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liquorisce · 9 months

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Tengoku Daimakyou Rereads, Chap 1

I've been so obsessed with tengoku daimakyou/heavenly delusion, i binged the show, caught up to the rest of the manga. Now I want to reread the manga to pick up on hints I missed before.

Chronicling my thoughts below.

Note: This is full of spoilers and will only make sense to people who have atleast watched the show

the manga opens with pictures of heaven: a utopia. kids playing in the garden, watering plants, talking and playing with each other.

there are a lot of kids so someone has very kindly made a cheatsheet of the names of characters here.

one of the kids, tarao, is lying sick in what looks to be a hospital bed. kuku, another kid, appears to give him a tomato from the garden. tarao asks if tokio is going to come visit him.

as early as the first few pages of the manga, we have very clear hints that mimihime can sense the future. in chap 1 she senses that the kids are about to have a surprise test.

the surprise test, in a way, sets in motion the rest of the events to come. the robot teacher in the classroom declares that the test will only have 10 questions. But on Tokio's screen (it appears to be an algebra test) there is a 11th question that flickers: do you want to go outside of the outside? this is something that tokio cannot comprehend. but before tokio can ask the teacher, the question vanishes.

at the same time: the kids of other classes are still outside in the garden. kuku approaches kona who is drawing something. it looks like a fish with many arms!!!!! i never noticed this during my first watch, but this fish is what kuku turns into at a later point in the story. kona says that he imagined it: hinting at his ability to envision vague scenes in the future.

after the test mimihime asks tokio what she meant when she was mumbling about the outside. and then mimihime asks her if she has ever thought about what's outside their facility, outside of the walls of the garden. note: this was the scene that made me lose my mind, because the themes of the outside and wanting to go outside of the walls are so aot-like!!! and i have been obsessed with attack on titan for the last decade. ALSO!! i did not know that tokio was a girl when when i first watched this part on the show. in the show they refer to tokio as tokio-kun, which is usually used for boys. I refer to tokio as a girl now, because of later events. I'm curious if there will be hints to it that i missed.

Mimihime then says that whenever she thinks about going outside she sees two people coming to save her, one with the same face as tokio!!! later at night, tokio is unable to sleep and wanders in the garden thinking of what mimihime says. an old woman- who tokio calls director- on a wheelchair with two other people who look like doctors come outside to ask if tokio is having trouble sleeping and would like some meds to help sleep. (a very weird thing to offer a child, imo. makes me think what are all the other weird ways they've been brought up.)

tokio then asks if there's anything outside the outside (aka the garden that she originally thought was the outside), and the director says yes, and refers to it as hell, filled with wretched beasts.

and then chap 1 ends with a very intelligent still of a boy sleeping in what is the completely trashed remains of a karaoke bar called "karaoke heaven." but the words are missing and hence what we read is "kara heaven". from my limited knowledge of japanese, kara refers to emptiness, so idk if that means something here. to note for the future!

other interesting things:

taka is introduced as an extremely athletic child.

shiro is shown to go into a room called the workshop in his free time where it looks like he is building a machine, with a lot of wires, something like a computer maybe.

#tengoku daimakyou #td rereads #chap 1

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fraudulent-cheese · 3 months

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yeah so anyways danpher ponies this is the first time i've drawn them digitally lmaoooo

Danny is owned by @tpher!!!

#cheese posting #danpher #td topher #td danny #art #total drama #PONIES!!!!#mlp #i had so much trouble with figuring out what cutie marks i wanted to give them???#then i reread Danny's bio and it. fucking clicked

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littlehenrikehd · 6 months

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Slippery Slopes Chapter 11, Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles, a moodboard by yours truly

#I'm rereading and oh my fucking god #I'm not strong enough for this man #total drama #td #slippery slopes #alenoah

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djuncan-forever · 3 months

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My DJuncan Manifesto

A.K.A.: Why DJuncan makes more narrative sense then Duncney while fulfilling the same basic trope.

(Preface: wrote this a couple weeks ago when I was crazy sick and I watched s1 a couple months ago so I might be wrong actually but if I am no I'm not xoxo)

Duncan finding DJ a new bunny is used solely as a plot device to push Duncan and Courtney together via the whole tough boy has a soft side bit. That's fine, obviously, but within the show its poorly written (shocker). Not only is it a plot device, but a shallow one at that.

