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#musings #polls #meme response #bandit #it was either digimon or yu-gi-oh #they came around the same time

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The unfortunate thing is that people are still seeing that version they have posted.

And liking or continuing it.

Meh.

...I don't think I've actually blocked someone just for difference of opinion on a post before.

But I don't like being laughed at for my opinion.

So I guess I'm not blocking for the difference of opinion. I'm fine with that. We can have different interpretations and agree to disagree and that's fine.

I. don't like being laughed at. Even if it's just in the tags, I don't like being laughed at. You can disagree with me all you want, but don't laugh at my thoughts in your response.

So. Uh.

Blocked someone.

For what feels like a petty reason, and maybe I'll reverse it later.

But besties?

Don't be like that.

#musings #bandit

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before the poll, a quick definition of terms:

"mutual" - you found this post from a mutual (on their blog or your dash) "following" - you found this post from someone you're following, but who isn't following you "random" - you found this by scrolling through someone's blog, who you don't follow. this includes people following you "For You" - you found this on the For You page "recommended" - you found this in a "Check out these blogs" popup, or a "recommended" post when looking at a different post "other" - you found this post some other way. comment how? "reblog ✅" - you're going to reblog, queue, or schedule this post "reblog ❌" - you're NOT going to reblog, queue, or schedule this post

with that out of the way:

#musings #polls

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...I don't think I've actually blocked someone just for difference of opinion on a post before.

But I don't like being laughed at for my opinion.

So I guess I'm not blocking for the difference of opinion. I'm fine with that. We can have different interpretations and agree to disagree and that's fine.

I. don't like being laughed at. Even if it's just in the tags, I don't like being laughed at. You can disagree with me all you want, but don't laugh at my thoughts in your response.

So. Uh.

Blocked someone.

For what feels like a petty reason, and maybe I'll reverse it later.

But besties?

Don't be like that.

#musings #bandit

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I still don't need a Makoto epilogue cameo in a series focused on Kyoko’s relationship with Yui.

The last book is a tragedy. It's a very good tragedy, and it's what the entire series is building towards.

Makoto end cameo to remind us that actually everything is going to be okay for Kyoko in the future takes away from that. It's not necessary. It weakens the book. We already know what happens in canon. We don't need the reminder.

It's like having Matsuda in DR3 and not engaging directly with DR0 at all ever. (Although not that bad. That bothers me more, actually.) Like. We don't need this. It doesn't make the story better. Not only does it not add anything, it takes away.

I think what I don't like about the Makoto cameo is that he incidentally and accidentally saves Kyoko's life through his luck.

He trips her and they both fall and Kyoko subsequently does not get her head smashed in by a shot put that Sakura has thrown like a baseball.

Because I know Makoto is being set up as the person who takes over Yui's spot in Kyoko's life. Who gets her to trust people again and emotions and etc.

So we have Makoto immediately saving Kyoko just like Yui literally just died saving Kyoko.

Except that Makoto. doesn't have a choice here. He does in THH, and he canonically makes that choice, and that parallel is important, that Makoto unintentionally sacrifices himself for Kyoko.

But that's the thing - both of these are unintentional.

In his cameo, Makoto saves Kyoko by accident.

In THH, Makoto intentionally saves Kyoko, but he's not aware that will put his own head on the executioner's block.

Yui walked directly into putting her life on the line for Kyoko full-stop, constantly, not looking back, until she died doing it.

That's not the same.

And the closest parallel we get to it isn't Makoto for Kyoko, it's Kyoko in DR3 saying that if she has to choose between herself and Makoto, she will choose keeping Makoto alive. Full-stop. And then sacrifices herself in that pursuit.

(She gets better because she found an antidote for poison, but she had no certainty that would work or that anyone would even notice she wasn't really dead. Bless Mikan, actually, because none of the others noticed. Kyoko out here literally teaching Makoto how to investigate, and boy has learned NOTHING.)

