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[leucoratia]

My favourite loser scientist (we are legally married)

Handplates!Gaster by @zarla-s (thank you so much for this AU it has given me life for the past 6 years)

[delawaredetroit]

In retrospect, I actually appreciate how the narrative decided to handle Ochako's crush in this arc.

This scene comes immediately after Izuku decided to glue his Hero Deku mask to his face. This introspection from Ochako doesn't just set up Ochako as a potential love interest: it sets up Ochako as a narrative foil to both Izuku and Toga.

Both Izuku and Ochako determined to suppress part of themselves in this scene to pursue their pro hero ambitions. Izuku suppressed his negative emotions in pursuit of the smiling, confident symbol he is chasing. While Ochako suppressed an arguably positive feeling - a new teenager crush - to avoid any distraction from giving it her all like Izuku.

Toga in contrast, after being forced by others to suppress her desires for years and then snapping, chose not to suppress her feelings at all regardless of the consequences to herself or others. On the other hand, unlike Toga and Izuku*, no one discouraged Ochako from expressing her emotions - because they were within the norm. And it's ironic that it's what Toga told Ochako about what it means to love that was the deciding factor for Ochako to choose to suppress her feelings. Toga feels that love is wanting to become just like that person. Ochako is following Toga's advice by mirroring Izuku's emotional suppression.

*Izuku and Toga also have a common theme of external forces requiring suppression of desires/feelings outside the norm. Izuku's outside the norm desires just involved wanted the agency to reach out to others as a quirkless person rather than expression of romantic feelings. And the other negative feelings he suppresses involve his past that he is forbidden from addressing due to external pressures.

[avichor]

its in my rules but my reply speed does not indicate level of interest !! if you're here, it is because i do want to write with you. i've just learned that if i put a deadline on it, i feel rushed and forced, and then we're all having a bad time <3

[didderd]

me and @skelekins have been tossing Snaps and sea bunny Kelek back and forth on our rb blogs, so here's a doodle of one of the scenes from it! :3

(here is a link to the thread so far)

[vvisteriagrows]

open to: f / m / nb featuring: maeve soto, twenty - five, former vet tech, current zombie apocalypse survivor literally living her worst life connection: a stranger out in the wild, a party member returning from scavenging, a pre - apocalypse friend / coworker / neighbor showing up to camp, go wild !

" i'm only gonna ask you one more time. were. you. bit ? "

[townofcadence]

If you're waiting for a reply from me, I'm really sorry for the wait! I have most of them written in drafts, but I'm holding on to all of them except the resonance thread (Resi is a fickle muse sometimes and I don't want to lose him while he's working with me) because I'm trying to get some artwork done for commissions and gifts!! I plan to release threads come Friday, but i really appreciate the patience! ^^

[fullscoreshenanigans]

Your analyses are the best. They are so fun to read and I over think everything afterwarrs

Thank you!

For analyses above my level, I highly recommend checking out these if you haven't already read them:

The two chapters of Kei Toda's Reading The Promised Neverland with a British/American Literature Scholar (2020) that have been translated into English by fans (Chapter 2: Religion by @thathilomgirl & @0hana0fubuki0 | Chapter 3: Gender by @1000sunnygo)

Anime Feminist's "Emma’s Choice: The gender-norm nightmare at the heart of The Promised Neverland" article (2018) (good follow-up to Toda's chapter on gender)

Jackson P. Brown's "Thoughts on… The Promised Neverland, and Black Women in Manga" (2018) blog post and Zeria's video essay/blog post (2019) on Krone's depiction

Jairus Taylor's "The Unfulfilled Potential of The Promised Neverland Anime" (2021) which made me more open to the idea of a remake of S1

For tumblr posts (some of these I'm linking through my blog because I either had a minor link addition or think the OP's/prev's tags deserve to be seen and rebloggable, but you can just click through to the original post):

@puff-poff's exploration of the demon world's culture (Part 1 & Part 2)

@just-like-playing-tag's examination of the farm system, Emma character analysis launched by a minute change in S2e02, and mini-Isabella analysis regarding her treatment of Ray (along with her blog just being a wealth of knowledge in general)

@hylialeia's post on the series' handling of Norman's plan/the oppressed and oppressors

@avadescent's analysis of the S2 ED album art (Norman and Emma are perpendicular; Emma and Ray are parallel.)

