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curiosity-killed · 2 months

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Rem...Rem...we were no good...right from the start. We...I...should never...have been...born.

Trigun Volume 2, Chapter 8

[ALT ID: A vertical comic of Vash and Millions Knives from Trigun. The top of the comic shows Vash on his hands and knees with his teeth bared and wings out; the middle section shows Knives with his wings and giant sword arm out; the final section shows the two of them as children, standing together while Knives is throwing his hands up in excitement and Vash is grinning at him. Over the comic is the quote, "We were no good right from the start."]

#trigun art #my art #vash the stampede #vash #millions knives #i have another version of this and i couldn't decide which to go with #but ultimately decided that the red wings looking like blossoms/blood was probably more thematically appropriate #tho i prefer how the other palette works with the last and first section #actually really the only reason other than symbolism that i didn't go with the other palette is bc u can't see all the tiny lines in knives #sword thingie/vash's face adskjlfhgj #let it not be said that i kill my darlings too readily

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melverie · 6 months

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Okay, but you guys do realize that the reason Mephisto behaves the way he does is because he has been raised with the intent of only being beneficial to the future demon king and nothing else, right?

(Buckle up because this is going to be a loooonnngggg post)

Mephisto comes from a family that has been serving the royal family for ages. He mentions multiple times that his family has always acted as their knights, their advisors and their protectors to them, and it won't be any different with him. It shouldn't be any different with him. Being beneficial to Diavolo has literally been decided to be the very meaning of his life even before he was born. He's been forced into the role and he's following it to a T because he's never known anything else, and because he can't afford to lose that. Without it, what else is left of him? What worth does he hold other than being essentially a tool for Diavolo?

And then the brothers fall and suddenly his position is at risk. Lucifer and Diavolo have already gotten along fairly well back when Lucifer was still an angel. Both Diavolo and Lucifer (as well as several others) mention that they go way back in their Nightbringer homescreen dialogues, and we see them having mutual respect by the end of the 'The Glory Days' Devilgram in the original game. Mephisto and Diavolo meanwhile might be childhood friends, but here's the thing

Diavolo wants a friend. A real friend. Someone that genuinely appreciates him for who he is as a person instead of focusing on his status as the future demon king. And that's something Lucifer can give him. They often hang out for the sake of it (apparently even eating dinner at Ristorante Six together regularly), they regularly engage in lighthearted banter, and Lucifer isn't afraid to give Diavolo his honest opinion

But that's not really the case with Mephisto...? He was never meant to be on equal footing with Diavolo; Diavolo even calls him "mini-Barbatos" at one point. He is literally still calling him 'Lord Diavolo' all the time, requests to speak his honest opinion first and waits for Diavolo to allow him to do so before actually giving it. That's why Mephisto keeps pushing down his own feelings and keeps showering Diavolo in praise any opportunity he gets while he adjusts every aspect of life to be beneficial to Diavolo in a way. Sure, he might be popular, but as long as Diavolo doesn't want him to get married he doesn't even waste a thought about relationships. He might have no real interest in journalism, but of course he'll take over RAD's Newspaper Club. After all, Diavolo asked him to! He's part of the House of Lords because as the future king's right-hand man that just makes sense. He was always just meant to be a tool for the crown prince to use, so he doesn't know how to treat Diavolo as anything but. He was literally groomed to be dispensable, so he's obviously going to act like it

And that's also where Mephisto's dislike for Lucifer stems from—he can only watch as Lucifer slowly grows closer and closer to Diavolo, and threatens to take the role that was always made up to be his. And so Mephisto keeps challenging Lucifer over and over again, trying to sabotage their friendship any way he can in hopes of winning back his position as the crown prince's right-hand man

That obviously doesn't make the way he treats Lucifer (and the rest of the brothers!) right. Lucifer isn't responsible for any of this, and blaming him for it is misguided. But it still doesn't change the fact that Mephisto has the right to be hurt at the situation at hand. His entire purpose of existence is just being ripped away from him right before his eyes and all he can do is watch. That must hurt. Especially when your entire familiy's purpose has been to serve the royal family, and you are the first one to lose that

Also, I feel like something else we need to talk about is how his fight only ever really seems to be with the brothers, especially Lucifer? Again, part of the reason is the entire Diavolo situation, sure, but I feel like it also has to do with the situation in the Devildom at large? I already vaguely talked about this in a different context a few months back, but ever since the brothers have been cast out of the Celestial Realm and arrived in the Devildom, the entire situation has just been super unstable. We as a player have a unique perspective on the events because we only have a limited outsider view to on the actual politics going on the the Devildom, while also being aware how things will play out in the future. We know that ultimately letting the brothers stay is the right choice, but that's not the way a regular denizen who has to live through all this sees it. I mean, just the way Mephisto describes the brothers really puts things into perspective:

