#rei is like TEN

[reineyday]

finished watching netflix atla! i think the hate is unjustified lol like all that hate seems a little too intense for what i think the show missed. it didn't hit all the same notes as the original show, yeah, so i'm not sure it quite succeeds as an adaptation, but as a standalone show it's pretty good. and i might have some gripes with the characterization, but there was love in the casting and in the costumes and the world, and that goes a long way for me.

#even tho the costumes DID look reallt new lol #rei rambles #natla #as a show i'd give it like a 7.5 or 8 out of 10 #as an adaptation... 5? 6? #the pacing was kinda weird and katara could be meaner but she wasnt terrible #sokka having a confirmed Thing with suki undermines the way his *first* girlfriend became the moon but that's also whatever #i actually LOVED the way they gave more to iroh and zuko about lu ten #and i heard ppl were mad abt azula which is like... why? she barely appears???? #as for ozai being more emotional--i GET the gripe i do. really. i just. i am not immune to daniel dae kim okay. #been weak for him since i saw him in hawaii five-o and lost okay #first big asian man crush. only handsome asian man on north american tv for a very long time. #im okay with them humanizing ozai if it means more daniel dae kim ngl #narratively sure yeah it sjpports the zuko's and azula's characters better if he unequivocally sucks #but if they're gonna give him more acting meat i'm not gonna mind in the SLIGHTEST #but anyways yeah they v clearly spotlighted iroh & zuko over some team avatar stuff and i'd be more about it if it wasnt done well #but i actually liked it so i dont mind at all #zuko and iroh were super great

[yumedoca]

These 3 Stories are the best arcs in Urusei Yatsura, period.

The first two arcs are fantastic in terms of story telling and character growth, while the third one perfectly captures UY’s chaotic spirit.

#electric jungle and deranged marriage are honorable mentions #and personally I like the flowers of love and courage too because of shinobu’s character development #urusei yatsura #うる星やつら #urusei yatsura manga #ill tag everyone in the images #lum #ataru moroboshi #ten #rupa #oyuki #benten #ran #shutaro mendo #rei #kotatsu neko #cherry #sakura #shinobu miyake #ryunosuke fujinami #principal #onsen mark #btw the Ranma artsyle is soooo cute! #god i love them sm #official art

[himebushou]

For @starry-sim; thank you for all your lovely comments!

Playtime

Kazuki insisted that the apartment had to be spotless ahead of New Year’s and so, the family armed themselves with cleaning supplies.  Kazuki worked methodically, scrubbing countertops and appliances; Rei was never too far behind, wiping surfaces and liberating them from grime.  Miri, naturally, was allowed to help however she wanted.  She spent a good hour dusting and plumping her stuffed toys before joining them for a tea party.

Later, she bounced into Kazuki’s room.  Rei followed, troubled by the intrusion.  Neither had been in Kazuki’s room for a while.  Rei quickly swept the area.  Materially, he was sure that nothing had changed.  Yet, there was somehow a different feeling to the place.

A moment later, he found his answer.  Miri was statuesque, staring at a photo taped to one of Kazuki’s monitors.

She pointed.  “Who’s that?”

Rei supposed that the photo had been taken in summer.  There were thousands of hydrangeas in the background.  Kazuki was wearing a teal shirt over a striped top.  He was grinning in his crooked way and his arm was around a smiling woman.  Her hair was brown, styled casually so that it fell over one shoulder.  She had green eyes.  She was dressed in a cream cardigan.  An unassuming pendant lay at the base of her throat and Rei thought idly that perhaps Kazuki had given it to her.

“I think,” said Rei, “that’s Kazuki Papa’s wife.”

The picture brought the weight of what had been lost to the fore.  Sickness moved through Rei.  He’d asked Kazuki about it, once, and at Kazuki’s flat, “She died in an accident,” had left the conversation there.  But the accident might have been horrible and the woman might have died in agony and Kazuki must have been so hollow afterwards and Rei hated that he didn’t know.

“Ah, that’s right.”  Kazuki cleared the doorway – stepped closer so that he was standing between Rei and Miri.  Kazuki said, “Her name’s Yuzuko.”

