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he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
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i don't do bad sauce passes
oozey mess
@theartofmadeline
Origami Around
Claire Keane
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Mike Driver
祝日 / Permanent Vacation
Sweet Seals For You, Always
Love Begins
One Nice Bug Per Day
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@imightbefictionalmyself
I like when fic length/book length/movie length is its own punchline
characters: Ah, I'm so glad that's all over now :). But luckily that's done and dealt with and we can all resume our normal lives now :)
fic length: Chapter 9 out of 48
Odysseus: Thank you for the concern, but brother, I can assure you Our journey is almost done.
Song 11 of 40
its good to acknoweldge the hollowness of revenge but sometimes you really do just need a story about someone who gets hurt and then kills and kills and kills and kills their enemies. its cathartic, babey.
Predictions/ Things i want to see for the last my hero chapter
We get a Kamijirou scene
Kirishima above bakugou on the hero list because it would be funny
We get a Todomomo or an Iidamomo scene
Aoyama appears fabulous as always
Amajiki might be a bit low on the hero ranking but would rank number 1 on the "Heroes who look like Villains" list ( Like Gang Orca)
Deku's winning smile
Touya still alive and rehabilitating (Fingers crossed)
Kamui Woods and Mt lady ( I want to see a confirmation on their relationship so bad)
Last of all I think izuocha might win out in the end just because..(Also it would be really funny)
Also i would really love to see Midoriya interacting with his students.
Also i want to see Gentle and Labrava again
Horikoshi Please!
Why Luke resisted the Dark Side, when Anakin didn’t.
Was reading An Oral History of Star Wars: Episode I and stumbled on this quote by Lucas, in 2019:
And I think this notion of ‘loving people, but acknowledging that you don’t possess/own them, they have free will and are their own person’, ultimately ties to what made Luke resist the Dark Side, as opposed to Anakin.
Like, let’s put aside the fact that Anakin was essentially groomed by Palpatine for 13 years, and that in ROTS he was cornered so that he’d have to choose between two bad things… at the end of the day, he made a choice.
On Death Star II, Luke was given was also backed into a corner expected to make a choice between two bad options. And yet, contrarily to Anakin, he chose a third path, and did two things:
He had faith in his friends and in his father, he trusted them.
He let go of his fear for his friends and his anger towards his father.
Like a Jedi would.
Which Palpatine considered to be a weakness… he was wrong.
Luke came to the Death Star II knowing that he would either convince his father to turn, or die trying. He accepted this notion. He also had faith that his friends would be successful in their mission without his help (unlike in ESB where he ran to save them only to have them save him).
Anakin just wouldn’t do any of that.
He didn’t have faith in Padmé’s strength and ability to survive childbirth, or in Obi-Wan’s good intentions towards him, or Ahsoka’s independent spirit and skills. If he’s with them, it’s fine. But if he’s not, he just worries sick.
Fact is, ever since his Mom died, he sank his claws into every relationship he had and just. wouldn’t. let. go. Because he thinks that, if he did… holy crap they’re in danger! Why? Because he’s not there with them, that’s why!
A Jedi is trained to let go of anything that they have no control over. It’s pointless to get scared or angry over something you can’t do anything about.
And to paraphrase, Anakin’s solution to this is:
‘Then I’ll just control everything. I’ll become the most powerful Jedi ever. That way, I’ll never have to be afraid of letting people go.’
Which is just unhealthy. A Jedi doesn’t seek power. A Jedi is selfless.
But whatever, in ROTS, he’s, like, the 3rd strongest Jedi in the Order, anyway, right? Only Yoda and Windu are more powerful, and it’s mainly because they’re older.
And yet, despite all this power, he’s confronted to the reality that: Padmé may die. Which, if he was good at taking his own advice and thinking rationally: everyone may die. Like, that’s part of life. But he’s sleep deprived, stressed, pressured by Palpatine and by the Jedi (who are, themselves, also pressured by Palpatine).
And immediately, he thinks: “oh shit, Padmé will die, I’m losing control! What do I do?! Quick, I need a solution!” A solution presents itself in the form of Sidious, who makes him a bargain: his wife’s life, in exchange for the lives of his adoptive family.
