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chuthulhu-reads · 15 days

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[ID: Two panels from Dungeon Meshi. The first scows Senshi clutching his face as tears start to spill out of his eyes, saying, "I've always... always wanted to have this soup one more time." He's not wearing his helmet in this panel, so his face is unusually visible, detailed and vulnerable. The second panel shows himself as a youngster, surrounded by his old mining team, all smiling at each other, one of them rubbing Senshi's head. Modern-day Senshi continues, "Thank you. All of you. Thank you." End ID.]

Holy shit. I anticipated some tragic backstory from the "I must feed the young ones" panels, but what I'd guessed was that Senshi might have become so devoted to cooking and eating literally whatever because he'd previously survived a famine and had seen children starve to death. I did not expect him to have been the child who was the sole survivor of a doomed travel party, one of whom was determined to feed Senshi first because he was the youngest, and that Senshi has lived with the fear of having inadvertently committed cannibalism by eating stew that he'd never quite known the contents of. I'm happy for him that Laios deduced and confirmed for him that it was griffin meat, that he was able to taste the meal that saved his life once more and remember the friends he lost. Seriously, I'm crying, and also earnestly relieved that while his backstory is pretty dark, it's not the type of fucked up I'd been preparing myself mentally for.

#Dungeon Meshi #Delicious in Dungeon #Dunmeshi #though it IS really worth exploring the ethics of cannibalism in survival situations #The podcast You're Wrong About has a really interesting pairing of episodes #in the Donner Party and Flight 571 Crash episodes #Both about disasters in which people wound up eating their dead to survive #and an interesting connection they drew was that it wasn't the cannibalism itself #that destroyed the lives of the Donner survivors #it was the horror and disgust and societal rejection they got for having eaten human flesh #even the children who had no idea what they were eating were treated with revulsion #and this is clearly the response Senshi feared facing if anybody knew what he'd eaten #But Flight 571 like a century later #the survivors were faced with a lot of understanding when rescued #relatively little condemnation and revulsion #by and large commentators acknowledged that they did what they had to do #and sympathized with how difficult and painful it must have been #which is what Senshi gets from his party #Laios wants to figure out the truth because he knows it's hurting Senshi not to know #But at one point Marcille straight up says that none of them would think less of Senshi if he did eat dwarf stew #Okay so this is Marcille 'ardent student of blood magic' Donato #but Chilchuck agrees #anyway I think that would be a particularly interesting conversation to have in a cooking manga #how do you safely eat a dead friend when that's all you have to survive on?#what are the nutritional benefits other than 'better than starving'?#what are the risks? There's prion diseases and all sorts you can get #they write it off as eating the dragon part but they DO spend seven days eating Falin at the end #ARE there any in/famous cannibalism cases in this world?#Do peopel argue about whether or not it's cannibalism if a dwarf eats a tallman?#enquiring minds (mine) want to know

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levitatingbiscuits · 2 years

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I love the idea of Sith Obi-Wan being just as affable as Jedi Obi-Wan. He still banters with his opponents and his allies, he's still on a first name basis with everyone at the restaurants he frequents, he's still very well mannered, and animals still love him. You'd almost be able to forget he's a Sith, if not for the leonine eyes.

But occasionally he'll do something horrific, something measured and calculated to be as cruel as possible, but he'll still be ever so charming and polite. He might even reassure his victims that it's not personal, even if it's too perfectly tailored to what hurts them to be meant for anyone else.

And the thing is, it would be so easy to forget how dangerous he is, when he's so pleasant otherwise. He's nice right up until he's not, but by then it's too late to escape.

#anakin is the overemotional one #the one who cries and screams #who's so selfish that he'll feel sorry for HIMSELF even as he's killing children #but Obi-Wan would be so attentive and interested in his victims #he'd be so interested in learning about them and what makes them tick #whether it's a pleasant conversation or psychological torture #and with him its hard to tell where one ends and the other begins #sith obi wan

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bumblingbabooshka · 7 months

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[TUVOKTOBER: Day 13] Do you have slor-tukh-sa money, Elieth?

