#Dear mama...

[hydrajones]

As promised to no one but myself, here's a quick rundown of my mom's epic Utena theories/reactions as of the end of the Student Council Saga (and ep 13 b/c recap)

-I don't remember anything specific for the first 3 episodes, other than general anger at Saionji and deciding Nanami was a brat. My bad-

-*at start of show* "Okay, mom, pay attention to the opening since it has clues" "Okay!" *episode 4* "Wait, is that the bratty sister in the opening?" "...you just noticed that?" "Oh hush, you know I never pay attention to openings"

-I don't remember exactly what she said, but she quickly realized that Miki REALLY wants to get reconnected with his sister and his 1st crush is getting all mixed in it

-also she officially finds Nanami funny, says she "acts more like a 10 year old" then a 12 year old

-spent the entire Tsuwabuki into episode absolutely funny/shocking. Spent the whole time laughing and gasping

-figures out the lesbian Juri plot twist immediately

-also spent the entire curry episode laughing and lightly concerned over how determind the elephants were

-*about Touga* "He is so not her prince!" <- repeated with more frustration everytime Utena thinks that

-*in episode 9* "I almost feel bad for Saionji..." *he slaps Anthy again* "Nevermind"

-"Well, the girl is Utena but Touga isn't the prince from the opening..?" "Yeah, Saionji just doesn't know about that, and the show is trying to confuse us" "I knew it!"

-*episode 10* "Did... did she kill the cat?" "Yeah" "...WHAT'S WRONG WITH HER?!?" "Lots of things"

-*after episode 11* "Just because Anthy HAD to agree with everything Utena said doesn't mean she would have disagreed with her. While Anthy is never truely herself, I think she could be as close to "herself" as possible when she was with Utena, even if she didn't mean to"

-*episode 12 opening sequence* "Okay, so that's Utena's real prince opening his eyes. He's connected to the weird upside down castle and Anthy somehow. The whole "crack the world's shell" thing is probably actually about waking him up, but does the student council know that?" "...maybe!" "You've seen this twice" "I'm trying not to spoil anything!"

-Spent all of episode 12 agreeing with Wakaba

-*when Juri gives Utena the sword* "oh I know her! She's the girl duelist who was in love with the girl" "Yep, and they had that whole love triangle" "Which could have been solved if she just communicated with her crush" "none of the characters communicate" "I KNOW! It's very frustrating!"

-"Just because Touga has the sword of Dios doesn't mean he has Dio's power. Dio's might just give his power to Utena anyways" *later in the duel* "called it! Also is he like... a ghost??"

-"Okay mom, this is the recap episode, but it does have important lore" *after the first flashback* "I think this might be a recap!" (teasing me)

-"So I was right about the prince needing to be reawakened, but they aren't explaing anything else. Also who's the suspicious man talking to him?"

-*in the next episode preview* "...Why does Anthy's brother have the same silhouette as the suspicious man??"

Overall, she's getting the main duelist down pretty good. She's still the most confused about Nanami and Touga. She's technically right about her "Dios" theories, but also technically wrong because AKIO. Also completely unaware of the Anthy twist, but having pretty good opinions about her so far.

Please note she does not know anyone's names besides Anthy and Utena. I paraphrased so it would be easy to tell what she's talking about. She consistantly refers to chacers as "(personality trait/design characteristic) (gender)" (ie. "Bratty sister" or "green hair boy").

We did get to episode 14, but imma put all that into a different post. Hopefully I'll remember to update my drafts every week next time so I don't forget as much!

[iamderp07]

Mama's Little Mailman 💌 (WIP)

[dribs-and-drabbles]

The Thai 🤝🏽 Taiwanese Communal Wardrobe item #1

Theory of Love ep 5:

En of Love: This is Love Story ep 1:

HIStory 4: Close to You ep 1 & 14:

My Secret Love ep 10:

Check Out ep 10:

Mama Gogo ep 10:

Kiseki: Dear to Me ep 9:

(all credit to @chickenstrangers for this one)

+ bonus not in a series but...

and...

