#bye bye brain cells

[chanandler--boing]

X: how dumb are you?

Me: idk I was writing the negative form of to have and then I wrote presen't. I think I'm pretty dumb

[cheriekos]

these are super, super informal and unorganized thoughts but god these panels are haunting me so:

it’s interesting to finally be reading some of the issues that i assume influence general fanon perception of damian because there’s so much emphasis on the actions against tim (and like yeah fair, fucked up let’s not move past that) but also there’s little moments sprinkled throughout that made me go “…this is a child. This is a whole child.”

like idk man! These two pieces of dialogue are very striking to me! “See? I can be useful!” And “Look at me, Mother!”. Maybe it’s just because I work with kids but i read this and very clearly hear a child’s voice! And sometimes i think because a lot of people get caught up in the “formal” way that damian speaks that people forget he’s a kid. A very competent, highly trained kid. But he’s a kid.

Again, i don’t think Damian’s actions can be brushed off just because he’s a kid, and (within the content of the Morrison run), has had some fucked up shit going on. But like - for fanon, I’m just begging folks to strike the balance between talking about Damian being held accountable for his actions and also understanding that in this point in time he’s like maybe nine or ten-years-old. Idk! I’m tired of reading analysis and fan fiction that absolutely crucifies Damian and doesn’t try to find the nuance at all.

[greenwriterplaidbow]

anymore for memory loss!reader?? absolutely LOVED that fic 🥰

I do in fact have more! Uhh thank you for your patience, I started working on this when you sent it but I left it half done because of finals. But it's done now! It's shorter and more of a prequel of the first fic. You can read about the tragic accident here!

I have revised it because I thought I could do better, especially after a very helpful comment from @vofriviasblog (I can't thank you enough, you have given me much inspiration)

I'm trying to push myself to write the argument itself better. It feels so uncomfortable to write. I highly dislike conflict and everytime I write something with anger behind it I just feel like I hear my own father through the characters. So. (Sorry if that's trauma dumping on main). Needless to say I'm struggling with it. But I'm getting better! I feel a little bit like I'd rather be eating my own arm but that's okay. Being uncomfortable means you can grow, right?

[moonilit]

Very important, can’t draw i lost my pen, visual representation of these four’s relationship in my HC

[torgawl]

can we talk about sukuna and rika and why the king and queen of curses having a dispute is also narratively fitting? if sukuna is an heian era sorcerer with an antipathy and disregard of human emotions and the weak's will to live, blind to love and unable to comprehend the value of relationships with others then rika, as his counterpart, works especially well. rika is just a kid, or was just a kid. an innocent young girl who ended up dying tragically and saw herself transform into a vengeful spirit after being cursed by love. not only does she represent the weak (remember when sukuna's slaughter of women and children was implied?), she represents love itself. with her feelings lingering after death, she clinged onto her existence with the sole wish of protecting yuuta. it counteracts so well with sukuna's selfish will to kill time before his final breathe, which he admitted to be his will and motivation.

before i move on to my next idea, which let me preface by saying that it might be a little out there and dives into theory territory, i'm going to contextualise it with some information on the symbolism of "king and queen" that might help understand why this thought may make - at least some - sense.

in alchemy the king usually appears in conjunction with the queen, representing the sun-and-moon duality. in accordance with the theory of sulfur and mercury, which together, after alchemist purification, form the philosopher’s stone (also called the elixir of life, associated with rejuvenation and immortality), usually represented by the crowned hermetic androgyne (the union of the complementary male and female, achieving perfection or completion in the human state). according to jung, the king and queen also signify the spiritual conjunction that takes place when the process of individuation is complete, with the harmonious union of the unconscious and consciousness. jungian psychology has subjected the alchemistic tradition to extensive analysis and views the king less as an image of paternal authority and more as an archetype of higher insight and wisdom.

