#a couple of fools

[supd00dle]

Can you post the images of clown Amy and Metal that are on you're carrd, they really cute looking

Sure thing-

Go ahead match with a homie.

[cybercervine]

Booping u with one of these

[floweroflaurelin]

Half hour sketch + dramatic stained glass = perfect vibe for art of an April Fool’s gag 😆 Congrats to the newest victor!

[thebramblewood]

In which Helena attempts to remind Lilith of a little thing called childlike whimsy.

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Lilith: What are they doing out there? Behaving like children, no doubt.

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Helena: Hey! We said no vampire powers.

Caleb: You’re only upset you didn’t think to use them first.

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Lilith: Keep your juvenile shrieking down, won’t you? Some of us would simply like to enjoy a peaceful evening.

Helena: Come on, Lilith! You’re snow fun!

Lilith: Ugh, that stuff is filthy with cat piss! You’re not funny.

Caleb: I don’t know, Lil. It looked pretty funny from over here.

[another-goblin]

2.0 SPOILERS

This is what he felt he needed to apologize for.

[waveoftheocean]

been thinking about brazil hinata recently so here he iiissss

[letoscrawls]

You seriously think i would watch this show and care about the greens and the blacks when this old married couple exists? Fools

[introspectivememories]

mister lewis hamilton, sir, how are you gonna go on live television and talk about about how your karting days were the best times of your career and still never say nico's name? not once but multiple times??? oh you mean the karting your did with your childhood best friend nico rosberg? that karting? the karting where you met him? the karting where your families became friends? the karting where you spent months in italy together? the pizza eating contests and torn up hotel rooms? the frosties? the unicycling? that karting???? "i'm over the divorce," says man who is soo not over the divorce.

[downtherabbitholewithlucy]

My last two braincells scheming to fuck shit up

[houseki-no-suffering]

Hey! I found a post of yours (specifically a phos analysis) from a looong while ago. Just curious to hear what your thoughts on the last chapters and the conclusion of the story are!

I recently finished the manga after putting it off for 4 years, and it was an incredible but such a bittersweet read. Maybe it's just me being a sucker for happy endings, but man, it really did not get happier </3

And you probably already know this, but did you know that Ichikawa released the last chapter the same day a comet flew by that looked exactly like the comet from the last chapter? Really cool stuff but I am emotionally destroyed haha

I suppose it was the only kind of happy ending HnK could have, and I don't think I mind it as much as other things that have happened in the last few chapters. It reads more HnK than anything that has happened in the past 1-2 years of serialization.

I appreciate the bittersweet notes (always have) and Ichikawa's words that this is how she wanted the story to end, it doesn't happen to every mangaka. Also, the comet bit is such a nice touch.

As for Phos (I suppose this is the post you meant?), I do believe that they got a happy ending.

If you think about it, instead of becoming a lunarian and being prayed away like the others, Phos' journey gave them the power and knowledge to rise above them. Thanks to their flaws (being brittle, having special inclusions, maybe being the most human of all the gems) they became human, the most flawed of creatures, and basically reverted to the purity of a child, a god, sin-less (even if this is a Buddhist story, so idk if I can actually speak of sin) and therefore free of everything that made humanity always dissatisfied, dangerous and unhappy. The others renounced existence, Phos found a way to reach paradise.

Humanity doesn't come out of this looking like a nice bunch of people to hang out with, and neither do the lunarians (gems included at this point). And yet, there's so much compassion in everything Phos does: a kind child, up until the very end.

I always speculated (and was not alone in this) that Phos' job would become to pray the lunarians/everyone away, find Cinnabar the job to kill them, become a Bodhisattva... in this, I believe, the story remained true to itself. What I believe no one saw coming was how shallow(?) it all seemed in the end.

Everyone came back, making Phos' sacrifices and suffering basically meaningless, everyone started getting along and solving centuries-old problems in seconds. Then, Ichikawa introduced so many new changes abruptly... It felt rushed, lazy and overly simple, when most of us loved HnK for its complexity and depth.

Maybe it was because Ichikawa wanted (or needed to) end the series with ch 108. Usually, when mangaka put a limit to the chapters they want to write, it really damages the story and I wasn't a fan of this even in this situation.

Aside from these issues, I appreciate how Ichikawa seemed to care about the character of Phos.

Maybe this all happened so that Phos could be happy, maybe this was the only possible way for Phos to be happy? It would be a little bit like in Devilman, where the world basically ends only so that Satan can understand love. Idk, little old Phos didn't seem that desperate a case, they just wanted truth, yes, this did cause some... issues, but other than that they're a sweetheart.

This is the leitmotif of the series, after all: Phos is a kind, selfless gem who cultivates a deep sense of self-hatred.

They internalize a pressure and a need to feel useful (coming from gem society) and turn them into a necessity for change (unlike in gem society). Initially, they want to find a job. Then, they want to help Cinnabar find a job, then they want to help Ventricosus, then then want to become a fighter, then they want to help sensei, then the gems, then the lunarians...

Contrary to most of the other gems, Phos loves and loves openly and unconditionally. They start off as a self-less creature who believes that their life isn't worth anything. Therefore, they put it on the line time and time again and, eventually, lose it time and time again as they change form.

It's their journey towards truth and happiness: they change and lose pieces of themselves, forget things, renounce gem-ness in favor of humanity and then humanity for god-hood.

Phos changes until they find the form that makes them happy. Their purest, happiest form. They change so much that they come back to square one almost: they become pure Phosphophyllite, with no inclusions at all. Still fragile, still small, but selfless and cheerful. Carefree.

In a sense, HnK ends with Phos becoming Phos.

[theoryofwhatnow]

“and i’ll be in denial for at least a little while. what about the plans we made?”

(tv - billie eilish)

[0605018redactedasmr]

Good to know that in every universe, Gavin will always assume someone wants him only because he is an Incubus and Freelancer will always be there to prove him wrong.

[casinocarpediem]

Wouldn't it be funny if I made an April Fools fic about the two of them (pictures from @quakilynn on tiktok)

[mistninja]

a little update on this project

For the Elderling tapestry I'm going with a "Ancient Aliens" vibe. I want to add more details but I'm tired so that will have to be another day

[songforaname]

after nearly a year, i present the thrilling sequel to my previous Homura glasses photoshops to complete all the different Homura variations

there are a lot fewer this time, and because magia record is no more, im now safe from convincing myself to do a third installment

...unless exedra pulls some incredibly wacky shenanigans somehow

Top left: Scene 0 Homura, in magical girl form

Top right: Scene 0 Homura, in hospital clothes

Middle left: Scene 0 Homura, café Récompense maid outfit

Middle right: Scene 0 Homura, casual clothes

Bottom left: Akuma Homura-chan, standing pose

Bottom Right: Akuma Homura-chan, sitting pose

[stellar-jay]

"Prophets become warriors, dragons hunt as wolves. It is as it will be."

a special thanks to this wonderful medieval manuscript color chart made by the artist fox-teeth for giving me a jumping off point for the colors and to harumachi clover (swing arrangement) by will stetson for worming its way into my brain and giving me energy as i finally went back to finish this piece