#the seagull spoilers

[peachducy]

[tampire]

How it started VS How it's going

[dollsome-does-tumblr]

buttonsssss 😭😭😭🕊️🕊️🕊️

[oc4everything]

Godzilla Minus One (2023)

[scavenger-toll]

low effort ep 8 doodles. im tired

[jaskierx]

anyway i for one welcome our new meme format (x)

[bonefall]

I’ve only gotten like third-hand accounts of this book but apparently there’s a scene where they have the Worst Beach Day Ever and discover crabs and seagulls and someone steals a guy’s sandwich. I’m just imagining them being like “that was fucking weird, right? This trip is so weird what the HELL IS THAT THING”

Ah, the Koolabi Mandated Shenanigans Segment. We get one in every traveling story these days.

Catmint Trip = Nightheart's Carnival Chicken

Riverstar's Home = Shopping Mall Elevator Chase

Park Cat Pilgrimmage = Nightheart's Pool Party

Ivypool's Heart = Average British Beach Experience

[greentea-and-cookies]

If Stede doesn't send the message with a kiss how would Ed know how much he loves him??? Kissing the love letter goodbye is a must!

Besides, it adds dramatic effect (⁠~⁠‾⁠▿⁠‾⁠)⁠~

And we know how much both of them love drama

[evangelifloss]

I feel like Maria Ushiromiya is Umineko's litmus test for not only your general empathy towards children (because let's be honest, society doesn't regard kids as people deserving of respect) but also your reading comprehension and how far you've gotten into Umineko.

Anime onlies even from episode 1 have always notoriously applauded Rosa beating Maria for exhibiting "abnormal" or "annoying" behaviours and there's SO many meme gifs of a 9 year old being slapped (Rose garden scene). And even when they reach the adaption of Maria's backstory arc, you'll always see people yet again claiming "She deserved it" or that Rosa was valid. These types of people generally dont believe in a child's autonomy, nor have empathy if that child is in some way irritating.

And for those that completely changed their mind and realised that Maria was actually someone that was a victim, they too aren't excused from their previous opinions of how Rosa treats her daughter. They still thought that since Maria was annoying, she deserved to be verbally and physically assaulted.

However when you talk to Umineko readers, you find that "population" of Maria haters remains niche or in consistent decline. This only becomes further cemented through the backstory arc in the novel (which imo was done far better than the anime), but this is also where the reading comprehension comes in.

Alot of the time, readers miss the point of Ryukishi's writing concerning Maria and settle on the idea that there's some sort of "grey area" regarding Rosa's treatment of her daughter. The novel explicitly explains that what she does is abhorrent and that it ISNT a morally grey subject matter.

I will also acknowledge that Ryukishi also explores Rosa's problems and perspectives too, of her own trauma that leads into the abuse of Maria, but never once does the narrative seek to excuse it or paint the situation as something other than truly cruel. It is a perfect expression of the cycle of abuse within families and as difficult it is to read/watch Rosa internally struggle with her guilt over her violence, she never actually changes her behavior.

If you cannot at least empathise with Maria, how on earth will you be able to understand the struggles of Beatrice, and the meaning behind the narrative itself?

[witsserviceablesubstitute]

If I had one complaint about Dead Boy Detectives it's that it kept teasing the possibility of a case involving demon seagulls but never delivered. The real queerbaiting (in that I'm queer and was baited).

[magnusthepuppet]

SKETCHBOOK DUMP !!1!1!1 >:]

i scratched out all the embarrassing bits :/

fem!medic design inspired by @takisyak !!!

[peachducy]

Who killed the Golden Witch?

[fishareglorious]

kinda funny willow called herself an old woman in the story. girl you're fucking twenty-five. you should be at the club. please take your antidepressants and have a chippie outside with flutterpage and caroline you deserve to be happy

[dr-shortsighted-owl]

An update to THIS MEME FROM 6x04

[ghostofchaos-past]

i love how nobody is talking about buttons turning into a bird

[miumiins]

"And when he kisses her, he devotes the entire ocean to his beloved."