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thinking about…………..the height difference…………………..between their models…………………………………………….

#hades #than floating so low he has to keep his knees bent.......... THAT'S gay rights

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hell yes it’s Halloweekend baby y’all know what that mean 🤔😏 LMS if you doing this tonight

#boo

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I am curious how you are able to make crazy indepth reads of HxH characters (I am a huge fan aswell and I continually look for analyzations like yours to understand Togashi’s writing better). Do you have any tips or guides, suggestions? I am similar age and study english, but nothing this in-depth in my classes (in my opinion). Thank you

I Aw, shucks! I appreciate that, anon. As far as suggestions go, I’d say that the most helpful things for me with regards to analysis and meta and stuff have been doing a lot of reading, both fandom and professional, and seeking out other people who do analysis and review. I’ve always been a big reader, so certain plot points and character archetypes become recognizable over time, and that helps a lot with forming analysis about character foils, parallels, plot twists, etc. As well as deeper analysis about the story as a whole. One of my creative writing professors made a point that, by and large, stories can be reduced (as one might reduce a lovely sauce) to a single, central question. Will the One Ring be destroyed? Yes. Will Voldemort be defeated? Yes. Will Elizabeth and Darcy get together? Yes. And the more complex layers of storytelling are laid upon that foundation.

Oops I Wrote A Lot Here’s A Read More

Now, I don’t think that holds true 100%, but I do think that it can be useful to look at a storyline or character and pare it down to the basics. “Why is this in the story?” is a good question to ask. In good writing, everything has a purpose that serves the story as a whole. For all the problems in Harry Potter, for example, the story structure is very tight and the characters have clear arcs with satisfying, meaningful payoffs. Generally. Anyway, it’s a good one to learn about plot threads with.

Fandom-wise, I think that the most eye-opening analytical stuff I’ve seen has been either in that same vein (eg. meta about Harry’s coping with trauma in book 5) or been about media representation. Questioning why characters are written the way they are, what agendas are hidden or betrayed by the narrative, etc. Abandon ‘Death of the Author’ for a bit and delve into how an author’s mindset is revealed by their writing.

For me, the best thing, though, was getting into Lit classes where we focused on one book. For the whole time. That was great, because having a discussion on ~one chapter each week gives far more time to dig into writing techniques, syntax, word choice, and story beats than if you had to read the whole book in a rush. I adored being in a class on Nabokov’s Lolita, and it’s still among my favorite reads. That book is great to pick apart, because the question at its heart isn’t “Will Humbert Humbert abuse Lolita?”, the question is “Will Humbert Humbert’s narration sway you, the reader, to sympathize with him?”. There are so many tiny details to pick up... Nabokov really Did That. Another good read is his Pale Fire, and that one has less... confronting subject matter. So if you can get into discussions like that, I highly recommend it.

Also, for fun, YouTube reviews of bad stuff babyyyy I really like the channel Folding Ideas (though he does more movie-focused stuff), hbomberguy’s Sherlock is Garbage, And Here’s Why is both hilarious and really detailed as to why certain parts (read: all of it) fall flat and I’ll swallow my pride and admit to watching Digibro’s anime analysis stuff (Sword Art Online, Asterisk War) for kicks, he makes some good points.

Um... that’s all I can think of right now. I hope that was at least somewhat helpful? My last point is that when doing analysis for fun, I just don’t bother writing about stuff that’s not interesting to me personally. For more educational or professional contexts there’s merit in finding a way to work with material that’s dull, but like, if I’m writing about HxH in my free time I’m not gonna write about Chrollo. I just don’t like him and I wouldn’t enjoy it. So when stretching your meta-writing muscles, just don’t strain yourself, the pain could well do more harm than good. There, a nice metaphor to cap off this long ass post.

#my professor also said some wack shit about genre fiction being lesser than literary fiction #but let's just put that off into the garbage huh

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why did illumi's needle not activate when killua was fighting razor and binolt? i think i missed something

Hmm, well, it’s been a while since I watched Greed Island, but I looked over the wiki to remind myself how things went. Illumi’s needle is basically there to make sure Killua flees from situations that could be deadly for him, so presumably neither situation became as dangerous as whatever criteria the needle specifies. When he and Gon are training against Binolt, Binolt is already quite wounded from sparring with Bisky and only gets more exhausted over time while Gon & Killua grow stronger and more skilled. He was stronger than them initially, but not at the time that they face him. I wouldn’t say that they were in danger of being killed in that case, though they could have been wounded.

