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#daiji analysis
scoups4lyfe · 2 years
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We are talking about the same Ikki who tormented himself to try and find a way to avoid the death of those who were literally his worst enemies. That Daiji would think that his practical saint of a brother would "sacrifice" Akemi for whatever plan they have is absurd and certainly speaks volumes on how not in his right mind he is.
It’s Daiji’s victim-mentality.
I wrote a whole essay about this on google docs LOL! I’ll see what I can transfer over here,,,
BUT basically—
Daiji is currently surviving on the idea of "doing the right thing" of "being righteous" because, essentially, Daiji's coping mechanism is masks.
(This is why Kagerou's name meant "mirage," dude existed to obscure Daiji's darker, more self-ish parts of himself, from Daiji. )
Daiji has a lot of self-hate based around this idea of "Good / evil." The binary of being 'Righteous' and helpful, versus selfishness and mal intent.
Being selfish doesn't necessarily equate to being evil, but Daiji doesn't see it this way.
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And this all stems from how he was raised, i. e, the fact that Ikki was his caretaker/basically his parent.
Now, how does Ikki relate to this entire mess, you might ask?
Well.
Since Ikki raised Daiji, that means Daiji grew up attached to/ developing around the way Ikki acted. And what is Ikki if not self-sacrificial and righteous?
(Quoting a book about enneagrams now, lmao. Once again, daiji's an Enneagram type 3 -- for reference)
"As young children, Threes were connected to the nurturing-figure, the person who in their early development mirrored them, cared for them, and provided affection and a sense of the Three's personal value. Young Threes are highly adaptable and responsive to the emotional states of others, and so learn to adjust themselves to the reactions and subconscious expectations of their nurturing- figure. This person is usually the Three's mother or a mother-substitute, but not always. In some cases, the mother may have been largely absent, physically or emotionally, and it fell upon the father or a sibling to nurture the baby. In any case, it is important to understand that the nurturing-figure is the person who cared for the child and who provided mirroring.
In their formative years, Threes learn to tune in to the desires and hopes of their nurturing-figure. The expectations of the nurturing-figure need not be expressed explicitly. With the remarkable intuitive gifts of children, young Threes know what will please their nurturers and which behaviors produce approving looks and smiles."
So, as a child Ikki raised Daiji. Which means Ikki provided the mirroring for Daiji. And, Ikki is someone who is super hard (on himself AND others) about the idea of being righteous/good.
What do I mean by this?
I mean that Ikki was TERRIFIED of "being bad" because more than anything else he wanted to be loved. But he got the idea in his head that in order to be loved, he had to do something in return. For him, this meant the services he could provide to others. (I.e raising Daiji and Sakura, helping out the bath house, etc.) Deep down, Ikki holds this belief that he must be inherently "bad" and that's why he has to make it up by going the extra mile to be good. After seeing his dad attack his family as a 4-year-old, Ikki came to be of the belief that HE was the one who had to protect the family.
And that without him helping, or sacrificing himself, his family would fall apart/die/leave him/ any litany of other terrible things a kid can imagine.
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I imagine it went smthn like: "Ikki! Shouldn't' you share that toy with your brother? You're the older sibling now. You have to be responsible."
Pre-Dad's attempted murder of the family, Ikki would've just "psHT" that away, cause he's a kid. But because his dad attacked his family, and oNLY Ikki could save/protect them, this trauma greatly changed/impacted him.
Now instead of being like "psHT" when it comes to sharing, Ikki willingly gives it up, because if he doesn't something bad might happen and his family might get hurt. And if his family gets hurt then it's HIS fault. Because he wasn't "good" and didn't listen or do as he was told.
Obviously a child's logic, no doubt. But it impacted Ikki and his development/personality and it obviously STILL impacts him to this day. It's a core part of his being. He will ALWAYS have this mindset or thought process inside of him.
Now, what do you think would happen if a child so terrified of being wrong or 'bad' ended up raising /parenting his little brother?
Since Ikki's a child, he obv wouldn't be able to emotionally handle all of that responsibility. Which would stress him out and make him incredibly anxious. (All. the. time.)
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But to the people he's raising -- Daiji and Sakura, since they're also kids, they don't realize this. So they model themselves in ways that Ikki would find approving.
For Sakura this meant being capable and helping out. Daiji,,, well Ikki helicopter-parented him (no doubt about it), which meant Daiji grew up having everything done FOR him, leading himself to believe he's not worthy or good enough to do things for himself. "No one lets me do anything, because I CAN'T do anything on my own. I'm a failure."
Plus he still loves and greatly admires his brother. So Daiji grows up seeing "Ikki" as his ideal. His role model. The person Daiji wants to be like, the most.
But BECAUSE it's Ikki, Daiji is grows up believing what he can sacrifice for others, what he can achieve or do to help, are what makes someone 'good'. What makes them an admirable person. A lovable person. Ergo, 'being selfish' = being wrong/evil.
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"As adults, Threes continue to play out this pattern learned in early childhood. They seek out people whom they admire and esteem to give them validation and admiration. Threes are not interested in indiscriminately getting everyone to like them: rather, they focus on specific individuals who they themselves view as valuable, successful people. Although this motivates Threes to do those things which will make them seem worthwhile to others, this also leaves them highly vulnerable to fears of rejection. They will work tirelessly to avoid ever being rejected, ever being seen as a "loser." The admiring gaze which they sought from their nurturing-figures made them feel that they were loved and valued, and in one form or another, they are always seeking that look in the eyes of others. Admiration makes them feel alive and worthwhile—at least for a while. Without it, they feel empty and hostile because their underlying feelings of not being valued for who they are begin to surface."
Daiji doesn't feel valuable/loved if its not from others. He WANTS his family to admire him. And more importantly, he WANTS to help. But he especially wants to help his older brother.
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He wants Ikki to rely on him and trust him (instead of babying him) -- so he needs to be seen as capable.
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Hence, he enrolls with Fenix.
And then everything went downhill and this "image" Daiji was building for himself was failing spectacularly. Now, whenever someone got hurt (because he wasn't able to him, being he failed) Daiji blames himself. Yada yada yada, this lead to his first breakdown.
Threes (like Daiji) are people who "can't survive" without their masks. So when their masks start to get threatened, it turns to dangerous territory.
This is why Daiji tried to kill Ikki. Because Ikki was ruining his perceived mask of "helpful Fenix hero" and he hated himself for it. Hated that his brother was forced into a position that risked his life because DAIJI failed to transform when he needed to. He can't survive with the self-hate, so Kagerou projected it onto Ikki.
"this is iKKI'S fault. HE'S the one that's caused all these problems. Not you. People didn't get hurt because of you. They got hurt because of Ikki." etc etc
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"To give up their performance and risk exposing the vulnerable self within feels like an enormous risk to Threes. They feel that their authentic self has been rejected in the past and are secretly terrified of having it happen again. They also  become convinced that their real self is relatively undesirable and that only their performance is worthwhile. Having put so much effort into it, to give it up seems unthinkable."
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"Failure is one of the most humiliating prospects for Threes. If they continue to overextend themselves and cannot make good on their claims, they will attempt to maintain the impression that they are still "winners" by deceiving others. Their fear of failure, and thus of humiliation, makes unhealthy Threes more than willing to be dishonest to get what they need to maintain at least the illusion of superiority. Threes are determined to survive, and since they are completely identified with their image, that means ensuring that their image survives. Their pragmatism has degenerated into an unprincipled expediency in which Threes will do almost anything to convince others that they are still exceptional people. But because they actually are having severe psychological difficulties it is almost impossible for them to do this without distorting the truth of their situation."
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Riiighhhht.
All the quotes here are from [Taken from the Book: “Personality Types. Using the Enneagram for Self Discovery”] 
So, Daiji isn't exactly thinking clearly rn. He's in a really unhealthy psychological state stemming from his perceived mask of self failing miserably.
This is why I think it's important that Kagerou comes back/why it's inevitable.
My homie Nacho, said this about the Kagerou/Daiji situation:
“I mean the demons themselves are actually important to create a whole person. Nobody in this world can function by just showing/enacting on the good inside them, they need to reconcile with the bad. Otherwise they're just a shell of a person.”
“And for Daiji, I feel his demon protected him by being more assertive. Like Daiji accepting always being second place, always being pushed aside and feeling ignored—all of that was killing him inside. And being a slave and a doormat isn't all of who Daiji is. Denying/killing the side of him that is more selfish is harmful in the end.”
lol. Anyways---
I gotta stop writing essays in these asks.
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ineedsomesleeptoday · 2 years
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I watched beyond generations movie and I realised how much I hated George then. Now in Revice series, George character has been developed so much. I dont hate him now. Now, that's what I call character development
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mxbbadperson · 2 years
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kamen rider revice: the barid rex vistamp and what it might mean it for ikki
Aaaah! I ADORE this power up!!! Everything about it so good! The design, the story, how it's activated AND its powers. I’ve been thinking of @scoups4lyfe​‘s Kamen Rider Revice & Intentional Writing (Part 1) and it’s inspired-I’m citing parts of it!-to make this. 
