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#h-o-t? thats a weird way to spell mentally ill#ive been feeling extra sad tbh#i miss my friends that dont go to the same school as me#and i can feel myself doing what i did a few years ago where i shut everyone out#i dont talk to people unless they talk to me first#i was to socialize but im too tired and i feel like everyones judging me#but today in a big gc of my friends three of them randomly said really nice things about me and it literally made mee cry#im fine but so sad also#urgh i just cant. started thinking about an old friend im done for#i havent spoken directly to her in too long and the thought makes me want to bawl my eyes out#we talked aaaallll the time all day every day#and then she just moved on#its heartbreaking for me tbh#i loved her#i still do#god. GOD!#anyways#im done using tumblr as my diary now thanks#i started writing in my journal again its nice but also sad to reread old stuff#when i get sad i think about her
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- maybe youāre going to change the world
ā i think she already has
- sheās certainly changed ours
#i think about them. constantly#unrequited fearnemodna is everything to me#not that i particularly want fearne to be sad because i donāt#itās just#thinking about her looking at the two of them now#when iām fairly sure sheās quite in love with imogen#it gets me#anyway!#fearnemodna#witchy trio#these witches be bitches#imogen temult#imogen#laudna#fearne calloway#fearne#bells hells#critical role#critical role fanart#cr#cr c3#campaign 3#c3#laura bailey#marisha ray#ashley johnson#fanart
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Mizu's spectacles, and the levels of her disguise
In drafting some more Blue Eye Samurai meta posts, I find myself writing out the comparisons between what Mizu can and cannot hide about herself, and how that affects how she moves through the world.
Like, I get the jokes about Mizu's glasses, if only color contacts had existed back then, etc. etc., and I think (hope) that most viewers don't take the glasses jokes seriously, as in "I don't care about the suspension of disbelief because BES is a cartoon." But I wanted to write these thoughts out anyway without burying them in a text post about something else.
I think the points I'm going to lay out here are viewed very differently by different people, so please feel free to add to this post, reply, or put your thoughts in the tags!
Not only do Mizu's glasses not actually help her that much, there's surely more to Mizu's mixed race appearance than just the color of her eyes.
In my view, this was pointed out in episode 1:
I'm willing to bet most of us were expecting young Taigen to say "blue eyes," not "ROUND eyes."
Obviously this is still about Mizu's eyes, but not even spectacles can hide their shape.
I don't think the show is obligated to point out everything about Mizu's face that isn't quite as Japanese as the people around her expect. Though the creators have said that they specifically designed Mizu - and her clothes - to read both as "white" and as "Japanese," as well as both male and female. I think there's more about Mizu's features that read as "white" than just her eyes.
This is where my own headcanons start entering the picture, but it's my impression that people can just tell that Mizu looks different, whether or not they can put a finger on exactly how.
There's the little girl who looks at Mizu and then hides on the way into Kyoto:
When there's more to your face you'd like to cover up than just your eyes, big hats are a big help!
By the way, most of these examples have to come from the first half of the season, since by the second half, either Mizu is too preoccupied with fighting henchmen, or everyone Mizu is facing knows who she is already, and she therefore has no reason to hide her mixed race identity.
It's worth mentioning that the mere fact that Mizu has to hide multiple aspects of her identity - her mixed race and her sex - results in her having to choose clothes that really, really cover her up, which doesn't win her any favors either:
(Zatoichi reference, anyone?)
If it were as easy as, for example, tying her glasses to her head and wa-lah, nobody would ever know she was half-white - then (1) Mizu would've just done that long ago, and (2) Mizu wouldn't be so on guard and on tenterhooks 100% of the time the way she's depicted in the show, even when her glasses are on.
Her spectacles sure don't help her in the brothel, which is full of observant women who are trying to seduce her, meaning they get good long looks at her:
Mizu never takes her glasses off, but they still send a woman to her who has light eyes, thinking that must be what will interest a blue-eyed man:
No wonder Mizu gets mad after this, lol
So Mizu never takes her spectacles off in the brothel, it's dimly lit inside, and the women can still tell that she has blue eyes. I'm getting the sense that Mizu putting on her spectacles isn't a guarantee that people suddenly can't tell that she looks different.
And yet no one spots that she's female.
Mizu can hide her breasts, can wear her hair in the right style, can hide what's between her legs, can walk and talk and behave like a man - and she's been doing it for almost her entire life, to the point that not only is she very good at it, but the threat of being found out as female is deadly, but isn't presented in the show as omnipresent.
Let me explain.
She threatens Ringo for nearly saying the word "girl" out loud, because while she's constantly ostracized for being mixed race, being a woman traveling without a chaperone, carrying a sword, and disguised as a man will get her killed or flogged or arrested or some combination of these things.
But in addition, it's been drilled into her since she was a child that if she is discovered as female, the combination of her being mixed race and female will identify her as someone extremely specific, someone known to some bad people, and she will be killed:
I think of it as Mizu thinking to herself, "Being found out as mixed race means I'm treated badly. Being found out as mixed race and a woman means I'm dead."
Mizu's hair is cut as a child. But she isn't made to wear a big hat, or cover her eyes somehow, or anything like that. Because hiding her sex is a more successful endeavor than hiding her race.
