#i find it rly interesting with him because he really... really does not seem to give a shit at all lol??

[michaeljoncarter]

kyle is such a fun character because he’s so positive and friendly and good 99% of the time, and then the other 1%, he’s just a straight up sadistic manic

like he’s an artist. he’s a hopeless romantic. he’s become a god multiple times and never let it go to his head. he uses his ring to make bouquets of roses for his loved ones more than anything else. and also he’s tortured and killed multiple people and never shown an ounce of remorse about it. the range ❤️

#kyle rayner #like a hero w a temper isn't a revolutionary idea or anything but #i find it rly interesting with him because he really... really does not seem to give a shit at all lol?? #like where other heroes lose their tempers and 'go too far' they end up feeling bad after #sometimes having a whole crisis about it #we instead get him breaking into prison and torturing a dude who's completely helpless #and when confronted about it by bruce just being like 'yeah AND?' #we get him burning his symbol into a dude's chest and then decapitating him and sending him off FULLY CONSCIOUS into the void of space #while he begs him not to and then just flying off completely unaffected like 'i am god's perfect angel' #and he's RIGHT #i love him

[sesshous]

random dating hcs ᰔ mona, alhaitham, gaming

genre: fluff (no prns)

a/n: dating headcanons... drabbles... blurbs (not rly sure what to call these) also mona in the new cat event!! i love mona, she was the first five star i ever wanted and the first one i ever got, so i'm happy she's at least getting some more screentime haha ♡

mona

mona isn’t the most… responsible with her money. while she does have money set aside, the vast majority of her income goes to her life’s interest: astrology. but even with her lack of money, mona still wants to do things with you! … just without a hefty price tag.

mona loves to stargaze — befitting of an astrologist. she loves taking you around different heights of mondstadt! mona knows all the best spots that have a good view of the night sky — pointing out all the constellations, rambling on to you about what they mean… she’ll even make some copies of her own star charts to give you for future reference.

not really a known fact about her, but mona is actually a pretty decent cook! she'd want to prepare you a filling (and cheap), but very delicious meal rather than go out to eat. sometimes, she’ll end up lecturing you on market prices and ways you can prepare meals for a low cost — she wouldn’t want you buying overpriced ingredients when you can get just as good ones for a cheaper price!

and yes, if you ask her nicely she can create and show you reflections other than constellations with her hydromancy… just for you though. she wouldn’t want people to think her hydromancy is all just for show.

(brownie points if you share the same interest in astrology. you’re basically a match at that point.)

“hm? of course, i knew we were destined to be together — the stars never lie.”

gaming

the absolute sweetest! with how much he talks about you, people of liyue have to be living under a rock if they don’t know the two of you are together.

no has no shame with pda gaming will want to hold your hand everywhere you go. or have his arm around you. or hug you — he literally never gets embarrassed about giving you affection! he’s very into physical touch, he finds it’s comforting. i’d like to think he’s warm to the touch too — with or without the pyro vision. great cuddling material for cold days! (… hot ones too — you just have to wear breathable clothes so you don’t overheat.)

you don’t have to be into it as much as he is, but gaming would definitely want to teach you the basics of wushou dancing! he’s always there to help show and guide you through the movements — he likes to think he’s a pretty good teacher! he'll joke about putting on a duo performance… just a joke of course, haha… unless—?

oh, and man chai loves you! i like to think man chai acts more well behaved for you than he does with gaming, (he blames it on all the treats you give him) but he’s so glad you too get along! … even if man chai does steal take more of your attention when you’re together...

“y’know, i'm starting to think man chai likes you way more than he likes me! … but it's you, so i don’t blame him though, haha!”

alhaitham

alhaitham as quite the reputation for being… unapproachable to say the least. to people, his words and gaze seems judgemental, so how could someone stand to be around someone like that? lucky for you, you're able see past what those people seemingly think of him!

the books alhaitham reads aren’t made for the average’s person leisurely reading — their complex and lengthy — but alhaitham feels a kind of… fondness when you ask him to read out loud whatever book he's currently reading to you! …even if you do end up becoming a bit sleepy due to the content of the book (he thinks it’s cute. will he say that to you? … maybe teasingly.) he also will read and take book suggestions from you if you have any for him! he doesn’t just read non-fiction (and if it’s from you, really he’s open to anything. anything.)

because of alhaitham’s day consisting pretty much on a schedule, he finds himself finding ways to incorporate you into it with his free time. he prefers to spend time with you in more quiet and secluded places around sumeru away from people, but i actually feel like he wouldn’t be opposed to dates in public! going to the likes of places such as the grand bazaar to see what people are selling or watching performances that are put on in the theatre (though most of the time it’s you dragging him out… he does find it entertaining to see your face light up at all of the sights)

on some occasions, he’ll bring you along with him when he’s invited out for drinks with cyno, kaveh and tighnari. (try your best to tease him in front of them, but he’ll always have a playful quip right back at you.)

"really? because sometimes i think you love using me more as a pillow than an actual boyfriend. i’m only joking dear, i love you too.”

#works ᰔ #genshin x reader #genshin impact x reader #mona x reader #alhaitham x reader #gaming x reader #genshin fluff

[queerspacepunk]

was scrolling through the episode 5 lifting some dialogue for a fic and Noticed Something so who wants to get incredibly granular about the 'they're such dicks about spoons' scene?

now there is So Fucking Much going on in this little scene alone (i know i've come across some rly good meta about this esp wrt to frenchie but i can't find it rn if anyone can pls let me know so i can link it)

but to massively oversimplify there a two parallel conversations going on (ah yes the man who can effectively carry two conversations and go into specific and accurate detail/analysis of what went on while freaked out and emotionally heightened is and then regulate those emotions is totally a loose cannon and in need of a minder), one with frenchie and one with stede.

frenchie responds to the situation (potential threat to ed) much quicker than stede, moving to be ready if ed needs him. he doesn't need ask if something happened, he knows it already has, he gets it, and once he's reassured that he doesn't need to be ready to leap into action, he takes a validation approach. "i get it, i understand, i see and know what you're going through and it fucking sucks and they are in the wrong".

stede on the other hand, as a rich white guy who understands as a neurodiverse queer how cruel these people can be, but who doesn't truly appreciate the violence of it esp when race comes into play is a step behind, and once he realises what's going on he's trying to figure it out, solve the problem do a chain analysis, and then once he starts to click to how bad this is and how much "his people" have hurt ed, to step up and step in (always makes me think of this great post by knowlesian)

(there's also something bizarrely sweet about them having this jargon-heavy back-and-forth about silverware they both understand the significance of but that's a different post)

ANYWAY on to the point of this fucking post which is this little clip here

there's some interesting stuff going on just before, with how ed reacts to stede telling him to stand down and the way it's actually the softening of stede's voice and the "these are my people, I'll deal with it" that seems to convince him, but before he does, before he really accepts, ed looks to frenchie.

because stede's learning, yes, and he's trying, but he doesn't get it. not the way ed and frenchie do. and as much as ed's fallen ass-over-tits for this weird lil guy, he's only known him five minutes, and he knows knows him from the perspective of Blackbeard, as a fellow captain, someone stede's treated (for the most part) as an equal.

what has me gnashing and wailing about this is not just that it's frenchie's judgement, his (i'm assuming) approval that lets ed really trust stede here, but also the fact that ed gets to have that!!! he's freaked out and heightened and probably second-guessing his read on things tonight but he has a friend!! he has an ally!! someone who gets it, someone he can look to for a second opinion, confirmation, solidarity.

ed doesn't need a minder, he doesn't need managing, he needs some fucking friends.

