#the lost potential 😭

[milo-igidk]

i fucking love that one shbcjcj that one scene in neverseen where theyre in the protest in Eternalia and Fintan shows up and hes at like a higher ground so him and the councillors are yelling back and forth at each other that scene is so fucking funny to me

"FINTAN WTF ARE YOU EVEN DOING GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE"

"STFU IM NOT EVEN TALKING TO YOU SIT DOWN BEFORE I BURN THOSE EYEBROWS RIGHT OFF YOUR FACE NOLAND"

"I DIDNT EVEN SAY ANYTHING???"

"SHUT UP NOLAND"

[jangmi-latte]

Heyo, I was wondering if there's anything new about Jamil in the new book? (like that old concept art for his Fairy Gala card, why did they scrap that design adsfkjasl ;-;)

other than the ponytail...nope there's nothing new other than the breakdown of his attires in fairy gala, bean's day, and halloween :((

the other events aren't present like the silk event, apple boa, glorious masquerade, etc. but yana said this is just part one of the book drafts for a couple events. for sure there'll be book two :DD so we just have to wait for that

AND YES THE EVER SO TAKEN AWAY ARMPITS AND HAIRSTYLES ☹️☹️☹️ I believe it just has to be a struggle for the 2D models or smth idk but i don't think that's the case considering yana has still somewhat gave jamil a ponytail in the silk event. even vil in his union birthday card so eh...

[figurativepieceoftrash]

Yeah I also find it frustrating that so many bnha fics are so fluffy and ooc. Fwiw proximity is one of my favorite fics in any fandom because of how much of myself I see in it - I did not grow up disabled, but I sure am now, and it perfectly captures the stubborn denial and the sense of loss and the struggle to carve a place for yourself in a world that does not want you as you are. I’m usually too shy to comment, but reread it whenever I’m emotionally prepared to have my heart squeezed into a sad pretzel shape. Thank you for writing ❤️

AHHHH OMG going insane over this I wanna eat it and hug it and put it on the dashboard of my car and frame it over my bed 😭😭😭

I'm so glad proximity connected with you in the exact way I intended it to, it is very much about coping with sudden onset disability and hearing that someone correctly parsed that and identified with it is driving me up the wall I'M EATING GLASS JCCHJCVJJJV

Sorry if this response seems absolutely insane I'm just. Feral over people correctly interpreting my work 🥺

I can't promise I'm going to update it soon but this ask has inspired me to immediately start work on the next chapter I need you to know THANK YOU 💕

[vvitchering]

Something something Kuiil telling Din that the reprogrammed IG-11 is no longer a hunter, but that it will protect. The parallels with Din no longer being a bounty hunter but a protector instead. Both of them leaving behind their previous lives to be guardians for a little lost baby.

[note-boom]

Okay so thanks to some random digging through the katai tags, I found out that there is indeed a Kunikida and Katai short story called "Kunikida and Katai's Magnificent Days". Translation and links to other novels can be found here (many thanks to the OP who collected these and the translator).

Anyway, now I'm thinking too much about their friendship dynamic and so I'm sharing some of my favorite moments of the short story below the cut (spoilers in the reacts and the tags)

Me...I would like to live like Katai, thanks.

Can we talk about how Kunikida drove himself and his friend to the ocean on a whim because of his dead eyes? I....

Okay but can we talk about this exception to his ideals on the basis of friendship thing? Sure it's humorous but...hi???

Let's also talk about how Katai supports Kunikida and his fight for ideals and yet still points out how unrealistic they are, kinda like Dazai did. But Katai is WITH him and behind him even if he can't join the fight and that makes me FEEL THINGS.

This explains so much of why Atsushi was considered a bit of an outlier. It does make me wonder what kind of things Kunikida had to witness when it was just Ranpo, Yosano, and Fukuzawa...calling Katai of all people boring compared to them...

THEIR WHOLESOMENESS IS TOO MUCH FOR ME...just look at that?? And below, too...

AHDHRGEJDBRHEHB. Their friendship...the way that they make each other's world a kinder and softer place. Just....I love it and I'm not even joking. Yes, there is shipping and everything but tell me you don't want a pure friendship just like this? An inseparable bond that supports each other even if you can't fully adhere to the other's beliefs and a friendship that makes a harsh reality a place where your ideals and beliefs are worth fighting for (or maybe against).

I'm cry laughing at this because, again, it was JUST Ranpo and Yosano and Fukuzawa along with Katai and Kunikida. I seriously want a prequel novel exploring the kinds of insane shenanigans they went through. And kudos I guess for the female/male friendship portrayed at the end? Sort of? I don't know...he's such a disaster. I want to be Katai.

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IN CONCLUSION

I love it. Underrated friendship. Literally the most wholesome canon duo, sorry Ranpo and Poe/Ranpo and Yosano/Atsushi and Kyouka. Laughing at how it went from 'guy tries to set up friend on a date' to a discussion on the survival of the fittest philosophy and how it clashes against the illusions of society.

I need more about them

[hersweetrevenge]

rohan campbell as frank hardy (1x06)

bonus:

[yumemiruuuu]

This is either going to get me cancelled or become the start of a revolution BUT.

I was having a mind boggling thought where Jiang Cheng and Jin Zixuan are a ship? And I was thinking about this and how Jin Ling would get raised by the two (they form a close bond over losing their sister and wife), and it would be chaotic but also bittersweet??

but then that idea got crushed once my mind cleared and it dawned on me that Jin Zixuan dies before Yanli (sadge). 😔

But regardless, if anyone can entertain this thought of mine, please,,, I am begging. Please entertain me.

