#i need this framed and displayed

[foxy-kitsune]

WHAT THE FUCK???!??!??!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!!??!??!!?!

[mixupmycota]

A lot of folks are, reasonably, using the term "redemption" to talk about the solas and mythal's essence ending. We're all super used to talking about "redemption arcs".

This is not, I think, the word to use in this case. Solas provides us one himself in the game. He is not looking for redemption - indeed, there is nothing he can ever do that would undo what he has done, what he actively chose to do at various points across Thedas's history. He is also, potentially, utterly committed to this act up until the last.

Solas doesn't need redemption. He needs to, and is is looking to, make reparation. Initially, for the harm he did in putting up the veil. His chosen path there is an act that would result in mass murder on a continental and theoretically global scale.

The ending in which he binds himself to the veil and sets out to soothe the titans is much closer to an actual reparation for the much deeper initial harm that he did: the mass tranquilization of those titans and the severing of the dreams of the dwarves, an act that has resulted in them almost being driven to extinction multiple times.

I really like that ending, because unlike his plan to unleash an apocalypse, it is actually an act of repair. It is taking responsibility for the damage he did, and rather than just feeling very sad about it or continuing to do fresh damage in the name of sunk cost, he sets out to for real do something about it. It is the most any single individual in these circumstances could do to address systemic harm they are responsible for.

It's also much less punitive. I really like that ending, because it provides potential to break a truly ancient cycle that has been making that man self-isolate more and more for an unfathomable amount of time, which also fed in to so many of his more fucked up choices.

It is a harrowing prospect for anyone to do alone, so the idea of the inquisitor going with him, while something I have personal misgivings about, is also something I think could potentially help him, even if their relationship did not remain romantic.

I think that ending is much more interesting when we stop thinking about it in terms of the typical associations for "redemption arcs", and instead think about it through a restorative and reparation focused lens!

[zuzsenpai]

Had to explain to my therapist what an ita-bag is, and how they have, at least in my opinion, revolutionized artists alleys (had to also explain what those are) because we are no longer hesitant to buy pins, buttons, and keychains because there’s no risk of them falling off/breaking. They can be displayed really creatively! Ita-bags are beautiful and I can still remember how I felt the first time I saw one at a con and was mesmerized by the possibilities

[roychewtoy]

simon shoulda been weirder about nathans immortality

[intomybubble]

The placement is temporary (probably) but I finally decided to put up my Hanako-kun and Haruaki poster celebrating their 100th chapters!

It’s just so cute! I really love them both (tho Haruaki is ranked higher in my heart, especially when comparing their actions in the last few arcs :/)

[fidgetspringer]

Planning a way to display my feather collection.

[chipthekeeper]

I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN BUT IT’S OFFICIAL

[coldarena]

zine orders going out today!!!! HUGE thank you to everyone who got a copy!!! There are less than ten copies of the zine (bundle sold out!!) left if you wanna grab one :)

[noctilu-uca]

Art i got admitted into a district art show for waooww

[standfucker]

Wig: snatched.

Jaw: on the floor.

Tears: streaming down my face

@opmarcozine you guys have fucking outdone yourselves. The print quality on the zine is insane. The quality of the merch is insane. I am beside myself with excitement. I couldn't have asked for a better production for one of my favorite characters. I am so, so happy with everything! Thank you so much to the entire team for putting this together!!!!

[perilegs]

ignore the baldness, but, uh, how do we feel about the lace underwear poking out from wyll's pants. to. emulate the red details of his camp outfit of course

[foegoal]

put a blessed piece up to counter my cursed 6-0 oilers loss puck that @l634 bought me for christmas 🙏

[burinazar]

[Belavue ramblings]

two thoughts. 1) I’ve often thought that, if the genders in the “beauty” scene were different — that is, when asked about beauty, a male character calls someone specific “beautiful” twice in a row while stuttering and blushing — few people would see it as platonic or sibling-like etc on Vueko’s end and it would basically be considered the natural and widely accepted reading of the text that the male speaker had feelings for the other party. It’s in fact very close to the stereotypical “beautiful isn’t it” “[gazing at other person] yeah, beautiful ” unspoken love exchange. (…incidentally, as common as that kind of exchange is, I can’t think off the top of my head of a comparable scene where the first speaker is a man and the second a woman.)

2) the kind of love that i see Vue having for Be if we read this exchange as romantic, that of a deep admiration for someone who seems celestially above you in a way where you don’t even begin to assume reciprocation and just want to admire them, is a kind of love i more often see male characters express in media (a sort of cousin to courtly love). female characters are more generally the receiving end of such feelings rather than the one pledging devotion. I feel like I can think of exceptions but it’s usually situations where the adored character turned out to be deceptive or manipulative and the female character became disillusioned or was otherwise hurt, which is quite a different thing than the admiration being a) deserved and b) reciprocated.

I hadn’t quite tied these two ideas together before. But they feel true and connected to me. For the shipper basing their characterization in canon, the particular shape of the romantic feelings that Vueko may have for Belaf is something of a refreshing and interesting one re what i am used to seeing genderwise* (now I could very well just have my role reversal goggles in too tight but I feel I’m onto something here), and I think this is maybe related to why some people don’t “get” the ship or how that scene reads as the expression of a deep admiring love to me when potentially they’d see it immediately if a man said those same words to a woman.

[naturenaruto]

just saw (yet) another post (fanart) about kushina abusing obito.....like why do people seem to think the child abuse in naruto is so funny....why is it played for laughs......why is it such a joke.........why do ppl act like this makes kushina and tsunade and sakura badass...........they are abusive....????

[theloveoftoms]

i'm moving into my uni dorm today 💅 wish me luck babes

[chewablepebbles]

I've literally been going to at least one funeral of someone close to me every year since 2016 this is unsustainable! Do I make friends so quickly because I fear they'll leave so soon? I have like five hundred pounds of stuff from people that died and I can't get rid of it because I can't get new stuff with them. I'm so tired of being used to grief. When do I get to grieve for myself!