#truly The Struggler

[autism-swagger]

Seriously though can we talk about Daisy after she's freed from Hive?? She literally goes through dopamine withdrawal, symptoms of which include (but are not limited to) anxiety, panic attacks, dysphoria, depression, agitation, irritability, suicidal ideation, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, generalized pain, and drug cravings.

Not to mention the fact that dopamine withdrawal has to chance of becoming protracted withdrawal syndrome and can last anywhere from months to YEARS. Get my girl in a detox center NOW 😭

[eggsplice]

life when youve become a butterfly hive <3 and also butterflies as a hair fashion statement idk

[chorus-the-mutate]

This will probably never happen but I think it would be nice to see Guts and Casca's story culminating in them becoming the king and queen of Midland. Mainly because I think Guts' arc has always been about finding purpose and community in the world around him. And to see him prove himself worthy of an entire kingdom's trust and to find purpose in protecting these people in turn feels like the perfect end to his arc.

For Casca, becoming queen alongside Guts would not only be a nice new beginning for their relationship, it would be a great payoff for her character as well. Her arc has always been about her relationship with womanhood and how that effects her ability to gain agency for herself in a hostile world, her ability to protect herself and her relationship with power. If Casca became the Queen of Midland alongside Guts it would not only give her the permanent leadership position she deserves, it would also show that Guts and their people love and trust her enough to reign them all in when needed.

As for the Moonlight Boy, I like to believe that he would be saved from Griffith's grasp by his parents. And only then would he be able to gain the throne Griffith destroyed his family's lives for. Even if it there is a risk that the Moonlight Boy's relationship with the throne would be tinged with the trauma of being a mostly powerless vessel of Griffith, I think there's hope that he could find purpose as the next king.

It would also be a thematically fitting case of irony that Guts, Casca and the Moonlight Boy, three of Griffith's biggest living victims, would be the ones to reclaim their agency and their senses of purpose by stealing everything Griffith dreamed for. And with how Guts has come to learn the importance of community, how companionship and love tether him to his humanity, he would be a better king than Griffith could ever be.

[kingofdinosaurs]

idk

[lipstickontheglass1985]

why does everyone else get roommates who are like cool ppl they become friends with and i get this.

[vengeancemoths]

ousted from bed at 5:30 am should be illegal. so eepy

[dungeon-strugglers]

✨New item!✨ Ebonclaw Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement by a monk)

These black iron gauntlets menace with spikes along the knuckles. While you are wearing these gauntlets, your unarmed strikes deal an extra 1d6 piercing damage. 

If you kill a hostile creature of CR 1 or higher with an unarmed strike while wearing these gauntlets, you draw some of the creature’s life energy into yourself and regain 1 ki point. 

Curse. Each time you regain ki using these gauntlets, a darkness begins to take hold of you. When you do so for the 7th time, your spirit becomes addicted to the life force of others. You can no longer regain ki points when you take a short or long rest, but the ki points you siphon from each creature you slay is now equal to one roll of your martial arts die. Additionally, your maximum number of ki points is doubled. When you finish a long rest you lose all remaining ki points if you haven’t regained ki points using these gauntlets since your last long rest. 

When this curse takes hold, the gauntlets undergo a transformation, revealing their truly sinister nature. They now deal extra necrotic damage equal to one roll of your martial arts die on a hit instead of the extra piercing damage. Ebonclaw, forged of infernal soul-stealing iron, shackles the wearer to the pain they can inflict with their clenched fists. - 🖌🎨 Like our work? Consider supporting us on Patreon and gain access to the hi-resolution art for almost 200 magic items (wow!), printable item cards and card packs, beautiful creature art and stat blocks, and setting pdfs with narrative hooks and unique lore!🧙‍♂️ Thank you so much for your support! 💖

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[knackeredforever]

It’s funny that most anime only dunmeshi fans know marcille as the struggler character who’s “going through it” when the anime isn’t even at the part where marcille is truly “going through it”

You people aren’t prepared.

