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this was removed from tumbrl due to “violating one or more of Tumblr’s Community Guidelines”, but since my wish came true the first time, I’m putting it back. :)
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Worth noting that "Clint Newton" was the second place name for John, so this is likely an account created just for this joke rather than a real guy (beyond the icon and title jokes even)
Nanami is such a daddy 😮💨
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when the whole house got the autism
i think this 2-minute doodle of an exchange between me and my roommate when i found a pebble in the car cupholder is now my most circulated drawing
This is also what a lot of field archaeology is like
This has the same energy as a writer desperately trying to make their insanely cool but devastatingly off the wall plot point work with the rest of the story
Dungeon Meshi - Humans and Demi-Humans
I like this because it can be read as a simple classification of biology within the context of a fantasy universe, but there's also a reading of this from a lense of culture and racism.
We know for a fact that orcs in dungeon meshi have been killed by the past and are being rejected by the other races to the point where they're living in caves and dungeons. I don't think the refusal to consider them as humans and classifying them as half monsters is innocent. Bone count seem like a very arbitrary criteria to classify species, and the fact that it was chosen to deny them humanity feels intentional at some level.
I really love Ryoko Kui's approach to fantasy races because it makes you question their definitions. They are not innocent and you shouldn't take them at face value.
I do believe this one is more about culture and language than biology, I think the classification of "they have more bones" is rather a way they found to make orcs and Kobolds into "others" than a biological classification.
There's another comic from the adventurer's bible that I think it's quite telling
Kabru see's Kobolds as "demi-humans" so he has no problem speaking of them in a othering way, but as soon as Laios and Falin do the same for a tribe of tallmen Kabru realizes how bad it sounds.
Anonymous asked:
What do you like so much about Zepia?
kaibutsushidousha answered:
Good question. A madman who lost himself to the daunting task of saving the world is probably the most common Nasu villain archetype, so I have no shortage of characters to compare him to. So what makes Zepia’s tragedy stand among so many like it?
The first and most shallow factor to consider is that Zepia is more aesthetically interesting than most if not all of his peers. The vampire imagery, the theater imagery, and the possibilities brought by his status as rumor land malware are all super cool stuff that meshes well with each other and ties in neatly with the themes of Melty’s narrative.
The other key factor is his relationship with Sion, the other natural information vampire of the Eltnams. Due to Sion’s unique talents, the creeds of the Atlas Institute, and the beliefs and upbringing that naturally form when the two are combined, Zepia takes a very “you are me” approach to his interactions with Sion. He knows where she’s going because he walked that same walk. He knows what becomes of Sion when she loses her hopes. Sion was a TATARI in the making, until Actress Again where she actually became Zepia’s TATARI successor like he sorta wanted at first. Because Sion is a new hope Zepia found some 500 years after losing all that he previously had.
Most other members of Nasu’s fallen hero archetype don’t have this personal and involved connection with the protagonist they confront. Sion and Zepia are thoroughly defined by their relationship with each other and FGO thoroughly and consistently proves that Sion can’t be interesting with him removed from the picture.
There is one exception. Archer is the one Nasu madman wrecked by the task of saving the world who has even more of a “you are me” relationship with his hero. If ask me which other Nasu antagonist is the closest to Zepia, my answer is Archer. They even share the powerful heartwarming moment of happily accepting that their enemy has found something better in life than following his doomed footsteps. But Zepia stands out more as the undiluted version of this idea since there is so much more stuff happening in UBW while Melty Blood is only Sion and Zepia (arguably Shiki and Riesbyfe too, but be honest, they’re accessories to Sion’s character more than anything). It’s a prime example of how less can be more.
