#i feel like this is a random list

[heartmaddie]

MADI I WANT TO TELL YOU ALL THE STUFF THAT REMIND ME OF YOU!!! ^^ (sorry if it's inaccurate)

ushijima(ofc), kageyama, blueberries, mazzy star, dark blue, dark purple, fogs, kiyoko, fiona apple, lily chou chou!!! the moon andd for now that's all!:p

MONNIII!!!!!!!

i already told u this but i'm quite flattered since these are things i enjoy (heavy on 1 and 2)!!!!!! these are things that remind me of u !

wait i just saw kiyoko i might cry i love u!

lamp and mei ehara (due to our conversation) , dior lip glow 001 pink , freshly picked strawberries , &honey melty , idk just like the colour pink???? , lazy sunday morning , yachi , lily of the valley , tiramisu, & bayonetta glasses!

[aleebeesplats]

help artblock got me

[quibbs126]

You know I do find it fascinating that skystar is such a popular ship, like I think it’s Starscream’s second most popular ship outside of megastar, despite the fact that it was only in g1. I’m pretty sure outside of that they haven’t had a connection to each other (outside of Shattered Glass, and by saying that, I’m wondering if there’s more precedent in the comics too. But at least TV show wise, I think it was only g1)

Granted, some of it probably comes from the fact that while Starscream is in basically every continuity, Skyfire/Jetfire is in very few, due to copyright/licensing issues, which is also why he’s got an inconsistent name on top of that. So like, most of the time you can just invent Skyfire and insert him into continuities with a similar backstory to g1 and it doesn’t cause too much damage

But yeah, even that; this ship’s got a real grip on the community despite its one appearance, and it wasn’t even Prime or IDW. Though it was g1, so that probably accounts for something

Edit: I switched up Animated in my examples to IDW, because while I know Animated is very fondly remembered, I don’t think it had the impact on the fanon or canon that Prime did. IDW I think was more influential, at least on the shipping scene. I do mention this in the tags so just know I edited IDW in later

[chaoticbug]

Jewish TK Strand headcanons:

you give me canonically Jewish characters it is my duty as a Jewish fan to make one of these:

When TK was a kid in Hebrew school learning about the Purim story TK once asked his teacher if Haman had a crush on Ahasuerus and was jealous of Mordecai and that's why he was acting like that, the teacher was too stunned to speak

Purim was TK's favorite holiday as a kid because he loved making Hamantaschen with his Mom, but because he wanted to seem cool he would tell people it was his favorite for the costumes

Before TK was sober he also loved the holiday and used it's drinking culture as an excuse, so after he got sober the first time he wasn't sure he could ever celebrate the holiday again without feeling guilty

eventually, after Gwyn dies, trying to connect with her he volunteers at a local synagogue's Purim carnival and his love for the holiday as reignited and he finds its a way he can honor his mom

When TK got his first tattoo Gwyn was distraught and kept freaking out about TK couldn't be buried with her family anymore

TK responded with telling her she was one to talk because she married a goy, Gwyn paused her rant to laugh and tell TK he had a point

TK loves a good yiddish insult

even though TK doesn't really go to services, since he started working at the same firehouse as Owen, Owen always made sure TK was scheduled off for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in case he wanted to go to services

When he was first learning how to write Hebrew, TK was thrilled that it was a right to left language because as a leftie he finally was able to write without smugging anything

don't ask him to write anything in Hebrew now though because he forgot it all

TK was bar mitzvahed and he couldn't decide on a party theme for months making both his parents go crazy

TK wanted to break the glass at his wedding but it took awhile to convince Carlos to let him do it because Carlos was so sure with how accident prone TK is he would be one of the grooms who has to go get stitches on their foot on their wedding day from breaking the glass wrong (luckily TK broke the glass and did not require medical attention)

TK lights a yahrzeit candle every year for his mom's yahrzeit to honor her

he wasn't sure if it would be over stepping but he does it on the anniversary of Gabriel's death too, Carlos cried because he was so touched

When TK was in high school Gwyn forced him to go to a USY/NFTY/BBYO event and he very quickly ended up on the spit chain chart that connects to Malia Obama

