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the-unrelated-theorist · 1 year

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Yo! Bread's finally on Tumblr!

#halfbreadchaos #not a theory post

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orchidbreezefc · 8 months

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i made a variant of [link: two cakes] to illustrate a related principle

#sage makes things #sage speaks #sage original post #two cakes #two cakes theory #be gentle with yourselves all my creatives out there #reminders #smiles #greatest hits #wow this resonated huh

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tofixtheshadows · 1 month

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I've been thinking a lot lately about how Kabru deprives himself.

Kabru as a character is intertwined with the idea that sometimes we have to sacrifice the needs of the few for the good of the many. He ultimately subverts this first by sabotaging the Canaries and then by letting Laios go, but in practice he's already been living a life of self-sacrifice.

Saving people, and learning the secrets of the dungeons to seal them, are what's important. Not his own comforts. Not his own desires. He forces them down until he doesn't know they're there, until one of them has to come spilling out during the confession in chapter 76.

Specifically, I think it's very significant, in a story about food and all that it entails, that Kabru is rarely shown eating. He's the deuteragonist of Dungeon Meshi, the cooking manga, but while meals are the anchoring points of Laios's journey, given loving focus, for Kabru, they're ... not.

I'm sure he eats during dungeon expeditions, in the routine way that adventurers must when they sit down to camp. But on the surface, you get the idea that Kabru spends most of his time doing his self-assigned dungeon-related tasks: meeting with people, studying them, putting together that evidence board, researching the dungeon, god knows what else. Feeding himself is secondary.

He's introduced during a meal, eating at a restaurant, just to set up the contrast between his party and Laios's. And it's the last normal meal we see him eating until the communal ending feast (if you consider Falin's dragon parts normal).

First, we get this:

Kabru's response here is such a non-answer, it strongly implies to me that he wasn't thinking about it until Rin brought it up. That he might not even be feeling the hunger signals that he logically knew he should.

They sit down to eat, but Kabru is never drawn reaching for food or eating it like the rest of his party. He only drinks.

It's possible this means nothing, that we can just assume he's putting food in his mouth off-panel, but again, this entire manga is about food. Cooking it, eating it, appreciating it, taking pleasure in it, grounding yourself in the necessary routine of it and affirming your right to live by consuming it. It's given such a huge focus.

We don't see him eat again until the harpy egg.

What a significant question for the protagonist to ask his foil in this story about eating! Aren't you hungry? Aren't you, Kabru?

He was revived only minutes ago after a violent encounter. And then he chokes down food that causes him further harm by triggering him, all because he's so determined to stay in Laios's good graces.

In his flashback, we see Milsiril trying to spoon-feed young Kabru cake that we know he doesn't like. He doesn't want to eat: he wants to be training.

Then with Mithrun, we see him eating the least-monstery monster food he can get his hands on, for the sake of survival- walking mushroom, barometz, an egg. The barometz is his first chance to make something like an a real meal, and he actually seems excited about it because he wants to replicate a lamb dish his mother used to make him!

...but he doesn't get to enjoy it like he wanted to.

Then, when all the Canaries are eating field rations ... Kabru still isn't shown eating. He's only shown giving food to Mithrun.

And of course the next time he eats is the bavarois, which for his sake is at least plant based ... but he still has to use a coping mechanism to get through it.

I don't think Kabru does this all on purpose. I think Kui does this all on purpose. Kabru's Post Traumatic Stress Disorder should be understood as informing his character just as much as Laios's autism informs his. It's another way that Kabru and Laios act as foils: where Laios takes pleasure in meals and approaches food with the excitement of discovery, Kabru's experiences with eating are tainted by his trauma. Laios indulges; Kabru denies himself. Laios is shown enjoying food, Kabru is shown struggling with it.

And I can very easily imagine a reason why Kabru might have a subconscious aversion towards eating.

Meals are the privilege of the living.

#Dungeon Meshi #Delicious in Dungeon #Kabru #Kabru of Utaya #Laios Touden #Dungeon Meshi meta #you can have him in the tags too. as a treat.#Dungeon Meshi spoilers #this was directly inspired by livelaughlaios's post about Kabru self harming but I decided it got too long to make it a direct reply #this is a theory I've been working on for weeks because I kept noticing this while skimming for screencaps #I'm hesitant to trigger tag this because of the way certain subcultures on tumblr operate #but if anyone needs me to add a content warning please let me know #also I included image descriptions! I did my best #I think they even help illustrate my points but my god were they sad to write. Kabru is so fucking sad you guys #musings with Dea

