Oh hey, that’s a fairly popular game all over Northeast Asia. They call it Jwibulnori (Rat-fire Game) in Korea and in Japan, it’s a part of Hi Matsuri (Fire Festival). It happens either right before seeding or right after harvest and is supposed to be a bit lower, in order to burn old crops and exterminate insects, vermins, rats, etc. before pesticides were a thing. Nowadays, you poke holes in tin can and put wood in it and set it on fire and spin it around and is done mostly to herald a good new year/thank a good harvest and as a wish for good health in year to come.
Princesses. We know them well. Pretty girls spinning around in pretty gowns and waiting for handsome men to save them. Yuck. How can you avoid yuck you ask? Avoid the trope.
1. Princesses can be pawns
Princesses don’t have rights to the throne in some kingdoms. So what to do with them? Marry them off like cattle of course! Men see princesses as pawns. Break that trope and subvert it. Or blow it up, or something.
2. Majesty and authority, peasants
Princesses don’t need tiaras or gowns to be princesses. They learn from early ages how to be queens. Sometimes princesses don’t get to be queens but they can take on the image of one. Be Majestic.
3. Rules
Princesses are women. Some societies will have rules to constrict them. Some princesses might live by strict rules. Princess Alexandrina Victoria (Queen Victoria to you) was raised by the Kensington System. It sucked. She hated it.
4. Princesses do rebel
Some princesses don’t like rules and social norms. Princess Mary Tudor was married to the elderly French king when she was a teenager. When she was widowed she married her brother’s best friend, Charles Brandon. Princesses are human, remember that.
5. Duty calls
Perhaps the male heir to the throne dies before the king. Now the eldest princess takes up the role as heir. This can be unexpected and world changing but it happens. Empress Matilda of England was named heir after he brother died. Whilst she never took the throne, she answered duty’s call.
6. Badass Bitches
Princesses are no Cinderellas or Sleeping Beauties. Princesses can get shit done. Who needs a prince when a princess has got it handled? Warrior princesses may seem a little Xena to some people but history is full of badass princesses. Read up on Khutulan if you don’t believe me.
7. Not always a happy ending.
Princesses are people. Fairytales don’t always come true. Some princesses find their prince but die like Charlotte, Princess of Wales. Or find their prince and he’s a slimeball like Prince Joffrey in ASOIAF. Read the story of Mary I of England. It reads like a fairytale but has a dark ending.
Now that my Hello! gif series is complete, thought I’d make a quick masterpost for them! I’m really glad I went through with this mini project – it was a lot of fun to work with my BFF <333 and of course, practice PS skills~
Breaking News: Author of ‘Black Butler’, Yana Toboso, stated on twitter that she is watching & reading “My Hero Academia” and posted some beautiful drawings!!
“I was watching [My Hero Academia] as background music while working, but the story is so interesting that I couldn’t concentrate on work anymore, so I made these doodles. The art work of “My Hero Academia” is so excellent, both in the manga and in the anime. – Toboso”
“I like Iida-kun as a character. I can’t wait for next week’s episode. –Toboso”
This is an interesting take. Recently I read a meta (by @alexi52, definitely give it a read ;D) talking about how Tomura’s and Eri’s quirks are foils (I mean, opposites) of each other. Basically how Tomura’s quirk is about fast-forwarding and make things reach a state of Decay that could only be reached after years of deterioration and the such. While Eri is about Rewind, going back to previous states. They are both deadly in their own way.
Of course, Tomura doesn’t seem to be able to control his “future” reach, like Eri can. So Eri can actually control how much she rewinds, but Tomura always causes only Decay.
I do like this parallel you traced, though. I don’t think is far from how it is, actually. Since Tomura wasn’t saved, he was able to see – and resent – the faults within the hero society. How skewed and problematic it is under its shiny coating. While Eri saw the positive aspects of it, because the same hero society is the reason why she was saved. So her vision of it is of gratitude, and not of resentment. Two victims; different outcomes.
Yes, I do wonder where Horikoshi will take this and if Tomura has any plans for Eri.
Thanks for dropping by and leaving this ❤ a very interesting thought!
Bakugou wouldn’t try to hide the fact that he was bad at reading emotions. He would try to hide that couldn’t understand them… but he would not try to hide that he was bad at it.
How the fuck was I supposed to know they were pissy? They should have just fucking told me.” Was usually his excuse
His S/O was no expectation, and a lot fo the time Bakugou could never understand how and why they got so upset so often. Days where they would look and act differently.
Only for them to suddenly act as if nothing bad had happened and that everything was fine. It drove him crazy at times.
Bakugou never really helped with his S/O’s depression either, just believing them to need to cheer up and forget whatever the hell was eating them. That’s what he did after all and it always worked for him.
Or at least he assumed that was what his S/O needed until he decided to check on them one day after classes. They had skipped, which was unlike them… and his worry ate away at his mind. As a result, he decided to see if they were sick or something.
