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kerubimcrepin · 4 months

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Live-read: The Wheel of Destiny #8, Kerubim.

You can find this article on the Dofus MMO's site, by simply googling it.

A bit of context: this is an article, from the series called "Wheel of Destiny," which focuses on small character studies of various ecaflip characters from the World of Twelve. I won't be doing all of them, just the ones that interest me.

It is my decision to start with this in particular, because of the relatively small size of the article, to test out this... reading liveblogs thing. I hope it goes well, and isn't too boring.

I hate Eca so much it's unreal, just so you know.

To make it more obvious which parts are me, and which parts are the article, while you're skimming the post, I turned on my computer's night mode for making screenshots.

...My sincerest apologies to tumblr's dark mode users, though. I'm sure this is a nightmare for you.

And this is what I was talking about in the previous posts, where I said that, canonically, Kerubim's friendship with Bashi started before the Quest of Two Mornings in Episode 3, Strich Hunt.

Very sad to disappoint, but there does not actually seem to be a Croc Ness monster in the Dofus MMO.

Yet another confirmation of the temple being situated in Amakna. (Besides my own geographical estimations while watching the show, and it literally being there in the Dofus MMO.)

It's a long ass way between the temple, and the swamp, but it is realistically doable for two kids, especially if they have a carriage. (Which Kerubim, being the guy responsible for feeding Ecaflip, does have access too.)

"Five-Cat Monte" is a reference to "Three-Card Monte" which is a real thing.

Glad to know Bashi is also very normal and sane as a kid. Also, very glad that older kids, who give lessons, react to things like this by essentially going "Sure, go die I guess."

God, they are so fucking stupid. Anyway, they are talking about some real landmarks here, all of which are also around Amakna, and seem to be pretty accurate to the in-game geography.

...It feels nice to be right.

...I suppose that, despite its faults, the orphan temple actually gives a shit about its disciples not dying. Color me surprised? Eh, I'm mostly joking. It would be very weird if they didn't.

I will spoil things ahead for you: Ecaflip used magic to make Kerubim look like Atcham.

Bashi's reaction to Atcham being "AAAAH NOT THAT FUCKING CREEPY KID AGAIN 😨". The way he pretty much says, "a ghost?? NO. SOMETHING SCARIER. YOUR WEIRD FUCKING BROTHER."

It all implies., So much. It implies so much. I'm still not over it.

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Pictured: my vision of how Bashi reacted to Atcham, when Kerubim (against his will, unwillingly, and deeply embarrassed) was forced to introduce them to one another.

I like to think that before they began to hate one another, Kerubim's relationship with Atcham was similar to what he had with Patafiks. Except instead of copying him, Atcham would, idk. Threaten to kill himself if he got any friend other than him? Threaten to kill his friends?

Something insane and jealousy-based like that.

I may be that guy who's very critical of Kerubim, and constantly going "Atcham's sad implied backstory this, Atcham's sad implied backstory that," but you don't get reactions like that by simply being extremely bullied.

You get reactions like that by being That Heavily Bullied Kid With 20 Mental Illnesses Who Attacks People With Sharp Objects.

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Pictured: my rough theory of whatever the fuck happened between Kerubim and Atcham in the orphanage.

It is a funny image... that quickly wraps around back to being sad, once you think about little orphan Atcham, who people fucking hate for being a bingus, who has nobody except for his equally-orphaned brother (who doesn't look weird, can actually make friends, and leave him alone, if he wants to. Which he does.) and how at such a young age he got desperate enough to resort to what seems to be violence to protect himself.

Which got him absolutely no help. And also made people look down on him even further.

I think the funniest part of it all is that Atcham as an adult has:

1. The knowledge that hating Kerubim is literally not productive and a weird fucking coping mechanism.

Yet he keeps doing that.

2. A sort of moral compass that's all about protecting and respecting those in the same shit situation as him. (Even if they insult him. He hates that, but he's mature enough to uh.... just shave people against their will about it.)

While Kerubim is like. Still struggling with even saying that he doesn't even hate his brother. Somehow, he's the more emotionally constipated one.

So normal of them.

Anyway,

I think here we can see a bit of the internal growth Kerubim has had, from the time when he was a child, to adulthood.

Joris cannot picture Kerubim being ashamed, or disgusted, by Atcham, despite this article showing him doing exactly that.

It is the reason why I think one of the factors that contributed to Kerubim adopting, and keeping, Joris, was his guilt over whatever Atcham went through, despite how much he likes to say that he doesn't like Atcham.

Joris is different from other kids: small, weird, probably bald. And in any other situation, it's likely he'd develop a complex about it, except his dialogue in the movie specifically implies that Kerubim has put in conscious parenting effort into preventing exactly that.

While it's obvious that Kerubim loves Joris, there are many flaws in his parenting. So him putting a petabyte worth of effort and research into one single aspect of it is... very telling.

Now for a bit of a reach/headcanon: Who's to say that the reason Joris doesn't have many friends, is not Kerubim trying to isolate him from any potential source of shame or trauma? This part, as I've said, is purely speculation/headcanon — but it is an interesting thought.

And Atcham, who was there, and experienced shit like this from Kerubim, is still swayed by Joris's words.

What I think happened between them is that Kerubim, who yearns for societal approval, is afraid of being like Atcham, who is often ostracized and disliked by people for his looks. Besides this, I think Atcham, who was Going Through Horrors, was clingy.

For these reasons, he pushed Atcham away, and it is this betrayal, coupled with Kerubim's advantages in the form of not looking weird and being Ecaflip's favorite, that made Atcham fucking detest him.

What it all means is that Joris isn't necessarily wrong: Kerubim wouldn't hurt Atcham (at least, not unless it's self defense), and what he did was just... trying to save his own skin as kid.

Which isn't exactly malicious.

And I guess Atcham agrees with Joris on Kerubim's incapability of doing harm to him on purpose. Otherwise, he would never be convinced to change his mind.

There is probably a reason for why Kerubim would rather live in a forest, than go back to the temple looking like Atcham. And as I've said, I don't think it's a happy one.

Now think about Atcham doing this his whole life and get sad. Like I just did.

I think that, of all the things, it's most disgusting that whatever happened to Kerubim and Atcham was happening under the watch of Ecaflip, and perhaps even because of him.

I wouldn't put it past him to orchestrate their hatred for each other for fun. Or because he wanted Kerubim all alone, to himself.

I also find it interesting, the way Ecaflip says "once more" here. Implies that it used to be a normal thing for him. I suppose my guesses of Kerubim being disliked by other kids due to Atcham may have some merit.

And god, it makes me so, so sad.

He cares enough to intervene when Kerubim is about to die, which goes against his own rules, but not when it's about his kids' life being fucking awful.

...Maybe Oropo was right.

Do we know if Ecaflip's emotions are even genuine? He is the narrator of this story, after all, and he could be lying. He puts Kerubim in danger many times. Many. Just for fun and his own amusement.

I will take Ecaflip's narration as a straight-forward one, — that he really is feeling these things, but it still reads as manipulation, even if he is doing it for "Kerubim's sake". He's not a good father and never will be one, and these are very cruel lessons.

I will be real, their relationship disgusts me to my heart <3 Amen.

And now we know why Kerubim is... like that. And why his parenting is so overbearingly sweet, controlling, and obsessed with making sure Joris knows he adores him and adores him back.

Perhaps, despite everything, Atcham was the luckier one for not having Ecaflip's "love" the way Kerubim did, but honestly, I feel both of them had it equally shitty.

A true "would you rather sit on an anthill or sit on a cactus" choice.

#wheel8 #ro liveblogs dofus #dofus #wakfu #krosmoz #atcham crepin #kerubim crepin #Youtube #still hate that tumblr automatically adds this tag to posts that have videos in them but whatever.

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altocat · 8 months

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Back at it again at Krispy Kreme!

Ok, so I’m just sharing some more alternate EC chapter 5 translation insight with you guys since people definitely seem curious. Um…small notice, I am still trying to paraphrase what my friend has tried to explain to me, so if I make any mistakes that someone uncovers later, I do apologize in advance.

An interesting Japanese tidbit in the beach scene where Seph says that it’s his first “field mission” helps us get a clearer picture of what he means.

In Japanese, he says that he “has never had much contact with people and this is his first real battle/first time on a real battlefield, so he doesn’t know what he is doing.”

I suppose this confirms that he hasn’t been exactly on the frontlines, although there is that info blob from the Crisis Core guide about him having been “on the frontlines of battle” since before he was ten years old. My guess is that this is either Shinra propaganda, or else it refers to his training, which would still be referred to as “battle,” I guess. He clearly states that he learned to kill without hesitation throughout his training, so whatever they were throwing at him, it was basically “real” but in a controlled environment, perhaps.

Also, when he says “Nothing, it’s never going to happen anyway,” about living a normal life, it reads in Japanese more as “I don’t care anymore/It doesn’t matter, it’s never going to happen.”

It seems like a direct reference to the Nibelheim scene where he laughs off the questions about his parentage because “What does it matter?”

He has really lost heart about both things, but it’s obvious he still cares.

Also. When Sephiroth says that he knows asking about his everyone about his mother isn’t “cool,” Glenn laughs and says “You know it, haha!” which seems fairly translated in the English, but what may be missing is the nuance of Sephiroth’s next response.

He basically says, “Yeah, that’s everyone’s reaction,” but it comes off like he is referring to Glenn’s laughing and dismissal. Basically, we get the impression that people tend to mock Sephiroth’s inquiry because it’s supposedly childish, like a kid lost in a supermarket asking for their mom.

My friend really thinks it’s because of his hero status, i. e., people laugh at the idea of this young super solider asking about something so “normal?” She also suspects it’s a bit of a reference to the fanbase’s joking about Sephiroth’s obsession with his mother in general. Both in-game and in the actual world, Sephiroth is not really seen as human, so people are amused or fascinated when he shows glimpses of it…or else they dismiss it.

