#Hired Hand

[movieassholes]

I don't think Mr. LaHood wants to talk to you, tin-pan. Maybe he'd like to watch you dance, hm?

Stockburn - Pale Rider (1985)

[tom4jc]

John 15:16 Chosen To Bear Fruit

You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. John 15:16 Employers in the workplace choose only certain people for a reason. They choose a person who they expect will do the job that is required. It is expected the new hired hand will be able to learn what…

[userbrielarson]

CAROL DANVERS – THE MARVELS (2023) Costume Design by Lindsay Pugh

[ayesukkhapisit]

"no wonder he always seems dead set on killing me."

[astrophysician]

ALT my reflection

redraw reference, close ups, and a bonus under the cut :)

[oifaaa]

Say, when it comes to the Red Hood Goons and the union, are the one's he had kidnap Speedy around? I ask cos they were pretty competent managing to capture a hero (Much harder than killing technically) and on seemingly pretty chill terms with Jason.

I forgot Jason got his goons to kidnap Mia looking at them now they do seem like a bunch of random tumblr users huh

[43501]

Opened my copy of Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases for the first time in a decade and man, I forgot this is a goldmine of info and Mello characterization. It lets us know what kind of person Mello is almost more than the source material. Every time he's on panel/screen he's always so intense, it's fascinating to see him write and kind of get this feeling of "oh, he is also a normal guy outside of those situations".

He says he had one extensive in-person meeting with L, which is backed up by this other post of mine where I point out that, in the anime at least, Mello references having spoken to L personally. If we take it as canon it means L and Mello met at some point between Kira emerging and L leaving England for Japan.

He expresses a strong sense he might die. I've seen people say that he's "narrating from beyond (heh) the grave" and it's nonsensical, but that's not what's happening here. He's just writing while anticipating his death and writing as if these notes may be discovered posthumously.

He thinks that, in the event he dies, Near is the one who will discover his writings. This is interesting to me because it suggests Mello either knows Near knows his whereabouts, or would figure it out and recover his belongings. I actually think this is outright supported by canon - we see Near eating Mello's chocolate in the manga's epilogue. I don't think he instructed his staff to go out and buy that same chocolate, I think that's straight up Mello's stash.

At some point he started identifying less with the "Mello" alias and calling himself Mihael.

He's so sentimental... ending the prologue simply with "Good memories and nightmares". Bro.

"Imagine you were going to kill someone. What do you think would be the most difficult part? .... The correct answer: killing someone." Damn, I love you Mello lol. Also fascinating when you remember that he achieved his status in the mafia by beheading someone. Yes, he would know how hard it is to kill a person.

Mello states that he and Near belong to the "fourth generation" of Wammy's House kids.

He expresses open sympathy for Beyond and his state, twice... based on his own narration and how he portrays B in the course of the story, he definitely relates to B's emotions.

"Perhaps these gods actually wanted a blood soaked world of betrayal and false accusation. Perhaps the entire episode exists as a lesson to teach us the difference between the Almighty and the shinigami." I can't entirely make sense of this, and I don't want to get ahead of myself, but is "Almighty" capitalized here to definitely refer to the divine? Like, the Christian God but in a bit of a sidestepped, roundabout way? Wish I could see the original Japanese text for this line. If anyone has essays/posts about it, please show me.

And on a meta-textual level, the ambiguity of our role/perspective as the reader of these notes is also interesting. We're probably just an omniscient, unmoored observer being told about this set of notes Mello wrote and his line to the effect of "if it happens to turn into [a book]" is tongue-in-cheek. I know there's a slight, hanging implication that Near did in fact publish his notes, but I think that's unlikely since they contain so much sensitive/classified information.

[girlishwhimsies]

an actual lesbian is covering ace today…… i stay winning

[ness-illustration]

Claireada re game with alternative western style outfits pls capcom

[twsted-seas]

Rook.

From one archer to another.

Put your fucking finger down.

[messrsrarchives]

IN OTHER NEWS! did i talk about my speech here? i don't think so. i did an essay about fanfiction as a form of political protest and got invited to do a speech on it. speech went well and all was good !

BUT it has progressed to "hey! the politics and english department are doing a joint lecture on the importance of preserving literature bc of book bans and we were wondering if you'd come and talk about fanfiction again"

so now i have to plan a lecture with the heads of my degree departments and all i'm saying is if they don't hire me as a lecturer after my degree i will be very sad. and also now my course will know me as the Fanfic One.

[captainuranium543]

Thoughts on Erza's obsession with the arts

I'm probably projecting but hear me out

So it's a running gag that erza really loves but also sucks ass at most things related to the arts and I think it makes a lot of sense for her as a character.

a lot of erza's obsessions stem from stuff she didn't have as a child (food, safety, clothing, etc), but out of all of them, the things she was most consistently deprived of was self expression.

She was treated as less than human for most of her life and even after she escaped the tower, the trauma prevented her from being open and connecting to the people around her.

As a child, she wanted freedom. But she wasn't really free when she washed up on that beach. She wasn't really free until she was finally able to express her feelings openly to the people she loved.

Art, by its very definition, is an expression of self. For a lot of people, myself included, it serves as an outlet for the things you can't communicate. Therefore I think it makes a lot of sense as something erza would enjoy especially since she doesn't actually seem to gaf about being good or bad at it she just enjoys the act of doing it.

To make art is to express yourself, and to express yourself is to be free.

That's what I think anyway idk maybe she just really fw being a prince.

[hazelnootnut]

ED 10: Help Seems like the only thing help brought you was a splitting headache...

[clockworkreapers]

WILDLY DIF POST BUT OH MAN

guess who just got hit with the US healthcare system mallet? Yeah me. A 3000$ one (specifically 3206.25$).

I hate to do this but If anyone has the ability to help, be you a friend, caring person or someone who enjoys my work… if you can lend any amount cuz dear god I need to get over my pride and just be like ok I actually need a hand with this

I'll likely be opening comms too if you want to get something in return- but that means the rest of my work and life is put on pause till I can recover. So if anyone at all is able to help with a couple bucks that would be incredible.

[nabaath-areng]

" You can play with me until you’re sick of me You can break me if that’s what you want. "

[voidcharms]

persona 6 velvet room but it manifests as the waiting room at a doctor's office

belladonna's singing over a tiny crt set hanging in the corner, the attendant is the receptionist, and when u fuse personas the beads on one of these things crash into each other