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Hello, I’m Shadi, a father of three from Gaza. During this war, I lost several family members, My wife and children are now my only priority

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quick fan letter doodle ✉️

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happy birthday to the captain of all time 🎊

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let’s pretend brook was the first to actually pen the piano arrangement for binks’ sake, but the song itself has existed for longer, just spread around by mouth 🍶

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went back to my roots and drew these pride icons for my one piece blog revamp over at doffies. feeling very nostalgic 🥺

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is this anything 🫣 (based after this one post)

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iva: anyone worth your time will appreciate a good poem. just whip out some of the ones i taught you and you'll be sweeping the entire bar off their feet

dragon: 👍

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yuri warriors rise up 😤

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seeing so many people talk about how toriyama inspired them creatively, or how his art was the beginning of their own art or story-telling journeys really just struck me with this profound sense of loss, and also gratitude for the creative minds his work birthed. dragon quest set itself apart from other jrpgs at the time (and even now honestly) by never forgetting the whimsical aspect of fantasy stories with his silly and adorable character designs.

never forget that the slime went from a mostly formless blob to the iconic little waterdrop-shaped friend that dominates the isekai genre today. that time I got reincarnated into a slime, campfire cooking in another world, the amount of stories that all revolve around the core concept of the slime being this weak and adorable starting enemy is endless at this point, and it all came from toriyama decided to add a little silliness to what was essentially a monster players would encounter upon starting up dragon quest with no experience or strength.

even dr slump, as niche as it is outside of japan, inspired a generation of mangaka and brought us the powerhouses we love today. oda started out drawing arale. the creator of one piece started out with fan art of a gag series, and drew the main character so much that even all these years later he can draw her from memory. dr. stone, a manga about humanity rebuilding after thousands of years, featured dragon ball as one of the series that persisted through humanity’s collapse and a symbol of hope.

outside of japan, one of the most important concepts in steven universe, the fusion of two or more characters through a silly dance, is directly inspired by fusion in dbz. even shows not directly inspired by dbz, when the subject of anime was involved, always used it and goku’s super saiyan transformation as a template for what anime was. toriyama’s influence really changed the creative landscape forever, and me waxing poetic or listing examples really can’t cover even a sliver of what he did.

i became a fan around the time super broly released, utterly wowed by the movie’s animation and the lovable character design of the titular character broly. and as i watched and played more of his works from dragon ball to chrono trigger, i found myself falling in love over and over again with the fun and wild character designs. he clearly loved what he did and the work he put out, and you can really feel it in how alive his covers feel. characters on overcomplicated mechas or vehicles, characters riding dinosaurs, even characters in lush and overgrown landscapes. he just loved drawing, and that love really touched me and pushed me to try drawing again after years of disinterest. I don’t know what else to say other than thank you, for the making the world you wanted to make, and giving the push everyone around you needed to make their own worlds and stories. i truly hope you rest in peace.

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rest in peace akira toriyama, you made one of my favorite series of all time with some of the most lovable characters in fiction

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@emmacornell @privatemumbles

damn... i could've sworn there was an alternative but i might've been thinking of the dragon quest wiki that migrated off of fandom a while back... thank you for the info 🥲

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calling all the dragon ball girlies

does anyone know an alternative to the dragon ball fandom page for like. character facts/trivia and written recaps for events

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don't think this can be called a feminism win but its funny how the two wlw couples are shown to be relatively healthy and functioning relationships and in the case of caulikale is literally the best hope universe 6 has for survival after hit's defeat.

meanwhile whatever the fuck goku and vegeta have going on has caused earth to explode at least once

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saw db xenoverse 2 on huge sale like a year ago and like a fool i told myself i'd just wait until 3 comes out because it's such an old game and 'the sequel is probably coming soon.'

i could practically hear the bells on my little jester hat jingling

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things bulma and gas have in common

tried to kill goku on sight

little siblings

have been confirmed to piss themselves at least 1 time

blue

things they DONT have in common

one of them fucked vegeta

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yamcha deserves a loving family with kids he can dote on. Look at him. he's one of the few characters in dbz who would absolutely crush it as a dad and deserves it <3

he even says in canon he'd like to start a family one day and the fact that hes still single and stuck in the hell that is perpetual yearning for what his friends have is just cruel :(

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*no bugs were harmed in the making of this comic 🐝

(there is no wasp emoji, sorry </3 based off that one post about someone on a date with an entomologist and the guy just. grabbing a bug out of the air)

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