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eefrostpoetry · 11 months
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if we tried we could bloom like two roses in the yellow summer or we could wilt and die and walk away from all the beauty between us
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"I considered suicide, but I felt a strange fondness for my body, my life. Scarred as they were, they were mine."
Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye
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jldiazgranados · 9 months
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jdubqca · 5 months
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starting something
STARTING SOMETHING #poem #words #poetry
so I started this poem before I fell asleep last night rearranging the words in such a way [trying to convince myself] I wouldn’t forget them come morning but guess what birdsong woke me up long after the alarm & there I lay the world passing me by eyes blinking quickly catching up https://jdubqca.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/starting-something.mp3 november two thousand twenty-three copyright j…
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aliensupersyn · 2 months
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Love, Isolation, and Heavenly Restrictions
"Love is worthless" Sukuna vs. "I don't have a heart" Maki.
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NOTICE: This was written after the end of 251, weeks before 253's serialization.
TLDR: My case for why Maki will play a pivotal role in killing Sukuna, and showing how her character arc has led to this exact moment. In other words, she's gonna humble the King of Curses. Skip to section four if you don't care for a summary of their combined arcs. Here's the reddit thread if you're into that sort of thing.
I. Fate
Love and isolation have been major motifs throughout JuJutsu Kaisen, mainly concerning Sukuna and Gojo; both these characters satisfy a fateful premise in jujutsu: the existence of the strongest sorcerer of a generation or era. Sukuna, Kashimo, and Gojo all hold the title of "strongest sorcerer" for their respective eras, and for the sake of this post, I will call it a fateful role.
I say fate because Tengen and the omniscient narrator refer to fate as something real that connects certain roles throughout the different eras. For example, it has been Kenjaku's fate to be stopped by a six eyes user.
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Toji's existence as an anomaly beyond the power of jujutsu allowed him to break the chains of fate and change the world. By killing the star plasma vessel, something fate was constantly protecting, he opened the doors for Kenjaku to complete his ludicrous plan of merging all Japanese citizens with Tengen.
II. Visual motifs between Toji, Maki, Gojo, and Sukuna
The main (obvious) connections between Toji and Maki:
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While Naoya was an idiot, his comparison between Gojo and Toji was not random and should be acknowledged. He recognized the two of them as being the pinnacles of strength. Though, Naoya did not have the sense to understand what Toji and Gojo represented: jujutsu and the rejection of it. Naoya could never occupy the space that Toji and Gojo did. Not only due to his lack of power, but also because he doesn't have the same Heavenly Restriction that Toji and Maki share. Moreso, Toji and Maki represent the antithesis of the strongest sorcerer by being the strongest beings beyond jujutsu sorcery.
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Toji, and Maki by extension, have been narratively connected to Gojo, who satisfies the fateful role of strongest sorcerer. Toji's connection to Gojo mirrors Maki's connection to Sukuna. The backstab in 251 seals this connection between the two pairs (will come back to this).
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Gojo thinks of the last time he's ever feared loss, and remembers Toji. I believe Sukuna will have a similar moment where he fears loss by Maki's hands which will mirror this page.
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Gege has left little crumbs throughout the story connecting Toji and Gojo, depicting Toji to be the antithesis to jujutsu, and finally connecting Toji and Maki. While that's commonly understood, I don't think enough people respect the fact that Toji, Gojo, and Maki's connection meets Sukuna in the end. Gege has tied all four of them together in the narrative, and that's sure to have some major payoff.
III. Love and Isolation
Yorozu, Kashimo, and Gojo all misunderstand Sukuna as being lonely, the latter two projecting their feelings of dejection onto him.
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Gojo and Kashimo's sentiments were useless, as Sukuna completely rejects love and calls it worthless. He's not lonely because he's the strongest, he's the strongest because he's alone! Sukuna has evolved past being a human who needs love and he does only what satisfies his own desires. He eats what he wants, he kills what he wants, and he makes anything his own amusement if he wishes to. Sukuna represents a completely selfish outlook that takes and rarely gives. The only thing Sukuna gives is death, and even that he withholds from people who do not interest him.
