#the characters are all so good

[naancypants]

It still sends me that HeR marketed Radek as some kind of conventional dreamy heartthrob... like your honor that is the nerdiest, silliest, most awkward, neurodivergent little guy I've ever seen in a Nancy Drew game bdjxjxbxj. And I love him

[biohazard-inevitable]

Man one piece is wild cause everytime I’m like “okay the next guy they introduce cant slap that hard” AND THEN THEY SLAP SO HARD AND IM LIKE “fuck im set-“

[cronchy-baguette]

thank you for loving me

[asturlavi]

a hell of your own making

[hirodraga]

"You need a guardian, choose one."

[egophiliac]

get 'em before they melt!

(the flavors are 99% vibes + first thought only thought, don't take them too seriously)

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

so important for every character to be an idiot, but each in their own unique beautiful way

[ahsokalegend]

One of my favorite choices the Apothecary Diaries made was making the Emperor a “normal guy” (as far as I know as an anime-only). He’s not evil. He’s not hindering Mao Mao’s journey. He respects the concubines.

If anything his lack of autonomy and presence as the most powerful person in the country further enhances the show’s themes of working within the confines of class and gender inequality.

The previous emperor was a horrible, horrible pervert. Okay, then this emperor only weds women of age… Until he’s forced to take his father’s precious wife due to politics. The current emperor reasonably avoids her.

Eunuchs exist? Bam! now the surgery is outlawed, but this will create a reduction in male labor around the palace.

The emperor clearly favors few women. Well, now he must recognize a concubine with a powerful politician father playing the system.

He supports Mao Mao toeing the line of social expectations for women, but hasn’t removed the law against women preparing medicine. It makes one think, if he wanted to, could he make the change at all? For every two steps forward, he’s forced to take one step back.

In this universe even the Emperor is limited by social pressure and the expectations of his station. His life and that of his children is out of his control, and if that isn’t such a compelling piece of world building I don’t know what is.

If that’s how the author twists the narrative of the Emperor you better believe her female characters dealing with women’s issues in this society are even better written.

[greyhands]

"It feels meant to be."

(Eiland from Fields of Mistria)

[xserpx]

The thing I would be most heartbroken to lose if tumblr were the close are gifsets. Nothing recommends a show to me better than a gifset. Nothing lets me appreciate a show like a gifset. The minute facial expressions, the colouring, the set design, the dialogue, the gif maker's own twists and artistic additions, I love it all so much and you just can't get it anywhere else.

[novelconcepts]

Rio is gonna be so pissed that she hunted her situationship for centuries, finally got her to surrender to her kiss, gave her a truly lovely little burial—

—and Agatha promptly figures out how to become a ghost fourteen seconds later.

[oifaaa]

It's funny how opinions can change over time for instance I used to want Bruce to be a good parent but then I realised how fucking boring that is to read at the end of the day comics are soap operas and I'm here for the drama

[1alchemistart]

dont got much to offer for The Holiday but have these sillies!

happy valentines day :D

[hinamie]

i'm exactly as normal about him as I thought I'd be

[mitchmotch]

been really into dandadan lately

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Happy one year anniversary to In Stars and Time!