[thorntopieces]

assorted pjo/hoo headcanons

part 1 - part 2

autistic!will. i mean. i was one of the first people to write it (and post it on ao3, but i had stuff about it on my long gone old blog before then). this is true. to me. it's not incredibly obvious unless you know what you're looking for because 99% of the time he's eloquent and very passionate and maybe it's just the hyper healer in him and he'd like to think he passes well. but for people who know they can just tell. it's the voice, man /gn. gives you away every time /lh

pots!hazel. she ends up (mostly!) recovering from the fainting episodes associated with her flashbacks but still faints and feels unwell a lot of the time. she spends a lot of her energy and magic on staying conscious and aware, leaving her foggy and with flare-ups. will ends up diagnosing her half-way on accident during the three days nico stays in the infirmary. she doesn't faint a lot, but she will frequently have her vision black out when she stands and feel nauseous if she has to stand still for more than ten minutes (more or less depending on the day). together with jason and nico the three of them make up the fainting trio

reyna speaks excessively formally and politely when she's uncomfortable and the moment she feels safe around you she will just loosen up completely. it becomes very clear very quickly how much of her time is spent being uncomfortable

genderfluid!lou ellen. most of the time she's happy to be referred to as a girl, but some days it just feels wrong and she prefers to be referred to either gender-neutrally or masculinely. it's not something she's out about to anyone but her closest friends, partially because there's kind of enough stigma around being the child of hecate and also, it's not all that obvious, even to her.

nico is a bit like a social interaction vampire. he's not as shut off as others seem to think, he just needs to be given explicit permission to talk about his interests because he's worried about annoying other people, especially after bianca essentially abandoned him. he could talk for hours and hours about his special interests (because yes, he's probably autistic too) like mythomagic (he picks it up again with percy's encouragement), ancient languages and literature

will and katie (gardner) friendship. they bond over liking star wars and when lou ellen join their circle she manipulates the mist to recreate scenes from the movies. as she gets better at it she manages to make the light sabers glow, much to will and katie's delight

after the battle of manhattan and will/kayla/austin almost dying from being overworked, the camp gets together with mr d and chiron without the apollo kids' knowledge and figure out how to run the infirmary in a more sustainable way than just forcing apollo and athena kids to be there. eventually they settle on apollo kids doing 8-hour shifts but none at night unless someone is severely wounded. for the night shift, other campers work in rotating pairs where one sleeps for the first four hours and the other for the last four hours. a lot more campers gain appreciation for the amount of work the apollo (and athena) cabin put in to keep them alive and healthy and the apollo cabin doesn't die of burnout

t1 diabetic!kayla. she's been sick with it since she was six, but thanks to having a very supportive dad and a team of professionals around him considering his status as an olympic archer, her condition is well-managed (most of the time, war time is unpredictable) and she knows how to treat and manage it considering her demigod lifestyle. accompanying headcanon to this: while ambrosia and nectar is mostly to heal injuries and wounds of a divine and/or serious nature, it can short-term manage blood sugar. mortal intervention is always needed to fix the problem though. a bit like how narcan delays but can't entirely fix an opioid overdose

cecil wasn't properly accepted as a child of hermes at first considering he didn't express exceptional skills at the more obvious and everyday traits associated with the cabin (multilingualism, athleticism, thievery). first when he was found to accidentally being an exceptional saboteur was he properly accepted by the rest of his siblings. due to this he tended to hang out with the unclaimed children in the hermes cabin rather than his own siblings, especially lou ellen

hjs!cecil (hypermobile joint syndrome; double-jointedness). he's not good with most physical activities because of this and easily discouraged to even attempt most sports due to how his cabin alienated him for not being exceptionally agile, a trait associated with their cabin. it's not uncommon for his wrists and ankles to not work well (such as the twisted ankle in boo). however, he feels like he "compensates" for this by working in the shadows. when properly encouraged and supported, he prefers fighting with knives (close combat or throwing), relying on being obnoxious to throw the enemy off

[oathkeeper-of-tarth]

Dame Aylin: You ought to have revealed this plot before. What if a hair on darling Isobel's head had been harmed?

I adore every word that comes out of this woman's mouth and her dialogue is ever a goldmine, but this is a particular favourite.

