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irradiatedsnakes · 1 year

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POKEMOB!!!! ive been thinking abt this nonstop for like, weeks. check it out, though! lots of little guys! reigen's special move where he chucks his nacli at the foe as hard as possible! teru's furfrou's matching wig! other stuff! this post has 18 images

@skypiea helped SO much with pokemon choices for this also!

see under the cut for full teams and further explanation!!! please check it out

mob - ralts & espurr. later, silvally. mob isn't a trainer, and his pokemon don't fight. they're just little guys. type:null was originally toichiro's (who used various pokemon alongside the human claw grunts), mob met it in aftermath of the divine tree once everything in the domination arc was over. (it still doesn't battle or anything. big fancy lapdog full of love.)

ritsu - unovan braviary, bisharp, and alakazam. going along with his student council status & top-of-the-line grades, ritsu's a skilled trainer with some powerful pokemon. braviary and bisharp were his most used pokemon early on- they're sort of representative of his student council thing (note braviary's unobtainable psychic type form)- but abra was his first pokemon, a counterpart to mob's ralts. it only evolved first during ritsu and the esper kids' attempted escape of the 7th division claw building.

reigen - murkrow, greavard, thievul, and nacli. reigen's not a trainer, his pokemon are both pets and assist him with work. with the exception of nacli, dark and ghost types are his specialty (psychic-adjacent types, but Not actual psychic types). his murkrow imitates him constantly. greavard is uu-chan, of course, but this time he doesn't get eaten by dimple (uu-chan is still feeding on reigen's soul). one of nacli's possible abilities in the games is "purifying salt", which cuts damage from ghost moves. reigen's nacli, of course, has sturdy. and to quote kite, re: thievul: "Reigen: would an untrustworthy guy have THIS [sends out the thief pokemon]"

teru - furfrou (shiny), zoroark (maybe shiny i cant decide. burple), and togepi (later togekiss). before his encounter with mob in season 1, teru didn't actually use his pokemon in battle often- they're rare, flashy, and/or powerful, but they were lackeys and status symbols just as much as his underlings at black vinegar were. his relationship with his pokemon improved after he started to work on his humility, leading to the evolution of his togepi.

shou - morpeko, latias, and (mega) blaziken. he's a super tough trainer, and he cares about his pokemon So much. he rides his latias like she's a surfboard

serizawa - swoobat & bewear. serizawa didn't really have pokemon growing up after his self-imposed isolation- the stufful he had as a kid was taken care of by his mother once that happened. he met his woobat a while after joining claw, and it evolved sometime after the world domination arc. bewear isn't entirely his- but after the world domination arc, he reconnected with it and takes care of it some of the time. the rest of the time it's serimama's gigantic housebear

tome - two (later three which become a single magneton) magnemite, orbeetle, eventually elgyem. i think magnemite just fits her vibes... plus it's a bit ufo-y, innit. she HAD to have a bug, and i mean..look at orbeetle's gmax form! and it has the telepathy ability! unfortunately, despite her best efforts, orbeetle's telepathy ability hasn't proved useful for finding human telepaths. she caught elgyem on new years, on the way back down to the car. tome can hold her own in battle, but training for battle isn't something she's focused on.

dimple - is a yamask! his big powerful form is cofagrigus, obvs. his mask is usually blank save for the cheek spots, since he has no memory of his life as a human. the mask does change to fit the (LOL) and psycho helmet cult as well. he places his mask on someone's face to possess them like any other yamask, to others it just appears as the regular red cheeks, but to folks who can see spirits they see the mask. when possessing someone, his expressions will show on the mask as well.

whew, i think that's everything i wanted to talk about. thanks for reading!

#kageyama shigeo #reigen arataka #kageyama ritsu #hanazawa teruki #kurata tome #serizawa katsuya #inukawa mameta #dimple #pkmn #mp100 #pokemob #art #ids in alt btw

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broadway-feferi · 1 year

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all because of her crush on that jade human her poor lowblood though sollux or somefin tried to warn her waterever its a win either way for me lyrics under the cut btw wrote em myshellf

Jade:

thank you for saving me!

what’s your name?

Feferi:

Oh glub, um, I’m Feferi!

Jade:

feferi? how cute!

well, thank you feferi!

