#especially when they're this young

[howtobeamagicalgirl]

Gwah

[sysig]

How much of me is me? (Patreon)

[vaguely-concerned]

I just *clenches fist with tears in my eyes* love the grand necropolis so much

[anxiouslowercase]

sas rh: let eoin survive the fall au » a tale of two lieutenants (part two)

[lulu-draws-stuff]

do yyou think you can share any transmasc lili or transfem raz design ideas you have

Ok ! I didn't have any designs planned out yet, so I took this ask as an opportunity to try my hand at it :] maybe I'll line and color this later, idk

(Any pronouns for Raz and he/they for Lili here ok)

[radsplain]

people hate lesbians. PEOPLE HATE LESBIANS!!!

[lem0n-a1d]

transfem Kon holds a special place in my heart you all just don't get it

[ntj2pj]

[agalychnisspranneusroseus]

Do you think the girls face like. Polyphobia or something

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

Sometimes I see posts on this site and I'm like oh okay, you guys don't actually believe in redemption and don't understand how it works at all. Cool. Okay.

[vladdyissues]

I apologize for not answering this ask directly, anon, but I wanted to extend the courtesy that the person in the above link is denying us by not revealing their username.

But yeah, I've seen the list. Had a good laugh at it, then I reported it to Tumblr—and reported the linked files to Google. What this user is doing may not be direct harassment, but it's outing people and their blogs and collecting "evidence" in the form of links to content proving each accused's affiliation—which to me sounds like a violation of privacy; doxxing lite—and inviting others to participate in this same invasive, predatory behavior.

And no, typing out "btw DON'T harass these people!" at the top of the post does not absolve this person of their responsibility for hosting files and encouraging other users to partake in a literal witch hunt.

[margridarnauds]

It feels like...so many directors are scared of actually engaging with period dramas (or they're afraid of engaging with the budget of a well-done period drama). Like they're afraid that a modern audience can't relate to people who wear different clothing and use different vocabulary. So you get Teen Queen Period Dramas (which, don't get me wrong, I do like them) with modern pop music so that they can be Relatable or modern AUs that have next to nothing in common with the OG or whatever the fuck was going on with the Netflix Persuasion.

[good--merits-accumulated]

i fear i am endlessly predictable (writing new dps au which is once again fantasy with Arthurian elements)

[anawkwardlady]

OK, a take that crossed my mind: can we discuss how Ryukishi loves his characters so much that he's ready to forgive even the worst of them? EVEN KINZO???

First, there is no debate that he writes with love.

Also, he writes about violence, from the point of view about both the perpetrator and the victim, and without judgement. Which is amazing! He shows how violence is devastating for the victim, but he also shows how the complex mindset of the people that are to commit such acts, related to isolation and trauma.

He shows that it's possible to break the generational cycle of violence, with communication (to de-isolate) and love.

And I love how violence is not shown as a moral failure, but as a product of past violence, and as prepetrator are not depicted as monsters but as humans.

But Kinzo, seriously? Do I need to explain what he inflicted on Kuwadorian Beatrice? And his children? And the lessons I should get from Chiru is "Battler looks like Kinzo, he should be proud of it" and "Ange should remember Kinzo as a kind grandfather". HE DID NOTHING TO DESERVE FORGIVENESS, EXCEPT SOBBING AT THE FEET OF THE MOST TRAUMATIZED CHARACTER OF THE SERIES.

And finally, my hot take: the only characters who are not forgiven are Teppei Hōjō and Rina Mamiya, because unlike Kinzo, Ryukishi does not love them.

I get the point but I think it's more complicated. it's not so much a "we're forgiving Kinzo" narrative and more a "a lot of characters are trying to cope and deal with the complex feelings they're dealing with" thing.

For exemple, I don't think Chiru's message is that Battler should be proud of being like Kinzo but a mix of trying to convey what Kinzo's and Kuwadorian Beatrice dynamic was like through BATTLER and chick Beato, Sayo's complex feelings towards Kinzo's and her circumstances of birth, Tohya understanding Sayo's feelings and coping with his own situation and what Battler represented to her and Battler wanting Ange to be happy. Battler's message in EP8 was not so much to remember Kinzo as someone's kind I think, but that everything Ange experienced was the worst of everyone and therefore her view was distorted and bringing a lot of pain to her. He wants her to also remember to cherish the good they had because he wants her to be happy. He is her brother so his view is biased in favor of protecting her.

All of this will make things more gray and blur the lines because it inherently will bring some sort of romanticism. I do think theres discussion to have on to which extent it does become enabling and so on but yeah, I think it's a also more nuanced than Ryukishi telling us that Kinzo was not that bad. It's tricky! I had the same complex thoughts about the whole Ange taking some "responsibility" on Eva's abuse thing. On one hand, it's her view and way to cope with it and theres not one acceptable way a victim should react and grow, on the other hand... Yeah I left meh about the message sometimes.

And for your last part : wasn't Teppei somehow "forgiven" by the narrative in GouSotsu? (i didn't watched it all so idk) also I have to admit I always was a bit annoyed that Rena's dad wasn't seen in that same light just because he wasn't overtly physically abusive despite being extremely abusive nonetheless but thats another subject. ANYWAY

[adore-gregor]

ayyy

[to-the-batcomputer]

how i feel about shipping brudick is always switching from one extreme to the other. like one moment i'm thinking about it and i'm like Yes this makes sense this is beautiful and true. the next i'm like oh god i am going to hell for even considering this