#first defense

[littlemagicalstardust]

Orange Cassidy (c) vs Eddie Kingston

Fun Fact: This was from Orange's first defense as Independent Wrestling Champion! Sending healing & good vibes to Eddie for his surgery & recovery <3

[homosexualslug]

the difference between these scenes is killing meeeeee

[drenched-in-sunlight]

i love the DLC man

[threewishgoldfish]

I'm back on my bullshit. Aeorian wizard kisses!

[fosliie]

This is not a dream my friend, and it will never end. This one is the nightmare that goes on

[idiotsonlyevent]

it is completely understandable to be uncomfortable with the sexual assault in dandadan. it's important to discuss how it's framed, whether it's handled poorly, or if it could be been portrayed better. but the number of people - even fans - stating that it is only fanservice, irrelevant, or could be removed is frankly bizarre to for SO many reasons, starting with the fact that this parallel exists.

the anime made it even more obvious by interpolating cuts from the first scene into the second one.

i thought this scene showed that momo gaining her powers by believing in her relationship with her grandmother gives her the strength to fight back against what is basically a horrific, much more aggressive and abstract (maybe even absurd?) representation of her shitty gross ex - who was demanding she 'put out' and pay for the love hotel in very first scene.

while the escalation from one scene to the next is surprising, it's not something that comes out of nowhere. this first scene is meant to be a set-up to what will happen later. it sets the tone, though significantly more lighthearted at this point. it tells you that sex, sexuality, etc. is something dandadan will touch on - though you don't know what the scope and depth will be until later in the chapter.

i cannot recommend this video enough, as it discusses some interesting interpretations of what the serpoians and turbo granny represent in their respective assault scenes, as well as how right now the treatment of both scenes is unfortunately uneven.

more notes about plot and thematic relevance below the cut. spoilers for anime-onlies (up to chapter 8, will probably be covered in episodes 4/5).

momo was assaulted, and almost cut up by the serpoians, much like the other victims turbo granny appeared around. this is an intentional parallel. turbo granny goes to momo because that is what she does. again, SUPER unclear how that factors into turbo granny's assault of ken, but if we keep the video's interpretation of cynicism in mind, it could be related to that; maybe turbo granny has a cynicism toward men - similar to momo in chapter/episode 1 - and this is why she chose to attack ken. unfortunately, it's still too early to really understand and explain a lot of her motivations.

again, completely understandable to not like how the sexual assault was handled or portrayed, and it's important to keep discussing it. but this is what dandadan does for many different types of trauma and difficult life experiences. this is a huge part of dandadan's identity. if you don't like it, that is fine, but calling the sexual assault 'just fan service' is blatantly untrue.

[sunshikilo]

wanderer's adventures in sumeru

THANK YOU FOR 70 FOLLOWERS BY THE WAY!! some news, i made an offical art twitter account! 🥳 its @/marsunshi and i linked it, right now im focused on genshin there and will be a lot more active, but im still going to try and post mcsm content here because i have Many wips ^^ i also have my ao3 linked there and i have a few drafts of mcsm works that i might post at some point..who knows

[tubbytarchia]

Missed drawing these two too

Bonuses

[fourphoenixfeathers]

My disappointment was immeasurable when i realized there was a canon humanformers TF:Animated episode, and the human designs were just this:

THIS WAS SUCH A MISSED OPPORTUNITY! THEY ARE SO BORING! So i took it upon myself to redraw it. 😌

I know Prowl wasn’t in this scene, but i wanted an excuse to draw him anyway. He’s silly and i love him.

I tried to push the scale a little bit too, because i imagine the team would be feeling pretty small in a medbay built for cybertronians. Imagine Ratchet is standing on something out of the shot.

[solroskajan]

I couldn't run from the vuzi thoughts any longer sorry.

[allfor-thegames]

i love the idea of aaron going to med school and telling no one he played collegiate exy.

he introduces himself as aaron from palmetto state and exactly one time someone says "wild about all the drama with the exy team a few years back, that must've been crazy on campus" and aaron's just like "yea."

his fun fact is that he has a twin brother.

aaron has one tshirt for the team andrew is on (curtesy of katelyn) and people comment that they didn't know he was an exy fan the first time he wears it (it was the only clean shirt left) and he says "i'm not, really. i haven't followed it since undergrad."

neil sends katelyn and aaron tickets for his first pro away game in their city and people are like "and why is neil josten sending you these very nice tickets?" and aaron just says "katelyn cheered for psu."

[insomnya777]

goodtimeswithscar reputation board? *takes a drag of cigarette 🚬* heh... haven't heard that name in a while

[hinamie]

there's no furbish word for dilf :( sad :(

[unicornpopcorn14]

Remember when Dazai being honest for 0.00001 sec had him tweaking so bad he needed to lie about lying?

[circusinarun]

Hm?

Oh! Look! We have a new member of the resistance! ... And yeah, Mikey's still bald at the age of 19

[almost-correct-quotes]

the hades 2 experience