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nightswatchdisbandmentera · 1 month

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Randomly thinking about grrm’s deconstruction of knighthood in asoiaf and how ironic it is that the Night’s Watch - an organization known to be half full of murderers, rapists, thieves, and all sorts of criminals - is essentially in charge of defending all of humanity when shit hits the fan. Like westeros just scrambled ‘the lowest of the low’ together into a penal colony in the far north and is totally fine depending on them for their survival; though tbf, i guess part of it has to do with expecting these societal ‘others’ to give their not so valuable lives for the good of the realm, who really cares if they live or die because they’re out of sight and out of mind. And it’s kinda funny too when we factor in the kingsguard because it’s a far more respected institution than the NW presently, but it too has its fair share of monsters. Quite a few men of the kingsguard have been morally bankrupt individuals, and we even see how the men of the KG sometimes forget other people they should be responsible for because their one priority is the king (we see what happens when you put the people of the realm first and then are ostracized by it a la Jaime tho there’s more to it). Missing the forest for the tree is something both institutions share, making them quite similar. So it’s interesting how grrm flips the fantasy classic of the black knight vs the white knight. The black knight is often anti-heroic, if not straight up villainous, and is often made to be diametrically opposed to the valiant and ever good white knight. But asoiaf has white and black knights both be shown of great virtue and great vice. The white knights in this story really are no better than the black knights. I’d love to see how these two entities could intersect, i.e., what happens when a white knight eventually changes his cloak for a black one (*cough* Jaime *cough*) and how that falls into grrm’s deconstruction of the romance of chivalry, the extent of personal heroism, and perceived knightly virtue. Welp I don’t even know what point I’m trying to make anymore, I just wanted to talk about the KG and the NW because they’re really cool.

#asoiaf really really is for the arthuriana girlies I tell you what #like the entire concept of knighthood in asoiaf being steeped in deconstructions of arthurian legend #we got galahad and lancelot and everything else #galahad is an example of a traditional white knight but his asoiaf parallels are the black knight jon snow and the not even a knight brienn #it’s really cool #and it’s also cool how black knights and white knights both can be admired but there are darker elements in both #as jon and bran eventually find out #asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #the night's watch #the kingsguard

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ratboyy-withtheexistentialdread · 3 months

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Nevermore Chapter 97

Spoilers ahead, lads. Skedaddle if you don't fast pass. EDIT I guess I’ve said too much in this post and need to pull it back a little. So imma gonna edit it so it doesn’t say too much about this chapter.

Alright, first my reaction cause HOLY HELL those last few panels really got me like

I really had to put my phone down and talk myself through them. Now, lets talk about what I gained from this chapter and the infamous Annabel Lee. I've noticed, at least in the comment section, the fandom really doesn't care for Annabel's character and its difficult to know where the animosity has come from. Tumblr obviously loves her but us heathens support women's rights and wrongs (Don't we gents?) Many call her a sociopath or what’s happens in the last few panels. Annabel is indeed ruthless, calculating and stone cold but she obviously cares. She cares for Lenore above everything. It can be easy to see this as obsession as we really haven't seen her care about much else or even herself. But one comment on the Webtoon brought up a very valid point which I've also picked up on.

Annabel and Lenore in life were very isolated and broken people when they met one another. Annabel, broken and then rebuilt into a prim and proper lady. Lenore, broken physically and mentally and closed off from the world.

Meeting each other saved them. They were no longer alone. There was an understanding between them at least that we know of.

Their differences though is what divides them in death.

Annabel played games, and masked her true self around her father and family connections. She now makes games of situations to retain what little control she had in life over a society she knew she could never break the rules of. A Game that was always rigged against her.

Lenore rebelled against society. She fled the estate to escape a suitor, was bound to the attic and ostracized by her family, she then faked her death and posed as man to court Annabel, the one person who cared for her.

Lenore wants to break the rules of the deans Death Game. Annabel wants to follow them.

It’s all they’ve ever known.

Before it was only them that mattered. Now Lenore has so much more to fight for and Annabel still only has Lenore. Both are right in their own way of playing the game but it pains the other to witness.

Annabel, I’m sure is aware that the Deans are not all they seem to be and won’t simply allow the students to turn the tables on them if they played how Lenore wants to.

And playing Annabel’s way means the callous death of many many people that do deserve another chance at life.

Now. I do have to agree with Annabel in the sense that Lenore forgets

This is a Death Game

Right now the “villainous” characters show their true face with pride and the “hero’s” are charming and true but as we get down to the wire, it’s going to get grey. There are no good or bad at the end of these games, only survival.

Could Annabel show some restraint and more tact when speaking strategy and making plans with Lenore? Absolutely. She’s little too giddy about sweeping some pieces off the board.

Lenore also needs to stop being so naive. She saw first hand what exactly the Deans are capable of in Dreamland, it put the fear of god in her.

In fairness to both characters though they and we are still missing big pieces of what happened between them and what their causes of death were. Which could hold big aspects of their characterization.

Maybe Lenore was originally very callous about others. In life, aside from Theo and Annabel, we’ve never really seen her interact with others. Perhaps this is the Lenore Annabel speaks of.

Anyway, I’m rambling. In conclusion, I’m a bit disappointed in Nevermores comment section. I enjoy Annabel’s character although some parts do worry me a bit but I have hope Red and Flynn have plans to curve this to a satisfying reason and conclusion.

That cliffhanger, boy howdy, what the fuck is Lenore gonna do…

#nevermore webtoon #lenore vandernacht #annabel lee whitlock #white raven #duke #Pluto #nevermore webcomic #nevermore WEBTOON spoilers

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syrena-del-mar · 6 months

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Only Friends, Sizzling or Fizzling?: Overall Series Review

I quite literally have so many thoughts on Only Friends that I don’t know when I’ll be able to put them fully into words. So this is going to be a disjointed list of my running thoughts.

This means that the following will be filled with spoilers. So if you haven't caught up, and don't appreciate spoilers, read with caution.

How the friend group came out: I will say, I went into the show wishing the friend group would be destroyed with people going their own ways or at least the couples… Instead, we got Boston ostracized from the group with him meekly extending an invite for the rest of the group to meet him next new year in New York. Now, I’m not fully on the Boston-did-no-wrong boat, because I do think several of the things he did warranted apologies, but I also agree that he deserved just as many apologies back. I really wish the show had either gone the direction of everyone begrudgingly reconciling, the friend group completely destroyed, or at the very least truly acknowledging how they all hurt each other. But as much as the ostracizing of Boston left me with a bitter taste in my mouth, I guess the outcome mirrored reality. Friends band together when they all feel wronged and Boston had self-sabotaged his relationship with all of them.