While Maki appears as being cold, she still cares for her friends. Even before her and Mai made up, she still showed love for her sister, but refused to belittle herself for the sake of their relationship. Maki represents a person who refuses to allow love to hold her back.
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Even though Maki gained new powers after Mai's sacrifice, she still could not reach her full potential because she was modeling herself after sorcerers, which she can never be. Maki and Toji can see curses, but relying on her vision only held her back. Her last fight with Naoya was about her finally breaking away from jujutsu's holds and becoming free. First she cleansed her family tree, her namesake that literally connected her to jujutsu, then she freed herself from thinking like a sorcerer altogether.
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Finally, she became a demonic fighter. While she appears cold, she still cares for others. She doesn't regret Mai's fate, but instead embraces it and their relationship. Maki's still a heartless fighter, but one who can express care and concern for her allies. She's selfish enough to refuse to allow others to hold her back, but loving enough to protect those she cares about. Sukuna similarly refuses to be held back by love, and therefore cannot be lonely. Maki exists somewhere in the same realm of being loveless, but not nearly as much as Sukuna.
While the two of them share a heartless attitude and a monstrous demeanor, they exist as complete opposite beings. Sukuna's the greatest and strongest model of jujutsu, and Maki's the absolute antithesis of sorcery. Both of them stand alone in their respective extremes, and again, are alone because they are the strongest. Maki's vision of curses, her last remaining connection to jujutsu was hindering her ability to grow stronger; she was blind to her own abilities because of sorcery. Gege makes it obvious that Toji and Maki break the rules of sorcery. Meaning, Maki will be Sukuna's downfall.
IV. Maki's Advantages Over Sukuna
Toji and Maki are the only two of their kind to ever exist. Therefore, Sukuna has never fought a being, a monster like Maki in his entire life. Megumi never found out about Toji or his abilities, so Sukuna still does not have a reference for Maki's abilities. He may be able to recount Megumi's fight against him, that's very limited information, especially because Toji was not full strength. Maki has the element of surprise.
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Maki's backstab leaves many questions. The narrator specifies that Sukuna should have been able to sense a sorcerer performing the backstab, but he failed to sense Maki; she is not a sorcerer, but an anomaly, a monster who is not beholden to jujutsu or sorcery. Sukuna's lack of awareness could be because he's been weakened, but he's failed to notice Maki before.
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Many people misinterpret this panel to be Sukuna surprised by Maki's aura, but I disagree and argue that he's shocked that he cannot sense her. Both Yuji and Sukuna are suprised by her sudden appearance. Due to Maki not having any cursed energy, Sukuna cannot sense her power and will be forced to rely on sight to find her. Yet, Maki needs neither sight nor cursed energy to fight curses. Maki senses the air's temperature and density, a sight only she possesses that gives her an advantage over curses.
Also, Sukuna sensed that Maki was a problem and thanked Uraume for possibly taking her out:
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The top four seek to stop the merger and sever Megumi from Sukuna's body, and Maki possesses a sword that severs souls! Sukuna has been worn down until his cursed energy matched Yuta's, who's now number one since Gojo's died. Keep in mind that Gojo was worlds ahead of Yuta, so Sukuna's power has plummeted and he needs time to recover.
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Sukuna's inner monologue in 250:
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Maki has the Heavenly Restriction, the sword, the sight, and the timing needed to be able to face Sukuna and possibly even defeat him. Gojo, Kashimo, Higuruma, Yuta, and Yuji were all a means to an ends to weaken Sukuna until Maki could come and clean up (I'm exaggerating).
Maki's entire character arc has been about her clashing with Sukuna. Maki, the monstrous human w/o CE vs Sukuna, the monstrous once-sorcerer with the most CE. Their fight will be about both their ideals and powers. Is strength truly isolating? To what extent does the monster cast aside love? Can monstrous strength be used to protect others?
