#anywho here’s the actual tags

[faithintheunknownsblog]

Mr. Bernadotte~

[dutybcrne]

Thinking abt Kae’s Fatui verse,,,,

[throwbackkarma]

okay so. michael mell animatic in the works.

[aheathen-conceivably]

Ok so I read the post on your thoughts on Gio and the American Dream and I hate to say it … as an immigrant, I understand him.

I also come from a culture where women tend to their male partner's needs and I don't believe he wants to turn Jo into a subservient wife. He fell in love with a lively, free, and wild Jo and loves that aspect of her.

At the end of the day she loves him too so why would she leave? I understand she doesn't like to be dependent of him but where else would she go? There are no parties or glamour, which was her whole thing, anymore. At least the farm offers stability in the economic crisis.

Point is, I understand Gio as an immigrant, but don't understand Jo as a woman.

BABES! We’ve got another one…

(As in me being touched and having no other means to say how much I love y’all takes other than to give them a standing ovation in GIF form).

But you know…there’s a whole lot to break down here, friend, especially about Jo. I think you know what that means! Under the cut we go….

First and foremost, I very much appreciate you saying you understand that aspect of Gio. I did in part write him as a commentary on the immigrant experience in America (filtered through his own personality/character of course), and so to know that is relatable means a lot to me. I don’t think it’s a spoiler to tell y’all his journey is far from over, and you can already see the cracks in his outlook beginning to form. Whenever Jo is depressed he says this quite vividly:

Because you are very, very correct. This isn’t about molding Jo into some subservient housewife, or even eroding those exact qualities that he loves in her. This is about Gio attempting to square what he’s been taught/believes will bring his life happiness and meaning with his own experience and emotions. It’s about the myth of the American dream and the perfect housewife and the very real struggle of those things existing as actual, lived realities.

Because at the root of it, Gio is amalgamating an understanding of his own family unit and what he knows he doesn’t want in this country. He has seen another methods of “making it” in America, and so he thinks if only he can make the “right” choices, he can avoid that, and become the respected and happy man that he wants to be.

Now onto Jo, boy oh boy, Jo….

I think one of the core misunderstandings here is that Jo wants stability. This is kind of the crux built into her desire for control and her never-ending failure to achieve it. She wants to control her surroundings, to make sure nothing and no one can hurt her, but she also wants to feel in a way that is hard to find in a stable, heavily domesticated life. On the flip side, despite whatever imaginary dream Gio has, he’s the same way. They both want a life filled with excitement and new experiences, new people and rushes of emotions. This is one of the ways they differ heavily from Antoine and Zelda.

Now on one level, this is simply the way Josephine is. She’s high energy, fun loving, and insatiable. But on a deeper level, this is tied into her experiences not only as a woman, but as a daughter. She has a brief moment of clarity in that last post where she realizes:

Now I have chosen not to go too in-depth on Josephine’s trauma, but you can see her lay out the course of events here and also her deep hesitation to any of it here. Josephine is still only a teenager in that second post. Her mother not only told her things like that (“this is the weight that prejudice and expectation have placed upon us”) but also “what do you want to be then? Some glorified maid to a man?” (Which, frankly, I can write another Ted Talk about the juxtaposition here, but I think ya'll can pull some threads).

So when you see Josephine’s struggle with control, this is heavily rooted in bodily autonomy. Now all things considered, Josephine has managed to make great strides toward reclaiming this and reasserting not only her sexuality, but also her sense of self in her body. Gio knows this. We see him recognize and respect it quite clearly in that last post. He’s been part of that process for her, and that only adds another element of love, trust, and safety between them.

But on a fundamental level, neither Gio nor Josephine has made the connection between that trauma, her own personality, and why she hates her life now so much:

Here’s the issue right now: Josephine doesn’t feel like she’s living her own life. We have seen how she would like to live in the 20s not just in the parties and glamour, but when she was managing bands. She wants to be fulfilled professionally, through helping people/places she believes in and bettering her own life by bettering theirs. That’s how she gets her joy, and that’s what she would chose to do if given the chance.

