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you know that post thats like you need to understand the rules of something before you can meaningfully break them? you need to understand the rules of classic tragedy to understand how genshin is purposefully breaking them with furina.
i've seen ppl complaining that furina doesn't have agency and should've stayed an archon when like. first of all, thats the point, tragic heroes don't. doomed by the narrative, all that shit. this is why a lot of tragedies use prophecies, which genshin references as well. like not even getting into how furina is playing off little mermaid narrative, its hard to miss that she's opera themed.
but where it starts subverting the genre, is that furina KNOWS she is a tragic hero. she is given the choice at the very start, focalors told her that she will need to suffer and PERFORM in order to finally save fontaine from the prophecy. Furina is a tragic hero who is given knowledge that she IS IN TRAGEDY PLAY and also given AGENCY TO CHOOSE TO PERFORM. bc it's not a single choice at the start, she has to keep choosing it again and again every day, the game focuses heavily on her distress and she could break the role at any moment, but she doesn't. there are so many moments of game showing her conflict! her confrontation with neuvillette, her grief in Poisson, her wavering at the traveller's offer bc it can be a loophole, then the trial, where she went all the way, where she put her hand into primordial water, thinking it will dissolve her. like! she had so many moments where it would be understandable for her to break, but she didn't, she stayed true, and it was not easy for her at all. that was a choice, a dedication that she had to make again and again, and it only became harder and harder
but where genshin really gets into breaking tragedy rules, is that it lets its tragic hero cheat death using the rules of tragedy itself. this is why i referenced an essay on classic greek tragedy here, because in tragedy, gods have absolute power, but they are also immutable, unable to change, while humans are weak and fickle, but they CAN grow and change. as an essay says, tragic hero achieves something like divinity in a moment his face solidifies into an unchangeable mask, and that moment is death.
fontaine arc is breaking the tragedy rules without disrespecting them, because it does not diminishes the sacrifice and heavy price of death, but instead allows furina to escape bc in the moment when she should have died, focalors put herself into spotlight instead, and she already had an unchangeable death mask of divinity. and her death, her sacrifice allowed furina to achieve greater agency to choose to live how she wants. she escaped the tragedy! she was saved from the narrative! she's a little mermaid who didn't have to die to receive a human soul.
and tbh saying that furina should have stayed an archon is first, conflating power with agency, and second, disrespecting her own choice, because the game goes to excruciating length to show that she hates ruling and being a movie director makes her happy. furina wanting to self-actualize through art is not somehow lesser than her being a ruler.
#rhine talks#furina#focalors#genshin impact#also this is literally decolonization plotline#its a completely separate conversation#but if you think that Neuvi “stole” Furina's power#when first of all#she never had it actually#second it was his to begin with#and the whole point was that justice had to be enacted on archon first to free fontaine from “original sin”...#like idk what to tell u
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i love spiderman perching in random places. the SpiderMan Sit is a crucial part of how i live.
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bro ain’t foolin nobody w/ that color scheme, the zest fest follows him even in dragon form
Knight.
When your kids go missing, you'll be tearing up the whole multiverse to find them. Right after you prepare yourself ofc.
First Dad up, Next will be the one in red, then purple and orange. Why? Cause Usagi gets a special treatment. U.U
Would you all like it if usagi had just a small army of dragons or became one? I'm personally leaning towards the former cause I think it'd be badass.
Size reference ^^^ I hate keeping consistent sizes as much as I hate doing perspectives and backgrounds-
#gay#teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt#tmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#tmnt crossover#tmnt 2003 leo#it’s literally just the fucking gay flag#like idk what to tell u
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when we’re done with our overwhelming grief we’ll eat i guess
#book 22#im verh drunk#hi#greatest hits#not really sure why this one resonated. are u all ok#is everyone just at the shiva#yall need to stop saying you arent gonna eat then in the tags#i love that a lot of you are getting beautiful things out of this#but some of yall need to know i wrote this while incredibly drunk#this isnt meant to be all that deep this is just shitty iliad posting#more comments like this is just judaism. surprise surprise im jewish#but again this isnt about sitting shiva#this is me drunk talking about the last 3 books of the iliad#idk what to tell u man#legendary warrior
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Im gonna be honest, i watched The Menu last night and all that been on my mind since then is getting a cheeseburger
#dungeon meshi#labru#laois touden#kabru#the art of a lemon wedge#idk what to tell u#like yeah i was stuggling to paint this cause it isnt my full impressionist pallete and i kept tighting up too much when it came#to rendering that i gave up trying to do super serious painting and went back to my old habits#but also#more importantly#i really wanted a cheesburger
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we were sitting on the floor and i was cutting out tiny pictures to make a collage for a friend's birthday. you were on your phone and you laughed about something, and i was still in love with you then, so i asked what had you giggling.
