#shut me UP

[itoendme]

i want to talk about war’s effect on individual morality in Golden Kamuy because ethics is a topic that inevitably pops up when war is involved, but Golden Kamuy focuses less on the actual war and more on the impact the war had on the moral values of the soldiers after the fact. Sugimoto expresses in chapter 100  that all the military men (current and former) involved in the search for the gold are unable to adapt to live outside of the military. Being a soldier has shaped their identities. I could do another analysis as to why Ogata continues to wear a military uniform after he’s deserted, but for now, I mainly want to talk about  Sugimoto and Tsukishima. 

Sugimoto admits to dehumanizing people in his head in order to justify their deaths. He did it with the Russian soldiers in the war, and he does it with the Abashiri convicts and the 7th division soldiers, and I think that the fact that he admits to doing it points to the idea that he’s questioning whether or not he is justified in talking all these lives. Did all of those people really deserve to die? Is he a bad person for killing them? I think these questions are very much prompted by his encounter with Ume after the war, he can’t assume a normal life because he doesn’t have the answers yet, and searching for them is a big part of his character arc.

Tsukishima is similar to Sugimoto in that he didn’t really have a life before the war. Both of them were living without much of a purpose, and joined the army simply to stay alive, Sugimoto to escape poverty and starvation and Tsukishima to escape death row execution. And while Sugimoto was given purpose by Toraji’s death and later by his friendship with Asirpa, Tsukishima was given purpose by Lt Tsurumi. He fully believes that he doesn’t deserve to live for himself or be anything other than Lt Tsurumi’s pawn. Being a soldier is Tsukishima’s entire identity, and he doesn’t concern himself with moral questions because there is no life for him outside the army. This relates to the philosophical idea of private use of reason, that reason must be restricted in the case of a contract or obligation like being a soldier. Because of his obligation, Tsukishima doesn’t have the luxury of independent thinking. Being a soldier allows him to remove himself from the moral dilemma.

While being in the military raised questions of morality for Sugimoto, it gave Tsukishima an excuse to suppress those very questions.

We don’t actually see much of the war in Golden Kamuy, only occasional flashbacks, but its effects resonate throughout the story. Different characters are affected differently by similar experiences. I think that Golden Kamuy is so good thematically because it poses questions about who decides what is justified and who gets to be a victim. Even characters that exist for narrative purposes feel believable and fleshed out, and the audience is encouraged to form their own opinions about them. 

[starrytheclown]

I love how husk and Angel just casually flirted with eachother IN THE MIDDLE IF A WAR😭 I love them both so much

[flesh-n-brain-rot]

I completely get it. If I had Mark Webber around I would also act like an absolute brat.

[gorristerz]

Here's a gorrister drawing I drew a while back || YAP SESSION AHEAD‼️|| does anyone else start to hyper fixate on shows they've never watched before?? RAHH, I'm obsessed with the boys and mob physco 100. I will definitely be able to watch mob physics 100 soon, but I'm not so sure about the boys..// I feel really confused rn, and idk why 😰😰 IM SUFFERINGGG REEEE anyway. uhh sigh, I'm tweaking because I have ART BLOCK. I can't draw right now, AHHHHH!! But I am watching dexter, which I really like 🤩 okay Zarah out 😎✌️

[dogwithalzheimers]

Old man yaoi

[ronniessmiles]

Hi just realized I still have tumblr so let’s see how MSI tumblr treats this post

MINDLESS GIRLS INDULGENCE!! These are my babies I love them so much (I still have to make like 4 more more album girls 💔)

[that0nebaguette]

I drew the parts where they serrrve💅💅

[itoendme]

made a post a while ago about the impact of war on morality in regards to sugimoto and tsukishima and i briefly mentioned ogata and then didn't really talk about him, but some people seemed interested in how he relates to that idea so here i am to deliver my thoughts. i think that ogata is different from the other two i talked about in that his moral standpoint doesn't really change at all upon fighting in the war, he just uses his position as a soldier and the people/mindsets he is surrounded by to justify his views and actions to himself. as horrible a person as he is, he seeks validation. and seeing other people do the same things that he does provides him that. i think this is very clearly reflected in the flashback where he asks usami if he feels guilty about killing russian soldiers, usami says he doesn't, and ogata is relieved as he says, 'so there's nothing wrong with me after all.' additionally, his whole goal to turn asirpa and yuusaku into murderers is rooted in the fact that their supposed 'purity' makes him feel like a bad and 'defective' person.

he is so hesitant to abandon his military identity even after he deserts (ie stealing uniforms from corpses instead of just wearing normal clothes that would make him stand out less) partly because the military is the only place where he feels like his moral viewpoint is 'normal'. fighting in the war and witnessing all the violence and killing that came with that let him feel like the fact that he kills people isn't wrong, and he doesn't have to feel guilt over it because it's normal, and he doesn't want to let go of that.

[ghostorbz]

SHUT ME UP ꒰⁠⑅⁠ᵕ⁠༚⁠ᵕ⁠꒱⁠˖⁠♡

[twoturtlesinabathtub]

you ever start writing a kink/fetish with such detail that you go "oh fuck now people will know I'm writing from personal experience and not just research"

[hazeltailsfriend]

Mic Lyric Art!

Time ended: 8:11 AM

time taken: 1 hour and 43 mins

song: Shut Me Up - Mindless Self Indulgence

I’m not really good at lettering n stuff,, but I think these turned out really nice!! It also helped me test out some new brushes.

I absolutely adore these mic designs, the song, the backgrounds, AHAHKSDNJAKE,,, I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!!!

[lovisyandereblog]

my first and only moot :D or in other words ur now married to me

question abt ur future writings, do u plan on writing just for oc yanderes or anime charas as well? (also will they all be submissive?? idk if u mentioned somewhere but I love my subby men 😔)

bro stop that’s so weird (please kidnap me I’m yours)

I will write anything and everything. If you want like an anime chara you can defo req it, if you check my FYI and rules page you’ll get all the info you need.

Basically to sum it up I can do any character that’s on that fandom list (on the above mention pages) HOWEVER I can do a character that’s not on the list but you’ll just have to kinda summarise their personality for me if you get my jist.

But yeah I can do anything you want baby girl 😜😜😜

AND SUBBY MEN HAVE MY FRICKKKINNNG HEARTTT. I can write for both sub and dom character but im better at writing sub cause I’m a dom leaning switch. I acc might be only dom cause I’m such a sadist

OKAY IM RAMBLING BUT YEAH I CAN WRITE AHYTHING YOU WANT AND INLOVE YOU OK BYE

[fitzs-trained-monkey]

Zombie must bite for you to become zombie, yes?

And biting is kinky, yes?

Therefore... The zombie contagion is an STD.