#our flag means death #god even the way frenchie goes from 'ready to go' to 'oh u got this? okay cool' #is so good #i could go on forever but i need to fuckin sleep so i'm stopping here #bing bong #ofmd

[hotchs-big-hands]

can i rant for bit cuz ugh why do all the men on dating apps suck?? i hate how some men really seem to fetishize plus size women. like when you're trying to talk with them and all they wanna talk about is sexual stuff from the get go 😡😤 like hello?!? im more than just my body?? ive never even met you dude. ive got a personality, interests, etc. like do these men think they're doing plus size women a favor by aggressively sexualizing them?

it honestly sucks so much. so in order to cope I've been fantasing about hotch 😏

like imagine dbf!hotch where he overhears you ranting about dating and the men on the apps and later tries to talk to you about it. he'd tell you that they're all boys and you need a man.after hearing how upset and objectified you feel he'd probably decide to actively pursue you. especially if you've had a will they-wont they thing going on.

i just really want him to seduce me and give me a reason to delete all my dating apps

❤️‍🔥

I'm so sorry this is so late but girlie I feel this so hard. I legit gave up on dating apps cuz it was just "let me see how big your tits are" "😜 wanna meet up and fuck?" Even if your profile says you're not looking for that, youre looking to date! I thought at one point I found someone who was chill and wanted to just go on a date but then 🧍 well, we won't get into that. All in all, ppl need to stop fucking fetishising fat ppl. It's dehumanising. Do we want to be desired sexually? Absolutely. But not just that tho. We want to be loved and accepted for who we are and how we look. I really hope that you do eventually find someone who doesn't just see you as a sex object, ❤️‍🔥 anon because you deserve it 💖💖

Dbf!Aaron Hotchner is sooooooooo🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭 OOOOOGH

He is fucking PISSED knowing you're being treated like this on dating apps. He thinks it's fucking disgusting that people see you as nothing but a fetish. He fucking adores you. He thinks you're funny, sweet, beautiful, kind and well, of course he thinks you're fucking sexy too. But knowing you're trying to deal with all this shit makes him angry.

So he does whatever he can to show that he's, first of all, into you very much so. But also that hes not after you just for "having a good fuck with a thicc girl". The thought of people treating you as less than human, just sexual organs because of your curves makes him fucking sickened. Man starts to rly make an effort to show he is interested in you. He tries even harder to make you smile and laugh, treats you to stuff, is extremely attentive if you ever vent to him. And he can see it's working, you've got a pep in your step, and you always have that adorable shy smile on your face whenever he talks to you or looks at you. Big fan of fixing a stand of your hair.

One day something changes, you come to him upset and frustrated and you show him the dating app. You vent about it to him all about the disingenuous guys on there only seeing you as a thicc chick to fuck so they can tick it off their bucket list. And so he hugs you close, kissing the top of your head and says he can't stand to see you so upset anymore. But he has something to say that could help.

You pull away, confused. And he's looking at you with so much tenderness your heart tightens. He smiles, brushing a stray tear from your cheek.

"Sweetheart, those stupid boys don't know what they're doing. They don't know how to treat a woman, how to make her feel loved and cared for and seen as more than just their body type. I... I want to know if you'll have me. Accept me to show you how you deserve to be treated."

You can barely string words together, it's cute. But he sees more tears again and he panics, thinking he's gone too far.

"I'm sorry, this was not appropriate. I-"

"Yes.. I- yes, I want you." You interrupt him. It makes him pause, staring at you for a moment as he studies your expression. You glance away, feeling shy again. "I only started using dating apps because I didn't think I'd ever get to be with you, Aaron..."

Oh, oh sweetheart. His heart is soaring and he pulls you close for a tight hug, swaying you gently.

"Sweetheart, you have me. I'm yours."

Needless to say you freed up a lotttttt of space on your phone getting rid of all the dating apps 🥰 plenty of storage for the incoming pics you and Aaron will take together from this point forward.

#❤️‍🔥 anon #aaron hotchner x reader #💌 ah asks

[trash-can-sam]

Can I just say I adore Qi’s relationship with Mint. I feel like its such a good way showing the other side of Qi before they get close enough to see it, and idk I dont think people talk about it enough.

I find it interesting partially because it reveals a lot about Qi’s tendency to be sentimental and hold onto the past (despite the fact he would never admit it.) I find this an interesting aspect of him I dont see brought up enough. He keeps memories of his family and espeically his grandfather very close, I feel like he’s one of the characters with the most photos of family in his room actually (idk correct me if im wrong on that im not sure) and holds on to even small ideas he had as a child (gunghamm mobile suit, katana thing, etc.) 

Now, this could be for several reasons. I feel like a lot of it is rooted in wanting to prove himself to people, wanting to make his dreams reality for himself, absolutely, but also wanting other people to see that he was right to believe in himself and his intellect. He mentions people thinking he was crazy for going to Sandrock, and he doesnt really hide that he wants to be known for his acomplishments. Qi cant stand being wrong and even if it seems impossible to make his childhood dreams a reality he’s going to try his damnedest, so part of the reason he holds onto his childhood dreams is out of spite.

I also feel like theres a component of not wanting to have wasted potential. He talks a bit about how he thinks his parents are wasting their lives and potential by being perfectly content with being simple fishermen who dont desire measurable improvement (money, fish caught, that type of thing). So I feel like he has definetly internalized that dissapointment in his parents by doing the opposite and desiring measurable improvement above all else, because otherwise how can he be sure what he’s doing is worth much?

A lot of this is in contrast to Mint, who doesnt hold onto his past that much. He barely talks about it at all, largely because well, there isnt a lot there. Mint doesnt care that much about proving himself to others, he doesnt care about proving himself to himself. He’s willing to largely take life how its given to him. DONT GET ME WRONG, hes not necessarily a slacker by any means, nor is he unmotivated, But I feel like by Qi’s means he definetly would be.

Mint does what he needs to, he does it well, and he takes a nap. Qi does what he isn’t required to do, does it well, and then does more shit he isnt required (and often he should not) do. In a lot of ways, Mint does what he does directly to help others where Qi does what he does for himself, and if others get helped so be it. You see this in the type of jobs they choose too, with Mint being an engineer who goes around the free cities and helps with town improvement and Qi being a solitary researcher who went to a town on the verge of collapse, not necessarily to help the people there, but to find an old world spaceship, for himself and for recognition for his work.

I also find it interested in how theyre united in their isolation from others. Neither Mint nor Qi really have that many friends. All Mint really has is Gale, whos more of an uncle than a friend really, and all Qi has is well... no one that he acknowleges as a friend ( I feel like hes on a lot friendlier terms with a lot of the town than he would mention BUT THATS FOR ANOTHER TIME ). They both clearly struggle with making friends, Mint because hes on the move, and Qi because its not a goal. For both of them, making meaningful connections with people aren’t really a priority. The priority is always their work, both of them wanting to be recognized more for their work than for themselves as people. 

IDK I just think its very interesting. I could probably write more TBH but this is kind of insane. I just like thinking about them rly theyre the bestest of pals.  

#mtas #qi mtas #my time at sandrock #qi my time at sandrock #mtap #mint mtap #character analysis #way too much character analysis rly #Lots of speculation on motives but like I do what I want rly. #mint my time at portia #Theyre just my favorites and they both deserve more attention #especially qi hes my babygirl #mtas headcanon #? #its not really a headcanon in a traditional sense but it is of Qi's mental state ig #I love them #innane ramblings

[k-s-morgan]

hi ks!! hope you're doing well. i absolutely love your hannibal meta posts, and while i have no idea if youd still be open to any asks, id love to hear your insight on something im stuck on (im also rly new to analysis so pls forgive me for any dumb comments!!) tw sa mention

in the hannibal s3e13 script when dolarhyde attacks will in his hotel room, there are a few lines with notable word choice:

"postcoital" "terrible lover's embrace" it threw me off a bit bc i didnt expect such specific wording. is this scene an allegory for sa? i wasnt sure if this was just the norm for hannibal scripts or if this was something noteworthy.

as far as i understand dolarhyde is now terribly jealous of will for being the subject of hannibal's love and angry at being emasculated. lots of ppl also say dolarhyde wanted to "change" hannibal by ruining/"defiling" the one thing (will) he truly cared for.

everything seems to makes sense, but i dont know if im making something out of nothing, or oversimplifying it. do you have a take on this considering your opinions on the francis hannibal and will dynamic? id love to hear anything you have to offer!! ty for all you do <3

Another ask: hello!! so sorry to bother again, happy late birthday!! i was judt wondering if you got my ask about the will + francis scene in the script---totally ok if you dont wanna answer it! i would just love to discuss it because i couldnt find much discussion for it when i tried searching tumblr/google

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Hey! Thank you so much for your ask and for your wishes <3

So, 'Hannibal' scripts are indeed famous for having rich sexual imagery. In this specific case, there is also context. I don't know if you've seen this already, but there is indeed evidence that Francis had sexual interest in Hannibal (apart from other kinds of fascination). From his notes made for the show, this particular bit (transcribed by Bentley):

“I think we are so similar and could be the best partners that history could have seen. Let me show you what we could do together doctor. I am so eager to please you to be your friend your lover perhaps. Why not I think we could love each other doctor. Don’t you want to have someone that is the one in your life. That special someone that is always here for you. It is me doctor? I am!”

