No better than my enemies

Troia, a 20+ writer.  Anti Darklina. Izuku Midoriya and Nanami Kento stan. Made a blog full of reblogs, mostly from animanga fandom. Beware of spoilers from Grishaverse, Tokyo Ghoul, OPM, BNHA, JJK, Blue Lock, AoT.

[armayes]

Ive been thinking of a reverse crows au where its still angsty.

Kaz, who needs touch because the last stage of Firepox is numbness so he needs the feeling of human touch as a reminder that he is, in fact, still alive.

Inej, who is purposefully loud because she got taken due to how quiet she was and nobody noticed her absence until it was too late.

Jesper, who openly uses his grisha powers because as he gets older, he starts to forget more and more about his mother, and this is the last permanent tie he has to her.

Wylan, who is more upfront about his Dyslexia to remind himself that, if he didn't have it, he might have turned out just like his father, and he fears that more than any judgement he may recieve.

Matthias, who always admired grisha but couldn't say anything about it for fear of someone getting the wrong idea and him being the next body on the pyre

Nina, who hates the power she holds because of how much damage it does, and wishes that she had been taught to heal instead of taught to hurt.

@lilisouless @barrel-crow-n @randomfandom-3 @i-eat-so-much-grass

[kazs-inej]

chapter 26, crooked kingdom

[katanasonata]

The Devil and his Wraith

(Also if you want a piece like this, Commissions are OPEN heh)

[helaena-targaryens]

In that moment, he wished things might have been different. That he might not die tomorrow. That he could be led by his heart instead of duty. Because Zoya was not kind and she was not easy. But she was already a queen.

[helaena-targaryens]

—rule of wolves; leigh bardugo [insp]

[helaena-targaryens]

She’d been too afraid to say yes to him, to show him the truth of her longing, to admit that from the first time she’d seen him, she’d known he was the hero of all her aunt’s stories, the boy with the golden spirit full of light and hope. All Saints, Zoya wanted to be near that light, she wanted to feel the warmth of it for as long as she could.

[spideymichelle]

me explaining through my tears that zoya's and the darkling's dynamic goes way deeper (in the books) and it says a lot about zoya's relationship with authority and power but also safety as a whole because of the (almost) parental nature of their relationship like the darkling is already playing favorites with her by the time she is 13

they are close enough for him to pick her over a lot of the older grisha's at the little palace for the possibility of getting an amplifier something we know is so special and not something just anyone could have yet he gave zoya that opportunity and when she felt like she failed him for protecting and releasing the cubs it broke her in a million pieces because she doesn't want to disappoint him

the darkling represented grisha's as a whole. he was their leader, their protector in a world that hates them and wants them eradicated, for a power they were born with. it is the way the little palace was meant to be a sanctuary for grisha's to feel safe, a place where zoya felt safe, yet it was the darkling was the first to completely destroy it and kill any grisha that wasn't on his side he was their biggest protector and he killed them in cold blood like that absolute betrayal

it wasn't just about her losing her aunt, he took away her home, the home she made with her aunt and lada and the one she made at the little palace the friends she made he took everything from her because she believed him when he said they would change the world together like she put so much trust in him, she gave him her power and he broke it so easily that wound just festered on because the darkling betrayed her just like her mother did in the past

and it just parallels the darkling with her mother so well because as a young child just wanted to make her mother happy which meant getting the highest grades, eating only half her meals so her mother could eat the rest, and stealing fruit from the duke's garden so her mother could eat them something she could get severely punished for by the duke zoya a young commoner girl who is from suli descent like she could have died but her mother never stopped her from taking them again and again and didn't her mother truly never saw her other than a pretty face that she could capitalize out of

zoya didn't make a sound on her wedding, didn't cry a single tear on her wedding, and never spoke out because she couldn't bear making her mother angry until the only person who ever spoke up for her was her aunt who almost beat to death for speaking up for her and even then could only be spent little over 2 months with her (mostly on the streets) before being separated for the next 7 years when she first goes back when she is 16. (they did write to each other)

the only adult that "cares" for her was the darkling he had continuous access to her, to groom her, to make her his perfect little girl. she is so desperate to impress him, to be around him, to be noticed, and worst of all he does. he gives her privileges, the important missions and she gets to ride his coach with him like he makes it known and clear that she is special, unlike her mother he gives her the attention she wants. but it doesn't really mean anything to him

he has no issue switching her out with alina sending her faraway as a punishment just like her mother had no issue selling her to a man old enough to have grandchildren of her age

zoya being stuck in a vicious cycle of being abused by people who should be protecting her

and it just speaks volumes that is zoya is the one who advocates for the darkling's victims because if she doesn't speak for alina, genya, liliyana and baghra who will

it speaks to her relationship with nina, her worries, her concerns about her, i wonder if all she sees is a beautiful and powerful girl with a deep love for her country with no support, no family i wonder if she sees herself so desperately trying to prove herself to the world

basically zoya co-wrote would've, could've, should've

*will be edited after i had a good night of rest and crack open the books again

[shadowandbone]

THE CROWS IN SEASON 2, SHADOW AND BONE

[wenchyfloozymoo]

[water---damage]

Dr. Gachey with foxglove, 1890

[dovewithscales]

Some of Van Gogh’s best work was done during a period of his life that he spent in a hospital being treated for his mental health problems. I could be wrong but I think Starry Night was among those.

