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[collieii]

someone probably said this already but in spiderverse i think it's interesting how when pavitr was first introduced everyone thought something bad was gonna happen to him bc of how confident and optimistic he was. and then in the actual movie we see that something bad was supposed to happen to him (police chief dying!) but it doesn't! miles stops it! and miguel berates miles for this, says it's going to cause the universe to collapse or whatever.

there's this idea that tragedy is inherent to spidermans growth, and while it's true that some spiderpeople learn important lessons through loss, no one stops to ask, is it really necessary? yeah, maybe the chief was supposed to die. but why does spiderman have to be formed through tragedy? why do we (as heroes) have to let people die? pavitr didn't lose anyone, and he's still a good spiderman! maybe, if he doesn't suffer, he'll end up better off for it!

so while miguel is arguing for all this big picture stuff about saving the multiverse he's lost sight of what it really means to be a spiderman, he's not looking out for the real individual people. yeah it's just one person who would die, but that one person means something to someone. shrugging and saying "stuff just sucks sometimes, we can't do anything about it" is the opposite of what superheroes do. pretty obviously, miles arc is also a reflection of the struggles people face in real life, working within unequal systems, where it's easy to shrug and say "that's just the way it is" and not ask "but why does it need be this way? can't we do something about it?"

miguel is arguing that you can't have your cake and eat it too. presumably, miles and co. are going to find a way to get around that and change things for the better (and maybe that's why miles has that line about two cakes in the advisors office!)

#across the spiderverse #across the spider verse spoilers #break from my regularly scheduled trigun posting for spider posting #i'm actually kinda eh on the idea of the canon and police chiefs dying it is not my favorite plot point #but like any sane person i love spiderverse so #actually still think i like the first one more but wroaw much to think about #spiderverse #atsv #.lieii #i only watched the movie once so hopefully this is all accurate #i feel like this is all really obvious my point was like #pavitr being an example of a spiderperson who is still successful without going through all these awful things #and you think despite all this stuff about the multiverse how does he feel about the chief being saved? hes probably rly grateful right? #i mean maybe something terrible will happen to him in the next movie but. yk what im saying #.lieii txt

[morgan6177]

A golden oldie @madridharpsgaa https://www.instagram.com/p/BtqPT-lIeiI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5nomr68dzpz0

[naijadiary]

“The Whole World Should Fine China When All Of This Is Over” – Toke Makinwa Says Amid Coronavirus Crisis

Media Personality, Toke Makinwa has in a twitter post suggested that China should be fined because coronavirus broke out from Wuhan in China months ago and has spread to more than 100 other countries.

She noted that she is “low key mad at China”, adding that they should “stop eating certain animals”.

In her word;

“Not to even lieIi am low key mad at china, the whole world should fine them when…

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#China #Toke makinwa

[goldmynetv]

"The whole world should fine China when all of this is over" Toke Makinwa says amid coronavirus crisis

“The whole world should fine China when all of this is over” Toke Makinwa says amid coronavirus crisis

Toke Makinwa has suggested that China should be fined because coronavirus broke out from Wuhan in China months ago and has spread to more than 100 other countries.

  The media personality said she is “low key mad at China” and added that they should “stop eating certain animals”.

  She wrote: “Not to even lieIi am low key mad at china, the whole world should fine them when all of this is over,…

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#Coronavirus

[collieii]

#fall out boy #pete wentz #this post brought to you by the fact that this is my default dinner entertainment video #yes and i pretend i'm eating w them. whatever #fob #.lieii

[collieii]

fall out boy 3/8 at austin my honest reaction

#mainly posting this bc when i put it on twt I FORGOT HIS ROSE TAIL!! UGH #peterick #fall out boy #his tail is wagging 👍 pw puppykitty agenda #fob #.lieii #.lieii color

[collieii]

the song of humanity will continue to be sung btw. if you even care.

