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[delusinaldreamer19]

Sebaciel vs. Dadbastian, an analytical essay (not really)

Oh boy am I excited and terrified to start this discussion.

I’m just going to say right off the bat that I am absolutely biased towards one interpretation of Sebastian and Ciel’s relationship over the other, that being Dadbastian. However, my goal is not to criticize, but to analyze and point out the differences and, yes, correlations between the two versions of their relationship.

I’m going to start off by making a disgustingly blatant assumption about the reason why I believe both of these pairings exist in the form of a theory...Both the idea of Sebaciel and Dadbastian are coping mechanisms taken on by fans of the series to grapple with how dark the character’s canonical relationship truly is.

Now, I can’t speak for how much this really applies to Sebaciel shippers, as I am not one. But it certainly applies to me as someone who enjoys the idea of Dadbastian.

Let's start with the correlations that support this theory. Both of these concepts are versions of Sebastian and Ciel’s relationship that is more positive than it actually is. The plot of black Butler revolves around the fact that Ciel sold his soul to the demon he named Sebastian, and that upon their contract's completion Sebastian will kill Ciel and consume his soul as compensation. It’s a relationship that is predatory, manipulative, and just simply toxic for a plethora of reasons. While the manga is still ongoing so we have no definitive way of knowing exactly how their story will end, I don’t think it's controversial to say that it's very unlikely to have a happy ending.

Even so, black butler is a comfort series for many, including myself. But how is that possible?

By looking at the series as a whole and the characters through different lenses. A pro and con of black butler is that it’s very easy to interpret in many different ways, and the same applies to the relationship between Sebastian and Ciel.

I’d say there's 2 to 3 main ways that people have interpreted their relationship. In no particular order… - As it is in the series, where it’s strictly based on business and mutual benefit. They work together so that Ciel can get his revenge and Sebastian gets his soul. - Them being friends / frenemies - A ship, where they have romantic feelings for each other. (I’m not going to be discussing how people ship them for sexual reasons, as that's a topic for a different day.) - And Parental, where Sebastian serves as a father/mother (no I'm not specifying which) figure towards Ciel. I'm focusing on the latter two, obviously.

There’s one commonality between these two interpretations; Sebastian caring about Ciel (and vice-versa, but you'll see in a moment why that's not as relevant). There is loving nature to both, but romantic and parental love are not the same thing. So why, baseline, do both these versions exist?

My thought is that they both remove the main cause of distress in their canon relationship. Which is, you guessed it, Sebastian. More specifically his feelings/intentions towards Ciel. By creating scenarios where something changes his intentions of ultimately killing Ciel, it creates the illusion that there's a possibility that the series could have a happier outcome in the end, and a happy ending for Ciel.

Which brings in a new idea. Ciel, being the main character that we follow, despite having his own complex character, serves as the…how should I put this…automatic ‘self-insert’ for people. He goes through/has gone through trauma & struggles that people can relate to and see themselves in. That's why there is a strong desire to see him have a positive outcome through these two different relationships with Sebastian, because as a reader/viewer it will feel like we ourselves are experiencing that positive outcome.

See? Coping mechanism : )

Now here's where things get tricky…Discussing the differences between these two types of relationships. Ok, I could probably find a way to say this that's long and fancy, but I’m just going to be super straight forward. This is as an absolute read, I apologize :’) People ship Sebaciel because they want someone to love them, where they picture themselves as Ciel with Sebastian as the one loving him romantically. People like the idea of Dadbastian because they long for a parent's affection, where they picture themselves as Ciel being cared for by Sebastian.

Now, this is definitely just a theory, and absolutely not the only reasons why people come up with and enjoy each of these interpretations. But the Dadbastian one most definitely applies to me.

Here’s where my own opinion comes into play. Only one of these relationships is really ‘positive’ in nature. Both of these relationships when applied to the canon would be problematic in their own ways, but when looking at it outside of the context of the series and its plot, a parental relationship between Sebastian and Ciel, a thirteen year old boy and an adult figure, is more healthy than a romantic relationship between a thirteen year old boy and an adult figure. Please don’t make me explain why :’)

I’m really hoping this reaches the right audience. I’m not trying to start a war or offend anyone, just share my thoughts and an outlook that I haven’t really seen from the black butler fanbase before.