The entire realm is super destabilized, they just semi-lost their current king, and there have been multiple very real threats of war—first when the Devildom took the brothers in in the first place, then when "Raphael" showed up and told the brothers to return, and Lucifer rightfully points out to (a comatose) MC that they are bound to go to war should the Celestial Realm ever find out that Diavolo turned Lilith into a human. There's just a lot of tension in the air, and the brothers—extremly powerful as both angels and demons—seem to be at the root of most of it in one way or another. From a the House of Lords' perspective, it makes sense to want the brothers gone, same goes for a denizens perspective. And while it is a delicate situation all around that can't just be blamed on the brothers, it makes sense for Mephisto to also see them at the center of it all. Again, that doesn't make the brothers' treatment right, but it's at least understandable given the circumstances

On a side note, when discussing his beliefs, I think it's also important to remember that he to this day is incredibly sheltered. He just accepts all this as normal because to him it is normal, but as we've seen in lesson 31 hard mode Thirteen was so shocked by his views that she immediately decided to drop everything and play therapist for him (absolute Queen for not just blaming it on him btw 💖). I know this was just a throw-away line, but this paired with him basically excisting to serve Diavolo already says so much about his character:

And with everyone else he seems to be generally pleasent? I mean, he says he doesn't want anything to do with angels or humans, and yet he risks getting injured in order to save Luke from falling. Yet he actively seeks out MC to solve one of the 666 Mysteries of RAD together with them, and saves them from tumbling on the floor because "anyone else would have done the same" (they wouldn't have. The season 1 brothers would have laughed straight in MC's face). He literally complained to Thirteen about how he was just about to go home and how he doesn't have time for her, yet diligently carries all her things for her as rain is pouring down on him. His actions always end up betraying his words

Also he has a massive sweet tooth which alings perfectly with one of the headcanons I had for months and is RAD's local horse girl so we stan! <3

-> more character & relationship analyses -> masterlist

#i'm in desperate need of several character analyses for the entire cast and if i can't find any i'll write them myself #anyway if you stumble across any character analyses could you tag me? thank you <3 #him saying he has no interest in persuing journalism is from the 'lead on mephisto!' devilgram btw #which i don't have so i unfortunately couldn't share a screenshot of it #anyway THE PROMISED MEPHISTO POST #I'M FINALLY SCREAMING ABOUT HIM WUUUUHHH #post is looonnnngg so i decided to add some screenshots to make it look less like a pure wall of text #which is also why it ended up taking longer than promised to post it i'm sorry^^;#i actually wrote a lot more but i had to cut a lot of things because it just didn't flow well #NEXT UP: another solomon mega post #obey me #obey me swd #obey me nightbringer #obey me mephistopheles #obey me analysis #obey me character analysis #;mel's analyses

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roomy-ghosted · 8 months

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JUST started a good Durge playthrough and I'm dying over my absolute little guy bard Tinfoil.

#bg3 #bg3 tav #baldurs gate 3 #(Im a tag rambler so theres a lot here-) he's got voice six and because of that I'm opting he's incredibly INCREDIBLY young #like- probably 9? Dragonborn reach 10 year old human size at 3 for them so. yeah-#human-body wise he's about 17? but he's still got so little thoughts in his head. Which is canon as well at least #not gonna romance ANYONE as Tinfoil but we're gonna all be besties.#still deciding if he'll slurp tadpoles. he gives into peer preassure very easily and is very easily bossed around.#so it depends at the moment in the cutscene i guess.#he's the group kid. i think shadowheart would mother him a lot and he looks up to Karlach A SHITTON. 'She's so cool...'#'why is the group kid the leader?'#everyone shrugs but they see Tinfoil curl up around a small pile of gold and gems as he sleeps and they can't say no to what he wants to do #Lae'zel thinks he's 'extremely weak skinned. and needs all the help a pathetic youngling like him can get'#she says; helping said pathetic kid up off the nautaloid ship floor after he ran ahead to try and get to the controls; listening to her #like a good lil guy #'Tinfoil; darling; you know we can always get *more* gold if you give up some of these precious little rubies and opals. Your hoard #will look *much* more impressive that way.'#-Astarion; trying to convince a now-teary-eyed tinfoil to give up his hoard so the party can buy health potions #'its not...its not impressive?' he starts crying and Shadowheart has to comfort him #I KNOW he's gonna go murder mode and stuff. but everyone at camp thinks it's just dragonborn instincts kicking in #so they just like chain him to a tree for the night.#its funny i think #'NO! BAD TINFOIL! STOP TRYING TO EAT THE BIRDS!'#'Raughguguhguguh. Tinfoil *NEEDS* sauce...'#he is on a leash constantly because he is enamoured with the beauty of the world and runs off- but also to not kill and maim constantly.

