#but bleh whatever

[cherryys]

I know at this point it's extremely delusional of me to think of anything else added to megumi's character arc especially with 3 chapters left but I wonder if his identity crisis will ever be resolved. I just can't stomach the fact that 268 is the complete resolution of his character no matter what. too much is left unsaid and unexplored about him that it just feels underwhelming and disappointing.

back to my identity crisis point, megumi had a weak sense of self from the start, that's why he was a relatively weak jujutsu sorcerer, compared to his "potential" anyway.

his sense of self revolved around his sister and his technique. back then, if you were to ask "who is fushiguro megumi?" (most) of the characters in the series would probably say "a 10 Shadows user", and if you asked megumi himself who he is, he wouldn't have given you a solid answer. he didn't have trust in his strength or his capabilities then.

he viewed his only purpose in life to provide his sister happiness, that's why he took the deal with Gojo. and when she got into a coma, his purpose then was to try to balance the scales of the universe by saving good people like her, along with fulfilling his end of the deal with Gojo and becoming a jujutsu sorcerer and training his technique.

CH. 58 strengthens his resolve a bit, With gojo's words of "Be Greedier" and "it's okay to be selfish!" which made him embrace his technique if even for a moment rather than viewing it as a shackle.

that's why I said in an earlier post that his domain isn't just a feat to boost him, it's a representation of his character and especially his sense of self. his domain was still incomplete because his sense of self was still missing. he was still an incomplete character, he hadn't reached self-discovery yet.

The entire time, Megumi is presented with the question: who are you? and he grapples with this question via his attempts at wrangling his technique (per Gojo's deal with him, his attempts at trying to save tsumiki (since that was his goal since the start of the series and the thing he thought was his life purpose since the start), and his attempts at trying to save yuuji (which is something he viewed as a new goal now to focus on since he viewed himself responsible for Sukuna because he chose to save yuuji). his identity always was surrounded by these three things, but it was never about him. he was never a part of the equation. he viewed himself as collateral, expendable, that's why even in his ideal world, he never imagines himself walking beside yuuji and tsumiki.

and then Sukuna took over his body, and made him lose his sense of self completely via the bath, and then metaphorically dug his nails into the wound by taking away all that he lived for and surrounded his identity with (tsumiki, his technique, seperated him completely from yuuji)

and so, megumi, now having lost everything that made him him was presented with the question again: who are you? Without your technique, without your only purpose of trying to save good people like Tsumiki and Yuuji, what makes up the shape of Fushiguro Megumi's soul? What is it composed of?

Yuuji's speech tells you of the value of a life:

he would tell you that the human soul is composed of tiny fragments, memories, experiences, the small things in life that come together to make up the shape of the soul.

But the problem is Megumi never reached this point. He never had this epiphany. He most likely wasn't even present in this conversation, since yuuji's domain targeted sukuna's soul only.

And those are just yuuji's words, even if megumi were to hear him, he'd just be hand held through his own character development that he should reach on his own.

That's why I'm not satisfied with the resolution of Megumi living for Yuuji, because it doesn't resolve his identity crisis. he doesn't regain his sense of self back by making it about himself, he still falls into the earlier pitfall of making his identity depend on one person. again. which was what doomed him in the first place. he still doesn't answer the question: who are you? Who is Fushiguro Megumi?

that bath and being submerged could've been the perfect opportunity for him to figure out who he actually is without his technique, without his sister, without anyone to depend on, when he has nothing but his soul to accompany him, but I guess sukuna running the gauntlet against the entire verse with random battle shonen jargon and power ups and plot devices was more important than trying to flesh out your deuteragonist or give him any sort of character development beyond just being a plot device.

[hey-hey-j]

"Maybe they let him go, or—or he left, or.... I don't know!"

"Then why wouldn't he come looking for us? For him?"

"I—..... I don't know!"

I'd love to take this further but I am currently stuck on dialogue 🙃

......there's always the third option none of them want to think too hard about :)

[thriftybruce]

3 pg. comic about an AU where both Stan and McGucket work on the portal together in the 80s

(Script for those who need it, or can't read my handwriting);

Page 1:

Caption: In an alternate universe, where Stan and Fiddleford worked together on the portal in the 80s...

Page 2:

Fiddleford (in his head): Huh...what is that racket? Huh? Oh!

Fiddleford: Well, I think I'm in need of a good, long break...

Do tell Stanley, I didn't think you'd be the kind to like David Bowie!