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #sebastian michaelis #ciel phantomhive #I don't really want to tag this as Sebaciel or antiSebaciel #I'm trying to pretend I'm neutral on the topic #but I'm not so #antisebaciel #please don't tear me to shred's #I have enough anxiety #analyses #“essays”

[empressofthewind]

a while ago i made a post about Mello and Near potentially having hooked up during the canon timeline, and @optimisticgardenhologram pointed out some very interesting details in canon that potentially suggest that they met up (i strongly encourage you to go look at the original post!! i'm just here to verify the observations, not take credit for them). so i looked into them and i can confirm, there is absolutely enough evidence to suggest that they saw each other outside of the chapter 77 reunion.

Observation #1

this one was from chapter 97. Near states that the Death Note is "an ordinary notebook, just like Mello said":

but Mello never says this at all. i went out of my way to note down the exact phrasing of every piece of information Mello gives Near in canon:

"The murder notebook. It's a Shinigami's notebook, and people who touch it are able to see the Shinigami." (chapter 77)

"The notebook I had belonged to a Shinigami named Sidoh, who dropped it in the human world. He had to come down to get it back. But another Shinigami had it before." (chapter 77)

"There is a fake rule hidden amongst the rules written in the notebook." (chapter 77)

"I actually had a bunch of guys test the notebook a number of ways, but nobody who wrote the names down died after thirteen days." (chapter 79)

nothing there states that the Death Note is an ordinary notebook, nor is it even remotely implied. there are three possible explanations i can think of for this. one, Mello and Near met up sometime between November 19th and January 7th. two, Mello mentioned it on the phone during the three days they spent interrogating Mogi. three, Mello told Halle and she relayed this information to Near. Gevanni does not seem to question it when Near mentions it, which suggests either it's one of the latter two options or the SPK is aware of the meeting(s) Near had with Mello. all very plausible.

Observation #2

Near tells Light after Takada is kidnapped that he has a way of getting in touch with Mello. this one i do remember so i didn't go looking for it, but it does potentially imply that they've been contacting each other. he does say "i can try to contact Mello", in which the use of "i" would suggest that he personally would be the one to reach out (as opposed to him using Lidner to contact Mello), but he IS talking to Light, so he could just be intentionally keeping things vague.

Observation #3

this one imo is the most damning. Near's puppet of Mello has a quilted vest:

but the vest he wears when he visits Near is different:

here is the quilted vest, for comparison:

technically Mello's jacket is covering most of the vest in his scenes with Near, so you could assume it actually was the quilted vest and wasn't textured for the sake of simplicity - but Near wouldn't have had a clear view of it then either, and presumably if this was the only outfit he ever saw of Mello's, then he would draw the jacket onto the puppet too.

i think it would be too much of a coincidence for him to guess that Mello owns this exact vest. it would also seem odd to me if Mello and Near somehow ended up discussing Mello's clothes during the Mogi interrogation, and Mello mentioned that he owns a quilted vest. the same is true of Near speaking to Lidner; she COULD theoretically have told Near about the vest, but it seems like a bizarre detail to mention, and a particularly bizarre thing for Near to add to the puppet if he's never personally seen it. so i definitely think it implies that they saw each other again.

the first time i can find the Mello puppet in the manga is in chapter 94, which takes place on December 25, but the rest of the puppets appear as early as chapter 85, which takes place on December 1st. so if the Mello puppet was made around the same time as the others, they would have had to meet up during the Mogi interrogation to make it work; otherwise it could have happened while they were in Japan.

as a bonus side note, i looked through the entire manga and i actually couldn't find the quilted vest at all outside of the official art - granted i only had a quick skim-through so i could've easily missed an appearance, but i went back and checked this iconic post and it does not appear there either. so perhaps this is a special occasion vest for him (the two special occasions being posing for the official art and meeting up with Near; the most important things a man could ever do in his life).

