#shut up witch

[werewolf-w1tch]

every time i'm wandering around the gaster side of undertale (which is often these days), i'm reminded of why i... kind of never want him to be a fully realized character?

don't get me wrong, this man has completely infected my brain and has for years and any and all information we get about him will have me frothing at the mouth.

but at the same time, i can't not think about how we as a fandom would be losing what i feel is a fundamental part of the undertale community.

there is a sort of delight that can't really be found anywhere else in the undertale fandom that comes with gaster and his designs (this post is a fantastic example of it). he is THE everyman in every sense of the word. the complete absence of information about him as a character aside from what we're told in undertale and what we can infer from choices he made that he left behind (e.x. how the core can only be cooled by ice cubes for some fucking reason) gives way to fan designs and interpretations and characterizations on a magnitude i have never seen before. i just can't imagine how we would've gotten characterizations like handplates!gaster or epictale!gaster or x!gaster, a few EXTREMELY different takes of the same character, if there was a pre-existing blueprint. (yes im aware of the irony of that.)

"don't you wanna know more about him or what he looks like-" no!! i want to see him with the cracks and the holes and the holes with no arms and the skeleton and the mask and the blaster and the white ass guy and the full on goop!!!! i wanna see him be goofy and dumb and scary and cruel and smart and kind and awkward and over-the-top and reserved as fuck!!!!!! i dont want him to be less malleable bc of canon!!!!!!!!

i don't know if there are other characters like gaster, near completely absent in their respective medias and yet one of the most popular and recognizable characters in their fandoms. every time i think about how we'll most likely learn more about him the further into deltarune we get and potentially even get to speak directly with him, i cant ignore the looming dread that will be the loss of all of those interpretations. the one's that already exist won't go away, but the way we look at them will be permanently changed, and how gaster is handled by new fans will also be changed, and something about that makes me really sad. i know the undertale fandom in particular is known for taking canon and throwing it out a window, but it just... won't be the same. idk. im not gonna tell toby not to develop his own character. we're just gonna have to see what happens.

[witch-of-the-west-country]

You know when you have to stop yourself from saying something that would not appear normal to everyone else? I managed to choke down an inappropriate sentence recently.

I was buying floor cleaner and when I put it on the conveyor belt it started leaking. The cashier started wiping down the conveyor whilst one of her colleagues went for a replacement. An old guy in the queue behind me - a glass half full man if ever there was - said "At least it smells nice now!" And the cashier replied "Yes, it could have been a lot worse!"

To which I nearly, replied: "Yeah, because I was going to buy one of those giant bottles of piss that are on special offer!"

[mercyll]

Is Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury the first anime series to depict a married same-sex couple?

Given the rings and comments from the staff (excluding Bandai) it's pretty clear that both Suletta and Miorine are married. And looking at older anime couples I can't find another one where the characters are actually married to one another.

There are series that depict engagements and proposals (implied or otherwise with queer characters).

Some examples would be:

Yuri & Viktor from Yuri on Ice, where it's implied that they want to be engaged.

Ranma & Akane from Ranma 1/2, both find themselves in an arranged engagement but end up falling for each other anyway. Ranma is canonically genderfluid in both the anime and manga and Akane is attracted to Ranma as both a man and a woman. And this is ignoring all of Ranma's other fiances who know about their curse and want to be in a relationship with them anyway.

Utena & Anthy from Revolutionary Girl Utena, while the circumstances of their engagement are out of their control, the two of them fall deeply in love with one another despite that. And in the movie they kiss.

Other LGBT anime couples are together or in love but next explicitly depicted as engaged or married would be:

Michiru Tenou & Haruka Kaiou from Sailor Moon, they are very much together and in the Crystal series end up living together and adopting a baby.

Yukito Tsukishiro & Touya Kinomoto from Cardcaptor Sakura, who are in love with one another.

Eiji Okumura & Ash Lynx from Banana Fish, who are in love with one another. And it hurts.

Yuu Koito & Touko Nanami from Bloom Into You, who are two girls who fall in love with one another. And in the story you watch them grow and get closer.

