#and she hurt people and was forgiven

[dabblingreturns]

There is something profound in the way Nona the Ninth deals with forgiveness.

The fact that this exchange between Nona and Hot Sause

Happens only two chapters before this line from John:

It feels telling.

Nona makes herself vonenerable for the chance to experience forgiveness in a way that John will not risk.

So Nona received something that John never can have.

I think that moment might be a turning point.

Up till now all, Alecto has only realy known John and his view of humanity. But now, after being Nona...maybe Alecto can understand forgiveness. And maybe she can leave some of her fury behind.

Maybe Hot Sause, in a tinny broom closet, on a fair away planet, has indelibly changed the World

#the locked tomb #nona the ninth #nona the ninth spoilers #and she hurt people and was forgiven #forgiveness #nona #john gaius #tlt #the locked tomb meta #tlt hot sauce #alect the first #alecto #forget about the immeasurable weights of grief...lets talk about the infinte uplift of forgiveness

[to-be-a-dreamer]

And if I make a full post talking about how Abby, Shannon, and Taylor were actually really interesting and compelling characters that were just wildly mishandled by the writers and weren't allowed to fully explore their own motivations or personalities outside of being a love interest then what?

This is a threat.

#abby and learning how to prioritize herself after spending her entire life caring for other people at the expense of her own identity? #and realizing she's been doing it even in her relationship because she's literally been teaching this boy how to be a good partner #and that's not fair to her no matter how much she genuinely loves him and it really was just 'right person wrong time' #shannon and feeling so helpless and overwhelmed that the only thing she could think to do was run away #and even when she was ready to come back she was so ashamed of what she'd done and terrified she would never be forgiven #and she didn't have the courage to take the first step on her own but once she was given the chance she was ready to put in the work #taylor and prioritizing the truth over the comfort of others because so much of her life was spent being uncertain about her own family #and learning too late that the truth and your career don't matter if you keep hurting the people you care about #and maybe she learns to be better but she already burned that bridge and your personal growth doesn't undo the hurt you caused #i have so many thoughts about the FLEET of women who were done dirty by fox not allowing them to be independent characters #before they tried to make them a love interest #911 #911 abc #911 fox #abby clark #shannon diaz #taylor kelly

[ibijau]

today I feel very lonely, and very stupid

#jau rants #I didn't want to do christmas with family but it still hurts to learn they organised it in a way that means of course I wouldn't go #aka my mother will be there because she's now been forgiven I guess meaning I'm now the one who won't go to family events #I also was reminded that I'm. Not good at becoming friends with people. #there's people I like and I wish I could be on friendly terms with them but if I do start a conversation then I feel awkward and bothersome #I just always assume people would rather do anything than talk to me. Partly because it has been true for a good part of my life ahah #also I did some stuff wrong at work and it's annoying and not helping with the general mood #anyway I want to cry but I'll go play zelda with a doll at my side bc I traded social skills for weird obsessions yay

[rackartyg]

what frustrates me with a lot of the takes on jod is that they keep trying to flatten him into just a remorseless megalomaniac, and it feels like such a … self-interested interpretation? because the point of jod is that he knows that, how, and why all the things he did were wrong, and the entire time he’s been jod, he’s felt the emotional turmoil of that — but he keeps making excuses for himself.

you don’t need to excuse an action you think is actually good and correct. he knows he’s done bad things, but he thinks he had good reasons or at least the circumstances were such that no one could blame him. and that’s what his nona chapters are — his confession. he saw himself in harrow, so he thinks she’ll agree with him, and he wants her to know what he did and then tell him ‘it’s okay, i understand why you did it, you did the best you could’ because he knows he’s done atrocious things and believes there can be no forgiveness.

all he can do under that belief is double down and hope to be excused, so of course that’s what he does. owning up to his own actions would involve admitting he did something wrong, and if forgiveness is impossible, then there’s no coming back from that, and even if nobody can impose external consequences or punishment on him, he’d feel it internally and punish himself with guilt. because his moral compass is actually working fine, he’s just convinced himself that it’s okay he isn’t actually going north because 10,000 years ago, someone made him so angry that all the needles looked red.

which, ime, tracks much better with how real people behave than the classic villain act. most people know what they’re doing is wrong on some level, they just feel like they have a good enough reason to flaunt that moral rule in that instance. they’re not right. they’re excused.