with that in mind, i think it's easy to understand where i'm headed but i want to add something else. remember jjk 0? geto's plan at the time was to obtain rika so he could use her power and move forward with his plan to annihilate all no-sorcerers. he believed her to be the key to achieve his goal and was willing to risk his own life for it. furthermore, the story is highly based on buddhist concepts and one of the core aspects of jujutsu kaisen is the cycles of suffering the characters are subjected to. in buddhism the goal is to become free of the samsara (continuous cycle of life, death and rebirth), eliminate suffering and achieve nirvana (enlightment). this ties withe the name of the series as kaisen is comprised of the kanji 'kai', meaning cycle, and 'sen', meaning battle, which combined with jujutsu (which means magic/sorcery but contains the word curse) describe the story as an endless battle of curses. and in a sense, the story also repeats itself, between generations and storyline-wise with the events circling back to how it all began. yuuta managed to land a fatal strike on geto once again, but now rika is pointed to be in a direct confrontation with sukuna as the queen of curses. now that i went through all the context needed to understand this, is it possible rika is once again in danger of being taken away? the idea of achieving a state of perfection with the unity between king and queen is quite intriguing. sukuna finally addressing yuuji as a worthy rival because of his unshakable resolve and unbreakable soul, is almost directly implying yuuji to be the one with whom sukuna has his last battle. an ultimate power-up (or the equivalent to), would be veyy cathartic before a final fight where yuuji would have the opportunity to finally go all out and have his well awaited and deserved protagonism (in my eyes, at least).

[bandzboy]

hello everyone! i am taking a short break for the weekend because i was getting overwhelmed being here and all i'm sorry for that but </3 sometimes it gets too much but i did that minghao and vernon edit (because i loved that song) and i'm leaving again but i'll come back tomorrow to reply to everything please understand </3

[sandzephyr]

[daenerys-targaryen]

“it makes me uncomfortable when artists depict daenerys as so young in the books when all I think about all the sexual bad things happen to her” yeah. it’s supposed to. you’re supposed to be uncomfortable at the idea of a 13 year old girl going through that.

[annicaax]

spoilers: 1st CG.

[dagaan]

The next chapter (10) of The Eel is done! You can give it a looksee over here if you want.

[deep-spacediver577]

Walker Vs SleepWalkers

[a-concert-just-for-me]

Ahoy friend! How goes the night?

Well thefreewillagency, you have made a grave mistake asking me this. Behold. It’s 2:00 am. My diary screaming out loud. You know, like Anna Nalick style.

These edibles are, in fact, shit (positive)

I’m most def a little high

[stickers-on-a-laptop]

this is akira changerion

he's like...5'11 (180cm or so) or something, but yes he's SUCH a bisexual disaster and i love him (unfortunately)

[togaki-kun]

In this draft, I affectionately (murderously) call Izuna a little bitch.

Read Part 1 here.

Part 2 will be posted on February 19, Tobirama’s birthday.

[thebestorworstofit]

why do I only think of fun starter ideas on the nights my emotional support friends aren’t here or after all of my emotional support friends have gone to sleep?

( shout out to my adhdweebs who can’t message that one really dope friend who you haven’t talked to in a few weeks, not because you don’t miss them, or want to talk to them. it’s literally just because your bitch ass doesn’t do transitions well )

[iamat0m]

I think the important part is that they feel it's 'theirs' in between changes, because that resets what makes up the ring each time. The material makeup can slowly change, but the logical construct of 'their thing' is both immaterial and maintains continuity.

When working at the jewelry store I referenced the ship of Theseus all the time without actually being able to reference the ship of Theseus.

People would get emotional about needing to swap out gems or work on the metal. I’d say, “If you had a violin and had to change the strings it’s still the same violin, right? If you have to put new tires on your car it’s still your car. Your ring will still be yours even if we change a small component of it.”

This generally worked extremely well in overcoming the emotional component because they couldn’t deny that it would in fact still be their ring.

Ship of Theseus solved by mass consensus.