#grocery shopping with the family <3 #Vulcan telepathy is fun bc you can add a little stir-the-pot comment into a conversation from several aisles away #slor-tukh-sa is a branded sugary fruit cereal I made up. Very popular with children across several federation planets!#As a kid there's nothing you want less than a food that's advertised as being GOOD for you by your parent #also in the end they don't get the sugary cereal but they do all get a coin so they can watch a gum dispenser dispense a single piece of gu #in a flashy and interesting way (they have to beg Tuvok for this as well but he's tired after a long day of saying no #and distracted by the cashier and honestly having them leave him alone for a few minutes while he completes this transaction is worth it)#<- Sek keeps his coin and instead helps his father with the groceries though....show off #[REDACTED] family shenanigans #Tuvok #st voyager #bea art tag #tuvoktober

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hella1975 · 9 months

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sometimes i think about the fact my grandparents literally overnight just cut us off and im like. how did u even do that. does it torment you

#eeaao's 'how did you let me go so easily' moment. like i dont let myself even THINK about this too often #bc i immediately beat myself back with the 'if it's hard for you then imagine how hard it is for mum. her PARENTS cut her off'#but like. idk. my nan i couldn't give less of a shit about which is something i always find so interesting #bc even as a child with NO basis for it or any understanding of her behaviour both past and present i still wasn't Comfortable around her #like children are smart actually. i just Knew her vibes were off and i Knew my mum was weird when she was around #like i truly dont think i ever loved my nan even when she was a very frequent part of my life #but my grandad? i ADORED him. id see him multiple times a week and he's the kindest man ive ever met #and hannah what i told you about my mum saying certain people have magnetic auras THAT WAS ABOUT HIM #like i cant actually put into words what it was about him but people just wanted to know him and spend time with him #but he was weak and let my nan walk all over him and when push came to shove he chose her and now ive not spoken to him in 3 years #& i KNOW he loved me. he thought the world of me like it's a bitter unspoken thing between me & my sister that we KNOW i was his favourite #he used to buy me egg butties at agricultural shows when my mum said no and specifically ask for two eggs #he used to sit and eat his soup with me when he came over to do work at the house #he used to play with me. he used to smile all the time. i can so clearly hear the way he'd go ''iya [my name]' with his proper rural accent #or how he'd tell anyone who would listen 'she's tough as old boots that one'#and i could make him laugh like NO ONE else could and he'd light up and go 'give over' and he genuinely enjoyed my company #i KNOW HE DID. and i havent spoken to him in 3 years. he'll be dead soon #and i cant talk to my mum about it bc it's her DAD it is so much worse for her and i cant talk to my sister about it #bc she wasn't close with him like i was and she just shuts the conversation down and those are the only two people #who know my grandad and know what he meant to me so im just here like. he literally stopped speaking to me overnight #i stopped hearing from him i stopped meeting up with him im so so angry with him the love is still there i dont know where to put it now #why couldnt he stay. why did he pick her when she's a loveless void of inhumanity. why werent we enough #hella goes home #my grandparents on my dad's side are also not in the picture funnily enough but idgaf about them. she got that grandparentless swag

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oifaaa · 1 year

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I think it’s because Robin was the first one and because he has no superpowers. (But then why not any of the arrowfam?)

People have also suggested it's bc of his popularity, how young he was when he first appeared and that whole Robins there to draw fire stuff but still it feels weird to me to just focus on Robin and batman in this conversation especially when I've seen people in the past really focus on how Bruce is such a bad dad bc he let's kids fight crime like okay but so does ollie, and even if kids do have powers it's still very dangerous so are we gonna talk about Clark, diana, wally, Barry and Arthur they've all let children / young teens fight crime are they worse people for it??

#Ask #Randox-talore #This all sounds very negative lmao #But I ligit just want to have more of a conversation about it #Bc I find the concept so interesting #I personally tend to be more on the side of child heroes fine #Like I get why some people might call them child solders #But I'm also like could you stop them #They're not being forced to fight they can't be stopped from fighting #At least dc has a more focus on sidekick type relationships #Marvel children heroes are actually hilarious in this area #Even the heroes who could maybe be called side kicks #Often want nothing to do with their adult heroes counterparts

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naramdil · 1 year

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you know that tiktok trend where it's like "before and after kids" and the before is them happy and the after is the clip of that toxic guy from euphoria walking away?