Which, of course, makes the other occasion she uses this phrasing even more heartbreaking.

Dame Aylin: You stood to gain from my undoing. I know your reasons, fetid though they are. But Isobel... ...Isobel deserves to live. Please - do not harm a hair on her blessèd head.

Aylin acts so calm and understanding about being sold into imprisonment and being used as an immortality battery for some bastard again. But she also seems terrified here. She doesn't even threaten you with righteous vengeance a tiny bit, and instead is entirely focused on keeping Isobel safe. She straight up begs you to leave Isobel out of it, in fact her first request is that you don't tell Isobel what happened at all - because of course Isobel will try to go save her. It guts me, especially as it treads into the kind of self-sacrificing that I can't see Isobel being anything but livid over.

(If Isobel isn't alive for the betrayal she will just tell you she pities your lack of honour and give you a classic Aylin promise of how she'll kill you upon your next inevitable meeting.)

[essektheylyss]

it is not only the years that start coming and don't stop coming, but also pretty much everything else as well, and not least, Tasks

[columbidaae]

*remember that each brand makes multiple products/flavor packs — the images below are provided for visual identification of that brand’s marketing, you’re not only voting for the flavor shown

[the---hermit]

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

I read most of this book in two days. I really just spent two whole days diving into this book and I had such a good time. I don't know why I waited this long. I read a few so called dark academia books in the past few years, and this has definitely been on of my favourites. I definitely liked it more than The Secret History, the setting is indeed similar but at the end of the day the stories are two whole different things and this one was way closer to what I normally like. It was fast paced and captivating, I ended up loving the characters and their dynamics. I liked it so much that in my rating I ignored the fact that I thought the plot was a bit predictable, and just gave it five stars. I had a lovely reading experience, I hadn't fallen into a book like this in a good while and it was so good to do it again. I normally don't love the first person narration, but to be honest this book made me reconsider it. It's one of those books I will probably reread in the future.

[chojiwithahat]

secret hat talk #1: a creative decision in windbre's anime adaptation that I really really like (S1 EP 2)

⚠️ references to manga story past season 1⚠️

*rubs my grubby hands together* I've been working on this essay-ish thing for a few months now on windbre (the topic on the manga and anime mediums in conveying the same story), but I felt that I was taking way too long on it so I decided to try a different approach on it!!!!!! Random rambles!!!!!!!! Starting with a thing that caught my attention!!!!!!!!!

🎉Nirei Akihiko's Introduction Scene 🎉

from S1 EP 2: The Hero of My Dreams

First, a note on adaptations across different mediums:

I find that adaptations, like windbre's anime, are interpretations of the source material work. It involves different people taking the wheel than the original creator (though sometimes it CAN be a collaboration with the original creator, such as the shishitoren storyline in the upcoming windbre game, something fully supervised by Nii sensei!!!); since it's also through a different medium, changes are inevitable.

Manga and anime both use a sequence of images to tell a story, but they are constructed and presented in very different ways. Different skill sets and insight are called for between the two mediums, and so in turn, different lens are necessary when analyzing them.

That said, since an anime production is also a large collaboration effort involving multiple departments, it's an amalgamation of interpretations from various artists across different fields, joining together under the director's vision (with a dash of production-related obstacles and other limitations). For more perspective, here is windbre's anime staff list compiled in KeyFrame Staff List. There are different episode directors or story board artists across the episodes, some reoccurring but yeah 👍

Since this anime adaptation is very close to the manga's story, this makes for more like... you can take in the seemingly smaller differences between the mediums in how they present the same exact scene. What's the sound design like? Animation choices? Color design and composition? What can only be done in manga, likewise in anime? Think prosody, the harmonious marriage between lyrics and music: how does the medium and story support each other?

There's quite a lot of differences between windbre's source material manga and anime adaptation, ranging from small details (cuts ordered differently than how the manga is panelled) to adding completely new stuff (choji and togame's first meeting, so on so forth). A scene's mood can also feel different—presented as what the staff interpreted, perhaps—so among these changes, there is this one creative choice that I kept thinking back to and ended up loving very much:

The moment Nirei slams open the door during his introduction scene!!!!!!!!!

