#whew

[obsesssedblerd]

which jjk man would take advantage of a voice k!nk? 👀

omg. geto and sukuna for SURE. i think nanami would too, but in a discreet way.

[sirensmaw]

i got my tumblr of darkness secret santa gift from @dostoevskybignaturals and... well.. safe to say i am blessed and want to show it off but also ... isforme ԅ(●'◡'●ԅ)

but you can get a little peek, and see what Gigi and Rowan think, too!!

[dudeshusband]

TikTok is still weird

[anotherjheastan]

All my chapters are drafted! So naturally, @put-a-keep-are-you-foo-dell’s headcanon about Rhea and flowers is coming to mind along with another Jhea idea I had.

[an-admiring-bog]

hi it’s been a while. I’ve taken to collecting my thoughts on teaching and they’re on substack now:

feel free to come along for the ride. I think I might finally be growing up despite my best efforts but in any case. Hi tumblr it’s winter break and I’m back and I love you all

[hollysimone]

is that a word you said, my love

or just a gesture in tongues?

well, I live to guess your sorrow

and you live to empty my lungs

and you've got me up in a frenzy again

and I know you're planning to leave in the end

[ladylovelylemons]

Re Zero Arc 6: Who are you?

I haven’t really done any long analysis posts yet (or even re:zero posts) but I just finished arc 6 and I have so much to say. This is by far my favorite arc. There were so many amazing chapters. I keep thinking it can’t get any better, and then it does.

Theme: Memories

Fitting for an arc titled “the corridor of memories”, the central theme of this arc is memories. Many of its characters have either lost memories (Subaru, Ram, Echidna/Anastasia) or have been forgotten (Rem, Julius, and later Emilia)

There’s also a broad theme of identity. Memories is tied to identity, and a lot of characters are struggling to find out, exactly, who they are.

I decided to go down each character and talk about how the theme relates to them

Ram

Ram’s issue here is that she’s forgotten about Rem, her little sister and an important part of her life. Even though she doesn’t remember Rem, she’s still important to her, and she often gets angry about her.

We learn more about Ram’s past, about how she was believed to be the reincarnation of the oni god. However, that fact never mattered to her— all that mattered to her was that she was Rem’s sister. That’s where she finds her identity.

Ram uses her clairvoyance to connect with Rem and defeat one of the gluttony siblings. She never cared about her horn, but she uses her power to protect Rem. Even though she doesn’t remember her, Ram is connected to her twin sister.

Meili

Meili is presented throughout as being a kid who doesn’t really understand what she’s doing. That’s why Subaru forgives her so easily— she’s just a child who doesn’t know much better.

Meili is still a ruthless assassin who resorts to murder to solve her problems. Her identity has been as an assassin for all of her life, so she doesn’t know much else. Subaru and Emilia reach out to her so she can form a new identity.

Echidna/Anastasia

For a good chunk of arc 6, Echidna is wearing a mask of Anastasia and pretending to be her. She fakes a lot of innocence to seem non-threatening, but is actually pretty ruthless.

Echidna is established as being non-trusting. She doesn’t reveal her true identity to Julius until he finds out by accident. However, she later somewhat regrets that she didn’t try to form a bond with him.

Despite her non-trusting nature, Echidna apologizes to Subaru as she’s dying in one loop. This is pretty significant, as she has a lot of reasons to doubt Subaru, but she forgives him instead.

On Anastasia’s side, she’s asleep inside of Echidna for most of the arc. It’s later revealed the reason why was because she knew that if she woke up, then she would forget about Julius. In the end, Anastasia does wake up and forget about him, but is able to reforge her bond with him.

Emilia

Out of all the characters, Emilia is the one with the least issues this arc.

Emilia’s kindness is something that’s pretty influential this arc. Her kindness towards the amnesiac Subaru is what kicks off his character development and wanting to save everyone instead of only wanting to save himself. And her wish for “everyone to get along” saves the day thanks to Volcanica.

Late in this arc, Emilia has her name eaten by Gluttony and no one remembers her. However, she isn’t too upset about this, as “the person [she] wanted to remember the most l” (Subaru) did remember her. She keeps fighting nonetheless.