Here’s an interesting part about Will as addressed to Hannibal:

“He faces you, he traps you but in the end he is broken! Do you think he understands you? Do you think he really appreciates your magical power? Does he realize how special and unique and wonderful you are doctor. I have my doubts, I don’t think he really sings the wonder, the salvation that can come from following you, knowing you. ”

That’s extremely interesting because it gives a much deeper insight into Francis and his motivations. For one thing, one of the phrases that always bothered me in the show is his description of Will - namely, the mention that he’s “not very handsome”. It’s from the books, so it might apply there, but Will in the show is handsome, very much so. Francis seems to resent him.

After Hannibal basically helps Will get to Francis in the museum & some more events later, Francis grows furious because he realizes that Will is the central player while he, Francis, is a pawn. Hannibal doesn't care about him the way he thought.

Francis’ attitude to Will undergoes some changes: at the start, he touched his photo, which denotes his interest. He threw him away like a toy in the museum, and while it’s just an interpretation, to me, he looked pissed at Will in particular. When he tells Hannibal later that Will interests him, it can’t be just from their museum encounter. Francis clearly knows a lot about Will (likely from Freddie’s articles), but he doesn’t like him because he thinks him unworthy of Hannibal, which his notes prove. But in TWOTL, in the moment you mentioned, Francis is very unsure about Will. He is no longer certain what to think of him (since he thinks Hannibal has chosen him). He automatically treats him with some sort of respect because of who he is to Hannibal and what he must represent.

I think this explains how they chose to describe the scene of the attack. It's not necessarily a sexual assault, but violence frequently has erotic undertones in 'Hannibal.' Here, Francis might be trying to look at Will like Hannibal, like a lover, hoping to understand what he sees in him. He's respectful and almost reverent at some points after Will regains consciousness. In his eyes in these moments, Will is Hannibal's partner, the man who has what Francis wanted.

Notably, this respect turns into fury in the finale, where he attacks Will viciously. Interesting that he goes to ruin his face first and foremost. Considering his own insecurity, it says a lot about his many-layered jealousy, from deep to a superficial physical level.

#hannibal #francis dolarhyde #hannigram #will graham #hannibal lecter #season 3

[interfacefox]

strange magic

god this movie was my whole childhood. i love it sm but rewatched it a couple times recently and, being older, saw all the things wrong with it, unfortunately.

i am aware that i have never posted about this and likely will never do so again, and i'm p sure this is rly niche and there are abt 2 other ppl in the world that have watched it, but i have THOUGHTS and i am going to TALK ABT THEM

Some of the main things i find criticisms on are the pacing and song choices, and the songs being unnecessary, not advancing the plot, etc. Now i do agree with those but they don't bother be that much.

what DOES annoy me, especially as an aroace person, is that the message of the movie seems to just be "if ur not in a romantic relationship ur miserable"???? idk, it just seemed to me that it was framed that there was something wrong with marianne and the bog king until they fell in love and were "fixed." don't get me wrong, the bog king WAS miserable and needed companionship, but why did that have to be romantic? if anything, he wasn't in a good mindset to be having a romantic relationship at the time, he still hadn't healed from his last one! According to this post, in an earlier version, dawn was meant to stay single i think that this would have been much better. (go check out that post, it's rly interesting!!) I think that in movies like strange magic that are so romance heavy, it's really important to ensure that it doesn't make out that romance is THE most important thing for everybody, it doesn't have to be "in-your-face" about it, just something. and i think dawn recovering from the love potion but remaining single would have been perfect for this.

Also the way it was like, a girl wears darker colours and learns to use a sword, oh no! a tragedy! i wouldn't have an issue with this if it wasn't for the fact it was framed as if marianne gaining independence and her own fashion sense was awful and the only reason for it could be because something horrible had happened or there was something wrong with her. (mariannes dad: you're a.... unique..... girl😃....)

don't even get me started on how morally questionable (at the least) the concept of a love potion is and how the movie just. ignored that.

and despite the animation being absolutely beautiful, icl i do find all of their eyes extremely unsettling

there WERE things i liked tho, like how the bog king was "ugly" and just allowed to be that way. there was no magic curse to break to fix him and make him attractive, he was just loved the way he is. i loved how in the beginning, the dark forest was terrifying to marianne, but by the end she had given it a chance and ended up finding it beautiful.

idk tho, i am open minded. feel free to lmk if u think smth i said is completely wrong.

#strange magic #strange magic 2015 #marianne #bog king

[i-bring-crack]

One thing I find rly interesting abt Jinwoo is how he does this thing where he basically makes major decisions for the people in his life w/o ever really asking them? I’m mostly referring to his resetting the world, which obviously is a net positive, but it felt like it really took away the agency of some of the people in his life? Like his mom was just beginning to heal from the grief of losing her husband, as well as the other survivors of the double dungeon beginning to move forward with their lives, but that ultimately is taken away from them. Obviously it’s a guarantee that they would never have to experience that pain again, but idk.. it almost feels like Jinwoo puts everything on him to the point where he just. Refuses to let people have a say (or I’m over analyzing this lol)

(Girl if you over analyzing then I'm doing a whole thesis—)

You know, this really fits hella well with the Multiverse conversations (and trauma conversations) that I was looking up at YouTube right now. And those conversations also let me get a better understanding of what were the true effects of turning back time ten years later (as well as the effects that Jin Woo has recieved when he became one with Ashborn).

Stories for the viewer are supposed to be concrete. We got invested with Solo Leveling because it told us a story surrounded by urban fantasy that felt new but also still had a lot of mystery to uncover itself in. And it wasn't just easily brand new like a year or two but rather 10 years, a full whole decade were politics, the economy, people, social class structure, technology, war and even medicine changed globally. The effect was on everyone and the cause for it was tremendous. Sure it didn't seem to change a lot on the outside, but everywhere around Jin woo, the gates and hunting was a huge influence on him in order to survive. And the influence on SL ragnarok is far wider (if spoilers let me talk, almost countries were destroyed, hunters rebelled against their governments, even entire biomes were created and changed due to dungeon breaks, in SL too there were many times when the occurence of gates meant that the land would become cheaper or the leadership of a country depended on the control of the strongest hunters or medicine changes as it was possible for people to regrow limbs and maybe even summon life itself, or souls. Thing is, everyone had their whole worldview changed by this.)

As an author you could still make those changes and it would be fine because it was you own world, your own creation, and also because it was still withing your power to change it. But the moment it's presented to the audience, the story is supposed to keep its actions and causes relevant until the end. Not all of them of course, but not to the point were nothing mattered except for the protagonist. That's the reason why the climax is so important for every story, it's the reason why everything was build up until the end. And then when Solo Leveling reaches that climax, it drops back down again, no, it backpedals even further to the point where the world we got used to and we were supposed to love as much as Jin woo; the characters, the struggles, the people, the victories, were all gone.

But, alongside Jin-Woo's growth, that's the reason why we still kept reading in the first place. So when Jin Woo took it all away, it broke the story as a whole, it didn't preserve the elements that we knew about and that at one point influenced Jin-Woo. Then he had become so OP he literally bent the laws of his own world in order to make himself the only person capable of saving it, and thus no longer having the influence of that past world on him. He could be whatever he wanted, do as he wished. The world didn't matter anymore, the effects of the universe were not concrete but rather, flexible to his own will.

(Gary stu Gary stu Gary stu—)

"But people died and suffered! Without the dungeons and monsters then everyone would have lived an ordinary life!"

And what clicks me off is not the Rewind part for the greater good, its Sung Jin Woo keeping all of that a secret because it was "good".

I agree on the surface that it was a logical decision for him to reverse people's lives to the way it was before and let people have another chance on life. People sure seemed to be happy. Or so it appears on the surface.

It's why even with the existence of magic, people still kept their senses and didn't create an entire apocalypse the moment S ranks appeared. It's why the whole world wasn't just pure chaos and instead of degrading, it advanced with magic and evolved their lives to a new future. The line tend to contradict itself when there are hunters that still use their power to their advantage in getting away with everything, but at the same time we see that people and awakened ones still do whatever it takes to bring peace into this world by founding Assosiations, alliances, (and other new things in SL Ragnarok).

Legit it seems the author forgot that his own characters had a reason to become hunters. The man that died in the double dungeon, sliced in half, Park Gi Sool, wanted to fight in order to pay more bills since he was having another child. Kim Sangshik was also a family man that took on the job to protect his family and give them a good life. And I'm sure there wasn't just one "Jin Woo" in the world, sure he was the weakest but he certainly wasn't the only one with a motive to go hunting in order to protect others/earn money to survive.

