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Lex, He/They. 26.

[pendraegon]

getting back into lotr is like. i believe in the power of choosing to do good even when you don’t feel like you’re good. the power of healing instead of hurting even if healing hurts more than hurting. the power of being unable to heal and of finding relief in the unknown. i want to be kinder. i want to be better. i want to be gentle and unburdened again but i have to walk on and on. does any of this have meaning? why of course even if you can’t remember or find the meaning of it in this very instance. it’s okay. you can cry. it’s okay. you did your best. what does it mean to be a good person? i want to believe that i can change and change the course of things even if i’m insignificant in the grand scheme of things. no one is insignificant in the grand scheme of things. i would walk with you to the end of the world and beyond to the next world too and the one after that. don’t leave me behind. i love you. i love you and i must leave you but i will always remember you. i love you. until our roads converge once more, be happy and eat well. thank you for following me to the end, i’ll see you again after the last star falls.

[obsmiechujek]

know your audience Sylvain...

[whaticalldoodling]

cannot believe I hadn't shared my best Mermay work on here yet.

This was for day 14

[soymoss]

emo heron in boots

[moklahoma]

Came back from visiting family in Nigeria

[lesbiansgoal]

[phantomrose96]

You know when I was younger I didn’t really mind that Brotherhood front-loads the Elric brothers’ backstory to episode 2 and has the anime-only ensemble cast introduction in episode 1, but I do actually think this takes away from the smart craft of how Arakawa drip-feeds you information throughout the earlier chapters.

You’re not supposed to learn Ed and Al’s full backstory until Izumi Curtis confronts them about it

[phantomrose96]

Then, of course, there is the fact that Brotherhood speeds past many of the earlier smaller arcs that got covered already in FMA03. Which I don't really blame them for given the circumstances but it does hamper the experience.

So truly my recommendation is to read the Fullmetal Alchemist manga as well, up through Ling's introduction or--really--the whole thing.

[phantomrose96]

*re-enters through the revolving door I just left by* FURTHERMORE, read volume 15. That's chapters 58-61.

This is the other part of the manga that Brotherhood absolutely truncated. Most volumes get 2 or 2.5 episodes to cover them. Volume 15 only got one episode (with a few short scenes moved elsewhere). And I suspect highly it had nothing to do with timing or pacing.

Because this is in fact the entire recount of the Amestrian military's involvement in Ishval and--for reasons I'd have loved to listen in behind closed doors to learn--the Brotherhood adaptation neutered quite a lot of it. And I specifically mean removing or toning down the more heinous things the military did, or offloading them to some nameless hegemony of 'horde of Amestrian soldiers' instead of how the manga actually handles it.

I have a longer post about this from about 10 years back. The earlier Brotherhood truncations were for the sake of not rehashing what FMA03 already covered. But I am so certain the truncating of volume 15 was political.

[silvaerial]

Patron Saints of One-Way Trips

[thenaiads]

#project hail mary#iron lung

[critter-of-habit]

They're just silly

[catchymemes]

They supporting

[sundewsart]

*rolls out of the bushes* HEY DID SOMEONE SAY PRIDE MONTH?!?! :D 

[reynard61]

Let's ambush mama! 😼

[dvandom]

"Why do Pallas cats always look grumpy?"

"Pallas kittens."

[waywardmartian]

The sheer roundness of this kitten must be admired.

[animatedtext]

[catchymemes]

[anitoonzforever]

When a tiny little frog wants to cheer you up, things will be okay after all 🐸💚💖❤️‍🩹

[orangelemonart]

i'm curious - what's your take on the female characters in bnha vs. in naruto? your posts about bnha have been making me interested in picking it up again, but the treatment of the female characters has just always been too grating to me, which was less of an issue for me in naruto (even though the misogyny is also def there). ig i'm just curious to know if you noticed a difference for yourself while reading :D (and maybe how you dealt with it so it wouldn't make you insane-)

(hope this isn't weird to ask, i'm really just curious.)

Much like with Naruto, i think its bad but bad in the way like every shonen series is. The toughest women are horribly mutilated in order to take them out of the final battle, the girls never shut up about their relationships with boy characters, etc etc.

BUT female characters are NOT sidelined in the final battle. Nothing as egregiously disrespectful as Naruto 693 happens to Ochako. She's got her own villain counterpart AND they got a tragic gay thing going on so like, +10 points.

UNLIKE with Naruto, there's a lotta goofy ass poses. Girls aren't exactly gainaxing all over the place, but with the skimpy spandex suits and the author's penchant for fanservice, it's not exactly innocent. Idk about the anime cause I'm a manga girlie, but it can be very off putting especially in scenes you're supposed to take seriously.

It's so frustrating how it feels like there is a tradeoff. You get more well-rounded female characters, but in exchange they have to have fanservice at inappropriate times.

Horikoshi draws the best fucking muscles on women ever though. When they just look badass and awesome and aren't doing those contorted Hawkeye Initiative poses, it's sooooo satisfying. Cathleen Bates, your arc may have been not good but you will always be dear to me.

[weiwei-uplink]

[batrachised]

🫵 STOP! you are doomscrolling. tell me your favorite animal instead