Boston and Nick: I’ve seen some murmurs about Nick was hypocritical about saying that Boston doesn’t have to change but still leaving him, but I wholeheartedly disagree. Nick loved Boston, knew how Boston was, but also let himself be taken by his own fantasies of a monogamous relationship. He even acknowledges to Sand that Boston was being fair with him... which I still think this is debatable, because I strongly believe Boston and Nick needed a whole conversation about non-monogamy long before Boston started making out with Boeing. I'm actually relatively happy that Nick and Boston didn't end up together, for both their sakes. Nick wanted and needed that monogamy from Boston, he realized that he would never get that from Boston. He may love Boston for who he is, but that doesn't mean that his love can overcome that need for monogamy. Meanwhile Boston doesn't want to be monogamous, even if he does want to be Nick's boyfriend. This was never going to be solved even with all the power of love. They had different needs and Nick wasn't willing to put himself through that pain of understanding Boston but neglecting his own needs, so he let him go. Now, my issue lies in the execution of getting to that point. Since the beginning of the last quarter of the show, Boston and Nick got incredibly sidelined. As a result, their story development suffered for it. I think we were lucky if we even saw them for about 5 minutes after episode 9, it almost felt as if the show didn't know how to reconciliate their story once Boston was out of the friend group. I don't think P'Jojo was intentionally going out to villainize Boston's non-monogamous preference (assumingly, based on his other works) and I don't think that fans are reading it as so are being deaf/illiterate, but rather the vagueness due to the lack of story-telling time that Boston's arc had really fed into it. Also, maybe it was just me, but the sense of time in the story felt incredibly confusing when watching these last couple of episodes. So Boston's admittance of self-sabotaging his relationships, asking to be Nick's boyfriend, then making out with Boeing feels like it all occurred with 72 hours; it gave me whiplash and made me disappointed.

Sand and Ray: Out of everyone, I'm the most satisfied with their outcome and journey to it, but even then I still have a little criticisms. First off, let me get the airplane out of the room: Boeing. I'm in the boat (unironically) that Boeing should have been introduced much sooner and have been utilized more to create the suspense of potential rift between Sand and Ray. Or even more development of Sand and Boeing before SandRay got together, because I swear the emotional stakes lagged for me, because I'm not sure why Sand would have even been swayed by Boeing when he had just confessed to Ray that he couldn't live without him either. I understood why Sand was so hostile with Top, but I'm not sure I understood BoeingSand as well. So this whole cockfight just felt needless and an attempt at a last bit of messiness, because how underdeveloped it was. Now Sand and Ray, as individual characters, I only have minor qualms about. I wish we had learned more about Sand's dad and Ray's relationship with his father. From what I've seen, there's so much context that was left out behind Ray's backstory, that it would have been nice to explore even 5% of it. Now we kept hearing about Sand's dad, but it just felt like a lost plot point. I wish we really had time to delve into Ray struggling with his addiction and rehab. Aside from those minor complaints, I'm happy with where we left them and I hope they're able to go around festival-to-festival with a lot of love and success in their future.

Mew and Top: I have very little to talk about them, mostly because I skimmed through their scenes. Now this isn't because I think that Force and Book were bad in their scenes, because it was the exact opposite. They skeeved me out so incredibly much, that it was suffocating to watch their scenes. I wanted Mew to be more that a judgmental, holier-than-thou, character, especially when he stooped so low to revenge-porning Boston. I wanted him to acknowledge that he was just as nasty as he perceived Boston to be, but instead he always felt so sanctimonious and self-righteous that it was nauseating. With Top.... I wish we had gotten more towards his backstory with his fear of being alone due to the fire. It completely went over my head that the fire scene in the last episode was supposed to show that Top was finally able to handle his trauma better and that he was a better person because of Mew. His backstory was so little and came in just disjointed scenes, that I just made no connection and didn't come out of that scene with any emotion other than confusion. They came out of everything together... Not surprising. I have no comments neither positive nor negative towards that aspect.

Cheum and April: Cheum was as aggravating as Mew for me. Self-righteous and I swear she didn't like anyone in her friend group other than Mew, and even that feels questionable. She had literally no faith in Mew being a grown adult and kept pulling Top around when Mew was going through a breakdown. I felt no love from her when it came to Ray, so I always wondered if their friendship was solely out of convenience. Then the final blow was with how she dealt with the Atom x Boston situation. I completely understood her initial reaction of believing Atom and even confrontation, as a sibling, I would also deck a friend if they SA'd and were lording over my sibling's head a nude picture. But the moment that she knew Atom was lying and she just hugged him? Yeah.... I lost most of the little respect that I had for her. Pity points for that tiny apology that she gave to Boston, because she was the only one that did so, but definitely was not enough for the accusations that she brought against him. ALSO! Her absolutely shit-talking April's passion and work to her friends? That's not lack of communication between April and Cheum, that was just so backstabbing of her. April is a better woman than I will ever be, because I will never have the patience to deal with a girlfriend that thinks so lowly of my work. April, I wanted so much more of our indie-film queen. I wanted more out of her relationship with Cheum, especially with that truth-bomb that Ray spilled out. I wanted both of them to do the hard work of saving their relation other than just sweeping it under the rug. I wish we had seen so much of her!

P'Jojo and Vivienne: This is a tricky situation, so I'll be very brief on my thoughts, but I really hope these two never made it to Tumblr. Creators always getting involved with fandom spaces are always going to be difficult to navigate, this time around it seems that feelings were hurt and anger arose on both sides... Criticism of one's work will always be around and its more prominent the bigger the fandom is, which for most BLs, I think Only Friends was under a huge magnifying glass. It's nice to see staff interacting with fans about their work, but I do think there should be a line drawn. I'm not sure if their crossing of the line was for better or worse.

Final Thoughts: Anyways, this show will be missed because I did come out of the weekends enjoying the vast majority of it. I even have a couple of metas half-written, so maybe I'll get around to finishing those in the coming days. For a show that promised mess, it did deliver on that front, but I can't help but be sad that its coherence fizzled a bit towards the end. Maybe I'll come back to it in a year or two with a better appreciation of the vision, but for now... I'm mostly satisfied while also conflicted on what I think about the end. OH! And before I close this off... What the hell happened to the confessionals/talking head/asides? Why did we drop those off in the latter half?

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beautiful-02-08-18 · 7 months

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Decided to post on my analysis on these characters, so here it is:

I noticed that the 3 main antagonists in Running Man Animation fit into a specific villain category. If we remove Ulcus to focus on these three, we can see how they fulfill their roles. Pardon any misinformation, since I rely on the wiki and any bits of information I can get. I also had not watched the official English dubs.

Akong, the main villain of Season 2 Part 1, would be the “Pure evil” villain. He was a royal priest in Old City but after practicing forbidden magic he became power-hungry and strived to conquer worlds. He became so powerful that he needed to be defeated by the likes of people like Charming Gold, Manus, and The Guardians. (There was an unnamed Pullulu ancestor but that’s not important.) The moment he was released from his (around) 1,000-year-old prison, he immediately took control of Old City and placed it under tyranny.

He has little to no sympathetic qualities or backstories, so the audience can not humanize him to a great degree.

Manus, the main villain of Season 2 Part 2, would be the only “Redeemed” villain. He is the King of the lavish Leo Tribe, who ruled over all the other tribes but was overthrown for his tyranny. He strived for revenge and power and was shown to be a formidable foe to the Running Men, to the point they almost sacrificed themselves to save the world. At the end of the season, he decided to change for the better, having a new outlook on life when he realizes he was unworthy of yielding the Ultimate power. He now strives to rebuild his tribe, as they were sealed away for around 1,000 years erased from history.

He’s slightly better than Akong, because while Manus almost destroyed the world, he had a change of heart. Unlike Akong, who stayed power-hungry until his death.

Charming Gold, the memorable villain of Season 1, would be the “Sympathetic/Tragic” villain. I had trouble categorizing him, as he has traits of both a sympathetic and tragic villain, but ultimately decided to categorize him as both. Unlike Manus and Akong, we were shown a detailed and personal backstory that was very pitiable. Born as the only son of the queen and king of the Pikok tribe; a tribe known for their beauty, which he rather lacks. When Charming Gold was young he was constantly ostracized for his looks, something he had no control over.