Ringo finds out she's female by accident, but once Mizu accepts the fact that he won't rat her out, she relaxes pretty early on in the season. Because the threat of being found out as female is mitigated pretty much 99.9%, since Mizu has gotten so good at being a man. And also, because most of the time, people see what they want to see. Even if Mizu's face makes her stand out as "not 100% Japanese," no one in the world of BES looks at Mizu's clothes, her bearing, her sword, hears her voice, and will ever in a million years conclude that she is a woman, because expectations around gender roles in the Edo period were so rigid and so widely enforced.
One detail that proved this to me is after the Four Fangs fight:
Ringo takes off Mizu's clothes so he can stitch her up, then leaves her clothes off even after he's done. He doesn't even throw her cloak over her as a blanket or anything. There's a little a straw (pallet?) as a divider there on the left, but anyone could just peek around it and see Mizu and her chest bindings. (I think it's mostly there as a windbreaker.)
And Taigen is right there, but he doesn't give a shit:
Opinions probably vary hugely on this, but my impression is that because the show doesn't make any kind of deal about Taigen being in the room with Mizu here, my guess is that Mizu isn't in any danger of Taigen thinking she's female. Even when I watched the show for the first time, I assumed that Taigen had seen Mizu out of her clothes here, and that he thought nothing of it.
Eat your heart out, Li Shang (Mulan 1998). I actually do think that this scene is a direct and purposeful side-eye to that movie, lol
There's obviously some nuance to how "severe" being mixed race is compared to how "severe" being a woman is for Mizu:
After all, Swordfather can't bear to listen to Mizu confess to being a woman.
So a Japanese man can go wherever he wants, whenever he wants in BES. A Japanese woman has limited options: marriage, religion, or a brothel. A mixed-race man is an eyesore in this story. A mixed-race woman is a death sentence.
May as well eliminate the female aspect, and do what you can about the mixed-race aspect. Because that's just realistic.
Meaning Mizu can avoid the strictures Edo society places on women. But she can't avoid the repercussions that come with being mixed race. And I truly don't think that it's just because "there's no brown contacts yet."
#blue eye samurai#mizu#racism#bes#I am truly disappointed that we didnt get absolute confirmation that Taigen saw Mizus bound chest and just didnt think it was a big deal#but I still think that scene is making a point#again I dont think most people take the glasses jokes seriously#but its been bothering me ever since I first saw them#I really dont think Mizu just looks like a 100 percent Japanese person...... with blue eyes#and I bet that will be made even more obvious when she goes to London where Im sure she will meet plenty of people#who are more than happy to point out their observations to her#also I ran out of room in this post to go into it but this is also what made Mizus marriage an absolutely doomed prospect#Mikio talks about wanting to find the right creature for his lord and well... a mixed race woman is the right creature huh#he just needed a little push imo#getting kind of sad at the thought that Ringo is the only person in Mizus life who knows her whole identity AND accepts it wholly
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live drama adaptations part 2 (prev)
cast reveal and girls movie night š„
#i actually had the first three pages done for like. months now. and then i just forgot š§āāļø#theres one more part to this but as to when ill finish that. haha#duck scribbles#minicomic tag#midoyuzu#and a bit of tomohaji on the side#doodles#enstars#midori takamine#hajime shino#yuzuru fushimi#tori himemiya#ibara saegusa#this is. a lot better quality than the first initial one amsdkjgshdgsmd i kindaa wanna redo it but its already a multiple part one i dont#think ill do that to myself rn akjdgskjwkjgjkd#its been 8 months i doubt anyone would remember the initial one but its ok u dont have to read it#i completely made up this manga and am now a little sad its not a thing that exists#i wish haruno was a real character i could post mangacaps of#thought too hard about it and there isnt any way to fit it into here but there is also a fourth character harunos childhood gyaru friend#also in love w her. she ends up having some sort of alliance with naoto but obviously its in vain too but its all chill#manga ends with haruno opening her dream cafe and asahi later joins her there after training a new team to take care of their old one#naoto becomes a regular there also w his new bf :] happy ending !!!#wow i have drawn Way too much lately. forgive me for such behavior ill probably be posting a lot less from here on out askjdgksjhgs#needed the food for when im away from my laptop for a week....#guess ill never get to finish that other lil comic i had planned for that sleepover drawing i made back during rarepair week </3#does anyone actually read these anyhow. i talk too much maybe
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My overall analysis on Sektor and Bi-Hanās relationship and how I still think a Bi han redemption is possible.
If you donāt wanna read all this let me know, Iāll give you a summary
#Iām sad about bireena yes but#it wasnāt my top concern#itās no secret to anyone that bi han is my favorite character#all I wanted was for him to be redeemed#I suppose wishing for that is too early in the game though#Iām just sick of seeing him subjected to the same cycle every timeline. I wanna see him get better#bireena not being canon I could live with#but having her not be in his story at all is crazy#I donāt think he needs an enabler like sektor he needs a questioner like sareena#mortal Kombat#mk1 khaos reigns#Iām not delusional enough to believe that they will ever give us bireena but please fix my boy#I hope this is all a build up cause if this is what weāre stuck with Iām done with mortal kombat#and please for the love of all things good let him and kuai liang reconcile#or give us a flashback of them close as kids#I need the emotional weight to hit harder when theyāre not getting along#we need show donāt tell bruh
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Curly had two days to act and Swansea had two months.
