#I am protective of her because some people just want to misunderstand her and I don’t like that lol

[nolongerapileofashprobably]

Should the dev team have committed to Zelda's draconification being permanent and have her stay a dragon at the end, and would that have made for a more honest and poignant ending than the one we got? Some fans think that the ending we got renders her sacrifice completely meaningless and devoid of impact.

The dev team absolutely should NOT have committed to Zelda’s draconification. It would have ruined the entire story and narrative for Zelda’s character and Hyrule itself.

Some people think it made the sacrifice meaningless and devoid of impact. . . But it didn’t. Her choice was her own and it was a statement of dedication to Link and Hyrule as a whole. It was also utterly tragic that she had to do this in order to heal the Master Sword. I am still in utter distress whenever I play the game and watch the memories, despite knowing the ending. Because it’s the tragedy she endured willingly that makes the sacrifice meaningful, not the permanence of it. The sacrifice would hold no value had it been a choice Zelda made knowing she would be reverted.

She didn’t. She thought it was permanent.

And I’m honestly tired of some of these fans just not wanting a happy ending for her character. She deserves peace and a happy life. That’s what she got, which is absolutely justified. And those who think of a story so plainly and only at the big picture miss the details and narratives that point directly towards the ending we actually got.

Let’s talk about if she didn’t turn back.

Firstly, we can start with simple things that personally can be reworked in the future but would create a hurdle for the devs in the future— Zelda would never die as a dragon, she is an immortal being. The Zelda series is quite literally founded upon a reincarnation cycle between Zelda, Link, and Ganon. And only one of them is linked through blood: Zelda. That would cause a bump in the whole reincarnation foundation.

Beyond that, Zelda’s character development would suffer with this choice becoming permanent.

Any fan upset by the ending doesn’t understand the implications of Zelda being granted a second chance. She dedicated her entire life before the calamity to training and praying, only to have her magic awaken AFTER the champions, her father, and nearly Link are killed. Her efforts for the next century keep her body suspended in time and keeps Ganon at bay through her light power. When she wakes up, she is granted a ‘second chance’. In reality, it is simply the life she fought for and rightfully deserved.

So after she made Hyrule her home again, unifying the scarcely populated land and invigorating its culture, she is once again forced to sacrifice everything. This time, she does so as a leader and as one who holds such strong power. Her journey as a Queen leads her to become the very leader she WANTS to be, not the one she was constantly reprimanded to be by her father and the old kingdom. And she learns this throughout her time in the past, with Rauru as her guide.

And that leads us to this point: the belief that to rule is to give up everything.

But where others are punished for this choice (despite Zelda’s warnings, Rauru’s ignorance of Ganondorf’s power leads to Sonia and his own death), Zelda is REWARDED for her choices.

Because she did not just claim that another will defeat Ganondorf and seal him away until present day like Rauru.

Zelda did much more. She raised the sky islands, made a promise with Mineru, solidified the aid of the sages, collected the Master Sword and chose to give LINK the best chance he could have against Ganondorf. Zelda did every single thing she could to ensure Ganondorf would be defeated. She even aids in the final battle, as her will is to end that evil and grant Hyrule the peace she herself will (presumably, to her own knowledge) never experience.

So when she is rewarded for her efforts, by being bathed in sacred light and her body reversed to its previous state. . . It is entirely in line with the narrative thus far. Additionally, Rauru and Sonia present themselves as a ‘second chance parents’ for Zelda. A supportive, patient father in Rauru. A guiding teacher and mother in Sonia.

Tears of the Kingdom mirrors Breath of the Wild in terms of Zelda’s development and story. To give an ending where Zelda remains a dragon. . . It would have been tragic and dishonest to the story that we got.

If you want to read something more in depth and not written by someone with one eye open, this post grants a well rounded answer to this question.

#loz totk #loz totk Spoilers #loz tears of the kingdom #loz totk Zelda #totk Zelda #some people don’t want Zelda to be happy and for those people I hope their pillow is forever hot #I am protective of her because some people just want to misunderstand her and I don’t like that lol #anyway she got to have a peaceful life with link after all this so I am happy :) #zelink #botw zelink #loz botw #botw #the legend of zelda #botw link #link botw #zelda botw #loz tears of the kingdom spoilers #the legend of zelda breath of the wild #Totk zelink

[acourtofthought]

I recently saw a post claiming that there are no obstacles standing in the way of either Elucien or Gwynriel while there are obstacles standing in the way of E/riel.

I do agree that at the moment there are no external obstacles to Gwynriel, their ship and possible mating bond is very new and SJM usually takes more than a book to develop a story involving a mating bond. Their current obstacles are more personal in nature, working to overcome past traumas.

But what obstacles are standing in the way of E/riel?

Lucien???

"And then I'll ask your mate how he survived it - knowing you were engaged to someone else. Sharing another male's bed."

That is what Lucien said about Elain before he met officially met her. He already resigned himself to the fact that his mate was in love with engaged to someone else, that he was going to have to live with that.

He sat in a room with Elain as she spoke of Graysen, how Graysen saw her before, how she was supposed to be married and Lucien accepted that Elain did not "love him, want him, need him."

He left to find Vassa after realizing he was not needed in the Night Court because Elain wanted Graysen. He only entered the Night Court to ensure that she wasn't being harmed and once he saw that she was safe he walked away because he acknowledged that she still wanted her fiance.

If Elain wants to be with Az, Lucien will step aside just as he did when he thought she wanted Graysen. Just as he's done for the last two years, allowing her to do whatever the fuck she wants to do and asking nothing of her.

And Rhys as an obstacle?

All Az needed to say was that he was over Mor and that he'd never felt about anyone the way he does for Elain. Rhys is not an obstacle, all Rhys is is the protective brother-in-law who was honestly convinced that Az just wanted to use Elain for a night of sex.

Beron is an obstacle to Az being with Elain?

First off, Az is nothing to Beron. As we canonically know he's not a fan of lesser fae, Beron wouldn't consider Az worth his time (since certain people in the ACOTAR world consider the Illyrians lesser fae) and I highly doubt he'd care about Lucien losing his mate when Beron hates Lucien.

When Beron has tormented Lucien his entire life, why would he HELP him get his mate from Az? And if by some chance he did call the Blood Duel, I would bet money on Lucien putting a stop to it, stopping Beron so that Elain could be happy and that only leaves Lucien looking like the hero in an E/riel book (and we all know the hero gets the girl).

There are no obstacles to an E/riel endgame except Azriel's inability to have a conversation which would have easily cleared up any of the "misunderstandings" in SF. If that's what they actually were, I am of the mind that Az refused to answer because he knows he didn't actually have a response that Rhys would have been happy to hear. That he was in fact willing to sleep with Elain though he's still not over Mor and does not in fact have a plan to be with her beyond his sexual fantasies.

So what are the Elucien obstacles? I mean, aside from the fact that she was in love with someone else when her bond snapped and Elain has been fighting against the bond from book 2? Obstacles that have kept her from getting to know Lucien for how many books now? (I mean really, what obstacles were there for Nesta and Cassian getting together except Nesta's personal trauma?).

We are reminded on 4 different occasions that Beron had Lucien's lover slaughtered, 2 of them in Silver Flames alone.

We are reminded on multiple occasions of how much Beron and his other sons detest Lucien. Hell, Beron sent his brothers after him as recently as ACOWAR when he and Feyre tried to cross through Autumn.

We know Beron has his sights set on the weakened Spring Court.

In SF, SJM tells us that Elain's scent is not only a promise of Spring but that the Spring Court had been MADE for someone like her, that Nesta would have told her to visit if they weren't fighting. We're told the IC needs a strong ally in the Spring Courts forces, that Tamlin isn't getting better and he's neglecting the people.