#trigun maximum #i'm starting school again soon guys not looking forward to it #i bet vash never had to go to uni that fucker #trigun #.lieii

[collieii]

in another life we were kitty cats

#fall out boy #pete wentz #jimmy butler #fall out boy playing in less than an hour i'm shaking #anyways the world if i could draw anything other than small animals 🌈🐬✨ #well we do what we can #fob #.lieii #also i somehow didn't notice that jimmy has a lil beard...im sorry mr butler #i may not have drawn it anyways but yk #.lieii color

[collieii]

me and the bad bitch i pulled by being morally ambiguous

#vashwood #trigun maximum #is ww really even morally ambiguous idk #he kills people yeah but in a cool and woke way #trigun #.lieii

[collieii]

when midvalley called wolfwood "sworn ally of vash the stampede" that was so gay it felt like he was calling wolfwood vash the stampede's little boytoy

#trigun #trigun maximum #vashwood #sorry for the vw sickness that has consumed me and is slowly eating away at my brain and mental faculties #anyways did anyone else think this or is it just me #.lieii #midvalley voice i know what you are

[collieii]

waiter! waiter! more puppykitty p2!

#pete wentz #patrick stump #fall out boy #patrick is a scottish fold kitty btw. you can't tell here but that's my kittysona for him #fob #.lieii #.lieii color

[collieii]

one line in trimax that's always stuck with me is from chapter 65, right after wolfwood's death. when vash is sticking the punisher by his grave and he says "it was part of his life". that phrasing is so interesting to me. the neutrality of it is one thing that gets me, i think. it was part of his life. for better or worse, whatever it was, the punisher was wolfwood's.

It's pretty easy to think that the punisher might represent violence, the eye of michael, the role of assassin that was forced onto wolfwood, the loss of childhood. but it's not really presented that way, not overtly anyways. we never see wolfwood shun the punisher, he's not conflicted by his use of it. he never considers abandoning it for some other weapon. it's his weapon. he doesn't discard it when he eventually decides to take a more vash-like approach and actually let people live. he pretty easily accepts it as his own, a tool he can use. (to be fair, at least part of that is probably because the punisher is a very good gun.)

the punisher can still represent the harsher aspects of wolfwood's character, the violence he's committed, that he's capable of. that's an important part of his life! and the idea of it as representative of his violent adolescence, childhood that was stripped away, goes along with this - it's literally a cross to bear. but besides showing his past as a burden, i think of the punisher as being a cross of responsibility. when you have a gun you have power, agency - you have a responsibility to make a choice. that's what wolfwood tells vash in chapter 4.

the ability to take a life, the burden of it, is literally his cross to bear. that ability - and that responsibility - was given to him by the eom, literally in terms of the gun, and in terms of his skills. but the eye doesn't think twice about killing people. for them it's not really a choice, a responsibility, it's just a given. but wolfwood can't accept that. he's constantly considering the choices he makes.

so the punisher isn't only a symbol of the eye of michael, of the path that he was forced onto. it's also a way of expressing autonomy. the eye gave wolfwood the gun, but he decides how to use it and what it means. for much of the story wolfwood struggles to decide what to do, he's a very conflicted character. but eventually he resolves to use it against chapel, against knives, to help vash, and protect the orphanage. the gun gives him agency.

so the punisher was part of his life. it was the tool that he used to commit acts of violence, acts that he was forced into, but also the tool he used to break free.

it's heavy for vash, too. he's not exempt from that idea, the idea of responsibility. as wolfwood said much earlier in the story, vash has always been able to sidestep the question of "what do i choose?", because he's only ever given himself one option - everybody lives. and he's always succeeded. but as wolfwood says, "the day will come when you'll have to choose". one day, it's not going to work.

and of course the story progresses, the stakes ramp up, and vash learns more, goes through more, and is pushed to his limits. i think by this point, by wolfwood's death, and maybe because of it, vash has realized that he might have to make that difficult choice in the near future. that's one reason why he wants to "do him proud". he has a lot of reasons to say this of course - to not let wolfwood's sacrifice go to waste, for example. but if we're thinking of the cross as responsibility, then vash is saying he doesn't want to forget the lessons he learned because of wolfwood. wolfwood has always grappled with responsibility, with what the right thing to do is. and the right thing is often not easy. vash hopes that when the times comes for him to make a choice, he'll make a good one, one that does right by wolfwood's memory.