And this is not, like, anti-Naegiri or anything like that. Clearly, canon sees the appeal here.

But Makoto is not the Yui parallel that canon wants him to be as entirely as it wants him to be.

Kyoko is.

#musings #danganronpa #danganronpa kirigiri #siramay the showgun dragon #like it looks like i hate this a lot #i don't #i would be fine with makoto cameo similar to haruhi's cameo in the first appearance of disappearance of nagato yuki-chan #a passby acknowledgment snapshot #that's not what this is

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Yeah, but like.

My point is also that we didn't need it.

We did not need "oh, but Kyoko's gonna get together with Makoto in the future and then everything's going to be better."

And while I can appreciate a good epilogue that ties into pre-existing canon, it feels in bad tone to have that come in the form of "Makoto saved Kyoko's life by accident!" after an entire book - and series - dedicated to Yui constantly and intentionally saving her, with great sacrifice.

It feels like a slap in the face.

I appreciate letting the reader know that Kyoko and Yadorigi cleaned up the Crime Victims' Relief Committee off-screen (because if it was left with her agreeing to chase them down, that leaves room for that spin-off, which isn't needed), but I. did not. need. a Makoto cameo. He showed up, and I internally groaned. That was not satisfying for me, especially not the way it was done.

Regardless of intentional parallels or not, I didn't like it ending that way.

I think what I don't like about the Makoto cameo is that he incidentally and accidentally saves Kyoko's life through his luck.

He trips her and they both fall and Kyoko subsequently does not get her head smashed in by a shot put that Sakura has thrown like a baseball.

Because I know Makoto is being set up as the person who takes over Yui's spot in Kyoko's life. Who gets her to trust people again and emotions and etc.

So we have Makoto immediately saving Kyoko just like Yui literally just died saving Kyoko.

Except that Makoto. doesn't have a choice here. He does in THH, and he canonically makes that choice, and that parallel is important, that Makoto unintentionally sacrifices himself for Kyoko.

But that's the thing - both of these are unintentional.

In his cameo, Makoto saves Kyoko by accident.

In THH, Makoto intentionally saves Kyoko, but he's not aware that will put his own head on the executioner's block.

Yui walked directly into putting her life on the line for Kyoko full-stop, constantly, not looking back, until she died doing it.

That's not the same.

And the closest parallel we get to it isn't Makoto for Kyoko, it's Kyoko in DR3 saying that if she has to choose between herself and Makoto, she will choose keeping Makoto alive. Full-stop. And then sacrifices herself in that pursuit.

(She gets better because she found an antidote for poison, but she had no certainty that would work or that anyone would even notice she wasn't really dead. Bless Mikan, actually, because none of the others noticed. Kyoko out here literally teaching Makoto how to investigate, and boy has learned NOTHING.)

And this is not, like, anti-Naegiri or anything like that. Clearly, canon sees the appeal here.

But Makoto is not the Yui parallel that canon wants him to be as entirely as it wants him to be.

Kyoko is.

#musings #danganronpa #danganronpa kirigiri #siramay the showgun dragon

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Okay but if Yui chose to go to Hope's Peak as Ultimate Jumper or whatever they would have called her leg strength.

She would have been Class 75, right between Chisa/Munakata/Sakakura and Seiko/Ruruka/Izayoi.

And idk about you guys. But I want to see that.

(Chisa got to come back three years later to teach Class 77-B while investigating something, can we have Yui come back to teach 77-A while investigating the same thing. Please.)

#musings #danganronpa #yui samidare #i will probably not write this but like can you imagine #yui starts her own detective agency but still always partners up with kyoko #jin hires kyoko in dr0 and tells her to stop but yui's still out here collecting evidence #.... #junko would actually just kill yui #this is also despair

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by 佃煮のりお

#art #danganronpa #chiaki nanami #kyoko kirigiri #queue

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Had a 'fun' new experience today in the form of my first ever mammogram because I found a lump on my chest a few weeks ago, and when you find a lump, you get that shit checked out.

