i swear to god i have more interesting and profound thoughts abt dungeon meshi than just the random headcanons and silly posts i acyually make and post on here. but i am so tired all the time and my brain is made of mush so for now everyone is just going to get slop and you are going to like it. Ok
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Falin is bug coded. Falin is strongly associated with bugs. Falin metamorphoses from one form to another, like a caterpillar to a butterfly. Falin was broken down to her most basic components and rebuilt again like a caterpillar liquifying itself into a butterfly and the red dragon was her cocoon. The red dragon became part of her and gave her wings. Falin looking for bugs in the magic academy and catching herself a grasshopper. Falin holding a caterpillar on her finger while Shuro falls in love with her. Chimera!Falin getting trapped in a spider's web. Chimera!Falin drinking nectar from flowers to try and get nutrients. Falin representing life, death, and rebirth through her multiple transformations from one form to another. Falin never quite being able to go back to who she once was.
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irony is a defense mechanism to cloak our genuity with ambiguity, in fear of committing to a vulnerable moment. For you could, after all, be mocked with a cold, ironic response in return.
The winner today is who's most apathetic, but choose to be the loser, and you'll be able to look at yourself in the mirror once again.
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@glass-possum nope, she's 50! iirc it comes up in the manga at one point, but it's also stated in her canon profile in the dungeon meshi world-guide: adventurer's bible!
although because she's a half-elf half-tallman, she will probably have a very long lifespan according to the manga, potentially living to be 1000 years old or more!
i've been thinking a lot abt aging in dungeon meshi and how it's so different for the different races, but especially how it's so different for marcille. even among half-elf half-tallmen, they all tend to age at different rates both mentally and physically. marcille herself is implied to go through random growth spurts and spend some parts of her life aging like a tallman and other parts of it not aging at all. growing up she couldn't fit in with tallmen her own age bc they were already more mature than her, but she couldn't fit in with elves her own age either bc they were all much LESS mature.
i get the impression she's meant to be ~20 in appearance now, despite being abt 50 in her actual age. 50 is simultaneously really young for an elf, when elves live for like 500-1000 years, and pretty old for a tallman, and positively geriatric for a half-foot. and you can see all of these elements in her. in some scenes the way she throws tantrums and cries and is petty or easily excitable, makes her come across as childish. but then in other scenes she's far more mature and shows that she has a breadth of knowledge and power that comes from a very dark and ancient place. and sometimes you can FEEL that she's looking at the others thinking abt how she's still going to be in the prime of life long after they're dead.
the manga delves into it more, with her deepest desire being to equalise the lifespans between races, and the isolation she feels due to being half tallman half elf. and the fact that she could never have her own biological children and yet her lifespan is far longer than even most elves. that she brings falin back to life even while knowing that she could be imprisoned for it if the other elves find out, and wants her friends to live as long as she will, even though she knows they won't. full of so much life and yet all she wants to do is give it away so that others can live..........
there's also just the fact that her character feels very relatable from the perspective of someone in their 20s. she's simultaneously very grown up and wise but also naive and arrogant at times. alternating between feeling like she knows everything and nothing. independent and determined and yet struggles without the help of others. mature and dignified while also being childish and very silly. sometimes a strict rule follower and other times a literal criminal.
it's like she's caught between two worlds in so many ways. she's got so many conflicting traits just like real people have conflicting traits, and her own personality is constantly pulling her in different directions. idk where i'm going with this but man she contains multitudes. i love marcille so fucking much
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why is half of youtube filled with 47 minute long videos that look like this
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adding these kui doodles to my increasingly large Laios Autism Evidence pile. cackles evilly. dudes with extreme sensitivities to fabrics/dudes who have to prioritise comfort over fashion for the sake of their sanity solidarity
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it's really funny seeing ppl in the notes of this post who aren't into dungeon meshi assuming that falin is Permanently Dead bc of this. which is a fair assumption to make abt someone who got eaten by a fucking dragon!!! but like. yeah she DID get eaten by a dragon and became a skeleton........ but she got better though. don't worry about it. don't worry. she's fine. she got better
obsessed with how ryoko kui sometimes draws falin wearing these shirts with the images of her skeleton chilling in the dragon's stomach. it's so fucking real. if i'd been eaten by a dragon i would 100% wear shirts like this too
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