Feferi:

Come on Fef, this is so not like you!

I mean, she was, really, pretty…

But that’s not the point!

Oh, this is a bad idea…

Meenah:

My dear, sweet Feferi, that's what I

do! It's what I live for! To help

unfortunate fishfolk like yourself.

Poor souls with no one else to turn to

I admit that in the

past I've been a nasty

They weren't kidding when

they called me, well, a bitch

But you'll find that nowadays

I've mended all my ways

Repented, seen the

light, and made a switch

True? Yeah

And I fortunately know some uncommon sense

It's a talent that I

always have possessed

And here lately, please don't laugh

I use it on behalf

Of the miserable, lonely

and depressed (Pathetic)

Poor unfortunate souls

In pain

In need

Tuna longing to be saner

Kankri wants to get the girl

And do I help them?

Yes, indeed

Those poor unfortunate souls

So sad

So true

They come flocking to my kingdom

Crying, "Save me, Meenah, please!"

And I help them?

Yes, I do

Now it's happened once or twice

Someone couldn't pay the price

And I'm afraid I had to

rake 'em 'cross the coals

Yes, I've had the odd complaint

But on the whole, I've been a saint

To those poor unfortunate souls

Meenah:

Now, here's the deal: I’ll make you a

potion that’ll turn you into a human

for three days. Got that? Three days.

Now, listen. This is important: before

the sun sets on the third day, you've

got to get ol' jadey to fall in love

with ya, that is, she's gotta kiss

ya; not just any kiss, the kiss of

True Love. If she does kiss you before

the sun sets on the third day,

you'll remain human permanently!

But, if she doesn't, you turn back into

a troll and... you’ll be culled by me!

Sollux:

No, Feferi!

Meenah:

Have we got a deal?

Feferi:

If I become human, I'll never be

with my fronds or lusus again

Meenah:

That's right

But, you'll have your human. Life's

full of tough choices, innit?

Oh! And there is one more thing!

We haven't discussed the subject of payment!

You can't get something for nothing ya know

Feferi:

But I don't have any-

Meenah:

I'm not asking much. Just a

token, really! A trifle!

You not gonna miss it

What I want from you is... your throne

Feferi:

My throne?

Meenah:

You've got it, sweet cakes.

I’ll be the heiress, and you’ll be human

Feferi:

But what about the wrigglers? How can I -

Meenah:

You'll have your land dwellers!

Your human Jade! So there’s no need

To worry about those stupid lowbloods! Ha!

The fish up there don't

like a lot of glubbin’

They think a gal who worries is a bore

Yes, on land, it's much preferred

for ladies not to say a word

about the environment, the

homeless, or the poor?

Come on, they're not all that

impressed with conversation

True “activists” avoid it when they can

But they dote and swoon and fawn

On a lady who's withdrawn

It's she who holds her

tongue who gets humans

Come on, you poor unfortunate soul

Go ahead

Make your choice

I'm a very busy woman

And I haven't got all day

It won't cost much

Just your throne

You poor unfortunate soul

It's sad

But true

If you want to cross

the bridge, my sweet

You've got to pay the toll

Take a gulp and take a breath

And go ahead and sign the scroll

(Look here Serkets, now I've got her, y’all)

The boss is on a roll

This poor unfortunate soul

#broadway feferi #homestuck #broadwaystuck #feferi peixes #feferi homestuck #broadway meenah #meenah peixes #convivialChameleon #(i loved working with y'all!)

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danjpetock · 11 months

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Life’s full of tough choices, innit?

@disneylittlemermaid @disney @hallebailey @melissamccarthy @alanmenken @lin_manuel #thelittlemermaid #ariel #ursula #seawitch #mermaid #mermay #mermay2023 #danjpetock

#Instagram

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tiodolma · 1 year

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Merlin Characters as Animated Villain Songs! Part 1

Kilgharrah - Poor Unfortunate Souls (Ursula, The Little Mermaid)

Those poor unfortunate souls So sad, so true They come flocking to my cavern Crying, "Spells, Kilgharrah, please!" And I help them? Yes I do.

Now it happened once or twice When someone couldn't pay the price And I'm afraid I had to rake em' across the coals Yes I've had the odd complaint. But on a whole I've been a saint To these poor unfortunate souls.