This is consistently the case. Creators tend to do their best work when they are in a healthy place and receiving proper treatment and not being self destructive in their efforts to cope. Go figure.

All our experiences, good and bad, inform what we create, but suffering is not the price of great art. Suffering is what prevents artists from completing great art.

[hiliqht]

Red Velvet 레드벨벳 ’Feel My Rhythm’ MV

[x0401x]

Shunkashuutou Daikousha: Haru no Mai

[ultra-violet-heart]

The Four Seasons' Proxies and their Servants. Taken from the official artist Suou's account

[carma-bis]

If I read another guy saying 86 eighty six is a seinen anime/novel, I’m reaching through my computer screen and taking direct action to strangle him. It’s blatantly shojo, men just can’t stand enjoying anything not made directly for them.

[ultra-violet-heart]

I have ever described this in Twitter and Reddit as such:

Also it helps that Asato was actually a shoujo magazine writer. She just disguised this love story military fanfiction of hers as a war drama and poof it won an award and I HAVE A SOURCE FOR THIS

Also I DARE PEOPLE TO DENY SHIN IS NOT A HIKARU X LANTIS-BASED OC I DARE YOU ALL

[thamechanist]

From my perspective(which is probably a bit different compared to prior posters), this sorta feels like there's no established genre/category for 'War Stories' in Ln/Anime - by which I mean stories & settings where there's equal weighting on both the lil' picture and the interpersonal relationships (those that fight, what they're like, their hopes/dreams/ambitions, etc.) and the big picture/action (Why they fight, the big sweeping strategies, huge battles, politics of war, etc).

Basically, a good war story has both victories and failures across a range of scales. The main characters should suffer, and they should hurt through loss of loved ones and failure in their goals, but it's whatever motivates them to get back up, push on and keep moving that makes the victories all the sweeter.

Which is especially true in 86's case, since the author was so clearly influenced by battles in Europe during the world wars(both 14-18 & 39-45), and the way that stories about those periods are told. Hell, the way the Republic officers act isn't too different from how British high command in WW1 was(and still is) portrayed to some extent.

So it just gets a somewhat messy "It's X but wrapped in Y" which can put people off if they like one but not the other, or "Imagine [plot element from something] but it's also got [Substantial thing from another setting] and [Thing that makes the first two seem really out of place]

God, that came across as long-winded, hopefully it made sense to some people.

Basically, 86 good on many levels. But labelling why hard.

[ultra-violet-heart]

Nah it's still shoujo wrapped in a seinen demographic and nothing will change my mind about that

[ultra-violet-heart]

Kimetsu no Yaiba Fanbook Two, The Demon Corps Info Book, Two Specially-Drawn Manga, Part I  Interview with the Demons from Hell: Voices from Beyond the Sanzu River 

Thanking N for the commission and cleaning. PLEASE DO NOT REPOST ANYWHERE. Part II will be uploaded either tomorrow or this week.

[adoriable-deactivated20230720]

full translations + panels down below (translated by kumone_as on insta)

[meyhew]

mal writing “I’ve been staring at your name for almost an hour.” and “Supplies are tight, and I’ve wasted most of the oil in the lamp sitting here, staring at your name.” and “No one’s been the same since the attack on the sandskiff. The memory is too clear in my head, too sharp—lying on my back on the deck, my body going numb, realizing the dampness pooling beneath me was my own blood, then your face lit by those last gasps of Grisha fire before everything went white.” and “This is going to sound ridiculous To hell with it—I miss your scowl.” and “He cut you, Alina. I saw the knife in his hand. How many times has he cut you since? How many times has he hurt you? How many times have I failed to stop him? I know if you were safe and whole you’d write.” and “I feel how flimsy I am, how all the things I thought were strong and whole were just held together by you.” and “What is she to you anyway? Here’s my answer, Captain. She’s the thing that made this all okay—the threadbare coats and the old boots and the guns that jam when you most need them to fire, the loneliness of knowing that you don’t matter, that you will never matter, the fact that you’re just another body, another uniform to be sent into the Fold or the frost, another good boy who knows his place, who does his job, who doesn’t ask questions, who will lie down and die and be forgotten. What is she? She’s everything, you dumb son of a bitch.” and “The Darkling wants that stag. He wants it for you, so I’ll find it. It’s the one thing I can still give you. The only thing.” all in one single letter. imagine if leigh had given him his own pov in the books. imagine the heartbreak he would’ve caused

[kuromantic]

Haikyuubu Chapter 79: The National Team’s Photo Shoot