When he had enough of it, for some unknown reason, he had an energy absorption ability that was never elaborated and ended up turning a bully of his into a mummified husk while Charming Gold now had newfound beauty. All eyes were on him, but the bullying stopped. He continued to do this, turning his victims into dust. He is the only living member of the Pikok tribe because it is heavily implied he killed the majority of them. (Side note: That’s a plot hole I’ve been bothered by since Season 1. How come nobody notices that a whole tribe is gone except for this one suspicious guy is something the writers probably didn’t think through.) Charming Gold still appears in the majority of Season 2 because Akong resurrected him. (He probably resurrected him by using forbidden magic, but how did Akong found the body?)

Even then, he was a still formidable foe in Part 1 while hiding under the identity of the Iron Beast, and even when he was exposed, Charming Gold was still strong. He had a brief truce with the Running Men to defeat Akong, but it was actually a ruse to gain something from Akong which was power, beauty, and immortality…then it heavily backfired on him.

In Part 2, he was a Pullulu and would be categorized as a “Joke” villain. I speculate that it is because he was absorbed by Akong, and possibly by the purification method that was cast on Akong. While Running Man Animation has some comedic moments with its characters, Pullulu Charming Gold was treated as almost a joke. He serves no real threat, other than being annoying. The majority of Running Men didn’t even recognized him, other than Pala and some others. It is likely that he would appear in the Revengers movie as he consistently made appearances throughout the show, but that is speculation. (Update: As far as I know, he did not.)

I don’t really have much to say about Akong and Manus since I don’t know much about them, but I have a lot to say about Charming Gold since he was the original villain and my favorite out of the three. I wanted Charming Gold to have a redemption arc so I got pretty bummed out that Manus was the redeemed villain, but it's good. Charming Gold refused to change, even if he was given multiple chances to take, unlike Manus. I just find it interesting that the same sad backstory that he has that could work for a redemption arc is the same reason why he is stubborn in his ways and continues to try to achieve his selfish goals. I think that in the last episodes, before he turned back into a Pullulu again he was supposed to say that he would achieve power, immortality, and beauty again but got cut off. I just find that funny.

That’s all I have to say for now. For the art itself, I practiced drawing in fluid motions. I also tried to train myself to accurately see and use the colors as I don’t like using the eyedropper tool on references; so the colors are a little bit off. Except for Manus, I dropped the ball on his mane. He looks like an old man. But the digital painting was where I definitely messed up. It was harder than I expected it to be.

Also, while Charming Gold was fun he was so pathetically hard to draw I don’t think this character design is made for digital 2D animation. Don’t quote me on that.

Thank you for reading again! If you want to see more of my art, you could check my Instagram account: beautiful_02.08.18

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Running Man Animation was created by LINE Friends Corporation and SBS

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fluffytimearts · 10 days

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Addressing Me and Vince's Situation

sigh Okay, I wanted be better person in this but the fact he is gonna actively lie on me is just shameless. Imma just write in a professional manner.

Unhelpful Advice: Despite his venting to me and Nerd Town, our attempts to assist him, offer advice, suggest therapy, and decipher his issues were unsuccessful. We speculated about Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) based on the fragments of information he provided, but we never confirmed it. Edge can attest to this.

Narcissistic Behavior: He consistently portrayed himself as the victim, instigated conflicts with my friends, belittled us, and frequently threatened self-harm when things didn't go his way. We found ourselves in constant disputes with him, which often escalated to the point where I needed to take a break to manage my stress before returning to calmly resolve the situation.

Misrepresentation of Art: His claim that I frequently drew him in revealing or tight outfits is misleading. In reality, he did this more often with his own characters. When he requested art, I faithfully reproduced the characters as they were, including some Riddler/OC ship art he provided.

Accusations of Mistreatment: He accused me of treating him poorly because I confronted his behavior and encouraged him to improve. I spent countless nights trying to support him through his threats of self-harm, both before and after we met Nerd Town. His threats, often used as manipulation tactics, frightened some of us.

Manipulation: He desired affirmations of his attractiveness and recitations of wedding vows, which I provided. However, he made me feel worthless and criticized me for being more platonic and less sexual than he preferred. He resisted change, even when it involved my emotional state. He admitted to using me and Eda, discarding Eda when our relationship became toxic and I wanted to end it.

Ostracization: His ostracization was not my doing; it was a collective decision based on his treatment of us. We had to remove him to break the cycle.

Evolution: While I may have been skeptical of evolution due to its historical roots in racism, I never denied it. Eugenics is a testament to this.

Viziepop: I never defended Viziepop. I voiced my concerns about her work on Discord and Tumblr. She needs to improve and listen to her audience's concerns rather than dismiss them.

Mars Rovers: I never denied the existence of Mars rovers. I merely pointed out that some locations looked suspicious or edited. I acknowledged the authentic photos from Mars but questioned the authenticity of others.

Trauma: I never exploited his trauma. My friends and I genuinely tried to help him, but he repeatedly ignored our advice. Despite our efforts to help him improve, he continued his destructive patterns. Suddenly, when I was absent, I was painted as the villain.

As much as Vince wants to pain me as the one who hurt him, I still hope he gets better and hope nothing but the best for him.

If you don't believe any of my words ask @edgedajesterr or any of my other friends and they can provide screenshots from discord of how he has acted.

#addressing #fluffytimearts #ex boyfriend #relationship issues #drama

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yournextflame · 2 years

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Are outer gods really evil?

It amuses me how Elden Ring community by default made villains from the outer gods without any attempt to udnerstand them or their motives. Typical american/western audiences.

外なる神 is used in Japanese culture for lovecraftian beings, sometimes used interchangeably with "cosmic horror.” Nyarlathotep is a good example of an outer god. However, in Elden Ring deities with the obvious connection to the space - Dark, Full, Black Moons (celestial objects) and the Greater Will (nebula-like design of Elden Beast) are never described as such. Confirmed outer gods (Rot, Twinbird’s outer god of Death, Formless Mother) represent natural elements or processes: decay, bloom, birth, bleed and death.

On a different note, in the most Lovecraft inspired game made by Miyazaki, Bloodborne, the local equivalent of the outer gods, Great Ones weren’t evil. They were pitiful beings, who craved for children because they couldn’t have their own.

From Miyazaki’s Interview:In the world of Bloodborne, babies that are treated as “special” in one way or the other are offered as lures to the Great Ones. The Great Ones have all lost their children because of their positions, and as a result, they’re attracted to these ‘special’ babies. This story setup was something I came up with pretty readily in my mind. When it comes to living creatures, the stronger or more advanced you are, the fewer offspring you produce in your life. Even with human beings, the birth rates in more advanced countries lower, right? Looking back, I wonder if facts like that were at the root of the idea

(this theme of advanced beings having fertility issues continues in Elden Ring)

GRRM is also not a fan of good vs evil stories and gods being active participants in human wars.

What I’m trying to say with my poor English is that how come a collective project of two authors, who are notorious for subverting good vs evil tropes and aren’t using deities as major political players, is viewed like a Hollywood-esque story about good guy Tarnished, who saves the world from Ancient Evil and marries stunning and brave rebellious Queen or cute anime doll, both are holier than Jesus and saving the world from influence of the evil alien outer gods?

After all, who decided that people of the Lands Between need protection from the “evil” outer/ancient gods, when there are several occurrences of ostracized and wronged members of society asking for their help? Mohg, who was rejected by his biliogical mother, is coping with Formless Mother. Nomadic merchants summoned Flame of Frenzy after they were genocided by the same woman. Sage Gowry wanted to estabilish Order of Rot. The people of the Lands Between aren’t showing any particular concerns about outer gods, all intention to reduce their influence comes from Empyreans and gods, meanwhile, even the Greater Will accepts outer gods as a part of Order system.