Julius

The main problem that Julius has is the fact that no one remembers him. The bonds that he had made are all gone, except for Subaru, and eventually that’s gone too.

Julius is full of doubts because he has no footing to stand on. Because everyone’s memories of him are gone, his identity is gone. Deep down, he feels like he’s no longer a knight. This is pointed out during his fights with Reid many times.

After his second fight with Reid, Subaru is there to lend a beaten-up Julius his shoulder. Julius refuses it, however, trying to stand on his own. Subaru forcefully helps him anyway. Subaru thinks how Julius is in a similar position to how he was after Julius beat him up in front of a crowd. Remembering how lonely he felt, he makes sure he will not let Julius be alone in this moment.

The identity of Julius is heavily tied to being a knight. His entire personality is built around being knightly. However, Julius thinks of himself as a fake knight, even calling himself a “paper tiger”. He wasn’t even a noble to begin with, and only became so after his parents died. Still, he decides to cling to this role he chose for himself.

Julius is able to fight Reid after reaffirming his identity not as a nameless knight, but as Julius Juukulius. He reforges his bonds with both Anastasia and his quasi-spirits (which become actual spirits). He decides he won’t just wait around for everyone’s memories of him to return, but that he’ll reforge the bonds that were forcefully broken. It is at this point that he can really call himself “the Greatest Knight”.

The Tower Keepers: Reid, Shaula, and Volcanica

Reid and Shaula are both keepers of the tower. Although Shaula’s an ally, and Reid is not.

Reid is built off of memories. He is based off of a point of the first sword saint’s life. He’s pretty confident in himself, and really doesn’t care about most things.

Shaula has been waiting in the tower for 400 years for her “master”, who she mistakes as Subaru, to appear. She is the keeper of the tower, and nothing else.

In the end, Shaula turns into a giant scorpion, her true self lost. When defeated, she breaks apart, leaving nothing but a small scorpion that isn’t even her. However, Shaula is able to confess her love in her last moments in her true form, not as a giant scorpion. And the tiny scorpion left is red, the color of love— Shaula’s feelings still getting through.

Volcanica is a dragon who has lost his memories. He can only repeat the same words. He mistakes Emilia for Satella. He’s compared to an old man with Alzheimer’s. Volcanica‘s self is very shaky and weak, as well as his perception.

Gluttony Trio

For one thing, Louis has never left Old Lagna and instead takes over the bodies of her brothers (and also the place of Subaru). Basically, she takes the identities of others because she doesn’t like her own.

Roy and Ley eat the names and memories of others. Basically, they take away identities.

Louis’s wish is for a new life, a new identity. She wants to find the perfect one. She thinks she’s found it in Subaru, but she’s greatly mistaken. Ironically enough, she does get a new identity, just in a different way

Louis takes and Subaru’s place and basically uses a clone of herself with Subaru’s body and memories prior to transporting. She creates a brand new identity for herself, but the identity still isn’t hers—even if it’s Louis inside, the identity is still Subaru.

After living as Subaru, Louis is left a mess. Her mantra of “want to become happy” is changed to “don’t want to die”. She does have a new identity, but not in the way she wanted

Subaru

Decided to save the best for last

Subaru loses all of his memories prior to transporting. His identity is changed, as now he’s as he was before. This actually shows just how much Subaru has changed, with how different the amnesiac Subaru is.

The amnesiac Subaru has a huge case of imposter syndrome. He treats the original Subaru as someone different from himself. At one point, he even thinks his original self is a murderer. Subaru thinks so lowly of himself, he can’t comprehend this version of himself that everyone speaks so highly of.

Subaru goes nuts and at one point considers killing everyone. This is in part because he read Meili’s Book of the Dead. Meili is basically infecting him, her thoughts constantly overlapping with his own.

Subaru starts to believe in himself when others believe in him. During one loop, Julius, Echidna, Beatrice, and Emilia help Subaru snap out of his anger and paranoia. Emilia asks him for his name, and he answers “Natsuki Subaru”—the one whom Julius entrusted, Beatrice believed in, Echidna forgave, and Emilia wished for. That is his new foundation of self.

