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melidaan: and so they tell stories
Just me thinking about Ben telling the other Young the story of Jaesh as they huddle in the sewers, the rhythm of his voice soothing the youngest among them as bombs rock the ground above them and rubble rains from the ceiling with every hit. Thinking about how that story would be remembered, and how it would be retold, over and over again, between the Young themselves and from them to their kids, a gift from a peacemaker and a missing friend. Thinking about how that story would shift and grow and change in the retelling of it, in a civilization where peace came about only by the work and willingness of everyone involved. Thinking about this story being told between soldiers and builders and farmers and healers, from new parents to new children as less of a memory and more of a promise:
Jaesh, his father asked, why do you stay?
I must help them, Jaesh said. If I leave they will be crushed.
Why must you be the one who holds the sky? his father asked.
Will you help me hold the sky? Jaesh asked.
And his father said yes, you are my son and my heart, and so he shared the weight.
Jaesh, his mother asked, why do you stay?
I must help them, Jaesh said. If I leave they will be crushed.
Why must you be the one who holds the sky? his mother asked.
Will you help me hold the sky? Jaesh asked.
And his mother said yes, you are my son and my duty, and so she shared the weight.
Jaesh, his brother asked, why do you stay?
I must help them, Jaesh said. If I leave they will be crushed.
Why must you be the one who holds the sky? his brother asked.
Will you help me hold the sky? Jaesh asked.
And his brother said yes, the work here is not yet done, and so he shared the weight.
Jaesh, his sister asked, why do you stay?
I must help them, Jaesh said. If I leave they will be crushed.
Why must you be the one who holds the sky? his sister asked.
Will you help me hold the sky? Jaesh asked.
And his sister said yes, I will not leave you alone, and so she shared the weight.
Jaesh, the people asked, why do you stay?
I must help you, Jaesh said. If I leave you will be crushed.
Why are you the one who holds the sky? the people asked.
Will you help me hold the sky? Jaesh asked.
And the people said yes, because the burden you carry is not one of your making, because peace made for all must be made by all, because you chose to stay.
And so they shared the weight, and Jaesh rested at last.
#shoulder the sky#melida/daan#melidaan#not me thinking about what cultural reconstruction looks like after a war#not me thinking about the young growing up#the first child born in peacetime#and they know that parents are not supposed to be what their parents were#parents are supposed to ease your burden#not add to it#but they have no memories of their own childhood they wish to give to their children#so instead they tell stories#of good parents#both a promise of what they will be#and a lesson#of the importance of sharing the weight
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i thought i felt your shape, but i was wrong. really all i felt was falsely strong,
i held on tight and closed my eyes. it was dumb, i had no sense of your size.
it was dumb to hold so tight.
#tumblr murked my quality so bad MY GODDDD please click on this i promise i have somewhat of an idea of wht im doing. kinda#anyway i once again have no idea what i was doing here but i did have fun. they make me miserable in the best way possible#im trying to be a bit more experimental both in style and colour... well. half on tht last one (guy who really likes reds and blues)#but im trying out line weight a bit more. hooty hoo. going to try drawing some more practice portraits n stuff soon#link#zelda#loz#botw#zelink#(a smidge bcus im insane. as usual)#princess zelda#zelda botw#link botw#loz fanart#tloz#i add new tags each time. i just like to get silly with it sometimes tbh :]#my art
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#guys i cant believe this is real this is everything ive ever wanted#WILLE ABDICATION??? WILMON ENDGAME??? wille is free he's free they're both free#look at simon's face oh my GOD#ive never seen him this happy euphoric and liberated#that's CINEMA!#i have so many things to say about this ending#“are you sure you're over me” “what the hell do you think”#when wille says “can you open the door?” as he leaves the car and leaves the cage that is the monarchy#the door is open!!!! there is sunshine on his skin!!!! he is free oh my god#i know i havent been making gifs im sorry i promise they are coming#good god that is Television to me#young royals#yr season 3#yr s3 spoilers#young royals s3#young royals season 3#wilmon#prince wilhelm#simon eriksson#omar rudberg#edvin ryding#wilhelm x simon#wille x simon
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(loosely) that scene from potc... its so Them i think...
