first year on the job: these transactions are so boring, i didn’t go to law school for this, i need some CHALLENGES
fifth year on the job: god…………please…………give me ONE (1) easy task…………i am begging
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I continue to be EXTREMELY ANNOYED at people bitching that Persephone retellings and LO in particular turn Demeter into the villain.
Like. LO in particular.
Apollo is the villain in LO. Extremely explicitly. He rapes Persephone and the entire webcomic is Persephone healing from that assault. He gets all the villain plots. He is villainy plotting to take over as King by sucking Persephone's magic dry. Could NOT more explicitly be the villain here.
Demeter is not meant to be a fucking villain in LO. Demeter is a mother who's trying her best and fucking up, largely due to her own unprocessed trauma. She's not being villanized, Jesus Christ, just because she has conflict with Persephone doesn't mean she's meant to be the bad guy. They talk things out! They go to therapy! They make up!
I know the original myth isn't about Demeter and Persephone having a complicated relationship, but making Demeter into a complex character who fucks up at times isn't actually this OMG HORRIBLE MYSOGINISTIC CHANGE some people like to make it into.
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WHY did they call it bleach japan in y8 wouldn’t that carry negative connotations after the founder was exposed and subsequently stabbed to death by another high profile member. sure yeah its ominous to ichi but is that worth the risk of bad pr
oh brother dont get me started everything about ebina pisses me off but the bleach japan bit ESPECIALLY jesus fucking almighty that was so annoying
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after all this time i still can't predict how mayor holiday will be characterized
because like. i feel like all the fanon versions of her where she's stoic and serious and gruff are like... not right?? queen is supposed to reflect her. right. like that much is painfully obvious
... none of those adjectives apply to queen????? now ofc she could be mayor holiday's total opposite to highlight the differences in their approach to mothering noelle - i'm not discounting that or anything because i literally do not know. it's just that's not necessarily the vibe i got
queen is cheerful and silly but very pushy. very demanding. she expects a lot and doubles down and really puts on the pressure when people don't meet those expectations. all with a smile! like. i feel like the fandom saw rudy say noelle's mom is hard on her and saw the thing about her keeping her office frigid cold and automatically assumed she's a cold person who only knows how to frown
you don't have to be stoic to be a strict parent. you can be all smiles and be more demanding and controlling than the gruffest most stone-faced parent in the world. and like... we saw that when it comes down to it, queen is more than capable of dropping the silly antics and jokes and she can and will get serious. she doesn't need cages or control plugs or an army or anything but herself and a few well-placed threats. which reminds me of when alphys said hometown's cops (ugh) don't really do anything because mayor holiday takes care of it all.
i think... maybe. she used to be a little less strict and a little more genuinely lighthearted. but after dess disappears, she drops that lightheartedness. she gets really, really serious about turning hometown into a safe place and making sure noelle is strong enough to like. Survive.
but she does it all... with a smile! after all, every politician's got to have a dazzling fake grin, right?
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