#except for the 10 pull

[astaroth1357]

Happy birthday, Birthday Buddy!!

Sorry I keep calling you an old man, but if we're being honest, we're both too old for this shit 😅😂

Also:

Alright game. I admit, that's more than I expected. Not huge, but more. But I better still get my birthday phone calls, or I swear...

[truelovedetective]

just remembered the end of TD s1 when rust literally opens his cheeky whore mouth and asks marty "are we gettin' engaged?" out loud on HBO national television in year of the lord 2014

[moonlit-tia]

shout out to zayne for being the only l&ds guy I can count on ♡

[shiroselia]

I NEVER

FUCKING

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE

[pirojiji]

these guys are weeeird thank god you're normal A-chan haha right .

[cuppatealove]

I am GOING to finish this chapter of Anchor Point and then I am GOING to write another chapter of Operation Thanksgiving, it is going to happen, it is going to happen.

[xxylan]

I DON’T CHASE I ATTRACT WHO??

[anarcho-masochist]

It really is like my brain went, "Wow, those are powerful intrusive thoughts you've got there. You know what's more powerful? Your desire to see this guy traumatized. Have 1.5 days of maladaptive daydreaming about them."

[daybreakrising]

i only managed to get through pulling for characters, loading them up with temp artifacts, and then doing dailies before my controller decided it needed to charge so i haven't done any quests yet - that'll probably be tomorrow now

this hellish day is almost over so i'm gonna just chill and not worry too much about getting anything done, so i'll be lurking around

[paper-birdies]

War Drums Progress 04/15/2024

109/162 Panels Inked 1 page still in the sketch phase.

14 pages in progress of being inked.

19 pages inked.

Gets me pretty excited thinking that I have more pages inked than in progress. I'm so excited to start this long awaited journey and tell you guys this story!

[aidenwaites]

Every day my job situation gets more goddamn stupid

[one-britt-to-rule-them-all]

I am fucking screeching.

Just give me Barbatos’ card already!!

Aaaaahhh! 🥲

[milky-fixx]

happy pride month 🌈

[tramontane-fire]

why so tired?????? not fair!

Food? eaten, incl. fruit and protein

Sleep? done. lots of. didn't get up properly until 10 this morning.

Water? drank lots.

Caffeine? cup of coffee didn't make a dent. giving up caffeine didn't make a dent either.

The cleveland clinic recommends that I do mindfulness which if you'll excuse me is a crock of shit. being constantly aware of everything around you always sounds exhausting, and I'm already exhausted so I can skip that.

[theemptymancometh]

lmao I got jumpscared by the Silver Showcase thinking they were unexpectedly charging straight on ahead with more of book 7 (I was - and still am - expecting every second month at the quickest otherwise we catch up too soon) but anyway that means the Lilia dorm ssr release is getting dangerously close and like you can't drop that on me right on top of his birthday okay? The Idia-Lilia birthday pipeline is brief and expensive XD XD

[thawthebeez]

HAIKYUU ESSAY TIME YAYAYAYA

today's essay idea was brought upon me in the midst of my post-athletics recovery and WILL be my most batshit insane one yet. less facts more feelings. this essay is HEAVILY CENTERED around kghn so it'll only be, like, 15% factually accurate, 85% insane. because there are definitely other non-relationship focused nuances in what i'm about to show you that i shall be choosing to ignore- i'm just clarifying that i DO know they're there, i'm just crazy.

Let us begin.

to provide context, i'll be speaking about Season 1 Episode 23. this is the first official Seijoh match, which they're tied with Karasuno 1-all. this is the final set and the tension is to typical dramatized Haikyuu standard.

Kageyama has just set the ball to Asahi, of which he successfully pulled off a pipe attack, earning Karasuno yet another point. we now proceed to take a look into Kageyama's thoughts post-point:

i'd say this is pretty standard for Kageyama. his game sense when it comes to volleyball is off the charts. dude could probably perfectly play a game in his SLEEP if he really wanted to. knowing where the best attacks will come from, how he'll set the ball- all of that is second nature to him.

and that, my friends, is what makes this line all the more interesting:

because, yes, Hinata did call for the ball, but based on what Kageyama just mentioned, tossing the ball to Hinata should have been ruled out entirely by this point. hell, Kageyama wasn't even FACING Hinata when he called for the ball. Kageyama was literally in the perfect position, perfect timing, perfect EVERYTHING to give it to Asahi.

Yet he nearly gave it to Hinata.

and the fact that he nearly gave it to Hinata is insane enough on its own, but the way Kageyama puts it here: "He nearly took the set away from me." emphasis on the "took [it] away"

Hinata, just by calling out "send it my way," was enough to take the instincts that Kageyama has had and been fostering for his entire lifetime and just throw them all away. Hinata has taken all the game sense Kageyama has built up just by calling for the ball. THAT'S THE KIND OF IMPACT HE HAS ON KAGEYAMA.

(additionally: this kind of impact is almost expected considering the fact that Hinata has established himself as someone that Kageyama can always fall on, having promised to hit any toss he sends his way regardless of how fast or shitty it is.)

one call. one "send it my way." one jump from a place that Kageyama can only see out of the very corner of his eye. that's all it takes.

to paraphrase insanely: with respect to Hinata, all it takes to completely bend Kageyama- an absolute PRODIGY of a player- to your will is to simply call for the ball. that's it. everything could be perfect to send it left, but if Hinata's going right and he wants it, all he has to do is call for it and there's a chance Kageyama will send it to the right. one call. no need to argue.

and then we also get this absolute BLESSING of a frame. absolutely stunning, beautiful, amazing. i eat it up every time.

(the nuance that normal people would see here is essentially: Hinata is such a great decoy that he can even lure his own teammates. which. like. yeah, that also happens. Kageyama is definitely being lured in. i've just decided to take the less normal route and fixate on a completely arbitrary yet still very important aspect of the show- aka Kageyama and Hinata's relationship.)

this scene in particular also ties in nicely to that one bit in season 3 where Oikawa goes to watch the Shiratorizawa vs. Karasuno match and says "Hinata's got Tobio wrapped around his finger" OUGH that one always gets me.

anyways: this is basically one of the five occasions (that i can think of off the top of my head) in which the show points out that Hinata is the one calling the shots here. like, it's never been "Kageyama tosses and Hinata spikes," it's always been "Hinata spikes wherever the fuck he wants to, Kageyama just has to get the ball to him" WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY WILD IF YOU ASK ME

idk. they just. yeah :) they're so cool :)