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Im too exausted for proper(ish) essays, but im so crazy over this scene. i can't contain myself
TW for: S/A !!! (For the nature of the writing and well—the scene itself)
He's confused at first. he doesn't know what is going on. This slight pause isn't because he's scared or frozen but to assess the situation. After all It was kinda sudden.
All he doesn't like this feeling. he feels uncomfortable and that some sort of boundry has been breached. But he hasn't fully processed it yet.
And right before he fully comprehends and does something about it—
He suddenly becomes compliant?
It's like he forgot what he was gonna do—like He loses the motivation to enforce his boundaries.
he still feels uncomfortable. that doesn't change. But he isnt aware of that. Well, that makes sense... since he never really did fully process what was happening. It's like he lost the will to care about or process it.
This panel. Christ... Thistle finally builds up the power to say stop. It's weak—confused and disoriented. I dont think it's even directed to anything specifically. Its intentions are vague.
But god... and the lion's response? Reassurance. how he can't help it, he needs this to live, he's been waiting for so long—oh, and don't worry, I'll take care of you.
Its just so chilling.
Thistle's powerless, weak, and complaicent. It's out of character for thistle. This entire scene is. However It's still thistle. His behavior and actions are his own, and for me that's the terrifying part.
This wasn't... Forced? There's no fighting and thrashing— Its just a complete submission. he didn't resist. he didn't fight back even if he had the ability to (we know bc he has, for 1000 years in fact). The lion didn't directly force him either. It didn't violently force him to have its way. But it's still violating. And that's the thing; the assult wasnt violent, but passive.
The demon has slowly but surely torn down thistle's sense of self so much it turned him into a completely different person. Like his identity was shattered and rebuilt to submit.
It starts small, building up the situation, taking away his desire to resist and enforce his boundaries, then it gives a rose tinted explanation of what is happening. Finally, it comforts and praises him. This is what gives thistle the illusion of choice, a passive way of getting him vulnerable.
You can see how it affected him vividly through this part. it's like he forgets what he was fighting for. He forgets his boundaries, his identity, the things he cares about, everything. It's being ripped away from him.
Thistle never stood a chance.
It wasn't his fault he submitted. It was the demon's for putting him in that state. His complaicency is due to the fact that he had no power for any other way.
it never mattered that thistle never fought back. Even if he did fight back or didn't, even if he succeeded or not—what then? it would never change the demon's nature. One who seeks consumption will always consume. In other words; it will always find a way.
I honestly dont think it was the demon's intention to harm thistle. It's selfish but not moralisticly evil (nothing ever is). It seeks fulfillment and not suffering. But its blind pursuit for satisfaction caused suffering, That's what makes it malicious. It doesn't matter if he intented or was aware of it or not. the demon benefited from something that could harm him and did it despite that. And that will never change.
long time no thistle postibg.... who else up thinking about thistle and delgal running in a nice field on a sunny day just having a good ol time... god
love thistle, hes my favorite! not super unpopular which i am very happy about
but on the other hand.. my other favorite guy......
delgal....god..help me..help....
honorable mention mickbell, benichidori and hien they could never make me hate you guys
I HATE being a fan of characters that aren't big fan favorites help me guys
So see I like Laios and Kabru they're popular right? Then semi-popular we got Thistle.
Then. Then my other favorites. Yaad, Eodio, Obrin, and fucking DANDAN???
I have to make my own content but I dontwanna
PLEASE TUMBLR PLEASE
my favorite dungeon meshi characters but its instagram dogs
yaad:
thistle:
delgal:
kabru:
rin:
benichidori and hien:
something ive noticed is that you dont pick a favorite dungeon lord. one of them picks you and youre just stuck forever and will constantly have them on your mind and itll make you so unbelievably sad
they TUCKED HIM INNN
LAIOS EVEN TOLD HIM GOOD MORNING IM SOBBING
hes just a little guy..aaughhhhg
Rereading Dungeon Meshi-
I just noticed they tucked Thistle in ☹️ He's just sleeping guys shhh
ive seen various little theories about this but i think the most interesting one is that hair is a very useful thing to elves (as shown with marcille during the familiar scene so i wont go too into that), so it possibly couldve been to avoid any danger or accidents being brought onto the king (despite thistle being just a baby but i honestly think that the people of the golden country, especially the ones within the castle and near the melini family, just werent very familiar with elven ages and elves in general,, another thing that i wont get too into as its not fully relevant to this) so thats why they cut it, another reason couldve just also been because it was matted,, those two seem like the most likely things to me but either way hes very cute and we should all love him!!!!!!
COATBRU!!!!!!!! HE IS COZY!