Ironically, the lump I went to get investigated turned out to be nothing, likely just a cyst that made its way to the surface, but they did find something else on the scan that requires me to do a follow-up ultrasound in six months. The doctor stressed that it is most likely a fibroid, but given my family history of breast cancer and general weird health fuckery, they're being vigilant and keeping an eye on it.

The mammogram itself was fine. The technician doing it kept complimenting me on the "pliable" nature of my breast tissue and how easy it was to smoosh me into the machine. I was like thanks, I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome; my body is basically made of only slightly more reinforced laffy taffy.

She said, "That explains that," and then proceeded to smush my tits into a pancake. Apparently, they were the most compliant tits she's worked with. I said thank you because what else can you do in that situation. And then she asked me if I wanted to know how much they weighed, and I said boy, do I?!

So she started reading off the results and was like, "17.7 lbs," and I was like, gosh, no wonder they feel so heavy, and then she kept talking and said, "And the other one weighs..."

And that's when I realized she didn't mean total.

She meant one boob was 17.7lbs.

So in case you've ever wanted to know, my right boob weighs 17.7 lbs, and my left one weighs 17.3 lbs, bringing the grand weight hanging off my chest to an even 35 lbs.

The tech was like "gosh! That's a lot for someone of your size!" and I was like "ya fucking think?!"

For a frame of reference, I weigh 136 lbs total. One-quarter of my weight is tits.

I am one-quarter titty.

And I'm telling that to the next doctor who suggests I lose weight.

Anyway. Remember to do regular breast exams, and don't be afraid of mammograms. Yes, they're checking for cancer, but they also tell you fun things like how much your chest weighs and whether or not your boobs are compliant.

#musings #health #.... #i.... #uh #WELP

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I think what I don't like about the Makoto cameo is that he incidentally and accidentally saves Kyoko's life through his luck.

He trips her and they both fall and Kyoko subsequently does not get her head smashed in by a shot put that Sakura has thrown like a baseball.

Because I know Makoto is being set up as the person who takes over Yui's spot in Kyoko's life. Who gets her to trust people again and emotions and etc.

So we have Makoto immediately saving Kyoko just like Yui literally just died saving Kyoko.

Except that Makoto. doesn't have a choice here. He does in THH, and he canonically makes that choice, and that parallel is important, that Makoto unintentionally sacrifices himself for Kyoko.

But that's the thing - both of these are unintentional.

In his cameo, Makoto saves Kyoko by accident.

In THH, Makoto intentionally saves Kyoko, but he's not aware that will put his own head on the executioner's block.

Yui walked directly into putting her life on the line for Kyoko full-stop, constantly, not looking back, until she died doing it.

That's not the same.

And the closest parallel we get to it isn't Makoto for Kyoko, it's Kyoko in DR3 saying that if she has to choose between herself and Makoto, she will choose keeping Makoto alive. Full-stop. And then sacrifices herself in that pursuit.

(She gets better because she found an antidote for poison, but she had no certainty that would work or that anyone would even notice she wasn't really dead. Bless Mikan, actually, because none of the others noticed. Kyoko out here literally teaching Makoto how to investigate, and boy has learned NOTHING.)

And this is not, like, anti-Naegiri or anything like that. Clearly, canon sees the appeal here.

But Makoto is not the Yui parallel that canon wants him to be as entirely as it wants him to be.

Kyoko is.

#musings #bandit liveblogs danganronpa #danganronpa #kyoko kirigiri #makoto naegi #yui samidare #kyoko learned from yui #and makoto reminded her of it #like makoto and yui have parallel character functions for kyoko #to an extent #but if you want a game character parallel to yui? #it's probably actually kaede #kaede 'i will protect everyone and sacrifice myself to try and take down the mastermind #and then sacrifice myself again to make sure everyone knows i was just trying to save everyone' akamatsu #who is voiced (in the dub anyway) by none other than kyoko kirigiri #a n y w a y #this is what happens when i finish a thing #y'all get a lot of meta at once #maybe you'll get a proper yui-kaede meta when i finish drv3 huh

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I hurt.

