#I recommend giving this a read!

[thatcheeseycandle]

//Okay seems like Im feeling brave these few days, LETS REACT TO HOISNY CHP 1 WOOOOOOO

(Another note like last reaction, I dont write down most of my reactions on time so I do apologise for that)

Im sorry I just I GOT JUMPSCARED BY THE AXEL TAG GEHAHA

.. Im sorry- Okay the summary got me STRESSIN out now like IM SORRY WHAT

MY HEART ALREADY POUNDING IM GETTING NERVOUS

Im sorry I juat I GOT ENCHANTED BY THE DESCRIPTIONS OF LIKE BASICALLY THE SCENE WHERE THEY ENTER THE GREAT RAILWAY SHOW HOLY GOSH

This whole beginning bit is just GOD IT PULLS YOU IN

Oh OH TIME SKIP OKAY LETS GO YES YEAH LETS GO

Yes YEGAHAHAHAH YES ACCEPTING IT WITH NO HESITANCE I LOVE THIS YES

The announcer just yelling out his class rather than saying his number or his name like THATS SMART. THEY COULDVE DONE THAT IN THE MOVIE TO THINK ABOUT IT

Oh. Oh OH MY GOS- DEAR LORD OKAY. My heart dropped there for a minute wOO OKAY YEAH

I genuinely felt bad for Thomas there for a sec, like GOD IMAGINE BEING IN A COMPETITION THEN THE ANNOUNCERS SEE YOUR LAST NAME RECALLING HOW ALL OF YOUR FAMILY BUT YOU DIED. Its- ITS ANGSTING

"Prove to them youre more than worthy od being kept in steam!" YELL IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

GO THOMAS GO SHUNT THEM TRUCKS GO

WOOIOOOOO YES YEAHHH GO LETS GO

Still keeping the satisfaction of TGR and I AM NOT COMPLAINING I LOVE IT

Ay what WHAT NO WHAT WDYM SCREAMS WHAT IM SORRY WHAT NONO NOOOOOOOO AOGU GOD ITS A CLIFFHANGER

I will admit this is one of the most unexpected cliffhangers Ive read, well not too unexpected but GOD I THOUGHT IT WOULDNT CUT THIS SOON (Not complaining though it got my adrenaline RUNNING)

wOOO OKAY THAT READ WAS DEFINETLY AN ENJOYABLE ONE

Genuinely loved the descriptions, and the change of dialogue from the The Great Race, it still maintained the hype of TGR while also hyping itself even more with it's original attributes! I'll be keeping an eye out for chapter two cause GOD this will be going into my recommended fic reads

I will mention this yet again, HOISNY is a thrilling AU by a fellow friend of mine Loraine, you can be frequently updated on the AU on their tumblr and the askblog about it :D

[ambrosiagourmet]

I've seen pieces from this extra comic before, but never read the full thing until today. And holy shit does it hammer home just how much the story is about class.

Multiple times, when food comes up in this comic, it’s also in context of money:

I've seen this last panel on the right brought up before in context of like, dungeon meshi's relationship with fat and eating, but in the full context of the comic it really hits how much adventuring directly consumes bodies for money.

As much as this has been part of the story the whole time, showcased as early chapters 19 and 20...

It never fully hit me before how often adventuring comes down to having no other way to make money but to throw yourself into death repeatedly. To be used, whether it’s by individual selfish people (like the resurrection group that is happy to try and get Kabru's group to kill each other to get extra gold from them in chapter 32), or by the greater cog of the Dungeon Economy in general.

Which, to be clear, is all too often how things work in the real world, too. So many jobs burn through the health and lives of workers. Dungeon Meshi just makes it literal in a new way: by making the healing and resurrection, a core part to the adventuring loop, directly use fat, muscle, and energy from the body being healed.

Imagine Amazon, but if you got injured at work, they could literally burn up some of your body to get you back to working sooner. And that was seen as an advantage of the job.

And then you have Laios, thinking about eating monsters:

Not just because he likes monsters a lot. But because it would help. He says something similar in the actual manga too, during the chapter discussing his dream with the Winged Lion

Laios wants to be able to make a home for Falin. He wants to give her a place where she never has to eat alone. And when he gets a party, he wants to give them a way to eat well. And when he runs a country, well…

He wants to ensure that everyone has enough to eat.

Food is political. Food ties into class, and money. What is deemed "proper" to eat, what is a luxury, what is crass… so much of it comes down to money.

Being judged for eating what's available, when what is “proper” isn't affordable, is already a thing that happens. People forced into work that consumes their energy is already a thing that happens.

Dungeon Meshi has a lot of fantastical elements, but boy is its examination of food and class very real.

[you-were-meteowrong]

reblog for bigger sample size

[owlyjules]

Hi! Sorry if you've been asked this before (or just don't want to say, because that's cool too), but I was wondering if you had any book or author recommendations you could give? :> Your art is always accompanied by such lyrical captions, and I was wondering what inspired them. Thank you for your time and all the gorgeous art you share! <3

Thank you so much!!

