#including Blade

[captivemuses]

Dan Heng, what's your opinion of marriage?

A question he never really pondered before. The life of a Nameless was not one that included much leisure time, or a truly extended amount of time to form bonds of that intensity that such an event could be led up to. Memories in the form of dreams had long since been something he experienced on a semi regular basis, showing him days past of his previous incarnation spending intimate time alone with a man who clearly meant a certain way to him that no one else in his inner circle did, a man he was clearly in love with.

But those days for Dan Feng were not those of him in the present, and though Dan Heng had met many people during his time with the Express who had become allies for the Nameless, none had yet left such an impression on the Vidyadhara that he felt such a thing could be possible for him. The shrug of the noirs shoulders was so slight it could have been missed, the expression on his face not conveying much of a reaction when there wasn't much for him to say.

"With my life currently the way it is, it is very unlikely that such a thing is in the cards for me. Traveling the cosmos as a Nameless is a constant, and setting down roots somewhere for a bond like that to be found with someone else doesn't seem very likely. That's not to say it's impossible, but my place right now is on the Express with my friends and it's not something I'm really prioritizing for myself."

[chaosroid]

[knockknockitsnickels]

"Sacrifice the Yourself" (title pending), the hip new slay the princess swap AU, in which you and the girlies must decide if you're gonna let a giant bird stab you (and maybe.... find love?!)

[c---crow]

glamour shot

[glitterfish1272]

me and the bad bitch I pulled by being cringe and autistic

[bardrizz]

this man is a work of art, and I'm not okay!!!

[b1adie]

[baerryjj]

COMMISSION FOR @bimbomcgee 🌸🌷 its THE scarlet butterflies and co

[iatethepomegranate]

If I see one more take about Orym being "secretive" in taking the sword, I swear I might start screaming. The dude walked up to Chet in front of everyone, asked for access to the Bag of Holding, took the sword out (in front of everyone) and left with it. Then he came back with the sword strapped to his back... IN FRONT OF EVERYONE. There was ample time for someone to speak up if they wanted to and Orym, quite frankly, didn't have reason to expect it would be an issue. Laudna may have used the lack of discussion as part of her cycle of justifications for her actions, but that doesn't mean it was 1) the main issue she was actually dealing with or 2) an unsolvable problem that required a rash response even if that had been Laudna's primary issue.

[onelastchorus]

honkai star rail character vs the urge to give up everything (their bodies, their humanity, their desires, their sanity) to embody something bigger than themselves, to chase the only thing keeping them going.

[neeeeeoposts]

more rescue bots dump

[christine-ye]

Kamen Rider Blade character name meanings

I was watching an anime lyric video on YouTube last night and recognized one of the kanji in the lyrics also being used for one of the main characters' names in Blade and ended up falling down a rabbit hole (aka Jisho.org) so I made a guide breaking down the Blade cast's names because 1. when do I ever not think about this show and 2. language stuff is fun to look into (also included Shiori and Kotaro because why not, slight spoilers incoming)

♠ Kazuma Kenzaki (剣崎一真)/Kamen Rider Blade ♠

Kenzaki (剣崎): ken (剣) - sword (spade itself also derives from the Spanish and Italian spada meaning 'sword'); zaki (崎) - small peninsula, promontory

Kazuma (一真): kazu (一) - one; ma (真) - true/truth, reality, genuineness (could refer to Kenzaki's genuine love for humanity and eventually Hajime); both characters together could mean "one truth" (could refer to Kenzaki seeking the one true way to allow Hajime to keep living without having the world be destroyed during the finale) or "one reality" (could refer to the current nature of the Battle Fight preventing Kenzaki and Hajime from seeing each other again despite them defying their fates)

Blade: the main part of a sword whose name is derived from the Old English blæd meaning 'leaf' (also hence why the spade is replaced with the leaf in German playing cards), related to the Suit of Swords (Spades) in the Minor Arcana

♦ Sakuya Tachibana (橘朔也)/Kamen Rider Garren ♦

Tachibana (橘): mandarin orange (specifically the Citrus tachibana, also explains why one of his themed drinks from the Kamen Rider Diner was orange-flavored)

Sakuya (朔也): saku (朔) - new moon (symbolizes new beginnings in astrology, which ties into Tachibana's return to being Garren again after initially trying to quit and his character song literally being called Rebirth), the first day of the lunar calendar; ya (也) - to be (classical form), also a common suffix in Japanese male names

Garren: either a corruption of the English word 'currency' in Japanese or phonetically sounds similar to the French carreau meaning 'diamond' (might be a stretch though), related to the Suit of Coins (Diamonds) in the Minor Arcana

♥ Hajime Aikawa (相川始)/Kamen Rider Chalice ♥

Aikawa (相川): ai (相) - mutuality, togetherness (also phonetically sounds the same as the Japanese word for love, which ties into Hajime's character arc and Chalice's heart motif); kawa (川) - river, stream; both characters together could mean "river of mutuality" or "river of togetherness"

Hajime (始): beginning (ironically contrasts his true role as humanity's destroyer)

Chalice: holy cup or goblet whose name is derived from the Latin calix meaning 'cup', related to the Suit of Cups (Hearts) in the Minor Arcana (also symbolic of Hajime's growing love and humanness throughout the show)

♣ Mutsuki Kamijo (上条睦月)/Kamen Rider Leangle ♣

Kamijō (上条): kami (上) - above, up; jō (条) - article, clause

Mutsuki (睦月): mutsu (睦) - intimate, friendly, harmonious (could refer to Mutsuki learning to control the Spider Undead's power with Tachibana's help); tsuki (月) - moon, month; both characters together mean the ancient Japanese name for January

Leangle: an Aboriginal club/polearm-type weapon, related to the Suit of Wands (Clubs) in the Minor Arcana

💻 Shiori Hirose (広瀬栞) 💻

Hirose (広瀬): hiro (広) - vast, broad, spacious; se (瀬) - rapids

Shiori (栞): bookmark, guidebook (could refer to her role as the gang's resident Undead tracker and Kenzaki's closest ally at BOARD)

🥛 Kotaro Shirai (白井虎太郎) 🥛

Shirai (白井): shira (白) - white (callback to his love for milk mayhaps /j); i (井) - well, town, community (could refer to him befriending and providing hospitality for Kenzaki and Shiori after BOARD kicks the bucket, also farmhouse trio ftw)

Kotarō (虎太郎): ko (虎) - tiger, drunkard (for milk obviously /j); ta (太) - thick; rō (郎) - common suffix in Japanese male names

[neat-deadandlive-things]

Today on Darwinism.... My hometown government just had to requests that people stop paragliding and hang gliding over the out of control forest fire by the town so that they can continue to do active helicopter fire fighting?!?

[age-of-moonknight]

Variant cover for Phases of the Moon Knight (Vol. 1/2024), #2 by Declan Shalvey.

[mspaintbladie]

clinging to it tight, even with the pain it brings, i mourned with my memories

[another-fire-emblem-sideblog]

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