#goals are funny though
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i just want to start this by saying you are by far one of my favorite fic authors and reading your series has been, at some points, the only thing i’ve had to look forward to and it always makes my day to see updates. i don’t want this to come off as rushing AT ALL, but i was wondering if you have any guess as to when the next update will be?
again no rush at all and i will be waiting no matter how long it takes 🫶
This was such a sweet ask & I’m so sorry for being so MIA lately. I really wanted to give you like a small insert from next chapter but I couldn’t figure out what to put here lol. The next chapter is done I’ll probably post it later today!! That’s my goal…
#goals are funny though#because sometimes they’re elusive little fuckers#thank you anon this was very very sweet#you’re one of my FAVORITE READERS!!#I’m going to do my very very best to upload it tonight#it’s 25k!!!#I was told it’s a happy chapter#& there are some cool interactions ;)#if you send me an ask with a character or something I can try to give you an insert#I’m sorry I’m so bad at this haha#I need like specific instructions and direction#BUT YOURE AMAZING ANON!!!#I love you & im so sorry for being so out of the loop lately!#liab#itf#ask
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"I've been waiting for ages for somebody to unmask them."
This moment tends to elicit negative reactions in a first read through, and I've got some opinions about why where Kabru is coming from here actually makes a lot of logical sense. So I thought I'd elaborate on that.
I think people hear this and go, "He thinks they must be hiding something because they gave money to someone? What a cynic." Or "he dislikes them because they did charity?? What's wrong with this guy!". And obviously, a lot, a lot is wrong with him. But I think this makes more sense than it seems at first glance! What people evaluating this judgement miss is why Kabru is paying attention to Laios and co to begin with.
Kabru knows of the Touden siblings because (he's a little bit of a stalker-) he is keeping an eye on all the relevant parties in events developing on the island, in order to be able to guide them to his preferred outcome. This includes adventurers because they are the ones actually exploring the dungeon! He's well aware that something as minor as internal tensions between party members could be key to the historical events that are developing. (He would love the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.)
His desired outcome is that whatever the rewards are of breaking the dungeon's curse, whether that's kingship or the ancient elven secrets of dungeons, are claimed by:
A) a short lived person
B) Someone who will be a good, effective leader and/or use those secrets and the power they carry wisely, with foresight, and to establish a political bloc for short lived people.
The person he can best trust to do this is, of course, himself. But due to his PTSD regarding dungeons and monsters, he's not able to develop the necessary skills to conquer the dungeon. Once he realises this, he starts looking for someone else who he can support to that end.
But most of the adventurers don't have any intentions of conquering the dungeon, don't have the skills, or are unsuitable in other ways. In fact, it seems like some potentially suitable people are the Toudens. There are a lot of good rumours about them going around - they actually seem to have a very positive reputation! That's what Kabru means when he says "unmask".
So when Kabru is observing something like them giving money to an old comrade from their gold-peeling days, he doesn't consider it a problem because "they're giving money to this person who doesn't actually need it" or because they must have some dark secret if they act superficially nice. I think he actually understands this situation and what it implies about Laios (in particular) perfectly well.
Laios and Falin gave money to an old comrade who got injured and couldn't work. That person then healed up but kept taking their money. Then he used the money to start smuggling illicit goods to the island.
The key is that for Kabru, the problem here is the same as with the corpse retrievers - people using the dungeon's resources to fuel dangerous, selfish, or violent pursuits cause problems for the island, attract more criminals and people with motives other than breaking the curse, and increase the chances of the whole situation ending in tragedy.
Kabru is willing to work with the Shadow Lord of the island if it gets him to his goal - he isn't scrupulous - but the criminal element of the island increasing is something he sees as a major issue.
Also, when you're evaluating someone as a candidate for power, riches, secrets, potentially kingship - then being curious about how the money you give to people is going to be used is kind of a relevant trait!
Interpersonally, Kabru's actually very easygoing - I mean, Mickbell isn't exactly an upstanding guy, is he! But Kabru likes him and they get along well. These traits wouldn't be a problem at all in a friend, or a comrade, or someone Kabru was confident he could use. But he can't get a handle on Laios, and Laios is someone who has the potential to be a major player!
On Laios' end, this is the same as with the marriage seeker who joined their party. She kept asking for things and he gave them to her, because he tries to be nice to others. He even gives her money! It's the exact same thing.
That's fine, but it became a problem because he basically wasn't interested in her motives, didn't notice she was trying to manipulate him, and it also didn't occur to him that the other party members would notice or be affected. We can assume the situation with the gold peeler is the same. When Kabru says that "It's not that they're bad people, they just aren't interested in humans," he isn't wrong.