There was this one line in the novel and probably the manwha too, were someone said that the people who were awakened were made to be hunters, that the hunters should be left alone because, well they are still morally good people who want to protect this world. And it showed in some places like, Jin Woo's morals, as well as the lack of retired hunters, because they still wished to protect.

So at the same time, the choice of not telling people about this new threat, about magic and about their powers, about giving them a chance to experiment magic for themselves without the external threaths of gates and monsters coming to kill them... it's the most illogical thing to do because. Well everyone is going to die either way!

I don't mean this in "Oh might as well die killing beasts and protecting people than dying of old age"

I mean this in "The literal moment Jin Woo had decided to stay on earth, he was dooming mankind to a whole new and far more powerful level of threat that we see both at the epilogue of SL and Solo Leveling Ragnarok." And instead of letting others take the action to protect, to also raise their status, to advance their technology with magic in ways other worlds didn't even do. He choose to take it up on himself to keep those things a secret for as much time as needed. It's as you say op, he did put everything on his shoulders when he didn't need to! He didn't! Jin woo put some back down! We are social species for a (Escusi my lenguage) fuking reason!!

And what would happen if he wasn't there? Solo Leveling Ragnarok.

But also, without the son, if Suho hadn't awaken his powers at the right time, or if Beru couldn't get there in time or if they didn't have the child in the first place. Then the entire world is just consumed silly by the beasts and the new villains of this world! All because Jin Woo didn't even say anything!

Woo Jin Chul and Cha Hae In could be blamed too, but like, to what extent? The one that had all the authority was Jin Woo, and if he didn't want the secret to spread then not even the Rulers could do anything about it. WJC and CHI had either the option of shutting up or facing Jin Woo's anger. So of course they would keep this a secret! It was obvious the moment Jin-Woo let them find out the power for themselves instead of opening up to them. (Or in the case of Hae In, let them find out after she had already been in a relationship with him. Which. Of all things to not say until way late into the relationship geez. That power imbalance is just cracked, and probably why many, including I, wanted to headcanon Jin Woo giving her some of her powers back so that she could at least find somewhat of a ground to stand on—)

... Opening up is also a harsh problem that this series ignores like the plague. And it's also very well fitted with the Trauma ™ that Jin Woo got in the first chapters of the story, halt, it was even before all of that.

Back to the first chapters, Jin Woo never talked to anyone about anything he was suffering through. He was on the constant brink of death time and time again, yet Ju-Hee pushed him to open up as to why he was doing this, and he never answered.

When the story advances, he is fully scared from the Double Dungeon which instigates even more of that fear of opening up to others. He doesn't tell his sister about the new power to level up, he doesn't tell Ju-Hee about him dying and being revived to life. He doesn't tell Jin Ho about the fact that he had to kill the Lizards or else his heart would stop. He doesn't talk to Baek Yoon Ho about the system when the man already knows (well, BYH also kept his mouth shut, which at that point felt pretty useless of him to find out if he wasn't going to do anything with it).

He didn't bring his past of hunting with his own mother, the reason why he was doing this. He also never told them about the return of his father and his eventual death. He told about the new threats of the monarchs at the very end, but forgot to mention that there would be dragons and monsters capable of wiping out entire civilizations, which is why they should listen to him and escape.

You know, it's funny but there was one time when Jin-Woo did open up about his troubles. And that was with his father, who in turn kept lying to him that everything would be fine despite his job being one of the most dangerous out there. At this point he wasn't just firefighter, he was a hunter.

Jin woo was around 14 to 15 years old when he was having a picnic with his father. Sung Ill Hwang wanted to spent more time with his son since Jin Woo was getting worried he wouldn't come back. Unfortunately for Jin Woo, the picnic was cut short when his father heard a dungeon had appeared in the amusement park and went to go take care of it.

The only one that didn't make it was Sung Ill Hwang.

So Jin Woo went back home alone, told his mother and sister about it. And Kyung-Hye in turn said that one day he will come back, instead of accepting his death like all others.

Then his mother went into a coma, leaving him as the sole protector of Jin Ah and herself.

This is all from the dossiers of the game btw, the author gave them the approval to release those stories, so I'm taking them as canon in this too because we don't get to see the ten years fully explored, and we probably won't see that ever, in even in Ragnarok.

I won't put the fault on anyone for Jin Woo's eternal struggle of never opening up, it's nice to see that everyone did the best they could to take care of him and love him. And the closure also just developed gradually to eat him whole before the series ever started. So it wasn't anyone's entire fault, they just lived through unfortunate circumstances. But nonetheless the fear of closure is still valid for Jin Woo.

And, I did lie, there is one other moment where he finally talks about his past to someone. Cha Hae In. Back at their date he also revealed the part were Jin Woo had lost his father back at the amusement park. Maybe because he opened up to Haein is why he didnt want to let go of her post rewind. She was the only one to have literally listened, not because others didn't but because she was the first to raise himself to a point where he wouldnt fear the outcome of —omg— talking his feelings out.

It's why I think this was the definitive point where Jin Woo just decided to close himself up to everyone. Seeing that his father wasn't going to keep his promise, then seeing that his mother was in an eternal coma. He had to basically "man up" at 14 or 15 something and loose all interest of having a stable life, a passion in his future, or any sort of interest, and instead do all it took to keep his last family safe. In the dossiers it was also explained how he took up a lot side jobs, as many as he could, just to pay the bills.

Of course this would have dawned on him, of course he would think he had to do everything from the very start. Of course he would have decided to shut up and do everything his own way because he didn't trust anyone to take the rest of the problems by themselves!

He didn't trust the S ranks, the hunters, the awakened ones, the freaking Rulers themselves because the world had been destroyed over and over again!

He didn't even trust himself when he had gained all the power of the Brightest Fragment, which is why he turned back time again and just started choosing what was best for them without anyone being there to tell him otherwise.

He really though that the only solution was for him to carry it all on his shoulders (AND DOES SL RAGNAROK SAY NO MF WE ARE IN THIS TOGUETHER AND I LOVE THEM FOR THIS. Not just Suho but legit spoilers: Jin ho, Hae In, Woo Jin Chul, The national hunters, everyone who remebers just wants to help Jin Woo and are ready to fight even outer gods in order to keep him safe I AM IN TEARS—)

I felt absolutely delighted, unhinged, almost crying when the side stories came out and gave Jin-Chul its memories back without Jin-Woo's interference. For once Jin-Woo didn't have something to do with the agency of another, and it was refreshing bro. I wished Jin-Chul had done a lot more, I wished Hae In had also done a lot more for Jin-Woo, fight alongside him or at least let him open up. Alas that would have been too much to ask to Sung "I want everyone to be normal except me bc idc about me" Jin Woo

I was bombastic when Jin Woo did reveal everything he knew about the end of the world to Jin Chul because it meant that he trusted him, (it meant that he was an important character hahaha) and when he came back with the memories of the past, it meant that at least something from the past WAS important and no matter how much he distanced himself from it, he couldn't so he had to face him. He had to face Jin-Chul again and it ended up being something good (in SLR) because he managed to at least have someone to talk about what happened during those 27 years.

For God's sake.

This is legit the best analogy for toxic masculinity of "man up", or just supresing feelings in general and the detrimental causes of a person. Sure Irl its not as bad, but to weight upon entire problems that could be helped through talking not only suffocates a person to do everything for the sake of others and ignore themselves. It also drives up the point that their suffering is the best option, that they should bleed out everything instead of everyone having little cuts on themselves that will heal with time.

It's why it sounded so logical to Jin woo to just revert back. Bc really, who tf cared about him and his problems? Who stood up to be on the same league of power as him so that Jin Woo could trust them with not being alone. In Jin Woo's eyes, no one was strong enough to carry all of that for him.

But they could have still carried at least some of it, they could have had time to carry all of that with him.

Yet he didn't trust that, he saw his father die from the power of the Rulers, he saw himself being at fault because now he was Ashborn, and Ashborn also did nothing to stop the deaths of all of them.

Once Ashborn fused itself with Jin Woo, he also became a Fragment, whose whole reason was to protect, no matter how hard the problems were. Ashborn fully took those matters seriously, as we see when he died despite all the other Rulers telling him the true face of his God.

And it's what's happening to Jin woo, he will die and sacrifice everything for the sake of keeping a safe world. It doesn't matter if he takes away people's agency to choose their own path. He is just doing "what's best for them".

