#or the fact that he might not trust you

[jahiera]

pondering on a meta diving into Gale's abstract brand of selflessness (willingness to go away to a corner of the world to die so that none of the faceless masses will be harmed by his mistake) vs his personal selfishness (willingness to stick by tav despite being repulsed by tiefling camp murder + general vocal approval or interest in accumulating more power) and Gale's status as someone who is good aligned but generally ineffectual at enforcing actual good (the way that wyll or karlach will actually leave the party) which is fascinating for a fairly good-aligned person. just love when the Good Guy is actually kind of fucking weird. edit: tumblr cut off my tags Okay. and how all of this ties back in an interesting way to his relationship and power imbalance with mystra. he was wronged, deeply, but he also desires still that ... status / closeness to divinity in some way, by her influence. Gale thinks that he would be a better god simply by virtue of his mortality but he cannot escape the appeal of holding himself apart from others and being more than, greater than, something closer to godliness and thus inherently removed from mortal values and standards of right and wrong, which the gods themselves don't adhere to in the same way.

#it's just one of those things that's really compelling about his character to me in terms of ... #Gale hesitates with the shadow lantern not really because he's put off by the magic #in fact if a sorcerer Tav condemns dark magic he rebukes it and argues that all magic is inherently neutral; some simply more #frowned upon than others #He appreciates good acts. he'll say We Should Do The Good Act. but he's not going to really fight FOR doing the right thing the way #others might; and when you get beyond the act itself he can very quickly rationalize #necessity. or mistake. or the value of power + strength behind it. #the dichotomy between his fearful willingness to die at Mystra's behest while not really tamping down his interest in power and survival #that peers out and I think (?) feels almost obfuscated behind his eloquence and his manners and charm and general clockability as a #guy who approves of good things. #and there are things he says & does that are further beyond the expectations of what you might expect from someone who is 'good' #the initial interest in a deal with Raphael; the approval of taking tadpoles despite the uncertainty and possible cost; the acknowledgment #that powerful forms (slayer form or ascending astarion) will be useful onward #His Fucking Speech to Tav after the grove slaughter where he's outraged and disgusted but can be swayed to stay #he's so... sunk cost fallacy too I think. at some point the ends must surely justify the means right #and his God of Ambition thing is sooo compelling because it really drives to the max the part of gale's personality that is always there #but obfuscated by his immediate insistence that he's a moral person right. you know him to be of sound judgement. trust him. #He likes seeing good happen and he's happy to go along with doing good things and he'll #state his opinion when he thinks something EVIL is happening. but he's not necessarily #going out of his way here either if tav isn't -- and to be fair game mechanics technically mean #no one is - but we can read from Wyll/Karlach removing themselves from the situation #(need to double check but can't Wyll also leave a slayer dark urge?) #that they CAN go out of their way #Wizard Apathy Baby! you feel benevolent toward others but you crave what is beyond humanity and #deeply rooted in the arcane; which you see as beyond too basic concepts of 'good' vs 'bad' magic; neutrality that sways with intent #you trust good actions but you didn't ACTUALLY use your power at the time For Others either; you probably could have but #you craved MORE. something BETTER. #and there's a lot there in how that interacts with his relationship to mystra too #his desire to achieve something closer to godliness and both thinking that he can do better because he's mortal but at the same time #has proven that he can separate himself or his technical moralities from a situation if it means exploration of power/knowledge Beyond

[oddly-casual]

I think Mutant Mayhem is the first tmnt propriety to make Leo my favorite turtle right off the bat.

Not that I don’t like Leo anywhere else, but usually it takes me like a second rewatch or something to really pick apart Leo’s character in full to appreciate him- and even then he’s usually not my favorite.

But MM Leo is my favorite for reasons I cannot identify.

Maybe it’s the way he walks, his cringe fail personality, I don’t know but I care about this loser so much.

Idk he cares so much abt his siblings despite the fact that they can be so mean to him sometimes. He is also the one who continually pushes to do the right thing when theres nothing (or even sometimes worst things) to gain from it.

Even his attempts at being cool come off as dorkish but it’s charming in a way only little kids can be. In a ‘you’re doing your best sweetie’. Leo is a single mother of three while also being a teenage boy, that takes work.

