#Sands Point

[pedroam-bang]

"Like, this will take her like 50 trips."

The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013)

[newyorkundead]

Sands Point Castle

[travsd]

The House of Herbert Bayard Swope

January 5 was the birthday of newspaperman Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958). You’d be correct in noticing that it’s unusual for us to give attention to a straight news journalist on this blog. We’ve gotten close to that but invariably those we’ve written about also wrote theatre criticism, or plays, or screenplays, or such like. For a couple of examples, Richard Harding Davis also wrote playlets…

[wyervan]

hello👋 I really love your art😍 I must admit you are amazing. but can I make a request? Like drawing the sun and the moon with a hoodie. I would really love to see them in another outfit, especially with your amazing art style. 💖💖

friend u have activated one of my artistic trap cards: baggy clothing.

o to be swallowed whole by a dca-sized hoodie

[florbe-triz]

[musubiki]

its been a while since my last summer mochi 🌺🏖️

[greatgoddyke]

but my heart is like a claw machine

[12u3ie]

“grian never left the desert” “scar never left the desert” PIXLRIFFS NEVER LEFT THE DESERT DO YOU HEAR ME

[travelling-hydaelyn]

Lahabrea possessed Thancred before this questline even started which means these are back to back Laha interactions. Here is how he greets the WoL in the Waking Sands immediately after his Disney villain introduction.

Meanwhile in Minfilia's solar:

presumably he took a brief break from running Alphinaud's errands to go dramatically laugh at the WoL

[kantpattanawat]

Then why are we talking, Captain? First Kanaphan as Kant (The Heart Killers, 2024-2025)

[bubblybloob]

Hey guys? I think there’s something wrong with Damsel-

Link to meme below

[xceanlynx]

Did you sneak in there to get high? Why don't you love yourself at all, Ray? I told you to quit using drugs. You drink and do drugs. You're gonna die before you turn thirty.

Only Friends (2023) dir. Jojo Tichakorn & Ninew Pinya

[sollucets]

ray -> mew // sand -> ray, or: projecting

+1: the difference

[craziesyourbees]

It's true that the enstars fandom often treats rinne weirdly, but i wish the fan solution wouldn't be to portray rinne in a reductive manner, scrubbing him of his nuance. Attempting to reshape rinne into a wholesome, kind, selfless guy is just not factually true within the scope of canon information. There is a reason why a lot of the cast (initially) dislikes him—whether it be because of hurtful actions, or provocative words, rinne is generally not an easy person to interact with. His purposefully crafted (and terrible) reputation often makes his peers wary of him, regardless if said feelings are misguided or not. And rinne doesn't do anything to dispel that image either—he is unapologetically himself, for better or for worse.

(Though, the complexities of such behavior is a different topic. It's not particularly relevant to the point i'm making, but i did want to acknowledge that. It's important to remember that behind the overbearing persona, rinne is more mild-mannered & average guy than he wants you to believe. You see it in his personal interactions with niki, or how niki recalls the past. Because that's the point—everything is carefully constructed for the public. Both as a means of control, and a defense mechanism.)

I see people often bring up how kind&caring rinne is towards others in order to dilute the… unsavory parts of his character, so to speak. And while it's not technically incorrect to say so, especially if you examine rinne's relationship with crazy:b, but… it's as if people erase his flaws because the thought of a multifaceted character that is neither good or bad is scary. But if that's true, why are negative traits viewed as problematic rather than adding realistic depth to fictional characters?   

For example, let's objectively look at rinne&hiiro's relationship. A part of hiiro's character development involves becoming independent, which is further spurred by rinne disowning him in the main story. While such gesture was an attempt of kindness on rinne's end—to give his dear brother independence, autonomy, freedom—it ultimately ignored how it would impact hiiro. Good intentions may be paved with love, but it does not mean the other party will respond happily. And with this specific instance, hiiro was deeply upset as he was proud of his identity&culture. To call their familial dynamic wholesome, and devoid of nuance would be a lie.  

Rinne is a nuanced, flawed person. He both possesses the multitude of having sincere compassion for the people in his life while simultaneously deeply hurting people for his own gain (Sudden Death is a good example). I wish more people would acknowledge that instead of trying to box him into rigid beliefs of good or bad. Because he is neither, and implying such strips him of interesting complexity. Which is part of the fun of Rinne Amagi!

[axel-tiredstudent]

FINALLY did Sand Village characters!!

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 5

[web-novel-polls]

Writing propaganda is so difficult for me bc, like, how do I even begin to show it better than lines like “You are the breath-taking view of mountains and lakes in the remaining years of my life, the rising clouds tinged in sunset colours. Now and forever, I will keep on loving you a little more” (4 o’clock flower) or “He loved him so much, missed him so much, he missed him in the barracks, he missed him in battle. In the depths of his shattered memories, he loved him, thought of him, missed him.” (Yuwu) or “If it’s with you, if I can be together with you… I am fearless.” (Where is Our Agreement to Be Arch-Rivals?) or “Only after having met you did I discover that its such a simple thing to be happy” (TGCF) or “In this life, you will be the only one in my heart. In the next life, and the life after that, I will forever remember you, so long as my soul hasn’t scattered.” (Qi Ye) or “To place my life in your hands, even if my end is death, it is something I’ll never regret” (Peerless) or “You are just like my reverse scale. You live, I live. You are my life. Therefore, no matter how difficult things are in the future, or how arduous life becomes, I want you to live” (Nan Chan) or “As long as this ending can be changed, I am willing to die for him a thousand times” (Mist) or “I fantasize about seeing my reflection in your eyes on day, just one look, I’ll be willing to do anything that is asked of me, even pulverizing my body and shattering my bones no matter how many times…” (LHJC) or “Whatever he wants, I’ll give it to him. If he wants my life, I’ll stake my life for him… there’s no betrayal to be had.” (Liu Yao) or “I will always be with you. Life or death, I will bring you home” (2ha) or “This love has always been doomed. Yet, knowing that it’s perpetual doom, that it’s infinite destruction, the moths still throw themselves into the fire until they meet their very deaths” (Cold Sands) or “I hope that you will hate me all your life” (Golden Stage) or “Won’t you turn back and look at me? If you turn back and look at me just one time, even if you were to ask me to climb up to the roof and jump off, I’ll do it.” (GuoMen) or “Whereas Ruan Nanzhu sat at his side, gazing at Lin Qiushi with admiration in his eyes, his whole look a litany of I love you I love you I love you” (Kaleidoscope of Death), or…