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[mkxp]

14k notes and i'll make a Kurger Bing gimmick blog

EDIT: LOWERED TO 600!! 600 NOTES !

[fanqueen48]

One thing I wanted, but didn't get, from K pop Demon Hunters was more themes of not all of the demons being evil. At the beginning of the movie, they kept showing the normal demons in the demon realm and how terrified of the king they were and they seemed like normal people and I thought it would be cool if they made it seem less like Jinu and Rumi were the only redeemable demons and more like most--if not all--of the demons were worth saving instead of having them kill basically every demon in the finale. When the Saja boys first appeared, one of the demons said something like "Finally, idols that look like us!" and I thought the end of the movie would send a message about how *everyone* is worth trying to save and how entire groups of people shouldn't be destroyed and how being hateful is wrong ect, ect, but that didn't happen??? I kinda felt like Rumi was being portrayed as "one of the good ones" and that she can be proud of her patterns and who she is, but only her, because they didn't even attempt to save/not slaughter all the rest of the demons. The point of the movie was self acceptance/family/not giving in to the bad voices in your head that call you worthless, but it felt like the movie didn't really pull through in the end with the "it's okay to make mistakes, you're allowed to exist and you're worth it" for any of the other demons. It felt like Rumi believed all of this, but they still ended up killing what I assume is *all* of the demons in the finale, which really contradicts that message and belief.

[sobselpop]

Puppeteered by somebody else

Lowkey maybe totally inspired by this masterpiece by the amazing @joycew-art

[hopekreymin]

oh I absolutely love and adore Redux Dude. He's such a cutie, a silly bean, a goofball. I love everything about him: his style, his big arms, his sausage fingers, badass trench coat, cool boots, his belt, his backpack, his wonderful charming green eyes, his big nose, the look of incomprehension of his existence on his face, his ginger hair and goatee.

He looks like a blind kitten who can't find his milk bowl. That's why he's angry.

[thisrots]

weird how i have 1,000 of yawll but nun of u guys talk to me! 🤨

[the-exiled-comic]

Is Crowstar really that bad? She killed an apprentice (on accident, while she was also young, if I remember correctly?), a scary tyrannical leader, a weird religious zealot and co. (who all seem pretty antagonistic), and… is blunt? Maybe I’m just desensitized to fictional murder (esp with these cats having a sick afterlife), but she seemed to do most of it in contexts where I can see her point (ex. Defending Fallen in battle, scary leadership, defense). The only part I can really see crowstar being a bad person in bold letters is when she attacks Dapplestar for revenge, but even then.. she has a reason. She believes TreeClan killed her respected friend and deputy, and is lying about it. Idk sorry if this comes across as somebody having to hold my hand that “murder lady is bad”, but in this fictional setting, her actions makes sense

short answer to this is just she likes murdering and murdering is bad. she holds little to no remorse over her actions, really only being somewhat regretful about the things that make her son upset

i dont think Crowstar is morally bankrupt as say, someone like Autumnstar, but a lot of her intentions are in the wrong place. She is also quite unapologetic about her crimes.

a long answer is... complicated. on a scale of evil characters i would put Crowstar on a similar ranking to Sandywing and Emberpelt, those two never killed anyone but they make up for it in other ways. Sandywing I would be tempted to rank more evil than Crowstar but truth be told she only feels like the most evil character because she actively is tormenting the POV character (which I'll come back to this pov mention in a minute) you are right that murder in cat-land is quite a bit different than murder in the real life world, but its more about why they did it how i would personally rank evilness within the comic is like, what their feelings/intent/goals are and also how much influence their actions have and how well the rest of the cats can recover from it.

So Autumnstar would be hands down the most evil cat as he is responsible for (directly and indirectly) responsible for a lot damage that the clans are still undoing. Crowstar, his protege, is not helping it be undone. She's still promoting both tyranny within Oceanclan and aggravation/violence against Treeclan, even though Dapplestar has clearly expressed multiple times they don't want to do this anymore.

Things Crowstar has done to keep this cycle of violence going are killing 4 clanmates as her first act as leader (rebellion is complicated but for the sake of the post I'm adding it because it wasn't clean cut self defense. there were choices, killing them was a conscious choice), smacking and manslaughtering a kid, antagonizing her clanmates, not stopping the fights between coralclaw and sandywing, not giving fishpaw a warrior name, killing dapplestar over a hunch that someone in treeclan killed cloverfall, hitting sandywing for insulting her ego.

I think she would appear a lot more evil if the POV was from Firespots, or even Whisperleaf, as she specifically targets the both of them. She appears to be not as bad because she stopped directly digging at Fishwhisker and seems to be mostly on her side now. She dislikes the same cats that we dislike (Sandywing, Emberpelt, Firespots) and has been trying to turn over a new leaf for the last several chapters. Granted that's pretty much only because her son is going to have to clean up anything that she doesn't clean up if Firespots does succeed in his plans to kill her. I'm very slowly making a prequel comic that explores some perspectives from this generation, doing to comics at once is hard tho lol. So it'll be seen eventually

[rowanisawriter]

best of, pt II

i made a best of like maybe 60 fics ago so i figured it’s time for a fresh one to add to my pinned

🩸contrapasso (da4) —catholic guilt/uneven punishment/romantic tension— i have recently realized i really like writing structured fic and i think this is one of my best. something i really like in writing is how sections/chapters/scenes and how they’re divided and formatted can add a lot to the story, and i think it works well here

🌊 possibility (ace attorney) —parenthood/post-break up/communication— i am a parent and i like using fic to sometimes explore this weird thing you feel as a parent that’s a mixture of fear and guilt, and how it contrasts with love. this fic is my most recent attempt to parse these feelings

🫗novel (hades) —AU/falling in love/family— a multi chaptered, structured story that’s more lighthearted than i usually write, maybe that’s why it was so easy to write. started as a straight romance but ended up about love, and family, and how sometimes you can hurt the people you love by doing what you think is best

[phibsies]

(art not mine) toad brigade has my heart rn guys .. i need to draw them

[rysia-kun]

Polands Personality.

