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But consider this alternative to redemption arcs:

What about a villain who just softens up over time. Like they are just “I’m getting too old for this shit” and just stop bothering people because it’s too much work now. And even doing something nice niw anf then just to stop being pestered.

Like they don’t really have any huge regrets, they just look back on their life and go “yeah, i suppose i was kinda a dick, had a lot of fun though.”

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not to be dramatic, but Okoye telling her bitch ass husband she would end him without hesitation when he tried to manipulate her changed me as a person and cured my depression.

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“would you kill me my love?”

“for wakanda? No question.”

a woman in my theater: “oH I HEARD THAT!!!!”

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Listen. LISTEN. *cups your face in my hands* Listen to me. I have never so perfectly and purely seen a Paladin depicted in a movie as I saw in Okoye. Lawful good to her core. Pure, unvarnished loyalty to Wakanda and her people evident in every goddamned motion. Dignified, graceful, reverent respect for the rules of her country and its greater good.

There is something so beautiful about faith, something that just burns through with a beautiful glow that lights up someone’s eyes and every expression. There is a confidence and a peace that is both palpable and enviable when faith has been tested and come through intact. You could so hear it in her voice.

Personal shit is great, and I’m glad she was seen in a loving relationship. The Lone Woman Warrior trope is worn thin, and I’m sure even thinner for black women who are often not allowed to be lovable people on screen. But the core of the Paladin is ‘there is something greater than I, and I will sacrifice everything for it’, and it was beautiful to not only see that happen on screen but see her proved right, see her win, in one case by not even raising her weapon. She stood firm in her faith and the narrative said yes, it said this is just, it said your very faith will protect you from harm. And she’s not seen as hard or cold edged weapon for that. The imagery around her in that moment is more like a saint or an angel, glowing and reaching out a peaceful hand to a symbol of one of the tribes of her country. Her country loves her back.

Okoye doesn’t just love her country. She doesn’t just serve her country. She doesn’t just believe in her country. She has unshakable faith in an absolute truth: Wakanda Forever. She is elevated for her faith as much as her skill.

It’s fucking breathtaking.

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Sand Siblings Fancomic Chapter 2.5

[READ LEFT TO RIGHT]

Notice that Temari and Gaara’s ninja outfit changed during Sasuke’s recovery mission. Masashi Kishimoto-sensei said this is because he wanted an outfit that’s easier to be drawn BUT LET ME BELIEVE IT’S BECAUSE OF SIBLINGS FLUFF

What siblings don’t tease each other? :)

And I think Kankuro’s sense of style is rather questionable (LOL JK I know that’s his concept). Gaara probably just let Temari do whatever she wants.

Two more chapters left~

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this is the most important thing in my life

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gentle reminder

you are going to have days where it’s hard to do anything, and that’s okay; please try your best to not be hard on yourself when you’ve fallen, because it makes it all the more harder to get back up – take a breath, take all the time you need to heal, and you’ll make it back to your feet again

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I want this on a black shirt!

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Frosted beauties | katja_marian

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A six year old once asked me what adulthood is like.

“You can eat ice cream for dinner every night if you want,” I told him.

His face lit up.

“But you have to buy it yourself.”

I’ve never seen someone go from delighted to devastated as quickly as that little boy.

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This is the most accurate description of adulthood I’ve ever heard.

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naruto gif challenge :: six friendships ↳ [3/6] shikamaru & choji

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I wanna be that person who just radiates nice energy like, I wanna be that person who you’ve never spoken to before but you think of me as a friend already. I wanna be that person you feel that you can come to for advice whenever, or someone who makes you feel better by just talking to you. I’m gonna try really hard to be that person.