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IDK He/Him

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

In America I ordered a milkshake and the young man turned it upside down over my head.

I did not move. A samurai does not flinch, even when the ice cream is above him and gravity is the law.

Nothing fell.

The cup hung there, upside down, defying the sky, and the boy held it over me with the calm of a man who has done this ten thousand times and buried his fear long ago.

This is the Blizzard. This is Dairy Queen.

If it falls, they told me, you get it free.

I understood at once. This was not dessert. This was an ordeal.

The boy was not showing off. He was swearing an oath, with his own arm, that he had made the thing thick enough to hang against the earth, and he was betting the price of it on his honor.

The flip is not a trick.

It is a vow.

In my land a smith proved his blade by cutting.

Here a boy of seventeen proves his by turning it over a stranger's head and looking him in the eye while the whole line waits to see if he lied.

He did not lie.

He set it upright, handed it to me, and said "there you go, man," then turned to the next customer as if he had not just gambled his good name across a counter.

I tipped him everything in my pocket.

He tried to give it back. He said it was just a Blizzard.

I told him it was not just a Blizzard.

I could not explain the rest in English, and there was a line, and he was busy.

So I bowed instead.

He said, "You too, man."

That answered nothing I had said.

It answered everything I had felt.

[Anime Expo @AnimeExpo]

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[BearsShowYo @BearsShowYo]

Mexico made that Knicks parade look like prom😭

[Pop Base @PopBase]

For the first time in history, Mexico has won all three of its group stage matches at the World Cup.

[FeFe 🫦 @CovfefeChan]

#KingdomHearts4

[FINAL FANTASY VII @finalfantasyvii]

Final Fantasy VII Revelation, the thrilling conclusion of the FFVII Remake Series, launches simultaneously on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, Epic Games Store and Steam in Spring 2027.

[Billy @Billyhhyb]

Grace ver. ~

[Classic arts & Wallpapers 🥷 @Classisco123]

Robin in Elbaph

[AnimeSelect @TheAnimeSelect]

Frieren wallpaper

[loam @__loam]

Happy birthday to the best FE Awakening unit. I have something cool planned for golden week but in the meantime please enjoy some reposts.

#サーリャ生誕祭2026 #pixelart #ドット絵

[三崎 のなか @misaki_nonaka]

FF6めでたいので前に描いた絵。最近はディシディアでもまたティナに会えるの嬉しいんだよな
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[Garloo @Garloo2]

Happy Birthday Tharja!~

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Tharja Sketch
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[. s ᴜ ᴘ ᴘ ɪ @ItsJustSuppi]

My contribution to the MONSTER! Art-zine. Thank you for the opportunity!