The extent to which this is true of Laios is linked to his autism imo, (because it isn't just disinterest - he genuinely isn't able to notice nonverbal cues that people are lying to him or have ulterior motives) but to a greater or lesser extent I think it's a very common trait. Most people aren't actually that interested in other people who aren't close to them. Kabru is the weird one here. It isn't an issue except as a leader - which is why we see an immediate comparison to the Island's Lord, because that's how Kabru is evaluating them.
And disinterest in/lack of ability with people to the extent Laios exhibits it, it does, actually, make him a worse leader... it's just that as we see in the story, people can help him out. The rest of the party tell him the marriage seeker is taking advantage of him so he tells her he can't give her special treatment anymore. They're pissed and it's a crisis point - he couldn't have recovered their trust without Marcille and Falin - but that's exactly the point. With Marcille and Falin, he was able to recover their trust.
And he has other good traits that make up for it, such as his intelligence, strategic knowledge, open-mindedness and sense of fairplay.
Kabru doesn't disqualify Laios as a candidate based on what he sees about him from afar, though - he still tries very hard to get close to him, obviously hoping that if he manages he can steer Laios to defeat the dungeon and make up for his lack of people-skills in the aftermath. (Which... he does eventually achieve that goal!) He completely fails until the events of the story, so... definitely I think "They just aren't interested in humans" could also partially be a stung reaction to Laios' complete disinterest in him.
Anyway, that's my read on what exactly Kabru's "issue" with Laios is. Obviously, once he does find out what Laios' true nature is like - about his love for monsters - he develops an entirely new set of fears about Laios' priorities. But since Laios kept that a secret until the start of the story, he has no idea of that yet.
Given all that, I think it's interesting that he says that he doesn't think that the Toudens are suitable to defeat the dungeon, and that he's hoping they'll turn out to be the thieves. As some of his few potential candidates, people who he thinks may play a big role in the island's future, you'd think he'd hope they would be good people!
I suppose it's better, in his eyes, because it means that he's involved in something "interesting". They haven't just had their stuff stolen by regular criminals (boring, puts them further away from his goal) - they've been caught up in the beginning stages of "a historic event". The desperate and dwindling group forgetting morals in their quest to retrieve their lost comrade probably appeals to his sense of melodrama. Because he also just... loves drama.
Despite it being "uglier than anything he was expecting", he still pursues Laios as the person he wants to conquer the dungeon pretty much as soon as it becomes clear that he won't be able to do it himself and they are out of time. That's because... well, to be fair, there aren't any other options. And he fits standard A: he's short-lived!
and Kabru still hopes he can fit standard B, too, and be persuaded to use the power he wins for good. No matter how many nightmares he has about Laios, or whether he thinks about killing him. He doubts him, but ultimately he puts his faith in him and seems happy after the manga's ending that he made the right decision.
#dungeon meshi#dungeon meshi manga spoilers#dungeon meshi meta#kabru of utaya#laios touden#labru#laios x kabru#dunmeshi#og post#kabru is such a big picture thinker. and he evaluates people more than he judges them imo#the hater jokes are funny but the people he judges most harshly arent laios and co. they're people like the island's lord.#but you don't see that as clearly because he isn't interested in the island's lord. he understands him. finds him contemptible but useful.#whereas laios lives in his brain rent free because he WANTS to understand him but doesnt quite.#even though he sees the elves as a major threat to his ultimate goals and dislikes the way they treat short lived races#he still understands and evaluates mithrun as an individual based on his own merits#he's one of the characters who is least judgemental in that sense because while he's always making judgements and evaluations#he's also constantly revising them whenever he gets more information#my beautiful machiavellian prince <3#it's genuinely a really laudable way of understanding others imo.#the only problem is that because he's driven towards his goals by his PTSD and survivors guilt#he pushes himself into situations (the dungeon and also interpersonally) that trigger him or even just upset him#without regard for what he authentically wants or his own wellbeing.