in conclusion, there is a strong case to be made for Mello and Near having met up at least once in canon, which allows for plenty of speculation regarding the events that transpired during that meeting. thank you so much @optimisticgardenhologram for bringing these up!! this was very insightful :-)

#meronia #mihael keehl #nate river #analyses

[equinesandeducation]

My day – a photo dump ✨💪🏻

Spent the day working on my analyses for my thesis, fueled by coffee, avo toast, and kitty cuddles 🥰 after work went to the gym with the boyfriend and we had noodles for dinner

#inspo #studyspo #study inspiration #meal prep #gym time #thesis work #light academia #study aesthetic #cats #kitten #Stella #Siberian forest cat #neva masquerade #Stelmaria #macbook #statistics #analyses #rstudio #vetmed #vetblr #med school #medblr #veterinary science #veterinary medicine

[sugar-grigri]

care to share some of your analyses about Attack on Titan?

Sorry for the late reply! Unfortunately, my analyses can't be found, they were posted on my previous Twitter account, when I used to analyze SNK and Vinland Saga a lot.

There's an anthology of great analyses and interpretations of SNK, it's a manga with a big community that has always taken the work very seriously (unlike CSM's) so I think in any case, it's not hard to find some nice gems.

To give you an idea Anon, I was analyzing things that I felt I didn't see very often, I was very interested in the character of Berthold, who is SNK's most symbolic character, just look at the mark the colossal titan has left in the imagination of fans. Yet his host, the human behind him, is overshadowed, and what's fascinating is how Isayama has treated the character in an implicit, subtle way, notably through symbols (yes, I love symbols).

The figure of the man hanging upside down is an image that permeates the entire end of SNK, and it was set up by Berthold.

I've always been fascinated by Eren too, but I've always analyzed him as he was written, a deliberately pathetic character.

I'm not being negative when I say this, he remains one of my favorite characters, but he has suffered from idealization. His tragic and pathetic aspect is what made Eren very human, but also quite original.

I've been following SNK since I was 13, I'd turned away from manga for a while, I even found it cringe-worthy, I had my popular girl phase who didn't like nerd stuff (which is what I've become).

One day, my twin sister dropped Berserk Volume 1 on my desk and ordered me to read and see the SNK anime that had just come out.

It was a monumental slap in the face………

So I spent my adolescence with SNK, a work that means a lot to me, even if I now see many of its flaws with a more critical eye.

But just as I see them in CSM! I don't necessarily talk about them, my analyses are personal, but I also try to make them neutral enough to make sense to many people.

I don't have any more analysis but I do have some drawings that I haven't posted here, sorry for not having more <3

#snk #shingeki no kyojin #eren jaeger #bertholdt hoover #aot #attack on titan #vinland saga #berserk #analyses #ask

[peonights]

Shadow Magic vs Dark Magic

I find it fascinating that Black Clover makes a difference in its magic system between shadows and darkness.

Most darkness we see comes from shadows, that's how places get lightless most often—but they are just one way. For example, nighttime brings darkness too, but is different as it's the dark outer space. Darkness is the absence of light. Shadows are one way that light can go absent.

So, unlike other fantasy media I've seen (for me, notably Shadow and Bone), Black Clover acknowledges that there is a difference. Shadow and Dark are two different magic attributes.

And that's interesting because the one Shadow Magic user we meet—Nacht—is the vice captain and ex-best friend of a Dark Magic user, Yami. Using magic to highlight character foils is nothing new, as a fantasy reader it’s everywhere.

However, unless I live under a rock, I haven’t seen two prominent foils to each other ever be shadow and darkness before! They’re always conflated and pitted against light.

This time though, we have a pair, Yami and Nacht, who started out the same—two best friends against the world with their similar magic attributes.

Then Yami joined the Magic Knights and befriended the Light Magic user Morgen. The two became a duo of light and darkness, as we normally see in media. Adhering to media’s norms makes sense for the lawful Morgen and the expectations of the Magic Knights.