He was a bit confused when he found their door unlocked, more so when he entered the room to see the lights off and curtains were drawn. His heart thumpings harshly as he came forward and saw his S/O unmoving under their blankets.
“Hey, are you fucking okay?”
His tone was harsh and got no response back from his S/O. As a result, he began to get angrier. Were they pissed at him? He didn’t do a damn thing, they were being the ridiculous one here!
His words and tone only got worse until he heard a soft, barely heard, sniffle come from under the blankets. His words froze in his throat and his actions as well.
His S/O was crying… he had never seen them cry before… what the hell does he do now?
Slowly, he moved the blankets off of their body, seeing his S/O curled into themself, biting their lip harshly an fighting back whatever they were feeling. Tears streamed down their face, no sounding coming from their lips. A trick you only learned how to do after many times
“H-hey…what’s wrong?” His voice is surprisingly soft and filled with worry.
His S/O only curls into themself further, knowing that if they ignored him enough, Katsuki would get angry and leave. He never was the patient type. Soon he’d leave…
So when instead you felt a new weight being added to your bed your heart dropped a moment. Bakugou’s arms hooking around you to move you closer to him.
“If you think I’m going to leave now… well tough shit…”
His words only hit you harder, making you cry harder, droplets of water running down your face and dripping onto his arm. He remained still, sensing that him speaking would make it worse.
It was quiet for a long time, Bakugou just breathing, and you fighting back every little cry that wanted to escape your throat. Finally, Bakugou’s hand gently touched your locks, running through them.
“I’m shit at this… I know I am. But… but that’s not a fucking excuse for you to be feeling like this and me not help. I-I’m an ass to not have noticed…”
And with those little words, it broke the camel’s back. You burst into loud sobs, Bakugou freezing not sure what to do. Your words spilled from your mouth quickly.
Mentions of no longer finding joy in anything, wanting him to be with someone more deserving than you, and how you couldn’t shake this thought of wanting nothing more than to be dead from your head.
It was a lot to take in, earning the silence of your boyfriend. Your cries had now been reduced to just soft whimpers. And despite the lack of energy and fluids, you had today… you still cried as if it was a never-ending resource.
Then ever so slowly, you felt Bakugou’s arms hold you much tighter to him. His arms shaking and head pressing onto yours. More droplets of water pouring out, but this time not your own…
“Fuck… you… I’m such… I can’t… I can’t lose you, okay? It sucks right now… and I hate how I made this worse… but please for God’s sake… let me at least try to help…”
You were stunned silent at his pained voice, so broken and guilty, a rare sight and sound for Bakugou. You could only nod, heart-shattering a bit more at how you had hurt him.
“It’s gonna be okay… I’m here and I sure as shit am not gonna leave. I love you okay… I fucking love you and won’t leave you. I won’t even fucking talk if that’s what you need, alright?”
Bakugou remained with you the rest of the night, not wanting to go far. His heart aching and his mind berating him for acting so stupidly. But he knew now… and he would do everything in his power to make you feel loved and worth it again.
Because to him… you had become a thought and a presence as great and wonderful as being a hero in his mind.
You should date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes, who has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.
Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag. She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she has found the book she wants. You see that weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a secondhand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow and worn.
She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.
Buy her another cup of coffee.
Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.
It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas, for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry and in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.
She has to give it a shot somehow.
Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.
Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who read understand that all things must come to end, but that you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.
Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilight series.
If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.
You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.
Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.
“The medieval warrior, realizing the consequences of his impulsive act, immediately approached the owner of the drone and offered to pay for the damage.
The owner of the drone was so impressed by the brilliant attack that he suggested organizing a competition for bringing down “dragons” with short spears next year.
Drone owners have another year to develop a unique “dragon-like” design for their flying machines.” (x)
I am 100% cooler with this knowing that the spear-thrower realized “oops maybe I shouldn’t have done that” and tried to make it right, and that the guy who the drone belonged to was cool with it
just so everyone knows, this has already been memorialized in a runestone
Everything about this post blesses those involved with a +4 on their next Today is Good Day roll
Finally finished my workload and I have a few days to kinda chill so I started off with an AU I’ve been thinking about, with Sombra and Genji as celestial creatures/beings. Two very different serpents meeting one another…also an excuse to just draw more dragons/serpents b/c NOODLES
Seen many merfolk this month. Wanted to try myself :U
Confession: any time I think of an AU type thing involving mythical creatures, I often like to cast Soul as the mythic creature while keeping myself human. So that explains why he’s a merman and I’m not here, lol.
His mer-half is based on a great white shark, surprising no one that has followed me for a while |D
Didn’t know that. :0 That sounds really cute. Too bad he’s already super short in his already crouched position even while not actually crouching. I had to crouch Widow just to stare him in the face. 🤣
After work last week, I was thinking about Disney AUs and which one would fit Mcsombra the best and I couldn’t really think of any and I was pretty sad because I love Disney AUs but I’d hate to kinda just latch a story onto McCree and Sombra without it fitting.
