#This is too beautiful for words!

[sapphic-storm69]

Spiderverse thots

[erebus0dora]

something something a chat i am in discussing the loneliness of Armand who needs someone to define him and see him, so

"...it was ghastly and awful and loathsome, and beautiful all at the same time."

and yeah i kinda just want to give ppl hugs with anything i do and talk to them in hushed tones, so there you go

[thelostgirl21]

"Officially, it's now become canon that Jaskier is queer, which had never really been explicitly said before in the past. Was that something you knew about your character from the beginning, from season one?

No, it wasn't. It's something I explored in my own exploration of the character but canonically, in the books, he is nothing but heterosexual, as far as my reading goes, and so I was doing my best to do that.

Lauren came to me just before season three, and was like, 'By the way, we'd like to explore this plot line'. I was nervous, but I wholeheartedly applaud Lauren for diving into that."

I'm not sure how to read that...

After the interview that he gave in Season 1:

I just became so sure that this was something that had been carefully planned with those writers, to the point I've been arguing with other people online that Cavill couldn't possibly have been upset about Jaskier's queerness (i.e. it couldn't have been one of the supposed "changes" that "made him leave"), since it had always been something that was going to happen, using the interview as proof...

But... It wasn't?!?!

Jaskier being queer is something that Joey Batey explored on his own, while DOING HIS BEST to attempt to make him hetero on the show like in the books?!?!?!

Did I read that correctly?!

[Jaskier being queer is] something I explored in my own exploration of the character but canonically, in the books, he is nothing but heterosexual, as far as my reading goes, and so I was doing my best to do that.

How faithfully have those words been reported (since its a written interview, not a recording), and is that what he is saying?!

Is Joey Batey really telling us:

"Yeah... So, I ended up being so caught up in my own exploration of Jaskier as being queer, that I accidentally made him canonically queer, despite my best efforts to hetero on the show... Oops!"

HOW HARD WERE YOU TRYING TO HETERO ON THE SHOW, JOEY?!?!

Go on, be honest!

How much hetero did you put into Jaskier?!

Joey Batey, attempting to do his best baking some hetero into his version of Jaskier:

You've heard of Queer Coding?

Now get ready for Hetero Queering!

i.e. When an actor puts so much queer into a canonically straight character, that they've no choice but to eventually go with it!

Joey, this is hilarious, and I freaking love you so much right now!

You've somehow succeeded where Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, and so many other brave men before you failed...

I know it likely has to do with the show being on Netflix (a.k.a. The glorious home of "Sense8"), but still!

I'm sure this has been posted before, but this is a lovely 20-minute interview that made me very happy!

[inkskinned]

i love when words fit right. seize was always supposed to be that word, and so was jester. tuesday isn't quite right but thursday should be thursday, that's a good word for it. daisy has the perfect shape to it, almost like you're laughing when you say it; and tulip is correct most of the time. while keynote is fun to say, it's super wrong - i think they have to change the label for that one. but fox is spot-on.

most words are just, like, good enough, even if what they are describing is lovely. the night sky is a fine term for it but it isn't perfect the way november is the correct term for that month.

it's not just in english because in spanish the phrase eso si que es is correct, it should be that. sometimes other languages are also better than the english words, like how blue is sloped too far downwards but azul is perfect and hangs in the air like glitter. while butterfly is sweet, i think probably papillion is more correct, although for some butterflies féileacán is much better. year is fine but bliain is better. sometimes multiple languages got it right though, like how jueves and Πέμπτη are also the right names for thursday. maybe we as a species are just really good at naming thursdays.

and if we were really bored and had a moment and a picnic to split we could all sit down for a moment and sort out all the words that exist and find all the perfect words in every language. i would show you that while i like the word tree (it makes you smile to say it), i think arbor is correct. you could teach me from your language what words fit the right way, and that would be very exciting (exciting is not correct, it's just fine).

i think probably this is what was happening at the tower of babel, before the languages all got shifted across the world and smudged by the hand of god. by the way, hand isn't quite right, but i do like that the word god is only 3 letters, and that it is shaped like it is reflecting into itself, and that it kind of makes your mouth move into an echoing chapel when you cluck it. but the word god could also fit really well with a coathanger, and i can't explain that. i think donut has (weirdly) the same shape as a toothbrush, but we really got bagel right and i am really grateful for that.

grateful is close, but not like thunder. hopefully one day i am going to figure out how to shape the way i love my friends into a little ceramic (ceramic is very good, almost perfect) pot and when they hold it they can feel the weight of my care for them. they can put a plant in there. maybe a daisy.

