Loki was given by Satan, Robin Hood - by Santa. Because this is the dual Justice. [laugh]

(I drew this exclusively for my friend, but now I want to show everyone hah)

2021.09 ☆ a-yuan ah, a-yuan! how big you've grown!

op finally put into words my gripe with this genre

YES, YES, THIS!!!! I had never really managed to put my finger on it, but that's exactly it!

The tenderness of Miyazaki's work exists because it is in direct argument with the military-industrial complex, and indeed the capitalist industrial system period! It is not an accident or an aside. If you watch these films or any interviews with him, you see a man who is deeply filled with woe at a coming generation who is entirely disconnected from their labor and their world, shaking his head in grandfatherly disdain at young animators who don't know the way an eel writhes as you gut it. His protagonists clean with delight because Miyazaki sees the value in taking care of a space, a care that is a sort of love for a room, a person, a land.

His pastoralism comes from a deep grief at the ways "advancing" society has destroyed the environment, while also acknowledging that for many it is not possible to just say "industry bad " and move on. People still live in and depend on these systems- Tataraba is poisoning the land with its ironworks, yes, but it is also a refuge for lepers and sex workers and other people who have been cast aside. To destroy its industry would be to destroy its people. Yubaba stole Haku's name to trap him in her service, but she also gives him a place and a new identity he can exist in because the Kohaku River has been filled. Is it good, or even neutral? No! But it is also something that may have been life-saving so he did not become like the River Spirit that had been turned into a stinking, roiling mess. It is a social system that breaking free from requires thought, and effort, and kindness, and the help of others.

It's also why I think the ttrpg Wanderhome actually succeeds as a "Ghibli-esque" work, because yes, it's a game about being cute animals wandering the countryside and helping people out as you experience the seasons, but it's also a game that takes place in the shadow of some sort of terrible violence whose scars are still visible on the land and its people. The Veteran playbook is a great example of this- a wandering swordsman type who is emphasized to be capable of great violence who desires to never, ever enact it again. In a game about kindness and healing and small wonders, one of the key abilities the Veteran has is to draw their blade and instantly kill the person in front of them-- at the cost that the character must then be immediately retired, unplayable forever more. The Veteran's inherent, mechanical capacity for violence means that's one less thing that they can "always do" to be of help in situations. They violence they enacted and suffered through has permanently left its mark upon their ability to exist in the world and the game.

AUGH. Just. That's it. The soft aesthetics of Ghibli exist because of and in direct conversation with, not in spite of, the political and social themes.

jin guangyao genuinely cared about nie huaisang!

jin guangyao was emotionally invested in nie huaisang's happiness and safety!

jin guangyao was not and would never have been a threat to nie huaisang's life prior to the guanyin temple confrontation!

"no see it was part of jgy's long con to weaken and undermine the qinghe nie--"

🔫 no! stop that

I have an insomnia, so this happened. This one scene from Legato's flashback.

So I finished reading trigun maximum finally.

Exchange (Bindings)

forbidden footage [trigun]

Author’s Note: Doodle comic drawn on twitter on a whim. Set after the events of Volume 7 of the Trigun Maximum manga.

While looking for a way to help Vash off Knives’ arc after volume 7, Wolfwood stumbles upon the wreckage of an old ship… and video evidence of a diary Knives kept during his first year of life.

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Noir - SUNMI

had to be there i guess

so happy world @royaltriofanzine

Absolute champ Eikichi Mishina misses all the red flags and warning signs and tries to befriend the rabid clown, more at 11.