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i made a variant of [link: two cakes] to illustrate a related principle
#sage makes things#sage speaks#sage original post#two cakes#two cakes theory#be gentle with yourselves all my creatives out there#reminders#smiles#greatest hits#wow this resonated huh
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I've been thinking a lot lately about how Kabru deprives himself.
Kabru as a character is intertwined with the idea that sometimes we have to sacrifice the needs of the few for the good of the many. He ultimately subverts this first by sabotaging the Canaries and then by letting Laios go, but in practice he's already been living a life of self-sacrifice.
Saving people, and learning the secrets of the dungeons to seal them, are what's important. Not his own comforts. Not his own desires. He forces them down until he doesn't know they're there, until one of them has to come spilling out during the confession in chapter 76.
Specifically, I think it's very significant, in a story about food and all that it entails, that Kabru is rarely shown eating. He's the deuteragonist of Dungeon Meshi, the cooking manga, but while meals are the anchoring points of Laios's journey, given loving focus, for Kabru, they're ... not.
I'm sure he eats during dungeon expeditions, in the routine way that adventurers must when they sit down to camp. But on the surface, you get the idea that Kabru spends most of his time doing his self-assigned dungeon-related tasks: meeting with people, studying them, putting together that evidence board, researching the dungeon, god knows what else. Feeding himself is secondary.
He's introduced during a meal, eating at a restaurant, just to set up the contrast between his party and Laios's. And it's the last normal meal we see him eating until the communal ending feast (if you consider Falin's dragon parts normal).
First, we get this:
Kabru's response here is such a non-answer, it strongly implies to me that he wasn't thinking about it until Rin brought it up. That he might not even be feeling the hunger signals that he logically knew he should.
They sit down to eat, but Kabru is never drawn reaching for food or eating it like the rest of his party. He only drinks.
It's possible this means nothing, that we can just assume he's putting food in his mouth off-panel, but again, this entire manga is about food. Cooking it, eating it, appreciating it, taking pleasure in it, grounding yourself in the necessary routine of it and affirming your right to live by consuming it. It's given such a huge focus.
We don't see him eat again until the harpy egg.
What a significant question for the protagonist to ask his foil in this story about eating! Aren't you hungry? Aren't you, Kabru?
He was revived only minutes ago after a violent encounter. And then he chokes down food that causes him further harm by triggering him, all because he's so determined to stay in Laios's good graces.
In his flashback, we see Milsiril trying to spoon-feed young Kabru cake that we know he doesn't like. He doesn't want to eat: he wants to be training.
Then with Mithrun, we see him eating the least-monstery monster food he can get his hands on, for the sake of survival- walking mushroom, barometz, an egg. The barometz is his first chance to make something like an a real meal, and he actually seems excited about it because he wants to replicate a lamb dish his mother used to make him!
...but he doesn't get to enjoy it like he wanted to.
Then, when all the Canaries are eating field rations ... Kabru still isn't shown eating. He's only shown giving food to Mithrun.
And of course the next time he eats is the bavarois, which for his sake is at least plant based ... but he still has to use a coping mechanism to get through it.
I don't think Kabru does this all on purpose. I think Kui does this all on purpose. Kabru's Post Traumatic Stress Disorder should be understood as informing his character just as much as Laios's autism informs his. It's another way that Kabru and Laios act as foils: where Laios takes pleasure in meals and approaches food with the excitement of discovery, Kabru's experiences with eating are tainted by his trauma. Laios indulges; Kabru denies himself. Laios is shown enjoying food, Kabru is shown struggling with it.
And I can very easily imagine a reason why Kabru might have a subconscious aversion towards eating.
Meals are the privilege of the living.
#Dungeon Meshi#Delicious in Dungeon#Kabru#Kabru of Utaya#Laios Touden#Dungeon Meshi meta#you can have him in the tags too. as a treat.#Dungeon Meshi spoilers#this was directly inspired by livelaughlaios's post about Kabru self harming but I decided it got too long to make it a direct reply#this is a theory I've been working on for weeks because I kept noticing this while skimming for screencaps#I'm hesitant to trigger tag this because of the way certain subcultures on tumblr operate#but if anyone needs me to add a content warning please let me know#also I included image descriptions! I did my best#I think they even help illustrate my points but my god were they sad to write. Kabru is so fucking sad you guys#musings with Dea
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Very important to have friends who enjoy media you don’t personally enjoy, both because having friends with varying interests can help you understand why someone might enjoy something even if it’s not your cup of tea which can help build empathy skills and also because there’s nothing more fun then being able to explain the plots of your respective obsessions to each other and have the other respond with “what the fuck”
#I miss my roommate Maddie this was prompted by your dr theory posting#idk what the fuck is going on but I appreciate it#text
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was chatting with my brother about gravity falls (again) and i said something like “man, can you believe stan waited and worked for 30 years just for the chance to try and bring his brother back?” to which my brother responded, “yeah, it’s nuts when you think about it. i wonder if stan got trapped in the multiverse instead, if ford would do the same.” HELLO???