#‘it’s not okay to hurt people in general BUT in this instance this person is being enough of a freak #that it’s necessary #y’know #for the health of society’ #she speaks #arctic reads the locked tomb #rn i’m dealing with (this is absurdly lower stakes lololol) a couple people in a group project #that repeatedly no-call-no-show meetings (occasionally they do say they’re not coming before not coming #but they’re still NOT attending) #and we’re going to have a talk about that today and i bet you my ridiculously heavy calculus textbook that they have some STELLAR excuses #one of them got absurdly defensive in our discord server yesterday so he definitely knows what he’s doing isn’t okay #but is that guilt motivating him to actually do something about it? no! #he just tries to get away from it by excusing himself! #because living in a world where you’re excused rather than forgiven is easier because being forgiven requires admitting wrongdoing #and that is aversive enough to most people that they just don’t do it #hell *i’m* not good at that either. it’s really hard #the difference is most people don’t get made into god by mother earth #and can at most be annoying to the other people in their group project. also john is fictional

[ooc-miqojak]

Year 6: The Burning of Quel'thalas

The Second War was well under way, and reports had begun to pour in from scouts in the south - the Horde had allied with the Amani, and the bloodlust of the Orcs and the Amani combined had over-run the borders of Quel'thalas. Civilians were advised to retreat to the city proper, to seek refuge before the brutish onslaught of enemies both old and new, as they defiled the sacred forests of the High Elves.

The Elves had sent aid to Lordaeron - the Orcs were never supposed to have come this far north. It was unfathomable, at first.

But it was never enough for the Horde - never enough blood, never enough terror; the Amani kept coming now, further emboldened by Orcs wielding necromancy, and orcs on dragon-back. She hadn't known, then, what a 'Death Knight' was - no one had, but Gul'dan - and even then, the twisted creations weren't what they would one day become; and yet, they were no less dangerous to the people of Quel'thalas than the monsters that would follow in similar footsteps years down the line, to further defile her home.

The young noblewoman had been forced to flee, alongside everyone else - forced to seek shelter within the magical barrier protecting Silvermoon, and put her faith in the Farstriders, the Magi of Dalaran, and the brave soldiers of the Alliance that faced down the bloodthirsty berserkers who had routed around from the west, putting pressure on the last Alliance outpost left standing.

Her aunt had warned her away from the walls of the city, but the plumes of smoke from the forest beyond weren't something that Lilliana could just ignore. She'd grown up chasing the gentle, whispering winds of Quel'thalas - she'd sat among the rustle of gilded leaves, doodled the Springpaws from afar, watched the Dragonhawks swoop and dive and perform intricate mating dances every spring.

And the Horde was burning it all.

The forests of her people.

The animals, and the people therein.

They'd enslaved the most noble of races to commit an atrocity that the young woman couldn't - no, wouldn't - look away from now, no matter how it ached to watch the flames encroach, or smell the smoke on every breeze; she would commit the desolation of her people and her home to memory now, and forever.

She would never forgive the Orcs - nor their barbaric Horde - for what they'd done, if she survived this siege.

#quel'thalas #quel'dorei #WoW history #orcs #amani trolls #the second war #the old horde #red flight #war is heck #and no she still hasn't forgiven them #especially since the orcs her people forced her to ally with just up and burned ANOTHER ELVEN FOREST #to include a world tree #so no she does not consider herself a member of the Horde really #Elves have a long memory and many of the Orcs who hurt her people could still be alive and well in the Horde today even #shout out to all the poor Night Elves out there #she understands far more than you realize how it feels to watch orcs burn your home and the people you care about