It’s design got me wondering if there’s symbolism in it. And if there isn’t, I have wrote it down so I have made it so! I’ll be using the majority of the parts of the power up for this. (Except for the power. But I’ll explain that later!)
What’s the shape of the Vistamp?
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An egg and it opens up to reveal a baby rex inside it! And how is it opened?
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By pressing the Rex Vistamp against it! And hmm... what does that look like? It looks like brooding an action done by animals to keep an egg warm so it the baby inside it grows and hatches!
How was the Vistamp completed? 
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THROUGH TRUST. Through trusting Vice! How is the Vistamp activated? 
But what it could it all possibly mean? Well! Since there’s two parts to it, the Rex Vistamp and the Barid Rex Vistamp, there’s two ways to see this!
The Rex Vistamp is Ikki, right? Not only because he uses it to transform but also because of his relationship with his siblings. “[…] that Ikki is quite literally Daiji and Sakura’s parental figure” and see how the Rex Vistamp is placed? And how brooding works? Ikki is the Parent Rex!
The point of this power-up and of episode 13 is trust. So that’s what he needs! For his siblings. For there to be a crack in the egg, he has to learn to trust his siblings and with further encouragement, that'll be the push they need to break out of their shell and be stronger!
An aside (mostly for the scoups4lyfe’s analysis): Please pay attention to what Sakura and her expression. Despite being chased by mama-san earlier, she smiles and nods at Ikki in reassurance!
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A second aside: When Sakura is upset about Kagerou coming back, Ikki comforts her and it feels like parental comfort!
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But considering that  “[…] Ikki’s so deep into his repression/the belief that he is inherently morally wrong [...]” (from Kamen Rider Revice & Intentional Writing (Part 1)), the thing that appears when he transforms and what Vice does to it...
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Ikki is also the rex in the egg! He needs trust to crack the egg-real trust! not blind belief that he'll handle things!-trust in his abilities, trust in who he is and considering what's needed to complete the power up, trust in himself. But Ikki can't do it alone! He needs encouragement so that'll be the push he needs to break out of his shell and maybe, just maybe, become emotionally stronger!
And to go back to trust, there’s what the Barid Rex Vistamp says!  There’s fucking layers of this damn thing!
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The power-up's "crunch crunch" is the onomatopoeia for the sound when walking on ice and… for eating! Which Ikki believed Vice would do!
This means other things too! Consider  “[…] Ikki’s so deep into his repression/the belief that he is inherently morally wrong [...]”. Vice is Ikki’s demon, yes, but it took me this too long to realize what that means. Vice is all of Ikki’s unwanted thoughts and emotions and Ikki repressed them so far down that when Vice gained sentience, he has his own body.
So... When Vice said he changed but Ikki doesn’t believe him, doesn’t that mean that in some small way, Ikki doesn’t believe he himself cannot change? And since Ikki trusts Vice now, doesn’t that mean that in some small way Ikki is starting to believe and trusts himself? If he can believe and trust the being that’s made from the parts he staunchly refused then maybe, just maybe, Ikki can believe and trust himself too!
Where’s the ice power? Well... 
(To use the ice powers in this. I have to bend it so far that it becomes metaphorical and pull out the opposite of it. Ikki shouldn't be iced out. As parent rex, he'll happily provide warmth (and affection) but he still needs to learn trust his siblings. As the rex in the egg, he needs both trust and warmth to flourish.
If the parent and egg thing's used further by taking real life brooding into account. Ikki as the parent rex has the stubbornness to stay with his siblings to provide them with warmth. Often to his and their detriment. Ikki as the rex in the egg needs someone stubborn enough to stay with him to provide him with warmth!)
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flaim-ita · 2 years
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let's go reiwa Era 📸 - relationships with main Decade crew (character of choice - Aruto Hiden maybe 1 HC after Ark 1?)
You said Character of my choice - 4 Main Riders for 4 members of the Decade crew. Set in my Canon so Natsumi is AR Gaim and a Man of Beginnings Level Overlord.
There’s a familiar shatter around Decade’s actions during the fight that inevitably occurs when two Riders meet. A rogue idiot with black market ZAIA tech, luckily, but still. Aruto notes with the machine like analysis in Zero-One the way Decade’s hand shakes slightly, nefore the fight.
“Thank you for the help,” he says after. Still used to being on his own. Decade pauses.
“Those are rare words,” he says.
“Why?” Aruto asks.
“I am one of the most dangerous men alive,” Decade says calmly. “I used to fight it. Now I…”
He trails off, hesitant as if not sure of his next words.
“Then you’re in good company,” Aruto replies. “I may or may not have nearly caused a race war.”
“How the—”
“Public figures have public feelings.”
“Ah.” Decade considers him. “Who saved your soul?”
Aruto thinks Decade is looking into his, right now. Still, it’s impossible to deny his presence.
“My partner,” he says. “Izu. I held onto her memory. I fixed things. And I have her back, now.”
Decade hmms.
“Good,” he says. “Congrats on the reunion being so soon.”
Aruto doesn’t know what to do with that.
——•——
She’s browsing the book shelves and Touma wouldn’t blink were it not for the fact that the Wonder World now tied to his soul screamed about her. Which is curious. Usually it’s a whisper, because everyone has a story to tell.
This is screaming.
She turns. Their eyes meet. One of hers flashes red, for a moment, her hair blonde. She’s a goddess, he understands. A fusion of two impossibly dangerous powers. She knows he holds the key now, too.
“Kamen Rider?” She asks. He blinks.
“You too?” He asks, and she nods. Like Kento, several powers bathe her. Several stories. “Why are you here?”
“We recently… got custody of a struggling young boy,” she says. “I’m looking for books. Stories that’ll help. It always comes back to stories. And choosing fate.”
She’s fought destiny and won, he suddenly knows. Just like himself.
“I have a set of children’s books I’ve made,” he says. “There’s one about a duck who was supposed to be a villain…”
He knows she understands, too.
——•——
Onodera Yuusuke smiles like a man used to being used and utterly uncaring about it. Ikki doesn’t know how to feel about that. Makes him want to help, but the only foe right now is George fanboying over the poor man.
“You’re the rare Kuuga of another World,” George says. Yuusuke laughs.
“Maybe here on World of Heroes,” he says.
“No, you’re—”
Yuusuke’s eyes widen, and Ikki steps in.
“Welcome here at the bathhouse,” he says, interrupting whatever George was set to reveal. Yuusuke smiles.
“Thank you,” he says. “You’re a nice… person.” Oh right, Natsumi is his wife. Natsumi from the group chat Vice dumped him in. “Deserving of the legacy.”
“Thank you,” Ikki replies. “I’m always happy to help.”
Yuusuke’s smile softens.
“Reminds me of my husband,” he says. “Even if now, at 33 years old, he still won’t admit it.”
“Ikki’s the best though,” Vice says. “Obviously.”
“He sounds interesting,” Ikki says.
Yuusuke nods.
“You use our power, it just so happens,” he says. “Lion is my brother’s Kuuga, but Megalodon is Tsukasa.”
“Hey! Our first win!” Vice exclaims.
“Oh, really?” Yuusuke asks. “That’s nice. I was Tsukasa’s.”
——•——
Vice swipes at the Rolling Vistamp in the blue Rider’s hand.
“Hey!” They say, “you can’t take that! Even the viewers will be on my side, if you take that!”
Karizaki is taking PHOTOS, of course, because he sucks, and Sakura and Daiji aren’t here because this was an AMBUSH.
The blue Rider hmms.
“I did take it, though,” he says. “And if I remember correctly, you alone can’t transform without it.”
Vice growls, pulling out Rex and their Driver.
“I can try,” they say. But the transformation makes it half way before blowing them off their feet.
“Vice, calm down,” Ikki says.
“Absolutely not!” Vice says. “I won’t let him have Ikki!”
“Oh,” the Rider says. “This has a person in it?”
“No!” Vice says, “well, yes. Kind of? I can’t possibly get Ikki back without it.”
The blue Ride looks between the stamp, and Vice, and he sighs.
“Fine,” he says. “I understand a treasure like that.” He tosses it back to Vice. “Got anything good to trade?”
Vice pauses. Do they?
“And why should I even give you one?” They ask.
“Because I came here for a treasure,” the blue Rider responds.
“Vice,” Ikki says. “Give him Kangaroo.”
Vice laughs. Ikki can be wonderfully crafty sometimes.
“Long as you don’t go making demons, here,” they say. “This is a special stamp.”
“Fine, fine,” the blue Rider says. Catching it when tossed. “Tell Natsumelon I said hi, by the way.”
