Bunnies and DOOM

Tumblr home of a Chibi that may or may not be made of chaos.  There will be pink. There will be bunnies. There may or may not be doom. Everything else may vary.

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[apolladay]

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[kuijoon]

more yugioh doodling to figure them out.. hardest part so far is mai and yugi’s eyes 😔

[kifaprokumiv]

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[spin-the-wheel-polls]

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this is a really really cool idea! Thanks!!!

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[softieskywalker]

i think the key difference between george lucas’s star wars and disney’s star wars is that lucas is a man with an ideology. someone with a point of view, and all that entails. which comes with ideas of revolution, anti-imperialism, challenging the status quo, cultural appropriation and racist stereotypes. complex and contradictory ideas because that’s how artists are: complex and complicated people. disney is not. disney is a corporation. a corporation can’t have ideology, because ideology defeats the purpose of profit. and when the only thing you do is to turn on the movie manufacturing machine before you sit down and plan what ideas are you trying to convey to the audience, then your results are going to be washed out corporate garbage. and because when you’re a giant corporation who only cares about selling to the widest audience possible, you can’t take sides. you can’t decide on an idea. because you want to sell your product to people who are on the entire political spectrum. which results in movies without ideology, without purpose, without soul.

[david-talks-sw]

I have been looking for this post for years after I came across it and it’s finally here and I need to reblog this because it is absolutely and entirely accurate.

[comebackali]

#as I always say: lucas was making a samurai film and a ww2 flying ace film and a western film and adding laser swords#because he fundamentally LIKED samurai films and dambusters films and westerns and 40’s adventure serials#but disney are making a ‘star wars film’ and adding nothing because it already had laser swords and they have nothing else to say#xerox of a xerox baybeeeee (via harrietvane)

[mylittleredgirl]

I keep trying to like red wine like a grown-up but like … it’s rotten grapes, guys. You can drink things that don’t taste like rotten grapes. Why

[mycaptainsharon-deactivated2017]

Okay I don’t know when this post is from (I came across it stalking multiple blogs). But in case this might help, here is a brief science/wine lesson.

To start off, some facts:

-White wine is made from sweet pulp inside of the grape (minus the seeds).

-Red wine is made from both the skin and the grape (and the seeds and stems…sometimes? Can’t remember).

-Tannin is the substance found in red wines, coffee, dark chocolate. Tannins are responsible for the bitter taste in those foods.

-Tannins are found in the skin of the grape, as well as the seeds and the stems. Therefore, most red wines will have tannins, versus most whites will not have tannins.

-Red wines vary in level of tannins, depending on variety of grape, climate, and fermentation process. Pinot noir tends to be very low tannin. Shiraz/Syrah, choice of poison for our beloved brunette surgeon, is very heavy on the tannins.

-Some white wines (most commonly Chardonnay) are aged in oak barrels instead of metal containers. Oak barrels have tannins, which seeps into the wine during the fermentation process. That’s why Chardonnays tend to be “drier” aka it has tannins.

-White wines like Sauvingnon Blancs are usually fermented in steel barrels (aka no tannins. Aka usually very fruity and light and sweet).

Your ability to taste tannins is genetic.

There is a genetic marker determining whether your taste cells are sensitive to tannins.

Basically two people can drink the exact same wine and have wildly different reactions because: 1. Person A can’t taste tannins, so they taste the actual wine flavor. 2. Person B can taste tannins, and that tends to overpower ALL the other flavors in the wine. Basically all they taste is tannins and none of the wine.

I am super tannin sensitive, so if I drink a wine like Cabernet Sauvignon (very tannin heavy, aka “very dry”, it tastes like bitter ethanol alcohol to me, whereas my best friend can’t taste tannins so the same wine is maybe a little bitter but they can actually taste the grape and different flavors. To her, a wine like Sauv Blanc is too sweet, tastes like sugar water. But to me it tastes good.

So unless it’s the taste of the alcohol or all wines you hate, chances are you might hate the taste of red wine, especially the heavier red wines, because taste the tannin overpowers everything else. And all you taste is bitter bitter ethanol bitter more ethanol. 

More tannin info: -Tannins bind to fat.

-This is why tannin heavy wines are recommended with fatty foods (Shiraz and steak). Whenever you eat food with high fat content, the fat builds up on your tongue. A sip of red wine will bind with the fat on your tongue and clear it away. That’s why the sip of wine between bites of fat heavy foods is considered a palate cleanser.

