#my son ... he's grown so much ...

[not-with-you-but-of-you]

You wanted to come over! I have to get back to work. || Can we talk again? Yeah, I’d like that.

[windstir]

i am so sick he looks so much older

[dawnsedits]

I come here today as a representative of two worlds - the land and the sea. And I stand here as proof that change is coming to both. And I'm calling for global unity for a global crisis, to finally bring harmony between us and the natural balance of our world.

+ Bonus:

[solargeist]

watcher grian WILL go through the horrors of girlhood

[afterlife-2004]

[feanoryen]

I may not like Finwë but he deserves to be so angry that Thingol that he'd genuinely be willing to commit a kinslaying himself.

Honestly, I do think Finwë x Elwë is cute. It really is, but notice how I said Elwë, who wanted to go to Valinor simply because Finwë wanted to go there, even if the reason Finwë wanted to go there was for Míriel (which is painfully ironic, both Finwë & Elwë ended up betraying the person they were initially so devoted to).

Thingol on the other hand clearly isn't Elwë anymore. He rejected that name, he rejected Finwë's family (which might as well have been a rejection of Finwë himself since he died loving Míriel & her descendants more than he loved his own life), and stole the very thing Finwë's favorite son made that Finwë died trying to protect.

He can and WOULD be enraged over how Thingol treated the Fëanorians even before C&C stirred shit up.

Finwë feeling so betrayed by Elwë and despising the person Thingol became so much that he beats Thingol to a bloody pulp and goes to give Fëanor a comforting hug while his hands are still covered in Thingol's blood... is something helps me sleep at night.

[ozlices]

nintendo het baiting w sidon and his fiancee only to pull the gayest shit ive seen in a While by having sidon renew his vows w link (they got married at the end of ruta’s quest in botw. obviously. clearly.) and giving him a power that lets him ‘stay by his side forever’. i see you husbands i am so glad your marriage is thriving. good for them. good for them. they also both have two hands for anyone who wants to pull any nonsense im js. there is room for yona she just has to understand link has held sidon’s heart for years first.

[todayisafridaynight]

i cant capture it in a single picture but the pain and agony i felt watching this shit in front of my very eyes. this was evil <- needs every frame of it in a museum

[ladyicepaw]

[hungryriverbeast]

thanks minty

update of my early access meme vvv

(EA shadowheart was a lil meaner lol)

[tamaotomoe]

an observation/character study of pisces tamao's story and developments from arcana arcadia -> star celebrate, along with my interpretations. note that a decent amount of these is just taken from some loose threads i made on twitter a while back, this is just the expanded version of it.

or: bro who knows and fell into utter despair and embraced wanton destruction and the power it gave her now chooses to embrace her innate love and compassion in spite of what she once did 💀💀💀💀💀

revue of salvation and rebirth, or tamarui revue at the end of aa act 5 concludes with rui having to basically beat into tamao that the death she's emulating, a being something like maya, or akira, is not who she is. the tamao tomoe that gave rinmeikan, and all of them, life, is someone who is sweet, kind and compassionate. tamao is scared to go back to that again, something that she deemed weak, but she chose that path in the end.

tamao became a villainous death out of desperation. she’s done so much. but she still has the choice to embrace her kindness. she will always have the choice. in spite of the death she once was, she can move on and grow past it through the kindness she chose.

and i think, in her star celebrate story (pisces) is when we first see how she wields this kindness and compassion.

the tl:dr of it is that tamao's stuck on how to perform her role and asks mahiru for help. star celebrate is a play without a script and it's up to the actors to interpret their roles. the story of pisces is about the goddess aphrodite who was holding a banquet at the banks of the nile, when the monster typhon suddenly appears and attacks. fearing being separated from her child, eros, she ties a string between them and disguises themselves as fish, and this is how pisces came to be. tamao has already come up with something, but...

it feels too simple for her. after a while nighttime falls and mahiru and tamao try to find pisces. and then, mahiru speaks up.

mahiru asks tamao to look within herself. introspection of the self, i suppose. and at the end, here is what tamao's interpretation becomes.

a mother who loves her child, binds herself to him, but understands that one day, the string that ties them together must be cut, and the child must make a journey all on his own. but as per her mother's love, she hopes that it is not her, but her child that severs it. if it is the child that severs, then she knows not to worry, as it shows that her child has the strength and courage to face the future head on.

what i believe this is, interpret this as, is tamao's feelings between her, and ruiyukko.

it was often brought up in previous stories how much tamao fussed and worried over everyone in rinmeikan, but rui and yuyuko especially, because they're her juniors, and the ones who will inherit the rmk performance department.

tamao and ruiyukko are very much tied up in their roles as "senior" and "junior", "lord" and "follower". so even if it was not tamao's intention, it's those ties that would have them still follow her as death, willingly (rui) or unwillingly (yuyuko). perhaps she realized this. perhaps she too has come to the conclusion that they must move on from this, set off on a journey on their own, a philosophy similar to the movie.

it's obvious she cares for them, a lot. but if she is to see them flourish as stage girls, make a journey of their own, she has to cut what ties them together. but it is her innate compassion that dictates and hopes, that it will not be her that cuts these ties, it has to be rui and yuyuko that cuts them. to sever it herself would be cruelty. but she cannot care for them forever, as an unchanging stasis will lead to their deaths as stage girls. they will not grow. so wielding her compassion and love, she gives them the choice.

if rui and yuyuko choose to sever, then tamao need not worry or fuss over them as she did in the past. if they show her the courage and strength needed to make that choice, then she knows that they will be fine for what lies ahead.

tl:dr : look at my son boy. he who knew the power of death and despair once but grew to choose and believe in her compassion and love as her power. Look At How My Son Has Grown, Boy.

