#or else theyre not multidimensional enough

[niishi]

"Zoro had no friends besides kuina" are johnny and yosaku just chopped liver??? Also any time we see zoro on his own, it's very obvious that he's good at making friends with literally anyone. Y'all don't understand Zoro. You're so desperate to find emo things about him that you make stuff up and completely ignore that he's very emotional and open and expressive in canon all on his own. Y'all just aren't used to seeing someone who regulates their emotions, express emotion.

#everyone wants them to throw huge fits #and whatever #or else theyre not multidimensional enough #and completely ignore that multidimensional ppl come in all types #yall rlly need to study some Buddhism and taoism #no wonder americans are so dramatic and obnoxios #yall have no clue how to regulate your spirit or practice mindfulness or center yourself etc #all you know is loud screaming and yelling and crying and performances so #mama bird will hear you and coddle your emotions #you perform so outwardly so that other ppl will sooth you #you have no emotional strength to soothe yourself or regulate your own emotions #none of you understand zoro bc youre not on his level #srry

[abnomi]

i really appreciate bojack horseman for having characters that feel so human.

they feel real, people you could encounter just passing by on a sidewalk. theyre flawed but human with feelings and intentions and desires and opinions! i think its so interesting to see them clash together in their daily lives. they are all multidimensional and have more lingering under the surface than at first glance, and they keep peeling back as the show goes forward, whether the layers are ugly or beautiful. i love learning about them.

this show is So Real. you can point at any major scenario in the episodes and think "That could have happened to me or someone i know" while in the same breath, the most absurd shit imaginable happens in the background inside of this universe with such flawed logic (that is kind of just a caricature of real life). even the people are exaggerated, and the ways they react and speak is very blunt and straightforward. its interesting to see how they all adapt and live in this ridiculous world while still feeling like actual people, even with them speaking in exaggerated ways. i think that the writing in bojack horseman is genius, i dont know if ive seen anything like it anywhere else. the reality being maintained even through the exaggeration is amazing to me, and the fact that theres still enough space left to make serious scenes hit hard and make you KNOW something fucked up happened.

bojack himself being a mentally tormented individual is never used as an excuse for his actions and I really admire and respect that. you can empathize with him while still acknowledging that hes a fucked up person (Horse) . its such a wake up call, too. noticing how his behavior affects other people encourages the viewer to improve but still shows the underlying mental illness in a sensitive light. he isolates himself and punishes himself and it does nothing but make everything worse. the severity of the people in his life's reactions put him further in this pit of self-hatred and loathing when all he needs to do is change for the better. the world crumbles around him, and instead of changing or listening, he tries to make himself feel better and escape it. "fetishizing your own sadness" is a line that really struck me because i was severely depressed and i did that exact thing; i made myself feel horrible because i "deserved" it to compensate for the guilt i felt instead of doing anything productive to get out of the spiral. im not saying that any of this is easy, its so fucking hard. but bojack had resources on SO many occasions and NEVER accepted help. also, seeing Todd of all people reach a breaking point is a Lot. hes such a forgiving person who sees the good in everyone and he still has limits.

the philosophy and messages conveyed through the characters are so important to me. especially with Diane, shes such a complex character. i love her quote of there being no good or bad people, theres only people who do good things and people who do bad things. she is the realest.

so much thought was put into every crevice of this show, everything that was explored was understood by the writers and this was communicated incredibly well. i would say more but im kind of squeezing my mind juices and im low on them rn. I FUCKING LOVE BOJACK HORSEMAN !!!!!!!

#also this detail is too little to ramble about but.. #i love that they all have their own ringtones. todd todd todd todd todd todd Todd todd toodd toddd #bojack horseman #bojackthoughts #bojack netflix #rambles #TODD AND DIANE TRUTHERS WYA!!!!!! #AND HOLLYHOCK + a ton of others.. love them sm #long post

[rimurutempest]

subaru being confident and passionate enough to kiss emilia while still giving her the go-ahead to reject his advances and decline the kiss, and emilia choosing to kiss him and allowing him the chance going forward to prove how genuine his feelings about her are was...

exactly the follow-up needed after otto's backstory and the sheer force of his will and faith in subaru, coupled with ram showing her own blind faith in such unlikely allies despite herself, like??

anything else they could have had follow the first half of the ep would have been completely overshadowed by otto and ram, but such a pivotal, passionate, clumsy-but-altogether-sweet moment absolutely held the episode up through to the end.

to do all of that, working from home, in a standard episode length, with a similarly high animation standard to the director's cut episodes, the quality of which they've done shockingly well to uphold as much as possible this past season, is absolutely award worthy, i don't care how shitty the fanbase is tbh, like,

shit, if terrible otaku men are gonna get told how reprehensible they are, how toxic their attitudes and habits are, how they should find reason to better themselves and grow as people NOW in the real world, and still miss the point ENTIRELY, only to zero in on and obsess over the cute anime girls they want to fantasize about as devoted, demure, little dolls, and thus spend hundreds of thousands upon hundreds of thousands of yen and/or dollars on merch,

im not gonna complain at this point. say what you will of your personal tastes about the series/characters/fans, but theyre sure giving this anime a heck of a budget, and i, for one, feel pretty lucky to enjoy the results of their toxicity at their expense.

re:zero is a pretty brilliant project, if for no other reason than how openly it ridicules the very people who fund it, lmao (also the writing is actually pretty fucking great and the characters are genuinely multidimensional and well developed, so it's not just gorgeous to watch visually, but a compelling story altogether, byyye)

#re:zero #re:zero spoilers #rezero #long post #my sweet serenity #comfy #sorry this got rambly lol #but um??? #good fucking episode #finally some good fucking food