As its framed within the show, this action's primary purpose is simply to demonstrate to Courtney that Duncan isn't all tough. Aside from this, its consequences character-wise and dynamic-wise are inconsistent. It doesn't necessarily further his friendship with DJ in any big way, like you think it would, and it doesn't even show to the overall group that he has a soft side, it happens just so Courtney can see him being thoughtful and caring and then go Oh wait tough guy isn't so tough he's so cutesy omg heart eyes. And from memory there are few, if any, other instances of soft Duncan moments happening around this point, which is lazy because they had him do one thing and called it a day on that point.

So not only is it lazy in that he does that one thing and then he's soft with little to no other supporting characterisation, but the justification they use for him empathising with DJ is also super lazy. Duncan lost a pet when he was younger? Sure, okay, but why not just make them best friends and maybe even in love??? Just kidding.

Really, though, this fails to actually hold together because of the inconsistency outside of Duncney. It only serves to further Duncan and Courtney's relationship, so therefore it can be concluded he only does that in order for them to get together. I.e., this is poor writing (but who is surprised...).

If it were written well, and in order to make more narrative sense, the focus would have been more so on the dynamic between Duncan and DJ, with maybe the Courtney stuff as a B plot if you really must...

I propose, however, that we cut out the middle man by making the middle man the main man---DJ being the middle man---and just have this bunny incident be the catalyst for their epic romance. This would unequivocally make the writing cleaner, tighter and stronger.

And as a sidenote: DJuncan.

And, of course, as its been pointed out before, if opposites attract is what you want, then look no further than DJuncan. It fulfills the same trope while being healthier and more interesting actually.

The end. Thank you.

#djuncan #dj td #duncan td #dj tdi #duncan tdi #total drama #total drama island #didn't reread before posting sorry not sorry

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noahtally-famous · 1 year

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“noah, what say you?”

oh, you just want to know his opinion so badly, don’t you, alejandro? not enough that the rest of the team praised you, isn’t it? uh huh, I see you

#i think rewatching world tour after reading (and rereading) slippery slopes may not have been the wisest choice #but w h a t e v e r #alenoah #kit speaks #noahtally-famous #td noah #td alejandro #i'll take as much of the alenoah dregs as i can get from canon #actually im simultaneously rereading parts of slippery slopes while rewatching wt lmao #alejandro x noah #total drama #total drama world tour #tdwt

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smile-files · 2 years

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teardrop for the win!

of course i have a bias for teardrop, but for several reasons i believe that they really are one of the best object show characters of all time - teardrop by definition changes the game while also changing as a person.

for one thing, if given a list of all of teardrop's areas of expertise, one would assume that she was a guaranteed winner - she is incredibly intelligent and cunning, knows how to author, draw, and code, can easily operate regular tools as well as firearms, can walk up walls, is quick on her feet with good balance, has an amazing throwing arm, can work under pressure, can shoot lasers out of her finger, and is astoundingly ambitious and laser-focused on winning. if ignoring the social aspect of challenges, teardrop would've easily won every season they participated in - which is all of them.

however, one can't ignore the social aspect of challenge-based shows like bfdi - and, whether they're in her control or not, that's where most of her shortcomings lie. the fact that teardrop doesn't speak affects how a lot of their fellow contestants treat them, often causing them to take advantage of teardrop in challenges or otherwise harass them. for that reason alone it can be incredibly difficult for teardrop to make friends, in teams or alliances, as most other contestants refuse to see her as anything but "the quiet one" (even well-meaning contestants refer to her with similarly reductive epithets).

aside from this, teardrop frequently has had little to no regard for the wellbeing of others, perfectly willing to hurt them if they bother her or if their pain gives her the upper hand. most of the time this has been in response to how others treat them, in that nobody cared about their feelings, so they weren't going to care about anyone else's; similarly, teardrop's ambition might've stemmed from a notion that since nobody cared what they wanted, they were going to take what they wanted. even so, teardrop's hostility has often affected people who have done nothing specific to hurt her, such as gelatin, leafy, or flower - out of an unadultarated drive for victory for all three cases, but for the last case also out of impulse. teardrop is notably very impulsive, frequently jumping into actions or decisions without considering all of the options or really thinking about how they might affect those around her. it's clear that teardrop has been here to win, not to make friends - or at least that's what she thought at first.

