#spoilers in tags further!

[laytonkissmarrykill]

[eggdrawsthings]

a duet in a galaxy far, far away

[time-slink]

oh dear

[dominosecho]

they’re filler episodes TO YOU. to me they’re little windows through which i watch my favorite characters make the stupidest decisions imaginable

[pirategrime]

[irisbaggins]

Spoilers ahead for the finale!

An aspect of the final battle that got lost after Viola's amazing attack, was the fact that Tula nearly killed her son. And that, I think, is something I would really like to delve my teeth into, to properly look at what happened.

The thing that struck me the most during Tula's attack on her son, was that Jaysohn did manage to snap her out of it. In the context of the story, Jaysohn grappled his mom to get her to stop, and even after getting viciously bit by her, he still managed to get her back to herself. He managed to get to his mom fast enough, and used himself to protect the others from the mindless being Tula had become. And, even when faced with near death, this little kid manages to get back up and attack the creature that did this to his mother. Not once did he blame her, having understood enough about the situation to realise his mom was not in control. He knows, he understood, that this was Phoebe, not Tula. And so, the moment he is able to free his mom, still wounded and near death's door, he goes after Phoebe so that his mom won't be taken again.

Tula, however, was aware of everything she did to Jaysohn. She was painfully aware of how badly she hurt her son, how she nearly killed him. And, as Brennan describes;

She is broken, in a way she has never been before. She nearly killed her baby, used as a puppet because she's alive when she should have been dead. The Blue that keeps her alive is what nearly caused her to kill her son. Tula nearly lost everything, yet, once more, it was hope and love that brought her back once more. Her son brought her back.

However, she was silent for the rest of the battle until Phoebe finally fell, and Jaysohn nearly died. She was quiet, too horrified with what she nearly did. Perhaps, had more time been afforded to that moment with Tula and Jaysohn before he decided to retaliate against Phoebe, there would have been...something...that went on. A focus on the fact that it was Tula who went for another member of their family, whilst Ava went for the ground and the reactor. What would that do to her, I cannot help but wonder. What did that do to her, in the immediate aftermath, when she could slow down and process what happened. She must live with the knowledge she nearly killed her own child, and that, had he been just a little weaker or just a little slower, she would've succeeded. She might have been able to bring him back, like she did with Sybil...but she would have to live with the knowledge that she took her son's life. And that thought is horrifying.

Yet, it makes her gentleness with Lukas later all the more significant. Even with the blood of her son on her hands, she still chooses to hope for a better tomorrow. She still chooses to give Lukas - and herself - another chance, another tomorrow. Bad things could have happened, but they didn't, and they all made it out. The "what ifs" will remain in the shadows, in the nightmares, but in the daylight, she will keep her head high. It doesn't lessen the impact of her deeds or her burdens, but it can make them bearable. And, with the addition of her son's refusal to blame her, it makes it just the little easier. She deserves a new tomorrow, too.

[verflares]

some body type + colour practice feat dragon (chicken) zeldie... and of course link my good friend link

[djpaige]

I mean it was just SUCH. A PERSPECTIVE SHIFT!!! It was-- UGH.

Like, you're watching episode 1 of Calamity, and you open with "Fire." Just that reminder that THIS IS GOING TO BE A DARK STORY. You know this, this is what you're signing up for! These characters are awful! They're all lying about various stuff! They have these ambitions and secrets and lies that will lead them all to RUIN. And you're watching this story unfold, and it's so tense because you KNOW that the Calamity happens. It's already heartbreaking because it's not so much that you know they *can't* stop it, but because you know they *don't*! It's in the lore! It's in the timeline! The Calamity is a thing that happens! TWO THIRDS of the population dies!!! TWO THIRDS!!!

You spend three episodes wondering how the Ring of Brass will mess everything up so bad that the world gets as bad as it can possibly get. Two thirds of the population! Dead!

And then in that fourth episode, Brennan flips that shit on its head. Because he brings in a worse tragedy. One where EVERYONE dies. No one makes it out of Exandria. Complete and total annihilation. And then gently introduces the idea of... what if you could save some of them?

That last fight had characters with HP in the single digits, no spells left, and it was unwinnable if the goal was to win the fight. But the goal changed and became to just survive long enough. You know they can't all survive this. But you sure as shit can hope that they can last those crucial 18 seconds. Just enough to make the difference between losing everyone, and not losing everyone.

It became a story not of how they lost two thirds of the population, but about how they saved one third. And it was an absolute master class in how to use tragedy to tell a story of hope.

[sunnfish]

[ID: A digital illustration of Sissel from Ghost Trick. He is shown from a lower angle, as if the viewer were looking up at him. He has a hand close to the viewer and clutching a glowing soul core. His other hand is in his pocket, and he has a serious expression on his face. The background is the clock that appears when you time travel in the game, consisting of a glowing red clock face and glowing red lines radiating from it on a black background. The art style mimics that of the game’s, with sharp black lines and shading. The color palette is mostly red, with some light blue radiating from the soul. The artist’s signature “sunnfish 2023” is written on his leg. /End ID]

Change your fate.