You're telling me that if Elain ends up in Spring and she's involved in helping restore the Court to it's former strength, Beron would not want to stop her as she's interfering with his plans to take over it's lands?

Beron also wants to ally with Koschei now that Briallyn is dead. We know Elain has a connection to Koschei because of her visions, that she is connected to the Trove as she's Made and is also Nesta's sister, and that Koschei has his sights set on the Trove so he can free himself.

We're also told in SF that all it would take to gain the alliance of these villains would be to hand over a certain Archeron sister (Briallyn failed with Nesta). Beron going after Elain to gain Koschei's alliance creates obstacles to an Elucien endgame because Lucien can't end up with his mate if she's kidnapped or dead. We're told that as Beron was willing to murder Jesminda and torture his own sons, what wouldn't he be willing to do so I think it's safe to say that Beron is a much bigger threat to Lucien's happiness and Elain's life (considering she's Lucien's mate as well as an Archeron sister) than anything involving Az.

There are a lot of exciting directions SJM could take an Elucien story, filled with not only the internal obstacles they've both been dealing with but external obstacles as well.

The only obstacles that stand in the way of E/riel are ones they've created themselves. And those "obstacles" would only lead to hurting others who are blameless like Gwyn (when Az decided to give her the necklace dragging her into the mess for no reason if he's going to end up with Elain) and Lucien (who has given Elain the freedom to do whatever she wants).

#elucien #pro elucien #elain archeron #lucien vanserra #anti e/riel #pro lucien vanserra #elain x lucien #lucien and elain #elucien supremacy #beron vanserra

[theriverbeyond]

this is such a random question, but on the subject of theories i was wondering what would have happened if john and the erebos had arrived at the aftermath of canaan house before boe and found the non-lyctor survivors. like would he have just let corona, judith, and camilla go home or get rid of them because they knew too much? is “knowing too much” even a concern for john? for some reason neither option feels totally right to me, but i would love to hear your thoughts!

I honestly think he would let them go home! I think one of John's major flaws is he fundementally both misunderstands and underestimates the people he sees as "his", and I think this does extend into the houses.

I don't think he would see non-Lyctors as any kind of threat, even if he knew that said non-Lyctors had figured out the secret to Lyctorhood. At most I think he would sew their tongues but honestly I think he would take one look at Judith "on life support from catastrophic gut wound" Deuteros, Camilla "catatonic with grief" Hect, Coronabeth "inconsolable because Ianthe age Babs and not her" Tridentarius and be like wow! these kids are having a bad time I should send them home to their parents.

Remember -- if John had arrived at Canaan House before BOE, this is *before* BOE took out 18,000 soldiers with orbital radiation missiles. this is *before* Augustine's betrayal, and Mercymorn's, and *before* the Sixth House defected. The only betrayal John would have felt was Cytherea's, and she failed, and as we see in HtN he mostly pities her.

I do think this could lead to a very interesting AU wherein Camilla is sent home (with the bones in her pocket), Judith is fixed up with proper medical care from the start (and then packed back off to the cohort), and Coronabeth is probably (on request) taken to the Erebos with Ianthe.

I can see this leading to Camilla spending a lot of time trying to free Palamedes' soul while on the Sixth, potentially needing to join the cohort (Alexandrite Cam, anyone?) so she can reconnect with Judith, who despite having several sticks up her ass is the only person Cam feels she can really go to about this (due to them both being the only people left in the Dominicus system who actually know what happened at Canaan House). Maybe Camilla convinces Judith to poke around in the skull bones -- Judith isn't as good as Harrow, but maybe they do bring back some shadow of Palamedes into the bones.

THEN maybe eventually they run into Coronabeth, who perhaps was not allowed all the way to the Mithraeum, but WAS given some sort of very strategic and fancy seat in the cohort so Ianthe can keep tabs on her. A very nepotism hire situation, and despite Ianthe's desire to keep her safe Coronabeth HATES it all because she was once again left behind. When the opportunity to track down Ianthe arises, she takes it.

I see this unfolding over several years post GtN timeline. Perhaps the three of them end up collaborating with other characters along the way that they feel they can trust, some more likely than others -- Mia (Pro's wife) and her children, now grown enough to want more information about their father's death. Ram and Capris Asht, who don't believe that their brother would kill the eighth house heir he had sworn to protect. Kiana can get in here too. maybe the Third house Boy Who Loved Shuttles helps them with a getaway once. Abigail's younger brother, who she named as her heir -- maybe he helps with Palamedes' soul. Jeannemary and Issac's younger siblings. A neo-niner or two -- John renewed the house, and involving a character or three that was ressurected from our modern times would be super interesting and also fill out our merry band. Maybe the neo-niners Remember Things that make Cam connect some dots.

Harrow is still out there, obviously, and in this AU I am imagining Number 7 as NOT speeding up and really taking 5 years to get there, just to even out the time line and allow all that to happen before Number 7 comes and Augustine drowns the Mithraeum.

anyway. events occur, things happen, and intrigue abounds. Alecto awakens, Harrow Remembers, Ianthe doesn't get the girl. Cam is on a warpath. Judith is dragged alongside. Coronabeth isn't going to be left behind again.

what was your question again? this answer has gotten deeply out of hand

#ask #anon #tlt au #idk what happened to this answer anon. something posessed me #im rotating this all now.... #also forgor to add gideon's body to this... #i imagine she was taken and stored along w naberius' body #both put on ice. her incorruptibility isn't noticed bc they put her in the cav freezer. #etc. things happen

[sgiandubh]

In property we trust

A recycled Anon from Mordor (¿Quieres un chicle? ) sent this pearl to @bat-cat-reader :

What a gargantuan twat, this one. I am howling with glee.

You do not buy a house under a trustee, you fool. You either sign a Declaration of Trust when you buy a new property OR you put a house you bought in a trust, for crying out loud. These are two slightly different situations, but both point out towards the absence of normality.

First situation: you sign a Declaration of Trust when you buy that house. The person or company who paid the money (always for tax reasons) is the settlor and you are the trustee(s) who sign the document:

To cut the story short, I found this very clear article, explaining everything better than I could at almost 1 AM local time (https://www.elitelawsolicitors.co.uk/declaration-of-trust-for-property/):

You basically buy a property like you would buy shares in a firm. You are business partners of sorts, because there is no prior cohabitation agreement between you and you want to be clear about how you would split the money between the two (or more) of you, if you sell that house for a benefit.

Why would you do it? IF THEY DID IT.

First reason: you are not married.

I am not going to discuss this. I am just leaving it here, for reference. You are free to make up your mind. It is my professional duty to explain, though, that this is the most logical and frequent reason you would choose to sign this document.

Second reason: the 'partner' has an abysmal credit history and is NOT solvable

Therefore, that person is NOT on your mortgage, simply because I doubt the bank would enter in such a financial arrangement with you. Remember my Legal Anon? I explained that she did not, by design, include McSideburns into the ownership paperwork for Cleveden Drive. Now it all makes sense. I believe that this is the reason why they signed a Declaration of Trust. But this is my opinion and I do not force anyone to join me.

Third reason: if something goes awry, the partner can prove he/she has a right to some of the sale's benefits, while the major investor has his/her investment safely protected, too

Why would you sign a Declaration of Trust to "protect yourself against any disagreements and misunderstandings that may arise later down the line" if your Remarkable Weekend was, what, four years ago? Déjà?

The above questions should be construed as rhetoric.

Second situation: you put a house you bought yourself (C) and with your money exclusively, under a trust benefiting McSideburns. For example.