#Oh god #Is this why i lile the fics where Jin woo is forced to open up about the system and all the trauma??? #YES #JIN WOO GET SOME HEALING #IF YOUR AUTHOR CAN BREAK UNIVERSES SO CAN I SO LETS OPEN UP THAT WORD DOCUMENT AND FORCE TO HAVE AN HONEST TO GOD CONVERSATION ABOUT YOUR #FEELINGS #solo leveling manwha #solo leveling spoilers #sung jin woo #woo jin chul #cha hae in #character study #more like character examination tesis #in conclusion: this mf better stop someone stop him please #solo leveling

[comradekatara]

if 2 characters could freaky friday switch bodies, which ones would be most interesting or funniest or however u wanna answer

okay i can't just answer this like i did with the narrative role swap au, because there are simply so many options that i find hilarious. here are the first few that come to mind:

if aang could make katara and toph swap bodies (for anywhere between a day and a week) to teach them a valuable lesson on empathy, he would. he would never admit to them this was his doing, though, because he doesn't want to die.

aang and sokka bodyswap is rly funny to me bc if sokka could bend (just one element, let alone all of them???) literally no one could stop him. he'd be unstoppable. meanwhile zuko's like "sokka why are you being so much nicer to me than usual....?? ngl..... it's kind of a turnoff.... 😬"

if katara and zuko swapped bodies nothing would really change except they'd both just seem about 50% hotter than usual to the casual observer. also katara would keep forgetting she can't waterbend and set things on fire constantly, but that's already a pretty average day for zuko. meanwhile zuko would be so elated to be katara she'd have to blackmail him before he agrees to swap back. after returning to his original body, his extreme euphoria at being katara would shatter instantly, leading to a deep depression only paralleled by his mental state after his banishment. actually it's probably for the best that this never happens.

mai and ty lee swapping bodies would be fun because they'd just pretend to be the other but while ty lee does a perfect job imitating mai, mai's half-hearted impression of ty lee leads everyone around them to be like "whats with her? is she pmsing or something?"

bodyswap suki and hakoda exclusively for the purposes of giving sokka the funniest mental breakdown of all time.

bonus points if this is at the western air temple in between "the boiling rock" and "the southern raiders," and this is concurrent with haru bodyswapping with chit sang, aang bodyswapping with zuko (both of these circumstances make katara want to die thank you very much), toph bodyswapping with teo (they can see but they can't walk and vice versa), and katara bodyswapping with sokka for maximum chaos. (meanwhile the duke is the only one unafflicted, and witnessing this pandemonium might actually be the most traumatizing event he's ever experienced.)

i think an azula king bumi bodyswap would go very well actually. she's definitely competent enough to run omashu, meanwhile everyones just like "why does the princess have so much more swag than usual"

#ilys #asks #the gaang and #not tagging everyone #tbh if anyone wants to write a fanfic of any of these i would gladly read them provided they were funny enough #i love good freaky friday plotline #thinking about that one gravity falls episode where soos nearly gets eaten by mcgucket

[plutobutartsy]

ohoho i shall be (evil face)

di i demand to be the first to be informed about new oc developments!!!!! >:(

but in the meantime i'm kicking down your door and making you listen to my oc rambles (also tagging holly @swanconcerto cause she seemed interested hehe)

for one i found a drawing of Briar c:

this is like his fancy special occasion outfit he doesn't normally dress like that (to Evie's chagrin). he usually dresses in like a casual dark academia style? lots of sweater vests and black but also red sometimes!

i only have old drawings of Evelyn that don't match how i imagine her anymore so :((

okay anyway i wanna ramble about them being cute together so !!! first meeting!!!

they first met at the grocery store that Briar works at and like. it was a mess.

yes, Briar usually pretends to be very arrogant but he's still at the very least polite to the customers

so imagine the crisis his manager goes through when Evie comes in and Briar is just unbelievably rude to her😭

she comes up to him and asks if he can show her where the flour is and he's like "find it yourself or ask somebody else" and then he fucking bolts to the break room

it's not on purpose okay he's a loser and saw a pretty girl and his mind just shut down so he acted on reflex

meanwhile Evie is all like "okay wow this is the first time i worked up the courage to ask a worker for help and this happens. what if i die."

Briar's manager jumps in and helps her and then immediately rushes off to scold Briar

the only reason he didn't get fired on the spot was because this is the first time this happened and also Briar just looks like he's ready to pass out right then and there so the manager takes pity

Briar is panicking because "nooOoOOoooo i was a dick to the pretty girl i have no chance now" and Evie is panicking because "omg i must have said something wrong oh god this dude hates me now i can never come back here"

they're so fucking stupid i love them

Evelyn avoids the grocery store for a while because she's absolutely MORTIFIED but her efforts all went to waste because Briar shows up at HER place of work

total accident btw because he was also completely mortified, but his sister is a regular there and recommended it to him

(it's his 3rd sister btw!! the 20ish one who likes bugs, she's probably the closest with Briar out of all 4 siblings)

Evie sees him come in and almost fucking explodes on the spot

Briar sees her behind the counter and goes through 25 stages of grief at once

it's right after lunch rush so they're basically alone safe for the old lady sitting in the corner and Makena in the back room

Briar wants to apologize but he just can't lol but he does manage to not be inncredibly rude again

it's like really fucking awkward i can't lie HAHAGDD

but when he goes to order he asks for Evie's recommendation and she's like :O so he doesn't hate me??

he actually sits down at the counter even though he finds it terrifying

and anyway he really likes the pastery she recommended him so he's like "wow these are rly good do you guys get them delivered or do you make them yourselves?"

and Evelyn fucking loses it because !!!! i made those!!!!!!!!! and she's just so happy and goes on a ramble about how she tried a new recipe and these are a bit of an experiment and oh she was just so scared nobody would like them

and then BRIAR is in his head all like "!!!! if i come here again!!! i get to talk to her AND eat delicious stuff she makes!!!!!!!!"

like he doesn't even care that it has no nutritional value for him lol

more silly shenanigans once they get closer/start dating

so much food omg he cooks for her and she bakes for him

words of affirmation is deffo a love language they share

Briar's is also gift giving and remember his family is loaded

Evie can't go into any store with him because the second she looks interested in something he already bought it

Evie is big on physical touch. ALWAYS holding hands. a billion forehead kisses. like thank god they don't go to the same school because they would make everybody SICK

they're both so impressed by the others powers

Evie makes something float and Briar loses his mind because WOW THSTS SO COOL!!!!

Briar and vampire speed. he's like a 10 year old trying to impress his crush in p.e. like "look how fast i can run!!!" it's very silly but Evelyn still claps for him

there's like a lake near them in the woods and Evie is like "hear me out what IF you throw me across all the way to the other side of the lake and then you run there and catch me can you do that??" and Briar's all like girl you are insane

but they do it anyway and it's Evie's favourite thing

Evie takes him to broom races and he almost died when he saw just how fast she actually flies on that fucking stick with no safety nets whatsoever

also takes him with her on some regular flights and he likes the view but the height is also scary. like he trusts her fully but GOD

Evie was devastated when she found out that vampires can't turn into bats

#cosmic communication #stella's super cool ocs

[abyssin]

👫 me me emeadsfsdf

Send a 👫and I’ll write four headcanons I have about our muse’s relationship! / accepting.

with the opposition of the abyss and the light realms, i like to think that childe - for a while at least, after their encounter in the eyes of the oratrice - was drawn to fontaine because of neuvilette, and aside from neuvi's potential battle ability, it's why childe was so eager to fight neuvi. childe seems to be more restless than usual in this new fontaine act and seems to be trying to find a way to quell... whatever that is growing in him. though childe may not know of neuvi's true identity, he would act on the sole fact that he wants neuvi for something. cue demands to see the chief justice that poor wriothesley has to hear from. every fuckin' day. the way childe would raise his head in visible interest when he realizes the chief justice is visiting (and bonus if he can tell that neuvi is near because of the abyss-light realm embodiments of either men). and then a lot of visits to the chief justice's office post-prison era uwu

and then he realizes that. neuvilette is not worth fighting. i think i already briefly touched on this in our dms but after repeated encounters of rejection, of provocation, of neuvi helping along a little melusine (which childe comically ended the encounter into a toy advertisement, to not upset the kid), and an actual attempt at stricking an injury on neuvi, the chief justice just. doesn't retaliate. and childe realizes that this man does not have the heart of a warrior. not in a derogatory way! he just realizes that trying to goad neuvi into a fight is like. robbing a defenseless bypasser. and that's not childe's style! so eventually he does calm down. emphasis on eventually, considering whatever's happening in fontaine rn is making childe more feral & less perceptive than usual.