this initial picture of teardrop provides a fascinating dichotomy between her immense technical skills and meager social skills - both of which being essential to really succeeding in a competition (aside from helping in the team/alliance setting, social skills are important in making the viewer want you to stick around). and, sadly, because so few really accepted them as a person, nevermind a fellow contestant, teardrop's opportunities to utilize her skills and really help her team had been few and far between, meaning that for a significant portion of the series teardrop had been left to languish and be eliminated for no good reason.

i can't say that teardrop didn't get along with anyone before bfb's split; not everyone was actively hostile towards her, for one thing, and a select few were actually reasonably nice to her and actively engaged her in and out of challenges - like leafy, bubble, and especially needle. unfortunately, though, it's hard to find a needle in a haystack (pun intended)...

at the start of bfb, most people were treating teardrop like they always had - why, the first episode is titled "getting teardrop to talk", as even newbies were keen on harassing them about their lack of speech. right from the beginning of that season it was cemented in our minds that people still saw teardrop as a "silent type" with whom understanding is impossible. it was their trying to force teardrop to speak. it was their ignoring teardrop's nonverbal cues. everything seemed the same as always...

but if the first episode's title being named after her tells us anything, it's that bfb was the beginning of teardrop's ascension. into a winner.

before the split, teardrop did what they could to help their team, as they normally would; it was after the split, though, which marked their prime opportunity not only to make friends but also shine as a teammate.

her new team consisted of balloony, bubble, gelatin, leafy, lollipop, ruby, and herself - two people who were already nice to her, three who had never harassed her, and one with whom she was acquainted but who hadn't accepted her yet. i believe this group of people presented teardrop with the ultimate opportunity to not only succeed in the competition, but also grow as a person and get better at making friends.

throughout this new era teardrop got to help immensely in nearly every challenge while simultaneously having fun - they seemed to be a lot more comfortable with this team than with prior ones.

most importantly, she came face-to-face with how her actions affect others. a continuous victim of teardrop's impulsive violence was gelatin; this reasonably made him upset and uncomfortable. however, instead of fearing teardrop and treating them like a monster, he openly told them how he was feeling - actually treating them like a person with feelings themselves. and so teardrop could actually take a step back and think about how she made him feel, and then apologize the best way she could - she might not've been able to say she was sorry, but with her party for gelatin she definitely showed it. and gelatin recognized that.

(my favorite image ever ^)

and so the rest of the contestants began to recognize teardrop as well... there was a subsequent ripple effect from gelatin's open discomfort to teardrop's apology to him to a friendship with him to a friendship with lollipop, which in itself resulted in a willingness to risk their immunity for the sake of their friendship and alliance... which is completely unprecedented! teardrop is so driven to win that her willingness to potentially lose is shocking.

before this, teardrop only ever fought for herself; after all, there was really nobody else for her to fight for. teardrop had had amicable acquaintances, but they didn't really have friends who actually got on their level and put the effort into understanding them. and no, gelatin and lollipop hadn't always been that understanding, but via gelatin's kindness the two of them could now see teardrop in a new light - she wasn't mysterious and scary, but rather just fiercely determined... and misunderstood. they could now see that not only was teardrop a worthy competitor, but a worthy alliance member as well - all because gelatin extended that olive branch.

the newbie alliance, which teardrop was now welcomed into, flourished; the three began to understand each other like siblings; even if they weren't always successful in challenges, they cheered each other on through every loss, every elimination, not even letting a spot in the final divide them. teardrop came in third while gelatin was allowed to advance, but she wasn't angry at him - she was upset with the circumstance, of course, but was also able to move on quickly due to how proud she was of him.

and in the finale, the three worked together beautifully in the group's pursuit of four... and to gelatin and lollipop, their best friends, their siblings, teardrop was no longer "the quiet one". teardrop was the smart one. the perceptive one. the determined one. the one who can inexplicably walk up walls. gelatin and lollipop saw in teardrop what most people refused to, and so teardrop realized that not everyone will refuse to see the good in them. by the end of bfb, teardrop's strengths - all of those incredible technical skills mentioned before - are truly realized, now that they have the strength of their loved ones supporting them. bfb might've been the happy ending for gelatin and flower, but it was also teardrop's beginning.

teardrop abruptly left the scene of bfb for what we now know to be tpot - and her level of confidence is skyrocketing! they're incredibly bold now in a way that they never could've been before - as, even though they're away from their friends, teardrop still has their strength from afar. teardrop still is that ambitious little droplet we know and love; she never stopped aiming for the top, even after being eliminated in bfb. teardrop stuck around until the end, but once things settled down for everyone else, things just picked up once again for them.

