#I'm crying and holding my head

[pastelaspirations]

In light of Error winning tumblr sexyman, I feel like reblogging this is appropriate-

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[ineed-to-sleep]

Jackie died. Jackie died and I'm devastated. I will never be the same person again

[spoiledskullz]

No spoilers but this happened to me in real life playing the frontiers update

[shikai-the-storyteller]

[the-alan-price-combo]

60 years ago - on November 16th, 1964, the Animals recorded "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"!! 🐾✨️

[smol-tired-binch-blog]

[kicks door down]

Autistic Nishiki whose special interest is fashion and not only considers what's trendy but also looks out for fabrics that aren't a sensory nightmare, however sometimes he will force himself to wear something that isn't comfy for appearance's sake, which leaves him more vulnerable to getting overwhelmed and therefore 'emotional' Also means he has his collar popped like Kiryu's for sensory reasons too and slutty reasons, which would once again make me correct in saying if he undid his collar in Kiwami he'd be normal again because if I were constantly experiencing sensory discomfort I too would be fucked up and evil.

Cause like here's the thing, autistic Kiryu and Majima headcanons are more obvious (especially the former), whereas Nishiki probably comes off as the most 'normal'; he can likely maintain eye contact and talk to people 'normally' and not like, go off on some random tangent about a special interest or hyperfixation. And then you remember masking is a thing.

And okay, so I actually think it's unfair a lot of fandom considers him a 'crybaby' right, cause he's cried in situations MOST PEOPLE WOULD RIGHTFULLY CRY OVER! BUT, I can use this to my Autistic Advantage and have this be he actually struggles to regulate his emotions, and considering he's been exposed to the yakuza world since a young age where ANY emotion that isn't 'respectable stoicism' or 'righteous fury and indignation', he's seen as even MORE overly emotional. Hence the need to start masking so early, PLUS having to protect Kiryu who couldn't mask if his life depended on it because he doesn't realise he may HAVE to (speaking from personal experience, Kiryu definitely went his whole life unaware there was anything ""wrong"" with him (for lack of a better word) and had people just like "oh yeah he's just Like That dw bout it" and went on with his life), so Nishiki takes up the mantle of I'm The One Who Knows What We're Doing Lad's desperate to gain acceptance and will change whatever he has to but people still somehow pick up that Something's Off About Him and so they tend to be disdainful or brush him off. It's easy charisma that can win over hostesses and brief encounters with civillians but can't carry across in the yakuza. Kiwami is him trying his DAMNDEST to act neurotypical even at the cost of his own comfort, and the worst part is it's not working

[sysig]

I wasn’t using that heart anyway it’s fine (Patreon)

[spotforme]

when i woke up today i was not excpecting to hear a graphic description of how Cat got impragnated but here we are, at least he seems happy, but did i need to hear that

[softstarryblanket]

man of course Dusknoir becomes an idol figure for partner instantly. Polite, humble, he works alone which means he must be strong and confident (while partner has mentioned more than once how they feel brave now that hero is with them).

He's also very knowledgeable and partner is a curious person! They love learning about legends and discovering new things. btw Dusknoir didn't need to go that far for his facade, dude your desire to live in a world like the past is showing.

With Pringle I also sprinkled a bit of gender envy. Even post betrayal he tries to look how he perceives Dusknoir (intimidating, strong, cold), he won't aknowledge that though. He didn't even spend that long as a luxio, as soon as Cebolla told him Dusknoir would visit, Pringle rushed his evolution to compensate for how insecure he feels next to Dusknoir specifically. Ughhh there is so much I want to draw about. them.

[todayisafridaynight]

This might not be anything, but while writing about your fics, the way you have the characters' mannerisms down PERFECTLY got me thinking about mirroring...

There's a lot of it in 7 (Horii is a directorial genius etc etc), most of it more intentional than these probably are, but there's something so interesting about mirroring that takes the tone of a (relatively) fond memory, a familiar gesture, and inverts it in the way shown here.

OH I'M GLAD YOU'VE NOTICED THESE TOO I think I mentioned it months back (or I drafted a post 'bout it but didn't think it was anything noteworthy) but I always really did like how the Arakawa Family mimicked each other's mannerisms (also circling back to how Jo and Masato calling Ichiban 'Ichi' presumably after picking it up from Arakawa)!

Aoki actually does the same sitting gesture too! I went back to double check and skim through the rest of the game's cutscenes, and as far as I could tell unless I skipped a scene, it really is only these three that do this specific pose:

It's such a small detail but I love it immensely and it really does highlight their connections with each other and it drives me insane

[greatprotector-if]

Hello! This is the anon that wanted to draw Sacha and their MC :))) I wanted to submit this anonymously but i could not figure it out to save my life 😭 I haven’t drawn in forever so please excuse the roughness it’s just a coloured sketch! This is obviously just my interpretation of Sacha + Teddy but i hope you like it :)))

[rad-roche]

well. hrm. learned something about the oil paint tools in rsp

it turns out they're much, much easier to use with a tilt tablet. i mashed this out with a half hour limit just to see how the brushes felt, so it's not clean, or really done, but. hm. i see i've been. making this x1000% more difficult for myself with the older tablet. ah well live and learn

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: September 7

“I Think He Knows” by Camila Cabello & Lil Nas X (music video here)

[unreadpoppy]

guess who signed Raphael's deal

[ishouldreallybeelsewhere]

Episode one of Supernatural is so flawed that, had I watched it for the first time last night (instead of for the third), I would not have have watched the second. Ever. The flaws are things I simply didn't pick up on when I was thirteen, and memory glazed over with emotional attachment. I understand why these flaws are there, what the writers tried and failed to do through clumsy dialogue and strange character decisions. There's no subtlety. Everything Sam says is direct exposition, specifically the things that he would not have to say to his brother.

I do not do reviews so that's all I'm going to say.

[winesvein]

Sunlight spills into the room-- everything becomes golden, illuminated raw honey. Baba says I was named with this radiance in mind, with this sweetness in thought. I do not know that I am as radiant or honeyed as my true name promises. Instead I am built strong, resilient, like the honeycomb. Instead my blood runs hot, molten, like the sun. I am not anything my forebears thought I should be and I am still fighting to simply be me.

—Kali