Stan: Well, I don't! But he's catchy...I'll give him that. Also... he was always playin' on the radio. It was nice havin' someone else on the road...

Fiddleford: Well, Lee, now's your chance to move your legs and get loose!

Page 3:

Fiddleford: C'mon Stan!!! Shake what your mama gave ya!

Stan: Alright, alright Fidds! Just this once though!

(after the dancing montage)

Stan: Okay okay! None of that now, c'mon we gotta get back to work.

Fiddleford: Woops! Sorry Stan, but I haven't felt this good in a long, long time. I got the jitters! The good kind, that is! But oh alright!

[cathalbravecog]

i wanted to draw my current emotional state. and high roller . both things in my brain

[watcheraurora]

Hi from the Migraine Zone

now that Skizz is officially a full time content creator (!!!) I think he deserves to lose the business suit skin. He doesn’t need to look “professional” anymore! He’s friggin free!!!

Get this man a Hawaiian shirt and shorts and dad sandals with socks!

[honeyspotpie]

Okay I lied I also have this recent drawing I didn't post yet... Mouse art practice featuring the fatal blow to all neurodivergent queer people around the globe!! (also known as Normal Oak-Swallows-Garcia from hit comedy improv podcast Dungeons and Daddies)

[gradient-jeremy-asks]

First round of Regretevator designs i’m making for an au based on Dracula ☝️

[asmogorna]

Okay so there’s this ww artist on ig called like tooth lilys or something and he’s always causing drama in the ww fandom and he mouthed off about your art and now heaps of insta ww fans are like talking about you :| free publicity?

ahhhh so thats whats happening .. lmao thats crazy

i checked out their story, and i sure doooo love how they leave some things out when talking about both situations that they mentioned to make me look worse ..

ok so

warning, yap session incoming

the "will wood in a (miku) binder" thing happened back in fall 2023 when i was still semi new to the fandom and didnt know a lot of things. so tho i to this day i dont think it was that big of a deal, i wouldnt do it today

it was an artwork made for shits and giggles, the context of which i have explained here before. i never meant to imply that will wood is trans and i certainly dont "headcanon" him as that. my curse is that even when joking around i tend to try and make my art look good, so i get why people thought it was unironic. and i know that it sounds like a lame ass excuse, but it legit didnt cross my mind that people would think i drew will wood as a trans guy or smth. legit my only thought process was "funny haha internet thing" + "my favorite thing" = "good idea"

now the usage of his real name is something i am genuinely sorry for, but it was an accident and a genuine mistake on my part. i remember seeing someone mention it casually in some comment section, and assuming that it was ok, since i didnt know he was in any way against it. (i also thought that it was the same name that he used in "the real will wood" in that one section cus it sounded a bit similar).

when i was informed about the fact that he doesnt want it spread around i deleted the post right away and apologized, so bringing it up like something i did on purpose and out of malicious intent is a tad bit .. misfitting, if you can use that word

now the hot topic of the day: my waywood art

i have said this before and i will say this again, how i feel about rpf is solely based off how the people involved feel about it

to clarify: i never drew anything inappropriate or even suggestive with them, the "worst" thing is 2 simple sketches of them smoochin. or. this.

idk if this is what they were referring to when talking about me drawing will wood and gerard way "making out" (specifically. because i think "making out" implies to be more sexual stuff than small kisses). and if so, then it once again feels like blowing things out of proportion

and now the point i want you to get: will wood wouldnt give a flying fuck

like i said earlier, i never drew anything inappropriate, because that would actually cross will's existent and real boundaries. you know, the ones that he stated

im not making some conspiracy theories about him being gay, like some people seem to imply in their inbox messages to me

im not sending a whole ass smut fanfiction to litwtc gmail or something, i dont bother him in instagram dms asking if he wants to fuck gerard way, im not shipping him with people who he actually knows personally and has to look in the eyes of from time to time

im not doing anything that he would actually care about

him and chris have joked about him being attracted to gerard before, and though im not saying that you can joke about everything theyve ever joked about, i feel like in our case its clear that will clearly doesnt care about the implications ? (i generally believe that ww fans would get their panties twisted about less things if more of them listened to what these 2 talk about so calmly on litwtc but i digress)

if he saw that some random teenager on tumblr is drawing him and gerard way (gasp of horror) holding hands, he'd laugh at it max and then move on with his day

people are treating the whole situation like i posted pictures of him from when he was a kid or leaked patreon content or drew him fully naked or anything else that, you know, would actually affect him in one way or another

