#hi lofty!!

[illegiblehandwriting1]

For the record, this still makes me laugh XD

But also, like you placed the stories in the best spots?? Martyr, a journey of learning self worth, of learning how to continue living despite everything you've been through, is important Wisdom to learn for all the readers and Sky. Smoke & Ashes, a story heroism, of the Chain learning to push past their trauma and fear and embrace the Hero's Spirit and the Courage that Farore entrust to them (while Sky spirals into oblivion haha oops, we need to figure out how the Angstforce of Courage works for him LOL). It fits pretty darn well, honestly!

OH MY GOODNESS YOU NOTICED

ngl i straight up did Martyr and Elastic Heart first and then put s&a there and it sorta fit so i was pretty happy w/ it lol. And i think Elastic Heart fits Power so well!!

just to add on to the analysis train lmao. If s&a is about the courage to face yourself, and Martyr is about the wisdom to accept yourself, then Elastic Heart is 100% about the power to overcome yourself ngl (especially w/ your version of Dink and everything? And Sky being so fixated on fixing his mistakes? jdfshierfdifjakew it's so good i love it so so so so much!!!!!)

also btw i promise s&a sky will make sort of sense in the Angstforce of Courage eventually lmao

[toanw]

alchemical precure 2024 edition ✨

[pilkypills]

Thorin “Does Not Like Lying” II Oakenshield Son of Thrain Son of Thror vs Bilbo “Would Absolutely Lie to You. Like a Damn Rug. Through his Teeth. Is Lying To You Right This Second” Baggins

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

AGH FASHION DESIGNER SUGURU AND MODEL SATORU W A NEW INTERN DESIGNER UNDER THEIR WING 😞😞☹️ - 🌺

WAHHHH I LOVE THIS 🥺🥺🥺 the pining and flirting and slowburn of it all… model!satoru and his favorite designer suguru geto, both of them undeniably skilled and born with an eye for fashion….. well-known and adored……..

designer!suguru who gets tasked with showing you the ropes, who’s always so patient and kind despite your inexperience. diligent with his teaching but also so laidback, so easy to talk to… he looks intimidating, but he’s so polite that you can’t help but swoon a little. and he admires your enthusiasm so much…… grows fond of you soooo quickly bc you’re just such a breath of fresh air compared to the divas he’s forced to work with all the time. he thinks you’ve got real potential and he wants to nurture it.

and ofc you end up running into model!satoru eventually…. bc he’s always hanging around suguru whenever he gets the chance. and he’s maybe a little jealous that you’re hogging so much of his personal designer’s attention, but… he also thinks you’re so cute . T_T like a little puppy following suguru around… so excited to be apart of what you’ve dreamed of for so many years……… he looks into your eyes and sees the same sparkle he had before he made it big, and it makes his heart race.

yeah . i’m just thinking abt the peaceful coffee breaks with suguru….. how he’d insist on paying for your drink, ”since he’s your senior” (he wants to be your favorite </3)…… and how he’d just be so protective over his little intern. don’t get me started on the close proximity with satoru when you’re taking his measurements, the glance and smile he sends your way during an impromptu shoot… the way he always calls for you with a sweet coo of ”how’s my favorite intern doing today?”

😔😔😔 yeahhhhhh. they make me feel ill.

[skyloftian-nutcase]

Ok lovelies, as you know, I have a baby loftwing ❤️

But now, get ready for…

BABY WOLFIE

[officiallylawless]

i hate all the many bingqiu depictions where sy/sqq is some young, innocent “straight” man and binghe is the terrible awful big scary dude who like comes onto him really hard like … idk how many times it’s gonna have to be said BINGQIU ARE FREAK4FREAK they’re both EQUALLY as into each other… lbh genuinely would never be so pushy like yeah book 2 he was sort of a bit insane but. xin mo. the end of book 3 where he’s in tears after what he did like???? he so very clearly was upset with himself??? some of y’all have fallen for sqq’s prude act FARRR too much like i fear even binghe can see through it… and y’all can’t? get it TOGETHER guys PLEASE!!!

[kikker-oma]

Thank you @skyloftian-nutcase for giving me the prompt and for letting me kind of base it off of Elastic Heart❤️

[aeonophagic]

SCORCHED EARTH

[mxtxfanatic]

Jin Guangyao hid away the body of his mother, Meng Shi the Prostitute, amidst the ashes of her former peers and built over them the statue of who he wanted his mother to be: Guanyin. And with all the despair he spread with the power that he wielded, bearing the weight of all the victims whose graves he built her over, the goddess of compassion sealed his coffin.

[smilesrobotlover]

We love botw/AOC/totk dads who’s names start with A <333

Abel belongs to @skyloftian-nutcase

Alphonse belongs to @ladye-zelda

And Ammon belongs to me!