And then he leaves. Oh. Oh that’s the thief, Daiki, isn’t he? Vice has had some fun conversations with the guy on HeroGetter. He’s so much more annoying in person.
“From you?” Ikki teases. Oh. They said that out loud.
“I’m the best,” Vice replies calmly. “Well, besides you. So of course I’m not annoying!”
Would like a different voice actor, though.
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toku-explained · 2 years
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The Fire and Ice Rex Pair
Trigger: Darrgon escapes his restraints, and Carmeara informs him she destroyed Hudram. Sickened she would kill a fellow Dark Giant he goes to leave, but she uses her increased darkness to turn him into her puppet. GUTS-Select take a photo together, and Akito is happy. Darrgon appears to rampage, and Akito and analysis can see he's powered up. GUTS Falcon flies into and Yuna tries to reach Darrgon unsuccessfully, so Kengo goes to Trigger, soon switching to Power-type. Akito calls out for Darrgon to remember learning strength came from the desire to protect, to no avail, Yuna is sent flying, but Darrgon catches her dedpure his possession, breaking free, but Carmeara seems amused. Darrgon tells Yuna he has been drawn to humanity's strength in bonds, and they ask him to join them, he wants to settle his rivalry with Trigger first. As the two Giants prepare to fight, Akito asks Tatsumi to let the fight go on, which is accepted but putting everyone on alert. Kengo goes straight to Glitter, but soon Carmeara enhances the curse, sending Darrgon wild he even targets Yuna directly, and GUTS Falcon launches, but Yuzare's power barely protects her. Darrgon struggles with himself, and tells them they have to stop him, before losing himself for good. Carmeara attacks Trigger, stopping him fighting Darrgon further. Yuna runs, chased by Darrgon, and is cornered. Akito fishes out the Ribut Key and requests Nursedessei use Battle Mode, and requests use of the gun himself, and uses the Ribut key to prepare the Maxima Galaxium. The point blank attack defeats Darrgon, whose last wordsare gratitude. Trigger is on the ropes from Carmeara, and defeated, Yuna picking him up as Carmeara consumes Darrgon's darkness. Shegoes human size, beating Kengo, grabs Yuna, and vanishes. She places Yuna on the alter, manipulating her body to open the gate to the Eternity Core. Ignis seeing this, swears not to let earth wind up like Lusharia. Czrmeara begins to absorb the Eternity Core, her body mutating and earthquakes start, the gate returns to tower form, and Megalothor emerges, Carmeara's new form.
Galaxy Rescue Force: Sora finishes a report to Queen Izaba about using music to empower Warriors of Light. Izaak points out a letter in a file Sora has, which she opens to find is from Daada mentioning the many nearby tourist destinations and offering to take her on a day off. Sora is unsure what to do, Izana recognising, even if Sora doesn't, that she loves another, obviously Ribut, though Sora denies it. Ribut pops by, accidentally scaring Sora, sees the invite, and tells her to have fun. Sora, confused, says she will and leaves. Izana asks if Ribut is okay with that, him seeming genuinely oblivious. He reports Dark energy traces in the base the recent days, they worry something has snuck aboard. Privately, he seems concerned about Sora going on a date.
Revice: Looking at the Giff statue, Kadota contemplates to George if it would have been better to destroy it. Director Akaishi Hideo wants them to focus on eliminating Olteca, Julio and Aguilera. Julio tells Aguilera the thing he hates the most are traitors. Olteca asks a cultist to gather fellow members. Sakura is contemplating the Ushijima house, she never stepped into the basement, when a man comes in asking to find Julio, AKA Tamaki Gou. Daiji notices Kadota's still in poor shape as Ikki arrives, asking George for a way to separate the remaining 3 Giftex, George has a new ViStamp that might do it. George puts Ikki and Vice into a simulation, the first test is against Revi Rex Genome. The man explains to Sakura he had been friends with Tamaki in high school, and his smile quote comes from himself originally. Ikki and Vice defeat Revi, and Vice freezes as George explains the new stamp should put them both on Remix level in terms of power, and they'll suffer if not in sync. Another Revi appears, and once defeated Ikki starts burning. YouTube admits he betrayed Tamaki, pressured by the bullies into destroying a gift, and he never apologised. Sakura promises to try and help. Ikki and Daiji hear from Sakura. Julio has Aguilera recall their first meeting, driven to Giff by Yousuke's action, and he is now driven by hate for him and Olteca. Olteca has gathered cultists, and shows he has the Giff Stamp. Next day Ikki and Vice continue training, and as George has them break they are witness by an alert to Olteca stamping a cultist with the Giff Stamp, transforming her directly into a Deadman. Live and Demons are soon on scene, and seeing Demons struggle, Olteca attacks, but is attacked in turn by Julio. Yousuke and Sakura arrive, and she leaps into the fray, trying to get him to listen to Yousuke unsuccessfully. Cultists grab Live and Demons, making it easier for the Deadman, Olteca defeats Julio and Jeanne stops Yousuke running to him. Ikki arrives last minute, and Olteca reveals that the Giffterian consumed the human it was born from. Ikki uses Barid Rex, then combines the new Volcano ViStamp and goes further, Revi Volcano Rex and Vice Barid Rex. Their combined power and contrasting temperature allows them to beat the Giftarian, but the human is home. In a rare, Revi charges at Olteca.
Zenkaiger: Everyone discusses kotatsus, Yatsude mentioning how they can bewitch people, when Kotatsu World appears, trapping everyone under a kotatsu. Zyuran gets free because he can't handle the heat, and goes in search of wearable ones for the others. Before he can tind any everyone affected starts turning into cats, and his attempts to energise everyone fall flat, despite his efforts being appreciated, until Secchan finds Kotatsu World. ZenkaiZyuran fights, but then Barashitara appears, in order to get to Zyuran they use the Patranger gear to combine their kotatsus, Secchan commandeers the CrocoDaiOh to get them to the scene. Everyone arrives, still hound to the kotatsu, just in time, and changes. With the battle still difficult with everyone trapped, Kaito uses the new Donbrothers Gear, summoning DonMomotaro on his bike, who helps Zyuran fight Kotatsu World. Vroon manages to move enough to annoy Barashitara, Zenkaiser uses the Zenryoku Zenkai Cannon and Fighting Power to summon Battle Kenya, Kibaranger and GekiBlue, holding Barashitara off until Kotatsu World is destroyed. Dai Kotatsu World appears. DonMomotaro offers the use of his Enya Rideon, which combines with Zyuran into Don ZenkaiOh, eventually winning with a Don Zenkai Crash. All of the attacks make use of the Donbrothers Gear. DonMomotaro has a laugh afterwards before taking off. Everyone is being considerate to Zyuran later. Stacey is in jail bemoaning his condition, when Gege approaches, and seemingly takes control of his body.
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kanasmusings · 5 years
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[Kanji/Romaji/English Lyrics] StarMyu SHUFFLE REVUE - “MISSION x CAUTION”
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More from Shuffle Revue, yay~! This is the song that Kuga and Eigo sang XD I mean, outside of The Elegance pair, I’m down for this one wwwww I know they probably just paired these two off because Tatsumi was with Hoshitani and Nayuki sang with Ugawa  and they were the only two leftヽ(*・ω・)ノ
But!! Looking at it though, these two really seem to have a similar standing in their teams in terms of their relationships with their respective leaders so, having them sing a duet TWICE wasn’t really that far-fetched  ∑d(°∀°d)
Also, SHUFFLE REVUE subs are available here!
※ Please don’t re-post the kanji, romaji, and English translations without permission. Instead of reposting, please just like/reblog instead ^^
Under the cut, enjoy~!
「MISSION x CAUTION」
KANJI:
  斬新な色使いのセンス
花と会話してるよなアレンジメント
前々から知ってました
天才、それ以上!
そう、類稀なるフローリスト
うちに来ませんか?
  すまないが、他を当たってくれ
俺がそっちの店舗に参加はできない
花を裏切らないように
大事な仲間を裏切るわけにはいかない
話しは終わりだ
  なんとか受けてください
一体何を企んでる?
何もありません
Can’t believing! believing!
It’s alright! Don’t worry!
  友情一途に波乱万丈!
この命に代えても構わない
それでも一歩も引けない
仲間がいるから守りたい思い
MISSION
CAUTION
どうすればいい?
  成し遂げることが私の使命
仲間とのこの絆、壊せない
更に上を目指しましおう
仁義に反した名誉はいらねー
  友情一途波乱万丈!
私なり分析した決意です
これ以上聞いても無駄だ
明日へと繋がる答えは・・・どっちだ?
MISSION
CAUTION
譲れない!