it's notable that after a season of finally being able to thrive in a team/alliance setting, teardrop should now be competing on her own; i think this is incredibly interesting, as now she relies entirely on her raw power and talent. after all, not only does teardrop not have teammates to cooperate with, but they also lack the luxury of the chance to be saved from elimination by the viewers - as their team's loss is an automatic elimination for them. we can see that teardrop is struggling on her own, but at the same time her gun-slinging swagger is making her out as a worthy opponent to her fellow competitors. i wouldn't be surprised if somewhere down the line multiple teams want to alliance with them, as to harness this dark horse's power...

in addition, teardrop has really made a name for herself in the eyes of both the viewers and the other characters by joining tpot... the focus was put on them with their disappearance at the end of bfb; then that suspense culminated in their arriving at the setting of tpot; then two made an exception to let them join; then they were put on a solo team bearing their own name; then they somehow pulled through despite being solo. back in bfdi's days teardrop was easy to miss due to her early elimination and lack of screentime - but now the screen is hers. tpot doesn't stand for 'the power of two', no, but rather 'the power of teardrop'... because they're owning it.

teardrop really is coming into her own now, which is so amazing - with every step she comes closer to being the ultimate challenge, and i believe she has it in her to go far in tpot, even if she's at a major disadvantage. but then, teardrop has always been fighting the odds; they're a breakthrough character and a real paragon for the strength of communication, understanding, and friendship, all of which being central themes of bfdi as a whole.

teardrop is a guaranteed winner. i know she's going to do well and have a blast while doing it - and all the power to her! teardrop's already winning and nothing can stop her. come get your crown, teedster...

it's waiting just for you.

#melonposting #long post #bfdi #bfdi teardrop #bfb #bfb teardrop #bfb td #tpot #the power of two #tpot teardrop #tpot td #kin #not me rambling about why i'm the best object show character ever... haha...#i'm right though #also i have a newfound respect for gelatin #he's a real sweetheart and such a good sport. like that is my brother and i love him so much oh my god #bfb newbie alliance #gonna reread my newbie alliance fanfictions in a sec cuz man this is bringing back memories #newbie alliance my beloved <3 we won bfb in my heart <33 #to all my fellow teardrop enjoyers: let's gooooooooo #i felt so powerful when td joined tpot. like i got an adrenaline rush #i'm back baby! i'm back!!!!#now all i need is for jnj to make a teardrop plushie and i'll be set for life #cuz darn i'm really winning at object shows. i'm really winning #lol i am having so much fun. td for the win. amen #gun tw #tw gun

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losergendered · 8 months

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!! NOT A REQUEST !!

I saw you're a total drama fan,, do you have any headcanons? I like seeing other folks headcanons ^__^ /nf

oh you KNOW I DO BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im probably gonna make a followup post like. actually making the icons but. yes here they are (its just the gen 1 cast cause. theyre the best. and also i havent seen roti or pahkitew or the reboot)

Ezekiel is a genderqueer transmasc bisexual and uses he/they!

Sadie is a biaesthetic lesbian, Katie is a transfem omni lesbian, and they're dating!

Eva is an acespec demiplatonic unlabeled sapphic! She's also Sephardic!(one of my fave random hcs is that all of team escope is jewish but from different disporas :D)

Noah is a Mizrahi gnc gay guy! (ik that sometimes people consider mizrahi to be a subterm of sephardic but im making the distinction lol)

Izzy is an Ashkenazi genderfucked abrosexual aroace demihuman xenogirl who uses any pronouns!

Justin is a flamboric cupiospec arospec gay guy!

Beth is a nonbinary weirdgirlpunk bi lesbian who uses they/she!

Owen is. well i'll be so real with you i dont really care about him (IM SORRY OWEN FANS. I JUST DIDNT LIKE HIS JOKES VERY MUCH. his friendship w noah was cute tho) but like. literally i interpret him as canonically bisexual. like he was literally so in love with justin like that wasnt even subtext that just. was a fact

Geoff i also lowkey dont care about (SORRY) but i also find him bisexual. hes so in love with bridgette and hes so in love with brody. two hands <3

Bridgette doesn't label her sexuality, but has had feelings for multiple genders before!

DJ is questioning his sexuality, but thinks that he's somewhere on the aroace spectrum! He also considers himself a cisgender demiboy!

