#the symbolism!

[seriousbrat]

something that's kind of essential to me about james is that he's arrogant but he's not confident. deep down he's actually rather insecure. like we've all met those kinds of men lmao, and he's no exception. it's Sirius who is truly confident and that's because he doesn't give a shit. James 100% gives a shit. He gives so much of a shit it hurts. The ruffling up his hair, the glancing towards the girls/Lily, showing off with the snitch, humiliating others... it's all the outward shell of a boy that actually really doubts himself.

his rumpling his hair vs sirius's hair "falling with casual elegance" is very significant imo of the fact that james cared much, much more about appearances than sirius did. sirius didn't have to do anything to be handsome, whereas james was constantly trying to improve his appearance. imo he sometimes compares himself to sirius even though he tries not to

an important part of James's character development is him learning what his good qualities actually are, and that the things he'd previously valued- appearances, quidditch prowess, popularity- aren't actually what makes you a worthwhile person. the way I see him his good qualities are bravery, loyalty, thoughtfulness, generosity, dedication, and these are things he either actively pushed down or simply didn't value for a very long time. but he's becoming an adult, there's a war going on, his mum and dad are getting older, and these are the things that start becoming more important.

when he first starts dating lily he is very insecure about it at first and on some level thinks she's too good for him (probably true rip). I mean yeah he still might act outwardly kind of cocky because that's just ingrained in his sense of humour at this point, but Lily def brings out a vulnerability that he had spent many years trying to ignore. he is head over heels for her and is convinced that she doesn't feel the same way. I mean, she totally does bc girlie pop has notoriously bad taste (JOKE) but still. She's actually really into that thoughtful, loyal, generous boy that is finally being allowed to shine through

[villainousundertones]

Me explaining to my dog how the red yellow and blue cloth from Ross duffer's Instagram post is symbolism for byler because the colors are red yellow and blue and so it matters and means something because they're red yellow and blue and it is a real thing because red yellow and blue and - and-

[queerpiratebrainrot]

Zombie rat in front of a rising sun being the Revenge's new flag is so fuckin beautiful and important to me

[explosiv-glasses]

I cant believe that I just noticed that the poem for ouaw (the beautiful bean footage) is symbolic of the player characters

In order:

Laugher filled with fear

-mr light

Love defiled by spite

-mr witch

A world of pure delight

- witchlight carnival

Toy of wood

-gricko

Toy of metal

-gideon

Toy of bone

-kremy

Toy of glass

- frost

[alwaysdrinkingcoffee]

head empty only warrior nun

[nonbinaryurianger]

okay i'd completely forgotten that hraesvelgr gives one of his eyes to the wol, but it works so well since my wol's DRG glam is yellow themed (like hraesvelgr's eyes) and nidstinien's drachen mail is red (like nidhogg's eyes)

[ofswordsandpens]

directors using colorful or "impossible" lighting to convey mood and meaning and beauty my beloved. directors making night scenes impossible to see for the sake of realism my beloathed.

[poemale]

　 　 　 　⍰　 kaomoji elements　 ര

　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　  　 　 create ur own kaomoji w/ me !!