[hella1975]

your sokka is SO sokka and i say this as someone who holds him so dear ur writing of him is amazing. tbh im sooo fussy with his portrayal but its pretty nailed. like so many fics (esp zukka and zuko centric and ESPECIALLY ones where hakoda like adopts zuko) he's constantly pushed to the side in favour of zukos issues and zukos problems when in reality sokka is very hurt himself and has suffered a lot. man i GET taob sokka i really do bc people seem to think he was a lil mean but nobody seems to realise when you're in sokkas position it would've read like everyone was against you. all the swt men, including his dad who snapped at him, and even katara and aang and suki tell him to give zuko a chance and the fact that they were trusting someone who had hurt all of them so much- because yes WE know zuko wouldn't have killed them, but the gaang didn't. not when they were being chased and terrorised, and when sokka had his trust betrayed in the prison, he had absolutely every right to hate zuko, esp when it felt like everyone who he thought would understand his feelings, including his own dad who had been hiding his relationship with zuko from him, seems against him. his conversation with hakoda was probably my favourite scene in taob just bc he was allowed to feel like that without being treated by the narrative as someone just being mean to poor little zuko. he gets to be a sourpuss and angry and jealous at zuko for feeling like hed been replaced by his own dad. all of the water tribe men get this treatment like they're not written as bad people for being wary or disliking zuko initially (even chena despite being enemy no.1 at the start). his convo with hakoda was so important bc it stressed the detail that yes zuko has suffered and deserves to be cared for but SOKKA is his son, his actual child who is so hard on himself for things out of his control and who has hurt so much and deserves just as much as zuko does. sokka is just a baby my boy. he's not the main character but he's just as complex and intricate as zuko, not just in taob but also for the times we have seen him in tams there's been keen detail to his emotion and how he's feeling pointed out

me rn

[ardentpoop]

oh btw dean/garth and dean/aaron and dean/ronald nightshifter supremacy

[mangk0]

genuinely how could anyone watch atreus's transformations with a straight face. LIKE. LOOK AT MY SON. LOOK AT HIM GO. DO YOU HEAR HIS THEME IN THE BACKGROUND. THATS MY BOY HELL FUCKING KILL YOU RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHGHGHHGG

istg ive watched the one where he saves sindri SO MANY TIMES AND I CHEER HIM ON LITERALLY EVERY TIME

[britneyshakespeare]

10 words every girl wants to hear

"jared, you have been evicted from the big brother house."

[ywpd-translations]

Ride 719: The start of the Inter High qualifiers!!

Pag 5

1: Sorry for the wait, in fifteen minutes, at 10 o' clock, the qualifiers for the Inter High of the prefecture of Chiba, here at the gate before the beach of Kamogawa

2: will start!!

They're here!!

4: Yeah.... sorry, sorry

Pag 6

1: A ra-ra-race, so suddenly!? And what's more, the important qualifiers

Ah- ah- uhm, ah the helmet, the helmet, where is it, teh

Come on, come on, calm down- you're holding it in your left hand

2: I just heard the announcer saying “start”, Kinaka-kun

They're starting, seriously!?

Calm down, it's in fifteen minutes; now it's the tine to line up at the starting line

Let's go, Rokudai

That's why....

3: Sorry for the wait....

4: You seem to be in a hurry, so I brought these, here!!

5: Ka-Ka- Kanzaki-senpai!!

Aj- ah-yes!

Pag 7

1: Thank you so much!! -teh!!

To- to- today we'll work hard until the end of our strengths, thank you so much!!

Yeah... you're so impressive, first years

And.... so nervous

2: Ah- ah-

Ah-

She's my senpai as a “manager”.....

3: You said.... “brought”?

5: The jersey with your number bibs

Waa, waaa, thank you so much, teh

Waaaa

By the way, numbers bibs are are something that's meant to be put on by yourself!!

Pag 8

1: Th- thank you

Hurry, put it.... uhm....

3: Wear them, and run

5: They're the jerseys of the Sohoku's members

Pag 10

1: Hurry up, there's no time

I underestand that nervousness very well, too!!

2: Of course you're nervous, you're running in the qualifiers with the same jersey as them

3: The jersey I.... longed for....

My obejctive.....

4: I can wear it? Me!! Now!!

5: Excuse me!!

Pag 11

1: This.... I'll wear this, and.....

