#MultiLayered

[finemealprompt]

DP x DC Prompt #85

Bart was told he could run track as long as he didn’t break any records and didn’t win all the time. And he isn’t! But this is the first race where he’s running against a fellow meta! He’s just gotta not lose control in the heat of the competition. And he won’t … probably.

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

I stay silent sometimes because no words can explain what's going on in my heart and mind..

[wefashionablyfutile]

〰️ Multilayered mixed media piece ✨💐

[anmolsmsblog]

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[rheadionne]

Check out my review of Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs 

[neutymes]

Flourette

[sovamurka]

I think that Jinx and Isha's relationship will parallel three separate dynamics:

1) Sibling dynamic - Vi and Jinx. Obvious parallel with Jinx being an older sister this time around. Perhaps it will make Jinx reminisce about her childhood and make her understand how much Vi actually loved her.

2) Parent/child dynamic - Where do I start? Jinx and her mom, Jinx and Vander, Jinx and Silco, Jinx and... Vi (yes, if you didn't notice, Vi was also a motherly figure for Powder after their mother's death). It will possibly make Jinx not just take responsibility but finally realise why parents protect their children at all cost and are ready to give up anything, including their own life.

3) Old/young self dynamic - Jinx and Powder - basically Jinx accepting and loving her younger self through Isha. It is the most important lesson she may learn, actually!

[drenched-in-sunlight]

mom vs dad incantation class

(also no thought… just Marika with her little daughters)

[paintedatoz]

#beginningofastory #painting #paintings #ahorsenamedspirit #oldsoul #multicolored #multilayered @derecktor derecktor #derecktor ❤️ (at Tiverton, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co3PZUSsxyL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[egophiliac]

(breathing into a paper bag) FRALIO....

can't believe they gave us another guy. oh my god. so I guess Kelka is more, uhhh, more OOO then, and Fralio is Ankh? not that it matters too much, although they do seem to be doing something with the connected Riders so. who knows. anything goes! or if I may, anything gOOOes! god. of course they're the Ambition parallel. of course they are. oh my god.

fortunately there's nothing else they can throw at me right now that could possibly --

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[borgialucrezia]

"Cesare was to be the evil genius of Lucrezia’s life: their love and loyalty to one another were such that he, like his father, would be accused of incest with her; even that his obsessive love for her led him to murder." — Sarah Bradford,  Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love and Death in Renaissance Italy

[lonelyzarquon]

[horrorlesbians]

the specific vitriolic hatred this site has for lesbians needs to be studied. “gayest place on the internet” my ass

[kinardgo]

as a queer dude with aspirations on being kinda big and muscly, buck and tommy being queer dudes who are big and muscly on my tv in the year of our lord 2024 feels like a damn blessing. we used to pray for days like these.

[kyouka-supremacy]

In vol 13, at the end of chapter 52, Akutagawa says to Atsushi "...Hmph. Nothing special about that. I suppose he's far crueler than my own mentor."

If you don't mind, I'd like to know what is your take on its meaning

THANK YOU, I love this ask. I think that little line is so so meaningful, because it gives us additional insight on what Akutagawa and Dazai's relationship is like and on Akutagawa’s feelings towards Dazai. There’s so much nuance to it, because it makes Akutagawa aware. So often in fancontent Akutagawa is completely oblivious to Dazai's abuse, utterly blinded to Dazai's cruelness. But he's not!!! He's not!!! And it's suchhhh an eye-opener line about his character. Because, you know what? Akutagawa actually understands Dazai deeply. Way more than one would guess upon first impression. And the reason of that is because Akutagawa and Dazai are ultimately similar: they're both the “doing evil” to Atsushi and Chuuya's “doing good”¹.

Akutagawa comes close to understanding Dazai: I think during the time they spent together in the pm he got intimately acquainted with a side of Dazai no one else knows, for better or worse. I even think that since Dazai thought so lowly of Akutagawa, he didn't spare the same effort for putting masks on for him as much as he did with everyone else; as consequence, Akutagawa ended up seeing sides of Dazai that Dazai rarely revealed to other people. And I'm not talking exclusively about bad sides, but also vulnerable sides, fecets that overall he doesn't usually let emerge.

This mutual understanding - and isn't that a surprising sentence by its own! The understanding is mutual, doesn't go only in one direction, Akutagawa actually understands Dazai plenty – comes from a similarity between the two that, I've said many times before, is likely source to Dazai's otherwise unexplained cruelness towards Akutagawa. In Akutagawa's dark, bottomless, empty eyes, Dazai sees his own, and he utterly hates how Akutagawa embodies everything that's despicable in himself, the same emptiness, the same void. In the end, they both want to find a reason to live, while also being highly suicidal.

When I say “understands��; it's not about understanding what goes through Dazai's mind (that would be, for comparison, what Dostoyevsky gets closer to do); for Akutagawa it's a more instinctive understanding induced by their closeness, their similarity, their sharing the same sentiment of struggle in finding an explanation for the act of existing. The “can you give me a reason to live” from The Heartless Cur that counts for the both of them.

