Erm, Meow?

asa/yoru

THE TRAGEDY OF HAYAKAWA AKI (insp by this post)

DREAM SMP CHARACTERS | TECHNOBLADE

yumyulack truly is the funniest character concept on that show.

He is an alien bounty hunter. He is 15. He killed a whole bar full of neonazis. He gets night terrors and has to sleep in his parents bed. He shrinks people and imprison them for his own amusement, he is still bullied every day at school. He went to hell and bullied every demon there, called satan a big bitch. One of his dads calls him yummybear

No one is doing it like him

More Mabel

I just gotta say, Denji really is just built different than other horny anime protagonists. No matter how many times he assures himself (and the audience) that he wants sex and pleasure, he pretty much never asks for those things outright from anyone.

Power finds out about his goal and makes the bargain of her own free will, and ultimately Denji learns that transactional intimacy is an unfulfilling trap.

Himeno offers the tongue kiss as a reward, which Denji accepts, but doesn’t ask for. She then sexually assaults him, and Denji ultimately rebukes her advances, where other protagonists might not have.

Reze is also the one seducing and pressuring Denji into taking things farther, but Denji is NEVER the one pushing her forward, simply happily following her lead.

Even with Makima post Gun Devil arc, Denji doesn’t even ask for his original wish (having sex with her). This time it might be more due to the recent trauma he’s feeling and his wish to be numb and happy, rather than fulfilled in his own goals, but either way he DOESN’T ask!

And now, with Asa, he could have asked for a kiss or a grope, but he didn’t. He asked for a second date. A chance to grow closer and learn more about this person.

Regardless of Makima’s generally untrustworthiness and manipulative nature, I think one of the biggest lessons for Denji (and the teenagers reading this story) is her first lesson on intimacy. Everything sexual feels better when there is trust, desire, and understanding from both sides. This is ultimately why Denji’s “relationships” keep failing - there is little to no honesty from his partners, so no trust or understanding can really come from them.

Also, as exemplified in his relationship with Power, Denji discovers that there can be intimacy that is distinct from lust. He can be naked in the bath with her, but not feel turned on at all, because he isn’t just a horny stereotype, he recognizes the humanity of women and how to be close with them without just lusting after their bodies.

Idk, I feel like this is a little all over the place but damn, I love the care with which Denji has been crafted - idiosyncrasies and all. It’s what makes him so human, and so compelling.

The Three Fates (1910) by Alexander Rothaug.

designed two posters for The Mandela Catalogue, really happy how they came out.

lil sketch page (yum watches paw patrol with the pupa you can’t change my mind)

I dont miss vhses or vcrs but I do miss how personal seeing a movie felt back then. Like, physically going to a Blockbuster or a Hollywood Video, wandering the aisles and looking at hundreds of cases and the art that decorated them, the actual choice of weighing it, "do i want to see this, or this?" not knowing if the movie would be there next time you visit. And then going home and having to physically put it in, maybe you have to rewind it cuz whoever had it last is a dick or maybe you're trying to fast forward through trailers until you get to the movie. It made watching a movie at home feel more like an event.

Streaming is like, beyond convenient and so is piracy (yarhar maties), but it largely feels so impersonal, you dont really have to strategize, you dont get that weird judging a movie by its cover affect, and a lot of streaming specific movies are just so bland, it feels like the magic of watching a movie has been stripped away and murdered, now movies just feel like novelty time sinks.

I've really enjoyed going to a smaller not amc not regal movie theater chain because seeing movies like nope, like black phone, like crimes of the future in these places that care about the aesthetic and ambiance really feels like "oh, the magic isn't dead, marvel and Netflix are just ruining it"

And idk the point of this rant. Just thoughts.