The Japanese version of that photo scene apparently gets this message across better. Seph is used to being laughed off or dismissed when asking about his mother. I also would not be surprised if Hojo was someone that laughed at him over it a lot.

Once again, sorry for extra pain, but we may be getting the idea that it wasn’t just a general “Don’t ask about your mother” vibe at Shinra for Sephiroth, but also a long history of people mocking the question. Poor kid. (I will share a few more translation details soon).

Hhhhhh these are SO interesting.

For Seph's training, I'm of the mind that they've probably been having him undertake mock skirmishes/drills under a controlled setting, as you mentioned. Sephiroth has apparently already been killing, so it wouldn't surprise me if they've been plucking enemies for him to slay while still in their custody. Interesting that it contradicts CC's lore. But at the same time, that could have all been propaganda. It's reasonable to assume that Sephiroth's training was likely extremely psychologically warping, and, for him, as real as an actual battle considering he's developed a paranoia and survival instinct. Shinra is so fucked up.

His line about not wanting to be a hero sounds WAY more checked out in the Japanese dialogue here. He sounds completely hopeless.

The Mother stuff...ASDFGHJFDGHBFDX

Keep these coming! They're really enhancing the context of these scenes!

#asks #ff7 #ffvii #final fantasy 7 #sephcanons #sephiroth #ffvii ever crisis #ever crisis #first soldier #ffvii first soldier

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hopeless-eccentric · 2 years

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ok so now i actually have the energy to address this! let’s talk about boromir

i think my biggest issue with the way boromir gets characterized is that you see a lot of 1) prideful, near-spoiled cautionary tale characterization or 2) least “moral” member of the fellowship characterization, and i really just dont see either of them. if anything, i find him to be a very moving character with complex motivations that unfortunately get missed a lot because theyre not incredibly blatant and a bit hidden in the appendices

so boromir was raised to be an heir of what we know denethor sees as their kingdom, and faramir even mentions a young boromir asking why the stewards weren’t just considered kings after 1000ish years. a lot of what comes off as “pride” isnt just this guy being a dick, it’s directly what he’s been raised to think. he’s spent years learning how to be a good leader of a country he sees no reason not to lead. i wont deny he’s a proud character, but his reaction makes sense from someone raised to see this country as his responsibility. he’s not just gonna leave it the hands of some guy

to dig into that more, we know from the appendices that as a kid, boromir was his brother’s “protector” (the placement of this passage suggests that this may have been from their father, though it’s possible that faramir was just an incredibly bullyable child), but assuming either, he’s spent most of his life singlehandedly keeping what he loves safe. for faramir, he wouldve been his only supportive family after the death of his mother, and with the whole “best man in gondor” title going on, it doesnt seem like he’s in a place to get a whole lot of support or help when he needs it. im not saying boromir’s got older sister syndrome, but--

another thing along that line that pisses me off. especially when two children are close, favoritism towards one kid and maltreatment of another is going to fuck BOTH of them up. for one thing, if one child is constantly praised for successes and the other is constantly berated for failures, how supported or able to ask for help do you think kid A is gonna be? that is not a way to raise a kid if you want them to be able to handle pressure or failure normally

as for the ring, this is a guy who’s got the weight of a nation on his shoulders. if this is the weapon that could singlehandedly save his home and his people and he just passes up on it? if the world ends and he couldve stopped it? that’s horrifying, on top of the fact that boromir’s probably got some nasty ingrained issues with failure from his childhood

and what REALLY gets me is the attitude that boromir was somehow “more evil” than the other party members for being taken over by the ring. resisting the ring is treated as one of the best markers of heroism throughout the text (galadriel, gandalf, faramir, etc), and boromir cant pull it off immediately, but he DOES IT. even in his last words, he tells aragorn he failed, but aragorn replies “no, you have conquered.” he’s talking about the ring man! boromir’s not necessarily naturally the most susceptible to the ring, he’s just more psychologically worn down than the other party members and the least supported. but he MAKES IT. he doesnt get gollumed, he doesnt waste away, he doesnt lose himself. he dies as boromir, as he was in life, protecting the people he cares about

and what really breaks my heart is that in the silmarillion, there’s an insinuation that because humans fear the Valar but love the ocean, most “miracles” are done through water. when faramir talks about finding boromir’s body, frodo points out that it wouldve taken a miracle to get him over the waterfalls safely, but faramir says it couldnt have been a dream because it left his shoes wet. so putting two and two together, the Valar step in to perform a rare miracle to bring boromir home

so at the end of the day, boromir was a man, and he was so much more than proud, and so often, his “proudest” decisions are motivated by fear. he wasnt the least good of the Fellowship, just the most troubled and the least supported. he was a protector, a man of his people, and a hero

anyway next time someone reduces him to just the “least moral member of the Fellowship” im gonna blow a gasket

#gandalf literally told pippin (A MINOR?) to go kill himself #for legal reasons that last tag was a joke #boromir #lotr #lotr meta #gondor #faramir

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metal-harbor · 1 year

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What happens when Sonic falls back to Earth? How does everyone react to it? Did Sonic age 10 years or is he now 10 years younger than everyone?

(That would be weird for Tails! Your big brother comes home after 10 years and he's now the younger brother, and a lot shorter lol)

Sonic is 10 years younger than everyone else now! He’s almost a foot shorter than Tails and Cream and is obviously a little out of place. His care free attitude is a welcome change of pace for some and seen as a little ignorant by others.

Reactions were mixed!

Tails was so thrilled to have his brother back but as an adult and the co-leader of the organisation he feels like he doesn’t have enough time to truly let it sink in that he’s back. I think he feels guilty for being a little resentful of Sonic for leaving him alone all those years; he knows he didn’t mean to but still, his actions endangered people whether he meant for them to or not. I think Sonic feels a little uneasy about the fact that Tails is a different person now, his morals and spirit haven’t changed but ten years is a lot of time to miss. He still loves his brother of course but having their dynamic flipped on it’s head is a lot to take in.

Amy doesn’t blame him at all for what happened, she knows he was doing his best to save the world and that he had no way of knowing what would happen. She’s a lot calmer now, she still admires him as a hero but also sort of sees him as a kid? She spends a lot of time getting him to open up about how he’s feeling about the strange new world he finds himself in and is the one that really helps him find his place in the group. She is the other co-leader so he spends a lot of time with her at first getting to know what’s what.

Knuckles won’t even speak to him, he talks about him as if he is a reckless child that endangered them all. He doesn’t care about Sonic’s intentions, only that he lost the chaos emeralds in outer space and has destroyed their way of living. He’s calmed down a lot in the past decade but hearing about Sonic’s return reignited old flames. He spends his time on Angel Island alone, guarding the Master Emerald as it’s the only thing keeping balance.

Shadow resents him and shares a lot of the same sentiments as Knuckles, but keeps them as close to his chest as he’s able to as to not disturb peace in the group. Shadow refrained from attacking him on sight only at Tails’ request. He speaks to him minimally, usually avoiding him by getting on with his jobs and declining his help despite knowing it would make things easier. Ultimately, he resents having to take on Sonic’s role as the protector of a large group of people, he doesn’t want to be the hero in charge of saving the world and is very tired. He also resents Sonic because he watched Tails mourn him and helped him through it.

Rogue keeps her feelings close, she’s glad to have the extra hands around - especially someone that isn’t so drained or nihilistic. She wasn’t close to Sonic before he went missing but was saddened mostly by Tails and Amy’s responses to it. She’s seen the strain that having to do his job has taken on Shadow and is the one that forces Shadow to pass on some of his responsibilities to Sonic. She somewhat selfishly sees Sonic as a means of helping Shadow heal.

Cream is as sweet as ever, a polite young woman who treats him respectfully. Her opinion was definitely influenced by Amy and she’s thankful that he’s home safe. It’s very strange for them that they’re the same age now but they get along well. Spending time with Cream is when Sonic feels things are the most ‘normal’.

Sonic doesn’t really know what to feel, he feels guilty for being the cause of everything but also knows he didn’t have much of a choice. He immediately wants to help but struggles to find a place in the group when it moved on without him. He’s glad they all stayed together but can’t help but feel a little replaced, especially by the fact that Tails and Shadow are so close. Sonic feels a little like he’s intruding, but is trying his hardest to do whatever he can to fix things. Ultimately, he’s just relieved that his friends are alive and safe even if some of them might not be his friends anymore.

#THANK YOU!!!!#that’s all the main cast!!#the other characters are still alive and about #doin other stuff #everyone has their own roles in the group #havoc au

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bestworstcase · 2 years

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Hey! Big fan of your Yang analysis. So good to see an actual reasonable and good take on her arc and Tai's advice to her. I have always been extremely bothered by how a lot of people look at the situation. How they personally don't like Tai and love Yang so the conclusion they come to is that Tai is horrible and Yang had no problem that he could have given advice on. You really nailed how I felt about it all this time; a parent who clearly loves his kid but doesn't always know how to help her or what she needs. Probably due to his own struggles. Some reactions to Tai have just been very unreasonable especially for a minor character. And I am sure we will be getting some good stuff for Yangs arc next volume. So yeah always love to see some reasonable takes in this fandom.

ghskdn yeah i've seen some whacky takes

another thing i think about a lot with regards to yang's relationship with her dad is like—after summer disappeared, we know tai fell into a pretty serious depression for a while, and during that time yang felt like taking care of ruby was her responsibility. now we don't know how accurate that feeling might have been to the situation—maybe tai's depression looked like lying in bed or staring at walls all day while the kids went hungry unless yang made sandwiches, or maybe it looked like being quiet and dead inside while dealing with the necessities and that freaked yang out a little and doing extra stuff that her parents used to do, like bedtime stories or games, made her feel better; or maybe it was something in between. regardless, the point is yang felt an adult-like level of responsibility at a very, very young age and it's clear from how she acts in the present that his had a profound effect on her even into actual adulthood.

and... like... from tai's perspective, i'll bet he felt so proud and appreciative of how yang handled the situation? his daughters lost their MOM, he felt totally underwater, there's this horrific shadow war playing out all around them that makes everything emotionally so much harder, and yet yang—five, six years old!—is trying so hard to help make it better. she's just a little kid, you know? it would be so normal and understandable for her grief to look like tantrums, or picking on her baby sister, or acting out in all kinds of different ways, because she's a kid! but she's being so good about it.