They're the same, and that's how Akutagawa can get Dazai, deeply. That line reveals exactly that! “Dazai is plenty cruel himself”. Akutagawa knows Dazai isn't a good man; but that's a separate thing from wanting his approval. It's not only this line; this understanding Dazai of Akutagawa is, I believe, reiterated consistently (if subtly) in the manga. It's in “You know [what mafia is like] better than anyone else” from chapter 4 and it's in “It'd take more than that to kill the man” from chapter 35 and it's in the way he talks about Dazai in chapter 51. It's in “There's no way you're dead. You are somewhere here in Yokohama. I just know it.” from the Entrance Exam light novel. When in Dead apple he says that Dazai joined the enemy, he's wrong; but if you ask me, that shows how Akutagawa understands the potential of the darkness within Dazai's soul better than Atsushi (but at the same time fails to see the possible goodness in him, because Port Mafia Dazai is what Akutagawa has ever known). I feel like all these moments are symptomatic of Akutagawa understanding Dazai on a level that's way deeper than others.

TL;DR: That line is so important to understand the depth of Dazai and Akutgawa's relationship because it shows how much Akutagawa gets Dazai, making of Akutagawa a much more cognizant character when it comes to Dazai than what one may think!

More on Akutagawa and Dazai's relationship: (1) (2) (3)

¹ Chuuya is the good half of the skk duo. It's just that whereas Atsushi does good in a more general sense, Chuuya's acting is mostly lead by willingness to do what's good for the Port Mafia. Still, both Atsushi and Chuuya act on way more altruistic basis than Akutagawa and Dazai do, am I wrong?

[crimsondinnerparty]

Meta: Hannibal Carrying Will in “Digestivo” (S3E7)

In *Hannibal* Season 3, Episode 7 (“Digestivo”), one of the most striking images is Hannibal carrying a critically injured Will. This moment feels like it encapsulates the entire dynamic between them—a relationship defined by layers of love, power, obsession, and the fine line between care and control. Hannibal carrying Will is at once tender, eerie, and complex, leaving viewers torn between interpretations. What is Hannibal’s true motivation here, and what does this gesture tell us about his idea of love and his need for control?

At a surface level, Hannibal carrying Will could be seen as an act of care. Will is severely injured, unable to help himself, and in this moment, Hannibal steps in to protect and care for him. For someone like Hannibal, who seldom shows open affection, this physical act speaks volumes. It suggests that Will, in his vulnerable state, is something Hannibal cherishes enough to protect. Hannibal rarely shows softness, yet here he holds Will in a way that seems almost reverent, almost... loving.

But love, for Hannibal, is never straightforward. His concept of affection is tangled up with ownership and dominance. When he carries Will, it isn’t just to save him but to claim him. Hannibal isn’t the type to simply “care” for someone; he has to possess them. For Hannibal, carrying Will can be read as a literal assertion of power and control, holding him at a moment when Will is most vulnerable, almost as though saying, “You’re mine.” In that act, he asserts that Will is not only under his protection but under his control, dependent on him in a way that goes beyond simple physicality.

This act of carrying Will also speaks to Hannibal’s complex view of love and dependency. In Hannibal’s eyes, “love” is inextricably bound to vulnerability and control. For him, genuine closeness is achieved when someone submits completely, whether by choice or necessity. By holding Will in his arms, Hannibal is asserting that their bond goes beyond words—it’s an inescapable connection. Hannibal doesn’t want Will just as a friend or equal; he wants Will bound to him, dependent on him, almost as an extension of himself. There’s a twisted intimacy in carrying someone, in physically having that control over them. In this moment, Hannibal becomes both protector and captor.

Yet the scene also suggests a conflicting humanity within Hannibal. For all his darkness, this moment feels like one of the few times we see him express something almost close to compassion. Hannibal is, in a way, showing vulnerability of his own here. He could leave Will, let him suffer, or distance himself to maintain his emotional armor. But he doesn’t. He chooses to care for Will in the most direct way possible, exposing himself to emotions he doesn’t normally allow. This complexity gives us a glimpse into Hannibal’s psyche: he desires control, but he also desires connection, and with Will, those lines blur dangerously.

Ultimately, the scene is powerful because it balances on that delicate edge between love and possession. Hannibal’s relationship with Will defies easy categorization because it’s not built on typical foundations of respect or equality—it’s built on need, obsession, and a strange, warped understanding of loyalty. By carrying Will, Hannibal is saying, “I won’t let you go.” It’s an embrace that’s both affectionate and suffocating. Hannibal’s idea of love doesn’t allow for separation or distance; it’s possessive to the core.

This ambiguity is what makes the relationship between Will and Hannibal so haunting and memorable. Hannibal’s love is never purely selfless, and his need for Will is never simple. When he carries Will, he shows that love and control can coexist in twisted harmony, that devotion and dominance can intertwine. It’s a love story drenched in horror and fascination, and this moment crystallizes the essence of what makes Hannibal and Will’s connection so unforgettable.