#perhaps neither?

[greeenchrysanthemums]

Alright, for now, this is everyones' roll in this au

Gem: Commander of the royal arm

Scott & Impulse: Gem's right-hand men and good friends + Royal Knights

Skizz: Knight + Impulse's best friend

Ren: The figure head king

Martyn: Royal advisor + resistances double agent

Bdubs: Royal gardener

Grian: Leader of the resistance

Scar: Grian's right-hand man + a wizard

Etho: Former royal knight + the resistances explosives engineer

Mumbo: Grian's best friend + second engineer of explosives

Cleo: blacksmith + resistance member

Tango + Jimmy: farmers who secretly supply the resistance with food and the likes

BigB: baker + resistance member

Pearl: Gem's best friend + secretly a resistance member (this will cause problems)

[humbuns]

…With love, for you.

[shalom-iamcominghome]

I usually say that my judaism looks like conservative judaism since that's what is closest to what I do (and want to do), and also about my general beliefs... but if I'm honest, my judaism is just a tapestry filled with every little thing I adore about judaism. My rabbi described it as a smorgasbord, and that's true, as well, but in reality, I see my judaism as nothing but love

[marzipanandminutiae]

okay has anyone else dealt with extreme neat freak housemates? because I feel like I'm losing my mind

I'm not a dirty person, I'm pretty sure. a bit prone to clutter, but not actual dirt. I don't like for the house to be dirty. but there's just been a House Meeting called and when I went to ask the housemate who requested it what was going on- because I hate house meetings that I don't already know the purpose of; it feels like a Wait Until Your Father Gets Home situation and I don't even know what I'm potentially "in trouble" for

and basically they all feel that I'm leaving the kitchen "filthy"

"nobody wants to cook there because it's gross" was the exact quote

I feel like I'm losing my mind, because...I don't think I leave the kitchen gross? I wipe crumbs off the counter; I wipe up spills if and when they happen. the most I've ever noticed when I go in there is a couple of crumbs here and there, genuinely. or when I look over the kitchen after I finish up with a meal

(also this housemate once sent a picture to the group chat with like. five single, spread-out crumbs on the counter individually circled in red. but the thing is, everyone else seems to agree with her)

but I'm also very good at hating myself, so now I'm wondering if I AM somehow disgusting

and of course, my House Meeting tribunal has to convene at some point. the last one made me feel like everything I said was pointless because everyone else put up a united front and shot it all down, so I guess I'm headed for more of the same

[geospiral]

A little bit ago, I remember seeing people trying to figure out why Till didn’t start a fight with Ivan in the scene where Ivan is touching the cut on his cheek, and honestly, I think that this Friday’s comic confirmed the conclusion that a lot of people had come too. As they got older, it seems that Till just got used to Ivan’s antics and accepted that this is just who Ivan is as a person. 

Now I’m not sure if Ivan necessarily liked this change given that he acts out specifically so he can get Till’s attention, enjoying seeing the big reactions that Till gives him in response, but it does seem that Ivan mellows out at least a bit as he gets older (not to say that he still doesn't do weird things, just that his moments of egregious behavior seem to have become a bit less common). This might be a direct result of Ivan not being able to cause such strong outbursts from Till anymore, causing Ivan to sink further into the "oh, he really doesn’t care about me” mindset, which I can see happening especially in instances where Till decides to ignore him entirely instead of humoring him (like with the touching the cut on the cheek scene).

[neversetyoufree]

I've been thinking lately about Vanitas and Noé's first "what is salvation" fight at the bal masqué and what it means about their individual definitions of the concept, and I've realized something about Vanitas.

Noé's definition of salvation is the obvious one. It feels natural. To save someone is to keep them from dying. But in a way, his understanding of salvation is also almost selfish. Noé's foundational trauma is the constant loss of his loved ones. He is the eternal sole survivor. So of course he wants to keep people alive—he wants to "save" the people he cares about in the way that keeps them by his side this time.

It's not wrong to want that, of course. I don't mean "selfish" as a condemnation. It's just that the definition of salvation that Noé starts the series with is inarguably the one that best serves his own happiness.

And it's the same with Vanitas.

When Vanitas kills the little girl Catherine by restoring her true name, he tells Noé he doesn't know what salvation is. He might be lying there, or he might be telling the truth in that he's never put his definition of salvation into words or acknowledged it on a conscious level. Either way, though, I do think he has a definition of salvation somewhere in his mind, and it's a very personal one.