...which is the kind of behavior that either gets showered in praise or overlooked and taken for granted because, well, there's no smoke so there's no fire, right?—and that's tricky because both responses can end up reinforcing that feeling of responsibility and the erosion of childhood it entails.

and tai, well, we see in v4 that he's just as willing to talk up yang's best qualities as he is to be very blunt about laying out the things he sees as her biggest weaknesses. he truly, genuinely thinks the world of her—of both his kids—and he is NOT shy about saying so. so i'm positive that yang got, at some point after tai crawled out of his depressive episode, a talk about how thankful he was for her help, how proud he is of her for being so brave, so kind to her sister, so understanding in such a terrible time. but i'm also positive that tai doesn't have the emotional finesse necessary to have that kind of talk without inadvertently reinforcing yang's feeling of Needing To Be Responsible For Ruby. yeah? because she stepped up and took care of her sister and now dad is saying hey, thanks for doing that, you've been so good about this, therefore taking care of ruby and doing parent-like things for her sister = being a good daughter.

so after that—even though tai would've taken on all the parent responsibilities yang carried during the immediate aftermath of summer's disappearance—the feeling would've stuck around, and it would've gotten reinforced every single time yang went above and beyond to "help out" or whatever and got praised for it, until this harmful subconscious idea that she's supposed to take care of people, never be taken care of, is baked into her psyche even though all tai meant to do was say hey thanks for being an awesome kid!

#i really do love their dynamic tbh #they're really close! but there's also this dire emotional disconnect #where tai doesn't quite *get* her but both of them think he does #and then he has his issues and yang inherited them to an extent #which makes it hard for them to like.#get on the same wavelength #it's complicated and imperfect and feels very naturalistic

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traumasurvivorshelpingsurvivors · 1 year

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21 Elaine💜 no specific response I'm looking for, just a conversation

I often find myself asking the question

"What is my center?" "Who am I?" If I were to meet myself in a different body, would I recognize them or I guess me?

I've never really been quite sure of who I was or how I fit into my own life. As a kid I believed so intensely in magic and friendship and love, I'd watch movies and dream about going on adventures or just being kind. I even use to talk to the oak trees at school because I thought they were lonely like I was. As I grew older though it kind of stopped, or became dormant. That wonder.

I got dragged into life like everyone eventually does: school, family, media trends. Wanting to fit in and at the very least be liked. I wasn't always as kind or understanding or even good as I'd hoped I was and while I do regret those times, the feeling's passed because I recognize I was literally an average middle schooler.

But now I guess I just feel lost. From a young age I became involved in something just horrible where I was manipulated on a sexual, emotional, and really just general level. I'd perform and consider this part of my life as normal albeit "bad", but at the time I equated that "bad" with the same feeling of getting scolded as a child.

"Yes mom I know it's not nice to kick the seat."

And eventually you'd end up kicking the seat again. I wasn't aware of just how dangerous it all was because there was no immediate to reaction of catastrophe when I first did it.

I was around 10 when it started, I'm now an adult and still reeling from it all. As I grew older I made horrible decisions and some that genuinely horrify me. On one hand I can say "I was manipulated and sexually abused for x amount of years and majority of bad things I did were under their influence and threat." But it'd not only be a lie, it'd be downright bullshit. I was smart and capable and I was kind, yet still I allowed myself to play into this world that I knew I had no future in. I made those bad decisions and I hurt those people.

When I tell friends and family that I don't always feel good, it's met with immediate defiance. My own therapist has reassured me that I'm kind and that I am not as bad as I make myself out to seem. But still a part of me can't believe it, I've even asked myself if my therapist is the right person to analyze me because what if they're wrong? That's how unbelievable it seems.

I don't know who I am or where I stand. I just know I want to be good. I want to be kind and trusted and I want to love and recieve it without guilt. But do I deserve to? Will my peace one day break? Will my past come back to my present and future? What will I do?

I still don't really believe I deserve the best that life can offer, I even gave up on my dream right when I had the means to achieve it because I genuinely don't believe I should succeed in a "amazing way."

I've lied, I've stolen and manipulated. I've sold myself and allowed others to abuse me. I've hurt and I've lashed out at. I've been naive and ignorant and so many more. And I'm just scared of not knowing what will happen other than, it will or already did.

I want no career, no fame, nothing of my name in anything. I just want peace, a decent home, and a real true fresh start, to be left alone for the rest of ever. I've even fantasized of erasing myself from the memories of everyone on earth or having a time machine to go back knowing what I do now. But I guess that's the wonder in me that still chooses to believe.

Hi Elaine,

I'm so sorry about what you've been going through.

It sounds like you're going through a really tough time right now, and it's completely understandable to feel lost and unsure of who you are after experiencing such traumatic events. It's important to remember that you are not defined by your past actions or experiences, and that you deserve to have a good life and be happy.

It's also important to recognize that healing and self-discovery is a process, and it may take time to find your center and figure out who you are. It's okay to take things one day at a time and focus on small steps towards healing and self-improvement. It's great that you know you want to be good, kind, and trusted. That's a great starting point for working on yourself and building a better future. Remember that it's never too late to make positive changes and improve your life.

It's understandable to feel scared about the future and what might happen, but it's important to try to focus on the present moment and what you can do to take care of yourself right now. You deserve to have peace and a fresh start, and it's possible to work towards that goal.

If you're struggling with feelings of guilt or self-doubt, it may be helpful to continue working with your therapist or seek out additional support from a mental health professional. They can help you work through these difficult emotions and provide guidance and support as you navigate your healing journey.

Remember, you are not alone, and it's okay to ask for help when you need it. You deserve to have a happy and fulfilling life, and with time and effort, you can work towards building the life you want.

I hope I could help, and please let us know if you need anything.

-Bun

#mod bun #elaine #trauma talks #tw abuse #tw child abuse #tw emotional abuse #tw SA #tw csa

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chaosmax · 1 year

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Spoilers below for god of war ragnarok, also im not finished with the story myself so please dont spoil anything beyond this point-

They dealt with the conflict (over multiple subjects) between Atreus and Kratos in the first game. Kratos not wanting to get involved with other peoples issues even if he can help unless it affects him and his son meanwhile Atreus is more optimistc and wants to help if able. This is also mirrored by how it seems Faye was like when she was alive.

Atreus wants to seek out his possible grander destiny and what it means to be a god while Kratos wants to live a quiet life and not live as a god of war and god slayer anymore. He wants to play things safe because his son is so precious to him while Atreus doesnt want to sit idle in inaction while the norse gods grow closer and closer to their home.

Etc, etc.

Obviously, this is all a very big scale exaggerated circumstances but i think this also mirrors normal parents sturggling with their kids growing up. In the first game Kratos was framed as being right most of the time. Atreus was still very young and naive, he didn't know all the dangers of the world. It's easy to tell a kid to be careful but they don't fully understand your words until they get hurt. And at that age with those stakes he needed more direct guidance under a responsible adult's eye.

But come the second game he's a teenager (or well, a god's equivalent) and much more capable. Atreus still has his naive moments, he's still learning of course. But Kratos has still kept much of his same parenting framework from the first game instead of loosening Atreus' leash so to speak. Yes, Atreus hasn't always told the truth before but he expects Atreus to trust him without ever explaining his reasoning most of the time but doesn't extend the same courtesy back to his son. It's not easy of course, especially when you have more experience than your child but when they are nearing adulthood and you expect things to only be one way it will just drive you child further away because they can already predict what your reaction will be so it's more logical to hide things from the parent.

The second game (so far) seems to frame things more in Atreus' favor this time. He IS onto something with seeking out Tyr and the giant's prophecies. Ironwood is real. Tyr turns out to be alive. And due to plot he can't tell Kratos and yes Kratos has a right to be a bit angry about it but while it's ok for Kratos to do something "to protect them" without explaining why or how when Atreus is trying to prevent Kratos' fate it's not in his eyes.

And to me, that (while exaggerated circumstances) mirrors a now young adult trying to be seen as an adult by their parents for the first time and the parent(s) struggling to accept that and adjust to treating their child as an equal now. And i think it's something a lot of parents need to learn.

No, failing to do so won't bring about ragnarok or anything, but it just may be the thing that either keeps your child in your life or pushes them further and further away

#not ygo #i just need to babble about this game its giving me many feelings

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diversityintoys · 1 year

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Teaching Children About Diversity Is Easier Than You May Think.

As parents, we must always teach kids to respect all cultures. Kids ideally start noticing a difference at a very young age. It can sometimes land parents in a very awkward situation. Questions like "mom, why does he look like that?" are common among kids. A parent's natural reaction to such questions is to silence their kids and change the topic as quickly as possible. Today's article will discuss five easy and fun activities that can help you teach kids about cultural diversity.

As grown-ups, we have learned that asking such questions in public may potentially offend someone. However, young kids have yet to be conditioned socially to understand this concept. Whenever your kids ask such questions, you must seize the opportunity to help them understand and respect ethnic and cultural differences.

However, if you wish to avoid such awkward instances successfully, we suggest you introduce your child to diversity toys early. With the help of these toys, you can provide your kids with objective facts that help them understand why such differences exist.

Use Appropriate Resources

When introducing cultural differences, you need to use the right resources. Besides adding ethnic toys, we suggest you add a few books that help you teach the topics of cultural diversity. You can also encourage your kids to watch movies and cartoons introducing a new geographical location and culture. Some examples would be the lion king, Mowgli, Aladdin, etc.

Celebrate All Cultural Holidays

The easiest and most fun way to engage with individuals from different ethnicities is to share all holiday celebrations. During these periods, your kids might have classmates who celebrate these traditions, making it an ideal time to teach them about them.

