#felt like closure

[cowboybuckleys]

[babybrunette777]

okay so i messaged my ex and it made me somewhat happy and ive resolved things with my current favourite boy

[frogayyyy]

peace and love on planet vulcan

[toyboy-molloy]

part one | part two

“Bollocks!”

Hans rolled his eyes, jamming the head of his arrow into an apple. He then aimed the pierced arrow into the air with his bow and fired towards where Henry was standing in the lake. The blacksmith swam after the floating arrow, concentrating on his strokes, kicks and breathing knowing Hans was watching closely.

“I don’t know why you’re so surprised,” the noble said, watching Henry paddle towards the bobbing apple, “it’s not like I had much opportunity. I’ve never really been interested in seducing other men until…”

Henry waded towards Hans, handing over the apple with a smug tilt of his head. “Until?” Narrowing his eyes, Hans loaded the arrow again and fired much further away. Henry chuckled, shaking his head. “Arsehole.”

Hans smirked as he watched Henry half-run, half-swim towards the arrow. He’d improved since their last lesson. He’d clearly been practising his strokes and kicks in his free time, keen to impress his instructor. Or at least that’s what Hans was choosing to believe.

“Why did you have to kiss me?” It was meant to be a casual question but it came out as more of a whine. “I was fine until you came along.”

“Really?” Henry was still chasing the apple, now doing something that looked more like swimming as he got deeper into the water, “there was never some bored lord or curious village peasant?”

“No, there wasn't,” Hans didn’t know why he was pouting. He didn’t much like being bested at anything, especially when it came to the art of seduction. But no, of course, Henry of fuckign Skalitz had more experience there, too, “unlike you who apparently bedded all of the willing menfolk in the region.”

Henry finally caught up the arrow and made his way back to the shallower water. Sensing the lesson was over, Henry sat himself at the bank and bit into the still skewered apple, “there was only Bartosch, actually.”

Hans turned to stare at him, letting out an incredulous yell, “you slept with a traitor!?”

“A little louder, Hans, I don’t think they heard you at the Den.” Henry hissed, blushing profusely. Hans threw one of the apples at him.

“Fuck you.”

“Fuck you!” Henry threw it back, catching him on the back of the head, “what’s your problem?”

“Nothing,” Hans said with a sigh, rubbing the spot on his head the apple had struck. He knew he was being childish, behaving like Henry was his toy and the other kids wanted to play with him. But fuck it, he was. And it was about time people knew it, “I just…what happened between us. I thought it might…happen again.”

Henry let out a laugh, gesturing, “what, an excited, two second kiss in the middle of a cold lake ten feet away from all of our friends?”

“Not exactly,” Hans replied impatiently, purposefully avoiding looking at Henry. He wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction. “I had hoped you’d use your imagination. Unless it was a mistake.”

“Oh, it wasn’t a mistake,” Henry crawled from the bank further into the water, towards Hans who was sitting cross legged in the shallow water. He moved around until he was in front of him, smiling and playfully running his finger over Hans’ knee, “you’re interested in more then, hmm?”

Hans looked from Henry’s eyes down to his hand and back again, giving a single nod, “yes.”

“Well, in that case,” Henry suddenly moved away, grinning, “you’re gonna have to catch me first.”

He started running at what was supposed to be a sprint but the water made it almost impossible and it ended up more a striding walk. Smiling to himself, Hans muttered an expletive and took off after Henry, now more than ever determined to beat him.

[sophism]

so many things are upsetting me about this tho like, for Niall to be the member who saw him last and the fact that he was in the area just to see him (and in the condition that it happened no less), for Zayn never being able to make true amends, for Louis and Harry after already going through so much loss like 😭😭😭😭 I just keep thinking about it and making myself upset all over again

[erineas]

Hey/

Did you see 6 skeletons 1 maid updated?

Thoughts?

I was saving this ask to make a little comic of how that last chapter felt but- lets say it didn't turn out how i wanted. Instead, i just dug out some of my old Maid-chan drawings and stared at them blankly for the next days.

I'm still particularly fixed on this one little page:

Mister Green was my absolute favorite and the only light i saw at the end of her tunnel. He was so kind and sweet, and pretty much the only one that treated her like a person (besides Yellow of course). When i first read this fic so many years ago i didn't trully realized the dark tone of this story but i still chose the only "healthy" option. I wanted MC to be happy and free, and oh how i wanted him to give her that. I held those drawings of him for years imagining a chapter where they would encounter again and that would drive her to a better ending (either skeletons overcoming their issues and treating her with respect or him taking her away).

