#thanks thistle for that ^

[ambrosiagourmet]

Every time I revisit chapter 86 and the events right after the group talks Marcille down, I'm always struck by this bit here:

In particular, how similar it is to this:

The Winged Lion ate the same desire in both of them, more or less (I'm sure there are some nuances in both flavor and intent, but they are clearly similar things here). The Lion basically used this technique to kill Thistle, and for Marcille it was... not insignificant, but something she and her friends overcame without even fully realizing it was an obstacle.

I feel like this is another small piece of the story that shows how important support and love are - in navigating mental illness, in dealing with abuse or addiction, or in working through any other similar struggle that can be read into the Lion and his eating of desires.

It almost feels like Marcille was able to borrow the desires of her friends. She loves them and she trusts them, so even when she didn't have a desire to free herself from the Lion, the care they had for her well being still mattered to her.

It's the same thing later, with her hair.

She isn't able to notice the way her messy hair is making things harder, let alone do anything about it. But when Chilchuck points it out and then braids it back for her...

It's better. She likes it, things are easier now. Even though it isn't a desire she can feel for herself, it's not something that doesn't effect her. And because her friends care - because they know her well enough to notice the difference - she is given the chance to have a preference and to ask for their help.

We can obviously see some parallel ideas here with Mithrun and Kabru as well, but I'd also like to point out that Thistle gets this grace, too. Thistle, who had no one to help him up once he lost his will to resist, or to encourage him to find new desires once the Lion ate them all.

Thistle says he doesn't need anything, anymore...

But he is given an apology anyways.

It is not a kindness he desires. It is not a kindness he is able to ask for.

But it is a kindness that helps. It is a kindness that matters.

[flawlessflesh]

good morning, thistle

[gerrykeay]

im not putting this post into words. beams into your mind The Parallels

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[heptagadu]

[hymnism]

Thistle

[fumifooms]

Dunmeshi memes pt 2

Parts : 1 - (2) - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 Specials: Canaries - harsh - valentines

[chicoqore]

misc dungeon meshi

[enchiibean]

Dungeon Meshi doodles!!

[dailythistle]

This is a Thistle fan blog

[arielluva]

this is all i could think about when i read this part lol

[punkeropercyjackson]

Dunmeshi characters i think are transfem

Falin(coded)

Marcille(vibes)

Thistle(works for her narrative)

Izutsumi(self-explanatory)

Laios(very eggy and i also selfship with her and i've had a thing for tgirls since back when Svtfoe was airing and i was unknowingly down bad as fuck for Marco as a kid)

Kabru(everybody keeps thinking she's a butch lesbian due to her design so my conclusion is she actually IS and transitioning)

Toshiro(Her crush on Falin and she reminds me of Momo from Bnha who is a girl of all time for me so that's my name for her)

[pineboots]

jack of hearts

[wisteriawater]

I keep wondering if his primary rehab caretaker would cut his hair to make it easier for him to take care of on his own (giving Thistle some independence back post demon), or if that would be cruel despite the good intentions (because it takes away a part of himself.)

Thoughts??

[wintergrofyuri]

[mysterycubes]

Happy Thistle Thursday! I tried to draw @diskoteek's beautiful post-canon Thistle design. Check out their original post here!

Thank you for granting permission for me to do this :]

My own thoughts under cut

I agree very much with everything that was said in the original post, and it all resonated with me very strongly.

I feel like, because he spent so long putting others before himself and repressing his own desires to be more likeable, the only things he wanted when the Winged Lion attacked him were to find Delgal, to keep the kingdom safe, and to have the royal family eat together with him again (why he has all the plates set up, and can still taste the nightmare shellfish). If that's the case, desires he had for himself may not have even been present for the Winged Lion to eat. Instead, once those desperate wishes were gone, the things Thistle wanted for himself might begin to resurface... I thought something like that might be possible because he was smiling instead of numb like Mithrun had once been, and his memories of Delgal returned even though the Winged Lion took away his desire to see him again.

I also have OCD, and relate a lot to how desperate and agitated Thistle is all the time. I think it would be nice if what he lost were his compulsions and feelings of obligation rather than his sense of self, because I don't want freedom from compulsions to only be possible in death. I want to believe he can breathe deeply and feel the sunlight again, and I had also thought it would be nice for him to live by the sea. But that's all just my selfish headcanon

[jortstorm]

He's such a critter. Just the eeniest guy of them all. Holding him so so gently