The Rage They Make Me Feel... Walking Mushroom Fanclub?? I Propose A Hate Club With Our Beloved Thistle

I love dunmeshi for the like.. built in horror of consumption. Like they eat to survive, they eat to honor their prey, they eat to possibly mourn someone. Laios eats monsters because he wants to learn more about the things he loves, Senshi eats monsters to feel included in the ecosystem because he didn't fit in with the outside and with most creatures in general, Chilchuck DOESN'T eat as much as he could because eating too much could kill all the party members, Marcille eats monsters and hates it but she still does it because she'll die before she could save Falin.

thistle got tired of craning his neck to talk to laios. can you really treat the king this way, though...?

So i bought Day Dream Hour and I found. This image. Of izutsumi and i can’t stop laughing

still very early into dunmeshi but i have a sneaky feeling thistle and kabru will end up as my favorites...

yaad keeping thistle around like one of those crusty old chihuahuas that has every health issue known to man but won't die

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.

was it ever shown if the frogskin sack chilchuck wore had any arm holes? was senshi just turning around every so often to feed him?

Pretty sure it didn't so I guess, romantic

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Do you have a page with the characters favorite foods?

I remember that Laios likes cheesecake.

They all have a section for their favorite food in their bios too! Kabru's is tomato (weirdo), Laios is actually listed as dairy products (from cow) I'll list them here

Laios

Likes: Dairy products (cow)

Dislikes: Cephalopods

Marcille

Likes: Seafood, nuts

Dislikes: Bizarre foods

Chilchuck

Likes: Liquor (especially ale)

Dislikes: sweet side dishes

Senshi

Likes: Monster cooking

Dislikes: Empty calories

Izutsumi

Likes: Fish, meat, crab

Dislikes: Vegetables, mushrooms

Falin

Likes: Fruit, cream

Dislikes: Nothing in particular

Shuro - Toshiro Nakamoto

Likes: Soba

Dislikes: Cheese

Namari

Likes: Spare ribs

Dislikes: Raisins

Kabru

Likes: Tomatoes

Dislikes: Monsters, elf cakes

Mithrun and Thistle have no preferences

All the other characters with profiles have the preferences too but that's a lot so I'm just listing the main ones here

has ryoko kui ever drawn Thistle in modern clothing?

Here's the ones I remember from the daydream hour, not many!