#scene: eclipse

[bthump]

I just wanted to say that the discussion around what Griffith really thought of the Hawks is addressed quite directly in chapter 77 where in the 'Reality within his Conscious Realm' Griffith asks Ubik and Conrad, "Which way's the castle?" and they say, "Ah, yes, boy. Your FRIENDS said they'd wait for you there." (they did not use caps, but still). And then Griffith goes there, and it's just a mountain of corpses

That's a good point actually. One of those little details that I never really think about but yeah it's a pretty direct statement that whether Griffith admits it to himself, he thinks of the Hawks as his friends deep down.

Thanks for pointing this out!

[follyfaun]

Inspired by chapter 21 of GITM

GITM Fool.exe -> @venomous-qwille

[poqu]

(fantasy life) into the eclipse~

[lynaferns]

My DCA design updated + Eclipse

Separated ver. + comentary under the cut

Not quite content with eclipses end result but eh, idk if I'll draw eclipse much so...

I've been wanting for a while to update my refs for my designs of them. The old ones got... old. It's funny how I simplificated some aspects of their designs in order to complicated others haha.

ngl I got tired at some point and just wanted to finish

[moonkhao]

Will you be my boyfriend? I don’t know. I will sleep now.

THE ECLIPSE | EP10

[fyeahthaidramas]

[ping-ski]

frick

[stayatsam]

time to plan out the border...

[chery-on-the-side]

1 like = 1 prayer for Moon who has to put up with Solar's atrocious fashion taste 😔🙏

(Eclipse meets his match by @theinfamousdoctorf)

[spadillelicious]

Hi! Question about LDR- does Y/N ever get an unproblematic friend?? I saw the drawing of them being friends with DJMM and i just wish it was canon… My guy needs a break! T^T

Y/N will become friends with DJMM in canon too! <3 In fact, Y/N is going to get two new unproblematic people in their life very soon...! (And a bunch more problematic people too of course ;D)

[bthump]

Do you think Griffith had agency when deciding to do the eclipse? He was backed into a pretty bad corner

Yes and no, but I don't really think of agency as 'having a free choice between multiple things without any pressure pushing you towards one specific option,' when it comes to discussing fictional characters. I think of agency as part of how a narrative is framed. Does the character make active decisions, or are they passively pushed along by the story and only react to other characters' decisions?

One thing I really like about Griffith's narrative is it feels like he has agency. He's being manipulated, he's been through hell, there's clearly only one option genuinely available to him based on everything we know about his circumstances and his character and his goals and his priorities and his fears and his desires and emotions - but that's why it's a great, well-written moment of choice. Because the factors that go into that choice hinge largely on Griffith's personality and internal life.

He's not driven to choose the sacrifice because Void put a gun to his head and said 'become a demon or die.' It's not even really about a choice between 'become a demon or live the rest of your life in powerless misery.' That's part of it from Griffith's perspective, but it's not an objective fact that he's doomed to misery, and it's not his driving motivation, it's more like the final straw.

He's driven to choose the sacrifice because he's spent a lifetime convincing himself that he needs to justify his existence by achieving a dream, and because his love for Guts ruined his life and he wants to cut that love out of himself, and because he's terrified of living a life of being taken care of, and because he's in the middle of a suicidal breakdown and he sees it as an escape.

It would be boring if the reasons he chose the sacrifice didn't come from strong characterization, but rather from plot circumstances. As a fictional character, he has narrative agency here, and I love it. In theory he could've said no, but we know he never would, because we understand Griffith as a person, and we can see how this set of circumstances play on his character and personality to guarantee he'll choose the sacrifice.

That said, on a watsonian, in-universe level, he doesn't have agency lol because fate exists. Almost no one in Berserk has agency, and so far even the characters who could theoretically go against fate haven't yet, as far as I can tell.

And I guess I'll also say that, again on a watsonian level, using a more irl definition of agency, an outside observer could easily argue he has no agency because of the extreme circumstances of the sacrifice. Like, when gods descend from the heavens after you attempt suicide and tell you you can escape your pain and achieve your life's goal after all and all you have to do is sacrifice a bunch of people who already agreed to potentially die for that goal, plus the guy who you blame for ruining your life, well, it's a pretty coercive circumstance.

But yeah on a narrative level I think the scene works as a satisfying climax to the Golden Age arc because the reason Griffith makes the sacrifice isn't 'he felt like his hands were tied' but rather 'his characterization organically led to this choice.'

Thanks for the ask!

[pluviophile6104]

Our Skyy 2 x The Eclipse EP.2 // My personal favorite scenes – scenes that make me feel the butterflies 🦋

[gremnda]

Dropping by lifesteal fandom to post princezam with period cramps

[mydemonsyourangels]

wandee goodday is off to a good start

[mykinxxzone]

The Eclipse | BTS

[shitouttabuck]

thank you for keeping us well fed <3

one bed prompt

“ it’s only weird if you make it weird. “

skin/heat/hair in your mouth

buck/eddie | 8.8k | rated e

And sometimes Buck hates having the knowledge of a first responder, but more often than that, he hates being in love with his best friend. Because when he gears up to say what he says next, he doesn’t know how much of it comes from a place of concern and how much, even if it’s just a fraction, comes from wanting Eddie more than anything. “Okay,” he says. “Take off your clothes.” Eddie’s shivering actually does cease for a moment, body going rigid with shock. He leans away from Buck’s embrace, as far as the sleeping bag will allow, so he can look him in the eye. “What?” Buck holds his ground. “Take off your clothes.” Eddie fishmouths at him in surprise, effect ruined a little by the shivering starting up again. “C’mon, you and I both know the best way to warm up is skin-to-skin contact,” Buck says, using the slight space between them to tug off his t-shirt. He reaches down into the sleeping bag, wriggling out of his sweats before wadding them up and tossing them to a corner of the tent.

or, eddie’s bad at camping, buck’s trying to make sure he doesn’t get hypothermia, and naked huddling for warmth is only like the third gayest thing happening in the great outdoors

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