#Lion Attitude

[ivyllamauwu]

I’m crying he’s just bossing people around😭 The pose, his hand on his hip him pointing, yeah he is NOT beating the allegations 😭🙏

[nr1-logo-design-inspiration]

Lion + shield logo design concept ☆☆☆

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[indigo-park-fixation]

I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THEM SPILL THE TEA RAMBLEY

[this-is-exile2]

[chimerafeathers]

there's an essay jumbled up in my brain about dunmeshi's beginning and how clever and deceptive it is as a sleight-of-hand trick that distracts the audience from the depth and scope of the worldbuilding and foreshadowing that's being set up the entire time by dangling zany characters and wacky dishes and biology fun facts in front of us, and how that serves to catch invested viewers off guard when those elements come to the forefront, but also how it works against it with other viewers wanting "more" and not seeing it because the plot bait isn't laid out up front

how people getting frustrated with the characters "not taking things seriously" is mirrored and refuted in the confrontation between Laios and Shuro. how the characters' attitudes aren't just a result of shallow low-stakes "comedy rules" where nothing matters, but are an extension of their personalities (Laios's nonstandard expression of emotions being offputting even to people he knows) and the world and social environment (adventurers being desensitized to death and injury because resurrection magic is commonplace). the way the party refers to "saving Falin" instead of "retrieving Falin's corpse," indicating that they still see her with full personhood, and how that phrasing leads to some readers/viewers believing that Falin is alive in the dragon's stomach, conscious of being slowly digested while the party carelessly fucks around "wasting time." how the weird tonal dissonance makes sense in-universe and yet is deliberately challenged more and more the deeper the party goes

all the character building and pieces of lore slowly weaving together the shape of the larger world, laying the groundwork for the major themes that will surface later. so much is right there in the "low-stakes" early episodes if you know what you're looking for (or pass the perception checks).

it can be so satisfying to see new viewers/readers pick up on the clues even in the earliest "simple" episodes, or notice new things and make connections yourself....and it can also be frustrating to see people dismiss oddities and dissonance as shallow or bad writing because they don't expect a "cooking anime" to have depth like that. why try to question and understand and peel back the layers when you don't expect there to be any layers?

why can't laios take things seriously for once?

[the-sea-my-soul]

He was a sassy fellow ♡♡

[fluorescentbrains]

see one half of the conversation is the gender issues but the other half is me being annoyed that people don’t know anything about animals. you can also get your shit rocked by a deer or a turkey btw in case you think i don’t have a healthy level of caution towards wild animals. it’s deer > turkey > fox > bear > wolf > strange man > moose > mountain lion for me. obviously this is very northeastern US centric. i did run into a lone coyote once when i was in california and it spooked me a little but it left me alone

[jeannereames]

Hi,

I just noticed that in the scene that Hephaistion finds out that Alexander hid his father's illness from him, he tells Alexander to stop manipulating him. He also thinks Alexander doesn't even recognize what he's doing anymore...

It got me thinking, that Alexander trusted Hephaistion more than anyone is clear from history, but what about the opposite ?

So of course about the historical man it's a bit hard to tell, but what about your character?

Could Hephaistion fully trust Alexander? To me, somewhat ironically the answer would be no.

He will never be able to trust Alexander the way Alexander trusts him...

It might be almost imperceptible but it would still be there, part of their complicated power dynamics.

I'm interested in what you think about it :)

What I think about it...

You are a close reader and this is insightful.

Also true. ;-)

Thanks for picking up on little shades of characterization.

The only other thing I'd add--mostly for those a bit appalled--is that Alexandros is a prince, descended from Herakles and Achilles. Of course the world revolves around him. It's how he was raised to think. "All [people] are created equal" is a LONG-ass way in his future. And there will always be at least a little bit of a ... gap between him and anybody else. Even Hephaistion.

(Also, he did feel quite badly later, and was sorry. His apology was genuine, which is why Hephaistion accepted it. But he's still prince. And he'd still assume Hephaistion would take an arrow for him. That's why he has the Bodyguards.)

[sneakystorms]

Maybe I should've seen it coming with the weight placed on the concept of "desire" but i really wasn't expecting dungeon meshi to turn into a full on buddhist lecture

[face-breaker]

fighting the urge to mix a lil' honey badger into sett —

[13flowersandfoxes]

Why tf is there open season on wild cats?

Ugh

So this year with the harsh winter and overpopulation of deer and elk, a lot died.

So hunters freaked out that all their deer/elk were going to die

The state legislature had a completely unrelated bill that was already slated to pass. At the last minute, a part was added to make open season on cougars because they would…. Kill and eat deer.

This was passed without consulting any actual scientists and the DNR, done by just lawmakers. Basically it was done for nonsense reasons because people are still spreading anti predator rhetoric. Luckily cougars are generally too elusive for the average hunter, but there are people that are annoyingly proficient at it (I once saw a tinder bio where a guy posed with 5 different dead cougars. Hard pass)

[whenthegoldrays]

ROGE R

[vigilbutts]

like i didn't admit openly to being furry when i started playing. but. charr were definitely not my first anthro interest LMAO

gw2 did encourage me to be more furry than i was, though. i can also credit gw2 heavily for helping me realize i'm nonbinary👍

[spottedside]

gripping myself by the shoulders

[kalahs-beautiful-realm]

Proverbs 23:7

[definitelynotshouting]

WHY ARE YOU PEOPLE TERRIFIED OF ME I AM JUST A LIL GUY!!!!!!! /LH