Meanwhile the rebellious Nacht distanced himself from them both. This is worsened after Morgen’s death and Nacht’s switch to rationality. Still, in the end, shadow and darkness are two different things—and so are Nacht and Yami.

At last, the two mend their relationship and we go back to the beginning.

Here, it’s a zigzag between the similarity and difference in Shadow and Dark Magic, which highlights the zigzag in Nacht and Yami’s bond over the years.

TLDR: I love BC’s use of an unconventional yet similar pair of magics to highlight the complicated dynamic between Nacht and Yami. Can’t you tell who my favorite vice captain is?

#longposts #black clover spoilers #black clover #black clover analysis #black clover thoughts #peo’s thoughts #analyses #magic systems #nacht faust #yami sukehiro #morgen faust #which isn’t even getting into yaminacht being best friends—enemies—lovers - arguably my favorite dynamic #and the symbolism of morgen being more christian-themed while nacht uses a lot of occult and pagan influences #peo’s nachtposting

[ran-orimoto]

Sometimes I watch this episode and I sit on it, on this scene in particular , think about it so hard because its simplicity holds such a … Subtly tragical tone I ended up catching on my second rewatch (of thousand). And, you know, on my third rewatch it kinda started hurting.

Looking back at the whole season and the way Junpei and Izumi have been written in their arcs and their resolution, I think Junpei eventually remains the loneliest of the lonely between them and it just sucks how Izumi got to open about her solitude to him, then she got support from everyone else and truly felt included in a family, whereas Junpei just had to put up with his struggles on his own, fighting against his own shadow throwing mean truths at him.

This scene in particular is really harsh on him and in my opinion it kinda needed a sort of continuation in the form of a parallelism. Junpei and Izumi are the Frontier relationship that got most amount of those, especially in the bridge from ep 4 to this episode. They got a very linear development always making it clear how they are different sides of the same coin, how they are a mirror to each other and can grow up thanks to looking at the most uncomfortable masks of themselves through each other. So, it’s absolutely a shame the writers allowed Izumi to get away with that.

“Don’t talk like you know!”

Izumi, you just don’t know anything about him.

Still, the most bittersweet and, again, extremely tragical detail is that back then, Junpei didn’t even know he was as lonely as her, either. He just lies down on the grass, staring at her while letting her viciously vent at him. He’s concerned about her outburst, but doesn’t really realize he’s as miserable as her, if not even more miserable, because tell me if it’s not just sad to be a kid believing to have thousand of friends around him, be totally blind about the greyness your life is actually dominated by. He can’t acknowledge the reason why he followed Izumi on the train in a first place was connected to how lonely he felt she was. As lonely as him.

You can laugh about this statement of mine but, seriously, they pulled a sort of Mr Gatsby character here.

On a brighter note, though, I also like wondering if what Izumi says in the very first drama isn’t a hint about how she eventually understood that as well. “You have got lot on your mind but like keeping it all inside”. Maybe, just maybe, she also came to feeling all the stuff he concealed behind his magical tricks.

Honestly, how depressing Junpei’s backstory is. We just got to see a little of it and it still hit home.

#junpei shibayama #izumi orimoto #junzumi #digimon frontier #junpei #izumi #you know the more Joseph made me notice these things the more I started realizing years ago I would have hated him #I feel Junpei’s story so deeply #all the consequences such a life had on him are so realistic it makes me suffer #the way the writers just built him in the subtlest way as possible is so annoying #I feel like they always treated Izumi much better but despite flashbacks over flashbacks she just fell flat #she could have been a story of so much more and yet it just stays there to me #oh yes Izumi rejected the girl who wanted to go to the toilet together #INSTEAD JUNPEI???? #I will recall the rain scene and my heart will fall????? #I’m so down for what these two could have been so thank you Frontier for having given me a past time #analyses #gifs

[ohsuchoh]

Some thoughts on Bucchigiri?!