No one cares but like in the episode where poland meets lithuania and says "show me your cock and balls", it could've been a conversation starter as he is canonically shy when it comes to strangers shown in the manga (and anime)

However, in history there was a "union" treaty between Lithuania and Poland (it was called the Krewo Union, I think, and if anyone cares – it was before the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and existed since the 1300s) so Poland mightve known about lithuania and him coming over but in the episode, I think he was whining or crying about it but I need to recheck that, but by that I meant that Poland may have already known Lithuania slightly from the union which is why he may have started a conversation in that way but accidentally made it awkward.

When I was talking to someone about this they said;

"And it makes sense that he'd say something like that as I suppose it was a manly thing to say in Poland's mind, probably very casual too, so bro was really just trying to break the ice in a way he knew 😭

And in the episode Poland was mainly just nervous over meeting Tolys, but since their bosses probably talked to each other previously I'm pretty sure Poland did have an idea of who Tolys was, but just hasn't interacted directly that way"

~

in the scene he was complaining about (I think who the female character in the scene was meant to represent) Jadwiga getting married to Jogaila (the Lithuanias king guy), so he probably didn't know who Lithuania was and stuff because prior to the scene, what probably happened, was Poland just got informed of it and he couldn't imagine Jadwiga getting married to someone he didn't even know, so probably it was he didn't know who he was. He also doesn't seem to have too much human conversation because he does, from my knowledge (and most people portray him as saying), say "like" a lot which can be from him being shy or that he doesn't know how to say something which can signify he doesn't talk to people that much from not having much base on how to speak to people, it can also be the reason for why he's shy. Him starting a conversation with "Show me your cock and balls" instead of something normal like "Hello, what's your name?" can be him trying to seem manly and fit in with "outsiders", not communicating with many people can also make you shy over time.

He also seems to warm up near people he trusts and is close to, he seems to sexualize himself or his friends without knowing it sometimes? I dont know about that but, I have art (I'm not sure if it's official or not) where its him and hungary in quite a 'sexual' position, though it probably wasn't intended?

I don't know how to explain it but me and the person figured he might have autism (me and them are both autistic to clarify were not making it out of our asses)

[mkxp]

very low quality doodle of @emthimofnight 's sonadow fankid, Stellar (because i love her more then life itself)

[vesper100]

jumping in on the OC questions, we know he's sick in the head, but what is Rodolf like to the other monks? does he put up with anselm......does he know what gregor is up to.......

Well his whole life since he can remember has been devoted to the church, scripture, monastic practice. He was basically prepped to be a religious leader of sorts since infancy, so when it comes to anything like that - piety, spiritual guidance, etc - he's the perfect figure to turn to. He commands a lot of respect and reverence from his abbey. Anselm looks up to him lovingly, Rodolf feels the same impassive fatherly duty towards him as he feels towards all the brothers under his care. Gregor DESPISES him and Rodolf is too detatched to take it personally and just kind of views him as a lost impious soul in need of guidance.

But also because the church is the ONLY thing he's ever known his interpersonal skills are..... Lacking... He can't really understand personal feelings or problems outside of the lens of scriptural philosophies. If something horrifying happened to you then it was because God willed it, if you're unsure or lost then you just aren't devout enough, that kind of thing. He's not remotely cruel or hostile, but can come across really cold and sterile just because his nature has no warmth to it whatsoever. He kind of operates under the values of fear and reverence, because that's how he learned to view 'love' growing up. When Rodolf says he loves god, he means it, but what he is actually feeling is a mixture of fear and reverence. When he acknowledge's other's love of him, he means he is aware that they fear and revere him.

All this being said, he's still human (as much as he doesn't believe it). Rodolf is a socially composed person and polite and rational enough around others but he's REALLY unpersonable and awkward and sucks at entertaining guests at the abbey... Like a guest could make a joke to him and I doubt he'd react and you wouldn't be able to tell if it's because he doesn't get it (sheltered) or doesn't think it's funny (stoic). He's kind of reclusive just because interacting with people outside of ecclesiastical duties is kind of exhausting for him lollll

[stargirlbloggerina]

My love for a man would instantly disappear if he snores

[goldensunset]

sorry for rapid incessant pokeposting

[veritas-in-verbo]

Random hot take...YOU DON'T NEED EXPENSIVE PROGRAMS TO WRITE!!! You don't need a subscription to some fancy writing tools where you'll spend more time coming up with names or looking at ai art than you will actually writing. You don't need fancy tools, you need passion and dedication. To be a writer you have to write. No amount of time or money spent on apps will make your book appear.

[l0stfoster]

To the dear anon who asked about the Cursed AU, I swear I'm answering, but it's so fucking long you have no idea. I'm only through 3 of the characters. Hopefully I have it put together for tomorrow but GOD DAMN