#..... i just feel that if people would be honest. many people's relationships have cracks in them before kids #a lot of people either use kids to fill those cracks or #are for other reasons coerced into having kids #OR have never had a real conversation about what life will look like after kids #furthermore i really really do not want to victim blame #but A Lot of women have kids with men who not only do not have knowledge about periods and pregnancy but also are disgusted by those things #and not helpful or not interested in the health of their partners in the first place! so it's like!!! idk it is very awful and tragic #and i wish people didn't convince themselves that being in relationships with men who do not offer them safety #is really better than just being single #like a lot of these men do not care!! or they want children but want nothing to do with child raring #or dont care to think about what child raring will look like #and the fact that their wive's bodies will change and undergo A Lot of physical trauma in order to have a baby #and when the reality of those things hits it is so easy for them to just step away from the discomfort instead of being a good partner #bc that takes a level of selflessness that they did not sign up for bc men typically get married out of selfishness

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nyarthru · 4 months

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the fact that so many child abuse laws are like "its not child abuse unless it leaves a lasting mark" is so fucking crazy to me. You can hit a kid as long as your fists weren't closed and you hit them light enough

#It's actually so hard for someone to be convicted of child abuse. especially if what happened is under the guise of ''discipline''#yeah the kid was fighting me so its not MY fault that he hit his head and arm on a counter and was also on edge of having a panic attack.#this is the proper reaction to a kid being guilty of talking back and being bossy - my uncle #also my uncle: I've never been found guilty under the law for child abuse. you are wrong. also you are the one needing to grow up bc somehow #I'm circling this conversation about you assaulting me over thinking something bad was happening to your brother back around to the fact you #are still living with me #its so funny to me bc even if I did try to leave my mom would try to stop me lmao. ''you're mom is enabling your lifestyle for some reason''#my dude. my mom is ENFORCING this lifestyle. not to mention when you were shaming me for how old I was and still living here...you got my #age wrong??? do your research before talking to me.#literally told me I had no goals or plans for the future. lmao even. he only ever talks to me to tell me that he wants me out #quickly! name 8 interests I have that I did not have while in elementary school!!!#like I'm so mad. at least I can revel in the fact that my uncle was such a pussy you didn't commit to calling the police on me when he said #he would lmao. I can also revel in the fact that he fucking hates it here and tries to avoid being home. and that hes failing at parenting #his own children. I'm sorry brenna. I mean no slander. but you sneaking around and being found out about it and that all the adults knew #about it before he did thus making him look bad is so satisfying. its like watching him judging his gf and my mom for being bad parents #while his kids do much worse things (in his eyes) so fucking poetic #I'm sorry for going batshit crazy in the tags. I am. venting #tw child abuse

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blujayonthewing · 6 months

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sometimes my mom will talk about her weight, which always lowkey sucks anyway, but she almost always does so by just saying numbers at me with a scandalized emphasis and I'm like. okay well I am four inches taller than you and Big Boned I have absolutely no fucking idea what those numbers actually mean

#my mom: I weigh [number] pounds now!!! 😰#me-- overweight but also big enough that my quote unquote 'ideal weight' is still way higher than that: and that'sss..... bad......?#I mean first of all I'm not interested in having this conversation in the first place #at all but especially with my petite beautiful mother who will grab her 50 year old three children loose tummy skin and go UGH SEE!! SO FAT #but also you are just saying numbers to me. you do know that it's relative to overall body size?#you DO know there is not a single universal Fat Number right??#about me #irl frens #(and family)#I should change my family tag it's always weird to tag 'irl friends' for complaining about my parents lmao

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krogans-give-the-best-cuddles · 2 years

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Lmao on that post where the person is like "europeans need to admit they can suck too without joking about children dying in america" a bunch of people are like "yeah maybe i suck sometimes but americans shoot each other so ha ha!"

I think they think OP is an American but they aren't. They're from south asia so like. People directly harmed by ALL of our countries fucking meddling. And they're essentially saying "if you guys can't take a joke without laughing about the death of children how tf are you gonna confront the actual problems in your country"

And the answer all these europeans gave was "we won't". Like I'm not surprised bc we are all white people here (not seen a single poc pull this shit) and we all know how fucking defensive we get when faced with a single ounce of not being treated like the Perfect Specialest Winners. Americans do this ra ra usa shit all the time too. But I think their is a higher number of white americans who like. Pay attention to the effects of colonialism bc we have to face more people affected by it in our day to day (in general) than a swede who only remembered Syria existed starting like 2014. There are studies that simply being around more people different than you can make it easier to relate to them, so no one's surprised when a white American from a small town filled w only white people is ignorant or racist.

The only thing here is that same white person from a similarly diverse area in Northern Europe points and titters at the white American like "oh ho ho racism! Look at what those stupid americans are doing!" As if there aren't Romani people living in their own country them actively being discriminated against and losing their rights. As if there is no anti black racism in their community when they have a little blackface parade with the local blackface character.

And if you call them on it they're like "ha ha children are dying in your country!"

