I hated the tr ending so badly. Not because it was rushed or anything. Wakui could have fleshed out the last timeline so thoroughly and logically and I would still hate it because the ending itself goes against what I felt the story stood for in the first place. He replaced all the characters for fakes, none of the characters we were intoduced to had happy endings because they either are totally different people or re lived their life to avoid healing. The ending basically proved izanas last words right "there's no saving me" yeah I guess not if the only way to help everyone is to make sure their lives never happened the way it did. Horrible I hate it so much. Also one ship I hate is rinzu or ranzu because they don't even interact once and it's so popular for no fucking reason other than "its hot" and tbh they would prolly hate eachother like petty bitches, they would NOT get along at any point. Also Koko and amane ship because if people actually read the manga with their eyes open it would not make sense. Anyways thanks for letting me be a hater in ur askbox, I love your blog btw
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I think you're the first person who has the same opinion as me lmao😭. I also didn't believe it should have had an ending like that at all because of the themes that had been set up during the entire story. I understand people's perspectives of "It's Wakui's manga and it's his ending he can do what he wants" but media is supposed to be talked about, discussed and even criticized at times. That's like, the whole point of publishing stuff. As an enjoyer and supporter of Wakui's manga, I feel like I have the right to question some inconsistencies and contradictions (not directly attack him tho, that's never okay. like people who send death threats over ships and stuff that's messed up) that showed up in the ending. I also believe lots of people didn't really take it seriously as a manga idk. It had some very serious topics that people seem to forget about. For example: suicide, abuse, abandonment, child neglect, substance abuse, extreme violence, rape, prostitution etc, and I think people just kinda see it as a silly manga that has cool characters they like. And that's okay. It's okay to not take a piece of media seriously and enjoy it for the sake of enjoying it, not everything needs to be critically analyzed, but stop shitting on the people who take it seriously enough to question why the fuck it ended how it ended. Lots of the discourse took place between critical analysers who wanted an author to finish the manga by sticking to the themes and messages he has set up the entire time versus casual enjoyers who just wanted everyone to be happy for the sake of liking the characters. And I completely agree with the Izana thing!!!! You cannot claim to have saved someone by rewriting their entire life!!! Takemitchy was not supposed to be god!! Also, isn't the moral story of time travel that you should never ever do it? Because you win some, you lose a whole lot fucking more. I thought Draken dying was setting up that narrative. That saving Mikey, was gonna fuck up a whole lot. Isn't that why Chifuyu broke down?
Idk about you guys, but dark impulses being a curse disappointed me quite a bit. I thought it was supposed to be a symbol of Mikey being deeply mentaly ill. And that he had to deal with it head on and not run away all the time (this was Takemichi's entire storyline basically and the the main theme of TR). I just feel like it sucked because the message of the ending, whether Wakui intended it or not, was that you can't be fixed without magical time traveling. Although the story had some fictional aspects, it was realistic at least. I thought they'd deal with everything that wasn't time travel realistically.
Any ship with Sanzu and the Haitani's is hilarious to me and although I don't ship any of them seriously, the fanarts fun to look at some time (and you're right I think they look good together cause they're hot😭). You are completely correct about them not liking each other tho. It's actually canon. Idk if you remember during the three deities fight when Ran hit Haruchiyo with his baton? Nothing but pure malice between their eyes😭. The Koko and Akane ship actually triggers me because one thing about me? I'm not comfortable with large age gaps. Akane was 5 years older than Koko💀. And I didn't know people took what she said to him seriously. I thought she was just trying to not hurt his feelings? Koko and Inupi were around 7/8 when the fire happened. Meaning Akane was like 12/13. Uhhh Idk bout y'all but I don't think a 13 yo would be attracted to someone that young. And waiting for them to be of age is...😶. Be fr.
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1, 49 and 3 for byler?
(these touch prompts give me LIFE good god ur writing is T O P T I E R)
After so many near-death experiences over the past few years, you’d think Mike would have gotten used to it now. But when the Upside Down vines grab him by the ankles and drag him straight through the gate, Will close behind him, he still manages to be taken aback.
They land hard on the ground on the other side of the Lover’s Lake gate, both gasping frantically for air after being suddenly yanked through the water. Mike sits up, blinking and staring out at the desolate sky surrounding them. He hasn’t been through a gate yet, and he immediately wishes he could have kept that streak up - he feels sort of nauseated, and also vaguely like the world is ending, probably because it is.
Nonetheless, Will is here, so things can’t be all bad. He glances over at his friend- no, his boyfriend now, as of two weeks ago, he reminds himself, and happiness cuts through his fear and adrenaline. Will is sprawled out on the ground, coughing as he lifts himself up onto his elbows and glances around. He looks dazed, like he’s not sure where he is, or maybe that’s just the trauma response talking.