There are fundamental questions that can help your kids gain a deeper understanding of other cultures and traditions. How did the celebration originate? Why do they celebrate it?

Cultural Etiquettes

Learning etiquettes of different cultures can help your children develop a greater understanding and awareness of differences. It will help them realize that what seems normal to them might not be perceived as usual by someone else, and vice versa.

A few critical questions you must ask are why they exist and how people respond if they are ignored. For instance, finger-pointing is considered rude in Thailand and is a big No-No. Familiarizing your children with such cultural etiquette can be a tremendously enlightening experience for them.

As people of society, it's our responsibility to ensure equality amongst all people, starting with our children and family members. Remember, it's always better when parents begin educating their children on topics like culture, race, and ethnicity at an early age. This way, it will be easier for their children to step into the real world and be good humans without even trying.

Your child will mirror your behavior. It means by showing them you are tolerant, open, and always respectful to other cultures and nationalities, they will surely grow up to be culturally sensitive adults who can see the uniqueness in each individual, as opposed to differences.

#ethnic toys

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diavolosthots · 3 years

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Ahhh I've been waiting so long for your requests to open again ! this may sound oddly specific but could you please do GN!MC going back to the human world then into highschool , but their parents are gone and they need someone to go with them to the parent teacher conference ? Demon brothers ofc. you can do MtL or teams if you think their reactions will all be similar. Thank you !!

YOU DONT UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THE MENTAL IMAGE OF LUCIFER PRETENDING TO BE YOUR DAD GIVES ME JOY

THE BROTHERS pretending to be MC’s parent for parent-teacher conference

Lucifer:

And if you don’t think he won’t take his role as your father 100% seriously, you’re mistaken. You best not be failing any classes MC. If he hears one bad review from your teachers he’ll scold you and you’ll think for a moment he’s actually your dad. Hell, he even had his glasses and best business suit on. First impressions and all. “Don’t let me catch you slacking, MC. A good education is important and you’re not going to turn out like Mammon, living off of my money.” “Lucifer!!!” But honestly it’s just so funny to see. If you have trouble with any of your teachers though, and it’s legitimately not your fault, he’ll rip them a new one and they’ll treat you with the utmost respect from now on.

Mammon:

So besides the fact that he is your second to worst choice for this, he also just doesn’t even try. He’s showing up in his regular clothes and chances are, he doesn’t look much older than you. “Sir, why do you look so young? This is a parent-teacher conference. You’re their brother, at most.” “Eh?! I’m older than the sock yer wearin’!!!” Oof. Yeah, don’t expect too much out of Mammon. If anything, he’ll turn this into a comedy show and you can’t catch your breath anymore from laughing so hard. Good luck. At the very least, you’ll find some humor in it.

Leviathan:

Let him get this straight: You want HIM to act as your DAD? Your PARENT? Have you MET him? Oh but you’re literally his bestest friend and he’d do almost anything for you and sadly, that does include this. He’ll even put something nice on and get out of his sweats and gamer jacket! Sadly, that doesn’t erase the awkwardness, though. He’s kind of embarrassed to compliment you so every time your teachers ask “how are they doing at home? Everything good?” Levi’s like “err… yah…. Uhm… you know… studying a lot…. And…. very responsible… yeah.” And that’s the most he can get out.

Satan:

Like father like son. Him and Lucifer both take this very seriously but Satan expects absolute perfection from you. He may play your dad but you better be the child given to him by God himself. No unexcused absences. No missing assignments. No test grades below an A. You better be a star student and if he even as much as glaces at a B or a failing grade, he’ll tear you apart in front of the teacher. “What did I tell you about studying? It’s because you’re always on that damn phone!” Okay, Boomer. Of course, all of this is meant in light heartedness ALTHOUGH he WILL lecture you if you are failing classes once you get back.

Asmodeus:

Y’all thought Levi was gonna be the worst choice but WRONG, it’s Asmo. Although he looks pretty decent and is super respectful, the fact that his voice is so high pitched and he could pass as a 14 year old if he really tried, makes your teachers not respect him back. Don’t even start with the constant flirting. “Asmo he’s married with kids!” “So? A little affair never hurt anyone!” For legal reasons: he’s joking. He also always finds a way to make it about your teacher’s skincare routines???? Like?? “Mrs. Smith you wrinkles are showing… is it because of the stress? Never have kids is what I always say!”

Beelzebub:

He’s… awkward… but he’s trying! Never would he have thought he’d be a dad so young but damn he’s trying. He put on his best outfit that didn’t make him look like he just came from a funeral/wedding, and he’s smiling and answering all the questions perfectly, although he did almost eat the pictures of fruit in your foreign language class, almost…. “Sir are you okay?” “Yeah I’m just hungry.” “Did you not eat before?” “Not enough…. I had only 60 Big Mac Meals.” Never…. Never take him back…. The teachers are still weirded out.

Belphegor:

Oof okay so here’s the thing: he’s trying. He really is. It’s just that all your classes are boring and why do you even need to know these things? As someone who’s learned these things first hand from the people that discovered them, he can say that 97.33% of all the stuff you’re learning right now is useless. “Excuse me? Are you drooling on my desk?” “hm….? Oh you’re still talking….? Sorry, your words were just so slurred and drawn out…” “I’m just talking normally???” “exactly.” Try not to laugh I guess but also… you can’t really blame him.

#obey me #obey me shall we date #obey me headcanons #obey me scenarios #cheys headcanons #asmodeus obey me #belphegor obey me #mammon obey me #obey me lucifer #obey me leviathan #obey me satan #beelzebub obey me

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spunky-89 · 3 years

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Derek Hale x Reader - Mate = Mom - Prologue

A/N: So full disclosure, when I wrote this I was still binging the series and was only in season 3. However, I had read so much fanfiction I felt like I knew pretty much everything. I have since nearly finished (I can’t make it through 6b, I just can’t) And I had had this idea rolling around in my brain since I started the show so here we are. It has been edited to fit my new knowledge about the show but lemme just say this is a happy ending AU where no one really dies and people don’t have to go through as much heartbreak. Depending on the response to this I’ll probably make it a series as I have so many ideas for this concept but we’ll see how it goes :D

Warnings: None, just fluff

WC:1.2k

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Once things had finally calmed down again after everything with Jackson and the Kanima issue, Derek knew he needed to stop avoiding his phone which was blaring every few hours. He just knew that it wouldn't go well, and ignoring reality was easier than accepting it. So he continued to ignore his phone.

This went on for a week.

Derek had invited all the wolves to his loft, meaning Isaac, Scott, Boyd, and Erica. And of course, Stiles had to tag along. He wanted to try and train the wolves to enhance fighting skills and their control. Scott was reluctant to join in, not wanting to be in Derek's pack, but he knew he needed to better understand and control his abilities.

So far they were doing okay, but they still had a ways to go before they were ready to take on their normal teenage lives. He had just given them a break, he only did it because they were complaining too much for him to make them keep fighting. The younger wolves collapsed on the floor panting and bleeding a bit. Stiles went around and gave water to them all as he was chattering away.

“You know there are better ways to train than trying to kill them. I mean are you like a navy seal dropout, because I don’t even think they have this rigorous training…” he kept talking, but Derek stopped listening. He was focused on something else entirely. He could smell something, something he shouldn’t have been able to smell.

He slowly moved towards the door, perking his ears up to try and listen for any movement outside the door. Low and behold he could hear that click-clack of high-heels strutting down the hallway. He looked back at the pack in panic before schooling his features and muttering an ‘I’ll be back’ before he headed for the door.

“Does that mean we’re done for the day?” Erica called to him. He didn’t make a move like he’d heard her and just slipped out the heavy iron door.

Once he had shut the door he looked down the hall and there you were. Seeing him step out of the loft had you freezing. Your face flickering between joy (and relief) and anger. Derek paused to see what you would do, and when you made no movement, he started to head towards you with long strides. As much as he was fearful of your reaction to his disappearance, he had missed you terribly. So his pace quickened. This seemed to snap you out of your daze and had you running as fast as you could towards him. You met in the middle as you jumped into his arms as he held you tight, lifting you off the ground for a moment before placing you back down. He didn’t release his hold on you though. He rested his forehead against yours as you leaned into him.

“I want to hate you and be mad, I really do. But gosh I’ve missed you too much to care.” You spoke softly. He let a little smile take over his face before he pulled you in for a long-overdue kiss. You melted into it immediately. You spent the next few minutes just holding each other in the hallway, stealing kisses every now and again, smiling dumbly at each other.

“God I’ve missed you,” Derek mumbled against your lips.

“Is that why you didn’t answer my calls or texts?” You inquired, a hint of bitterness in your tone. You pulled away, but only slightly, just so you could fully see his face. He looked guilty.

“I’m sorry, things have just been crazy here and I didn’t want you involved in this business.” He explained.

“So that means you can’t send a simple text saying ‘hey I’m okay, gonna be longer than I thought, love you’.” you snapped, your anger and hurt coming back full force. He sighed and looked down.

“I’m sorry, I really am. I guess I just wanted to keep you as far from this world as possible. And that meant far from me.”

“What happened to ‘in this together’, huh? Did those words actually mean anything to you or was it just to make me comfortable enough to run the first chance you got?”

He was shocked at your words. And then he realized why you were so mad. You weren’t mad at him, you were mad at yourself. Your insecurities had taken hold of you and he wasn’t there to help fight them off. Sure, he wasn’t always great with words, but somehow you found comfort in him. And then he had left.

He pulled you back into his chest, and even though you resisted slightly, in the end, you succumbed to his embrace.

“I don’t know what your brain is telling you but I can promise you, it’s wrong. I only left because I was worried about my sister. It had nothing to do with you or us.” He promised. He felt you sag, the anger dissipating.

“Just promise me you won’t do that again. I can’t have you just disappear on me.” You begged.

“I promise, no more leaving.”

“Good,” You mumbled as you brought his lips back to yours. It was barely a few moments before the sound of a heavy door creaking open could be heard, even by your human ears.

