#❝ analysis ❞

[advokatus]

Alois has spent an absurd quantity of money on his house design. There isn't a room he isn't absolutely obsessed with, and yes, he's that old lady who has pots to cook, pots for special occasions; plates for every day use, and plates for special occasions. He can't leave the house without making the bed first and putting about 3 different pairs of pillows back into it.

He would suffer deeply if something in his house gets damaged or broken, especially if it's the kitchen counter or living room furniture since they were all done by famous fashion designers, which makes those areas unique in the world.

Ikea? He hasn't heard that name in years. And, please, don't get me started with the Christmas season. He ADORES it and yes, he has gold adornments for the tree.

He has one maid who cleans twice a week, and, okay, fine, saying he would kill for him is a low standard considering who Alois is, but he would protect him at all costs. Dominicus is an Italian migrant living in Germany, he got his visa and citizenship thanks to Alois. This is, perhaps, their most codependent relationship. They've gotten drunk together a couple of times and they end up hugging to the verge of tears because they are wondering what life would be like if one of them happens to die.

Dominicus isn't just a maid, he's Alois' assistant. Yes, they met in Morocco and shared the same trauma. Dominicus decided to give up his career as a journalist and when Alois heard of this, he couldn't accept it. Alois believes Dominicus is the most talented writer he's ever met, and couldn't tolerate the idea of such talent going to waste. Therefore, when his magazine began to rise, he brought Dominicus from Italy, but the man didn't wish for the life Alois was offering him as head director. After a lot of negotiations, a lot of brawls, Dominicus became Alois right hand.

Everyone in the office believes they are an item. They aren't romantically involved, but they would go through heaven and hell for each other. There isn't a single thing that could split these two men apart. Alois believes Dominicus doesn't know about his murders, but he does know, and has never mentioned a thing, and never will.

[coolreader18]

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[the-uncanny-dag]

[starbuck]

“…to me” is one of the most powerful disclaimers we have on here… is this character analysis accurate? debatable. but it’s real… to me.

[chessb0r3d]

Analysis so bad you don't even know what it's talking about anymore.

[h3artw0rms]

So the gift Powder received from Ekko was a necklace with a blue peony.

And you know me from my Vi and Caitlyn post so of course I'll look up what the flower language of that means and it's the following:

And if you look closely, you can see the profile faces of Ekko and Powder in between the petals

In this reality, the two can't be together, as he wasn't HER Ekko. But Powder still means the world to him.

[justgivemeabookplease]

Shrek 2, while a cinematic masterpiece, is also an interesting look at queerness and comp het.

Fiona is married so it's time to reunite with her parents. But instead of marrying a prince, she's married to an ogre. Not just that, but she's also an ogre. (Yes everyone knew she would sometimes be an ogre but that was when she was a child, she didn't know she would be an ogre for the rest of her life, and besides once she met the right prince she would stop being an ogre. She was supposed to stop being an ogre.)

But okay they're both ogres. We can still ask about when they'll have children because even if they're ogres they can still have kids, right? That's what married princes and princesses do so naturally that's what everyone does. Even if ogres might not be great parents (I've heard that ogres eat their young, is that something you people do?) it's still something that should be discussed.

And okay you can stay in Fiona's childhood bedroom filled with all the reminders that hey, everyone thought she was just a princess and princesses marry princes. Her toys left out from the last time she played with them. The prince slays the ogre. The princess offers a token of gratitude for slaying the ogre. Fiona wrote Mrs. Fiona Charming a million times in her diary because what else was she supposed to grow up to be?

And Harold, the Fairy Godmother says, you have to fix this, your kingdom can't be ruled by ogres. You were unfit to rule, to be loved, when you were a frog but I changed you, I made you better, I made you a prince. You know how this works. Think of your daughter's safety.

Shrek goes to the Fairy Godmother and oh honey, ogres don't live happily ever after. It's just not done. It hasn't happened in all of fairy tale history. You have to change the both of you to be happy. You have to present as a prince and a princess. It will be better. You'll fit in better that way. You'll be accepted that way.

[your-senpaaaai]

so are we gonna talk about how mirror pieces around jinx’s face are literally in the form of warwick jaws ???? like omg ?????

[odetokeons]

♱ Nosferatu (2024) dir. Robert Eggers ♱

+ bonus

[enderlordisadumbusername]

the fact that kobolds seem to be this more "animalistic" race, with kuro talking in broken language and like improper grammar. this, coupled with the fact that he seems unaware of the fact that he's being exploited by mick, makes kobolds appear to be less intelligent than other races.

but we actually find out that the simple speech patterns are in fact due to common being kuro's second language. and in a scene where kabru talks to kuro in his native language, it's actually kabru with the simple speech patterns.

we even learn that kuro seems to actually have a much better understanding of his situation with mick than we first imagine. merely wanting to stay with them so they can have someone who they can feel relaxed around.

this, coupled with a bunch of other things, really makes dungeon meshi stand out from other fantasy media. there are no "dumb" or "evil" races, they're all just people.

[bi-for-vi]

I don’t see anybody talking about this, but it hurt my heart

[advokatus]

[iminmywritersdungeon]

This this this right here is getting to me. Gif is from @terrapia

Yeah you could argue this parallels Silco but it doesn’t really. Silco didn’t want to give up jinx because she’s his daughter. Sevika doesn’t want to give up jinx because she’s a zaunite

And you know who that reminds me of so fucking much?

That’s Vander’s ideology right there. Vander could have done like Grayson suggested, picked any rando off the streets to take the fall for the apartment explosion, but he wouldn’t, because those are his people.

Vander was weak and Vander was a coward but Sevika followed him once, and there was a reason for that

Silco may have been the Eye of zaun, but Vander is its Heart, and that heart is still fucking beating

[linktoo-doodles]

resurrection is sort of romantic, isnt it

[sunnyrmrez]