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Sukuna's domain may be the only one that works on her (and Kenjaku's but he's dead) because they don't have barrier mechanics. As pointed out by SwimmingStreet8981, "Sukuna showed that he cuts absolutely everything in his domain. He turned buildings to dust without even trying."
Either Gege restores Sukuna's domain to turn the battle once more, or the domain battle with Gojo was for the sake of the top 4 not having to worry about Sukuna's domain. I think the latter tbh.
Questions for their battle:
Now that Sukuna's down to two hands and one mouth, and Maki might be the fastest person in meta at this moment, how much deep shit is Sukuna in?
Will the soul splitting blade be the key to stop the merger? How does that even work against Sukuna?
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articskele · 3 months
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Thought too hard about Jonah Marshall again *covered in blood*
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yamatonikado · 6 months
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i will say however that after reading the manga i need to start putting more respect on bon's name because he's like so ??? i dont even know how to describe him he's so !!!! ok i will start with smart even though i don't think smart does him justice (under a readmore bc i start getting rambly)
like bon has an incredible amount of discipline and talent? like my boy memorizes arias in no time flat? like during the kyoto arc his dad is on death's door, he's resolving some internal trauma himself, and yet he's able to memorize a (idk what its called right now the words escape me so im putting a loanword here) sutra that he's not aware of? like multi-tasking king here. during that game with lewin he had memorized other world language verses to summon certain demons? lewin didn't even expect him to know those summon chants and yes he ended up flubbing a bit towards the end but that's just a character flaw he has (known to not always see the full picture during situations). he's a history freak. he has such a clear grasp on topics that he's able to teach them to his classmates (good teacher). he wrote that report for lighting on the train while some sort of catastrophe was going on in japan. this boy is so efficient. OH YEAH I FORGOT BUT HE WAS GOING TO DRAGOON CLASSES TO MEISTER IN THAT even though it's mentioned to be difficult to be an aria and dragoon.
ANYWAYS IM JUST SAYING that ryuji is like....it's like he's a master at focusing. not only does he have this insane amount of brain power, but he is also able to stay calm during it. like his brain is able to move and maintain focus stressful situations.
also the biggest thing i want to say is that, ryuji is driven to be this disciplined because he wants to help others. a lot of his character ambitions are externally focused, due to this heavy sense of responsibility he feels for everyone around him (since his social network is very large and he is the inheritor of the myodha and also he is the bon LOL). bon maintains this level of discipline because he's doing what he thinks is right or admirable for the sake of others.
and i know yukio is here in universe achieving more (being an exorcist with two declared meisiters [and probably a third or fourth], also like the school valedictorian, a teacher, and school commitee) BUT THE KEY DIFFERENCE is that yukio is doing this all out of a spite due to his self-inflicted superiority complex. like yukio's only doing this because he HAS to prove to himself that he's the best/a winner so he takes on any sort of responsibility to appear like a normal high functioning person in society despite being a mental trainwreck.
i fully believe that if yukio saw a therapist he would not be anywhere near this level ToT and im saying this outta love <3 yes yukio is chasing after father fujimoto and rin, but i feel like it's because he fundamentally dislikes his personality and temperament (something he can't change) and wishes it was more like theirs because he really really admires that.
i think Bon is the sort of prodigy he wants to be (when it comes to outside successes) and you could insert a narrative here between the two of them. like if yukio was just a student in class, he would be competing with bon for the spot of top dog, or he would see bon as competition and as someone to beat (yukio would be looking at the top scores and be number one but then see bon at number idk 2 or 3 and ball his hand in a fist and go "suguro..." like timmy turner's dad saying dinkleburg qwkdsakljkj). meanwhile bon would be like "yeah im nothing compared to yukio tho that guy's a beast. i admire him tho"
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bon is just as capable as yukio (and could be a second yukio if yukio didn't have trauma and such a large inferiority complex). bon is able to achieve all this success because he's very altruistic, while yukio is able to achieve all this because he's extremely self-absorbed and egocentric. also i love bon and think he's a very special boy. a very mary sue-esque character (joking but also not).