Miri’s eyes glittered.  She cried, “Yuzuko Mama?”

“Huh?  Oh!”  Kazuki laughed.  He glanced at Rei; Rei lowered his chin a fraction and Kazuki placed his hand on Miri’s head, continuing, “I… guess so, Miri.  Yuzuko’s far away, though, so we won’t be able to play with her.”

The tiny shoulder sagged.  Miri folded her arms behind her back and swung her body from side-to-side.  She lowered her gaze so that she was staring at the floor and mumbled, “Is Yuzuko Mama playing with Miri’s mama?”

Kazuki froze – Rei gripped Kazuki’s elbow and asked Miri softly, “What do you mean?”

“Miri’s mama… won’t come here again.  Will she?”

That was Miri all over, Rei thought numbly.  She was too perceptive at times.  Miri knew things without being told – had probably picked up on the way Kazuki had hesitated when she’d asked why her mama wouldn’t be there at the Christmas Party, or the way Rei had paused when Miri’d wondered when her mother was next coming to dinner. 

Kazuki took a deep breath.  Then, he said, “You’re right, Miri.  About both things.  Your mama might not be able to visit us here, but she’s playing with Yuzuko.  I bet they’re having a lot of fun!”

Miri looked up.  She smiled and it was as though the sun had torn through the clouds.  “Miri wants to play with them too!”

As one, Kazuki and Rei knelt.  They squished Miri between them; she giggled, her laughter melodic like a bell and Rei said, “Okay, Miri.  But that’s going to be a long while from now.”

“In the meantime, you’ll just have to play with your papas!”

#buddy daddies #buddy daddies fic #suwa rei #kurusu kazuki #unasaka miri #kurusu yuzuko #unasaka misaki #death cw #honestly anytime someone comments on my writing i feel like churning out ten more pieces #and your comments are always so sweet! #so thank you! #TODAY'S THE DAY GANG

[pocketramblr]

Really dark topic, but what do you think would it take for Enji (pre-AM retirement, obviously) to threaten to, or legit kill Rei, mindcontrolling quirks aside?

mind-controlling quirks aside... i don't think he would threaten to kill her. he'd basically never have something to gain from killing her that he couldn't get some other far easier and less risky way. If she was able to prevent him from abusing Shoto, or threatened to take him/all the kids away, Enji could very much threaten divorce, institutionalization, maybe even arrest, but he can stop her from doing that without threatening to kill her.

If Enji were to kill her, which could happen, i don't think it'd be premeditated. But he has hit her before, and Rei isn't exactly going to do great with heat or flame, so if she intervened at the wrong time in the dojo... it's plausible enough i'd accept it as a fic premise.

#thatd have HUGE ramifications tho #not even touching if there's legal reprecussions or not #but Fuyumi? if he *killed* her mother? Shoto? Natsuo? absolutely no forgiveness #and even Enji i think at his worst would be horrified afterwards. even if part of him blames Rei he'd still carry some of it. try to surpas #All Might when he knows he killed his wife? yeah ha no. plus wherever we are with the Touya mess. #(i could even see Touya being like 'hm would i perhaps regain father's favor if i took the blame?' which is another horrible thing #on top of his other kids hating him forever) #like those kids would probably end up with.... the himuras... so thats not great for them either.... #anon #pocket talks to people #be a uh /fascinating/ way to try to do a faster 'be a better person arc' tho #good news: you will end up taking accountability for what youve done and internalize how horrible it was to do. ten years earlier! #bad news: only after i make you do something even worse tho and kill your children's mother and your wife

[haleigh-sloth]

I'll take the bait. How is rei's hospitalization not supposed to be something that helped her? The reason she was put there was crazy sure (the one that needed some hospitalization was always endvr) but its not like her kids forgot about her in the end. Also I believe the long time she was there was just for narrative purposes because hrks wanted her to be away.

Sorry I was gonna get around to posting it, I was tired yesterday lol.

I understand it's shown that she got better there. But I don't think enough people understand that 10 years being locked up in an institution is very fucking abnormal.

