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natasha-in-space · 5 months ago

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So I'm replaying Ray's After ending rn, and it got me thinking that what I adore so much about Rika as an antagonist is just how damn scary she can be. I always found those who cause harm with good intentions (at least in their point of view) much scarier than those who hurt you with pure intention on hurting you. I think the best example of it is this CG in particular:

Look at that. Such a loving, gentle expression on her face. Probably kissing his forehead. Because she loves him. Heck, without any context, this CG looks even sweet, if you think about it. And yet, all that is while Saeyoung is forcefully sedated on a powerful concoction of drugs even a trained agent like him can't do anything about (and Saeyoung WAS definitely trained to deal with this sort of thing, hence it's mentioned that this is a 'special' kind of drugs). He looks miserable. Bags under his eyes, his expression pained and troubled, even his hair is paler than usual. All that as a direct result of her actions. But she's utterly blind to it. What's scarier, is that she knowingly shuts off her understanding of what's really happening. She's not oblivious to it at all. She just chooses not to see it that way. Simply because she doesn't want to.

Rika is the type of antagonist that will cup your cheek into her warm hand with the most loving of smiles on her face, all while you are getting elixir poured down your throat. Even whispering to you that you're doing great, that the pain will soon pass, and that she can't wait to see you reach the happiness she knows you deserve. I won't be surprised if she even cried genuine tears of compassion during some ceremonies for her believers. All while being the sole reason behind their suffering.

And that's... God, that's terrifying to me. I love that about her.

Rika Kim, they could never make me hate you

#mystic messenger #mysmes #mysme #mm #rika kim #kim rika #anyways ughhh she's so messed up i adore her #yes i will think about cute fluffy scenarios with her one minute and then go into her most horrible of actions the next #like it's such a contrast to all the rest as well #ray gets as close to her as possible in terms of his approach to messed up deeds but it's still different with him #like ray genuinely believes in what he does - good and bad #rika conditioned him that way #suit even points that out: 'oh i'm not like that airhead. i know this place is messed up.'#rika on the other hand? it's the way she willfully just... chooses to live in her own twisted fairytale that is so fascinating to me #it makes her scarier than ray but it also makes her more unstable #because once that fairytale of her is threatened? well she gets even more dangerous but in a completely different way #we literally see her spiraling more and more during v route and it's as scary as it is also sad #just saying: v ae could have been such a banger if they didn't absolutely mess it up #i think i despite judgement ending more than anything else in the game for so many reasons #if cheritz had the backbone they would have either removed it altogether or remastered v's ae for free I'M JUST SAYING #because what the hell was that #anyway #rant over #i wrote a huge post about how much i love rika while i am actively biting my nails every time she touches the twins BUT I LOVE THAT WITH HE #YES give me a character i keep feeling so many conflicting emotions for i will gobble that up

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crossbackpoke-check · 1 year ago

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Why I Am Not Coming In To Work Today [abridged], Jess Zimmerman