I think itās just interesting that every defense of Swansea not immediately acting are the same ones that are argued against for Curly. āHe didnāt want to alert Daisuke or makes things worse for Anya either Jimmy!ļæ½ļæ½ I mean people also assume that about Curly and the crew. āHe has to think about his plan of action and a right moment!ā Again so did Curly, power and authority aside, he still would have to think of what he had to do. āHe makes sure he doesnāt have to be around Jimmy!ā So did Curly and they only do this to an extent, both give Jimmy more than a few opening to keep harassing Anya.
This isnāt defense of Curly nor a damnation of Swansea. Their actions are very parallel to each others in tragic and sour ways when it comes to how they approached helping Anya. In the grand scheme of it all they both did the same thing: Nothing. No action either took stopped the inevitable outcome of her death nor Jimmyās continued damage to themself.
The only real difference is Swansea didnāt like Jimmy which is pretty substantial, but also just as damning as Curly knowing how bad Jimmy could get to an extent. He had even less of a reason to wait, even more of a reason to act seeing as he was now worried for Anya AND Daisuke. He is not bound by the possible procedure as Captain and actively does not care about what happens next. So what does it matter if he acted in the moment? Why did he wait? I think heās just as morally complex and grey as Curly and we hold him on a pedestal that still perpetuates things in rape culture the game critiques.
Itās not just enough to dislike and be abrasive to predators/abusers like Jimmy. Itās not enough to just put yourself between them and the other person. Itās not enough to hold tensions when you know someone is vulnerable. He and Curly do the exact same things but on different sides of the coin. I ask how is it better to not turn a blind eye but still not really do anything about what you are seeing? Not until it affects you atleastā¦
The game makes a big point to not put men doing the bare minimum or who wait to do more on pedestals and Iām actually surprised so many are missing that point.
#like Iām sorry two months? he couldnāt have explained it at all to Daisuke?#heās no better than Curly and itās likely Anya found comfort in the fact that Jimmy would at least avoid being around Swansea#tho everything he went off to drink or passed out she would be acutely reminded that things are still taking precedent in his head#she is not his top concern nor is seeking justice for her like he is admittedly more concerned about Daisuke he doesnāt mention her#outside of the fact that they were def talking about what Jimmy did and likely the fact he mightāve crashed the ship but pls donāt mistake#his final acts as being majority for Anya. the game keeps showing how these men keep prioritizing things over her even when they say they#wonāt and itās sad itās so sad that we keep trying to say but what about him like they all do it#itās not intentional but thatās whatās also bad about it like I doubt she made a suicide plan with him two months in advance#these characters are acting to get out of this and she knows her ending is not happy if she leaves or not sheās taking that choice to do it#and hell Swansea might not have known by the way he speaks to Daisuke and Jimmy that that was her plan to khs#likely either to just keep her and Curly locked in med bay until they got rescued or died#but itās all speculation and thinking and I can only implore people to think why are you giving Swansea more credit?#cause I see him bittersweetly so used to the negatives he cares not for futile efforts#two months vs two days and each time nothing was really done for her other than prolonging her suffering around Jimmy#Swansea slept outside utility was drunk most of the time and itās clear Jimmy was able to have access to Anya whenever#I mean look at the teaser where they sit at the table he is far from her with Daisuke#like itās just frustration at this point thinking any guy on that ship was doing good by Anya specifically and not for their own reasons#like at least Curly was direct on the issue he still did mostly Jack shit but Swansea doesnāt even let Jimmy know he knows#and thatās another issue in rape culture of men avoiding calling other men what they are even if they hate them like#the game plays with the idea of knowing vs acknowledging and neither truly acknowledge it as a part of their actions#against Jimmy and god no one did better than Anya for Anya. they just werenāt heinous like Jimmy#mouthwashing#mouthwashing game#curly mouthwashing#captain curly#swansea mouthwashing#anya mouthwashing#nurse anya#itās not all men but all men can and do play a part especially in the extreme scenario mouthwashing deposits
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even though i know the leverage team gets back together as soon as season 2 starts and we barely see any time of them being apart, it makes me unreasonably upset that they not only spent six months apart, but that they didn't know they'd all join back up eventually!! like wdym hardison spent months trying and failing to track down parker?? wdym parker gained a family and then spent half a year alone again?? wdym eliot had found a way to do some good or have some kind of purpose until it was suddenly over?? wdym nate & sophie had finally caught up with each other but came to realize that neither of them were in a place to have that relationship and spent months not knowing if that had been their last chance??