This is the situation I alluded in the comment thread under @bat-cat-reader's post. For reference, the wee legal article is here: https://www.leaders.co.uk/advice/why-buy-a-property-via-a-trust

Now, before I let my Magic Highlighter do its tricks, let me explain something really quick.

In Roman Law (and also in Civil and Common Law countries, which is wonderful), the notion of legal property can be split in three:

The Usus: this is my house. I bought it with my money. I own it, I pay taxes and mortgage, if needed, for it and take full responsibility for it.

The Fructus: this is my house. I rent it to some nice, solvable people/tennants and I cash in the money. This is my cashola. Period.

The Abusus: this is my house. I don't like it anymore. I have kids. I need an extra bedroom. I want to move from Flushing to Manhattan (I won the lottery). I am selling it. The proceeds are my cashola. Period.

When you put your house in a trust, that means: I bought this house with my own money (C). I am putting it in a trust. I still have the Usus - it is still my house. I will give the Fructus to T, because he needs to sleep somewhere and/or the cashola from the rents. I could sell (abusus) that house under certain conditions, if I choose to.

Here is the article. It is particularly well-written and, in my humble opinion, very clear. It takes the example of a real estate investment on behalf of a child who goes to study out of town, but this is just an example:

You can even put up, as a settlor, a Lifetime Interest Trust, if you want: that would enable, for example, McSideburns to live in that house or rent it and keep the cashola until the end of days, for free.

I could go deeper with my analysis. For the moment, I will restrain myself to this very short overview.

I rest my case. Different opinions are always welcome.

#Anon

[heathersdesk]

The F Word

I'm an elder millennial and I've been in LDS/Mormon online spaces since I was a teenager. Since 2007. Sixteen years. That's almost as long as some of you have been alive. And there's something I've never talked about before that I want to explain to those of you who need to hear it. And you need to stick around for THE WHOLE THING not to misunderstand what I'm going to say.

The vast majority of you end up okay. You'll make it. You'll figure out your happiness and embrace it fully, and it'll all work out. You'll be okay. I care about you all tremendously, but I've seen your stories play out enough times that I know how it ends. If we can keep you from yeeting off the mortal coil prematurely, you'll be just fine.

There is one group this isn't true for. They're the ones I worry about the most every time I see them: the trad wife cohort. The women who have already decided that their only plan for their future is to get married, have an undetermined number of children, and leave everything after that as a giant question mark, to be decided for them by other people's choices.

I'm the only LDS person in my family. I come from a family with three generations of divorced/separated women. To be financially independent enough to take care of myself was instilled in me from birth. Protect yourself and your financial freedom from abusive men, from men who do not have your best interest anywhere near their thoughts.

That's what I learned from watching my mother work herself to the bone to pay for my father's attorney from the constant legal trouble that alcoholism, drugs, and nonsense behavior from untreated mental illness brought upon us. There were times we didn't have food, but there was always a case of beer in the refrigerator. That's what I learned from my grandmother, who divorced her husband at a time when that was unheard of because he abused her. That was what I learned from not one, but two great-grandmothers who, as southern women with all of the cultural baggage it entailed, left their husbands and lived on their own rather than putting up with disrespectful behavior from the men they married. Women who believed that it is better to be alone than with any man who doesn't respect you.

This is my backstory, my lore, if you will. And I swore I would honor it by never putting myself anywhere near situations that looked like these. To be financially dependent on any man, no matter how kind and generous, was something I never wanted for myself. I wanted my own job, my own money, the ability to travel, to do as I pleased. I wanted financial freedom, the security of knowing I would always be able to take care of myself AND him AND our children if it ever came down to that.

That's not the life I have. In all but name only, I'm a trad wife. Chronic illness and disabilities have made it so I cannot work. I am fully financially dependent on my husband, and every effort I have made to change my situation has come at great financial expense, as well as compromising my physical and mental health. I've had to let go of the life I wanted for myself because I've never found any employer who was willing to give me the accommodations I need to accomplish even a fraction of my goals. And even if they did, it's impossible for me to work enough hours for me to ever achieve them.

I'm a trad wife, not by choice, but out of necessity. And it scares me every day.

If my husband dies in an accident, or a mass shooting? If he becomes disabled? If he ever becomes as sick as I am, or worse? What will we do? We have plans for this. We have multiple retirement accounts, including one in my own name, that he puts money into. He sees my situation, understands it, and prioritizes it in how he manages our finances. But if it were to happen today, tomorrow, any time before we both can retire, we're screwed. Shit Creek, no paddle.

If he leaves me? If I ever have to leave him? How will I support myself? Honestly, I don't know. I don't have an answer to that question. It scares me more than I can articulate. I hope I never have to find out because I'm too disabled to take care of myself. That's the only thing I know.

There are too many women who are far too eager to put themselves into this place of financial insecurity and precarity. They don't even realize how dangerous that path is, for them and for their children, to have nothing that truly belongs to you. Not really. Not if the money that paid for it wasn't yours. Not when everything you treasure and recognize as the life you want has his name on it.

Being a trad wife is built on an agreement of mutual exploitation. In exchange for providing unpaid, undocumented labor, your spouse has agreed to pay all of your expenses indefinitely into the future. If this were a job, you would never agree to those terms. Trad wives don't understand that when it comes to marriage, however, they're jumping into that exact situation head first.

All of this to say: I'm not morally or ideologically opposed to anyone being a house wife or SAHM. I understand EXACTLY what happens to women to make that a necessity. I don't judge anyone who ends up in that position, either by choice or by force. But I'm not going to let anyone go into or remain in that situation blindly, having never once thought about how to finance the life they're dreaming about. I'm not going to let anyone walk through life somehow thinking that everything is supposed to magically work out for them like some sort of fairy tale. That's not how the world works. That not how life works. And I hate the thought that the first time all of this occurs to someone is when their life comes crashing down around them.

If "feminism" is the dirtiest word you know, you're not in any kind of position to advocate for yourself. If you don't see yourself as your husband's equal (which is what feminism, by definition, HAS to mean), how could you even begin to negotiate for yourself in a divorce, a job interview after being out of the workplace for 10+ years, or to family who you'll be reliant upon to get you back on your feet? If you don't even have the courage to say you deserve to be treated like an equal in society when everything is going to plan, how would you do it from the floor with the wind knocked out of you?

Not as long as "feminism" is the dirtiest word they know.

I'm not here to argue about the superiority of trad wives OR working wives. I'm not here to fight for anything but UBI so we can all exist in a more secure financial state, independent of individual circumstances. And I'm definitely not here to scare you.

I'm simply here as the person you will inevitably be turning to in that moment of crisis, where faith and devotion fall short of giving you everything you wanted in life. I'll be the one with the bottle of water and saying "You are brilliant and strong. You can figure this out." I'll also be the one nodding in agreement that your husband took for granted all the love and labor you gave to him, purely because he was socialized to think he has a right to do that to you. No, I don't think you're crazy. No, I don't think you're asking too much. YES, YOU NEED A LAWYER FOR YOUR CHILD SUPPORT CASE. I'll be there for all of it, to say all of the things to you that you can't imagine ever needing when you say "all I want is to be a trad wife."

How do I know? Because I've been doing it for sixteen years now with people who sounded just like you do now. In person and online. In public and in private. With friends and strangers. I've never had the luxury of being anything but a feminist, an advocate for women they don't even realize they need, that they don't (and won't!) have the vocabulary to ask for.