part one | part two

#me when everybody is posting the maple leafs sad narratives and i am furiously generating this like HOLD ONNNN HOLD ONNNNNNN #honestly i could've been SOOOO MEAN about this because i saw this poem & alexandra got the preview on the poetry blog #where i just reblogged the first half of this poem point blank with the tags #kyle dubas #toronto maple leafs #& got yelled at aksdaksf & it literally only didn't go on this blog bc i usually write more & then it was percolating & i looked up the poe #& it was only the FIRST PART i'd reblogged i didn't know there was more & then brain immediately went brrrrr ok time for an edit.#this is a long one lol & i also have no idea if it makes sense to anybody but me but because y'all know me i will always overexplain so!!#my reasoning for the reasons obvi kyle. that's a given i hope he's doing well i hope he & his family r good but man is not coming in to wor #the second edit took me a stupid amount of time bc i am nitpicky but also i learned how to do the layers & transparency from the claude edi #that actually y'all don't know about lmao but i lost my mind when i saw how perfectly those pictures align i was scrolling getty & was like #ok december i'm gonna do a headline one (in my brain with the november/june quote about choosing to die again) w/ maple leafs playoff odds #how they say at winter break you know who's gonna be in the playoffs & who'll win & they thought they had a shot but it's mitchie overlaid #the 2003-04 team who'd last won a playoff round with the atlantic division stats from dec for 22-23 & how long it's been & dec headlines #i wanted breakup/recent/never loved to be a recent trade acquisition somebody who bounced around & somebody else so i almost had simmer #brodie & zar but then i wanted to make murray for breakup at any time &i forgot zar & him were on the pens together &it hit me like a truc #bc there's a photo of the two of them EXACTLY the same so close it's scary of this one but them as pens so they had to be it & i did always #know never loved again was mitchie. sorry. also mitchie in the penalty box the last game but i couldn't find footage of it & this one works #no i could not find a photo of tyler bertuzzi fighting a leaf for a dog looked at me yes i tried.#i almost made the bunting photo jt but instead it's 'bunting a rat etc' anyway the one i really feel unhinged about is dead pets bc at firs #i was gonna make it the handshake line & look to see if the leafs had drafted anybody on the panthers (dead pet former draft pick)#& they had & it was carter verhaeghe & i couldn't get a good pic of matthews & verhaeghe but it's fine bc i thought about the mo/luke schen #narrative (in which they are a perfect d pair long lost) & schenn was drafted by the leafs & that line fits jut trust me. also how i feel #about the kniesy luminous line that one possessed me it had to be kniesy idk why. i almost put gussy as girls are too pretty though ALSO #did u like my joke. daylight SAVINGS time on the goalie. thank u. also my photo magic on the jt (me very poorly editing in him as an isle)#OK ALSO HOLD ONNNNN there is a part two but i have to wait for the Content i want it will come out as soon as [redacted] or sooner #if i get bad at waiting &everyone will pretend like it is always the way it will be once i have the photos i want. speaking of did the leaf #simply not take a team photo this year?? it Does Not Exist for me i have tried very hard to look for it also i'm excited for part 2 #one of them is named oh you're so unhinged for this one & the finished product is you're unhinged in ways you didn't even know u were sorry #liv in the replies

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charlotterenaissance · 4 months ago

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baffling decision for season 2, episode 18 to end with lewis making a legit effort for charlotte, making a picnic of things she likes and hugging her and seeming really happy with her

only for episode 19 to trample all over that with him blowing her off after she mentions that she misses him and hasn't seen him for a while, then apparently forgetting he even has a girlfriend altogether and softly flirting with his ex while the narrative agrees that this is correct because, unlike charlotte, cleo always smiles when she first sees lewis. you know. unlike charlotte. who goes out of her way to try and make lewis happy and smiles literally every time she sees him. there's not even an episode between these!

#@opalsiren bestie this one's for you #like seriously. she even says that she's happy he wants to plan the date because that means he's happy and he verbally says he is #but then the next time we see her she says that she hasn't seen him in a while and he completely blows her off. like. what?#again! i don't even ship them!#i am one hundred percent a clewis shipper and i am very happy they got back together!#my problem is that the narrative has to twist and bend on the back of a character whose only role in this story is to get punched around #and humiliated so that other characters can grow #and lewis isn't even a little conflicted! it's like he knows that charlotte's role in life is just to be a contrived roadblock in his story #to getting back with cleo and therefore can pick and choose when she's an actual person he cares about and when she can just be tossed asid #why even have her in that episode if she didn't add anything but as a reminder that yes don't worry #lewis doesn't care about her when it's inconvenient and in fact here's a shot of her being abandoned and sad bc of it!#seemingly just as another kick in the stomach #you could literally take her out of the episode and lose nothing. bc it's about lewis meeting max and learning about the 50s mermaids as #well as getting closer to cleo. which is fine! they're going to get back together anyway! but why oh why #did we need to humiliate someone whose only crime at this point is being upset that her boyfriend is ignoring and blowing her off??#like. the one who can't stop smiling when she first sees you??? that's charlotte! her whole character is about lewis! and she's his actual #girlfriend at this point and they. last time we saw them together. were doing fine! he MADE HER A PICNIC LIKE SHE DID FOR HIM #gahhhhhh #h2o just add water #charlotte watsford #lewis mccartney #cleo sertori