#leverage#leverageposting#especially parker and hardison. i get sad thinking about how she had adapted to maybe finally having people and then it was over#only for 6mo but as far as she knew it was probably forever#and then for hardison like. trying to track her down and failing. desperately trying to figure out how to find her. wondering if shes upset#that he hasnt contacted her. but also wondering if maybe she doesnt want to be found. maybe shes over him? maybe shes gone.#sophie at least evidently spent some of that time devising a way to get the team back together (and putting on a play)#the fact sophie managed to get an invite to parker while hardison couldnt find her is funny tho. i imagine soph had a different strategy.#trying to track her down means always being a step behind. id like to think soph instead predicted where parker *would* be.#wherever the shiniest thing to steal is. or that she set up a whole grift to both steal from a museum herself but also to entice parker to#steal from the museum and find a note hidden in the back of the most theft-worthy painting etc. idk.#but anyway hardison also looked so sad in the stork job when they briefly thought parker had run off ('trust me she is gone' 'whos gone?')#so actually losing her for 6mo + assuming it was probably forever is SO SAD#and parker not having her 'more than a team' team OW OUCH IM IN PAIN
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actually I love Tentoo and he is the Doctor and it was the only ending for Rose that worked and it is a huge gift to be able to have the man she loves grow old with her, they were always heading for that, y'all be quiet. I 100% understand the angst but it's okay, they're okay, good ending-
#did you want her to...not end up with the doctor?#she ended up with the doctor. she ended up with the doctor and they get to AGE together#they get to have a real honest relationship the way they both always genuinely wanted#it's hard that the full time lord version has to carry on without her but that is the way that character's story ALWAYS goes#the doctor does not get to keep ANYONE. it would be a different show if he did#meanwhile there is a version of that same face of his - the one that was MADE for love? particularly born out of love for ROSE? the one 1/2#2/2 that always wanted a FAMILY? and stability? and a normal life? the tenth doctor longed for that specifically because of rose#now he gets to have it AND be part-human so he doesn't have to watch her get old. he gets old WITH HER#and they're canonically growing their own Tardis so you don't even have to be sad that they're not adventuring in time and space as usual#because they ARE. it's the kindest ending for either character. and if the full time lord hadn't left without either of them-#-he would have had to lose them eventually. lose Rose because she's human? hello? painful? but instead he was selfless and left her-#-with a proper happy ending. which she CHOSE to have so you can't be like āhe tricked her!ā she chose to kiss one of them and it was Tentoo#they are the same man. Rose won in this scenario.#and I GET IT I am with Billie Piper I think it will always feel a little off that she was left with Tentoo and not the full time lord#I understand. it still makes me a little sad. but I know it's a good ending writing-wise. really the ONLY ending.#yes I know about the popular idea of Immortal!Rose or Bad Wolf Rose or whatever and that's cute and all BUT - it's not a GOOD thing#it's not PREFERABLE to be immortal. Rose doesn't want to live forever. she wants to be with the man she LOVES forever.#she doesn't want to not die or adventure for all time. she wants to be there to hold his hand. and when Tentoo is born she gets THAT!#Immortal!Rose is tragic. the Doctor would not wish the burden of immortality on the woman he loves HELLO#anyway#I ship timepetals. that includes Tentoo/Rose. because he is the doctor#so there#I have more thoughts on Tentoo specifically but I digress#maybe if provoked in an Ask or something idk#doctorrose#timepetals#opinion piece#tenrose#tentoo#handy
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hong kong miku,,,
#hopping on the trend jumpscare iām from hong kong surprise#i havenāt seen that many hk mikus around#lowkey chat i think i kinda ate with this one#however i will say i am coloring in the dark so if any colors look off thatās why#and also i havenāt opened this program in literal months i jumped straight into this no warmup no nothing#miku is what pulls me out of art block apparently i was locked in for 5 hours STRAIGHT#someone needs to teach me how to paint properly holy#not sure how i feel about the bottom left one but that was a quick one anyways#i am from hk originally but i havenāt been back in years so i have no idea about the culture other than food and mirror#OKAY let me explain the context#street food is a big thing in hk and quick and easy things like fish balls egg waffles and like siu mai and wonton noodles are popular#back then people really would just squat down on the side of the road or right in front of the shop to eat it and go#but i donāt think anyone does that anymore city life and all that#ohh i should have done instant noodles breakfasts god i loved those#if anyones from hk if you go to the causeway bay mtr station exit that leads up to the big road near sogo. do they still sell siu mai there#that shit was BANGER i remember asking for them all the time#a good majority of parents in hk would get their daughters ears pierced as a baby something about them not feeling as much pain idk#thatās just what i was told#i used the neon for her friendly standard greeting cause i wanted to incorporate the neon signs somehow without actually drawing a whole bg#lots of neon signs in hk. i heard they had to take them down cause of light pollution which is sad but understandable#everyone got their shoes from dr kong. at least when i was younger they did#boy band is self explanatory. i heard theyāre really popular my mom listens to them#oh i had her messing with her shoes cause hk people move FAST. you stop for one second and you get shoved#so like a fun little allusion#gave her black roots just for fun. she is violating every school uniform code possible#this is all based off of my memory by the way so like. anyone who knows this better than i do hit me up#hatsune miku#miku from my culture#jellos scribbles#i havenāt tag yapped in so long welcome back my love i missed you
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Poor Taylor would have existed just to get her heart crushed confirming even more that Rayla is the only one for Callumšš
#context in case you dont know: shes a deleted character who had a crush on Callum and he would have ignored her#I was told Eugene said Rayla is the only one for him and he only thought about here those two years#and then we get Rayla thinking about him 24/7 in chasing shadows#insane#tayllum murdered by rayllum š#what I dont get IS why they call her love interest? Thought it was a common thing. Does the name work too when it's one sided?#I kinda wish she stayed. Would have been interesting but also kinda sad for her lol#also she's probably called Taylor because Taylor Swift lmao#rayllum#tdp#the dragon prince#eugene'd
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age of calamity prompt: mipha and link post water & fire mission? š
With all his strength, training, and the benefits of youth, there were few times Link truly ever felt absolutely exhausted. It had happened far more frequently in the last year, what with all the monster attacks making everyone feel like they were in all out war.
