#- Are you fine with me? ( about the muse ) -

[tofixtheshadows]

This is one of my favorite minor details in Dungeon Meshi, firstly because what in the femme fatale, but also because it's one of those little things that raises so many questions about worldbuilding.

The Occam's Razor defense attorney in me says that Ryoko Kui gave Kabru a boot knife because she wanted him to escape from his bonds here. And Kabru is a very competent swordsman, why wouldn't he have a boot knife, sure. He's already got a dagger, he can have this too.

And yet: the implications. Kabru, why do you have that? That is not remotely something that could be easily accessed or used in combat. Nobody is pulling out a pen knife from the heel of their boot during a fight with a monster. It's useless in the dungeon ... unless you're the type of person who isn't just worried about monsters.

I've mentioned this before, but I consider one of Kabru's functions in the narrative as being the character who fully brings the idea of human ecosystems into the story. There's a reason why he's always connected to large groups of people (Toshiro's party, the Canaries). He (along with Mr. Tansu, briefly) introduces the reader to the social and political forces working on the dungeon, showing us that none of this is happening in a monster-filled vacuum. His confrontation with the corpse retrievers, who very nearly kill Kabru's party permanently with their reckless murder-for-money scheme, reminds us that monsters are not the only things that prey on humans. Kabru understands the ways the dungeon causes people to put profit over human lives.

We only get hints of it in the story, but like any gold-rush-style economic boom, it's implied that there is a lot of crime and corruption surrounding the dungeon.

So yeah, it really makes me wonder why Kabru keeps a tiny knife in his boot, meant to be carried on him even in situations where he would otherwise be unarmed. Stored exactly in the place where it's easy to reach, even if, for some reason, your hands are tied behind your back.

[deoidesign]

Thinking about vampires, death, life, and the space they occupy in between

[polluxii]

my bloodthirsty muse

[lunarfey]

losing followers whenever i post anything smut related like 🧍‍♂️

[pwurrz]

who’s ready for more yakumo trauma talk-! *i am forcibly removed from the stage before i can begin speaking*

[yingren]

happy halloween i'll be spending the night in a haunted house called my drafts and inbox

[kurozu501]

thinking about it further, yeah the biggest difference between komi san and bocchi the rock is that bocchi is actually the protagonist of her own story and komi isnt. 

Yeah thats right, despite having her name in the title komi isnt the main character. Some rando generic nice guy McProtagonist is the main character of komi san. Picture literally any generic short black haired anime protag, one of those factory standard ones, he’s the actual main character of the story. And so all of komi’s anxiety is filtered through that lens of her being attractive to him and the inevitable romance that will develop between them. Even though the series does have some nice moments and relatable bits, ultimately its all based on this “look how cute and attractive komi is!” set up. In the end, komi san as a series isn’t really about anxiety. Its about finding out that the beautiful seemingly untouchable girl you like secretly has a big weakness and now YOU get to be the special person she confides in, relies on, and eventually dates.

Meanwhile Bocchi the Rock! is actually about bocchi. she’s the main character from minute one. We learn about her lonely middle school backstory, how she picked up the guitar, and follow the story from her pov. So her anxiety is actually treated as a problem, something she struggles with that actively messes up her life and her desire to make friends. Its used for comedy but the jokes just underscore how much it hurts bocchi to live like this. its not cute. the very idea of bocchi being attractive because she’s too shy to talk to people, like in komi san, feels absurd. it would be rightfully seen as ridiculous. And that feels way more realistic and true to life. 

[unproduciblesmackdown]

Full Tech Day One pic today from kiko laureano (denizen of skid row / ensemble) & video (that's four seconds of "ya never know" playing over the static image) from & ft. marcia milgrom dodge (director / choreographer) double captioning "there might be puppets in this musical ;)" & "Well Shake my hand! Come see LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS @guthrietheater featuring @actually_will_roland's hand!"

[hechose]

bawls my eyes out to a house in nebraska thinking abt how intensely armand is capable of loving, how it consumes him and stays with him.

absolutely fucking sobs listening to hard times thinking about how for so so long armand didn't really know what love was meant to be--

[ghastlybcnes]

tag dump

[handfulofmuses]

J vc: new planet, fresh start. I get a new job and work myself to exhaustion so that I don’t have to think about all the terrible things in my life, I will forget about Tessa and the gala incident and that monster that kept me around as a plaything pet and only the new work environment matters, i know it will only be short lived but anywhere is better than here.

N: hi.

J: THROWS A WHOLE BUILDING.

[pcrfectcrime]

i just downloaded a bunch of videos of sza, cardi b, and tinashe to make gifs. threfore this may be my hyper fixation for the next month oop. replies will be on the slower side as the muse is a little eh right now.

[ratwars]

I guess that happens when I am cool with so many Fyodor ships some fall by the wayside.

[noblestaspirations]

replies soon if my add doesn't say otherwise. i am listening to spillways and having Anduin Thoughts.

[yuelun]

Apparently when I send birthday asks, they're never "small gifts". My muses go all out.

[waywardsalt]

now bc of that one post abt zelda getting fridged whenever that one guy directs a zelda game im thinking abt tetra just getting turned to stone in ph and like. what would it have been like if she were an actual character in ph. what would she have done how would this have changed the story