Nezumi & Shion from No. 6, a sci-fi drama where two boys fall in love. This one also hurts.

And countless other examples, none of which I could find have the characters taking their relationship further than dating or engagement.

So, is Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury the first married same-sex couple in anime?

On a minor note, there have been several gay weddings depicted in manga.

Some examples would be:

Our Dreams At Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani, which was written by an asexual, X-gender author.

Until I Meet My Husband by Ryousuke Nanasaki and illustrated by Yoshi Tsukizuki. This manga was written by a gay man and based on his own essays about his life. The manga is auto-biographical.

I Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up by Kodama Naoko, who has written several other LGBT manga, most of which are Yuri.

And there are several more!

Bonus:

Shoutout to Episode 7 of the 80s anime Dirty Pair for having a wedding between a cis man and a trans woman in one episode.

[hyakunana]

"Were you even listening? How many reports, Ikora? How many times did I tell you what I saw?"

[livinginadumpster]

One thing I really like in Dead Boy Detectives is the use of blood/gore/horror. With a TV-MA rating, a show with horror themes is obviously going to have some blood and violence, and there are clear instances if this in DBD, but while it's definitely there, it's almost never gratuitous. That's because scenes like the Devlin murders or Maxine's death aren't really about those deaths, rather, they're about the characters' reactions to them and the way the story is shaped by them.

In the Devlin house, the camera focuses not on the girls being killed but on Edwin, Crystal, and particularly Charles reacting to their murders with horror, shock, and anger. The blood splatters in a meaningful way, rather than simply a horrifying one, over the TV and the popcorn and the younger daughter's stuffed rabbit, tarnishing the innocence of everything it touches. While the tragedy of the murders themselves are important, the main focus is Charles' reaction to them as a result if his own trauma. Showing the minutia of the killings would take away from that, so it simply isn't there.

Even Maxine's death, while definitely played off more for shock value than the Devlin murders, serves a purpose. Episode 5 focuses on the failure of romantic relationships, on betrayals from those you thought you could trust, and the Maxine subplot adds to that. It begs the question, who can you trust in this world? At the end of the episode, the answer we are given is your friends, your found family, because love will kill.

It seems to me that the blood in hell represents the guilt of those it touches - Simon's wounds heal when he forgives himself; Edwin loses the blood covering him after Charles turns up to rescue him (albeit by a horrifying cause); the people in the Lust room are drenched in blood and get it on Edwin when they try to drag him down. It's not just there to demonstrate the horrors of hell, but to brand its inhabitants.

There are lots of other examples. The blood when Niko dies is there obviously because that's what happens when you get stabbed, but also (in my opinion) as a visual callback to her saying that red is the color of courage. The cat king's bloody corpse and Monty's blood-splattered face show Esther's ruthlessness and disregard for anyone in her path. Lilith is covered in blood as a symbolic part of her character design. Everything serves a purpose, narratively or symbolically.

(The only example of gore that served no particular purpose that I can think of was in episode one when the WWI ghost drooled blood all over Charles' face, but it was the pilot episode and that whole scene was meant to be shocking, so it can be forgiven.)

Anyway, I really like the way they use blood in DBD, because it shows such a level of detail and care. I enjoy horror but not gore so much, and to me it's refreshing to see it used so tastefully and executed so well.

[jenhoneys]

growing up is realising you have an affinity for pink/black relationships because the depth of their connection to each other turning foul (because they fear the enormity of their feelings), and them eventually having to work together to grow past and find the deep love that was always there, always changing them under deeply complex layers, just appeals to you because you are afraid of loving but simultaneously want to be so connected to someone you can't tell if it's love or hatred, but you always knew it was fated to be a love that changes the very fabric of you—for better or worse.