2: run together with Back-gate-slope-senpai....!!

3: I feel so honred.... and I might feel inadequate, but

4: I'll run in the race!!

5: Now, zip it up!!

The magic of that jersey is that it makes you nervous but it also gives you strength!!

Pag 12

1: They're here!!

3: It's Sohoku!!

Pag 13

1: Waaaaa!

It's last year's champions!

The two-times champions!!

They're here, Sohoku!!

Last year's winners, Sohoku High School, arrived at the start line!!

Amazing!

They're not just Chiba's two-times champions, they're national champions!

Incredible!

Sohoku! Sohoku!

Nice!!

2: Kakaka, they got all excited as soon as we get here!!

Thanks a lot, I'm Naruko Shoukichi!!

Naruko!

Redhead!!

3: Thanks a lot, I'll do great today, too!!

Look forward to my flashy running!

That redhead guy is fun!

4: I'm excited

Onodaa!!

Onoda-kun is so cute!!

5: Kashiwahigashi- well, do your best!

Makuhari- don't give up!

Don't just assume we're gonna lose!!

Pag 14

1: We have to breakthrough this race

Yeah

2: Sohokuuu!!

Win!

I mean, of course they'll take the top goal....

Honestly, aren't they unmatched?

Yeah

3:If we lose here, there'll be no Inter High

Winning for sure, no, we never know what's going to happen, that's road racing

4: Yes

Three years ago....

5: Sometimes I remember that day....

Pag 15

1: The qualifiers in Anesaki with Kinjou-san and the other third years

2: The first years are here

3: Finally in third place, Sohoku!!

What did the old man say in the end?

That.... they'll take the finish line, with a difference of one minute....

Can they really do something like that?

4: Catching up.... and even creating a difference of one minute..

Can they really do that?

If they really can....

5: It's overwhelming

6: Sohoku is the top!!

Sohokuu!!

Pag 16

2: Back then, we were first years, and they were so strong and overwhelming that we could only think that our senpais were incredible

3: But I get it now

5: To open such an overwhelming gap

6: They worked so hard to prepare for that

Pag 17

3: That's right!!

4: We spent so much time practicing and thinking about what could happen and preparing for it!!

5: And we also prepared so hard for this

6: Yeah!!

's right!!

Pag 18

1: Let's run with everything we have!!

2: Uh!!

Sohoku's presure got stronger!!

Waa

No, don't run with everything you have!!

3: Let's go!!

4: Yeah!!

Yeah!!

Pag 19

1: This road leads to the Inter High!!

Pag 20

1: The Kamogawa qualifiers for the road racing Inter High

Pag 21

1: Start!!

2: Under the clear blue sky, the ciclysts are all dashing on

There's also a lot of people cheering for our local high school in Kamogawa!!

Kamo..!!

Do your best!!

3: Kashiwahigashi, take it this year!!

Yeah, got it!!

Pag 22

2: Do your beest!

Thaaanks a lot!

There are so many bikes!

So colorful

3: Now, is the parade section over?

Sohoku's Naruko?

4: 'lright

5: Should we go now!!

6: Waaa Naruko jumped ahead at the start!

Sohoku's Naruko!! Isn't that bad news!?

Waaaaa

7: Hahaha, it's alright!!

Huh!?

Pag 23

1: “In road racing, you can't win alone”!! That's the theory!!

We have the numerical advantage! If he's left alone, he'll eventually get exhausted and fall!!

Kashiwahigashi Nomura-san!!

2: I'll show you

3: This is Naruko Shoukichi's flashi riding!!

Like this

Pag 24

1: I'll reach the goal!!

I'll away with the first attack and then win, and make a legend!!

2: No no no, Naruko is definitely bad news!

He'll get away and win on his own, that guy!

Catch him!

Chase him!!

4: Thanks to Naruko-kun, the first half will be easy

Yeah

While Naruko-kun is in the lead, we'll be protected from the wind

6: By the way

Pag 25

1: Kinaka and Rokudai.... until the last moment, they weren't at the start line with us

Ye-yeah

2: I- I'm sure they ran late while getting ready.... and are now hesitant to cut through everyone to come to the front

I guess they're starting from way behind us

3: I don't see them at all

4: Do we leave them behind?

You're so quick to make a decision!!

5: They were too flustered, chosing them was a mistake

Your humor is too dry, Imaizumi-kun!

6: Let's wait for them

We can't do that

Ehhh

7: No, seriously speaking

Pag 26

1: If they can't get here by themselves, then we don't need them

2: This race

3: also serves as the team members selection

Pag 27

3: I.... in the end we ended up at the very end of the line, teh

4: Is Imaizumi-san in the lead?

Pag 28

1: And there are so many people, the density is so different from that of middle school's races!!

Ngh!! I can't get used to this way of riding!!

2: I'm sorry, it's because I took too much time in getting ready, teh

And now you, Kinaka-kun-

3: Whataver, there's no use in talking about it now

Anyway, let's go up to where Onoda-san and the other are!!

4: If we can't get to them

5: Our race ends now!!