#accept your shadow

[preciouspeppermintts]

Maybe in another universe, you would have took his hand. Maybe... you could have been happy...

[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

[dimeadozencows]

I redrew rambs sprites is there a power strip emoji

🔌 does this count

The descriptions I gave each expression are what they're called in the files :]

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[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

[sylvieserene]

Something weird I have noticed in the CRK fandom when it comes to ships ESPECIALLY Purelily

I recently saw a tweet on twitter talking about Elderlily and ShadowVanilla on how people should give new ships a shot instead of shooting down them down instantly which IS a valid point BUT the problem starts when they assert the fact that these two ships hold more "merit" and "intimacy" than "other ships" (which in comment section they directly agree it's aimed at Purelily)

This is a HUGE problem I see both in the Elderlily fanbase + ShadowVanilla fanbase. The sheer hate for Purelily.

Like have a look:

Pure Hatred and unwillingness to accept that opinions can co-exist.

Unwilling to see reason when tried to be shown. Only answering in hatred.

Further more...

From starting with generalising Purelily shippers to accusing all Purelily shippers to misinterpret/misrepresent/mischaracterisation PV and WL to accusations of the entire fanbase being bigoted, homophobic, misogynistic or accusing the entire fanbase of being bad including whataboutism posts stating "oh yeah? I wonder which shipper base sent actual death threats and doxxed someone?"

For the record, Im gonna say yes, a few people from specifically the purelily base have done these BUT generalising the entire shipping community as bad and labelling them as problematic is NOT okay.

THE ACTIONS OF ONE HORRIBLE PERSON DOESN'T DEFINE THE ENTIRE FANBASE!

Misrepresentation/Mischaracterisation/Misinterpretation of characters have happened in ALL of CRK shipping communities. That very much includes ShadowVanilla and Elderlily.

So accusing one fanbase of doing those and pretending that it doesn't exist in your space is kinda hypocritical I believe?

No fanbase is exempt from controversy. Every shipping space has had atleast ONE problematic individual (Eg: N*zi ShadowVanilla controversy from Twitter) but now if I start saying "*gasp* I wonder which base drew those horrific things?" Would it make any sense? No. Cuz one person doesn't define an entire fanbase.

So let's make one thing clear, none of the shipping communities are "pure" or "innocent" of anything. All of them have problems and individuals with issues depending on how far you're willing to dig.

So accusing a single shipping community of being horrible while saying others are not is not okay.

Not all ShadowVanilla and Elderlily shippers are good people, same as Purelily shippers.

Which brings me to the point, "It's 2025, grow tf up and stop shipping purelily" mentality which also brings me to my original point lol

These were sent to a purelily artist on Twitter (redbeanyearnin).

Their crime? Shipping purelily.

Look at the civility, ladies and gentlemen! /s

This is also a side of shippers who actually aren't purelily shippers 😊 how naive and innocent messages 😍❤️ /j

But this is the great evidence on how all of these shippers aren't angels. They are the same people accusing Purelily shippers and the ship itself as being horrible.

Im not gonna comment more on this.

But this just proves my point on how no shipping base is angelic. All of them have screwed up individuals.

Anw...

What does year/time have anything to say about what you ship? I see this comment thrown across very frequently in the fandom which does confuse me quite a lot but seriously um why? Is there some sort of subscription that's getting over in these recent years which denies me the right to enjoy something niche? Or I MUST ship what the popular ship is atm?

Just why....? Where does this mentality come from?

More importantly, why does one ship has to be "superior" or have to had more "merit" than the other?

Just why?

Why can't we simply accept our differences in preferences and move on?

Like...I personally don't ship mutual ShadowVanilla, I find the one sided part more compelling but that doesn't mean I will say it's "better" than the mutual one. I can appreciate the mutual one too. Same for Elderlily. I see it as platonic, a familial sort of relationship between a Mentor and Mentee or yes I'm gonna say it Father Daughter.

Personally, I find their age difference extremely uncomfortable which is why the moment I learnt this guy was older than her ancestor's ancestors, I shipped it as platonic. Same for ShadowVanilla cuz age is a factor for me personally but I won't blame others who look past it cuz firstly these are fictional characters and secondly, all of them are immortals so I can understand it although I find it uncomfortable myself.

