#when they were removing them

[cloud-ya]

not to be coming up with another character design,

[shannonsketches]

I saw someone on reddit a while back say that Toriyama wasn't a very good storyteller because he's more interested in jokes and I haven't stopped thinking about it.

I can't imagine people who think like that practice critical analysis or creative endeavors, least of all creating comics, and I'm going to explain what I mean using one of my favorite panels from the manga:

Toriyama introduces two new villains who were only mentioned off-screen as being much stronger than Raditz. This one panel both introduces these characters and tells you right away:

The smaller of the two is the superior, based on his attire, the fact that he's in the foreground, and he's the one eating

The superior is callous, both because of his dialogue and the fact that he is the only one eating, despite his meal being larger than he is

The superior is monstrous based on what he is eating (my favorite set of details) -- at first glance some kind of insectoid creature, but upon closer inspection:

This is an intelligent, technologically advanced life-form that used both a gun and a ship

2. Neither Saiyan is damaged, telling us even advanced alien weaponry does not harm a Saiyan (but Vegeta's armor is scuffed while Nappa's isn't, implying there was a physical if not futile attempt to stop him)

3. The arm is still bleeding, implying this kill is relatively fresh

4. The gun is next to the body, implying that Vegeta sat down on this person and starting eating them right where they died

5. There is a second body in the background that is significantly smaller despite being very nearby, which may imply that Vegeta is eating the adult but did not spare the child -- and if you're really into parallels,

6. There is smoke in the background, Nappa is sitting on inorganic architecture, and the ship is on it's side, making the sixth most brutal detail that these two beings were fleeing from the saiyan attack on some kind of community, and not only did Vegeta not allow them to escape, he also punished them for trying to by EATING the one in charge.

Like what do you mean Toriyama isn't a good storyteller. This is a Debut Panel. He tells you how scary this new villain is without having to say anything at all.

[bumblingest-bee]

will forever be thinking about the fact that in 2005 someone casually asserted on neil patrick harris's wikipedia page that there were widespread rumors in the theatre community that he was sleeping with stephen sondheim, did not elaborate on this or provide any kind of source, and never edited wikipedia again. it stayed there for months without apparently anyone questioning it.

[hibernating-stag]

Thinking about how Venom and Robo-Ky started out as two deeply lonely individuals that ended up fitting together so well that they became two halves of a whole and getting emotional about it. Getting weepy. Misty eyed even.

[yuridovewing]

cant wait for people to inevitably push back against manipulative ivyfern hcs/art with “you hate trauma victims/gnc couples” or whatever

[sysig]

Sims 2 has played Clinical Trial, it all went by the exact same beats

[aethersea]

normally I don't bother questioning when a high fantasy is all "ooh the prophesied one will break the world or save it" bc that's what high fantasy is for. don't worry about it, focus on the journey, we'll get to the prophecy when we get to it. but this show has got me wondering what that even means.

the innkeeper who served the Dark said that the Dragon could break the Wheel so that there would be no more suffering, no war or famine or poverty. and the Wheel, we have been told many times, is the Wheel of reincarnation and of fate. It's the metaphor for how all of history has a cyclical bent to it, and it's a real religious belief that souls return to the world many times to live many lives.

how do you break that Wheel such that there is no more suffering? you can't bring about a perfect utopia by breaking such a Wheel. the two concepts just aren't connected at all. the only way I can see is to just......end everything. to live is to suffer, right? there's no suffering if everyone is dead.

kind of a defeatist cause to pledge yourself to, really.

[actuallytalldumbass]

Yassen and Vlad hitting the streets again

[pergaminaa]

(Modern au)

Manon’s dating life before Dorian

[nobodysomeday]

Mark Owen's Celebrity Scooters Episode 1: Brussels Eight episode series wherein Mark Owen and celebrity mates old and new travel around the eight cities of the Euro 2000 on scooters. In each city they take in the sites and atmosphere, mess about, and play a bit of football.

[pastelaspirations]

So, u h. Over the course of the last few days, I have listened to and edited my absurdly long playlist. And, because a few people were curious, I thought sharing it would be neat ;_; (This is also my excuse as "doing something for Ink's birthday" even though it absolutely isn't lmao-)

It's an unlisted playlist because I'm not looking to get publicly judged on my tunes yet-

L i s t e n. I never thought I would make this public, okay. So that explains its stupid name. Listen. I don't exhaust the mental bandwidth to name my crap intelligent things, okay, you're just going to have to deal, that is how I name everything-

NOW. LIKE. DON'T JUDGE ME, ALRIGHT. I am not going to go through the effort of making an actual video compiling all these songs. That would be a 12 hour video and will take me 43 business days to actually upload. I don't have time for that. So, INSTEAD, this freaking long playlist will have to do. It works great with ad blocker.

Seriously. Don't judge me. If you think less of me after learning about my music tastes, then... w e l l. I can't help what I like, man, quit judging me and my tunes, alright-

FEW DISCLAIMERS THOUGH.

This playlist is up to change as I either edit it to add more songs later or inevitably fix it because some video got freaking privated after being online for 14 years, but suddenly, NOW, IT'S NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE-

Also, some songs get this pop up that warns about some content being "unsuitable for certain audiences" due to their dark lyrics or something. It interrupts the flow of the playlist, but it can be fixed with a simple button click :/

ALSO. KEEP IN MIND THIS IS A PLAYLIST I CREATED OF SONGS THAT INSPIRED MY WRITING IN GENERAL. So, not all songs on here would necessarily apply to Perseverance, if that makes sense lmao

Anyway, so, uh, y e a h. I hope this playlist can help you create too. To write freaking bomb stuff or draw freaking mad lad masterpieces, I don't know-

[tobisiksi]

the disastrous life of saiki k its only a comedy anime because we see everything from kusuo's pov and the things that's happens in the episode are just a normal day for him so he sees everything like normal and even comedic

I just KNOW that if it was from someone else's pov the anime would turn into psychological horror

[papayafiles]

simple like 2019: a carlando edit

[doodlingwren]

☝🤓 What if 🤨🤔! I was back 😨🤯 after some months 😞😤😲... ahahah jokes 🧐🤣😂... unless 😳👉👈

[desaturate-worlds]

i was so excited for venom 3 and was so unimpressed 😭 when it ended i was just like “…oh” and i have so many thoughts but i need to watch it again before i fully form them

[agalychnisspranneusroseus]

My hot take is that marcanne has as much potential for toxic yuri as any other calamity trio ship and it's not nearly as soft and fluffy as one may think