Nuzlocker-Somebody or something like that. If you want me to see a post be sure to tag it as #pettyartist! The #petty tag is full of fights and bickering so I'll never see it, haha.
#i think this is that thing where 19th century authors had to contrive a series of events for the manuscript to “appear” in their possession #complete with justifiable narrator and with total disregard for the rest of ways the rest of the text break reality #“yes it is entirely possible that a guy was briefly in another world and made it back here to give me his journal before leaving entirely” #“don't think too hard about it” (via @flameintheblacknight)
Say what you will about 19th Century literary critics' inexplicable hate-boner for the third-person omniscient perspective, but the lengths that 19th Century authors often went to in order to avoid getting CinemaSins dinged for failing to adequately contextualise how the narrator could possibly know all this are frequently the funniest stuff I've ever read.
the aroace read of ryland grace is so personal and haunting. "you don't even have a dog." was it not enough to love the world for the sake of living in it. was it not enough to live for the thrill of discovery. was it not enough to smile at your students. was it not enough to be afraid.
You know in the WHA manga we are shown a couple of different examples of apprentice-masters outside of the main squad
And I have thoughts about Qifrey as a master that I will put under a cut for WHA manga spoilers bc I am including various manga panels
and while a few are good (hiehart and jujy for example)
…a lot of them are just. Bad.
Euini and his master who calls him “useless”
Richeh and her former master (ignore the spelling of her full name I am using the fan translation for easy screenshots lol)
Luluci and her master (who is straight punishing her for defending herself and her fellow apprentice from sexual predators)
And with so many examples that are not so great I was wondering why Qifrey is such a good master!!! And then I realized
Beldaruit is Qifrey’s primary example of what it means to be a teacher. But there may have been some mixed signals here. Because he isn’t just a teacher to Qifrey. He’s first and foremost his dad.
I’ve seen people theorize that Beldaruit is the one that names him even, which would make sense. He calls him “boy” at first and Qifrey has no autobiographical memories to the point of not knowing what a birthday is
He straight up adopts Qifrey after finding him in the ground like a turnip. But Qifrey doesn’t have parents!! He has no personal experience with parents! He wouldn’t know the difference!
Other teachers don’t seem to have too much personal involvement with their apprentices. They care more about the fact the kid is learning than anything else, like their safety or happiness. In their defense, presumably these kids have parents slash adults who would fill that role and advocate for them, so that isn’t a role teachers would necessarily have to fulfill. Meanwhile Qifrey? He is out there worrying about his kids varying tastes in food, and their passions, and their dreams, and making sure they’re safe, and is deeply deeply invested in each of them and supporting them and advocating for them
Just like Beldaruit doesn’t hesitate to defend Qifrey as a kid -
Qifrey won’t hesitate to defend the girls
Beldaruit is his dad. His embarrassing dad. And they are family and they love each other.
Anyway Qifrey is 100% the girls dad and acts like their dad but would never in a million years see it that way because he’s just being a “good teacher” because no one thought to tell him that Beldaruit is also straight up his dad ♥️
Me: *Removes my cat from my lap to do something else.*
My cat: Father is...evil? Father is unyielding? Father is incapable of love? I am running away. I am packing my little rucksack and going out to explore the world as a lone vagabond. I can no longer thrive in this household.
thinking about that one wordless calvin and hobbes sunday strip thats just calvins dad ditching his work to go play in the snow... its going to make me cry
”#I LOVE that the comic keeps the lens on Calvin’s dad to the degree of not even showing Calvin’s excited face when his dad surprises him, #You can see the joy and excitement of the moment in his pose and reflected in his dad’s expression, #it’s a great little artistic decision, #I realized what gets me about it it’s the hat covering his dad’s head and hair so the dad just looks like Calvin. #you don’t HAVE to show Calvin! You already see him in the dad becoming a kid for a moment you only have to draw that once”