                                  »»————- ★ ————-««
ROMAJI:
  zanshin na irodukai no sensu
hana to kaiwa shiteru yo na arenjimento
maemae kara shittemashita
tensai, sore ijou!
sou, taguimare na furorisuto
uchi ni kimasen ka?
  sumanai ga, hoka wo atatte kure
ore ga socchi no tenpo ni sanka wa dekinai
hana wo uragarinai you ni
daiji na nakama wo uragiru wake ni wa ikanai
hanashi wa owari da
  nantoka ukete kudasai
ittai nani wo takuranderu?
nani mo arimasen
Can’t believing! Believing!
It’s alright! Don’t worry!
  yuujou ichizu ni haran banjou!
kono inochi ni kaete mo kamawanai
soredemo ippo mo hikenai
nakama ga iru kara
mamoritai omoi
MISSION
CAUTION
dousureba ii?
  nashitogeru koto ga watashi no shimei
nakama to no kono kizuna kowasenai
sara ni ue wo mezashimashou
jingi ni hanshita meiyou wa iranee
  yuujou ichizu ni haran banjou!
watashi nari bunseki shita ketsui desu
kore ijou kiite mo muda da
ashita he to tsunagaru kotae wa… docchi da?
MISSION
CAUTION
yuzurenai!
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ENGLISH:
  A fresh kind of sense like a new color.
Your arrangements that happen as if you converse with the flowers.
I’ve known this for a long time now.
A genius! No, more than that.
Yes, an unparalleled florist.
Won’t you come to us?
  Sorry but, go ask someone else.
There’s no way I can join your inn.
Just like how I can’t betray the flowers,
there’s no way that I can betray my precious friends.
End of conversation.
 Won’t you please accept?
What are you scheming?
There is no scheme.
Can’t believing! Believing!
It’s alright! Don’t worry!
  Friendships are always full of ups and downs!
I don’t mind even if they change this life of mine!
Still, I won’t move one step.
I have my friends so,
I want to protect them.
MISSION
CAUTION
What do you want me to do?
  To fulfill this is the mission I must accomplish.
I will never break this bond with my friends!
Why don’t we try aiming higher, yes?
I don’t need fame that contradicts my morals.
  Friendships are always full of ups and downs!
This is the analysis and conclusion I have come up with.
It’s useless no matter how many times you ask.
What is the answer that connects to our tomorrow…?
MISSION
CAUTION
I won’t yield.
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Week 1
After looking the Gap minder, I decided to do study about best employment circumstance for female to have work-life valance. In this case, I define "work" is a female's career including position and professional field and "life" is marriage/childbirth and family support. 
It strikes me that some friends complain that the office situation makes them feel difficult to get married or have a child, however, others don't care then they have a great career including position and are married and with children. 
In my case, I have exciting job and am married with no child. And I'm wondering what to be taken into consideration to decide next step. (build more career for a while? or negotiate with my boss to get suitable employment circumstance and how? or having child ASAP because I'm already over 30 years old?)
I am most interested in exploring the association between female work style(as first topic) and life style(as second topic) because once I will find it, I can not only make decision to take my next action but also propose the solution to my company regarding how it has to create the circumstances, based on the insight. 
I add to my codebook variables reflecting female work-life valance (e.g. employee rate/position/duration until the promotion to manager/executive, marriage-rate, birth-rate etc ). 
I did the literature review as follows.
1.Emiko, Takeishi(2014)"An Analysis of Workplace Factors in Women's Ambition for Promotion" 
2.Kato, Takao,Daiji Kawaguchi and Hideo Owan(2013) “Dynamics of the Gender Gap in the Workplace: An Econometric Case Study of a Large Japanese Firm,” RIETI Discussion paper, 13-E-038.
These agues that the career duration actually gives impact to the promotion of female in Japan.
I assume that means the lack of experiences of females in case that they take maternity leave then the hypothesis comes up to me.
"If the supervisors gives the opportunities to females more than males before/after the maternity leaves, promotion rate of the females goes up? "
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scoups4lyfe · 1 year
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Ikki sweety your hearts in the right place and obviously you can't do nothing but given that part of Daiji's issues are hella insecurities related to I don't think this 'Fight Daiji' plan is gonna work out tbh. In all seriousness though I can see what Ikki's trying to do and under normal circumstances it might be a good idea to get to what Daiji's really feeling but I think right now Daiji just needs someone to listen to him. I think the best thing for Ikki to do is bs and stroke Daiji's ego just a little to get a conversation going and work from there. I think it's unfortunately a difficult situation in-universe as they obviously don't have the meta insight we do.
Oh sh*t
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I was so caught up in the euphoria of beating the shxt out of Daiji I forgot the fact that would only make things worse—
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scoups4lyfe · 2 years
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Hi Scoups, just was curious of your thoughts on a theory I have. It seems to me that Daiji feels a bit out of focus and I don't get why he is so loyal to Fenix. Then it occurred to me that Hiromi was added in to the story. Since they are both Fenix soldier, what if some of Hiromi's story was originally Daiji's? I am thinking of the commander in particular. Hiromi was the worst until his peptalk and then his determination came through to achieve success in Fenix. That sounds like Daiji as well...
Heyo~. I've read both part (1) and (2) of this ask.
And hmmmmmm. Y'know I gotta say I've seen this theory or at least something very similar going around tumblr and I gotta say. I think that does a major disservice to the writers LOL!
Not to say that its impossible because -- heck yeah that's something that could have easily happened.
But since Im too deep into the Revice insanity I kinda get these authors on a spiritual level lol. And with all my nonsense research, analysis, and essays I can say without a doubt in my mind that even though Hiromi was a last-minute ad-in I don't think his story was originally something for Daiji.
(Or if it was -- I don't think them taking it and giving it to Hiromi weakens Daiji's own narrative arc and plot importance)
I know I mentioned this at some point but Daiji's loyalty to Fenix stems almost entirely from his own view of himself and his self-worth.
Hmmm. I'd say Daiji is to Fenix what Ikki is to Vice.
(LMAO) So what the heck do I mean when I say this?
Well Daiji (IMO) has 2 major arcs (that I'm editing an essay about as we speak) which impact his arc narratively. The first was getting rid of his debilitating self-hate -- which he did through the battle in episode 26.
But the reason why Daiji's story feels so whack is because he still hasn't allowed himself to *BE* a main character. Which is something that'll only happen when Daiji learns to accept himself. Like he got rid of his self-hate but he has still tried to keep himself within a damaging binary.
"Good versus Evil."
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Once he accepts Kagerou -- or at least the darker parts of his character -- he'll finally be able to step into the role of an MC instead of playing the damsel in distress (hahahaha).
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Fenix wise --
Daiji joined Fenix because he wanted to make a name for himself, and show his family (re: Ikki) that he can be responsible and reliable too. So badly Daiji wants to be seen as someone with value. Someone whose capable.
So he tied his self-esteem to Fenix. To this concept that Fenix is essentially important to his person and his worth, and that without it his value will fall back to ground zero.
Daiji also has a major guilt complex that stems form his slow self-esteem and self-worth, so when bad things happen he 100% blames himself.
(Which is why Kagerou was created -- cause Daiji couldn't survive this way)
So I think for Daiji -- since he's tied so much of himself, his worth and value, his identity, and his responsibility to Fenix -- then he no doubt probably sees their sins as his own.
"These things happened because I wasn't good enough to stop them. I should've noticed before it got to this point."
Is the thought process.
Since he's now trying to grow as a person, he's not trying to actively blame himself--- but he still wants to prove his value by "purifying" Fenix.
Because he sees Fenix as an extension of himself.
So, similar to how Daiji saw the darker sides of himself as inherently bad and evil -- which led to a lack of trust in himself and his decisions / autonomy; the worse parts of Fenix are something he sees in a similar fashion.
"Fenix is bad, it needs to be cleaned of its filth. Only then does it have value. Only then can it do things and help others."
The problem in -- Daiji's literally projecting his own false beliefs onto Fenix. Since he believes he 'killed' Kagerou, he thinks he needs to do the same thing to Fenix.
That he needs to "purify" it. And then it can be good and have value.
(And then he can be good. he can have value. The horrors committed by Fenix will be atoned. It won't be his fault.)
But as the nurse lady said in episode 30 -- "Justice" is a word you gotta be careful with because life isn't black and white.
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scoups4lyfe · 2 years
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Hebi Anon
You've already explained in perfectly clear detail that Taro matches your form of neurodiversity. I fully understand and respect that. Neurodiversity takes on numerous different forms.
However, we're seeing this mostly through the eyes of Haruka. In her I see my form of neurodiversity, and through that perspective Taro and Jin's actions with relation to the setting end up painting the most neuroTYPICAL patterns I've had the worst experiences with (again, relating to some deep seated traumas)
I'll explain what I mean in full when you reach Episode 15 (which drove me to actual angry screaming by the way, so expect a lot of negative emotions)
Absolutely understandable.
I have a feeling episode 10 of Donbrothers is going to bring out my "Inner Daiji" so to say.