Life's full of tough choices, innit? Heh heh. If you want to cross a bridge, my sweet You've got to pay the toll Take a gulp and take a breath And go ahead and sign the scroll! Old Religion, now I've got him, boys! The boss is on a roll! This poor unfortunate soul!

Uther Pendragon - Savages (Ratcliffe, Pochahontas)

What can you expect From filthy little heathens? Here's what you get when races are diverse Their skin's a hellish red They're only good when dead They're vermin, as I said And worse

They're sorcerers! Sorcerers! Barely even human Sorcerers! Sorcerers! Drive them from our shore They're not like you and me Which means they must be evil We must sound the drums of war

Socerers! Sorcerers! Demon! Devil! Kill them! Sorcerers! Sorcerers! What are we waiting for? Destroy their evil race until there's not a trace left We will sound the drums of war

Gaius - Mother Knows Best (Mother Gothel, Tangled)

Gaius knows best, listen to me, Merlin It's a scary world out there Gaius knows best, one way or another Something will go wrong, I swear Gaius's right here Gaius will protect you My dear boy, here's what I suggest Skip the drama Stay with Gaius Gaius knows best

Gaius knows best Take it from me, Merlin On your own, you won't survive Sloppy, under-dressed, immature, clumsy Please, they'll eat you up alive Gullible, naive, Positively grubby Ditzy and a bit, well, hmm, vague Plus, I believe You're awkward and lanky, I'm just saying 'cause I love you

Gaius understands Gaius's here to help you All I have is one request

Merlin? (Yes?) Don't ever ask to reveal your magic again (Yes, Gaius)

#kilgharrah #bbc uther #bbc uther pendragon #bbc gaius #villain songs au

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thickest-slimiest-malware · 11 months

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ursula from little mermaid voice: life is full of tough choices innit

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celestial-bastard · 3 years

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ayo should i go to sleep at a somewhat reasonable time or should i watch new moon and cry until 3am?

#idk #life’s full of tough choices innit #twilight #the twilight saga #new moon

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bruxinhrabuda · 3 years

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Ouvira os aplausos da platéia com um sorriso no rosto ao findar o último verso da música, assentindo brevemente no que se retirava do palco. Se havia algo que adorava mais do que infernizar a vida dos outros, esse algo era cantar. A vida falsa tinha lhe dado algo de bom no fim das contas; uma profissão reconhecida por todos na cidade, que ela fazia com muito gosto desde que se conhecia por gente --- ou por sereia, polvônia, o que fosse. Talvez àquela teria sido sua deixa se não tivesse visto @loxleyhcod contemplando seu show, encostado no balcão do pub de maneira que deixava-o extremamente sexy. Teve de puxar o ar de seus pulmões enquanto se dirigia até a figura masculina, mantendo o olhar fixado em Sean de modo que o redor apenas desaparecesse. “Gostou da apresentação, chefe?” Se apresentava no Silver Arrow desde que estava desacordada, tendo sido o primeiro lugar que havia lhe dado uma oportunidade na cidade --- fora o evento tradicional. Agora Vanessa se apresentava sem cobrar qualquer coisa, afinal, ela ganhava algo muito melhor. “Eles ficam tão hipnotizados... eu posso vir me apresentar aqui mais vezes, se quiser. Pode até tornar disso como fixo e chamar de o ‘Show da Sereia’, hun?” Propôs (de forma nada irônica), gesticulando o nome que dera de forma teatral, soltando um riso anasalado. “E se preferir algo mais particular...” Arqueou as sobrancelhas; não precisava completar a frase, ele já sabia do que se tratava.

#⊹ · 　life’s full of tough choices innit?　 ╭╯ 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬.#w. loxleyhcod.

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hot-damn-its-kam · 3 years

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sometimes i look at lesbian fanart, instagram posts, etc. and I WANT THAT AESTHETIC but also. I am. Not a lesbian.

#lifes full of tough choices iNniT #not a woman #unfortunatly #big sad #the one time i post something original in a million years is this because my brain is an endless spiral of dino lamp anxiety #and wanting things i can't have

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rpmemes-galore · 3 years

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the little mermaid ... sentence starters

“Daddy, I love him!“

“They are dangerous!“

“So much for true love!“

“Go on and kiss the girl.”