[bthump]

Sometimes I wonder how Casca does it, like she's stuck with men who probably doesn't bathe often and they're drunk half the time. At least two of them have a crush on her and she's stuck dealing with Griffith and Guts gayness that ultimately backfires on her

Casca's truly the real struggler

[annabelle--cane]

As someone who is a Homestuck, each time you make a post about "Hal" I need 5.8 seconds to recalibrate and go from "huh, the ai guy?" To "OHHH right! The vampire!" So thanks for that. /Lh

notable fictional hals:

homestuck ai guy

2001 a space odyssey ai guy

shakespeare's king henry v, also known as "prince hal" or "harry" pre-coronation

the struggler vampire, henry "harry" "lord harry" "hal" yorke. yes I know he has the same name and nicknames as that king and his last name sounds like the medieval english royal house of york but truly there is no connection, this hal was born as just some guy. I think the "lord hal" title is a bit tbh I don't think he was granted a real lordship.

[autism-swagger]

I like to think I'm funny.

[anonymocha]

OOOOH may i hear more about the oc that sounds fun

YES YOU MAY LOOK AT MY BABYGIRL… It is a “Beyond” creature fished from the sea… And she is a lil silly. RAMBLING UNDER CUT…

She is like if Jiu Niangzi, Marcille (from Dungeon Meshi), Hitori Gotoh (pink girl from Bocchi the Rock), an electric eel, and a sea angel got thrown into a blender…

She’s an employee at Laplace with a mysterious background; A fishing boat caught a MASSIVE indestructible ‘egg sack’ from the west pacific ocean, which the foundation quickly acquired the moment it hits the news. Empyrean was soon ‘born’, straight to the adult form, and it would’ve gotten the Jessica treatment if it weren’t for their almost-instant learning in humanity’s customs (as if it’s all already preprogrammed) and physiological benefits (limited but infinite electricity maker). She was discovered to lack of any memories before her ‘birth’, or at least that’s what she said. Whether it’s true or not is still questionable.

Anyways, as a worker, she is an absolute mess of a creature who excels at creating and maintaining machinery but is a Struggler in Everything Else (exaggeration). They are a very friendly and warm presence in Laplace’s cold/serious setting, not in an upbeat/jolly kind of way but her relatively quiet and easy presence simply makes the mood less tense. But also because sometimes it does dumb shit like fucking up the coffee maker and making it explode. Always gives everyone a good laugh. Of course, she fixes it with ease.

When they do put their mind into an important project, their work is almost always flawless. She tailored many weapons for herself as leisure projects, powered and ammo-d purely by the electricity she conducts. Any machine maintenance/production project assigned to her goes swimmingly. And of course, Lucy maintenance yaaayyyyy.

+ Likes to collect electric trinkets. Her friends!!! They would pray with these machines every morning, connecting their hair (cables) to each of the machines. Nobody knows why she prays. She mentioned that she just ‘feels the urge to do so’.

An unserious and awkward goober with a lot of implications. :3 Also here are previous renditions of her:

Truly the lesbian fish of all time. If you ignore Meg. I will write more about her in a doc later.

[aikoiya]

I wanted your personal opinion on this, in this video (yes I’m aware I’ve sent this to you before) it was implied, or at least I took it this way. That ganondorf wasn’t always evil or at least he wasn’t a psycho murder. I know you’ve talked about ganons upbringing, and it seems that we both agree that ganondorf is a product of his environment. But I’m confused…in Totk if he wasn’t always evil why was he so easily taken over by greed after seeing the secrecy stones??

(We’re I’m getting this is the ganondorf Japanese ver of totk)

Ah, yes!

Do you mean this scene?

If so, then my theories aren't to say that TotK Ganon (whom I refer to as Wrath) wasn't evil, more so that he is, but he's thus because Kōme & Kotake raised him that way. Basically, pigeonholing him into the position of tyrant.

In my mind, he was raised to be a social darwinist amidst a warring country in a place that hosts a very harsh environment. Not to mention that he was also raised the only male in a society of all women, which is just a recipe for all kinds of mental health issues & developmental stunting.

In other words, everything around him was basically working against him & he responded thusly.

I think that growing up in constant conflict caused him to not know what to do with himself when Rauru came along & united Hyrule's peoples, thus bringing peace. He'd thrived on the warring life & I think that, in many ways, he was stuck in the past & wished to return to that time because, in his mind, everything made sense then.

Like, war? That made sense. Conflict? That also made sense.

Peace??? He has no idea how to live in a world of peace. Sees no inherent value in it.