-By that logic, this is why white wines are recommended with low fat foods, like fish. Salmon is fattier than most fish, which is why Chardonnay (tannin heavy white wine) or Pinot Noir (low tannin red wine) is recommended with salmon.

-People who are sensitive to tannins can drink tannin heavy red wines with fatty food and generally the wine won’t taste gross. The fat on your tongue (from that steak) will bind with the tannin and neutralize the tannin taste. Aka the only time I ever drink Cabernet Sauvignon or Shiraz is with a steak or heavy, creamy pasta. Aka never bc I don’t often eat either.

-The reason dairy helps coffee taste better is because the fat in milk/creams binds with the tannins in coffee and neutralizes the bitter taste. This is why people who can’t taste tannins can generally drink coffee black without milk (sugar is a different story). It’s also why almond milk in coffee is the worst idea (almond milk is already bitter and has no fat).

More wine facts: -90% of the “aromas” of wine are marketing BS

-You know the labels that say like “cherry with a hint of blackberry?” There’s no real way to infuse cherry or blackberry into grape wine without screwing with the fermentation process. It’s all created by the wine marketing industry to sell you win. Sometimes if you smell cherry before you drink the wine, you might taste it in the wine (because majority of flavor comes from smell). Or if you think there is cherry flavor in the wine, your brain can trick your taste buds into tasting it.

-The only true flavors found in real grape wine are grapes (obviously), oak/earthy flavor (the barrels), vanilla (barrels, oak sticks), tannins. (There are a few others but can’t remember. I think maybe cinnamon?).

-People’s perception of wine often affect how good it tastes to them. Social psychology studies show that people will rate the exact same wine differently if they’re told the wines are different in price. (They rated the more expensive wine as tastier).

tl;dr Whether you can taste tannins is genetic. Exact same wines taste different for different people depending on your genetic makeup. If you’re sensitive to tannins, red wines won’t taste like anything other than bitter alcohol. Genetics/tannins are why people generally have preferences for red or whites.

[mylittleredgirl]

this is extremely informative and i have learned a thing about myself, which is that i CLEARLY inherited the tannin-tasting genes from my teatotaling mother and not from my dad who subsists entirely on espresso and cabernet sauvignon.

[themummersfolly]

I suddenly understand why my goddad can drink black coffee and those wretched tasting dry wines and think they taste good.

[shamelesslymkp]

Black tea also has tannins, so if you - like me - need to drink it with cream and don’t brew it nearly as long as tea aficionados say in scandalized tones you ought to, because otherwise it’s too bitter, you uh. might be sensitive to tannins.

I think that dark roast coffee has more tannins than light roast; I know for certain it requires a good deal more cream/milk to balance out the bitter/burnt taste.

[yamchaisawesome]

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[thelockenessmonster]

Ooh, did not know that

[dalniente]

My only nitpick with this post is that “dry” and “sweet” are terms that do not correspond to tannin content. They refer to how much sugar the yeast has consumed during fermentation. Sauvignon blanc is absolutely not a sweet wine - it’s a dry white. It’s one of the driest possible whites. If you want a sweet wine and you order a sauvignon blanc, you’re going to be WILDLY disappointed.

(Side note: if you do order a white wine that’s too dry for you, order an accompanying shot of Saint Germaine or other elderflower liqueur and mix it with your wine little by little until you like the balance. This will boost the alcohol content a bunch, so be careful, but it will also sweeten the wine and add a pleasantly floral, fruity overtone. I did this for a friend of mine who only drinks dessert wines when she stopped by unexpectedly and all I had on hand was super dry stuff.)

For a truly sweet wine, look for an ice wine or a moscato - these are wines that actively taste sugary. A riesling or a gewürztraminer will not taste sugary, but neither is it likely to be bitterly dry - riesling is the sweeter of the two and the safer bet for sweet; gewürztraminers are “complex” wines in that they can range from dry to off-dry to sweet depending on preparation. They tend to have a lot going on, flavor-wise, at least in my experience.

All of that being said…there’s truly no shame in just liking plain ol’ grape juice. It’s cheaper and it’s better for you anyway.