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nguyenfinity · 2 years ago

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Every time I draw Mamagi it does AoE damage (I am also in the area of effect)

Lighthearted bonus:

#enstars #hiiro amagi #rinne amagi #i don't know if this is a bad time to be amagi-posting given that hiiro's fs2 just dropped but. oh well #also this might be the last thing i draw for a bit because i am in the final stretch of this semester #if you sent in a request. i will get to it and thank you for your patience #anyways i know i'm kinda being like 'haha rinne mama's boy' which like. yeah but also sometimes--#--sometimes you're an adult in their 20s and like. yeah sure you're technically an adult or whatever but you still feel like a kid yeah?#and sometimes you just maybe want your mom to help you when you're lost or confused or when you need someone to tell you it'll be okay #but you won't get that for whatever reason #sincerely: an adult in their 20s #....can you tell why rinne is like. a vibe to me now #anyways i'm not saying mamagi dying was a necessary evil but if hiiro and rinne had an adult who actually loved them at home they probably-#-wouldn't have left and we wouldn't have the main story #if she was alive today tho she'd be going to their lives sorry i don't make the rules (yes i do)#if she ends up being exactly like the rest of their village in some future lore i'm gonna be so sad.#she'd throw hands with niki's parents #imagine leaving your sons behind because you straight up died (couldn't really do anything about that)#meanwhile your son's boyfriend's parents just. up and left him because they could #also posts with her will be tagged mamagi #if you read all that <3 #mamagi #she'd adopt all the bees and alkaloid too #imagine if they got their singing skills from her #also mamagi 1 rinniki shipper (also does not care it's not legal)#rinniki

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lengthy-artery · 3 months ago

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#waiting to start not one but TWO immunosupressants and knowing exactly what date it's going to happen is so weird #because there's a deadline on your immune system now #and i spend most of the time not really thinking about it and then out of nowhere I'll be like #oh yeah #in just under two weeks I won't have my good immune system anymore #i wont be able to rely on it as i always have because it won't be there #and i know Exactly when it's going to happen #it's. in all honestly it feels bizarrely like being at the vets when sobi was put to sleep #it was the right thing to do it was the right time to so it and i knew it was coming #we need to do this so my immune system doesn't keep eating my intestines in its fervour #it's the right thing to do it's the right time to do it it's needed and necessary but I'm grieving all the same #yes okay maybe it's stupid to equate starting immunosuppressants with my pet dying #maybe im being overdramatic about all this #ive had people tell me it probably wont be that bad it'll probably just give me a normal system j shoudl stop stressing about all this #i should stop feeling so sad about all this #and that doesn't help one fucking bit #i do feel sad about this. i feel very sad about this. i am experiencing grief about this #dont tell me to make my emotions smaller #the nurse said i would could as high risk. that i will need to avoid people who even just have colds #this is not a small change. this is me losing something i have relied on for my entire life #something i have taken a stupid pride in for my entire life #and it feels just like being at the vets. gently stroking sobi's head as he died #putting him to sleep. putting my immune system to sleep. telling it did well #it'll come back one day i know (i hope) but for now it has a deadline #crunchy rambles

