!” "Well, what were you doing out there anyways? And your next plan with your car breaking down was to, what? Walk? Hell, one cop managed to catch up to you!" Gregg snaps. Jimmy looks down. "And /yes/ I saw your overdramatic chase scene. You must be as bad of a runner as you are a shooter!"

"Yeah? I've got more points than any other Crow, darling, so /clearly/ your math is wrong!" Jimmy retorts.

"Whatever that number is, I'm surprised you have /any/. Now shut up before I have an aneurysm."

Chapter 6/?

[arytha]

[ID from ALT: A digital fullbody art of my OCs, one of which is Epoch's Maker in a hooded cloak, and the other is Era as he appears in his first life. Era is positioned mostly with his back to the viewer, prevented from turning fully towards the viewer by the Maker, who is gripping his arm. Era's eye, with his face in profile, glances forward. The Maker is completely turned away from the viewer, his cloak a blend that starts with white and cream colors on the top, and ends with blended streaky red and blue panels with defined, rounded black edges at the bottom. Era's complexion is more ashen than normal, and he is dressed in the same cream color as the Founder, with white pants. The background is white save for a simple pale red and yellow aurora. End ID]

Remember. This is for all of us.

[interview-with-the-vlfote]

my name is stringless oki dementia raven way and i have long ebony black hair (that's how i got my name) that reaches my shoulders and icy red eyes like limpid blood and a lot of people tell me i look like the vampire armand (AN: if u don't know who he is get da hell out of here!) i'm not related to uncle raven but i wish i was because he's a major fucking hottie. i'm a vampire but my teeth are straight and white. i have pale white skin. i'm also a space vampire, and i go to a space planet called rhazzishouse where i'm the demon they worship (i'm ???). i'm a goth (in case you couldn't tell) and i wear mostly black. i love hot topic and i buy all my clothes from there. for example today i was wearing a black corset with matching lace around it and a black leather miniskirt, a red bowtie and black combat boots. i was wearing black lipstick, white foundation, black eyeliner and red eye shadow. i was walking in my temple. we are in space so there was no sun, which i was very happy about. skyler stared at me. i put up my middle finger at him.

[devdas5z]

Joy Pt 3

[comikadraws]

Was the curse of hatred actually a real thing? or did danzo just demonize the uchiha;s anger? idk, being murderously angry or just angry in general is a reasonable and human response to oppression and genocide.

An interesting question. The Curse of Hatred looks dumb at first glance but there are also many misconceptions surrounding it.

Since it is such a hot mess to begin with, I will try to focus mostly on the in-universe canon and lore rather than making it even more complicated by bringing in too much real-world logic and criticizing Kishimoto.

There's a bunch of rambling in the tags though.

Kishimoto's Intentions

Whenever we talk about the "Curse of Hatred" the fandom will usually apply terms such as "racism", "bigotry" and "pseudoscience" - particularly in reference to Tobirama.

Again, I don't want to bring too much irl logic into this but I feel like we need to make a clear distinction between intention and interpretation over here. "[insert character] was a racist" and "the Uchiha were justified" is a valid interpretation of the story. But at the same time, I doubt that this was ever intended by Kishimoto.

In the narrative, everything we learn about the Curse of Hatred is framed as exposition rather than propaganda. The lore lines up pretty well with Kishimoto's beliefs and his idea that grudges are responsible for the cycle of war.

Aside from that, Japan has a fairly homogenous population and, correct me if I'm wrong, is not as sensitized to themes of racism as other countries might be. And let's be real here, Kishimoto himself is not particularly known for having a lot of awareness for such themes either. So it is very unlikely that Kishimoto consciously decided to portray themes of racism.

In other words, the Curse of Hatred is real in canon.

What Is The "Curse of Hatred" Even?

I have to admit, it's been a while since the last time I watched Naruto from start to finish, so I had to use the sources listed by the wiki rather than relying on my own findings and I might be biased. Because of that, I'd prefer everybody to regard my findings as headcanon rather than undisputed fact.

As far as I remember, the exact wording "Curse of Hatred" is only ever used by Obito. While not using the same wording, the curse is also referenced by Itachi, Hagoromo, and Tobirama who each have their own understanding of it. Unfortunately, we have no idea where exactly this wording or concept originated.

Hiruzen, Koharu, Homura, and even Danzo, while potentially influenced by Tobirama's teachings, do not reference the Curse of Hatred at all, at least not in relation to the Uchiha Clan itself.