[quartergremlin]

giving big mama a criminal rival is not what i was planning to do today, but okay

[chickenstrangers]

MAMA GOGO (2022)

Ciize as Fifa

[clonedchaos]

Okay, y’all. I know Soyona is smart, attractive, and she cares for her raptors— which I love that in a woman— but I STILL haven’t forgiven her for trying to kill my wife in Dominion.

Call me crazy if you must, but I’m holding a grudge. 😤

[istadris]

Totally blaming @dibujos-de-la-orilla , especially after this post with Mario, Luigi and Peach helping Bowser and Junior in their time of need and Mario being the best at cheering up kids.

Anyway.

AU where instead of Junior wanting his dad to be with Luigi because Luigi is the best Mama (nothing against this trope! It's cute AF), Junior does everything to get his dad and Luigi together because Mario is the COOLEST. Mario babysat him on accident/in an emergency a couple of times and Junior LOVED IT and wants to do it again! Mario always has cool ideas for games and has so much energy, he's not like the grown ups who sit down and ask Junior to "go have fun", instead Mario wrestles with him!! And he races Junior in any vehicles ! And he always buys ice cream !

So while Bowser is racking his brain trying to explain to his son that he's dating one of their oldest enemies, Junior pulls every trick in the spoiled kid book to get his dad to spend more time with Luigi...and leave him in Mario's charge in the meantime. Because Bowser is an idiot, he doesn't realize he's being played by a kid, and instead angsts over leaving his son with his nemesis (which, as much as he hates to admit it, is the person he trusts the most to keep his hyperactive, powerful brat in check but safe; most of his castle staff aren't equipped to deal with fire-breathing Royal Koopas and Kamek isn't always available).

You'd think Luigi would be jealous of Junior clearly preferring Mario to him, but secretly, he's very relieved : he likes Junior, he really does, but unlike Mario who's a born natural with kids, Luigi needs more time for kids to warm up to him, and right now he's at the stage where he would rather focus on developing his relationship with Bowser. So if Junior enjoys himself with Mario while Luigi is enjoying himself with Bowser ? It's a win for everyone !

Mario isn't fooled either, he finds the situation hilarious and never minds having Junior around. Peach was a bit worried at first that Junior would fixate on her as a Mama again but she was quickly relieved; Junior has outgrown that phase, now he wants to beat Mario at every video game in existence and also show him this cool rock he found and, and, did you know Bloopers can grow back their tentacles ?! "No they can't", Mario says with a smile hidden under his moustache, prompting Junior to say that yes they can!!

"Well let's test it then, okay ? I heard there's a giant Blooper on Delfino Island..."

"!!!!"

Bowser is the only one who doesn't realize everyone is very happy with the arrangement and is worrying he's being a terrible dad and a lame boyfriend.

[tanky-baby]

I cant explain jack shit of it but i feel in my heart that Tank and Dear are half-siblings

[madamshogunassassin]

Dear Mama - 2Pac (1995)

[alxdotcom]

Hi guys!1!!1!1 I noticed that October is approaching so a friend and I made this inktober/drawtober so you can do it!!1!1!!1!1

credits to me and @connorspot

[mizaryrottmnt]

"My Dear Puppet"

FR: Un bon début

(you can use thé internet translation, I simplified my language)

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Unity laisse échapper un soupire long alors qu'elle est seule dans une petite pièce qui ressemble a une chambre a coucher. Un matelas au sol plutôt propre avec des draps couleur saumon aussi propre. une petite boite en bois qui fait office de table de lit avec une vieille petite lampe de chevet. Étonnant quand on sait où elle se trouve. Dans le repaire de la famille Hamato, les égouts plus précisément.

On lui a préparé spécialement cette petite couche pour qu'elle puisse dormir correctement et cela se voit. C'est plus propre que ce qu'elle avait pu imaginer avant d'y être. La jeune femme fait quelques pas en avant, regarde autour d'elle. Il y a des tags aux murs, mais pas ceux grossiers trouvés dans les rues que les tagueurs utilisés pour marquer leur présence contre un mur, mais des dessins vraiment artistiques. De beaux motifs qui semblent exprimer plus qu'une simple signature. Ça change encore de l'idée qu'elle se faisait d'un mur d'égouts. Puis l'odeur, il n'y en a pas. Pas d'odeur de fosse septique qui remonte a ses narines, pas d'odeur de putréfaction quelconque ou d'eau croupie là depuis des mois. L'air est bon.