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sysig · 8 months ago

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#Doodles #SCII #Damned #ZEX #Crackship #Teisel #Meme #I am on a roll with these lol #I knew adding Teisel to my list was only a matter of time #I am a weakwilled individual with one fatal flaw #Anyway (lol)#ZEX really has his work cut out for him with Teisel haha - it's very fortunate he's so determined and enjoys a challenge 'cause otherwise!#Teisel is hard to pin down - I mean Other Than That lol - he's an interesting guy :0 #Rough around the edges and a family man ♪ And if I get to draw long hair and big muscles then all the better hehe #And he has a cute nose! He has the bridge of the nose thing that I like so much!! Yes!!#As for the rest of him - hm! I've only had passing thoughts up to this point and getting into his head is...Something lol #It's well done to be certain it definitely Makes Me Feel it's just hard to ascribe a name to that Feeling just yet #Needs a bit more time to tumble smooth I suppose lol #One thing I know I like because it makes me sad - lol - is ZEX projecting some of his feelings about DAX onto Teisel - unexpected!#It's extremely interesting how despite his deep abiding love and fascination with Otherness he's gotten increasingly homesick #Finding things charming about humans that remind him of VUX! You can tell he's a bit desperate for the familiar :'0 #So isolated from even himself ah 💔 Hang in there ZEX!#At least he has some fun distractions hehe ♪ New things to learn and consider! Teisel keeps throwing him curveballs!#Both of them circling each other like ''? Isn't it your turn?'' lol #They both come off as aggressive in their own way and then swing-and-a-miss lol #And then there's how Teisel frames him as far as age goes - or really how everyone does pffft #It is So funny to me every time anyone refer to ZEX as ''old'' now that his age has been more or less established - at least pointed at #The fact that he might not even be in his human-equivalent 50s what is this who this lol he's not old! And Max /definitely/ isn't haha #He is the slightest itty-bittiest willowiest little twink y'ever did see pfft #I have been waiting to use that meme template for someone for ages I am so glad that I finally got the chance ♪

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girlthativealwaysbeen · 1 month ago

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sometimes my bestfriend is like an angel in disguise istg

#i was justttttt thinking that aw it's so sad that navratri music is playling everywhere and i don't have friends to go with #like last year atleast i had tuition sorta friends but now ive isolated them too it sucks #but i was like well it's okay ill do it when i grow up celebrate every festival i didn't get to in my house because we just never do #and then she calls and she's like let's go this club jahan every year famous hota hai full celebration #and i was like ehh i don't want to i don't even know how to play and ill have to convince dad for raat can't we just #go to a cafe or something dopahar mein uske liye i don't even need permission #and she even agreed but she sounded sad and disappointed about it so i was like well fuck it you want to go club na #and she was like yeahhh so i was like aagh okay and i asked and we're going tomorrow!!!!!#and it's so ridiculous like i just say i don't want to go but it's actually so exciting to go someplace other than a cafe!!!!#and i was complaining to her ki okay ill go but i won't dress up and five mins later me and mumma are making full outfit with dupatta #style decided jewellery she has saved for years that are specifically navratri types and she's like we'll get my blouse altered it's fine #you know being sick has really given me perspective on my parents #im not going to hate my mom anymore i never used to growing up i always thought she was brave but helpless #but a stupid day in 12th i realised when we were talking that technically she COULF get divorced she just #doesn't want to because she'll be alone and she thinks we're growing up and leaving anyway so why should she let go of financial #stability for us. which is wild to me because girl you can't buy anything you want without his permission so i don't understand what's the #point if he's rich or poor but whatever whatever she's been raised this way etc etc #but anyway being sick really made me realise who the real monster is😭 all dad did was shout horribly at me all the time #and was like don't you dare take meds they're fake this is all just junk food stop eating it and you'll be fine. when i was literally #having 103 FEVER.#and mom was the one who was making me different drinks juices cutting up fruits staying with me as i get my blood drawn #checking my fever sote jaagte #like wow i literally wouldn't have gotten better if it wasn't for her and i couldn't believe how attentive and nice she was being #like yes i understand she just thinks this is her duty she's just playing her role a mother a housewife but still #idk i just realized that okay atleast she's good at being a mother dad isn't even that why am i feeling good about him when his love #not even love his politeness is so fucking conditional #and mom healed me even tho i told her about clubbing and drinking lots of alcohol she's kinda against it because she's seen #horrible things in life family yucky men but still she understands ans trusts my sister mostly and know we just do it for fun and she #wasn't even mad!!!!!!! like wow ooay #moms love is actually not conditional for the first time in my life i felt like if i fall maybe she could be there to catch me and dad wld