Of course, I think this is the case for him on a subconscious level. Outwardly, he's a social darwinist, specifically the Struggler type. However, I don't think he's as sincere in his beliefs as he claims, because as shown in the game, he's a sore loser. And if he truly believed as he said he did, he'd have yielded upon realizing that he'd lost. Which, part of this could be influenced by narcissistic tendencies brought on by being born & raised as what amounts to a god-king in the Gerudo culture.

However, I also think that the stone & 10,000 years sealed away likely exacerbated his preexisting issues to the point where he was fine giving up everything in order to make everyone else miserable.

In a lot of ways, I think that the Dorfs, regardless of which iteration, are all extremely unhappy people & this results in them lashing out.

I think it's possible for him to be a good person, but he'd have to be raised by someone other than Kōme & Kotake.

However, even then, I think it's possible for him to be better, just not good per se.

Though, he'd need the influence of someone who was able to prove themselves to him. Someone able to meet him head on. Someone level-headed & honest. Someone who wouldn't be manipulated by him. Who can cut through the crap & speak directly to him.

They'd have to be able to pose their thoughts in such a way that it doesn't necessarily clash with his own beliefs, while still managing to give him a new perspective to contemplate.

[mythicalgeek]

As far as modern fantasy shows goes these days, The Dark crystal age of resistance and Willow are painfully understand gems, even though they are very different from one another (Dark Crystal being an epic dark fantasy and Willow being a fun campy quest adventure) they both go back to mythical forms of storytelling, there both passion progets with a lot of love and care put into them and I wish these kind of shows got more recognition because, they are some of the only fantasy shows we've gotten in the last few years that truly give me that sence of magic that so many modern fantasy strugglers to capture.

[figomagazine]

Heading to Meredith Music Festival 2024? These are the artists you cannot miss

Meredith Music Festival is a transcendent adventure, like a trip through the musical cosmos where genre barely exists and inclusivity and positivity are the ultimate goal.

And aside from the general vibe being one unlike any other music festival on the planet, they lineup is always top notch – every year music fans can expect an eclectic assortment of genre benders and heavy hitters, alongside must-see up and comers and the newest, hottest acts on the block.

The best part is, with only one stage, punters never have to pick because set clashes don't exist here, but the lineup is still a beast, and these are the artists you most definitely want to make your way down the front for.

Angie McMahon

Okay, we know this is almost a redundant way to start this list because of course you're going to be front and centre for the angelic, sometimes-heartbreaking-always-heartwarming sounds of Angie McMahon – but please allow us a moment to wax lyrical about Angie. The way she bottles up ferocity and raw energy with tenderness and vulnerability and pure wholesomeness already makes her live show unmissable, but then layer that with exceptional songwriting and a voice that carries as much power as it does emotion, and you have (what is sure to be) a performance ready-made for boot raising.

Angie McMahon takes the Meredith Music Festival Stage on Saturday at 7.50pm

Barkaa

There's a reason why Malyangapa Barkindji rapper Barkaa is going to need a bigger mantle to showcase all the accolades she is sure to keep receiving, she has well and truly earned her status as one of Australia's most celebrated rappers. On record she is bold, cheeky, resilient, tender, and above all else 100 percent herself – on full display, and never hiding from any part of her past or present. On stage, she is an undeniable force, whether she is shining the spotlight on society at large or right back at herself, audiences will surely be swept up in her magic. Expect bangers and celebration and hard-earned truths when the Blak matriarch takes over.

Barkaa takes the Meredith Music Festival Stage on Saturday at 6.40pm

Genesis Owusu

We mentioned genre-bending ear feasts as a hallmark of a Meredith weekend, and no one in this country is doing it better than Genesis Owusu. His 2023 album STRUGGLER is an exquisitely complex mash of sounds from raw punk to smooth R&B and a whole gamut of things we aren't going to do the disservice of trying to pindown, and on the live stage his defying of genre and musical constraints is fully realised. An electrifying perfomer, harnessing confidence and charisma with vulnerability and authenticity, if you want to witness true musical brilliance, look no further.