what im doing is innocent fun which isnt even likely to reach either of them. will wood very rarely checks tumblr and, once again, i genuinely dont believe he would care. and gerard way aint got no internet + he doesnt care x 2

it is weird but rn this is what brings me the most joy, even if its silly to say. both will wood and gerard way mean a lot to me and putting them in situations together makes me happy. i am but a child full of fun whimsy

i wont be posting any more explicitly romantic art to avoid more drama, and i also wont be responding to all the anon messages i received because there are like .. too many of them. an overwhelming amount i'd say. sorry about that

i really didnt mean to cause such a fuss, and i understand why some people might be uncomfortable with what i do

i fully understand why you would dislike my waywood hyperfixation shenanigans, and i dont have a problem w you over that, but treating me like pure evil because of a thing so insignificant is just.. overdoing it

once again, i will be toning it down, but it really isnt the end of the world if i dare to draw will wood and gerard way being a tad bit gay (which is, i apparently need to mention, not me actually saying that will wood the alternative musician is a homosexual gay who is in a genuine for real actual real gay homosexual relationship with gerard fucking way the lead singer of my chemical romance. i think speculating on other people's sexuality and gender identity is boooo tomato tomato tomato)

sorry for the rant and sorry to all who were disappointed by my lack of remorse. come back in a couple years when i turn 18 and stop having fun and artistic freedom

thank you for your attention and i hope i at least cleared some things up to those who werent w me throughout every event where i get involved in fandom drama

bye bye

[lemon-wedges]

Its been a while since I updated this little project but heres the dealio. I got "mysteriously" sick for the last 2 months and it kinda halted my work on getting this thing physically printed. BUT IM BACK and ready to start this up again. I'm really hoping i get everything done by Jan. or very latest feb (mostly anticipating for holiday slow down)

In the meantime i got a few questions on my interest check asking if i would offer a digital version of the zine. and the answer 2 months late is YES I WILL YOU CAN GET IT NOW ACTUALLY ON MY GUMROAD OR KO-FI HURRRAYYYYYY!!!! 🥳🥳 GO CHECK IT OUT ITS $3

GUMROAD | KO-FI

[racmune]

its getting 2 late now but have funny frazbears the movie sketches

idk how i feel about the sauce levels of this ship however they are very funny to rotate in my mind

[4mamiyas]

Yeah reposting this cuz tumblr thought it was funny to SHADOWBAN ME 7 MONTHS AGO IF TJIS FLOPS AGAIN IM GONNA CRY

[orange-frog]

Text post dump

[paranormal-peri]

Chapter 11 Sneak Peek

“Wait! Stop!"

"Oh my gosh, it can talk! Hello!"

"Uh.. Hi, yeah, I can talk, and you can talk, which is great because why don't we just talk together? How's your day been? Is the weather nice outside? I wouldn't know."

"Oh wow! Hello hello! Why haven’t you talked before? Are there others like you? Do you have a name?”

"I do have a name actually, it's-”

"It's just trying to stall. We can chat with it later, now get on with the sedation.” Bossy interrupted.

"Wait! Don't do that! I-I- I can sit still! I'll let you do whatever you want! You can clean the cut, whatever, just please don't use that.”

The humans were quiet, they waited for a response from boss.

Bossy thinks about this offer.

Willingly offering to sit still and be obedient to such advances?

All to not be shot down by the needle?

Was that a twitch of fear?

It knows It's place, low.

It'll to anything just to gain some small sense of control.

Some sense of security.

The freedom to move on it's own.

Peri couldn't escape now even if they did allow him to walk out on his own terms,

but that's ok.

He wants to gain trust, something he can use as an advantage to escape later when he feels healthier.

"I won’t resist, honest. Just… let me walk out on my own."

[chickenoptyrx]

since he was such a huge animal lover and had so many over his lifetime that passed before him, i like the idea of him gettin to seein em all again.

Ref stuff below:

[kamisden]

full piece i made for my n1 melric fanart fan gen >:)

some none traffic art for a change which took me more time than i expected

[m0e-ru]

hi whatever. p4 drama cd adachi supercut. no it's not translated no it doesnt include "You'll understand when you get older", but it's all in the video description anyway. I genuinely like how they depicted adachi here, maybe because of the fact they didnt visualize him at all and im left to think about it on my own and not get bombarded with the very interesting visuals p4 has had to offer throughout the years. but otherwise i really appreciate the characterization here

anyone who wants to see the rest of the drama CDs documented you can look here I suppose