Leshawna is a bipan girl, and her girlboyfriend, Harold, is a bigender transfem genderqueer genderfluid bisexual boygirl!

Lindsay is a bi straight lesbian, and her partner, Tyler, is a cusper straight lesbian transfem boy who switches between identifying as a cishet man and a trans butch lesbian and uses he/she pronouns! (also this is because i like both headcanons for her lmao)

Trent is an ace bisexual with an aesthetic lean towards girls and a romantic lean towards boys! He leans more towards the cis man side of the gender spectrum, but likes to get a little funky with it u know. like he listens to arctic monkeys. u know.

Gwen is a bi lesbian/shadowlesbian trans girl who defaults to she/her, but doesn't mind neopronouns! Also gwourtney is real to me

Cody is a bisexual trans guy!

Sierra is an intersex trisfem paradoxibinary arospec bordersexual first-quarter/third-quarter neaptide mspec lesbian who prefers she/her, but also likes they/them and neos!

Duncan is a bisexual guy with a preference for girls! also i am still a duncney believer. who else still part of duncney nation in 2023.

Blaineley is an aphrodite bi lesbian and shes dating ME SHES DATING ME SHES MY WIFE ILY MS STACEY ANDREWS OHALLORAN. i actually made a whole oc to ship her with lmao. i guess i can include that um shes dating jules who's a lesbian and is my oc <3

Heather is a bisexual girl with a preference for girls and she's dating Alejandro, who is also bisexual! their romance was cute argue with the wall

Courtney is a bisexual girl and she's also a cit <3

Chris and Chef are both gay men and are married! gay wrongs

uhh random other hcs i have for non gen 1 chcs are bi trans girl kitty, bi straight emma, uh that little swagless kid from rr who competed with his dad uh hes a trans boy, jo is a butch bisexual girlboy & is dating brick, a gnc bisexual man, scott is bisexual and dating courtney, sam is a nonbinary bigender transfem straight lesbian who uses all pronouns & is dating dakota who is a bi trans girl, um that one dude who had the name reveal is ofc trans, svetlana is a transgender bi lesbian, vito is hypersexual and bi, uh my hcs for mal are. long so keep an eye out for a mogai-headcanons post in a few months, shawn (?? is that his name) is a transhet guy and is dating jasmine (??? i do not know these chcs at ALL) who is bisexual.

#my personal faves are noah alejandro heather courtney blaineley cody sierra harold and lindsay!!#bro this just devolved into me dropping my td opinions. lmao.#long post #oh also unlisted relationships i enjoy are alenoah aletyler trody beth/lindsay and bridgette/courtney!! and probably more #enjoy those random non gen 1 hcs i have never actually watched any of their seasons <3 #any total trauma readers in the audience tonight? i was on my period and about to move out and i was rereading it #and heathers part made me ugly cry. anyway #thank you anon i LOVE YOU i love yousomuch. i am so so so so deep into the td hyperfixation right now #andis headcanons #save #<- so i can come back and make the edits #asks

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legallypumpkinn · 9 months

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Me wgen I say the most based takes about a cartoon and Reddit says ‘stfu they aren’t gay no total drama character has ever been gay’ (TOTES ignoring Owen btw) and then a year later Bowie happens 😝😝

#Reddit hate #idk if that is a tag #but I’m rereading old comments of mine (I like to stalk myself :3)#and seeing all of the downvotes on a comment I made abt the Noah Cody ‘kiss’ scene made me giggle #like idk how sum1 can b so butthurt over a cartoon #yr rlly mad abt a cartoon where 1/3 of the ‘homes’ r just loudly farding…#I hate Reddit :3 #I only rlly go on there now to see any new Monster High leaks #but the Reddit home page is addicyive #horehndous even #Reddit hate club #my txt #total drama #total drama reboot #tdi 23 #td bowie #td Owen

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sanjipussyindulgence · 1 month

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decided to start rereading one piece from the beginning and... something about how even from the beginning this series has always been about freedom makes me emotional.

i think what makes one piece such an incredible story (or at least one of the numerous reasons) is that it never loses sight of its values. doesnt matter if you're reading chapter 1 or chapter 1000, the core of the series never changes. it only gets expanded on.

you go from shanks' crew talking about the best part of being a pirate is being free, to luffy becoming an embodiment of freedom itself.

