#i don't dislike him

[shaunashipman]

what i found most interesting about the entire bvddie poker scene was that it confirmed that not only has eddie friends and hobbies outside of being with buck, he also deliberately must have not told him?because in no way does it not randomly come up between besties who spend sm time together. it's not like eddie is doing anything bad either, there is no good reason to keep it a secret. additionally, we know that buck is often the one babysitting chris, and poker usually takes place in the evening/at night, so like??? the way that buck hasn't known about this part of eddie's life for sooo long is just fascinating to me because it feels like eddie had to go out of his way to keep it a secret lmao. especially in direct comparison to the emotional cheating art of eddie in s7! we see buck having awareness when eddie uses buck as a babysitter for chris, re the timing and all, even that eddie wore cologne, just saying. bvddie shippers salivated over the poker scene, which, fair enough, buck and eddie looked great in it. but what was most memorable to me is that once again we were shown how bvddie is not nearly as codependent as shippers like to pretend they are and actually don't share everything with each other (and are cool about that, too).

nonny, these are all such good words. it feels like if you even imply that maybe buck and eddie don't live in each others pockets as much as buddie shippers act like they do, that you're saying their friendship is nothing and that they don't care about each other.

I'm actually really tired of having to put a disclaimer that yes, buck and eddie are very important to each other and their friendship is very important. but I've seen co-dependent friendships and relationships on tv—theirs ain't it. also, the insistence that eddie is the biggest influence on buck's growth really rubs me the wrong way. the biggest influences are bobby and maddie

I really hope RG's comments in the article pan out during this season, and we can see eddie hanging out with the others more

[icky8]

Why splendid 🌭

Because someone very close to me loves Splendid, so I hate him LOL

[aparticularbandit]

Finally got to go back to DR2 earlier! Finished the FTE portion of Case 2-4 and was sad because, while there are enough event spaces to completely finish one character's events, Chiaki wouldn't hang out with me and then Fuyuhiko would for every FTE except the last one so I didn't get to complete either of theirs.

....

I did hang out with Gundham for a bit, though. That was okay.

[truessences]

Why do you Milevens dislike Will so much?

There are plenty of Milevens who like or love Will.

I don't dislike him, he's just not my favorite character the way he's other people's favorite. Nor do I generally agree with the plot points people want for him. But I'm just a blip in the fandom so.

[tumblezwei]

Also thank you Guel for being the show's test puppet for duels involving drama with Suletta.

Miorine isn't a pilot so it wouldn't make sense that she would get wrapped up in duels for Suletta's honor, so good on you for being the necessary narrative canon fodder.

[goblinselfshippr]

Also since im in the mood to talk about my disaster boyfie, here's another little theme that I've been thinking about but kinda feel weird to voice.

The way his rivalry with All-Might (even after dude steps down) is such a thinly veiled metaphor for the fight against americanization/westernization. HOW did I not ever see that before (it was because I was 14 when the anime came out and I was too busy pointing at Ochaco and going OMG THAT ME!!)

Like it's kinda fucked that the number one hero in JAPAN is Great Value Captain America. I wonder if this is an Enji thing or an Endeavor thing, if you know what I mean??? Meaning I wonder if he himself actually holds these values or if it's all just to further his hero image and beat out the idolization of western ideals because most of the time, it seems like he just lets his Endeavor persona run everything.

[canisalbus]

I love the duo, both the historical setting and modern AU. Does Vasco ever go to confession while Machete is running it, just to 'confess' to something they did before as a way to tease?

[roydeezed]

One thing for those who have watched The Boy and The Heron or will watch it. The Japanese title for it is How Do You Live? And Miyazaki stated he was leaving it for his grandson, saying, "Grandpa is moving onto the next world soon but he is leaving behind this film".

The deaths of contemporaries and friends such as Satoshi Kon and Isao Takahata and also the expected successor of Yoshifumi Kondo were things that have always weighed heavily on the back of Miyazaki's mind.

He recognizes the industry and the occupation for how soul crushing it was, grinding up either the spirit or the physical body of those who work in it. He loves and hates the industry he stands on the peak of and fully recognizes how it will probably be the death of him. And he knows it'll leave him unable to say a lot of things to his Grandson.

So How Do You Live? is a lesson. For his grandson. For himself. For his two sons. And probably for anyone else willing to pay attention.

