#having a horrible time rn
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Do you ever have the feeling that you’ll have a breakdown soon, but that you’re not like fully on the direct path yet? Like there’s this idk gut feeling that Somethings going to set me off and send me spiraling soon. Idk what when or how or even why but I’m anticipating something. And I’ve been more paranoid-feeling lately which has never been a good sign ever
#took a walk a bit ago and nearly started crying in the street because I just had such a strong feeling I was being wayched lr followed#I realistically knew I was not#seeing as it was late at night in a white suburbia ass neighborhood#but oh my brain will take one theory and absolutely run to make Fear#so yeah#having a Horrible time rn#also during said walk I passed the same woman twice going in seperaye directions#both times she was talking to herself (on the phone??) and made Zero sense from what tidbits I caught#she was walking suprisingly quickly#and my dog barely reacted to her#which is uncommon for her to do#but o mean she still showed some interest#so I’m not crazy yet
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heres a crappy venn (??) diagram explaining the dynamics in the tl4j time travel au bc it's easier than trying to write a full plot
#tl4j time travel au#slightly longer ver is cal and ezra have 1. accepted what's happened to them and 2. know tragedy has given them an amazing found family#which they wouldnt have if everything was 'fixed'#and ezra knows from the wbw that changing the past is a Bad idea (which alongside the found family thing cal accepts n agrees w)#but ahsoka cant take her own advice and insists fixing this is Different to the Kanan thing#bc she has not accepted it the same way and her life is soo much more depressing and seeing the live republic reminds her#if she fixed the timeline she'd have her whole family back (bc rn she just has luke) and thered be so much less horrible horrible loss#and luke is the force's specialest boy so he assumes itll all work out great#its basically 'attachments + compassion for those the empire killed' vs 'attachments + acceptance of the world that exists now'#like both 'sides' are going half good jedi ideology and half attachment ig (tho cal n ezra i think have a one-up on jedi-ness of their idea#misc tag#but even tho cal n ahsoka/ ezra n luke have opposed goals theyre the only ones who understand what the other is going thru#so u get fun dynamics as shown by the diagram
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saw some mangy dog on the outskirts of town
#my art#oc#els#werewolf#furry#anthro#illustration#you would not believe the hassle this gave me lmao....i want to do more with it but i have to wipe my hands of it#idk if this looks good but it has to be finished i have to be finished with it#WORD OF ADVICE that allows a small glimpse into the horrible time i've had: PLAN YOUR COMPOSITIONS#GOD. initial drawing of els: 1-2 hours at most. trying to find a composition that doesn't suck: 100000 hours and ongoing#i think my problem is this els looks better zoomed in but finding a way to keep it zoomed in....mission impossible#i love this els face though. i will admit. i had to persevere to get SOMETHING that at least vaguely worked so i could show off this els#okay. okay. anyway it's greengage season again. big ups to greengages for making life just that much brighter#also the owls are goin crazyyy outside my window rn they are speaking and i am listening. in a delirium
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i don't generally bother posting the stuff i knit exactly from existing patterns but i finally wove in the ends on a couple frankensteined socks and figured i might as well throw them up here? they're very dumb but i'm fond of them.
for the first pair i made up a colorwork pattern for the feanorian heraldic symbol, and slapped it together with the pisqu sock structure and toe pattern, and a snippet of a mitten for the sole halves. the yarn is 100g of jamieson's of shetland that i got on the high street of fort william, as a treat after walking 100 miles from glasgow to get there, and i had... maybe 10 yards total left over? i had to cut off the long tail from my cast-on and use it to graft the toe closed on the last sock; it was nerve-wracking. if i did this pattern again, i'd probably put the toe motif in between the two heraldic lozenges, but the first time through i wasn't sure how the math would work out so i frontloaded them. ah well!
the second pair is the structure of an existing sock i've forgotten the name of (worked in the round from the tip of the heel to a hat-like shape with six sides; two opposite ones are grafted together to form the instep and the other sets of two open into the cuff and close into the toe), with the colorwork pattern from the gogink sweater yoke. i thiiiink you could do this with basically any colorwork sweater yoke, but i've only tried it with this one. if i did it again i'd add some short rows to the front side of the cuff; the construction sort of pulls it down so that the heel side of the cuff is higher than the front, and a couple short row rounds would probably level it back out. i like these because they neatly smash the cuff-down/toe-up binary and make everybody mad, and i am at all times an imp of the perverse.