Derek sighed as he could hear the young wolves behind him trying to stealthily exit the loft to see what the commotion in the hallway was about. He could hear them whisper arguing about being quieter.

“Do I wanna know?” You asked, looking up at him and seeing his face pinched in mild exasperation.

“There’s a reason I stuck around,” He said, still keeping his back to the loft and using his body to subtly shield yours from view.

“Okaaay,”

“Long story short, there’s a bunch of teenage werewolves trying to eavesdrop and are failing terribly by talking way too loud.” His voice raised at the end so that he was pretty much shouting down the hall. Even you could hear the “oh shit” that was let out as the wolves tried to scramble back inside the loft. You just laughed. Between these kids getting caught and Derek’s long-suffering look, you couldn’t help it. Derek desperately tried to keep a straight face muttering “It’s not funny, they’re a pain in my ass.” But the more you laughed, the harder it was to keep a smile from creeping onto his face.

“Com’on grumpy pants, let’s meet these wolves that are somehow more important than me.” You teased as you took his hand and started walking towards the door you saw him come out of. He groaned and fell into step with you.

“That’s not what that was and you know it.” He grumbled.

You giggled and said, “I know, but you know I love teasing you.” He just mumbled something under his breath and you smiled, reaching over to peck his cheek.

You quickly reached the large iron door and Derek gave you a look before pulling it open and saying, “(Y/N), meet the pack.”

#derek hale #derek hale one shot #derek hale x reader #teen wolf #mccall pack #hale pack #pack mom

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roscgcld · 3 years

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INUMAKI TOGE || scary man

request: The little sister ask is so cute is it okay to ask something like it I don't want to bother you, but if it okay then inumaki toge x little sister reader (5 or6), where she is scared of them because he doesn't visit a lot and is quite so whenever he visit she hides under the bed , poor baby would be so sad,also imagine the other 2d years trying to help him,

I forgot to add this sorry when the other second year try to help him it backfire because she gets attached to maki instead ( string beautiful woman a big sister!) Sorry again for forgetting your writing is so good

note: hello love! no this was not a bother to me at all! I enjoyed writing that imagine! i wouldn’t mind writing a short imagine for this! also, thank you for thinking my writing is good c: it is average at best, but i feel your love~ i hope you enjoy this though!

pronouns: she/her

scene: before yuji’s appearance in the story; since it will be weird to only have maki ><

"This is going to be your future school, by the way!” A tall white man with a blindfold said to the young girl, who was holding onto his hand tightly as she stared at the school in awe. Today was a special day, the Inumaki clan had revealed to the world another Inumaki heir; one with strong cursed energy that is quite the force to be reckoned with. Even though she doesn’t have the Cursed Speech Ability like her older brother does, she still has all the qualms to be a powerful sorcerer in the future. So, with that, Gojo somehow convinces the Inumaki elders to let the young girl to visit the college.

The main reason? For his own student, of course!

Everyone knows how much Toge misses his family, more specifically, his baby sister. He hasn’t seen her since she was born, besides the odd visit here and there that never seems to end well for the two of them. When she was first born, she loved her older brother to pieces, not minding his tattoos and how quiet the man was. But the older she got, and the more she spends time around others who look relatively normal, it become a shock to her system when she realised that her “onii-chan” has scary tattoos on the side of his face.

And only speaks in onigiri ingredients too! What kind of person talks like that?

Gojo had heard this little ‘issue’ form Yuta one day, after noticing that Toge looking more glum then usual after the school gave students permission to return home over the weekend. So, as the loving sensei he is, why wouldn’t he pull some strings to let the youngest Inumaki heir to come and visit the college? She is going to enroll here in the future anyway; and since her brother was going to be there to keep an eye on her as well, his parents had agreed to let her go with the white haired shaman.

Which was how we found the little girl, wide eyed and dressed in a adorable purple and white kimono, walking beside her guardian for the day. Gojo found the young girl quite adorable, having to hold her tiny hand firmly so she was not running about the school to explore. He didn’t want her to fall and hurt herself, since she was technically under his case; but he also wants to see her reaction to seeing her older brother. “Y/N-chan, shall we go and see the onee-chan and onii-chan I told you about?”

Immediately the girl’s eyes widen as she nodded her head in excitement, soft pigtails bouncing along with her movements. Gojo had to slap a hand over his face to stop his laughter from leaving. He may not want kids, but he does find kids absolutely adorable; and wouldn’t mind taking care of them from time to time. “Let’s go then, cutie!” He said after he took a moment to calm down, laughing when the little girl just tugged on his arm excitedly as she tried to lead the way.

Only to pause when they reached a courtyard and turned to look at the older man with a soft pout; as if silently telling him that she’s lost now.

Gojo grins and reaches over to pat the top of her head before he led her towards the courtyard, where he was sure the second year students were resting at. The second years were all on break right now, having had 3 hours of lessons earlier in the day. So the man was able to locate them at their usual resting spot - the cherry blossom gardens, resting on the soft grass under the shade of the still budding cherry blossom trees.

“Yo, second years! I have a guest I want you to meet!” Gojo called out as he led the little girl towards them, who now switch to grabbing onto the fabric of his pants as they made their way towards the small group. Maki and Yuta shared a confused look, wondering if Gojo had fathered a child along the way. Panda had opened one lazy eye, his nose twitching a little at the sight of the young girl. Only Inumaki looked like he had an idea on who she is, perking up a little as he got up hastily. “Bonito flakes!”

“That’s right!” Gojo said with a grin as he clapped, gesturing to the girl that was hiding behind the tall man’s legs; peeking over at the group shyly. “Let me introduce you to the youngest Inumaki heir, and younger sister to our dear Toge-kun, Inumaki Y/N!” He introduced before he carefully coax the girl from behind his legs, squatting down before her as he gave the unsure girl a smile. “Now, Y/N-chan - how do we greet people?”

Immediately the young girl pauses before she faces the group once more, folding her hands before her before she gave them a soft bow. “It’s nice to meet you all.” She said in a soft and shy voice, causing both Maki and Yuta to coo at how cute she was. Neither of them have met Toge’s little sister before, besides seeing the odd video and picture from their friend; so seeing the young girl that’s no more than six shyly greeting them definitely causes them to find her adorable.

Toge, on the other hand, was ecstatic. Even though he does not see her as often, due to college and all, he still loves his baby sister to death. Without a fail he will send birthday and christmas presents to the young girl, receiving videos of his baby sister unwrapping them on camera and thanking him with the cutest smile on her face. However, he knows that she still does fear him - so he wasn’t too shocked when she just shyly clutched onto the front of Gojo’s uniform; shaking her head repeated whilst the older man tried to coax her to go and greet the others.

Yuta, as if feeling her distress, decided to get up and gestures for his friend to follow, both boys quietly making their way towards her whilst Maki stayed back to watch with a smile. “Hello there.” Yuta greeted quietly as he bent down to her height, giving the young girl a welcoming smile whilst Toge stood over the two of them. “My name is Yuta, you must be Toge’s younger sister?” He asks in a kind tone as he gestures to the other boy, who just waves at his sister warmly.

At the sight of the two males, the younger girl freezes up before burying herself deeper into Gojo’s jacket, causing the older man to chuckle as he rests his palm on her back soothingly. “Don’t be scared. Like I said, they are nice people.” He tried to coax the little girl, who refused to pull her face out of his uniform jacket. Her action caused Toge’s shoulders to sag a little, feeling bad that his own baby sister was scared of him.

It wasn’t his fault that his ability causes him to have tattoos on the side of his mouth and tongue. He remembers crying about it when he was younger too, but had gotten used to it ever since. Plus, a few of his uncles and aunts carry the same markings too, so he didn’t feel too alone.

But when your own baby sister is clearly scared of you, anyone would be sad.

Maki, as if sensing the tension, got up before she made her way towards the two, gently smacking the back of Yuta’s head as she squatted down beside the male; who glared at her in response as he rubbed the back of his head lightly. “You’re hopeless.” She grumbled before she turned to face the little girl with a smile, who had shyly glanced over the new addition to the group. “Y/N-chan, my name is Maki.” The woman greeted in a surprisingly soft tone, causing the little girl to loosen her hold a little on Gojo’s jacket. “Your onii-chan has told us a lot about you, and Yuta and I are quite excited that you came to visit us all the way in Tokyo.”

The three males shared a shocked look, having never expected Maki to be able to converse in such a soft tone with anyone before. But somehow she is doing it - quietly talking and coaxing the girl out of Gojo’s jacket; and soon the two girls joined hands to go to the vending machine to grab a drink. Yuta and Toge both blinked, sharing a look between each other whilst the two girls slowly faded off into the distance. Even Gojo was quite shocked by the outcome, grinning over at the two as he rest his face in his hand, his elbow resting on his bent knee with a grin. “Oya? Seems like you’ve got some competition for attention, Toge-kun.”

“...Tuna.” Toge huffed, and if his zipper was down, there was definitely a pout set on his lips as he looked away from the grinning older man. “Gojo-sensei.” Yuta said with a soft frown as he glances over at his teacher disapprovingly, who only gave a cheeky smile in response. Yuta ignored the older male as he got up, gently patting Toge on the shoulder with a smile as his friend glances over at the slightly taller male. “Don’t mind, Toge - I am sure all we need to do is help her warm up to you a little more. I mean, it’s been awhile since you’ve last saw her. Maybe she just needs more time.”

Toge gave his friend an uncertain look, but it wasn’t like there was any other choice. So he just sighs softly before he nods in defeat, to which Yuta just smiles and squeezes his shoulder reassuringly. “Don’t worry - I am sure she’ll talk to you eventually.

As the day continue to go by, Toge was pretty sure that there was no way the two of you are going to be bonding anytime soon.

Throughout the entire day, you have been clearly shadowing Maki around; asking her if she can teach you things, following her about as she went to class; clinging onto her every word as she entertained your curious questions. Yuta wasn’t any better then Toge, but she still managed to talk to him without flinching or running away from him; but she’d have to be clutching onto Maki or be close to the older girl whenever she’s conversing with Yuta. Even Panda had some interactions with you - well, it was more so you jumping and climbing all over the panda with the bright smile and loudly giggles whilst Panda laid there, letting you climb about his fluffy body.

