#its real grim

[enbyandevil]

ill be real this is kinda what i feared would happen with the constant child imagery being brought up when talking about "saving" villains

it feels as if by the end horikoshi turns to the audience and says "all of these hurt people who were shunned by society had to die. there was no way for them to live on. but dont worry! some abused kids might get saved now!" and it rings so hollow. what about adult villains still out there? if anything, the previous chapter gave me the impression that heroes are only going to get tougher on crime now. it feels like bnha is saying that if you dont get saved as a child you are a lost cause and it sucks especially with toga. because she was a child still. she was 17 when she died. but apparently thats too old for horikoshi to imagine her having a life worth saving.

[anbaisai]

Couldn't unsee Aira's hair as literally pink Azul hair so I had to make this once episode 10 of Dandadan dropped

[sxlamima]

Idia please stop being me...

[novadreii]

new deadpool movie is just. hey, i'm deadpool, and i'm breaking the 4th wall! every 4 seconds! also: here's a vague critique of a Big Corporate Bad. oh and a meme. you like that, don't you? isn't that funny? are you laughing harder than you've ever laughed in your life, you fuck? are you pissing yourself laughing???

[perenlop]

i want to make more standalone non fandom ocs but the issue is that i always wanna worldbuild and i am Not Good at it

[vhvrs]

second goth/prep cartoon crack ship proposition

[ssaltlicker]

Unfortunately vi and caitlyn are already in my brain dollhouse. Whatever happens in s2 is of no consequence, they live inside my brain dollhouse now.

[itz-pandora]

Questions for your Main AU Grim and Lanolin: Grim: How are you still alive, and why? What was your inspo. for your outfit? Why do you wanna commit Regicide? And who's the king/queen again? Lanolin: How did you meet Grim, and what made you join him? What was your life before now? What do you think of Zuri and how fast she was recrutied? You seemed in disbelief when you first saw the scene (refering to this post), so what was up with that? Okay Im done now-

Grim's asks:

Q1

"I've been researching this crystal for a long time, and it's unusual properties. Immortality in exchange for energy, which is a pretty fair deal if you ask me! I have a lot of other gems to tamper with, so I've been able to find a good energy distribution system to keep myself stable."

Q2

(OOC) I don't remember the inspo I used, but it's not too off from what I'd imagine Soleanna's fashion to be like. Of course, the royals and upper class have different clothes (and Babylonians are a whole different thing)

Q3

"I've been at odds with the royal family before the current king and queen inherited the throne. I've wanted the Sol Emeralds for over a century, and they know that. I want to research them, but they're locked away. Not to mention the boredom that comes with age. There's only so many magical crystals and artifacts I can get my hands on, and there's only so much I'm able to research. I like to spice things up a bit from time to time!"

(I just made these designs for this ask! Current ideas for names are Inferno the Caracal, and Char/Cinder the Cat. I'm indecisive about her name.)

Lanolin asks:

Q4

"He's actually my uncle. Well, more like a great-grand uncle? He's been around for a long time, I can't remember how many generations. My parents kept him at somewhat of a distance, because of his quirks... But I've known him since I was a baby. I was never afraid of him."

Q5

"Before my parents died, I was definitely happier. Of course, I'm forever grateful that uncle Grim took me in, but it's not the same. I miss my parents, even though they weren't perfect."

Q6

"Grim is always impulsive, seeing him be eager to recruit someone isn't what's shocking. I'm just surprised anyone would want to work for him!"

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

What if I was insane again about the first thing Alpha Grim Sonic hearing when Nine creates him is his purpose—that he is Nine's friend?

Friendship as a concept in Prime is handled interestingly among its main characters. As Sonic (who thinks he knows a lot about friendship) comes to deepen his understanding of what it means to have a home/be home, I think it's safe to say his definition of friendship develops along with it. Compare this to Nine, who's learned everything he knows about "friendship" and personal relationships in general through his relationship with Sonic (at least, after his childhood of bullying).

So of course I think about Nine, who never wants to be hurt again, yet can no longer bear feeling alone (not after feeling that sense of companionship and belonging with someone else), which results in him creating a warped version of friendship for himself (one where he is surrounded by people, but people who only do whatever he wants, who have no opinions and thoughts of their own, who can't backstab him). And so I think about Alpha Grim Sonic, who is the very first robot Nine creates under this idea of frienship and companionship.

Nine is his master, and Alpha Grim Sonic is his protector, his bodyguard, his weapon

But he's also his friend.