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baycitystygian · 2 months ago

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Are you ready for your husband's big day?! 😉

From a tumblr standpoint I am woefully unprepared in terms of posts but emotionally? emotionally I have been preparing all month

#thinking about the Good Timeline AU where I post cute little pics and videos with him as two little old people #I reeeeeally wish I could caption a post something like Happy Birthday to the Finest Wine My Lips Have Ever Tasted but like. what can you do #that being said Old Me™️ would be hopelessly addicted to social media and so nosy that I would want to keep up with fans and post constantly #if I was a better more prolific artist I could mock up a few ‘pictures’ like I imagine it would be #but uh. those days are behind me and I have yet to find a way to get them back #soz this got so sad. yes I am so fucking stoked to celebrate my favorite man and also the person I look up to the most #part of me wants to make it all about Paul but part of me wants to have a Cass themed day as well

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rainc0at · 5 months ago

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I LOVE THIS FUCKIJG FILM SO MUCH EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS PERFECT

#the casting is so good its oerfect they all do such good jobs iCAAAANNTT #roman and zsasz do SO WELL they creep me OUT its so GOOOOODODODO #“fuck fsmily! all due respect but fuck that!!!” all his. tantrums? how else would i word thst idk so. and like from the little bits we see #we learn so much about them. like idk shit avout them sorrt im a poser. but FUCKKXKCK its just so good #obviously margot robbie does incredibly. and cassandras actress! i know people have said they sorta dilute her character down which IS sad #esp bc i dont know anything about her either. but fuck #and the way it depicts gotham!!!!!!!!!! ive talked about this alot before and god its always sssoooooo #ITS JUST ALL SO GOOD. the humor THE WARDROBE. once again the causal lgbt rep. all the sexism stuff.#its just perfect its genuinely perfect #AGRGRHFHSJ I LOVE THIS FILM.#birds of prey #AND JUST THE WAY EVERYONE TALKS AND THE DELIVERY OF EVERYTHING. I DONT KNOW ITS JUST ALL. PERFECT.#also another mention to roman and zsasz. they do it SO. WELL. the changes in zsaszs voice AND JUST HIS GENERAL ATTITUDE. sionis and how wel #his actor does the quick switches. and again the delivery of ALL his lines. also special mention to his little spin at his first scene.#ALSO HIS AND ZSASZS LAUGHS ohmyod #and montoya does it all so well and inlove her voice and same with canary and i cant say much on them because its ALL so good that i cant #pinpoint it??????#ALSO THE HAIR TIE SCENE 💘💘💘💘💘#also forever thinking of roman and his thing with how people pronounce words. actually im sorta just always thinking about him and zsasz #zsaszmask hoffstrahm and now hannigram all live in my head. and another ship i wont say incase noah sees this. OH AND SUKEVE.#another mention to the soundtrack. oh. my. god.#another mention to how it depicts gotham. like you just see people living. in the daytime. hanging out living rhwir lives. and you see smal #businesses and a supermarket and a club and the graffiti and just somuch of the film being. in. the daytime. AND THE SKATING DERBY!#GOD i love this film so so so much can you tell #also why is all the content of my posts only ever in the tags. like okaaayy sure.#DINAHS SIDE EYE AT ROMAN AND ZSASZ WHEN THEYRE BEING EXTRA GAY I CANT DO THIS #am i gonna go and look at loads of zsaszmask content now. yes. dont judge.#also anti-big establishments moment (her robbing the store) and her promising to get sal the 75 cents. support small businesses #also bruce wayne mention theyrr always so funny #rain rambles

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moe-broey · 2 years ago

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Alfonse/Lif sword enthusiast moments

