#and I am SO EMOTIONAL

[majikuriboh]

well this means that Megumi managed to finish the mission Satoru gave him in episode one/chapter one

[canonkiller]

asking for help can be done at any time, and it is free. you just have to let yourself accept it.

[sketchytea]

missed finishing in time for vg appreciation week so this is just. more elf crew shenanigans 🍂

[lazylittledragon]

cooked an au while i was sick and i fear it has rotted my brain already

[shalom-iamcominghome]

Perhaps a controversial take, but I don't think the phrase "make nazis afraid again" actually reflects what often happened in real life both in history and in the current day. I've seen way too many comfortable, celebrated nazis who were and are nothing but unafraid and emboldened.

I feel a more accurate slogan would be "make nazis afraid."

[inkskinned]

you know, you know. no gods, no masters, no kings on pedestals. everyone is fallible. death of the author. you know! you are balanced about your intake of media - you allow the wiggle room, the grace, the gratitude, the skepticism. nobody above criticism.

but still. a weird gut-punch feeling, something akin to betrayal. you read the article. surprise! an author you love is actually: a serial fucking predator.

well, shit. what now. no, you knew he was a person (all people are), but now you're wondering - what have i overlooked by accident? what messages have i internalized that are strange and cruel? and also, like, what the fuck?

his actions lay a thick glaze on top of everything. like each place is now ruined, opaque in a new way. but okay, fine, you've done this before. you knew better, right? you've been betrayed by many a cherished childhood author.

still, this stickiness. fuck. can you pick up that book again. will you read it to your children. you've recommended it to others - will you ever do that again? and of course, of course, no parasocial relationships. you were theoretically above this kind of sentiment. but the artist informs the art, right.

so it's not something as clear-cut as feeling he owed you, specifically (a stranger) better behavior - just that you kind of, in a distant and odd way... sort of trusted him to do better. it's not like a real trust or something speakable, just the faint hope that the product (good books) was a thin representation of the soul. now it feels like the product (good? books?) was a mask. in some small or insignificant way, your previous support of this person lent them power. your money and your time and your laughter.

and the thing is - you have this terrible, echoing sensation. how many times will this happen? over and over. you find out that the singer you love is actually a predator. you learn over drinks that your favorite high school english teacher is in jail for what he did to her. you listen to the news idly and suddenly discover that a woman you used to idolize has been abusing her kids for an actual eon.

what can you touch without the static melting off. you can't even really complain about it too much (you were supposed to know better, and besides, you don't want the same re-split "it's not your fault, love what you love" basic advice), but now it's here. somehow, it feels like - you let him into your life.

it's not that things need to be pure or an artist has to be like, endlessly perfect, mindful. demure. it's more just this terrible truth that has been replayed through your veins so often it feels criminally vain. power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. did you want any one person to be worth that power?

it's just that he wrote books where he seemed to understand that. he seemed to know about hierarchies and unfair systems and bigotry and privilege. you thought they were books about what it means to struggle. you thought they were about having power and still using it for good rather than for control. he spooned you a narrative of being a good guy, a kind soul. you fucking bought what that fucking monster sold.

maybe that's why they were fantasies, after all.

[hinamie]

itafushi nation how r we Feeling!!!!!!!!!!!

[drmelking]

Santos and Whitaker are a found-family match made in heaven for real. Pathetic Harmless Rat Boy and his Scary Mean Lesbian Guard Dog. Santos half-heartedly threatening him with her knowing krav maga and Whitaker just being like “golly gee Mr. Krav Maga sure does sound like a neat fellow.” I need a spinoff sitcom of all their roommate shenanigans ASAP

[thornescratch]

I mean, look at these two, Backy and him-- I mean, it would have been the most romantic thing in the world if we could have had Nick Backstrom on the ice giving that goal...

ALEX OVECHKIN KISSING NICKLAS BACKSTROM ON LIVE TELEVISION.

[everwalldigan]

Bruce saying it’s hard to be around dick cause all he can remember when he sees him is his little Robin and all the adventures they had when times were simpler and everything wasn’t so awful yet☹️☹️☹️ THATS HIS BABY BOY YOUR HONOUR

[potatoescanbesadtoo]

my alive gay goth son????

[egophiliac]

queen of diamonds, upright + reversed 💎

I've redone this like eighty times, I have to just be done with it now and stop staring at all my mistakes oh no 🫠

[14dayswithyou]

HAPPY VARENTINES DAY, ANGEL ! I've been facing some tech issues recently, but!! To celebrate Ren's birthday and Valentine's Day, I'll be releasing Day 5 (the Early Access version) for all the Beta Testers in a few days!

And for those who aren't part of the 14DWY Discord server, don't worry! The public version will be available for everyone to play once the beta testing period is over ^^

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I'm back in the Tigers cage again.

(You too can join in on throwing a Rat Of A Man into a Tiger cage by reading Tiger Tiger)

[lurking-loaf]

Drawing practice of Sun's faceplate and hands in the canon toon style

[somerandomcockroach]

Once in a while my brain gets overwhelmed and I just can't keep up with any social interactions, can't properly make words and feel nothing over everything. You just have to close everything and close inside your head to relax. Surprisingly, after 1-2 days you end up being full of love to the world, you still can't properly do anything but you are exploding from the love to the world and people Then I come here, and I get reminded yet again why I love creation and people who make wonders out of their minds Apocalyptic ponyo mermaid Jazz by Keferon, because apparently relief in freedom is what keeps people above