#mormon #lds #mormonism #tumblrstake #religion #the church of jesus christ of latter day saints #faith #queerstake #feminism

[ohwell-itsme-but-danganronpa]

Dragons & Thieves (Saiouma fantasy AU)

seems like the kind of trouble our boy protagonist could find himself in, and then, he could seek out help from someone who's, you know, great at disguising his own magic and deceiving people

Okay, so I think Kokichi should have some dragon ancestry for it to work. His mother is half-dragon and from a noble family, his father is a regular human and a thief. His mother send him away asap to avoid a scandal and he grew up at the guild of thieves. After his dad didn't come back from one of the missions he was told to start earning his keep, probably at around 7–10 years old. The guild used his identity becoming apparent as his ability to use dragon magic manifested to blackmail the noble lady and get some funds, some of it actually was invested into teaching him useful spells. So when they meet he's a seasoned thief and magic user.

THE DRAGON THAT DIED IS KAEDE

I just thought of it, but like. She disguised herself as human and became friends with Shuichi, just wanted a peaceful life, is one human lifetime too much to ask for? Can't an old dragon get some normalcy? Apparently no, a hunter got her (Tsumugi?)

So Shuichi ends up with the magic and gets chased by the very same hunter, goes to hide in a very unassuming, plain looking building. It's the thieves hideout made to look like this with Kokichi's magic. And to any person who has less magic than Kokichi it would be the least attention grabbing background to other buildings in the area and then hardly noticeable to the few that can notice it, so damn. This guy is powerful and desperate. Striking up a deal with him sounds like a great idea, this is a job for the one and only, Kokichi Ouma

It quickly becomes obvious that Shuichi doesn't know how powerful he now is, didn't even know his friend was a dragon before the fated day (the chase either happens really fast or over the course of several months, I am leaning towards the latter because I want him to be over the initial shock and mourning + running out of places to turn to so he doesn't have better ideas than accepting Ouma's help)

So Kokichi has the opportunity of a lifetime to put a really powerful magic user in his debt and takes it. "Sure, I'll protect you and teach you to use dragon magic, you'll just owe me a favor"

Unfortunately for his devilish plan to employ Shuichi on the biggest heist yet, when the time to claim the favor comes he wants something else much more (kiss kiss fall in love, he has to ask him out instead or maybe, maybe "stay")

returntozero: I'm also curious to know if Kokichi thinks Shuichi also is part dragon/has some dragon lineage since this stuff is typically not shared with humans and there may also be a barrier to entry with humans just not taking well to draconic magic anyways.

that could be a funny misunderstanding, and technically he could interpret Shuichi's lack of knowledge on the topic as him being another orphan with even less fortunate circumstances, hmmm

and since he doesn't do well with sensitive topics like that he just leaves it be, and he doesn't ask him to reveal his dragon form when he still has to be in hiding, because no matter how curious he is that's a risk he knows not to take

so he'd learn really late if he didn't know from the get-go, I mean late like at the very end, when it's already safe and he asked Shuichi to stay with him and they can relax so he asks him to go flying together

"But I don't have wings??" "You what?" the end

#danganronpa #ndrv3 #shuichi saihara #kokichi ouma #kokichi oma #oumasai #saiouma #kaede akamatsu #writing prompt #made by me

[our-divine-violinist]

because @ca-suffit is too chicken to put up my ask that I sent off anon I’ll post this here. I am not okay with people hiding behind supposedly good deeds like defending the poc or lgbtqia community to bully others.

i don’t mind putting my name here to make some points and not hide. and yeah I blocked you ahead of time because I know people like you thrive on drama and I’m not going to be a part of that. this will be a one and done. and tbh you really have already put your foot in your mouth so many times on your responses that to anyone relatively sane you look completely out of control. 

i don’t know where the racism you are alleging to is coming from but there’s many instances in elisaintime videos that address this topic and she did so very kindly and level headedly when she responded back to you here. You obviously have not watched anything of hers

but I’ll say what everyone is thinking seeing this back and forth today (and as someone rarely on this app I can’t believe I had to see this when I came here to just vibe). you seem to be incredibly jealous of elisaintime. and before you retort there’s no way you could POSSIBLY be jealous, yes you are. dig deep in there and admit to yourself, you don’t have to admit it to anyone else but yourself so you can deal with your own emotions fully. These kind of delusional statements made on nothing but your opinion rather than facts (we have yet to see your receipts you supposedly have) is indicative of someone who is extremely insecure and quite honestly just plainly put a bully because you can’t have what you want. yep you are a bully what people in this fandom hate. You aren’t stopping any racism or making the poc community any more safe by instigating fights and making claims that have no basis for fact. It degrades the works the fandom has done to point out the problems and actually sweep out the real racists. 

now away from that garbage fire and onto the other issue. AMC needs to be held responsible if you really thinking they are only inviting white people (that wouldn’t be elisaintime fault it would be solely on amc). But I doubt you actually believe what you’re saying here because if you did the easiest way to hold a company responsible is unengaging with them. Sure send them emails about their problematic racism instead of emails that honestly makes you look like some unhinged mega fan just starting tumblr drama. make them realize that the fandom holds power and don’t support that and they will lose engagement and money real fast and clean up their act and apologize. Simple. But again you aren’t going to do that because you don’t actually believe what you’re saying. Boycotting has worked wonders to get a message out by the people in the past for many things currently happening in the world. But I doubt you actually care enough to boycott amc right now because that means your show would suffer.

The real issue is this. You hate the idea of someone who might even remotely dislikes or criticizes the show getting something you didn’t get. we are all thinking it. Jealousy is normal response but it’s how you react to it that lets people know how you really are. It is not a good look for you or show fans or pocs. You are afraid of one influencers opinion that isn’t raving is going to hurt ratings. Reality check any publicity is good publicity that’s showbiz which seems like you greatly misunderstand. A variety of reviews makes things realistic. things aren’t black and white good or bad you love or you hate there’s middle ground. the show will be okay you don’t have to defend it like this in such a brash and rude way that has nothing to stand on except your opinion of some YouTube influencer. If you really think your thing is any good then it doesn’t have to be protected and sheltered.

I have so many things to say but I think that’s plenty for you to stomach. I would rarely do this, but I was so shocked to see the spite that I had to write something. wishing you the best, truly. Please get some therapy. 

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If my message isn’t getting posted then you know there’s others that aren’t being posted. Curating your experience something something.

@elisaintime I dont want to even entertain replying to “the thread” but I want to let you know this was completely uncalled for by this person. I am so sorry that the fandom continues to thrive on made up stories and drama to somehow try to feel superior to others. We can all enjoy media in our own way. There are normal people here who genuinely watch your videos and appreciate what you’ve done within the vampire community to not interact with bullies and racists and bigots. I’ve seen you support black and brown influencers for years.

and for those of you who just don’t want the drama on your timeline I understand not wanting to reblog or like! Still respect you!

#Iwtv #interviewwiththevampire #Vampire chronicles #block and report #gotta love when they play dumb and act like they didn’t get the username when it’s soooo apparent they read my entire novel #the vampire chronicles

[kaistoast]

Thoughts on UtsuKare S2 EP3

The fact that I see that many people find Hira annoying feels like a truth because often neurotypical people think and feel like neuro-divergent people are self-centered, inconsiderate, and therefore annoying.

I don’t know if some peeps here watched Extraordinary Attorney Woo Young-woo one of the main conflicts was similar to this. WYW didn't want to get together with LJH out of fear of making him feel lonely and how it will be hard on him to love her. Woo Young-woo’s autism is very much parallel to Hira’s neurodivergence in Utsukushii Kare.

The difference in UtsuKare S1, is that Hira took a step forward despite his fears and confirms to Kiyoi that he loves him while WYW hesitated and went as far as to reject LJH. Hira even if he views him as his King (idolizing him), he wants to love him (as a person) and remain by his side. This is a significant leap in his character as conveying his feelings became some sort of a climax at the end of the first season.