I feel like there are more instances specifically of Alfonse complimenting another person's weapon?? I can't remember if I'm just making that up or like. Where or when or who it happened with. Also cannot remember if his alts talk about their weapons, I feel like they don't? Which honestly lends itself to him just being really enthusiastic about swords specifically

#fire emblem #trying to get base lif to talk about the sword was so funny like. yes i know sir you are very sad.#yes i know sir. we're not friends and you're not worried about me not even a little bit. but PLEASE can you JUST give me SWORD DIALOGUE #closing and opening the app over and over like SIR. I AM. TRYING TO MAKE A POINT #anyways i think beyond like. literally being raised to become a fighter.#i think he just thinks they're neat.#actually... i feel like it could be entirely possible the interest originated from him as well #like the stick accessory w the note (alfonse age 3). like. that just indicates he used it as a sword while playing #which like. could very well just have been an interest in swords bc swords are cool as fuck actually #and thinking about it more actually like. yes he absolutely was raised a certain way but also #his dad was a little bitch about him and sharena joining the heroes. like. they did that against their dad's wishes #much to think about........#anyway main point this is my alfonse/lif sword nerd agenda.#and i find it SO charming that interest remains even as lif. like he's just like that.#fe alfonse #fe lif #3am thoughts LMFAO

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calenhads · 1 year ago

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act 2…. done?

#idk if it’s actually done or not but whatever #i’m going to sleep since i’m getting brunch with friends tomorrow at an hour earlier than i am normally awake #but yes i killed ketheric and lifted the shadow curse ig?#it’s not entirely gone yet but it’s getting there #and i met dame aylin my best friend in the whole wide world #i love the way she speaks it’s soooo good and really elevates her character #also. women. yeah.#vive la lesbians or whatever #i am having many thoughts abour jubilee as well but i will contain those to their own post. maybe.#i’m excited to actually get to baldur’s gate #also since i finally met them in game i can understand #the uncontrollable lust for enver gortash…. yeah. i like his nose so much #and orin of course i cannot forget about orin. i understand you all #she is so so so cool and has never done anything wrong ever #ketheric made me sad though. he’s just a really sad old man who did terrible things #i was fine until the note on his body from a clearly very young isobel.#the fact that he kept it all these hundred and some-odd years makes me insane #me when fathers do terrible horrible things to the world for the sake of a daughter. yeah.#ALSO by dame aylin association my shadowheart romance is going well #i did have to have The Talk with gale though because i forgot i flirted with him one too many times 😭#he kept looking at me with his huge wet sad brown eyes #i like him so much i need to do his romance SOON #meaghan talks #meaghan plays bg3 #bg3 spoilers

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rosecrowned · 1 year ago

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margaery when she heard renly and loras were scheming to get her to court so robert would become infatuated with her and replace cersei with her

#♡ about. ⊱ ❝ 𝘌𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘴. ❞#I think this is like . . . the one scheme of theirs that she wasn't really a willing participant in lmao #like I'm sorry boys but that was SUCH a fucking stupid play to try to make. and not one I see marg attempting on her own volition.#it would have done a lot to give renly and loras more sway but would have done jack shit for marg personally and she would recognize that #the sad thing is I don't think she would have refused to do it altogether but it definitely wasn't the same prospect to her #as trying to marry joffrey or tommen #like yes marg wanted power she wanted to be THE queen but it's just Different under those circumstances #unsettling implications aside #with joffrey or tommen she felt she could have power over them at the very least #which is what put her into competition with cersei bc cersei wanted to keep that control over her sons #robert was much older and already married and she wouldn't have any power over him. cersei didn't and she's cersei fucking lannister.#and plus being seen as a 'mistress' first would have been bad for her reputation and we know how important her reputation is to her #and on top of all of that what is the fucking point??? if robert was almost guaranteed to die when she's still young????#then she'd just have to marry joffrey anyway if she had any hope to remain queen #but that would be almost impossible given the circumstances of her being previously married to his 'father'#also the irony of them planning this because they think she looks like lyanna and that will be enough to entice robert isn't lost on me #if they succeeded they would have just been damning her to the same fate lyanna had tried to run from #anyway the whole situation is just Nasty and I am shaking renly and loras by their well-conditioned hair #it's scary its gross it's ironic and sad

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sketching-shark · 2 years ago

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Ok no i feel like if your favorite character is swk, then you are either tang sanzang OR zhu bajie.