#ignore me standing in my windowsill it's the cleanest part of my room rn and the lighting was good#knitting#fiber art#knitblr#that's it that's enough tags if you see it you see it.#oh also if anyone wants charts/more detailed instructions for either of these let me know and i'll slap something together!#i also have a colorwork block for the nolofinwean heraldic symbol if anyone feels strongly about their allegiances#but you gotta say þerinde with the þ seven times out loud before i'll give it to you‚ because i am a horrible partisan bastard :D#aggressive linguistic prescriptivism#<- fiber arts tag for a reason!#subcreation
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itoshi brothers / “still”
#blue lock#bllk#itoshi rin#itoshi sae#blue lock fanart#blue lock manga#THIS SONG IS BIG ON TIKTOK RN IK ANASTASIA AND BLUE LOCK IS A CRAZY COMBINATION#i kept seeing edits of it and out of context the lyrics here made me think of them#even in context the sentiment of doing something cruel and trying to justify it through necessity or a greater good#that strikes a chord#i did not however anticipate the flashback in 270 so this timing is delightful#or horrible#depends on what kind of day you’re having#fanart#art#my art#ブルーロック
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Did I accidently write more than just a few lines of dialogue for this scene?... *shyly fumbling with fingers* 🥹👉👈 maybe...
Sorry, I suck at words and this isn't betaread nor properly proofread and I am not native english, I'm very sorry in advance...
full story down below
(Chappel Roan - Love me Anyway)
(Benson Boone - Slow it Down)
"VICE-CAPTAIN!!!!"
The tiny moving plush-like thing in his hand apparently started screaming as well now.
"WHY ALWAYS MEEE!?!?"
What looked like the chibi mini-version of the Defence Force's biggest trump card, struggled to hold on his thumb, kicking around those little feet of his.
"Well, now I'm quite curious abut THAT story..."
"I CAN'T TURN BACK AND I AM T I N Y !!! (˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )"
"I see that... How'd you even get in here?"
Tiny #8 stopped fidgeting a bit. Instead two unproportionally big round dark eyes goggled at him. It was undeniably adorable to look at. "Well after THIS happened, I couldn't grab my phone on the table anymore, so I ran around to find someone, but I figured Narumi and Kikoru would very likely take advantage of my situation and do something stupid with me."
"Oh yeah, they definitely would and I get why, honestly."
"So I ran around to find you, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW BIG THE 1st DIVISION IS, WHEN YOU'RE LIKE THIS, OK?! And then I saw the slightly opened window and just crawled in... ༼☯﹏☯༽"
"Wait... you know where my temporary place in the 1st Division is located? Why?"
"....Coincidence? (*゚ー゚) "
He sighed. "Well just when you think you saw everything...Kafka Hibino enters the stage..."
"SIR, WHAT SHOULD I DO?? WHY ARE THESE THINGS ALWAYS HAPPENING TO ME??"
"you really want me to answer that, bud?", he barely tried to hide the undertone of his voice, which left the small creature on the palm of his hand baffled for a second.
"Wha-? HEY, MEAN!! What are you on about!?"(>д<)
"Yeah, maybe, I don't know STOP CHANGING in general, like I told you f.ex.. or maybe stick to your training routine without going OVERBOARD on a regular basis? How 'bout that?"
The big dark round eyes got even bigger with every word spoken.
"Yeah, don't look at me like that, I might coincidently got wind of stuff, you know?"
