#dude was wack

[megaemprezzz]

I tried to properly draw him....

[fuckyeahisawthat]

One of the most interesting things about the Atreides characters to me is the constant tension between formal and informal power dynamics going on in that House.

Leto and Jessica seem to have a fairly equitable relationship where they genuinely love and respect each other. This rests entirely on the fact that Leto is generally a Good Dude on an interpersonal level, who like, sees Jessica as a person and recognizes and appreciates her intelligence, skills and political acumen. While concubine to the head of a Great House seems to be a fairly high-status role in their world, we know it is not equal in social standing to the role of a wife, and certainly not equal to the male head of the House. Leto does treat Jessica as his equal informally, but by the social rules of their world he certainly doesn't have to.

Similarly, Leto treats Gurney, Duncan and Thufir like trusted colleagues and confidantes, and while they formally treat him with a certain amount of deference (addressing him as Sire or my Lord and accepting that he will be the final authority on things), it's also clear that informally, none of them are hesitant to speak their minds in front of him, offer suggestions or contradict him on something.

Paul's relationships with Duncan and Gurney are similarly complex. They're both older than him and serve as his mentors/teachers. Neither of them are afraid to tease him, challenge him, or reprimand him when they think he's doing something risky. They love him in an almost-familial way and would protect him with their lives. It seems like Paul would like to be friends with them on equal terms. But formally they are both his servants. Or, more precisely, while Leto is alive they are his father's servants and know they have Leto to answer to if anything should happen to his son.

The moments when the formal power dynamics assert themselves are always fascinating. When Paul and Gurney are first reunited, I would say Gurney is still treating Paul like a Duke's son and not a Duke. He's loyal and he is overjoyed to know Paul is still alive, but he still calls Paul by his first name and talks to him like he's giving advice to someone who's still learning. But then there is that moment when Paul pulls rank and gives Gurney a direct order to go to the south and Gurney's demeanor immediately shifts. He only ever addresses Paul as my Lord after that, and he treats him with a deference that makes it clear they are lord and vassal, not friends or family members.

(And like, technically once Leto is dead, Paul is the Duke and everyone in House Atreides is Paul's vassal--including Jessica. Practically when it comes to Paul giving Jessica an order she does not want to follow...well I would like to see him fucking try.)

Leto's leadership style with those close to him seems very much based on creating a familial, mutually protective vibe that wins him intense loyalty. (It is really interesting to see him try this on Stilgar who doesn't buy it for a second.) We see Paul try to emulate that, possibly with an even more intense longing for relationships of genuine equality that's born out of growing up with no peers of his same age and status around him.

But there is still always a little bit of power imbalance, because the chill vibes rely entirely on the continued benevolence of the Atreides men, and that benevolence can be withdrawn at any time.

[fighting-naturalist]

Ra is dead...he was killed. This is wonderful...how did he die? We killed him.

[phantasy14]

the ideal soldier

[kelin-is-writing]

Girl, you're an immature aspiring writer (key word: aspiring) who is shitting on Horikoshi's work even though your entire fucking blog is literally dedicated to Hori's work. How pathetic and hypocritical must you be. There is a reason why people rather talk to you anonymously rather than directly because frankly you're an embarrassment and a loser. Your misandry needs to be dealt with. Stop blaming all real life men for you unhappiness with the MHA ending. That the fault of one man, not billions of other men. Just because you're pissed and throwing tantrums doesn't mean you have to blame all men. That's extremely childish though not surprising since you're blog itself looks childish. Why are you even watching MHA, its clearly not for misandrists like you. In case you forgot MHA is a Shonen manga/anime so you're clearly not wanted. You're not the type of audience that Hori wants in the first place. You rather talk about useless characters like Rei Todoroki or squeal about a man's attractiveness rather than the watch and assess the actual fights/battles. Seriously. Stop watching MHA and go watch sailor moon or some shojo shit.

