#blake's takes

[natlacentral]

Kiawentiio goofing (and cracking Gordon up) when she hears the word hope.

[chittychittyyangyang]

Volume 9 Bees

[onceuponalegendbg-rwby]

Still thinking about that one moment during the Bees confession where Yang, trying to keep the tone light, asks Blake to continue their little compliment game and the look on her face when Blake immediately starts off with “I think you’re an extraordinary person.”

The way her eyes go wide in surprise and gleam with awe, the way her joking smirk disappears.

God, this disaster human being. Yes, you dork, you are loved and Blake loves you to the core of who you are!

[reallyhardydraws]

ok these are ALSO a slay, i think i did upload these back in 2019 and then deleted them after i like... fell out with scooby doo 😅 and i was trying to scrub my AU from my blog. if i remember right these were for a back-to-original-era AU so very much like late 1960s/early 1970s fashion. i particularly like velma's looks. i really think i'm like, right about how their expanded wardrobes should look...

[alt-ernativewonderland]

Accepting Being Dead 🎶

Blake Neely & Murat Selçuk from the Dead Boy Detectives season one soundtrack 💜

[phishcaek]

ANOTHER redesign of my Blake-take (I'll figure it out eventually)

I'm still leaning into the streetwear alleycat vibe, but I toned down their tattoos and gave em a big jacket cuz think itd be neat if they could zip it up to cover em, sorta like visual symbolism for how they hide parts of emselves through the design,

[hauntingofhouses]

yall i just KEEP doing back to mizu and taigen's wrestling scene in master eiji's forge and like i know that taigen literally got a boner from it BUT THE THING IS out of all the scenes these two have together, this scene actually has the least sexual tension ?!? cuz like the boner aside, this scene is actually very soft and emotions-driven rather than pure passion or lust.

arguably, a more passionate and sexually-charged scene would be their previous brawl in the snow with the chopsticks, which is tense and angry and also the scene that mizu thinks about when madame kaji talks about being honest with one's innermost desires.

but THIS scene in the forge? warm colours. their laughter and their smiles that both equally genuine. the WAY taigen looks at mizu in that scene, staring first at her lips, her smile, then looking into her eyes. and you can see by the framing of the scene and the look on his face that he is, for the first time, seeing her eyes as something beautiful rather than off-putting or frightening.

like before this point he's already come to not only respect mizu as a person and an equal but also admires her as an incredible swordsman and as someone who is kind and honourable* for having saved his life at the expense of her revenge quest. so as of the time of them tussling in the forge, taigen has already put aside his prejudices about mizu's blue eyes and no longer finds them as any cause for disgust. but in this scene he's not just indifferent about her eyes, but attracted too it.

and i'd also like to argue that his boner is not from the physical exertion or the act of wrestling itself, but from the intimacy of a playful spar, enjoying each other's easy company after having established a deep trust with each other (taigen endured torture for mizu and helped defend her from archers in the chasm while mizu saved his life from fowler's castle)

and all this while in the safety of mizu's childhood home while both of them are still recovering from near-death, amplifying their vulnerability with each other.

like when was the last time mizu cracked a genuine smile, let alone a laugh that's more than a little wry chuckle?? and for this to happen at such a low point in her life also speaks to the comfort this little friendly spar gives her.

because like, this is after she failed her mission to kill fowler. meanwhile her sword--the embodiment of her soul--is broken, and ringo who is her closest confidant is now angry at her and barely even looks at her. it just further lends to the inherent tenderness and intimacy in this scene. and i just. AHHHH i love them your honour....

* ALSO as a side note about taigen believing mizu to be honourable: he later realises that this assumption turns out to be quite false when she reveals that she'd not only allowed akemi to be taken away against her will but also has said nothing about fowler's impending attack on edo. also i find it very interesting that out of the two revelations, taigen is less angered by mizu letting akemi being married off (he sighs angrily and marches off saying he has to go to edo to find akemi), but much more angered by mizu's refusal to save the shogun and the shogunate as a whole. this is more proof that taigen's central principles are firmly rooted in the bushido and the concept of honour that comes with that. it's why he lashes out at mizu. because he'd believed mizu to be honourable and righteous, but was proven wrong. that's not to say that taigen is in the right for calling mizu a demon, not by any means. but i just find it a very interesting part of his character and it relates to his relationship and perception of mizu

also while rewatching the episode i found this very funny they just lyin there in the cart like this 🧍🏽‍♂️🧍🏽‍♂️

[ronioli]

*Bmblb starts playing in the background*

[almea]

"Uh, I talked about you, so..."

[adamsvanrhijn]

"Of one thing I am sure... you can do better than Mr. Oscar van Rhijn."

2.02 ▹ Some Sort of Trick

THE GILDED AGE (2022–)

[pink-yuri]

♡ RWBY Official Manga Anthology ♡

[natlacentral]

Game mode activated. (Requested by anonymous)

[rickybaby]

Who’s your best friend inside the paddock?

The guy I spend most time with is Blake [my manager] and his last name is ironically Friend. I would say that’s probably an obvious one because we spend a lot of time together. Lando [Norris] is one where like, our first year at McLaren, it definitely took us a little bit of time to probably get to know each other and warm to each other a bit. It’s probably no secret that it took us a little bit to become, let’s say, mates.

Who’s your best friend outside the paddock?

Actually, it’s funny. I laugh because I’ve got two Blakes who are very close in my life. Blake who works with me and probably my best friend is Blake who I raced go-karts with…

Do you call them Blake 1 and Blake 2?

Ha. He’s really tall so I’ve called them ‘Tall Blake’ and ‘Manager Blake’. But I raced go-karts with Blake so we’ve known each other since we were like nine years old and we always competed against each other for a long time. He’s always visited me, come to races, visited me when I was living in Italy and wherever I was, and remained a really close friend. I think in those friendships it was easy for him to be like, ‘S**t, you made it, I didn’t’, and there could be like this weird kind of envy or jealousy, and he never had that, he always just stayed a really honest and true friend. We were coming up together and we were both trying to make it ultimately, and I think just the way he handled me kind of living our dream careers, that also could have made our friendship turn and it never did. I also really valued him for not letting that get in the way and we’re super-close.

[flipomatic]

[cowcowwow]

BUMBLEBY KISS YIPPEEE

[eshden]

okay but,,, Blake encouraging Yang to take that next step? creating that safe space for her? Yang saying it’s like a cliff and if i do it, i’m just gonna fall, and Blake responding i think we’re already falling. it’s Blake letting Yang say it first, and not even pausing to breathe before saying i love you too. it’s Blake letting Yang take the step but holding her hand out the whole way there, assuring her that she would never let her fall. not alone