[theunstablejester]

How it feels to imagine a female character's voice as deep when you read the source and then watch an adaptation that gives her some Elmo ass voice

[theranator]

courage, love and hope

[rosy2k]

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[black-crested-jaybird]

I always think of the description I saw years ago: Self-imposed deadlines don't help me, because I know the person who set them, and they're full of shit.

[makingtrouble]

Give yourself the treat before you start. I'm serious. And ideally during the task and afterwards too.

Executive dysfunction comes from a lack of available dopamine. Common advice is wrong. You need to provide your own dopamine before you can start. Otherwise you're trying to run your car on empty.

"But what if I still don't do it" well you already weren't getting it done anyway. Now you have a little treat. Try again later.

You deserve kindness and care even when you aren't being productive.

(Also read How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis)

[twwings]

I give my students a LOT of techniques for starting writing when it feels overwhelming or daunting, but one of them is exactly this: dopamine load BEFOREHAND. It may sound weird to people on tumblr dot com, but a lot of people seriously struggle with executive dysfunction when it comes to writing literally anything, to the extent that it can cause such symptoms as panic, depression, and AI chatbot use.

I usually suggest this technique as a "Reverse Pomodoro." In the original Pomodoro, you work for 25 minutes and then take a break for 5 minutes (the times vary, but that's the essential ratio). People with executive dysfunction often find this insurmountable, and they get even more frustrated, and then the task seems even more difficult. So instead, flip those times.

FIRST, spend 25 minutes doing something energizing and engaging that you like to do. Not scrolling social media passively, not watching tv, not napping. Try something like colouring, doing yoga, running/walking around the block, talking about your favourite tv show with someone in real time, playing with the dog or cat, making and eating a lovely sandwich, hula hooping, something active. Having a little treat absolutely falls in this category!

(on the subject of little treats: refusing yourself food until you do work is for fucking Puritans and you can be kinder to yourself)

Then, after 25 minutes (or however long it takes to eat the sandwich or finish the yoga routine, it doesn't have to be exact), spend 5 minutes writing (or doing whatever you're struggling to start). Most people can coax themselves into doing something they find difficult for five minutes, if they have already filled up the joy/energy/engagement bucket. You can put a timer on for the 5 minutes if you want, or if you find that annoying, just work for as long as you like.

The other key is: don't push yourself to keep going when you're frustrated or tired—that will just reinforce the negative belief that you already have, which tells you that this task is painful to do, and needs to be avoided. If you've commonly had to force yourself to do this kind of task, that's likely part of why you think of it as painful and have trouble starting it now. Also, you should just, at a basic level, try not to put yourself in pain for the sake of productivity. So just do it till the good feelings run out. Then start hula hooping or colouring again for another 25 minutes. When the tank's refilled, try another 5 minutes of work, if you can. Adjust times to taste.

Not every technique works for everyone, but I've seen this one work for many students who are genuinely and seriously disabled by executive dysfunction. And many people find themselves getting more and more excited and engaged in the "difficult" task—because the good feelings from the hula hooping carry over, and because they're suddenly able to do the task without feeling pain, and feel accomplishment without feeling pain.

[kyraneko]

This is very much how it works, not every time but regularly enough to be worth doing.

[resident-idiot-simp]

[venuspenalty]

I missed you

[kaftofi]

on your kaiba arts ive seen you mention a few times smthn about him having trauma around his name, id lovE to know what your thoughts are on that

this kind of narrative haunting has lingered in my mind for a while since i first noticed it in another work of fiction i enjoy (psst. you should play yuppie psycho). it's also been rooted in my head after reading a fic by rainstormcolors (whose works always nail kaiba's character on the head)

i think about how seto is always referred to as "kaiba", the name of his horrible stepfather passed onto him.

as seto grew up i think he became more and more alien to his former life, he became estranged to the thing he holds most dear, his younger brother mokuba. can he even look at him in the eyes the same?

seto may have killed gozaburo but gozaburo has long beaten, bruised, and done away with the child known as "seto".

kaiba has long become stranger to "seto"

he is the ceo of kaibacorp now, he is kaiba. he's filled the role he was whittled to fit into. the spot of the man whose memory feels as comforting as the clamp of a wolf's maw.

kaiba. kaiba. kaiba.

i think that as ceo he has to prove himself worthy of the chair, running this race constantly. there are many complicated feelings from kaiba and his upbringing.