But let’s return to the nature and motives of the outer gods. It’s a mystery. The most well documented outer god, Formless Mother, likes to be wounded.

The mother of truth craves wounds. When Mohg stood before her, deep underground, his accursed blood erupted with fire, and he was besotted with the defilement that he was born into

Sure, Mohg uses power of Formless Mother to estabilish his dynasty, but he is a raving lunatic after all. It’s never stated that Formless Mother herself wants to enslave humanity or influence it in any way. It’s a masochist god.

What about Rot? Or the outer god of Twinbirds?

Nothing.

Same goes for other entities. I can speculate that the Greater Will is about Order and evolution and the Frenzied Flame represents Chaos and want to melt influence of the Greater Will. But I can’t say anything about Moons or Fell God. There is not enough info.

My key point is that reducing outer gods to LE BAD aliens is not quite right. Or using them as a scapegoat to vilify hello, Malenia or whitewash certain characters looking at you Ranni and Marika simps. I have no idea why in Bloodborne, a game where lovecraftian gods were actively involved in the story and gameplay, community wasn’t so obsessed with painting them as evil alien invaders. Suddenly, in Elden Ring entities that a mentioned a few times in armor descriptions are the root of all evil because people are desperately craving for someone to redirect responsibilities from corrupted humans and gods.

#elden ring #Ranni #miquella #malenia #outer gods #lore theories #longread

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Dr. Kuse Files: Shota Aizawa

Patient: Aizawa, Shota

Parent Quirks: Father: Transformation that turns the user into a swampy monster Mother: Emitter that grants a greater understanding of emotions

Potential Names: Deletion, Erasure, Cancelation.

Observations: Subject is a notable deviation from both parent Quirks. Subject can create a powerful energy from his eyes, which are distinguished by turning bright red. This energy effectively works to target the Quirk Factor directly, paralyzing it and ceasing its function as long as it remains activated. It is as if the Quirk never existed to begin with. It has worked across the board on all Emitter and Transformation type Quirk used that have been exposed to it. This works regardless of whether or not the Quirk is active or where the user is looking.

It is surprisingly precise in its targeting, like only affecting one of four people or all four at once. Subject needs a direct line of sight to the target, as the subject cannot apply the Quirk through transparent obstructions like glass. He cannot undo effects in progress outside the body, such as being unable to stop a clone from acting and moving, nor can he affect Mutations. You can't well turn something off if it is always on. I have yet to test out specific appendage-based Mutations. The full effect the subject has on certain Quirks is yet to be seen. Further testing will be required.

Strangely, loose items seem to float around the subject's head while the Quirk is active, such as his hair. This is the result of the sheer intensity of the energy pulsating out of his eyes. Possibly a mechanism to push things like dust or hair out of the user's eyes to clear up their vision. This intensity could explain the strain on the eyes as well, pushing all of the moisture out of them as long as the Quirk is in effect. The strain is too great for one eye to handle, only lasting for a second before giving out as it is all being filtered through a point, requiring both eyes to be open and functioning to apply it.

Precautions: -Carry plenty eye drops in order to counteract the eye strain. Prevent him from rubbing them, as it will only make things worse. -Get a pair of protective eyeglasses. This is to both prevent harm from his eyes and any flare-ups like with the neighbor. -Be aware of your child's school life. As he can only take away what makes someone special, I can only imagine the kind of ostracization he could face for his power. -I would heavily advise that such a Quirk remain confidential. Given the potency of his abilities, it could very well lead to him being target or even kidnapped by villains that would want to use him.

#My Hero Academia #Quirks

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whatsaudreythinkingabout · 11 months

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Matthew Patel hearcannons pls XD (I luv him s0 much it hurtz)

omg my first ask! well, ask and ye shall receive! he’s probably my second fav ex (behind roxy, of course) so i definitely have thought about him quite a bit

So anyway:

Matthew Patel headcanons!

I’m still figuring out an exact backstory behind how he got his fire powers (I have a vague idea figured out but it is partially influenced by the religion/mythology of a culture outside my own & I just wanna make sure I do enough research to make sure I’ve written it respectfully, or else just do something different), but he’s had them for as long as he can remember. He had a hard time controlling them when he was younger, and that unfortunately led to him being ostracized by his peers growing up. He did have a loving family, though; his mother did her best raising him given the circumstances, and the two have a close relationship to this day.

He met Ramona in seventh grade, and she was one of the first people to not be afraid of him or label him as “weird;” in fact, she thought his powers were actually pretty cool. She was a bit of an outcast herself, and the two of them bonded over their shared status as misfits.

They also bonded over their shared hatred of the jocks; Matt because they bullied him, and Ramona bc they kept trying to hit on her. You know how it goes from here; they teamed up and took them down.

They dated for about a week and a half, but then Ramona dumped him out of nowhere, claiming she just wasn’t interested anymore. Matt was very hurt and confused by this, and it soon became clear to him that she was just using him for his powers (which was true to an extent, but she ultimately did care about him as a friend).

Angry and humiliated, Matt lost control of his temper (ergo, his powers, which are largely connected to his emotions) and his entire body lit on fire in a sudden burst of rage. He thankfully didn’t hurt Ramona, but she was standing close enough to get startled pretty badly without getting burned.

He only calmed down once he saw the look of terror in her eyes and the way she flinched back and he realized, with horror, what he had done. He let his anger get the better of him. He could’ve seriously injured her, or even killed her; the first true friend he ever made. And now she only saw him the way everyone else did. He tried to apologize, but she ran away frightened before he could get a word in. He’s carried the guilt of that day with him ever since.

Things were super awkward between them for the rest of middle school; they both wanted to say something about how they handled things, but were both too chicken to make the first move, so they just kinda avoided each other until they went to different high schools.

It was around this time he accidentally summoned the Demon Hipster Chicks, who helped him learn how to better hone his abilities, while also encouraging him to the dark side. This is where his “evil” phase began; he decided that if people were going to see him as a villain, then so be it (except he wasn’t actually evil at his core, just a melodramatic theatre kid edgelord who leaned into the Disney Villain schtick so people would quit bothering him even tho no one really took him THAT seriously). He had much better control of his powers at this point and was at a new school with mostly different people than his elementary/middle school, but didn’t see the point in making new friends bc he figured it would just end badly (if you remember the “they all hated me” scene from Meet the Robinsons, that was kinda his attitude during that period of his life). He definitely had a few girls try to flirt with him who thought he was all dark and brooding and mysterious, but he brushed them off bc he didn’t want a repeat of what happened with Ramona (unfortunately, this only made them more interested).

Several years pass, Matt gets a better handle on his powers, and Gideon recruits him into the League of Evil Exes. Matt is hesitant at first because he just wants to forget any of that ever happened, but Gideon plays on his insecurities (as he does with all the other exes) and conflicting feelings towards Ramona, and is able to successfully manipulate him to his side.

Before the fights started, Gideon had all the exes get together for a certain period of time to train and spar with each other so they could prepare (he probably called it “team bonding exercises” like the corporate asshole he is).