[skrunksthatwunk]

haruka should be allowed to be mad at kiryu tbh

#not just in y6 but like all the time #dont get me wrong i LOVE them and i love them being sweet and happy and i love kiryu being a good dad ok #but kiryu is uh. not always the best. in ways that i think she should be upset about #and i think the canon narrative doesnt rlly wanna address that bc kiryu is trying so hard and that effort must be forgiven #and for a happy ending to occur the family must be reunited #and i get that but like. haruka's side of the story is often ignored completely #or else boils down to unconditional daughter love in ways that are supposed to be admirable #and again. i love these two dearly. i love them very very much. but i think that tension should be explored #their relationship would be Very Complex and i think it would be Messy tbh. not like screaming fighting per se but i think haruka should be #allowed some moments of Uncle Kaz Im Sick Of Your Shit type stuff #im not even sure why i feel this way specifically bc i know i used to have reasons for it but like. yeah #even if you dont think haruka's justified or that she's missing some details/perspective or whatever i think she should be hurt and upset #about some of The Bullshit. baby girl needs therapy she needs some support and sometimes kiryu just. idk. #anyway go listen to welly boots by the amazing devil. thats basically my thesis statement #look maybe I'm just projecting my own daddy issues or whatever idk. maybe more people should do that with them like. shit #I'll do it someday I'll make that content i swear #sorry thinkjng about the unconditional daughter love again. she's kind of an ideal. she's a fantasy sometimes of a daughter figure who will #always understand how hard you're trying and be cute and love you no matter what. does that make sense??? and it's like. like i almost feel #bad for knocking that bc i get parents are under a lot of stress but i think she should have that power and that agency to be upset with #him. idk if im making sense. she's reduced to the Ideal Daughter and i want her to be loving and kind but with some moments of bitterness

[thomastair]

billy loved daisy more than camila let's be fr because that's the concept of soulmates and right person wrong time... he loved camila but he stayed for comfort and security and to be a good dad.. if daisy didn't struggle with addictions like him the tables would've turned really fast

bold of you to assume daisy would have stayed with him if he was the type of dude to leave camila when part of daisy’s story is her trying to find stability and self love. she would never have found that with billy because if he was the kind of guy that would leave his wife and kid then he’d be the kind of guy to leave daisy when someone else caught his attention. but that would never happen because that’s not how either of their characters are and you’re making things up. they’re both addicts and they’re written to be addicts and making up scenarios where they aren’t changes everything about the story for obvious reasons because it’s a Huge part of how they both navigate the world and how they form relationships with the people around them. and even if they weren’t addicts do you think that him becoming another version of his father by abandoning his wife and child would have been a fulfilling conclusion for him? do you seriously think either of them would have been happy?

#nowhere in my previous post was i talking about who loved who more you’re just incapable of consuming media without shipper goggles #i think you forget this man was a cheater before daisy what makes you think he wouldn’t cheat on her too lmfao #‘billy loved daisy more’ do you really think daisy would have ever forgiven herself for hurting camila like that #do you think she would have been able to heal after all the mistreatment she suffered in her life that she punished herself for #you people don’t care about her at all you just want your ship to be superior for some reason #like can you enjoy your favs without doing this in my inbox goddamn #daisybilly are fun to me because they get to fall in love with the new and better versions of each other after they’ve lived seperate lives #like i love the idea of old people getting second chances at romance idk idk #djats

[hallwyeoo]

🚨SPOILERS FOR END OF TLOU1 & TLOU2🚨

“Joels decision at the end of tlou1 was justified. His death was completely uncalled for” WROOOOOOOOOOOOONG. Incorrect! Joel’s decision is UNDERSTANDABLE, not justified. There’s a significant difference between the two. Joel also knew when he saved Ellie that he was signing his death warrant. He was fine with it because it meant he got more time with her, and because she’d be alive. Joel is a very flawed person, and while no one deserves to die (especially not in the way he did) it wasn’t uncalled for. It was a necessary narrative decision! I cannot see a way tlou2 could’ve existed with Joel alive.