But even with that, I would NEVER say that Purelily is "superior", has "more merit", better "intimate writing" than said ships irrespective of if they are popular/canon or not.

If you ask for respect towards your shipping preferences, the least you can do is GIVE that respect to others as well. If you don't, then how come you keep the expectation that your opinion will get respected when you can't peacefully co-exist with another part of the fandom who may hold different views than you?

In simpler words, I kinda find it highly disrespectful and hypocritical that some people out here can't keep themselves from attacking others for shipping things differently than them? Like...why?

Why can't we all ship whatever we want instead of shooting down each other's ships and calling one more superior/inferior than the other?

Like for me as an example, I don't like a lot of ships but I either don't share my opinion on it or tend to ignore it instead of going "omg MY ship better! HUH HOW DARE YOU SAY MY SHIP IS BAD"

At the end, Shipping is subjective and we're all here to have fun so instead of playing the blame game on who is worse, who has done more horrible things, why can't we simply focus on the positives?

All ships have merits and demerits. All of them have issues. Heck, even the characters aren't perfect and they also have a plethora of issues.

WL isnt a perfect person, she's morally grey and a highly complex character. PV isn't a baby or a simp who gets jealous everytime someone breaths in WL's direction. EF isn't obsessed with WL as people in the fanbase make him to be. Just like PV, he chose his job over following WL and even when he knew he had a choice to revive her, He didn't instead he kept guarding the tree. SM isn't a good person and has caused several wars, genocides, torture and murder.

NONE of them are as perfect as people make them to be. NONE of the fanbases if considered in majority truly get them.

So it really makes zero sense when ppl say "PV should stay the hell away from WL", "WL is getting between them!"

People really need to stop objectifying these characters just cuz they don't fit their shipping preferences/agendas.

All of these characters and their ships have certain merits and demerits to them so why must we say that one is better than the other?

Why can't we all enjoy what we simply like?

Why can't we just agree to disagree instead of shitting on other's tastes?

Why must ONE particular shipping fandom get the brunt of it?

So tldr, I just wanna say, While it is true, people shouldn't shoot down new things without even giving it a shot but that doesn't mean the new thing is "superior" than the old thing suddenly just cuz one likes it more. If you find it great, that's fine but Idt anyone has the right to say that one thing is more inferior than the other.

Please give the respect to others that you expect. If you get insanely defensive about your own ship but shit on other's shipping preferences then expect to get that back.

You can't be like "Nooooooo don't say bad about my ship! You're a hater" and then be like "damn your taste in shipping SUCKS. This ship is so trash. MY ship is SOOOOO much better :)"

Sorry for this rant. I just find the entire situation of the fandom highly frustrating.

[sinnbaddie]

I have to stop becoming a rare pair shipper this is ridiculous where is the content

[cuppajj]

I am so fucking tired of Shadow Milk lol. Everything has been all about him since January. Now he photobombed the episode 10 teaser and that's all anyone talks about. I've seen more hype around him than around Hollyberry lol. Bro can't even let the other Beasts have their own episodes anymore. Put this gay cringe malignant narcissist to death already, I want to be freeeeeeeeeeeee

ashdhehfhehdh I love that meme

I get your frustration, I’ve a few friends who aren’t stoked about Shmilk’s potential appearance in the upcoming chapter. It’s about Hollyberry, what’s he doing here yk?

I’m cautiously optimistic personally, I agree that BY 10 should still be about Holly and ES first and foremost. Hopefully Shmilk’s a cameo with one or two scenes at most. I wouldn’t want a repeat of the Wind Archer story where despite it being his chapter, Shmilk essentially took the spotlight and everyone’s attention

We’ll just have to see! I’m happy we get to see his fem design in game, but I hope the story doesn’t highlight him too much. We had BY 7 and 8 for that!

[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

[lovemyromance]

Guys so apparently - out of 4.5, 800+ page books, SJM did not want people to pick up on the actual Elriel scenes on the page. She was both building and destroying the Elriel romance before ACOSF through a secret code that only ELs & GAs picked up on.

