#Being all irritated about being in love

[bigsoftmarshmallow]

How would the Ganondorfs (Wind Waker, Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, Hyrule Warriors, and Tears of the Kingdom) and Demise (From Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword) react to realizing they are falling in love?

Wind Waker Ganondorf

Reaction: Wind Waker Ganondorf is a man of grand ambitions and deep bitterness. When he realizes he's falling in love, his initial reaction is one of confusion and denial. Love is a foreign concept to him, one he associates with weakness.

Behavior: He spends a great deal of time brooding, pacing back and forth on the deck of his ship, staring out at the sea. His thoughts are consumed by the object of his affection, and he finds it increasingly difficult to focus on his plans for Hyrule.

Response: Despite his initial resistance, Ganondorf eventually decides to confront his feelings head-on. He seeks out his love interest, his approach a mixture of vulnerability and authority. He demands to know what spell they have cast on him, his voice trembling with emotion. Though his words are harsh, his eyes betray the depth of his feelings.

Outcome: He confesses his turmoil with a mix of anger and desperation, unable to fully understand or control his emotions. "You've ensnared me," he says, voice low and intense. "I cannot think, cannot plan. What have you done to me?" His confession is raw and unpolished, but it is honest.

Ocarina of Time Ganondorf

Reaction: Ocarina of Time Ganondorf is a calculating and ruthless leader. When he realizes he's falling in love, he initially freezes up, unable to process the depth of his emotions. Love is a distraction, one that he cannot afford.

Behavior: He becomes even more aloof and distant, throwing himself into his work with renewed vigor. He tries to bury his feelings beneath layers of strategy and conquest, but they continue to surface, haunting his thoughts.

Response: Eventually, Ganondorf decides to take a more strategic approach. He carefully plans an encounter with his love interest, using the meeting to subtly gauge their feelings and intentions. His confession is indirect, cloaked in veiled references and cryptic remarks.

Outcome: He speaks in riddles, his eyes never leaving theirs. "You have become a part of my plans," he says, voice smooth and controlled. "I did not intend for this, but it seems fate has other designs." His confession is calculated, a test to see if they feel the same.

Twilight Princess Ganondorf

Reaction: Twilight Princess Ganondorf is a being of immense pride and power. When he realizes he's falling in love, he initially grows angry, seeing his emotions as a betrayal of his strength and purpose.

Behavior: He becomes more aggressive and volatile, his anger masking his fear. He lashes out at those around him, struggling to control the storm of emotions raging within.

Response: Despite his anger, Ganondorf eventually confronts his feelings with brutal honesty. He seeks out his love interest, his approach a mixture of intimidation and vulnerability. He demands that they take responsibility for the emotions they have stirred in him.

Outcome: He grabs their arm, his grip firm but not painful. "You have done this to me," he growls, eyes blazing with intensity. "I am not a man to feel such things, yet here I am. You will answer for this." His confession is forceful, a challenge rather than a plea.

Hyrule Warriors Ganondorf

Reaction: Hyrule Warriors Ganondorf is a warrior through and through, with little time for matters of the heart. When he realizes he's falling in love, he initially tries to hide away, avoiding the object of his affection.

Behavior: He becomes more withdrawn, spending long hours in solitude, training or meditating. His mind is a battlefield, torn between his duty and his growing feelings.

Response: Eventually, Ganondorf decides to face his feelings head-on. He confronts his love interest in a quiet moment, his demeanor uncharacteristically gentle. He confesses his turmoil, his voice soft and sincere.

Outcome: He takes their hand, his touch surprisingly tender. "I am a warrior," he says, voice low and earnest. "But you have shown me something beyond battle. I do not know what to do with these feelings, but they are yours." His confession is heartfelt, a rare glimpse of the man beneath the warrior.

Tears of the Kingdom Ganondorf

Reaction: Tears of the Kingdom Ganondorf is a complex mix of ambition and honor. When he realizes he's falling in love, he initially feels a sense of panic, unsure how to reconcile his emotions with his grand plans.

Behavior: He becomes more introspective, spending long hours in contemplation. He seeks solace in his memories and the wisdom of the past, trying to understand his feelings.

Response: Ganondorf eventually decides to confront his love interest with a mix of vulnerability and determination. He seeks them out, his approach both respectful and sincere. He confesses his feelings openly, his voice tinged with uncertainty.

Outcome: He kneels before them, a gesture of both respect and supplication. "I did not seek this, but my heart has found you," he says, voice trembling slightly. "I am at a loss, but I cannot deny what I feel." His confession is humble, a plea for understanding.