- C'est propre.

Surprenant.

Alors qu'elle zone, sa mémoire retrace la journée qu'elle vient de vivre.

Se faire remarquer par le fils au bandeau bleu Hamato était facile, elle avait le panel parfait pour attirer son attention. Une Yokai licorne. Il était donc simple d'amorcer un premier contact. Mais elle n'avait pas pensé qu'il n'allait pas juste aller lui parler mais complètement la kidnapper en lui laissant a peine le temps de dire "bonjour". Et peu importe si elle avait des protestations, la tortue avait déjà décider de la ramener a peine avait-elle posé les yeux sur lui. En y repensant, si elle n'avait pas accepté de rester pour que la famille fasse pardonner le geste de leur frère, on aurait pu croire a une prise d'otage. Mais même si elle était devenue une otage, le but était d'arriver ici, et elle avait réussi. Il faut juste qu'elle retienne ce nom d'emprunt qu'elle s'est donné : "Unity". Étonnant qu'ils n'aient pas réagi à un nom aussi singulier.

Drrrring drrrring!

Dans sa pose, son téléphone sonne. Un petit appareil à clapet violet lavande avec un porte-clé en forme d'atome. Vieux, usé et quelque peu rayé.

-Oui... Oui je suis bien arrivée. Bien sûr.

-Je suis impressionnée de te voir réussir aussi facilement alors que mes autres petits laqués n'avaient même pas pu suivre l'un d'eux.

-Que voulez-vous Madame, je... suis juste meilleure qu'eux. Répond Unity avec un ton sans joie ni même fierté.

-Ah ah ah! Bien sûr! C'est certain maintenant que je te vois en action. je ne regrette plus du tout mon choix. Peut être l'un des plus judicieux depuis longtemps. Je compte beaucoup sur toi à présent~

Malgré les mots doux et mielleux, la Yokai a une petite grimace devant cette fausse confiance que lui donne la personne à l'autre bout du fil.

-Bien sur. Je vous les amènerais sur un plateau d'argent, soyez en sûr. Juste le temps de gagner leur confiance et de les sédater.

-Efficace. Mais, il semblerait que je n'ai pas pu suivre ton signal une fois passée une certaine zone, large. As-tu une explication ?

Unity fait silence, se remémore la journée, les détails. Les quelques objets qu'il l'entouraient sur sa route avant de passer par ce portail bleu.

-Je pense, que le traceur a été brouillé par un boîte noire.

-Oh! Ce doit être le fait de cette jeune tortue violette.

-Donatello Hamato?

-Oui c'est bien lui. Gagne sa confiance et trouve le moyen de désactiver son brouilleur. C'est ta mission première.

Gagner la confiance de quelqu'un. Quelque chose qui la fait déglutir d'anticipation. Est-ce qu'elle va y arriver? Est-ce possible ? Même s'ils ont l'air ouverts dans cette famille et... Généreux, celui au bandeau violet lui semble bien plus fermé. Son rythme cardiaque s'intensifie alors qu'elle réfléchit a comment faire alors qu'elle est toujours au téléphone avec sa commanditaire.

-.... Me suis-je bien faite comprendre ?

-O-Oui Madame.

-D'ici là, je te permet un budget illimité, carte blanche pour que la mission réussi et si tu as besoin de quoi que ce soit. Mais j'attendrai des résultats. Je les veux tous face à moi, y compris Lou jitsu, et complètement a ma merci, annonce froidement la voix de l'interlocutrice à travers le téléphone. Faisant grincer des dents la Yokai licorne.

...

-Je ne le ferai pas, Big Mama.

Unity déglutit, et raccroche une fois la discussion close par sa patronne. Elle fixe son téléphone, puis regarde le matelas et jette d'un geste ample son appareil sur le lit avant de retirer son poncho et de se poser sur le lit a son tour. Un long soupire quitte ses lèvres, une pression disparaît avec, mais une autre persiste. Une grosse tension sur ses épaules, une épée de Damoclès.

Je ne veux pas y retourner, je ne veux pas y retourner. Je dois y arriver. Si ça marche, alors je pourrai enfin...