#apologies for the low quality scribbles i simply couldn't be fucked!! <3<3<3#and they're a lil funky.... i havent drawn em in a while....#but geez. man. oof. ough#the potential of the pining + Names ouagshashjafkanvfla#THE RITUALS ARE INTRICATE#scribble salad#franklydear#welcome home#ever since finding out how they call each other by last names my brain has been Mush over that#the layers!!! the potential for development!!!#what would the transition to first-name-usage look like#i feel like they're gonna be on first name basis Before they actually refer to each other by their first names#and maybe frank will call him eddie first.... maybe....#leaving eddie to be the one maintaining a sort of 'professional' distance#but in the process making their interactions Way more intimate and emotionally Charged than they would've been otherwise#its about the suspense... about the 'am i allowed to know what your name feels like'....#the 'i want nothing more than to know what my name sounds like in your voice'#receiving your mail and waiting for the time he finally allows that little distance to be closed with one simple syllable#or delivering the mail and waiting for him to open both doors w/ hand & name#both an allowance and a confirmation and an answer and a promise wrapped up in one little word#Im Just Speculating & Rambling at this point#OUGH FRANKLYDEAR <3<3<3<3#i cant wait to watch them really go Through the Horrors while falling in love#bc when nothing is real or certain what else can you cling to but each other#so abnormal about them....#wh has opened my eyes to the inherent romanticism & pain of mail carriers#they will always come to your door but they will also always leave#and the gifts they give you are always from someone Else#all you can hope for are those Moments where your fingers brush as they hand over letters#where the only true words between you are the ones hidden away in ink and belonging to neither of you
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Mine: Refer to me however you want!
Mike: Yeah, for me too. I think I use all pronouns too.
[They high-five and fist-bump each other]
Mine:
[via @barbmine]
#Mine#Barbmine#Mikethelink#Mike#I LOVE THEMMMMMMMMMMM THEY'RE SO FUNNY#Mine funniest person alive fr#also YOOOO LETS GO??????#I didn't know Mike was ok with any pronouns#and Mine too??? that's awesome!#Also for those who don't know: Mine is Mike's wife!#They're both bi#They're so cool I wanna have a silly sweet partnership like this someday *clenches fist and stares off into the sunset*#As per usual: not a native Portuguese speaker so can't translate the full thing#please feel free to hop in with translations and/or corrections!#Though I'm pretty confident about these. Wouldn't post it if I wasn't#I'll be real idk how to translate viado LMAO#It's like. Not what google translate will tell you it means#idk imo I think ''homo'' sounds right but ONCE AGAIN: I'm not a Portuguese speaker#Poor Mine I laughed when she first posted this image ages ago and I replied to her saying it gave me a good laugh and she was like#''WAIT I PROMISE IT DOESN'T MEAN WHAT GOOGLE TRANSLATE SAYS IT MEANS''#it's all good Mine I'm bi too I am not phased lmao#I don't personally use that word but I do not care when other queer folks use it
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🗣️ Darlin', you give love a bad name
Found this in my old wip folder and it feels now more relevant than ever :)
Also these don't know why I never uploaded these they were just sitting there completely finished:
#good omens#crowley#aziraphale#michael sheen#david tennant#good omens fanart#go fanart#good omens tv#go tv#my art#other relevant lyrics include#an angels smile is what you sell you promise me heaven then put me through hell#and#your very first kiss was your first kiss goodbye#:D#for the record I am on team 'they are both wrong bc crowley can't keep trying to solve problems by spiriting his angel away to the stars'#like maybe your arguments should be more elaborate than 'lets just run away together'#like idk for example don't just say 'heaven is toxic' maybe give some reasons for that#MAYBE tell him what happened during aziraphale's 'trial'#or what actually happened with gabriel#u know#communication.
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Promises
He should know better.
