graymingze

formerly eglantinian (see pinned). fandom and random obsessions.

[graymingze]

[PSA] To whoever used to follow my old account, @eglantinian - Please IGNORE any reports or messages in tumblr from my account, eglantinian. I have been scammed and can no longer access my tumblr. If anyone could please share this, I'd be grateful, thank you.

Just please ignore any messages or reports or asks. They are a scam and have hacked my account.

This, @graymingze, will be my new and only account.

[graymingze]

UPDATE: Tumblr was able to revive my old account, @eglantinian. Please take this update as notice to NO LONGER INTERACT with it any further.

Staff assured me it's all right now and that they've removed any influence from the scammer in my old account, but I've elected to no longer use it as I no longer feel safe in that account. My old account will now just be a dead archive.

If you receive any messages or asks from the old one, please know THAT ISN'T ME. Ignore, dismiss, unfollow.

@graymingze is the only account I will now be officially using.

[writingdose]

“I want to write a fic about this but I don’t think anybody will be interested in it” ummm hello excuse me ma’am what do you mean you don’t think anybody will be interested in it??? YOU. YOU ARE INTERESTED IN IT???? write it because YOU are interested in it and YOU want to write about it. fanfic writing should always be first and foremost about YOUR enjoyment, not other people’s.

[bioynons]

This edit didn't do well on tiktok 😿 i hope it'll get more likes here d:

My first ae edit 🥹 inspired by @/twiilies on tt

[uncleshrimp]

Liu Kang's mission

[cureofthenonesense]

Realizing in both movies the only person Kano refers to as their name is when he puts a hit out on Bi Han to Scorp

[spicybeefnoodles]

[uncleshrimp]

A fleeting memory

Here's the normal version

[wandering-koyote]

[graymingze]

i love the mk21 film a lot because it feels like the home-cooked meal that fanfics are. and i think, for me, it's mostly because of the found family. i think that's what really captivated me and warmed me to it, apart from the liulao bond and cole's unique arcana. you got them all looking out for each other while still bantering with each other.

i was... idk, for the lack of a better term, feeling really seen by it. and now as i'm writing this, it's probably because it's helping me process my grief. perhaps, that is really why. that i'm needing an anchor right now, and the beating heart of mk's story bleeds grief. not as an open wound where people feel shame for your loss. but more like reverence and care and understanding — that even a love so persevering beyond life isn't perfect and linear. that one heartbreak after another doesn't mean the end of life or love. it can continue. it will continue. because you must and you have to. because you want to. so you rest, but you keep going.

i've watched it 3x now and i'm on my way to a 4th once mk26 is available for stream. and i know i watched mk26 first before mk21 but i love mk26 in the sense that it intersected so beautifully with all my core memories — stuff like being raised by a:tla and fmab — and these days, with me gaining more appreciation for cdrama and taichi and stuff. it's like, idk, mk's calling out to me.

[cureofthenonesense]

I wrote in glinting edge about Liu kissing with his eyes open and then I had to draw it. That’s my weirdo right there

[killingdoll]

“Pain is the ultimate catalyst”

[ccamcami]

Liu Kang uwu

[killingdoll]

They had enough budget for Liu Kang to summon the dragon once in each movie and boy did they make it count.

In hindsight the twin dragons are a not-so-subtle hint of MK1’s Fire God Liu Kang, who’s accompanied by twin dragons.

[uncleshrimp]

My version of Kung Lao comin back a 2nd time after mk2

There would not only be mental fuckery but also on the body, like come onnn

[killingdoll]

Dragon Eyes

Would be dope if they keep these fiery eyes for Fire God Liu Kang in the next movie instead of giving him glowing eyes like Raiden since there’s a high chance his ascension to godhood (which may have already happened in this scene) does not require Raiden’s sacrifice.

[txxxciii]

On the topic of liulao, I believe I'm caught up in my own delusions about them to the point of literally assuming they're canon, in the movies. Y'know, the constant queer coding (Liu's mannerisms being unusual for a typical mainstream male character, the whole matching hair rubber bands thing, "If we were to die, it was supposed to be together" line) and Ludi Lin's own fascination with the dynamic made me truly believe this was the case and not once question it. Then, after the boom of the mk2 movie, I started seeing a bunch of people saying "They didn't even hint at liutana" and I remember being genuinely confused, like, "Why would you want a canonically gay man to be with a woman? Don't you have enough of that in the games already?". I feel stupid.

[spicybeefnoodles]

he was, in fact, not okay

aka posting some liulao edits i have already to cope with the fact that i have writer’s block