#that did they think??

[i-drop-level-one-loot]

Ok this idea is haunting me and I want to know peace again.

A reader who wants to get revenge on Kirtch for that first day punishment and tries to slap his ass as hard as they can... starts crying like a baby because they hurt their hand.

Anyways I love you writing so many of your yans give me brain worms lol. Have a great day and thank you for the amazing content.

It was one of the few times that (Reader) saw Kirtch walking about without his robe on, wearing a soft top and bottoms that showed off the shape of his long legs. It was his day off, and he was cleaning his office, trying to get through his chores quickly so he could spend time with his sweet pet.

It was shortly after (Reader's) 'purchase', and they were doing everything in their power to make life difficult for their abductor owner.

Kirtch's back was turned to the mopey human for a good while, cleaning his bookshelves thoroughly. Although he knew everything about human anatomy, there were no studies on the effects of allergens common to the planets they visited on humans, so he took every precaution to keep (Reader) healthy. His arms reached high above his head, leaving him exposed.

Leaving his tight little ass exposed.

(Reader) couldn't act out too much, not wanting a repeat of their first night with him, but they could annoy him, refuse his affections, and get away with a surprising amount of shit under the guise of plausible deniability. Kirtch infantalized them so much, that if they accidentally pushed him too far, all they had to do was act dumb and he would instantly forgive them.

They snuck up behind Kirtch, holding their breath. Weighing the pros and cons, they decided that if they were punished for this, seeing his expression of pain and discomfort was worth it.

(Reader) wound up their hand, pulling their arm back behind their body like a spring trap, smiling triumphantly as they released, swinging their hand at top (Reader) speed towards Kirtch's butt.

Something bumped against Kirtch's bottom. It was so light that he thought maybe his pet had thrown a stuffed toy at him. He smiled, turning around to pick up whatever had bounced off of him, instead finding (Reader) doubled over, forehead on their knees, shaking violently.

"(Reader), pet?" Kirtch bent down in concern, confused by their vicious weeping. (Reader) cradled their dominant arm, sobbing. "What's wrong?"

"F-Fuck yo-you..."

[vimbry]

some of my favourite spongebob moments are when they accentuate the gag w/ a live-action punchline

[wildbasil]

things haven't been great but i think they will be. eventually 🌻🌼🩷

[luwha]

Tumblr: No NSFW! You know how it is we banned it because of the bots in 2018!

Also tumblr:

[agentperezbian]

I'm curious. Tag this with your sexuality and what your favorite M/F ship is.

[raspberryflo]

There's no fucking way they just named their new sonic game "Sonic X Shadow". They're literally making me type "sonic x shadow" into the steam search bar to see this game I literally can't even comprehend this. Mom can I get the new sonic game for christmas sure little timmy whats it called? Okay let me just type "sonic x shadow" into the google search- . . . timmy . . .

[velnna]

silence

[hansoeii]

The Doctor!

[ryan-sometimes]

LIL TAY??????

[tofixtheshadows]

I've been thinking a lot lately about how Kabru deprives himself.

Kabru as a character is intertwined with the idea that sometimes we have to sacrifice the needs of the few for the good of the many. He ultimately subverts this first by sabotaging the Canaries and then by letting Laios go, but in practice he's already been living a life of self-sacrifice.

Saving people, and learning the secrets of the dungeons to seal them, are what's important. Not his own comforts. Not his own desires. He forces them down until he doesn't know they're there, until one of them has to come spilling out during the confession in chapter 76.

Specifically, I think it's very significant, in a story about food and all that it entails, that Kabru is rarely shown eating. He's the deuteragonist of Dungeon Meshi, the cooking manga, but while meals are the anchoring points of Laios's journey, given loving focus, for Kabru, they're ... not.

I'm sure he eats during dungeon expeditions, in the routine way that adventurers must when they sit down to camp. But on the surface, you get the idea that Kabru spends most of his time doing his self-assigned dungeon-related tasks: meeting with people, studying them, putting together that evidence board, researching the dungeon, god knows what else. Feeding himself is secondary.

He's introduced during a meal, eating at a restaurant, just to set up the contrast between his party and Laios's. And it's the last normal meal we see him eating until the communal ending feast (if you consider Falin's dragon parts normal).