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outism-had-a-purpose · 8 months

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#outis #sinclair #assorted outisms #limbus company #cackling like a hyena while i was making this #have two versions because I can't decide which one was funnier #look sinclair is in his early twenties but this is outis we're talking about. girlie is twice or more older than him.#show me how those joints crack grandma #lcb shitpost

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simmerstellar · 1 year

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Trying some new hairstyles...

cc creators: @ravensim @okruee @simstrouble @dissiasims

#can't decide which look I like more #I'm sensing she's going to be my new obsession #oops #ts4 #the sims 4 #ts4 cas #ts4 cas portrait #the sims 4 cas #sims 4 #simmerstellarcas

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meggydolaon · 18 days

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something that bugs me about Frieren is that the adventure of the Hero Party to slay the Demon King famously took 10 years... what about the return trip....?

#sousou no frieren #frieren: beyond journey's end #frieren at the funeral #haven't written anything down but I'm trying to make a mental timeline #girl the math isn;t mathing #yeah sure the way back could be shorter bc Mr. Hero Completionist solved everything but surely travel alone would take some years??#even if the manga made it look like they had a cart all the way from the north to back #also 10 years can't include the return trip already bc just making it to the goddess monument took 7 #unless they made it to Ende and back in 3 years somehow #(not impossible tbh maybe Himmel decided to speedrun to [REDACTED])#btw Himmel started the journey at 16!! WILD!!!#so he'd be 26 when he slayed the Demon King and 76 when he died #weird that he's so skrunkly and bald at that age esp since Heiter aged more gracefully #but maybe terminal yearning just does that to you. who knows!!#btw he's still strong as fuck being able to travel far and defeat monsters solo just before he died #I forgor Frieren's timeline I think she was already a couple centuries old when she met Flamme #then Flamme dies some 50 years later. and it takes a few hundred more years before she joins the hero party at which point she's already #around a thousand years old #will I read the manga again to take notes? probably I feel deranged enough #IF I'M MISSING ANY DETAILS FEEL FREE TO SLAP ME WITH IT

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dimensionzero · 10 months

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anyway every spider-man in the multiverse is alone except for miles. can anybody hear me

#every spiderman starts out thinking theyre the only one #every spiderman learns the lesson that theyre only one person and they cant save everyone #every spiderman grits their teeth and keeps going in face of tragedy #every spiderman learns about the multiverse and when they realize there are other people like them #they pass on their own trauma in a cycle --- this happened to me and it had to happen so that this good thing could also happen #which means that this terrible thing has to happen to you too #thats their universal truth: they cant save everyone alone so they need to maximize their influence to save as many as they can #but miles? miles morales is the spiderman who got bit already knowing who spiderman was #miles is the spiderman who had six different spider-mentors help him come into his own #miles is the only spiderman whose introductory monologue ends with 'and im not the only one'#miles is the one who looks at all these people whove decided they Have to suffer alone and says #'ok but what if i helped you'#'what if instead of taking the good with the bad we still got the good but stopped the bad anyway'#'sure i can't save everyone alone but the whole goddamn point of the multiverse is that im not the only one'#and thats why miles is our hero #across the spiderverse #across the spiderverse spoilers #(tiny amendment actually: miles is actually not the only spider who knows hes not alone right from the beginning #atsv also introduces us to pavitr --- a member of the spider society whos even more of a rookie than miles is #and huh whaddya know: the kid who knew from the start that he wasnt alone is the one whose traumatic 'canon event' is stopped #in a joint effort between him and his friends #yeah that probably isn't foreshadowing or anything)

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stardust-vi · 7 days

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Dumb ramble but I hate that you can't critique The Thing you love within a fandom space without some dude breathing down your neck like "Well actually that means you hate The Author and The Thing! And what about all the times The Author did this Good Thing? Checkmate, liberal." as if you can't be critical of something because you love it and want it to be better.