As I write this, Bucchigiri?! is about to release its last episode

Arajin from Bucchigiri?!

First things first. I have a weird feeling about the cultural appropriation of stereotypical arab "aesthetics" thing here. But it's a complex matter that I'm not addressing now, I have to educate myself more to talk properly about it. Though, as I've seen other people say, it seems Utsumi is following the original plot of 1001 Nights and I think I understand why she chose it. The original Aladdim is a horrible person, the perfect matrix for a selfish, coward and irritating Arajin - a main character who is the opposite of the shonen hero trope. Almost as hated as Shinji Ikari from Evangelion - a much older and bigger project. By the way, I see some references to Evangelion and other classical anime across Utsumi's works and this is something I would like to address in the future. 

Another topic is that I had already noticed with Sk8 the Infinity how interesting Utsumi's approach on masculinity is, especially queer masculinity. No wonder a considerable part of the sk8 fanbase is masc-oriented, either trans men or non-binary people. Now, with Bucchigiri?!, masculinity seems to be the central topic of the work. I wanna write more about it in a future post. Please mind that I don't take too much into consideration protocol, evasive answers in interviews. Rather, I prefer to study the author's work, worldbuilding, plot and characters, using interviews only as a side consultation sometimes. I'm not immune to misunderstandings and confirmation bias, though, so take my analyses with a grain of salt. 

This post started to get too long, so I decided to break it into a series of shorter texts. I intend to update this main post with the links to the other ones (if I happen to have time and energy to write them). Mind that I'm not doing extensive research. It's just a collection of thoughts that may or may not make sense. For me, well posed questions are more interesting than categorical and definitive answers.

Mahoro as all women

Sk8 the Infinity: a beef parallel

Katabasis and tragedy in Bucchigiri?! 

Masculinity as a central topic of Utsumi's works

#bucchigiri?! #anime #hiroko utsumi #analyses #sk8 the infinity #masculinity

[klartzzie]

Thinking about a scenario where Theo ended up being one of the teenagers that Derek turned in season 2 bc Theo could just so easily fit in that storyline and you wouldn’t even have to squint to see it.

Something so consistent about people manipulating and promising Theo power for personal gain. Even in au’s. Sigh.

#this makes sense in my head okay #let me cook #in a world where Theo never met the Dreads #need Isaac and Theo interactions #Scott disappointed in Theo for taking the bite #‘then he’s an idiot’ fr #a thought occurred and idk how to stop it #I NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEO’S CHILDHOOD #PRIOR TARA’S DEATH DAMMIT #I know his life wasn’t fun #theo raeken #derek hale #scott mcall #teen wolf #analyses #not really but yk

[bebebisous33]

Jinx: Feeling Good? 🤜🤛 😡🥳 😭

#Jinxmanhwa #Jinx #joojaekyung #징크스 #JINX #kimdan #jinxchapter52 @_MinGwa The essay "Feeling Good? 🤜🤛😡🥳😭 is finished. I hope you'll like it. Retweet/like it as support. Thanks. Feel free to comment. Essay will be locked soon.

Please support the authors by reading the manhwas on the official websites. This is where you can read the manhwa: Jinx But be aware that the manhwa is a mature Yaoi, which means, it is about homosexuality with explicit scenes. Here is the link of the table of contents about Jinx. Here is the link where you can find the table of contents of analyzed manhwas Here are the links, if you are…

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[artist-issues]

Your posts are the kind of character analysis I long for when I attend writers conferences or get-togethers, but never find. They're detailed, thought out well, and you back up your argument. Which is damn rare these days.

I mean, you actually know what compare/contrast means. I can't remember the last time I had a conversation with someone who did.

Even if I don't agree completely with your opinion, you put forth your thinking, with examples, so I completely see why you have the opinion you do, and it impresses me greatly.

Your posts are refreshing and bring me joy. Thank you.

Wow, this is very kind! Thank you! I honestly think that every opinion I have is not new or unique or exceptional; it’s just that not everybody takes the time to put the most natural conclusions they come to after watching or reading a story into words. If and when they do, others can almost always say it even more winsomely and with better organization than I can.

