#idr my tag for these!

[saphushia]

btw. i made this quick guide of some of the natural size and proportion reference points in the human body. of course this all varies even irl, and you can stylize however you want, so ymmv but thought it might be helpful for some folks.

[emberglowfox]

birds of a feather

[xyrali]

Now, die.

[hanjlsung-archive]

endless bestie gifs 6/♡

[ingoodjesst]

one thing i really like about the apothecary diaries is how fluidly maomao moves between high- and low-class society, between the rear palace and the pleasure district, allowing us to see the parallels in the power dynamics. in both settings, we see women trying to make the most of their relative stations with whatever tools available to them, which are often shared. much of the politics of the series centers women and the ways they try to navigate the world through seduction, marriage, beauty, fashion, manipulation, etc, because these are the things they're valued for. their appearance, their social graces, their "purity", their marriageability, their ability to bear children, and beyond - these all lend political, economic, and social leverage to themselves and their families regardless of class.

the mystery angle in particular enables the story to closely examine what tools and motives are available to women in the apothecary diaries in a way that's contextualized and humanized. it's also how the series highlights said women operating with a keen awareness of society's expectations and systems. whether that's applying deathly white powder to maintain impractical beauty standards, faking illnesses to deter certain visitors, using parlor tricks to subtly punish callous men, or wearing ostentatious outfits to hide a certain truth, each mystery we encounter reveals more about what it means to navigate the world of the apothecary diaries as a woman in addition to revealing their cleverness (or lack thereof) in doing so.

maomao is no exception to the rule, often weighing similar questions of propriety and power before she acts - although she does engage from a unique position. she's a literate woman from the lower class with special circumstances surrounding her birth, versed as an apothecary, and favored by highly ranked members of the court. this, plus her marked lack of ambition beyond medicine, gives her a lot of mobility between and (relatively) unbiased insight into both the high- and low-ranked parts of society. in turn, we readers are given a fantastic protagonist to explore what i consider a core draw of the series: seeing how maomao chooses to move through the world, highly conscious of her own social positioning as well as that of all the other women around her

[leenfiend]

what’s ur type first < prev next > full comic

[akiacia]

maggie scenes for fun 🤣

[lightrivals]

Sonic 3 spoilers below the read more!!

I can’t stop thinking about Shadow wanting Sonic to kill him; how he taunted and angered Sonic in hopes he would finish him off. The last sight before his death being a god drunk on revenge. Shadow did not expect to survive at the end of it all; he didn’t want to live without Maria. But for a moment, when Sonic found himself and showed Shadow that love is more powerful than grief, he smiled. The first smile since that photo with Maria. He accepted his second chance at life and embraced it with the same boisterous energy as Sonic. Twirling through the air together, reaching out for one another, spinning through the black death of space as two living shooting stars themselves. It’s beautifully romantic, in all meanings of the word.

Finally, Sonic and Shadow each found someone who can match them. No longer were they alone in their alienness, in their power. Shadow, draped in the shimmering pinks and golds bestowed by Sonic, Sonic flying at his side like the light that shines even when the star is gone.

It makes my heart ache so badly that Sonic gets that joy and freedom beside Shadow ripped away from him in Shadow’s sacrifice. To lose another person who understood him, someone who understood best of anyone he’d encountered thus far. And for Shadow in his last few moments, accepted his death not out of grief as he did at Sonic’s hands, but out of love—leaving a galaxy behind in his wake, a rebirth of himself from the cocoon of rage and pain that encased him for 50 years.

It’s so beautifully tragic, grief and loss, but as they say: better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.

[crazy000567]

[harpuiaa]

(person that has never seen saw but has read yugioh voice) yeah? so he traps people in evil puzzle rooms? sounds a lot like a guy i know

[anonomi]

French toast and pyro maw business

[fish-with-more-eyes]

alternate silly version of this post because i did not know tumblr had a one video limit </3

video id below the cut:

[video id: digital, cartoony animation. small, chibi shidou ryuusei with purely blonde hair stands on a desk with an angled stand, a pink watercolour palette, and a pink-tinged jar of water. he is flipped upside-down and his hair is dipped into the jar of water. he is brought over to the palette and picks up a bright pink colour on the tip of his hair. he is then brought to the stand and paints on a piece of paper out of view. he is placed right-side-up again on the table, with the pink tone now more evenly spread throughout the tips of his hair. the paper peels up to reveal a cartoony dick as a smiling speech bubble pops up by ryuusei. end id.]

[soft5ku11]

YEAHHHHHHHHH

[xyrali]

boom shad :)

[hobgobbin]

Testosterone is a hell of a drug lads

2021 Pre-T -> 3 years on T and finally out of my top surgery binder ✨️

[striveattemptfail]

btw deadpool & tbh wolverine

Insp. by these posts by @brainrotcharacters

VD: Animation of Deadpool and Wolverine drawn as btw and tbh creatures respectively. They tilt side to side while confetti blows around them. The tbh creature “YIPPEE!” sound plays. /end VD

Happy Birthday to Ryan Reynolds, Belated Birthday to Hugh Jackman + Logan Howlett, and a Vague Birthday Greeting to resident Scorpio, Comic 616!Wade Wilson 😂🥳

Bonus: (ID in alt text~!)