#accept your shadow

[theribbajack]

"Now, the vow will be honoured, and my Lord brother's soul will return."

Radahn stans keep winning, but I personally am in Miyazaki's walls rn

[gh0stk1ng-him]

We relay our dreams to our children so they may carry the tradition, pass it down to their children who will do the same and our dreams can reach infinity…

Dear Mom and Dad, I appreciate all you’ve done… I notice the difference in my stride compared to the people I pass on the street, my chin never drops and some call it a superpower, all I know is that it’s my norm, so I can’t see it as something special… I’m thankful for the so called “high standards” that you taught me was just regular expectations and actions.

My name is fitting, because with what you’ve installed, I truly walk like an Angel in this world, a Demon to some, but regardless I fully feel like I’m more than human, or at least am aware of the influence my power can have.

Dear mom and Dad, although I am proud of the man I am, I’m sorry, because I surrounded myself with the type of people who are exactly the type of person you warned me to never become, worry not though, I obeyed your wishes and didn’t turn into that type of person…

The worry starts when I tell you, I instead became the person you’ve always told me to fear. He became my shadow when I was running from him and to my surprise, protected me against my foes and obstacles when they were unbearable, I finally found the strength to try to understand him instead of blindly fighting him. He lends me his strength and shadow, and I show him the light and share my love… an Angel and a Demon living in harmony

Guess overcoming your fears isn’t as simple as it is said.

But we’ve made it here GH0ST, let’s earn this crown together

[laniidae-passerine]

people keep saying a “will they won’t they” always has the chance of ending up in a “won’t they” when it’s in a comedy show with a romance subplot and can I just ask what shows are you guys watching? like this is no longer skirting around a romantic undertones situation we are full blown “build up to a romance” arc right now and I cannot recall a singular sitcom where the romantic tension was left unresolved. this is pure ship bait right now cannot believe they are having you all on

[veinsfullofstars]

🎩 Putting on a show with style… and snow! 🎩

(ID: Kirby series fanart of Shadow Kirby interacting with Daroach, with guest cameos by Dark Meta Knight and Spinni. Top right - SK & DMK reflected in a steampunk-inspired mirror, each dressed in the Dreamy Gear attire of their counterparts but more tailored to them (purples instead of blues for SK, a tattered red cape and a spiked hat belt for DMK). SK stands on his tiptoes and holds his cheeks with a wide, starry-eyed smile, delighted with his new outfit, while DMK stands just behind him to our left, curled into his cape and looking disgruntled, a bit of blush peeking through his mask. Outside the mirror, Spinni stands proudly on our right, smiling and giving a thumbs-up with a hand on his hip and a few sewing pins in his teeth, while Daroach (dressed in his own Dreamy Gear clothes) stands on the opposite side, pointing at his friends' reflections with an affectionate smile. Middle left - SK & Daroach holding the Magic top hat together, the puffball looking up in awe as the thief taps it with his wand, causing a pair of white doves to fly out in a small burst of confetti. Bottom right - SK wearing the Ice hat and skating gracefully on one foot towards the viewer, arms held out and expression full of joy. Behind him, Daroach skates by in the opposite direction, holding up his wand to unleash gusts of glowing snowflakes all around them. END ID.)

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Sketch started btw 12/23 - 06/24, render started 06/08/24, finished 06/13/24, updated for color correction 11/02/24.

[aleksanderscult]

It is also a teeny bit weird to make Zoya being prettier and thus a more ideal sun summoner be set up as thing to be proven wrong in the beginning but then Zoya actually becomes the Queen with lots of focus on how gorgeous she is and Alina fades into obscurity and wears old shawls.

I mean yeah.

Because apparently one of the messages this trilogy wanted to pass was how nothing is what it seems. Alina is not weak but very powerful, she just doesn't know it. Aleksander is not a man to be trusted but a selfish, power-hungry bastard, except Alina doesn't realize it until it was too late (*inserting dramatic tones if you didn't notice*).

Normally, Zoya wouldn't get that much spotlight. But, alas, Bardugo has said many times that she's one of her most favorite characters so she was bound to become important. A Squaller (among hundreds) became important by becoming a Saint as well.

Saints in the Grishaverse normally have very distinct, unusual powers. Alina had her light, Aleksander his shadows, Elizaveta's Materialki powers manifested themselves through her ability to control nature while Ilya didn't allow his powers to be restricted at all (he was both a Healer and a Durast as well as an inventor). Plus, they get martyred and Zoya is...well....alive.