He’s such a silent but calculating character, ironically when he doesn’t try so hard and does what he feels is right he gets the best results (ie his leader speech, the plan to be accepted, gaining the acceptance of other mutants) for all his fumbling and try hard attitude he has such natural potential it’s insane.

#tmnt #mutant mayhem #mm leonardo #character appreciation #idk I might do a proper one where I go into his character in depth this was more of me rambling #It’s so weird this has never happened #like usually I need to warm up to Leo’s character with a few episodes or a rewatch of a movie #but after the first watch of MM I had the adoption papers in my hand #idk what it is maybe it’s the inner Kinnie or the fact that we see him struggle so hard #like he fumbled the bag so much!!! #he was nervous he was not confident!!! he literally looked to Donnie for every strategic plan #and yet we see him try so hard too #like he lies to splinter to make his brothers happy he snitched on his brothers bc of his honor #Leo literally was at his best when he listened to himself and trusted in his decisions #and obviously if Leo trusted in every decision he made we wouldn’t have a movie and they wouldn’t be going to school #BUT I hope tottmnt look into that where Leo doesn’t have confidence in himself and it makes things harder #there’s so much that happens in the silence of this movie- everyone say thank you to Hanna Cho!!!! #it wasn’t just her but she was specifically credited with the silent expressions in this movie and I love her for that

[violetscacti-art]

The way that these two images, and these two images alone, are causing me so much undue stress

#rise of the tmnt #rise of the tmnt movie #rottmnt #rottmnt movie #i caught the logo on the helicopter during one of my many rewatches and im just ;w; #this confirms the existence of the earth protection force in rise and that means the existence of bishop as well #and if you've seen the 2k3 verse you will KNOW why that terrifies me #of course after the defeat of the shredder and the krang he is the next logical big threat #but that doesn't mean i have to like it!!!! #lmao watch them juke me out and make him a mostly comedic antagonist #But i don't trust the fact that this was their introduction OR that they have one of the krangs in their possession!!!! #and we've seen how terrifying rise can make its antagonists!!! #bishop is a whole new kind of threat to the boys!!! #im scared!!!!!! #im getting ahead of myself since we might not get anything more out of this series but just knowing the organization exists #i cannot rest easy

[discordiansamba]

I love all the little hints in the Prince Keith au stuff you've posted so far that Keith can, on some level, Tell That Something Is Off (having a human face before he'd ever encountered humans, feeling a strong draw to Earth he can't explain, etc) and now I'm wondering, what would happen if he met Krolia?

Excellent question!

I think he definitely feels an odd sort of draw towards Krolia, that he can't really explain. He gets an odd sense of deja vu the first time he crosses paths with her, almost like he should know her. They've obviously got no connection, but he can't really shake the feeling.

He just sort of files it away with all of the other weird stuff that's always felt sort of out of place about him. Most of the time he chalks it up to being caused by the corruption he's carried in him since birth, even though he's also just as sure that definitely doesn't explain everything. But thinking about it has never really gotten anywhere, so most of the time he just ignores it.

He'll eventually learn the truth, but that just makes things a weird sort of awkward. What kind of relationship is he supposed to have with a women who was supposed to be his mother in this universe, but wasn't? It's not like she knows him. She's Blade of Marmora anyways, and he's the son of the Galra Emperor, even if he was never meant to be.

#asks #prince keith au #and considering the fact that he would have basically seized control of the empire at that point in the au that'd be like. double awkward #kyor voice: I trust the blade of marmora to do what's right which also means one day they might kill me in my sleep. #i've come to terms with this #kuron: ...have you? #kyor: yes. don't ask anymore questions

[aq2003]

there comes a beautiful time in life where i have to ask myselg th question, "did i accidentally project too hard onto the character that i only relate to a little bit and in doing so hugely missed this one entire aspect/interpretation of the characters . am i stupid"