And right now, she does not feel like she gets to chose. You’re correct in that part of that is coming from the current economic situation. Again, she sees that herself here. She knows what demons are waiting outside her window, and how easily poverty can make them rearise. That only makes it worse. It doesn’t make the smell of bread (domestic security) any better or more comforting. It makes it bitter, because she didn’t chose it. She was backed into a corner by circumstance (and, as she can sense, by the choices men made for her without telling her), and now she feels like she can’t say no. That’s her ultimate trigger.

Now whether or not that loss of control is simply perceived, or should be offset by how “lucky” she is to be in a stable position in such precarious economic times, we might all have different options on. Even more, I’m sure each of us would answer differently for ourselves in that situation. I know I would. But for Josephine? Not only is this a life she will never find joy in, because even without her trauma, she is an ambitious, restless, and outgoing person with different goals for herself; but that added memory and pain makes her reaction to it all the more volatile.

Perhaps most importantly, Jo feels as though her life is being controlled again, whether by Gio, the reality of the world outside her window, or by her own guilt/love that makes her feel beholden to the people around her (just like it did to her mother). Because you’re right, she does love him. She wouldn’t leave because she doesn’t. If she leaves now, it would leave because she panicked, because she feels like she’s lost all the autonomy she worked so hard to regain and she’ll never feel the fulfillment she felt when she was successfully independent ever again. That’s the element I hope we can understand, even if it’s not what we would do.

[camels-pen]

Use me. Use me.

[marblekibby]

Yet ANOTHER intro post

Yeah here we go again um. HI I’m Marble, you can also call me Fan. I’m 19 years old. This is my main/selfship blog.

I’ve had this blog for two years, but my parents grounded me from the internet for like a year over a commonly misunderstood coping mechanism that they THOUGHT was some weird degenerate kink. I simply refer to that whole ordeal as “THE INCIDENT”.

When I initially came back I forgot how selfshipping works so I did a partial “rebrand” but now im back. So please bear with me.

Do not interact if you are proship or anything of the sort. Yall are nasty. I’m also SUPER uncomfortable with doubles im sorry. If you interact as a double then I cannot stop you from doing so, depending on the f/o I don’t really care, but if I have to block you then I will.

DO interact however if you have one of my platonic/familial f/os as a romantic f/o (or vice versa) and/or if we share a common special interest or hyperfixation. Yall are literally so cool I love having selfship inlaws

ANYWAYS. list is below the cut

Characters that currently have The Braincell:

•Folly (Regretevator) [romantic]

•Carolina Mach (Regretevator) [romantic]

•Sab (Regretevator) [familial, older brother]

• Subspace (PHIGHTING!) [romantic]

Characters I had on my f/o list before THE INCIDENT that I forgot the appeal of and now im waiting for the whimsy to kick back in:

•Black Hole (BFDI/BFB/TPOT) [romantic]

•Remote (BFDI/BFB/TPOT) [platonic]

• Carol (FNF) [platonic]

•Sunday (FNF) [familial, older sibling]

•Lukas (Minecraft Story Mode) [romantic]

•Amelia Euler/“scenty” (HFJONE) [romantic]

•Aradia Megido (homestuck) [romantic]

•Dirk Strider (homestuck) [romantic]

•Jade Harley (homestuck) [romantic]

•YinYang (inanimate insanity) [romantic]

Secret Third Option (both):

•Pico (FNF) [romantic]

Secret Fourth Option (I don’t think about them a lot but they’re fictionkin induced so they’re kinda important)

•Test Tube (inanimate insanity) [romantic]

•MePhone4 (inanimate insanity) [familial, dad]

•Bot (inanimate insanity) [familial, child]

•Paintbrush (inanimate insanity) [platonic]

•Lightbulb (inanimate insanity) [platonic]

The Ship Tags:

⚔️cosmic rivers🐟 - Dirk Strider/Cosmo Inada

🦴nivzadia✨- Aradia Megido/Nivzai Mutara

🐺jadefaun🦋- Jade Harley/Faun Neumann

🔮earthly delights♠️ - Folly/Willow

🥀gardenhammer🔥 - Carolina Mach/Caspian Vines

🏹bowspace💖 - Subspace/Crossbow

💚🌸guns and roses🔫🩵 - Pico/Rayne (I haven’t posted about them in a hot minute but they’ve existed for a REALLY long time and taking the new FNF update into consideration. I probably will soon)

[tunas-spriting]

little five minute edit :)

[an-t-hiho]

started to miss drawing him.. ended up drawing him lol

[raposarealm]

Here are the quest victory quotes for Inoue Takina! Credit to @muffinrecord for the screenshots.