I'm here to translate what we should've picked up on years ago, that apparently is common knowledge amongst the other side!

SJM wanted us to pick up the 3 separate times she used sunlight in regards to Elain & the zero times it was used in regards to Lucien (but this still means they're mates)

She wanted us to notice an alleged dagger lesson Azriel gave Gwyn

And pay attention to the 183rd time someone looked at someone with amusement or challenge in ACOSF only- that specific moment which happened to have Azriel and Gwyn (and Nesta and Cassian and Emerie and the other priestesses) was more significant than the past 3 books.

She wanted us to remember that she used the word spark for multiple things in the TOG series and not remember the other time she used it in ACOTAR with Feyre & Tamlin.....

And Idk if you guys picked up on her "secret code" but she actually wrote the first 3.5 books for you to use as kindling and doorstops.

Apparently in ACOSF, through a series of Morse code blinks first mentioned in TOG and also her elusive book Catwoman, SJM basically tells us that the first 3.5 ACOTAR books are useless and we should just act like they don't exist.

There's probably more secret messages we missed, but I don't have the energy to comprehend more GA canva ppts 🫠 it sucks to not have a English degree that helps me understand this book on fairy smut

[decisions-at-3am]

I saw the sun shine down, Only to illuminate you. I began to realise, I'd love you as the moon.

[soulshards]

#Fenhyurary 24: Boss

"For my own daughter to betray me, again. What will it take for you to learn?" "You would betray your kin, your home, the people you swore to protect? All for what, her?"

We're getting into weird 'what if' territory, as in my head they're not here yet. No where close. (They're not even together in my head yet, they're still in the 'murder each other' phase). But they have too much trauma and trust issues to be this intertwined that they would kill their bosses for one another. Kura is too afraid. Takemi is too hopeful. So this is more of a possibility; though an open conflict such as this would be unlikely.

Kura would kill her boss father while he slept. Takemi would likely just hang up his garbs and quit the Sekisegumi - but neither of them are willing to do that just yet. Takemi has too much hope that Kura can overcome her demons, Kura has too much fear and guilt and respect for her father to ruin his family and end him.

Plus, Kura knows if she got away with it, she would be next in line. Which creates more issues. But, that's why he adopted her, after all. To build a child to be the perfect leader of a syndicate because his biological daughters are too precious to be in such a dangerous line of work; someone else, though. Not blood, but almost.

How do you escape fate when you have been so finely crafted for the role?

Another bonus shot, too!

[wonderr-skyy]

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Not all enbies are afab.

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(my sonadow is t4t)

Here's more on why Shadow is genderless.

[bedtimegiraffe]

The elven isolationism must hit different if you're romancing Tyril

As someone who isn't with Tyril in my main playthrough, it felt like the elves reacting to the increasing exposure to outsiders (the battle, the Heroes of the Realms, Tyril's advocacy, etc).

But if you're romancing Tyril, it must feel very personal. Because I can only imagine Tyril and MC are going all around town calling each other uluvalir. Making it very clear to everyone that they're in love, it's Undermount that's wrong and needs to change. Especially upsetting to the status quo if MC is a human or *sarcastic gasp* an orc. And Undermount has not accepted that gracefully. Even if Bakshi (elven God of Love) has.

It doesn't matter that Tyril is from one of the most influential noble families in Undermount and MC is a hugely powerful mage who has saved the world multiple times. MC is not welcome and neither is their relationship with Tyril.

They could theoretically commit to living in Undermount forever, but why would they? Undermount clearly doesn't accept them or their love. So why let them benefit from Tyril and MC's continued presence? Why let someone restrict the person they love to be "locked away forever?" Why chose Undermount over the world that does accept them?

Instead, let's see how well Undermount can save the day alone next time.

[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.

[ihaveapicrewaddiction]

Thank you Naylissa for the picrew <3

The main cast of the Sonic 3 movie

[sweetevoltrap]

Sylus saying "...don't run" to MC when they're finally being openly honest about their desire for one another and their trust and shared spaces.