Yo I know, I’m childish and immature that reeeeeeally sucks man. Doesn’t change the fact that you still are a misogynist, abuser and rapist defender, childish, immature, rude, mannerless, ignorant and a gaslighter who came on their own in my childish blog, to ask for my childish opinion though. You did, and are still doing all this on your own accord, so guess who’s the real hypocrite here honey 🤭

[synthshenanigans]

JASH STICKER COLLECTION GAINS ANOTHER

Also they do adopt certificates for the lil guys u get which is p cool however rlly funny & rlly weird since its just his name

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also got crocheted pan flowers!! :D

[genericruleroftheflies]

It is really funny that The Monkees tv show at first needed an “adult-figure” to be supervising the four of the guys… but when having a manager did not test well and getting rid of that character sold the pilot… suddenly The Monkees characters seem older than maybe they were written to be. They seem like the ages of the actual people. That being guys in their 20s (Davy was 19 for a hot second at the beginning/pilot)

Because now they alone pay rent. Don’t pay rent. They don’t go to school/high school. They have to feed themselves (no parents around). Maybe they are older teens as stated but… Mike also says he’s 21… they both can and can’t drink/smoke. It’s all very funny. They are the original 23 year old teenage girl.

[slakedbyiron]

a compilation

[deva-arts]

I regret nothing.

Yes he cut a hole in the swim trunks for his tail

[shmorp-mcdurgen]

Sometimes I look back at the early designs for characters I make, and I just remembered like. How did Seth end up like this.

Like when I first designed him, I wanted to make “Six. But human.” And made him look at least similar to my design for Six at the time. But now he. Shares VERY little resemblance to Six at all like.

How did this happen.

[vampstel]

Old queer french man and his tall cottagecore wife… We love to see it

[aces-to-apples]

Frankly I think Alistair being mildly shitty to that mage in Ostagar seems pretty in-character for the guy he is before the massive, life-altering trauma that is the Ostagar massacre wherein he sees all of his Grey Warden comrades, his beloved mentor/father figure, and his beloathed half-brother/convenient-target-of-projection absolutely torn to shreds by literal Thedas boogeymen. IIRC Morrigan and Flemeth both comment on his wack behavior after Ostagar and then by the time we get to Lothering Alistair just fully surrenders any and all responsibility (and, frankly, agency) to the player's Warden for the foreseeable future. It can then take anywhere from a couple IRL hours to the entire second act of the game for him to retake almost any amount of it back. And depending on the player's choices in dialogue, and especially whether or not they choose to romance him, we may only see flashes of that guy we met at Ostagar before he potentially morphs into almost someone else entirely (hardened!King!Alistair). All that to say, I don't actually think it's a useful criticism of "characterization" to bring up Alistair's glibness as compared to his behavior in the majority of the game because from where I'm standing (looking directly at his snottiness about Cailan, his complaints about being assigned to the Tower of Ishal, his Templar-esque focusing on Morrigan and Flemeth being apostates, his generally pretty brusque manner with the Warden recruits) it seems fairly in-line with the rest of his behavior at Ostagar.

[toshiitea]

Just guys bein dudes

Uvosee wanted a lil PDA kiss and Avello accepted his fate

THIS WAS A FACE STUDY WE WILL NOT MENTION THE HANDS

[imagionary]

I know nothing about this guy, but I feel like Moonwalker and Dave would be friends in our AU, me thinks

[tweexcore-undrgrnd]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CEDRIC :DDD

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your eyes scare me but I love you forever

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old man beam!!!!! big 5.0!!!!! i was really looking for that one photo of him and Omar current era where his arms are spread out over a staircase if anyone can attach that i would be so happy :3

[eff-plays]

"Durge is the only true protagonist, all Tavs feel and play the same!" Girl I am so sorry about your lost braincells but my Chaotic Neutral tiefling bard playthrough is SO different compared to my Neutral Good half-elf monk playthrough it literally FEELS different and the quest outcomes are different and their approaches to conversations are different. But sure keep replaying the same origin over and over because you have critical thinking skills or whatever<3