Storyboard: Akai Toshifumi Episode Director: Ueda Shinichirou unfortunately couldn't find the key animator(s) for these cuts 😔

For comparison, here's the manga counterpart (I've clipped the anime to match how this scene looks in the manga as a full spread).

Wind Breaker Volume 1 Chapter 2. Kodansha English Digital Edition 1.0.1.

As you can see... Nirei is never (seen) dramatically slamming open the door like the anime!!!!!!! It's a choice that the anime people decided to add in!!!!!!! Though before I go on about what exactly I like about it, I want to start with breaking down the scene as it is presented in the manga >:)

First of all, manga are usually made with book spreads in mind: two pages, everything on the spread for you to immediately perceive upon flipping to the next page. As for anime on the other hand, you only know what comes next the moment it is shown on screen.

And so, a major difference between the manga and anime mediums is how much story you can see at a time.

I'd say this holds pretty big influence in what choices are made, and can even inform changes that had to be made, or maybe just like, more suitable given the medium—and of course based on the director/staff's intuition and or taste.

Nirei's introduction is the main story beat for this singe, two-page spread. Perceiving all of these panels together, the association that Nirei is the immediate example of an "interesting folk" is created. This is led to a standard way windbre's manga introduces characters (a full body at the right half of the page accompanied with a close up + character introduction box). Chronologically this is the second time a character is introduced this way, with Kotoha being the very first instance. The close up and character intro box are sometimes omitted.

With these two pages side by side, there's a pattern with how the tiers (singular row of panels) are used in the page layout:

Tier 1: Introducing one of the interesting folks, Nirei Akihiko

Kotoha's panel being the largest (along with the fact her close up is closer/larger than Nirei's) + Nirei's full body that overlaps two tiers, hence very eye catching, makes the "interesting folk" Kotoha says easily associated with Nirei's introduction. They're also both the "start" of their respective pages—Nirei's legs help guiding the eyes to the next page.

Tier 2: Sakura's reaction + Nirei yelling and about to trip

Note that on the right page, we don't have Nirei tripping until the next tier, and by then he's already face flat on the floor—this creates a contrast with the left page, where we get to actually see how he trips.

Tier 3: (Right panel) Nirei on the ground -> (Left panel) Sakura reaction continued + Nirei cheerfully saying a thing

Both Nirei on the ground panels got a loud onomatopoeia accompanying him. Similarly to the previous tier in that we don't see how Nirei trips originally, we also don't get to see Nirei's face at all on the right page. After Nirei is properly introduced, we can see his face in comparison.

And so, here we have a visual parallel side by side showing essentially the same interaction in immediate succession AND in very similar panel layout: one where this random stranger trips in, and the other where we this stranger doing the same exact thing a page ago but this time with a name and face. Granted we learn more about him later in the story, but with just this spread alone, the first impression can be easily solidified just as assumptions are made! Nirei Akihiko's goofy! Very excitable! Silly! Sakura staring at him judgmentallyᵀᴹ!!

Prior Nirei being properly introduced, his face is invisible and we don't see him until he's already tripped—his very very very first appearance is also drawn VERY small with him splatting on the ground. This gives a sorta out-of-no-where, not a big shock though and VERY NOT intimidating, just a random guy first appearance of a new Furin student. The fact that all of this is wrapped up in one spread kinda makes Nirei's presence unassuming despite his "showy" outfit. He's just a random guy. It's a huge contrast to the previous AND first time we met another Furin student in the story (super cool badass hiragi san rescuing sakura):

Wind Breaker Volume 1 Chapter 1. Kodansha English Digital Edition 1.0.1. Slight tangent but it's cool how for this spread, we don't see Hiragi's face in great detail until the next spread, where he YELLS AND SNAPS A METAL BAT 🔥🔥🔥 That said the uniform is also emphasized in both introductions—Sakura super shocked that a student with a furin uniform came to his rescue, versus his reaction to this random gremlin who still has his tags on the same furin uniform.

