Whoever Came Up With The 'crossing Fingers Behind Your Back Nullifies A Promise Being Made' Thing Should

Rock crystal lizard uncovered near Cortil-Noirmont, Belgium, 2nd century AD

from The Art and History Museum, Brussels

Venezuelan Miku!!

✩ Spy x Family 2nd Cour Key Visual ✩

Tairn is the dragon version of a death god and Violet is the only human alive who can sass him

All the dragons treat Tairn like he’s a myth come to life, like the gothic grandfather of death and fire. Riders flinch when he lands, other dragons lower their heads, professors literally move aside.

And then they see violet, this tiny, breakable, puny human walk up to him and go “Oh, for fuck's sake, Tairn.” and he just listens????

Violet has done what no other rider has: domesticated the DRAGON OF LEGEND and made him emotionally accountable.

She literally told the equivalent of a fire-breathing nuclear weapon to calm down and he DID.

zoro was so funny during the arlong park arc. 1 day after getting sliced in half by mihawk and almost dying and he’s like alright who do I get to fuck up next. getting tied to the ship by usopp n johnny because he’s ready to go in swords a blazing. throwing himself into the water with his hands and legs tied forcing nami to save him. decimating half of arlong’s crew and then sitting on arlong’s throne complaining out loud about how bored he was and how he hoped luffy would get there soon. messing with hachi. falling asleep immediately after telling nojiko he’d listen to her story. actively bleeding out / getting his shit rocked and still being more concerned about luffy. all while wearing a hawaiian shirt

i don't have the essay prepared but there's gotta be one in the wings about how much of fma:b's philosophy is that lotr-style "yes it's hopeless, but do it anyway"

like marcoh standing up to the homunculi to save his town even though it risks everyone else in amestris: yes, it's hopeless. no, you can't save them. try anyway.

ed and al's fight to restore their bodies without further sacrifice: yes, it's impossible. try anyway.

up to the very end, when al joins the chimera on their hunt to restore their bodies: yes, this is impossible. we're gonna try anyway.

it reminds me of the lotr concept of the irrational hope, the hopeless hope, the hope that is simply the absence of despair. the hope that drove theoden onto pelennor fields: no, we cannot defeat this evil. but we will meet it in battle nonetheless.

because you have to fight. even if you're doomed to lose. you have to try. you have to fight. you have to try.

and through that hopeless hope, that acknowledgement of "yes, it's hopeless, yes, i'm gonna try anyway" they manage the impossible. and that makes them mighty.

Deer season is upon us.

1.) Wear your seatbelt.

2.) If your choice is swerve at high speed or hit the deer you plow Bambis mom like you’re an IT specialist with a secret Twitter account and it’s anthrocon weekend.

Deer are softer than trees. Deer are softer than rolling your car 8 times.

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