[qifreyplushie]

to wuming, hua cheng, san lang;

happy birthday, dearest a-hong. 🦋💘

DESSERT LATER !!!!!!!! 🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹(WHACK WHACK WHACK)

[wejustvibing]

"First he hugged everyone. They were the people with whom he shared his career for years. Even his life... Then he found an empty space in the Mercedes garage where he was for the last time... Tired, sensitive, proud but fragile, he bent his knees and bowed his head... What did he feel at that moment! Only champions can know this... I got goosebumps while filming that moment... Then he raised his head and looked at his team watching him once again... But this time his eyes were full of tears. When I saw the tears in his eyes while filming that historical moment again, I involuntarily dropped a tear too. I left it there 😇 What about the fact that he even shook my hand when leaving the garage at the end 🥰 We are so lucky to watch you a little longer, Champion🙏" - Cihangir Perperik

🥺 (translated from Turkish)

[dunmeshistash]

I bet the topic of gender and sexuality in this universe is super interesting. Extra-canon stuff points out that the long-lived races have an effect on what’s seen as attractive by short-lived races. The beauty standards of humans leans towards feminine androgyny, because elf gender presentation is very ambiguous. While on the other hand, half-foots on average see dwarves as the beauty standard. Oh, the in-universe discourse surrounding this would be so compelling!

Here's the extra about beauty standards!

Speaking of which, while going back through ryoko kui's blog I realized there's a last bit I haven't seen translated? I attempted to translate it with my poor jp, the help of google and by going by how this first part was translated. But there's these kanji I cant understand at all! Ryoko Kui's handwriting is my worst enemy

Here's what I got so far

So besides Elf beauty standards tallmen also have their own specific tastes! Makes sense considering they're such a wild spread race. If anyone knows what the elf is saying please help

Edit: thanks to iamluminia in the replies! Aparently the elf is saying "邪魔", maybe they think this conversation is a bother?

[bobosbillionsknives]

Plot of trigun (1998)

[jinikaris]

FELIX | SKZ '5'CLOCK' INVITATION ♡

[sherurose]

i love you, don't act so surprised.

dans mon esprit tout divague, je me perds dans tes yeux // je me noie dans la vague de ton regard amoureux // je ne veux que ton âme divaguant sur ma peau

[cloudwisp]

“They say a gentle touch is an alluring trap that can lead to your fall from grace. In any case, I’ll take the leap if this means we will never be separated.”

[fioblah]

love the taz vs dracula love! i thought i was the only one listening haha! hopefully we might see more art? i'd love to see you draw any of the other characters!

hell yea taz vs dracula ! heres a victor and a dracula for ya

[epiphainie]

i've just finished my s7 rewatch and it's kinda so funny to me how much discourse people created over every bucktommy interaction when their whole arc boils down to tommy being patient and vulnerable with buck and showing up for him. like when you are not wearing shipper goggles under the name of "analysis" and don't try to reverse-engineer every word and look and shot with utmost bad faith, that's what it is. a simple and sweet story of a new exciting relationship with a guy who's understanding and willing to show up. literally the two things buck needs from a relationship but never had with his previous love interests. they are kinda sickeningly sweet and well-communicating actually lol

[landedinpayne]

i’ve seen so many posts of all the times charles/edwin not so subtly check each other out but not once have i seen anyone talk about this one. idc if it’s subtle ITS THERE AND I NEED OTHER PEOPLE TO BE ABNORMAL ABOUT IT TOO

[corpsentry]

love poem (typical)

[luna-loveboop]

So... Warriors

It is obvious by now he's not ok. He's irritable and tense.