Subaru goes through quite the dilemma when he finally meets Louis. He is given the choice of either returning to his original self, and therefore letting his current self disappear, or never get his memories back. He can’t stand “dying” and losing the bonds he made with the people he had grown to love. Yet at this moment, Rem tells him to stand up, because he’s her hero. Subaru decides to fight Louis and her brothers, losing neither his current or old self.

Subaru goes through many, many loops to find the correct way to save everyone. Nothing seems to work. After looping many times, he finds his own Book of the Dead. Then, he relives those deaths and memories of Subaru when he first landed in the new world. After reading, the old Subaru appears—because both Subarus now have the same memories, and have reached the same peak.

The amnesiac Subaru tells the original Subaru that he’s a great person. In this way, Subaru has actually learned to love and value himself. The old Subaru takes on the new Subaru’s memories, and they become one.

Through all of his tumultuous experiences, the bonds he made with others, as well as reading his own Book of the Dead, the amnesiac Subaru was able to reach the same point as his current self. This was how they were able to basically fuse. The amnesiac Subaru was the same Subaru as before, but at the same time, different. How he reached his own growth was different, yet also very similar, to the original Subaru

In conclusion, Subaru lost his identity and was able to find himself.

[burnforyou]

CREEP - LUIGI MANGIONE x READER

!WARNING! he is a perv, creep, watching/stalking you, reader is called "innocent" and "small," caught (kinda), solo!m!msterbte. if any of this is triggering, do not read. if you don't like, do not read. minors dni.

he turned his car off and all the lights faded away, leaving him surrounded by a silent darkness. where he parked left him a perfect view up into your illuminated bedroom in your college house. you lived with 3 other girls, but it was clear which room was yours based on your insomnia. what's keeping her up tonight? he wondered. is she thinking about me?

he peered into your room, his heart jolting at the sight of you walking into the room in only a towel. I'm the luckiest man in the world. before, he'd got off to your photos, or his imagination, but this was something different, something more. it was real. he felt the adrenaline running through his veins as he ran his hand down his abs (picturing your soft, small, feminine hand), and grasped his now hard cock through his pants, beginning to stroke it slowly. you really were right in front of him and were completely unaware of what he was doing, unaware of how sexy you are, unaware of how badly he needs you. so innocent. just getting out of the shower, doing your daily routine, and you had no idea he was watching you, using you to get off. he took his cock out and shuddered, feeling the cold air against his sensitive tip.

fuck, it's so, so, wrong, but so hot. he needs you so bad it angers him. he's never wanted someone this badly before, he's never been this obsessed with anyone before. he has never jerked off thinking about someone before: he's always just pulled up a porno or found someone to get him off. sure, he'd look up porn stars with your features. since he met you, he's shamelessly been doing this: curating his hook-up's to girls who resembled you, even if that meant they had the same hair color as you and he'd fuck them face down and imagine (wish) they were you. sometimes he'd even moan your name by accident. but he was sure none of them would ever compare to you.

he stroked his lengthy, now rock solid, cock and titled his head back, squeezing his eyes shut. he opened them quickly when he remembered you were truly in front of him, there was no need to imagine you now. when he looked back up at you, you had slipped your towel off. he groaned at the sight of you now completely bare in front of him.

his hips rutted into his hand instinctively and his hot breath started to fog up the car windows. he continued fucking into his hand, imagining it was your pussy gripping him, not his loser hand.

"keep fucking your hand like the loser you are," he imagined you whispering to him, playing with your perfect pussy in front of him, teasing him, torturing him.

"keep imagining me as you jerk off." he continued.

"don't stop." he continued.

"good boy." he continued.

your skin looked so smooth to the touch, so sweet to the lips. he watched as you put lotion all over your body and imagined him helping you out. he imagined using the same lotion to stroke his cock. he imagined sliding his hands up and down your long, toned legs, rubbing in your lotion. you put your leg up on your bed, continuing to rub your lotion in and flash your perfect pussy out the window. the sight of it alone has him sucking in a breath and letting go of his throbbing dick so he doesn't cum too quick. his hard cock hit his lower abdomen with a slap. he imagined his girth slapping against your face. he breathed out. he wants to let this moment last.

at this point, it felt like you were putting on a show for him; just for him.