Kabru in his coat. Coatbru. He WILL survive the winter. He’s like a crop in a greenhouse; tall wheat stalk in the artificial light, carefully air conditioned and watered just the right amount. Bless. I hope he is cozy. The coat looks even fluffier in the extra and I am so happy for him. I love him in his coat and all his other stuff too but I love seeing him all cozy in a coat. Cozybru. Good for him. I am overjoyed. I hope he is nice and toasty like a slice of bread. Bread is yummy. I love bread and I love Kabru. Man I’m hungry but I already ate my meals and it’s 1am and eating late is bad. I just have to wait until breakfast time but I can’t sleep. Kabru is on my mind but that’s ok he can do that. He’s so cute in his coat what a cute guy. I love him. Will he have gloves next? I hope so. Fingers get cold fast. It would be nice if he kept his fingers warm. I hope he is kept at ideal temperature like a a chicken egg that a Girl Scout is desperately trying to hatch. I think he should get some hot chocolate too, as a treat. I love hot chocolate it’s so yummy and warm it makes me feel nice. It’s so tasty and good, so I would hope Kabru gets some sometime. I think he deserves some. He deserves fancy hot chocolate with the mini marshmallows that you can easily suck up with a straw and whipped cream and chocolate syrup drizzle. He deserves all the best things the world has to offer and the things the world can’t offer. He deserves things that aren’t able to exist in the physical plane, things he can only dream of. He deserves it all. If it isn’t possible it should be possible. I love him. Silly guy in his coat. He’s so handsome gorgeous. I love him so much. He makes me feel so many things. He is so dear to me. Kabru. I love him. I want to embrace him and smell his hair. I want to kiss him fifty million times muah muah muah muah muah muah ok I don’t want to type those all out. Fifty million is a big number. Maybe I could do like thirty. Muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah muah. That’s thirty I think. I’m not very good at counting. Is muah even a kissing noise? Now that I’ve typed it like thirty times it doesn’t look right. It’s supposed to be a kissing noise anyways. It doesn’t matter if it isn’t, it is to me. This post is by me and I get to decide. Love isn’t a decision though. Love is love. He’s captivated me. I could make a thousand posts about him and he’d still be swirling around in my mind. Even as I’m typing all this he’s still there in my mind. It’s like he’s nestled in all the little grooves of my brain. Kabru. Mmmm drank some water nice and cold and tasty. I hope he has nice water like that. My water didn’t even have any ice cubes in it because I only give myself ice cubes in my water as a special treat or if it’s a real hot day so I can never grow too accustomed to it and take the blessing of ice cold water for granted because one time my fridge broke and I didn’t have any cubes for like a week and I was so unused to having room temperature water it ruined me so I need to be adaptable like that what kind of pussy ass guy would I be if I can’t drink room temperature water? I think Kabru should have ice cubes in his water all the time though. If his fridge ever breaks I would learn to fix fridges for him. I could even get electrocuted like in the Sims 4 and I wouldn’t care I would fix his fridge for him. Kabru isn’t like ice cubes because I’m never used to him he always makes me lose my breath. He’s so stunning every single time. Even when he makes those stupid little faces I am still deeply enchanted by him. I would do whatever he wanted like an obedient little service dog. He could be like “I sure hope someone would put the sheets on my bed” and bat his eyelashes and I would be like “I would.” And I would step up like the dad who stepped up except like the simp who stepped up even though I fucking hate putting the bed sheets on the bed. He makes my insides feel weird. I would run really boring errands for him.
Fuck you Tumblr “too long” whatever I don’t care. I don’t remember what I was saying. I think I was saying I’d go shopping for him even though I hate shopping. I’d do it if it’s for him. He could ask me to pick up his order of like two t-shirts and I’d have to stand in a thirty minute line and I would be like “Absolutely” and I’d nod my head up and down. Maybe I’d get him a coupon and he’d smile at me and say “thanks” and then leave it on his messy nightstand and forget about it until he finds it three years later when it’s long been expired. I see the pictures under the text and I remember I used to be talking about him in his coat. I have such a deep yearning for him I can’t ever just say one thing about him I just keep talking about him I want him so bad. I cherish him. I care about him. I love him. Wow it’s 2am? Have I really been here for an hour? Lmao. Next thing I know I’ll be ranting about how I long to do his taxes for him and then the clock will say three. I haven’t the slightest idea how to do taxes. The only person in my family who knows is my grandpa and he does everybody’s taxes. I think it would be nice if I could know for myself though. Man Kabru makes me want to bounce up and down like a gayass bunny. He’s the most attractive man I’ve ever seen ever. I love him dearly. Kabru I love you. I’d remind him to eat proper meals everyday even if it’s really annoying to tell him the same thing every day and he forgets every time. I’d love to eat a waffle. Maybe he would like waffles. He eats that little cake with the strawberry on top in that one art, so maybe he’d like those waffles with the little strawberry on top. Do people put strawberries on waffles or is that a pancake thing? I don’t remember. I think it doesn’t matter actually and he could have strawberries on waffles if it’s what he wanted. I would pick him strawberries from a field in the hot sun if he wanted strawberries. I love him entirely. I love Kabru. I think I could ramble endlessly about him until I pass out, but I think I should go to sleep. I don’t have any plans tomorrow, but staying up isn’t very good. Goodnight to Kabru I love Kabru I love him so much. Good morning probably to anybody who’s reading this. Idk. Also no to past me I did not end up staying up until 3am (unless I end up unable to fall asleep even after I put my phone down and make an active effort to) because I’m deciding to go to bed now at like 2:15am. Goodnight to this website. I love free speech.
