#I thought too much about this

[wheelsupin-azarathmetrionzinthos]

JKEU MAJOR ARCANA ASSIGNMENTS

Josh

Major Arcana: Fool

Beginnings, innocence, spontaneity, a free spirit

Josh was the simplest tarot pick for me, because from his canon arc in Joust Because and then further in the JKEU, he’s always been about new beginnings and new possibilities. In Joust Because Josh is shown as someone who’s holding back his “secret” self, the side of him that for example “steals falcons”. The reversed Fool card is about holding back, and that’s a representation of the Josh we see before Joust Because but as we expand into the JKEU, we see it again, when Josh transitioned into the board game cafe/manager, he’s entering a new realm of possibilities and allowing his natural utter adaptableness to really shine. Josh is the Fool because he’s able to be whatever he needs to be for his friends. Josh is a jack of all trades, and also able to see the new chances in life. 

Josh’s negative traits all come with the Reversed Fool, he holds back his negative feelings, he feels inadequate, and then he doesn’t talk about. Looking at your heart is my heart, and i’m learning to share Josh admits that he doesn’t talk about his feelings if he thinks they’ll upset others. They will always be held back. 

Josh is endlessly creative and extremely chaotic, he sees the best in everyone, and everything which is why he’s the perfect Fool card. 

(I also think he’s extremely Jacob Drawfee-coded)

Rachel

Major Arcana: Death 

Endings, change, transformation, transition

Oh Rachel, oh death, oh my precious girl. Rachel (Pane Of) Glass, I think about you all the time. It feels very fitting that you are represented by my favourite tarot card. Rachel in Elevator Pitch is characterized by someone who’s undergone a Huge Change in her life, she’s moving from solitary to being part of a team, to being an underling to being in charge. The events of Elevator Pitch are her metaphorical death. 

Moving into JKEU, Rachel’s entire life changed after an injury, another “death” for her, but this one pushed her into Reversed death, where she experienced stagnation, she retreated into herself, and she stagnated and lonely for almost a decade. She had to purge a lot of who she considered herself and do some internal transformation. 

The Death Card is about changing and finding something different and it’s so beautiful, and misunderstood, just like Rachel. 

Katrina

Major Arcana: Reversed Moon

Joy, enlightenment, resolution, deception revealed, relief

Going to be honest, Katrina was weirdly hard for me. I can think of metaphors for Katrina, notably Katrina as the ocean, and Katrina as a preserved rose but I remembered that I can reverse cards forward. So I believe that Katrina would be the Reversed Moon.

Katrina in Joust Because, is more of a supporting role for her? She’s a main character, but she is more of a representation a new different path for her new friend. Finding a new friend who just understood her, now that was the relief there. (Also like the deception revealed of a secret side)

Moving into the greater JKEU, Katrina who I love to death, will lie to herself, she’ll believe that her real self isn’t good enough, especially for Janice Wood. So instead she’ll find herself resorting to trickery and illusion, to maintain that she’s something she believes is more palatable, which is perfect for the Upright Moon, 

Katrina experiences the most joy, when she gets to be herself and shed the illusion of the Upright Moon, she finds the joy in shedding all her inhibitions and being the truest version of herself.

Janice Wood

Major Arcana: Magician 

Originality, self confidence, skill, a breakthrough, resourcefulness

I was pleasantly surprised to find that Janice was the Magician like it makes perfect sense, but the Magician is also one removed from the Fool in the order of the Major Arcana, and it made me think about the Josh and Janice parallels that I am obsessed with. 

Back in Trade School Musical 2, we encounter a Janice who’s trying to be Jane Nobody, who doesn’t want to stand out, where she’s demonstrating the traits of the Reversed Magician, of insecurity and untapped talent. She doesn’t want to be herself. However, as she learns that people will still accept her, she regains her confidence and embraces the Upright Magician. 