“Look at this stuff, isn't it neat?“

“The human world... it's a mess.“

“One less human to worry about.“

“Oh, I can't make out a heartbeat.”

“Wish I could be part of that world.”

“Do you think I was too hard on her?“

“And I fortunately know a little magic.”

“We mustn't lurk in doorways. It's rude.”

“Oh, my gosh! My father's gonna kill me!“

“I’m sorry if this knucklehead scared you.“

“I'm 16 years old! I'm not a child anymore!“

“You're not getting cold fins now, are you?”

“But who cares? No big deal. I want more.”

“How many wonders can one cavern hold?“

“What would I pay to stay here beside you?“

“No. Have you lost your senses completely?!“

“You went up to the surface again, didn't you?“

“You’re the one... the one I’ve been looking for.”

“Is it true you rescued a human from drowning?“

“You can’t get something for nothing, you know.“

“Boy, you better do it soon. No time will be better.”

“Yes, you want her. Look at her, you know you do.”

“I think you've swallowed a bit too much seawater.“

“This, I haven't seen this in years. This is wonderful!“

“What would I give if I could live out of these waters?”

“Have I ever been wrong? I mean, when it's important?“

“Well, I'll give 'em something to celebrate soon enough.“

“I don't know. He looks kind of hairy and slobbery to me.“

“Watch and you'll see, someday I'll be part of your world.”

“Things are working out according to my ultimate design.“

“My dear, sweet child. That's what I do. It's what I live for.“

“They weren't kidding when they called me, well, a witch.”

“What a lovely little bride I'll make, my dear, I'll look divine.“

“As long as you live under my ocean, you'll obey my rules!“

“Come on, they're not all that impressed with conversation.”

“Maybe you can make a little planter out of it or something.”

“You dream about going up there, but that is a big mistake.”

“Know him? I don't have to know him! They're all the same.”

“Wouldn't you think I'm the girl... the girl who has everything?”

“n my day, we had fantastical feasts, when I lived in the palace.“

“If I become human, I'll never be with my father or sisters again.“

“Maybe he's right. Maybe there is something the matter with me.”

“Yes, I've had the odd complaint, but on the whole I've been a saint.”

“Such wonderful things around you. What more are you looking for?”

“The only way to get what you want is to become a human, yourself.”

“If you want to cross the bridge, my sweet, you've got the pay the toll.”

“That's right. But you'll have your man. Life's full of tough choices, innit?“

“I just don't see how a world that makes such wonderful things could be bad.”

“This has got to be, without a doubt, the single most humiliating day of my life.“

“You could've been seen by one of those barbarians. By one of those humans!”

“Hurry home, princess. We wouldn't want to miss old daddy's celebration, huh?“

“So help me, I am going to get through to you. And if this is the only way, so be it!”

“Will you get your head out of the clouds and back in the water where it belongs?“

“I'm a very busy woman and I haven't got all day. It won't cost much. Just your voice!”

“I consider myself a reasonable merman. I set certain rules and I expect those rules to be obeyed.“

“Isn't this great? The salty sea air, the wind blowing in your face. Aaah, the perfect day to be at sea!“

“You'll have your looks, your pretty face. And don't underestimate the importance of body language, ha!”

“But you'll find that nowadays, I've mended all my ways. Repented, seen the light, and made a switch.”

“And now, look at me. Wasted away to practically nothing. Banished, and exiled, and practically starving!”

“You're under a lot of pressure down here. Come with me, I'll take you home and get you something warm to drink.“

“Now, it's happened once or twice, someone couldn't pay the price and I'm afraid I had to rake 'em 'cross the coals.”

“I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty. I've got whozits and whatzits galore. You want thingamabobs? I've got twenty!”

#The Little mermaid quotes #rp meme #sentence starters

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peepingtoad · 4 years

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OKAY SO.

It’s not that often that I talk about what I really think about Jiraiya, and I guess I mean more how I feel about him, since I always try to write my ‘deeper’ headcanons/metas from a more... idk, trying not to get too emotional about it point of view. Basically it’s because I know how controversial he is, and I pretty much ritually avoid a lot of takes because I don’t want to get irritated about something that really doesn’t matter much in the grand scheme, because we’re all entitled to our opinions and I largely get my say through the act of writing and developing him how I see fit.