But now that war had actually arrived, Link learned a new level of exhaustion, born from a worry so deep in his heart and soul that he didnāt even know what to do with it.
When Ganon had taken control of all the technology theyād worked so hard to learn and utilize, it had been such a defilement that Linkās blood had boiled with rage while his heart froze with fear. His, Zeldaās, and Impaās determination helped them push through, of course, and heād hardly had time to truly register any of his emotions once theyād started moving once more.
He remembered the heart stopping terror as the initial realization hit him though. He remembered feeling his breath utterly stolen away in a dread, a knowledge that the capital was falling, he and Zelda were in danger, his family was in danger, the Champions were trappedāthat Mipha was trapped, and, for one moment, he thought he was absolutely powerless to do anything about it.
But he wasnāt powerless. Theyād gotten there in time, theyād saved Mipha.
But it had been close. Hylia, it had been close. Sheād looked absolutely exhausted - if it hadnāt been for Terrakoās magic, for that manāSidon, he reminded himself, marveling at how the little fledgling could turn into such a massive Zoraāthen Mipha would haveā¦ would haveā¦
Sheād barely had the words to even acknowledge him when heād finally gotten there. And heād had to rush off to save Daruk as well.
Now that all the Champions were safe, Link felt himself on the verge of collapse. Zelda was trying to rest, instead worrying and mourning. Link felt awful for her - despite all the lives theyād saved, after all, sheād still lost her father. Linkās own father had barely escaped Castle Town and was recovering.
But now their friends were together once more, Divine Beasts ready for a counterattack. They were all impatient to do so much, to fight back now, even Link, willing to push through his exhaustion and end this.
There was no way they could fight right at this moment, though. Even Link couldnāt. But what he did want to do was check on Mipha. Heād been with Zelda, trying to keep her company, and with his father, but his heart was aching and worrying for the Zora princess as well.
After all she wasā¦ she was his friend.
Goddess, he couldnāt really lie to himself anymore. She was far more than a friend to him, and heād almost lost her.
Link dragged his feet towards the palace. Of the four locations theyād helped free from Ganonās hold, Zoraās Domain was the most fortified and therefore the safest, so it is where the majority of them were staying to recover until they could plan things out better in the morning. Mipha had been whisked away by her people upon exiting Van Ruta, and Link hadnāt seen her since.
He was allowed easy access to the palace, having visited Mipha multiple times and befriended her family (or, really, King Dorephan had essentially adopted him, he was so charismatically extroverted). The older Prince Sidon was excitedly talking to the king, missing Link entirely for he moment and giving him a chance to sneak into Miphaās room.
He knocked, clearing his throat nervously (he wanted to see her, genuinely, but going to her bedroom seemedā¦ inappropriate). Initially he heard nothing, and he worried a little more, cracking the door and calling her name softly. Silence was the answer, and he finally peeked around the door to see an empty room.
Where was she? Her family wasnāt distressed at all, so she couldnāt be in worse shape than he thought, right? Did they even know she wasnāt in here?
Link walked into the room quietly, closing the door behind him, examining everything. Miphaās jewelry was on her little vanity - she always wore it when she went out, unlessā¦
The one time Link saw her without her jewelry was when theyād agreed to sneak out at night - sheād commented that at the least, the headdress was too noisy for such a venture.
Wait. Surely she didnātā¦
Narrowing his eyes, Link moved towards the window by the shallow waters where she likely rested. Looking out, he could just make out the area theyād designated for triaging the injured.
He had a funny feeling he knew where she was. Link climbed out of the window, crawling along the side of the palace so he could avoid scrutiny, and then hastily made his way back to the medical encampment. He saw a flesh of red, and he followed it toā¦
His fatherās bed. Where Mipha sat, hands glowing, slowly working on healing his wounds. For his part, Linkās father was fast asleep, having been just as exhausted as everyone else - it was why Link had gone to be with Zelda and comfort her, as heād felt fairly useless hovering anxiously over the man.
Mipha seemed to notice the scrutiny and glanced up, jumping, startled. āLink!ā
He was relieved to see her on her feet, so relieved. After their last encounterāgoddess, she looked so much better.
But she was still tired. So, inevitably, the first thing out of his mouth was, āWhy arenāt you resting?ā
He wanted to kick himself. He should be thanking her for looking after his father, asking her how sheās feeling instead of just scolding her.
But he was scared, tired, and angry too - why didnāt Mipha ever let herself get a break?
The entire situation was crashing down on him, and he didnāt know wha to do with all the emotions he was feeling. He didnāt want to take them out on Mipha, though, so he tried to keep his mouth shut and was nearly mortified to instead feel his eyes stinging with tears of frustration.
The magic glowing over his father subsided, and Mipha hugged herself a little insecurely. āIā¦ Iād already been unable to assist any of the other Champions. I was resting, Link, but when I saw so many injured coming in, I knew the others would need help.ā
āYou were unable to help because youād almost died,ā Link argued, his voice shaking. āEveryone almost died.ā
Mipha swallowed, easily reading how close Link was to falling apart. She clearly was shaken as wellāhe could only imagine what it felt like to have been so close to death. He saw his friend bite her lip uncertainly, hands wringing in front of her. āT-they did. Iā¦ Link, I promisedā¦ I promised Iād protect you, and I almost failed.ā
Link felt his breath get stolen away. Sheā¦ he didnāt know what to say, only that he wanted to tell her over and over that this wasnāt somehow her fault.