#ARE THEY STUPID! #dr who #this is about ten specifically his relationship w martha lmao #m being so serious i genuinely did not. see the 'ten was on purpose leading martha on to make her think her feelings were requited' angle #until going out into the wild and reading the tumblr posts. like i genuinely did not. at ALLLLLL. its like a brick hitting my head #bc the ENTIRE time s3 ten came off to me as 'doing stuff w no romantic intent behind it but would consistently get misinterpreted as such' #cuz IIIIIIIII have done this. IIIIIIII have run into this problem before. and it sucks so incredibly bad. #i actually do want to think my og interpretation still holds water cuz like. well i could gather all the evidence but #first one that comes 2 mind would be him going 'it's like when you fancy someone + they dont know you exist' to martha. in episode TWELVE #two routes; either ten is needlessly cruel and callous even after a season's worth of building up trust and friendship w her #or he is on super 'i dont think she has feelings for me and this is a very unhappy coincidence of a line' cocaine #Or the 'she fancied me' line in s4 to donna. either he is disregarding all the good and positive impact she did him. or the fact that this #went over his head the whole time made him look back on that time w discomfort <- I DID THIS. I MIGHT HAVE BEEN PROJECTING #THIS ONTO HIM. AM I STUPID.?.????? #you know how mikage rgu can either be read as an incel or a gay man lost so completely in the sauce #ten is like in this same ballpark. i think. of 'emotionally manipulative and disrespects women' or 'aroacespec and missed the cues' #funniest possible options to pick from. ten my brother how did you set yourself up like this #absolutely not denying that he was toxic and unhealthy during s3 in like 500 ways btw. but well. ths is the one concwpt that #flew over my head. so completely. and i can kind of see it now but i also still find it hard to incorporate into my belief system #bc its like. brother I'M aroace and missed the cues too lol #tangential note we can trace many problems down to a writer's room filled w white people not giving #martha's character the respect/agency she deserves for the existing narrative she has. bc they pulled this w mickey too both in series 1+2 #if they wanted to portray ten as manipulative then him and martha should've been given more screentime #together where martha (or anyone else) calls him the FUCK out on this. and ten would need to suffer narrative consequences of doing smth #as fucked up as that rather than his happy stable dynamic he has w donna. if they wanted to portray him as oblivious then marthas character #shouldn't have constantly been boiled down to an unrequited crush (particularly her dialogue in the s3 finale - there's a LOT more reasons #why she would choose to leave/why their dynamic was unhealthy besides ten not returning her feelings) #if you read all these tags you may be entitled 2 financial compensation #ten and martha #aspec doc tag

[gamebunny-advance]

Random Question Time

(If you get to this poll from someone else, check the OP tags for a little more context.)

#gbunny polls #nsr #no straight roads #gigi #i just wanted to make a poll that wasn't 10/10 centric #i'll be honest: i don't trust gigi #nobody knows him #he's the only NPC besides Kliff and Zam that you're forced to interact with #but then he does nothing but 'hang out' and then trigger dialogue about how nobody knows him #he's one of the few 'solo' credit drawings so there's not even a hint that *anyone* else in the city knows him #he's up to something but i don't know what #i wonder if he's mystery man. it isn't in the stained glass portrait #but in almost every other instance of 'official' art for him #mystery man has a very menacing smile bearing all his teeth #you know who else smiles like that? Gigi #he's literally named after the fact that he's always smiling #('gigi' means 'teeth' in malay) #so it might not even be his real name #but... they look pretty different otherwise so who knows~ #maybe they're just related

[mishapen-dear]

no but im thinking about how 4halo could be together while keeping their dynamic intact. forever asks bad on a date and bad is like yeah :D friendship date. several dates later bad's the one to propose and he says "will you merry me" as in like. be merry with me. feel joy forever for we're together and we have 11 children aka all of the eggs we have forcefully adopted from the other parents and i dont know what life would be like without you. you changed my life for the better. besties 4evar, forever

#and then richarlyson falls into pieces #and dapper gets to be smug #i don't super enjoy the ship when theyre lovey-lovey but oh my god its so fucking funny to be in a relationship and just Deny it #to each other to everyone else to themselves #is that a wedding ring no its a donut #made of metal #a decoration i wear that's inscribed with my bestie's name because i just like him so much :3 #do you see the vision the vibe is queerbait themselves to Hell while being Actively Queer #more thoughtful examination of bad's character is that i think a relationship that actively rejects sincerity is what he'd be most #comfortable in #he's Full of compliments for the other players and eggs but he will Never say that to their faces. he uses sillytime and insincerity as a #shield. if he ever trusts someone to be like. close to them. to consider them a teammate like he considers dapper a teammate #then it doesn't matter what label it gets -qpp or genuine besties or romantic or another option i cant think of- i think that not #acknowledging that sincerity is the only way he could bear letting them into his heart #i don't know forever as well to give a thoughtful analysis but i think that giving him something low pressure that isn't a Romance might be #good for him too if only for the fact that his Romances have all failed p badly. better to just be silly about it yknow just joke around a #lil if it doesn't mean anything then it wont hurt #<- basic angst trope im not sure fits him but be rest assured i am Looking at him. studying that beast. #qsmp #4halo #qsmp shipping