#krogans thoughts #idk i guess my thoughts are. when i learn about racism in europe im like damn they gotta work on it just like us #and uh white europeans just. dont learn about racism in the place they live #instead they get angry someone made a joke about their food (after centuries of them oppressing the world)#and immediately jump to 'well at least we dont have mass death! i think its funny when children die in ur country'#like i always want to respond to those with just pages of the vilest shit their country has done historically and is doing today.#bc it seems like theyre resting on their laurels (which they only got from profitting off of slavery and genocide too much)#but you cant. bc if you do you play into what they think is going on #they think its some little popularity contest with like the same importance as eurovision #something to get nationalistic over and complain about.#and they have a fundamental privilege of their children not regularly dying in mass shootings so to them its not real in the same way.#its just part of the nationalistic gamr #so if you try to take it srsly and be like 'true but you also have these problems the same way as we do'#they will just be like 'well racism is worse in the us' bc they are still thinking this is a fucking competition.#the northern europeans get to dictate this conversation the same way as usual. by refusing to engage in these things as they are #instead making it this fun lil nationalism game.#they never have to think about where their wealth comes from #which... is not unique. my southern us white grandma does the same thing all the time #but i think this is an interesting way to see it function.#the people who created the problems (racism imperialism colonialism) get to control the conversation about it entirely #and in new inventive ways like changing it into a fucking body count game where the one with the least can still be nationalistic #instead of just saying 'haha yeah my ancestors DIDNT use all the spice they stole from the world' they get it more serious #bring out child death. and if you respond in kind. well now we are all playing the body count game #and the european is still not owning up to the legacy they were given by their ancestors #no winning. just an endless squabble that treats anything srs as as important as whether or not u feed guests

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ytptennis · 1 year

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could you imaaaaagine if they stuck with this idea & actually went the distance with the pathos they bothered to reinforce his character with in the first place instead of dialing back to Rich Guy Who Cheats woohoohoohehehehe 😃🔫

#cobra kai #terry silver #because there IS truth in their whole conversation! starting from the dinner table!#chozen was real about his upbringing which helped terry let his guard down and admit this to him #and theres the whole thing with the katana #how terry doesnt know whether its an authentic artifact or not or if he even gives a shit at the end of the day #but the point is he's using lavish collectibles to mask his emptiness Which is echoed when chozen points out how CK serves the same purpose #and that emptiness is his lack of love!!#its his fault that he's alone But if they wrote him as a gay man it would add a new level of bitterness to his loneliness #there is the idea of terry as a gluttonous racist who in all likelihood does not respect the artifacts in that room #which would be true either way tbh #but theres also the idea of a ''Rehabilitated'' terry who did take up a genuine interest in art and history #which is albeit slightly marred by his flippant disregard for the katana's authenticity #though it could still be written off as his cynical mocking of the auctioneer & thus his own need for the artifacts as a collective mask #but the latter version of terry (while not erasing his evil) redefines the symbolism of th katana in their fight #it would be a shard of that mask repurposed as a defense mechanism #the artifacts are as much his children as the CK kids #and conversely the kids are finely sharpened weapons themselves #and his version of love his building you up to perfection only to keep you on a trophy shelf #if he points out things he wants to fix about himself in you he'll be able to remold you into the perfection he thinks he never achieved #and theres only so many ways you can tinker with a toy before it becomes perfect & then you move onto the next #you collect & collect & polish & polish without confronting Why you have this compulsion in the first place #& when he starts losing the kids later in the season he reaches for their symbol during the fight as an extension of himself #as both a means of defense & a recursive admittance of defeat (without him realizing)#ouroboros moment!!#to finish: this is why im obsessed w the passion behind his anger at chozen later #he rolled over & showed his belly & realized his big moment of truth was buoyed entirely by falsehood #the ''i will pay TRIPLE'' is so powered by the shame of admitting something as vulnerable as ''i wanted children''

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sleepdepravity · 2 years

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Not gonna lie, I was thinking of you as I wrote about that. There’s just…a lot of shit wrapped up into culture that makes it so hard for anybody to assess. Your experience is quite a 1:1 on swedengate too, I feel like, on a very small scale. And like swedengate, I don’t think you or the teachers were able to (or even would have been able to) see into the purely cultural piece. None of the American teachers, despite being American, were able to explain the pledge of allegiance in that context, and all of them couldn’t help but like…basically take it personally. Which is the common outcome of culture clashes. Common outcome for anything we feel is contradicting or opposing our identity, really.