Top: We Lycolis are authorized to eliminate murderers! Middle: I suppose with this, we’re even. Bottom: Thanks, you helped me out.

As always, friendly disclaimer that my Japanese isn’t the best, as I’m still learning. If you spot a mistake, please let me know, and I’ll fix it!

[thisispoggers]

If your boss comes to the office dressed like this what’re you gonna do

Bonus Comic under the cut:

[keeps-ache]

gonna keep it shmoovin man

[boyybites]

I think from now on if I do YCH's I'm going to do it with a fat body just to force people to go through my gallery to see if I draw skinny body types because im tired of having to do the same to see if they can do anything other than jacked and anime waifu.

[boy-armageddon]

Personally I think the little phenomenon w/ Johnny Whitney writing a just genuinely sort of devastating song once per every record or so (or twice! take, well, Take Me to the Sea 4 example. actually three times maybe. talking about specifically georgia + my organ sounds like… here and also bonetrees and a broken heart a little. also also As Brass And Satin just feels utterly melancholic in its near entirety) is that he just wakes up face down covered in blood in the studio, his own or someone else’s he can’t tell, shaking and grasping some shoddily scrawled out lyrics on a rlly very old piece of paper. The rest of the band might be like “johnny what the fuck happened” and he just springs 2 his feet like “oh haha nothing :> im fine don’t worry. nothing happened!!!!!!! anyways i have this cool new idea 4 a song wanna hear” and any time anyone tries 2 ask about it he immediately dodges the question and moves on2 a diff topic. He can explain what it’s about, but any time someone asks about the inspiration he gets nervous and is like “ohhh ummm. I 4got! Any other song though lol” and doesn’t wait 4 an answer. that’s just a theory though a Seattle theory

[iattachtooeasilytocartoons]

🌹

ok you're getting a big chunk of my latest crime against god

"

“I’m totally going to go sit with that kid.” You said, holding your lunch tray as you walked with your friend in the cafeteria. 

“Seriously? Dude we have to plan that project. It’s due in two weeks!” Jess scowled at the smirk that appeared on your face. 

“It’s a song about photosynthesis! It'll take thirty minutes to write. We can use existing songs for it too.” She raised an eyebrow at you, rolling her eyes. 

“Fine, but we’re planning it this week. I’m not waiting til the last minute again.” You smiled guiltily as you thanked her and walked over to the kid. He had just started at the school a couple of days ago, saying he had been homeschooled his entire life. As you walked up to the table, a strand of long black hair fell in front of his face. He blew it back into place. 

“Hey!” He looked up, startled. “Would you mind if I sat here?” He shook his head and you sat down. “Not really a talker huh?” He chuckled, looking up at you again. 

“Nice hair.” He smiled. It looked genuine so you assumed it wasn’t an insult. You had it colored a brighter color than usual, wanting a change. “How much did that cost?” He asked, tilting his head. 

“Practically nothing. Got my own way of doing it that’s super efficient. And cheap.” You smiled, grabbing your lunch. “Ooh yay, pizza that tastes like cardboard.” You said sarcastically while tapping the pizza crust on the edge of the tray. “Hard as a rock too.” 

“Meh, I've eaten worse.” 

“Ooh~” You rested your head on your fists, pizza still in hand. “Do tell!” He looked down with a laugh covered by his hand. 

“Nah, don’t wanna spoil your lunch.”

"

[soulesplinters]

[ID: doodle of soule, azel'ec, cel, and aze side to side in different colors. in the bottom left corner is ascel's borb sona, who is peeking at them. in the second panel is the same image, but the sona is now looking directly at the characters and pointing, saying "the illusion of multiple characters". /End ID]

[ryanthedemiboy]

[Gif of a video game detective looking guy holding a cigarette as he ages from like 25 to 60 in under two seconds]