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I know the term comphet is supposed to be for lesbians only but as an afab aromantic person I find it incredibly and painfully relatable very time I hear a lesbian talking about their experience with it
is there like an aro/ace version? compallo?
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heretherebedork · 1 year
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I am so happy that they're letting Green accept that Maitoh loves Shogun and having him be glad for their friendship over his romantic love for him without stopping caring about him. And it's so sweet and loving and it puts such a good and beautiful value on friendship, I love it here.
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kirayamidemon · 2 years
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OK BTU SCSREAMING MORE ON THE SHROUD BROTHERS EVENT SSR CONTRAST LJKFKSDJLSDFSD
FUCKINGGG
THEYRE BOTH FUCKINGNGNGHHHFKDJSKS
THEYRER BOTH COMPLETE FUCKING OPPOSITES IN BOTH THEIR NONGROOVY N GROOVY
N ITS JUST SOOOOOOOO
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LIKE
IDIA HOLDING N EATING PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE N JUST HIS ENTIRE FUCKING AURA GEN RADIATING DULLNESS, NO EXCITEMENT OR LIFE OR EVEN ANY KIND OF EFFORT OR ACTIVENESSS? ? ? ?? LIIEK EVEN HIS FUCKING EXPRESSION? ?? ? ? IS JUST SO FUKING DULL N DISINTERESTED N GLOOMY? ? ? ??
VERSUS ORTHOS LFYING FLOATING IN THE AIR ARMS OUTSTRETCHED, POSE MORE DYNAMIC N LIVELY N A HAPPY TOOTYHY GRIN ON HIS FACE N THREES JUST SO MUFCH LIFE N EXCITEMENET RADIATING FROM HIS WHOLE FUCKING CHARA? ? ?? ?
N THEN
NTHEN
N THEN THE FUCKING
THE FUCKING
GROOVIESS
THE FUCKIING GROROVIES
THEIR COMPLETEMETING OPPOSING CONTRAST GOES ON N EVEN EXTENDS TO THEIR FUCKING GROOVIES N ITS JUST SOOOOO IM JUSTT THKFJSD
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IDIASSSS IDIAS GROOVY COMPELETE 1 FUCKING 80 TO HIS NONGROOVY ITS JUST, ITS JUST NOW BUSTLING WITH LIFE N ACTIVITY N ITS BRIGHT N ITS LIVELY N ITS JUST THERES JUST FUCKING LIFE TO BOTH HIM N HIS CARD OVER ALL NOW?? ? ?? ?
LIKE IDIA SURROUNDED BY THE ORTHOS, EVERYONE SMILING/CELEBRATING THE BRIGHT LIGHTS IN THE BACKGROUND, IDIA INSTEAD OF LOOKING DULL N DISINTERESTED NOW JUST LOOKING SO EMBARRASSED  WTIH COLOR ON HIS CHEEKS N JUST SO ALIVE NOW? ? ? ??? THAT WIDE EYESD LOOK N THE WIDE GRIN PULLED INTO AN EMBARRASSED TOOTHY GRIN? ? ?? ??
N THEN ORTHOSSSSS ORTHOS GROOVY IS JUSTTTT IS JUSTT SO DARK?? ? ?? ? ?? LIKE GONE ARE THE VIBRANT COLORS N THE BRIGHTNESS N LIFE N DYNAMICNESS ITS NOW JUST SO SOOOO SERENE? ? ?? ?