āI knew,ā Mipha continued quietly, and now her own voice shook. āIā¦ I figured I would be the weakest Champion. I was prepared to die if it was to happen. Butā¦ Iā¦ā
Mipha sniffled, inhaling steadily to try and calm herself, closing her eyes. Link moved towards her in an instant, dragging her into a hug.
His mind and heart were screaming.
What kind of thing was that to say - I figured I would be the weakest Champion, was prepared to dieāhad Mipha truly expected not to survive the encounter with Ganon? Yet sheād pushed forward anyway, had promised to protect and heal Linkā
He didnāt know what to say, what to do, how to feel. He was horrified and terrified and felt so awful for her, he wanted to hold her for the rest of his life and tell her over and over that she had done nothing wrong, that she was an incredible fighter, that he would protect her. Mipha was trembling in his arms, crying quietly, finally letting her own stress out, and Link found himself crying too.
Words came forth before he knew what he was saying, genuine and raw and desperate to be heard. āI love you.ā
Miphaās sniffles turned to outright sobs, and she slid her arms around him. Link rested his head atop hers, cheek pressed against smooth scales, tears slowly sliding downward.
āLink, IāIām s-sorryāā
Please donāt be.
āWeāre at w-warāand Iāā
āI know,ā he whispered.
He let her cry for a while longer, he let himself cry. He was too drained to figure out how to proceed, to worry about protocol or anything of the sort. He just wanted to be with her, to comfort her and let her hold him in return. He wanted this nightmare to be over, and for a moment, it was just them.
As their tears slowed, the pair slowly, hesitantly pulled apart.
Mipha spoke first, trying to get a hold of herself. āThank youā¦ thank you for saving me on Vah Ruta.ā
Goddess, did she even need to thank him for such a thing? He countered, āThank you for healing me so many times, for always being there. Iā¦ Mipha, Iāll always protect you. I promise.ā
Mipha watched him a moment, smiling as a blush stained her white cheeks red. She looked down at her hands, suddenly seeming to remember her usually far more shy nature. āDidā¦ did you mean itā¦?ā
Link blinked, confused. āMeanāwhy wouldnāt I meanāā
āO-oh, no!ā Mipha interrupted, waving her hands. āI meanāI know you would protect me, Link, weāre friends after all, and youāre a Hero andāā
Oh. He knew what she was asking.
Ofā¦ of course he meant it. Heād justā¦ been not addressing it. Becauseā¦ wellā¦
Theyād been friends when they were children. And heād liked her a lot then too. More than any of the other Zora. He was attracted to her kindness, her compassionate heart, her silliness and desire to help. Before his little mind and heart knew what such a love was, he already loved her. Now that they were both older, that feeling had matured, andā¦
Link swallowed, grabbing hold of his courage. āYes. I meant it. I love you.ā
His words derailed Miphaās stuttered rambling. The silence gave him an opportunity to continue, saying, āYouāre not weak. You gave that blight everything you had. Youāre an excellent fighter.ā
āLinkā¦ā she muttered, clearly unsure what to say, but then she giggled, bubbly and emotional as it was, her eyes glistening with tears. āIā¦ā
Link suddenly felt insecure, suddenly felt like maybe he shouldnāt quite have said everything he had. But heādā¦ she deserved to be comforted, if nothing else. But maybe he shouldnāt have saidā¦
āI love you too,ā Mipha finally replied.
ā¦Oh. Oh.
Oh.
Did heā¦ did sheā¦ theyā¦
She actually said it?!
Mipha having some sort of strong feelings for Link had been somewhat apparent for a little while now. Her tripping over herself around him had been downright endearing, honestly. But given that sheād never admitted it, Link had figured it was because it was entirely inappropriate, or that perhaps her feelings were not the same as his. But herāshe actuallyā
Heā¦ he really wanted to kiss her. Instead, he just felt himself blush.
A heavy sigh resounded from behind them, and both teenagers nearly jumped out of their skin.
Whirling, they turned to see Abel staring at them under heavy lidded eyes, looking exhausted and exasperated at the same time.
āPapa!ā Link gasped, rushing to his fatherās side, and Mipha was quick on his heels. āAre you alright?ā
āIām about as well as you appear to be,ā his father replied, and he could sense the judgment from the man. He sucked in a cheek and bit on it, sheepish at being called out, but it wasnāt as if heād had a chance to rest quiet yet. Heād wanted to check on Mipha, and then all this had happened.
āIām so sorry, Sir Abel, I didnāt finish healing your wounds,ā Mipha hastily said, moving to the other side of the bed to get a better view.
āYour Highness, thatās unnecessary,ā Abel waved her off as respectfully as he could in his state. āI appreciate your singular resolve to heal everyone - you are a good person, and a testament to the Zoraās compassion. But Iā¦ have a favor to ask of Your Highness, if youāll allow me this.ā
āYes, of course,ā Mipha nodded eagerly, putting a hand on his shoulder. It was an automatic gesture, born from a kind heart, always eager to soothe, even if it was a little odd for her to be doing it to the seasoned knight. āWhat is it?ā
āRest,ā Abel replied. It was disguised as a request, kind and gentle, but there was the slightest heaviness to his tone, one that Link knew intimately. This was a command, in the only way that the quiet knight could offer to a princess far above his station.