And Anakin takes that bargain.
Luke, falters too.
His faith in his friends is shaken when Palpatine shows him that they’re getting slaughtered by the still-operational Death Star II and Vader threatens to turn Leia to the Dark Side.
However, he snaps out of his rampage and sees Vader’s mechanical hand… just like his own…
… and he comes to the realization that:
‘The only way I’ll be able to control everything is by becoming this monster in a mask… that’s where the path to power leads… no, I won’t become this. I’m a Jedi, like my father before me.’
Luke may be angry at Vader, this metallic heartless monster on the ground… but his love for Anakin is greater. He makes the hard choice and turns his back on the Dark Side, the easy path.
He lets go of his fears and his anger and shows compassion.
Which in turn, inspires Anakin to finally do the same.
Anakin lets go of the pain he feels for having killed and betrayed his wife and his Jedi family. He lets go of the anger. He even lets go of his own primal fear of death. Because this boy - who only knew the monster in the mask - loves him nonetheless.
And he can’t let that die. So in that moment, Vader dies, and Anakin, the Jedi, is back.
And there’s a lot interpretations about how Luke resisted because he’s a ‘gray Jedi’ or something, because he accepts his inner darkness, yada yada… personally, I prefer Lucas’ interpretation. That all these movies are about the dangers of giving into greed and selfishness, never letting anything go. And that, in spite of all this:
“Children teach you compassion.”
Luke teaches Anakin a different type of love. One that isn’t possessive, but selfless and compassionate.
So when my mom was going back to school for her masters, I was a little kid and got enrolled in the on-campus pre-school where they give people going into child care professions some hands on experience while also offering a free place to drop off your kid when going to class.
Anyway I found the portfolio they made of me back then and honestly this one entry almost made me cry when I got to the end.
@randomitemdrop
Item: stick shaped like an arrow that always points the way you’re going
“i am a monument to all your sins” is such a fucking raw line for a villain it’s amazing that it came from halo, a modernish video game, and not some classical text or mythos
classic texts have nothing on the crazy people come up with in modern times tbh
“I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me.”
– Joshua Graham, Who Is A Fallout New Vegas NPC, Something Most People Throwing This Quote Around Don’t Realize
“If the world chooses to become my enemy, I will fight like I always have.”
– Shadow the Hedgehog in what is widely considered one of if not the single worst game in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise
this is the source for this text and it haunts me on a regular basis
“Pick a god and pray.”
-Fredrick from Fire Emblem Awakening
Huh, it’s almost like art isn’t just fine art…
this is my addition to this ever growing list of raw quotes originating from unexpected sources
#discovering that the profound is lurking behind the absurd#just waiting for the chance to peek through like sunlight through the clouds#is one of the best things in life once you start to notice it
this is a beautiful way to put it and i’m gonna cry abt it
this post has gotten so much better since the last time I saw it
I would like to add
“You want to be a hero, Tommy? Then die like one.”
- Technoblade from Dream SMP
Truly the best shit on the internet here.
Ahem @bettinalevyisdetermined could you please do a video with this?
also “you’re not brave, you’ve merely forgotten the fear of death. Allow me to reacquaint you.” Is the rawest line and it’s from dominus ghaul from destiny 2’s vanilla story when it first released.
How can we forget the quote that sums up this entire reblog chain:
Why do you people feel profound thought has to come from high places? The gutter looks at the stars too
“Spare me this mockery of justice!” (A few minutes later, a with a different character) “Silence! Or you shall be held in contempt of court!” “I have nothing *but* contempt for this court!” The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
“For every kid that dreams up the electric lightbulb, there’s one who dreams up the atom bomb.” - Mr. Electric, The Adventures of Sharkboy And Lavagirl (2005).
“I like turtles!” - turtle kid
“If the sea were of ink and the sky parchment I could not begin to write my love for you.”
Grandma Arbuckle reading a love letter in A Garfield Christmas.
Grandma Arbuckle
reading a love letter in
A Garfield Christmas.