Which is enough for me, mostly, but for the purpose of reinforcing/building upon how I see my muse’s plight, working through some of my Sannin-feels and also to dip my toes into why I find blindly judgemental/single-faceted takes of him, his priorities and the Sannin’s bond so exasperating, I kinda feel like rambling my thoughts (feelings) anyway!

Politely sticks this stream-of-consciousness mess under a cut.

So sometimes I do think about the fact that Jiraiya kinda, lmao, forgot about Everything Else in the world because of Orochimaru and his (frankly) obsession with him/them. And the fact that a ridiculously significant portion of bad shit that happened is down to his actions/inaction. And the fact that he really did go and leave the likes of Naruto (and maybe to a degree Kakashi, although there’s zero actual evidence he didn’t get involved given the strong indications of a great rapport in the canon), just because he was so hellbent on pursuing Orochimaru, who was not even shown to be affectionate towards him at the best of times. When I think about it in terms of Jiraiya being gone and the main reason we’re given for it, things suck for a number of people, and quite largely because of potentially unrequited/horribly communicated/obsessive JiraOro pursuits, in essence :’)

(And for all it’s still quite the rarepair, Jiraiya does express on accounts that he was destroyed when Oro left. I mean... this is the guy who rarely acknowledges his sadness so... It’s not my bias at all I sware)

Of course JiraTsu is very real in my eyes too, albeit a very different kinda tragic, as is OroTsu. And the messy poly ship? Ohohoho, even better, but... yeah. Tsunade does at least go her own way for a long time, as messed up as that is in itself, for reasons including the fact she seems to pointedly not heal or move on from her grief. And given the absolute debacle that was her and Jiraiya reuniting... and both her and Oro even discussing a possibility of sacrificing him... and just, them in general for that whole arc :’))) yeah. They are without a doubt messy and troubled, but even despite how fraught things become I genuinely think all the furtive expressions and the undercurrents of longing and the evasion of their past exhibits a history much deeper and full of lost love compared to many other team dynamics we get (otherwise the Three Way Divorce wouldn’t have been quite so horrible on them, would it? That and they’d probably have split up after Team Hiruzen was no more, if they really hated each other/just tolerated each other out of familiarity like I sometimes see speculated).

But yeah, back to our main man. Jiraiya’s intense (and frankly very Scorpio of him) love for our first series Big Bad kinda did ruin him and what he was setting out to do in some ways, to the degree that the actual story of Naruto wouldn’t be very much without him in terms of drama. I mean, he always loved a good story, right? So art imitates life, and innit just pathetic poetic.

And in so many ways it is incredibly tragic and pitiable that he’s Just Like That. Idealistic and warping everything terrible, no matter how bad, into adventure in his mind! As growth! As pain that makes you TOUGH and makes you a stronger man! As something to be pushed aside while you just keep on truckin’! Whatever anyone you love throws at you, it’s Totally Fine!

After so long narrating through his personal lens, I’ve come to realise he truly is so convinced that everything bad that happens, is sort of just... something he has to deal with and feel big and guilty and feelsy for while spinning it in ways that enable him to keep going. He just loads it on himself and sorta holds it. The fact he’s so sad and filled with sickly pining grief that he has to try and exorcise it with impulsive bouts of decadence? Fine. And it’s not abnormal at all, how he approaches things with such broad scope and just kinda... thoughtlessly wrecking-balls his way through everything he thinks is a great idea at the time. He experiences the fallout of these things and simultaneously feels the entire ravages of it acutely while compartmentalising it ever so neatly away. The crazy thing, too, is that he’s exceptionally convincing at making everything he does and how he handles things seem so grand and noble and romantic and tragic... but in a humorously self-deprecating and still ultimately very hopeful way, to the degree that I as a mun get caught up in his relentless optimism and forget he actually is a sad and heartbroken guy wrapped up in all this grandiosity.

Sometimes I do step back and look and I just think yeah, fuck, he really is a total disaster! He’s a walking disaster and he’s been so damaging to himself and others in so many ways, all because of acting on emotions and impulses without really thinking about the impact! He really did kinda give up on those who needed him and for what? A love that will never love him or prioritise him back?