#also like. #Joel completely disregards Ellie’s autonomy by saving her #and KNOWS it’s not what she would want #because he immediately lies to her #and tells her that her immunity means nothing. #aka everything they’ve been thru and the people they’ve lost- it was all for nothing #she NEEDED to be the cure. she made it her meaning #ellie has a severe case of survivors guilt #and Joel lying to her not only eats at their trust and relationship but also actively eats at her #in their final convo he aknowledges that he hurt her but that he would do it again because he cares so much about her #and she tells him the truth. I don’t think I can ever forgive you for that #BUT ID LIKE TO TRY! #Ellie wasn’t being dramatic when she found out! it was genuinely destroying her inside #and she CARES about him. #so she’s willing to try! but she’s not there yet and she can’t tell him he’s forgiven #only give them a chance to rebuild. #it hurts and it’s so good. #ellie tlou #tlou1 #tlou2 #tlou2 spoilers #tlou1 spoilers #joel and ellie #joel miller #ellie williams #OH ALSO Joel fully believed the cure was real and possible DO NOT try and erase the moral dilemma because ‘waaa the cure wouldn’t be viable’ #let characters not be completely perfect goddamnit! #complexity is interesting!!! #you don’t have to hate a character if they’re not perfectly justified 100% of the time!

[grokebaby]

(thinking about Ngah) oh, yeah.. I hope she fucking. Hurts so bad. I hope she cries. I hope she breaks down after everything. After being an awful dictator leader and emotionally damaging both her kids I hope she fucking,

#My thoughts #Ngah #(wringing her out violently like a rag) YEAH HUH BITCH? #CRY FOR ME MOTHERFUCKER #IT'S GOOD FOR U #No but like #Spoiler alert beyond this point but #I hope after doing alot of hurting and reflecting she gets to be.. Not redeemed #But like domesticated ex villain type of character #I want her to remain true to her snotty asshole self but without the.... #(looks at everything) yeah #I want her to be a begrudgingly helpful but contained ex villain who people scoff at #But who doesn't get to hurt anyone anymore #Not forgiven just recovered from

[ineffectualdemon]

Why they got canceled - SVSSS Influencer AU

Airplane "Drama" Youtuber- He wrote smut for a living in the past and that was enough for some people. But also the money laundering and money scams. He does not care

Shen Yuan Video Essayist- got in too deep about dumb fandom drama, panicked, faked his own death. Eventually comes out years later when he's making internet essays about monsters and his past is mostly forgiven because he seems sorry

Shen Jiu Troll Channel: first for hiring a hit on Liu Qingge which he didn't do and then later and more severally for throwing hot food at a customer service employee (Luo Binghe before he started his channel ). It doesn't hurt his career because he makes money by being hated

Yue Qingyuan ASMR channel: for defending Shen Jiu

Luo Binghe Cooking Channel: for stalking Shen Yuan (revealed by Shen Jiu) which leads to Shen Yuan being half canceled and Luo Binghe being half uncancelled when they start dating because of the stalking

Liu Qingge Martial Arts Channel: for punching Shen Jiu even though people thought he deserved it and later for refusing to apologise for breaking a statue by kicking it

Zhuzhi-lang Nature Channel: for stalking Shen Yuan but is forgiven because he's just so cute

Tianlang-jun Book Review Channel: for reading erotic RPF of his own son

Liu Mingyan Book Review Channel: for writing erotic RPF of Bingqiu

Sha Hualing beauty channel: for having her nudes leaked because she definitely leaked them herself. She didn't even deny it

Mobei Jun Ice Carving Channel: killed a man

#svsss #shen qingqiu #shen yuan #shang qinghua #airplane shooting towards the sky #mobei jun #luo binghe #liu qingge #yue qingyuan #shen jiu #liu mingyan #sha hualing #zhuzhi lang #tianlang jun

[anachronistic-falsehood]

BREAKDOWN IN THE COOKIE AISLE AT WORK

#whiskey yelling into the void #do you ever just think about things you’ve done or said to people you care about and regret everything you’ve ever done #in one case i should have known better but didn’t #in other cases he shit i’ve said made me feel like an asshole after and pushed this wedge between me and my sibling #and it hurts because i’m never going to be able to rebuild the relationship i once had with her #and ofc thinking about her makes me think abt my childhood as a whole and my parents did their best they never wanted to cause us any harm #but they have their own plethora of issues which seeped into their parenting and they don’t even know what they did wrong #and if i explained it to them now it wouldn’t matter because it’s all said and done and we’re all grown up now #so it’s not like they can repeat their mistakes #but i’m not mad at them anymore and i’ve forgiven them even though they don’t know what they did anyway #and for most of it there’s no one to blame. it’s no one’s fault #for some of it i can only blame myself and maybe my big sister but she’s doing her best too and idk how to. feel. about that #i’ve said and done so much shit to her and other people but she said and did shit first so #did i say these things to her in defence or did i do it just to hurt her??? i don’t want to hurt her #but at the same time i want her to understand how she’s hurt and traumatized me but she just. can’t. she doesn’t get it she doesn’t try #and i would take to my little sister abt this but she does so much for this family already and she’s busy all the time #and my little brother a) lives in jersey and b) i feel like i’ve hurt him too even tho he’s long since forgiven me #thinking about this makes me wanna bash my head against a wall #i’ve been sitting in the cookie aisle of my store for like 20 minutes i’m so glad it’s not busy in here #fuck. anyway