S2 feels like Hira's been taking one step forward and two steps back because he's struggling with his low self-esteem, and finding the foreign emotions he’s never felt before while Kiyoi is succeeding in every way possible in his career, changing individually too. Change is difficult for Hira, but he's still striving to stay with Kiyoi despite his insecurities and be worthy despite of his own "shortcomings."

Hira doesn't know how to fix his feelings and expectations towards situations but he clearly wants to because he knows it's making Kiyoi sad. As a fan and Kiyoi’s  lover he doesn’t want that. Hence the scene, him frustrated and riding the bike screaming, "ETERNAL." He doesn't want to make Kiyoi sad or lonely and he wants him to be happy together with him but he doesn’t know how.

The timing of his cousin visiting him blows up in his face as he's faced with having to acknowledge the “change” he feels between the both of them. There’s a difficult hurdle in communicating his complex emotions which are already hard for him to identify what more to vocalize, in addition to the fact that they're both still closeted too. He's clearly dissatisfied with himself for not being to par with Kiyoi but minimizes it to the extreme going as far as saying "A friendship is disrespectful towards Kiyoi who’s way better than I am."

I feel for Kiyoi because he misunderstood Hira. Kiyoi read it as Hira doesn't want to be in the relationship / doesn’t love him enough to involve his family with him. Kiyoi feels lonely from the way Hira is lowering himself and the whole scenario becomes more confusing for him because he thought Hira was on the same page with him, that he wanted to stay with Kiyoi forever. 

The thing is Kiyoi never vocalizes his confusion seen in EP2. This of course becomes a problem and a reason to why he blew up in EP3. Hira wants to stay with Kiyoi forever but he’s unsure if Kiyoi is going to. Hira knows that he’s hard to love due to his “sins/burdens.” When Hira tried to tell Kiyoi not to worry about their parents being involved it was him trying to comfort Kiyoi from what he sees could be another burden he’s placing upon Kiyoi or a reason for Kiyoi to leave. 

But, Kiyoi misunderstood that as Hira placing another barrier to their relationship. Versus Hira sees it as protecting and comforting Kiyoi from a possible discomfort so that Kiyoi can remain together with him. Just like how he cooked an unusual amount of food for dinner when he lost the photography contest, he feels the need to overcompensate or comfort Kiyoi for what he feels are his shortcomings which he believes are burdens he’s given to Kiyoi.

Kiyoi felt frustrated by the way Hira minimizes himself (which is very understandable) the misunderstanding accumulates from his confusion and loneliness causing him to lash out at Hira. Hira then panics and further digs his foot in the mud by trying to appease Kiyoi's anger because Hira’s own insecurities are now on full blast and Kiyoi doesn't understand him nor does he understand Kiyoi’s anger. 

So, Hira defaults into saying he doesn't know and he doesn't want to understand him because Kiyoi is different, he’s not like him and he shouldn’t be like him. Kiyoi gets hurt from his words and Hira immediately wants to comfort him despite his own confusion. 

We see how Hira has changed he’s never raised a voice of frustration towards Kiyoi and always kept this own thoughts under the wraps. But now, he’s become more vocal trying to make Kiyoi understand him. I don’t think Kiyoi has noticed this change since they're both hurt and extremely emotional during that fight.

None of them wants to meet at a middle ground. Hira accuses Kiyoi for being too out of his reach and Kiyoi accuses Hira for not wanting to be within his reach.

Kiyoi apologizes for falling in love with Hira and Hira doesn't understand all of the emotions he's developed from loving Kiyoi. All he knows is that he yearns for Kiyoi to love him, and to remain by his side despite his insecurity, “sins” and all.

Kiyoi despite saying that he loves Hira still apologized to Hira for loving him and isn’t completely transparent with Hira. His character has changed he shows his love to Hira in more subtle ways which is confusing for Hira who struggles to read others unless being told out right in addition to his own lack of confidence and self-worth.

They both got work to do and it’s so wonderful to see. I definitely got frustrated myself watching Hira absolutely mess it up and pour fuel to the fire but truly, this series is great I can't wait to see how they'll patch this up in the final episode next week.

#utsukare #utsukushii kare #kiyoi sou #hira kazunari #thoughts #utsukushii kare 2 #hirakiyoi #not at me gushing and ranting at 7 am #this show has AN UNBELIEVABLE GRIP ON MY LIFE RT NW #also the acting in this drama #very very well done i hope they'll release the movie on viki the same time as it releases on the theaters pls #mbs #edited 230223 #hira x kiyoi

[herwarkeeper]

              〖 deitykin challenge (kalta ver). 〗

what are your correspondences? my symbolism is as follows ::

⟢ Planet :: Mars / Venus > due to the meaning of both planets, mars overseeing war and venus being known as a planet of love ⟢ Herb :: Rosemary > rosemary is a common herb seen at funerals and also perceived as a herb correlated to death ⟢ Flower :: Calla Lilies > in honor of my beloved whomst i call lily, and was always a flower that reminded me of her ⟢ Colors :: Red / Black / Silver ⟢ Day of the Week :: Tuesday > correlation with mars ⟢ Animals :: Corvids / Doves / Sparrows > animals that were symbolic for death/rebirth, love and one that people have associated me with out of my control ⟢ Crystals :: Onyx / Obsidian / Smoky Quartz / Carnelian / Red Jasper > protective crystals / love related crystals

what is your inherent symbolism? my inherent symbolism comes through katana imagery or relations of such, since the weapon i wield though it didn't have a name in what my memory serves, mimics the way katanas are made here. vials of blood also serve as symbolism connected towards the love/obsession counterparts.

what would be a common myth of yours in popular culture? a common myth of mine would be through the story of how i met my beloved, and the stories that surround us both. displaying both tales of love, grief, and war. all of the things that i have been associated with in my counterparts. i would believe many people would make rewrites of our stories like how people do with hades and persephone.

how would people worship you? people would worship me through personal altars, not very much am I a person for elaborate temples and I've always found more importance through small and thoughtful gestures. small altars and shrines would be placed in my honor, typically in people's homes. as I am believed to be a benevolent but protective deity among those who worship me, despite my relations with death, they would believe having an altar for me in their homes would bring them protection.

what kinds of people would work with you? the kinds of people that work with me would be those who are recovering and trying to battle addiction, this denoting detail being here due that within memories of the lives I have lived, addiction had been a struggle. (i don't identify with the labels in accordance to it due to the body i inhabit has never handled such). those who have dealt with the loss of loved ones of any sort, and those who want to learn how to handle their grief.

these people would be those who often have a harder shell towards the world around them or have struggles with retaining empathy for people, as even myself has this own issue.

i work with people who have trouble and problems that mirror mine. or those who seek a paternal figure / patron, as my belief lies in every child should have a parent but not every parent should have a child. so i would think teens who have trouble with paternal figures may seek me out as a way of trying to find something to latch onto.

how would popular culture misunderstand you? as most mortals would, they'd not understand the grief fueled responses that came out of me in the tales of how i behaved after her deaths. they would mark me off as irresponsible or even cruel, even despite the fact that loss of a mate could kill people in the realm i existed in. i am a lucky soul to have come out of it alive but yet not because i was tormented by knowing her loss.

in some sense, the girlies from booktok would look at me and thing 'oh he's just a possesive angry man' when that is the largest misunderstanding at large. i am not inherently angry, just quick to fire at certain points during my lives. as well as the fact my devotion to my beloved could be misinterpreted as too much.