Soupire. Elle s'affale sur le lit, les bras tendu et regarde le plafond. Le sommeil ne devrait pas tarder à la prendre, pourtant quelque chose la dérange. Le manque de bruit. Elle a l'habitude a d'un brouhaha constant autour d'elle, des gens qui parlent, qui crient, qui se battent. C'est trop calme pour elle.

....

Demain, je commencerai par celui au bandeau orange. Il semble plus simplet que les autres. Je dois en profiter.

C'est demain que tout commence.

"TBC"

[hydrajones]

I am in the middle of third Revolutionary Girl Utena watch. My mom (foolishly) agreed to watch it with me, and is having a lot of really cool insights/theories/reactions that I might post about later. But that's not the point rn-

Because as RGU girlies know, each time you watch this high concept doctoral thesis disguised as an artsy anime disguised as a cute lesbian anime, you have DEEP THOUGHTS (tm) about random shots.

TLDR: I am having losing my mind over the goddamm curry episode and I both love and hate it

I have been sitting here for 30+ mins thinking about what the deeper symbolism of the fricking elephant gag in the body swap curry episode becuase I made ONE (1) offhand comment to my mom of "lol maybe that means something about "the elephant in the room" becuase of the Saonji side plot or something". AND I COULD BE RIGHT ABOUT THAT-

Like, Saonji is clearly a ticking time bomb rn that went completely unaddressed and exploded in the next ep but IT GOES DEEPER.

Because the Saionji situation is being influenced by Touga, so it could be about him too (especially with his connections to Nanami). BUT! That's being influenced by Akio- who to be fair, we don't know about yet, but the make it clear that "The End of the World" is doing SOMETHING behind the scenes, so that could work too

And then you have Anthy Himemiya my beloved, who is ACTIVELY helping with both these manipulations, and LYING to Utena constantly. And this episode actually has one of the best examples of this! We find out she's been sort-of secretly meeting with Saionji and writting in his exchange diary. Which she justifies as being okay becuase Utena never told her NOT to write him. Which only happened becuase Utena isn't a possessive asshat who snooped on Anthy to find out she'd been doing that in the first place. So really, ANTHY is the biggest elephant in the room. Especially with episode 12 quickly approaching.

But like, that might not be the only elephant symbolism interpretation. My brain has been slowly weaving yet ABOTHER exhaustive analysis of a NANAMI FILLER EPISODE. Using elephants as symbols of wisdom and/or memory and just-

Someone, send help. Please. My brain is full of nothing but metaphor heavy visuals and iconic leabiams and I will fail my classes-

[welcomehomeincorrectquotes]

Eddie: *about to do something dangerous to impress Frank* Mama didn't raise a quitter but she did raise a homosexual and an idiot!

[purrfectlycontent]

the underground killer

[asking-trader-howdy]

Now kiss Courier

" Why do you ask this? "

Courier!Eddie blog @ask-courier-eddie

[writingforstraykids]

My beloved cutie mooties🥺🖤

(edited 12.05.24)

🖤@atinyniki🖤

Niki, my beautiful sunshine, I'm so grateful to have you through thick and thin. I'm still convinced you're cute and idc whether you accept that or not. I love talking to you and you're one of the kindest people I know (unless you yell at me you meanie...joking obviously, chill guys😂🖤) I'll always be there for you...also pls stop spending so much money on me cutie😭 Keep shining sunny bunny...love you, pretty girl🖤

🖤@zehina🖤

my beloved (not so silent anymore) bestie, i love our shared European confusion and confusing the others together in return. you're such a cute little kitty and we all know u love being called cute so...you're very cute, deal with it🤭I love our shared stupidity whenever we talk about the boys and seriously, every time you send me your part for the rambles I'd drop to my knees and pay for it bc holy shit. I'll always be there if you need me, keep fighting lovey. love you unnie🖤

🖤@galaxycatdrawz🖤

azzy, I'm so proud of slowly pulling you a little from the shadows you were hiding in😂 also...idk how I managed to do so, but I'm still laughing about achieving most of your tumblr milestones😭 i love sharing requests with you, working out ideas or simply do as you said and write what my brain couldn't figure out. thank you for always being there for me and sharing your brilliant brain with me, co-writer🤭 also it's such a bummer we live so far away bc after what we talked about so far I know you'd be the best cuddle buddy🥺 love you azzy my cutest little thing🖤

