#rin mix

[shiraoyagi]

hot take ??

the only reason people say that "mafuyu and tsukasa have nothing in common" when presented with mafukasa parallels is because they equate mafuyu and tsukasa being similar to "tsukasa has depression" because the fandom equates mafuyu's personality to being depressed and nothing else.

it doesn't help that people (primarily younger people in the fandom) who DO believe in mafukasa parallels end up making the mistake of portraying tsukasa as depressed because as of right now he is not (although it's possible he was in past because of his Very Unclear Middle School Backstory but that's irrelevant)

anyways, mafuyu and tsukasa are narrative foils because their core personalities are built off of the concept of wanting to make the people around them— especially their families— happy.

they both developed personalities at a young age based on someone they looked up to. for tsukasa, it was seiichi amami's performance that inspired him to be a star— a hero that could cheer anyone up. for mafuyu, it was her mother taking care of her that inspired her to be a nurse— and you can see the similarities from there.

for mafuyu, her identity would first come into conflict when her mother expressed her want for mafuyu to be a doctor— suddenly, "everyone's" happiness didn't match what she wanted to do, leaving her in a state of disorder and eventual depression.

for tsukasa, his identity was something he nearly forgot in its entirety at the start of the main story— becoming arrogant and fully absorbed in a hero persona, forgetting the kind person he truly is. furthermore, his current character arc seems to be foreshadowing that what "being a star" to him is going to be called into question— maybe it is something more than just being the main character that saves everyone.

their insecurities are incredibly similar.

in mafuyu's first mixed, mafuyu feels insecure towards ichika because unlike ichika, she feels as if her lyrics have no genuine meaning to be expressed to other people— despite them being her very real feelings. this is brought up again in her second mixed as well.

in tsukasa's third focus event, something similar happens. when watching seiichi's performance, he thinks that his acting is "real" and feels inferior towards him, which is ironic because tsukasa has been method acting this whole time. when tsukasa is acting out rio or bartlett or really anyone at this point in the story, it's not just those characters— it's a reflection of his traumas.

just like mafuyu, tsukasa undermines his passions he's poured his feelings into because someone else's work is more genuine in his eyes.

now, then, foils have many similarities and parallels (and i could honestly list a lot more), but how i define them is that they usually have some kind of major branching difference that MAKES them foils.

for mafuyu and tsukasa it's pretty straightforward.

mafuyu's people pleasing behavior comes from external expectations and pressures— her mother's demands.

tsukasa's people pleasing behavior comes internally, from himself— if he can't meet his own standards, if he can't be the perfect big brother or the perfect star, then he is nothing.

and even then, there's some overlap.

tsukasa's behavior was indirectly encouraged by his mother praising him for being a "good big brother" over the phone instead of asking him if he was okay while home alone.

mafuyu's terrified to be herself around other people because she doesn't want to worry or bother them— she doesn't want to be a burden— and projects her mother's expectations onto them, not realizing that they would prefer the real mafuyu if they knew the truth.

and the concept of mafukasa being foils is most perfectly and blatantly portrayed in these two cards.

mafuyu, the marionette, sitting limp on the floor— puppeteered by her mother's demands and donning a mask to hide her true self.

tsukasa, the jester, standing above everything else— puppeteering silenced plushies— his feelings. he's not being completely honest with himself, and he doesn't even realize it.

mafuyu has cut her strings and ripped her mask in half. she has acknowledged her true feelings and expressed them to her mother, even if she had to run away in the end.

tsukasa has not yet cut his.

[bionicboxes]

Give the comfort you never got (as seen on TV)

[nikonautic]

alice of human sacrifice but it's blue lock ⁉️

+ additional version without the shade

[skylark325]

Damn that’s gotta hurt

[asterbats]

Updated the art for all my "Canon" PMD protags + finally added my PSMD team! Here they are in order of their games:

Team Comet: Nuri the Cubone (She/Her) and Chip the Skitty (He/Him)

Team WispStar: Rin the Vulpix (She/They) and Nimbus the Shinx (She/Her)

The Alacrity: Eris the Pikachu (He/Him) and Kiran the Oshawott (Xe/Them)

The Charters: Aspen the Oshawott (They/It) and Nova the Riolu (She/Her)

Some bonus art too:

Kiran's second look post Munna arc.

Alternative art for Nuri for whenever she acts ominous or fearful.

[mikusiconx]

i made superpack modules :)

★DECORATOR 【kz】

☆Crypton SUPERPACK Module Pack 【https://gamebanana.com/mods/532637】

[instantartific]

when left alone together, two artificial intelligence bots have been known to devolve into gibberish to our eyes; in reality, they begin to invent a language unique to only them alone.

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[dantoru]

totally real new rui focus cards okay trust ^_^

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19ZaBfOYXVnSO9tNsTz67v141CMay0Xr1NZ7WBiU75XU/edit

some info on my fake event :)

[littlelightfish]

I realized that Maizuru, despite being with Kabru's party for a while, still gets Holm's race wrong.

At first I thought it was kind of the joke of the whole thing. Calling Marcille a frog woman, Holm a dwarf, and getting Rin's name wrong. Holm looks tired, annoyed or maybe a bit embarrassed by this mistake. He's the only one who's background is not "explosive". Marcille's and Rin's are, and his is just plain, dark, and with those lines at the bottom. Why? Maybe for comedical effect. Probably because he's been telling her he's a gnome before this. Just like Chilchuck doesn't like being called a kid and people still call him that, Holm doesn't like being called a dwarf and people keep calling that.

It's not uncommon for people to mix those races, and since Shuro's party isn't the best with races (they don't even know Chil's a half-foot) they probably just think Holm is a wierd-looking dwarf. They probably hadn't seen any gnomes before. If it was Maizuru's first time seeing a gnome and calling it a dwarf, it could be understandable. But she's been with kabru's party long enough to realize that that dwarf is, actually, a gnome.

I think she doesn't believe Holm is a gnome, just like Marcille or Senshi don't believe Chil's an adult.

That's the face of someone who's tired of this shit. It's like when someone tries to guess your country just by the way you look. There's maybe a bit of ignorance at first, but I think Maizuru is deliberately deciding to not believe Holm when he tells her he's a gnome for the first time. And he's so done.

[darkveracity]

Say what you will about fate/stay night's sex scenes but playing the game without them means you miss out on the critical information that under all that armor Saber looks like a crossdressing twink in a trap doujin. She has the body of a skinny teenager on three months of HRT. Anyone who draws her with tits is a coward

[jaylynessa]

Panel redraw of my two favorite dorks!

Original panel and my initial sketch below ↓

I definitely still have a long ways to go when it comes to drawing people but overall, I feel like I'm *finally* starting to get somewhere and I'm surprisingly happy with how they turned out ^^

[saint-miroir]

[havenlyblade]

Kagamine Rin for @voxxazine !

[giobun143]

10/5/24

I’m a bit late to this but when @/TentacleFury (tiktok) mentioned she didn’t see anyone draw Brazillian Miku as Brazillian Nami I had to hop on it haha. Pose isn’t exact, but, here she is 🇧🇷 💜

[fromtheasheslikeaphoenix]

As emotional as this new episode kinda was, do we all agree that Sako and Hiragi just hit different with their og dark hair or is it just me?

[nebulanewts]

To mix things up,here’s some of the most recent μ's and Aqours collab art! Ngl the main reasons I decided to post these next is bc the art is rlly good and they kinda match cndjdj - Anyway,idk what it is but I always love seeing the characters in yukatas like the patterns are always rlly nice and they look great in them too c: and also is it just me or does Aqours look a little bit older in this picture?? Like I can’t explain why they just do