Decided to try to use this picrew to challenge myself to make some images of the Rain Code Cast all being ill.

The hand assisting them is Yakou bc he's the caretaker for them all. Except Halara bc they don’t need help lol

And I also made one of Makoto being a dumbass overheating in his hot tub, and bc I love him and he must suffer too (and so the image number could be even xD)

kira's ongoing narrative in relation to cardassia and post-genocide complication of easy stories -- not, of course, that it was not genocide, but that some people she thought of as enemies were allies, and many people who were a part of the oppressing forces, were later, in turn, the victims of a mass attempted-genocide

and the idea that she, personally, cannot hate every individual cardassian, because she genuinely wants to build and heal and what that looks like, versus many (understandably) traumatised bajorans who are still and will always be at war

it's such a complicated, ongoing, twisty-turny storyline that returns again and again, with dukat, with garak, with ghemor, with damar, with ziyal, with rugal (although he and kira don't really interact, but in terms of the wider complexity of bajoran-cardassian interactions), with marritza (I've forgotten characters I know it -- there's natima as well, although I don't think she and kira interact?)

and then her ongoing narrative related to healing vs punishment vs power with -- yes li nalas and bareil, with winn and opaka (battle lines really is the first realisation I think of kira's needs and ongoing journey), with the people she was in the resistance with, some of whom are trying to create new lives some of whom cannot, ziyal again...

i also wonder about a stitch in time, and the knowledge that cardassia's rich, spiritual life was all but stamped out by a military dictatorship, and how kira would feel about this/whether she would feel a connection with the underground religious space that survived despite it

i think the reason it (mostly, let's not go into the storyline with her mother) works is that it's something her narrative returns to over and over, like a worried tooth, not necessarily in a single straight line, but via individual stories from many directions, with this understanding that she's at the centre of this massive change and she may have to take on a leadership position in order to facilitate and hold together bajoran ideals and culture and history and pain and hope through that, and bit by bit she grows into that role. and in some ways it doesn't come across as conscious, but it builds up slowly like drops accumulating, until there's a picture there

it's so so good, and imo the most complete/successful storyline given to a character in ds9 (I think nog-and-rom as a somewhat more intimate ongoing push-and-pull storyline, and also benjamin sisko on a macro spiritual level have a similar kind of thorough exploration, if different in focus, and also - to an extent - odo). my one big thing with kira's narrative is consistently how they handled ziyal, that is my personal biggest detractor. shocking because -- perhaps with benefit of hindsight, perhaps with a little less sexism idk -- there were so many ways they could have gone with ziyal, it seemed obvious while i was watching, and yet

Day 18: Escape

Odette would call herself a "reformed" pick pocket. But sometimes she just can't help herself.

She has yet to be officially caught.

slapping these together in a private channel for art reference and i often just like to sit there and think abt how someone made this.

like yeah obviously someone would have had to, this isn't a groundbreaking statement, but i love paying attention to the little details, to things that aren't the main spotlight art like operators and cgs. like i look at all these little icons and i heavily appreciate the consistency that is going on there, there's care put into so many aspects of something as visual as a game and it just makes me happy to look at

i also often really love thinking about those character song videos, or trailers. how they're possibly set up in whatever program they use, the effects, the tweening. i particularly enjoy looking at how they animate the little lyrics corner section differently every time

halting and looking at art that people made which took hours that we mostly just see go by in a flash makes me appreciate it all more

hi. i would just like to say that this is an attitude i've seen around increasingly often and i find it deeply baffling. like, genuinely could not relate any less to what is being expressed here.

personally, almost all media i'm obsessed with and talk about constantly is because i think it's good and i love talking about the ways in which it's good. yes, criticism can be fun and breed conversation, but so can positive critique. thoughtful, long-lasting engagement with a piece of media doesn't have to be negative. there are in fact ways for media to be good beyond "competent but generally unremarkable"?

and this is ymmv, but complaining about something is more the snack food of media criticism for me. it's fun and great in the moment and it absolutely is something i need to do regularly to feel normal. but i can't live off it. i need to experience genuine appreciation and esteem on a regular basis too, or i shrivel like a raisin. (expressed more seriously: the kind of critique i find actually nourishing in the sense that it allows me to refine what kind of art i would like to make, and what makes me tick as a human being, is the positive kind about media i love very much for being excellent.)

idk guys. is it just that i'm autistic and therefore discussing for the nth time why xyz rules never stops being entertaining? what am i missing here. maybe it's good when media is good?