i rly like the thought of neuvi (and this is specific to what we've talked w our neuvichi) making childe's single grain of empathy act up, esp bc neuvi's someone who cries so easily. whereas he'd treat anyone that isn't his family the aloofness and poor attempts at comfort with a joke and filling the awkward air in conversation when theyre visibly upset, i think he'd respect neuvi's emotions and actually finds himself... feeling them, empathizing with them. it'd confuse childe what to do and if he's right in how he comforts neuvi bc negative emotions are so alien to him. but he'd really try! his first attempts of comforting are poor, like making a very awkward joke to lighten the mood. but he gets better over time, like knowing when neuvi needs the silence. or if neuvi needs to talk about it. or if neuvi wants a distraction

(this is meant to be an indented bullet point HSKJDAHD) and if ur into it, maybe childe being sensitive to neuvi's emotions is also part of the abyss-light realm opposition they have? vice versa for neuvi being able to feel childe's emotions somehow too, but for the most part, childe's emotions are so... distant. even the happiness childe puts on feels fake at times, despite him always smiling. BUT YEAH ANYWAYS.

and something more fluff adjacent. childe is not someone meant to sit still, but neuvi is adamant on working during his hours and childe unfortunately has to respect it, or else he'd probably get kicked out of the office (if not by neuvi, then someone else HAJDHASDASD). cue childe's attempts to keep himself busy. from picking up and reading some of the books in his office (and telling neuvi every detail he finds himself fascinated with, despite knowing full well they're neuvi's books), helping neuvi with any paperwork he has to deal with, running little errands for neuvi (and buying neuvi dessert to snack on while working), to something more 'distracting'. like braiding neuvi's hair, instinctively hugging neuvi from behind and asking him what he's doing (and childe actively listening if neuvi does explain the cases neuvi is dealing with), and kisses. maybe make out a little. most annoying ginger cat there is.

#╰ *ㅤoocㅤ⧽ㅤcertified childe hater! #iudiex #SCRAMBLES FOR THOUGHTS I HAVENT TOLD U YET #here u go; 2 canon-adjacent interactions and 2 neuvichi thoughts #don't mind that i sort of cheated AKSDAKSDH I CAME UP WITH IT AT THE LAST SECOND

[strangerfigs]

i imagine that mike was feeling the same way (anxious) about seeing e/ before 4x1 as he was in 4x8 upon rescuing her. like I think this is not discussed enough, like mike explicitly says he should not be feeling that way, as so many other important things are going on - but it’s more than that. his gf has been in trouble and they are saving her, they don’t even know she is ok? but he is worried about how he’ll approach her, about how he’ll resolve things with her. he says he is scared of her not needing him but - she literally already went off on her own, concluding on her own she doesn’t need him, kind of? (which is another thing we need to discuss more often) and I just think it’s so particular to be thinking about that, to not be more relieved at seeing her after her being in danger, like (!) is saving her here not proving that she does still need mike? like it’s just such a weird thing. and like his behavior at the airport with her is also so weird - he does not seem as excited as she does, he seems districted and un-genuine. like there are weird vibes before they even fight. everyone noticed and called it ‘bad acting.’ like i truly think that this relationship gives him so much anxiety at this point.

he has to pretend to be something he is not; even if just in the perspective of being a “nerd” like why does this /trope/ completely disappear with mike in season 3 and 4? sure he can still be goofy and a dork but the person he is in season 1/2/4x1 is different than who he is with el, and he even says “she is going to find out I’m just some nerd!!” like, we literally see him using metaphors of D&D/references to the party with everyone except el? and it’s different than lumax like lucas may try to be cool in front of max but he doesn’t hide his interests/try to be someone he is not with knock-off clothing

it’s funny because i never rly noticed mike’s lack of nerd/ness with el before but it’s so obvious to me after he pointed it out.

but him hiding being a nerd is just foreshadowing that he is hiding part of himself. the bigger picture… him being queer.

season 3, when el comes around, we see a lot less of mike, mike as his own character and the camera trying to catch his thoughts without others around. in season 3, I’m not sure if we get more than a handful of scenes in which mike is main focus of the scene.

both in a story-telling perspective, visual, wardrobe, verbal and behavioral way we get hints of mike pretending to be someone he is not and hiding parts of himself from those around him. it is clear in both of these seasons that mike has taken a step back on the metaphorical stage lol.

which is just !! so interesting. i really wish argyle didn’t interrupt the scene at the pizza place. because it’s weird that will needed to remind him that he was the heart/encourage to keep going with el if he was ready to tell her he loves her in the pizza place. if he was ready to tell her, then wouldn’t he have immediately said it to el himself? wouldn’t he not need that push or reminder? wouldn’t it be more urgent to him to make sure that she knows he loves her?

despite their physical affection in 4x8/4x9, honestly it all seemed platonic. el saying she missed him sounded platonic. their reunion felt platonic. i don’t think we see it but i think el realizes - like how she realized with brenner - that she doesn’t need mike to call her a superhero or hero. she is going back to hawkins because of her friends there - that’s what drives her. max is what drives her during that monologue.

there are distinct parallels between mike and brenner and hopper. maybe eleven realizes this as she came to her understanding of her relationship with brenner. she loves mike, but maybe she understands how now, and seriously just not to mention, she literally calls him a brother before he kisses her smh. like is it so hard to believe she comes to more than just one realization about her relationships than just brenner?

i think it’s also fair to note that even tho her and will didn’t leave off on the greatest terms either because of the squabble about her lying to mike, she is so relieved and happy to see him, too (and vice versa) but is it hard to believe that she maybe realizes he was right?

idk. i just think they are so great as friends but rly bring each other down as a couple and i want both to be happy and I’m sick of people accusing Byler shippers of not caring about el

#byler #stranger things

[llycaons]

ep15 (part 1): compels me though

starting off, sect leader yao gets such a bad rap in fics because he'a annoying/a symbol of mindless agreement with the popular opinion, but it seems a bit mean to me. the dude got really badly hurt to protect his guys

oh, wwx. poor sweet naive wwx. it's wild to think he once had faith that the JIN clan would be on the side of justice here

honestly I find this a very stupid pretext to get jfm out of LP. there is no need for him to personally go in such tense times, and no need for jyl to go with him

GIRL DISCIPLES! OH BOY!

myu in this episode is so fascinating to me. I don't think it's a stretch to say she genuinely cares about jfm even though she treats him like garbage. those two things can, and often do co-exist. she expresses her affection sideways because...what, she's embarrassed? because she's as emotionally repressed as adult jc is? because jfm would refuse it? he doesn't look very happy hearing that she's packing him something to help him. he looks resentful, if anything. man, this family is screwy

look at her being concerned and protective over her daughter! she may be villainized in a lot of scenes but honestly most fics I've read don't capture the balance between 'shrieking, cruel, bitter harpy' and 'genuinely concerned mother and wife'. the area between those two extremes is massive and I don't know that many fan works bother to explore that space without just redeeming her and pretending like she never did anything wrong, or saying 'deep down she loved them all so it's okay'. it's like they worry if they show a scrap of care or humanity then they're excusing everything else she did. but I don't agree. she has nuance but that doesn't mean she's not a horrible mother, and in real life it's not like (most) abusive parents are screaming criticisms and attacking their kids 100% of the time anyway

the way everyone talks about LP in this episode hurts me. 'our Lotus Pier" from wwx "my home" from jc "my Lotus Pier" from myu. interesting 😭

oh dammit. I talked so much about how the wens would have attacked anyway and jc and myu were wrong to blame wwx only for it to be a personal grudge anyway. fuck. well wen chao's actions still aren't wwx's fault and even if they were he did enough to pay it back tenfold

...which is probably the facts that jc has to grapple with post-gc reveal. fuck

so mean to him

ppl like to talk about jc protecting ww from dogs (and he does, in the past) and a certain type of fan seems to think that because jc used to be like this, it means he still is, deep down. he is not. by the postres inn scene with fairy, he clearly is not

I've said that jc never changes, but that's a lie. he becomes so much worse. I grieve for this kid

oh huh. wwx being trapped at LP isn't ever anything that's rly talked about in fics bc LP signifies youth and innocence and happiness and freedom but here it is. wwx suspects he's being spied on by myu too, which 😬

jc's panic and anger vs. wwx's cool, clearheaded response and reminder. jc is really not suited to leadership I feel so bad for him

THIS SCENE FUCKS SEVERELY. it's everything ramped up to 100. it's one of my favorite sequences in the show, and absolutely one of the top three non-wx related scenes. maybe the very best for me. the arrogance of this woman is breathtaking and if you know a thing about myu you can see where it's going