Wolfwood has seen Vash make promises, or hear about the ones he has made in the past. He has also seen the end of each one and how every single time the outcome is less than what was promised.
Vash likes to say embellished words, with a soft and determined voice that lures you into his hopes and dreams, it almost feels like a spell, as if he was calling for you to come closer and believe him. But Wolfwood knows better.
He believes in him, but Vash is much closer to being an idealistic dreamer than a realistic person like he is. He might not be aware of it, but his beautiful promises of a better future give people hope, a hope that is usually embraced with things like disappointment and abandonment.
He doesn’t think that Vash does it with the intent of looking for any of those things. Far from it, he might even do the impossible in order to accomplish said promises, but life is too short and humans are too mortal for his wishes, so in the end, most of Vash’s promises end up being empty or they come to haunt him as a reminder of his failed vows. He admires the man, for his perseverance and idealism, but he also hates the man, for his stubbornness and lies.
Wolfwood knows all of this perfectly to a tee. And yet, he has also found himself being drawn to his world. Because he also dreams of it.
A world in where his always present calls for love and peace exist, a world that is far more kind than what he might deserve, a world in where the kids can be happy and roam around without any worry in their heads, a world in where he can peacefully turn grey with age and his hands can shed the harsh callouses of his life. Who knows, maybe a world in where he and Vash can finally know the peace that was taken away from them, in where they can share the calmness that comes with the passage of time, indulging in every tick of the clock welcoming with open arms whatever comes their way without any fear.
It is a beautiful promise. But Wolfwood is a person that has to keep his feet on the ground, indulging in “what ifs” would only make things harder than what they had to be. He can’t have any ifs if he can’t make it through the now. And by the way he is carrying his present, he is doubtful he will even get to see a shed of that promised world that Vash tries to drag him into. So why mourn something he doesn’t even have, or will ever have for that matter.
He hates the way Vash seems to promise things so easily. His tongue silky and pliant, slipping divine words one after the other, promises way too big for what that barren world can actually fit.
But when Vash talks to him in that holy voice of his, when he hears him say “It’s okay, everything will be alright, I promise” so gently right on his ear, while he holds his face so tenderly making him focus on him and nothing else, he wants to believe him.
He has seen the end of his promises. He knows how impossible they are. But for once, he wants to believe it too. Believe in that loving world that will cradle them both until they fall asleep, listening to the soft sound of the wind laughing while the moons smile upon them.
So he allows himself to indulge in the warmth of his palms, leaning into the comfort of his existence, feeling the soft air of Vash’s breaths against his skin while their foreheads meet in a touch that feels like a hot brand that will melt him.
For an instant, he allows himself to be selfish and believe that maybe, that is how living in that world Vash so desperately fights for would be. Soft and warm, making him feel safe in the hollow of Vash’s hands where the world seems to fit so well. A world where the blue sky is a blanket that covers the love and care that is nestled in it like the one in Vash’s eyes. He wants to see that world.
For now, he will selfishly think that the world that fits in Vash’s hands is right there in where he is holding him, where his blue eyes are drowning in the light of the sunset dripping with love and care while looking at him, that the gentle touch of Vash’s thumb wiping his tears is the same as the kiss of that laughing wind in that distant future, where the smile of his eyes overcomes the smile of the moons.
He should know better. But he loves the thought of that world. And he hopes that Vash will get to see that world, because that gentle sight is more fitting for someone like him than the one of his violent world.
He promises to himself that he will do what it takes for that day to be possible. Even if the end of that promise will be empty for Nicholas, he knows it will be a full one for Vash. So it really isn’t that empty for him after all.
He hates his lies, and he hates how true they sound, but Vash’s embellished words are far sweeter than his bitter thoughts so they feel better on his insides, almost like a balm that cares for the wounds of his throbbing, painful reality.
He should know better.
But aren’t humans weak at the promise of love?
