#kiss a monster

[just-some-trans-nobody]

Things are expensive I wish I had a werewolf sugardaddy to buy me things

[dunmeshistash]

One of the things I really appreciate about Dungeon Meshi is how the text is so clearly full of love for animals. Like the true kind of love Laios feels for the monster where he wants to know everything about them, but most of all he respects them and loves them as animals.

One of the chapters I can't stop thinking about is the one about Anne the Kelpie. It's kind of impressive how well it illustrates the different kind of love people have for animals. And how someone that loves an animal isn't necessarily an animal lover. If that makes sense.

When Senshi calls out Anne what he says is "Don't worry Anne's Harmless" but she isn't, she's a wild animal.

Marcille immediately reacts positively about it thinking it's cute she accepts the treat Senshi has for her. And hers and Chilchuck's reaction to Senshi wanting to cross the river on her back is more surprise while Laios immediately realizes how bad of an idea it is.

But Laios is the animal monster lover so how come when he finally is faced with a "docile" monster he doesn't react positively like the others? Marcille even calls him a monster. That's because Laios loves monsters, and Senshi loves Anne.

I've seen this attitude around me several times, where people love a specific animal but what they love is their idea of that animal, they don't really know them because they don't love the animal part of them.

It becomes a "this one is special because I love them" that can quickly become an issue for the animal as much as it is for the person. It's something unfortunate I see time and time again irl.

Anne wasn't wicked, Anne wasn't mean, Anne didn't trick him. Anne was a wild animal and Senshi loved her as Anne but not as a kelpie.

She acted on instinct, maybe she did love Senshi in the way kelpies can love, but animals are still animals and must be respected and treated as such. Climbing on top of Anne's back was the equivalent of putting your arm inside a alligator's mouth, the mouth is gonna close because that's what they're designed to do.

The real life equivalent I see the most of "I love this animal but I don't love the animal part of them" is with dogs. If you insist on loving an animal without acknowledging they ARE an animal they might hurt you, you might hurt them, it will only end in grief.

The best way you can love an animal is by understanding they're an animal.

That is all to say I don't mean that the love Senshi felt for Anne wasn't real or that it's all his fault. He couldn't have known with the information he had and unfortunately it came down to the worst outcome.

I just love dungeon meshi dearly.

[bluegiragi]

aware (part 2)

early access + nsfw on patreon

[egophiliac]

A guy who just wake up from a coma -> what did i miss?

Pomefiore was the last plot i follow before real life made me forget about our silly boys. How bad has the plot become now for our gang? Also who is that Gojo looking guy?

anon, I am so sorry and I mean this in the best way, but I do think episode 5 is the absolute funniest place to have stopped following Twst because shit starts escalating SO fast after that. episode 6 literally starts with a secret government shadow agency breaking down our doors and kidnapping students. zero to a million instantly.

and like...that's not even the zaniest thing so far? Ortho's hacked into the collective human unconscious. there's time travel (sort of). "Crowley might be Malleus' long-lost father" is a serious theory. if you'd told me any of this back pre-episode 6, I would have asked for the link to this unbelievable but highly intriguing fanfic.

also, episode 7 gave us (and then immediately took away 😔) the best character in the whole story:

[spookypookiesthings]

THAT SHOULD BE ME!

[ionomycin]

Swim free

[kabukiaku]

head scratches for terzo's favorite ghoul....

[nya-ppai]

slime girl kiss

[missfanfiktionowner]

Since they've finished filming it's time to bring these important gifs up again.

Monster next door pilot

The kiss that shocked a lot of people, being in the PILOT TRAILER of all things. I hope we'll see more of where that came from.

These two have great chemistry from what we've seen, so I'm hesitantly hopeful.

[pharawee]

How to have sex carefully in tent. I'm ready. Can we do it?

—MONSTER NEXT DOOR · Episode 9

[valeovalairs]

this is totally how tmk ended guys wdym

[just-some-trans-nobody]

I want a giant to gently hold me in their hands while placing soft kisses on me as they whisper praises to me. I think it would be very therapeutic.

[lustlovehart]

Warnings: Spiders, Murder (through suffocation), Obsession, Kissing (not on lips)

Despite Skully’s insestance on smothering your arm with affection, you hesitantly look behind him. A webbed figure fighting within the threads, muffled screams the only proof of your suspicions.

“Skully… Did you—?”

“He said you were a criminal.” the feeling of fleeting kisses on your skin disappear, only bright blank eyes staring into you. “Went on about finding justice…” it feels like hundreds of tiny legs crawl up your body. You might very well be imagining it, but it feels too real. “I couldn’t let him deface you like that…!”

“It would’ve been okay—“ the feeling of lithe fingers find themself in your face, no longer gentle but much harsher as Skully posses your head. It’s only a few seconds when he leans his forehead on yours yet it feels much longer.

“It wouldn’t be okay. Not at all.” The muffled gasps increase into screams from your co-worker. You’re quick to pry off Skully’s fingers, running to the man in webs. Your fingers dig into the thread, desperately pulling for his freedom. “… It won’t work.” You fall to your knees, still pulling at each string. The hunters cries drown out the slow steps Skully takes toward you. When he finally reaches, his shadow looms over, each arm and leg a reminder of his bloodline.

“Skully you have to stop…!” He doesn’t budge from the floor, only watching as the breaths within the trap lessen, until there’s no sign of life.

“I don’t know why you won’t listen to me. He was being an idiot…” his hands massage your shoulders for a moment. When you don’t reply to him in the voice he adores, he removes his comfort, only placing his chin on your limb. The way six eyes stare back at you, only unnerve you more. “You deserve better than that.”

“And what would that better be, Skully?”

He opens his mouth a smile on his face, ready to reply, before he stops. He closes his lips, moving his forehead to where his chin once resided, no longer looking at you.

He was so ready to tell you, before remembering something much crueler than any kind of murder.

You deserve better.

And with the way you look at him with so much fear, there’s no possibility the he is your better.

… But anybody else, everybody else, is not deserving of you. He’ll make you realize that.

You feel all his limbs wrap around you one last time, consuming each beat of your heart like it’s his last meal. The pinch of his pincers in your neck make you jolt at the pain, softly soothed by the feeling of Skully pecking the skin with chapped lips.

“Don’t worry, I won’t let them harm you.” You’re not sure if he means emotionally or physically but… the smile on his lips tells you it’s both.

[bluegiragi]

hoard - part 2 (full comic on patreon)

[barblaz-arts]

Have you read the Wednesday season one novel? If not, do you intend to?

@griffinborn Yes I have already seen the excerpts that included wenclair stuff. i'm already drawing the dumbwaiter scene smfhwlfkeulreuiwe

[forcebook]

Monster Next Door (2024) Pilot trailer.