However Maki did actually try to get the younger girl to talk to him - asking the young girl to go and ask if her older brother wanted a drink after class, quietly coaxing her to go and ask him for things like snacks or change for snacks. The younger girl though, was not having it - shaking her head with tearful eyes, silently begging the older girl without using her words. This caused Toge to deflate and his mood to drop significantly. It wasn’t like he can control his appearance to begin with.

To be honest, he had never thought much about his appearance. Because of this, he was used to getting comments and hiding his tattoos so he didn’t really stand out - but when it’s his baby sister, who he loves with his entire heart, is the one scared of him?

Now that was just another low.

Toge whines as he leans back into his seat, watching his baby sister going about following Maki as she went about her day. Yuta, who was seated next to the sulking teen, glances over at him in amusement as he finishes his mouthful of water. “Maybe she just needs some time to warm up to you.” He tried to offer, feeling bad that he was feeling this way. He was sure having your baby sister fear you was probably not the best feeling. Must have been another slap to the face when she ended up falling about your best friend. “I mean, she’s still young. She’ll grow out of this.”

The same boy just whines and tilts his head back with his eyes closed, trying not to think about the entire thing. It was because of this that he didn’t hear soft whispers and footsteps, only looking over curiously when he felt someone gently tapping on his knee. Opening his eyes quietly, he looks pulls his head up just in time to see his baby sister, cheeks rosy and eyes downcast as she held out a crudely picked bunch of flowers. Maki stood beside the young girl with an amused look on her face, looking over at Toge with a raised eyebrow when he looks up as well. “Salmon?”

“Y/N here said she wanted to make you feel better.” Maki said with a grin as he reaches down to pet the soft girl on the hair whilst the young girl just shyly nods her head. “She felt bad, since I told her that you’re sad that she’s scared of you.” Maki continues whilst Toge blinks before he carefully takes the flowers from the girl’s young hand. Quietly she wrapped her arms around his legs, since he was seated on a few seats higher from the ground.

Her reaction caused Toge to freeze, watching as she nuzzles closer and tighter her grip even more. “...D-Don’t be sad, Nee-chan.” She mumbles out in a soft voice, one so pure and innocent that it had all the seniors coo at the little girl quietly. “I-I promise to be a g-good girl..”

Toge felt his heart melt, the sadness he felt from the day melting along with him as he reaches over to pat the top of her head gently. He had hoped that his actions spoke louder then words for him, offering the girl a soft chuckle when she just looks up at him with a bright smile. Wordlessly she held her tiny hand out for him, causing Toge to tilt his head as he grabbed it; letting the little girl start to drag him about somewhere.

Maki and Yuta decided to sit back as they watch the two siblings go off to somewhere on campus, probably to the pond located on the temple grounds to feed the fish together. “How did you convince her to approach Toge?” Yuta asks with a raised eyebrow as Maki took Toge’s place on the stone steps, her long sword resting by her side. “Oh, I just explained that her older brother loves her a lot, and ask her who do you think gets you all of those gifts on her birthday.”

“Ah, guilt tripping.” Yuta teases with a grin whilst Maki just rolls her eyes with a chuckle, nudging him softly. “I would say it’s teasing her how to count her blessing.” Was Maki’s reply as they watch the two walk deeper into the campus, Toge nodding his head with an excited look whilst the young girl was talking non-stop about something.

“But hey, at least both of them look happy.”

#jujutsu kaisen #jujutsu kaisen x reader #jujutsu kaisen imagines #jujutsu kaisen fluff #inumaki #jjk #jjk x reader #jjk inumaki #jjk inumaki x reader #inumaki to/ge #okkotsu yuta #jjk okkotsu #zenin maki #zenin clan #gojo satoru #jjk maki #jjk gojo

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therealvinelle · 3 years

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How do you believe Carlisle feels about Esme? How would their break up go? Would he ever cheat on her? I mean like emotionally?

He loves her.

I don’t doubt that his feelings for Esme are genuine, that he respects and cherishes her and wishes to spend his life with her. Esme, too, worships the man.

My complete lack of faith in this ship comes from the fact that they’re together for the wrong reasons and not compatible.

The Bad Beginning

Carlisle had spent centuries searching for likeminded, he never did. In the end he succumbs and starts creating his own, first Edward and then Esme, and to his joy they both agree to do the diet.

Esme’s transformation was entirely an impulse on his end. He saw this delightful, vivacious young woman he’d known ten years ago lie broken and dying in the morgue, a Jane Doe declared dead, she was all too easy to steal. She was too far gone for him to have time to think it over, and so he went «alright let’s do this. I imagine it seemed rather like God had sent her to that morgue specifically. We learn from Midnight Sun that romance wasn’t on his mind at all (even if it was, that wouldn’t make their marriage more functional) and he expected nothing of her. He bit her because he didn’t want Esme Platt to die.

Esme, of course, wakes up into this new life under surreal, heavenly circumstances. Her child is still dead - but here is the mythic, pedestaled Dr. Cullen, now her savior and more wonderful than ever. To back myself up with the books:

Esme had already been in love with Carlisle—much to his shock—but not through any mystical, magical means. She’d met Carlisle as a girl and, drawn to his gentleness, wit, and otherworldly beauty, formed an attachment that had haunted her for the rest of her human years. Life had not been kind to Esme, and so it was not surprising that this golden memory of a good man had never been supplanted in her heart. After the burning torment of transformation, when she’d awakened to the face of her long-cherished dream, her affections were entirely his. (Midnight Sun, chapter Bloodtype)

Carlisle, on his end, hadn’t had the idea at all until Edward said “Dude, she’s into you, go for it.”

I’d been on hand to caution Carlisle about her unforeseen reaction. He’d expected that she would be shocked by her transformation, traumatized by the pain, horrified by what she’d become, much as I had been. He’d expected to have to explain and apologize, to soothe and to atone. He knew there was a good chance that she would have preferred death, that she would despise him for the choice made without her knowledge or consent. So the fact that she had been immediately prepared to join this life—not really the life, but to join him—was not something he was ready for.

He’d never seen himself as a possible object of romantic love before that moment. It seemed contrary to what he was—a vampire, a monster. The knowledge I gave him changed the way he looked at Esme, the way he looked at himself.

More than that, it was very a powerful thing, choosing to save someone. It was not a decision any sane individual made lightly. (sic)

I’m not entirely void of authorial intent - I get that this was supposed to be romcom where the cute nerdy guy has no idea the girl is interested.

But, what I see is that after centuries of being alone, never finding anybody who shared his values, Carlisle finally has these two people who share his ideals, the only two in the world. He’s had countless friends, but it never worked out because of that damn diet. But, now he has these two people, and one of them is a beautiful, kind, wonderful woman who’s in love with him.

I imagine falling for Esme was easy. It was just so perfect, simply by being Carlisle Cullen he could make her happier than any other man, and given their shared diet, he wanted her by his side always, just as he did Edward. And this was it for him, really, to Carlisle Cullen Esme might as well be the only woman in the world because she’s the only one who'll share his lifestyle. He also felt responsible for her.

I don’t at all doubt their sincerity or affection for one another.

However, they did not fall for each other for each other’s sakes. Esme fell for the ideal since childhood, and Carlisle fell because she was perfect. Stick them in an AU and it won’t happen.

The Slippery Slope

Where they run into trouble is firstly that Esme doesn’t share these ideals, nor value human life for its own sake. Now, I’m not asking her to be a saint - but over the course of these books we had some lapses that I find pretty damning.

She wanted Edward back in Forks, when this would almost certainly mean the death of Bella Swan, simply because to Esme having Edward nearby > a person’s life. This wasn’t the case for Carlisle, he made it extremely clear he wanted Edward to leave.

During the “Kill Bella?” vote, she was in favor of whatever meant Edward would stay.

Carlisle, having failed to get anywhere with talking sense into Edward, sends him home to his mother for an intervention. What happens next is that Esme gives Edward her blessing to eat the delicious girl if he wants to. Now, we can’t know specifically the talk Carlisle and Esme had before this, but I can’t imagine it was this. Also, damn, what a miscommunication.

Esme simply doesn’t have a problem with the deaths of individual humans, and she will put her loved ones above all other things, even if it’s a minor inconvenience. Keeping Bella alive only becomes her priority after Edward makes it clear he wants this.

Now, Carlisle’s standards have been worn down over the centuries, he just wants his family to try not to eat people on purpose, that’s how low the bar is. Tragically for his marriage, Esme is stumbling over said bar.

The further trouble they run into is that I don’t think they’re very compatible people.

Esme means well, but she’s peculiar, to put it extremely nicely. Her ambition in life is to LARP the human life, right down to being a master chef of something her species can’t eat, which could be sweet if she did other things. She doesn’t, the closest she gets is designing homes for her family. There’s being single-minded, and then there’s Esme, who appears to have honed herself into someone who exists only to be the housewife.

This leads to bizarre behavior - for instance in Midnight Sun when Edward has realized he’s in love, he sits around laughing to himself like a lunatic while playing the piano. Something happens with Rosalie, who runs out of the house in humiliation. Esme, responding to all this, gives her infamous “the best and brightest of us all” pep talk.

It’s just such a weird scene, even accounting for the inhumanity of Twilight vampires this is weird.

Mostly, thought, it is Esme’s interests and desires in life that I find so at odds with Carlisle’s. She wants to be an improved human, living the shinier, better, life without actually embracing the inhumanity of vampirism, while Carlisle is doing the human thing because he wants to be a doctor and save lives. Before that, he was travelling the world, living with normal vampires, using his eternity to study and pursue meaning in life. Now, they end up in the same place, with similar goals - wanting to blend in with humans - but the motivation is the polar opposite.

Which in turn means that as the world turns and their lives inevitably change, the way they live will have to change. This will spell trouble.