he cares so deeply about children in unfortunate circumstances but with the arrogant front he has i can't see it for him to tank the pain of unwravelling his past. we've already seen that child seto and kaiba have grown to be different people in the manga. i think he has so many memories and feelings repressed that thinking about it would probably send him into a spiral. just my thoughts

[phoenixwithapencil]

My specific issue with what yugioh does with Kaiba is like- okay the conflict is between *Kaiba*, the version of him that Gozaburo created and *Seto*, the version of him that he wanted to be, the version of him Mokuba still sees and wants back, the version of him Gozaburo tried to kill. And this is an interesting conflict that runs through Death-T and DK in the manga ending with this certainly not being the same version of Seto but one who clearly loves his brother and shows it. And BC is. An okay continuation of that. It’s him finally finding closure with the ghost of his father, letting go of Kaiba, the CEO with an undying need to Win At Any Cost. He’s able to accept defeat and exit the narrative with his brother in tow. And yeah, he’s still kinda a jackass, he’s still prickly and bombastic, but he becomes the person he can actually be happy to be. The sort of person his brother missed so dearly.

And then he gets over his shit in VW. And then again in DOMA. Okay, fine I guess. He needed something to do I suppose. And then he’s right back at square one in DSOD. He’s obsessive. He needs to win. He is actively kinda freaking out and neglecting Mokie. This is death-T Kaiba.

And what ends up happening is that Kaiba gets trapped as this emotional fixer upper bombastic asshole tsundere. He’s a tech billionaire. He hates wheeler. He travels to the afterlife for his rivalry/one sided crush on Atem.

What about Seto? What about the boy who dreamed of building roller coasters with his brother? A whole theme park for kids like them? What about the boy who loved his brother so desperately he’d sacrifice his own soul to keep his brother close and safe?

That part of him is trapped… mostly in the manga really. Half way in death-t. Maybe some of it exists in VW. But it’s very. Absent. In the canon interpretation of him. It doesn’t fit the archetype after all. And as a consequence of that you don’t see it much in the fandom or how Seto exists in friction with Kaiba. (The closest I’ve really seen is @kaibacorpintern’s fics from Mokuba’s pov (under bobtailsquid over on ao3 oOoOo you should totally go read their work if you’re itching for some good Kaiba bros angst).

Anywho, point is, the broad conceptualization of Kaiba killed any interesting characterization and internal conflict dead and now he’s just. An asshole billionaire that everyone thinks is very hot and sexy. And that’s the least fun part about him when that’s all there is to be had.

(<- I will again add that this is not vague posting about anyone or asking anyone to change their behavior, this is a mix of critique of and complaint about Kaiba’s general characterization)

[kaibacorpintern]

Thank you for such lovely comments on my fanfics!

If I could step in, however, and give my perspective on Kaiba's characterization from the POV of someone who really, really likes the guy--he is my favorite anime guy; he might even just really be my favorite character of all time--I think the discussions on Kaiba's characterization lately have been skating over a really key point.

I do want to caveat, before I really get into it, I'm not saying you HAVE to like him or even care about him. I am the first to admit he's a black hole who sucks in all the attention. But I don't agree with the idea that his characterization is thin, poorly written, or going backwards.

So -- the key point:

DSOD is a direct sequel to the manga. In this sense, anything that is anime-only (like Virtual World and DOMA) do not matter to Kaiba's characterization/character arc in DSOD. This is not to say our fanon writing of Kaiba can't draw on multiple sources, but rather to say "why is Kaiba like this in DSOD, when he was like that in DOMA?" is not the right question to ask. It's like saying "why is an apple an apple, when it could be an orange?" Not the same story!

So, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR HIS CHARACTERIZATION?

The manga, step by step, provides us with a very clear character arc for Kaiba, developed primarily through interactions with Atem--it is not about becoming nicer, or friendlier, or less intense, and it is not about returning to the Seto of old, the one Mokuba misses. (I've had my share of traumas; I have dealt with grieving the person I used to be, and knowing I will never be that person again).

It is about learning how to understand and value the power of connections and placing your faith in others. It is literally the power of friendship.

DSOD Kaiba is not a return to Death-T Kaiba, because the mind crush in Death-T does not cure him of his obsessiveness, his intensity, or his drive. The mind crush gives Kaiba time to reflect and begin repairing himself after a period of substantial trauma and pain. We see him continuing to reflect (yes, Kaiba reflects) over the course of the manga.