There is NO type of psychotic break or mental health break down that should lock you up for a fucking decade, unless it resulted in something serious like someone's death. And there is a reason that there is a shift from hiding people away to shifting them back into their community as soon as possible in several countries (not just the US), OR keeping them out of the hospital in the first place with research based protocols. Rei shouldn't have been separated from Shouto for 10 years. That is insane. That literally will make any parent more ill. Every mental health model you read up on will have an emphasis on a support system which usually consists of friends and family.

Endeavor put Rei in a hospital to get her out of his way, not because he gave a shit about her wellbeing.

Idk if Caleb put a twist on this or not, but it doesn't matter because the obvious tone here is "Oh, I got rid of her, she was getting in my way." Not positive. Then:

This is not a happy picture. I mean hopeful yes, but Shouto saying "I'll save her" while she's sitting in this small ass room, alone, staring out a window? I mean this is not...good. TEN YEARS???? I just cannot fucking fathom anyone justifying keeping someone (especially with Rei's circumstances) there that damn long. Holy shit.

And I mean, this isn't even a cultural debate. This is straight up not good for a person's wellbeing, to be separated from the real world, including your damn children only to have to wait for your older kids to decide to come visit you--and only when the hospital will allow it-- for ten years. But if we're gonna talk cultural, look up Japan's average psych bed ratio in comparison to other countries. Their reputation is not great lol. And I've seen plenty of commentary saying Rei's character kinda represents Japan's poor mental health care. It's just commentary so it's not fact or anything, but it's interesting I'm not the only one who thinks this about Rei, and I wouldn't be surprised if that was the intention.

BUT, anyway honestly the reason I said that is because I see a lot of "I hope the villains get what Rei got 🥺". And I hate it. Because...she was locked up. Away from her family, no freedom.

Like if the manga is going to go for a "I'll save them no matter what" ending, then why end it by putting them in a place where Shouto felt like he needed to save his mom from?

Also...I mean please. This is shonen, it's a fantasy. We don't have to stick to realistic irl answers to shit. Jail is just stupid, but the hospital ending is even dumber imo. Especially if we're talking ten years like Rei--who was put away by her husband for the purpose of keeping her away from his children.

I mean, let's say we stick as close to realistic as possible without going the jail route--hospitals aren't therapeutic, that's not a healing setting. Mental health care is a community action and the idea is to get people back home with their support systems as quickly as possible. AND! If that's the case then damn, at least show ALL of the UA kids getting their damn counseling sessions too since they've been in two wars? And seen dead bodies of their loved ones? I mean, go all the way with it. But! I have 0% expectations of that happening. So...it's STILL dumb.

Just, I'd rather Horikoshi just go balls to the wall with the fantastical power of love and friendship and acceptance ending. Personally I have no desire to see Tomura or Touya or Toga or anybody end their story in a freaking hospital bed. Just, why. Give them hugs, hold their hands, and send them on their merry, unrealistically sappy way.

#todoroki rei #bnha #bnha asks #anonymous #also I'm cussing a lot but i'm not mad i'm just like WTF at this whole thing #TEN YEARS GOD DAMN

[queenlucythevaliant]

I read Lolita a couple weeks ago now. Here are my thoughts:

This book is fascinating. I couldn't shut up about it. The drive to keep reading was squarely in between the one that keeps me reading someone like Falkner (this book is being held together with some incredible mystery adhesive that I must identify/drizzle all over myself) and like. the high I got when I read Atlas Shrugged in 9th grade (I don't like it exactly, but it makes my brain light up as though I've just discovered quarks and now must figure out how to articulate my findings.)

Basically, reading this book is an exercise in reading past the narrator and trying to find scraps of the other characters (especially Dolores) in what he bothers to tell us. It's like panning for gold in a bunch of muck. It's a very active, almost athletic reading experience, if that makes sense.

The beauty of Dolores peeking through all Humbert's mud is that of an ordinary little girl brimming with quiet courage and irrepressible dignity. Dolores Hayes manages to hold her ground against Humbert's best efforts to subsume her and I ended the book just viscerally angry on her behalf. The prevailing sense that I had on finishing Lolita was one of deep injustice.