Hayao Miyazaki is a flawed man that makes things so important to so many people. And I think more than any other film of his, in this you get to pull back the curtain a bit and see him at work. And what should be this giant unblemished titan can be seen for what he is, a sad old man who had higher hopes for himself and has even higher hopes for the people he makes his work for.

It's a beautiful thing to see another's humanity in their work. To look past the artifice and glam of commercialized art and find humans behind it. And humans willing to show their humanity and mortality is even rarer. And something to be celebrated. So when you watch it. Or if you've watched it already. Understand that this film is Miyazaki kneeling down, weary after years of weaving dreams and making mistakes, reaching out and saying to you that he hopes you can do better. It's an old man who's made all the mistakes of the world passing it on to you, hoping you do better, and making sure you know it's okay if you don't.

How do you Live? By making mistakes. By messing up. But still moving forward. And still reaching out.

[vaxxman]

"STOP TAKING THE HEALTH KITS"

He ubered the scout after this.

Additional sketches and some ramblings under the cut.

This is based on an encounter I had the other day, when a demoman took a medkit before my medigun connected with him. When he saw my health was down to 21, he would force me to stand at the spawn point and guarded me until I was healed. Wherever you are now, if you read this, you were a good lad and I love you.

Sometimes I think about how medic is emotionally very invested in the missions (which shows in his voice when he shouts at his team), but off-duty and during friendly taunts he seems to be among the most giggly, and fun-loving mercenaries in the team. I like to think he can get agitated very fast, but cools down just as quickly.

[yardsards]

the english dub translation does toshiro A LOT of favours with this line, as opposed to the manga translation that i read

the dub translation makes him sound (to me) like he was willing to let "asebi" escape and have her freedom if she wanted to, whereas the manga translation made him sound (to me) like he was willing to leave her alone to die as punishment for running away

(but also me having more knowledge of the series by the time the anime came out vs when i read the manga for the first time probably influenced how i interpreted those word choices)

the dub translation characterization kind of fits well with this bit from the adventurer's bible

like portraying toshiro not as a cold heartless person who is totally okay with the fact that his father basically owned child slaves, but as someone who knew something was wrong there but was too meek to actually do anything about the situation

[welcometogrouchland]

Disgustingly messy and crusty sketch dump but I couldn't get my own terrible theory out of my head and ended up making a bunch of sketches about it. Also at the end a bonus dickbats and Damian doodle bc I was reading an issue of their Batman and Robin run (IDs in Alt)

[chalkanthit]

The main girl!!

[bobbinalong]

idk either

[witchinatree]

samama khalid could never be an eye avatar because he doesn't care enough about knowledge of other people or just knowing anything about others

gwendolyn bouchard is becoming an eye avatar because she wanted authority but is too curious for her own good

i think it's really interesting how sam has always wanted to Know all about the institute but he's going about it in such a selfish way he's not actually learning anything, and gwen accidentally stumbled into most of what she Knows because of her genuine curiousity

sam i'm really rooting for you to think about someone other than yourself when you get your character development king. gwen you are perfect (/j)

[tokyo-daaaamn-ji-gang]

Ngl think this may be one of my favourite Draken moments. Him stopping the fight to actually check on Hanma (someone he hates) because he wants to make sure he's ok. So many other characters wouldn't have done this. Gotta love Draken

[my-wee-hughie]

Hughie in Season 4:

Episode 1 - Found out his dad had a stroke and he wasn't there to answer his phone call

Episode 2 - Dealing with his mum who is not apologetic about abandoning them. He's furious and upset that she's been given power of attorney for his dad

Episode 3 - Nearly killed by Homelander, facing his mum and trying to understand why she left them

Episode 4 - Obtaining Compound V for his dad, getting injured and ruthlessly killing someone in the process

Episode 5 - His mum goes behind his back and gives his dad the Compound V, which results in innocent lives being lost. Hughie had to euthanise his own father

Episode 6 - On the same day as the funeral, he gets molested by Ashley and almost raped by Tek Knight. He had an emotional breakdown at the end after he bottled everything up

Episode 7 - Gets attacked by a shapeshifter, tries and fails to convince Neuman to change her mind, deceived into having sex with the shapeshifter.

Episode 8 - 🫠