Her push to the spotlight was, for me, too forced while, at the same time, the author tried to remove Alina's presence (as if she wasn't the main character for three books straight that the antagonist fell in love with and his plans revolved around her). Whether someone likes Alina or not, we have to admit that it's not going to be the same without her on the front. The story doesn't really make sense without her. It's like removing Harry Potter from his own books.

And it seems that whether Alina has powers or not, she stays hidden. And Zoya got what she wanted all along: the spotlight.

[crobones]

reminding myself that, even though Evan now has a d20 in Magnetism and essentially a huge boost in confidence, he can exude that energy and still get nervous or embarassed or blushing while twirling his hair and kicking his feet or - and this is most important - feel a true calmness in subspace when being just a really good boy. it just maybe takes a little more oomf to get him there.

[hypogryffin]

i cant believe i wasn't following u b4,,,,,ive just been silently scrolling through your blog for like a solid YEAR and just haven't even noticed????? n e ways what are tha thoughts on literally anyone in p4 being trans bc i live for that 🎤

the way my brain decided that this was asking for pronoun headcanons and did not reread to make sure that was what you were asking before drawing all of this…... well anyways

[ellyjeon978]

"tHIs EnDInG IS ShiT!! ThEy DeSTroYeD __ CHaRACteR!!"

had literal npc and item descriptions that explained the lore

"Ew THeYre RelATed"

bish incestuous relations happened often in a royal family in ancient times to keep the blood pure or whatever

"MiQUeLLa Is A ChIlD"

is a literal man age probably couple thousand years old in a body got cursed to never age

yall here be looking like yall never seen a small adult person

plus it's fiction booooooo

lemme enjoy my shit in peace

but yeah they could've shown more of miq's and rad's in the dlc cos i was shocked too coa they never mentioned it in the base game and we never saw those two interact or been talked together

[funeralprocessor]

I feel like the existence of the skirmishers (and everything from Chimera Squad) make XCOM come across as massive pricks wrt the aliens. Like the game goes out of its way to dehumanize the aliens (exclusively referring to them as it, saying their all brainwashed and mind controlled, etc) but then turn around and have ex-Advent be people who were at least aware during their time as drones, vipers and sectoids and mutons being obviously sentient and having their own culture, hell, the Ethereals are clearly people too. And then Chimera Squad shows us a future where they're actually treated as such and nobody makes as big a deal about it as I think they should.

[shit-people-probably-didnt-say]

No mourners, no funerals?

Couldnt be me, I am both mourning and funeralling

[maxedry-art]

The ultimate lifeform

[notholaenas]

lucky compass 🧭

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[fellhellion]

apologies for yosukeposting and especially incoherently but slowboiling in my brain whatever the hell was going on w him in kanji’s dungeon. guy who slingshots between some kinda fraught observation that this is so much worse for kanji because it’s happening in front of an audience (over like. freaking out about it), furiously asserting that he’s heterosexual, insinuating danger but then also being the one who volunteers to take kanji home afterwards.

It’s sooooooooooooooo.

[texeoghea]

You're my self, I'm your self

can you tell i REALLY like the way the persona series approaches "shadows" ... i especially liked the ones in persona 4, even if i have qualms with it. the idea of confronting and making peace with the parts of your self that you wish to hide is probably something a lot of people relate to. i like that for the most part shadows in the persona series arent evil. theyre just raw and honest, an embodiment of your strongest feelings, and theres nothing inherently wrong with that. some of them ARE evil because they belong to evil people but idk i like the bare concept of being able to talk to yourself in a meaningful way and reconcile with the parts of you that you may not like

[afranticsonicperson]

shadow learning to accept maria’s death and finally starting to grow around his grief, only shortly after to be forced to witness tails get shot by a badnik in one of eggman’s battles

excuse me while i go die again

[carry-on-my-wayward-gays]

The Clockers' family dynamic is so so funny like Scar and BDubs are the kids and Cleo and Etho are divorced or at least separated. Cleo's got near full custody and is a single mom, Etho's got visitation rights (not for long) and lives w a whole polycule. BDubs is clearly Etho's favorite kid and Scar is clearly Cleo's but they won't say that to anyone not even themselves.

It's even funnier when Cleo sends BDubs to Etho like "go stay with your dad for a while" and BDubs has the time of his life with his dad and his dad's boyfriend (Tango) and his dad's boyfriend's boyfriend (Impulse) and his dad's boyfriend's boyfriend's husband (Skizz) who all love BDubs so much they make him an honorary letter in their name. Meanwhile Cleo and Scar mostly just do chores around the base and socialize.

It's all reluctant acceptance but they really do love each other as a little fictional family :)