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Any pronouns Multi fandom, prepare for tonal whiplash

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Mohammed is only 19 years old, yet he carries the weight of an entire family on his shoulders. In Gaza, where every day brings new hardship,

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My interpretation of Miki’s character is that he represents (among other things, of course; nothing in RGU is black and white) society’s obsession with the “purity” of woman.

Content Warning: Mentions of incest and sexual abuse

So, Miki wants to preserve things he finds beautiful, “shining”, but never really goes into what that means. Well, what he found “shining” was his childhood memories of Kozue, before she changed. This change was spurred by the implied sexual abuse of her by their father, which led to her becoming hypersexual and being unable to enjoy the innocent activities of their childhood any longer. In a sense, she was forced to grow up extremely quickly, while Miki stayed trapped in the idealistic version of their childhood. To Miki, her becoming ‘impure’ meant that she was no longer ‘shining’. He’s also shown to be extremely affected by displays of sexuality towards Kozue or Anthy; Touga manipulates Miki through a relationship with Kozue. He loses his second duel when Kozue kisses Anthy. Touga all but outright tells Miki that the only way he can preserve the purity of women is to own them. Miki wants things to remain as they did in his childhood; he wants Kozue to remain as her child self. He also is shown to value femininity in Anthy. These two things reflect the infantilization and feminine ideal that go hand-in-hand with the standards for women’s purity.

This also ties into how he objectifies Anthy and Kozue. Obsession with purity reduces women to objects who's only value is tied to sex. Miki's burgeoning misogyny might not be as blatant as, say, Saionji or Touga's, but it is still very much present and represents, like them, yet another facet of patriarchal control.

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Do you plan on drawing wataru and chuta at some point?

Probably when I play Star trigon 😭 I’ve been planning to for a while stuff just keeps getting in the way

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I love Susumu's little spacesuit so much,,

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There is a reality not so far from our own in which Ratitouille (2007) was filmed as an avant-garde conceptual horror akin to Eraserhead (1977)

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There is a young American man in France. His mother has passed away. He has few friends, and works the thankless job of a bus boy in a prestigious restaurant, but dreams of becoming a chef despite having very little skill.

He returns one night to his humble apartment, which is known to have vermin, and comes across a rat, which he could easily kill or set loose on the street.

But the rat- it is special. It seems to speak to him. Promises him every little thing he desires- talent, fame, and fortune. Recognition and esteem like he has only ever seen from afar; fine company like the wealthy men and women whose scraps he picks at over the sink.

Put me on your head, the rat says. Put me on your head and think of nothing.

It is strange at first, yes. Strange to feel another take control of his life and live it better than he ever could. To see miraculous things created with his own two hands, to feel his feet move in graceful and fantastic ways with a confidence he has never had.

But the rat delivers as he had promised: he receives promotions, notoriety, admiration. He is noticed. Envied. Every day is a waking dream, rubbing elbows with beautiful women and handsome men and influential personalities who lavish him with praise. It is addictive, this lifestyle- never mind that he is only ever truly conscious of it as a passenger of in own brain.

It is when he has reached heights few can ever conceive, with all that the rat had ever promised- a beautiful wife in a beautiful house with all the world in his palm, in possession of all the wealth and success a man could ever want, that the rat says that it is leaving.

Leaving? The rat cannot leave. Everything he is, the rat has provided.

"I have delivered on our bargain", the rat says. "I have brought to you all that you have ever dreamed. What more could you desire? I must live my own life, now."

The man is furious. He is terrified. He destroys the rat, in all of the ways that a rat can be destroyed, until nothing is left of it but a fine smear of marinara sauce.

He returns to the restaurant the next day moving like the shell of something hollowed-out and brittle. He cooks well- his fingers remember the movements, his eyes recognize the patterns, his mouth knows without his asking what orders to speak and what platitudes make patrons smile pleasantly with their straight white teeth.

He retains the talents of the rat. The charm of the rat. All the worldly pleasures the rat had provided him.

Still, it seems, he is little more than a vessel for the talents of the rat.

But the rat is gone.

What remains of the man?

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You see my vision

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my headcanoned Mozelle design

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my headcanoned Mozelle design

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Ataru and Susumu siblingism is VERY important to me.. I like to imagine that Susumu knows Ataru but just didn't recognize him due to a mixture of stupidity and poor memory, canon be damned

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trying to explain why i like horror to people who don’t: ok so you know how it’s fun to be deeply disturbed and unsettled

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anna i lov you… m6 glorious tomboyish goat… if i believe in my heart tfem yuugi sounds like you

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Misceallaneous Mr. Driller doodles

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Now that I posted all my redesigns I can starts spreading my TRUE agenda… Anna x Sheeta yuri…

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That was the last full Mr. Driller redesign I had planned, but more might be coming in the future if I get inspired! (To the people who have been following it, feel free to submit recommendations for art in my inbox, just be aware there's no guarantee I'll end up drawing any requests)

Now that that's done, I'm going to start cleaning up and posting my various mr. driller doodles and comics yayy

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SHEETA MONGREY!!!!!!!!!! One of my favorite Mr. Driller characters.. my whole redesign project is partly thanks to her, since I knew I wanted to draw her the moment she appeared on screen!

Design notes under cut:

In this redesign, I did not touch her outfit at all - I think it's already perfect! The main change is to her hair. It has a very interesting shape that I thought would be fun to draw with a curly texture (a thought that led me down a rabbit hole of adapting mr driller characters to my style). I also tampered with her colors a tiny bit, since her skin and hair looks a liiittle washed out in the game.

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I absolutely adore Ranka and her design, so I hope this redesign is as cute as her original one!

Design notes under cut:

Ranka’s redesign was pretty easy to me, and there's not much to say about it - I basically just slapped hearts all over her suit (a performer’s gotta have a brand!). The rest of her suit is simpler, and I like to imagine she doesn’t need as much advanced tech due to her acrobatic skills.

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Tony Kirk Hornosky, what a cool character... the concept of a ballerina driller was so interesting, I had to go a little crazy with this redesign

Design notes under cut:

The design for Tony was inspired by Whipped Cream Cookie (cookie run kingdom) for the outfit and Custas (witch hat atelier) for the leg drills. Based on the fact that he drills with his legs (specifically by doing ballerina twirls), I wanted to design a tool that would allow him to do that. Initially, I was going to put drills on his legs, but that ended up looking clunky and not at all as graceful as I think his design should be; when I saw Custas’ manga design (don’t look it up if you don’t want spoilers!) I was inspired, and tried creating legwear for Tony that was both readable as a drill and appeared graceful.