#otherkin #otherkin safe #otherkin community #divinekin #factuallydivine

[darxk]

iris - i don't want the world to see me

tw/cw: blood, cuts, emotionally pressuring thoughts, breakdown

a/n i definitely vented to some degree in this

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as you watched the blood trickle down your fingertips, you couldn’t help but wonder how you ended up like this. how you ended up with a torn apart room and bloody hands.

the game was a 6 of clubs. you felt like screaming. how much more can you take? how many people did you have to please in order to survive? you wanted so badly to snap the neck of one of the players for verbally berating you. “you’re so weak and limp! i heard that you couldn’t even protect your teammates last round! what makes you think i’d play with you?” . you winced every word the man spat. he didn’t stop until kuina gave him a piece of her mind

after the vile man had left, kuina turned to you, “are you ok?!” you nod. her face hardens, “why didn’t you do anything?”

you had been at a loss for words. the man had been a key player and you couldn’t do anything. you didn’t want to seem too hardheaded to anyone.

you had been able to complete the game and took the cars back to the beach where kuina rambled on about some random thing. you had bid her goodbye and quickly hurried to your room, brushing past a man in a hoodie.

as soon as you collapsed in your room, a string of curses escaped your throat. “why the fuck am i even crying?!” you laughed hysterically, “i’m just being stupid.”

“stop crying, it’s unsightly!”

“how shameless… to think you would act out like this.”

“how selfish.”

the memory was a slap to the cheek. you remembered that day, the neighbours had kicked a ball to your face, and you went to seek comforting words from your family but that was the only thing they said were those harsh words. you had quickly learned that getting mad at anyone was useless, that it wouldn’t benefit you. you just wanted someone to see you for you, not the world you would misunderstand your whole being. but when you had found someone, he was cold and dishonest… not the best person but you took what you got. and you probably took too much. because that’s what you do, you take, and you take without ever giving.

today was the tipping of the scale, you were at the height of emotional capacity, sick of bottling everything up. you grabbed the nearby glasses and threw them at the wall. you were being petty and having a meltdown, but nobody could see you, so you didn’t give a fuck.

you threw anything fragile at the walls or anything sturdy, lamps, cosmetics, anything. when you had run out of those you picked up the larger shards and threw those. they of course sliced your hands, crimson liquid flowing from the cuts.

so that was how you got here, curled up on the bed, bloody, numb and an emotional wreck that was surrounded by glass shards of various sizes.

“this is a mess,” a deep voice sounded from the doorway. you didn’t even have to turn to face the intruder to identify the owner of the voice.

“go away, chishiya. i’m not in the mood for your games,” you huffed.

chishiya ignored you and walked around the wreck, observing and chuckling at the mess, “i could hear your temper tantrum from down the hall. never knew you could be this emotional, it doesn’t suit you.”

you were beyond embarrassed. if he could hear you, that would mean some of the other members of the beach did as well

you opted to ignore his snide remarks and buried your face deeper into your legs. “hey. stop hiding,” you could feel his presence looming above you beside the bed.

you grabbed a glass shard, wincing as it left gashes on your palm, and pointed the tip of it to him, “what would you know about hiding? you’re just your bitchy self, day and night.”

chishiya sighed as he took the glass out of your hand, exploiting the fact you were too weak and numb to put up a fight. he clicked open a box which he seemed to have brought in. he took you by the hands and examined your body and quickly got to work, dabbing the disinfectant on the cuts which left you hissing and wincing, even shying away from his grasp until he held you in place.

after disinfecting your wounds, he gently wrapped strips of bandages over your legs and arms.

“done,” he puts away the kit and quickly cleared the glass from the floor and the bed into a pile, “you should get some sleep.”

as he is about to walk out, you grab onto the sleeve of his hoodie, your eyes growing more sore and heavier by the second, “please don’t go… shuntaro…”

he chuckles and sits next to you as you begin to lie and drift to sleep. he places a tender kiss on your forehead as he assumes a lying position by your side, your pinkies just touching.

as he watches you breathe steady breaths, he notices you vulnerable you are in your sleep. none of those facades or false emotions, just genuine fatigue. as he shifts his body to hug yours, he begins to drift off to sleep while thinking, you deserve so much better, before sleep claimed his senses.

#chishiya alice in borderland #chishiya x y/n #chishiya x you #chishiya imagine #chishiya fanfic #chishiya fic #alice in borderland #alice in boderland x reader #drabble #oneshot #one shot #angst with fluff #angst with a happy ending #chishiya shuntaro #aib chishiya #shuntaro chishiya x reader #shuntaro chishiya

[knight-of-skyloft]

For the ask game:

😠 Venli/Moash

What annoys me the most about Venli/Moash? Ooh boy, I am living dangerously by answering this one 😂

What annoys me is that when people talk about this ship they tend to wildly misunderstand both characters in a way that like. Physically makes my teeth hurt.

I'm going to preface this by saying that I like Moash quite a bit. I understand why he made the choices he made, even if I disagree with many of them. I think his grievances with the Alethi lighteyed class are extremely justified, and I am angry at how he's been mistreated, both by in-universe characters and by the fandom.

However. He does not care about singers. He thinks of them as 1) a philosophical device that reinforces his worldview, and 2) things that arm him and point him at the people he wants to hurt. I know this is a hard pill for a lot of you to swallow. I'm sorry.

I have a lot to say on this particular topic but ugh this is an ask game it's supposed to be light and breezy. In short: he believes that the "Voidbringers" are a punishment from the Almighty for the way humans treated each other (and not the way humans treated singers); he protects Sah's crew because he wants the Fused to be better than humans, to justify his belief that humans have fallen from grace and have been supplanted by the singers; he believes even after a year of serving the Fused that the singers are humanity's "parents", divinely ordained to teach them a more moral way of living.

...This is all to say that I don't think Moash would see Venli as a person in the same way that he sees himself as a person. This can be an interesting dynamic to explore, absolutely, but it's a far cry from posts I've seen that say they would make each other better.

Now onto Venli! For over a decade, Venli has been trying to find a way to exist apart from humans-- not their ally, not their enemy, just... nothing. She wants to untangle herself and her people from them. She wants humans to be irrelevant to the Listeners, like they were before. One of my favorite things about her storyline is that while she will give aid to humans if she feels it's the right thing to do and there's no other choice, she never receives a human's help in any significant way. She couldn't have found her way back to her people without her group of new Listeners, without Leshwi, without Rlain, even without Raboniel-- but she absolutely could have done it without humans. All of this could lead to a really interesting dynamic between her and Moash, but frankly I don't think the fandom is ready for that conversation.

Anyway. I've had some fun conversations imagining these two in an absolute dumpster fire of a relationship. I think you'd really have to look to find two people who give less of a shit about each other's problems. Can we have more of that when talking about this ship please?

#stormlight archive #stormlight archive spoilers #rhythm of war spoilers #ask game

[naomihatake]

Hello there

If your requests are still open then I had a zoro one in my mind. Kindly ignore if it's too long😅

The straw hat crew goes to an island to stay for a week. There zoro is just walking around when he comes across a girl whose face is covered with scarf and she is dueling 2 sword style with the villagers and beats them all when zoro steps up. Zoro asks the girl to show her face if he wins as reward and she agrees. Zoro wins and has the girl pinned on the floor beneath him🤭 and his hand raises to uncover her scarf but a villager rushes and tells the girl that the pirate lord's soliders are in the village. So the girl apologises to zoro and leaves. The straw hat pirates are invited by the pirate lord that rules the island and there sitting by the lord's feet zoro notices that the girl has the same eyes as the one he fought. The pirate lord treats her badly and has kept her as a sex slave(it's alright if you don't go into the specifics) then zoro gets ro meet the girl alone and she tells him she wanted to be world's greatest swordswoman but the pirate lord tortured her village and kept her by his side and all. She fights along side the straw hat pirates against the pirate lord and defeats his crew. She then joins the straw hat crew and maybe you can add some zoro x reader moments 🥺

Hello! I don't know if my requests are open either, but I like the idea and I'm trying my best to make sense of the scenes I have in my head with this plotline. I'm very stubborn and picky about the things that I like to write, but if I think about it, I can do something with this.

