#SHUDDERS HARD.

[pippinscribs]

sold my soul to save my power

hey so anyone wanna talk about husk being an overlord previously or we just gonna leave that be…

original sketch underneath

[yo-yo-yoshiko]

A crossover that exactly ONE PERSON(me) will care about.

(Sensei... You can't say that to a Kamen Rider...)

[theloveinc]

Being the princess betrothed to barbarian!Bakugo.

You don't mind so much as you've always known this was to be your destiny, born merely to smooth over tensions between the kingdom and the country.

But your first meeting is hardly from ideal. The man shoves himself into your dressing room in trying to avoid the grooming his own mother is trying to give him, desperate to get away from the egregious, stifling rules the castle enforces regarding presentation, mainly putting on a shirt.

(He was born of his own parent's desire, but volunteered himself to save the country from annihilation via. industrialization, NOT realizing it would involve marriage. He's much less thrilled than anyone.)

And there you are, being (forcibly) sewed up into a corset that you're absolutely spilling over, your face matted from a layer of unnatural-colored powder, your lips stained the color of fruit that doesn't blossom for months as you turn to look at him in surprise (and then fear, and then confusion and question, your maids squealing before running off to get a guard)...

And Bakugo is suddenly made aware of this itching desire to save you, too.

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(You're standing there, both breathless and bare; him voluntarily, you because of timing. And it's so oddly intimate for separate reasons; Bakugo's never associated nudity with sexuality and you've never been naked in front of a man before.

And despite the betrothal, neither of you know what to say, stuck in the midst of an "is this it?" moment, at least until Bakugo is grabbing your hand to whisk you away and marry you where he was born rather than in between castle walls.)

[minnaci]

dreamy sigh... being hypnotized and trained until their commands are well and truly written in your subconscious... being so thoroughly corrupted that all it takes is a certain look or a specific word to make you weak at the knees... but best of all, seeing the love grow in their gaze as they shape and remake you into an object worthy of their affections <3

[alfiely-art]

Raincode is an interesting commentary on masculinity. Yakou, Number One, Makoto, and Yomi all refuse to get help, upholding the "men are not allowed to be helped and have to deal with everything on their own" ideal. A lot of the games tragedy comes from these guys being too scared to reach out and get help and God forbid they get too emotional or take a step back and say they can't do this. Yuma is forced into accepting others help and expressing his emotions because he has amnesia and is just so confused and in so much danger he literally can't operate otherwise. The solution to everything is teamwork and communication instead of trying to take everything on yourself and worrying about being seen as weak or unmanly or whatever. That you really don't have to do it alone and it's better if you don't. If Yomi hadn't become so self-rightous and allowed others in, to have equals, he probably wouldn't have become so power-hungry and. Well. Yomi. If Makoto had someone, anyone to talk to, he could've found a better solution for the homunculi's diets. As soon as he opens up about what's going on, a better solution is almost immediately made. If Yakou had opened up to the NDA about his wife and the letters, they definitely wouldve helped him out. Investigating, finding the truth, maybe even getting Huesca arrested. If Number One had EVER accepted help, he wouldnt have needed to give himself amnesia to solve one of his own mysteries- because Makoto most definitely retained that trait of his. If any of them had asked for help, things would have been better. Asking for jelp is good and healthy, and something that many guys struggle to learn and accept and get used to.

Idk. This game definitely sucks when it comes to how it treats women but. This is. A very nice take on expectations of guys. That no, that stuff is stupid actually.