Mipha swallowed, mirroring Linkās sheepish reaction, and let out a small laugh. āA-ah. Well. IāI suppose I could use a little more rest, but the othersāperhaps I can do so after I helpāā
āYou would be disregarding my request, then, princess,ā Abel noted carefully.
Miphaās mouth snapped shut. Link almost laughed - his father got her.
Heād have to remember that trick
Sighing heavily in defeat, Mipha bowed her head. āWell, Iāyes. Iāll justāIāll go back to the palace, then. Sir Abel, IāIām sorry I wasnāt able to heal you fully before I go, but Iāā
āMipha,ā Link interrupted pleadingly. āPlease, donāt be sorry. Youāve done more than enough, I promise.ā
His dear friend watched him before smiling gently, genuinely, lovingly. He smiled back at her, heart warming. They exchanged a quiet promise to continue their conversation later, and Mipha excused herself.
Abel sighed heavily again. Link glanced at him, worried. āPapa?ā
āYou two are ridiculous,ā his father grumbled. āIf Tilieth had been just as shy as me, you would have never been born.ā
Link felt his cheeks scald with heat. āP-Papa!ā
His father didnāt comment further, respecting his privacy, but he did yank him into a hug, holding him hostage in the bed with him until the Hero of Hyrule settled in his embrace. Zoraās Domain quieted as evening came, and everyone settled in to rest for the war to come.
Despite the dread hanging in the air, Link smiled, feeling lighter than he had in ages, heart full as Miphaās words repeated in his mind, as he was safe in his fatherās embrace.
I love you too.
#writing#You ask Skye answers#Lovely snailstudios#Miphlink#age of calamity#age of calamity link#AoC link#mipha#abel#you know I tried to just make it the two of them#But Abel somehow squeezed in there#I feel like an adult needed to get these two morons to progress their conversation LOL#Abel was trying his DARNDEST to just pretend to be asleep after their crying woke him up#He was trying to respect their privacy and not interfere#But he got too exasperated LOL#Itās fun exploring Miphaās character#Girl was preparing her entire family for her death itās so sad and interesting about her#She just wants to help so much#Darn I was gonna line this up with a Miphlink prompt and that failed LOL#Oh well itās Miphlink week I think when Iām scheduling this so thereās that
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i cant get over the whole time in the real world rick just sat there watching over morty and when he woke up finally rick sounded SO happy the way he just yelled his name excitedly the second he woke up,,,
#i miss them alreadyā¦.#AND ALSO AT THE END. MORTY WAS KIND OF IN A WAY WHAT STOPPED RICK FROM JUMPING INTO THE HOLE TO SEE DIANE.#you saw him like look sad for a second that he wouldnāt get to see her but then his expression changed to a firm one when he decided he was#-going to put mortys picture on the wall and then his little smile after he didā¦ morty isnāt dianes replacement hes even better than that#THATS HOW I SEE IT THOUGH. one of the biggest appeals of r&m to me is just how they are eachothers absolute favourite and they outweigh-#-everything the others ever known. i think this episode really showed that alot.#despite everything heās seen and experienced mortys biggest fear is rick not caring about him#and like. thatās funny bc thatās a thing where everybody knows for a fact thatās literally impossible#the biggest contributor for why SO many things in the show have happened is rick loves morty more than anything#also that one part in the whole sequence with them growing up where it showed r&m drinking togehter that made me so happy bc like#it was one of those moments where i was like. Oh yeah duhdoy i almost forgot theyāre going to be best friends for ever and ever#hhhgg. so many good things so much so much. also im probably not going to touch this episode for a week lol#i Need time ok.#rick and morty#rick and morty spoilers#odiespeak
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"I want this one, she said."
#bg3#baldur's gate 3#minthara#minthara baenre#evil murder kitten#it just makes me so sad that she feels that she deserved what happened to her#and she doesn't agree with you when you tell her she didn't#she says similar things when talking about her mother#minthara has regularly received abuse her entire life and thinks she deserved it at every avenue#because if she was strong enough it wouldn't have happened#she takes her abuse and builds up thicker and thicker walls around herself#keeping everyone away from her no matter how much she craves connection#except for you#you are able to get past those walls because she knows with a guaranteed certainty you will never hurt her like everyone else has#i wonder how refreshing that has to be for her#two centuries of being abused by everyone you've ever cared for#terrified that the next will hurt you worse than the last#and you find someone you can guarantee will never harm you#there is a reason why minthara clings onto you so hard and literally does not want to be anywhere else but by your side
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[<==PREV PAGES] [NEXT PAGE==>(not out yet.wait a year.or maybe more.imagine.]
saw alot of comments on prev pages; saying 'i HATE that mean teacher! im gonna FIGHT HIM!!' & i LOVE the energy!! it WOULD be nice. to have that catharsis. but the story of young tidestrider is Not one of catharsis. it is a story of being so small and so special and sucking so bad.