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

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#suicide tw for the tags ahead #i have a friend. alice. i love her more than i love many people in the world #a couple months ago she tried to kill herself #i feel like i couldve stopped it. ive forgiven myseof now but theres still guilt #thats not the point of this post tho #she went to a mental hospital for a couple months and she just got out #thing is. i met her at the camp we work at. and im bad at keeping in touch with people #so after camp we texted a bit but we mostly lost touch #until one day my best friend said he was worried about her and she wasnt answering his texts ao i decided to text #she responded and we hung out the next day. thankfully. and the day after that she tried to kill herself #but she went to the mental hospital. but from then on we got closer #we were calling like twice a week and it was so nice. to have her back in my life. and i could tell she was doing a lot better #she was so much happier in our calls than id heard her be in a long time #it feels almost selfish to say this. and i know its not. but still #im glad she ended up in the hospital. she got the help she needed. and she and i got closer #im not glad she tried to kill herself. but im glad she got help. yknow? and. it was a nice bonus that we got closer #anyway the other day i fucked up. i missed some social cues and gave her bad news. and she ended up crying #i didnt know she was crying. i didnt realize id hurt her. so i said bye because i was at work #two days later she texted that what i did was fucked up and really hurt her. and we had a weird conversation about that #like she was obviously not in a good state of mind. that kind of weird. and then she stopped responding to my texts altogether #she said it was okay and she wasnt mad anymore. but i thought i lost this friend (again) that id just gotten back after almost losing #but tonight at 1am i got emotional and apologized again and told her i miss her and love her and hope shes doing okay #i wasnt expecting her to be awake but she was and she called me. and we had a good talk #we're okay. she was just having trouble keeping in touch with people because she was just discharged and it was a lot #she was doing okay but today was bad. she was drunk when i called. we talked for about 45 minutes and. it was good ti have my friend back #she said shes been doing better except for today. we talked about her mental health and we caught up and talked about camp a bit #anyway the whole point of this story was to say that im really happy we got to talk again. ive missed her so much #and talking to her made me really happy. and im so happy that shes alive. idk im very emotional rn #okay have a good night yall. i love you

[lumibuns-blog]

Omggg i saw the new episode of jjk and it gave me such a big idea i think you'd love. Imagine one day sukuna finds his wife that he married thousands of years ago and due to their marriage his wife was granted immortality. And just like she never cheated or kissed another man just waiting for her husband to return and when they reunite (even if he doesnt say it) he is over the moon and just wants to never leave his wifes side ever again. Just much fluff and romance ahhhh

OMG THIS. THIS IS SO CUTE

Sakuna x reader fluff

Sukuna scoffed to himself, the boy had finally allowed him to take control after all this time. Even in this deep underground it felt good to feel the air on his face and not through that brat. He continued forward. Thousands of year of stored power and he had been reduced to a fraction of it, despite the immense power he held he couldn't help but miss the time when he ruled over the landscape, unchallenged.

He had a partner even, the one human who he couldn't bring himself to kill, the one he realized he couldn't live without. You had married him, been granted immortality by his hand, and still he had lost you. His last memory before being split and exorcised, was you running to him, crying his name. He was happy that was his last memory.

Sukuna tore himself from his own thoughts, they so often drifted to you but right now he wanted to use the small amount of freedom he was granted.

He moved his hand foreword, fire erupting from his fist as he threw the heat forward, it crashed through a wall, tunneling through the train station. He heard peoples screams like music to his ears, he walked foreword through the rubble. People ran, screaming, away from him. Fire cast from all around him, bursting every human in his sight into flames, he hummed contently to himself.