To be honest, I would like to go into the specifics of reader's trauma regarding the way she was treated and I might add some details so it would sound plausible to me. Like, she's a strong swordswoman, so why wouldn't she be able to escape, right? Some blackmailing comes in handy because it would suit the story — she can't disobey the Lord because it might put someone in danger, like her family, for example.

I have to find answers for so many questions that start with why because that's how I am as a writer. Why is she fighting the villagers? Was it her that jumped into the fight or the people? Why would they attack her? Would she have to kill or just defend herself because of a misunderstanding? Was she forced by the circumstances to attack? Was the girl just training with some young men because they asked her to? Was she protecting someone else from some drunk violent people?

Zoro wouldn't let innocent and unarmed people get hurt, which means he'd defend them without being asked to — he's a noble swordsman in his own way, despite the humor, teasing and his blunt behavior.

(I'm taking so many pauses while responding to this because I need to think 🤣)

Okay, by asking myself so many questions, I think I can do something with this. The only issue is that I'm busy and my inspiration is weird, so I don't know for sure when I will write this particular scenario. I really wish to write this for you, but I hope you can be patient with me <3

I like to take my time and not skip details I find to be very important, like feelings and circumstances, like the characterization and the portrayal of trauma. I like posting things that I am proud of — I don't like being superficial and I hope you can understand.

When I do write it, I'll make sure to tag you. Thank you for telling me your idea and even if this is not a promise, I'll try my best <333

Side note: if I write this, i think it will be longer than 4-5k words.

#asks #request

[readingwithrhia]

Linger - MPHFPC Fanfiction ( Alma Peregrine x OC Daughter character Avalon Peregrine)

Trigger Warning ⚠️

Disclaimer, I only own Avalon Lefay Peregrine, the other characters rightfully belong to Ransom Riggs

Based on Ransom Riggs bestseller Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children.

This is a fan-fiction story

Rape, incest, and mature content will be included in this story. Read at your own risk.

21+

Trigger Warning ⚠️

——————— Chapter 01 ——————

I WAS UNWANTED — that's all I have ever known since I was born to this world of cruelty and evil; tranquility serving as a veil of illusion that everything was under control in this land of blood and chaos.

My name is Avalon LeFay Peregrine — the very daughter of the youngest and most gifted ymbryne of the peculiardom; Miss Alma LeFay Peregrine — I am only sixteen years of age inside the loop, but when I step out of its protection, I am decades older than my physical appearance.

Misunderstanding is what sets people on fire, but fear not, there would be not a trace of flame of misunderstanding in what I'm about to say — My mother loves me with all her heart, all of my flaws, all of the things I wish I did not have; even though sometimes, she trembled intensely while crying her heart out; holding back sobs as she apologized why she couldn't look at me for so long.

She wasn't disgusted. She wasn't ungrateful. There was not a trace of hatred in her voice as she apologized and held me in her motherly arms in search for comfort — she was drowning in a cesspool of guilt, because she could not bear to look at her only biological child even if she forces herself to focus her eyes on me. The reason was understandable, I bring back the storm of memories she wanted to vanish to oblivion.

She loved me, and told me I was her everything.

The reason I knew I was unwanted is from the fact I am the product of a forced, incestuous process — created in such a horrifying way that left my mother scars of trauma and nightmares; not only in her physique, but were engraved in her brain.

My father is Caul Bentham; a deranged man, so insane to the point that he could not care and would not care to distinguish the right and wrong — he even raped his own younger sister for his own pleasure.

I am a peculiar, they say, because I was able to live in a loop for such a long time; but if you ask me, the manifestation of my peculiarity seems to be delayed.

On one tragic night, my father bomboarded into our household — while Jacob and Emma were fighting that hollow he sent — and took Mom, Miss Avocet and myself.

But I was separated from them, and instead I was kept in a location I had no idea of — but I could describe the eerie smiles the wights gave me that made the atmosphere more deadly and absurd. I was an experiment — they pierced holes through my wrists to inject the souls of a peculiar.

As my father said I was to be some kind of a living weapon equipped with several peculiarities — but that was the last time I ever saw him; knowing that we were going to war with hollowgasts against the peculiar kind. I was alone in that hell hole of a house — cold, horrifying, depressing; just the epitome of a living hell.

Until the day came, Jacob Portman along with Mom barging through that door — I knew I was saved; because they saved me. I was only saved from that hell house, but not from the essentials coursing through my veins.

#alma peregrine #alma peregrine x reader #eva green

[mcmactictac]

Finally got around to watching sea beast. (Spoilers ahead) God that movie is wonderful. Someone had told me they thought I’d like it because it reminded them of httyd and they had such good points. I am such a sucker for that trope of “bad things aren’t really bad there’s just been so much misunderstanding that’s led to destruction”.

The diversity within it! The fact that Maisie is wonderful inspiration for kids, and she had Sarah there as inspiration for herself! The way hunters aren’t seen as an exclusively male profession! And the biggest problem with Maisie wanting to be a hunter wasn’t the fact she was a girl! Just because of her age. I loved seeing that.

Visually it’s so stunning as well the use of perspective is just incredible. Like the perspective differences between Red and then with Maisie and Jacob? Like the use of the extreme wide shots throughout the film to take the sense of scale and make it feel very real? They left wonderful pauses that let the weight of the shot impact you, which can really be seen whenever people fall in water. Those moments of large scale seem to be granted more time which adds to the impact.

I also really loved the concept “you can be a hero and be wrong” because those people thought what they were doing was right, and were protecting the people around them. They were a hero to some, and a villain to others. The lines between good and bad are often not as cut and dry as they are made out to be. It doesn’t shame the hunters of the past and make them out to be monsters for what they did, but it does acknowledge that they might not have done what was right. That to truly understand their actions you need to have that accountability but also the understanding that at that time, they didn’t know any better.

And although it was more subtlety touched on in the film the commentary about the way history is dictated. That through the story there were constant miscommunications and facts that were untrue. From the very beginning when Jacob says he killed 5 instead of 4, it establishes an unreliable historical narrative, even if it’s not realized till later. And the fact that all of the books came from the same place, all with the same seal? Like anyone really paying attention could have spotted that, but they had no reason to question what they’d been told. And refusing to question what you’re told is fact can be dangerous and lead to mentalities like the sea beast being dangerous.

Also it was just cute yk I’m a sucker for the family dynamic and stuff yk what can I say it’s found family and basically pirates like there’s no way I couldn’t like that. But yeah! Wonderful film :)

#sea beast #the sea beast #netflix #animation #movies #childrens movies

[alluramunroe]

Vasco’s LGBT Adventure

This is just a little idea of how Vasco manages to create an LGBT division of Burn Knuckles possibly named the Gay brass.

Vasco goes to the gay district of Seoul (which a quick google search revealed is called Homo Hill) for whatever Allied reason and ends up seeing a trans woman getting harassed. Of course, he jumps in no questions asked. After beating up the bad guys, Vasco slowness helped him out not to misgender the woman all he saw was the dress and was like this is a woman, even though she is a trans woman that does not try to conform to hyper-femininity.

This leads to flowers surrounding Vasco in her vision, and ask why did Vasco help because when you are on the outskirts of the gay district you tend to get less help form bystanders when getting harassed. But Vasco does not realize that her implied question and he thinks its just regular harassment and its like I am not a burn knuckles if I don’t protect.

After that the woman helps Vasco on his Allied mission and at the same time explain to all her friends how Vasco saved her. Over the days Vasco helps many of the members of the LGBT community and ends up amassing a following similar to his time when he accidently created the homeless fam.

