Meet The Archons

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me, incorrect: everyone is probably sick of me drawing this character by now...

my inner voice, wise: ah, but this cannot be... because I am part of "everyone"... and until I am sick of drawing them... it will not be everyone

me, opening a new blank canvas: ur so right

part of the reason i love how bell hooks talks about masculinity is that she shows real compassion towards men suffering from the effects of toxic masculinity. she was conscious of how we need to unlearn the ways we talk about men + masculinity just as much as we need to unlearn the same for women + femininity. so many times ill see someone talking about toxic masculinity like (hyperbolizing here but only slightly) "these FUCKING STUPID BABY BITCHES won't MAN UP and go to a therapist!!!" and like. i get the anger. but you see feminists recreating patriarchal manhood by only promoting good behaviors through patriarchal frameworks. any use of the term "real men" is bad because it reifies the idea that manhood is a special title you must earn, and it is something possible to fail and fake. & as important as it is to promote sexual equality + the pleasure of non-cis-men, lots of people are essentially still working with the idea that men need sexual prowess to have worth but just shifting it slightly so there is more emphasis on women's pleasure. but I want cis men to think about their partners' pleasure because they care about their partners, not because they need to check a box in order to keep their man card. and don't get me started on small dick jokes– and the absolutely pitiful excuse people will use that "well, I don't believe it, but misogynistic men get upset when I say it, so it's okay!"

basically bell hooks is so fucking right. in order to create loving men we need to love men, simply for being alive, whether or not they are performing. as much as we need to actively unlearn misogyny (and we do), it's equally vital we unlearn patriarchal ways of seeing manhood. we can't just assume that taking a feminist perspective automatically means there is no work to be done there.

Do you have any headcanons for Ultear and Meredy bullying Jellal? Affectionately, of course XD

This is like christmas in an ask! My all time favorite trio!!

When Ultear and Meredy break him out of prison. Ultear starts the bullying immediately. Jellal gets roasted for getting caught and needing a rescue. "What would you do without me? Honestly this is pathetic"

Meredy's sensory link is Jellal's worst nightmare. One time, Jellal wacked her pretty good during a training session so Meredy sensory linked them and kept fucking with the bruise just so he knew it hurt

Ultear's parenting tactic is telling Meredy loudly that she needs to do things or she's gonna end up like Jellal. And then Meredy looks at him with the most horrified face and goes "Anything but that!"

The plan if they ever get caught by the council is to trip Jellal and run. Jellal is aware of this plan and makes sure they know he will grab them as he falls and get them all arrested

Jellal is pretty quiet so they've gotten in the habit of randomly yelling at him to shut up while he's sitting there silently. He is always offended

"It could be worse. I could be Jellal." Is said after almost every assessment of an injury

Man can't even open a book without being called a nerd

Ultear will ask Jellal if she should do something and when he responds she tells him not to tell her what to do. He is so tired

It's all fun and games, of course. Jellal sometimes even purposefully sets it up so they can tease him. (especially in the beginning when Meredy was pretty standoffish but would cheer up just to bully him)

Meredy is really into repeating his name over and over again for literal hours. It is the greatest test of his patience

The second greatest test is when they decide to ask him "are we there yet" every five seconds

Ultear forwards the time on stuff Jellal is holding/working on so it crumbles apart in his hands. He just stares at her until she fixes it

Jellal keeps telling her that she's not nearly as funny as she thinks she is, but that usually just spurs her on more

Meredy did his makeup while he slept once. Man made it through half the day before he realized. He has never forgiven her

Reblog to make him lose another 200 billion, like to make him lose 1 billion