#if i make one wrong move

[wishingprince]

Okay i took off work next Friday specifically to work on finding a new PCP so i can start readdressing my insulin processing issues and hopefully that will remove the major brain fog.

floating around with zero ability to concentrate or even like realize, really, when I’m spacing out is just not the business.

[gingerswagfreckles]

It's weird how in the past 5 or so years the left's understanding of decolonization devolved into some kind of weird Nazi era eugenicist thing about how people's "true places" are something encoded in their DNA and no one in the history of the world should have moved anywhere and anyone decendent from people who moved at some point should be shot.

[clouvu]

Nothing in the world belongs to me But my love, mine, all mine

[meamiki]

mira !!! :]

[mishy-mashy]

Toga: Someone who wanted to be happy

Uraraka: Someone who wanted to make others happy

And also,

Toga: Someone who wanted the world to be easier to live in

Uraraka: Someone who wanted to make the world easier to live in for others

[itzphynix]

Yeah, so while I was on my "I'm going to read into Vanny/Vanessa as much as possible" journey, I noticed an odd quirk in her animations in how she moves. At first, I thought it reminded me of a ballerina, 'cause she's kinda tip-toeing, & she has this way of keeping her head & chest in one place as she moves, but I looked again & realized --

That's not ballet! She's doing a tight-rope act. Like, look at this one:

This is like standing up on the wooden boards before you do the actual tight-rope walking, & the ring leader is hyping you up as you do some fun movement for the crowds. &, then, these:

These are all instances where she walks with one foot directly in front of the other. In that third, she's doing the "woaaah" wiggly-ass balance movements & everything, as if she's swaying up at the top of the tent, even though she's down on solid ground.

Idk, I feel like the way her feet are placed isn't accurate (pretty sure they should be pointed left & right, not both forwards...) doesn't make this 100% correct, but I like it. It also connects back with her first SB teaser, wherein she's up in the rafters.

[lgbtlunaverse]

The women Jin Guangyao uses to kill Jin Guangshan are NOT from the brothel he grew up in

Except for Sisi, obviously.

But, crucially, Sisi MOVED brothels after her face got slashed.

That's why Jin Guangyao only recognized her after Jin Guangshan was already dead. If he had sourced the women from the brothel he grew up in, you think he wouldn't have made sure beforehand that they wouldn't include the one woman who was explicitly nice to him and his mother? He couldn't bear to kill her even after she was already a witness, but that meant he had to imprison her instead. Not exactly an ideal scenario! You think he wouldn't have thought to avoid that?

Well, that's all hypothetical anyway, because he couldn't have sourced anyone from the brothel he grew up in anyway, because that brothel had already been burnt down. By Jin Guangyao! This is the order he gives Xue Yang at the end of the villainous friends extra, which also contains Xue Yang meeting Xiao Xingchen and Song Lan. Which means this is way before Xue Yang kills the Chang clan, Xiao Xingchen eventually catches him, and Nie Mingjue kicks Jin Guangyao down the stairs which leads to his death 2 months later. And Jin Guangshan doesn't die until after Nie Mingjue is already dead, so while this is definitely where Jin Guangyao starts planning to kill his father, it's well before he actually executed that plan. By the time he does, that brothel is ash.

I say this because there's been several time now where I've seen people attribute Jin Guangyao using sex workers to kill his father, and killing them aferwards, to some kind of revenge scheme? A way to get back at the other women in the brothel who mistreated his mom at the same time as he gets back at his father. But all those women died when it burned to the ground. We see their ghosts in guangyin temple! Every single woman Jin Guangyao uses to kill his father and then later executes was a complete stranger to him. It has nothing to do with who they are and everything to do with what they are (older 'ugly' sex workers) Whether you think that makes his actions worse or better or generally has no moral impact i'll leave up to you. But it's important to remember that while the violence he enacts on his father is deeply personal, what he does to the sex workers is not.

