#the diabolical kind

[halloawhatisthis]

Fluent in three dozen languages, but the man has never seen Say Anything.

[hitchell-mope]

Shame she didn’t die. I would have liked to have seen that.

[lazycranberrydoodles]

sibling bonding moment!

[lgbtlunaverse]

I feel like too often people frame Nie Mingjue's issues as ignorance borne from safety. Like, they think that because of his privilege as a sect leader he doesn't know what it's like to be in danger and forced to make hard choices to survive. And I disagree. Strongly.

First of all, Nie Mingjue is very familiar with death not only from war but from. You know. Actively dying since the age of fourteen. Let us not forget Nie Mingjue is dead! Super dead! And maybe he didn't die the exact way he expected to but he did, absolutely, know he was going to die. To act like Nie Mingjue is unfamiliar with the scenario of "do something you find morally reprehensible or die" is to ignore that he has been living that exact scenario and chose death.

Nie Mingjue knows death is a risk for someone like Jin guangyao, in fact he explicitly acknowledges it even in his worst moments like the stairs in chapter 49. Had his issue been ignorance, then he would've responded to Jin Guangyao saying that he's in danger and has to sacrifice others for his own safety with "No you aren't you'll be fine." But he doesn't. He accepts the fact that jgy is in danger with no qualms and says: then you should die.

That's not him betraying his values, those are his values. He is, essentially, pro-suicide. Jgy is like hey I have a moral dilemma what should I do and nmj straight up goes "Kill yourself" and earlier that same chapter when he was faced with a moral dilemma he went "I'm gonna kill myself." He believes the solution to moral dilemmas is suicide! He is extremely consistent about this! When it's pointed out to him that it would have been dangerous for Wen Qing to oppose Wen Ruohan it doesn't phase him because he thinks putting yourself at risk to do the right thing is the only moral choice. The idea that he can only hold this belief because he is himself somehow not in danger, again, requires you to ignore that he is dying the whole time. And it doesn't deter him. He is the idea of self-sacrifice as a moral good taken to its absolute logical extreme. Someone who is ready to die and demands the same from everyone else.

It makes him a very fun case study for fandom, because a lot of fandom spaces also tend to revere self-sacrifice as the ultimate good, and yet we get very uncomfortable when someone starts demanding it of characters we love. Like woah, hold on, that's a bit too far isn't it? Only we the audience get to do that!

[l-wandering-etranger]

oh and another take that I feel the mxtx- specifically mdzs fandom needs to hear is that none and i mean none of the characters have any set morality. this applies to their mindset, actions, feelings- the entire point is that you see where all the characters come from and recognise their actions. none of them are completely 100% good or bad. the point of the entire novel isn't to see and judge their actions. it's to see where they come from, what mindset requires those terrible or honourable actions. is it okay to call out a character on their actions? yes. but please for the love of mo xiang tong xiu remember what caused those actions and whether your call out is necessary instead of making posts like "character A was just trying his best and character B came and ruined everything that's why I hate character C". no. almost all the characters are shitty to some extent albeit in different categories. recognise that and you will appreciate mdzs even more.

[gaywizardzone]

up listening to new cecile believe and messing with unfinished sketches from a comic i drafted and failed to complete well over a year ago ✌️ never finish anything

[rhubarbtriangle]

loustat ring the alarm beyoncé edit ….

[shannonsketches]

There's a meme going around to draw your comfort characters as the Steven meme.

Bowser's never been a comfort character for me, but thinking about how great an Illumination Smash Bros movie would be with these two having the dumbest greatest villain team dynamic has brought me SO much joy this year.

[clearwaterrain]

Does anyone else feel like violated that Max knows about Lestappen?😭 Like he obviously knew about in the bromance fandom context bc it’s everywhere and other drivers have used the combined names as labels for their friendship, but specifically in this context of “is lestappen real” implies the romantic use as it’s something that we wouldn’t know about or would be hidden. Does he know about the romantic ship? And if so, how much💀 Like is he aware of how much we don’t just ship them as bros but instead like, mashing face?😭 I thought I could safely outlandishly fangirl on platforms like these, far away from Max or Charles, but now I feel like I have the great eye of Max Verstappen watching over. We are not safe anymore😂 I’ve been a fan fiction enjoyer for many years and a Formula 1 fan for even longer but I was only recently introduced to the world of shipping f1 drivers and f1 rpf, esp Lestappen, a few months ago, and feel like I have been immediately exposed😭

[qwertycake]

future british gentleman!

[nibblesofkibble]

"Memories blend together into one long afternoon of sun-dappled leaves and hazy birdsong"

Warm Forest Evening + Cats Moodboard!

(All images were taken from Pinterest) 🐾🌳🐾 🌳🐾🌳 🐾🌳🐾

[divider credit]

[mousemannation]

novak djokovic's instagram post about rafa's retirement

[hitchell-mope]

Oh shit. The monster is a mother isn’t it? Please don’t tell me Sherlock’s the father.

[eyydhyeet]

Old missed one while I think on these recent ones

[beautifulterriblequeen]

Maybe the real trick to creating a prison that can hold an archmage who can manipulate every kind of primal magic might be to make at least one part of it that doesn't use any magic at all.

Enter the Jailer.

Ma'am

[ghoulbats]

first biggest fear is a mutual not being as fond of me as i am of them. second biggest fear is being a descendent of db cooper without even knowing