[ashertickler]

lasko moore is a wave to earth enjoyer send tweet

[the-binding-blade]

the black knight

[skitskatdacat63]

I don't know how I'd ever convey this in art but. Thinking very deeply about how in boy king au, a very crucial part of characterization is that Seb is a wolf in sheep(or lamb more specifically)'s clothing and Fernando is a sheep in wolf's clothing.

Seb is very unassuming, very delicate, seemingly very vulnerable and malleable. But, deep down, he can be very ruthless. It's in the the way he hesitantly declares war, with a spark in his eye and a suppressed smirk. In the way he challenges someone to a card game or a horse race, proclaiming that he's not great, but winning every round and prancing around the room and mentioning it ad infinitum. The way he's able to instantly turn the tide in a debate in one fell swoop. By showing all his cards constantly and letting himself be vulnerable, he's making himself invulnerable. No one would ever consider him to be able to make big moves, so he wins every single time, because no one even thinks to expect it from him.

Fernando on the other hand, is constantly committed to having a looming presence and harsh reputation, but deep down, he's soft. He knows what happens to people when they're vulnerable, and he's not going to let himself be taken advantage of. The way he keeps a brave face when being informed of the marriage proposal, but goes back to his room and cries. The way he proclaims that he was always going to be the rightful ruler of Spain, but confides to Flavio that he never thought there was any real chance of it ever happening. The way he takes himself so seriously in public, but inside feels so giddy whenever he can make someone laugh. Everything to him always feels unstable and ready to crumble at any moment, and he's not willing to contribute to that by letting himself relax.

I think thats why it's very difficult for them to get along at first, because they have completely different approaches to how they carry themselves and make their way through life. Seb is confused at Fernando because he feels that he's very bland and overly serious at first, but truthfully he's not really seeing the actual Fernando. And Fernando finds Seb to be naive and easily taken advantage of, but that's because he's never seen Seb at his most cruel. Seb really loves when he eventually gets to see Fernando being vulnerable, and Fernando really admires and respects Seb when he sees him being serious. I think it just takes a while for them to show the other their full and complete selves, even the parts they can sometimes be ashamed of. There's this very compelling dichotomy in Seb laying out all his cards, but still being very difficult to read, and Fernando keeping his cards to his chest, but his intentions often being easily seen through.

[chimerafeathers]

there's an essay jumbled up in my brain about dunmeshi's beginning and how clever and deceptive it is as a sleight-of-hand trick that distracts the audience from the depth and scope of the worldbuilding and foreshadowing that's being set up the entire time by dangling zany characters and wacky dishes and biology fun facts in front of us, and how that serves to catch invested viewers off guard when those elements come to the forefront, but also how it works against it with other viewers wanting "more" and not seeing it because the plot bait isn't laid out up front

how people getting frustrated with the characters "not taking things seriously" is mirrored and refuted in the confrontation between Laios and Shuro. how the characters' attitudes aren't just a result of shallow low-stakes "comedy rules" where nothing matters, but are an extension of their personalities (Laios's nonstandard expression of emotions being offputting even to people he knows) and the world and social environment (adventurers being desensitized to death and injury because resurrection magic is commonplace). the way the party refers to "saving Falin" instead of "retrieving Falin's corpse," indicating that they still see her with full personhood, and how that phrasing leads to some readers/viewers believing that Falin is alive in the dragon's stomach, conscious of being slowly digested while the party carelessly fucks around "wasting time." how the weird tonal dissonance makes sense in-universe and yet is deliberately challenged more and more the deeper the party goes

all the character building and pieces of lore slowly weaving together the shape of the larger world, laying the groundwork for the major themes that will surface later. so much is right there in the "low-stakes" early episodes if you know what you're looking for (or pass the perception checks).

it can be so satisfying to see new viewers/readers pick up on the clues even in the earliest "simple" episodes, or notice new things and make connections yourself....and it can also be frustrating to see people dismiss oddities and dissonance as shallow or bad writing because they don't expect a "cooking anime" to have depth like that. why try to question and understand and peel back the layers when you don't expect there to be any layers?

why can't laios take things seriously for once?

[adrift-in-thyme]

Headcanon that Sky is not only a bird person but also a cat person. Like he’s grown up around remlits and he looks at them with the most adorable smile I’ve ever seen. That boy ADORES those little gremlins. So when he encounters normal cats he’s instantly in love.

And Twilight’s like “IKR?? CATS ROCK”

So now every time the Chain is in Twi’s Hyrule he and Sky have a mandatory snuggle party with all the cats in Castle Town

[sequestering]

i'm watching ted lasso for the first time and it is so painfully sid to have imprinted like a baby duckling on this dweeb whose motto is "success is not about the wins and losses. it's about helping these young fellas be the best versions of themselves on and off the field" and who solidly forbids backchat about teammates and who thinks the single most sacred part of being on a sports team is PRACTICE