There are very few male protagonists that are allowed to be emotional or empathetic or unsure of themselves. The only ones that really come to mind rn outside of Kodaka's works are. Steven Universe. Shinji Ikari. Uhhhhh............... yeah that's all I can think of rn. And those two characters are shit on and called weak and that they're not real men. And Yuma also gets shit on by Some People for those same reasons. (Obviously there's other reasons to dislike him and the other two, but I'm talking about these specific reasons)

And idk. It's just.... really nice to see a game go out and make its ENTIRE message about how you don't have to do it alone. It's a universal message of course but it's also really important for a lot of guys. I know I sure resonated with it. My family is very gung-ho on being the perfect example of masculinity. So it's just. So rare to see a piece of media challenge these ideas. Thank you Raincode you mean a lot to me. Even though you're stinky. Ily

[somedreamlove]

The reason the rhetoric around ‘victim blaming’ is so insidious—and the reason people are still attacking George as an ‘abuser’ despite the situation having been cleared up as a non-issue—is because that phrase, the way it’s currently used, is quite literally intended to be a thought-stopper.

It’s intended to eliminate the possibility for nuanced thought and conversation because it’s a convenient catch-all intended to silence anyone who doesn’t conform to the scary demands of total denunciation.

It functions as a radicalised demand that either demands total loyalty—‘she’s a perfect victim stripped of all agency’—or else cancels you for seeing nuance—‘you’re a victim blamer’.

You need to be very, very careful of any phrase that is intended to cut off any possibility for nuance or further discussion because these are classic tools of increasing radicalism.

Once that scary word is brought out—no matter how inappropriately—can have no more thoughts, no discussion or middle ground; everything must be black and white.

That just widens the mental divide between ‘good person who can do no wrong’ (even when they do) and ‘bad person to blame for everything ever’ (even when there’s ever-present human nuance).

[crimeronan]

the 38% of people saying they'd go back and redo their lives if they could are making me Desperately sad. cannot express enough how important it is to realize what opportunities you've missed out on n what things have disappointed you & then try to go for those opportunities in your adult life. make the choices that your future self will look back on fondly n gratefully.

[blmpff]

YES?????????????????????????????

I'm not attaching pics of the TOEJOB that just took place

GASP

and there it is

[rainbowbeanstyles]

death is just so present in our lives! in every happening in the world, in our own countries and cities, our families, in videogames, in books, in movies, in shows, in music, every little corner, it's there! it's a bit hard to nagivate this after such a big loss, it's impossible to escape from it even if i'm not even trying to... man

[g00pyjes]

personally i think 'deadname' does not ONLY apply to trans people. anyone who changes their name and considers the old one to be unfitting can use the term deadname. if a cis person tells me they do not feel their birth name fits them anymore they are allowed to call it their deadname. the name is dead. no longer being used.

[flyingwide]

thinking about Susurrus's relationship (or lack thereof) with his creators and made myself physically recoil at the idea of his creator calling him "my child" in the same way Horde Prime says "brother"

[platinumshawnn]

trying to write this next chapter and it’s already feeling so short and shit, if it continues this way I’m going to put myself through my kitchen table

[duskymrel]

I was just talking to my mom and told her that I'm really scared of giving birth and that I honestly just want to adopt, since there are so many kids who need homes anyways. Her response was "Oh, but it's so magical! Besides, birth is natural 😃"

Babes, so are periods and death, and neither of those are super fun.

She didn't like that response and started explaining why I should have kids and why being pregnant is so great and would NOT listen when I tried to tell her that that's just not for me.

[gentrigger]

Album art I was commissioned to make for the official album for the TTRPG Hard Wired Island's expansion: Tales from L5

[oh-cramity-its-amity]

my friend: i want to listen to more music :(

my friend: billy. you should send me some of your music. show me some sick metal punk whatever music.

me: *shaking with excitement anxiety in the corner*

me: w-what...?

also me: okay so like... *inserts spotify links*

enemy of the world - four year strong

letters to our former selves - youth fountain

tribulation worksongs - modern life is war

let it enfold you - senses fail

turn on the bright lights - interpol

misery made me - silverstein

for when you're falling backwards - rome hero foxes

lifes not out to get you - neck deep

my friend: GODDAMN

my friend: thanks for the music

[skrunksthatwunk]

FINISHED GAIDEN