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samglyph · 7 months

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Very important to have friends who enjoy media you don’t personally enjoy, both because having friends with varying interests can help you understand why someone might enjoy something even if it’s not your cup of tea which can help build empathy skills and also because there’s nothing more fun then being able to explain the plots of your respective obsessions to each other and have the other respond with “what the fuck”

#I miss my roommate Maddie this was prompted by your dr theory posting #idk what the fuck is going on but I appreciate it #text

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bogmonstergeneral · 11 months

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crowley. crowley’s new hair color is 6.66. That’s the color coding. his hair is literally demonic. i love this show

#i’ve connected the dots #i’m connecting them #good omens 2 #good omens 2 theory #crowley #good omens #go2 #neil gaiman #terry pratchett #i posted this on twt too so if you see this or that first i did not steal it

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philzasjuicyass · 4 months

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HOLY SHIT.

#hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel lucifer #my hazbin posts #THERES SEVEN IF U INCLUDE LUCIFER. WHO WAS AN ARCHANGEL. AND THERE ARE 7 ARCHANGELS.#AND THESE ARE FROM SEPARATE EPISODES AND THEY MATCH AND IN THE 2ND ONE THEY HAVE MORE DETAILS THAT SEPARATE THEM #WHICH. HOLY SHIT. THESE ARENT JUST RANDOMLY DESIGNED HALOS OR ANGELS THIS IS FUCKING DELIBERATE. HOLY SHIT #hazbin hotel theory #ig??#hazbin hotel heaven

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drownedbycoffee · 4 months

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THEY AREN'T THE FEARS ANYMORE!! THEY'RE DESIRES

(SPOILERS for TMA, and all of TMAGP episodes so far)

Okay, here me out

Tmagp1: Darla wants to hear Arthur's voice again. She even says: "I just couldn’t face the thought of the rest of my life never hearing him again, I had to try" and later on she even says: "But I had to know, so I went to the cemetery."

Tmagp1: RedCanary wants to know about the Magnus Institute. They want to know why it's listed under 'cleared' when there's no evidence of it. Hence why they go and explore it.

Tmagp2: Daria wants that absolute perfection. She wants to change who she is and get out of that dark place. When she talks about the thing that she felt was missing, she says, "... and that’s when I decide I need a tattoo. I had a couple already – just little things on my shin and my wrist – but I decided I needed something big. Something that really changed my look." She also mentions when talking about Ink5oul that "they just kept pressing me about my life, about why I wanted the ink" instead of asking what design she wanted. And when she got the tattoo she describes herself as now being, "Someone I wanted to know more about." Afterwards she even says how "For the first time ever [she] wanted to attempt a self-portrait. Something real and physical, [she] wanted to feel the brushes in my hands and the oil on [her] fingertips." I think a lot of her statement is about her desire and impulsive need for that perfection and that wholeness that she has been aspiring to for her whole life.

Tmagp3: Samuel wants to stay hidden. He wants and he "need[s] to get up, get out of here for treatment." He wants to get better and most of his delirious thoughts are the things that he wants, or feels like he needs. E.g. "I so much want to see it [the sun] again. This night seems endless. I want to be warm again. I am terribly afraid. Thank god for Maddie. I need to treat her better."; "I just need to rest."; "I need to be careful or we’ll drift apart." And then obviously as the narrative continues, Samuel wants to grow and 'put down roots'.

Tmagp4: The narrator wants to be revered and accepted into the Royal Court Orchestra of the Palatinate. He wants to show off and impress. The violin "was a creature with needs and purpose of its own. The needs were simple enough. Blood. Flesh." It has these needs and desires.

So far, I'm interpreting it to be that everything so far can be interpreted as a desire of sorts, varying in the strength and intensity of it. Obviously, fear is still a big part of it all, because if you want something so badly, aren't you afraid of it being stolen from you? Of it being out of your grasp? Of it being unachievable or impossible in some capacity? Of it being a lie?

Even Sam wants to find out more. He wants to know the why and the reason for things. Gwen wants Lena's job. Collin wants to fix all these bugs and keep Freddie running. Alice wants to just get on with it because she found out that wanting to know the 'why' of things is dangerous.

I think that somehow when the Web took all the Fears into a different universe, they morphed into something else. Or they changed to fit what was the most prevalent thing in that universe, because after all, everyone wants something, even if it's something small and inconsequential. Life and aspects of it has always been characterised by that desire for something. Like people wanting food, shelter, safety, love, warmth, happiness, etc. And I think since the Web was so intwined with Jon and Martin, it absorbed some of their emotions when it found its way into this new world, because after all Jon and Martin wanted to stop Jonah/Elias, to stop the apocalypse, to destroy the Panopticon, to be safe, and they wanted each other. I think the wanting and fear of things are really entwined in it all, though this could be absolute bullshit haha

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kaiasky · 1 year

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#game theory polls? this post is really good imo #poll #bug race

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worrynoodle · 2 months

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PLEASE DO NOT TAG OR SEND TO NEIL GAIMAN

I made you a gift!