[hella1975]

i just know when joel wakes up ellie's gonna be so cocky about killing that deer

#if the mormons dont FUCKING TAKE IT OFF HER HEY WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING #yeah get that penicillin girl! #i dont trust this guy at all he's pointed out how good a guy he is at least three times in a single conversation #he's a 'can i have a hug :(' guy for sure #he's too self-important i am not rocking with the holier than thou vibes #ellie girlie dont listen to him #'that crazy man.... was travelling with a little girl' FUCKING CALLED IT #JOEL FOR FUCK SAKE #the fact i cant even remember who they might have killed bc at this point there's just so fucking many LMAO #her sleeping next to him :( #tlou #tlou spoilers

[dynmghts]

i did NOT linger on ch402-405 long enough because as far as i can tell katsuki brought himself back right before all might was brought over by all for one, right? but with the distance, he wouldn't have seen them, nor did he have any sufficient means of closing such a distance THAT fast. so how did he know to go to the ledge and observe below?

either those on the field told him where izuku was, or he heard izuku scream for all might. or BOTH - which is more plausible, because yes, he can trust izuku will win, but with all might in danger and dragged toward ua by all for one, it put everything in jeopardy.

and so what do you mean katsuki bakugou, dynamight, symbol of victory, likely heard izuku's cry for help from below, and charged straight to him - trusted that he would be pointed in the right direction? what do you MEAN he probably heard the desperation in izuku's voice the moment he breathed life again, and his first thoughts were; izuku is in trouble. all might is in trouble.

katsuki didn't even give himself time to live again before he went into another life-or-death fight, because what follows is that he doesn't just save all might from all for one's clutches. he goes to end all for one so he'll never achieve his goal.

because those two people are the largest testament to the man he's become, and he'll defend them with his life - like he did before.

i am unwell.

#💥 ⸍ i. out. #💥 ⸍ ii. headcanon. #bnha spoilers / #bnha manga spoilers / #long post / #/ ok big ramble in tags #/ like. do you think i.zuku believed that everything will be okay the moment he saw k.atsuki standing on the edge of ua? #/ do you think that he saw his symbol of victory freshly arisen like a phoenix from ashes and felt at ease knowing he'd win? #/ because i can guarantee that k.atsuki - if he heard i.zuku as soon as he was alive - knew EXACTLY what he had to do. #/ he was always going to throw himself down to i.zuku and take his hand and trust that he was going to be where he had to be. #/ he was always going to believe that i.zuku could win his fight without him. and that meant he could save their mentor from death. #/ the fact that k.atsuki brought HIMSELF back which means he nearly bound himself to the afterlife but didn't ............. #/ he was satisfied with his death and yet he knew there was more he had to do - not necessarily for himself but for others #/ i mentioned this to bella yesterday but it was like taking the fruit of the underworld and holding it in his hands. ready to eat. #/ but then something stops him from sinking his teeth into its flesh. something that tells him he still needs to return. #/ like he KNEW that there was more he had to do in life first. that his sacrifice was - somehow - not the end for him yet. #/ and they may not have fought side by side in the war n they might not have interacted much since it began. but their trust? #/ tho everything's gone wrong they trust each other to make it right #/ one of these days y'all will be sick of me preaching abt their bond #/ but today pls let me have this i can think of nothing else

[bagheerita]

When they were casting for Col. Everett I feel like the character concept was: You know how much Teyla wants to punch Bates? You have 2 minutes to create a character that Elizabeth wants to punch just as hard, and then he's gonna go down the line and pick a fight with everyone for literally no reason.