"sorry. i was just..." you took a moment and went back to texting. "i was telling someone about how you're afraid of the dark."
i'm afraid of the dark because something bad happened. "oh." i felt a little slinky of shame crawl down my throat.
you glanced up, and maybe it showed on my face, because you rolled your eyes and held the phone to the side casually so i could see the group chat. "what? was it a secret?"
i looked down to the scissors in my hand. "i just..." no, it's not a secret. it just felt like something private, something serious. saying why would you tell someone that just feels like an accusation. it's unfair. i honestly am not even ashamed of it, it's just a fact about my person that i don't usually share.
what a strange experience. is this a human thing or a generational thing? for our grandparents: did they need to worry about how quickly someone can just... share your personal information? again, i didn't even really have a true objection. what could i say? i want any person in my life to feel they can be honest with their friends. it's not like i said don't tell anyone this.
i cut out another letter to complete the rainbow happy birthday, started hunting for the exclamation mark. i heard you sigh dramatically.
"don't make a big deal about this," you said.
this entire conversation was a pattern for us, and this was when we got to my least favorite part of the pattern. i would get my feelings hurt in some oblique not-technically-terrible way, and then it would be making a big deal about something. you'd get frustrated for me for being soft, but i was born soft. you knew i was soft when you pierced me. it's one of the things that made controlling me so easy.
"i'm not," i felt my voice crack. the question came without my wanting. "why are you guys talking about me?" and why are you saying that thing? why not like - i'm telling them how you're generous and kind and pretty.
you let out this low, tragic groan. "oh my god." you tossed the phone away from your body. "there, see? i just won't talk to them if you don't like it."
the rest of the hour went the way it always went, between us: i said i don't actually mind if you talk to your friends but -, you found a way to call my minor expression of discomfort "being dramatic." you got upset that i had been offended. i ended up apologizing, even though i hadn't actually done anything.
afterwards, you picked up the phone again. after texting for a little bit, you snorted. "okay," you said, "but it is kind of funny you're afraid of the dark. i mean, when you think about it."
#spilled ink#writeblr#i'm trying to write about this really specific and wierd new experience#that i think is specific to the internet generation#where people you trust can just... say whatever??? and while most people are trustworthy#sometimes they'll just like... put ur shit out there????#and the thing is that sometimes it's GOOD - i want you to tell ppl if ur partner is being cruel!!!!!#i want u to be like ''hey is it normal if xyz happens'' ... but stuff like ''she's afraid of the dark''#PARTICULARLY when it's CLEARLY making fun of me....#what is the point of that.#this is huge and complicated and happens outside of romantic relationships too btw#like someone u thought of as a friend will be like . oh did u know she's scared of heights and it's like.#girl why are u fuckin doing that tho?#it's not a SECRET i just ...???????????????????????#and i think that gross feeling of like -- ''i can't REALLY be upset bc there's not a TRUE RULE about this....''#it's just not something talked about. bc it's so specific and yet so complex#bc how could i say like '' this is a violation of trust'' when it... technically I GUESS isn't????????????#idk maybe im just like super sensitive but please tell me in the comments/tags/etc if this is#something u have experienced (a trusted person like spreading ur shit) and if u were cool with it
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sidelong
#my art#jujutsu kaisen#jjk fanart#jujutsu kaisen fanart#jjk art#yuji itadori#fushiguro megumi#itafushi#fushiita#itadori yuuji#megumi fushiguro#i havent drawn a dedicated itfs piece in so long im a fraud dont look at me......................#i offer u pining!yuuji content. as Penance.#i feel like its usually fushiguro emotionally repressed megumi who ppl draw/make content of looking Longingly @ yuuji#and like. for good reason i mean look at him#but i feel like hopelessly-in-love-w-his-best-friend yuuji is a comparatively slept on concept#or maybe im not looking in the right places idk man#fleeting glances and longing stares and I Should Tell Him I Can't Tell Him.....OUgh#anyway i like how the pendulum seems to have hard swung back in2 me using a bunch of red#i feel like my values r so much better now tho n like. god help me im having fun painting again what has happened#it never lasts long but for rn this is probably one of my favourite things ive drawn in a minute!!!#i love u contrast i love u random bits of red i love u harsh shadows and dramatic light sources#and it didnt even take me a week this time !!!!
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hi guyz i made a quiz abt which horror trope/theme i enjoy you are!! cws are in the description so please mind them!
#quizzes#uquiz#thank u that is all#this is just bc i was bored and have been workin more on my horror ocs recently#edit: adding here im not trying 2 diagnose anyone w catholic trauma its a uquiz☠️#if u got that and u cant relate 2 themes of guilt like . sorry ? idk what 2 tell u LOL#this quiz is abt themes/motifs/aesthetics i think r juicy im not passing any judgment abt ur character here bc idk who u are hope this helps
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I'm so sorry you're hurting yourself like this. You're clearly an autistic young woman. I hope you get the help you need ❤️
thank you so much!! i really needed this encouragement. it means so much to hear you call me a woman, especially since im a cisgender male.
i will get the help i need! ill look into hormone replacement therapy and become the beautiful autistic young woman you see inside me!!
