School Spirits isn’t just a tv show it’s like a best friend to me
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I have a feeling that Sanji and Zoro’s death pact will be properly resolved in Elbaf, as it certainly doesn’t feel like we’re done with it. And while Elbaf is gearing up to be very Usopp-centric (and I can not overstate how hyped I am to see him take the spotlight again, finally), let’s not forget that this all ties back to Little Garden, the arc that properly introduced Zoro and Sanji’s rivalry by paralleling them with two rival giants who fought each other every day for over a century, but who also lost themselves in their grief when one thought the other death. The parallel isn’t even subtle, Little Garden’s biggest landmarks are the remnants of Dorry and Brogy’s dinosaur hunting competition. You know. The very same competition Zoro and Sanji posed to each other at the start of the arc?
But here’s the thing. I’m a little worried about how it’s going to be resolved. Because. Despite how readily Zoro agreed to kill Sanji if need be, he must have known that the crew would never forgive him. Zoro is Luffy’s specialest guy but Luffy would not accept any excuse as to why Sanji had to die. Nor anyone else in the crew. But. Does Sanji realize that?
Does he know that killing him would literally be the hardest thing Zoro would ever do, because it would mean literally betraying his Captain and crew? Luffy said he can’t become Pirate King without Sanji, and Zoro and Luffy swore they’d commit fucking ritualistic suicide if they got in the way of each other’s dreams, so does Sanji know where that would leave the swordsman in this case? With no Captain, no crew, and yet another dead rival and best friend (who, mind you, began to live in fear of his own biology betraying him right before dying. but the parallels between Kuina and Sanji and how they relate to Zoro could be a long ass post for another day).
I think he doesn’t know. But he can’t find out how Zoro would mourn him unless the pact actually follows through. But still, I don’t think Oda would kill Sanji, cause that’s no way to resolve this issue. So here’s my speculation about how I think it could potentially play out, following that initial line of thinking of the death pact’s resolution being set in Elbaf, specifically because of Sanji and Zoro’s parallels to Dorry and Brogy.
Like Brogy, Zoro would have to believe that he killed Sanji. That he won their final duel. He’d have to believe that Sanji has fallen and, also like Brogy, have to face that grief and hurt all alone. But in the end, like Dorry, Sanji would survive, having never actually been hurt. Because their edges have dulled after fighting for so long, no longer as capable of landing killing blows as they thought. “Not even the blades of Elbaf could endure two giants fighting for 100 years”? Something of the sort. And maybe this line of speculation is simplistic or optimistic, but the chances of it playing out like this aren’t zero, so just in case, I would want to be able to say that I called it.
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anyway now that s2 has aired i wanted to say a massive thanks to everyone on this website who has contributed to how much i've enjoyed the season
many people on this list do so much more than one thing and also there are so many people i'll have missed out by accident, it's not a personal slight and i am sorry there's just no room in my brain for anything except that last shot of ed and stede by their new inn
anyway
first of all thank you to the people who actually made it possible for people without access to max to watch s2. you have performed a vital public service - @tzikeh @dickfuckk @smol-ish-rose @lozzzzaaaaaa
thank you to everyone who has made beautiful gifs. you work at record speed doing magic i do not understand and it enables me to watch stede and ed kissing on a loop forever and ever - @bizarrelittlemew @figmentof @stedebonnets @saltpepperbeard @ratchet @izzy-hands @blakbonnet @milkovichy @nicostiel @mermaidstede @kiwistede @eddie-redcliffe @walker-scobell @izzyfag @crowley-anthony
thank you to everyone who has written meta that has made me more insane about half the show (positive) and less insane about the other half (also positive) - @chuplayswithfire @glamaphonic @asneakyfox @xoxoemynn @ourflagmeansgayrights @naranjapetrificada @tfemteach @bookshelfdreams @areyoudoingthis @edsbacktattoo @batsarebetterthanpeople @stedesbonnets @57flagsofdeath
and last but not least thank you to everyone who doesn't fit into one of those categories lmao. @sherlockig for all the high quality screencaps. @gentlebeard for the perfect edits. everyone who has written fic or made art (way too many of you to try to add a category for this but i love every single one of you)
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So about that part in Ever Crisis where Sephiroth tries to call Genesis, I used Google Translate to try and see the actual translation of the original Japanese script. "頼む・・・・・・出てくれ•"
Google Translate translates it as "Please...please come out."
I looked up 頼む(tanomu) and it translates as "to ask; to beg; to request" and 出てくれ(dete kure) translates to "to appear or to come out."
Is Sephiroth literally begging for Genesis to reveal himself?
Aaaa!! Yes, he is! I actually hadn’t translated this bit yet, but yes that phrase is very…pleading.
"頼む・・・・・・出てくれ•"
“Please…please come forth…”
The second part of the phrase does indeed mean to “come forth, reveal oneself.” Sephiroth is pleading for Genesis to appear out of…wherever he is. The tone is desperate.
So yes, it works in context with the phone-call. Sephiroth wants Genesis to show up on the other end.
Yet knowing the deeper context of the current events, and Genesis’ desertion, it is almost like Sephiroth is saying,
“Please…please come back…”
He is terrified for Genesis. This is one of the few times I have seen Sephiroth express genuine anxiety and desperation as an adult.
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09 - Sign
DANGEROUS BRIDGE
DO NOT TRY TO CROSS GAP HERE IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE
NEXT BRIDGE IS LAST CROSSING BEFORE FORESTS OF SILENCE
DELTORA QUEST 3
Dragon's Nest
Ch 11 Signs of Trouble
i just think this scene was so funny lmao mostly in hindsight
but also i want to highlight the chapter title, truly one of my favourites for the irony
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