His unexpectedly open and emotional response threw Kafka off. For a second he forgot about his *tiny* main problem, his mind jumped between confused and worried and he couldn't comprehend with his reaction for now. After some awkward seconds in silence, Hoshina's tone grew significantly calmer, but still sort of off to his usual self-assured expression. "Well at least this time you're actually telling me about stuff that bothers you, huh?"
Silence again. While hanging from the palm of his Vice-Captain's hand Kafka realized something (besides his size) was different. His senses grew more aware of his surroundings to find answers.
"Are... are you drunk, sir?"
Besides the slight scent of alcohol in the air, and the - well quite obvious - bottle of sake on the table, the startled twitch on his face confirmed Kafka's guess was right. Other than the sake the only other thing on the table were some snacks. Another odd thing to Kafka, who was used to see Hoshina's surroundings stuffed with documents, loose papers, books and other work related things.
The silence lingered around them uncomfortably. To Kafka's suprise Hoshina was seemingly struggling with words. A look on his face Kafka couldn't remember seeing before. Now his mind definitely jumped to 'worried'.
Hoshina tried to mimic an insulted face and looked away. "A little tippsy at most... I'm off-duty for tonight.." Besides the slightly blushed nose and cheeks, Kafka now noticed some dark circles under red eyes. "..and despite my gut telling me better, I assumed I probably won't be needed anymore today, and that I could hang loose a little. It's not my Division after all, there's another Captain and Vice-Captain in charge here. So I might as well make use of that chance... Should have known, it would end up that way or another.. " He smiled a bit and Kafkas felt like his heart clenching from the sight. "Although I definitely should have placed my bet on YOU to be the reason for that." He chuckled lightly, while his expressions grew somewhat softer.
"I'm sorry, Sir."
"Nah, it's fine. As if I didn't get used to your-"
"I never put much thought to it, but ever since the Defence Force started preparing for the big counter attack on #9 your workload must've at least doubled in the 3rd and 1st Division.. and here I am still taking over the rest of your time as well..."
"Don't like where this is going, officer... You're not starting pitying me, are ya?"
"No I-...I just feel like.. I didn't realize, and there for not appreciated your work enough.." Silence. "And also.." The tiny kaiju had his look glued to the floor in front of him for a while now. "I know you told me to brush it off earlier but,... I truly regret ... not telling you about... #8 n'stuff.. I'm sorry... I'd change that if I could.."
A small plushy-sized Kaiju was gently put back on the ground again. Hoshina scratched his nose for a second, before bending far back to the other side of the room. He grabbed for his smartphone that was burried in piles of carelessly pushed aside documents.
"As I said. You're here now, aren't ya?" When he got his phone he chose to stay laid down on the floor and started typing something on the lightened screen.
A tiny transformed Kafka carefully made his way around and walked up on eye-level with Hoshina's face again. Once again overwhelmed by his current state of being, he let himself fall back on the floor and sat on the ground. "So... what should I do?"
"The first thing WE do is trying to make some calls. But since you seem to be in no life-threatening condition, we might have to wait 'till tomorrow for a first medical examination. If that's the case you'll stay, and I get you down to the lab first thing in the morning."
"Wait!" The tiny Kaiju made a suprisingly far jump right up to Hoshina's chest and pressed the (for him very big) red hang-up button on the screen with both paws. "You're right about that, I won't die this second from being tiny, so we might as well wait for tomorrow."
The questioning look on the opposite's face made a tiny Kafka look away and scratch his neck shyly. "Well, since you're ... I dunno,... I feel like, I can't have you be seen d-dru- .. like this by other officials of the 1st Division, b-because of me..."
A finger poked his forehead, which caused a tiny being like him to fall right back landing on warm soft fabric of Hoshina's shirt.
"Idiot. But you might be right about that."