#trigun #trigun maximum #vash the stampede #trigun meta #trigun analysis #i have another post in my drafts abt wolfwood and autonomy so theres some stuff im not getting into but stay tuned #i hope this makes sense...the whole it was part of his life thing...it gets me for some reason #this is just me trying to articulate why #hopefully what im saying isnt too obvious and is actually insightful #this whole post was inspired by one of my art history classes #we were talking abt some of betye saars works and my prof mentioned the idea of weapons as symbolic of power and agency #so ofc i had to apply that to trigun #at that point i was only thinking of the punisher as 'eom = bad' but that just didnt feel right #so then guns...agency...it all came together #seems obvious in hindsight but i just didnt realize #too hung up on guns as violence and violence is bad #but obviously it's more than that #.lieii #.lieii txt #nicholas d. wolfwood #i just realized how long this post is uh sorry guys #i may have repeated myself too much with this one hopefully it's still legible #take a shot everytime i use the word agency or choice in this post #trimax spoilers

[collieii]

pete wentz x female reader imagine

#peterick #pete wentz #fall out boy #this was going to be a regular tweet but i was so inspired i guess #fob #.lieii #also when i wrote this i wasn't actually thinking of that he leaves you for a man post but that's kind of what happened ig

[collieii]

the peterick tour bus after they play get busy

#peterick #putting this in the tag bc it's real asf 💯 #fob #.lieii #if you like this post thank nyxa bc without him this would've stayed on twitter #if you don't like it. well.

[collieii]

a lil detail in trimax i like is how it shows meryl and wolfwood grappling with vash's inhumanity. wolfwood sees vash's power, what he's capable of, before he really gets to know who vash is as a person (they met for a lil on the bus ofc but that was pretty brief). he sees him blow a hole in the moon right after meeting him. of course he's heard rumors about vash, but then he sees him and knives up close and personal, sees the angel arm, and he can't believe vash is an ordinary man anymore. he's confused, shocked, and scared, because he barely understands what's happening. but he can clearly see that vash is dangerous and inhuman. so a lot of his arc is him struggling to reconcile his knowledge of that power with his relationship with vash. ultimately, he ends up with an understanding of who vash is, what he values, and he comes to share those values and beliefs. he learns to let himself trust and believe in vash, despite the implications of his powers.

and meryl, ofc, knows vash as a man and as a friend before she learns what he's capable of. then it isn't until the midvalley/hoppered arc that she's not only told explicitly by zazie what vash is, she sees it for herself in a pretty violent way when he loses control and goes bird mode (what do i call feathery vash lol). not only that but she's shown his memories of july, probably the most brutal and visceral expression of his power there is. that experience traumatizes her, but she makes an effort to overcome that instinctive fear of what vash is because she knows she can trust him, and that almost everything he does is for the good of humanity. and he deserves to be treated like a good person, a good friend, because he is one! he's not just his powers of biblical proportions. all this is to say i like how trimax lets us see two people who are close to vash come to terms with his plantness in different ways, because it's not something people can just shrug off, it's something they need to process.

#trigun #trigun maximum #meryl stryfe #nicolas d. wolfwood #vash the stampede #i was really sleepy when i wrote this so idk if it makes sense #just. i like how trimax shows that vash is actually scary to normal people #as opposed to glossing over it kinda like 98 does lol #trigun meta #.lieii #also if i missed smth about wolfwoods arc sorry it's kinda long compared to meryls lol so maybe i forgot smth #there aren't really any insights here sorry i just think it's sort of an interesting parallel (?) with ww and meryls arcs #is this spoilers #trimax spoilers #just to be safe #.lieii txt

[collieii]

i love this pic of chronica bc she looks so chill sitting there with her beverage and she doesn't know that she's about to have the worst fucking week of her life

#chronica #i think she handled it pretty well! all things considered #hope she got a good bonus for like. dealing with knives. in general #trigun maximum #trimax spoilers #extremely vaguely but yeah why not #trigun #.lieii #was it even a week #ik they give dates at that point but ain't no way i'm going back and checking sorry guys