"S-Sukuna?" A feeble voice trembled from beside him

He knew that voice, he knew that voice, he slowly turned, a truly befuddled expression on his face, his lip curled as he dare not get his hood up but...

There you were, you looked exactly as gorgeous as the last moment he saw you, nothing changed, your clothes were more modern of course but there was no mistaking it, you were here.

"I knew it was you!" you cried, tears streaming down your face. You threw yourself into his arms.

He was too stunned to speak, his arms unmoving, all he could he process was the blood running down your leg, he moved his arms to gently put you down,

"Sakuna-"

"Did I do this to you?" He asked, his hand moving down to your leg, activating he reverse curse technique to heal the gash. He just couldn't believe that he had hurt you, it had been 1000 years and the first thing he did was hurt you

"Oh my love don't worry about that now" you smiled gently, you had always forgiven him no matter what he did

You moved a hand to his face to gently tip his head to look at you.

"I thought you would have found someone else by now, had a family moved on, I mean I'm sure you have" his voice grumbled low in his throat

"I would never" you leaned your forehead against his "I haven't touched a single souls since I lost you, I-I knew you would come back just like you promised"

Sakuna remembered the promise he had made to you that dim moonlit night, on the engawa of the palace you shared, that he would never leave you, even if the world fell apart he would always find you.

"I've missed you" he whispered moving his lips to kiss yours, he moved back to take in your entire person

"Your as beautiful as the day I lost you" he breathed

You smiled sweetly

"What the hell is going on?!?-" the onlooker was silenced as his head burst into flames

You continued to smile as if it was nothing

He picked you up bridal style, "we'll go find the house we used to share" he smirked to you

"I'd like that" you giggle

'Hey what the hell is going on' the brat who's body he had been forced to posses voice rang out in his head

Sukuna slapped his face "just shut it would ya" he growled to himself

"What was that?" you questioned from his arms

"I have a lot to explain" he breathed out

#jjk #jjk x y/n #jjk x oc #jjk imagines #jjk sakuna #sakuna ryomen #sakunaru #sakuna x reader #sukuna #sukuna x reader #sukuna x you #sukuna x y/n #sukuna x oc #sukuna fluff

[wayward-wren]

I know it won't happen but if we're doing a Missy redemption arc I would love to see Nyssa come back. Or at least mentioned. Because out of ALL the Doctor's companions, the Master probably damaged Nyssa the most. He stole her father's face and used it, the man who murdered Nyssa's father took his very body and every time Nyssa saw him (and he was a pretty major villain in that era from memory) he looked like her dad.

And man if Missy is having a redemption arc which I am all for love me redemption arcs, I would so love what the Master did to Nyssa to be brought up. Because DANG that is lowkey one of the most messed up Doctor Who stories ngl poor Nyssa

#doctor who #the master #second in line for the Most Messed Up by the Master title is Martha btw #second in like for the title is Martha btw #the year that never was sure was SOMETHING #idk i feel like it would be cool to have someone like Martha or nyssa come back #and kinda give proper closure? #interested to see where they will go with it #i watched that era of doctor who when I was like 16 #and boy howdey the Master stealing this man's face lowkey messed with me #like dang i love it but Nyssa had a rough go of it #i also cna't remember if the master was responsible for traken's destruction #or if that just happened at the same time as a Really Bad Day for her #it probably was his fault #like it kinda feels like its not the Doctor's place to forgive her? #if that makes sense #she hurt many more people and nyssa or Martha could represent them #HOWEVER it WOULD be cool to have a I'm not forgiven by the ones i hurt but i am forgiven by the one that matters arc #i WILL go very feral for the biblical themes in that #OH MY GOSH i hate how tumblr messes up the tags if you use quotations marks

[brighteuphony]

Thank you again for all the interest and asks! <3

Sakura was listed dead after her caravan got attacked on the way to the Land of Tea, so the reunions are both painful and tear-jerking.