#kn8#kaiju no 8#fanart#kafka hibino#soshiro hoshina#kafhoshi#kafhoshi pls come and calm my mind#I don't know why but I get a thing out of slightly fed up Hoshina.. he would never actually be pissed at kafka tho#but I always thought like.. boy this man can't have that much energy / caffeine for all the stuff he is responsible for at#and I love storylines that could theoretically fit into canon#went through my pile of shame aka. WIPs I abandoned#tried working on some and failed#sticked to this one then.#mediocre happy with both text and fanart#guess its because of my mood tho#I had some weird days I tell ya...#ADHD problems all the way#like i broke a piece of my tooth AND my car lol the irony#there would be days I'll handle these things better but I'm very much ignoring my problems rn#my dad felt the need to help out his “little girl” once more and took care of the car for me#I'm really thankful for it but at the same time I feel horrible 'cause I'm like 31 ;_; I should handle my own sht rn n I feel like I can't#also my HAND is ITCHING for DAYS#these are the most unreasonable and confusing tags right here sry#I'm sure I'll laugh about it in a few months looking back at it (´◡`)#icy's art
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AND I MET THE CHANGE GOD TOO. OKAY. COOL OKAY
#I WASNT EVEN MEANING TO SO I ACCIDENTALLY SKIPPED THE DIALOGUE BEFORE I KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING FUCK#ill go and find it later if only to give myself peace of mind. BUT WOW. WHAT THE FUCK#my original plan was to 1) work my way to the king and talk to him 2) doom myself and take everyone down with me 3) loop back to floor 3#so i can visit the observatory and scrounge for any lore. although since i got killed that run siffrin asked the king to kill him first#which was intereresting. but i decided to have all doors unlocked that time around so i can just get the starcrest and go#but for some reason it wasnt working so i went to get the keyknife since i was already there and completely forgot i already had it#from the previous loop and THATS what triggered it. IT WAS FUNNY BUT ALSO SCARY BUT ALSO I THINK I GET WHAT THEY MEAN#about siffrin going back without actually changing. going along with a script even if his feelings on things change#the same way he has his own small rituals like the carving thing and does it for constancy. reassurance or safety even#and the times when he breaks script and ends horribly like the sadness attacking thing and bonnie yelling at him cause him to loop#to avoid it. although i cant really say anything bc id probably do the same thing. maybe not for the same reasons since im cruel#and make him do the worst to see what will happen since i put curiosity over rejection sensitivity as an observer and player but well.#i feel wrongfooted bringing it up since i dont have it myself but i have to wonder if this kind of leans into ocd tendencies.. i remember#reading something about how ocd is fuelled by fear. and things like counting and rituals are kind of used to cope with that?#if anyone knows anything more or talked abt it already id be really interested in hearing it bc im almost sure im not#the first to come to this conclusion. but i simply dont know enough nor have the confidence to broach the topic rn esp with how often#misconceptions around ocd get casually passed around so its hard for me to know what is and isnt a baseless assumption#puppy plays isat#in stars and time#isat#playthru#isat spoilers#in stars and time spoilers#isat act 3 spoilers#change god#WHAT WAS THAT WITH WEARING LOOPS FACE THOUGH WHAT THE FUCKKK
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@itsthefandommash aaaangel im so sorry this took me so long i was suckerpunched by the depression this past weekend and i was struggling with literally everything and all basic tasks and its been exhausting and disheartening but i enjoyed the small serotonins in drawing marcoace 🥺❤️ thank you for commissioning me and forcing me to draw two characters together it was rough i definitely need more practice but this is a start
#marcoace#marco x ace#xam doodies#xam commissions#i….may have totally skipped anatomy bc my brain is just wholly unwilling to focus and work#its something and i really want to do so much more#but yikes whatever this bout of depressonesspresso whatever bs fucked me so bad#a sketch is still a sketch and i should learn to love them#what a horrible time to get overwhelmed lol#marco the phoenix#portgas d ace#i like cried twice and then picked up my ipad and did my best#god knows i can do better but thats not rn and im disappointed i cant bring my A game to these comms rn#ajdnakdhdb im gonna shut up now im beinf cringee#ALSO THEY GOT YAOI HANDS
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Constantly writing a Jason who isn't as mischaracterized as in the comics (2006-2011 for instance) is exhausting. Trying to make him have a believable personality is exhausting, like how emotional is he? How much does he love his previous family? Should he reconcile with Bruce? Whats his relationship with Dick like in this characterization? How do I stick to a canon that doesn't even portray Jason in a stable way? Like girl please.