Will I get triggered going into it? Man idk, yo. Lately Haruka's been wayyyy too relatable bro, and y'know. Well I'm just spouting nonsense cause I haven't watched the episode yet.
Just kno, I completely get you lol.
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George Karizaki and the Tragic Clown Paradox
(aka) The George Karizaki Dilemma — My George Character Analysis
WARNING: This essay goes into dark topics such as child abuse, trauma, and many other touchy and sensitive topics. Read at your own risk, basically. Also contains spoilers up to episode 48 of Revice. 
Warning, again—sensitive topics ahead. 
big thanks to @alpona for inspiring me to actually write and post this.
My Interpretation of the Inner Demon Reveal 
Vulnerability is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as: “​​the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.” George Karizaki is a character that uses humor to disguise vulnerability. On the surface he comes off as more of an unbothered-genius, or mad scientist archetype. He works on what he likes, moral or not, all with an infuriating cocky-smile on his face. But humor isn’t the only thing George uses to hide his vulnerabilities, the very mask of ‘mad scientist,’ or a ‘villain’ caricature/persona is one of the other substantial ways George disguises his own traumas, fears, and pains. At the heart of it all, George cannot be analyzed without being placed in the “Tragic Clown Paradox.” Or— the ‘sad clown paradox’ as wikipedia calls it. 
Wikipedia defines said paradox as: “The contradictory association between comedy and mental disorders such as depression and anxiety.” 
More specifically, the link between humor and trauma. The paradox here, of course, being the fact that clowns—who are associated with laughter, fun, etc.—are actually the saddest or perhaps loneliest individuals in the room.  
This analysis seeks to examine George Karizaki as a character: how he’s being presented, his type of humor, and most importantly—how it all relates to his trauma. 
First on the list of analysis then, is the clown archetype and why I think George fits particularly well into it, and what that might mean for the character. In the article “The Great Comedians: Personality & Other Factors,” Samuel S. Janus states:
 “The world of theatre has always found meaningfully symbolic the alternate faces of comedy and tragedy. Historically, court jesters were tragicomic figures— the embodiment of the bittersweet of life. Among the oppressed, the role of social critic has been the comedian's forte. Freud indicated that humor is a release for anxiety, to quote Abe burrows: ‘The comedian must practice his comedy in order to avoid destroying himself.’ Jack Carter, another leading humanist, says: ‘the funny part, the laughter, is given to the audience, but the comedian is left with the bitter dregs.’ Comedy has been described by a leading theologian as: ‘The ability to laugh at one’s own tragedy.’”  
This is a particularly powerful section looking at the role of the tragicomic—the jester, the clown; and just how entwined with tragedy said comic is. Now, examining George’s portrayal in the show, fifty-one seconds into the first episode of Revice we are introduced to George first via his voice-over explanation about the Giff stamp. Then he brings up the idea of fighting demons with demons and with a snap of his fingers he brings up Daiji’s profile. Here we see George as a confident scientist. He obviously has a plan and knows what he’s doing. All, as stated previously, with a cocky-smile on his face. 
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At Daiji’s coronation he cuts off Hiromi and pushes him humorously out of the way, saying he’s ‘taking too long.’ (This is notably also the first episode where we hear mention of his father and/or his father’s scientific legacy.) During the entire attack at the coronation, George is shown to be one of the only people not panicking. He’s rational and level-headed, even warning Hiromi not to try using the vistamp because it would be too strong for him. But then refusing to intervene or do anything more, letting Hiromi go through (and fail) at transforming. Simply stating: “See?” when things go wrong. This—from the standpoint of the audience, is also quite humorous. 
George takes on this theatrical jester archetype throughout the entirety of the series, sarcastically commenting on the sidelines as things take place within the central plotline. Like with Hiromi’s failed henshin. In “Fools are Everywhere” Beatrice Otto takes notice that ‘It is the nature of jesters to speak their minds when the mood takes them, regardless of the consequences.” In fiction, and real life, jesters employ a variety of skills. Such as storytelling. In fact, the modern term derives from gestour, or jestour, Anglo-Norman (French) meaning ‘storyteller’ or ‘minstrel.’ (Wikipedia) Jesters have a privilege of mocking/stating the truth to those in power (King) and being able to get away with it. George Karizaki is shown (like in episode 1) to mock, narrate, or comment on a situational folly or irony—again, such as Hiromi’s failed transformation. 
There are, of course, other notable instances of George’s jester antics—such as in episode 2, when Hiromi is informed he’s been demoted. Stating: “Your disgraceful failures to protect our Vistamp research labs AND inauguration ceremony have led you here.” So truthful and mean that you, as the audience, can’t help but feel bad and be amused. But instead of ending it there, George puts on that mocking smile of his and says in English, “Don’t mind, Hiromi.” 
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George, like most jesters, are passive commentators rather than active forces within the narrative. They spectate. In fact, the most active thing George does is create vistamps to be used, which is barely, if ever, shown on screen. Yet somehow George still manages to manipulate and dictate main storyline events. Often working as the catalyst for something to happen in the episode. Such as when he gives Daiji a henshin device, or when he sticks a tracker on something stolen from their base in episode 14/15. 
Moving on to his sense of humor, George’s humor is a mix between self-enhancing humor that: “Involves a generally humorous outlook on life, a tendency to be frequently amused by the incongruities of life, and to maintain a humorous perspective even in the face of adversity,” (Like George at the coronation in episode 1), and Aggressive Humor which “relates to the use of sarcasm, teasing, ridicule, derision, ‘put down’ or disparagement humor.” Both are used to enhance the self, and the second is used to enhance the self at the expense of others, specifically. 
In Scott Kaufman’s and Aaron Kozbelt’s study, “The Tears of a Clown: Understanding Comedy Writers” they look at these types of humors and found self-enhancing humor to be positively correlated with social support and optimism, suggesting an optimistic outlook on life is closely linked to using humor for coping, perspective taking, and emotional regulation. On the other hand, they found aggressive humor to be positively correlated with self-report measures of hostility and aggression. We have seen George employ both kinds of humor throughout the show. Especially aggressive humor. This shows that George, as a person, is someone who uses comedy to cope and emotionally regulate himself, aka: He builds himself up by taking others down. I stated at the beginning that George uses humor to hide vulnerability, and to give himself a sense of control. As George—though it might not be obvious at first glance—is someone who hates loss of control, as it puts him in a vulnerable position and reminds him of his past trauma, which I’ll get to in a minute. 
Above is a video of George putting on his Villain persona in response to Hiromi lashing out at him
Janus states that, “there appears to be an awareness on the part of the audience of the relationship between humor and anxiety. Consequently it would be reasonable to assume some awareness of the fact that comedians are very anxious and often depressed people. (...) Humor, then, can be seen to be especially applicable in situations in which the individual feels himself to be powerless.” 
Power, powerlessness, control, and lack of, are all important elements of George Karizaki’s character and the clown mask he uses to cope with his past and his present. In Janus' study on the relationship between humor and anxiety,  he found that the early lives of all the subjects were marked by suffering, isolation, and feelings of deprivation; and I quote:
“Humor offered a relief from their sufferings and a defense against inescapable panic and anxiety. The presence of these same needs and ears almost universally accounts for the success of these particular individuals as humorists. The fact that humor is a language of protest to mitigate their anxiety and permits them to function. (...) It is felt that comedians are able to convert their rage from physical to verbal assault and that for many their comic routines are a form of acting out. (...) They (comedians) are keenly sensitive people who have an uncanny perception of the needs and fears of their audience.” 
Losing his father at such a young age and with no information about a mother, other than the mention of her not being around/gone, I think it is safe to assume George grew up an orphan without parental role models in his life. But not having parents is not George’s only trauma. 
(And here’s where my take becomes hot ….lol) 
George was forcibly given his father’s inner-demon as a child. This is obviously a metaphor for the passing down of generational trauma. It is also a form of child abuse. If we examine the facts, which are: (1) the father inserted his demon into George’s body without his consent, (2) this hereby violates George’s sense of self/his bodily autonomy, (3) as stated above, it’s child abuse. You don’t use a kid as an experiment and violate his control over his own body and not have that qualify as child abuse. George had to have been about 4-5 years of age at the time. That’s messed up. Though he might not recognize it subconsciously, this is another reason George hates lacking control. 
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He’s already had things taken from him (i.e his parents) and things done to him (inner demon) all outside of his control. Then he had to grow up in that environment of deprivation and abandonment, where all he had left was his father’s inner demon and a legacy to live up to. This is also why Geeorge has the tendency to mask as a villain when confronted/put into an uncomfortable situation. It’s self-protection. “People lash out so that they can reject before they get rejected or abandoned. It is a way for the person to feel more in control, which makes them feel safer.” (‘Why do people lash out’ by Dr. Monocle Borschel) Some people with trauma lash out because they go into fight or flight mode when they feel threatened. 
To George—being vulnerable is putting himself out to be exploited. So he masks behind aggressive humor and villainy instead. 