A wonderfully tragic theme that I do love with him, don’t get me wrong.

But then at the same time, there’s always more nuance to be had than just ‘he is a disaster and made bad choices, as tragic and romantic as it is, he was actually just selfish and kinda sucked in the end, pathetically whipped by his friends and unable to let go of what they had’. There’s more nuance to be had than reducing him to a purely romantically-inclined character, who just snubs everyone else for a doomed love... because in the end, I think a huge part of JiraOro’s demise in particular was that Oro felt immensely snubbed by Jiraiya when he stayed in Ame, when his loyalty to Konoha (as a place and people, not necessarily a system) and of course loyalty to his own ideals was prioritised over Oro.

To an extent, I feel like Tsunade could have been a similar case, were she not preoccupied with already having lost so much, and besides I really do think she and Jiraiya were quite firmly in best friend zone at that point. With Tsunade not being able to get comfortable around Jiraiya or to pursue any underlying affection for him because of the dumbass way he always behaved (understandably of her tbh), probably until she got with Dan, by which point I reckon Jiraiya started to really come through by showing how he valued her for her, where we see by them having each other’s backs so closely in the second war. Not to mention him generally respecting that his feelings for her have no place by the time he gets her back to Konoha.

In terms of that first split in Ame, Jiraiya, I feel, simply didn’t think him leaving was going to be a big deal, because the three were always fiercely headstrong people who had their own shit going on (simultaneously independent while also being, perhaps not to their knowledge, So Very Codependent). Not only that, but his overly affectionate ways and incessant jolliness were probably considered such a joke that he was basically like ‘they’ll be fine without me’. I certainly don’t think he felt needed by them, which I don’t think is their fault or a point of angst and ‘waaah poor blameless Jiraiya’, because quite honestly, the strain on their relationship was something I fully believe even he didn’t realise he needed out of at the time. His one-track mind was just on ‘save kids, teach kids, this is right, must seize opportunity to be the change I was told I’d be, not continue with this godforsaken war’

Selfish? Maybe. Well-intentioned? Certainly. Intended to hurt anyone or imply he stopped caring? No.

In essence, when it comes to why in the end Jiraiya seemed to be so horrendously bad at being around at the worst of times, at being responsible, whatever else (and I’m not even going to go into scenes intended to be comedic because, they are comedic)... I’ve got to look at it from more than just one view. It’s easy to say ‘he’s ridiculous and terrible because he pretty much flaked on what was important based on his whims/a doomed love/his dick’ (which I have seen said lmao) but there are so many other things at play here.

So I’m thinking, while he was shirking duties (godfatherly mainly)... did he actually consider that his most important duty? Was it anyone’s place to tell him it was? Minato didn’t, as I recall, and when he sacrificed himself he specifically left it to the Third because he (presumably) respected what his teacher was about and knew he wasn’t for staying put. Did Jiraiya not consider his primary duty to be to the prophecy, and in a more general sense fixing the big wrongs and trying to foil big dangers to his home? Were these things not pretty much what he existed for (as much as his faith wavered and went off the rails at times)? Was that not the main source of any real purpose he ever had, being a kid who showed practically no ambition before? Did he not pretty much redesign himself as being ‘from Mt. Myōboku’ rather than Konoha after two devastating wars, and thus is it not understandable for him not to focus solely on Konoha—not outright destroying it, still ultimately loyal to his home and not about to let anyone destroy it, but seeing that the world is in fact so much bigger than just his little town? Is that really something that’s so bad and wrong of him, in a story where the main cast’s country has a pretty fucking nasty system and is established to do so very early on? Is he not pretty revolutionary in his own brand of not blindly serving, but not going on a destroy-it-all frenzy either?

Also, was he not the only one who actually bothered to investigate Akatsuki and the forces that would see Naruto dead, in time? For all he did help bring Akatsuki into existence in ways, it was inevitable from before he even met the orphans that they were going to be groomed/moulded into what they became, regardless of whether Jiraiya came onto the scene. Jiraiya leaving them was just a different kind of suffering to what they were inevitably going to suffer anyway, and hell, with his influence at least there was a time where they might’ve stood a chance of going totally against Madara/Obito’s path, especially while Yahiko was still around. Jiraiya didn’t know that the whole thing with the Ame orphans was, by a design out of his control, doomed to end horribly. So while he felt personally responsible not knowing this, and it’s taken as a given that he was... actually, was he, when there was a master manipulator at play? Was it wrong to want to give some kids a chance?