I've had thoughts and ideas on this for awhile, so I think now's a good time to speak them. Very important detail at the end.

There are some really big and some small things adding to his stress

The drama with the sword. Wild went against the agreed plan, and lashed out in anger fear for twilights injury. From things Jojo said, Wars is mad about it for a while.

I have said this in other posts, but based on things Jojo has said and some details, I do not think Wild likes wars. He has not really gotten close to him, which adds on to the negativity between them

But Wars... is a captain. This journey is different, and he's doing amazing at setting aside expectations of how to work with rank. But that is still a clear stressor- to him that was unacceptable in battle

^this is one big thing we watched go wrong and has clearly been upsetting since

Another thing is

Wars has been taking on too much. We've seen him break up a fight at the inn, comfort Time (time!), and tell him he'd take care of the others.

Twice he said "let them", and "let him be"-making others have space they needed. He asked Four what was wrong and followed up with helping with smithing.

^^These are all small things. None of these are huge- practically tiny tasks. But they add up- all the attention to others feeling but not his own

... and

Wars has not smiled. Yes, he smiled, but it was not his smile. Since Twilight went injured to the inn, there has only been smiles in a way expected, but not much beyond when he found out his friend wasn't dead. (And when he helped Four at the blacksmiths)

In the updates, I have seen others saying how cool/pretty he looked. Which he did! But emotion wise, I only thought he looked angry. Even when teasing Twilight...

^Not his smile

But here's the biggest thing that I believe is bothering him...

I've wanted to point this out for awhile. The thing is, Wars was really hurt when he found out Twilight didn't tell him about Wolfie

It's small details. A few sentences and facial expressions. But they add up over the chapter, and I don't think he felt trusted or trusting when he found out

He tried to find out who else knew

And why he was one who didn't

*read the blurred words:

"No one said anything to me, I'm just left out of the loop. Who else knows? Just us?"

Wolfie being secret wasn't necessarily about trust, but wars took it personally. He really didn't understand or want to accept that Twilight would have told some of the others but not him...

Wars is distinctly closer to the ones his age, who the younger ones often turn to. And as someone who's been through war, who bonds closest with those he feels he works with best?

Twilight having a major secret he didn't share with Wars, but did with others,

Felt like a knife to the (back?) chest.

And it hurt him

Look at his face when saying "we couldn't do a thing for him". He's looking away, directly after asking four and wild if they knew. I don't think he felt trusted. Or trusting. From thinking someone wasn't who he thought he was, and maybe was closer to others...

^^this is what I think is perhaps the biggest stressor- yet most unnoticeable

Wars never spoke to anyone about his feelings. He pushed it aside and went and helped.

This is ok. Between people so close, anything can be worked out. This is very revealing of how much Wars cares about twilight and the others

As far as Warriors pushing aside his needs and focusing on others... it's hard.

But I can confidently say this: Warriors would never want to not help all he could, when the others needed him

Here's this screenshot that makes me laugh (and somehow sky is just chill with this?)

Wars: oh my god my friend just came back from a wolf what the Hylia who can I even trust I'm having an invisible crisis

Sky: oh yay the sword helped he's back :)

Twilight: I'm fine *currently dying*

Wars is stressed right now. He's taken on too much, he's probably still mad at Champion, and... he feels betrayed (god wars should never have to feel betrayed) and untrusted

Like literally everyone ever others, wars deals with his hurt. Sometimes he can't deal with it alone, and sometimes he can. It will all work out, and I love how much he loves his brothers.

But nothing, I repeat nothing

Will be ok

IF HE DOESNT START WEARING THE DAMN SCARF SOON CMON WE HAVENT SEEN IT IN LIKE TEN UPDATES

PUT ON YOUR EMOTIONAL SUPPORT SCARF CMON MAN

Ok I'm calm <3

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Art and comic by Jojo @linkeduniverse :D