#stargate atlantis #stargate atlantis the siege pt2 #eternal stargate rewatch #dillon everett #i feel like it might have been more interesting if they'd cut the scene where he goes personally to tell teyla that he doesn't trust her #and instead expanded on the sheppard relationship. there's no reason for everett to bring up the fact that he knew sumner when most colonel #already hate sheppard for his insubordination. so if you were *going* to bring that up it would have been cool i think to go deeper with it #the dynamic he has with sheppard is honestly the only interesting thing about the character

[purplelea]

I see people getting enthusiastic about the player polycule but will they still be there when I'll start talking about JoshBeat, BeatShiki and Joshiki? not so sure. a shame since those three ships are extremely interesting as well

#you might tell me. but Léa they don't interact a lot! in fact Shiki and Joshua never interacted at all! how can we be there for that? #MY FRIENDS. i don't care <3 #the important part is the POTENTIAL of the dynamic!! what you can create!! #JoshBeat? the funny potential is too powerful here. it could be literally anything. #Beat is just too easy to mess with and Joshua certainly won't hesitate #but tbh i'm also a big fan of the idea of two characters who don't like to show weakness #(Beat because he believes he has to be strong to protect Rhyme) #(And joshua because... it's Joshua. he likes being in control of everything and showing weakness is not being in control #it requires trust. trust in the one you're with that they won't use that weakness against you. trust that they'll help you. #that they won't push you further down.) #and i dunno. the idea of these two trusting eachother enough to be vulnerable with eachother #it's so soft and cute. i love it #BeatShiki? can we talk about beatshiki for a sec. they're so sweet. remember how they immediately became friends when they met? #Beat hating Neku's guts but still accepting to help them because it was for Shiki? #the wait? the wait during 3 years as they were the closest ones from Neku #drifting apart to the point that Beat doesn't recognise Mr Mew anymore? what happened? #the idea of being different but wanting the same thing. aiming for the same goal. sharing something despite these differences #being brought together by that similarity despite everything else and sticking together because they're the only one who get you #they're the only one who knows what it's like to lose someone like Neku. to not know where he is. to wait or look for him everyday #joshiki? did you guys forget how Shiki was the one to ever break Neku's shell of self-isolation against the world? #and how much this characteristic of Neku is paralleled with Joshua? #don't you think it would be interesting to have her meet him? see how much she could change him? #also it would be funny af to have Shiki (extremely easily flustered person) and Joshua (big flirt) interact. you cannot disagree. #it would be hilarious. anyway i'm very normal about these three ships as you can see #léa rambles #twewy #hachicule #beatshiki #joshiki #joshbeat

[mayasaura]

I’m wondering... what if we’ve been interpreting Pyrrha’s observation backwards? What if the stoma didn’t react to John because of his connection to the Resurrection Beasts, but rather the other way around? This whole time they’ve been reacting to the Resurrection Beasts because of their connection to John, and by extension Alecto.

It’s been bugging me that the thing that possessed Colum Asht gave him eyes black as the Emperor’s, before it turned them to stoma in his head. It’s been bugging me even more that it only stomafied him after coming into contact with Gideon. His eyes were black until Gideon attacked him, and then they turned to mouths in his head. Whatever was in Colum tried to eat Gideon, like the stoma eat Resurrection Beasts.

Then there’s another thing that’s been bugging me. Why, out of the hundreds of thousands of planets that John and his Empire have killed, are there only nine Resurrection Beasts? Why can the minor beasts Harrow creates be killed by a half-realised baby lyctor with a sword, while the Resurrection Beasts are literally unkillable? They have to be flayed to their cores and then shoved through the mouth of hell, where we don’t know what happens to them. That’s not a difference in scale, it’s a difference in nature. The Resurrection Beasts are just as immortal as Gideon, and the stoma reach for them both the same.

John is the connecting factor. John, and the power he derives from Alecto. The power which created the Resurrection Beasts, and which Gideon inherited a part of. The stoma aren’t after the Resurrection Beasts, not really; they want John. They want Alecto, and the power that enabled the Resurrection that’s still embedded in the souls of the planets that died for it.

#I have to speculate that this is connected to the displacement #and the things there that eat us that Ianthe referred to once and have not been mentioned since #suspicious as fuck if you ask me #I do still think the RBs are the source of necromancy #but John is not a normal necromancer and his power comes from somewhere else #something else #whatever Alecto is she comes from the place beyond the stoma #and the place beyond the stoma wants her back #if siphoning really does create a connection to that place via the displaced soul of the cavalier no wonder John condemns it #the last thing he wants is for whatever's over there to find a pathway into his world #not when it's coming for him #not when it's coming for Alecto #I thought the fundamental difference between Harrow's entombment of Gideon and John's entombment of Alecto #was that Harrow was protecting Gideon and John was hurting Alecto #I might have to revisit this assumption and tag it with a question mark #Of course John's motives are still suspect as fuck and of course I don't trust the man #but I have to remember what parts of the picture we have are facts and what parts are conjecture #right now it's mostly conjecture #the locked tomb #tlt meta #alecto the first #the resurrection #emperor john gaius #harrow the ninth #htn spoilers #alecto theories #the stoma #I've been gone for a week but I'm back bitches! #did you miss me? I've missed you