“Will,” Mike says quietly, and Will’s eyes snap to him with no small amount of relief.
“Mike,” he chokes out, and he crawls his way over to him, grabbing Mike’s shoulder tightly, and Mike hurriedly reaches out to wrap an arm around him as he scoots closer. “We shouldn’t- God, the bats, we need to get out of here.”
Mike glances around, frowning. There don’t seem to be any bats around, he notes, nor are there any demodogs or new beasts lurking in the corners. Maybe they’re still distracted by Eddie’s corpse, lying somewhere near a trailer park forever abandoned, Mike thinks bitterly, and quickly shoots down that thought before he can think too hard about it. Now is not the time.
“I think we’re okay for now,” he murmurs to Will, who nods blankly, still staring around and looking incredibly shaken. “Are you okay?”
“I- yeah,” Will says, not believable in the slightest, and he continues to cling to Mike’s shoulders as Mike pulls him closer, halfway into his lap. “It’s just- I haven’t been here like this before. Through a gate. It feels more real.”
Mike hums sympathetically, arms wrapping carefully around Will’s back, and Will takes a shaky breath, head dropping to rest against Mike’s shoulder. “It’s gonna be okay,” Mike says, with as much conviction as he can muster, reaching up to brush gentle fingers through Will’s hair. “We just have to get back, and we’ll be fine.”
Will doesn’t respond, instead squirming closer to Mike and tucking his face away against his neck, face hidden and breath warm against Mike’s neck. Mike lets it happen for a beat, kissing the top of Will’s head and keeping one hand resting gently against the back of his neck as he feels Will’s breathing even out a little. Then he pulls back, gently lifting Will’s face off his shoulder with two fingers under his chin. “Talk to me,” Mike murmurs, as Will reluctantly blinks up at him, and he leans forward to press his forehead against Will’s, fingers gently brushing back and forth over Will’s jawline.
“It’s, like,” Will starts haltingly, licking his lips, “When we’re in Hawkins I can only feel him when he’s near, but here he’s- everywhere. I don’t like it.”
Mike shivers a little at the words, and not for the first time he wonders at what it must be like to be Will Byers, sweet, shy, sarcastic Will who has never done anything but be himself, and the world has thrown obstacle after obstacle at him for it. It’s not fair, not even a little, and Mike wants to take some of his pain, wants to transfer it onto himself just so that Will can be a little lighter. “We’re going to get him,” he says quietly, as Will continues to cling to him, “I want him dead, okay? We’re gonna do it.”
Will huffs something resembling a laugh, eyes falling shut as he leans further into Mike. “Yeah, I’m sure Vecna’s super intimidated by the scrawny fifteen-year-old with pent-up anger issues.”
“Who, me?” Mike asks in mock offense, and relief courses through him as Will laughs again. “I am not scrawny.” The other stuff, however, is right on the nose, but he chooses not to share this particular information.
“You are,” Will says, opening one eye and smiling at him, “But it’s okay. I still like you.”
“You love me,” Mike corrects, just because he can, and he tilts forward to press a kiss to Will’s lower lip. “You love me so bad.”
Will smiles, and he’s not shaking at all anymore when he responds, “Yeah, I do.”
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C&F is how I found your blog! It was right after you posted ch 1 and I was like OH HECK YES?? GIMME?? And now I will cry upon their happy ending because they deserve the whole world.
I still haven't read CMI but it's totally on my list (though I might wait for the next few updates still, angst without a happy ending yet hurts my soul in the not-fun way) but I'm excited for when I do because all the comments and asks make it seem amazing 💜
nfjdhshs oh my god, so good to have you here :D i believe quite a few of you joined the chaos after c&f !! i'm thankful and happy that you enjoyed that mini series and stayed :') <3
AHHH CMI YESSS, become part of our lil family 🥰!!! things will get better soon, so i'm looking forward to talking to you about my babies 🥺🤍
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hello! i just wanted to say thank you for properly crediting artists and asking their permission before you repost their work!
there has been such an influx of blogs lately that have been reposting without permission or credit, which is unfortunate bc tumblr is usually a safe space for artists.
so thank you for reposting with respect for the artists!
Hello anon <3 no need to thank me for this, it's the decent thing to do after all :)
And yeah I'm often aware that when a fandom gets active, people are sharing fanarts without credits/consent more and more ; I'm kinda guessing that those people are new here or they just don't realize it can be harmful for artists :/ I kinda hope fandoms could be careful with what they reblog =^=)...
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