#hitting post on this and going 2 sleep

[vigilskeep]

i like fade dreams to have a twinge of horror—it’s a dreamlike, subconscious version of what a demon drawn to the worst parts of you thinks you want—and what i think would be insane is if tristan’s fade dream was that he and fergus had entirely switched places, making him the elder brother, the heir, the non-mage, oriana’s husband, and oren’s father. for best results bryce should also be king so in a weird way he’s stealing alistair’s place as well and so it’s a real mirror image of alistair seeing himself have a normal family

[hinamie]

to moving forward

[yangjeongin]

HYUNJIN x ESQUIRE KOREA

[cauldron-burn-and-fire-bubble]

nothing but sleep.

[pup-pee]

aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i havnt drawn in a little

[deoidesign]

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[gayanimebitches]

ok. migi & dali opening. i am going to talk about it now.

throughout the opening we see so many Things. the entire series up until the second to last episode, i hadn't paid that close attention to it because god that song is a banger and honestly i was more focused on the music than the animation, despite being captivated by it every episode. but that episode for some reason. i paid more attention that time and had some Realizations.

one question i've had every single time the opening has played has been "why does one of them take the cherry pie and the other does not?" throughout the opening the two of them are seen doing the same things, effectively mirroring each other, which makes sense considering it was most of the plot for the first few episodes, so i really didn't think about it too much. but with that pattern established, it's extremely strange when, at the end, one of them strays from the shared course of action to take one of the slices of cherry pie that's sitting on the chairs.

another thing i noticed when i actually paid attention was that the one in the shadows in all their activities is always dali.

and if that's not enough, we have this shot of migi and dali as sun and moon respectively, and i think we all have enough media literacy to understand the implications of that.

then we have this shot of them, showing migi floating higher and dali sinking lower.

all of these screenshots to say that the opening animation tells us exactly what the series, or at least the part that the anime currently covers, is about at its core. we see it in the series time and time again as these two try to make their way through the world.

migi is portrayed in the series as somewhat childish, frequently to a fault - generally more hopeful in what he believes, which shows in his actions and the way he interacts with others in a genuine way. dali is severe and bitter, much more driven by the idea of getting revenge for their mother, seemingly just for the sake of it at this point, and being willing to do it at any cost because he doesn't value anything other than his brother.

migi sees the good in things and, while still helping dali with their shared goal, is genuinely enjoying his life with this family and in this town. dali, on the other hand, is dedicating everything he has to their goal, not caring or bothering to invest any part of himself into anything else. (this is portrayed also by migi being in the light, enjoying the activities he's doing, and dali being in the shadows, spending all his time trying to solve their mystery.)

this conflict of priority between them results in the fight they have in episode 9. a showdown between hope and despair, over a bike in a river, all as a result of migi's off-comment about wanting to eat cherry pie again.

and now the bike. they state this explicitly in the dialogue, but it's the first gift migi has ever gotten. so when dali throws it in, he does not hesitate even a little bit to jump in and get it. the bike is meaningless to dali - just another thing to toss and discard for the sake of moving forward. he gives up on everything so easily because he never bothered getting attached in the first place. he's so quickly ready to abandon anything and everything aside from migi. there's no way that he can be happy like that and migi knows that. migi is all he has and they both know that.

the jealousy he expresses is just jealousy that migi is able to find happiness and value in things other than him while he's unable to do the same, as a result of his bitterness and his fixation on finding their mother's killer. he's jealous that migi is growing closer to other people and making connections that are important enough to him that he's not willing to just throw them away with the toss of a bike.

so he takes his brother down. he forces his head underwater, and asks if he's still thinking about that cherry pie (THIS LINE IS SO FUCKING GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!). he tries to drag migi down with him into his own despair, tries to convince migi that his beloved cherry pie isn't really all that important. that it's not worth as much as migi's acting like it is.

he tries to literally beat the hope out of migi. he is so desperate to be hopeless that he beats the shit out of his brother over and over about it.

but, of course, that would never be enough to stop him.

and we're back to the cherry pie. dali finally caves and agrees to go back and try to sort things out, not because it's what he thinks is best for their safety, but because it's what migi wants for his happiness. he realizes that he'll only continue to hurt migi if he pushes his own cynicism on him and forces him to leave everything behind, since he had the guts to get attached. even though dali doesn't really understand the value of the cherry pie, he sees how much it matters to his brother. he sees his resolve to experience those small moments of happiness again.

the cherry pie is taken from migi's side of the shot.

throughout the entire story, migi has been the one to see the value in the simple things, like taking walks with the dog, having friends to hang out with and do wacky bird shit with, riding a bike, and eating cherry pie together. he is not afraid to experience joy and is willing to fight for it, for both him and his brother, even if his brother doesn't see the value in it quite yet.

migi will see the good in things. he will have hope for the future. and he will take the cherry pie.

[fantomette22]

ARCANE TONIGHT!!!

Need to wait 10hours… trying not to get to much spoils…

Apparently it’s quite insane. Can’t wait

[theotherrichardpapen]

...because any moment may be our last. everything is more beautiful because we're doomed.

[help-me-find-a-name-please-lol]

i have depriving myself down to an art form

[yukinyaminyato]

god i finally got to watch arcane s2 ep7 and i was crying literally the whole time..... not even kidding or exaggerating. i love jinx (powder) and ekko so so so much i love timebomb and while i do also love traumatized characters, giving them a chance to be happy just makes my heart ache aaaaaa 😭😭 crying screaming throwing up etc etc.

i just wanna yap abt arcane (ok more like abt jinx and things related to her tbh) to someone but i have only one friend who has watched the series (and tbh she was the one who dragged me into it without even trying) so. Yeah. 😔 And it's not like i could even put my thoughts into words bc there's too many of them. hhhhhh im unwell. Help.

[medusa-was-innocent]

Wow this sucks

[sonknuxadow]

did you guys know that Lovely Gate 3 ...For Egg Quarters

[thatone-churro]

not to be emo on main but i miss when my birthday meant something to me :/

[aromantyczno-liryczna]

Jealousy is so evil evil

[lairn]

I haven’t had therapy in about 6 weeks because of fieldwork. I have an appointment next week and am kinda looking forward to openly crying over my pet and school-related stress.