#i just!!!!!!

[katnissandpeetamellark]

Back in my “I refuse to believe Sejanus died” phase

[shannonsketches]

Maybe I’m just poisoned by industry experience but from my point of view the tragedy of the tournament of power Toei vs Toriyama depictions is that in the manga it’s very clear from the beginning that it’s really fucked up and wrong to put so much emphasis on Strong Guy Market Value that you’re willing to throw away anything that isn’t Masculine and Superheroey enough to entertain such a shallow point of view, even though it’s obvious that everything around that Shallow Hypermasculine Superhero Trope is very clearly more interesting and has much more story to tell, just by the character designs alone.

My theory is mostly based on the repeated frustration Toriyama always had for the way Goku is portrayed in the anime and other media as a Superman type, and the way Toei always overrides the vibe of his world as darker and gritter action-drama than he built it; And Goku spends the entire tournament in the manga chasing Jiren and trying to get Jiren’s attention and being desperate to be validated by Jiren, and in the end it’s not Goku who beats him. It’s the people you forgot about, who used clever storytelling while you were focused on Muscular Dudes Punching Muscular Dudes Real Hard, and the resolution was that all of those other worlds matter, and deserve to exist — even the hypermasculine superhero ones — because they all have value as stories and if you expand your perspective past the shallow parts you’ll see there’s more to those worlds than Hypermasculine Strong Guy’s Super Basic Super Hero Backstory About His Father Figure Dying (especially when hypermasculine strong guy remembers he’s part of a larger and very interesting cast, and he’s not the only character on the show…hint…? Toei?? Hint hint? Beuller?)

And I feel like Toei got that outline from Toriyama and went “Neat we get to make Goku EVEN MORE SUPERMAN!!”

[cheerfullycatholic]

Today my nephew almost choked on spit from laughing so hard because for some reason me throwing toys in the air and aggressively snatching them off the floor was hilarious to him

[minminambus]

GAH Sing-ie ramble in the tags

[greenieflor]

I am so proud of myself for getting into this summer program. I just found out there's only 18 spots and I got one of them and now I get to spend June immersed in the ancient world and studying and performing tragic theater and I just. This is literally the fulfillment of multiple life long dreams and I have never been more proud of myself and the work I have done

[rudebisco]

learning about plants and algae and fungi and insects and all the beautiful and oft overlooked life that we share our world with is truly so so so worthwhile. it changes your worldview so completely. everywhere i look theres new little guys to see and love, and every one of them is a unique individual with its own life to live, and every one of them is just as alive as i am. it constantly blows my mind

[adhd-merlin]

not me getting emotional over this track