@linkspooky has a lot of analyses from when the series was running but special mention to this analysis of Norman's character

@vobomon also has a lot but special mention to her Norman is autistic and Norman has PTSD posts

@goldiipond's "Ray is autistic" essay

@emmaspolaroid with some of the best Emma and Emma & Isabella meta in general

@nullaby's post on Isabella and Ray's relationship

[anquenin]

ok so i got this idea in my brain after a talk with @victo1re where i kinda feel like in the game, astarion does not have any vampire abilities and we could potentially dunk that on being a spawn or being tadpoled but i am doing my own thing here with this because i love vampires and the things they can do and astarion needs more of that and maybe i will reformat this into something that makes more sense but for now...in general these abilities come to him over time, and not all of them at once...

things that astarion had but the tadpole took away at first:

claws, think like catwoman, retractable claws to be used however he wants, even in game his animations sort of suggest that he is used to attacking with them.

charming people, he had access to some low level charming ability by virtue of being a vampire.

things that astarion did not have access to before but now he does:

turning into a bat

using shadowed areas as places he can teleport in between places

a form of self healing that occurs over time when he's hurt by things that aren't explicitly anti vampire in nature.

things that astarion never knew he had because he never fed properly:

when he bites someone, there is some type of venom his teeth put out where it makes you a lil more calm, maybe it even feels good ! we can even plot what effect it has on your specific muse for funsies !

rat! i might hear you saying, how did he not have access to these things and my guys the simple explanation is that CAZADOR DID NOT LET THEM FEED PROPERLY! and feeding from blood, is perhaps the one thing this dude needs to be properly intune with his vampiric abilities. and AGAIN this do not appear all at once but over time during his adventures, and i know he gets buffs being the vampire ascendant but like this is my house my rules he might even get different things if he ascends and i feel like talking about it too.

[deathfavor]

me at the fact i have to go to work tomorrow but also the fact the muses are Not Cooperating

[aletheialed]

As Barok walks down the hallway to greet the guest at his door, he wonders if he should once again pray. God has never listened to him before, but if He truly is merciful... right now, Barok is certainly desperate enough to try.

The state he's in now is laughable. After ten long years, he's finally been freed of the Reaper's curse, and the truth about everything has been exposed. It's not like he expected everything to be easy after that... after all, the very truths that freed him have also been unbearably painful ones to accept, and the wounds he bears as a result - both old and new - will take a very long time to heal. He knows that well. But... he wasn't expecting to start losing his sanity after everything was already over.

It feels cruel. And in truth, maybe it's been a long time coming. It's not the first time Barok has worried he might be losing his mind, even then, but this is different to anything he's ever experienced before.

The symptoms of madness plaguing him now are too many to count, but above all else... is the infernal hunger that's consumed him. No matter how much he eats, it feels like it only gets worse by the minute, leaving him practically him a starving man, and frankly - terrified as well. It's a fear he can't even begin to express in words. The fear of dying when he finally found something to live for is already bad enough, but... this fear feels primal, like an instinct he didn't know he had, and sometimes it feels like he's being called to do something unthinkable, something he can't put in words but that fills him with a dread he can't shake off.

What a pitiable sight he must be. Luckily, the intensity of that fear seems to come and go by the moment, and right now, he's managed to make himself at least presentable enough for conversation. While the hunger still burns inside him, he has no choice but to ignore it for the time being - even if that thought alone makes him uncomfortable.

"Pray forgive the discourtesy of... my late arrival." As Barok greets the guest he's been expecting, Barok gives a slight bow, surprised at just how weary he feels already. Even finding the energy for words is strangely more difficult than it has any right to be. "I trust that there was no danger on your journey?"

@wakiizashi ( plotted starter ! )

[amischiefofmuses]

Guess who is ill again???? If you guessed me, correct. I swear since having covid I've ended up getting ill for like a whole week at least out of every month and rn my sinuses are making my head feel like it's gonna explode. I'm working on threads slowly but surely, trying to get stuff done before I go away on the 28th (I'll be gone for four days).

[beck-hartman]

WHO: Beck & @shoshanna-hart WHERE: Swimming Beach WHEN: Friday, August 25th, a little before 3pm.

Beck was setting up his tent, getting ready to soak up every last bit of summer like his life depended on it. Surrounded by friends, s'mores, a volleyball competition, and the ocean, he couldn't think of a better way to spend the weekend. Then he heard her voice--only slightly less jarring than when he'd stepped into Wild at Hart on the off-chance that the name wasn't coincidence--and the world stopped all over again. Dammit.

He didn't turn around, almost physically losing the ability, and simply murmured a reply, "'sup."

[coollyinterferes]

"Back by unpopular demand:"

"Us!"