But then this final chapter appeared and it was... a thing.

(Kinda spoilers for the babes that haven't read it)

First of all, I FINALLY GOT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AFTER BEACH CHAPTERS OMG I NEEDED THAT

Second of all, it didn't look good at all and it was getting worse as I read. But then good because it was a week alone for her to rest and Sans was eating with her?? But also that whole scene reminded me how bad her situation really was so it actually wasn't good at all.

And then the scene that broke me.

I was aware that I wanted her to flee before, but I never thought she could.

It was oddly satisfying, if not a bit anxiety inducing because of the thought that they would caught her eventually. As always.

But then Asgore, and Orange. And nothing...

I got mad that he found her. Which was a weird feeling since I remember liking him a lot. It felt to me like he ruined her good enough ending. But despite that, it makes sense it was him so I don't complain.

What crushed me though, wasn't that she couldn't say goodbye or that Sans got tired of trying to get her back. It was the fact the Gs didn't even try looking for her. They didn't even got mentioned. What happened there, I wonder. Didn't they like her? Care for her? Mister Green wrote her letters, of course he liked her. But then why...?

Suddenly he looked like a fairytale.

The ending was great, finally lending her the ability to choose. It made absolutely everything worth it and the way it was written made me feel like I do have a say in the matter. And for the first time, i didn't choose the skeletons.

I realized she could find her happy ending alone.

(My live reaction)

[i-dare-say]

You know what I love about Binghe's character? His role in the story and the way it changes our perception of him through the narrative.

We first meet him as this poor boy and we, just like Shen Qingqiu, get swept by the image of the white lotus. He's a teenager, and we're told that at this age he didn't have any of the darkness that would reign over his life after the Abyss. We're only shown an obedient and sweet Luo Binghe. He is the "young and innocent protagonist".

But we know about his future. Shen Qingqiu tells us so many times that the Abyss will corrupt him irreversebly, that he will come back and take his revenge on the scum villain. The problem is that we see the story through Shen Qingqiu's point of view, he is our protagonist, making Binghe our villain. So we read about the disciple days with the constant thought that this boy will one day become the antagonist.

And see, there's a slight difference between villain and antagonist. A villain is perceived as someone with bad intentions, while an antagonist is just someone who opposes the protagonist.

When Luo Binghe comes back from the Abyss, he is both villain and antagonist. He goes against Shen Qingqiu (antagonist), and the story tells us he wants to kill him like the original PIDW (villain).

Then it's revealed that it may not be exactly like that. First, we're shown that Binghe has romantic feelings for Shen Qingqiu (which, yeah, it's obvious to everyone but him, but still), giving Binghe a new possible role in the story: love interest. This immediately reduces the perceived danger of his actions. It brings him closer, it makes him a safer character.

Yes, there are stories with villainous love interests that do horrible shit, but we're dealing with the most common way narratives treat this type of character: generally, the love interest is good. And so, the moment this role is put upon Luo Binghe by the narrative itself, it also influences the reader.

But Shen Qingqiu, and consequently we, don't lower our guard. Despite being the love interest now, we also know that Luo Binghe has conspired to take down his master and organized the sower plague. He's attacked Huan Hua Palace, killed Gongyi Xiao and many others, putting the blame on Shen Qingqiu. By the end of book 2 he's villain, antagonist and love interest.

But it all gets proven wrong. That almost everything that happened to Shen Qingqiu was not because of Luo Binghe. We discover that there are other villains in the shadows.

The sower plague and the the attack at Huan Hua Palace was caused by Tianlang-Jun and Zhuzhi-Lang. Qiu Haitang's involvement and Shen Qingqiu's imprisonment was one of the Old Palace Master's schemes. All of this destroys Binghe's role as villain and antagonist.

This is the moment Shen Qingqiu decides to trust Binghe, pushing the reader to do the same. Because he's just "love interest" now and by the standard conventions, he's good. We trust him to be. Shen Qingqiu himself starts to project onto him that same image of white lotus. Since our image of Luo Binghe was so bad previously, this makes it jump way higher. It lulls us into this much better perception of his character.

The Old Palace Master was a villain and he died, as villains are often destined to. The only obstacle remains Tianlang-Jun, who doesn't harm Shen Qingqiu because of Zhuzhi-Lang's wishes (not an antagonist), but also wants to merge the realms (villain).