[lisbonsteresa]

they make me so

#tm #the way she immediately goes along with him there's no hesitation and then she immediately puts them in the same boat i want to scream #because there's a way to read this that it's actually too much faith; she trusts him and his methods - weird though they usually are - #maybe too much - the 'one day i'm gonna get fired because of you; that's just how it is' route #(which is like that excellent tag i saw - that lisbon's 'a rebel with the trauma of having to be responsible' - #like she likes breaking the rules and jane breaks them in fun ways (usually) and his rule-breaking gets results #- the 'people might ask why you signed on with me in the first place' bit alsosheskindofinlovewithhimnbd) #but on the other hand there is a bit of 'such little faith' too because yes he gets results but she knows firsthand (and repeatedly) #that he runs the risk of hurting - himself; others; her - while he gets those results #and she's putting them in the same boat she's making them equally responsible for anything that happens #*unequally actually she'd take the brunt of any punishment/backlash as they both know #and you COULD (and i do) see that as her trying (maybe unconsciously) to temper him; to pull him back from going TOO far #whatever you're doing you're not doing alone; remember this is on me now too don't go too far #CAN'T YOU SEE THERE'S PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT YOU; WHO NEED YOU #and like does the tempering always work? no; obviously; for multiple reasons #but for her to - on whatever level - think that she would be enough FOR it to work? much to think about #(it's crazy how it's so clear that on some level they both know she's the most important person to him #but they're also just....tucking that fact away until a moment comes when they can actually think fully about what it means #(which would have to be post red john but also they're just avoidant bitches too afraid to look too close i love it) #anyway i'm back at work so i'm back to thinking too much about tv shows that ended 8 years ago it's so cool and stable #(also rigsby just going along with it too lkfasdj i just adore them) #FUCK THE END OF THE EPISODE BARK BARK I FEEL CRAZY #TERESA LISBON YOU'RE SO IMPORTANT TO ME LIKE SHIT

[shih-coulda-had-it]

Deku somehow gets teleported into Toshinori yagi’s timeline meets prime Torino and the 7th user of one for all they try and see how he got here and much of one for all he can control and he probably meets chiyo while he’s at it 😂

I already have something like this, though it’s less of a wip and more of a ‘eh, it has the trappings of a oneshot.’ So instead I’m just going to use this as an opportunity to spin other wheels, because, anon, this is another case of you giving me the outline instead of manifesting it yourself, for me to enjoy.

Villain Hunt!Izuku is arguing with All Might when he is slam-dunked into his mentor by a Time Displacement Quirk gone awry. The user’s motivation is that Deku is CLEARLY doing so much more than Small Might, so maybe Japan wouldn’t have gone to hell if Deku was in charge from the start! This has the intended consequence of Izuku being shot back in time to when Toshinori JUST received One for All at age thirteen.

This has the unfortunate, also intended consequence of Izuku possessing Toshinori’s body. He reacts as any traumatized teenager bearing the burden of the world would--that is, badly. Monitoring the situation is Nana and Sorahiko; the former is confused and scared for her would-be successor, and the latter is just ‘Of course this happens. Of course. That’s just our luck.’

Izuku has brought back the decades’ accumulated stockpile in One for All (vestiges included!), and it truly is a testament to Toshinori’s Quirkless genes that enable him NOT to break when Izuku lets fly his first Smash. Nana is flabbergasted. Sorahiko is reconsidering his early assessment of Toshinori-turned-Izuku. Then, Izuku taps into the rest of One for All, and all three of them proceed to have an intense discussion of (1) how to use this opportunity to demolish AfO, (2) whether or not young Toshinori remains, and if he can be retrieved, and (3) if Izuku is here permanently.

They relocate to Recovery Girl’s office in U.A. so she can run a physical on Izuku, and who do they find there but TOSHINORI, mid-50s, Quirkless as ever and vastly terrified of facing his dead oshishou and Prime Torino. The reunion is painfully awkward, except in the case of Toshinori seeing his younger self possessed by Izuku. There’s at least one joke about Izuku’s fanboyism going too far.