Vanitas sees salvation as the preservation or restoration of one's true self. You're saved so long as you can preserve your essential self, uncorrupted by outside forces. Even if the price of that selfness is death.

While Noé's foundational trauma that informs his worldview is the loss of his loved ones, one of Vanitas's foundational traumas is the loss of his bodily autonomy. Through Moreau's experiments and Luna's mark/bite, he has been transformed into something no longer fully human, and he hates it. From the moment Luna told him he was dying, he said he wanted to die as himself rather than live as their kin, and he has been denied that opportunity.

Nothing is more important for Vanitas than being able to dictate the destiny of his own body, and malnomen are the ultimate corruption of bodily autonomy and selfness. Altering one's true name warps not only their physical body, but their very being on a metaphysical level. The curse takes everything a vampire is and changes it, and doing that to an unwilling victim is the ultimate horror for Vanitas.

Given that context, of course Vanitas thinks that killing a child to restore her true name counts as saving her. He's restoring her essential self and un-corrupting her body and being, and even if her self is only returned for an instant before she dies, it's preferable to living on as something warped by an outside force.

Vanitas absolutely starts the series with a definition of salvation, and like Noé, it's the one that best serves his own happiness. He wants to be saved. He wants to be returned to his human self, and failing that (since he knows it's impossible), he wants to wipe out all traces of the force that changed him and then die without going any further down the path of inhumanity.

Vanitas might not be able to admit that definition out loud (or even to himself directly), but it's there, and it guides him early in the series as much as Noé's own definition of salvation guides him in turn.

[sarafangirlart]

Hi 👋

What are your favorite niche myths/tidbits about Perseus?

It’s from Aelian: On the Nature of Animals, a Roman source but these two myths are so cute.

[heythereneighbor]

For those times when you want to explain to someone how a certain blorbo is spinning around in the brain, refer them to this for a visual reference.

(non-audio, looping gif-version under the read-more.)

[sysig]

I think they’re the same guy, somehow (Patreon)

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

angel beats au with sunday as kanade ……..

[canisalbus]

Look, I know it's supposed to end badly. But I need to admit that in my head, they declared a mutual "fuck this shit" to the world and society. Packed all the stuff they could one late night and escaped to a remote open plain in the middle of some thick woods where they spent the rest of their lives healing and living freely in nature.

I've been having a lot of intense feelings about them as well. The tragical elements are so baked in to their story and setting, it's hard to imagine a happy ending for them. But every now and then I find myself thinking of scenarios and AUs where they both live and grow old together. For coping purposes, I suppose.

[bliss-wily]

Was browsing Amazon and came across these bootleg cards and…

Excuse the quality but Frieza!

[ganondoodle]

i know the internet is super english centered but i wish it was more common to mention the language whenever theres talk about a voice actor too, just say "the english voice actor of xyz"? that cant be too hard to do right??

i wish there was more appreciation for non-english voice actors!! in english spaces as well as in general! i know the names of many of the english cast for zelda even though i dont like any of them and have never set my game to it but know them simply bc they are the only ones getting any mention and they are always just called "the voice of" making it seem like that is THE one and only voice

im aware that its in part bc i am mostly in english speaking online spaces and the internet IS a very english centered thing but i dont think its wrong to wish for more recognition of other actors for languages other than english or to simply want them to mention to what language they are the actor of

like i dont mean that you gotta talk about every single different voice actor but i think just mentioning it like that more directly implies that there ARE others at all, especially since alot of games dont even do other voices at all and just make english the only voice over even if the game was developed by non-english people, i just find it sad :(

[crimeronan]

i needed luz to overhear amity and odalia because i LOVE a contrived plot device that gives one party all the required info without me writing exposition. also it's delicious.

however. it is unbelievably funny to imagine a timeline where luz DOESN'T wake up when amity leaves, wherein amity comes back into the bedroom to sleep for like an hour or however long, and hunter is still awake like, "hey. you look like an insane person. something just went down and judging by your texts i don't think i like it. so, like. do you want me to kill her,"

[strengthofmayhem]

still thinking about vergil more or less canonically haunting nero while ultimately being still alive… could be a fun idea to explore