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on the run!! (ID in alt)
#trigun#trigun maximum#vash the stampede#meryl stryfe#milly thompson#nicholas d wolfwood#love & peace crew my beloved. its been awhile since i last finished a piece for all 4 of them which is Blasphemy on my part#anyway i just wanted to make an action ish illustration for them ... but my end goal was to be able to piece them off in duos#i like seeing them next to each other in those ways!! though vash's expression is a bit funny bc he's always going to be like >:O#i hope something can be gleamed from the way theyre all positioned though. i mean some things are blatant like how milly is all :D#certainly in tune to the danger and not Oblivious but still headstrong and capable of pushing thru alongside her friends!!#and mermilly are both looking forward.. onward to the future.... vw are both looking back... ww's in the back and trying to deflect#bullets with his punisher#“paws is it really this serious” No... IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE but i like to think about it#ruporas art
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had the unique experience today of being lucky enough to win a plush kirby prize in an ichiban kuji that is Perfect for holding on my lap while I watch things on my laptop, while the something that I was in the midst of watching today was the seemingly most R-rated show netflix has to offer
this on its own is not much of an issue, except for the fact that due to this plush's design and how i had my hands folded over it it looks like kirby is watching along as well, leading to a particularly fascinating contrast in media consumption- here's a visual aid I put together demonstrating this phenomenon:
#it's such a good plush for folding your hands over because it's mostly a big plush rectangle#kirby is just Also There#anyways i clearly thought it was funny enough to share lmao#but Yeah finally saw the fun animated samurai show people were talking about months ago lol#it was pretty entertaining! def leans a bit towards the game of thrones side of things in terms of excessive sex and gore though#also the constant random fast travel the villains seemed capable of was Very funny#like here you have a protagonist on an absolutely breakneck pace trying to reach their goals#and meanwhile the villains get Constant updates on where they're at via apparently teleportation#once it's obvious the story is more interested in having fun then making sense everything starts clicking#doodles
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Another unrealistic body standard for women!
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Tuvok noting that the number of crewmen with framed photographs of captain Janeway is alarming. There's nothing to really DO about it but it is alarming nonetheless.
#Tuvok's photograph of Janeway is of her in his family home#she's relaxing in white & beige loungewear - draped over one of his chairs and smiling at someone off screen#Chakotay looks at it. He looks at Tuvok. Tuvok raises an eyebrow. End scene.#Chakotay is the only member of the main crew that does NOT have a framed photograph of Kathryn Janeway#which honestly makes him even more conspicuous#B'Elanna has a hidden one - it's the same as Harry's...some kind of professional aspirational shot#Tom has a funny one so he can pretend having it is a joke#The doctor has pictures of everyone for various reasons#<- medical reference and also he's such a 'ok now a group one. ok now move a little to the left...ok now-' guy with a camera#at any social gathering he and Neelix are MENACES with that camera#Neelix has pictures of everyone as well - mostly group shots but he has one that's just him & the captain on an away mission#Kes had one of Janeway sleeping in the mess hall after hours. A peaceful shot.#<- she had a brief photography phase with Neelix but her goals were more 'artsy'#Seven has one where Janeway just happens to be in the shot of a photo she was using for some sort of reference (she has many similar ones#of B'Elanna & Harry) <- Harry made her 'take a REAL one' with him though#voy#st voyager
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scribbly first date type affair (continuation of my modern au stuff)
#witch hat tag#orufrey#idk when the next modern au thing will be so i'll just post this by itself. hehe#that art was one of qifrey's first drawings. it was of a creepy eye. (it was around the time he got glasses as a kid)#(and was told that he might lose his sight completely one day so he became an emo because he already wanted to be an artist#like beldaruit who ran his foster home where he encouraged kids to draw art to express their feelings.)#and an insidious deviantart group called The Brimhats idk stole it & reposted it. he never got to the bottom of who exactly did it.#but one day. they will fucking suffer.#(he believes their goal was to develop AI art as they said stuff like 'all art should belong to everyone anyway' & 'there shouldnt be rules'#but actually they were probably just regular mean ppl who have moved on to new things in life than stealing kids' art on deviantart.#who knows though.) i want people to retain their disabilities or general tragedies like beldaruit would be in a wheelchair#and coco's mum is in a coma. but its just so funny if qifrey just has regular bad eyesight#and it's so cute that he would say he doesnt think of beldaruit as a dad & is distant with him but now basically runs a foster home too#where he doesnt just encourage like he was encouraged but actively teaches kids from sad backgrounds to become wonderful artists one day#anyway i am so fucking hungry now goodbye#P.S. BELDARUIT IS NOT OLD !!!!!!! i mean if qifrey is late 20s or older in canon like i want... i guess he..but.... NO !!!!!! 😭#*edits in some follow-up drawings*#oru: i couldn't c-c-confess my feelings bc it always seems like he's worried about something..i shouldnt bother him..#qif: *always worried about how to confess his feelings*#ive decided meeting at 7 on da is kind of ridiculous actually. i think they probably meet at like age 10 in canon..not immediately =_=#since beru-sama is like 'he finally found a friend'. whatever... this'll be my last art post for a while probably so see ya <3
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I'm SO obsessed with them.
After this I believe they are both equally as unhinged as the other, just opposite ends of a spectrum about it HAHAHAHAHA
Also...