But if anything I have to say is good or even correct, it is not good or correct because of me or my insights; it’s good and correct because God put the good there, free for anyone (even me) to point out. Anyway!

“Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.”

Thank you!

P.S. - Next time you see how I got where I got, but you still disagree with my “opinion,” tell me yours. I’d like to see how you get where you get and why we end up in different places. I could be missing something and therefore wrong—I’d rather not be! Help me out

#Christianity #my one comfort both in life and death #God #Yahweh #Jesus #Jesus Christ #James #analyses #me #asked #answered #thank you

[azraphels]

Theo was waiting with his camion on the train platform before being stopped by hunters

Theo was waiting for the train

On the platform

Theo was calling Scott to say goodbye

Theo gave up

Theo wanted to die

#teen wolf #theo raeken #analyses theo raeken #analyses

[quesadillayuri]

this is heartbreaking, and so much worse than if it was his last life. like, to think about it, fundy took one of his only three lives in a last ditch effort to get away from his own father. like im shaking shitting sobbing someone kill me rn ill never recover

#fundy #wilbur soot #dsmp #dream smp #cfundy #cwilbur #c!fundy #c!wilbur soot #c!wilbur #mcyt #analyses #analysis #lore analysis #dsmp analysis #dsmp lore #dream smp lore

[empressofthewind]

Analysis of Near's Relationships & Social Skills

fairly long post below the cut :-)

something that i find really interesting about Near's sociability in the manga is the fact that he's immediately presented as a recluse. in his very first scene, he's sitting alone completing a puzzle, and declines Linda's invitation to come outside "for once", without looking up or even remotely entertaining the request. this is backed up by his profile in Volume 13, in which his social skills are rated a 1/10, and it's said that he "keeps human contact to a minimum". yet when we see him throughout the rest of the series, this doesn't really seem to be the case. it's tough to analyse what he's like in typical social situations given that the circumstances under which we see him are quite unique, but he is surrounded by people pretty much 24/7 and seems to be very comfortable in this setting. he frequently asks for the input of his team, he is extremely willing to share his thoughts with them at any given time, and he also empathises with them and encourages them to speak up if they feel uncomfortable at any point (e.g., telling Gevanni he does not have to touch the notebook if he's too scared, and telling the entire team that they are welcome to stay at headquarters if they do not want to risk Mello making contact with them). so it doesn't feel right to say that he's shy or unwilling to talk to others, or that he has limited understanding of/regard for others' feelings; nor does it feel accurate to say that he keeps contact "to a minimum" when it's both shown and confirmed that he functions best with others around him.

the impression i get from him is that he is very willing and able to talk to people, but only when he needs to. he can hold a conversation just fine and he talks a lot when prompted, but he does not engage with people simply for the sake of socialising. he won’t go out of his way to initiate a casual chat just because. he does not conform to social norms, as exhibited by his preference for wearing socks and pyjamas even when meeting the President of the United States, so he won't participate in activities or conversations that he is not interested in just for the sake of earning brownie points with the people involved. he doesn't crave the approval of those around him and would rather be alone than engage in forced social interaction. his manner is also very blunt and he is not above brutal honestly. even his lies are very blunt and bold, such as him pretending that he dialled the wrong number when calling Light to confirm that Mogi was not Kira, or announcing to the task force that Mogi had died - which is a stark contrast to L, who lies often and is generally not upfront about it. i also feel like as much as he is willing and able to articulate his thoughts very clearly and extensively, this isn't necessarily his default. when receiving the news of L's death, for example, his instinct is to remain quiet, and process the information internally before speaking about it. on several occasions during the Kira case, he has to be prompted by the members of the SPK to share his thoughts. so i think it is perhaps reasonable to say he is instinctively a fairly quiet person, but is more than capable of speaking his mind if the need arises.