#love that im only 12 pages in and i already had to stop and make a post #actually would anyone be interested in me documenting my reread like this?#i might do it anyway even if no one cares #td rereads #one piece #one piece meta #romance dawn #monkey d. luffy #red haired pirates #lucky roux #yasopp

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skitskatdacat63 · 3 months

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Me rewatching True Detective, fully knowing of the fact that I'm incapable of being normal abt anything, and finding myself getting increasingly more insane about it as the days go on: ah look it's consequences of my actions

#this is why theres certain things i feel like i can never rewatch/reread again bcs they will take over my life #generation kill? i keep delayinf watching it even tho i rly want to bcs i know its just gonna take me over again #i didnt think id get obsessive abt true detective #bcs when i watched it the first time i noted that it had a fandom but didnt get into it at all #so im like yeah okay this is safe to rewatch! i like it a lot but its not gonna make insane #guys. i regret to inform you i feel insane.#lol also sry this whole break has been me rediscovering old fandom loves #so i keep having to be like 'WHY DID I GET BACK INTO THIS'#its just a stop gap i think tbh #BUT WHY DID I GET INTO THIS SO SOON BEFORE F1 COMES BACK UGGHHHHHH #also i think another factor is that have no one to talk abt vett/onso meta or AUs with #so my brain is just constantly searching for smth to latch onto #i keep getting sucked into old things and rediscovering my love #and its all very fufilling but ah man it makes me feel so insane ig #love bursting out of its seams and all that #haha just hoping tho main fandom will be a bit more active and communicative once it starts up again #stop my eyes from wandering anf all that #but anwyays yeah. i feel sooooooooo crazy abt TD #every time i watch another ep my brain is like 'man i wanna rewatch from the very start again'#im very loath to finsih things yknow?#theres a difference btwn completely starting smth over when you finish it #and savoring the world youre in before finishing it #yeah you can watch smth an endless amnt of times. but theres smth abt existing in that space btwn the start and the end #but aaaaghhh every aspect i just am so desperately into it #catie.rambling.txt

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neodarkdark · 6 months

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Character inspiration meme but it's 1 panel Team Dim Sun male admin and then 5 panels Dazai Bungo Stray Dogs

#i want to redo/update this meme but it's hard to pick specific characters that i know for sure are an inspiration/influence #if i'm a little more serious it would be 1 panel TDS admin; 1 panel Dimentio Super Paper Mario; 1 panel Chuuya BSD; then 3 Dazai BSD #maybe douma from demon slayer but idk because i haven't reread for a while i just remember he has Lack of Emotion issues #alternatively 1 panel could also be the entire neon genesis evangelion series #who opened the box (ooc)

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liquorisce · 9 months

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Tengoku Daimakyou rereads, Chap 2 & 3

cw: SPOILERS!!

One of the things I loved about this series is the worldbuilding. Inside the academy, the utopia or heaven as they call it, in chapter 1, we have one world. And in chapter 2 we are introduced to the "Outside" which looks to be a post apocalyptic wasteland.

here we meet kiruko and maru, who look like wanderers or treasure-hunters at first glance. maru refers to kiruko as "sis". they wander into a couple of houses, the second of which is nicer, where they find a decaying bodies of a couple on the bed, who seem to have died holding hands. this scene reminds me so much of the last of us. i have a niggling feeling that we might find out who these bodies belong to. maybe i'll have a lightbulb moment later lol.

as maru continues exploring he remarks that the house probably belongs to rich people and we see a plaque stating: nawashiro syndicate. again, idk if this is foreshadowing something.

after a failed cooking experiment, where kiruko uses some leaves to flavour the food but it ends up being too bitter, they try to get some sleep. maru then asks if the people who died here ended up having to eat other humans because there was no food. i wonder if this is just a theory or if this is meant to be a hint about the psyche of hirukos and why they eat man-eaters. it's probably a stretch.

we then get some back story on kiruko. she is looking a pictures of 2 men that she carries with her, and maru asks if they're her lovers. by this point we get some hints of maru's attraction to kiruko, which largely feels like coming-of-age feelings, boy meets girl and they travel together for a common cause and they have awkward situations like walking into a toilet when the other is doing their business (bc there's no door), they sleep closeby etc. kiruko refers to herself as maru's bodyguard, although maru says that she is welcome to leave and that he will be fine on his own (in a nice way).

we are then introduced to our first monster:

it's pretty horrifying to look at it, eyes on it's neck, and is that a foot coming out of its neck too?? anyway, there are some theories about this monster, but we'll get to it in later chapters. i personally haven't seen the hints yet.

as maru and kiruko decide where to head in their journey, they came across a group of 3 bandits. the bandits try to attack them (some creepy, sexual connotations here) and bc they think maru and kiruko are women (both maru and kiruko declare that they are guys), they say, "we'll take you to heaven." it turns into a confrontation and kiruko ends up scaring them off with her weird shaped gun. eventually she threatens them and asks them to take her to the heaven that they were talking about.