#yeah….mm…mhm yeah#my thoughts were going crazy with this one. because WW crying is something that has me week on the knees#WEAK FFS#also the thought of him becoming bare and emotional at the hands of Vash makes me want to jump around until I pass out#think of it. he is afraid of him in a way. but he trusts him so deeply too it’s such a contrasting and little contradictory thing#more like. denial after denial but yk what I mean. because that’s the whole post#also as a fun fact. while on the making of this thing the line of “it’s okay. everything will be alright. I promise#it’s meant to be said by Vash to WW#but also I did it considering that a)Vash is saying it to himself as well and b)it’s something WW wants to say to Vash as well#they are both incredibly pained men and they know it but don’t adress it. so verbally saying such words to each other issssUUUEHWHAGAH#ah yes. the intimacy of being emotionally vulnerable with the person who you would trust your life to but never openly say shit to eachother#isn’t that such an amazing flavor? I won’t lie to you it’s one of my favorites#trigun#vashwood#vash the stampede#nicholas d wolfwood#trigun stampede#trigun fanart#wolfwood#nicholas trigun#nicholas the punisher#lenssi writes#lenssi draws#trigun 2023#trigun 98#because I did a mishmash on WW design bc this is meant to be TriStamp time skip in my mind#his eyes were originally their canon steel blue/grayish tone. but while doing the lighting the brown looked gorgeous#i couldn’t help myself so I left it that way. because there is something so beautiful abt his eyes shining like that in#the afternoon light while he becomes undone under the sunset ya feel me?#OHFUCKIALMOSTFORGOT another little detail. Vash’s right hand doesn’t have a glove and it’s on purpose btw you’re welcome
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The thing about the fandom’s interpretation of Data and Pulaski is that it makes both characters extremely flat and boring while also erasing their whole relationship. Data’s made into this flawless, naive baby that can’t defend himself (when he does - when Pulaski mispronounces his name, he tells her exactly why she should pronounce it correctly), while Pulaski is an ugly bitch-hag who is morally reprehensible. Most fanfics portray Data as being uncomfortable or scared of her, while Pulaski’s chomping at the bit to break him into parts. Their whole relationship in season two is based around the fact they both have flaws, and that Data is still learning about what exactly he is capable of as an android.
In “Elementary, My Dear Data”, the big question of the episode is if Data can solve a narrative mystery without it being based on his knowledge of the original stories. Geordi doesn’t know the answer. Pulaski doesn’t. Data doesn’t. From what they know of Data, Pulaski outright dismisses the possibility that Data can, which sparks the episode’s plot.
So when Geordi goes back later and prompts the computer to alter the program to be more challenging, both Data and Pulaski are excited! They want to see where this goes! They are openly having fun with this.
In her first episode, Pulaski dismissed Data when he tried to stay during Troi’s labour, and only relented when Troi said she wanted him there. But by “Penpals”, she assures Sarjenka that Data will be at her side the whole time. When Data expresses doubts, she assures him that this is what’s best for Sarjenka, but that his memories of her will still be important. This is also the same episode where Pulaski defends both her and Data’s personal involvement in the situation to Worf.
In “Measure of A Man”, the game opens with some of the crew playing a poker game. Data and Pulaski are obviously friendly and comfortable enough to socialize together outside of professional circumstances. And again, the scene shows Data calling the game simplistic and assuming he will win, but he turns out to be wrong.
Later in “Peak Performance”, Pulaski sets up Data to compete in Strategema, only for him to end up losing, to everyone’s surprise. The reason why Data’s confidence falls is because he had the exact same assumption about his computational abilities as Pulaski. They were both wrong! When she sees how much losing has affected him, she apologizes:
Data says that he must be malfunctioning. It’s not until Picard tells him that failure can happen even when you do everything right that Data accepts he can make mistakes - and that making mistakes is okay! By the end of the episode, they both know that Data is not infallible, and that he can be affected by failure as much as any human.
Pulaski makes assumptions and mistakes, and so does Data. They learn and grow from them, and their relationship is overall a very positive one despite their very different personalities. It’s an interesting dynamic that gets rewritten by fans entirely, despite the fact that it’s weirdly one of the more developed dynamics in the show.