ITS NOW ORTHO WHO HAS THE DARKER COOL COLORSS, WHO HAS ALL THE DARK N ALL THAT BLACK N PURPLES N JUST HIGHLIGHTED EVEN MORE BY THE FEW BRIGHT LIFGHTS OF THE FLOWERS N HIS HAIR GLOWING N ILLUMINATING N REFLECTING OFF HIS GEAR N THE WATERS N THERES JUST ONLY QUETNESS N CALMNESSS N PEACEFULNESS INSTEAD OF HIS INITIAL MOVING DYANICMNESS FULL OF ACTIVITY N NOISE
N EVEN HIS EXPRESSSIONNNNN HIS EXPRESSSION NOW CALM N PEACEFUL N ALMOST LIKE HES SLEEPING AFTER THAT WHOLE INITIAL EXCITEMENT N ENERGY N YET HIS SMILE IS STILL THERE BUT NO LONGER WIDE N GRINNING N TOOTHY ITS SMALL ITS CLOSED ITS CALM N ITS CONTENT PEACE
BUT EVEN WITH ALL THERI CONTRAST N COMPLETE 180S TO EACH OTHER THEY STILL ACTUALLY SHARE ONE THING IN THEIR GROOVIES N THATS JUSTT THATS JUST SOOOOOOOOOOO
SOOOOOOOOOOO DFSDKHFDSJKFDSKJ? ?? ? ? ?? ???? ?
BOTH BOTH OF THEM; BOTH OF THEM HAVING PINK IN THEIR HAIR FLAMES IN THEIR GROOVIESSSSS
IDIAS IS ONLY THE TIPS OF HIS HAIR TURNING PINK YES COMPARED TO ORTHOS COMPLETLELY FULL ON PINK ALL AROUND BUT STILLLLLL HHHSHFHSDFHDSF
BECAUSE EVEN WITH ALL THEIR DIFFERESNCES, EVEN WITH ALL THERI CONTRASTS, EVEN WITH ALL THEIR OPPOSITENESS, THEY ARE STILL RBOTHERS N STILL SHARE SOMETHING THAT TIES THEM TOGETHERE N ITS JUST SOOOOOOOOOOO HHHHHHHHFHHFD
IM FUCKISNG SCREAMMINGGGGGGGG FUCKING GODDDDD THE WAY YANA SENESIE ALWAYS DOES THESE FUCKINGG CARDSSS IM FUCKINNGNGN FJSDLKJSLJSKLS
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rottytops · 11 months
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21, 34, 52 (there is a correct answer here), and 63!
21: Whats your least favorite movie?
On principle? The droves of MCU garbage ppl keep telling me to watch. A movie I've actually seen? When I was a little kid, my mom took me to see this movie called 8 Legged Freaks which was about giant mutant spiders and I've had arachnophobia ever since that I'm only just now getting rid of.
34: Favorite kind of sandwich?
For me? I'm a slut for a philly steak with mayo on it....if u mean a normal sandwich when i was a kid i made the "waka waka muku burger" where i took a ton of bread, a bunch of cheese, layered them on each other, then covered it with a bunch of butter before throwing it in the microwave. i made these all the time over summer break as a kid and no idk how im alive either.
52: Do you think musicals are cheesy?
Yes and brother I'm a cheesemonger.
63: First concert?
UHG, the first "concert" i went to was a Christian rock one from the church my parents made me go to, it was kind of insane, the church got all the kids in a van drove like 5 hours to the coast and stayed at a hotel overnight, i was like 13 and it was the first time i had no real parent supervision so I kind of went insane and got in a TON of fights with random kids. This was also in the middle of winter and we got a massive snowstorm that stranded us at the hotel for an extra like 2 days. Mental.
...If you mean like a real concert, tbh I've never actually been to one! One time I went to an undergroud music show in some store basement that had a dude get drunk on stage and pass the vodka bottle around the audience and we all took a drink..that was really fun, I wanna more stuff like that now that im going outside all the time.
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0wllight · 1 year
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you guys will never guess the crush btw. my lips are absolutely sealed :)))
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hiiiii:D
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angeltism · 8 months
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ever-sempiternal · 1 year
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From My Drafts
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