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"No you don't understandd Yakumo is my man fr!!!" I scream while they drag me into the asylum.

But on a serious note Yakumo's entire character scratches an itch in my brain I didn't even know I had.

And he's hot imo but I digress-

I feel like he's a very unique take on the trope of 'starving artist'.

When we're first introduced to him, he's passed out on the floor buck naked scratching his balls and cradling a bottle of alcohol. Unsurprisingly, this instills the idea of him being trashy aand, due to the cultural connotation of balls=funny (which I have a number of opinions about but again I digress) the reader begins to assume that he'll be a rowdy comedy relief type character.

This assumption is blown out of the water at least to an extent by the reveal of his painting during class introductions. The piece portrayed was melancholy and soulful, not to mention the incredible amount of skill present. Even though the manga is in black and white, we can still tell that the colors are rich. This kind of piece is in direct contradiction with his presented personality which is loud, straightforward, and friendly. This lets the reader know that there's more to this character than there may seem.

This is only compounded when he gives Yatora a mini history lesson during the Tokyo project mini arc. The juxtaposition of his smoking the money out of his wallet till he needs to fish to eat and deep knowledge of Japanese theatre history (which, is something that might usually be associated with more wealthy persons) add to the mystery of him. Now, he has evolved from a strange and rowdy broke guy to someone who has the ability to understand and appreciate the finer things in life, despite staying in his comfort zone of poverty, be it on purpose or by accident.

I'd also like to touch on the philosophy behind his work; to make the strongest art. It sounds like something straight out of a typical shounen piece, some broke boy striving to be the strongest. This perception is compounded when we see him associate larger paintings with stronger paintings. It seems childish at first. Just because a painting is large doesn't mean it's strong. Paintings can't even be strong in the first place. This view, however, discounts one important thing, the strength of the artist making the work. Speaking from experience, it's hard as hell to make large works, I've never even made an f100, let alone the gargantuan sizes of paintings that Yakumo churns out for every project or assignment. It takes an obscene level of endurance, focus, and drive to complete a piece of that size, and for him to do that every time without fail takes strength. I saw somewhere online that art isn't the piece, but what happens inside the artist while it's made. If the artist requires immense strength to make the piece, then the subsequent work is strong.

This takes us to the central question of Yakumo's person. What is strength? What does it mean to be strong? As with most things in this series, it's complicated.

Yakumo represents strength. Be it physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual strength, there are times in the story where he exhibits all aspects of it. When learning of his backstory and how he discovered art, we see that Yakumo was victimized throughout his formative years. Whether it was his so called parents, or the woman he lived with, it seemed like he was constantly subjugated to abuse. I don't know if it was middle or high school when he moved in with the mystery woman (my brain wants to think that it was middle school, but I'm not sure). Either way, he was a child who was living with an adult. We don't get it directly told to us, but it is STRONGLY implied that this lady raped and/or physically hit him multiple times throughout his stay there. He described it as hurting each other, but clearly the child being violated by a full grown adult would be hurt more than the woman victimizkng a child. Despite the hurt this caused him, when recounting his experience, Yakumo focuses more on the few good things that happened, see, his discovery of art. He doesn't act like it was all sunshine and rainbows, but he doesn't emphasize how hard things were for him. To me, the story of his past shows the extent of his mental strength. He not only persevered through his hardships, but he used it as a catalyst for his future. It takes a great amount of strength to do that.

He leaves that house, we know, and enrolls in a cram school. He works in construction at night and studies art during the day. He goes without food and spends hours learning new techniques. It takes physical strength to do that. To endure harsh conditions for that long and not crumble under the pressure requires an incredible level of endurance and, for lack of a better word (or the presence of an opportunity to use the right word) strength. Assuming that he's still working in construction (albeit with less hours assuming he's selling his works too) and going to college and chugging out competition pieces of massive size, he undoubtedly has physical strength.

On the topic of emotional strength, I cite the entire story of Sarada and her death. I spoke on the situation in my first bp post as well as the one about Yotasuke so the story of the thing is already established, but I'd like to elaborate on Yakumo's grieving process. He still used her brush. He still saved her empty canvas. He saved small reminders of her everywhere. It certainly gives an air of guilt, though nothing completely concrete. Something to consider is that he's going to school right after her death. From my knowledge of the timeline, the start of his first year in university is almost immediately after Sarada's death. To be able to not only attend university, but begin to make new friends and carry on despite still being in the throws of grief requires emotional (and mental to an extent, but I already talked about that) strength. This also adds a new context to his introductory scene. Maybe the reason he was drinking till he blacked out on his friend's floor was because his other friend died almost a month prior.