#tng#st tng#data soong#data tng#katherine pulaski#star trek next generation#i promise this is my last rant post about data and pulaski#tng fans: i wish the crew had more developed and complex dynamics :(#also tng fans: no not like that#anyway my point is data and pulaski were pretty rounded characters in this season#and their relationship is really interesting!#and i dont think its a coincidence that a big chunk of data's growth drops after season 2#which sucks because its interesting to see him learn about what being an android means!#him and geordi and pulaski on the holodeck was so fun#anyway in this house we love and respect pulaski in both data related and not-data-related matters
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soft (and some bittersweet)
#trigun stampede#trigun#vashwood#vash the stampede#nicholas d wolfwood#i think they both spent majority of their lives in solitude and ofc vash went town to town and made friendships promises and etc along the w#way + he had his home and whatnot in the long years he's been alive but he still just seemed so lonely.#in prior versions of trimax he had friends at home at least and maybe he mightv made some but luida and brad are basically just his#guardians in this adaption. like brad used to be a homie.... vash watched that little dude grow up.... and jessica too.... but he doesn't#have that in this adaption. nor a town like july where he had grown close to the townspeople and shaped that tragedy to be closer to his#heart. and wolfwood spent years fighting under the eom and doing shit under their jurisdiction when we saw him so adamantly try to reject#and fight back against that fate. i dont think he had a second at all to get familiar with townspeople or even care to#so its just these two lonely ass souls and vash immediately seeing the good in ww and points it out#ww who is under orders again to be involved in vash's business but he's also SO touchy about it bc vash is so careless and lack that self#regard and also just is not seeing the world that ww is seeing. but then vash helps him and saves him by sharing a piece of what /he/ sees#and it fucking. rescrambled ww's brain for a sec. HE GAVE HIM HOPE!!! he gave him hope!!!! and in turn ww gave vash hope too and its#all done in like 3-4 eps. there's so much fervent attachment in what they managed to give each other in such a short time#but theyre limited to the contract to the inevitable confrontation with knives - so while theyd want to give into that chance to love this#person who managed to give them smth special they just can't at all#ruporas art
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newly moved in farmboy enamored by atrocious spring onion doodle on local help wanted poster
#sdv update finally got me around to drawing this au somewhat after like. two years#doodles#duck scribbles#enstars#midoyuzu#i have like. the entire span of three years plotted out way too much#both new to town while yuzurus working at the general store owned by the himemiyas sent there while a certain pink thing is over at uni#rooming with his childhood friend slash rival. i promise this is integral to the plot#he doodles on his request posters and thus kicks off the entire thing#midori takamine#yuzuru fushimi#yuzumido#rest of ryst is over there too kanatas over at the fishing shop and in what should be the fishing rod attaining cutscene he shrimply#pops out of the water to hand it over and get back to pukapukaing#chiaki at the saloon i think. he puts on tokusatsu shows on tv and everyone has to deal with it#i could go on with a bunch of others ive thought out its genuinely too much#sketchbook stuff#sdv au
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A fluffy lil doodle dump for y’all!!
They be dancin :>
Ik canonically human disguised Scrabby be a tall boi but it’s just too fun to play around with their hight difference dynamic.
#I’m still playing around with both of their designs but I’m getting the hang of it :>#also a bit of Spactra and June concepts thrown in there#also also Sidūs and Carma again plaguing my thoughts#I’ve have a little comic of Scrabby and Prismo sketches out for weeks but I just kinda…forgot…so that’s hopefully what I’m doing next!#no promises though…#adventure time humanized#Prismo#prismo the wishmaster#spectra#spectra the wishmistress#scarab#scarab the god auditor#june bug#Junie the god auditor#adventure time#digital art#fan art#fiona and cake#prohibitedwish#art#chasing stars au#prohibited wish fanart
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are you trying to shove me down?