I hate Gege. I hate what he's doing with the story, but even though I love Gojo and I want him to come back as himself, I have to admit what has happened kinda fits the story because it is tragic. Gojo doesn't get a good ending, doesn't get redemption, doesn't get love, he doesn't get anything in return. He only gets the answer to Geto's question: he's the strongest, not Gojo Satoru, not a person deserving of anything. And that's tragic. Maybe it's because I love angst and, even though I NEED Gojo to come back, I think it's a good point to Gojo's end of narrative.

STILL I believe overall Gege's narrative sucks. Bc where the hell is this comming from? Why is Shoko suddenly careless about Gojo when she told him he wasn't alone? It's a good point to the story but it's so out of nowhere, like most things he's been doing. I think some things are good to the plot, but I think Gege just makes them up atp tbh. It's like he builds the story to be one way and then decides to do something out of a chatgpt chat?

idk sorry for this rant, Im honestly coping with the leaks

trust me i'm an angst lover myself, but at some point there has to be a line drawn on how much we can blame on jujutsu society being fucked up. gojo obviously was never destined for the good ending of course, and yes jjk society is fucked up and wrong. but the fact that he, as one of the main characters, did not get a truly completed character arc, is what bothers me.

if satoru was always going to die and was never supposed to get the happy ending, that's fine. but there were so many facets of his story left completely untouched and unfinished. therefore i don't think that gojo's character even had an ending, not the way others like nanami did—and i think that's pretty pathetic bc as a writer how do you botch your own character that bad??

but yeah nonnie you're right, gege sucks with his whole narritive. DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON SHOKO. my girl was so worried in the past chapters. she had visceral reactions to everything, and you're telling me that she's just emotionless about this whole thing now?? nah nah it's not real. gege just picks some random idea to do one week and then completely ignores it the next week.

don't worry nonnie i think we're all completely mortified by leaks so everyone's just reacting to it :((

[Darcy] saw Wickham, and afterwards insisted on seeing Lydia. His first object with her, he acknowledged, had been to persuade her to quit her present disgraceful situation, and return to her friends as soon as they could be prevailed on to receive her, offering his assistance, as far as it would go.

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice (p. 186)

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First good-looking pin we did it! [ Also say hi to my tank of a cat ]

My thing is that I just do not trust a single person who was involved in the show. It just seems like a lot of PR to fix their image and foster sympathy/goodwill/interest.

i haven't been having the best time lately

wait the fact that they made eddie say “i love you” to dustin in the same episode as the monologue is really telling actually...it means it’s completely in the realm of the duffers to make a character tell someone they love them but platonically 🤔

I’ve been thinking abt one of my older oni colonies and decided to doodle my first three dupes in that save

what's this? a whole ass fucking verse page written up? more or less more information likely to come as i continue refreshing my memory, but there, at least, is a story. there is even a blurb at the bottom of the verses page, copied below for ease of reading 💜

With enemies in both high and low places, Mazie is desperate for protection and is willing to pay any price to achieve it—no matter how bloody she may get in the process. Her loyalty goes to whomever can keep the wolves at bay, though she will sell them out in a heartbeat if it buys her a little more time. There is only so long one can stand being glanced askance at before deciding to live down to expectations of a society woman with a viper dæmon.

OOC UPDATES

Rules have officially been amended! Things to note:

I'm no longer gonna chase (aka follow first) muns that are blog hoppers/archivers, especially if they have issues with commitment (failing to write me a starter/answer asks I've sent them or dropping threads after only two notes).

I'm now putting my foot down and unfollowing blogs who follow me first but make no effort in interacting (whether it be through liking/replying to posts or writing with me)... but I'm not strictly mutuals only anymore, meaning I will happily refollow blogs I've unfollowed again if they actually make an effort in engaging with me.

Basically added a section for Personals, Memes, Threads, and OOC Conduct... not only so my partners would know what to expect from me as a partner, but make my boundaries clear for personal blogs who decide to follow me for whatever reason.

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