There’s also me having a strong suspicion these two don’t have much of a physical relationship, if any. Meyer specifically referred to their relationship as spiritual, and that fits the vibe we get from them in the books. Quite notably, Rosalie and Emmett were impossible to be around when they were newlyweds, while Carlisle and Esme weren’t a problem at all.

Not to mention what Esme longed for all those years was very much an ideal of a man, which to me doesn’t immediately point to a very physical attraction.

The Penultimate Peril

Would he cheat on her, you ask. Answer is yes, they’re both cheating emotionally with Edward. No.

He’s with her because he wants to be, and feels responsible for her. More, developing the kinds of feelings necessary for an emotional affair isn’t really on the table for him, since everyone else in the world is either a. one of his kids or the Denali, b. an unrepentant man-eating demon. So, unless Tanya’s feeling frisky, Carlisle doesn’t have anybody to cheat with.

(I’m here defining an emotional affair, which as I understand it is a bit hard to define, as a romantic, but non-physical entanglement. The cheating party has to know their partner wouldn’t be cool with it for it to count in my eyes.)

As for physically cheating on her, nope. God no, not ever. Unless something really convoluted like the plot of Blue Moon unfolded, but that’s really more a case of Esme pimping out her husband to her daughter-in-law, so everyone’s to blame here.

The end

I think the breakup can happen in any number of ways, but I think either way it will be sudden.

These two aren’t going to go “you know, I think we’ve grown apart” because Esme would never acknowledge that nevermind walk up to Carlisle and say it, and if Carlisle realized things aren’t working he’d still want to stick it out for her sake.

I think it’ll be sudden, it’ll happen as the immovable object that is them is hit by an unstoppable force. One will go someplace the other can’t follow. Maybe when the Cullen coven splits down the middle, and they’re on each their own side of the chasm, or maybe some other cause entirely.

It’ll devastate them both, but given the people these two are, I think it’s inevitable.

#carlisle cullen #esme cullen #carlisle/esme #twilight #twilight meta #twilight renaissance #hope you all think the header theme was as funny as i did #a series of unfortunate events aka-#Anonymous #ask

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itsclydebitches · 3 years

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About Bakugo, I actually think his original characterization is partly why his arc doesn't work for me: it seems like his contempt for others and desire to hurt them is innate, because he was already insulting and humiliating Deku for fun when they were in kindergarden, and at this age I'm not sure it makes sense to blame the adults around him for this behavior. This is also why I don't buy the "childhood friends" narrative, even before the infamous river scene Bakugo was toxic to Deku.

Hard agree, anon. I'm willing to give some wiggle room to the "Bakugo had a messy childhood and that's why he's like this" argument just because I'm not caught up (and thus might be missing some flashbacks/revelations), no one's life is ever perfect, and there's a subjective line between what we read as innocuous tropes vs. realistic traumas (example: is his mom hitting him something we take seriously, or just classic anime "comedy"?), but honestly I'm... not persuaded by that stance. Largely due to what you've said about this contempt being around since the very beginning. Bakugo's cruelty is the introduction to the entire series, the very first thing we see:

First, they're young here. Maybe not kindergarten young, but as we see in the above narration, it's at age four that Bakugo acquired his "I'm the best" thinking (more on that in a second). They're kids. This is not something that developed slowly over the years until Bakugo crossed some kind of line, he's been like this since the very start. Since a kid is capable of forming thoughts, opinions, and making decisions: like attacking another. In what way does this establish them as friends? Izuku literally shaking as he tries to protect another kid Bakugo is has hurt? Bakugo calling him worthless? Gleefully attacking and punching Izuku in the face? They were never friends! Izuku followed Bakugo around because he was paid some kind of attention by him and Bakugo poisoned the well — no one else in class will befriend Izuku. We see this both by the two willing to help beat him up here and, later, when Izuku says he wants to got to U.A. the entire class laughs at both the idea and Bakugo blowing up his desk in response. The bullying is the only kind of "friendship" Izuku has, so he embraces it with a smile and a nickname. Meanwhile, Bakugo allows Izuku to tag along because he makes him feel good in comparison. All Bakugo needs for an ego boost is to look at Izuku. He's the useless, quirkless nobody whose name can be read as "Deku." What's not to like? Izuku makes Bakugo feel good because Bakugo will always come out on top — always win — when pit against him. Did they have a few good moments gushing over All Might? Yeah, but anyone who has been bullied knows that it's not a clear cut "They were consistently awful every second of every day." Sometimes, those moments of pretend or conditional friendship make everything worse.

(As a side note, I keep hearing the more intense fans of Bakugo saying that those who criticize him identify with Izuku "too much" and it's like... yes? He's the protagonist. You're supposed to identify with him. To say nothing of the question of why you'd include such an explicit bullying subplot — arguably at the heart of the narrative in regards to characterization — if you didn't want readers who had experienced bullying to relate to this story. So it's all about victims like Izuku, you're allowed to care, just don't care in a way that holds Bakugo responsible?)

"But Izuku cares about Bakugo. He tried to help him out of the river." Yeah, because Izuku cares about everyone. Overlooking his warped idea of what friendship is due to having no one but Bakugo, Izuku is the kind of person who is going to extend his hand to anyone who needs it, just like All Might would. His extreme compassion and lack of other friends is not good proof that he cares for Bakugo in any true, healthy fashion, let alone that Bakugo cares for him.

As for when this all started, yeah, it was when they were even younger than in the scene above. Toddlers when Bakugo realized he had a strong quirk and Izuku was told he had none. Bakugo's reaction to these events — deciding he's better than everyone else and that justifies harming those "lesser" than him — is instantaneous. That desire was there all along. He just needed an excuse to act on it. After the conversations about the adults' influence on him, I went back to the anime scenes of Bakugo showing his quirk to his class and it's... pretty normal? I mean yes, there's praise, but in what world wouldn't there be praise? A bunch of other kids are going to ooh and ahh over mini explosions and the two teachers, unless they're entirely heartless, are going to tell this kid that he'll indeed make a wonderful hero someday. Those are standard responses for very young kids who aren't going to understand something like, "That is a powerful quirk and you could be a great hero... just don't let that potential go to your head!" There's nothing in those scenes that imply an excess of praise, at least so much that it would totally warp a kid's perspective of others to the extent Bakugo has going on. If I recall correctly, Bakugo's parents are quite disappointed in his behavior, but that never had an impact on him. And as I mentioned previously, we have incredibly talented characters like Momo (getting into U.A. on recommendation), people like Ida who come from families with other heroes they want to impress, Todoroki dealing with a crazy legacy to live up to, tied up in his abuse... yet none of them turned out like Bakugo. All of that didn't kill their compassion, but adults telling Bakugo he has a strong quirk made him into this person? Bakugo wanted to be that person, right from the start.

Honestly, I think a lot of fans latched onto Bakugo — which is awesome! — but didn't want to admit how horrible he actually is. So they took moments largely out of context and repeated them enough until they became fandom staples. Bakugo and Izuku were close childhood friends who just had a falling out they need to come back from. Bakugo was only like this because the adults in his life drove him to that behavior. Izuku loves Bakugo because he can see how good he is, deep down inside, and definitely not because he's been stuck with him since they were toddlers, unable to escape him even at U.A. It's a very sanitized look at their relationship, embraced because fans want them to be friends or lovers. Which is fine! God knows I'm into a ton of "problematic" ships, I just like acknowledging that they're problematic, not trying to sweeten the situation because fandoms have made others feel guilty for liking anything that's not squeaky clean and pure. Bakugo tormented Izuku for their entire childhood. He encouraged him to commit suicide. He tried to keep him from achieving his dream, both by undermining his confidence and outright threatening him (remember burning his shoulder?). He then reworked that obsession when they both got into U.A., trying to prove Izuku's uselessness, failing, and continually struggling with the thought that he's actually a great hero. And it's like... why do I care? This guy is a horrible person, he's been a horrible person since he was a kid, and his greatest challenge for more than half the story is acknowledging that other people aren't worthless trash. His improvement still hasn't gotten him to the standard of an average person, let alone a hero. If Bakugo were a villain, great, or if the story was going to really highlight the corruption of the hero career as a whole (we take anyone with powerful quirks, no matter how awful they are), great, but as a main character hero whose behavior is supposedly just a cover for a fantastic guy, please overlook everything he does and assume he's worthy of your respect anyway? Ehhh. Why do I care about him as a good guy when there are characters like Ida and Uraraka I could stan? To be clear, I'm not saying other fans can't enjoy whatever characters they enjoy, just that from a storytelling perspective I think it's a failure to introduce Bakugo as such an extreme, make him one of the heroes, give him such a selfish struggle, and then expect a lot of the audience to care. Bakugo either needed to be more balanced from the start — regular flaws instead of such an intense adoration for cruelty from the age of four — or the story needed to unpack his behavior in a way it never bothered to.

#BNHA #My Hero Academia #anti bakugo #mymetas

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seeminglyseph · 2 years

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Mini-fic to get it out of my brain, Ari and Jeremy have a chat at the Holden Wedding reception

Jeremy groaned as Ari took a seat beside him even though he had finally managed to catch a break from "Leon's", torturous egomania. "I still have no idea what your sort gets out of clinging on to people like me and Mr. Personality over there."

Ari snorted as he looked over to what Jeremy thought were much more appropriate friends for the newly minted Holden pair. They all were laughing and energetic, much like he wasn't, but then as Ari's gaze turned to him it felt heavier than expected.

"What sort am I again? Is it stupid or crazy?" There was a nonchalance to the young groom's demeanor that Jeremy could just barely identify as entirely fake. His bright green eyes seemed to shine with a mix of amusement and probably anger, though the low light made it hard to tell.

"You look like you're gonna punch me again if I give the wrong answer to that." Jeremy pointed out with a sigh, he really only sort of remembered earning a fist to the face when they'd met, but since the man'd invited him to his wedding it didn't seem like a grudge Ari still held.

