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Gift illustration of Persona Obscura by MalkyTop, commissioned by @obstinaterixatrix!

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im sorry but i cannot stop thinking about isha's pastel memories that play during her sacrifice scene.

look at how full of colour this beautiful fuckin shot is:

it's been well established in episodes 4-6 how grim and dark the undercity has become under cait and ambessa's new rule. but look at how isha sees/remembers it - because of jinx.

jinx, who went through a severe childhood trauma that has carried over into her present self - she covers extremely destructive weapons and grenades in bright pinks and blues, neons, childlike doodles, graffiti. (joy and destruction, powder and jinx, a contrast so striking it becomes like a signature for her).

and then we see the world through isha's eyes. when we meet her in episode 2, she's running through sewers, from goons dressed in black; it's grimy and grim. and then all of her recent memories are done in these childlike pastel, almost crayon-y sketches. because what isha saw was jinx covering a dark and grim world in colours.

and so isha covered her world in colour, too.

because jinx made her world bright.

isha looked at jinx and saw the child in her. she saw powder and she saw jinx. she saw joy and destruction. and that's why jinx gave isha so much hope. isha knew the world was grim and dark - but then she watched jinx, and she learned that you can paint over all that grim darkness with neon blue spray paint.

that's why isha believed in hope. that's why in her final moments - in a scene that is lit dimly and dramatically - she sees nothing but a bright world coloured in pastels.

never underestimate the hope of a child.

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Okay okay okay the thing IS. The anime has Dimple saying, “Well if you die and can’t pass on, at least we’ll have each other” TO MOB. Which I understand; the Mob and Dimple friendship is hugely important to Mogami arc and to the show as a whole, and it works as this sort of dark-humored aside that, while snarky, reads as a genuine attempt at comfort. This arc is a turning point, but we’ve already seen a lot of development in Dimple and Mob’s relationship.

BUT. In the manga he doesn’t say it to Mob. He says it to Reigen. And while it’s harder to read tone in written text, especially when you’re dealing with translation, the panel is extremely somber. There’s no silly Dimple expression like in the anime; it’s a close crop of the back of Reigen and Dimple’s heads as they look away. “If you die and can’t get into heaven, let’s be friends again down here” is a SERIOUS OFFER. Dimple’s been complaining about Reigen non-stop and snarking at him and their relationship up until this point has been pretty combative. But here he believes that Reigen’s going to die–to be killed by the same person that took out the last group of people Dimple was at all close with–and he offers companionship.

And! Sorry i talk about this All The Time but it’s so important to manga!Mogami arc: this happens right as Reigen is trying to convince Mob to leave. Ostensibly he asks him to “get help,” but it’s obvious in context that he thinks everyone in that basement is going to get slaughtered and is lying to Mob in hopes that the kid will at least save himself. Reigen gets into a lot of dangerous situations and isn’t always great at self-preservation, but there are vanishingly few occasions where he actually thinks he’s not going to make it out. But this is one of them.

And it’s such a strange sort of comfort, but it is comfort, for the resident ghost to say, “Hey, even if you do die this doesn’t have to be the end.” To say “If you don’t know where to go, you can stick with me.” To offer, in the translation I read, friendship, even though that’s something he won’t admit he wants for himself until much, much later in the story.

Anyway this is why I lose it every time I see That One Panel Everyone Laughs At For Being Kind Of Gay.

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did I post this already? who cares- take my ekurei comic

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She's having a rough day at work. but luckily, she's in good hands <3

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mopu (heavily inspired by Haaagea's mobfurry)

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ARCANE SEASON 2

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been thinking about my good friend shigeo kageyama lately

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christmas serirei.. for my fanfction.. im writing... lemme know if you want me to post a teaser...

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ppl will post butch positivity with like 5 allusions to transmasculitity (binding, t, top surgery, etc) and 0 mentions of transfem butches

i love you butches on estrogen! i love you butches who feel caught between expressing yourself as a woman and as a butch because of transmisogyny! i love you butches who want/have bottom surgery! i love you butches who don’t! i love you butches who feel like butch is your gender and i love you butches who feel like butch is your sexuality!

i love you transfem butches! i love you trans women butches! i love you butches!

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winter is returning to gaza which means white phosphorous acid rain, polio infected sewage flooding, and bitter cold with no shelter. tents are not enough.

siraj's family has 10 children in it, many under the age of 12, two newborns, and two elderly people who are susceptible to disease. his mother has diabetes, which anyone knows needs frequent monitoring and medical care. he and his family just recovered from skin infections and he doesn't want to see them suffer from all the disease the winter will bring.

siraj found a place to rent but its 1400 CAD a month. the lease lasts 6 months - he needs to raise $8400 CAD / $6253 USD as soon as possible before winter gets really ugly so he can secure his family's safety.

siraj is trying to rebuild his life. he doesn't want to let the zionist entity kick him out. he's staring this genocide in the face and telling them he doesn't care what they do, he's not leaving.

yet, he's really far from his goal. and things are moving really slowly. i don't know how many times i can repeat this same information. things change but the brutality of what they face stays the same.

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Not socialist in a “I won’t have to work” type of way but socialist in a “I’ll still be working but I won’t be worried I won’t make the rent” type of way. In a “billions won’t be hoarded by one person” type of way. In a “janitors, fast-food workers, child care workers, preschool teachers, hotel clerks, personal care and home health aides, and grocery store cashiers, will live comfortably” type of way. In a “the sick and elderly will be cared for” type of way. In a “no child should work” type of way.

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ya actually those arent typos i just spell words however i want to

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I'm curious...

Reblog to make the post go 'round and all that. Maybe explain in the tags or replies why you're using the theme you're using if you want.

And if you're not aware yet, you can change your theme in the Settings>Dashboard section.

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Stay in shape!

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Eels...