#first substantial thing ive drawn in months btw#pls someone tell me you know what im referencing#theyre both kendall coded but i am chosing to ignore this for now#bsd#my art#if i had the patience id try to make a illy animatic of the whole scene but theres no point in making empty promises like that#dazai osamu#dazai bsd#ranpo edogawa#bsd ranpo#bungo stray dogs#bungou stray dogs
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shadow of a doubt // managing monsters, marina warner
#alright this is my last one promise#incest tw#sure nothing happened….but girl….she wanted to fuck that man so bad idk what to tell you#shadow of a doubt#words#web weaving#mine#me talking#hope it makes sense w both the captions and the text....😓#edit: yeah there was a spelling mistake in one of them (fixed it....) peace n love
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persona 2 doodles
#im playing innocent sin again girl help#if you're wondering abt the massive amount of joker. it's simple. hes very fun to draw#persona#smt#p2#the last two are older but i figured i never posted them here#the image with a very funnily faced NiGHTS was a style swap with. well. NiGHTS bc i realised they're both jesters nd i can do what i want#idk what it is abt joker but i always draw him more unhinged than he actually is like hes jun in his most grieving and angry nd revengeful-#-state. but bc of his mask find it hard to take him seriously when drawing him myself. sorry jun i'll draw you properly one day. i promise#it's what happens when you have the most tragic plot important antagonist dress like a clown i suppose...#persona 2 spoilers#for good measure#realising i draw characters facing left entirely too often
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thinking thoughts about swords symbolizing the corruption of the institute and the control it has over the kingdom. the sword motif is absolutely everywhere - banners and art, kids’ games and cereal commercials, the statue of gloreth at the center of the kingdom. the institute building itself boasts even more - there are tons of statues and suits of armor, all holding swords. swords are everywhere you look!
another example is the way ballister and his swords are used as a tool by the director. he’s knighted with the same fake sword that kills the queen, highlighting how the system can only thrive on manipulation and deceit - the director can only have control over the kingdom if she lies to it, which she does primarily through ballister. he also immediately tries to go to his sword when he finds out nimona is a shapeshifter, as he hasn’t yet unlearned the values taught to him by the institute. the director keeps his real sword the whole time and uses it to try to kill who she thinks is ambrosius, planning to frame ballister for that murder too, which becomes a major turning point in his arc as he decides to abandon the sword as he no longer wants to be part of her game.
but even though he’s made the choice to reject the institute, he still struggles to unlearn its values. he’s been brainwashed from a young age, and had plenty of time to internalize false notions about heroes and villains and monsters. while he cares deeply about nimona at this point, he still instinctively goes to draw his (other) sword when he learns she’s the “monster” from the legend of gloreth.
one of the ways the director retains power is through gloreth - since she’s considered the symbol of righteousness and heroism, the ideal to which all knights should strive, she’s invoked at every moment possible. the scroll bearing the legend is used to justify killing nimona, and “the will of gloreth” is used to justify practically everything. ballister’s sword has a G on it, which is visible right before he gets knighted, and ambrosius’s sword looks just like the one the statue holds aloft. (gloreth didn’t actually have a sword like that, at least not when she knew nimona, but nobody knows this - the real story had been warped and twisted to fit the narrative so much over the course of a thousand years.)
ambrosius, being her descendant and the golden boy, finds it even more challenging to realize the institute is corrupt. he’s also been brainwashed and forced into a role, and there has always been an immense amount of pressure on him to follow in her footsteps. so when he meets ballister in the tavern he places ballister’s sword on the table and suggests killing nimona, as this is what the institution wants. ballister, who knows that nimona isn’t the one to blame, angrily walks out and leaves the sword laying there, trying to leave both it and the institute behind again.
