#zen beauty

[calmingram]

Fading Elegance 🌸

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[intr0verted-weird0]

[matan4il]

Mona Pebbles. Incredible artwork inspired by Da Vinci, done in pebbles. (Cr: Justin Bateman)

[charmed-n-zesty]

[riveluart]

I was catching up with some manga recently one being shirayuki and you’ll never guess who my favorite character has been since I was like 19 you’ll never guess

[latent-content]

[euphorictruths]

Tumalo Falls In Purple And Teal- Laura Milnor Iverson; 2020

[miukki960]

Look, I don't care which direction the show goes in. All I know is that Zen, Ryu, and Atom are poly TO ME and nothing is going to change my mind. They could do that thing where they ruin Atom or Ryu's character for the sake of lifting up the other's relationship with Zen, and I would simply pretend it didn't happen.

I have been a firm believer in the, "It would be better if it was poly," solution for love triangles for well over a decade now, and I honestly haven't seen a show that so perfectly encapsulates this sentiment with its main characters for a while. All three characters are different and interesting and multifaceted in their personalities and backgrounds, and it all blends into this beautiful dynamic that this episode really showcased.

Atom and Ryu both clearly like Zen, but what I love is that they don't try to put the other down in order to get themselves in Zen's good graces. Atom doesn't try to use Ryu's dubious background to convince Zen to stop associating with him; instead, he shows Zen that he's reliable and caring by consistently helping his grandma. Likewise, Ryu doesn't try to throw Atom under the bus when his teammates beat him up. In fact, he seemed hesitant to tell Zen at all, and when the truth had to come out, he made a point in clearly stating that #4 was the culprit.

So what we get instead is an innocent rivals relationship where Atom and Ryu fight for Zen's attention so they can have a chance to flirt and prove themselves, and silently bicker when Zen isn't watching. It's funny, harmless, and a delight to watch in a genre where the typical love triangle is borderline unbearable to sit through.

And don't even get me started on how Atom and Ryu's characters mirror eachother. Ryu's mother doesn't support his dream, wanting to remove everything related to basketball after his father died, leading to her no longer being a part of Ryu's life and him living on his own and turning to street basketball. I'm contrast, Atom has an overly-oppressive father who cares more about Atom being a basketball star than whether or not he's actually happy, causing Atom to feel incredibly lonely even in his own home.

Basically, what I'm trying to say is that the show has done a fantastic job in making both Atom and Ryu worthy of Zen's love while also giving them the perfect rivals-to-lovers set up, and therefore the only solution is for all three of them to kiss and live happily ever after.

Also Zen's grandma clearly approves of both of them so.....

[michaeljclarke]

Spots like this one in the woods of the White Mountains have such a profound beauty to them that I always think fondly of when I am away from the mountains. Isn't there something wonderful about how while we get busy in our day to day lives these places just keep churning with wonder 24/7 and all throughout our changing seasons?

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[ezinma]

[alyssa-ai]

Start the weekend in a zen way 🧘

[matan4il]

Found these on my hard drive, saved from IG, if anyone knows the source, please let me know.

[toxictoxicities]

So I've been discovering Head Canon Voices for Emergence Iterators...

Repurposed Chasing Wind and Zen @revolvius / @rw-repurposed

[mescalinartofnoiseblog]

Mystic light (Paris - France)

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