#rag bros

[elizabethrzg]

hi yes this is the first time i've draw the rag bros in a good while

happy pride month

[lavenderjiang]

totally not overthinking both of these

[tragicsibsshowdown]

[theleeryder]

Kaelucers go the fuck away this is ragbros only.

It’s okay to be stressed and upset, but don’t give up. We need you now more than ever. We need each other.

[vanityangel]

I don't even think that's PG.

[pianokantzart]

One thing The Super Mario Bros. Movie did was answer the question "what if the universe treated Mario the same way it treated Luigi during the early 2000s" and that's pretty great.

[aihoshiino]

What do you think Ai represents in the story in a thematic sense?

This is probably gonna be The low hanging fruit answer of all time but I think Ai pretty straightforwardly represents "love" and (at least in the first chunk of the manga), Aqua and Ruby's relationships to her and their memories of her are sort of, subtextual proxy for how the two of them relate to love.

Ruby throws herself into love as eagerly as she does with everything else - as a kid not only starved of novel experiences but love specifically, she idealizes it and gorges herself on it as soon as she has an avenue to engage with it. She's incredibly open and willing to love and be loved by other people, which in turn is represented by her having a relationship with Ai (& eventually, her memories of Ai) that is on the whole a lot healthier than Aqua's.

By contrast, Aqua is a person who deeply struggles with the idea of loving others and being loved in turn thanks to his absolutely dogshit self image and rock bottom self worth. @penguinkyun put it in a way I really vibe with a couple weeks ago:

i think its both that [aqua] feels like he doesn't deserve the love that he gets and that his love is "wrong" — its a bit complicated because its not outright said but aqua loves to put himself in the villain role every time because he refuses to acknowledge that hes losing the idgaf war severely and because he hates himself so much that he believes all his actions or at least most of them are inherently manipulative — exhibit a: akane and ruby finding goros body, aqua entirely blames himself for it despite having literally nothing to do with the actual corpse discovery. hes very similar to ai in that they both hate themselves deeply and believe they dont deserve love and both having similar issues with love in general, even though they're not the exact same

Obvs we see this reflected in their other relationships (as Lace points out here re: AquAka), but their bond with Ai is both formative and foundational and useful as a lens through which to analyze their other relationships.

Within the context of OnK's commentary on the industry, Ai is also the celebrity and discussions of the way idolhood and celebrity culture affected her in particular also function as proxies to discuss these issues in the industry as a whole.

As a sidebar, this is kind of why Ruby's ending of "surpassing Ai" kind of falls apart - within Oshi no Ko, Ai is THE symbol of celebrity and idolhood to the extent that every other performer in the series is evaluated by how they do and don't measure up to her legacy. The literal in-universe symbol of radiant charisma and captivating charm is Ai's symbol. She is given massive weight in the narrative as the embodiment and archetype of the perfect idol in a way that Ruby is not, so the attempts to be like "oh uh, ruby is a better idol than ai now btw" just feel sorta half assed LMAO

[lavenderjiang]

i am back, the new kaeya skin has all the wings on its vision TT i think this means im right, but also i am crying TT TT

kaeya lore thought because i have a hyper fixation and i have to tell someone

ok so the whole prophetic ‘kaeya hasn’t made a clean break w his past and has to make a big decision’ is most likely about khaenri’ah vs monstadt/teyvat, assuming that’s true, here’s my hypothesis for what he’ll choose

originally i thought it could be 50/50, or a case where he picks khaenri’ah but then switches teams and sacrifices himself for monstadt (probably saves his brother? would be rlly sad and hoyoverse like making us sad, would also b very cyclical + somewhat redeeming for the dumb decisions he’s made) however, since the new diluc lore i think he’ll pick monstadt, it might still be a bait and switch or he might even spy on khaenri’ah (again cos it’s super cyclical + would represent his acceptance of his past, and his choice to stop running from it, but also still the autonomy and freedom from the secret that’s been hanging over him his whole life) and then reveal he’s actually on monstadt’s side, but i’m 75% sure he’ll pick teyvat because in one of the letters it says that when diluc is away kaeya sometimes comes to stay at the winery and when he does he stays in his childhood bedroom (yeah ok maybe i nearly cried at this)

why do i think this means he’ll pick teyvat? it’s because it shows he still cares about his family and finds (some kind of) comfort in being in his childhood home, whether that’s bittersweet for him or if it’s a case of healing and learning either way it clearly shows he cares about his childhood in a positive way, also the fact he stays when diluc isn’t there (even tho he probably knows diluc wouldn’t turn him away even if he wanted to) shows he cares about their (sibling) relationship (don’t make it weird thank u) and diluc’s feelings, and he’s realised that he’s made shortsighted decisions and messed up before by not thinking about diluc’s feelings and he cares enough to change his behaviour because of it because ultimately they’re still brothers (and they should just fucking talk about the shit they both went thru + properly reconcile, but no they’re both repressed and won’t)

[little-shadow-club]

Sometimes a family is:

SL Ragnarok spoilers

Necromancer god with unresolved issues and his army,

The unintentional chief and mother to a whole elven kingdom,

An ant,

The granddaughter of the guy that killed your dad that one time,

The pet wolf son of the guy that also killed your dad that one time

A demon that has become more in tuned with internet than you have,

Cocodrile that beats the shit out of you, daily,

The dead souls of your enemies,

Bee,

The guy that also almost killed your dad that one time, and you,

The two uncles from far far away lands (china, usa)

The souls in your head that hate your dad,

Richest man in the world

Auntie and granny and PEE PAW WHERE DID YOU DISSAPPEAR TO AGAIN--

Your dragon son

And you, A third/second year art student whose father is everyone's N1 public enemy and savior.

[blackstarchanx3new]

Youtube recommendations coming at me with the stupidest shit lately.

"This ship is toxic!!!" Videos.

As if my ass gives a fuck whether or not in cannon two characters would be terrible for each other dictating if I ship them.

Dynamics are fun because they can be messy or toxic.

It's diving into complex situations with literal dolls. It's fake imaginary land.

Fuck off with that puritan shit. I like having fun in pretend land while being self aware something I ship is toxic.

The only time I give a fuck about if a ship is toxic is if the individual doing it genuinely doesn't seem to understand abusive behaviors are abusive. (*Cough* every single straight romance I have every laid my god damn eyes on romanticizes abuse *Cough*)

It's apparently an only issue when the gays do it. 🙄

[ultrakillingmyself]

I love how everyone draws William cool as shit even though dude follows looney tunes and shitty game rules

[alaskacoolkid1]

This is angst I think

[feyres-divorce-lawyer]

the way it only takes two minutes to prove how blatantly false this is. i repeat, LEAVE HIM ALONE.

oh and a bonus

point and laugh everyone

[mangosteen]

im going to go to a gym again and i wanna look up goals for weight loss etcetera and so many of them are like 'buy new workout clothes!' 'join a workout class' no r u doopid. i dont want the reward to be more working out. i want it to be enriching like a day out at an aquarium, new gouaches, or a manicure. why should the reward be more work. i get that achieving a goal SHOULD be rewarding (a huge part of why im going back is so that i get STRONGER and feel BETTER) but that's NOT IT. GET A GRIP GIRL. YOU CAN BE MORE THAN THE WORKOUTS YOU DO!!!!!

[lovegiroke]

What why tho!!!

[spaghetsquid]

Petition to rename Ragbros to Ragrich/Rag-rich bros. Family doesn’t need to share a last name. And it’s unclear if Kaeya ever went by the Ragnvindr name. I think Ragbros is cool, but I think we should also consider that Kaeya has a last name of his own