"I think Cove would divorce me if I started a fight at our wedding. Or Baxter would, after all the work he did to make things perfect." Ari laughed and waved the idea off.

"Your wedding planner will divorce you?"

"You never know, he's highly skilled in the art of ghosting me.”

"How does someone ghost the world's clingiest couple?"

"Mm. Almost, but don't wanna let you dodge that one." Ari smirked and raised a split eyebrow quizzically. The scars the man had as an adult had at first left Jeremy to wonder if fighting was a normal routine for the similarly short and green themed man, but it didn't take long to figure out most were self inflicted. "What sort of people do you think I am Jeremy?"

It was a little frustrating that both Ari and his husband both wanted his opinion on them as if they didn't have far better sources for that information.

"You're obviously still stupid if you're asking me." Jeremy sighed heavily, but did stop to think when Ari's laugh did nothing to break the expectant stare he had levelled at him. “Insufferably persistent if nothing else."

"People have called me a jackass for many reasons, that's true enough." Somehow Ari's acceptance of the insult was more frustrating than if he'd argued.

"Was one of the reasons also because you do dangerous shit to make people like you?" Jeremy wasn't entirely sure that was a correct judgment, but Ari's embarrassed reaction confirmed it.

"I guess I can't really hold it against Leon for spilling my secrets since we made him spill yours." Ari laughed sheepishly and scratched his chin, there was a slight rasp of stubble against his nails and Jeremy was briefly reminded that he hadn't actually met Ari as a little boy and how little that made a difference.

"Shiloh didn't tell me much of anything about you, really. It's just kind of obvious. If you need validation so much that you're asking me about it you're obviously insecure." That was… harsher than he'd intended it, but it would probably be a blessing to have this conversation end. Unfortunately, Ari only laughed in response.

It was honestly more laughter than brushing off an insult should involve.

"Most schools don't have clubs for difficult people, you know? And probably most towns have more than 3 kids who live there. Isolated outsiders who… mm. Lack proper socialization? What kind of people do we become?" Ari's laughter trailed off as his gaze drifted to his giant dopey husband.

"Angry." While Jeremy was probably one of the few people in the aquarium tonight who had been the focus of Ari's temper, he was aware he knew the least about it. Even so, he had a feeling that he might've been one of the few people who Ari had allowed to see that side, even if it was just that he'd managed to push the right buttons at the right time. "And then tired and miserable."

Ari clicked his tongue and snapped a fingergun in Jeremy's direction, "That we do. And when everyone is determined to only see the good in you when you feel like the core's gone bad?"

It was on the tip of his tongue to protest the association between the two but Jeremy bit down and let himself listen instead of react. He did know how infuriating it could be to have people refuse to acknowledge your own opinion, especially about yourself. "So, you keep me and Fields around to insult you?" he asked dryly.

"Maybe. Maybe I just need honesty from people who don't care so much. Cove and Cliff spend so much time acting like I did them a favour just by existing around them, sometimes I dunno if I'm a Holden now 'cause they want me in the family or if anyone else'd been there they'd be just as grateful…" Ari shrugged, seemingly trying to invalidate the feelings even as he said them.

"I was right the first time. You are an idiot." Jeremy sighed heavily at the sad mix of self-doubt and sentimentality.

"That was my nickname for a while, you know?" Ari grinned wryly without much amusement for this nostalgia trip.

"Your nickname was Idiot?" Somehow that seemed unlikely even to Jeremy, even kids were more creative with insulting nicknames than that.

"Well, no. Technically it was 'ljit' like with the accent? Some girls I was trying to be friends with gave eachother cute nicknames like 'Boony' or 'Katten' and other animals pronounced slightly wrong, but I was sick the day they decided them and when I got back they didn't want me to have one, and when I got too annoying about it they decided I would be ljit." Ari was fiddling with the cufflinks on his sleeves, seemingly focused on them and not whatever reaction Jeremy might have to the story. "So, I was ljit for about 3 years before junior high started and the girls went to different schools."

"I guess tenacity makes up for a lack of creativity…" Jeremy muttered as the ridiculous nature of the nickname made more sense.

"And then when I was finally free some jerk with a bowlcut and a bad attitude brought it up again." Ari's grin was toothy and mean but somehow in a way that seemed playful instead of angry.

"Sounds like a loser, hope you punched him." Jeremy couldn't help a little smirk growing across his face.

"Yeah, his head was harder than I expected though, it really hurt my hand."

"How unfortunate, hope you learned your lesson."

"Mm. Yup, body blows are the way to go. If you're lucky they puke. If you're unlucky they puke on you."

"Thanks for the advice, I'll take it to heart."

#our life beginnings & always #our life #jeremy king #ari stone #our life fic

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Hi once again :D so I've been wondering about zodiac signs of X characters. We have the natal charts of TB trio but not of main X cast (I won't go as far to hope for all planets in signs and planets in houses, it'd be neverending). So I'm curious if you have a guess of at least Sun sign for main characters, such as Kamui (I was thinking air sign for him like Gemini or Libra, but not so sure) and Fuuma by extension, Sorata, Arashi ext.

Ok this is a fun game. I love it.

You've just sent my brain on a goose chase.

...oh the word vomit.

Kamui

Right. So...

Kamui annoyed me at first. So I kind of hyper focused on when he acts like a brat, which I feel is a total defense mechanism and natural response to having been granted so much power so young and having to learn to navigate that power in a "normal human" world must have been traumatizing in itself.

So much to unpack there... which helped me re-consider my initial reaction to him.

Hell, just being left-handed in a right-handed people world is interesting.

The truth is that I had totally forgotten that the kid is actually really sweet.

I headcanon that when Kamui lets someone into his rather tender heart, it's kind of a big deal to him because he cares deeply.

I don't know, maybe when he was hiding away in his subconscious and he was "subconsciously" hurting Subaru, Kamui realized he could let his guard down around Subaru. Subaru then became the sort of open door through which the rest of Team Heaven could enter Kamui's heart.

So it makes me feel like he puts on a mask and sometimes he doesn't realize that he's doing it himself. And the mask is only there because he's trying to protect himself.

It's a very interesting duality because it almost feels like two different versions of the same person. And as the story progresses, Kamui becomes less and less bratty and more and more committed to protecting Fuuma.

So... because of this, my best guess is that, aside from the obvious twin star deal, Kamui is a Gemini.

I honestly don't know many Geminis but I understand Gems have a bad rep as being two-faced? Maybe I don't get it because my ascendant is Gemini and it's a trait I take for granted.

But there's just too much duality not to be either of the three signs with dualities to them (Gemini, Libra and Pisces) and yet not enough flowy energy to be a Pisces or balanced energy to be a Libra.

The fact that he represents the Magician in the x tarot deck also points towards duality--as above so below.

Fuuma

Fuuma is, of course, the opposite.

He's super kind in the beginning. Very mellow, good at sports, fantastic son and brother--typical good boi Fuuma.

Once Kamui chooses "emotional connection" to other humans (team Heaven) and starts changing as a result of his choice, bad boi Fuuma comes online.

Now he's kinky and doesn't value human connection because he has a connection to the sentience of the planet--he has a more galactic sentience now*.

Ok, I know there's more to Fuuma than that but I just boiled him down to this because he sort of acts like Kamui used to act when he's first introduced into the story.

He's detached and plays with others as he pleases. I headcanon that because Fuuma no longer feels human (unable to form connection to other humans) he finds amusement in being able to see people's true heart's desires since most of the time human desires come back to human connection.

He even tells team Earth they don't need to do anything together. And writing this I'm realizing everyone in team Earth has some sort of lost connection to someone.

Come to think of it, it's almost like their two personalities form an X where Kamui is half of the x and Fuuma the other. And as the story progresses, they switch places.

For that reason... I want to say that Fuuma is also a Gemini by default... but my intuition is saying Taurus because of the Earth connection? Maybe there's some Earth in there. idk.

There's just something very steady about Fuuma's personality plus so oooooo kinky. Fuuma likes to get touchy (Seishiro's touchyness pales in comparisson).

Very Earthy...

Meme credit: @noa-ciharu

Very touchy with his affection as you so eloquently pointed out when you created this masterpiece above.

Sorata

I love Sorata's character archetype.

That guy who is just super friendly and optimistic. Nine, Duo Maxwell, Sorata--this is always one of my types.

For that reason, my gut says Sagittarius (my descendant is in Sag). Just a straight up dose of strong, optimistic and friendly Jupiter energy.

Funny enough one of my other favorite Sailor Senshi is Sailor Jupiter who is, of course, a Sagittarius.

Arashi

I love Arashi. She's a warrior princess, super feminine, super strong, super beautiful, always has an air of mystery around her.

So stupidly beautiful... like an untouchable doll.

While I know she's meant to be 300% deeply introspective and introverted af, since the girl says like 3 things throughout the whole manga, I can't help but think of her as a blank canvass where anyone can project themselves onto.

Come to think of it, she reminds me of a more confident Komi from Komi can't communicate. Komi sort of suffers the same fate of being so quiet, mysterious and beautiful, that people project onto her when in reality she's very human.

Arashi is also not overly emotional or fiery, so she's neither water nor fire sign.

My guess is that she's a Libra because in the tarot deck she's temperance. She defo has very balanced and temperate energy going for her.

But even though she’s not very emotional, I also get Scorpio, just because of her deeply introspective personality.

Karen

Ok, I need to interrupt this astrology of anime broadcast to share that Karen and Aoki are so tragic.

My god Nanase, you sadist.

They are total OTP material and so into each other and he's married.

FFS.

Leo.

I'm over it. Moving on...

Aoki

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

I can't even.

This hits too close to home.

Also, really I don't have a clue.

Yuzuriha

I honestly don't know about her...

Subaru

We already know his sign but there should not be a reason for me not to include a picture of this gorgeous boy.

Looking forward to your thoughts! I am honestly not sure I am very good at reverse engineering Astrological signs from Psychological traits. But this was FUN!

#a to the q!#anime astrology #x/1999 #nanase you sadist #fck yeah clamp

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