#stupid rambles

[hereforthecartoons]

this is inspired by @/irisviel101 's post about the anime characters embodying their elements from the game, bc it got me thinking...

I really do like the way ina11 uses the characters main 'hissatsu motifs' as ways of showing off their character, because while they absolutely go for low hanging fruit, they often take far more creative routes with those motifs. gouenji isn't fire themed becaues he's a hot head, he's arguably one of the calmest members even when he's kicking soccer balls into his friend's stomachs. it's because he's so passionate about the sport that it sparks others to to their best. It's because he's so passionate about everything and everyone in his life that it could be compared to a fire. i love the ingame description of 'Beneath this ace striker's cool exterior burns a fiery football passion' because it's just like!! yes!! fire can be more than just anger!! it's passion!! it's progress!! It's life!!!

Fubuki isn't ice because he's cold or closed off, he's ice because he represents it's many different states. He can be soft and gentle and graceful, just as much as he can be strong and dangerous and even violent. he's not ice because he's a loner, he's ice because he buries the worst of himself under layers and layers of permafrost so he can keep looking his best to the others. he's not ice because he's slow or dumb, he's ice because a part of him is forever frozen in the past, unable to move on.

Shindou's power isn't represented by music because he speaks in artsy terms or gets lost in sounds, but because music requires skill, practice, and planning. An orchestra can only play well when everyone is aware of what part they play, including the conductor and shindou can only properly use his avatar of the conductor when he accepts his role to play in the revolution as a whole.

and kidou is a penguin bc he's socially awkward or smth idk

[mistah-steel]

I just finished Babel by R.F. Kuang and I can’t stop thinking about Professor Craft. How she’s shown as the object of Letty’s total admiration for being the only female professor at Babel until she shuts down Letty’s questions about overcoming misogyny, how her refusal to acknowledge the institution’s misogyny frames her as complacent. However, she later proves herself to be a greater ally to the cause than Letty even would be. She is the first to believe Robin and Victoire about the war, she is the only white scholar to stay and join the revolution, she sacrifices herself to help Robin destroy the tower. Meanwhile, Letty betrays her friends and refuses to consider any oppression that isn’t her own. And I wish so badly that Letty could’ve seen Professor Craft when she told Robin and Victoire to surrender, that she saw that the woman she was desperate to emulate on the opposite side of the revolution and maybe then she would finally see that she was wrong

[eclipseek]

I absolutely love both cannon and fannon versions of Nightmare sans so much. Like with cannon you’re meant to hate him, he’s a terrible person and I love that he’s just completely evil and that’s the whole point. He did have a tragic backstory technically, but he hates everyone and everything and does it all because it benefits him. He views everyone around him as only objects for him to control and he wouldn’t think twice about killing them if they inconvenienced him.

But also, I love seeing him written as the flawed character he is that gets better over time. It’s extremely out of character and I absolutely love it every time. A lot of the time people make him the good one and Dream the bad one, which I’ve actually seen done really well before, so it’s probably one of my favorite characterizations of him. But I think my absolute favorite versions of him is him being a terrible person, because what do you expect, but him becoming better because he what’s to be for himself or for others. But even if he does get better and become an almost ok person, I adore it when he’s still a bit “evil.” So he thinks about people in an objectified way and often still acts selfishly but makes the effort not to completely stop, but to not do it as much for either his own satisfaction or for others that believe he’s becoming better.

I love it when he’s still objectively a bad person, and yes I do want him to kiss all the other bad sanses too.

[blu-berriezz]

I hate when people say "omg why is Neige more popular than Vil!! Vil is so much prettier"

THE REASON WHY NEIGE IS LIKED MORE BY THE PUBLIC IS BECAUSE HE HAS THE TYPECASTING AS "HERO" WHILE VIL IS TYPECASTED AS THE "VILLAIN" the public is gonna view Neige as Innocent, sweet, and perfect because hes always THE GOODGUY

Vil always played the role of the villain even as a damn kid, AND HE GOT BULLIED FOR THAT LIKEEEE GUUHH

Anywasys Vil solos Neige everyday #vilismyman#notbiasedatall#idgetonmykneesforvil

[hanako-hix3]

Was reading some fics tday and I was wondering why Cal is like kinda "feminized" by the fandom?? I don't mean like trans hcs or anything, just like making him unnecessarily soft and innocent ig? Btw THIS IS JUST MY INTERPRETATION AND I MAY BE MISSING SOMETHING PLS DONT HATE ME 😭

Like i'm aware he doesn't look very intimidating or act so until Zero Day but he's still not just some submissive pushover to Andre; He's just as manipulative and hateful, even if he shows it less. He pulls his own weight and can get just as- IF NOT MORE aggressive than Andre. Shown on Zd when he's the one yelling and purposely walking over people on the tables to mess with them, even when Greg is spared by Andre he takes him out. (Though Andre may just have been taunting and going along with the joke? I could see that being an argument)

Though I also wanna know why people focus solely on Cal wanting himself gone, when he clearly doesn't think a "clean" death is worth it. stating it's a "lost cause"

"I’m not just gonna fade out. I’m gonna… I’m gonna… I’m gonna make my mark and then it’ll be my time to die. I mean, it’s a lost cause when you… when you just kill yourself, you know"

I barely ever see people discussing the things he said in his second (i think) Solo tape, only that he wants himself gone. Someone please explain if there's something i'm missing?

Idk if any of this makes sense but long story short I NEED MORE FICS WHERE CAL ISNT FORCED TO FIT THE "FEMININE" ROLE AND WHERE HIS OWN HORRIBLE MENTAL IS DUMBED DOWN FOR THE SAKE OF A TYPICAL/MORE HETERO CODED RELATIONSHIP🥹

[clingylittletortoise]

I want a life where I can take a 6 hour afternoon nap😭

[star--anon]

Minho soaks his entire Oreo cookie by dunking his fingers into his cup of milk

Newt gets a plate -- a plate???? -- and pours a shallow puddle of milk, then drops in his Oreo and flips it around the same way you'd sear steak

Thomas sticks the Oreo in his mouth and then takes a sip of milk

They all think they're normal, and they are all disgusted by the other two's behavior

[50rd1d]

Beauty And The Beast means a lot to me because its message is that someone can and will still love you regardless of how negatively you may view yourself.