[recurring-polynya]

lol. LMAO, even.

[front-facing-pokemon]

[spirk-trek]

headcanon: chekov gets jim to play him in chess and quickly loses despite being a decent player, but he somehow convinces him to let him keep trying until he wins

fast forward a year or so, jim is stuck in sickbay with 84 broken bones or whatever and in comes chekov, board tucked under his arm for their weekly match because "you did not think i would be letting you off ze hook, did you keptin? a promise ees a promise"

[poseidonstaint]

I WANTED HIM TO DRINK IT AND GET CRAZY

[pagesofkenna]

anyway my favorite mormon joke made by a nonmormon was in an episode of Skyjacks, wish i could remember which one; someone says something like 'we need more men here' and JPC in-character responds something like 'uh, i think they prefer to be called church of jesus christ of latter-day saints' and its my favorite joke because a) i was so ready for that to be a belittling jab that it actually took me a second to realize it was actually very funny, b) i learned recently that my best friend who studied comparative religions didn't even know what the deal was with 'mormon' vs 'lds' so the fact that JPC knew enough mormon lore to make an informed joke and he stuck to an actual funny one is a delight, and c) i'm pretty sure no one else in the scene even clocked the joke

[tonguetiedraven]

any thoughts on shiemi? I really love her, especially the way she wants to move the moments in which she was vulnerable. (I do feel like her character suffers a bit from being the love interest and that might just be my preferences but) I love how she's a very kind person without it being unrealistic (her reaction to rin immediately post amaimon)

I have so many thoughts on Shiemi, and each new chapter is just giving me more.

I adore her, and I adore the arc Kato has given her. I love how shy and uncertain she starts out and how much she just doesn't understand friendships and the complexities with which people navigate those sort of relationships. I like her naivety about the world and how that allows her courage and kindness to shine through.

I love that we get small hints that she was traumatized when she was little through some kind of difficult and likely violent trauma (chapter 130-131) and that it gives us a good reason for why she's so sheltered and for why she's so timid about being around others.

I love that her first act of friendship is giving someone a clover and a nickname, and that when she makes her second friend she apologizes to him for misjudging him by immediately putting him to work in her garden because she loves it best and it's a way to show she's open to him and she doesn't realize or get that most people don't enjoy that kind of thing. (Manure hands? What's the problem with that? I wiped it off. xD)

It hurts my heart how much she gets bullied by Izumo and how much she doesn't call her out for her cruelty, but Shiemi wouldn't be her if she did. She's a gardener and used to dealing with thorns and prickly plants and stubborn plants and is patient. She can and will take hits to make something flourish, even if she really shouldn't.

I think she's absolutely the best team player in the group, and the strongest ally that none of them even have to wonder for a second if she'll be there. She's usually one of the first, if not the first, to step up in a problem and begin by defending, and she never flaunts or acts like it was something to be boastful of. She is wicked powerful and goes through most of the manga not even really realizing it. She's a defender and a healer and not necessarily the offense, and those roles are often overlooked but none of them would be alive without her vital aid.

I can understand where you might think she suffers for being the love interest, but I don't particularly see it that way. Sure, Rin sees her (at least at first) primarily as someone to date and make out with, but she has a lot more depth with Rin than that, and Kato having her be slow to realize her own heart and affections has allowed her to lean on him as a friend first and develop into something else. She's always there and willing to call him away from the violent parts of himself and self loathing and despair that can consume him. She's willing to reach out a hand to anyone who needs her and pull them back up even if it gets her hurt in the process.

She's clumsy, and often a bit too emotional for her situations, but she's honest about who she is and that encourages the others to do the same. There wasn't anyone else, even Paku, that Izumo would have felt quite so safe to break down in front of. There wasn't anyone else that could have reached for Rin and embraced him and his flames and made him realize there were hands reaching out for him. There's no one else Yukio could have gone to so many times for comfort and guidance.