I just love creating little stories with each picture when i paint them! (Btw big thanks to my wife for helping me spellchecking and beta reading those since english is not my first language!)

For recs, a lot of the inspiration from fairytale books I read as a kid and some more recent influences but its really a little bit everywhere so its hard to pinpoint!

But heres a few of my favourites for this october mood!

The last Unicorn

Anything by emily caroll!

Tove Jansson

T kingfisher

The angels game by Carlos Ruiz Záfon

Hope you find one you like!:D

[positivelyadhd]

i have been reading through the diary I kept from ages 14-17 and realising how helpful it can be to keep a record of how you're feeling at different moments.

not only is it helpful to write down and process how your feeling and give yourself time to truly think about it, it's nice to have something to look back on. to not just remember how you felt about a certain situation but to actually have yourself from that time tell you.

and also, from an adhd perspective, it's really lovely to have reminders of things I'd almost entirely forgotten. it's easy to think that your life right now isn't interesting, but in 5 years time? to know what songs you were listening to or book you were reading or even that Thing that you were so worried about but now you can't even remember the details. it's nice to have a physical reminder that time passes and things really can get better.

[thetripwalker]

I've been playing through Psycholonials.

I HAVEN'T FINISHED IT YET SO NO SPOILERS!!

[cockroachesunite]

In honour of this maniac’s birthday, here’s one of my favorite anecdotes, via Passages From The Life Of A Naval Officer, Etc by Edward Philips Charlewood

(Illustration inspired by this)

[maalidoesart]

ray of sunlight on us

[bismuth-soup]

Ergonomic design for maximum grabability

[totsandnuggsrebloggs]

Some Things I Screenshotted From W2H2 Part 1 While Watching Frame By Frame

Spoilers below

Fucking Somic

I thought Jonathan was the one with the nice ass.

nice. (1312 = ACAB)

Love the chords chart in the background and the book that read "Weeds, Invasive Plants of The Midwest" but what caught me off guard about this scene is that Jonathan just has like, a scalpel??? In his pencil holder??? Facing sharp side up!??? I mean like, I cant judge, I also have a scalpel but i store it in a fucking sterilized box!? I dissect mushrooms with it what is he doing with it??? Dissecting flowers????

I think this is meant to be a 3 leaf clover but it could also be a sticky hand?

I saw it earlier but this is a better pic of those little dinosaur or maybe monster finger puppets you'd get from arcade display cases.

Dolphin.

Yesssssssssssss- wait what is that?

Oh my god funckin Sonic 2

The end.

[kabutoden]

bug trolls… i am interested in kankri vantas. if that isn’t too much trouble. your buggy guys are so silly and interesting and i am a fan

here is kankri and his baby brother…. they don’t get along!! i wish they did though id love to see these two go on an adventure together where they look out each other. since kankri is a beforus troll and a vegan, his shell is pretty thin because he’s not getting enough iron. on the other hand, karkat’s shell is heavier then it should be due to stress. thanks for the RQ!! im soooo glad ppl like my sillies :D

[handweavers]

whenever i find a book on botanical or historical dyeing i haven't seen before i have to pick it up because there's always going to be at least some nugget of information in it that i haven't seen before i can't resist it. i've been reading 'in pursuit of color' by lauren macdonald and it has some of the best written explanations regarding the chemistry of dyes i've found so far, and the photos are gorgeous

[ldpdluvr]

do you guys think that when lestat playfully slaps louis' ass that it makes a cartoon like 'boing' sound ?

[milkbreadtoast]

Here's a v quick vague rushed half assed TWSB propaganda post

TWSB is a romance novel isekai subversion story. You know, the escapist genre that there r 2353533535 kr webtoons/novels for... i got reincarnated in my fav romance novel as the villainess yadayada THAT genre. but a twist on it!!!

TWSB is for fujoshi/fudanshi/fujin who would rather ship the 2 male love interests in a romance than have a love triangle with the female lead... TWSB is also for poly/throuple/trio enjoyers (whether platonic or not ur choice). And old women yuri enjoyers. And people who enjoy novel isekai subversions like orv and surviving romance (and SVSS? i havent read but ive heard comparisons)... /ppl who think novel isekai premises Could be interesting but find so many of them boring cliche or wasted potential... and people who like fun worldbuilding... or ppl who r interested in the premise "typical shoujo romance novel plot gets derailed and ends up accidentally becoming a non-romance action fantasy which is also highkey extremely gay"..... *dangling a chocolate croissant in front of u* ooooh u want to read twsb so bad wooooo is it worki

(EDIT: oh to be clear im recommending the novel btw!! webtoon is cute but the novel is where u get the full experience 🛐 idc which one u start w but pls read the novel... hehe)

[rechicken-and-waffles]

Made a cover inspired by @avaarctic‘s fan comic: Tangle and Whisper New Roads!!!!!! I love this comic so much I wanted to do something for it 💖💖

You can check out their comic here!!!!!!

[garlandedspirits]

love it when I read 18th century chinese collections about the supernatural and the author just slaps some of the most timeless and profound sentences ever written in my face