Genesis Owusu takes the Meredith Music Festival Stage on Friday at 12.05am

Glass Beams

Glass Beams are hands down one of the most exciting acts to come out of Australia in recent years. As mysterious and enigmatic as their music is captivating and refreshing, the live stage might just be their greatest frontier. They've spent a large chunk of 2024 (and are set to spend a huge amount of 2025) treating audiences in every corner of the globe to their hypnotic, pyschedelic fusion of spacious instrumentals, glittering synths, jazz, disco, pop, twangy guitars and traditional Indian music. Theirs is a melding of sounds, a melting pot of melody, and on the live stage it expands and grows, as if taking in breath. Prepare to be swept up in a hypnotic wonderland of "east-meets-west" brilliance.

Glass Beams take the Meredith Music Festival Stage on Friday at 10.55pm

Maple Glider

Potent, delicate, and empowering as just some of the words used to describe Maple Glider's 2023 album I Get Into Trouble. Across its 35-odd minutes, she speaks truth to power, sharing personal, often painful memories of her life and paints a picture of what it means to exist as a woman in the world. Hurting and joy collide in a glorious record, an emotional landscape that is only amplified when Tori Zietsch – the face behind the Maple Glider moniker – takes the stage, guitar in hand. The sonic palette of her performances, much like her album, is usually little more than some gently, fingerpicked guitar, maybe some piano, a gentle beat – the perfect setting for her voice to soar across the 'Sup.

Maple Glider takes the Meredith Music Festival Stage on Saturday at 11am

[desigirlmag]

via Creating Freedom Movements (July 3rd, 2024 on Instagram):

Tomorrow is July 4th or "Independence" Day in the USA (and July 1 was the equivalent in 'Canada') — a settler colonial nation living on the land of the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island. At Creating Freedom Movements, we are committed to #LandBack — here on Turtle Island, and around the world.

We are reposting work from @wgssa.utsc and @tupacistan, created for IDEVAW (Nov 25) '23 and Land Day (March 30) 2024, drawing connections between sexual & colonial violence, focused on the ways that Indigenous Consent is ignored, coerced, negotiated, violated, and enforced. The teachings in this post are primarily from the @yellowheadinstitute 'Spectrum of Consent' as explored in the Land Back Red Paper and from the @palestinianfeministcollective and their work against Colonial Feminism, Reproductive Genocide, and more.

Clickable links at tiny.cc/PalLandDay

original caption, via @wgssa.utsc — For almost 9 months now, we have been witnessing violent escalation of the 75+ year long occupation of Palestine.

On #IDEVAW 2023 the Palestinian Feminist Collective (PFC) called on feminist co-strugglers and all people of conscience to once and for all #ShutDownColonialFeminism and for Feminists to #SayNoToGenocide

WGSSA UTSC is a critical & intersectional feminist collective. In solidarity with PFC "We reaffirm that Palestine is a feminist issue and assert that feminism is incompatible with Zionism."

This post includes teachings from Yellowhead Institute & PFC to connect the dots between Indigenous Movements like #LandBack & meaningful Consent Action.

You can also sign our #SurvivorsDeserveBetter Open Letter to admin demanding:

mandatory + comprehensive consent education for ALL UofT community members

expansion of the existing Sexual Misconduct Disclosure in hiring policy to ALL employees. We believe this can + should be used to require disclosure of military service in the IOF and/or other militaries that have been credibly accused of weaponizing sexual violence as a tool of warfare + terror

Read & sign at tinyurl.com/UofTActNow

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— Referenced sources & Other Links:

Spectrum of Consent — excerpt of Land Back: A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper

Shut Down Colonial Feminism on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women Statement & Calls to Action* — Palestinian Feminist Collective

December 2023 CNN article

PFC's All Out for Palestine Digital Action Toolkit 🇵🇸

#SayNoToGenocide Joint campaign from INCITE WOC Against Violence & PFC

ReproductiveGenocide in 🇵🇸 Statement + Resources

*Resources + Calls to Action on last slide linked in above statement

— A Note from DGM's Founder/Editor in Chief: It's been a few years y'all... almost 10 since the founding of this blog & e-zine. a lot has changed and if i were to start this again, i would NOT call it desi girl mag — also I use they/she pronouns now, heavy on the they! but here's some work I'd done recently — not sure if anyone even follows DGM on tumblr anymore but if there is still community, i'd love to revitalize our space and make it truly serve the desires of everyone. perhaps we do a comeback issue checking in on formerly featured artists + creators, writers, and staff members? let's see!