dream nursery

hehe funny sideblog. currently: genshin, loz, hades, figure skating

[aranakula]

I've been watching a bunch of sport lately, and I am so deeply taken by the ease by which these athletes handle their gear. There's Kaori Sakamoto gliding on the rink at blinding speed, making sharp turns and movements like it's nothing. There's a montage of Lamine Yamal dribbling so spectacularly it looks like he's dancing, his familiarity with football very apparent. There's cricketers I've been marveling at who make decisions on where and how to swing their bats in the split second the ball is airborne, and they can do that because they've been facing incoming balls half their lives.

And I think, this is the ease born of years and years of practice. It's the same ease I see in the artist I watch on YouTube who draws perfect figures even without guidelines. Or my piano teacher who follows tunes immediately on the second listen on the piano. When you do certain actions enough times the body makes them a part of itself. And man, Haikyuu is once again so fucking right. Habit does become second nature.

[danijaci]

Childepool at your service ‼️

ohhnn my god ohhhhhoohohh i just, ,,, my pen.s, ohm yog,,ggg,,,,,,,,,,,,,, y,.ss,e,s,,,yes,,...,,, he,hehhhhehhh,,ehehehh..h.hhehhe. mypeeis , so ,. ha.rd.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, bust

[greelin]

ok well it has been real but i am going to kill you with a hammer now

[threeeyedharemp3]

you came back wrong and i am racked with guilt because i cannot bear to see you like this and i should have let you rest. i loved you so much that i defied death itself but i do not think either of us are happy

[iridescentmirrorsgenshin]

okay but the fact that we hear all about kaveh's life post-fall out with alhaitham, the fact he graduated, worked at construction firms and continued taking on others' burdens, had a hard time finding solo work because of how arts are perceived in sumeru, that he went to his mother's wedding in fontaine, that he took a vacation from work because he was stifled by the environment and felt he had lost motivation and worth as an artist, was determined to complete the palace of alcazarzaray at the cost of everything he owned just to have a tangible object of his efforts and view of art only for its outcome to further emaciate him, until he meets alhaitham for the first time in years, is understood at once, has no need to don a front as he does for everyone else in his life, is listened to, is challenged once more and reinvigorated in his perception of his ideals, is offered a second chance, a home, and accepts it, although he cannot comprehend why alhaitham would offer such a thing and yet not ask anything of relevant substance in return, other than rent

all of this, and we hear virtually nothing of alhaitham's life post-fall out with kaveh, besides his graduation and his taking on the job of the scribe. his character stories omit this part of his life whereas kaveh's is full of detail and emotion, mostly suffering. the first instance we see of alhaitham in this time is from kaveh's perspective when the two meet again in the tavern, and in this alhaitham endeavours to understand kaveh once more, before offering his house - the research centre previously allocated to the both of them for the success of their joint thesis before they fell apart - to kaveh.

we don't know why alhaitham moved out of his grandmother's house and into the research centre, why he renovated it from a research centre into a livable home, only that he did so after kaveh informed alhaitham through a third party that he was not in need of a house, nor do we know his thought processes and emotions in the years spent apart - the years that are carefully documented in kaveh's character stories. the image we are presented with is that of stasis; alhaitham pursues no other close friendships, he works as the scribe, owns a nice house within sumeru, is financially secure, and functions within, and carries out, his own ideals - is content with this way of life. in this, from alhaitham's perspective, there are no details necessary to give from this time

but in inviting kaveh to live with him, his character stories tell us that what he gains by doing so is the mirror of himself, both in personality and scholarly thinking, and in this, he is able to gain an enhanced view of the world, which otherwise would be limited. with kaveh being present in alhaitham's life, alhaitham believes that his vision is perfected, whereas it could not be before, with kaveh's absence. it is in this that we hear what alhaitham has been missing in his life, and ultimately, it is kaveh, not just as a scholar, but as a person

what is omitted from alhaitham's character stories is provided in kaveh's character stories; where we hear about kaveh's struggles, we don't hear about alhaitham's. perhaps this is because alhaitham did not struggle as kaveh did in terms of realising and achieving his ideals, but instead his struggles were in silence, recognising that his vision, and himself, had been compromised because he had rejected the ideals that served to enhance his own vision, that he had inadvertently rejected, and thus had been rejected by, kaveh.

[adventures-in-teyvat]

𝐆𝐈 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐒 part 28.

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[aranakula]

omg Navia with Hexerei units is really strong

[aranakula]

Zverev likes those boundaries so much he should just play cricket

[sunbeast]

survival mincraft positive affirmation

[twilightstarr-zinnia]

Being obsessed with Genshin Impact is fun because you never know if they're going to deliver an amazing payoff to that thing they're dropping crumbs about three years from now, if you're going to wait forever only for them to fumble it, or if they're going to completely forget about it.

[aranakula]

at the end of that arduous and spectacular performance

Referenced from Mao Asada's free skate at the 2014 Winter Olympics

[aranakula]

You got this bro

[genshin-impact-updates]

At the Irminsul, the decisive battle draws near...

Once upon a time, people turned to the Tree of Wisdom for knowledge. Today, they gather here once more in the name of protection, to face a storm that lies beyond the bounds of fate.

[aranakula]

dude if Davidmouche like dies or something this upcoming AQ I don't even know what will happen. Already having one of the weeks of all time with devastating news one after the other, a potential blorbo self sacrifice would be too much

[aranakula]

nicole character stories + teapot lines, 6.6 pre-load

HELLO??????

CRAZY thing to comment on and not elaborate further omfg, I need to know which one of them she found hot. My bets are on Rukkhadevata and Raiden Makoto. MAYBE ALSO ZHONGLI.

Also, her teapot voiceline:

WHAT. Was she referring to Ping? Or Mister Climbing-Up-In-The-Sus-Ranks-Real-Quick Zhongli? Because if it was the latter, hooo boy. The Asmoday connections just keep increasing. Grandpa what even are you I need to know let's have a chat.

[ufo20010]

Symbiosis

[aeroblossom]

sumeru was so ahead of its time. brain damage caused by ai, rampant anti intellectualism, repression of the humanities, techbros, exploitation of children whilst dehumanizing them, encouraging the average person to become lobotomised, inaccessibility of equal education, suppression of individual thought, abuse and abandonment of the physically and mentally ill, outcasting troubled individuals like zandik instead of extending community, understanding and support