Moving into JKEU, where I will be borrowing heavily from Janice, she struggles when she loses her desire to create, to be a craftsperson, she gets so unsure of herself, and her place in life. 

She loses her sense of self-confidence. Janice will also delay difficult conversations, and deny things to herself, so she doesn’t have to confront hard realities. 

Janice Wood is a creative, sturdy, generous person, and she continues to create and be passionate about many many things, which makes her the Magician.

Hope you enjoyed this? PIBE has me by the throat. Let me know if you want more characters?

My tarot cards : Tarot of the Divine! They are very cool.

[blood-mocha-latte]

person, illustrate, rampant, jealous, hilarious - webgott drabble

for an ask from @mutantmanifesto || request an edit/drabble || this got way more introspective than i meant it to be, oopsies

“Janovec was a good guy.” Joe said from behind Webster, as the other faced the lake.

“I know.” Web said. He didn’t turn around. “Good guy, good soldier, good person.”

Joe hummed, and walked the length of the pier to stand next to him. Web sat with his boots unlaced next to him, feet in the water. Joe stayed standing. “Least it was quick.” He offered.

“Maybe.” Web said. Joe turned to look at him, to study his profile. The wedge of his nose, the curve of his jaw. The reflection of his eyes off the lake, making both seem more vivid than they actually were. 

Joe shifts, and the wood of the pier creaks under his boots. “Y’alright?” He offered.

“No.” Web said, and looked down at the closed notebook in his lap. He must have shut it when he’d heard Joe coming. “But it’s fine. Who is, anyways.” Joe shrugged.

“Fair point.” He said. Webster kept his eyes on the notebook.

“Think it might have been my fault, you know.” He said absently. Joe didn’t say anything. “I was rushing him.” Joe shrugged.

“When Tab got stabbed way back after D-Day,” He said, and paused for a moment, finding his thoughts. “When he was trying to wake up Smith for watch, I knew it was just him in Kraut getup. I still didn’t do anything ‘till after he was hurt.” Web frowned at his hands.

“That’s different.” He said. “You probably just thought that Smith knew it was just Tab, too.” Joe shrugged.

“And you probably just thought he’d be able to get back to town quicker and see his new German girlfriend.” He said, and Web huffed. Not exactly happy, but lighter all the same.

“That doesn’t make it any better.” He said, and for the first time, looked up at Joe. Joe just shrugged a second time, grunting as he dropped to the ground next to Web, crossing his legs.

“Nah.” He says, and looks back out at the lake. “It never will.” Web’s quiet, for a moment.

“Never, you think?” He asked. 

“No.” Joe said. “Why would it? Blood’s still blood, even fifty years later.” From next to him, Web hummed.

“I guess that’s true.” He said, thoughtful. Then, “I like talking to you, when you’re not being an ass.” Joe snorted, but didn’t say anything. The lake moved in soft ripples, barely even visible, and he watched it with something close to nostalgia, which was ridiculous. He didn’t even like going to the ocean, back in California.

They stayed quiet until Joe couldn’t stand the silence, and then he said, “I got enough points to go home. Guess I will be, anyways.” Web huffed.

“I don’t know anyone who’d go to the Pacific willingly now, anyways.” He said. Joe shrugged.

“Just stating the obvious.” He said. “What about you? Thinking about going home?”

“Can’t.” Web said, and it surprised Joe all the same. “Four points short.” 

“You jumped on D-Day.” Joe said, just to say it. “And at Market Garden.”

“I know.” Web said back. “It’s just not good enough.”

It was quiet again.

“Sorry.” Joe said grudgingly.

“It’s fine.” Web said, and looked back down at his notebook. “I figure I’ll either find some sort of inspiration there to write what I want to, or I’ll end up strewn along like bloody hamburger across an island. Either way, it could be worse.” Joe wrinkled his nose.

“Way to paint a picture, Web.” He said. “Jesus.” Web hummed.

“I like to illustrate my words.” He said.

“Well, quit it.” Joe said back.