Toshinori is determined to meddle in this timeline, a period when governmental paperwork is practically ornamental and sooo easy to manipulate, especially when you have Nana (experienced in illegally redacting documents) and Sorahiko (unconcerned with things like ‘Hey, maybe murder isn’t the way’) by your side. The first thing he does is fish young Toshinori!Izuku out of the foster system, and claim him as his son.

Additional points of interest:

Toshinori also fosters Kotarou, and persuades him that there was a genuine danger that Nana had to protect him from, but don’t worry, it’s going to be taken care of and everything will be fine.

Toshinori takes control of the HPSC, and pulls Nana into it too. They endeavor to find some alternative way of keeping the pro-hero career alive and not gamified.

Izuku gets to be an even more feral teenager, trained by Prime Torino and Seventh Wonder, and actually sat down and tutored by Toshinori to make sure All Might, Pillar of Society, doesn’t become the ONLY Pillar of Society Japan will have.

Everyone scores a hit on AfO before he dies. Even Quirkless, mid-50s Toshinori.

Is Nanahiko a thing? Everyone’s wondering. Even Nana and Sorahiko.

#bnha #deku #gran torino #all might #shimura nana #midoriya izuku #yagi toshinori #torino sorahiko #shih.txt #asks #anon #the biggest drawback to this i suppose would be #the fact that izuku and toshinori have essentially been cut off from their present friends and family #so there would be a mourning period #intense regret and remorse and grief for 'abandoning' them #the time travelers come to terms with it in similar but different ways #toshi!izuku has faith that he'll see them again; maybe even teach them #and toshinori trusts that the changes he makes to the timeline #will lead. MUST lead. to a better future #which spoilers alert of course it does did you have any doubt #i don't have it in me to write toshinori a tragedy in hubris

[britneyshakespeare]

Another Thing Wrong With The Former Gifted Kid Discourse, Since I Can't Stop Thinking About It:

people have such an unhelpful tendency to universalize their own experience when talking about the plights and struggles about Gifted Kids™—and what they are talking about is not necessarily invalid, but they're more often talking about their individual responses to their particular schools' policies. This Is Not A Systemic Analysis. it's helpful; i sympathize with you. But You Are Not Dismantling The Inequities by saying this or that happened At Your School when you were a child, and it affected you this or that way because of Who You Are.

example. i always see people talking about neurodivergence in this conversation, which is actually helpful in spotlighting how the Gifted Kid discourse often glosses over such complex intersectional issues. you can talk about how you were Gifted & Neurodivergent and how those experiences lead you to future disappointment. this is, i must stress, valid. but your analysis of your own life Is Not A Systemic Analysis. your experience alone will never speak for how the educational system and trends in policy among schools across the united states affect ALL neurodivergent people negatively because there are neurodivergent people who are Different From You. not to mention that when people point out that very often "Gifted Kid" usually correlates with some degrees of privilege, people push back and go nooooo I'm neurodivergent. people across all other marginalized identities who are systemically disadvantaged by the educational system can be neurodivergent. this does not make you, initially, when you were as a young Kid determined to be Gifted, NOT also in fact privileged.

if you are not ready to discuss experiences that were different from your own growing up, you aren't really engaging in the discourse of how to improve public education in the united states. it's a diiii-verse country we live in. not only in the ways we traditionally think of. when we think of "marginalized" or "oppressed" people, some specific and historically significant groups come to mind. when it comes to advantages that set up a child for future educational success, these broad categories often leave gaps because they lead people to generalizations, and ultimately, fatalism.

but there's really so much hope in early childhood education if we were to make things more equitable, ie like i always say UNIVERSAL PRE-K. these kids who are determined as "gifted" more often than not were just from more enriched home environments that prepared them for learning how to read, write, and do math. it's often not special innate abilities that leads to differences in outcomes for different students, but That's How The Kids Interpret It When Some of Them Are Called "Gifted." they're more often than not, not doing something that's truly exceptional or precocious for their age. they're displaying signs of age-appropriate development, when often, the kids who may be lagging behind them skill-wise just Haven't Practiced Those Skills As Much.