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eyes

ˊ ˋ　 ◞ ◟　  .ܸ .ܸ　 • •　  › ‹　 o̴̶̷᷄ o̴̶̷̥᷅　  ≧ ≦

ˇ ˇ　 ◜◝　   ◡◡⁠　 •̀ •́　 ^^　 ᵒ̴̶̷̥́ ᵒ̴̶̷̣̥̀　  ꈍ ꈍ

⏑ ⏑　 ◝ ◜　 _ ̫ _　 •́ •̀　 ⊳⊲　 o̴̶̷̤ o̴̶̷̤　  ˃̶̤́ ˂̶̤̀

´ ｀ 　 -᷅ -᷄　  .⁠ .⁠　  ߹ ߹　 ՞ ՞⁠　 ಠ ಠ　 ᴗ͈ ᴗ͈

mouths

ᵕ　 ⤙　 ᴖ　 Ⱉ　  ���　 ࿁　 ꕀ　  ‸

༝　 ‿　 ⌓　 ⩊　   ⌑　  ｡　 ㅁ　 ⇀

̫　 ֊　  ᎔　  ᗜ　  Д⁠　  ³　 ᯅ　  ˬ　 　 　 　 　 

noses

˶　 ᵜ　 ᆺ　 ˕　 ܫ

˔　 ᴥ　 ɷ　  ̷　 ꀾ　 

ears

ᐢ ᐢ　  ᕱ ᕱ　 ᕬ ᕬ　 ᙏ　  ᵔ ᵔ　 ᐡ ᐡ　 

∩∩　 ꪒ ꪒ　 ՞ ՞　 ⍝ ⍝　 ᥥ ᥥ　 ᘏᘏ

hands / arms

ก ก　 ٩ ۶　 ⊃⊂　 ᑌ ᑌ　 ദ്ദി　  ა૮

ฅ ฅ　 ੭ ᐣ  っ ς　 ੭ ੭　 ੭っ　 ∩ ∩

brackets

𝇋 𝇌　 ૮ ა　 ૮₍ ₎ა　  ( ິ )ິ　 ໒꒰ྀི ྀི꒱७  ૮ ོ ོ𑁬

₍ ₎　 ꒰ ꒱ྀི　 ૮꒰ ꒱ა　 ᧔ ᧓　 ᧔ྀི ᧓ྀི　 ʕ ྀི ྀིʔ

꒰ ꒱　 ଘ꒰ ꒱　 ꒰ ੭ ꒱ ᐣ　 𓊆 𓊇　 ᑦ꒰ྀིྀི ྀྀི꒱ᐣ 　 ૮꒰ྀི ꒱ྀིა

　

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[linktoo-doodles]

resurrection is sort of romantic, isnt it

[tooquirkytolose]

Happy Mexican Independece Day from Hatsune Mikuacana

[fogmoo]

Lamb to the slaughter

[sweetlemondream]

the angel and demon on the shoulder symbolism oh im sick

[dientesdeporcelana]

⠀ ⠀ ︶︶ 　 ˚ ᡴꪫ 𝐌 𝐄 𝐒 𝐒 𝐘 ⠀𝐒 𝐘 𝐌 𝐁 𝐎 𝐋 𝐒

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ꒰⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐୨୧⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐⁐꒱

◟✿ ⠀ ┈─★ ⠀ ೀ ⠀⦂ ⠀〈 ⠀ ━╋ ⠀ . . .ᐟᅟ ⠀ ꒰੭ ⠀ ♱

⠀ ๋ ⠀ ᯓ★ ⠀ zᶻ ⠀ ഒ ⠀ ᡣ𐭩ྀིྀི ⠀ 𓉸ྀི ⠀ ꫂ ၴႅၴ ⠀ ᡣ𐭩 ⠀ ও ⠀ ꨄ

જ⁀➴ ⠀ׂ ִ ⠀ ١٥٧٤ ⠀ ♡ ⠀ ⨟ ⠀ ࣪ › ⠀ ᨒ ⠀ ╰┈ ⠀ ᦔ

⠀ ⁘ ⠀ ฺ ⠀ ꒰͡ ͜ Ï ͜ ͡꒱͏ ⠀ ⸝⸝⸝⸝ ⠀ ᜊ ⠀ ꒰ა ⠀ ໒꒱ ⠀ 𐂯ྀི ⠀ ʚɞྀི ⠀ ⓘ

⠀ ⍵ ⠀ ︿ ⠀ ⬭ ⠀ 𓋜 ⠀ ◜ ͡ ◝ ⠀ ◟ ͜ ◞ ⠀ ᘛ ⠀ ◌ ⠀ ᘚ ⠀ ﹗

⠀ ∿ ⠀ ⟆ ⠀ ⧼ ⠀ ⧽ ⠀ ✎ ⠀ ╱ ⠀ ╲ ⠀ ︶ ⠀ ︵ ⠀ ♪ ⠀ ♫

⠀ 𓉳 ⠀ 𓃹 ⠀ 𓈀 ⠀ 𓊆 𓊇 ⠀ 𓆉 ⠀ 𓌈 ⠀ 𓆏 ⠀ 𓆣 ⠀ 𓅭

⠀ 𓆆 ⠀ 𓆃 ⠀ 𓇻 ⠀ 𓈉 ⠀ 𓈋 ⠀ 𓈓 ⠀ 𓈗 ⠀ 𓈆 ⠀ 𓉶

⠀ 𓈃 ⠀ 𓇼 ⠀ 𓇹 ⠀ 𓉸 ⠀ 𓊈 𓊉 ⠀ 𓊰 ⠀ 〔 〕 ⠀ ∆ ⠀ ∇

[chickenndogg]

This was Bill’s symbols by the way lol, type in ‘oroborous’

It reads ‘Chonky boi’

[exilley]

I do sort of wish western anime fans would analyze anime and manga from a framework of japanese historical and cultural context. Specifically a lot of works from the 90s being influenced by the general aimlessness and ennui that a lot of people were experiencing due to the burst in the bubble economy and the national trauma caused by the sarin terrorist attack. I think in interacting with media that’s not local to our sociocultural/sociopolitical sphere it’s easy to forget that it’s influenced and shaped by the same kinds of factors that influence media within our own cultural dome and there ends up being this baseline misalignment of perception between the causative elements of a narrative and viewer interpretation of those elements. It’s a form of death of the author that i think, in some measure, hinders our ability to fully understand/come to terms with creator intent and the full scope of a work’s merits

[valtsv]

stabbing as a metaphor for penetration is great but when are we going to talk about pressing down on where someone is wounded to disarm them or just to be cruel while fighting. does nobody else care about the perverse intimacy of knowing exactly where to touch to overpower someone. the grotesque vulnerability of it. especially if you're the one who wounded them in the first place.