I think that spirit is somewhere in between mental and emotional. As such, I feel the culmination of strength in attitude and behavior results in strength of spirit, as well as vice versa.

Geeked vs Locked in

sorry for not posting i just havent drawn anything worth shit in a long time *bangs my head against a wall

Ok ik that Egypt Is a mostly muslim country and that it doesen't depict ancient egyptians in a good light, but WHY BAN A WHOLE FILM BECAUSE OF THAT??? Also that movie is PEAK ANIMATION AND STORYTELLING, like they are depriving them of such a good movie!!! :V

Every country that legally banned the screening of the Dreamwork film “The Prince of Egypt”

The great wall of China vs Europe

Where do the items in the British Museum come from?

The British Museum houses a vast collection of artifacts from countries like Iraq, Italy, and Egypt, many of which were acquired during the height of the British Empire. Through colonization, wars, and expeditions, the British often took historical treasures from around the world, leading to ongoing debates about cultural heritage and calls for the return of these items to their countries of origin. Source: Aljazeera

by nazar.data/instagram

Philemon's Altar Matthi, how I love you!!!!!!!!!!!

(Drawn as funsies in Magma, lol I cant use that program, so I couldn't adjust any brush oppacity.)

They’re banging out the tunes!!!

4/13 cupcakes me and my friend @zazazarz made!!

Eeeeeee

Happy 4/13 <33333!!

4/10

shoutout to flags that look like landscapes fr gotta be one of my favorite genders

Y'know what's something I don't get about IDV reddit?

Why is the fact that Orpheus is a completely unreliable narrator dismissed so easily?? It's a HUGE factor of the story, especially when I bring up Norton's potential survival.

"But 'Gone Hunting'..." Has Little Girl not Alice.

"But Norton's black lung" isn't an immediate death sentence. Especially if Norton started working as a geologic surveyor which means he was getting fresh air and his lungs wouldn't get worse. He may recover longer for injuries but he could recover.

"But Orpheus beat him up pretty bad" It's difficult to beat a man to death. Also consider that Alice is a rescue survivor. I doubt she'd let Orpheus beat a man to death.

"But the article..." Was vague as shit! It claimed manor staff were killed and Orpheus was found but no mention of other bodies.

"But..."

No! Listen, Orpheus has been an unreliable narrator the entire time. He thought himself as the child of the DeRoss couple, he saw only Little Girl, not Alice. He carries heavy biases as Novelist, he was exposed to the drugs and lost his memory because of them. He drank Hydra which rebuilds memories but that doesn't mean recalling memories. His perspective is entirely untrustworthy. That has been established and it's a HUGE part of the story.

You have to approach IDV, especially Orpheus with a grain of salt!

I havent been drawing as much so stupid doodles and kevjose with a friend

i put this on my instagram but here!

Gold Nike pendant, Greece, 4th century BC

from The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

today's bug thing is this stag beetle ring!

Listen.

EVERYBODY knows (or should) that you DO. NOT. STOP. in Vidor, Texas. 

It’s best to just run out of gas elsewhere. Whatever you do, black folks, DO NOT STOP IN VIDOR, TEXAS. 

There’s a good chance you’ll get lynched or just come up missing - and I’m not joking.

also do NOT stop in Harrison, Arkansas!!!! (relatively close to OK and MI) a nazi town with a BIG KKK organization.

Reblog To Save Life

Tiny feaster figure tiny feaster figure tiny f-

(Tiny feaster made by me!!)

i need someone to edit the wikipedia entry for those rockhopper penguins to mention that trump put tariffs on them

Mai Miturich. Illustrations for Gennady Snegiryov's "About Penguins" (1980).

MAGA are the epitome of inefficiency and waste.

penguin pngs ! credit not necessary for pngs! like or reblog to use, don't repost as your own please.

Vincent van Gogh - Emperor moth (1889)

Putting all my focus into making a robbie anim for his character day.. sorry!

Posting will be somewhat slow but heres an ooc scribble of number one hated man Andrew Kreiss

This is the money frog, if you see him you will soon receive money and frogs

this is the hardest picture of gerard in the universe idgaf. never underestimate a girl with a gun!!!

This candy coated moth is Leslie 💖🍭🍬💖