#musings #bandit liveblogs #bandit liveblogs danganronpa

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Kyoko: You're my onēsama and I love you but I also absolutely knew you would give in to the Crime Victims' Relief Committee at some point so I was just going to leave so they wouldn't use you against me.

Yui: ...you really don't understand shit, Kyoko.

#musings #bandit liveblogs #bandit liveblogs danganronpa #which really makes kyoko's comments to byakuya in 1-4 SO MUCH MORE of a big deal #because she is literally calling him out for her exact same flaw #which is 'you don't understand emotion' #but kyoko got better at it! #THIS IS HOW YOU WRITE FIC - FANFIC OR PROFIC - THAT RECONTEXTUALIZES CANON #THIS #THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT

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Kyoko and "Sayaka hesitated because she wanted to protect you" vs. Kyoko and "this Black Challenge was set up so that even if Yui hesitated, everyone else would still die, and I would believe she was the perpetrator."

#musings #danganronpa #kyoko kirigiri #she's right though #about the crossbow #yui did not know about that #i think yui said yes because she had to say yes #i'm not convinced she specifically killed anyone #she certainly didn't know that yuhain was her sister's murderer until she saw the scar #and the black challenge perps always knew who the specific victim they wanted to kill was #there are things yui SHOULD HAVE KNOWN as the perpetrator #that she DID NOT KNOW #but she also mentally told kyoko she was right for accusing her and naming her as the perp #BUT she also says that her hands are stained and that it's a sinful act to hug kyoko #so like #WE GET TO BE KYOKO #DID YUI KILL ANYONE OR NOT #THERE ARE NO CLEAR ANSWERS HERE #WOO

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me? leaving fandoms? no no no you misunderstand me, i have never left a single fandom i’ve ever been in, i just find other fandoms to entertain myself with until i eventually go back to other fandoms i was in years ago

#musings #meme #memes #bandit #fandom #look i expect when coc drops that i'll be back to mcu fic #and writing agatha again #probably #we'll see

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Happy Halloween 🎃🎃👻

#art #danganronpa #dr2 #drv2 #sonia nevermind #ibuki mioda #mikan tsumiki #maki harukawa #chiaki nanami #HOW CUTE #SO CUTE #queue

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bandit get off of tumblr. do your Bible study. go eat. etc.

#musings #bandit #-sighs- #this site is a trap sometimes #often #an addiction with #bad side effects #hopefully next month will help with regulating tumblr time #HOPEFULLY

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but also there was so much - particularly in vol. 7 - about how yui's desire to be a detective is based in wanting to be a hero. wanting to protect people. wanting to be an ally of justice.

and i spent so much of that last volume whenever that got brought up thinking about sayaka miki.

different contexts and different characters. but just. that desire, particularly in the last volume. just gave very strong sayaka vibes.

#musings #bandit liveblogs #bandit liveblogs danganronpa #it didn't as much before that i guess #and i /liked/ that the series got into the different reasonings people had for becoming a detective you know? #yui became a detective to be a hero #to protect and save people who were in trouble #(the way she couldn't protect or save her little sister) #(to find the guy who kidnapped and murdered her sister) #kyoko is a detective /because being a detective is in her blood/ #kyoko is a detective because that is her entire identity; kyoko's a detective because kyoko is a detective #world burns to the ground; kyoko's still gonna be a detective #some of the detectives make up cases and solve them to get their rank up #shinsen became a detective because he could see how people would die #lico did because he's an analyst and he's bored #(shinsen and lico give junko vibes for the analyst and future prediction stuff. they just do) #the allegro detective is in it for money #for some of them it's a side hustle and not their main job #but yui. wants. to be. a hero #anyway