Whump dialogue prompts:
“When was the last time you slept? You look worse than after finals week junior year!”
“I need you to take a deep breath, ______. I know you feel like you can’t, but I promise, you can.”
“A bad day?! Maybe try calling it a bad week, or even a bad month. You’ve been dealing with some horrible stuff lately, _______, don't downplay it by saying you’ve just had a bad day.”
“Can you just sit down for a second, please? You’re starting to look a little pale, and we don’t need anyone else passing out.”
“If you keep downplaying your injuries like that, I’m going to just start ignoring it every time you claim to be okay.”
“Either you stay in bed, or I’ll have to take drastic measures.” “What does that mean?” “I’ll get our youngest teammate to take a nap on you.”
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It really dawned on me watching episode 17, just how important this sequence of events is to Kabru and Laios' relationship, and how. Well. That's for a different post. I want to keep this one free of spoilers. (Certified Safe For Anime Only™)(There are spoilers for episode 17, tho. Obviously.)
Kabru's main concern has been, at least in part, revealed. He wants to figure out if Laios is capable of defeating the dungeon, and, if so, if Laios can be trusted with the power that might confer. The answer to his first question is simple. Yes. If anyone can defeat the dungeon, it's Laios.
The second question is where things get interesting. Can Laios be trusted with power?
In the aftermath of Laios' first fight with Toshiro, Kabru learns that while Laios has no particular respect for the law or conventional wisdom, he does have the humility to consider that his judgment might be flawed if he encounters conflict with someone he respects.
That is the face of a man taking notes, and I think he's making a cautious mark in Laios' favor. Laios doesn't really understand Toshiro's opinion, but he's listening.
Then, in the fight with the Falin-Dragon chimera, Kabru voices dissent—disgust, even—with Laios and Marcille's priorities.
You can practically see the Dragon Age style approval rating drop. Kabru disapproves. Minus fifteen hearts. If it had ended like this, I think Kabru would have lost all interest in Laios. Someone who would sacrifice a dozen lives out of sentiment can't be trusted.
Laios' response, and the way it builds on Kabru's earlier observation, is crucial.
He listened. And even better, he didn't listen blindly. He applied critical thought to Kabru's argument. What Kabru hears from him isn't just "I'm sorry, you were right," but also, "I understand and respect your position and priorities, and here's a very good argument for why killing what I still consider to be my sister is not in our best interest."
He processed Kabru's criticism and came to his own conclusions, and he did it fast. Not only that, but he's right. Kabru hadn't considered the potential consequences of killing the chimera.
Laios proved in this one exchange that he 1) isn't blinded by either his pride or his prejudice, 2) has the strength of character to not just fall back and surrender to someone else's judgment when he's uncertain, and 3) is smart enough to tactically outhink Kabru.
This is why Kabru is so invested in Laios liking him that he forces himself to eat the harpy omlette. This is why Kabru takes Laios' hand and makes sure he knows he wants to see him again. He doesn't understand Laios, and he still has strong reservations about him. Laios' interest in monsters scares him. But Laios has proved to Kabru that he might be capable of being the person Kabru needs him to be.
Top Ten Pictures Of The Moment He Won You Over (Taken Just Before Disaster).
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BARBENHEIMER - July 21, 2023
The most ambitious crossover event in history
(artists cited under the cut!)
I hyperlinked the original posts to the artist handle wherever possible so go show the artists some love!!
ROW 1:
@JohnBeLucky on Reddit
@anglespizza on Twitter (they made this for a class-iconic)
@whovianrad on Twitter
@shadowknightdk on Twitter
@BossLogic on Twitter
ROW 2:
@rahalarts on Instagram
@justralphy on Instagram
@GrungiestBunny on Instagram, available as a poster here
@envelopandkissme on Tumblr (I think? idk this one was hard to find)
@shirtsthtgohard on Twitter, available for purchase here
ROW 3:
@omarg294 on Twitter (possibly not the original source)
@raichu.copper on Instagram/@raichucopper on Twitter
@galactic_psychedelia Instagram, available on Redbubble here
@thesenatortheatre on Instagram (possibly not the original source)
@nannymcghee on Tik Tok
ROW 4:
Retro Travel Design on Redbubble
@rahalarts on Instagram
@stevereevesart on Instagram
@jonattfieldart on Instagram
@gringgieespons on Tik Tok
ROW 5:
@BossLogic on Instagram/@BossLogic on Twitter
@rahalarts on Instagram
@nolanlounds Tik Tok
@seanlongmore Instagram
@Cornettogod on Twitter
ROW 6:
@readfulthings on Instagram (aka Adam Perocchi)
I cannot find this artist but you can buy the shirt here and here
@moviemantis on Instagram (possibly not the original source, idk)
Jason P on LinkedIn (ok career barbie!!)
and finally, you can buy the shirt here
huge love to all the incredibly talented artists that put their work on the internet for free for all of us to look at, we love you!! (please sign/watermark your works though, the amount of art theft I found while looking these up made me sad for you)
anti-shoutouts: to google for nerfing their reverse image search with google lens (seriously-CHANGE IT BACK), to twitter for making it almost impossible to use the website after I deleted my account, and to basically no one on tik tok (or any other social media site for that matter) for crediting artists because that made tracking down the original posts so much harder than it needs to be :')
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illustrated scene of the epilogue of my fic None Walk The Earth.
After having worked on this fic for a better part of 4 years, I thought ending it by just posting the epilogue on Ao3 was a bit anti-climactic so I decided to do a little companion piece by illustrating one of my favorite scenes from the epilogue too. thank you to everyone who read it along the way, or even if you read it because of this post, this fic means a lot to me and I hope you enjoyed this story as much as I did writing it <33
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Happy Birthday, Raiden Shogun!
It has been quite a long time since we last met beneath the sakura trees to admire the flowers and talk. Thank you for your invitation.
The light novel you lent to me last time was quite enthralling. These past few nights, I've been so engrossed that I often find that by the time I look up, it's already morning.
It was a rather novel experience, I've never felt time pass so quickly before... almost like the time among these petals.
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