Nabokov is a treat as always (I've read and loved Speak, Memory and some of Letters to Vera, but this was my first foray into his fiction). The prose was appallingly clever and there were a few little storytelling tricks he pulled that had me all but cackling. The craft of this book is next level.

Reading it was exhausting. I do not think I could have gotten through it had it not been the middle of summer.

#i don't often share what I'm reading bc nine times out of ten my reading journey is a very private and intimate thing #but that tenth time i am *obnoxious* about my books and baby i reaches new levels of obnoxiousness about this one #also. haven't seen any of the film adaptations but I do listen to a fair bit of lana del rey and boy howdy #my girl dolores got done so so dirty by pop culture #like. i knew that going in i knew the basic premise. i went in knowing that humbert is unreliable and that the culture doesn't get it #but guys. for all that reading lolita is a full contact sport it should not be that easy to miss the point #anyway #i did a bad job really discussing but i promised myself that i would restrict this post to a few bullet points #if anyone is interested in like a longer reflection or something please lmk #although it will probably be two to three business months before my brain is really prepared to be coherent about it #pontifications and creations #literature makes us more human

[music-moon]

My most played albums released in the year 2011:

Adele - 21

Lana Del Rey - Born to Die

Mother Mother - Eureka

Beyoncé - 4

M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

Childish Gambino - Camp

JAY-Z & Kanye West - Watch The Throne

The Black Keys - El Camino

Demi Lovato - Unbroken

Drake - Take Care

Data from last.fm + pythfm.

2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023 / 2024

#2011 #music #playlist #spotify #album #adele #lana del rey #mother mother #beyonce #m83 #childish gambino #jay z #kanye west #the black keys #demi lovato #top ten #2010s music #early 2010s #2010s core #2010s #nostalgia #billboard hot 100 #concept playlist #pop music #lastfm #aoty #favourites #liked songs #songs #ranked

[ultralaser]

anyways so also i'm still thinking about that mary sue jackass on twitter whining about rey still bc the complaint is always 'rey beats kylo ren easily out of nowhere' and that is just fundamentally not what happens in that movie

-- one of the first things we see rey do is absolutely demolish a bunch of guys on jakku, so we know she can fight

-- one of the first things she does in the saber fight with kylo ren is echo her staff fighting motions and try to lunge at him, but she doesn't have the same range w the saber

-- so she holds her own defensively but is literally on the run and ends up pinned between ren and a sudden cliff edge as a crevasse opens up

-- she doesn't actually turn the battle against ren until she

wait for it

USES THE FORCE

(which is exactly what LUKE did!)

also that whole fight kylo ren is literally dying after being gut-shot, bc chewie blasted him with his fkn bowcaster, which is ALSO set-up earlier as being strong enough to send dudes FLYING after a hit

so kylo ren took a GRENADE to the stomach and STILL nearly won that fight!

just absolutely no reading comprehension at all, it's almost like they haven't seen the film more than once and remember it wrong, or are deliberately or unconsciously lying about to serve a reactionary agenda, and it doesn't matter how rey won but rather THAT she won, at all

the only actual mary sue in that movie is kylo ren

the only other mary sue in that movie is poe dameron

#star wars #tfa #rey #kylo ren #mary sue #seriously poe dameron is the mariest sue ever to mary sue #he was supposed to die in the crash but they cast oscar isaac so they just brought him back anyways #they never even explain it he's literally just 'i escaped somehow' #in the air battle over maz's castle he takes out like literally seven tie fighters in one shot #dude is CLEARLY FORCE SENSITIVE #SO IS FINN #give them both lightsabers in episode ten #resurrect ben solo and let him be zeta char #the team asshole who never takes off his sunglasses and tried to kill everyone else a few years ago but we have common goals now

[bluevelvetea]

Nothing to see here, just two lovers mortal enemies and their adopted son chilling at the cinema