And so with the recent very cool epic screen toned with back lighting Hiragi san burned into memory, this new guy........ be kinda underwhelming, which leads to Sakura being like this:

Zooming in to Sakura's face:

NOW A RUN DOWN OF THE ANIME'S VERSION

The first major difference (aside from Kotoha being horizontally flipped) is that we do not have the small tiny Nirei splatting on the ground as his first physical introduction. We have a J cut audio of Nirei yelling "KOTOHA-SAN" starting when we're still at the Sakura and Kotoha cut (reminiscent to Nirei's offscreen dialogue in the manga), but instead of immediately seeing Nirei on the ground, the scene cuts to a low angle, medium close up shot of Nirei slamming open the door as "-SAN" is yelled.

Then, we are cut to a high angle, close up shot of Nirei—in slow motion, and it becomes quiet, the door chime and door slamming sounds fading away and it's dramatic, it's tense, it's epic and then Nirei's feet, still in slow motion, hits the door sill and he slams down onto the floor with a pathetic sounding "ack."

And then three seconds of pure silence.

After that, the progression is mostly the same as the manga:

These two panels highlighted above are joined together into a single cut. Skipping Sakura's confused turning motion, Nirei is animated standing up and spinning around with a sparkly pink background with kira kira noises before it cuts to a close up shot like its panel counterpart. The transition feels seamless due to the close up shot having same sparkly pink background that quickly fades into the cafe door.

After that, we are cut to a wide shot where we can see all the characters in Cafe Pothos with a short but obvious silence, much like the earlier three-second silence. Sakura then says the tag line, and the OST Snail-Funk starts playing as Nirei wiggles around. He is animated to slowly sink into the ground (a change from his leg tripping panel and the loud "PA-BAM"). Both anime and manga Nirei still wiggle some more on the ground though, but in the anime we get to see his full body as he wiggle waggles.

At last, these two panels are joined together: starting with Sakura's live reaction by itself before Nirei rises into the shot and joins.

And so, there are many nuanced decisions that the anime has in adapting the manga—SO BACK TO THE ANIME-ONLY NIREI SLAMMING OPEN DOOR THING‼️

Earlier I mentioned that some decisions might had to be made, given the medium and all. In this case, I'd say that dramatic door Nirei isn't exactly an addition that "had" to be made; I find it suitable, though, for many reasons!! Lots of them!!!!

Unlike the manga, this first appearance is incredibly dramatic. However, it change doesn't change anything in terms of Nirei's character/personality, which is great!!!!! The high/low angles and slow motion juxtaposes the moment we finally get the tiny Nirei splatting onto the ground, playing with the audience's anticipation and further highlighting Nirei's clumsy goofiness, which is ALSO GREAT because that's the point of this introduction!! Showcasing Nirei's goofiness!!!! (It's kinda like having Hiragi san and Nirei's manga introductions side by side, but it's all Nirei 👍) For those who already read the manga, this probably also makes a refreshing and exciting feeling meeting Nirei again!! It's also a cool way of supplementing the chapter/episode's theme, too (with the coffee fruit color question): the "superficiality" of the dramatic editing matches Nirei's flashy clothes.

What I like most about this choice, though, is when considering it with the context of the the story's future events; that and the fact that instead of the tiny Nirei splat, this is the first visual instance we see Nirei in the anime's story.

The thing about serialized manga is that not all details are set to stone as it's being created. This might not apply to all authors, but usually, there is only a number of chapters and plot points planned at a time as the manga is being published. Plans might even change as the story progresses over the years. For Nii-sensei specifically, their workflow on a weekly schedule is described in this interview.

For example: while there's a pattern that Suo doesn't eat during pre/post battle food time, there's this one early panel of Suo eating a taiyaki with the guys, which contradicts that. The anime changed this to Suo giving the taiyaki to Nirei.

And so for seasonal anime, as long as things goes well, the pre-production process is there as a time to plan out the story as a complete season. That's an advantage adaptations have: to reinterpret what is already written and recreate it with a new vision. An example's like how story from volume 7-8 is referenced at the beginning of EP 1 (Season 1 adapts volumes 1-5)!!!

But for this scene, it's a bit more subtle/nuanced. It's not exactly a "correction" like Suo's taiyaki, and it's not something as big as completely changing the presentation of Choji and Togame's emotional talk post-Ume headbutt therapy. The creators' intentions are always a different story, and yeah it totally can be done solely just to make the scene even funnier! But like the anime staff having knowledge of the future story, the same for those who already read the manga:

Nirei becomes a character with growing importance in the story.

