#If you remove it from the og media and the rest of the songs you would think hes being genuine

[smallsinger5901]

one of these days im going to write that post about how Where is the Justice is a good song, and one that actually works fairly well for Light, but only if its in the pre-existing context of his personality and character, and how removing it and listening to it as an ‘i want’ (or ‘i hate’ ig) song for him doesnt work because it has to be understood that he is misinterpreting his own ideals to appear more convincing and favourable to his class, and seeing it as a standalone explanation of his real motivations for becoming Kira will give a completely skewed understanding of of Light as a person

[haarute]

watching dragon ball alone in my bedroom on an old, small, and dusty tv at 5 in the afternoon is without exaggeration the first memories i have of my life. so clear, yet so distant.

i remember doodling dragon ball characters almost every day in primary school. and even when i didn't draw them specifically, you could tell that "art" for me looked like toriyama's style. those drawings were my first exposure to the that world, and that was my starting point for anything i've ever drawn.

funny story: the hardest i've ever cried as a kid (and kind of in general), was watching the final minutes of the final episode of dragon ball GT, where the intro song "dan dan kokoro hikareteku" plays over a montage of all of dragon ball from beginning to end. i had been following goku since he was a kid in OG dragon ball almost daily since i could remember. kid me couldn't take the idea of him being gone forever. he was my best friend.

i watched that episode on the day of my BIRTHDAY, like 2 hours before i had to go to my party at an arcade restaurant we invited my friends to. i was A MESS. just sitting in our car sobbing uncontrollably while my mom didn't know what the fuck was wrong with me as i couldn't speak. must have been like 8-9 years old, maybe?

last year i thought to myself "why don't i have that song on my playlist?" and decided to look up this ending again out of curiosity. i was once again reduced an absolute wreck as a 27 year old adult in 2 minutes. i couldn't believe how primal these emotions of mine were, as i hadn't watched or cared much about this show in forever, but i suppose it is impossible to completely remove something that was once so core to your life, regardless of how much time has passed lmao. so here i am, tearing up once again.

i know i'm just rambling here, but seeing so many people on social media talk about their experiences with anything that toriyama-san had created really made me start reminiscing on my own experiences with dragon ball and how much it meant to me.

the reach he had on the entire planet cannot be overstated. through comic books, anime, videogames... be it dragon ball, dragon quest, chrono trigger, dr. slump, sand land, etc. and that is without even considering the unquantifiable amount of art that was inspired directly by his work, and the people that were then inspired in turn.

he's touched so many lives of all ages across time. and will continue to do so, as is the nature of art itself.

watching my favorite show. collecting cards with my favorite characters on them. frequenting my favorite AMVs of my favorite moments. playing my favorite videogames with my friends after school... the list goes on.

thank you for all the memories.

thank you, akira toriyama. rest in peace.

[purpleandsilver]

(FINALLY!) My Tumblr Year In Review

I posted 519 times in 2021

Interesting tidbits and reactions are all in italics

187 posts created (36%)

332 posts reblogged (64%) Not surprised really, I think the majority of my experience with social media is wanting people to see what I think is interesting. Maybe I should focus on more og posts and less reblogs. 🤔

For every post I created, I reblogged 1.8 posts.

I added 988 tags in 2021

#reblog - 292 posts

#critical role - 170 posts

#imalsoscarlet - 97 posts

#cr spoilers - 94 posts

#campaign 2 - 90 posts

#essek thelyss - 64 posts I'm surprised this number isn't higher lol

#c2e140 - 60 posts I posted that much about the second to last episode? Holy Essek's soup, that episode did a NUMBER on me

#dice - 43 posts Next year, this number will be higher, just you watch. 🥰

#shadowgast - 41 posts

#taylor swift - 37 posts

Longest Tag: 134 characters

Here's the post if you're interested lol

#also caleb's backstory is just *slaps caleb on the back* so full of tramua and hate but then trent gets locked up and caleb finds love

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Episode 140 In Pictures [No Spoilers]

Episodes 140 and 141 were ROLLERCOASTERS. Sometimes I STILL cry about them. I don't know if I can rewatch them lol.

94 notes • Posted 2021-05-28 16:11:48 GMT

#4

Critters I am once again asking for help identifying the artist to a fanart.

Who made this lovely work?

Edit: thank you @paichan13 for finding the artist for me. Check out the work (and aryist) on Twitter!

I love this fandom so much. I'm glad that I can find the person who make the fanart I randomly save to my phone. Look, I'm a simple person. I see Hot Boi, I like. Lol.

99 notes • Posted 2021-11-04 04:17:22 GMT

#3

Someone on Twitter saw this and now we're Twitter moots who have hilarious interactions like this one.

I miss Essek so much that my only desire in life is going to a con that the cast of CR is at, handing Matthew Mercer a Tupperware container of soup and saying, "this is for Essek."

108 notes • Posted 2021-08-06 20:02:14 GMT

#2

I Wish You Would

Title is a Taylor Swift song. Enjoy. This is part 1.

***

The night prior, Caleb slept in his bed. No, not in the way Jester would suggest in their casual conversations. Not in the way Essek had begun to fear thinking about, after realizing he was attracted to Caleb.

It took him a while, to figure that out. Or maybe it took him a while to become attracted to Caleb. Perhaps Essek grew closer to him in the cold, barren city of Aeor. Perhaps it happened in distance, when Essek was stuck at the outpost in Eisselcross, fearing for his life, far removed from his friends'.

You can find the rest of this cheesy mess here. I'm sorry.

140 notes • Posted 2021-08-28 03:14:23 GMT

#1

Does Essek know that they used the beacon for a drinking contest? Because I feel like he should be told. Like imagine his reaction.

"I'm sorry you used the beacon to do what?"

159 notes • Posted 2021-05-31 09:28:28 GMT

Really? REALLY? A random, silly thought I posted got that much attention? Sigh. The internet everyone.

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