Some 'tales From Memory

Honestly thinking about Fugo drives me up the goddamn wall sometimes like-- Like--

The gang were his family. He was with Buccellati the longest out of anyone, and he loved and admired him, and he helped bring the rest of the gang together, and he was such close friends with Mista and Narancia and they goofed off and did stupid teenage shit and choreographed little dances

And he'd grown so used to A. His boss being generally very sensible and caring for them all and B. His boss coming to him for advice

And then one day someone shows up and just... Takes over leadership basically entirely. Just. Has so much influence over the man who practically raised Fugo. And immediately starts directing him towards what is basically guaranteed death for at least some of them

When Fugo stays behind, digs his heels in and says "No, this is a bad idea, someone's going to get killed" don't you think he thinks, deep down, that Buccellati will listen to him? Will snap out of whatever rose-tinted glasses he's put on and take the advice of the person he's been relying on this whole time?

Because Fugo is smart, Fugo is rational, Fugo advises Buccellati and helps keep everyone safe, just as Buccellati helps Fugo not do anything impulsive out of anger. They know each-other and balance each-other and they TRUST each-other. And Fugo was looking for that trust. In that moment don't you think he expected that Buccellati would trust him?

And instead he gets left behind on the shore basically without a second thought. Just. "Okay. We won't force you. Bye." From his best friends. From the man that has been with him since he was a lost, scared little kid in need of a home. Even the boy he rescued from the goddamn streets leaves him behind, not for a noble cause, but for the sake of a girl they just met.

And Fugo was RIGHT, he was correct, they did die, his best friend died, his father figure died. Only One Of his actual friends survived.

There's no triumph in that though. No I-Told-You-So. It's just guilt because he could've saved them. If he hadn't assumed that they'd listen to him, and cared for his input. If he'd somehow known that he was that dispensable and could be left behind without a second thought. He could've gone with and literally just stood in the same room as Diavolo and killed him. Everyone else could stay outside.

Only one of them really had to die for everything to resolve, and that one was Fugo.

Why do you think he was so eager to go rushing to his death for the sake of what little remains of his family in Purple Haze Feedback.

Narancia has a good day- that's it thats the post

wanna see how hard i can avoid other drawings lol

Gaara is truly the Character of All Time

-Introduced as main antagonist in a tournament arc, the terrifying bloodthirsty ninja from a strange desert village who kills without remorse and has survived every mission without getting a scratch on him

-He's 12

-Character design 10/10 he has bright fucking brick red hair, literal raccoon eyes, a face tattoo that says "Love" and carries that weird ass gourd; between the fun elements and the interesting tie-ins to Tanuki Lore, I have never seen a more charming design in my life tbqh

-Immediately more emo and chuuni than Noted Emo Heartthrob Sasuke Uchiha by virtue of reciting weird poetry after killing a guy in cold blood

-We get his tragic backstory and by fucking GOD is it sad. I cry just thinking about it. Literally everything about it is just horrible and devastating.

-Talk No Jutsu at end of the tournament arc, Gaara realizes that he should, in fact, go to therapy and immediately decides to turn his life around

-The first thing he decides to do is apologize to his siblings <3

-Shows up a handful of arcs later with a cool new outfit and becomes friends with the kid he literally tried to murder and nearly permanently crippled in one of the best fights of the entire series

-Liam O Brian's English dub of Gaara is Stellar ya know what. The raspiness of the original appearance morphing into the Deepest Voice That Any Kid Has Ever Had Ever was a genuinely hilarious choice

-Has the only good filler arcs in the old show; he's such a good character that the entire show molds itself and rises to meet him

-Post timeskip he is Desert Ninja President at the ripe old age of 15 and is extremely good at it because he's the weirdest little nerd with no social skills (on account of his tragic backstory) and diligently applies himself to doing paperwork and going to meetings

-Has a fanclub in the village mostly of girls his own age that he never seems to talk to?? Or realize have crushes on him?? Oblivious king we love him.

-Dies in one of the most genuinely moving scenes. Comes back like 20 episodes of fighting later because where would we be without him honestly?

-Becomes Super General Ninja President of the Grand Army of whatever where he accomplishes such feats as forgiving his asshole father and emotionally healing from his childhood trauma, stopping a meteor, and nearly dying a second time.

-Collects cacti as a hobby

-Has the only good sequel series arc where it's revealed that in addition to continuing to serve as Desert Ninja President, he's decided to adopt a couple of orphan ninja kids so that he can break the cycle of parental neglect and stupidity that created his tragic backstory in the first place.

Ideas for charms

It's giving me an excuse to play with my art supplies hahaha

Tusk is so frustrating as a movie bc like it has such a great concept but its really not living up to its potential. Mainly ofc half of the movie is just not about whats going on with him (which i mean, why not if it were interesting but its really not, the characters of his girlfriend and friend dont have anything going on and the dialogues are way too long for nothing), Then the way that we're being shown that he mentally became a walrus somehow bc of the traumas and all but we never really see the shift happens, i feel like it would take quite a lot of time to firstly become accustomed to it and then for your brain to actually start believing you're a walrus and thats such a shame because it would have been so interesting to see the transition in his mindset and the relationship between him and Howard. Talking about Howard im sorry, i dont enjoy his character too much, but thats just personnal taste. I also have a few problems with the walrus cotsume, i feel like the way its cut doesnt make too much sense especially when we know that Wallace has made a few of those + i wish they had altered it a bit when we see Wallace at the zoo bc the scars wouldnt be bloody anymore (i get its maybe bc of the budget but yknow)

Anyway i still enjoyed the movie but yeah

Chapter Three

but Monokuma cured Mikan right before her execution

i just had this idea for this longest time and HAD to draw it or id go crazy sorry

-moshi moshi bruno desu

if you knew how many times... I wanted to snuggle up to Bruno's boobs to feel calmer (μ‿μ)

I feel like Misa is unrealistic in some way. Kind of reminds me the scene from Frozen you can't marry the man you just met. Misa begged Light for being her boyfriend and they just met in a few minutes. I understand that her parents get killed but at least can't she just like wait for a bit.

I think you might be approaching that scene from the wrong angle here - it's not really about Misa genuinely falling in love.

Misa is a character who dreams of romantic love as a fulfillment that will fix all her problems - which is painfully realistic. You see a lot of people who assume that they would not be miserable if only they weren't single. Society encourages this view of romantic love as the cure-all that will bring meaning to life.

At this point in her life, Misa is still only a year removed from a traumatic event that destroyed most of the world as she knew it - and it was only Kira killing the murderer of her parents that gave her real new hope after that tragedy.

So a good few things come together here:

1.) Misa feels intense gratitude to Kira for anchoring her after her life felt like it had lost direction.

2.) Misa at her core thinks of a relationship as the highest goal.

3.) Light is conventionally attractive.

and debatably 4.) Misa has experienced intense loss and then traded for the eyesight which allows her to see every human as mortal, all the time. Light, being a Death Note owner, does not have a lifespan and is the only person who subjectively seems secure and not likely to be taken away. I don't know if that one is an intentional inference on part of the writing though.

Misa isn't in love with Light.

She's in love with the idea of Light.

You are right, it is deeply unrealistic to fall deeply in love with a person you just met. But Misa doesn't - her care for Light is deeply superficial. She hardly knows him as a person and that... doesn't actually improve ever, at all. She never does learn to care about who he really is. She just wants him to play a part.

And honestly, that is how a lot of relationships in the real world also function and ultimately fail.

Simply saying "I am in love" does not actually make it so.