Demise

Reaction: Demise is a being of pure power and malevolence. When he realizes he's falling in love, he initially reacts with a mixture of rage and confusion. Love is a weakness he cannot afford.

Behavior: He becomes more violent and unpredictable, his anger masking his fear. He lashes out at those around him, struggling to control the tempest of emotions within.

Response: Despite his rage, Demise eventually confronts his feelings with brutal honesty. He seeks out his love interest, his approach a mixture of intimidation and vulnerability. He demands that they take responsibility for the emotions they have stirred in him.

Outcome: He grabs their arm, his grip firm but not painful. "You have done this to me," he growls, eyes blazing with intensity. "I am not a being to feel such things, yet here I am. You will answer for this." His confession is forceful, a challenge rather than a plea.

[contagious-watermelon]

Why do I keep seeing transmascs and trans men insisting or implying that all trans men are "female socialized," or "understand the female experience," or "navigated the world as a woman." Because yeah, sure, that can be true for some people. especially if you weren't gnc at all as a kid and didn't crack your egg until well into adulthood, it makes sense.

But they don't stop at saying they had that experience. It always comes with an addendum that trans men, as a group, all can relate to this experience. I don't know about the entirety of my demographic, but I never got even a little bit of what some of them talk about. I didn't even believe that women were scared of going out at night until I kept consistently seeing them say it, online or wherever, for years. I never realized catcalling was a thing until I saw some women complaining about it on reddit.

But they posit it as some sort of, you're safer than cis men, right? You know what it's like? Which, on top of being patently, demonstrably false in the case of myself and many other trans men, holds some unpleasant and often outright hostile implications about trans women. And they always deny it, but if you can't even conceptualize someone like me who grew up gnc, and never got the bulk (or any?) of whatever we consider to be 'female socialization,' what does that say about what you think trans girls went through, growing up? I don't want to speak for them, as I've never experienced that firsthand, but I can guarantee that (if you're even a little bit obviously trans) people don't treat you like a cis kid of the opposite gender. By and large, they don't get treated like cis boys.

It just makes me mad that we're taking this inaccurate framework that (ever so conveniently) puts trans people into the box of our assumed birth gender, and trying to fancy it up and use it with a faux-progressive veneer; never mind the way that transphobes use it to bar trans women from being athletes, or using the bathroom, or having access to any gendered resources they need. It would be bad enough to try and dust it off and use it even if it were largely accurate, due to the aforementioned connections to outright transphobia, but it literally is patently false. Not in all cases, obviously, but why are we trying to revamp this untrue, inaccurate generalization and pretend that we can make it 'trans-inclusive?'

[starry-bi-sky]

yall ever think Shen Yuan went through like, internet withdrawal after being transmigrated into Shen Qingqiu? Like, he's canonically a NEET shut-in who did nothing but spend his time online, you can't tell me that for the first week or first few weeks of being SQQ he wasn't twitchy.

Like, reaching instinctively to his pockets for a phone that wasn't there, having an obsessive itch in the back of his mind that he should check and see if X or Y novel or webcomic has updated -- only to realize he can't anymore and being irritated by it. Wanting to go and see if there's new posts about this or that, but again realizing that he can't.

When he's bored or uncomfortable or just feels like wanting to escape he tries to go for his phone to distract himself, but oops! Not there anymore, and now he has to find a new and different way to distract himself from his feelings. And going through system notifications, quests, etc only does so much.

And there's that Tetris Effect too. SQQ makes a mistake while writing and instinctively goes to backspace on it except hey-ho that's not a keyboard and now he just dipped his pinkie into a bottle of ink or on a still-drying letter.

With him scrambling to fix his reputation and learn how to be a peak lord, I think his abrupt cold-turkey from all things internet would just be another straw on the camel's back that he promptly Ignores until it goes away on its own after he acclimates to his new surroundings.

[arcanegifs]

This is the last time I'm going to be annoying about this, I swear.

A few examples of that I, a gifmaker, personally love seeing under the tags:

Analysis of said scene, show, or character, especially the long ones going in depth that span like 1000 words

People saying how crisp the GIFs look and how nice the coloring is THANK YOU. ILY GUYS. That's always huge praise for me.

Reacting with how emotional you got with the scene. How painful and emotional or how touching a scene is.

People making funny jokes, memes, comments, etc.

Literally ppl horny posting LMAO. It's super funny to read and I love seeing all the unhinged comments.

Seeing how much you loved the show and its characters

Things I don't like seeing under the tags. And these are just two very specific things:

How much you hate the show, how much you think a scene is bad, how much you hate a character, the ship, the creators, etc. or how much you dont like this ship anymore, calling a ship horrible because ____ reasons. OKAY! I get it! But I don't want to see that. Make your own hate post on your own blog! You're free to have an opinion on how much you hate something. Just do it on your own blog.