After Death-T, during DK, Kaiba wonders if Yuugi (Atem) won because he had someone to protect, and if having someone to protect makes you stronger.

In Battle City, he poses the question to Atem again: what will friendship mean when you're forced to fight each other? Will it mean anything? (The pier duel between Yuugi and Jou answers this question for him).

We see it again in the Battle City finale. Atem himself recognizes that his friendship with Kaiba is something unique and different--"friends... rivals... where is the line?" Right before Atem's duel with Yami Malik, Kaiba challenges Atem to prove that their friendship is real by taking his card and adding it to his final deck--and Atem, in turn, places the card in his deck without looking at it, telling Kaiba that HE has faith in HIM. That he DOES see him as a friend. The connection between them is real, and it matters to both of them.

(Hilariously, in the manga, Isis even says -- we will see if the power of friendship can defeat an evil god.) And, because the logic of Yugioh is card games, Atem does prove, in the battle against Yami Malik, that friendship is real, and placing your faith in your friends is a form of power. Kaiba recognizes this.

In short, Kaiba, over the course of the manga, continually questions the nature of friendship, the value, the importance of it--through his connection to Atem--and in the end, sees its power.

Then Atem dies, and--in a critical difference between the manga and the anime--Kaiba is not in attendance at the Ceremonial Duel. He does not see die.

And if we know anything about Kaiba's history, it's that a lot of people who matter to him, for better or worse, die or abandon him: his parents die, his relatives abandon him his stepfather dies--and now, faced with the death of someone else who has mattered to him and changed his mind, he is not given the chance to say goodbye or achieve closure.

Kaiba's pursuit of Atem in DSOD is not about entirely about rivalry or beating Atem. True--it is framed through Kaiba wanting to duel Atem again. But more importantly, it is about feeling abandoned by the death of a friend, and it is about wanting closure for the death of someone you care about. He is not his same old Death-T self; he is not trying to destroy himself, Mokuba, or other people; he is not gloating or delighting in violence, murder, and sadism. He IS the same obsessive Kaiba as before, because the story never "cured" him or "fixed" these personality traits; crucially, he is also now a Kaiba who cares about friendship, and who feels that the friendship HE felt for someone has been betrayed (by death itself).

Of course he's mad--this guy who promised a road of battle that goes on forever (via their favorite card game) just fucking went and died on him!

DSOD capitalizes on the themes of the manga: it lets Kaiba prove that he's internalized what he learned from Atem, and that he believes in the power of friendship, ferociously, to the death. He sacrifices himself in the duel against Aigami to prove to Yuugi that the connection with Atem transcends and continues on beyond death--that if their faith in this friendship is strong enough, even in the face of death, Atem will come. Even Yuugi didn't believe, until Kaiba proves it to him: in both the English and Japanese versions of DSOD, Yuugi thanks Kaiba at the end.

Is Kaiba sort of a cool guy billionaire throughout all of this? Yes. Is he a good billionaire? No. In that respect he fucking sucks, and at no point does the narrative ever give us any indication that the story is about how a mean billionaire becomes a nice billionaire. Is he Yugioh's resident sexyman? Yes.

Does all of this change the fact that Kaiba's arc is learning and believing in the power of friendship, to the point that it's the literal climax of the DSOD? No.

Does the old Seto still exist? QUITE an interesting question; probably not. Tragedy, triumph; transformed by life, experience, trauma.

Are there many, many essays to write about what DSOD does to Kaiba's relationship with Mokuba, and whether or not it reinforces or undermines my argument here? Sure. I love thinking about this, as you know; I love all things Kaiba brothers, I love that their relationship is messy. Personally, I don't think it undermines the argument at all; in fact, it makes the whole story feel more human to me; it means DSOD is not a tidy moralistic message about friendship, but another step in a character's particular journey. It tells us that Kaiba is a flawed person (not a flawed character), and that the victory of connection, as evinced through his reunion with Atem, is complicated by what he left behind. DSOD is deliberately open-ended (whether or not Kaiba comes back or can't is UP TO YOU) and, in a sense, maybe it is asking US to have faith that the Kaiba brothers still care about each other (Kaiba still cares about Mokuba).

tl,dr; No one has to like kaiba. But he DOES have an arc. And it IS the power of friendship.

[bluefirex]