[meamiiikiii]

context: coffee pod holders kinda look like trees

favor tree = f(l)avor tree for the modern-based, reverse entry au

this was funnier in my head

[fujii-draws]

Ok but what if he actually cared but only off screen.

(+Extra of him checking up on them) lmao get emotionally attached

[laytonkissmarrykill]

[s-aint-elmo]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one obsessed with the Marcille Laios Falin gang. Like they are a unit.... A team.... Even if the rest of the party fell apart they would stay together.... Idk it's just really fun to see all the different groups everyone falls into across the course of dungeon meshi and I love how you can tell that the three of them are a unit even as they are separated for most of the manga.

YEAH!!!! that day in the laughing wolf when falin first stopped marcille from perma-killing her brother that was fate in motion binding them together for the rest of their lives. (/hj but also i have a vague nebulous idea for a series of drawings of the toudens + marcille thru the years starting w the laughing wolf.) i love how we know that in both laios and marcille's ideal visions for the far future they are together with falin and that by the end they make it happen. i love that they both started off being connected only by the strength of their love for falin but eventually developed their own deep closeness that cemented their trio as a balanced whole.

i don't see laimar romantically the way i do farcille but those two for sure mean as much to each other as falin does to them. i love laios's strongest impression of marcille being the moment she gave it all to bring falin back. i love marcille speaking to laios's corpse with her cheek laid on his cold breastplate. i love laios looking out for marcille's comfort and enjoyment as the baseline for the party because she's the most expressive about her feelings. i love marcille always being the first to notice when laios is being dodgy as all hell and making him spit it out.

however it shakes out those three are family 5ever and we all know the lengths they'd go to if they were ever to be separated <333

[nickthespoon]

Okay, I am actually obsessed with Sanji's final decision on the raid suit, not only for the development of his character but the commentary on Chopper and Robin's too.

The line "...who can even crush monsters like him as long as you give me the order," mirrors Chopper's (so many arcs ago) and Robin's (just earlier) lines about not minding being a "monster" or a "demon" if it was for Luffy/their friends. And so part of you thinks "Oh, he's gonna do it?!"

But Oda says No! You have misunderstood! Chopper and Robin were called demons/monsters most of their lives and ostracised accordingly even though neither of them are. They must have been terrified of that happening again in their new lives, but Luffy made them feel safe, made them feel comfortable to just be them. So much so as to not worry about what other's might think. People called them monsters/demons when they were at their plainest selves; having discovered these darker/powerful sides to themselves, however, they fully embrace them as a part of themselves. Because Luffy would. Luffy loves the whole of them. So why should they fear what others think if it can help them win the fight?

Sanji, meanwhile, has been brought up with almost the opposite. Surrounded by monsters and told he is weak and useless; to strive for monstrosity, but forever belittled and told he's not good enough.

Having made his opinions on his family clear, I didn't think Sanii would ever use the raid suit. But he did, because he believed the situation called for it; his crew needed it. And also pervy pluses!

And so he does for a while, and it's great. He gets to perv all he likes and the suit is powerful and helped him out in a jam a number of times. But always that niggling sensation that it's wrong, that he should reject it because, astounding as the suit is, it comes from everything he hated.

Not to mention the terror of not being in control of himself, potentially due to the suit, suit on or off. Of becoming like the monsters that hurt him growing up and being powerless to stop it. Just as he was to stop them then.

But his final decision is not based on what /he/ wants. It's what his captain would want. Which version of him would /Luffy/ want. And Luffy always choses kindness.

So even if he becomes weak and useless in comparison, even if he has to make a great personal sacrifice (the little sex pest :l) he will do it as himself! He will remain human (even going so far as to make drastic arrangements for if that should go awry) and he will do things on his own merits.

And I am totally normal about him.

[dantelionwishes]

pkmn sv charm interest check!

i dont have access to polls yet, so like this post if you're interested in any of these charms! i will release a pre-order form maybe after a week or two :^))

also liking is great, but reblogs are super appreciated to spread it around! it would also be super duper appreciated if youd reblog with which ones youre interested in <33 THANK YOU!!

UNCENSORED SPOILER PREVIEW UNDER THE CUT:

[wreckedhoney]

MASSIVE SPOILER for one of the endings.

it's been a while since i tried looking, but i did hear that something like this happens last year and over time started to think, "was it a fluke?" bc no one posted footage or caps of it then, and i aimed for a completionist run in my first playthrough. turns out it's real! and definitely shines a new light on a character that, for most other types of playthroughs, will not give this much emotion! EDIT: transcript now included, and some stillshots under the cut

[0:28] Marie: Henry, this is the man who kept you from doing the right thing tonight. Kill him. [0:15] Forrest: Henry, you don’t have to do this. If you’ve not killed anyone yet, there’s still time to make the right decision. [0:05] Out of shot: (Gunshots) Henderson Police! Freeze! Marie: No! Henry, get out of there!