[narwhalandchill]

ok not to randomly go off on a somewhat negative ramble But. (general genshin story direction worries basically)

while there are a bunch of stunts i fear the genshin story slash lore could end up pulling that would serve as not only disappointments but to varying degrees also just retroactively ruin a lot of games writing for me. i dont think theres anything that im as genuinely concerned about as the possibility of like. completely losing their narrative marbles to an overdone time travel/temporal manipulation in one way or another like just the thought of that shit haunts me

bc like. while i dont find them particularly compelling as an argument for that to be the case regarding Everything in the narrative in current lore/theory circles (like. makoto n ei teaming up w istaroth once doesnt automatically establish universal time travel). it is unfortunately true that in canon lore there are many of the kind of lore pieces present that you could use to set that kind of reveal and complete restructuring of the story up. istaroth and the sacred sakura and some shady things said by various characters and how you could argue Any time loop or travel adjacent is just hidden by the irminsul 5head (another piece of writing whose potential misuse seriously alarms me, mind you). and so on.

and i am just. Not about any of that shit. like. for me absolutely any plot device or element that has the risk of fundamentally fucking up a storys continuity and coherence sideways to the degree BOTH the

"genshins gonna turn out to be ALL time travel/time loop/simulation to make [sudden endgame twist X heavily at odds with what was established in the central lore prior] appear sensible"

and

"celestia just irminsuls away all evidence for [that twist X again] so achsually it was always genius and compatible with lore"

tier of nightmare scenarios will have. is just. Not fucking worth it. this shit has ruined countless stories with vastly better writing and way more competent authors because its just. not the kind of stuff you can just insert in a massive fucking story willy nilly to explain away the mystery box you didnt bother to set up together so it ultimately comes together in a cohesive way that Doesnt need to be broken on multiple levels to scrape together some conclusion. and its just hhhhhhhhhhhhhh

and like ive never expected some massive masterpiece out of genshin like at best its gonna be one of those stories that once finished gets some really fucking banger fanwork as its community expands upon and explores a solid but flawed canon groundwork. theres fundamental flaws and limitations to its storytelling and format and that cant be helped. so im expecting no miracles on that front.

but the one fucking thing i dont want them to fall for is that misguided at best and outright pretentious and disrespectful at worst allure of. SEE! we outsmarted the audience! the theories! we broke our own story continuity to force a twist because our established worldbuilding technically makes it an option! isnt this smart!

like just please. no. no clue how unpopular this is but im already quite conflicted on the established use of irminsul in sumeru and how it arguably voided a lot of important characterization (nahidas inferiority complex) and narrative potential (scara literally becoming a non factor in the grander story more or less) for good but like. for now. fine. it hasnt become overused yet. i dont think its inherently bad as a factor of worldbuilding. i like how it recontextualizes fact and fiction and the significance of stories that appear mere fables in the world of teyvat. but as it stands the irminsul is still a deus ex machina. and thats a dangerous tool for any writer to have in careless use. and when combined with the sprinkles of lore involving the possibility of time manipulation and such to be further explored. its like powder and keg. two tools that can absolutely gut a story of its narrative cohesion and the weight of its stakes in an instant. its really fucking worrisome.

genshins writing is flawed but the one thing this game has going for it that i REALLY hope the writers will understand to respect is its world. how much the marriage between this massive and beautifully crafted immersive open world and the intricacies of lore and history afforded to all corners of it truly do in tandem to establish the world of genshin as more Real. as weightier. as a place you grow and remain attached to even when the main storys writing stumbles. the world is so important and to let it remain feeling real is just. i hope they understand how fragile of a gem that is.

featuring an artificial world order established by fraudulent divinity and that involving some degree of cosmic fuck-uppery of the natural order and all-encompassing illusion to maintain it is fine. this is a story heavily referencing gnosticism that theme is literally a given. but it needs to be an artificial world order imposed on a real world that remains feeling real the entire time through. and for that to be preserved it needs to remain grounded.

but the problem is that once a story truly commits to the "anything could be altered and fundamentally reversed with the right mcguffin at play with seeming impunity" there is no going back. it becomes very fucking difficult to keep the figurative feet of a narrative even touching the ground for even the most skilled of writers afforded absolute creative freedom to work with (which genshin does not have). and just that much more easier for the stakes to be lost completely. and i dont want to see that scenario become reality

[memoriesoftanalorr]

You know what... There's two moments when I thought that Cal softened Dagan. It was their first meeting. And then their second. It's seems Dagan is calmed down and lowered his head and saying perhaps you're right but then he attacked Cal. 😭

[paint-music-with-me]

as I wait for the part 2 line-up for GMMTV 2024, let me delulu myself into believing that the next forcebook project could be a Guardian Angel story (is it bc I just caught my mom listening to the Mission Angel Love OST? maybe..)

[elliesgaymachete]

Ok after I got a little further in the game it became harder to keep leveling all my Pokémon together so my regular team consists of my prinlup named pip, my ponyta named spicey, my luxray named shane, my meditite named noino, and my gyarados named mr whiskers. Alternates include haunter named gassy boi and blissey named takeachansey (named before she evolved and “take a chansey on me” wouldn’t fit so I shortened it)

[wtylas]

queen killer ballister boldheart for blorbo bingo 😈😈

blorbo bingo

[harryswinks]

normally i’d love for tomorrow to just be us and liverpool just kicking the shit out of each other like we usually do but if we can have a calmer game right before the wc i think that would be grand

[ivy-saurs]

i accidentally bought a train ticket going in the wrong direction and i didn’t notice until the ticket inspector pointed it out rip