#corntent#i cant. i cant breathe oh my gosh#this is so funny#a terf found my acct ig#and im assuming they saw my face from the video i posted earlier today with my really fluffy hair??#and ig they assumed i was afab and a trans guy#holy shit im gonna cry#this is such a major compliment ?!?!?!#i cant even tell what ur trying to say#so you think. i dont. pass. as a guy?#im too feminine to be a guy so i must be a transguy says the terf#also#i did in fact interact with a terf earlier today#only one#i liked one of their posts (by accident. i only realised i liked it looking at the acct who i think sent me this)#and im sure its them. theres nobody else it could be#idk why im not naming and shaming. @terven i know this was you#open your asks or your dms or something i want. i wanna know what u was thinking here LKJDSAFAS
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good morning sifloop nation
#loop is so fucking hard to draw bc I can never tell how I can center the face on their cookie cutter as head#its literally just a pair of eyes and yet it fucks with me every time 😭#idk what came over me bc suddenly im imagining these two freaks in the funniest scenarios for my own pleasure#im not even halfway thru the game yet im still on act 2 bc I havent been able to play it in a while#genuinely though I am curious as to how ppl would go about describing how u would kiss loop. this isnt even a jab at anyone#in fact I admire whoever pushed their imagination to the limits to find a way to make loop kissable in ways science cannot explain#and other fun activities#I think itd be funny for them to do 7 minutes in heaven bc normally 2 ppl go in to smooch or whatever in the closet#in their case two of them go in but only one of them comes out alive. bc theyre like that#are they fighting or are they fucking. the answer is up to you#sifloop#myart#my art#in stars and time#isat#isat fanart#isat loop#isat Siffrin#Siffrin#loop#doodles#shitpost
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ok now make bpd jake
okay anon here's the alternate comic or wtv . so obssesive Jake!!
#dirkjake#dirk strider#jake english#toxic yaoi#homestuck#bpd jake#ive been informed this isnt actually bpd tho#which like. okay. its based around my own experience dude so idk what to tell u#but if u dont think its bpd then its not#label it as whatever u want#godlessyaoi
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#dcmk#detective conan#dunno what chap it was but its from when uh#conan gets shot and he's talking w heiji at the hospital#n heiji's just like yeah idk man if my ass got shrinked i'd tell kazuha so maybe u should tell ran about your whole thing#and conan's like hmm. perhamps i shall.....#but then haibara pulls up and gently pushes him back into his little repression cave n_n
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hiii half-assed volleyball au doods
#can u tell i got tired halfway thru drawing these#anyways LASWELL IN A TRACK SUIT LIKE WHATTTT#also idk why but no matter what color i put Alex in.. he looks more like a basketball player AHSHASH??? I DID MY BEST??#my art#2023#call of duty#call of duty: modern warfare#call of duty: modern warfare ii#call of duty: modern warfare iii#cod#codmw#codmwii#codmwiii#mw2#mw3#tf141#task force 141#art#fanart#digital art#digital drawing#sketch#doodle#cod volleyball au#activision#video games#ghost cod#soap cod#price cod#gaz cod
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breaking my silence, HATE when fanon or canon or canon fanon depicts all aspects of Vulcan culture as miserable for everyone involved. like it was miserable for Spock because he was half-human and gave himself no grace whatsoever.... that doesn't have to mean it doesn't, like, work out pretty ok for other Vulcans. Star Trek is "humanistic" sometimes to a fault because embrace the alien-ness of this worldbuilding YOU made, damn it!!!! Anyway
#not to say u cant explore Vulcan culture that DOES suck cus that IS always super interesting - but like idk#im in the Star Trek universe on Star Trek Instagram telling off my mom for being human-centric. thats where I'm at thats what this is.#star trek
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every time someone makes a point to say that "Marinette doesn't wear makeup, she isn't like other girls" I want to SIGH because not only does Marinette Actually Wear Makeup in canon, it is exhausting that it is 2023 and people are still doing the "not like other girls" thing
#i understand personal preferences#and like yes death to the capitalistic makeup industry#but she literally wears eyeliner and mascara in canon and eyeshadow as well in the movie#idk what to tell u#text post#idk why this specific detail bothers me so much#some girls do in fact like makeup as a fun way to express themselves#this is still super prevalent in fics today for some reason.
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morrigan mansplaining elvhen culture while playing as lavellan hits so close to home (ily morrigan but this is not it 😭)
#dragon age#dragon age inquisition#lavellan#inquisitor lavellan#solas dragon age#solas#morrigan dragon age#solavellan#of sorts lol#do u know how many times white ppl tried to mansplain my own culture to me lmaooooo it’s embarrassing i tell you#they’ll be like oh i know more about you bc im well educated and i learned a lot while living here and im like bro are u serious#so whenever i get to this part of da:i im like oh god here we go again#b4 u come for solas he gets an exception bc he’s literally elvhen idk what to tell u it’s literally his culture too so let him be#warden is like morrigan im enrolling u to racial/culture sensitivity classes bc girliepop this is not helping anyone#hey it’s my art
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