but despite all of this, i do definitely feel like he prefers having people around him. he's perfectly capable of reaching conclusions on his own, at times even faster than he would be when thinking aloud - case in point, the moment when he deduced that Mikami is X-Kira - so it isn't as though he needs to voice every individual thought. in fact, he doesn't really need to have others in the room with him at all, which is once again exemplified by the X-Kira deduction. but he often chooses to be around his team and voice his thoughts anyway, especially when he has strong opinions about something or someone, such as Kira supporters attempting to break into his hideout, or the president withdrawing his support from the SPK. i also think it's worth mentioning that despite him having been alone when he deduced that Mikami was X-Kira, he did invite both Gevanni and Rester into the room individually to ask for their opinions on who stands out to them from the broadcasts, so he could, in his words, use them as a reference. this suggests that he does not just share his thoughts and ask for input because he feels obligated to do so as a member of a team, but that he deems their contributions worth taking into account. it seems to me that he genuinely values the input and presence of his team and recognises that they are instrumental in solving the case; thus he offers them the courtesy of hearing his thoughts at every stage throughout the case, and explaining the logic behind the duties he needs them to perform for him.

once again, though, it's tough to analyse Near's social skills & habits when looking purely through the lens of his interactions with his employees, and there are limited options to investigate outside of the SPK. one thing that is clear to me, though, is that he draws very clear lines between people he does and doesn't respect, and treats them differently as a result. Light is the best example of a person Near does not respect. even before establishing that Light is Kira, Near has no issues telling him to his face that he and the task force are incompetent. after deducing that Light is Kira, Near is snarky with him, calls him out on his lies, and is the only person in the entirety of Death Note who tells Light to his face that he is a mass murderer, not a God. this ties both into Near's bluntness & honesty and his lack of desire for social approval; he has no interest in pretending to like people he fundamentally does not.

the best example of someone Near does respect, in my opinion, is Mello. Near's relationship with Mello is a particularly interesting case to analyse as an outlier amongst the people he interacts with. Mello is the only person we see him engage with (other than the brief exchange between him and Linda) whom he has history with beyond the Kira case, and who is neither a direct ally nor masquerading as one. Mello is actively working against Near, and thus, in theory, Near has no allegiance to him, nor any reason to be polite to him unless he considers Mello a potential threat whom he needs to be especially sensitive towards - which clearly isn't the case, given he makes no effort to appease Mello when his gun is pointed at Near and instead gives Mello permission to shoot him. so the way he speaks about and to Mello is very notable to me. it's abundantly clear to me that Near likes Mello and has a lot of respect for him. he praises Mello on his ability to get the Death Note before the SPK could, and does not hold Mello's crimes against him. Near talks about Kira and his followers with disdain and condemns them for their crimes, but he vehemently defends Mello, and is very quick to justify Mello's actions. he also went to great lengths to protect Mello by contacting everyone he knew of who had seen Mello’s face, and kept his photo protected for five years.

however, Near also puts very little effort into forming any sort of amicable relationship with Mello, as far as we can tell from canon. he accepts Roger's request for them to work together, but does not complain or attempt to stop Mello when he walks out. he does not console Mello over L's death, either, and he makes no attempt to extend his interactions with Mello later in the manga when Mello visits his headquarters and sends Mogi to him so they can conduct a joint interrogation. he never tries to convince Mello to like him and he doesn’t make a big deal about the effort he has put into protecting him. what this shows, in my opinion, is that if Near does have any interest in befriending and/or working with Mello (the latter of which i think is implied, and the former is more so a matter of interpretation), he does not want to force those relationships. he would be willing to align himself with Mello directly, but he does not want Mello to do so out of any sense of obligation. since Mello has made it clear that he has no interest in working with him, Near does not try to persuade him, and is perfectly comfortable to let him follow his own path if that is what he wishes to do. this could also give context to his apparent lack of friendships at Wammy's House, as specified in Volume 13 - if all of this is true, it's possible that there were others at Wammy's House whom he liked and would have been open to befriending, but because of his unwillingness to take initiative when it comes to forming these relationships, he gave off the impression that he was not interested, and would rather be alone.