ambrosius becomes understandably reluctant to use his sword for anything violent after cutting off ballister’s arm. he doesn’t draw it when leading a squadron of knights to find nimona and ballister, even when everyone else has their weapons trained. he points it at them and doesn’t use it when he and the other knights have them surrounded. at one point he even places it in front of the director in the effort to protect her. (he seems to be very loyal to her for reasons i’ve touched on here, and is still heavily under the influence of the institute at this point in time.) in fact, the only time he ever actually uses his sword going forward is the fight with ballister, but even then he’s not really fighting exactly, just deflecting ballister’s sword. he doesn’t try to get in a single strike, not wanting to hurt ballister again or give him any more reason to hate him.
nimona, having grown up under very different circumstances, knocks over suits of armor that have swords. she destroys the statues that hold them. when she and gloreth play fight as children, gloreth holds a toy sword while nimona holds a stick.
everything is inverted at the climax - when every other knight is running around with weapons, ambrosius doesn’t draw his sword. he stands in the middle of the street and asks aloud, “what are we doing?” as he’s finally able to see how corrupt and how dangerous the institute is.
and nimona is the one who seeks out gloreth’s sword, and ballister is the one who lets his own sword fall, breaking the cycle and rejecting the institute’s values once and for all in order to save her.
#nimona#nimona movie#nimona netflix#ambrosius goldenloin#ballister boldheart#ballister blackheart#gloreth#gloreth nimona#the director#the director nimona#nimona 2023#nd stevenson#nimona spoilers#my words#meta#the tavern scene goes way more in-depth and it’s really interesting#hi yeah i am far from done talking about this movie. both it and the book permanently rearranged the molecules of my brain#i have written five metas now. plus a fic and various other things. this is what nimona does to a person LMAO#i hope this is at least partly coherent i wrote it at night with the fire of obsession burning bright in my soul#oh yeah this is the meta i promised last night (edit sorry abt the inaccuracies i was tired 😭)
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Fully of the belief that Miko is only seen as an annoying character because of the dynamic between her and Jack.
Miko in isolation isn’t an annoying character. She’s reckless, and unwise, and has to be bailed out of trouble every five seconds, but this isn’t really an issue for any of the bots because as far as they’re concerned, this is Normal Human Behaviour™. They are constantly having to work with and around humans or bail them out of trouble.
Bulkhead adores Miko. He is exasperated by her like a parent is of their toddler, sure, but I wouldn’t say he is annoyed by her in any way. Her interaction with wheeljack is another example. When she exists with the bots by herself, she doesn’t come across as burdensome. She’s just limited, as every human is, by the curse of being small.
It’s only through her interactions with Jack, and his continuous challenging and calling out on her behaviour, that Miko becomes an annoying character. Frankly, it’s the tension between them which annoys the audience. We can only watch the same cyclical bickering between children before it gets old.
I have noticed that there actually are a lot of people who do like Miko, and find Jack super annoying instead. It seems like people pick one or the other depending on how you interpret which one is causing the tension. When I watched tfp as a kid, I loved Miko and hated Jack. Like, hated hated him. Because I saw Miko as a fun punk rock kid and Jack as the one needlessly calling her out. Upon rewatching tfp as an adult (who works with kids a lot) I related far more to Jack, and so the situation flipped; I saw Miko’s actions as more frustrating to watch.
The writers did eventually try to fix this, with the one heart-to-heart scene between Miko and Jack. But it was kind of rushed, and didn’t leave any lasting change to their dynamic. They went right back to arguing.
Tldr: Miko and Jack are annoying together. Fans usually pick one of em as the cause to be annoyed at but honestly, they are both fine on their own. Children bickering is annoying even in a fictional cartoon lmao
#as promised#I know a lot of people like to rant about her but tbh her character had so much potential to be a fan favourite#she is so silly#and frankly no more incompetent than any other human. like. they are ants#jacks caused problems from not listening too he just doesn’t get chewed out for it enjeieiwjwjje#I guess the conclusion from this can either be they’re both fun characters OR they both suck#mac thinks too much#maccadam#transformers#transformers prime#Jack Darby#miko nakadai#tfp#woooow another post talking about Miko very original#I’m sorry ok when the brain worms speak to me I have to give them voice#I am only human. what do you want from me#I have never. not once. promised quality on here
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