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acrimoniousdoll

Mistakes were made.

#SO GOOD #art by OP

ask-tokusa

Perhaps if Howard learned some expressions other than the disapproving glare he might improve his standing a bit.

jupiterplanetpower

I knew there was a reason I really liked this scene.

I only just figured out why though.

It’s our first glimpse of “Link the badass" instead of “Link the intellectual". He’s both, of course, both in spades. But up until now we’ve just seen an odd kind of guy who likes to eat cake and had such a hard personality you could bounce a penny off him. And it’s not just “oh hey so he has blades and can fight! cool!"

Just page before we see the level 4 akuma letting out this horrible screech that paralyzes your body and rips your head apart. General Tiedoll is brought to his knees and his synchronization is all thrown off. General Cross can’t even move—he summons Grave of Maria to FORCE his body to move, and we see him and Tiedoll blown into the basement a moment later anyway. And these guys are geenrals.

Allen just got blasted across the room so we know he’s no where near Link. Link manages anyway to get all the way over to Allen, pull out his blades, and slices a freaking metal (iron? steel? idk it’s metal it’s thick w/e) pipe in half (and his’ blades not even that long so). That’s a LOT of movement. Whiel fighting the paralyzing affects of an akuma of unknown strength. And it’s clear the screeching is affecting him the way he nearly collapses. CROWs are badass. CROWS ARE BADASSSSSSS

Okay but that’s not what REALLY gets me about this scene. I already knew THAT but THIS is just thought of last night. How does Link get himself to fight this akuma attack? To protect Allen. And no—-I ain’t going for pie shipping here. What I’M seeing is a guy so dedicated to his job and the orders he was given that he’s going to bulldoze through any obstacle to fulfill those orders. ROUVELIER TOLD ME TO SUPERVISE/PROTECT ALLEN WALKER THERE AIN’T NO AKUMA GOING TO STOP ME FROM DOING THAT.

Link takes his work very seriously I guess. SO this scene is both pretty spectacular just in and of itself but it also makes me LAUGH a bit because LINK REALLY REALLY CARES ABOUT HIS JOB AND HE TAKES EVERYTHING ABOUT IT VERY VERY SERIOUSLY.And i think that’s great. And this is a great way to show it.

If you let me I’d just talk about D. Gray-Man all day long and every single character because they are spectacular and Hoshino does amazing things with them.

asked-howard-link

Yes. Yesssss. I also love that he pulls this again later in the Timothy arc too. As soon as he's released from that puppet effect he is BACK ON HIS FEET, getting in the way of Akuma attacks! He doesn't even wait until he's fully normal again. You're ridiculous, Link.

perfect

their little matching expressionsss

mildkatart

The livestream chat censor is unfortunate sometimes isn’t it.

(I apparently inserted the wrong noun, but I think it was appropriate anyway. Or inappropriate, as the case may be.)

Your art and speculations are so perfect, I just want to take you and hug you really tight. And maybe kiss your hands. That's a little creepy though, whoops. I just really admire you.

hkdhshahaha XD You're too kind! It's really just from following Link and obsessing about him since he first showed up in the manga. MY AGE IS SHOWING. But there're at least a few other artists and writers and RPers out there that have great takes on him and think of all kinds of stuff that I hadn't thought about that gets absorbed into my own headcanon. I love seeing what everyone else has to come up with too, so I'm glad to share what I manage to glean from the canon!ANYWAY, I'm glad you find stuff worth admiring about what I've been putting up! XD Especially enough so to leave me a note about it. THANK YOU /o/

krorys

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sob my unfinished scribbles...

bhvfjgdfsyrddtr-blog

I was thinking about the texture of his gloves, and I’ve come to a mental standstill over whether they’re made out of cotton or silk. I mean, he works under Leverrier and he used to be a CROW, so that points to the silk, maybe, but he’s still an underling and basically a servant for the church,...

asked-howard-link

...Reblogging because I don't understand how Tumblr replies work if I submit more than one... ANYWAY basically what I said was that working for Leverrier might imply use of silk, but I think if the choice was up to Link, he'd pick cotton or something else more practical (I think kidskin was also a thing then?). The one vanity/aspect-of-individuality allowed to Crows as far as appearance goes seems to be hairstyle, and I can't imagine Link is the type to pick fancy over practical in most cases. (If silk was something Leverrier told him to wear though, that's different..........)

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Stories to break the smut barrier with:

motefloat

Yes, good. You are speaking the words of a true Link appreciator.

cutlassopinions

Kind soul that I am, I have decided to post links directly to each chapter of the first two novels. Unfortunately, I only have the last novel saved as a word document, so I’m going to try to find some way to get it here. Then I’ll edit this post and put the links to it here. In the meantime, here…

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milkygator

afrobeans:

thebutterses:

craibea:

elystia:

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((from chapters 138 and 208))

#CANON #FUCK YOUR SHIT #FUCK IT

^^^ HAHAHAHAHA

INDEED this has been a topic of several conversations.

Mommy you’re wearing Daddy’s jammies again -_-

what…

and then to be an asshole and dispute that they just get the same clothes from the order. here is a picture of allen wearing /his/ original black sweater. /allen must steal clothes it is my headcanon.

motefloat

Touché, afrobeans! I actually never noticed he’s worn two versions of that sweater 8U. thank you for taking the time to find and crop those panels ~/o/

motefloat

SINCE I WAS PONDERING ON THE SUBJECT—

I love some of the logic Hoshino puts into what the characters wear, or at least what I can see of the logic that’s there… Basically, my non-shipgoggles explanation (not to say I don’t have or enjoy quirkier theories too) for similarities in wardrobe is that...