"fuck, baby, that's it," he whimpers, gripping his dick once again, imaging its your soft hand instead of his. finishing using your lotion, you turned around and unknowingly revealed your plump ass to him, prematurely sending him over the edge. his hips bucked up. his whole body shook, and he cried out your name.

he came hard all over his hand and pants, but he wasn't done. his tip shone red and angry but he kept moving his hand up and down on his overstimulated cock, squeezing and watching you. not once did he take his eyes off of your body. he was addicted to the drug that was your body. all he wanted to do was ram his cock into you and kiss you as you came. he wanted to hold your hands and wipe away your tears of pleasure. you slipped on little black panties, ones he knew he would be stealing pretty soon, and a big white t-shirt.

the obscene sound and scent of hot sex filled his car. he swiped his thumb across his tip, imaging your lips kissing it. he pictured you grinding on his dick in your little black panties, teasing him, as you slathered him in your juices. he wanted to push the black fabric to the side and delve into you, tasting your sweet juices.

"fuck," he whined, his dick so sensitive, so ready to cum again. he gazed at you finishing your routine, putting on your skincare. he noticed your ass peeking out from the shirt with each movement and sighed, purely at the sight of your beauty. he knows this is wrong, he was not raised to do this. he knows he's a creep, a pervert. but that makes it so much better.

you turned around and walked towards the window. his hand and his heart beat sped up uncontrollably. he hurriedly jerked off, knowing he was close to another hard climax "shit," he muttered, eyes flickering between your hard nipples and pretty face, "just like that."

"I'm not gonna last long baby," he muttered, acting like you could hear him, like you were sitting in his passenger seat, leaned across the console, with your lips wrapped around his cock, licking at his veins, your plump ass in the air, his hands wrapped in your hair, your innocent doe eyes looking up at him, a tear falling every time your nose pressed against the hair around his cock.

you finally reached the window and peered out into the darkness. for a millisecond he swore you looked down at him and caught him in the act. it was that that sent him over the edge once again. the small possibility of being caught, of your eyes meeting his, had him cumming harder than ever before. he sputtered out even more cum, grasping onto the leather car seat hard. his toes curled and he moaned your name uncontrollably. his moans came out as needy, desperate, broken sobs. sweat and cum glistened all over his bare chest and thighs.

you closed your blind and shut off your light. his lips stayed parted as he panted in dark silence once again.

[beomiracles]

Serene in her hacker era..?

you should’ve seen me on msp 10 years ago

[anna-kitsun3]

I've been Hella mentally ill

Here is a sketch of mullet Stan

[trisshawkeye]

Friends, I must apologise. I was too hasty. I thought I understood, but I was utterly mistaken. I AM A BASE FOOL.

After beating 6-2, NOW I understand.

(I really thought fandom was doing its usual by hamming it up but holy shit, you guys really weren't exaggerating - second phase Gabriel really is just Like That isn't he?)

[marmaladespread02]

It's Friday yay!! Have a great weekend😘

[mysticiiisms]

Myst but there's three more characters on the island and the models kinda suck

Well, I'm actually not sure of what to do with these children plot-wise yet, but the idea of all of them being Strangers at once was a little funny. Basically, they are survivors from the three ages that used to be populated, and would have been hiding in offscreen areas, not noticing our presence until way later perhaps. It's pretty much a what-if where Myst was actually Riven x3 the whole time. Kinda.

From left to right:

Emmit (the Younger), a boy from Stoneship who would get overworked in unstable and often flooded gold mines, along with other kids that could fit in those tricky tight spaces. After most, if not all, of his family and most, if not all, of the adults got killed, he found some solace in being a big brother figure towards his much younger coworkers. He sails off daily in search of land that hasn't been exploited and polluted to death so he and the few other survivors can move there and maybe start over.

Limai, possibly the last living tree-dweller, at least on Channelwood. He ran away from his village, the one we get to see, after witnessing half of it getting brutally slaughtered in front of him by a violent horde of ground-dwellers, as he calls them. He then hid in a nearby, heavily forested island and has been living there since like a hermit. Apparently the ground-dwellers eventually reached this island and entered the forest, most likely for exploration purposes, but were never seen or heard of again.