🖤@jinnie-ret 🖤

jinnie my dear, even though we haven't talked that much so far, I always love it when we get the chance🤭 can't wait to get to know you better as well and I'm already so excited for that fic👀looveeee your writing sm🖤

🖤@sona1800🖤

you're my newest mootie and I love you so much already it's ridiculous (niki can confirm that🥹) you're always so sweet and you literally outshine every fic with your loving reblogs and comments (I'm just too speechless to answer properly, I really love them🥺) so yeah, that's why you got the tag "the cutest" 🤭🖤

🖤@silverstarburst🖤

Ash. my dear, we don't have that much time to talk usually because you're either working or I'm asleep (a rarity but still). Nevertheless, you have a special place in my heart by now and I'm thankful for your presence in my life. I know who to text if I need someone to kick ass. Your reblogs make me smile like some idiot every time, thank you so much for appreciating my lil dummy ideas so much. love you mama wolf🖤

🖤@slutforchanlix🖤

Miu, babyy, I've made you cry way too often with stuff like this—my bad. I know it's not always easy, but you're one of the kindest people I know, and I love that I have someone with whom I can talk in my native language for once. You're a sweetheart and thank you for always being there for me. I still plan to meet you one day hehe. Long story short, you're amazing, don't let anyone else try to make you believe anything less than that. Bin immer für dich da🖤

🖤@michelle4eve🖤

heyy mimi, we haven't talked much so far...sometimes accidentally when you mistook my icon for niki's I hope that's easier now😂😉 you seem like such a kind soul and I hope we'll get closer over time (no rush dear!) I'm happy over each of your reblogs, especially after you told us you're too shy to do so sometimes. I really appreciate it, you cutie🖤

🖤@chrizzztopherbang🖤

I always loved seeing you pop up in my notifications with your sweet comments. I already think you're a sweetheart, I know we haven't talked that much yet. Still, I loved prereading your fics and getting a glimpse into your genius brain. Don't give up writing as long as you have fun with it, because you're truly amazing at it🖤

🖤@wolfyychan🖤

You've been around on my prior blog already and still my stupid brain didn't realize you've changed usernames for so long😭😂 I always look forward to your excited comments and reblogs, they're truly a boost of motiviation ngl. Hope to have you around for a long time🤭🖤

🖤@james-is-here🖤

Your excitement for that Minchan series made me think about writing bonus chapters for the first time in months. I really love seeing how you get so invested in some of the stories, which makes me want to do better hehe. Also...omg...I'm still thinking about that one fic you wrote a while ago🫠 I'm excited to see what's next and hope we'll get the chance to maybe talk some more🖤

🖤@queer-possum🖤

Without giving away too much, your brain is amazing. I love your requests so much and you're always so kind when I get back to you to make sure I get everything right. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to write about certain topics and stuff I haven't so far🖤

🖤@chanandminhoenthusiast🖤

love, love, loveee your blog (for obvious inspirational reasons😉) you seemed like a very sweet soul whenever we talked before and I'll always be there if you need someone to talk, even about the most random bullshit😂🖤

🖤@palindrome969🖤

You're such a lovely person, I can't even put it into words properly. Your writing is beautiful and I'm still in love with that stargazing fic with Channie😭 always love talking to you and seeing your comments🖤

🖤@5starluvr🖤

I've told you so before, I wanna kiss your brain so bad sometimes. The stuff you come up with for me to write is brilliant. I can't wait to finish more of your requests and share ideas as soon as possible! Love you hehe🖤

🖤@mellhwang🖤

Heyy sweetie, I love seeing you in my notes and I swear I'll get that Minchan x Hyunjin thing done for you!! Thank you for all the love, dear🖤

🖤@lost-in-avoidance🖤

The amount of times I made you choke back tears at work is...concerning and I'm so sorry, I don't do it on purpose, I swear😭😂 your reblogs are always so genuine and make me feel like I did exactly what I wanted to with the fic in question. I appreciate your words so much, thank you!