#rowan reads dungeon meshi

[rowanfalls]

Oh god, this chapter is hurting me.... the adhd/autism feeling of not realizing that you're upsetting and annoying the people around you until they treat you like you're a bad guy for doing it.... aaaaaaa

[crispywisp]

DUNGEON MESHI is a manga about a team of adventurers who travel back into a dungeon to rescue the party leaders little sister from the stomach of a dragon, and due to time and cost have to survive off the flora and fauna they can find within. my summary sounds boring as fuck and does NOT do it justice but trust me when i say its one of the most earthshattering manga ive ever read. beautiful worldbuilding, detailed monster biology, and thoughtful unique character design (ryoko kui has shown a lot of the like exercises/experiments she does to make sure her character designs are solid and its so cool). not even mentioning the food like oh my god I NEED to have what they're having. and every single character is unique and interesting and awesome not just in design but in personality. it's funny, it's beautiful, read it and go crazy forever

SHIRTLESS LAIOS JUMPSCARE

AH‼️

thank u rowan, i trust your word because you are my friend and i have seen you post dungeon meshi stuff in the past. i will go and check it once i finish my first bg3 playthrough

essay grade: 10/10

[exmeowstic]

thanks for the tag rowan!! @mountainashfae

Last Song: Brave Shine by Aimer (i may be an enstarrie now but i will never forget my fate roots)

Favorite Color: Reds and Pinks bc im at my strongest during valentines day <33

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Next on my Watchlist: i should check out dungeon meshi...

Last Book I Finished: slight crisis bc i cant remember the last time i actuallt finished a book... i rly should get back to the count of monty crispo

Last Game: i have been playing toontown nonstop for the past week or so. im obssessed please help

Sweet/Savory/Spicy: all three sound really good... though id have to say savory!

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Laat Thing I Searched Online: i was looking at pictures of rockstar cooky. he look so cool god bless

Current Obession: see the toontown thing. mutuals please come play toontown rewritten with me we can race cars and play toys together

Greatest Flaw: you know my ass is impulsive. this is really bad with gacha games (looking at my np5 sherlock. most expensive bitch)

Fic I'm Currently Reading: i dont read much fic but when i do its usually smth @writer-and-artist27 made everyone go lookie her fics right now

this was fun <33 im tagging @beastofmoss @umilily @menodorasmoon @bitter--edge and anyone else in the world who wants to love ajd light <333

[asterlark]

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[rowanfalls]

oh my god. Chillchuck started the Halffoot union because adventurers were using them as bait for monsters in the dungeon. No wonder he's so opposed to Marcille's method of mandrake harvesting where you sacrifice a dog.

[rowanfalls]

He's so perfect i adore him

[rowanfalls]

No joke, I think dungeon meshi has seriously impacted my desire to be healthy for the better. A very long and heartfelt (but spoiler free) essay is under the cut.

I have Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. Because of my OCD, some foods are safe and some are not and I would literally rather starve than eat an unsafe food (i know because it happened once on a trip to Switzerland). This means I mostly eat chicken nuggets, buttered noodles, donuts, soda, the like. The only vegetable I can eat is cooked broccoli and the only fruit I can eat is apples (smoothies not withstanding).

I'm also physically disabled in a way that makes it hard for me to exercise or do physical activity, not to mention how my ADHD and Depression fuck with that as well. I'm 'lucky'* in that I have a genetic disposition towards being very thin and probably will stay that way until I'm in my 40s (my dad was exactly the same at my age).

So I eat mostly junk food and I sit at my computer all day every day and for a long time, I've been happy with that. When I tell people about my Eating Disorder, they usually say "oh, is there a way to fix it?" and my answer is always "why would I want to?" Its not like an allergy or a medical dietary restriction. I don't LIKE any of the foods I can't eat. I don't have any reason to want to learn how to eat them.

Besides health reasons of course. I know in my head that not eating any vegetables isn't good for me but I also know that I don't really want to eat them and, for most of my adulthood, I've lived with the mindset that I think a lot of people my age have where they hear so many people say 'just eat well and exercise!' as a solution to every problem and so they tend to hate the idea of doing that. The health industry is full of too many people who are fatphobic assholes or who think a green smoothie can cure your depression for good or who just want your money or whatever and I hate that. And so I've kind of felt above exercise and nutrition.

But then I read Dungeon Meshi.

Even in the beginning, the manga was super inspiring. The way Senshi talks about taking care of your body so you can go on adventures makes it sound like something I might want to do. So much of today's health advice is shame based and, as someone who grew up in and left a high demand control group, I work hard not to tolerate shame in my life. But Dungeon Meshi posits a new view of health and nutrition, one that is centered in love for the self, love for your friends, and love for your food. It resonated with me in a way that I really wasn't expecting it to.

Over the last few years, I've been working really hard to become a compassionate person. This year, my new goal is learning to turn that compassion inward and I've been trying to do that in several different ways. When I finished reading Dungeon Meshi I knew that one of those ways was going to have to be improving my diet and exercise.

I want to be able to go on adventures (as tame and simple as they may be). I want to live as long as possible to spend time with my loved ones. I want to be able to walk around and exist without pain for as much of that time as I can. I want to love my body and act accordingly, making sure it is well fed and cared for. Hell, I've always loved the idea of cooking but haven't had the energy to really learn, especially since I can't eat most foods, but now the idea of taking the time to cultivate a skill like that, one that I can be proud of and that can be used to care for my friends, fills me with a sense of hope and excitement.

So thank you Dungeon Meshi, and thank you Ryoko Kui. If you haven't read the manga, I highly recommend that you do.

*by lucky I mean that my diet hasn't forced me to deal with the stigma that comes with being fat. I have no idea what kinds of problems it's been causing that I just can't see. I am not saying that it would be bad if I were fat, just that not being thin would mean I faced a lot more stigma and discrimination in my life, which is bad.

[rowanfalls]

um wut oh im starting to fall for these two as friends. He's been alone so long... she cares for creatures no one else gives compassion to... the potentialllll

[rowanfalls]

oh my god

mithrun's story... im crying. im so so happy he got to grow and be happy someday that... there's always a way to find something new to desire, some new way to be happy. This means so much to me...

[rowanfalls]

wait Mickbell is a guy?!?! I thought he used she/her

[rowanfalls]

she's the mad sorcerer's right hand arm man. the mad sorcerer everything. she's his confidant, his best friend, his silly rabbit (no he does not call her that)

um wut oh im starting to fall for these two as friends. He's been alone so long... she cares for creatures no one else gives compassion to... the potentialllll