#nate river #near #analyses

[alixstardust]

OKAY LETS FUCKING GO I LOVE BSD

LETS TALK ABOUT SIGMA!!!!

Imagine waking up, alone, you dont remember anything about your life and you are completely lost.

You just want something to make your life something worth it, dont you?

But the point is, he didnt even "woke up". He just spawned(?), he didnt live at all. Because of his innocence, he was used by literally everyone he thought would love him by who he was.

But who he actually was?

He's three years old (kind of), but with a mind of an adult. And i think thats something really relatable if you think about that as a metaphor. Desperately wanting something to call yours, something that makes live worth living.

You found it. Congratulations. But now, protect it with your life! And suddenly you have a reason to live.

Sometimes i think every bsd character is like a really deep part of me, so i can really easily associate them. For exemple, Sigma tries to protect his only important thing (the cassino) with his life, just like Kunikida's life doenst make sense without his ideals and he got a hard time trying to accept that his ideals can be impossible and "wrong". Every bsd character have a really clear reason to keep living and doing what they are supposed to, and i think thats a really human thing about them.

Everytime we try to found something to live for, "life goals". Its a really dangerous thing 'cause life literally doesn't have any sense or a right goal we should achieve. Its frustating when we cant achieve our dreams or when our goal doesnt make sense at all, and thats what happened to our dear Sigma.

When we loose our most important thing (being a person, an animal, a personality trait or any other thing), its like we are loosing ourselves.

We can see in some chapters Sigma's indifference about death. Its really worth it when we dont have anyone? When we dont have a reason? When everytime we try to be happy or live a memorable life, we end up being used and betrayed?

You can say, in fact, that its worth it but its something really hard to belive.

Its depressing when, the reason why you were created its based in some guy's plan to rule the world or something crazy (like, asagiri please drop the bsd lore??). He shouldn't exist, and he probably wouldnt. He didn't even existed for a long time, until he had to exist to perform his mission, his role in the plan.

He doesnt lived at all? Or he doesnt remember his life? Does it really matter?

If nobody remembers you, are you even living?

And if you wasnt living, what makes you human?

thats not all that i have to say but!!!! my english is really bad and i dont have enough vocabulary for what i want to say!!! so maybe later

thank you for reading and please someone to share the love that i have for this anime I CANT

maybe when i finish stormbringer and beast i will do one of these to chuuya or dazai !!

he's so me fr fr

#bungou stray dogs #sigma bungou stray dogs #sigma #bsd #existential crisis #analyses #prison arc #life goals #Spotify

[sugar-grigri]

ur analysis make it easer to understand csm ty!!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I'm glad it can help a lot of you see things more clearly.

Analyzing every week means that I have all the events in my head, so I always try to analyze and summarize to show what the new chapter brings.

#chainsaw man #csm #csm part 2 #analyses #ask #? #thank you!!!!

[castlephantom]

Myth of dhampir says that:

A dhampir being born in of itself is very rare, due to a vampire's undead nature which may result in a lack of fertility.

But is not that reason with lack of fertility, but undead vampires are well...dead. But in Castlevania series I want to imagine that only cursed ones can have children (since Dracula is a self cursed vampire and lost Lament of Innocence manga says that Walter is also cursed from his birth).

Also in Balkan folklore, the parents of the child are a human mother and a vampire father, rare case (or none) when the mother is a vampire and the father is a human. Most common gender for the child is a boy, the girl is extremely rare.

Majority of cases, dhamiprs became vampire hunters (so I see the reason why Alucard is a vampire hunter but only partial as to oppose his father). But some of them also are evil, try to harm humans (that what Magnus literally tried to do with Alucard as that inccubus want to corrupt Alu's humanity and make him the new lord of Castlevania in Radio Drama)

Some sourses from internet thst I found, a dhampir can live between 250-900 years (Don't take seriously for Castlevania franchise pls)

#castlevania #akumajou dracula #analyses #don't take seriously for castlevania games or any resorce material #this was meant to understand dhampirs #it's a shame that the internet doesn't bring more info about dhampirs