As a character, Nirei was originally created to move the story along in chapter 2 (as noted in the character book interview, and this older interview from May 2021). Perhaps that plays a role in how low-key his manga introduction is (once again, in comparison to hiragi san), but either way he's meant to be represent the "ordinary person's perspective." But as the story progresses, Nirei grows to become someone more than that initial role. He becomes a character that holds an increasingly significant and emotional weight, and there's a satisfying feeling of a promise being fulfilled.

Putting the manga and anime side by side, the manga presents an organic writing progression of a character's development. We follow Nirei who starts off as a small tiny splat in a small panel to who he is now. As for the anime, with how memorable these first few seconds of his introduction are, there's perhaps a sense of foreshadowing.

Coincidence or not, this emphasis of Nirei slamming open the door and literally bulldozing into Sakura's life—I find it really, really reflective of just how much impact Nirei [will have] towards Sakura. It's a silly gag moment, but that dramatic energy, however superficial at the time, will transform into something of substantial and emotional weight.

Something something..... in his own way, Nirei will become epic like badass cool hiragi san🔥🔥🔥

kiryuu-kun jumpscare (chapter 110: discipline)

AND YEAH THAT'S ALL HOPE THAT WAS COHERENT YEAHHHH

🌹✨thanks for reading ∠( ᐛ 」∠)＿

[essenceofarda]

ngl Bridgerton is SO fun to watch but at least half the reason it's so fun to watch is because it's just SO campy and ridiculously sensationalized and over-dramatic abt literally everything LMAO

Anyway! I'm still wanting to make a bridgerton/lotr au... still haven't fully settled on whether to make it Eothiriel + Farawyn ORRRR Celrond ORRR silm themed and by that I mean I'm suddenly wanting to do something like...

So lately i haven't stopped being able to think about if I made the "Family" was the feanorians, and one of the main ships is Haleth (who comes from a non-noble merchant family who made great military achievements but are relatively rejected by high society for being originally from common class) and Caranthir is the Fearnorian who falls in love with her 🥺 OR idk--IF the main "Family" featured in the story is the Finweans, then we could also feature Galadriel and Celeborn as one of the main ships, and Beren and Luthien could even make a guest appearance lol, like if I squish the timeline and there's actually all kinds of ships that i could sneak cameos in for.

Granted the kin slaying probably wouldn't have happened in this au or uh,,, awkward 😳😬

But still. Idk. What are y'all thoughts?!

[prettyboykatsuki]

omg wait so interesting that you don’t self-ship with rin!! can you share who you do self ship with?

i need to make a proper post on my sideblog too but the whole selfship list is: bkg, isagi, scaramouche, razor, ochako, aomine, zayne, alucard, wyll, shadowheart, molly o'shea, john marston and sunday hsr.

edit: ^ add zenitsu, umemiya and megumi

with in bllk i rlly only selfship with isagi. though someone else is . simmering there i guess

[lilidawnonthemoon]

[sybaritick]

many people on here have mentioned how it's possible to kind of drift away from or forget a long-term interest until you are exposed to it again, which is why i'm giggling and kicking my feet reading about 1970s imf and world bank projects. the initial high of "omgggg! my obsession!" will pass again but for now i will react like i'm hearing about my favorite boy band

[bibliocharlie]

Things To Do When You’re Bored And Nothing Sounds Entertaining

journal your thoughts and feelings for 5 minutes

fold some laundry

go outside and find a leaf to keep

clean out and organize your underwear drawer

take a bath

taste test every condiment in the fridge

pet each cat 3 times

spill some rice on the floor and pick each piece up one at a time

read a manga (easier than a book)

do an easy crossword

throw away all your stale snacks

light every candle in the house

refill all the soap containers

start a themed stardew valley farm

pull weeds

research the history of buttons

trim your nails + paint them

watch a random horror film

color swatch all your pens and highlighters

sort your pet’s toys by size and color

clear some of your emails

write a list of things to do when you’re bored and nothing sounds entertaining

[akai-anna]

it's "i love kudou shinichi" day