It’s during this point that he meets Lucas Lee, who he develops a (heavily repressed) crush on (I’m still deciding whether I hc him as gay or bi, but either way he likes men) and Roxy Richter, who he eventually befriends BUT starts out developing an intense, bitter rivalry with. Neither can stand the other; they’re constantly bickering with each other (often over whether pirates or ninjas are superior), trying to push each other’s buttons or one-up the other, or taunting each other during sparring matches. Lucas, being the chill dude he is, usually acts as a mediator when things get heated.

But one day Lucas isn’t around while they’re sparring, things go haywire, a nerve gets struck, and Matt accidentally burns Roxy’s arm during their fight. Matt freaks out because 1. he’s reminded of what happened with Ramona and 2. he doesn’t wanna get in trouble with Gideon (think of it like someone fighting with their younger sibling and hitting them, then the younger one starts crying & the older one is trying to calm them down before their parents show up), so he whisks her away so he can bandage her up himself (bc when you grow up like he has, you gotta know how to treat a burn wound).

Roxy protests throughout the whole process, insisting that she can take care of herself just fine (even though it’s at least a second-degree burn), but Matt insists that no she can’t so just let him do this one thing. They start to open up to one another and learn about each other’s reasons for being in the League & history with Ramona, and begin to realize they have more similarities than they initially thought. They both realize that Ramona had used them in some capacity (Matt for his powers, Roxy for her sexuality; hooo boy just you WAIT until I get into her backstory), they still have a lot of conflicting feelings about her (Matt feels guilty over almost hurting her, while Roxy is still in love with her at this point), and they both just don’t like Scott.

From then on, they become the most inseparable best friends to ever best friend. Shortly after, Lucas gets roped into their shenanigans and they form an unstoppable trio of besties. Roxy is all-too-aware of Matt’s crush on Lucas and teases him about it every chance she gets.

Things are fun, and then Matt’s fight comes up and he gets demolished. Roxy is devastated, Lucas can only stare in shock (HC that during fights, the remaining League members are scattered throughout the audience as a precautionary measure to make sure everything goes as planned & no one gets cold feet), & Roxy makes Lucas promise he’ll win the next fight for Matt.

Matt respawns in Subspace (think the scene where Scott almost gets killed & wakes up in the dream desert, except it looks different for everyone), and once his body fully heals he wakes up back in his room having learned his lesson, but also realizing that Gideon has been using them all as pawns.

During Lucas’s fight he manages to get Roxy away from the crowd, she realizes he’s not dead (first she punches him in the gut & then hugs him while saying something to the effect of “don’t you ever scare me like that again you asshole”) and he tries to convince her that the League isn’t worth it. She realizes the situation she’s gotten herself in, but feels like she’s already in too deep (plus part of the reason she joined was to prove herself; both to Ramona and in general, and she’s still determined to do so), and even if she wanted to leave (which she does now that her only friends are gone) they’re all bound by contract until the job is done.

At some point during all this, he moves in with Lucas (just as housemates…at first *wink*), and then Roxy moves in with them for a period of time until she starts dating Envy and they move in together. Between the three of them, he’s the best cook by a landslide.

He does eventually reconcile with Ramona after the events of the main story (NOT romantically, just for the purposes of getting closure); he apologizes for losing his temper and almost burning her to a crisp when they were kids, and to his surprise she responds that, while she was definitely scared in the moment, she ultimately hasn’t held it against him too much since he was still controlling his powers, and they acknowledge that they were both dumb preteens who didn’t know any better and were dealing with dumb preteen feelings.

I’m debating for the above scene to take place while he’s in Subspace post-battle (once again, similar to Scott after he gets killed), but I’ve also already had a similar scene with Roxy planned out in my HC for a long time (once again, just you WAIT until I get into that); I’m wondering if something like this could happen for all the exes so she could have a chance to get closure with them if she wanted to but idk if this would be too repetitive or defeat the purpose of her character arc in the canon story.

His friendship with Roxy is almost entirely made up of affectionate snark, daring each other to do dumb shit, gossip, attempting to one-up each other on karaoke night (or just scream-singing in the car together) and at various video games, and incredibly long-winded conversations about their favorite movies and respective love lives (and unsuccessfully trying to convince the other to just tell their crush how they feel). To give you an idea, imagine Steve & Robin from Stranger Things if they leaned more chaotic neutral.

As mentioned earlier, he’s a huge, proudly unabashed theatre kid; he grew up watching a lot of musicals & Bollywood movies & was pretty heavily involved in his high school drama club when he wasn’t being an edgy loner.

Thanks to his powers, he himself is completely immune to fire.

There’s probably more I can’t think of off the top of my head, that I’m still figuring out, or that was covered in my “randomly assorted” post, but if I think of anything else I’ll add it here!

#scott pilgrim #scott pilgrim vs the world #matthew patel #ramona flowers #roxy richter #roxie richter #lucas lee #gideon graves #envy adams #headcanon

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shantyslimes · 9 months

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MHA major manga spoilers don't read if you're not caught up dummy <3

So Toga dying is really disappointing. I've still got the Cope disease of Maybe She'll Survive Somehow but lbr no she ain't. It's disappointing for a few reasons.

1. Bad people are bad and cannot be redeemed.

Toga never chose a villain name because she doesn't want to be a villain, she just wants to be her normal self but in doing so (likely because of her quirk) she's ostracized and forced to be a villain. Because of how she's treated and responded to, she can only ever be a villain or locked away like a villain. This feels particularly painful when the homeroom teacher for class 1B literally uses a blood based quirk (granted his own blood but you see my point). There are people who COULD help but but because Toga is a villain she can't get any kind of actual help - something she has never actually received in her life. If the world says you're bad, you are and you can't get better, so die.

2. Bury Your Gays

I don't want to go into it too much but. Yeah great we've got a crazy bisexual who's stalker like and obsessed with the people she's attracted to who dies the literal minute she finds someone willing to listen to her. Toga has always been bi coded, but to effectively have Uraraka show interest in a woman JUST for them both to end up on death's door and it to be "one of them has to die now" feels a little bullshit, especially considering

3. Queerness in MHA

Before saying this I want to preface, I like this series, I think it's a great tribute to both shonen and Superhero comics. But also, if you look at the list of (confirmed) queer characters in the series, you have Magna, Toga, Tiger, Ochako (only confirmed so a love interest could die), and Mineta. There's a good chance I'm missing some so don't be afraid to correct me if I did! Anyway of that list only Ochako and Tiger are positively portrayed. Toga and Magna are literally both members of a group called "The League of Villains," and Mineta is so constantly portrayed as creepy and weird that he takes the perverted character archetype to a point of uncomfortable. So you're left with Tiger and Ochako, the latter has only shown a romantic interest in Deku up to this point, and the former you have to read extended material to know he's trans, as in the actual series it's only implied to be the case because he's the only man in an otherwise all female group.

To put it another way, the only openly queer, non villain who does not endure Bury Your Gays is arguably the most hated character in the entire series.

All of this is to say that Toga dying feels like a slap in the face. She's a character defined by simply wanting to be accepted and loved. Her own parents said she came out wrong to her face. Doctors told her she was broken. Other parents asked her why she couldn't be normal. You know what those all have in common?

Adults are telling this queer child to stop acting like herself and just be normal. Scenes of people her age responding like this to her only pop up after she's started pulling a knife on them and screaming she's in love with them. What chance did she actually have to adjust to a normal life?

She had one friend who she understood, and he died. Even after a series of saying she wants people, the second it actually happens, it's happening because she's a threat and she can't trust others enough to be vulnerable.

She just wanted to be loved, and her reward is no chances at redemption and the bitter reality of dying moments after getting it.

