#IMPOSSIBLE DIFFICULTY

[degenerateshinji]

DAY 5

Stormbringer soukoku lets get it. This is a scene from page 299, ill paste it below.

Rare pic of Dazai smiling. Why're you looking at him like that, Dazai? Are you gay, Dazai?

Unrelated but I like the monotone ver of this one

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He turned his back to Chuuya and began walking toward the hatchway, leaving Chuuya behind.

Dazai's eyes were fixed on the pocket watch. Two more minutes. Nowhere near enough time to decide how to live the rest of one's life, but that was all the time they could spare. Dazai's mind was already forming a backup plan at an incredible pace just in case Chuuya decided not to go through with this.

He walked six steps until he reached the hatchway, then began to descend. Right as he had made his way down three steps, he heard a refreshing clank from behind. It sounded like someone had just leaped off a metal plank.

The moment Dazai realized what the sound was, he looked back in surprise.

There was nobody on top of the platform anymore.

After staring in mute amazement for a brief moment, his lips eased into a smile.

"Show-off."

It was an annoyed yet relieved smile. He then promptly began giving orders into the radio.

"Everyone, prepare for battle. Chuuya is heading toward the target."

[jujumighty]

[chiptunecreature]

Can YOU guess which FFXIV job is my favorite, based only on their portraits?

[cottagewhores]

i am trying my best not to clip every minute of yesterdays stream

[threefeline]

Honestly hilarious that people will unironically use words like "ship" and "anti" in regards to anything GOT or GRRM related or anything even similar. Fandom girlies you're fucking insane never change

[thejazzywaffles]

Tumblr users stop responding to this with the names of very NOT normal (usually genocidal) teen girls challenge

every time.

[bizlybebo]

vyrian and his mom are going to euthanize me :(

[sighsebstan]

spot the difference

[sharkys-serious-stuff]

I'm never going to be accepted lmao and I just accepted that

My mom's always going to call me her daughter

I'm always going to be called my deadname

I'm always going to be asked if I have a bf.

IDC anymore man. It still hurts but what am I gonna do about it? I live in a bible belt state, whaddya expect?

[sanguine-squid]

google try not to show me medical gore challenge

[probablyasocialecologist]

[nin-nyan-ve]

बारा.

Nihilism and Absurdism

one/?

[afraidparade]

TIME FOR MERMAY!!!!! i designed a merfolk design for pazu two years ago but decided to redo it to fit the narrative that he is a kraken who torments one sailor in particular and revels in the fact that everyone thinks theo is crazy for insisting pazu exists

more mermay shenanigans to come throughout the month (hopefully)

[sophitia-of-hyrule]

I've seen you like a bunch of my posts, and I'd like you to fuck off from my blog if you perpuate this kind of nonsense. People who deny obvious racism are not welcome here.

The point is that having the villain be a brown man from the desert is racist because REAL MIDDLE EASTERN MEN ARE CONSTANTLY DEMONIZED AND VIOLENCE AGAINST THEM IS NORMALIZED. Think about the amount of people who openly say they distrust brown and/or Muslim men because they are "violent" or "they beat women".

So for the Zelda series to be about two pretty blonde people killing a bad man from the desert is, in fact, fucking racist. Also do I seriously need to explain how it's bad that Ganondorf and the Gerudo to be exoticized and sexualized as much they are?

You can still have Ganondorf as an antagonist, the problem is that there are no other male Gerudo. It reinforces the idea that brown women are oppressed by brown men who are violent and bad, and must be saved by Western civilisation (in this case, Hyrule).

When Ganondorf tries to conquer Hyrule, it's bad. But when the royal family of Hyrule conquers a bunch of territories, makes other tribes submit to them, commit warcrimes and genocide, it's totally justified because they are chosen by the Goddess. THE PROBLEM IS THE DOUBLE STANDARD.

If you in 2024 still think the Zelda series has nothing wrong with it when it comes to race and orientalism, you're fucking blind and you need to educate yourself before you open your dumb mouth.

you know, you could argue that totk is just "one bad game" in a series that doesnt have to mean anything for the future, and i should jsut move on and wait for the next one, and generally id agree, but these days i cannot help but feel like its the beginning of the end, so to say

we are seeing it in every type of media, be it series, games, movies, that stories that say anything are too risky so they go for generic slop instead- the recent news about pixar wanting to focus "mass appeal" (despite their reasoning being completely hypocritical?) is just yet another proof of that being a trend that doesnt seem to stop any time soon

and one of the problems that brings with it, besides just being boring, is that "generic mass appeal" stuff ... ends up turning around to repeat tired old stereotypes that often leads to really problematic framing (like even childrens cartoons featuring war somewhere in the middle east against evil arabs .. just like, as a backdrop), bc "mass appeal" in general really means "average white person able to spend money", which isnt the majority of people but its the ones who this is targeted towards and more often than not made by, and, no matter how much some people want to pretend its possible, its impossible to make anything that doesnt say anything, theres nothing non political, if they think something is non political its bc its aimed at them and they agree with it

thats what makes me so anxious about the future of the zelda franchise, bc, while its always been a problem, totk especially.. is exactly that imo, its generic and a boring good vs evil with no nuance to be found if you are in the target "mass appeal" but as soon as you arent, or know about the most widely used ways of framing, its kinda scary how clearly it turns into a white god appointed savior against the evil arabs imperialism simulator, and it might not have been intended as such, its so normalized that its considered simple and standard.. (i know i go on alot about it, and i dont mean media has to be sanitized uwu perfect and not feature anything problematic- i mean this as a critique of how its presented, it expects and wants you to agree with it, its not like a cautionary tale about serious things like some movies ARE, its a fantasy game 'aimed at kids' ..)

and if its true that they outsourced the writing for the game .. for the sequel to breath of the wild, one of their most successful games ever, then what does that mean for the future? that doesnt sound good at all

with the trends of the dominating media, and how totk turned out, i feel like we are seeing the start of a downfall into 'generic slop' that makes them more money more safely than anything more unique or interesting for the franchise like its happening with everything else that isnt indie

if all that wasnt the case i might not be so focused on it, i might be able to move on much easier, but i cant, i care deeply about it and i feel like im clawing at sand slipping into a giant garbage disposal, im not thrilled and excited for the next game like i was just a few years ago, or direct for that matter, im afraid of what they will do next, and i dont think thats good, and i dont think im the only one either, hyperfixation (special interest?) or not

[welcometothesewers]

Been playing around with making some of my faves into triple changers! Here’s the Skyfire/Jetfire concepts, he’s a shuttle and fire truck. I imagine becoming a triple changer is an extremely stressful process for any mech. So it’s got angst potential baby! Ultra Magnus is next :3

[cable-salamdr]

Everyone yesterday: Ugh, October?? I mean, it’s nice to know, but we don’t wanna wait three months— most of us are busy with school or life by then :////

Peacock:

Peacock: So guess what