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Now, onto George Karizaki’s dilemma. 
One of the ways the George inner-demon reveal can be read (aka the way I read it) is as a metaphor for CSA. (Child Sexual Abuse.) How the scene is shown, the translation, and the fact that George’s bodily autonomy is being violated by his father, is why I came to this conclusion. This would also further explain George’s unusual sexual-coded interest in older men/father figures/authority figures. Victims can seek out the same type of abusers in order to have “control” over their own situation this time around, ergo “winning.” Though it never quite does work out that way. Either way, basically, if George is flirting/making the advances, then he has the control. 
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All throughout the show George is usually the one to initiate physical contact with others, not the other way around. And when it is the other way around? George has never once reacted positively, instead forcibly removing the hand/touch from his body. 
Of course, this might’ve just been the actor being silly/doing something he finds amusing, for when he does things like flirting with the Igarashi father in episode 8 at the hot springs. But it still shouldn’t be ruled out imo. 
One of my first questions at George's inner-demon reveal was: “How does this differentiate from the intergenerational trauma passed down to Ikki from his own father?” Ikki’s situation (mostly with Vail) is often seen as a physically and emotionally abusive relationship. Ikki literally uses himself as a shield to protect his other siblings from his father’s inner demon. Vice, Ikki’s own inner-demon, is modeled after Vail, his father’s demon. Vail caused Vice to be created. I could wax poetic on this forever. But in examination and comparison to George’s situation, I found that the difference was in the actions the fathers took. Genta failed to protect his family from his inner-demon and hurt them, both physically and emotionally. But, George? George’s sense of bodily autonomy is being violated. His father, in fear of losing his son, decides to do something to his body that can never be undone; and he does it in his sleep. All without George knowing or realizing what’s going on. 
The entire situation reads to me as CSA. 
That’s the difference in the traumas being passed down; because unfortunately, it is a common fact for victims of CSA to become perpetrators of it when they’re older. Once again it’s about revisiting the trauma but from the winner’s side. Which is a disgusting thought process/reasoning, but that is the underlying motive. Now, was his father abused that way? As the audience, we can’t be sure. We know from separate Revice releases that the father, Masumi, worked as a scientist in a position lacking power—but that’s all we really know about his side of the story. The only thing that hints at it being like that is the knowledge of this being an intergenerational trauma being passed down from father to son. Literally, the same inner demon. Plus, the fact that it is being passed down from body to body. 
This is George’s essential dilemma—how he should view his father who was a good dad in most aspects up until the inner-demon insertion, and abandonment.
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This is why George states that it would be easier to forgive his father if he were really dead.
The entire scenario does nothing but fill George with turmoil. How can he reconcile these two facts?  The good and loving memories versus the abandonment and bodily autonomy violation. The bad things should make his father irredeemable, unforgivable, evil. But he was still George’s father. One who gave him a majority of good memories when he was around. The situation here isn’t black or white but a complex gray area. 
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Even Chic, George’s inner demon, shows aspects of this: George and his father’s love for science (good)—but twisted into something ugly, and, humor—George’s way of coping. A perfect mix of the trauma and how it both drives George/causes him to react a certain way (masking, etc.). That’s what Chic represents. A trauma inherited from his father.   
So, George Karizaki is a “tragic clown paradox” because of this gray situation he finds himself trapped within. It’s a lose-lose. The jester’s met his match. Humor finally wasn’t enough to mask his pain. So George did the next best thing: he became the villain. (Juuga) 
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A few things to note now that we’re coming to the end of my essay: (1) this situation reminds me of two other things—Perks of Being a Wallflower (Charlie), and Eliot’s situation in Mr. Robot. In BOTH cases (spoiler) the MC has been a victim of CSA by someone close and very dear to their heart. In Perks it’s by Charlie’s favorite person—his aunt, and in Mr. Robot it’s by Eliot’s father. Both Charlie and Eliot repressed these memories and went on remembering their abusers as people they really loved and who really loved them. Yet, once they remember what happened to them…sh*t hits the fans. Here’s a clip from Perks of the scene where Charlie remembers/finds out what happened: 
WARNING: The videos below might be triggering, watch at your own caution.
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Here’s a clip for when Eliot finds out: 
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In both, finding out had (obviously) detrimental effects on them. But even before that, their trauma is shown subconsciously. For Eliot, his personality split in order to protect himself. For Charlie, his depression and suicidal ideation. The same can be said for when George finds out. George literally slowly loses his mind, with the catalyst of his father dying adding to previous stress, and instead tries to destroy his father’s legacy by attacking his friends. All so that he can feel more in-control. All so he can feel he has power over his father. So yeah, Charlie and Eliot’s stories reminded me a lot of George’s, which only strengthened my previous assumption of his inner-demon metaphor being about CSA trauma. 
Other things to note: (2) George uses touch to manipulate others, often initiating contact when trying to get someone to do something. Such as an arm over shoulder. For George, this can show that to him, touch equals power and control. Especially over others. (3) I think this is one of the reasons why George works out a lot. He worked out enough so that if someone touches him, he can physically remove the touch himself. No more letting others have control over his body without his consent. 
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scoups4lyfe · 1 year
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Hebi Anon (having to rewrite this because my browser crashed)
Here’s the big announcement, hand me the megaphone
KAGERO WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO COME BACK
Interviews and production notes confirmed that Kagero’s death was supposed to be permanent, he was never meant to come back in any form and that that the retcon to reveal that he was alive was relatively last minute. Which means that most of Daiji’s actions during this arc was written with the notion that Kagero was actually dead, later changed to simply being totally isolated from Kagero. It’s why Kagero went from “You think we can work together like Ikki? No. The only way this ends is with one of us dead and the other in permanent control” to “I was waiting for you to admit you needed me”.
You can also see this physically with Perfect Wing as it’s just the Holy Live armor with added black stripes over the old Evil/Live body suit. Infact, in the first magazine previews, the stripes were literally stick ons that were visibly peeling (though I think they properly painted the stripes on later).
I said I would give my interpretation of Daiji during this arc once I’ve announced the big retcon, so here it is.
In short, I think that if you lose your inner demon, you not only lose the ability to perform the “evil” actions embodied by the demon, but you also become incapable of understanding anything “evil” from both others and your future actions. Primarily because Inner Demons embody character traits that can be seen as or learned to be recognized as “bad”. Like how a child that hasn’t had enough experiences to learn from can fail to recognize why stealing would be bad, and in turn why a child can fail to understand why someone would steal in the first place. Remove the demon, remove all that learning. And with the Igarashi family, it’s heavily implied that they can only ever have one inner demon, they can’t develop a new one.
Kagero was incredibly underhanded and scheming, so when he was gone, Daiji lost the ability to do the same. It’s why his big “plan” to stop Akaishi was to just jump in the announcement and just scream “don’t listen to him” instead of anything more underhanded like sabotaging the signal to prevent it from coming out. Then, after Akaishi and Giff literally beat the idea that the only way towards peace/the only “good” way forward was to bow down to Giff into Daiji’s head, Daiji was left completely incapable of understanding why people would fight back against that. It’s why he was left confused, outright saying he doesn’t understand when the Weekend refugees refused to go along with him, even after they all said why. He was doing the good thing in his perspective, so why would people object to that? What Weekend and the rest of the family was doing had a horrible risk as if they lost, all of humanity would die, so it was evil in his eyes as what Daiji was doing would guarantee survival. It was the opposite of good, so it is evil. And evil needs to be defeated. So on and so forth.
Absolutely mind-boggling to me that they fr had Kagerou killed off for good pre-retcon
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Your entire analysis here though is fr fire because I absolutely agree with you. It would make sense then, with how Daiji was written, that without Kagerou homeboy would be unable to tell the difference between bad and good (more notably —- the nuance of it).
Did laugh though at that ‘not being underhanded’ (during the broadcast) part because that scene was wild 🔫 😛
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scoups4lyfe · 1 year
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As for Ikki's anger at Azuma imo that's from Azuma being dismissive of individual lives. For him every life is valuable and everyone matters, that's why he's a busybody, he wants to help everyone. The idea that people are in anyway expendable to even the slightest degree is fundamentally antithetical to everything Ikki is. For Azuma and Ikki the fight is about which one is right, about the bigger picture vs the little guys. That imo is why his siblings agreed to let Ikki handle Azuma, because just like Daiji vs Kagerou this is a fight Ikki has to fight alone.
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Exactllyyyyyy
Again -- FIRE analysis.
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scoups4lyfe · 2 years
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Hebi anon here
Get your analysis glasses out for the tortured middle child, cause this arc definitely seems to be a Daiji arc
FINALLY
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my time to fking SHINE.
I have no idea what happens in 34 to what? 36? But from what we're currently seeing (up to 33) I think it's....hmmmm intriguing??
I say this cuz I've been reading up on some psych stuff lately <33.