More micro organisms.............. (FAVE PANEL TBH LOOK AT THEM)
#fire emblem#feh#I LOVE THEM BOTH. SO MUCH. SO DEARLY#i'm SO obsessed w how alfonse just. really did go 'i'm not doing that.' and made sharena deal w it HAHAHAHA#little exchanges like these really makes them shine as siblings i think! they're both so funny LMFAO 🥺#AND SHARENA. HER UNMATCHED WLW SWAG. SHE'S TOO POWERFUL#also if you haven't played the recent chapter don't let my comic deceive you.#it does sort of look like al is telling sharena what to do in that panel where they're whispering to each other#but no. al was just reminding her of some advice. essentially a riddle. sharena did that all on her own.#THE POTENTIAL THOUGH.... of goofy sibling antics..... deploy the more outgoing and conventionally cutesy one to achieve A Goal#i really do love how it feels like sharena has been playing bigger roles/has more agency lately 🥺🥺#it absolutely feels more like she and alfonse are a team now. instead of just tagging along.#not to mention it feels shari really has been growing into her own!#carefully considering her position and what she wants for herself... seeming more focused and resolved....#ough. finally. intsys is being nice to her 🫡🥲#sharena#fe alfonse#fe nerthuz#my art
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Why have realistic transition goals, when you can feel gender envy to any strange 3 meter long inhumane creature with lots of eyes?
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#do y’all remember Nice Smile Guy????#I wanna set him up with my friend so bad#but I told my parents and my mom was like “plEAse that guy doesn’t want to get married” which like. how do you know that mom#did he tell you?? no you just assume that#and I’m not kidding they’re like perfect for each other#and I already asked her if she minds a younger guy and she said she doesn’t so#I just need to get them at a dinner party together#but aaaaagh#what if he really doesn’t want to get married#though I cannot lie I feel like even if he doesn’t he’d change his mind if he met her!!#she’s so pretty and funny and kind#and she loves to travel and so does he!!!#and I think they’re very similar in their goals and ideals#and he’s handsome and hardworking and has this very specific special gentleness about him#it would WORK I’m tELLing you#(and it’s not even a big age difference it’s like 3 to 6 years)#(I’m not sure about his exact age but he can’t be that much younger than her)#SO YEAG#not me shipping real people 😭#elly's posts
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its pretty interesting seeing everyone's opinions on certain AUs or Fanon concepts in such a fanon-heavy fandom
#i think ghost king danny is funny on principle but you also have to understand that ghosts having a king overall makes zero sense#I prefer the ghost zone to be a wild west where everyone has their own stupid rules and territories#like Walker's rules are literally Made Up and ghosts only follow them to avoid him#I also forget phara dark or however you spell his name exists sometimes he just wasnt. a very compelling villain to me#I do like ghost obsessions though only because it doesnt make sense for only SOME people to become ghosts when they die like- they have-#-to be bounded by SOMETHING.#ghost obsessions come from 'real' ghost lore- unfinished business and whatnot#having a goal you can infinitely chase until the literal end of time is horrifying to me. A restless spirit that can never cease#Id like to hear the reasoning behind ghosts existing without obsessions though
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Something truly great and hilarious about Megan Mullally playing a harpy in the new "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series is I find myself thinking: Man, Ron Swanson really was right about Tammy 2. ;) XD
#megan mullally#percy jackson#percy jackon and the olympians#harpy#characters#parks and rec#just a funny thought#ron swanson#tammy 2#XD#funny#disney#disney plus#greek mythology#alecto#Nick and Megan truly are couple goals though ^_^
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Since I found out steam does a year in review (I had no idea until this year) I have decided that I must play video games more and play every game in my steam library so that my year in review is 100% accurate next year and I don't get told that my top 2 games were Disco Elysium and Baldur's Gate 3 because I would Hyperfixate on one game for a whole month (or three) and play nothing else, and still have my genre graph have nothing to do with those two top games and instead have "cats" as a genre while calling me a fag
#simon says#I need to play more games anyways since I have like 80 games in my library but I have only played like... 30#so I'm already working on adding more games I would enjoy to my wishlist and installing games I've been wanting to play but haven't yet#i know the counter doesn't start until jan 1 but I'm having fun already#my spider graph needs to be SO much more accurate#I played ONE cats game and ONE cooking game and it said my most played genre is city builder??