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
@tenebrisimpyris
This too shall pass but like holy fuck
akaashi is so tired
Au fucking revoir Mister Prince
You can make one here
same energy
and another
The holy trinity
This is so fucking wholesome wtf
1/23/2022
How could we forget.
This post has strong 1997 internet energy.
so weird how in english some words are really just used in expressions and not otherwise… like has anyone said “havoc” when not using it in the phrase “wreaking havoc”? same goes for “wreaking” actually…
reply with more, i’m fascinated
these are called fossil words! here's a whole list
Also interested in words that originally had opposites but don’t anymore; i.e. how we say ruthless but not ruth.
Dungeon Meshi - Laios & Falin
Quite possibly one of the best sibling dynamics in fiction
Different Stories Resonate with Different People
I will always reblog this.
Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.
Might I add:
The defeat of the wizard who made people choose how they’d be to be executed
The woman who raised the changeling alongside her biological child
The human who died of radiation poisoning after repairing the spaceship
The adventures of a space roomba
Cinderella finding Araura (and falling in love)
I don’t know a snappy description but the my nemesis cynthia story certainly lives in my head
hilariously, these are almost all in my fic tag. so, a compiled list from the notes (and some extras):
The God of Arepo (graphic novel 1 / 2 / 3) (ebook)
The Monster of Sentan
The Witch’s Cat
Raise Both Children
Stabby the Roomba (honorable mention)
Cinderella Marries the Prince (comic)
My Arch Nemesis Cynthia
Pirates and Mermaid
Eindred and the Witch
The Demon King
The Cornerwitch
Grandmother Beetroot
Apocalypse Daycare Worker
Grandmother Accidentally Summons a Demon
New Year Saga
A Story About Changelings
Ranger in the King’s Forest
The Difference Between a Hare and a Rabbit
Goblin Men (Canines)
I am in love with you /p
What about the one with the princess locked in a tower learning to become a wizard? That’s lived in my mind for years and I haven’t seen it in a long time
Oh, love that story, adding it to the list: 20. Princess Talia and adding a few more contenders 21. Thyme 22. The Monster under the Bed 23. A Meaningful Death 24. Humans are unstoppable…until they aren’t 25. The Monster under the Fridge 26. Antler Guy 27. Cleric slamming healing spells
Adding a few more I remembered: 28. The Frog and the Scorpion 29. HSTHETE 30. The First Witch in the World 31. Imagine that Oceans were replaced by Forests 32. A Faerie taking a Name 33. The Dragon on the Farm 34. Synovus & Menace 35. Raising the Anti-Christ 36. Aliens vs. Flora & Fauna of Earth (pretty sure there are even more additions to the original post but I had this one saved) 37. Doctors without Borders…in Space! 38. The Villain-Wrangler 39. The Last Contact 40. The 100 Parent-Point Children 41. And the Heavens Wept 42. The Night Gentleman 43. The Serpent God and their Priestess
44. No One Showed Up for the Last Storytime
Wow! @writing-prompt-s contributing to like half of these!
I can hardly take any credit for these stories! But I love sharing them. Unfortunately I cannot read all the prompt responses so please tag me if you want me to reblog a story that resonated with you so I can give it a little boost :)
Famed manga creator Akira Toriyama has passed away at age 68 due to acute subdural hematoma.
Toriyama began his first serialized manga, Dr. Slump, in 1980, and it inspired two television anime and multiple films. Toriyama followed it up with Dragon Ball, which ran from 1984 to 1995, and is still inspiring manga and anime sequels and spinoffs today. The manga's Dragon Ball anime adaptation, its sequel Dragon Ball Z, and its other numerous sequels and anime films are equally as well-known as the manga, and its hero Goku has become a character known throughout the world.
Toriyama is also well-known as the character designer for the Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger, and Blue Dragon games.
Most recently, Toriyama was working closely with the production for the Dragon Ball Daima anime series, the most recent anime series based on Dragon Ball, and is credited for the new anime's story and character designs.
Here, have a mirror of the final Nightly build of Citra (March 3rd 2024), and the most recent build of Yuzu I could find via the Wayback Machine. (February 28th 2024)
