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So what do you think made Silco’s little heart go doki doki for Vander? Cuz I keep picturing some creep grabbing his (non existent) ass and Vander having none of it. You know just show enough strength and protectiveness to be like ‘oh wait I wanna go mining in that’

I wanna go mining in that, absolutely perfect way to put it aksduhadsi. You know what, I had to indulge myself with this trope, why not!!!:

A little different scenario but the idea is the same. Silco would fall in love with the fact Vander is so safe and that Vander and him share the same kind of passion for the cause. And also brain go brr when big big man big arm punch enemies

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can I still be a hero?

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I am in tears

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I think this panel from the newest chapter really explains Umemiya's worldview and life philosophy. He's a gardener. He likes cultivating things. Helping them grow and evolve, both plants and people.

He can't leave well enough alone if he thinks something is wrong. He wants to fix things, to make things right, to help everyone succeed... But who's to say that Ume's view of the world is the right one?

As Endo said during the fight with Takiishi, Umemiya is self-centered - Ume thinks he can fix everything and mold it all to his worldview, and he'll do anything to make it happen. Convince people to fight for him, to get hurt in the service of his goals. Change the way the entire town works because he decided it was the right thing to do.

He's self-centered, but in the way that all leaders are. He's both ruthless and kind, selfish and selfless. He can both let a virtual stranger bite him to prove a point and lose himself in a violent rage while fighting an old enemy.

Umemiya is a layered, complicated character, and I love the development we've seen for him over the course of the series.

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(Vague allusions to Wind Breaker manga spoilers below.)

Something I really like about Wind Breaker is how intensely local it is. It's a hero story with a lot of tropes that wouldn't be out of place in a much grander narrative, but all the action takes place entirely (or almost entirely) within walking distance of Sakura's home.

Even the stakes are small, relatively speaking: Sakura himself just wants to be the top of Furin, while the first chapter tells us that he's going to become the hero of the town. That's it. This isn't even some big city with millions of people. All of this is focused on one small part of one relatively ordinary town.

As far as hero stories go, that would sound almost comically unambitious compared to the protagonists who aspire to save the world from evil... except, for Sakura, this is his world. For a boy who's been treated like garbage all his life, a threat to ruin his newfound home may as well be a threat to destroy the entire planet. Either way, he loses everything.

I really like how this contrasts with more typical hero narratives. Whereas the traditional hero's journey is typically an arduous quest that takes them far from their home, Sakura's journey is instead about finding his home and becoming a part of it.

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No matter who you are, what your station is in life, we all want the same thing. We're all unified by our desire to get pressure washers. Wait, what were you gonna say?

Life is full of things that get rusty and dirty. Engine blocks. The windows of your house. And we've only got so much time on this little blue marble to be cleaning them. That's why some geniuses at NASA or something came up with the pressure washer. It's like your garden hose, but more kick-ass. Pulling the trigger emits this perfect line of high-zoot water, which causes exciting things to happen to whatever you point it at.

Grit just disappears from the sidewalk. Paint disappears from the fender of your truck because you stood too close to it. You can knock out a day full of cleaning in just under an hour, which leaves you with a lot more free time to fix all the stuff you broke by pointing a 300psi needle of water at it. No power comes without consequence, which just makes us desire that power all the more. I'm built different, you tell the shattered husks of your wife's least-favourite lawn ornament. I'm not troubled by trifling concerns such as this when I wield the strength of ten gods.

Now, I've never bought a pressure washer. If you're reading this, you probably haven't, too. They're very expensive, and they take a lot of maintenance, such as not throwing it in the backyard every winter when you're tired of it. Used ones, you ask? A great idea, except the previous owner also threw it in their backyard, and all the o-rings are cacked. You'll spend a year of weekends just swapping them out, if you can even find them, and you'll never trust your crude hayseed repairs to what is generously considered an improvised backyard bomb enough to use it after that.

Luckily for all of us, there is another option. It's called "use it for a weekend and then return it to the store." Maybe it's noisy, or smells funny, or you just ran out of things to wash after you knocked all the vinyl siding off your house and nearly killed the neighbour. If you feel bad, don't. You're creating valuable jobs at the return desk. Chances are you won't even be the first person to have done it with that particular washer, too. Just wipe the blood off first.

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you know what? Fuck you. *turns your strong and stoic and serious character into a crying, traumatized, whimpering, curled up mess in the floor*

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Them. You Know

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The warmest rain

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Who up gobbling they fucking wawa i guess

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he didn't like rock

and i was fucking lobster

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Come to me, don’t be scared

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Togame Jo

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uploading this jiejie doodle here as well

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hand study as an excuse to draw mel

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We’ve got a new family now