But I find it interesting tha tmore than once someone's mentioned to Daiji something about how "Righteousness" and "Justice" doesn't always mean the same thing -- or what did Akemi say??
Something something "Things aren't black and white." ?
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(Close enough)
Like the gist I'm getting is that trying to do things on the "Straight and narrow" path perhaps isn't always the best choice for the situation.
Which is rlly intersting because Daiji is of the belief that he has no inner demon anymore and he's just 100% pure holy justice and
✨wholesome goodness ✨.
Which --Ppl can say whatever they want but its legit impossible to just...get rid of your inner demon(s).
Like that stuff is built into your psyche.
And as we've seen in Revice an Inner-demon is SO much more than one thing. It's intrusive thoughts, fear, things you want but can't tell anyone about, as well as things you DON'T want but are anxious about -etc etc.
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But......at it's foundation those demons are built on the coping mechanism you choose in childhood to cope with the world and what not.
Even ep 26, Kagerou's line:
"Let's make things Black and White" .........is SO fascinating to me because narratively -- that's the exact OPPOSITE of what Daiji should be doing? A mentally healthy individual needs to learn to accept the darker parts of themselves.
Which is something all the siblings are slowly working towards. But, Daiji? He's literally the only one who has not really worked towards that at all? He continiously rejected his inner demon (until he couldn't anymore), he ignored Kagerou, and well --
He "Killed" him, didn't he? 👀.....
Well I know Kagerou isn't dead. Logically that wouldn't make sense. Now -- I *DO* think perhaps Daiji did destroy their initial 'contract' -- of Kagerou being the "Mirage" Coping Mechanism .
But Daiji's way of coping with the world has (and will always) be
✨Dishonesty ✨
(I'm using the Enneagram for my analysis btw LOL!!! I think its scarily accurate -- esp for the Igarashi Sibs <333)
...
Since Daiji's an Enneagram type 3
-- This means he's part of the feelings triad.
These three personality types have common assets and liabilities which involve their feelings. When these types are healthy, their feelings are the focus of what's admirable about their personalities, enabling them to become highly valued for their interpersonal qualities. When they are unhealthy, however, their emotions are out of balance in one way or another.
....:D
Average Threes, however, are the most out of touch with their emotions and with their individuality. They suppress their feelings in order to perform more effectively and to make others like them. They lose touch with their feelings as they try to get the success and affirmation they crave.
Unhealthy Threes can become hostile and extremely malicious if they do not get the admiring attention they desire.
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The Two, Three, and Four have common problems with their identity and with hostility, which they may take out either on themselves or on others, or both.
Their problems with identity stem from a rejection of their own authentic self in favor of a persona that they believe would be more acceptable in some way. Although all of the nine types are involved in maintaining a "false self-image,"
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this is the central problem for these types.
Thus, all three are highly concerned with issues of self-esteem, personal value, appreciation, and shame, and with getting others to validate the self-image they have created.
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Hmmm? Are you starting to piece together the puzzle pieces?
Threes, in the center of the Triad, both look to others to validate a positive self-image and look inward to their imaginations to create an idealized self that they try to actualize.
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Of these types, Threes are potentially the most estranged from their own feelings and needs because their image concerns are both externally and internally generated.
Threes look outside themselves to determine what activities or qualities are valued by the people who matter to them, and they try to become the kind of person who has those qualities. At the same time, they engage in a lot of inner dialogue and imagination about the kind of person they would like to become.
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Unhealthy:
Fearing failure and humiliation, they misrepresent themselves, distorting the truth of their accomplishments. They can be extremely unprincipled, covetous of the success of others, and willing to do "whatever it takes" to preserve the illusion of their superiority. / Exploitative and opportunistic, but also deceptive so that their mistakes and wrongdoings will not be exposed. Pathological lying, extreme hostility, and delusional jealousy: betraying and sabotaging people in order to triumph over them. / May become vindictive, attempting to ruin what they cannot have. Relentless, obsessive about destroying whatever reminds them of their own shortcomings and failures.
Psychopathic tendencies: murder.
Threes, the primary personality type in the Feeling Triad, are the most out of touch with their emotional lives.
This is because Threes have learned to put their own feelings and their own true desires aside in order to function more effectively. Threes believe that they will be valued only for what they do, so they put their energies into performing well, "getting the job done," and becoming successful in their endeavors, however "success" may be defined. Further, Threes want positive responses from others, so they learn to behave in ways that they believe will create a good impression.
Over time, as Threes continually postpone dealing with their own real feelings, they begin to have trouble accessing them.
A profound split develops between who they seem to be and who they are, between the image they project to others and the reality behind it. Eventually, their image becomes their only reality.
They become so distanced from their own feelings and needs that they no longer know who they are. They believe that the image is all they have.
At this point, since whatever affirmation they are receiving is in response to an image, and not to themselves, no amount of praise or achievement will make them feel better. The great challenge for people of this personality type is to become inner-directed, to develop themselves as persons according to their genuine feelings and their own true values. Most Threes are unaware of the extent to which they have abandoned themselves, and it can be a very difficult realization when they discover that the dreams they have been so relentlessly pursuing are not their own.
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If they become unhealthy, Threes deceive themselves and others so they can maintain the illusion that they're still on top—still superior people. They are extremely devious if they are in danger of being exposed and humiliated.
Unhealthy Threes are like any other type with deep psychological problem: they have difficulty functioning.
Yet for Threes, functioning, or at this stage, even the appearance of functioning, is everything. They are terrified that anyone will discover the degree of their disorder.
They can become extremely dangerous as they strike out at anyone who they perceive threatens the crumbling image which they now identify with entirely.
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Maliciousness may reach dangerous proportions as neurotic Threes become obsessed with ruining others so they can triumph.
This is the dark, hidden side of themselves which they cannot show to others nor even to themselves.
At this stage, Threes can become utterly psychopathic, ignoring the normal limits of behavior, acting out their cruelest fantasies of revenge. Having no internal brakes on their behavior, they do whatever they can until their fury is spent, others are ruined, or someone stops them. Their dissociation may be so complete, however, that after striking out viciously, they may actually have no conscious recollection of having done so.
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Threes are finely attuned to people's reactions to them, and can respond by projecting whatever image they need at the moment. But since their repertoire of images does not have a corresponding measure of reality behind it, everything they do is done for affirmation, not because they are personally committed to, or deeply involved with, whatever they are expressing (being "politically correct").
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Hostility serves Threes in two ways: first, it compensates for their own feelings of inadequacy, and second, it keeps away people who, for one reason or another, undermine their fragile self-esteem. In this latter regard, less healthy Threes may even be hostile to people who they admire.
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Deeply pathological Threes fear that their falseness and emptiness—not to mention their wrongdoings—will be exposed.
They have every reason to believe that if such an event were to occur, they would be completely ruined. There would be no chance for them to ever escape their unbearable feelings of worthlessness and inferiority. Indeed, the success and apparent superiority of others mocks them and humiliates them at every turn. It seems to them that others are, and will always be, superior to them. At this stage, they move beyond deception into unmitigated vindictiveness, in effect saying, "I will triumph over you no matter what it takes!" And, if they have nothing to lose, neurotic Threes will stop at nothing. Since they now have no capacity to empathize with anyone, nothing restrains them from seriously harming others. Indeed, destroying anyone or anything that reminds them of the wretchedness they are still trying to fend off becomes a monomaniacal obsession.
LoL. Imagine.
Davy-jones beat the snot out of him this episode, I wouldn't be surprised if Daiji hitched all of his failure and unstable identity on the Fenix Director,...
Lmao.
Imagine Daiji actually says something like "I will triumph over you no matter what it takes!"
Literally would be SO fking funny. Daiji really do be hitting his enneagram profile waayyyy too well.
At Level 8, Threes are desperately trying to cover up their misdeeds as well as the depth of their dysfunction.
They are cut off from their feelings, and in the interest of saving their image, are capable of dangerous and criminal actions. Although they may be successful at concealing their true condition for a while, they are too broken down to avoid periods of collapse.
When they go to Nine, the full extent of their distress and their lack of development are laid bare. They may regress to earlier parts of their life, replaying childhood triumphs or traumas. They may also alternate between depressive, dissociative periods and sudden hysterical outbursts.
They will, if at all possible, avoid letting anyone see them like this, and, as long as they have the strength to do so, will restore their image whenever they interact with others.
[Taken from the Book: “Personality Types. Using the Enneagram for Self Discovery”].
ALLL of this nonsense just to say that Daiji is prolly gonna go off the deep end if all these vague and ominous inbox stuff I get are any indicator (LOL) . To be honest I think the above description of the Level 9 situation might happen and if so I'm fking looking forward to THAT sh*t.
I do know Kagerou literally has to come back.