#my brother is out here accidentally thinking up angst on a pro level#someone get this man on ao3 please#like because what do you mean#WOULD HE??#my mind says no but my heart wants to say yes#god bless the book of bill for making us think of these things twelve years later#once again#stanley pines you will always be famous#gf#gravity falls#the book of bill#book of bill#stanley pines#stanford pines#gravity falls stanford#gravity falls stanley#bill cipher#gravity falls bill#mabel pines#dipper pines#soos ramirez#wendy corduroy#gravity falls soos#gravity falls dipper#gravity falls mabel#gravity falls theory#americanbi’s posts
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HOLY SHIT.
#hazbin hotel#hazbin hotel lucifer#my hazbin posts#THERES SEVEN IF U INCLUDE LUCIFER. WHO WAS AN ARCHANGEL. AND THERE ARE 7 ARCHANGELS.#AND THESE ARE FROM SEPARATE EPISODES AND THEY MATCH AND IN THE 2ND ONE THEY HAVE MORE DETAILS THAT SEPARATE THEM#WHICH. HOLY SHIT. THESE ARENT JUST RANDOMLY DESIGNED HALOS OR ANGELS THIS IS FUCKING DELIBERATE. HOLY SHIT#hazbin hotel theory#ig??#hazbin hotel heaven
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The first act of Alecto is Harrow descending into hell. There are nine circles of hell in Dante’s Inferno. There are nine dead lyctoral cavaliers. There are nine resurrection beasts. Nona the Ninth implies the cavaliers are fighting the resurrection beasts Somewhere. Theory: in Alecto, Harrow will encounter each dead cav/corresponding RB one by one, liberating their souls a la the biblical harrowing of hell, culminating in her reuniting with the fragment of Gideon’s soul she consumed in a manner not unlike Dante’s Beatrice. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk
#theory time meow meow#this is the sequel to my cav/RB meta post from way back when#the locked tomb#alecto the ninth#alecto theories#alectopause#also I feel like they’ll have personalities that correspond to the circles’ main sins#tlt meta#alecto speculation#alecto predictions
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“Agatha can’t control her powers and kills a bunch of people, this explains why Death is in love with her because it means she gets more bodies” No.
No no no.
I need “Agatha can’t control her powers and the first time someone blasted her with their magic they died right in front of her and she was only seven years old and terrified and alone until suddenly there was a small little girl across from her who gently took her hand and told her it was okay”
I need “Agatha can’t control her powers and had a tantrum, purple exploding out of her, but the other witch was too fast and Agatha blinked and they were dead on the ground and she scrambled back against the wall, curling up into a little ball and shaking, shaking, shaking, until someone just as young and soft as her stroked her hair back and told her they knew it was an accident”
I need “Agatha can’t control her powers and was beaten and bruised by her mother until she couldn’t take it anymore and ran off into the woods and was blasted by someone who thought she was a witch hunter, and she didn’t even realize what was happening until it was too late. Agatha climbing into a tree and scraping her cheek and trembling as she stared at the lifeless witch, something rattling deep inside of her that sounded like a stranger’s voice. And then the stranger appearing through the thick, standing over the dead body and instantly looking up, looking for Agatha. Finding her in the tree and climbing in with her. Smoothing a thumb across her cheek until it didn’t sting anymore”
I need “Agatha can’t control her powers and any spell she tries goes haywire, the final teacher that swore she could fix her grey and lifeless on the floor as Agatha sat up on the kitchen table and just stared and stared, tears falling, always falling, until that familiar face appeared through the bedroom doorway, watching Agatha, not the woman, and threaded their fingers together. Guided her to cracked, dusty skin and forced her to feel it, hand pressing hers into dead flesh and murmuring ‘exceptional’ under her breath before explaining every single step of reaping a soul. Talking and talking until Agatha wasn’t crying anymore, until she couldn’t remember why she had been upset in the first place”
I need “Agatha can’t control her powers but she also couldn’t control her temper, and suddenly half of a coven was dead before her, barely eighteen years old, and then the girl, also freshly a woman, the closest thing she knew to having a friend, sliding up behind her and placing a hand on her shoulder, wiping her tears away. Shushing her pleas of ‘why can’t I control it? Why do I ruin everything I touch?’ with soft murmurs of ‘there’s nothing wrong with you. You didn’t kill them. They simply… bent to your power.’”