Now here's the first one of my findings: The Curse of Hatred is supposed to be some sort of involuntary biological or cultural inclination causing Uchihas to become consumed by hatred but it is also something voluntary - a Nindo. While the former could be considered a "curse" in the traditional sense, the latter is definitely not.

For the Nindo, it is supposed to be some sort of antithesis to the Will of Fire. Because of that, it is not limited to the Uchiha but, according to Tobirama and Obito, closely associated. As explained later on in this post, most Uchihas do not follow this Nindo.

Core aspects of the Curse of Hatred as a Nindo:

Valuing a precious few above the many

Directing your hatred at those who took away your precious few

Growing stronger from those feelings of hatred (for the Uchiha, reflected in the form of the Sharingan)

A Biological Inclination?

Now back to Tobirama's theory, due to the narrative framing, we will assume his words to be truthful for the sake of this analysis. However, I will provide links to other people's posts delving into the fantasy racism discussion.

Tobirama is racist and his theories cannot be trusted. Tobirama is not racist and there is validity to his theories.

I myself do not completely agree with either of these, but they might be interesting reads for you. If you do not agree with either of them, please keep it to yourself and do not bother the original creators.

Tobirama's theory goes as follows:

The Uchiha feel love and hate more strongly than other individuals

The strength of the Sharingan and the Uchihas' hatred are correlated

In a fit of hatred, odds are an Uchiha will commit evil

It is nowhere mentioned that the Uchiha are more likely to feel hate - only that their hatred is worse than the average person's and puts them at risk of being swayed by hateful ideologies.

A Cultural Inclination?

Aside from Tobirama's theory, multiple characters comment on the historical origin behind the Curse of Hatred.

We are talking, of course, about Indra. Obito explains that Indra's values and his hatred (particularly what later became the Nindo of the Curse of Hatred) were passed down to his descendants - the Uchiha clan. Tobirama's exposition implies the same thing.

Tobirama states that there "used to be a thought that [...] the basis of the Uchiha clan's strength was the power of their jutsu". It is very similar to Hagorormo's description of his son.

If this is correct, that would mean that the importance placed on powerful jutsu by the Uchiha Clan does inadvertently promote hatred due to the close correlation between hatred and the Sharingan.

But then again, in the story, it is shown that many Uchiha were not particularly fond of perpetuating hate and it is also implied that to avoid hatred, they sealed their emotions away. My interpretation is that they recognized the pain that hate could cause and then took steps to avoid it.

The Reincarnation Cycle

Sticking with Indra, another explanation that is frequently brought up is Indra's and Ashura's reincarnation cycle, which has also been described as curse-like or haunting and neverending. A fate seemingly set in stone.

There is not much more to say, other than that this theory suggests that Indra's reincarnates are just naturally inclined towards lusting for power.

The True Origin

Now, here's another thing that's constantly being overlooked. Aside from Obito's exposition in chapter 462 on the Curse of Hatred Nindo, Tobirama's exposition in chapter 619 on the Uchiha's tendency to follow said Nindo, and even Hagoromo's exposition on the reincarnation cycle in chapter 670, we get a vital piece of exposition in chapter 681.

Ladies, gentlemen, and anything in between. May I introduce to you...

...the real Curse of Hatred.

Or at the very least what I believe is the real reason why the "Curse of Hatred" exists in the world of Naruto.

From the very beginning, Zetsu approached Indra to take advantage of his hatred and turn it into a tool for his own purposes. He then did that again and again. He focused on the Uchiha in particular - Either because of the previously mentioned reasons (i.e. the Uchiha / incarnates have a tendency to become obsessed with hatred and power) or because Hagoromo's stone tablet was left in the Uchihas' possession (which became another tool for manipulation).

In order to achieve his goal (awakening a Rinnegan), he had to somehow combine both Indra's and Ashura's power. It is implied that for this purpose, he instigated, perpetuated, and escalated wars and conflicts between Senju and Uchiha by pitting their reincarnates against each other. But unlike the wars he caused, Zetsu went unnoticed by the history books. Basically, he kept haunting the clans like a curse.

Without a doubt, had Zetsu never been there, 99% of the Uchihas' problems would not exist - regardless of what ideals, genes, or history the Uchiha hold.

You could even think this further. Perhaps Tobirama's, Obito's, Hagoromo's and everybody else's explanations were just desperate attempts to make sense of anything. They didn't know that Zetsu was pulling the strings, so perhaps they tried to explain the Uchiha Clan's history in some other way.