Basically I love Kabru in his coat and I love him all the time too. I think he’s great.
the rage they make me feel... walking mushroom fanclub?? i propose a hate club with our beloved thistle and toshiro as the presidents because why do THEY NOT GET MUCH MERCH WHILE THE MUSHROOM IS IN EVERYTHING
You all have beef with characters in dungeon meshi... meanwhile I have beef with those damn walking mushrooms.
THISTLE!!!!!!! everyone like it NOW!
"hot girl summer" LAME. BRAT MAGE SUMMER!
brat mage summer!!! 🍏
(this edit also goes out to @sunsetdeathcity since they're like the biggest thistle fan and enjoyer I know)
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trying to write a few analysis on dungeon meshi except i never finish them because they all somehow end up being about thistle and it makes me so sad that i have to put my phone down and just sigh
made a few dungeon meshi photocards, having a lot of fun just putting mithrun in situations
template was made by @/dunmesh!!
recently finished dungeon meshi and god i have a lot to say. i want to take my time and share my thoughts in a somewhat thought out post tho, so for now heres this...
//DUNGEON MESHI SPOILERS, chapter 55 (and a few thistle panels, no dialogue just art)
thistles expression..his eyes..aaghh
this brief second where we see thistles eyes clear up, aagh,, a bit ago i saw somebody talk about how different he looks compared to scenes from when he first became the lord of the dungeon just makes me very sad
the way he really did just try his best for the ones he cared about the most aahhh...
//DUNGEON MESHI SPOILERS, chapter 71
this scene!! it makes me very surprised that i havent seen it talked about yet, backpack thistle is so fun but what about laios sharing facts to thistle???
i think the fact that thistles way of thinking and decision making is similar to the one of a child is such an important part of his character and this scene just shows that off so well, he really just wanted to be able to be with everyone and have all of them be happy and healthy so he tried his very best to do exactly that,
deciding to just seal everyone up is, like i said, a solution that shows off his childishness, if you dont leave the dungeon you wont be harmed, so why not just close the exit?
in this scene it still shows that, he still just thinks that way and is interested in what laios is sharing because, well, interesting facts, but also its useful information to better the dungeon
i really love how laios chose to reason with thistle and explain how his actions are causing pain to the ones hes trying to protect and this isnt exactly resulting in what he hoped for but instead just making everyone miserable and thistle takes the time to understand and think of another solution
buuut,, well, doesnt go as planned, but again this just even further shows that thistle just very much has the mindset similar to one of a childs, taking the most direct and somewhat rash approach for a solution,
this is all over the place but i really just wanted to share this scene since it stood out a lot to me and is so far my favorite; ive seen a lot of people dislike him for his actions but really i just think that with his childishness (or rather age? he would be older than marcille but to me very much acts like a teenager at the oldest,,) combined with his desire and the whole situation,, i really just,, aahhhhh, i really like thistles character
these two have the hardest most unbreakable grip on me.. a little exclamation mark appears inside my head and i react like how a dog does when it hears the word treat
hey does this make sense? am i reaching?
i just noticed this in the opening oh my GOD
THEY COULD NEVER EVER MAKE ME HATE YOU THISTLE!!!
Thistle is a beautifully made character and I wish people realized that more. His entire life he was molded into whatever the kingdom/Delgal needed. He was a jester than a insanely talented mage. His mind was addled with love and the need to keep Delgal safe and in that he crept into madness. Everything he did was for Delgal.
He was a reasonably stable dungeon lord up until we see Laois and his party dealing with the recent events. He knew the winged lion was not what he seemed and trapped him. He kept the Golden Country safe in his depraved mind, even if their lives were forever stuck in an endless forever.
Put more respect on my mans name. He is written in a complicated yet understandable manner. I LOVE THISTLE‼️‼️
my mind keeps refering to toshiro as "my beautiful wife shuro" when i dont even like him that much and its my friend who likes him so in a way it feels like im homewrecking
still very early into dunmeshi but i have a sneaky feeling thistle and kabru will end up as my favorites...
i will never forgive laios for making me crave monsters. where am i supposed to find treasure bugs. or a DRAGON.
hihi im char, not very good with posts like these but made a tumblr blog since it sounded nice to see more stuff related to my interests!!
⊹ ࣪ ˖ since i often just rb stuff want to try and keep things somewhat organized
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