Cant believe I’m brainrotting over a ship between a pathetic divorced dad in his 50s and an eternal star twink again

Death to Dutch van der Linde!

god i love when yugioh is like “here is an antagonistic, mysterious group/corporation/mafia/faction/etc.” because EVERY TIME without fail you know the leadership situation is going to be absolutely bananas. You grab any bad guy organization in yugioh and the leader, the man behind the curtain, they WILL be something like:

some 16 year old who lived underground for 90% of his life and who achieves his way primarily through Ancient Egyptian mind control

some 10,000 year old Atlanean cult leader freak under the influence of an evil space rock

some 17 year old tarot girlie cult leader freak under the influence of an evil space light

some undead guy weaponizing horrifying god-monsters sealed in the Nazca Lines from Real Life

three (3) guys from the future, one of which being a child. another of which being a bike.

they’re all the same guy actually

TAYLOR JEWEL and STEVEN CONKLIN in "Love Lost" and "Love Scene" THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY (2022-)

SHOCKING NEWS !!!

my favorite character in Ramshackle is the emo

GUYS THE POSTER AND TRAILER FOR EPISODE NAGI MOVIE IS FINALLY HERE 😭😭😭

i just like butters lol

First of all, I just want to say. I called it lol

Finally an sskk face off since the sacrifice. I am going insane. I can’t articulate all my thoughts rn but something about the way Atsushi aimed a kick at Akutagawa that he fully expected the guy to block (because they know each other’s usual fighting styles!!!) only for it to connect and hurt him; Atsushi begging Akutagawa to recognize him because even if he still can’t consciously admit it, Atsushi has become convinced that Akutagawa wouldn’t be attacking him like this if he knew it was him; pleading for him to snap out of it and demanding to know why he saved him aghhhhh I’m going feral we know the reason Atsushi we know whyyyyy

I can’t believe it actually. We are at the point where sskk do not want to genuinely hurt each other. Atsushi attacked only out of self defence and was taken aback by actually breaking his wrist. Akutagawa refused to kill Atsushi in the Fukuchi fight and Atsushi is now convinced he’d stop attacking if he recognized him. Holy shit. Oh my god.

And Sigma badass moment! My boy, he pulled through! Either him or Chuuya had to break the stalemate; hell yeah, validation. Wasn’t there a meme someone made? “Prison arc -> prison arc if Sigma still had a gun”? Well Sigma’s got a gun and things are picking up babyyyy! His retort to Fyodor was quite possibly the funniest thing he could’ve said in response. Just completely shut him down. Using what he’s learned running the empty home Fyodor previously tried to buy his trust with. Beautiful. ADA Sigma real??? (I think the story will have to acknowledge his very public involvement with Taneda’s shooting and the acts of terrorism the Hunting Dogs now know he is responsible for… so I’m not sure how that will go but I’d like to see him end up with the Agency tbh… so long as it makes sense.)

Things I did not expect:

Mysterious note left in Russian??? It could be Mykola I suppose but… why? What happened? If he’s actually in trouble I doubt he’d need help escaping. Is it a trap? But what for? Alternatively… could it be Pushkin? He was in Meursault initially right? We never found out what his connection was. It could be a new Russian author too! Intriguing! There’s also the matter of it being written in Russian in the first place - who is it meant for? Sigma specifically? Or is it meant for someone else who speaks Russian?

Dazai is actually injured! I was certain he had something ready to get out on his own but I like this much better. Tbh I know this sounds bad but I’m actually way more invested now that Dazai has a broken leg and Fyodor was just shot. There’s higher stakes, you know? Damn though. I think Dazai’s injuries are. Worse. He’s being terribly self-sacrificial, and is apparently going to face off against Chuuya next time we see him. I do think now the stakes would be too low if Chuuya was completely free of the brainwashing tbh… I’m hoping for a double “I know you’re in there” fight between skk and sskk. Not that Dazai can do much physically but his strength has always been with words anyways, and I am certain Chuuya’s already fighting back. And I know Atsushi will reach Akutagawa. Manifesting sskk reunion where they challenge Fukuchi again and win this time via the power of unbreakable trust (delusional).