I need “Agatha can’t control her powers but she sure as hell tried, until she was tied to a stake and her coven fell at her feet and her mother crumpled before her, hellbent until the moment she died to punish Agatha for things she had never meant to do. Agatha, with her grief and her relief and her freedom, finally, somehow still sobbing over her mother’s death, curled up far away and safe in the woods. Safe until Death came for her, hands cupping her face too tenderly, too delicately, and forced Agatha to meet her eyes. Death, who had somehow become the only one to ever show her mercy and kindness and compassion, leaning her forehead against hers and whispering ‘it’s okay. I am so proud of you.” Death leaning in so, so hesitantly and pressing the smallest kiss to her mouth. Breaths hitching. Eyes meeting. Long, loaded stares and trembling fingers and Death herself smiling at Agatha like she actually meant it. Agatha fisting her cloak and yanking her closer and letting Death suck the air right out of her lungs, and Agatha somehow living anyway”
That’s what I need.
#and lots more in between#and after#but still#agatha harkness#rio vidal#agathario#agatha x rio#vidarkness#agatha all along#agatha all along spoilers#agatha spoilers#lady death#marvel#I know the timeline doesn’t work just let me have this#I have my own theories that were too long to add to this post 🙈
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He communicated through mental text.
#She'd see that and say would.#Back to that time with the Steven Wyrm theory#Many of the Steven Wyrm fan designs were so cute because instead of just two stubby legs He got SIX stubby legs 🥺💕#Man this was relatively old but I did practically rescribbled everything when I was just suppose to resize some parts#Because I'm on a waiting line and the queue was longgggg ;-;#My old scribbles looks so much more awkward lol At least I didn't post all of it.#connverse#connie maheswaran#steven quartz universe#steven universe#monster!Steven#su#my shiz#skedoobles#monster Steven#monster boyfriend 🥺#SUF#Steven Universe Future#my comic#SU comic#comic
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Grown women who mock 10-year-old girls on tiktok for using too much makeup and skincare are so ironic and painful to watch.
Acting like these girls didn’t get their ideas from you. They were listening when you were telling them how you should start your retinol treatment as young as you can. They were listening when you told them 30 step routine is a game changer. They were looking at you, at women on the billboards, magazine covers and in the TV shows with perfect skin, perfect eyeshadows, perfect hair and realised they should do the same, they should start as young as they can or it would be too late.
These girls are present when you mock other women for their age. Young women ages 20-30 get bullied for having normal faces. “Oh my god i thought you were 50” at a woman who is clearly in her thirties.
These “helpful tips” how to not get wrinkles which include don’t lift your eyebrows, don’t emote in general, use anti-wrinkle straws, don’t forget to get botox on time.
Red light therapy, sleeping with your mouth sealed, in one position on your back so either side of your face won’t get squished and swollen.
But these little girls are funny, yeah, let’s mock them. Why don’t you mock the promoters of these ideas? Why don’t you mock billion dollar industries? 10-year-olds at Sephora are funny, I wonder if you find the absence of women with real faces on screens as funny
#i am so tired of these stupid makeup trends that change every second#what is my blindness#shave you face#red light therapy#everything is a fucking theory#how are THEY not tired#radblr#radical feminism#radical feminist safe#anti makeup#haveuevermetme posts
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Oh, Vi...
This is so funny, because it's the polar opposite of the Jinx we know today. This is Powder, soft, with her rainbow of colors, Vander guiding her, and doves (symbols of peace) surrounding her.
Jinx is harsh angles and sharp colors, a warning, an omen of death and misfortune. silco at her back and crows trailing her wherever she goes
What a slap in the face this must be to Vi, reminding her of everything she's lost
#my posts#My analysis#Arcane#Arcane season two#Arcane season 2#Arcane theory#Jinx#Jinx arcane#Vi#violet arcane#Violet
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more deltarune sansnomaly cuz its feeding the ideas a lot
bonus:
#LISTEN#THERES SO LITTLE DELTARUNE SANS X READER#ITS PAINFUL#sansnomaly#PLS I HAVE SO MUCH MORE IDEAS OF DELTARUNE!ANOMALY#SO MANY COOL THEORIES#ROTTING MY BRAIN#deltarune sans#kris#deltarune#sans x reader#sans x self insert#junie art post#if you saw an edit no no you didnt thank you for not reblogging#and preserving that mistake#u can reblog now
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Sisters :]
#og post#my art#Ace Attorney#AA#The Great Ace Attorney#TGAA#susato mikotoba#iris wilson#iris watson#dgs#dai gyakuten saiban#look away spout#slapped a grayscale down and played around with gradient maps and then fine tuned it definitely the weirdest method of coloring ive done#then i threw on halftones for funsies#a really funny thing happened in my playthrough of dgs with my friends. they formed a. conspiracy theory. wherein.#mikotoba fathered both iris and susato.#we just finished blooming attorney theres no reason for them to think this they just went omg mikotoba and wilson knew each other#to be clear they think mikotoba gave birth#and jigoku is susato's other father#i just started sobbing. like how. did they get so close. to an actual twist. by throwing darts in the dark#they have no idea#highlight reel#1k
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Redraw from a piece last yr once again folks and this time with the noceda siblings!