Getting so fed up I might just make Jason a full on bitch again. Really cleanse the tl with a Jason that does not give a shit. It'd be so much easier fr 😩
#nightwing#batman#jason todd#dc comics#batfamily#or no batfamily#not for jason#currently writing a fic about Jason returning and not being an asshole#and my god is it hard#i feel like i'm just making shit up now#and god dont even get me started on the infinite crisis#parsing through dick and jasons relationship during this time is like looking through a muddy lens and trying to see molecules or some shit#like what do i do with this horrible bitch that jason is during this time#he does not give a fuck in these comics#and idk how to make him realistic without taking away his cuntiness#god im a fanon girl rn and theres nothing i can do about it#im a found family gorl#i just need to write tim and dick geez#much easier dynamic cause they actually have always liked each other#or like roy and dick#thats actually what i need rn#AT LEAST THEY HAVE ALWAYS LIKED EACH OTHER#i just need to read more about roy#then im gonna go down the roy and dick hole#cause FUCK YOU JASON#and your weird characterization that i cannot make cool unless i remake you as a different person#fuck canon for not giving this man good storylines either#like please#i need something to work with#anyway
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'Not even Hell will stop the Wrath of a retired Angel'
My hc is that Hell decided to yoink themselves one (1) retired demon to extract information or enact whatever revenge they seem fit for the whole bathtub debacle. What they hadn't account for was that a certain Angel, who is know to be quite territorial about the things he loves, would do anything to find their husband after weeks of missed calls.
Well, once he does which might have included summoning and trapping a very frightened and confused demon and pressing them very politely for information (after Heaven was useless as always), he comes up with a plan.
One might say Aziraphale was quite disgruntled, positively seething, maybe even willing to give smiting a try after finding out demons had abducted their partner.
So, filled with the wrath of God and being judt enough of a bastard to be worth knowing he decided the best course of actions is, of course, passive agressive diplomacy. I mean the demons don't know that he isn't actually immune to Hellfire and noone would be stupid enough to try the main entrance, so noone would actually expect an Angel to just waltz into the place like they own it.
Those demons certainly aren't immune to an Angel's Divine Intervention (of the lethal variety) and Aziraphale be damned if he didn't at least try and get their partner out of this in the most idiotically genius way.
#laufxson#crowley#good omens#good omens s2#aziraphale#fanart#this consists mostly off aziraphale looking unhinged and calmly telling them to release crowley#he's smiling the entire time#beelzebub isn't quite sure what's happening rn#they had a horrible day as usual and suddenly there's THE ANGEL infront of them#the angel's vibes are NOT it and feel quite murderous if given the chance#hastur fears he's going to get divinely deleted if he tries to leave again#ten minutes later a confused and disheveled looking crowley is thrown into his Angel's arms#aziraphale still won't tell them days after how he managed to free them#'i just told them very politely of the misunderstanding on their part and they conceded to having made a slight error of judgment'#'now don't fret over it my dear. i doubt it will ever happen again'
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lol i think it is kinda funny how often we take our favorite overworked little guy (gender neutral ) and just go oh yeah he (gender neutral) hasn't slept in a month and his blood is now coffee and redbull but said guy (gender neutral) is just functioning mostly normally but with no filter
#rambles#no hate tho#i love doing this#but also at the same time I do think it'd be pretty cool to see some like actual repercussions for said sleep deprivation....#this is about fox by the way#and also tim drake#cuz let's be real we *need* sleep to function and three years of a horrible sleep schedule will definitely fuck you up#...not speak from experience for legal reasons#even genetically modified super soldiers need their nap time#oooh wait... this could work so good in a post war au kinda thing#if you have fic recs pls send I need to project so bad rn