But then that night I listened to ‘I Won’t Say I’m in Love’ and it just fits Sombra so well in so many of personal headcanons for her when it comes to her admitting she likes McCree.
‘Get off my case, I won’t say it!’ ‘Girl don’t be proud, it’s okay you’re in love’
That just sounds like something Sombra would go through 😂 And with Meg being a (sorta) double agent in Hercules, I’d say it fits the ‘Sombra betrays McCree’s trust’ trope that’s usually in Mcsombra fics.
I dunno! But I consider that my Disney!Mcsombra song now <333 Does anyone else have any other thoughts? 🤔 I’d love to hear them! ❤️️💜
Very, very playful! These two know how and love to have fun. After all, imagine how much stress you must have on your shoulders if you’re constantly running from the law or keeping your identity a secret?
Kisses come out of no where for these two – they always find an excuse to get a kiss. Wake up in the morning? ‘Good morning’ kiss! Going to bed? ‘Good night’ kiss! Staring out the window? ‘You look so beautiful in the sunlight’ kiss!
McCree’s favorites happen to be the ones where he can make Sombra smile or laugh – and not just those little chuckles or smirks – like really hearing her voice. It’s one of his favorite things about her. A quick goose to her hips and a smooch can get McCree out of any funk.
Sombra’s favorites are any kisses where she can have his beard rub against her cheeks. Cute little pecks on the nose, cheeks, ears, chin – anywhere she can reach. He loves the attention.
The real writer experience is standing in the shower and coming up with the most authentic dialogue with perfect phrasing and raw emotion in your head, then stepping out and drying your hair, putting on some clean pajamas and opening a word document to write down all your perfect ideas only to realize everything has evaporated.
Gency: Mercy is so worried about lightning striking Genji as he has a lot more metal to his person, but Genji is teasing her and reassuring her that he won’t become a lightning rod. Though, Mercy doesn’t find his humor too funny at the moment. After a few moments of trudging through the rain, Mercy takes Genji’s hand and stops him. She gives him a kiss on his face plate before saying that’s just in case he gets turn into a crisp from a bolt of lightning.
McSombra: When the rain first starts, McCree already has his serape onto Sombra’s shoulders. She rolls her eyes but pulls it close, even though its soaked through in seconds. They both give up on trying to stay dry after a few minutes. When Sombra gives back the wet serape, McCree stops them. Taking a strand of her wet hair, he tucks it behind her ear before kissing her in the rain. Sombra makes a comment about how cheesy this is, but McCree only kisses her again.
Im so sorry to hear that happened to you! I’m sending good and gentle vibes your way! (I know I said I’m only open for holiday requests but I decided to make an exception for this one)
McCree
He’ll try his best to make you smile.
He’ll sweet talk you, letting you know how much of a idiot your boyfriend was for not appreciating someone as amazing as you.
He’ll name off everything about you he loves/ all of the things your now ex is missing out on.
He’ll be very touchy with you if you let him. He’ll hold you close to his chest and gently pat the back of your head, letting you cry or yell or do whatever you need.
“What man would even risk seeing a pretty face like yours upset?”
Hanzo
He would let you vent to him, he wants to know exactly how you’re feeling before he has any input of his own.
He knows how it feels to hold onto such negative emotions so he’ll give you your space as well, not trying to dictate how to feel in such a situation.
He’ll make you food and give you gentle massages, making sure this isn’t taking a toll on your physical health.
Over all very physically pampering and comforting, since emotional help isn’t his strongest suite.
“Any man willing to put you through pain for his own personal gain, is not worth your time”
Genji
He invites you to mediate with him.
He wants you to be able to move on from this and not hold on to any negative feelings you may have.
He’ll gently coo you and talk you through whatever your feeling, validating your emotions but also encouraging you to let go of the ones that are harming you.
He is patient with you, letting you feel out this moment of anguish and sadness while he stays by your side through it all.
“You do not deserve this pain, but you will come back from it.”
He’s very touchy to begin with so now he just immediately wraps his arms around you in a tight hug and jumps up and down with you in his arms.
Will probably kiss you like immediately.
You gotta calm this boy down.
Hanzo
Probably speechless. He takes a second to process your confession.
He didn’t really see himself having a chance with you so he’s very surprised and you probably have to assure him you really mean it.
He will ask you if he can embrace you and maybe even kiss you.
He will stay in your embrace forever if you let him tbh.
Roadhog
He’ll probably stop you mid sentence while you’re trying to find the right words to say to tell you he feels the same.
He’s happy but hesitant.
“What do we do now?”
It’s been so long since he’s felt this way about someone so you’ll have to go easy on him.
Mercy
Very relieved that you feel the same way.
She’s very blushy and giggly about the whole thing.
She’s trying to hold in her excitement so rather than like pounce on you, she’ll maybe hold your hand really tight, or touch her forehead to yours, just closing her eyes and being happy in the moment.
Kiss her you fool because she won’t make the first move.
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