#ALSO FIRST POST OF THE YEARRRR HEYYYAAA#I haven’t drawn since last year#Lololololol#new years resolution is to get better at color theory and get more confident on drawing faces#Maybe even learn a bit of aniamtion#Anyway ways good luck to everyone out there in their future endeavors!#The owl house#toh#luz noceda#hunter#hunter noceda#vee noceda#noceda siblings#art redraw#My art#fanart#silverlombaxwitch
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sua's such an under analyzed character but her mentality and presentation is really interesting!! to others (besides mizi), she appears reserved (very demure. very mindful) / cold but she's genuinely going through constant inner turmoil.
growing up, she was literally used as a commodity by her guardian. she's bullied by her sisters for being the guardian nigeh's favorite, but it's really only because she makes the most money. even after death, her guardian doesn't care that sua's gone, they're more concerned with the popularity and revenue that her fandom brings.
to the segyein, sua's essentially a doll and an ideal pet human. she's a top student at anakt, aka she sticks to a routine and acts easily brainwashed. when asked about her study habits, she just says "it's not really that hard... you just have to memorize what they teach you."
her objectification by others strips her of her identity and livelihood. it definitely plagues her perception of self worth/value, and manifests in her behavior (being quiet/not taking up much space, jealousy, apologizing often, being defensive - more on that later)
^ i think this whisper sums up her situation pretty well. her circumstances and the way she presents herself affects her relationships in anakt a ton if that makes sense ?
when sua meets mizi, such a vibrant, lively, and loving person, her focus and dare i say will to live completely shifts to mizi. in mizi's eyes, sua is seen as mizi's soulmate, someone she'll be with forever. someone who's always there for her. synergyyyy
although sua's feelings are mutual, she carries a level of self doubt and anxiety with her. sua believed her love for mizi would harm her in the end. she's stated before (EXPLICITLY) that she would die for mizi, and she does end up doing this in the form of sacrifice in round 1.
it's almost as if sua feels guilty for loving mizi. she knows they're doomed, and with their limited time, why should she be focused on? is it selfish of her to not tell mizi of their inevitable fate to live in their dream a little longer?
^ the lyrics of sweet dream can also serve as her mentality and point of view leading up to alien stage. she knows the idyllic world she's in is temporary, knowing her end is imminent yet praying to be saved.
although mizi views sua in a tinted lens, the other characters do not. at least, not in the affectionate sense. to till, sua's demeanor is offputting and uncomfortable
to ivan, he sees straight through to suas actions and (maybe unintentionally but i doubt it) exacerbates her doubts. he has his own events going on and genuinely does seem to want to be close to sua (graduation message + human relationship rating) but interacts in a way that makes her feel threatened. (in addition "he keeps crossing the line" in the relationship chart)
to the outside viewer its interesting to note sua often pulls mizi away from people. she pulls mizi away from ivan, and pulls mizi's attention from till to her in a short act of jealousy.
#oh#i tried to act more formal so now my sentence phrasing is all clunky. i think ill go back to. these types of non sentences.#all subjective !!! take it with a grain of salt#its been a while since ive done a long form post so bear with meee#alnst#alien stage#alnst sua#alien stage sua#plips rambles#plips theories#plips essays#i know theres probably a massive dtail im missing#gah
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called out (2015 // 2024)
#tw motion sickness#fun fact. '6 things i regret buying' was posted on. nov 19 2015. nearly 9 years to the day even if they were both filmed ahead of time sjdf#also throwback to the conspiracy theory about how phil was about to put the neck pillow on dan </3#dan and phil#phan#amazingphil#phil lester#daniel howell#danisnotonfire#danandphilgames#dpgdaily#dnp gifs#my gifs#parallels#A Day in the Life of Dan and Phil and A Tiny Horse#6 Things I Regret Buying!
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Anyways, happy Chaos Theory trailer day (inspired by that one image from Veil by Kotteri)
#my art#jurassic world chaos theory#chaos theory#jwct#jurassic world#camp cretaceous#jurassic world camp cretaceous#jwcc#darius bowman#brooklynn jwcc#Posting JWCT art that I can during my actual job in between meetings lolol#Sorry boss......it's JWCT trailer day#I HAVE NOT read Veil so this is ALSO not plot related lol
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