Sigma asks Fyodor “WHAT are you?” Which is interesting, and I’m hoping will acknowledge the way Fyodor doesn’t seem to age… but also intriguing is the “getting closer” part on the side which implies he’s not quite right. I think Fyodor will still turn out to be human tbh (it’d be weird otherwise, thematically), but now I’m starting to lend a little more weight to that theory about a Fyodor double…

Well anyways. This was a lot. I’m going to helplessly whir about it for a bit now.

It's that first tear falling onto Chenyi's face.

It's Ai Di wearing a rainbow sweater with the word 'BEST' on it - because Chenyi is the best for him and he wants to be the best for Chenyi.

It's Zongyi's sister and father piling food into his bowl, and him offering it to them too, feeding their love to each other.

It's Zongyi's father asking if he's tried any alcohol yet and suggesting they have a beer together (this is where I actually lost it).

It's the way Zerui can't remember Zongyi, whereas Ai Di just wants to forget Chenyi.

And Zongyi, with diminished short term memory, is waiting for Zerui to come to him to remember their history, whereas Chenyi, with only partial memories of the past, is chasing down Ai Di to remember theirs.

i should be sleeping, but instead i'm wondering if artagan is capable of officiating legally binding weddings in exandria or not

BSD S4 spoilers!

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I'm literally crying. What right does Oda have to look so tiny and adorable??

confession : i do not like when people draw ashfur all crazed and grinning huge during the fire scene all proud and gloaty. honestly i don't mind that interpretation of the scene, like it's whatever i don't care, but i think it's far more terrifying for him to have just been giving squilf a death stare. standing still, calm, composed, only the slightest hint of a frown in his lips; his brows are hardly even furrowed, yet in his eyes, there is nothing but rage. nothing but malice and anger and hatred.

it is now officially the 25th which means...

merry christmas everyone !!! regardless of whether u celebrate or not, i hope u all have a lovely day with whoever u spend it with or with urself <33

so i watched like, 4 and a half episodes of scott pilgrim takes off already and IT’S AMAZING?? HELLO?? WALLACE MY BELOVED?? RAMONA MY BELOVED??🩷🩷

Ok right now I am an anime-only for Hell’s Paradise and honestly, I am living for the dynamic between Gabimaru and Sagiri. And what I find very interesting is how the author has essentially chosen to reverse the gender roles in both their characters. It seriously enhances their dynamic tons.

Gabimaru possesses more typical “feminine” traits when it comes to how his character is written. He only cares about getting back to his wife, no matter what, he will do whatever he can do return to her and be with her. It’s pretty subversive for a shonen protagonist to inherent these characteristics and it’s something that should be done a lot more with male characters in general because it makes them feel more vulnerable. We see these sorts of character archetypes in female shonen characters, the ones who obsess over the male lead and are watered down to only being the love interest, but Gabimaru embraces that part of his character, and there is clear added depth to his character besides him just wanting to return to his wife. He has his indifferent opinions about death and he has Sagiri who acts as a foil for his character to develop his emotions more and be more open with himself. 

Sagiri does inherit the typical “masculine” traits at the time with her wanting to be a samurai, be head of the Yamada clan, and perfect her clans execution technique. It’s everything a male was expected to achieve to do during this time period, but Sagiri - a woman who is thought of as inherently weak and only useful for continuing the clans bloodline - wants to be a samurai. She is determined and keeps a strong head, even when she doubts herself and people marginalise her goals and dreams because she is a woman, she continues to preserver and keep pursuing her goals. It’s great to see a self-aware and grounded female character like Sagiri in a shonen, and in a short amount of time she has managed to become a well developed and layered character.

Sagiri and Gabimaru contrast each other with these reversed gender roles society establishes, and they act a foil for each other through their flaws and strengths. Gabimaru has a high mental strength which assists Sagiri in gaining her own encouragement. Whereas Sagiri assists Gabimaru into thinking more practically and open up more to his emotions. 

the best is when you watch a film for the billionth time and can STILL notice something new