#my hero academia #boku no hero academia #mha #bnha spoilers #bnha #spoliers #toga himiko #toga #himiko toga #manga #togachako

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kazhanko-art · 6 months

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Apologies if this comes across as tone deaf, but recent events have reminded of when SU hate was at its hight, and how people kept calling Rebecca Sugar (who is Jewish) a nazi for the diamonds and other things.

I know there’s arguments about if Jewish people can nazis or not, and the point isn’t really to weigh in on that, but I think there’s a lot of people who a)think or act like there aren’t other bad and evil ideologies besides nazism (and then treat it as a boogeyman and satan like force rather than an actual ideology with specific reasons for why it is bad) and b) are reeeeeeeeeaaaally eager to call Jews the people most well known for mass murdering them. Which is very 😬

There is in general an issue of the actual victims targeted by nazis (both jewish and otherwise) getting removed from that context in favour of nazis generally hating one’s ideology or against whatever state the person wants to champion. It makes the nazis from being people who cruelly murdered and ostracized or villainized others for not being something conducive to their own world view and society, to people who are some vague evil for the sake of evil, with no goal but to stand in the way of whatever hero fantasy the person in question has.

And a lot of the times, it means trampling on the backs of those for whom the nazis are not just a vague evil, but were (and are) an actual threat, and ironically often using the rhetoric of nazis to do it.

#nazis #tw nazis #steven universe #rebecca sugar #antisemitism #I think this most prominently effects Jewish people #but I think it can also hurt others like gay men or Romani people #regardless #stop it

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mha-shiz · 14 days

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SHOTOOOOOOO

Con. From part 3

Shoto asked Izuku to meet up under a Sakura tree at the park (Mina says that the mystical powers of the tree would help him confess and get a yes), so he went there.

Izuku, managed to get out for the day on good behavior, he is at the point where none was going to accompany him this time. He left Eri in the coutody of Iida because who else should this man trust there? And went to see the two toned boy.

"Izuku-"

"Hey Shoto, why did you ask me to come out here?"

"Well- I wanted to ask... would you like to go on a date with me?"

"Shoto- I-" this was soon- too soon- he hadn't iron out his plan for this situation- so- he started to panic, and didn't notice the tears streaming down his face

Shoto was shocked, but went to toutch Midoriya to comfort him, only to be met with shock and fear. Something he knew all too well

"...who hurt you "

"N-"

"W. H. O."

"Just-" he sighed, this was all too much "I'm a Vilain Todoroki, who hasent hurt me?"

That stunned Shoto into silence, sweet little Izuku, a villain? Impossible.

"Please, listen to what I have to say-"

Shoto nodded in confusion

"I can't be with you- if you're a hero... you're the only one out of us who has that choice. Don't make it just for me tough- make it for yourself-"

"Why are you a villain?"

"Do you know of any quirkless heros? Have you ever met someone who was quirkless outside of me"

Shoto only shook his head, thinking on it, there really wasn't ANY quirkless heros, many villains have been quirkless or had revered in the quirkless being the best of anyone.

"Well, a common experience for them is to be ostracized from those with quirks who think they're the best, and of course, not having any kind of quirk would be useless in a fight, according to them. They are wrong- and I've proved that... never needed to be one of the top heros- just... to be one for those like me- and what I got for it? Give up. Kill yourself. Useless. Stupid stupid Deku..."

Shoto went to Izuku, and held him, close and tightly

"Your not useless or stupid... I think you're quite smart..."

Izuku sniffles and chuckled weakly "so yeah- villain origin- bullied to death and couldn't even die in peace..."

That clicked it all together for Shoto

"Let me join you..."

Izuku looked at Shoto, confused and a bit worried

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, we both have flaming assholes in our lives. Let's make it so that they can see true hellfire"

Izuku giggled, then laughed "alright- alright- I'll give you the organization for you to join, and we'll be able to stay in toutch and we'll uh-" he blushed a bit, but he didn't need to say a word, Shoto knew what he was thinking there, so he gave him a peck on the cheek.

"Alright, I'm going to go now ok? I'll see you soon"

Shoto decided, that he needed to do things, the way Touya did them. If the weak and the strong are hurt, who else is actually safe?

None.

So, why not show how things have failed again. Another masterpiece appearing to be up in flames.

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News Report

Pro hero Endeavors son, after failing his hero exam, burnt down half of the Todoroki estate, it seems that his quirk malfunctioned while training causing half the bounding to burn down, while the other half froze over. There have been no casualties within the home due to the elder children being out of the house, his mother in a mental asylum, and Endeacor doing pro hero work. Frozen ashes were found at the scene belonging to Todroki Shoto, the instigator of the whole thing. More at 11.

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"Well, looks like the ol man has done it again, nice job at copying me kid-"

#bnha #boku no hero academia #mha #my hero academia #yakuza deku

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dragonflight203 · 19 days

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ME2 replay, Illium part one:

Omega

-Detour to Omega first to wrap up the sidequest from recruiting Garrus, however.

-There are two sidequests here, actually. The datapad where the mercenaries groups plotted against Aria and the one where Ish asked you to pick up packages.

-The datapad sidequest is frankly disappointing. All you do is pick up the datapad and give it to Aria. No options in how to complete it, no extra lore or character development.

With how many times I run into the mercenary groups in ME2 I feel I should have the option to blackmail them with the information.

This is unfortunately typical of many ME2 sidequests. They’re just fetch quests.

-Aria “rewarded” me with the coordinates for a mission I’ve already completed (N7: Eclipse Smuggling Depot). You’d think the game would check to see if that mission is finished or not and update the dialogue accordingly.

-The Ish sidequest is more interesting. It’s a pain to go to the Citadel or Illium to pick up the package, but at least I have options in how to complete it. Give it to Ish, give it to Anton, blackmail Anton…

I went with warning Ish this time around that he’s in over his head. I still feel I should get paragon points for that choice, but the extra credits are nice.

-And of course the traitor in Aria’s organization is the batarian guard. How shocking: In Mass Effect the batarian is the villain

Illium:

-Illium goes a long way to redeem the asari for me. I’m always unimpressed with them by the end of ME1 – stop being mind controlled! - but Aria and Illium give them much needed depth.

-The Concierge says that Illium is an asari world, and you’re as safe on it as the Citadel.

The planet description specifically says that Illium is officially not an asari world.

If you speak to Garrus, he’ll tell you that Illium’s just a prettied up Omega, i.e. very dangerous.

-The Concierge also says that most standards are relaxed to remain competitive with the Terminus Systems.

This reminds me of how Anhur abolished the minimum wage to remain competitive with the batarian’s slavery practices. This resulted in slavery on Anhur (somehow) and a vicious civil war that the planet is still recovering from.

I don’t think it’s an accident that you can learn about Anhur well before going to Illium.

-Mass Effect 2 is being surprisingly subtle in its criticisms about lack of regulations in this scenario – both of the above have gone right over my head in prior playthroughs.

-The Concierge uses “her” as a default pronoun, rather than “he” or a neutral “they”.

Nice touch, since she’s an asari and asari don’t do gender. I presume she is using an asari pronoun (presumably genderless) and the translator is translating it as female.

-According to the Nos Astra shuttle schedules, flights to human colonies have been delayed due to security concerns.

I suppose colonies just up and vanishing due warrant a level of concern, yes.

-Illium broadcasts are the first time you hear about Blasto, the first hanar spectre.

This reframes part of ME1: Humanity has been part of C-Space for less than 30 years and bitched about the unfairness of not having a spectre. The hanar have been a part of C-Space for who knows how long and still don’t have one.

