#it needs to be studied under a microscope

[faltine-fae]

rewatched s1ep4 and yes silco's a fucked up dad blah blah blah same explanation all over again but his conversation with jinx about the firelights?! the soft concerned tone? he wasn't even pushing her or anything. he made her open up so easily without any struggle.

meanwhile my mother does ask about how things are going on in my life & I struggle to utter the truth. they trusted each other so much that breaks me.

he mentions that her actions will set them back for few weeks but he wasn't upset, didn't nag, he was chill asf!

he didn't just made her open up but assures her as well that she takes time after such stressful encounter. he wants her to focus on her gadgetry knowing it's her safe space!!

[queer-geordie-nerd]

Honestly, leftists need to project their violent dehumanisation fantasies onto literally anyone who doesn't align with them in all things while simultaneously holding themselves up as arbiters of morality really should be studied under a microscope.

[dexterkronos]

DON'T GET ME STARTED ON AWaP AND NAVIGATING ISTFG I BASICALLY FADED OFF INTO THE ETHER.

ALSO LIKE U SAW JOSH'S BACKFLIP, RIGHT????? BRO KILLED IT LIKE AYEHWYWYSHSJS *explodes*

My lot also got home around that time too, Pancakes Manor was busy as hell but so worth it

TØP BRISBANE WAS SO FIRE (literally) OMG

I WILL SEND PHOTOS LATER BUT HERE HIGHLIGHTS

Lots of people with yellow and red Masking tape on hand to emergency protect us / provoke D.E.M.A.

Headlining band were lit af

TORCHBEARER AND CLANCY

got concert adopted briefly by a slay as hell trio (I miss them already)

U P F R O N T

Got missed by Banditø confetti

Excessive sobbing to Next Semester (I feel very faint embarrassment but also I needed it)

FLAME PILLARS

Lincoln the Kid of the DayTM (we cheered)

Two medical emergencies

TYLER LITERALLY TWO PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME

R E D C O N F E T T I (I ate some on accident)

My feet hurt

Anyway at Pancake Manor now wahoo

[neuroticbookworm]

For the character ask, Kiyoi from UK

Oh ho ho, my messy child who’s in love with my other, more feral, messy child.

How I feel about this character

I want to study him under a microscope. He’s my little research project I wanna carry around in my pocket even if he’s radioactive and will actively poison me. My Utsukushii Kare watch experience is definitely up there in the top 10 of my list of most frustrating yet satisfying media experiences, and it was mainly because I could not figure out what was going on in Kiyoi’s head until the final episode. He’s a well-written, complex character with excellent side-eye game. What’s not to like?!

All the people I ship romantically with this character

I’ve only shipped him with Hira because

Only Hira matches his freak

I don’t want my and the other person’s face clawed off

My non-romantic OTP for this character

This is interesting because most of his friends suck, and also he is bad at making friends. But I watched Utsukushii Kare 2 pretty recently and really enjoyed his interactions with the more experienced and accomplished actor and his colleague, Anna. They’re in similar enough boats that Kiyoi was able to get good advice and share light-hearted banter with her. I enjoyed it!

My unpopular opinion about this character

I did not watch this live so I have no idea what constitutes as unpopular opinion. He’s my enjoyable little mess and I think most people agree

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon

I need him to sign both of them up for therapy.

give me a character ask game

[lesharl-eclair]

just two old men in glaringly bright team colours reminiscing on a past they could have had

[userarmand]

Armand recreating Amadeo in the penthouse

[sharpjay217]

I desperately need Imp and Skizz to convince Etho to pay Phasmophobia with them. He doesn’t need to stream it, I just need to know how he acts when presented with a series of tasks and a ghost.

[squidflavoredsoup]

pony homelander

also this doodle i did of him n my sona

[bread-that-draws]

Flowey’s so funny and has me so fucked up like he’s a talking flower. He tries to kill you upon your first interaction. He is ten years old. He is damaged beyond repair. He’s a flower named Flowey. He’s become friends with every single character. He’s killed all of them countless times. He knows everything about everyone. He doesn’t care anymore. He takes care of his mom when she can’t take care of herself. He’s killed her before. He doesn’t care if you kill her. He thinks she’s trying to replace him. He just wants to be himself again. He wants to destroy everything. He hates you. You’re the only one who understands him. He wants his best friend back. He’s terrified of them. He believes in kill or be killed because he died by giving mercy to the wrong person. He believes himself to be the wrong person. He doesn’t understand when you show him that kindness he showed others, even when you know he could kill you for it. He’s tried every route. He asks you if you have anything better to do when you try to do the same. He’s a direct reflection of the player. He’s a fucking talking flower named flowey and his only voice line is by Ronald McDonald and his officially licensed plush does a little dance for you

[cuntmand]

514 year-old ipad kid armand CONFIRMED!