With regards to all those things I see people say he should have stayed and fixed, that he should have been there, he should have done x y z... Is it not the responsibility of everyone not satisfied with their lot to step up to the plate and make where they live better? Jiraiya wasn’t the only adult. Tsunade, and I absolutely love her, does seem overwhelmingly to be absolved of leaving Konoha because... ??? Kicker is that she too is related to Naruto, of course.

So... was she not also needed for the very material ways she could’ve helped at numerous points? Was she not also placing her grief and lost love before everything else? Are some reasons inherently more ok than others to ditch? As Kakashi’s generation grew up, was it not also then up to them to decide whether they’d change the status quo? Were Minato’s own generation, presumably his own peer group, not complicit in Naruto’s ostracisation? We got a slight taste of rebellion with Asuma, Hiruzen’s own son, but the fact is many Konoha-nin were overwhelmingly complacent with how things were. And yet never get demonised at all for it. Because it’s Jiraiya’s fault for... not staying and giving it all up to be a guardian who could well be depressed and unfit to raise a child... or just being a flaky as hell one that’s never there anyway because he has shit to do? (and in doing the former would let too many things go unchecked by a completely tuned-out Hokage, not gathering all that spicy useful intel, y’know... essentially he wouldn’t have ended up largely doing his job along with the personal shit in between).

Basically when I see claims saying that Jiraiya as an individual should have done pretty much everything better, and somehow been there for everyone that needed him at any given time, and that (mostly Naruto’s) suffering was a failing on Just His part because of his selfish whims... I feel like the point of his tragedy is absolutely missed. That tragedy being that barrelling through things alone is definitely a failing and harmful in numerous ways, as we see with Itachi shouldering everything alone too, and we see them both miss out on Naruto and Sasuke as a result... but at the same time, is just settling down and leaving everything else to chance not also a huge failing, when there are so many other circumstances and enemies acting against you, when you do have the power to change tides, and when so many other people refuse to or can’t seize their own agency? Jiraiya does put his faith in a lot of people too, and a lot of people fail. Don’t fail him, but in a general sense many, like Minato, fail to make the change they wanted to. That’s life in this world, it’s tragic, and after losing a lot of loved ones yeah, he retreats and goes at it alone.

But how can he win? How does he do what’s right, other than by chasing what he thinks he can do to actually help the world, which happens to be bigger and not centred on individuals, even those he cares about?

(and remember, nobody knows Naruto is special-reincarnation-prophecy-boi, which is why I tend not to blame-game any characters for him being treated like so many orphans were because... while it’s not morally right or nice at all, it’s tone deaf to how the world is, to the fact all characters having different degrees of knowledge and priorities, and it’s insensitive of the fact most the characters had their own struggles and were just doing their best with a bad lot gdi).

Hell though, Jiraiya even does put Oro, his big obsessive wild goose chase that whisks him away into selfish pining hopelessly devoted land, on the back burner at points. Maybe not in a lasting way, particularly by the last databook where he’s inspired anew by Naruto, but he does prioritise other shit on numerous occasions. And there’s a lot of shit to try and prioritise.

What I’m trying to say is, Jiraiya can’t solely be held responsible for people. Sure, he’s a character whose decisions were pivotal to events, but what of every other character in the story? Why are they not held to the same crazy high standard of doing and protecting and preventing and somehow doing everything ‘right’ that would have also meant him fitting neatly into the Konoha mould? Would other characters really have been that much better in the position of The Big Guide/Martyr/Tragic Hero/Force For Change character? And also is having a tragic Chaotic Good bastard of a hero not a sign of a damn good and interesting character, that at the very least tried where so many others didn’t? Would Naruto not have been a boring as hell story, whose main protag didn’t really have much conflict to make him compelling, without Jiraiya (among others) being a mess with the best intentions? Without so many other characters having failed him, for him to overcome it and still be able to love and inspire change (albeit through sometimes-clumsy talk-no-jutsu)? Was I missing the point of the story?

............. Hmm!