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sadness!siffrin thing :3




#mono’s art#sadness siffrin au#i dont feel like tagging rn ngl#but yeah#tutorial event but Worse for the rest of the party i think#oh you bet they’re all having a horrible time#siffrin isat#isat fanart#tw blood#i guess
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making a collection
making another collection with a threatening aura
#davy back fightbpart 3 letsgo#HOW do the three big guns get wasted on the eating contest... horrible plan.... luffy is fine bc well... but not sanji and zoro like damn.#luffy DOESNT WANNA EAT??? CALL THE NAVY!!!!#what was i saying.... bad idea putting the three beasts there#FRANKY FRANKY FRANKY!!!! they captured the two princesses :(#one sided beef squashed between luffy and foxy. friendship ended with random ex marine guy. now luffy is my best friend#usopp and franky bonding time hell yeah. throw usopp by the head once more pelase#nami with zoros swords just like holding them looks so cool like she should get a few swords too... nami three sword style oda drawing pls#i think this man underestimates nami and luffys power together he doesnt know about shiki#luffy saying he knows its a trap and sorry for being late.... lets go on an adventure all nine of us.... usopp yes anding his lie..... omg#cant believe nami isnt there yet. she could take this guy. oh there she is!!!!! she does look cool with the swords and jumping to get luffy#zoro screaming in agony from luffy getting shot omg THIS FUCKING GUY OF COURSE!!! this looks like its so over#zoro and sanji must feel so useless rn. they didnt even get the chance to fight like damn#komei-kakka??? more like come caca. boom#luffy face down dead on the floor akdjkaa chopper have you tried looking at the wound to see if it harmed him idk#it hit the face akdjskn usopp that was coom also#was robin flirting with the other guy and zoro caught her and she told hum to shut up???#'your friends got the best of me but you are still in my arms an-' 'HEAT EGG!! ALSO YOU'RE ON FIRE!'#flare maneauver that was so slay also luffy and nami in the same frame so twins of them. my children. birthed them one right after the othe#zoro and sanji fighting back to back. back to back to back to you i dont wanna fall right back to us maybe you should run right back to her#that is such a bop song. also post wano zosan. and post wci. see the recurrent theme#fighting in water.... being on top of the sword that was a slay... red hawk ace i will never forget you it seems#foxy liking his jolly roger omg nami fooled him ahdhsjs i think they should have pirate game event every year they yearn for contests#now since this experience foxy should make monthly multitudinary pirate games olympics hoping the strawhats join them a la gatsby#the faces at the mushroom akdhaksjs#talking tag#watching one piece#watching one piece movies#kinda loved how robin betted on franky against usopp.... i will take the crumbs
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idk I had a dream I drew Kakashi like this so I had to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
#kakashi#kakashi hatake#my art#I have dreams about drawing quite often#and I love drawing. I always forget how much I love drawing#I'm going through the most horrible allergy season rn#and haven't been drawing because my left eye is itching all the time#not that I didn't like. post every day for past two weeks.
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semi-hiatus: awaiting surgery for major health issues
hi friends,
i was recently diagnosed with progressive condylar resorption, or permanent bone loss and damage of the jaw's temporomandibular joints (TMJs). it’s a serious, extremely complex, and poorly understood condition that often goes undetected for years and causes near-total disability (facial deformities, dysfunctional breathing/eating/talking, obstructive sleep apnea, severe pain, poor quality of life, etc).
in my specific case, two underlying systemic diseases have been contributing to the destruction of my joints since i was 5 years old: juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), a high-inflammatory autoimmune disease, and hypermobile ehlers-danlos syndrome (hEDS), a connective tissue disorder. both went completely undiagnosed until now, with my symptoms repeatedly dismissed by periatric providers.