YOU SAID THAT??? MISS FORMER MAID??? YOU HAVE THE GALL TO SAY THAT TO A CULTIVATOR OBSESSED WITH BLOODLINES???

glaring at wwx OKAY way to make every convo about beating him down

obviously this is a really hard scene to watch and I always have mixed feelings on it bc on the one hand. obviously really upsetting. on the other, myu is acting to appease a sect that will destroy their entire home if not satisfied. she is not harming him permanently, and MAY be pulling her punches so the damage isn't as bad as it looks (tho arguments like 'he can walk later!' don't rly pull weight for me bc wwx walks off horrific pain all the time)

I don't think this means she secretly cares about wwx further than as a tool to keep jc/the sect safe (she needs him functional, after all), or that it means she's a good person, but it's a strategic decision that wwx understands and accepts because of the political situation they're in.

logically myu obviously uses zidian on wwx in other cases, because he talks about it, bc it's talked about enough that lwj knows about it, and because she didn't need to close the doors (implying it's a commonplace sight that nobody would balk at) but we don't actually see any of her whipping as punishment onscreen

and yeah he's bleeding from his mouth already so it's not like it was nothing

just fucking shoot me I guess. jc doesn't even know what's going on here does he? the others had to hold him back at the beginning too

and myu thinks this is it! she doesn't want to disable her top disciple, who she entrusts with her son's life! she doesn't want the wens to have that kind of power over her people in her domain. but like. I think it's pretty clear she would have if pushed to it. like she was ready for it

FORESHADOWING. ugh because of all the trauma you get it?

^^^ again, whipping isn't an uncommon occurrence

wwx is so good at adapting to situations he's already planning on training with his left. and he could have done it. I'm sure he could have. jc is thinking this is the end, he's ready to start begging. when he loses his core, he's ready to give up. but wwx always thinks beyond whatever horrible, world-ending situation is going on now. it's why his suicide is so shocking and powerful. he's never been one to give up, even through seemingly insurmountable odds

#cql re-rewatch

[noa-ciharu]

Hi~ I really like your post on aromatic and asexual and a question popped into my head that I would like you opinion on which is:

Is it possible to find a certain quality attractive in a person (say their voice or manner of speaking) without being romantically attracted to them?

It may seem redundant but whenever I say I find a certain quality attractive in a person, or say I like that certain quantity/characteristics in that person to my friends they immediately equate it to I’m romantically attracted to that person or that type of person and I’m like ‘?????? Errr no????? Does it always have to be romantic????’ And then I spend the rest of the day internally conflicted and confused about is it possible to be attracted to a thing in a platonic sense or intellectual sense without it leading to romance? (amatonormativity at its finest would you say?)

Sorry this ask is so long, but I very rarely say I find certain quality attractive in a person to friends in real life because it always leads to romance and it kinda makes me uncomfortable. -.-“

Hi :D

Yes, it's definitely possible to feel attracted to someone's personality trait or characteristic (or generally a certain characteristic) without feeling romantic attraction. It could be platonic attraction, intellectual attraction, aesthetic attraction or so on - not necessarily romantic one.

Sadly our society is deeply amatonormative and believes there are only two types of bonds possible: romantic and strictly platonic ones (""just friends""). Hence where something steps outside that narrowly defined way attractions ought to be, their minds can't wrap around that. Let's say someone's voice as you mentioned, allos usually attribute that to something way too I intimate hence romantic by design. But it so doesn't have to be that way, think of all the singers or celebrities people like only for their voice of manner of expression. In similar fashion, it's definitely possible to like only certain characteristics in a person whilst disliking everything else about them. Or admire them for one thing and dislike for another.

I often feel intellectually drawn towards people who are good at holding deeper conversations or have intruging/inteligent takes in xyz. I love hanging out with them, getting into debates (friendly ones, not discourses) and exchanging opinions. I'm generally more drawn towards person's way of expression, attitude and way of reasoning (maybe intelligence altogether) than looks. However that's not romantic attraction, I don't want to date those people, I don't want deep emotional connection with them, I don't want to get physical with them.

Similarly I often feel drawn towards someone's dressing style, especially women's (and especially of she's beautiful and/or hot). It's aesthetical attraction, because no matter how beautiful she is or stylish her clothes are or how attractive her manner of expression is - I don't want to do anything romantic with her. Not even is she instigated that. I have few straight female friends who said pretty much the same, that they could admire certain qualities in girls all day but wouldn't want to kiss them, date then etc.

I know it can be confusing when friends insist we are romantically attracted to someone when we were initially assured we aren't. There were few instances when friends teased me I liked some dude solely cuz I was hanging out with him during school breaks. It threw me off loop cuz I never even thought about being attracted to him before they've mentioned it. Hence as teasing continued I kept on being anxious around him - hence I mistook anxiety as crush and thought I rly had crush on him. Once friends lost the interest and stopped teasing so did my 'crush symptoms' stopped occurring around that guy and I slowly began realizing I was just feeling anxious around him, not 'in love'. He was a well spoken and intelligent guy, so maybe I mistook admiration I had for him as a crush or something similar. But I know deep down that I never wanted anything romantic with him.

So yes anon, it's defo possible to feel drawn towards certain trait in certain person or generally certain characteristics without anything romantic to it. Just sadly alot of allos aren't aware not everything has to be viewed in romantic light and alot of things aren't inherited romantic. Therefore they often mistake intellectual/aesthetical/ even sexual attraction for romantic ones, rush into dating, put unrealistic expectations on one another and end up in unsatisfactory relationships.

#thanks for ask #aromanticism #aesthetic attraction #amatonormativity

[bunycube]

!!! hi again (sorry in advance for the very long message ,_,)

wait so do you mean that there is not english translation of Lamento ? so like if i were to download it I'd need to play it in Japanese ? o.o and like find a translation and read from there at the same time !? heck :")

ominous yes!! but there's something really nice about it ??!!

💀💀 not me imagining Tetsuo as a cardboard box now ksndjdjdj i see what you mean tho still i love him nonetheless :') i think he's just a lil bit shy and quiet, keeps to himself alot.. i feel like he's never really had any close friends,, maybe any friends at all i liked seeing glimp of soft and gentle Tetsuo :') there were some really cute and tender moment with Youji too (well as cute and tender as it can be given the circumstances lolol) it's fun to imagine what they all could have been like without all this innerbeings stuff fuckin them all up

it's ok to feel so close to Youji even if you don't know why 😊♡ and YEAAAS i felt the same same same about Z!!!! :"))) very interested to hear more of your thoughts about him if you ever feel like writing them down 👀👀

skdjdjdj entire cities apart made me laugh but true :^) tho even if he left his dad and all that the hell within would still follow him,,, he can't help that he been dragged into all this by his dad and he literally has no escape ,_,

hahajjsjsjsjs i know now there are no sweet endings lmao i can't say i didnt know at first because i had been warned but STILLLLLL i wasnt expecting that from Makoto!!!!! for that end to be so unhinged x') i thought he'd be the less bad difjfjdj

i do like to also imagine something where they someone all get free from the nonsense and just get to have normal lives and happiness ;_;

LOL i dont remember the ugly outfit :"))) i wasn't sure about Rin at first like ,,,, what's his angle,,, he is just pretending to be nice,,, why so mysterious,,,, he did grow on me but idk idk

aw im sorry Nano's made you feel that way :'( i love him very much :'):

aaaa i wasn't sure what to think of Motomi in all the other routes i was very mmm🤔🤔🤔🤔mmm but when i did his route i was like !!!!😍😍😍!!!!!

yeah Akira was alright but Aoba probably remains my fav protagonist(is that the right word??) and and i loved Takeru alot too , before he died when he sees like his sister and his parents and ;_; made me cry lowkey wish he had a route too ~ aND IT'S OK I LOVE GUNJI TOO WOAA

i like Arbitro too a little for some reason there's just something about him ,,,,, but his route was really underwhelming to me ??? idk i was expecting more from him

NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE!! RAMBLE AWAY very interesting to read someone being excited about what they are talking about !! :)))))))

never apologize for long messages!!! i love em! response under cut

there IS an eng translation for lamento! its just a pretty long process to download it haha. i was saying that i had to download some dvd mounting thing to get it to work snfbsb the game itself is fully translated, no worriesbthere!!

yesyes its like kimda ominous but still calming w all rhe quiet sunset empty classroom vibez...you know....