Not saying it’s fair that some races don’t have spectres, but the humans were not being specifically ostracized by not having one.

-The rachni messenger conveys a message from the rachni queen that Shepard is hunting the one who soured the song of their mothers.

The obvious explanation is that they are the Reapers, and this is discussed. However, it’s left open that it might not be the Reapers. And if not them, than who?

Shame ME3 completely drops this and does absolutely nothing with it.

-The rachni messenger says she isn’t mind controlled, and if she is she doesn’t mind (pretty sure she’s not of sound mind to make that decision if so...).

She certainly sounds mind controlled. And the rachni queen wiped part of her memories (the rachni’s location) and can restore it at any time. So I’m going with it’s debatable if she is or not.

Also, can we please go back to the part where the rachni queen can manipulate memories? That sounds pretty important. Just me?

-Gianna Parasani mentions that lots of people are suddenly interested in dark energy, so her bosses are having her look into it.

Again, it’s a shame that ME3 does nothing with this.

-In defense of ME2: I know it’s criticized that ME2 can be skipped over, and players can go from ME1 to ME3 with losing very little plot critical information.

However, that’s ME3’s fault, not ME2’s. ME2 throws out many plot hooks like the one with the rachni and the mentions of dark energy that ME3 does nothing with.

Even the main plot had potential – there’s no reason that ME3 couldn’t have the Omega-4 relay critical to its plot. Maybe this cycle was the first to find a way through it and that’s what would have made it possible to take down the Reapers.

ME3, however, chose to completely ignore the groundwork ME2 laid and went off in a different direction. That’s why ME2 feels so isolated.

It’s a shame, because all these points from ME2 being dropped make the trilogy as a whole feel disjointed. It’s baffling that this is the case when the games were made back to back with mostly the same key staff.

-Also: If ME3 had made half as much effort to foreshadow its own endings as ME2 does to foreshadow a plot ME3 didn’t even use (dark energy) the outcry against the endings would not have been as bad.

Part of why the reactions to them were so strong is that they came out of nowhere. If ME3 had little nuggets here and there suggesting synthesis as a possibility and that controlling the Reapers was a viable option the same way ME2 name drops dark energy, having them as choices for the endings would not have such as controversial.

-There’s an advertisement for moisturizer that says “they’ll never know you hit the matron stage”.

I’ve always assumed that the asari’s maden/matron/matriarch stages were psychological. Is there a physical component? Or is this just an ad playing on the fear of growing old?

-Love that if you go paragon, the asari bar owner suggests you could kill the trouble making human (Conrad) and she’ll cover for you.

Ah, Illium. Yes, I’m seeing that corruption. Although to be fair I think such behavior can be found in most cities.

-And here’s the bachelor party that has caused so much discussion in Mass Effect fandom: Do the Asari mind control people to see them as attractive or not?

I suspect the developers included this as lamp shade hanging, and as commentary on the ridiculousness of asari being blue human women.

Frankly, I agree with that. However, it is so absurd that I appreciate anything that makes it slightly less so. What I personally go with is pheromones – I believe even Mordin mentions these at some point.

Asari aren’t intentionally mind controlling people, but influence them as a natural side effect of their biology. The pheromones cause everyone to be attracted to them; how much depends on how affected you are by the pheromones. So they do look like human women – enough to share armor with them – but not quite as much as we see in game.

Is this canon? Probably not. Do I care? No.

-Oof, that turian with the quarian. I can’t tell if she’s reciprocating or not. At first it appears not, but she does tell him about the vibrator built into her suit…

And kudos to the quarians for having those, by the way. Very practical. Do the volus?

-If you go full renegade with Conrad, he never tells you he spoke to the weapons merchant. You get the quest anyway.

-I love Aethyta. She’s fantastic. And forward thinking too – building Mass Effect relays would be a very good investment.

Doubtlessly they’d be expensive as hell, but the Asari are supposed to be known for their long term planning.

She should have taken it to the salarians. They’d build one in a heartbeat. Probably already are, in a deniable research base.

-At one point she says “Your figure’s gotten matriarchal”. Hmm.

Another hint that there are physical differences to the maiden/matron/matriarch stages, but again this could just be related to aging.

-Illium is too big to not have fast travel. And that middle portion is irritating – it’s only there for Thane’s recruitment mission, but you have to travel through it to get to rest of Illium’s shops. And the entrances are set up to maximize travel distance. Why.

-The symptoms of the Zhu’s Hope colonists are strange. Why did they vanish after the Thorian died, only to reoccur now?

I’m still holding out that the Thorian isn’t as dead as everyone thinks, but I’ll concede that a reasonable scientific babble explanation can probably justify it. Dormant spores triggered with season changes or something.

And to keep the counter going: This is third plot hook on Illium alone that ME3 could have used and chose to ignore. And no, I’m not counting an email as “using” a hook.

-Speaking of, ME3 should have brought Shiala back. Maybe made her a companion – it would have been a fantastic example of branching choices. You can kill one of the ME3 companions as a minor NPC in ME1!

She also would have been a good love interest in ME3. You save her life in ME1, you save her people again in ME2, she canonically crushes on you… An even bigger slow burn than a mShep/Kaidan romance.

-Damn, paragon Shepard goes for the throat with Erinya. “Do you think they would want you to do this?”

She had earned it, but damn. Make sure she’s not left alone for the night.

#mass effect #mass effect 2 #mass effect 2 replay

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deusvervewrites · 2 years

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Thoughts on Villain Deku?

That's... all at once simple and complicated.

Midoriya wants to help people. I could see him committing crimes to do so. But...

I once mentioned that I have three main problems with Villain Deku as a trope. That Midoriya feels out of character when he jumps straight to murder as an acceptable response, that he commits acts I find too reprehensible to root for him despite him being the protagonist, and that he almost always joins the League of Villain which is run by a chuuni with no real political philosophy who drags down the legitimacy of all the other Villains.

I don't see Midoriya ever becoming a mass murdering monster on par with All For One, throwing morality out the window in a mad campaign of revenge, and that's by far the single most common interpretation of that idea. That either Bakugou, All Might or both causes him to 'snap' and he's suddenly a completely different character.

If your protagonist commits crimes against humanity, I won't want them to win. That's fine, there are many Villain Protagonist stories like that where the point is watching them get demolished in the end. But most Villain Midoriya fics are about him winning, which is where we get a problem.

Lastly, AFO. God where do I even start. Midoriya is usually allegedly out for revenge against the Hero Society and Quirks that led to him being bullied and ostracized, but... uh... AFO isn't. AFO is out here to live in his chuuni fantasyland. And anyone who teams up with him loses the validity of their argument.

There are ways to write Villain Midoriya that I would like. My Gentle Whispers AU is one, and my Yakaku Academy is another. But I rarely see any fics that really go in those directions.

#asks #meta

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timemachineyeah · 2 years

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Finally watching Stranger Things s4 (just started ep08) and man unless we get more later, this motivation and backstory for 001 sucks.

Like this season has been so good and then it’s like “oh Vecna? yeah just some kid who liked spiders and was ~weird~ who just decided to judge and terrorize people around him because, idk, he could” which is just counter to every other theme at play in the season so far.

Like the theme of guilt? The fear of hurting people you care about? The cruelty of ostracism and the folly of fear of the “other”? Nah. Fuck all that good shit we were building on. Back in the 50s there was a kid who was evil and weird because he just was. Cool story. Awesome.