It's a cheesy bumpersticker style nudge to STOP SENDING NEIL GAIMAN

- fan therories about season 2/3

- your own theories about season 2/3

- other people's theories about season 2/3 (ESPECIALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION)

- your wants for season three

- things you don't want for season three (other people might want that!)

- YOUR FAN FICTIONS OR FAN ART

He has repeatedly asked not to bring these things to him. And even though his answers can be funny it can get him into legal trouble if what ends up in the show is similar to fan art/fics/creations

Please! Stop!

Bonus

Feel free to spread these around I'm so tired of the second hand embarrassment

#2k notes #1k notes #wow thanks!#good omens #good omens asks #NG #good omens theories #good omens theory #crowley #aardvark #lou rants #lou's original posts

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clare-89 · 23 days

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Interesting parallels Chester. Very interesting.

#the magnus protocol #tmagp #rusty quill #tmagp posting #tmagp spoilers #tmagp theories #tmagp theory #tmagp 16 #ushanka #tmagp vague #tmagp memes #tmagp meme

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silverlombaxwitch · 5 months

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Redraw from a piece last yr once again folks and this time with the noceda siblings!

#ALSO FIRST POST OF THE YEARRRR HEYYYAAA #I haven’t drawn since last year #Lololololol #new years resolution is to get better at color theory and get more confident on drawing faces #Maybe even learn a bit of aniamtion #Anyway ways good luck to everyone out there in their future endeavors!#The owl house #toh #luz noceda #hunter #hunter noceda #vee noceda #noceda siblings #art redraw #My art #fanart #silverlombaxwitch

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vavoom-sorted-art · 7 months

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Is that. A Nightingale????

"I'm afraid that's not for you, sir. What about this?", Goldstone asks while showing Aziraphale a case with a bronze nightingale as a handle. "No, no, no, it's alright. I've found my showstopper.", Aziraphale answers, looking at the magic bullet catch.

Is Aziraphale actually choosing a RIFLE over a Nightingale in this scene. I am losing it.

Not only is he choosing danger over the safe option, he's choosing a weapon. HE IS CHOOSING TO FIGHT.

And, he is also choosing to do this with Crowley (even though Crowley is reluctant) and he is choosing to trust him. He's not even considering the safe option.

#good omens #crowley #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #good omens 2 #good omens spoilers #good omens theory #good omens thoughts #good omens meta #not art #sorry this is not an art post but I had to scream these thougts out into the void #im going up the walls

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tio-trile · 1 month

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Anyways, happy Chaos Theory trailer day (inspired by that one image from Veil by Kotteri)

#my art #jurassic world chaos theory #chaos theory #jwct #jurassic world #camp cretaceous #jurassic world camp cretaceous #jwcc #darius bowman #brooklynn jwcc #Posting JWCT art that I can during my actual job in between meetings lolol #Sorry boss......it's JWCT trailer day #I HAVE NOT read Veil so this is ALSO not plot related lol

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celestial-artisan · 4 months

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Alastor: That is absolutely ridiculous, Vox does not have a crush on me. Angel Dust: Yes he does. Sir Pentious: Yes he doesss. Vox, from television screen: Yes I fucking do you goddamn idiot.

#hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel incorrect quotes #incorrect quotes #alastor the radio demon #alastor #vox #hazbin hotel vox #angel dust #sir pentious #radiostatic #post-stayed gone #HC: pentious knows this better than anyone else #we support the alastor body pillow theory

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shaylogic · 10 days

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In the comics, Edwin's bones are originally hidden in a chest in the attic he was killed in. He stays in the attic. He returns to it from Hell.

In the show, he returns to the attic from Hell and meets Charles. He reads to him as he dies, sitting on what appears to be a chest?

I don't wanna get really morbid, but. . . uh. . . do you think. . .?!!

#text post #dead boy detectives dcu #dead boy detectives netflix #dbda #dead boy detectives #dead boy detectives agency #charles rowland #charles roland #edwin paine #edwin payne #headcanon #theories #parallels

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loverofstufflof · 3 months

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I HAVENT SEEN ANYONE ELSE TALK ABOUT THIS

THE VENGEFUL DICE

THEY’RE FROM THE MYSTERY MAN THAT SOLD THE HOMICIDAL VIOLIN

DISCOUNT MIKAELE SALESA IM COMING FOR YOU—

#transcript in reblogs!#sorry about that folks #the magnus protocol #tmagp #tmagp theory #tmagp ep 4 #tmagp ep 9 #post!

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