😭😭 oh yeah i get u, i think tetsuo is just a reserved kid plus he prob felt like he didnt fit in very well? thats just me guessing but he seems like that kind of guy...i think hes the same as youji in that respect, both of them kimd of quiet n awkward n not teh type to easily make friends :) he does some pretty bad things but im like sigh well its this kind of game so ofc that happens...besides that i think hes just an awkward quiet kid who looks rly intimidating like hes not bad once u start talking to him. i lovednsome of his gentler scenes w youji, my favs when they were eating ramen and tetsuo picks out the bamboo shoots from youjis bowl bc he doesnt like them...it made me so 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 i also loved when youji was showing him pics of his nephew ...idk idk sp is so dark but i loveee gentler scenes like this its so 💔 to me that they manage to find moments of peace despite everything around them...

oh true i thought abt this too...no matter how far zenya runs away he can never escape bc the thing thats causimg all his problems is his own body, so he just cant run away from it or do anything abt it ;___; poor boy he never asked for this n his whole life is just doomed from tjebstart bc of his shitty father...

if i started talking abt why i like zenya we would be here ALLL LDAY and rhis post would literslly never end lol i just like analysing him and how everythign hes been through shapes his actions and behaviour n all hmmmm

OH YES...sweetnpool normal au :))) i lvoe to imagine it i feel like tetsuo youji n makoto would hang our together n zenya is that one guy no one invited but he jsut joined in anyway n the others dont rlycwant him there but well. hes there now

lmaoo this is the ugly outfit

ohh yeah i was thinking abt this yesterday too and aoba is hands-down my fav chiral protag!,$& i jusr love him sm his personality design everything is chef kiss hes so fun and lovely and means sm to me. hes very comforting to me personally as well and hes just a special boy...tho i love the other protags as well haha

OH YEAH i loved takeru too wtfff i wasnso sad when he died bc he had never had antthing good ivhis life n thenche dies SO BRUTALLY...and he jsut wantednto help his family it made me v sad :( they spent sm time on him i fully expected him to atleast have an ending so when he died i was like huh, wiat what 😭😭😭😭

ngl, arbitro makes me sick 2 my stomach for reasons u prob already know but he surprisingly isnt relevant ti the plot st all? so i keep forgetting abt him. i liked how campy his design was but thats it. hecmakes me sick !!! yeah jdbfbd

same for u! i lovenreading lomg responses haha i always ramble a lot so i feel less guilty if the person also writes a long reoly, beside its very fun to read and respond to!

#ask #ill put under cut wait i need to go on desktop #long post

[cantdanceflynn]

I like the concept of Irving as a character, he definitely has the potential to be a character like Buford, where he’s doing something in general questionable but everyone is just kind of fine with it? Like how Buford is a bully but everyone is okay with it. I don’t think Irving does anything as bad as being a bully, though, he just comes across like a stalker sometimes.

I do wish he’d been treated a little bit differently by the show, though, since he seems to be constantly put in the wrong and turned into a joke. He never really has an episode where his good qualities are explored.

In the shrinking episode, which is his first appearance I believe? There’s a moment where everyone backs away from him as he says Where’s Perry a lot. I didn’t find that part funny, and I think it was an odd choice to make him so ostracized from the group. The show is constantly reminding us that we shouldn’t like him by making him seem like a creep. Personally, I don’t think he really does anything super bad, and there’s potential for an interesting character. I just wish it wasn’t such a thing that no one likes him.

Personally, I dislike when there’s jokes about one person being super uncomfortable to be around, since that kind of narrative is just a bit icky? Especially considering he’s like… 10. Speaking as someone who was bullied and ostracized from their peers as a child… I just find it hard to find humor in it, I guess? When we get lines like “Friends, bullies… Irving” I just think if i was Irving this would be upsetting and I’d be upset that no one considers me a friend.

Irving’s brother is hilarious though, I find him so funny for no reason. I kind of wish he was sort of like Linda in the sense that he wouldn’t be able to see Phineas and Ferb’s inventions? It would be an interesting parallel to Candace’s struggle, and maybe there’s something that could be said about how both characters are obsessed with Phineas and Ferb, but in different ways? For Candace it’s busting them, and for Irving he just really likes them and wants to show his brother their stuff? That’s not really based in the show but idk I just want there to be most of an ongoing bit with their dynamic that’s a little more interesting than ‘they don’t like each other’.

Basically, this was probably way too long of an answer to your question, but my answer is: Irving is fine but I’d like him more if the show didn’t try to make him seem creepy and disliked. Also he should have more interaction with other characters than just Phineas and Ferb. Is he jealous of their friends? Does he get bullied by Buford? Does he have any friends? Why was he in such a high position of authority in the episode where the movie genres were fighting if apparently he isn’t liked by many people?? When does he join OWCA??? I would LOVE a plot where Irving joins OWCA because he’s a good spy.. that would be cool! Imagine if he worked with Perry to make sure his cover isn’t blown..

I need that now. Agent Irving is now on my wishlist for the new episodes.

OH YEA FR. HE DOES GENUINELY BECOME IN MANY WAYS PART OF THE GANG LATER ON ESPECIALLY AND I THINK OVERALL ITS NOT TOO BAD BUT ALSO IT IS KINDA TELLING HOW THEY KINDA PUSH HIM ASIDE LIKE THAT EARLY ON

AND YEA JDJFSBHJFSFSHJ ALBERTS HILARIOUS. I DO THINK THERES ABSOLUTELY A BUNCH OF INTERESTING STUFF TO DO W ALBERT AND IRVINGS DYNAMIC(LIKE. IRVING TENDS TO BE IRRITATED W HIM BUT HE ALSO CLEARLY COPIES A BUCH OF ALBERTS TENDENCIES AND THINKS HES SOME LEVEL OF COOL UP TO NOT PHINEAS AND FERB. ITS ALSO RLY WELL IMPLIED ESPECIALLY WITH MORE CONTEXT THAT IRVING IDOLIZES PHINEAS AND FERB SM BC HE WANTS THAT SAME RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS BROTHER, AND LACK OF CONTACT DUE TO BOARDING SCHOOL W HIS ACTUAL BROTHER(AND THE CONTACT THERE IS BEING. EH AT BEST) BASICALLY CAUSED IT TO GET WORSE OVER TIME) AND MAN THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE RLY NEAT AS A POTENTIAL GROUP OF PARALLELS

AND SO TRUE OH MY GOSH. WE GET CONFIRMATION IRVING JOINS OWCA IN AYA, WHICH. AYA BELOATHED BUT OWCA SPY IRVING IS THE BEST FUGGIN CONCEPT OH MY GOSH I WISH WE'D ACTUALLY GOTTEN TO SEE MORE.

AFTER YOU GET TO/REWATCH THE FIRST PNF MOVIE THERES A SPECIFIC FIC BY BEX I WANT TO RECOMMEND TO U ON THAT END :)

MY OPINIONS ON IRVING R PRETTY DARN CLOSE HONESTLY. I FIND HIM FASCINATING ESPECIALLY POST REALIZING ALL THE IMPLIED INTRICACIES W HIS RELATIONSHIP W ALBERT AND I TRY TO DO MORE WITH HIM OVERALL HES MY UNDERRATED FAVE OF THE SERIES OVERALL I JUST RLY LIKE HIM

I THINK YOULL LIKE IT MORE LATER ON WHEN HES RLY MORE CONSISTENTLY PART OF THE GROUP THO ITS HONESTLY RLY NICE :)

#CANDY-ASKS #CANDY-FRIENDS #SRY FOR ALSO BEING RAMBLY LOL BUT LIKE!! U GET IT!!! #I DO THINK THEY DID BETTER W IRVING(AND I HONESTLY FEEL LIKE HES HOMESCHOOLED EVEN THO IT DOESN'T PARTICULARLY MAKE SENSE BC LIKE #UP UNTIL VERY RECENTLY I WAS AND HE KINDA GIVES ME THE VIBES™ AND IT WOULD MAKE SENSE CONSIDERING ALBERT SO EH #SO IM AWARE THAT THAT DOES KINDA GIVE ME SOME DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE OSTRACIZED STUFF BC LIKE. MY SITUATION THERE WOULD BE MORE LIKE #''OH BOY!!! THEY REMEMBERED MY NAME :DDDDDDD MAYBE IM ACTUALLY DOING BETTER W INTERACTION AND MAKING FRIENDS'' #AND I DO FEEL LIKE THATS A VERY IRVING TRAIN OF THOUGHT LOL SO WHO KNOWS. BUT I AM BIASED LOL SRY