#just. i'm in a rush rn so i'm probably not articulating myself well and i could go more in-depth with my thoughts #at the risk of someone spinning my words into “cringe blue hair pronoun wants to cancel araki!” which... will happen inevitably #even though i don't know how many times i can repeat “i do not hate araki #this is specifcally about jjba btw because like.#look i love it and araki has done some good things (or at least had good intentions in most cases)#but i'm so over the fact he constantly has to reach for some form of traumatizing women in his writing #and I already hear “well it shows they're a villain!”#but does he HAVE to use assault? why does he have to use that instead of demonstrating their villainy in other ways #that don't need to use it as a crutch #i'm not even saying you can't ever write about assault #that's not my argument either.#I'm not even accusing him of being a bad writer or person but just. Can we please retire the overusage of assault for shock value?#i obviously don't hate people who enjoy the series regardless #i'd be a massive fucking hypocrite #i mean i've literally been in this damn fandom for 6 years and just now decided to post my art.#but i'm tired of any time someone brings up legit criticisms of the misogyny in his writing #it's met with “but araki did this-” like it changes anything.#i'm glad he did somewhat improve writing women over time compared to the earlier parts #that said. that doesn't cancel out the blunders he did make or will make in the future #even if he has good intent.#or really any criticism of the writing being hit with “but its not supposed to make sense #anyways rant over. probably going to delete later bc im tired.#tw assault #assault tw

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gazelessmenagerie · 1 year

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You’re so weird.

#|| Etchings in the Walls { Art }#( tfw you try out your siblings new fangled wacome one tablet but the colors there seem more saturated compared to your laptop screen??)#( so now you're stuck trying to decide whether the wacom's colors or the laptops colors are the correct one to follow )#( cause on the wacome. the colors look perfect to what i wanted. but on laptop screen they seem less saturated/more colder colors??)#( i did this as a partial test but now im just ???? which one do i trust for my colors. )#( trying to get that nice copper skintone. thats just what i like with that asshole but lORDS. can't tell if my laptop is screwing with me.)#( still trying to learn skintones and all that jazz but frick man. )#( i do admit i like drawing on the screen better than my ancient drawing tablet. feels better in a sense but i still like my own tablet. )#( i dont need 4 different cords hooked up adfsnljg )#( anyway thats my shitpost drawing for the day. )#( or should i say night. haaaaa -kicks myself to sleep- )

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ratgirlcopia · 7 months

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the thing about copia transitioning is that essential shift from failguy to successwoman.

#copiaposting #i'm at the point where i can't really imagine a third copia era that isn't like. a supremely cunty villain woman.#still goofy as hell. but slightly more successful in terms of villainy and more confident on and off stage.#impera-era feels like a step toward Something and my brain decided that something is. transition.#which again. is not impossible. looking at the things tobias has done and said i do not think it's an immediate write-off.#i'm not saying it's LIKELY but there's at least a non-zero chance i have something here.#looking at the evolution of copia's aesthetic there's like. at bare minimum an objective increase in fem/gnc components.#and a decrease in traditionally masc components.#and idk i see that pattern continuing if there's a third copia era.#there would be a new mask regardless. ffs incoming methinks.

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fobnsfwdoodles · 6 months

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Okay awesome, thank you for the reassurance!! I wanted to make sure I wasn't putting ur like. More lowkey side blog on blast or something haha, I will continue! I had no idea how the restricted account thing works so I will reblog even more enthusiastically now lol. I think there's no harm as long as I tag it nsfw as well; ppl know how I am about fob on my blog.

Yes thank you, put it on blast! Everyone deserves some Fall Out Boy porn as a treat 🤭

#thank you for asking!#yeah i didn't know what the restriction did until i was trying to show a friend the blog and it was basically impossible unless i messaged #them first #i literally want every fob fan to decide if they wanna see my art or not lol bc i know theres more ppl like me #occasionally i see someone unhinged on facebook or insta and im like hm.#how do i invite you to see my art withiut crossing a boundary lol #i can't really which is why i want i make it easy for people who are looking for it #not art #ask #anon

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coockie8 · 6 days

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How, exactly, does Issun's glow work up close? 'Cause I know in-game, they kinda just fade it out, but like... He's got a bright fucking glow; like 800 lumens at least bright, and sticking my face really close to a light bulb has not caused the light it's putting out to "fade", so I'm just... Confused.

Can he dim it on command? We know the colour can change depending on his emotional state, to at least two different colours; red for when he's pissed and yellow for when he's trying to get attention (I think, this one's not super clear). But exactly how the Poncles work, biologically, is not something that's ever really covered in-game in anyway that really matters.

