My one year anniversary with Sigma was yesterday, so I drew our family portrait :)

for me at least, theres always been a really stark divide in the 'child character is the main antagonist' sort of stories.

on one hand. theres stories that rely on the shock factor of a child being evil, because we're supposed to believe that kids arent capable of that sort of thing. i guess its supposed to be frightening but the novelty always wears off really quickly for me.

i think 'a child is the villain' always lands most successfully for me when a kid is given power beyond their years (either by adults around them or otherwise supernatural/societal forces) and then everyone is floored when they arent exactly responsible with that power. and sometimes theyre even selfish! not because that kid is evil, but because theyre a kid.. acting like a kid would in their situation.

it means that any sort of story that follows requires a protagonist to reason with someone who may not even understand the harm theyre doing, or worse - not have the life lived to understand why they should care in the first place. and also, i think watching what happens when u have an destructive force seeking comforts that any child deserves doing whatever they can to have those things is (to me) much more interesting than 'child who is fucked up and evil for no reason but being born that way actually'

It's a cuddle inside of my sweater kinda day

dunmeshi~

These panels are so funny. Hes 3 apples tall

drew my baby thistle on the classroom whiteboard

So I’m doing a bunch of little things I’m calling After Dinner Mints for post final fight Dungeon Meshi (cuz the goal is they’ll be short and sweet) but

It just hit me

Kabru went and kicked Mithrun’s ass into gear after having his last desire removed and not thinking there was anything else to do with his life now

Kabru

Kabru whose whole teen and adult life was about finding a way to get rid of all of the dungeons forever so Utaya couldn’t happen again

Which

Y’know

They just did that

And if Kabru even thinks “well shit what do I do with my life now” Mithrun’s gonna hone in on him like a shark and beat his ass like he did after the “the world is ending and it’s all my fault” soliloquy

Sooooo that might be a slightly longer thing

sissel <333

dungeon lords

Sonic OC Showdown 2 Round 2: Patricidal Babygirl "Mira" vs. Homicidal Malewife Thistle

Vote now for your favorite at the @sonic-oc-showdown!

Gift for @fleetways

To whoever might read this. I need you to go listen to 'That Unwanted Animal' and 'The Rockrose and the Thistle' by The Amazing Devil and think of Kaori!Kenjaku and Jin. It's so Itadori family-coded it's unbelievable. The overall eeriness striking the uncanny valley effect. The miscommunication. One partner being oblivious to the other one's condition and ignoring the issue. The marriage coming apart at the seems. The stitches getting mentioned. The metaphor of possession standing for wrestling one's inner demons and mental illness. The feeling of being watched by some haunting unwanted presence that you cannot shake. Those songs have it all.

I’M NOT OKAY. I’M NOT OKAY. I’M LOSING MY MIND, SPIRALING INTO MADNESS.

Thistle !!!

okay so the goldfinch is Donna Tartts homage to Great Expectations like:

-a person LITERALLY named Pippa is twenty years younger than her brother and is raised by him; GENDER FLIPPED PIP AND MRS JOE

-seeing a girl and experiencing instalove??? Estella I am in your yard

-Mysterious wealthy benefactor

-the pip-core of telling the story of your childhood while being a depressed gay twentysomething

-a traumatizing interaction with crimes as being the thing that shapes your whole life

-class issues and weird rich people

-are you Andy or are you Herbert Pocket uquiz

-Hobie is Mr Joe almost literally word for word…..wants to train as a woodworker/blacksmith and then is taken away into a different world. The last shred of his happy and innocent life taken away by circumstance

if it turns out a domestic terrorist pays for Theo’s education I’m gonna lose my mind