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Like honesty. I did NOT forget about Daiji’s smile at crisped Ikki’s body
💀💀💀
Rn I have the baseless theory that (Similar to how a Type 3 cuts off their authentic selves and separates from their emotions as they sink lower and lower) that although Daiji's win over Kagerou could have been a very positive thing --If Daiji learned to confront his own internal problems instead of focusing on the recognition of the external ones.
Instead I think him cutting of Kagerou was also him cutting off who he is as a person in order to fit into this righteous, holy, "Justice" mode he believes is valued by the people he cares about. And now with whatever the hell is going on with DV-J
-- if Daiji continues to take L's ---
My dude will probably spiral because his curated self-image will be threatened.
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Interesting that the measure for “Love” is what’s used to make the curry hot.
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Yyyyyyo. First, I just wanna say I've enjoyed your liveblog stuff a lot, especially with the analysis thing you got going on. Second, I hope you're staying safea and healthy, I believe you said something about getting food poisoning a few days ago? And lastly... Do you think it's possible that Vice and Ikki might revise their contract somehow? I admit, the only reason I'm considering this is because they're 'Revice' lol
……….Revice…………..revise….
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mthER FVCKER
I FKING HATE THESE WRITERS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
This is gonna drive me INSANE.
Also <333 thanks 🙏 for enjoying my liveblog and crack theories 🤪. And yeah <33 I’m doin my best to stay healthy (hahaha 👻💀)
I say “food poisoning” but it was actually an allergic reaction to something my friend made me :DD…..I’m allergic to a lot of sh*t. Egg whites and gluten are the big ones though. The food was supposed to be vegan/GF but I guess something went wonky. Mostly these accidents are fine cause I’m a lot more careful then I used to be
(Landed myself in the ER July 2021 cause I was living fast and loose with how careful I was when it came to food LOL )
Now.
Some analysis and why I wanna strangle these writers 👺
So after episode 31's insanity I couldn't sleep
So instead I spent 7 hours doing research and writing analysis.
While I was doing research I was looking into definitions (because I've noticed Intentionality here before, with Vail's name -- insert link) and decided to finally bite the bullet and google some sh*t.
And boy oh boy did I end up going into a fking RAGE at how deep this sh*t is. These writers planned everything down to the last detail and the more I analyzed the more insane I went.
(To the to point of homicidal rage cause FK these writers maaaan.)
Kinnoshita fking CATCH ME OUTISDE how bout THAT
Riiiiiight. So one thing I discovered is that the writers were really aware of the multiple different meanings of the words they chose. Language barriers be damned
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So the reason I put the meaning of Preposition here is because the fact that "Vice" (in the preposition meaning) 'comes BEFORE' and that it is supposed to tell us the relationship with the noun phrase. A noun phrase being about a person, place or thing.
Obviously the other word would be Ikki. Because Vice formed in Ikki's past.
And why did he form?
Because he had to take the place of Ikki, because Ikki couldn't handle taking on Vail.
Vice "rather than" Ikki.
And then it coming from Vicis meaning "change, alternation, stead" is REALLY fcking me up -- because every time Ikki uses Vice's power his memories are altered. Using Vice changes Ikki, his power for Ikki's past.
Don't even get me STARTED at the meaning of Vice as a noun (person, place or thing) having one of the definitions be:
"Buffoon, Jester"
lol I think the sexual immorality definition really got a laugh out of me. "Especially prostitution" LOL!!! Honestly though the definition could still be applied if we think of Ikki's 'prostitution ' him losing pieces of himself (memories, etc) for the sake of others.
(Servicing others instead of himself)
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So then I started lookin up Daiji's definitions and this drove me even MORE insane.
Like "live ammunition" ??? And what weapon does Daiji use when he transforms from Evil to Live?
A fking GUN bro.
Or the "armed but not exploded" and "Live bomb" like ?? Obviously when Daiji explodes he goes from Live to Evil.
My favorite though (of course) is the "of or involving a presentation" because Holy Live? When he finishes transforming his title is sung. Like at a concert.
This tells the audience that "Holy Live" is all just a presentation Daiji's putting up. A play where he's both the actors and the audience. Like? This isn't how Daiji *really* is hence
"To live out their fantasies"
or "Living a dream"
Because he needs to live up to the expectations he's placed on himself and his identity. He wants to be looked up to and admired. He wants to be the hero. He wants to be like Ikki. (Live copy)
Except by living out this fantasy -- by deleting Kagerou -- he will now have to "Live with their decision". I have no idea what happens to Akemi but I guess nothing good if y'alls sus-a$$ comments are an indicator LOL!!! So I guess with whatever happens,
Daiji's gonna have to live with the consequences.
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Now this is where I was yelling screaming crying throwing up--
The fact that Evil meant more specific qualities of something "bad" shot me in the face. "Defective"
(Daiji is the only sibling not able to do things on his own. He keeps losing. Failing to be useful and/or needed)
"Weak" (do I even have to explain this?)
Even fking "FILTHY" y'all.
Like notice?? When we see Daiji first look into the mirror and see Kagerou (with the audience seeing Kagerou too) where is Daiji? He's lying in a pile of trash. With the trash bags.
"Wavering, timid" + "simple, ordinary" ?????
Dude
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The "evil twin" thing took me outside and shot me in the face.
Especially how the "bad" adjective at one point had the definition of "fairly good" is SO funny to me because Kagerou's way more successful than Daiji LOL!!!!
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scoups4lyfe · 2 years
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Hebi Anon
I need to stop going too fast when writing out long thongs because I forgot another extremely important thought I have about Taro's "relationship" with the others
Understanding is a two way street. Haruka at least has shown that she's putting in the effort to understand. Going to Jin to learn Taro's history and asking the questions of what is happening to try and understand their shared predicament of the Noto Layer. These are actions taken to understand Taro.
However, as I said before, I feel that Taro's not trying to understand on his end, which is frustrating to me. I'm neurodivergent and the word runs off of what I see are strange and arbitrary rules, so I ask questions and seek answers to understand. Trying to understand and failing I can get, but not trying at all is just AGH
(Yeah as you can probably tell, I don't like Taro. Sorry about that)
Haahahahahaha It's okay yo -- I'm more than sure that I'm liking Tarou enough for everyone else in this entire world
LOL
I can understand your frustration here :33. As someone used to actively seeking answers to understand whatever my lil homie's got going on would be More Than infuriating (lol).
But the thing is ---and I think this is important to state here ---
there are some things in life that you have to learn.
My friend Sushi is exactly (handshake) with you when it comes to asking questions and seeking answers when you fail to understand, because that would be the rational thing to do right?
Well I'm the opposite
(HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA rip)
And this is because I'm DAIJI ™ .
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I was raised the same-ish way where since everyone else did everything for me, the idea of searching for answers (that, for example, my parents would just tell me) NEVER pops into my head first
instead I speedrun through all the stages of grief and have a full-on meltdown and then, MAYBE I'll think 'Oh yeah -- I can just google this?'
This is my learned helplessness nerfing me in the face (yeehaw). I'm used to being handed answers, to the point that I never think about asking questions ---that even the mere IDEA of asking when I'm confused doesn't ever pop inside my head
9/10 I go "Guess I'll die" and hope that I understand enough to get whatever confusing thing or situation solved.
For a long time I didn't understand show versus tell. But when I did BOOK CLUB with J and Nacho, their live-blogging of the material we read each month gave me that skill. Hearing Nacho say:
"Okay author-nim, why are you telling us this??? You should be showing us this instead" had me going
"O!!! That IS telling!!!!" and now I'm a pro when it comes to that topic.
Book Club started in November of 2020 -- so this skill was developed relatively not too long ago, but it wouldn't have developed at ALL if I didn't hear my comrades honest thoughts and criticism.
It's the same with analysis, I remember in my freshman year of college, after reading passages of the assigned literature, the professor (this is for english / english LIT classes) would ask: "Thoughts? Questions?"
And no lie it would be like
"You people got thoughts on these things??? Y'all got QUESTIONS????" ....But after experiencing class discussion enough, it became easier and easier to begin to learn how to ask questions or how to analyze the material I was consuming. Because I learned what questions I needed to be asking.
This happened because of (1) Proximity, (2) being challenged, and (3) learning through Osmosis.
I said in the previous ask, that Momoi hasn't ever been challenged. So while it might be obvious to ask questions and try to find answers, Momoi's never learned this. He's never needed to learn this.
Because he's been good at everything he's ever done, and had no one to help him grow (say, socially) he doesn't have the skills to ask questions. Why would he need to ask when he just does it easily, anyways? When he never had any trouble? He's never had to ask --so now he doesn't have the language he needs to learn how to understand, or how to seek out that understanding.
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Something he DOES have trouble with is the social aspect of life. But again, all he knows is that he's wrong somehow --- he doesn't know why, he doesn't understand, and he has no one to ask, he doesn't even know how to ask.
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He just accepts it as fact.
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And because of this he operates on Momoi™ logic.
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