so yes, that's why there's a correlation in things like upper- and middle-class white kids being seemingly more successful in school (and more commonly deemed "gifted") at a young age. it's from privilege. it's not even just the implicit biases of their educators already working in their favor for their race and class. it's the fact that being more privileged, generally, means their family and parents had all of their basic needs provided for. they had more time to read with you. they could buy more development-promoting toys. they probably had better mental health to cope with the demands of child-rearing. if they suffered chronic or sudden physical health issues, they were insured. privileged children are usually less exposed at a younger age to the harshnesses of this world, as every child should be. ALL of these little advantages build up, in terms of what a child can be provided with before they go to school. anything that's going wrong in a child's family system can negatively impact them without them even being old enough to understand it.

you may not think of yourself as Privileged. you might prefer to think of yourself as Gifted. Gifted is so nice, even if it's demoted to Former Gifted. at one point you were told you were superior and it felt really good. and You, reader, i do not know You. i'm not calling You privileged, even if you are! hell, everyone's privileged in some way. i am at the point in the post where for transparency's sake i think i should say I Could Be What Some People Call "Former Gifted". i was called smart as a kid and given special homework sometimes etc. i'm not calling any Former Gifted people stupid for not realizing this either. what i mean is that this kids Are Not Usually Actually Gifted. this is a compliment given overwhelmingly to children who were just simply not deprived. when people say they were once Gifted, they're more often than not saying I Had The Early Opportunities To Learn Everyone Should Have, But Doesn't. this doesn't make you an outlier. It Might Just Be A Sign of Privilege.

#also I Am Privileged #i wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth in fact my parents were unemployed for much of my childhood #and there were many medical stressors for multiple of my immediate family members that complicated things #my father was diagnosed w type 1 diabetes when he was recently laid off in a pre-affordable care act world. #but in terms of having basic needs met and provided for. i did! #i didn't know the differences for my family's circumstances #also both of my parents are college-educated which helped them get out of that and helped provide for the privilege i was born into. #I Acknowledge These Privileges Not Because They Make Me Bad But Because Not Everyone Has These Things Handed To Them! #privilege doesn't mean you don't struggle. it means you don't struggle as much as you could've. #things couldve been worse #rant #long post #im not making it rebloggable bc i dont trust this website lol #people wanting to say 'im not privileged im neurodivergent' in this convo just grinds my gears #theyre making it seem like 'gifted' = neurodivergent which is NOT true #even if what they were praised for seems in retrospect to them to be their neurodivergent qualities. and #how that might emotionally interact with the future disappointment of realizing you're Not Special. #or even the social isolation you MAYBE experienced from your own school's policies for students like you! #that's again though not a systemic analysis but a personal one. and that's fine. that needs room #but people will assign a disproportionate amount of importance on their individual experience. and deny they could be privileged! #it feels very 'oh officer id never kill my husband' but about privilege lol. #its ok to be privileged. its ok #if those privileges are that you were regularly fed and lived in a stable home and your parents were there for you then thats a good thing. #universal pre-k is what ive been driving home but really all other systemic inequalities affect educational success is what im saying. #much like suicide prevention is more than just having a hotline. it's correcting the injustices of the world that make ppl feel hopeless. #educational justice is providing an equitable world for all children SO THAT they are capable of being reached by education #let's acknowledge the layers please. please

[00midnightrider00]

Who do you ship Kafka with?

I ship her with Blade

#this is the first ask anyone has ever send to me :0 #asks #i feel like i should expand on why i ship them #since there aren't many ships in hsr i actually enjoy #but i dunno that to say #there is so much #i guess it's mostly the appeal of two people with difficult pasts finding some comfort in each others company #the dynamic of a woman who feels no fear and a man who cannot die is also something that attracted me to this ship #then of course there is the fact that I just adore Stellaron Hunters #they might be my favorite fraction in the game #that one web event where they recreate movie posters #or the fact that they keep stealing blade's phone to text trailblazer if you pulled blade #on the more serious note there is the fact that Kafka can help Blade with keeping his Mara under control #there just seems to be a lot of trust there #since she could easily use her Whisper to make him do whatever she wants #but then in her companion quest she lets Blade go and do whatever it is he thinks he has to before leaving the Loufu #and the fact that she calls him 'Ah'Ren' in cn #which from i understand adding 'a/ah' in front of sb's name is an affectionate way to refer to them #tl;dr: idk i just really like those two