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

Illustration from The Adventures of Peter Pan – Alice Bolingbroke Woodward // Wendy – Maisie Peters // Peter – Taylor Swift

[fairyysoup]

beltane honey lavender chamomile possets

Blessed May!! I know I don't normally post about witchy things too much but today I figured, in the spirit of one of my favorite holidays, I'd share the recipe I made to celebrate (featuring a bit of kitchen witchery). Possets are a traditional dessert that date back to the middle ages, and utilize cooked cream with lemon juice, gelatin, or egg as a stiffener to create a custard like consistency. This one uses fresh lemon juice.

Ingredients:

🌷 four cups heavy/whipping cream (fertility and abundance)

🌷 1/2 cup honey (try using local!!) (longevity and sweetness)

🌷 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice (you want that b FRESH squeezed directly from the lemon's teet iykyk) (purification and love)

🌷 1/2 cup lavender flowers (love and peace)

🌷 1/2 cup chamomile flowers (love and peace)

(i used dry flowers for mine but i recommend fresh flowers for more oomf)

Instructions:

1. Combine your cream and honey in a medium sized sauce pan and place over low heat. Stir until well combined, then add your dried flowers.

2. Bring cream, flower and honey mixture to a low simmer, and then allow to cook for 3 minutes. The cream may bubble quite a bit- continue stirring and reduce heat if necessary to avoid scorching!

3. Once three minutes is up, remove from heat and stir in lemon juice. Mix until well incorporated, and allow to cool for just a few minutes.

4. Strain out flowers and pour the mixture into small jars or parfait glasses.

5. Refrigerate to set- roughly two hours at least, but overnight is optimal. If you're really excited you could try popping them in the freezer but I haven't tried that myself so use your own discretion. You just want the custard to set.

6. Top with flowers if desired and go crazy go stupid 💕

Enjoy the holiday and please reblog with pics if you do this, I'd love to see 🫶

[kasterarts]

I was "it" at the time, so I didn't know what happened... And you were bawling and wouldn't talk.

[zetsubo-bani]

"ew why did they whitewash soma in season 4?"

Literally soma in official arts:

He always looked like that, cloverworks just colorpicked correctly compared to a1 pictures

[machiavellli]

Also if Morgan Elsbeth, who I highly doubt took STEM classes on Dathomir, can be a space engineer just because “duh logic” then nasa has to hire me.

[werewolf-w1tch]

it has occured to me that i can. post my other shit on other sites. 

i’m writing a fic of a fic called I’d Give Anything by @sibillascribbles08 on AO3 called We Almost Lost Something. i think it’s p pog? but you’re rlly the judge of that :]

even if you decide not to read mine you should read sibilla’s work! i’ve had to reread it multiple times for my own work and it’s such a joy to read every time. 

[celticcatgirl2]

“Go ahead…write that Yelp review…but just saying after you upload it…you SHOULD pick a God and PRAY….”

“….so….we getting seated or what?”

“Hmmpf….maybe I’LL write a negative Yelp review too…”

“Zoro!!! Are you fucking CRAZY!!! You wanna get us ALL KILLED?!?!”

[ravenndei]

I JUST KNOW Miorine's echoing Suletta here skskskskkss

[sandersgrey]

There should be a stardew mod where you can kill villagers and bury them in your farm and the area around their body is permanently fertilized. Who said that.

[the-eeveekins]

It's been two weeks and I'm still not over Suletta & Miorine being OFFICIALLY, CANONICALLY, MARRIED! JUST LOOK HOW HAPPY THEY ARE:

Just...Miorine's life being cold and lonely, trapped by her father's games and a future forced to be with someone she hates who only sees her as a trophy, wanting nothing but to escape to Earth. And then she meets Suletta and her whole life changes and suddenly she doesn't have to run, she finds someone worth loving and fighting for who cares about her and makes her happy.

And Suletta being a lonely child, anxious around everyone and desperately wanting to be needed, wrapped so tightly around her mother's fingers that even her beloved school list wasn't her own. She meets Miorine and falls in love with this beautiful girl who selflessly loves and protects her and her family, who finally gives her something to love and care for of her own choice, who she can love unconditionally.

And the way they found each other and make each other better, happier people and mean the world to each other. And now they're MARRIED! I just know their days together are filled with so much joy and happiness.