#jrwi fanart#jrwi show#jrwi riptide#gillion tidestrider#GONNA START FORMATTING MY COMICS BETTER. W THE PROPER 'PREV' 'NEXT' LINKS#REALLY DIDNT EXPECT TO CONTINUE THIS SERIES BUT AAAUUUHH MY BRRAAAIN MY BRAIN IS SO IDEASSS. I HAVE 3 OTHER PAGES SKETCHED OUT#NO PROMISES ILL FINISH EM ANY TIME SOON OR EVER. MY WHIMS ARE THEIR OWN BEAST AND I ONLY DRAW ON MY WHIMS#THAT BEING SAID IF U COMMISSIONED ME ILL GEEETT TO YOUUU IM SORRYYYY. ART IS AN EMOTIONAL RELEASE FOR ME N BABY I HAVE EMOTIONS.#ESPECIALLY ABOUT GILLION TIDESTRIDER CHAMPION OF THE UNDERSEA HERO OF THE DEEP.for the desc here i put smth that i typed up in the tags of#another thing i made. i gotta make a proper Baby Gillion tag or smth. eventually.. eventually...I LOVE DRAWIN THIS LIL BABY GUY..#i also LOVE depicting the teachers as just being so fuckin mean. ofc theres variation in that. just like in all things.like the teacher her#idk if itll be mentioned but the octo lady is named Ms Octburn.an octopus pun based off the name of an actual councilor i had#when i was in elementary school i got bullied alot but teachers never did anything. i hated adults and didnt trust them.#but this councilor o mine was so genuinely sweet. i remember spending alot of time w her. she doesnt work there anymore.#but that one school adult that actually earns ur trust and is there for you when they can be.its SO important for a child i think#i hope she knows how much she helped me.youll see in the next page that ms octburn isnt perfect either.but she tries. they all try.somehow.#ALL these comics are gonna be inspired by somesorta experience o mine in the school system. school is so fucked up u ever thing abt that#AND GILLIOOOOONNN IN THE MOST FUCKED UP LITTLE SCHOOL OF ALL. MAINTAINED BY A CULT. CENTERED AROUND HIM. OUR CHOSEN ONE#I IMAGINE ALOT BANKS ON HIS SUCCESS. THIS IS THE WORLD. THE WHOLE WORLD. THE PROPHECY IS GOING TO COME TRUE N UR TELLIN ME#THAT ITS THIS LITTLE IDIOT THATS GONNA BE SAVING US? WHAT IF HE FAILS. IF HE CANT GET THIS RIGHT THEN HE WILL FAIL AND WE WILL DIE#WE NEED TO TRAIN HIM. WE NEED HIM TO LEARN. AND TO SUCCEED. OR ELSE WE'RE DEAD. WE'RE ALL FUCKING DEAD. I IMAGINE THAT MUST BE STRESSFUL#in other news i hope ppl actually giggle when they read these. they ARE intended to be comical. dark humor or whatever. like its also sad#this is intended to be a sad comic series. but a funny one too. does that make sense? god i hope so.saw some1 say they had flashbacks-#-reading this. like YES!! THE INTENDED EFFECT!! YOU GET ME!! i love seeing ppl get upset on this lil baby boys behalf. i LOVE seeing ppl-#-wail n weep n cry in the comments. i LOOOVE seeing ppl RELATE to baby gillion. and i love letting u all know that this wont be a happycomi#gillion gets his happiness arc in the actual show. this series is one of unfortunate events. teehehehe. do u guys remember that show#i keep listening to the lil songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events for inspiration. GOOD STUFF!!#anyway uuhh uhh thats all i got in my brain. for now. feed me ur comments give me ur input i NNEEEEEDD THHEEEMMMM
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queen rutela & prince ralis
#my art#mothers day#the legend of zelda#twilight princess#loz#loz tp#loz fanart#twilight princess fanart#rutela#queen rutela#ralis#prince ralis#motherās day#fanart#digital art#artists on tumblr#i just. i wish we knew more about her#i get so sad when i think abt the fact that he doesnāt have his mom anymore
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season 3 janeway hanging out with her kiddies more is a big fave era of the AU for meeeeeeeee <3 she's awkward at it but she's trying :')
Resolutions and Basics happen and it's the beginning of a shift for her in feeling like she actually wants to be a mother. It's a slow burn up through Coda which conveniently shares an anniversary with Threshold = their first birthday, seeing what she's missing (though the alien in Coda would probably try to frame it in her mind as being like "they're going to be fine without you" but she'd see it and be like "im missing these moments with them :(" and afterwords she'd finally make the decision to be more involved in their lives.
#if i could write...... Coda would be one id just COOK ON hahaha#like begins in the shuttle with chakotay inviting her to the triplets' first birthday and she's like noooooooo.........#and she 'dies' and gets to see what the party they throw without her is like#and she gets sad about it#but when she's fine again at the end of the ep shes like chakotay hi yes i will go to their birthday party :)#My Art#Threshold#AU#Kathryn Janeway#Edward Janeway#Philippa Janeway#Human#Star Trek: Voyager#drawing that top one i kept thinking about that scene in Bones#where brennan has either her baby or is with another baby#and shes wiggling her fingies around in front of it going 'phalanges phalanges phalanges'#it lives in my mind rent free#also ermmmmmm one of my huge brainrot moments ever with my hecking writer girlies and the au is like#whenever kathryn admires her babies' finger webbing IT MAKES ME EXPLODE#had that in my brain too haha#with the other oneeee philippa only lets chakotay touch her hair hehehe! <3#its snarly and she's sensitive about it and janeway's not good about taming the mane lol
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