No longer sure where else I’m going with this now, so.... here, I guess, ends my ode to why character hate (especially that reduces them to One Thing) is dumb, why demonising truly well-meaning characters doesn’t feel particularly woke to me in a cast full of flawed characters and horrible circumstance, and why I’ll defend this poor bastard with far too damn much hinging on him to the end I guess :’)

TL;DR HE’S A DUMBASS AND HE TRIED, OKAY?!

#i feel like this is like... about as bold as i'll get with this subject #{ooc}#{memoirs(headcanons)}#not sure about it being a headcanon as such but it does include some of mine so.... for now it can be #{long post}#{meta&analysis}

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kim-berley-calleja · 3 years

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Life's full of tough choices, innit? Ursula

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god-save-the-keen · 4 years

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Disney edition: Alice in wonderland, The little mermaid and Beauty and the best 🐰🧜🏻‍♀️🌹

1. "It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then."

2. "We're all mad here."

3. "I don't think -- " "Then you shouldn't talk."

4. "If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does."

5. "How long is forever?" "Sometimes, just one second."

6. "These things do not happen in dreams."

7. "It would be so nice if something would make sense for a change."

8. "If you don't know where are you going, any road will get you there."

9. "I don't want to go among mad people!"

10. "I was just giving myself some good advice."

11. "Oh dear, I do wish I hadn’t cried so much."

12. "Well, I’ve had enough nonsense. I’m going home!"

13. "What a small world this is!"

14. "I have an excellent idea! Let’s change the subject."

15. "Who. Are. You?"

16. "Oh, pooh. I'm not afraid of you."

17. "Curiosity often leads to trouble."

18. "If I lose my temper, you lose your head!"

19. "I don't care."

20. "See all the trouble you've started?"

21. "So, we’re having a bad hair day."

22. "Geez, man. I’m surrounded by amateurs."

23. "Yes, I’ve had the odd complaint, but on the whole, I’ve been a saint."

24. "They weren’t kidding when they called me, well, a witch."

25. "I’ve mended all my ways, repented, seen the light, and made a switch."

26. "Know him/her? I don't have to know him/her! They're all the same: Spineless, savage, harpooning fish-eaters, incapable of any feeling."

27. "Have you lost your senses completely?!"

28. "That's right. But you'll have your man/woman. Life's full of tough choices, innit?"

29. "Are you sure about this?" "Have I ever been wrong? I mean, when it's important?!"

30. "She/he really does love him/her, doesn't she/he, Name?"

31. "Look at this stuff, isn't it neat?"

32. "What would I do to see you smiling at me?"

33. "If we could stay all day in the sun, just you and me."

34. "My dear sweet child, that's what I do."

35. "You wanna kiss the girl/boy."

36. "We haven't discussed the subject of payment. You can't get something for nothing, you know."

37. "You got it, sweetcakes. No more talking, singing, zip."

38. "Believe me, Name, when I find the right girl/boy, I'll know. Without a doubt, it'll just bam hit me. Like lightening."

39. "You want something done, you've got to do it yourself."

40. "Don't underestimate the importance of body language."

41. "I never felt this way about anyone. I wanna do something for her/him."

42. "You should learn to control your temper."

43. "When I felt lost and lonely, not a dream in my head, your words lifted my spirit high."

44. "Impress her/him with your rapier wit. Shower her/him with compliments."

45. "When the moment is right, confess your love."

46. "You don’t have time to be timid. You must be bold, daring."

47. "There’s something in him/her that I simply didn’t see."

48. "Thank you for what you just did. But that doesn’t change that you’re too cowardly to be honest with me…"

49. "He/she’s no monster, Name; you are!"

50. "Take it with you so you’ll always have a way to look back … and remember me."

51. "You have to help me. You have to stand."

52. "Do you in love with her/him? Do you honestly think she/he want you?"

53. "Name, I’m afraid I’ve been thinking." "A dangerous pastime."

54. "Well, some people use their imagination."

55. "Name, I'm-I'm speechless. I really don't know what to say."

56. "Shhh. I'll tell you when you're older."

57. "Oh that is despicable. I LOVE IT!"

58. "Oh, you look so... so..." "Stupid."

59. "I'm just fooling myself, she/he'll never see me as anything."

60. "It is you."

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