[creantzy]

Defying God - a parallel between Fyolai and Stavrovensky

The Demons brainrot is taking over, and you know what happens when I acquire a new interest: my brain WILL find a way to connect it to my other interests, whether I like it or not!! And this is essentially what it's about xD I've come here to present a parallel I found between Fyolai (Fyodor & Nikolai from BSD) and Stavrovensky (Verkhovensky & Stavrogin from "Demons" by Dostoevsky). Before I start I want to clarify a few things:

• I don't think these two pairings are similar, I just love picking up any crumbs of connections I can find between my interests, even if it'd count as reaching.

• This interpretation (in either character's case) is in no way "the only true way of looking at it". It's merely one interpretation out of many and I chose to focus on just a few aspects out of the many others there are to explore in these complex characters. 

• Feel free to add onto or disagree with anything I say! I'm interested in your thoughts :D

WARNING: There will be spoilers for Bungou Stray Dogs and Demons.

The reason Nikolai wants to kill Fyodor is because he feels affection for him. Emotions are a prison to him, and he basically seeks the opposite of what his emotions make him want to do. Thus, in the face of affection, which makes you want to be closer and wish the best for your friend, he does the opposite and decides to kill said friend, going directly against his feelings in an attempt to prove free will. But here I want to focus more on the "You want to defy God in order to lose sight of yourself" part, specifically the bit about God.

One part of my interpretation is that Nikolai associates God with control. If there is a God who controls all, how can there be a free will? He wants to go against Him and His creations (the human mind, morality, etc.) to prove that it's possible. But God is very abstract - the idea of God is influential but varies depending on cultures, etc. For this point, I'll use the example of the biblical God, or, more specifically, some attributes commonly assigned to the idea of God:

• omnipotence (all-powerful)

• omnipresence (all-present)

• omniscience (all-knowing)

What I am leading up to is the fact that these traits can, in one way or another, be applied to Fyodor. Fyodor's character represents everything Nikolai wants to defy. Nikolai hates control; he wants to fight the idea of God and prove the possibility of complete independence. Fyodor (though not in a "direct" way) could be seen as a symbol for God. He knows everything, he is always present (metaphorically and sometimes literally, the way he spawns sometimes I swear-), and he seems to control everything. Only few people actually see him, but he pulls the strings behind the scenes, and his power is felt everywhere. For Nikolai, to kill Fyodor is not just a protest against his feelings of affection, but can also be a symbolic act of defying "God", of killing "God", by killing Fyodor.

This is supposed to be very symbolic and not taken literally. I feel the need to repeat this because I personally dislike the notion of Fyodor as a literal God (and disagree with the idea of him having a God-complex), so this is merely about the God-like traits he possesses, like a "substitute" for the idea of God, and how it interacts with Nikolai's philosophy. (I've also exaggerated some points for the sake of simplification - for example, I don't actually believe Fyodor is in control of absolutely everything, etc.)

Moving onto Demons:

Pyotr Verkhovensky grew up religious and (assuming based on Stepan's description) with a fear of God.

Now he's an atheist and very anti-religious. He plans to overthrow society, and destroying religion + everything it preaches is part of that plan. But interestingly enough, he picks not himself as the official future "ruler", but someone else: Nikolai Stavrogin. He chooses Stavrogin to be the role of the leader in Verkhovensky's ideal society. But not exactly the "leader" in the traditional sense, because he wouldn't necessarily give Stavrogin all the power. He would simply use him as a "pawn" (for lack of a better word) while himself pulling the strings behind said society. With that, Verkhovensky puts someone else above himself, in a God-like position, but he wants to do it while still keeping full control over Stavrogin. By doing so, he would overcome his childhood fear of God because instead of being controlled by God, *he* will control God.

(Same case here, not the literal God, but the character who he assigns God-like traits to.)

I am undecided (with both Nikolai's and Verkhovensky's character) whether this could be read as a solely subconscious intention or if it would make sense as a conscious one as well. Given that both have a different "main" goal (Nikolai focuses on emotions and Verkhovensky on the revolution) I lean more towards thinking it's subconscious (if present at all - like I said, just interpretations!)

It doesn't help that Verkhovensky describes his vision of Stavrogin's leadership as "hidden": Everyone believes in him and his power, but only very few people are said to actually have laid their eyes upon him. When I first read this part, I was honestly reminded of Big Brother from Orwell's 1984, but eventually realised that similar things can be said about God as well.

While these are parallels, they don't come without differences. Nikolai needs Fyodor dead, Verkhovensky needs Stavrogin alive. Nikolai wants to kill Fyodor for a sense of freedom, Verkhovensky wants to keep Stavrogin for a sense of control. Yet both symbolic goals are bound to fail:

Fyodor turns out to be unkillable, and Stavrogin ends up dead.

At the end, "God" stays untouchable.

[sleeptaken]

he's just vibing.

[ceaselesswatchersspecialboy]

Billposting because I can’t get enough of this freak.

[mobius-m-mobius]

#so unserious 😂💖

[shanimations]

Vidow on the brain (they are eating away at it please send help)

[mingjoes]

We're partners, after all.

Cosmetic Playlover コスメティック・プレイラバー dir. Shindo Takehiro