Ruqaya, the daughter of the Overseer of Mechanical aka the important lady that knows a lot about machines and commands all the inhabitants of the Kingdom that operate these machines, because it's become 99% machines in the past years. She was being educated to be the next Overseer, but then somehow the black ships returned and wrecked everything as usual. Many tried to evacuate in steamships and she's part of the handful who managed. Now she's kinda upset about the destruction and would like to put her land back together, and yes it is still her land and she's taking responsibility unlike some people.

And that's about it. Also these last two are also just a little bit indoctrinated and pretty skilled for their ages so yeah, Emmit's gonna need some help.

You're totally welcome, encouraged even, to ask whatever you might be wondering about them!

[liv0]

Glinda stronger than me, i would've gotten on her broom immediately

[grotsqego]

STALKING, OBSESSIVENESS, CANNIBALISM EATING YOU WHOLE, SCRATCHING YOU OFF OF MY BODY, WANTING TO INHALE YOU WITH EVERY BREATH, NEVER STOP

[stevie-petey]

so was billy in love with bug/did he have a crush/did SHE have a crush??????

OK OK LIT ANALYSIS TIME !!!

i feel that we need to remember that bug isnt just a reader insert (in my eyes, at least) but that shes supposed to be the warmth in the show !! the hope !! the kindness that can still persist even when everything else seems hopeless !!

its why shes such a selfless character. not because i wanted the clich "everyone loves the reader" but because she symbolizes the dandelions that creep through cracks on a sidewalk on a rainy day.

bug aside, her relationship with billy is purposely complex and muddy. for the readers, and for bug, its unclear what billy felt for her/how he viewed her. now, as the author i can tell you that billy did find her attractive, but not in a romantic sense. he viewed bug more as prey, as a tool to use against steve. he liked that she spoke back to him and could see through his persona, but bug was really more just billys next meal.

in season two, after billy has been punched by jon and he looks at steve and bug, noticing their tension, he says "oh, youre fucked harrington" because he KNEW !!! billy immediately caught that bug was steves weakness. while he flirts with her before this, knowing that steve had feelings for bug was what ultimately made billy so infatuated. he had heard all these stories about her, how she was the towns sweetheart. in his eyes, why would someone so loved by a town also be tied with steve ?

as for bug, she hates billy in season 2. he hurts max, tries hurting lucas. billy is everything vile that bug despises. it isnt until season 3, when billy has listened to maxs warnings and stayed away from bug and the party, that she starts to see him in a different light. shes still traumatized by him and she still resents how he hurt max, but she appreciates that he listened.

behind the scenes, which i do mention briefly, max tells bug about billys dad. she gets some insight into his homelife, and shes sympathetic. but it doesnt change what he did. when bug finds billy on the side of the road in season 3 after hes been flayed, she immediately wants to help him. its in her nature to, but after the events of season 2 and how he almost killed her, shes hesitant. she cant be near him, she cant touch him, but she still wants to somehow help.

and thats when she tells billy to come find her. to talk to her.

billy, lost in his possession, is struck by this. he almost killed bug. she hates him. but her words dig through the dark matter and he hears her. her kindness is the guiding light he uses for later. when billy is locked in his visions, he tries to find bug. she becomes one of his good memories, only the memories are fake. they never did smile together. bug was more his reference point, a model to go off of. he wanted to be like her. he wanted her to find him.

now for billys death ,,, it wrecks bug because max was there to see it, because billys final act was protecting his sister. she understands that better than anyone. she understands that billy had been a hurt kid. that his dad made him cruel and that violence was all he knew. billy never got the chance to become good. we only see his character grow into someone redeemable when he dies. regardless of how you feel about him (and he DOES suck i hate him), its fucking tragic. he was a kid.

billy was never given space to become good. no one was kind to him growing up. there was no softness. no warmth. billy didnt know how to be these things. but he had the potential to. and this is what breaks bug. because in another life, one where dustin and her mother werent sources of comfort, bug wouldve been consumed by her cruelty the way billy was.

thus, billys infatuation with bug and her kindess, and bugs complex relationship with her father and the anger that we are born with, ties them together.

she was his light. he was her past life.