Web didn’t say anything. He just smiled, softly, at his notebook. Joe didn’t let himself smile back. It was quiet, and this time Web broke it.

“I’m not going to apologize for what happened.” He said, and Joe needed no further clarification.

“Would respect you even less if you did.” He said. He shifted against the pier, which was sun-warmed and almost scorching against his palms.

“I just don’t want to run rampant and kill if I don’t have to.” Web said. He seemed unbothered by the warmth, pressing into it and baring up to it. Joe didn’t agree with what he said, but didn’t say so. He didn’t need to.

“Well, you didn’t.” He said, and paused. “Kill, that is. Skinny did.” Web snorted.

“And how the hell do you think he feels, having that on his conscience.” He said. It wasn’t a question. Joe didn’t answer it like one.

“Some people shouldn’t live.” He said, and thought of barbed wire and the men that built it.

“I know.” Web said, and Joe knew he was thinking of the same thing. “But we’re not in control of that.”

“Well, what if I want to be?” 

“Then I feel sorry for you.” Web murmured, voice dropping slightly. He ran two fingers down the spine of his notebook. Joe snorted. It came out a little bitter.

“Please, you’d probably be jealous of me.” He said. “I heard what happened, with the baker.” 

Web sighed and shifted, turning so he faced Joe fully. Joe met his eyes like a challenge, even though Web just looked… tired. Done, with everything.

“Most of the time, I still wish I’d shot that fucker through the neck.” He said, the vivid blue of his eyes giving his words an even more unsettling feel as they bore into Joes. “That’s what scares me. That if I could redo that moment, I probably wouldn’t hesitate to pull the trigger.”

“But you’d leave a man even guiltier than that baker alive?”

Web shrugged and looked back out at the lake. “I’m a shitty person, Lieb.” He said. Joe snorted.

“I know.” He said. “It’s fine, though, because I’m an angel.”

The corner of Web’s mouth twitched. “Hilarious.” He said dryly. Joe grinned.

“I know.” He said again. He watched Web for only a few more moments before he shifted again, pulling himself back up. “C’mon, let’s go back.” Web huffed.

“Where?” He asked. Joe shrugged.

“Barracks.” He said. He looks at Web’s profile again, then his boots at his side, then at the notebook in his lap. “After that… I’m not sure.”

Web’s mouth curved into a smile. “After that, huh.” He said, and sounded needlessly smug. Joe grinned, reached down to curve a hand across the back of his neck and tug him upright.

“C’mon,” He said again. “You asshole.”

Web laughed, and let Joe pull him up.

[solgotdeleted]

they could be pen pals with me, a prisoner, you, and a middle schooler at the same time. bros could write 4 letters at once given a tentacle supporting each paper and another tentacle writing the letter.

I wish octopus could learn how to read. They could be pen pals with middle schoolers.

[eosofspades]

i didn't have "i'm broken" teenage asexual angst i had "i'm literally being the only reasonable one about this concept and the rest of you are behaving like fucking freaks" perception issues

[nouverx]

Arcane season 2 ending made me too sad so yk what, everything is fine actually, Viktor is now a teacher at the Academy and he mentors young Zaunite students. That's how I choose to cope.

[endykelopaedia]

"black people are seen as hyper-masculine and face a lot of violence for it, so yes you can be oppressed for seeming or being masculine"

AHT!! lets talk! black people are not actually hyper-masculine. hyper-masculinity is a projection by people trying to justify anti-black fear and violence. it is not a true and then demonised observation about black existence. the hyperfocus on the masculinity of black people is itself racism!

when you call this issue of racism anti-masculinity or misandry or whatever, you are obfuscating the bigotry at play. ESPECIALLY given that it is overwhelmingly just white women's fear about black people's supposed hyper-masculinity that actually gets listened to & acted upon.

in addition, there are other addendums people tack onto their anti-blackness that completely cause this logic to fall apart when applied. Namely, adultification! black people, black children get adultified by white society.

