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I know this might hurt to hear for some but the ending of Falsettos is the necessary climax and conclusion to all of the men's character arcs.

Bill Finn didn't write it just to be a downer ending. He wrote it so Marvin would have to overcome his misogyny and take on a caregiving role and so he could learn to rely on his family for support.

He wrote it so Whizzer would have to overcome his pride and allow himself to be cared for and loved. To bring him and his family together.

He wrote it to knock Mendel down from his g-d complex. To show him he doesn't have the answers, that he has to help his family process their feelings instead of just pretending everything is fine.

He wrote it to teach Jason to give up his king, to concede, to learn from his mistakes. To teach him about being a man.

Whizzer's death happens at the end of Jason's bar mitzvah because it symbolizes all four men finally growing up. Becoming men. It is their final step out of falsettoland. Ignoring the ending robs them of their growth.

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Lovers come and lovers go / Lovers fight and sing fortissimo

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hes Stupid

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WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE 💞💞

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me listening to a musical about the most terrible heartwrenching tragic fucked up shit to ever exist

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listening to In Trousers for the first time is really learning to realize how far Marvin comes from the beginning to the end of his story

#we love pathetic man development

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marvin when whizzer showed up at the baseball game

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all of tumblr tomorrow, march 15th:

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caesars assassination but with empty cardboard tubes

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see you in the Senate guys

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Azusawa around everybody else: [ insert some philosophical quote about life or whatever ]

Azusawa around Obata: is ketchup a smoothie

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Category:Antagonists | Psycho-Pass

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#I love them so much I want to eat them

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Azusawa Koichi does not pay taxes, pass it on

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Koichi Azusawa

I keep asking myself if I like this character. For a week or so, I was obsessed with him because he was so damn silly and I have an affinity to be drawn towards delusional characters like him. But taking a step back, I had to ask myself, "What did Azusawa really contribute to the narrative?"

I see a lot of criticism regarding him being a weak antagonist written in a way to mirror Makishima's qualities. But I didn't really get that from him either. Makishima wanted to return to a pre-dystopian world and did not want to participate in the current system, whereas Azusawa chose to ascend to the top by whatever means necessary.

Makishima desired Anarchy and the state of nature. Kamui wanted remedy for the lack of recognition of from Sybil. Wang wanted to amass power in SEAUn. Rodion and Guillermo were just your average villain with the desire to leave as much of the world in chaos as possible. I can't say much about Tonami, I need to re-watch providence to understand him better.

I think that I enjoyed Azusawa because unlike the rest of the villains in the series, he was motivated by boredom and the desire to play a game. {Edit: After a few hours I realized that, no. This is not true, Makishima was definitely playing a similar game with Kogami and the PSB. But his ultimate motives had significantly larger weight than Azusawa's..} We could see through his lenses that there wasn't a very heavy conviction that he held besides enacting some form of revenge against Arata's father. I thoroughly believe that he was fronting about that too. Every scene with him in it felt as though he was making another move on the chess board. When he alluded to Arata being a nut that he needed to crack, everything is an entertainment puzzle to him.

Even the temper tantrum he threw at the end felt akin to a child losing a board game. Which then forces you to ask yourself, "what incentive would Arata have to preserve the life of a man that trivializes every last part of life, down to the lives of others?"

A more benevolent continuation of Akane's justice against a man with no qualms about the world or what happens in it. Only motivated to become a victor and stand at the top of it all, observing everyone like pawns.

This is not a unique or compelling character, but I still enjoyed him. He was a decent narrative foil for Arata, and definitely an important agent in Kei's development.

#he’s just a silly wet cat #he’s so pathetic it’s funny

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Btw, I nominate Azusawa and Obata for the best comic duo of 2020.

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