First, we get this:

Kabru's response here is such a non-answer, it strongly implies to me that he wasn't thinking about it until Rin brought it up. That he might not even be feeling the hunger signals that he logically knew he should.

They sit down to eat, but Kabru is never drawn reaching for food or eating it like the rest of his party. He only drinks.

It's possible this means nothing, that we can just assume he's putting food in his mouth off-panel, but again, this entire manga is about food. Cooking it, eating it, appreciating it, taking pleasure in it, grounding yourself in the necessary routine of it and affirming your right to live by consuming it. It's given such a huge focus.

We don't see him eat again until the harpy egg.

What a significant question for the protagonist to ask his foil in this story about eating! Aren't you hungry? Aren't you, Kabru?

He was revived only minutes ago after a violent encounter. And then he chokes down food that causes him further harm by triggering him, all because he's so determined to stay in Laios's good graces.

In his flashback, we see Milsiril trying to spoon-feed young Kabru cake that we know he doesn't like. He doesn't want to eat: he wants to be training.

Then with Mithrun, we see him eating the least-monstery monster food he can get his hands on, for the sake of survival- walking mushroom, barometz, an egg. The barometz is his first chance to make something like an a real meal, and he actually seems excited about it because he wants to replicate a lamb dish his mother used to make him!

...but he doesn't get to enjoy it like he wanted to.

Then, when all the Canaries are eating field rations ... Kabru still isn't shown eating. He's only shown giving food to Mithrun.

And of course the next time he eats is the bavarois, which for his sake is at least plant based ... but he still has to use a coping mechanism to get through it.

I don't think Kabru does this all on purpose. I think Kui does this all on purpose. Kabru's Post Traumatic Stress Disorder should be understood as informing his character just as much as Laios's autism informs his. It's another way that Kabru and Laios act as foils: where Laios takes pleasure in meals and approaches food with the excitement of discovery, Kabru's experiences with eating are tainted by his trauma. Laios indulges; Kabru denies himself. Laios is shown enjoying food, Kabru is shown struggling with it.

And I can very easily imagine a reason why Kabru might have a subconscious aversion towards eating.

Meals are the privilege of the living.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Dog Meshi.

[captainjonnitkessler]

You know I used to think "tumblr's absolute refusal to actually engage with the Trolley Problem in favor of insisting that there must be a third, morally pure option that doesn't require them to make a hard decision and anyone who asks them to make a binary choice is just a short-sighted idiot is really fucking annoying, but I guess it's not actually doing any harm".

Anyway that was before we asked tumblr at large to decide between "guy aiding a genocide but making progress elsewhere" and "guy who would actively and enthusiastically participate in a genocide and would also make everything else much, much worse for everyone elsewhere" and the response was that there must be a third, morally pure option that doesn't require them to make a hard decision and that anyone who asks them to make a binary choice is a short-sighted idiot.

[lgbtlunaverse]

Obsessed with characters who portray themselves as worse than they are. Who are lying to everyone including themselves about it. People generally assume if someone's lying about themselves they're trying to look better but sometimes they're trying to look worse. They attribute agency to where they had none, add intent to accidents, try to convince everyone that this is something they did instead of something that happened to them.

[ruporas]

dragon meat, you, and me

[demadogs]

nothing can break the bond between a friend who loves spoilers and a friend who just watched an amazing show and needs to tell someone the entire plot from start to finish

[fox-mulder-gets-pegged]

I just wanna say bc I KNOW you're somewhere on tumblr, to the teenage girl who attended Take Your Kid To Work Day at an office building in Ontario, Canada circa 2013 and had a conversation with a middle aged woman in which you showed her your Black Veil Brides fanart and fanfics and ship content and told her about different fanfic tropes including a/b/o verse bc she happened to know who Panic! at The Disco and Fallout Boy were and thus you felt the need to show her your bandblr ship art, that was my fucking mother and I had to clarify all that to her including looking my mother in the eye and trying to explain a/b/o verse without sounding like a lunatic.

It's been 10 years and I still regularly sent evil energies in your direction. Since you'd be probably two years younger than me and thus legally an adult now, please know if this post reaches you it's on sight.