Thats is too say: you too will be a zhu bajie apologist and sympathize w tang sanzang one you do a thorough breakdown of jttw

Bc my god all of them have personalities that by the end of the book you just don’t want the journey to end. (Like there’s moments where u can glimpse into their daily life and wonder if they always had done it this way or this just spur of the moment—such as when theyre getting supplies n u see tang sanzang feeling guilty for not helping and wanting to help. ALSO THE TIME WHERE SWK BASICALLY PUT ZHU BAJIE IN TIME OUT WHILE HE N SHA WUJING WENT TO GET SUPPLIES SHHSHSH

At least they end up sticking together tho🥹🥹

ETRHDRGSEAWAFERSGD i think if we can agree to anything it's that the unedited version of Xiyouji really is a masterclass example on how if you genuinely want your characters to be complex then you really need to spare the time and effort to let that complexity shine through.

Because YEAH i've been fully guilty of it myself in describing Tang Sanzang as a weepy whiner who falls off his horse all the time and Zhu Bajie as naught but the massive pervert of the group BUT THEN if you start thinking about the stuff they are explicitly written as having gone through then you have to acknowledge that there's a lot more going on with them than that & all the many many MANY reasons for why they act they way they do besides their personal failings, and yes in the end it does leave you with characters where you can appreciate who they are while still acknowledging their faults & who you want to see in all kinds of extra situations in addition to the +1400 pages that we get.

I mean as it is i've heard that the Chinese side of the Xiyouji fandom regularly gets into debates as to what the pilgrims were eating at specific locations during the journey argetewr.

#though funny story anon one of the reasons why sun wukong is one of my favorite characters is because he DID face many consequences #like i am so gosh dern tired of characters who pull some fuckshit & get an insta-redemption b/c they were sad or whatever #and well that is like the exact opposite of what you get with the monkey king #but yeah i remember being kind of baffled by the sheer extent to which zhu bajie seems to be beloved in china #but it does make sense in a lot of ways #even just in terms of him giving voice to what any one of us would probably think about the journey being too long #& wanting to go back home asfreawrew #and yes as i've said before in regards to tang sanzang #we can make fun of him all we like #but besties you would cry too if it happened to you #anon answered #xiyouji #journey to the west #jttw

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smol-tired-binch-blog · 11 months ago

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At this rate I'm not gonna be able to unmute Gaiden spoilers before adding Infinite Wealth spoilers am I

#smol speaks #I'm gonna be waiting ages before I can click spoiler tags on Discord cgfvbhjnghbjnk #but like i AM kinda sad cause it's like the brainrot is fading? but it's not? the problem is it hyperfocused itself onto a character who wa #there for 2 games. yes i can say 'he's alive to me' as much as i like but it's funny coping denial. i am still legit upset by this fact lol #AGAIN ik it's dumb but he means a lot to me and i love him and it does make me sad when people go 'HES DEAD LMAO' and like. that's the joke #in and of itself yknow? like im somehow dumb for wishing a character received better? but that's a different post entirely #POINT IS im already bored with 6. im bored of Kiryu. i want to see Ichiban but we dont play JRPGs so that may take a while as well. and THE #we play Gaiden. oh fuck when are we gonna play Ishin??? damn there's a lot to play #anyway all this to say Nishiki is still my gf but something about the games and fandom are slowly losing me but not just the regular #'hyperfixation is dying down' way cause i still have a lot to say i just. am i having less fun? maybe? a little bit?

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coffeeandcalligraphy · 2 years ago

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shenanigans 24-karat Harrison will do:

- steal a man’s moped

- sleep in a church