Like what if this backstory was that there was someone who became so convinced of their own irredeemability after something they blamed themselves for that they basically made their perception of themselves real? When others blamed them they accepted that blame and started acting out the role they had been given until it just was the truth? You know??? The themes??? The two major motifs??? Self blame and the satanic panic??? Nah??? Fuck those themes I guess??? Sometimes a literal child is just evil and weird and will terrorize and murder their own family! the bad guy? oh just someone who is bad, and who also conveniently helps mitigate Eleven’s own source of guilt in the process wow great storytelling I love it 😐

LIKE. You had such a good setup here, y’all. I think what I hate about it is that the horrors of self-repulsion and social repulsion are both based in the same lie. There are good people and evil people. See, because if that’s true, you could be an evil person, or someone else could be a evil person. And both of those ideas are deeply frightening.

But that horror concept IMMEDIATELY loses its power when you imply that it’s a natural state of the world based in fact. You know? Because then it’s not horror. It’s self-congratulations. It’s reassurance.

If evil is that inherent and apparent and obvious, no need to worry about secretly being evil. And if some significant number of people just are bad, then trying to identify and shun them is a reasonable way for people to behave. The real horror wasn’t ostracism, it was The Other all along.

And tbh El should’ve just been the one who killed the kids. Or maybe not, but at least done something more horrific than she did. The point shouldn’t be “she doesn’t have to worry if she’s evil, she didn’t do the bad thing she thought she did.” It should be “even if she did that she still wouldn’t be evil because she was a literal child and more importantly there’s no such thing as a person who’s just evil”. But the writers were like, “but what if, and hear me out, there is a person who is just evil”

I really thought this whole thing was going to be leading to, idk, a “you are not a single moment. you are not just your worst day” thing, but instead it’s like, “idk, the fact that every single story and arc for every character was about guilt was, like, a goofy coincidence. The horror isn’t guilt, the horror is one kid who liked some spiders so much he decided to gruesomely murder his family, which is what happens when you seem weird and like weird stuff. no this does not thematically contradict all the satanic panic storytelling at all”

I was really on board and loving this season, like it’s still some of the best stuff this show has ever done, but this villain fucking sucks.

#timemachine wuz here #stranger things spoilers #it’s cool if you like it and also if you didn’t read it that way

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Ana Vasileiv

"I used to try hard to prove other wrong. Now I try to prove myself right."

Name: Anastasia Vasileiv

Nicknames: Ana (by everyone) , Tasia, Dead girl, Ghost queen, Queen of the underworld, My flower ( by her grandmother).

Hero Name: Morena

Title/Alias: The "Witchcraft" Hero

Gender: Female

Age: 15

Nationality: Russian

Ranking: Novice

Occupation: Student

Affiliation/Organization: U.A, Class 1-AHero

Appearance: Ana has gorgeous and demure oval shaped face with long platinum blonde hair tied in a braid crown with two strands framing her face, large doll-like sea green eyes and long lashes, and deathly pale skin. She has a short and fragile built like a doll.

Costume: A long sleeve purple witch like dress with a black double corset around her waist. Black leggings and black knee-high boots with silver buckles. On top of her head is a kokoshnik like tiara.

Personality: Ana is a very kind and sweet individual, always polite to everyone and has the patience of a saint. She is well-mannered, elegant and has graceful way of speaking, this stems from being raised by her grandmother. Another trait she inherited is her love for flowers, specifically the dark ones.

Despite her appearance and mannerisms, she loves macabre and is fascinated by occult and the concept of death. Due to the nature of her quirk, she has grown accustomed to death and doesn't even flinch at the sight of a rotting corpse. However that doesn't make her any less respectful, in fact it makes her more empathetic and more remorseful to those who died and gives the wronged a proper burial. Ana is also immune to horror movies and games.

Because of her grandmother's reputation, Ana strives to be a hero as great as her. She feels pressured on how everyone expects her to be a villain because of her quirk, and how she can never be her grandmother's successor. However, she hides the pain behind a cheerful mask.

Ana doesn't judge people based on rumors and the things they do. Instead she takes time getting to know them and find out why they do it. She's an open-minded person and unbiased willing to listen to the opinions or stories of two conflicting parties until coming up with a solution that will make them both happy or at least satisfied making her an excellent peacekeeper and diplomat.

History: Ana's parents were less that savory people, her father was a married man and her mother was his mistress. After Ana was born, her father moved away refusing to take responsibility, betrayed and angered by this her mother also left., leaving Ana in the care of her grandmother. The older woman was disappointed and upset of her daughter's actions, but loved her granddaughter nonetheless.

Ana discovered her quirk when she was four , she was shopping with her grandmother when she spotted a puppy about to be run over. Without thinking she ran to the street and saved it, though she felt the impact, she just felt a dull ache on her body. She later found out she can regenerate her body. However that's only one part of her quirk, she discovered the other half when she was nearly kidnapped. Ana was heavily frighten and did not remember much, but screams and bones, her grandmother later told her she can raise the dead.

Ana had a somewhat lonely childhood, she was ostracized by the other children, the girls were envious of her beauty and the rest of the children bully her for her quirk, even some adults were wary of her. So often visits the local cemetery, where the dead were her only friends.

Upon the recommendation of an old friend of her grandmother's, she got into U.A with their help

Equipment/Weapons: A pair of torches. The flames of the torches are actually the souls of the damned and hateful, however the fire is cold.

Quirk: Undead witch

Character Strengths: She can raise the dead to fight for her or restrain her enemies, she can also summon the ghost/souls and harness their powers fuel her scythe. Ana is capable regenerating her body in a rapid pace, to the point decapitating her head is useless. Numerous kinds of poisons and toxins are also useless.

Character Weaknesses: Ana can only summon the dead for 30 mins and if her opponents attacks are faster than her regeneration or more than she can handle, then she'll be greatly injured. Her only drawback is that if she summons too much her energy will decrease and she'll collapse in exhaustion.

Super moves:

The Dead's Grudge: Ana blasts them with a fireball, once hit the ghost will envelope them and squeeze them to submission.

Agony of the Damned :Ana unleashes powerful blasts of icy-fire of souls similar to a flamethrower.

Black Parade: She raises an army of the undead to either attack, distract or apprehend her opponent.

Wailing Souls: Ana summons ghosts to harass her opponent, their screams of agony chip away their mental state.

From the Depths of Hell: The surrounding area's temperature drops drastically as Ana unleashes all the ghosts and zombies who died in the area to fight for her.

Stats

Power: 5/5 A

Speed: 4/5 B

Technique: 5/5 A

Intelligence: 3/5 C

Wits: 3/5 C

Cooperativeness: 4/5 B

Occult lover: 6/6 A

Other:

Anastasia is a girl's name of Greek and Russian origins, meaning "resurrection." Fitting since she has a regeneration quirk and Vasiliev is patronymic from the personal name Vasil an equivalent of Greek Basileios 'royal'

Ana has a natural floral scent with a hint of vanilla.

Ana is a weeb thanks to Kimi's influence.

She's dating Fumikage Tokoyami

Ana can speak Russian, English and Japanese.

Ana was born on March 17

Ana's favorite food is Pechenye Yabloki

Her favorite activity is watching anime and gardening.

Ana always wanted a pet but most of the ones she wanted stay away from her.

Ana studied ballet and figure skating in a young age.

A/N: She was actually my first MHA oc but I forgot to place her.

#my hero acedamia #mha #boku no academia #bhna #fumikage tokoyami

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