Sakura actually ends up escorting Kakashi back to Konoha, after a mission in the Land of Tea leaves him unable to use chakra till he heals properly. It's a long walk back to Konoha, so some laundry gets aired out. It's a strange tentative relationship they've got afterward, where Kakashi grapples with many very strange and upsetting emotions. After all, he's used to losing people...but he's never gotten them back before. He doesn't know what to do with that- and he doesn't know what to do with the strange, powerful woman who's taken the place of his once-scared student.

As for Naruto, she's forgiven him and wants his forgiveness in return. They've both done a lot of reflecting- as Naruto realized he'd been living life without realizing how his ideals/nindo could hurt people while Sakura, though her anger was justified, had been cruel and thrown some really low blows. Their relationship won't ever be the same, but that's a good thing. There's a lot of crying.

As for Sasuke...she wants justice. Barring that? Revenge.

#naruto #haruno sakura #sakura #kakashi hatake #kakashi #sakura AU #naruto spends alot of time crying #Kakashi out here speedrunning the stages of grief in a constant loop #also Sakura doesn't have the superstrength in this AU so carrying kakashi is killing her joints #also naruto becomes naruto kun #coven!Sakura

[sergeantkitty]

Y'all, my man Lucifer just likes himself some duckies.

Anyway, feel free to read through my rant of why I think he likes ducks so much. SPOILERS for S1 Ep8 toward the end.

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So in case you don't know, there's this famous(ish) Christian story called "The Devil and the Duck". I'm gonna try my best to summarize it here.

This boy gets a slingshot as a present and decides to be a little shit and impulsively uses it to shoot his grandma's pet duck. This kills the duck and the boy feels extreme guilt. His stupid bitchass sister reveals that she saw the whole thing and holds the boy's guilt over his head (remember this phrasing for later) and makes him do her chores and stuff for him, using what he did as blackmail and a guilt-trip.

The boy for a while keeps doing his sister's bidding until he cracks under the guilt and exhaustion from all the chores, and in a break down he apologizes to his grandma, admitting what he did to the duck. The grandma then reveals that she saw what happened from a nearby window, and although she was deeply hurt by what the boy did, she still forgave him immediately. She says that she'll always love the boy since he's her grandson and that seeing his immediate regret was enough for her. She was just waiting for him to admit it, apologize, and stop letting his sister manipulate him.

In the story the boy represents humanity/any person, the sister represents the devil, and the grandma represents God/Jesus. The boy commits a horrific sin and feels immense guilt over it and the sister/devil holds the sin over his head and tries to convince him to do her bidding since the sin was so great that there's no way that grandma/God could forgive him. The lesson of the story's pretty obvious from there: don't let the devil guilt you with your sins into giving up and turning against God since God sees all your sins and faults and still loves you and forgives you anyway, so long as you apologize and repent for your sin against him.

I think Lucifer as we see him in Hazbin Hotel is placing himself both as the devil (obviously) but also the boy in the story. He's clearly interpreted more as a sympathetic, guilt-ridden figure. He surrounds himself with memorabilia of his greatest regret: the downfall of man (hence the apples and snakes.) Now keep in mind that I've highlighted the phrasing of "holding over [one's] head", well that's because that's the specific phrasing used in the story. Now look at Lucifer's hat. It has the snake and apple. Lucifer is LITERALLY holding his greatest sin over his own head and has given up on his dreams and happiness in favor of doing the bidding of his own personal devil: his depression. He's let himself whither away in isolation and gave up on trying to be a proper king for the people he granted free will to since in his mind they're all wretched sinners abusing that gift. All he sees is the bad side of humanity.

I think to him the duck symbolizes the dreamer still inside him, that bit of hope left in him, that hope that even though he's the cause of evil in humanity he'll still one day be forgiven and maybe even be let back into heaven. We see heavenly figures like Sera and Emily feeling clear sympathy for him in S1 Ep6. They don't hate him, they just fear earning the same fate. Even going into S1 Ep8 we see him decide to stop letting his depression rule over him and help Charlie redeem sinners. He's working to, in some way, repent for his greatest sin because, thanks to Charlie, he's seeing the good in humanity again.

Do I have any way of knowing if this is even REMOTELY accurate? ...No... but I like the thought of this being the reason behind Lucifer's duck hyperfixation, and I haven't seen anyone talk about this or bring this possibility up. Anyways, thanks for reading my little rant :3

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