Chap 3

As the kiruko forces the men to lead them towards heaven, the men speculate about the gun. we learn from maru then that the gun takes 30 seconds to fire, and that ammo is precious.

i found this panel very interesting. one of the bandits states that maru and kiruko must be part of the "lawless generation." maybe this is just world building 101 but i love the way that Ishiguro sensei slowly introduces details of their circumstance. Along with the scenery of dilapidated buildings and corpses and bandits and monsters, it's clear that something changed some years ago, post which society has essentially become lawless. people, even children, have no qualms with killing.

the bandits lead them to a place which was probably once a facility. here we can tell that kiruko has experience living in this world and negotiation with scumbags and she threatens to kill them if they don't let her use the generator to charge her gun. nice of her to ask lmao.

it's clear that kiruko and maru are interested in something to do with "heaven". but when kiruko asks them, one of the bandits say:

now we know that something called "the fall" has probably triggered events that have led to the state of the world. it's nice to pick up on this detail this time around bc i definitely didnt pay attention to this when i watched the show. in later chapters/ eps there are more hints about what really happened, and i still am not 100% sure if an asteroid has hit the earth or what is called the jeweled spear of heaven.

From the bandits they learn about a place that grows tomatoes, that kiruko jokingly names tomato heaven. think again of the tomatoes in the academy that we saw last chapter, it seems to be a clear correlation. after getting some hints about where to go, they set out to leave. when they find out that kiruko was charging her gun, and didnt have actual ammo to threaten them, they try to attack her again (unsuccessfully). as they leave, they remark about how kiruko was acting brave because her brother was there (insinuating that they would have tried to assault her otherwise). but her brother was always covering her blind spots.

says something about how protective maru is of kiruko (and also vice versa).

as they head out, the scene changes to the academy with children (heaven). tokio is talking to tarao (the sick child, who is now on a wheelchair). tarao agrees that there is something outside of the academy.

he is suspicious of what goes on past doors where only teachers are allowed to enter, and where their food comes and goes, what's in the vents etc. when tokio mentions the beasts, tarao asks if that isn't just to scare the kids away. smart kid!!!!!

tarao then asks if tokio likes mimihime to which tokio responds innocently. i find this interesting because tokio probably doesn't understand the intention of tarao asking this. tarao then gets violently sick, and dark spots begin to appear on his arms. before tokio can notice or ask about them, tarao pulls his sleeves down and says he will go back inside by himself.

while tokio is walking back she spots two girls kissing amidst the trees. it confuses her. then she runs into kuku who is flaunting the new drawing that kona gave her. this makes tokio jealous because kona had promised all his drawings to her, earlier.

this is probably the first time tokio realises she is jealous.

this whole scene between tokio, kona, kuku and mimihime is so precious. the little girl lesbians in the forest, too. children going through their feelings without much awareness of what they are. without the ugliness of the outside world telling them what to think.

in the background we see shiro looking outside the window, noticing mimihime's casual interactions (and touch) with tokio and kona. the parallels are so beautifully done.

later in her room, tokio is staring at the drawings on her wall, all made by kona.

i have no idea what it all really means, perhaps i should make a reddit post for that lol. maybe children sharing one mind? the world turning upside down? two children from one embryo (that seems to be clear foreshadowing)? winged angels in the sky (seems to be about asura)? and i have no idea what the top right image is, lol. if anyone knows, please tell me.

the chapter ends with a suspicious message from mimihime, on shiro's phone showing a picture of her nude, taking a bath. i have no idea how he gets this? I can't remember if it was hinted at in future chapters.

is he being a creep and has he set up some monitoring device in her bathroom? i dont think so + i think in future chapters he tries to ask her about it and she's clueless, i'm not sure. sounds like some cheesy porn plot lol

was this sent to shiro by meena?? perhaps this something else to ask the redditors.

#tengoku daimakyou #td rereads #chap 2 #chap 3

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