So our protagonist and love interest move toward the action, the big battle against the final boss. The villains get defeated easily and after the truth of what happened to Su Xiyan, Tianlang-Jun gives up his plan. His role as villain ends there. But the story has more antagonists to reveal.

Luo Binghe has never stopped being one. The narrative only hid his real motivations and let him cover himself with the role of love interest. And at this moment, he drops the mask and lets all of his feelings out, everything he didn't tell Shen Qingqiu nor the readers. He becomes the final antagonist, the one we've had since the very beginning.

The thing that saves him is his status as love interest, because no, he's not the only one to blame for what is happening. There's Xin Mo, who has fed on his insecurities and negative feelings, and Shen Qingqiu himself. He is the one who has constantly pushed Binghe to the side, believing himself to do the right thing, first by giving Binghe his death and then by trying to keep him "protected" from his father.

In the end, Luo Binghe wasn't a villain. Shen Qingqiu was, and he dies. But since he's not a real villain, he's allowed to come back.

When everything is over, their story comes to an end. The narrative itself leaves them free, to be whoever they want to be.

[this-blog-needs-a-new-name]

And into the sunset they ended 🥹

Just kidding but Jaeyi did come to Seulgi to tell her to run to her 🥰 she’s so romantic!

You know, I think that was a very strong ending minus her creeping ass father. It’s pretty open for a s2 just because of what Jey’s dad said to the news crew and honestly, Je-Na feels like it’s incomplete story. How the fk did her dad also only get minimum to nothing time in jail. Well I guess he didn’t technically kill a man but I thought Korea was known for strong laws.

Any ways Kyung’s love for vibrators had me laughing 😆 girl I love the upgrade.

[a-bucket-full-of-feels]

I know there are many layers to unpack with the brief reunion of CRYCHIC in AveMuji Ep 7, but to me I feel that the CRYCHIC story is about how certain relationships are not meant to be, and despite the painful memories attached to the fallout/breakup, it's important to move on from those memories and embrace the positive ones.

The CRYCHIC break up was especially traumatic to all the members, because to all of them, it's one of the first things that was truly special to them. For Tomori, the band and their friendships was something she felt emotionally attached to for the first time; for Soyo, who spent most of her life following the opinion of others e.g. her mother, the band was something she could call her own; for Taki and Mutsumi, who spent most of their lives hiding in the shadow of their family members, the band was something they could carve out and truly call their own; and finally for Sakiko, it was a refuge and a final moment of innocence after her mother's passing and before the Togawa family fall out.

And as a result of that precious thing they built together being whisked away so suddenly, it left them with a lot of trauma. To Tomori and Mutsumi, they put a lot of blame on themselves for the disbandment; for Sakiko, she coped by distancing herself from everyone and trying to forget her problems; and for Soyo and to some extent Taki, she found it difficult to move on from her past and wanted to bring back those memories.

And as emotional the brief reunion of CRYCHIC was, it's impossible for them to get back together as a band - they have all changed as people, and Tomori, Taki and Soyo have moved on with MyGo. However, acknowledging that they did enjoy their time in CRYCHIC despite the painful bookend and that they should learn to move on gave them the closure they desperately needed for the past year or so.

[jazzzzzzhands]

Inktober 2023 Yr 8. Day 12: Spicey Feels like a real family dinner..

[goemon-fan]

fujigoe

[roman--candles]

so no jason?

[forbiddentaako]

more monochrome practice I suppose

[namgiville]

Reddit feels like I’m fighting for my fucking life when I go in the TRG sub because they hate this season MAJORLY

[ramshackledtrickster]

Hellooo!! Genuine question, are you still engaging in content of Assassins Creed: Shadows (like watching content of it or playing the game) or are you staying away from it because of the Ubisoft company?

Hi!! Yeah, sorry I’ve been pretty quiet about it with shadows I’m still gonna watch the cutscenes, clips and read plot summaries to keep up with the story and characters !! I’m for sure not buying it though, since 1. It’s very expensive 2. aforementioned staying-away of the Ubisoft company. I still see myself making art for the characters and story eventually though, but I don’t wanna contribute money to em anymore.

Full disclosure, I’ve finished watching the story of the game so I know most of what happens, and I’ve been watching extra clips here or there of various side missions.

Thank you for asking!!

[stroblitz]

My Grandfather died early Dec last year and since then I have not been able to draw. Before that I struggled coz he was in and out of the hospital. So just being able to do a funny little chibi Brooklyn is such a big step. He'd not want me to struggle with this. He used to put my dumb kid drawings on his fridge when I visited them lol