#Conan looks so excited #Those figures are pretty cute all together #I saw this like ten seconds ago and my mind went AKAM #Dcmk #Detective Conan #Akam #furuya rei #akai shuichi #amuro tooru #Subaru okiya #conan edogawa #Shinichi kudo

[iloveyoubecauseyouarelove]

Remembering my time on Quotev and Wattpad and how I ended up in microfandoms or whatever of real fandoms because me and my friends (mutuals) were using comments and activity feeds to communicate like we were using forums

It was healthy for my soul... Prevented me from going off the deepend in some really Bad fandoms

#rey speaks #like tumblr? has such a broad expansion #on quotev and wattpad i was so isolated. quite frankly the rest of the sites didnt exist #was just like five to ten people circulating fanwork and roleplays amongst ourselves #youd get to join only if you were brave enough to comment on the Popular person's feed or book #tightknit community... i miss them <3 except my quotev phase with That group lf people... love them hate the

[saltedcoffeee]

been thinking abt ageswap au big time

#why does no aged up mob have facial hair like #you think this guy would trust himself w a razor ? #(i say drawing him w the lightest beard known to man) #mp100 #mob psycho 100 #shigeo kageyama #mob #reigen arataka #ageswap au #myart #rei//mobs do not touch this w a ten foot pole btw

[sith-as-heck]

I gave Rey the boyfriend she deserves.

His name is Apollo Skywalker and he’s the son of Luke Skywalker and my OC Tempest Aleeka, he isn’t a Force user but instead followed his Aunt Leia’s footsteps and went into politics. 

#OC: Apollo Skywalker #anti reylo #Apollo is the god of the sun and Rey..like sunshine #its like poetry its rhymes #And because I'm angry at kyle ron stans #he has punched his cousin at least ten times in their lives #Rey Skywalker #rey x original character

[a-walking-fandom-reference]

the allergist: don’t have pets in bedrooms, near furniture, or carpet

me: sorry i love joy and happiness and being around my special little babies all the time

#sorry you’ve never had kitty cuddles SAD! #like i hate my allergies but if you have to live by the allergy top ten don’t i would be depress #rey actually speaks

[stargiirl27]

being hot is hard work but somebody has to do it

#top ten favorite outfits #like im hot sorry yall #couqette #lizzy grant #lana del rey

[cospinol]

top frame from this week…

listening politely :-) he is cute

also absolutely was not expecting the extended anime-original shi haku and kika flashback!! but it was so sweet!

Romance is when you bring your girl 1 (one) rock every time you come back from war. in the manga we only see a couple of panels of younger kika but her design is so cute i’m so happy to see a little more of her… and the framing of this sequence as still explicitly something rei ou is describing to hou mei & co is cute lol (also just generally nice to learn a little more about their dynamic before tragedy befell them). I’m really surprised the anime team made time for this but it’s the second romantic flashback that’s been invented for this season so I hope this is a type of scene they’ve just committed to adding for some reason and I want a rei ou & baby hou mei flashback very badly, ideally placed right in rei ou’s death scene, i still think it’s cruel of hara to give them the relationship they have but not let us See them pre-fire dragons going to jail

anddd one last hou mei because again he is cute :)

#he looks soooo good in approx. one of every three shots it’s really hit or miss… #they just like have not Quite figured out how to make his design work in the anime art style this season… #it’s all the prettier male characters who are suffering here (hon looked pretty bad this episode too) #bc they won’t let the designs be as Round/soft as hara’s but they keep his lvl of detail in the facial features #like all of the male characters who are a little pointier (everyone less bishounen than shin) look good and and on-model at nearly all times #and all the girls who are Allowed to be some degree of round are very cute (minus ten #I guess bc they’re trying to make her look older. which it’s true she doesn’t in the manga art style) #but there are a few ppl that sure are caught in the middle. rei ou still looks weird in nearly every shot he’s in RIP #in my perfect world they hire a moeshit director to make this work sorry #<-actually this is what hbtw is! #and that’s a wrap on this train of thought good night #kingdomposting #txt

[songweaver]

#shortcake cake #ten serizawa #riku mizuhara #rei mizuhara #chiaki kasadera #looks like ten's got her hands full! #bad puns