We are assumed to be older & more independent, and thus less in need of the safety, care, sensitivity, accommodation one would give to a child, and this results in violence and neglect. it is directly observable in the way black children are more likely to get detention, suspended or expelled for the same behaviour as their white peers, s/a rates for black youth, and the arguments that 40 y/o cops give for brutalising & murdering black 20, 16, 12, 8 year olds who so much as breathe in their line of sight.

Given this then, following the misandry logic, we can say being recognised as older or as an adult is a form of oppression.

"black people are seen as older/more mature and face a lot of violence for it, so yes, you can be oppressed for seeming like or being an adult"

we can for the sake of this post name this oppression adultery.

i kid. but do you see the problem. being recognised as an adult is obviously, not itself a form of oppression, in fact quite the opposite, being recognised as adult can grant you a lot of privileges that children do not have.

and black kids are evidently, not adults or people who act like adults. they dont mature faster. black 18 y/os will also face the problem of adultification to justify violence against them. black maturity is not a true and then demonised observation about black existence. the form of oppression is racism, and adultification is the deployed means of enacting racism.

the means of combatting the adultification of black people would not come in creating adult positivity or "advocating" for adults or telling children not to fear adults. it comes in the form of learning about anti-blackness, unlearning anti-blackness, and actually directly combatting anti-blackness.

similarly the means of combatting the hyper-masculinisation of black people comes in the form of learning about anti-blackness, unlearning anti-blackness, and actually directly combatting anti-blackness.

Racism explains both of this phenomena far better than "misandry" ever could.

[what-am-i-doing-in-this-fandom]

I am such a big Werewolf Stan advocate I had to jump on this particular train 🙏 (but I didn't really wanna commit to full line art, you guys understand)

Oh, and you guys aren't gonna believe this, but here's part two 🙌

[walkerrenee]

sometimes i randomly remember how insane maggie stiefvater was for making ronan lynch—a man that can create reality—a man of god, when he himself is a god of a man. then to take this man and have him be not only in love with, but a literal soulmate of a man named adam. parrish. adam parrish. who, mind you, lives above ronan's very own place of worship. and is the namesake of the first of mankind that the bible says god made from the literal dust of the ground (adam parrish: comes from nothing, hair "dusty" in color) and appoints him to care for the garden of eden (adam parrish: sacrifices himself to ronan's sentient forest). then has adam viewing ronan as a god and ronan saying "maybe he dreamt (created)" adam???? like who just fucking writes that and goes about their life?

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF Into the pit? More like into the daddy issues

[egophiliac]

WAIT when did he get FANGS

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Soup solves everything.

[anna-scribbles]

last one i promise(<—lie)

[hinamie]

corvidae

[avenoirn]

to hold you is my only wish

[arcane-gold]

academy days

[captaincalamity]

the thing that pisses me off about the minecraft movie is how boring it is (or will be). people have consistently proven that complex stories and ideas can be conveyed through minecraft, with it not just acting as a backdrop- instead we get jumanji: block edition and it’s so annoying. minecraft is a beautiful game that has brought so many people together, that influenced countless childhoods, and this is what we get? i’m pretty sure it’s going to be the same plot as fucking angry birds.

this movie is taking all the momentum that countless creatives have provided to minecraft for 15 years and acknowledging NONE of it. you can have your opinions of mcyters but at least they have the guts to tell a story.

fuck, maybe my expectations were too high- but it’s hard to not expect more when we consistently got more from way weirder sources. things like stampys lovely world, the fallen kingdom saga, dantdms lab, hermitcraft, the dsmp and qsmp, genuinely every minecraft let’s play has SOME form of story- it’s just disappointing to see mojang fail to create a better story when they’ve had so many examples.

the world has MUCH bigger problems right now, but it’s still upsetting- i was born right in time to grow up with minecraft. and while im not surprised, i am disappointed.