Asking why I leave out certain scenes out, why I decided to gif this scene, or not gif more of these characters. Sometimes, I'm just exhausted. I can overlook things. You guys don't know how draining making gifs can get to me, especially the scenes that are really long. But I do it because I LOVE Arcane, the story, and the characters, and the particular scenes that I make gifs of. I have my own biases too. Of course I’m making them first. Please, just make them yourself instead of complaining under the tags of my edits. Yes, I can see them.

Don’t get me wrong, I wholeheartedly appreciate everyone who supports and follows the blog. I want to make a million more HQ gifs of this amazing show, but sometimes, the very rare negativity can still get overwhelming, to the point where it demotivates you.

Arcane is extremely special to me because it's such a fantastic show, and that alone motivates me in trying to create more GIFs. Honestly, if it was any other fandom or show? I would've probably left already. Arcane is THAT great.

I know the block button is there. I use it too, but sometimes, the amount of effort and time you exert to create FOR FREE just isn’t worth it. And that’s why gifmakers and creators stop making things for fandom. It’s not fun anymore. It’s not worth it.

Some people think that making my style of GIFs is easy. Then great! Since you think so, then do it yourself and help create for the fandom too! I wholeheartedly encourage you to do it!

TLDR: Don't be rude on people's fanwork, especially when they are created FOR FREE. If you don’t like their fanwork, you can make them yourself.

[bumblingbabooshka]

Re: Tuvok being Janeway's true biggest enabler, I really like how it's implied that Janeway absolutely returns the favor

Like, Tuvok has the nerve to basically tap Chakotay on the shoulder and go "Um? I hear you're going with B'Elanna's plan? That's not how it works. I, Tuvok, just made a suggestion and you're not following it which is really confusing to me. If JANEWAY were here-" and I do love him for it and I DON'T think he's lying. I think Janeway really does have a long history of listening to Tuvok over others, perhaps without even realizing it. Janeway & Tuvok together sound like hell in space, a literal nightmare, and I adore them for it. Janeway unintentionally strokes Tuvok's ego by letting him do whatever he thinks is best in any situation while Tuvok unintentionally feeds Janeway's self-image of what a glorious captain should be and I'm not saying Tuvok isn't smart or Janeway isn't a great captain [they objectively are these things] - I just really love this ouroboros they've got going on. They bring out the best in each other, they're so selfless, they'd sacrifice their life for the other, and also they're a little bit full of themselves in part because the other keeps feeding them, and I think that's beautiful✨

Tuvok Voice: Sorry. This is...really difficult for me...I'm just not used to not being favored by the captain. Chakotay: ................................................................

[lunarharp]

if i just told you i love you would this world change

[vivelareine]

My (finished sometime in the future) book on Marie Antoinette in pop culture/media/public consciousness is going to have a section on the infantalization of Marie Antoinette into a perpetual teenager that presents her as being in this Poor Girlhood stasis while ignoring her adulthood and especially her last few years, all while presenting an inflated version of life at Versailles in order to forward this narrative more strongly, and said chapter is gonna be hot.

[shewhoeatssand]

I want to befriend Kaneki and meet with him and email him forever

[widevibratobitch]

when i say i am obsessed with him

[bunnyboy-juice]

stink monster appreciation post 💕💕

[wizardnuke]

um personally i think that if your girlfriend is insecure over you being friends with another girl you should run far away really fast. but i may be misreading the situation. i don't think i am though.

[plaidpyjamas]

sucks being 6'2" when all ur faves are huge - all the fics revolve around how tiny reader is but then I look up the character's canon info and it turns out I.....am their height

[thewindandthestars]

Fighting the voices of making a twst oc that's shipped with Kalim. They could be a wholesome couple 🥺 (wholesome and inadvertently chaotic)

[the-golden-dragoness]

Does anyone know how to maneuver a relationship where they are interested in dating you but you were fine being old school acquaintances who don’t speak to each other

[microwavetoaster-selfships]

It is far too early in the morning for me to be squealing and kicking my feet over my F/Os right now

[fadeintoyou1993]

having to explain to people things like. if i have to go out to do something and run errands i need to have it all mapped out and planned w like. at least a week in advance. and if i go out that day i cannot do anything else because That will be it. if i have multiple commitments that cannot be put on the same day i need one full day in between those commitments so i can rest and be recharged for that next thing otherwise i might have a breakdown in the middle of the street (again) and then That will render me unable to function for like a whole three days. and then people look at me like i choose to live like this?