to prevent further bone loss and restore my quality of life, i will need to undergo total joint replacement of the TMJs & major facial reconstructive surgery. this is a 9+ hour operation with a 6+ month recovery period; the whole process from pre-op to full recovery is about 2-3 years in total. as you can imagine, it's a massively brutal surgery with a very long and unpredictable physical/psychological road to recovery.
i'm going on indefinite semi-hiatus in the meantime. still tracking #usersameera, just won't be making gifs as often and may dip in and out of tumblr erratically for a while. i still have to wait another year just to get the surgery, but i'll be posting occasional updates as i slowly move through the pre-op process.
till then – thank you for all the well wishes, support, and understanding. it truly means the world to me ❤️
#re-pinning this because i'm having a horrible flare rn and may not be super active for the time being#apologies for the long/detailed post but tysm if you took the time to read it <3#sameera.txt
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Hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby 2: electric boogaloo
Something that will never not astound me about Full Metal Alchemist is just how tight the story is. Every scene and every character serves the story, which in turn serves the characters. There's no fluff, no detours, and no excess in cast, plot, or exposition
This comes into hyperfocus in the lead up to and on the Promised Day. Every character we've seen thus far, be they main, side, or support, has a role to play and their own reason for doing so. Each has a hand in saving the world
Even Yoki, the bumbling, self-serving comic relief, gets a moment in the spotlight when he hits Pride with a car to save Marcoh, Heinkel, and Alphonse. The best part? Despite it being a genuinely comedic moment in the midst of devestation, it doesn't destroy the tone. Not only has Yoki been a consistently silly character, but it's done in a way that serves the plot without overtaking it for the bit. That's such an incredibly tight line to walk and Arakawa walks it beautifully
Hard to say any of that about RWBY. It's extremely obvious the writers are flying by the seat of their pants towards a vast sea of nothing. That's why their characters and themes and general everything seems scattered and disconnected. Because it is. They don't know where they're going or even where they've been, so nothing is ever going to line up the way a proper story should
RWBY's story never serves the characters the way it should, and the writers are willing to break characters to force them into a role they were never meant to be in. Look no further than Weiss in V9, assigned comedic relief despite recent events, or Yang's weirdass optimism inside the whale during V8. These instances are so jarring because these characters have not been silly or optimistic since Beacon fell, and they're in the show to just... be there. Neither V8 nor V9 benefitted from these scenes, and you can pluck them out with no consequences. Hell, there'd be an improvement through lack of bathos
While both FMA and RWBY are large scale action stories, only one actually knows how to handle it
#rwde#yodeling into the void#almost done w the fma rewatch and it really is incredible to compare the two#obvs it cant be a 1:1 comparison but considering the overlap its still a helpful analysis#i cant help but think that blake is like someone tried to write Miles but gave him Scar’s backstory#itll never not boggle me that blake starts the story immediately deradicalized#where is her moment of confrontation? what is the Miles to her Scar? why does she switch?#these things are so important yet so absent#and rwby can never juggle its characters right nor can it split the party for efficiency#meanwhile ed and al are separated for literally months wo knowing if the other is even alive yet still manage to get shit done#we dive into greed and riza and kimblee and falman and grummar and-#its chaotic but it Works bc arakawa knows wtf she is doing#also smth thats worth talking abt but i aint got the time is how even the worst people get a chance at redemption#if dr marcoh had been in rwby he wouldve been killed but fma denied him that catharsis. he was given a chance to atone#had marcoh died then they never would have deciphered the notes or captured envy and heinkel would have died against pride and kimblee#hard to say how much the lack of redemption is due to the writers' beliefs and how much is due to their lack of skill#notice how the few they do grant 'redemption' to are written out immediately after?#these fools truly have no vision#no idea of what to do w the discomfort of wrongdoing. the weight of guilt. the neverending journey of thankless self betterment#also nothing in rwby is as brutal as mustang vs envy. its so beautiful in its horribleness#watching it rn and holy shit its just as amazing as the first time
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