Alpha Grim Sonic doesn’t talk back (can't even if he wanted to), but his purpose has always been clear to him: be Nine's friend. That's what he was created to be.

So I imagine Alpha Grim Sonic performing his purpose to the T at first under Nine's framework. He's Nine's friend, so he does whatever Nine commands, he never talks back or challenges authority, he protects Nine at all cost. And then, perhaps unbeknownst to Nine, he begins to shift ever so gradually. Sure, he's never insubordinate, he never offers up opinions, he still can't speak, but the lines of devotion begin to blur.

Is it in his code? Is out of a real sense of feeling?

Alpha Grim Sonic does not understand friendship, no matter whether it believes it does or not. But it's ironic to me if, despite being created under Nine's warped idea of it, the robot slowly grows their own soul, witnesses other displays of frienship and care, and drifts outside the bounds of that idea (a carefully crafted painting begins to leak out of its frame, expanding the masterpiece). They protect Nine, they do only what he commands, and yet they hate to see Nine in pain, they wish to bring Nine comfort (and so it feels good to him when Nine commands him to do such things that might bring his master comfort).

Does this make any sense? To believe that friendship means to hold one person on a pedestal, to protect them, to only listen to them, to never talk back, to never have opinions, and yet, despite believing what your creator tells you of friendship with them (your very purpose in this existence), to slowly fall further into those feelings that true care and love for another person brings, to wish to comfort someone the way one might describe a true friend would, despite not realizing any of this.

[3416]

Everytime people discuss who should be in the leadership group and start writing fanfiction about how Mitch doesn't deserve anything and doesn't do anything for the leafs, actually, I just think about this article and wonder how we got here. I think he could be captain- I actually think he could be a great one. But I guess we'll never know https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2469915/2021/03/25/mitch-marner-ohl-season/

reading that just made me so fucking emotional. i honestly think it would translate into great captaincy in the nhl too... he just happens to be on a team with auston matthews, so i get WHY it's like this (still.. if there was ever a modern case for co-captains but. too late now ig) but. i hate to say it's not the right market bc it's not his fault that this market is so fucking volatile and stupid so often, lmfao. like. he says things the same as anyone and i'll firmly defend that to death. i hate when people say even lovingly 'no he shouldnt do that' or 'i wish hed stop talking to them' like no, fuck you, lol. it's the temperament in toronto that's the fucking issue and more people should be seriosuly talking abt it and calling it out in the main journalists so they can be shamed and maybe learn responsibility. it's stripping so many of our players and staff from ever letting an ounce of personality or anything personal show whatsoever. it makes it so much less fun and WAY less marketable. it's just obnoxious to me, but mitch marner is someone who has SO MUCH leadership presence too.... like in 22-23 when HE was this team's mvp and the team was coming together to try to make stuff happen for him???? it echoes auston's chase for 70 so much. there's that other great article from a couple yrs ago abt mitch and auston and their personality differences but how both are leading the team and it's just so true. they're natural born leaders but even more than that, their work ethic and accountability to themselves is insane, you can just see it. i'm so sad we live with this era of social media as leaf fans sometimes bc it's genuinely so hostile and obnoxious to try to participate in, lol. mitch can be loud and knows how to point out when stuffs wrong and wants to work to fix it and hold ppl accountable. but on the same hand, he also wants everyone to feel like THEY can talk if they need to and that they're welcome there and valued as people and that's just like. a beautiful personality trait to have. that locker room would not be half of what it is without him, idec, lmao.

[peachypiichi]

life and death pack so good it has me opening a google doc to meticulously document my silly lore that no one else but me would read

[grimalkinmessor]

Derealization is a bitch but honestly to me it feels like I live my life in a constant state of derealization to cope and the only soul-crushing part is the occasional resurface to reality where I realize "Oh my GOD, I EXIST???"

[accala]

Rereading banana fish and seeing the original WTC made me realize that Eiji and Sing probably witnessed 9/11 considering that Eiji immigrated to the US 7-9 years later as a photographer in NYC.

[unganseylike]

just got extremely emotional and teary about my dog who died over a year ago. meanwhile my savta is in the active process of dying

[kettle-flakes]

so was anyone gonna tell me that mizuki feeds his body parts to the doctor to keep them alive, or was i just meant to find that out myself?

[nomaishuttle]

aughhhhh i wish i had books 2 read i wanna read books so bad rn 🤓 <- i look like this. 2 pictures of me 👇