[rebelscaped]

WHERE: the elephant's trunk car wash WHEN: 5th february, just after noon WHO: anyone! ( @anchoragestarters ) CAP: 3/6

Kael was not in a good mood. But could you blame him, after the morning he'd had? Oh, sure, he'd heard about the pileup earlier that day but, elsewhere in town, he'd driven his motorbike straight into a hot, steaming pile of reindeer shit. Unwilling to make a mess of the gang bike shop by cleaning it himself, he'd been forced to take the bike down to the Elephant's Trunk and pay to get the job done (although he was not convinced any amount of washing could clear away the smell that was still trapped in his nostrils). He'd made his stance on the stench clear to the employees, the specific argument being something to the effect of 'if you keep me in here a minute longer, I'm going to be sick all over the floor', and marched outside for a smoke. He'd only just gotten the cigarette carton out of his pocket when he crashed into a stopped vehicle and tripped over it. Kael managed to land on one knee but half the cigarettes had scattered into a pile of snow on the curb and he'd caught his lip on one of his rough metal rings. As if to rub salt into the wound, he had also drawn the attention of some unsuspecting customer who'd just been waiting their turn. Hoisting himself up, his weight on the vehicle that had committed this heinous crime against him, Kael snapped his attention to this undeserving soul. "What are you looking at?"

[dangaer]

a couple of points i wanted to speak about which i think i haven't mentioned before ( or if i did, it was briefly ) was mainly around the idea that my muses are prone to misinterpretation, whether that is through conception of other muses as characters, reasons as to why they are saying things to them or simply how things should come through after they have made a point / your muse has made a point. now, we're all aware that mun doesn't equal muse but small reminder that because my character has taken it someplace, doesn't mean i too think it's the same way. the majority of the time i'm letting them drive the plane as i watch and scream in the time. sometimes interacting with my muses will feel like a 50 chapter manhua / manhwa where you're stuck watching 50 chapters of easy to clear misunderstandings ... and that's okay, if you feel frustrated with this please take my sincere apologies and know i am more than happy to portray something else with you, just give me a heads up and we can work on it.

second of all, a psa i once reblogged stated this but honestly friendly reminder that you have pretty much a lot of free reign in how your muse responds to how they react. otom.e men can be, bastards and honestly if they walk into a fight i am more than happy to have that progress. treat them like the iconic dangan.ronpa slap scene, i'll understand <3

[flockrest]

everybody's asleep! time to post kido thoughts because i have so many things brewing in my head about him that i can never seem to word to my satisfaction and i am finally taking the leap and treating him like my canon muses in that you know what? the studies focusing solely on him do not have to be neat either!!

loves his dad. hates his dad. loves his dad enough to keep the quill from his feathered spear — the last physical connection to him he's got — to bind to the braided cord he receives from nekk for his growing semiplumes as a statement of you are still something to me. hates his dad enough that he never gave his weapon its proper rites by burning it in a funerary bonfire, which wouldn't be a problem if he also did not refuse to take it up in any shape or form ( nekk's still got it in his aerie, collecting dust ). it's complicated.

has healed enough from the loss that he can think of his dad and anything to do with him without ever feeling like his stomach's being pried open to be turned inside-out by the time totk rolls around. still wounded to the point of rejecting customary warrior training and finding that extensive, emphasised talk of warriorhood in general, a literal cultural hallmark, makes him genuinely anxious and even a little angry. just a little. he can at least immerse himself in the mythic touch and triumph of Songs.

loves revail. hates revali. still has all his Songs memorised and could recite the older ones by heart, still gets dreams of being buoyed up above the skies by what he imagines would be his gale, still quietly thinks he's one of the coolest people peaks among the ripples will ever have to grace their history. also can't feel normal about him in any single conversation. also gets irrationally mad when anyone goes on and on about him, the ( mostly silent ) critic to the enjoyer. also rather unhealthily, if only subconsciously, clings onto the idea that his dad chose revali and his legacy over himself — not in the "oh, i was not enough" way ( though he did have a stint of this ), but in the "oh, of course he'd choose someone so amazing like master revali over me" way. the idea of revali is the last thing connecting him to his past with his dad, where he was still present, and kido hasn't decided whether he wants to burn that bridge or reinforce it.

but hey, here's to fluffier things! is contender for the one with the best fine motor control among his peers. though he doesn't feel a passion for it, and would much rather something else at his current age, he does hold his clothier apprenticeship with nekk near and dear to his heart for giving him an outlet he very sorely needed and the inability to ( physically and emotionally ) self-isolate as he wanted to in the worst of his grief.

cartography came a bit out of nowhere, but at the same time it's perfectly fitting. he legitimately enjoys travelling, even if his initial taste for it came in little bites of attempted-and-failed rescue missions. and maybe he wants to make sure he'll be able to find anyone he cares about in the future, huh? maybe he wants to be able to pinpoint exactly where anyone could've gone no matter what. bonus points: it's an artisan's life, not a warrior's one! score! ( < is going to be so upset when he finds out that learning to at least know how to defend himself is a compulsory step in graduating from fledgling to globetrotter )