#bitch just because my third most played game is city skylines does not mean that's my main genre#i do lean towards simulators and puzzle games though#it's on the right track#but I don't think steam understands that my favorite games are games with beautiful and interesting art styles#games with wonderful narratives#and games where I get to own a funnie little shop and manage stuff#management should be my number 1 genre lmaooo#I do so many simulator games because they're just so fun like yeah I DO wanna make a little zoo or a little potion shop or a pizza place#i hate sales but I love doing it digitally where I get to just do the fun parts (making things and saying silly things)#and puzzle games. I'm a fuckn puzzle master#so yeah my goal is to play just... more games that I own and get more games that look fun#and also more rpgs. i need to play more rpgs#i am making an rpg I need to get some INSPIRATION#anyways that's my rant for now#I'm super sick right now so I don't have much to do besides eat sleep and game#I'm doing pretty well mentally though so I'm excited to feel better and start working on projects and whatnot soon#i also updated my icon recently#i changed my fursona#i will make a post about it later#I'm keeping the calico boy as an oc and also a sona of some sorts#so don't worry about Sock#but i wanted to be a tiger :3#i love tigers :3#also I got a book of dinosaurs so i wanna make a dinosona soon
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[ID: a doodle of hunter, willow, darius and gus from the owl house, set after Thanks to Them. Hunter is the focus in the foreground with willow and darius behind him. Gus is a small doodle in the background. Hunter looks off to the right with nervous brows and a small smile. Labeled with text next to him that reads: “doing alright, all things considered- knows who he is and what he wants, has clear goals (merk belos) & people who love him. Grieving but carrying flapjacks love with him. He will be okay and he knows this”. Behind him willow and darius are depicted shaking and covered in shadow with text labeling them “shivering with incandescent rage and fear”. The small doodle of gus is labeled “knows what you are”. End ID]
Ideal scenario for post-thanks to them character dynamics
#the owl house#toh#hunter toh#hunter noceda#the other characters are small and this doodle is already silly so I’ll hold off tagging them for now#listen this might be idealistic thinking#but like. I do think even though hunter will be a bit fucked up next ep hes not gonna be at his lowest (like after hollow mind)#he’s got people! A semi-formed identity independent from belos OR caleb! He’s got goals and wants that are wholly his own!#but at least it’s not like hollow mind where his whole world genuinely came crashing down and he ran into the woods#the people who care about hunter on the other hand??? Particularly the ones who DONT have secondary drama at this point (camilla luz amity)#(etc)#yeah they’re probably very worried for him and angry on his behald#*behalf#although maybe behalf isn’t right since hunter has FINALLY recognised the abuse he’s faced and is mad about it#but like. Either way they’re probably not okay rn#and idk how that might potentially manifest if it gets any focus at all (theres a lot going on rn)#but either way i will be rotating this potential dynamic in my mind until January#and then there’s gus waiting to reveal to hunter that he knows hes a grimwalker. Sitting there politely#please let the conversation between them about it be a little funny. Especially when uconsider the theory that gus used cosmic frontier-#—to subtly signal to hunter that He Knows#like. That’s objectively funny in and amongst all the drama#anyway yeah#i did this on the notes app lol. That’s why it looks like that#notes app doodles are low quality but freeing <3 i love them dearly for this
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had a dream I called the Danish emergency services (I was in Denmark) and they hung up on me :(
#was trying to tell them about leads i found in a murder#i also dreamed I had my hair cut and the hairdresser cut it way too long#(different dream)#also I kept biking to some church that doesn’t exist irl. not sure what i was doing there. going to concerts i think?#i am not religious never have been#was wearing my winter coat and a wool hat and embarrassed i was wearing that much so early in the year#even though it was cold as balls in the dream#also my bike had two really big lamps#but only one of them worked. or. so i assumed. didn’t actually try#OH and then i dreamed manda was recommended a random funny facebook post about one of my family members with like 900 likes#and sent it to me because it was funny also not realising it was my family member#creeped dream me out to hell and back#anyway big night for dreams idk why i’m using tumblr as my dream journal felt important#don’t usually dream this much/vividly/remember all of them at all#i did wake up in mis murder mystery dream though so maybe that’s why#oh yeah the murder mystery dream was like fucking. point and click video game format. i was walking around the apartment where the murder#happened just poking around shit until i found 3 leads which was my. goal? and then i called the police#and actually at first i accidentally called the swedish police. i forgot to put the danish country code in front of the number. so i hung up#on them and called the danish police instead#i’m not sure that’s how it actually works#like idk if you need the country code or if your phone will recognise what country you’re in i feel like it’s the latter#also the cell coverage was really bad so i heard like half of. what the emergency responder was saying#z talks#not horse game#sso spoilers#WILD FUCKING NIGHT IM GONNA GO BACK TO SLEEP NOW
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ok he is not on task
#txt157#kuwtu#this will prob be the next one but TBC its not particularly funny. different goal here#shorter though
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