Razor’s a bit weirder. From what I can tell, though, Killua was never really being targeted by him--Razor was focusing on Gon, since he’s Ging’s son. That probably played a role, as well as it not being a straight-up ‘fight’. It’s a little bit wishy-washy, though. Might be a case where we have to just shrug and let it slide.

#hxh #hxh meta #hey yall I'm poking my head out from my lurking #sup

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#hxh #tru luv

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Unused animations for Mario found in the data of Super Mario 64, including two flips, Mario bending his knees while surfing on a Koopa shell, and an animation of him crying, likely used in a cutscene that was scrapped during development. Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source

#nintendo #mario wept......

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Thoroughly tempted to make a Long Post about how Yes, Actually, Pitou Did Do Some Things Wrong and also the point of the Chimera Ant arc isn’t that Humans Are The Real Bad Guys!!! but I doubt it would be all that productive and possibly. Too confrontational

#I'm NOT vagueing I say to myself as I vague vaguely #gh..... sorry..... I at least try to be self aware about my indignence that people are Wrong About HxH

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Kite.

#hxh #it's Him #piercing gaze........ and exceptionally good hair

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My two main fandom thoughts between now and the last time I posted have been “The Umbrella Academy was pretty eh” and “hmm I did all the writing of that one hxh fic I’m going to finish someday I SWEAR I’m going to DO IT while I was venting academic stress in college. I wonder if going to grad school in the fall will tap into that same weird intense determination, not that I should rely on that sort of thing in my creative work, but it was a singularly bullheaded effort that I haven’t been able to replicate since”

#mimi speaks #me going on AO3: sweating bullets trying desperately to ignore the immensely kind comments on my fic because I feel guilty about vanishing #me when I posted it: haha I'll get this done by the end of the year! #me two years later: somebody drive to my house and force my hands onto the keyboard please

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P R E - O R D E R S O P E N

Thank you for waiting ☆～（ゝ。∂）

I’ve written everything (I think) but if you have any questions feel free to direct to me. Hope to hear from you ✩.*˚

#hxh #I RISE FROM MY SILENCE #roused by the call of Kite merch....... #and by such an immensely impressive artist god BLESS #bye I'm ordering everything I'm not even kidding #why am I LIKE this!!!

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I love pokemon so fucking much. every time a new Pokémon is revealed, every time the new starters are revealed, they’re somebody’s favorite. not always mine, not always everyone’s, but there’s always somebody whose life is a little bit brighter because of the new Pokémon, and that makes me really happy

#pokemon #I have never felt more motivated to make money than now #as I dream of getting a Switch aka a Pokemon machine

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So, do you really think Gon is toxic/unhealthy for Killua? I think that's a bit harsh. Considering Gon does care about him. And now Killua's left him which does jack shit for Gon's abysmal self-worth. Sorry if this comes off as really salty but it seems like a lot of people think Gon should be punished by Killua's absence when he's suffered enough.

... Hm? Sorry, I’m not quite sure what you’re talking about. As far as I recall, I’ve always maintained that Gon is a great character, a good person, and certainly isn’t toxic or abusive. I think that some of his actions did hurt Killua, but the severe impact of them was also partially the fault on Killua’s dependence on Gon for his own self-worth, and also Gon was having a full-on suicidal breakdown so imo he more than deserves forgiveness.

Hell, I’d say that Gon is the healthiest thing to have ever happened to Killua! It’s thanks to Gon’s influence that Killua’s been able to face down his abusive family members, and one could make the argument that the traveling he did with Gon was also part of what inspired him to free Alluka and take her on their own journey around the world.

I’m not sure which post of mine was the one that gave you this impression, but it’s not the case! I certainly don’t think Gon or Killua deserve punishment for their mistakes. Maybe, like, a stern talking-to. Or some therapy.

(And don’t worry about it lmao I totally get mega salty about people diminishing the complexity of Gon’s character arc to just “he’s toxic!!!! Protect pure babby Killua from him uwu” like.................. y’all................................................................... smh.)

#hxh #think this might've come in a few days ago sorry #I've been working a lot I'm Tired lol #but my love for hxh burns strong all the same #Anonymous

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#me as FUCK #I am........a gossip hound at heart

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@owlphallacies: starts talking about what Pokemon types Homestuck characters would have

me:

#mimi speaks #can't believe I associate with such a FILTHY homestuck

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here’s my meta on gon freecss’ questionable morality

he’s 12

#hxh #KLADHGKLDSAHG;SEKLHFGD

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To op of that ask about the deleted meta: if you have the original url you can always try to use wayback machine and see if there's a copy of that meta before it got deleted

Oh, that’s a good idea! Hopefully anon sees this.

#Anonymous

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One death won’t kill me

#............ Kite