I love that when she knows she's going to have to leave them all for a while, she gives each of her friends a charm that later saves their lives, because that's who she is. Even when she can't be by their sides, she's defending them and healing and helping.

And god, her relationship with Amaimon? So complicated and dangerous and layered with multitudes of power dynamics, most of which aren't healthy, and half buried secrets and things we've barely glimpsed, and the way he's introduce leads to violence against her, and then he captures her, and we see later on that she could watch all of that attack happening while she was under his influence. I can't imagine being forced to just watch while my friends are hurt and I'm used against my friend, stuck seated on his arm without the ability to move at all.

Agh.

And then there's the current stuff we're getting into with who she really is and why he's at the school and so tied to her, and gosh the layers to it are delicious. Kato has done so much with and for her and it's so often overlooked.

She suffers some with the animes -- everyone does, of course -- but I think hers is from a lack of the quieter moment and the thoughts she has. She's a well rounded and complex character, and being kind and soft doesn't negate either of those things. She's also immensely strong, physically, of course, but also emotionally and mentally. She's often the first one to call Rin out on his tendency to go it alone and push people away, and will listen when people need her too which a lot of people can't do.

Her struggle in the Kyoto arc I also feel deeply. I get the pain of thinking you were close to summon and thinking they relied on you and then finding out it was all wrong, and having it confirmed twice? Once when Rin denies they're friends at all and then to have all of that revealed and it turn out you didn't know either of the two people you'd consider your closest friends? To just want to help and to be so stuck in your own head and so certain you're not strong or smart enough to do that?

I love her and her weedy spirit and can't wait to see what all she's going to do.

[transgenderfivepebbles]

the expectation for the meaning of existence

[aloeverified]

daring being the equivalent to a pg-13 fuckboy was really funny, but i think it would've been so sad and compelling if he geniuely was in love with apple.

they know they're destined to be together, they grew up together and have talked about their relationship many times. they agreed to not date until their destiny takes its course, as apple is paranoid about messing with their story and doing anything ahead of time.

daring sees how hard she works and how far she goes to strive for perfection; following ever task her mother gives her, always being ontop of her studies, never missing a chance to be kind and help others. she inspires him to do the same; topping his sword-fighting classes, using his strength and athletic skills to help others, always seizing the chance to save the day and protect others.

daring falls more and more in love with her each passing year, whereas apple just keeps waiting for the feeling to come to her. she reasons that she doesn't feel anything for daring because he hasn't awoken her from her coma and swallow her worries.

many people still fall for daring, but he tells them his heart is taken and his destiny is sealed: apple white is the only girl for him, and it's his duty to stay loyal to his future wife.

perhaps apple even visits the charming kingdom often, under the guise of spending time with her future in-laws to get away from the heavy pressure she faces at home. she grows closer with darling during these times, who admires apple and her ability to be satisfied with the royal life and expectations she has as a princess.

i think daring could still have a few small and tender moments with other girls, such as his admiration for cerise — but he does his best to push those feelings aside, maybe even feels guilty for them.

it's only after he fails to awaken apple in dragon games, where he is able to start his process on moving on. he agonizes over not being her prince, as it changes everything he knows: his destiny, his true love, and even the fact that he would participate in an out of destiny romance (something so taboo to a royal such as himself).

when finally given the chance to do so, daring asks apple if she loves him — if she ever had or ever could, in the same way he loves her. they have a long conversation, one that ends with both of them in tears. apple does daring, but she's not in love with him. she's always known there was something different about her when she didn't long for her prince charming like other princesses did, and now thanks to darling, she knows why.

daring learns how to move on. it's a tedious process, and one that hurts, but he moves on. and so does apple. he still loves her, and she still loves him. only now, they also love themselves.

[xdeewolfx]

tried replaying some tales but the game just didnt want to let me pick anything during one of the quicktime events </3 so i made art about it