We know they're bio-luminescent and the colour of such can change. We know they have ant-like strength; they can jump wildly high, and Issun is shown lifting a full Sake jug at least 100x his size, and yeeting it several feet upward at one point. We know they have a close spiritual relationship with the Gods, a relationship they cultivate through artwork.

And... That's pretty much it. And I have so many fucking questions.

#Okami #Okami Issun #I *may* be drawing my boy up-close and getting a little frustrated #so far I have two versions of the piece (not counting the censored versions)#one with his glow and one without and I can't decide which I want to use because I don't understand how his stupid fucking glow works!#AAAAAH #He either can dim it on command or fading it out is just an artistic choice #I'm figuring the latter since he's not the only Poncle we see up-close #and they all have that faded out look when you're close to them #it's just like retina damage I guess lol #or maybe the artstyle of the game is displaying his glow when he's small as being way brighter than it actually is #for condensing reasons #so like when he's small it's 800 lumens condensed into an inch-tall body #but when you see him up close it's more dispersed #It's probably that #I don't know I'm very fascinated by these little creatures lol

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outismm · 2 years

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Do they know how much I love them

#sandman netflix #screencaps #cain and abel #sandman spoilers #sandman #remember when i said that my type in characters is. ppl who show up for like 5 minutes total and are never seen again-#AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA <3333 #GOD FUCK #not only are they great characters but just. kisskisskisskisskisskisskiss #I could watch 1000 hrs of them just. existing. GIVE me cctv footage of the house of mysteries and the house of secrets NOW MSNDMSND #i've grabbed so many screencaps im sorry MSNDMSAND THEYRE SO IMPORTANT TO ME #im ogling both of them. im sitting in their garden watching Cain beat Abel to death with a shovel. im unaware of any lore and cannot wait #to learn more about these two boys #my desire for them is. carnal and maddening.#Cain's dissaproving Glower does things to me ok #cain's expression in the 6th one also makes me SCREAM #AND ABEL'S. EVERYTHING. JUST EVERYTHING ABOUT BOTH OF THEM IS SO GOOD #I can't decide which brother I love more #like on one hand. Abel is my entire type. look at this softhearted man I want to kiss him.#but also. cain's everything. oh god <3333 #MSNDSMND #AAA ANYWAYS ANYWAYS. UM. GOODBYEEEE <3333333 #IMMA READ THE COMICS. SOONISH. WHENEVER I CAN ACQUIRE EM #im SO sure we have them in the house. like 97T

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trixter-the-sxh-enthusiast · 22 days

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Remember Hubbs the Rabbit?

Well, I'm making him my own thing: Experiment #1988, a red New Zealand rabbit injected with a strange serum by scientists, thus turning him into a Toon rabbit. I attempted to draw him in the Warner Bros/Looney Toons style and the old Disney style.

Yes, he's still trans, he just hides his top scars under his bow tie (everyone else just thinks that he's a cist man with a weird fashion statement, but in reality E1988 isn't sure about how he'd be treated by other Toons if he were to come out)

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ronanlynchbf · 9 months

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saying "this is unbearable" abt things yet still continuing to bear them. give it up for the human spirit everyone 🙏👆👍💪💪💪❗❗❗

#guy who has given up 999999999 times but has then kept going 1000000000000 times despite it..#this is abt aforementioned work situations and also new awful work situation. this time i got yelled at by a customer bc i wouldn't leave #when i opened the glass case for them which is like. a showcase with these glass doors that only employees can open with specific keys in #which the more expensive bags & jewelry & watches etc reside and if a customer asks if we can open it so they can view or try on a thing #inside we have to stay by them until they're done looking or trying on and have decided they're gonna take it (or not) because we have had #things stolen so many times here u wouldn't believe. so we're told to stay thus i had to stay till she was finished and she didn't rlly lik #that one i guess.. anyway while i do not give a shit what a random woman thinks of me i am very bad with getting yelled at so. fun times.#still red in the face as i'm typing this. it's fine though i didn't cry 👍 a near thing though but that's also fine i'm gonna go to the #staff toilets and sneak my trusty wired earphones in with me and listen to whale song until i've calmed down #can't wait to get home and eat and shower and get in my sweatpants and drink a beer or possibly some wine and watch attorney woo and then #later this evening play a game on the ps5 with my siblings and eat late-night snacks and drink another beer or possibly some more wine and #forget all about the start of this day <33333 and scroll through tumblr somewhere in between there and also do my duolingo lest i lose my #stupid streak. peace n love on planet earth once i get home <3333 #r.txt

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