Vasco came to the district in his leather jacket with the burn knuckles logo. One of the queens of the district made a leather jacket with the burn knuckles logo surrounded by a gay pride flag flame. Vasco is like oh thank you I want to get a matching one for my partner and he's like him and his partner had a little falling out before he got here and wants to get them something nice to show he still loves them. Throughout his whole explanation he was using gender neutral pronouns, so everybody like oh no Vasco had a falling out with his girlfriend, even though he's been helping them the LGBT members still think Vasco is straight. But whole time he's talking about Jace and not even in a romantic way.

Before he got to the district he lost his phone, so its been radio silence from him so Jace and Leon Lee, who is still pretending to be a male comes to find him. They see they are a part of the Burn Knuckles but the members of the gay district are wary because some of them have picked up that Vasco is a little slow that he has not realized some of them are trans or even drag queens. One of the drag queens have talked to Vasco in drag and out of drag and realized Vasco thinks they are two different people. They don’t know if the burn Knuckles are as accepting as Vasco makes them appear.

Even weary of Jace and Leon, they take them to Vasco whose been stationed a VIP section of a gay club with the Gay Burn Knuckles logo somehow behind him. Jace and Leon are like what the hell? Vasco is just happy to see Jace because he thought Jace was really mad at him since Jace hasn't contacted him but forgetting he lost his phone how will Jace contact him.

Vasco in his happiness exclaims that his partner returned for him and hugs Jace and is saying he loves him and he is so sorry. And the gay district members are like what he's gay? They start cheering yeah Vasco the leader of gay brass (the burn knuckles LGBT division) is forgiven by his partner. Jace is like what the hell is Gay Brass and Vasco distressed at somehow making another crew is like I don’t know.

Meanwhile, Leon has picked up that people are referring to Jace as Vasco's romantic partner and not his crew partner/friend and is pissed/jealous. And people turn to her and like oh are you also Vasco's partner and she just exclaims yes without clearing any misunderstanding. More gay shock! Vasco is not only gay but is in a poly relationship with two other men! Also, people are picking up she is not a cis-male and are like exploding at this point Vasco is not only gay but in a poly relationship with two men one of which is trans!

After none of the confusion is cleared up, Vasco, Jace and Leon leave having completed the Allied mission but all with small patches on their sleeves with the gay brass symbol.

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Detective’s Requiem...

So that’s the full story, huh?

Yeah...

I made the decision to save his life after he tried to cover for me...Then he sacrificed his life to save mine...

I still can’t quite believe what I’m hearing...

Do you not believe me?

No. I believe you. I doubt you would have reacted so strongly if you didn’t have some degree of care...

Sora-san verified your testimony as well. I doubt the both of you would lie about something like this.

Don’t say that as if we’re in court, dude.

By the way...Who’s responsible for this?

*Kaede, her friends, as well as Kuripa, Sora and Yoruko, stand at the foot of the Tower. Monodam’s remains have been buried under the shade, and a small makeshift gravestone has been erected upon them, with a neat drawing of Monodam sketched upon it.

Oh, that was Gonta.

...!

Gonta wasn’t sure what to do, but he want to cheer Kaede up...so he gather Monokub’s remains and decided to give him a proper burial.

Gonta not quite sure what he should do...But Gonta get the feeling Kaede really care for bear and...would have wanted this for him. So Gonta dug grave and...Kurafto-san made headstone.

Just doing my part. Gokuhara just asked me because he said he said I was good at drawing.

Then again, Gonta not sure if bear would appreciate being buried in ground forever, but-!

Gonta...it’s fine...I’m really glad you cared enough.

Of course. Gonta care about Kaede, and any friend of Kaede is friend of Gonta’s!

He’s right. I don’t think I can bring myself to hate this guy after all he apparently did for you.

All things considered, he WAS the most tolerable of those walking trashbags...

Kaede...Can I ask something?

...Yeah?

I know the circumstances aren’t what we wanted...but doesn’t this count as him being free?

That was all he wanted...And even though he’s not with us anymore...At least he’s not stuck in that lab anymore...and he did get to see the sky before he...y’know.

...I think you’re the only one who can answer that, Sora.

Huh?

Would you say that even artificial intelligence can make it to the afterlife?

Oh uh...I’m not trying to be rude here, Keebo. Mii-Yu.

No offense taken.

None at all.

I...I don’t know...

Why even ask this Sora?

...

I guess I’m just trying to figure out if all of this was worth it...

I just feel so...pathetic...! I was nothing but RUDE to him the whole time we were working together, and he kept on jumping in the way to protect us!

He had dreams and aspirations of his own that he was fighting for, but he kept trying to throw them away if it meant protecting ours!

...!

I know this is so so SO stupid to say, but...

I’M the one...who should have been destroyed...I’m the one who deserved it...!

Sora...! Don’t...!

I know it’s dumb! But Monodam was a good soul and I...I just wasn’t!

I don’t even know why I’m crying! I don’t need to think about it this way!

...Am I really this weak...!?

No Sora. It’s because you’re too strong for your own good.

Huh?

That’s a weakness that you and Kaede share. Though I know you wouldn’t ever admit it, you’re incredibly empathetic, and it’s what draws people to you.

Emphathetic? Empathy, huh?

I dunno, I don’t feel empathetic just...pathetic...

Sora, you really don’t need to shoot yourself down like you’re the bad guy in all of this.

We wouldn’t have been able to rescue Kisaragi if you hadn’t removed your shackles. You didn’t want to do it, but you did it anyway for us.

Monodam’s not the only one who made sacrifices. You were willing to give yourself up for the others too!

Wait...You really did that?

H-Hey! I told you not to tell her!

Oops! Guess I forgot~

Ugh! You did that on purpose!

Sora...

...!?

I’m proud of you.

...

Thank you...

Though, I have to wonder something...

What’s that?

Ok, this question might sound sensitive, but know that it comes from a place of ignorance and misunderstanding than anything.

Iruma...You’re an inventor, right?

Yeah?

And...so is Kisaragi.

So...why don’t the two of you just work together...and REBUILD the Monokub?

Do you really think she’s gonna be able to rebuild him from the fractured tiny pieces that Otonokoji turned him into?

But surely it wouldn’t be impossible to build him from scratch, right? I mean...Sora died in the Neo World, but Rei rebuilt her from scratch.

Well Miu? What say you? 

Think we could bring him back to life?

Who do you think you’re talking to? Of course I can rebuild him...

You CAN!?

Why didn’t you say so sooner!?

I didn’t wanna go and do anything without Kaede’s permission...and...there IS a catch.

Future Foundation has Monokuma anatomical diagrams on hand, and it would be super easy to get my hands on one of them here at the Tower...So yeah, if I wanted to, I could rebuild Monodam’s body easily. But that’s not the problem.

Then what IS the problem?

There are some components I would need to take from Monodam in order to properly resurrect him. For example, his core memory drive.

I would have been able to right his personality, and restore his memories if I had that. But that’s not possible now...

Otonokoji probably smashed it to bits, didn’t she?

Yep...So much that I couldn’t even recognize it. It was literally in a million pieces. And it’s a small thing too, so there’s no way I could recreate it or put it back together.

So...Let me get this straight...

You COULD rebuild Monodam...But if you did, it would be pointless because...he wouldn’t really be Monodam anymore?

At best, he’d be a mindless drone, with no memory of what happened in the lab, or his experiences with Kaede and Sora. He wouldn’t remember a thing, and wouldn’t be the friend they knew him for.

At worst...I could just end up creating another enemy to deal with.

...

Sorry to put that picture in your head...

No, it’s fine. Thanks for letting me know.

Well? You still wanna give it a shot? There’s always hope, right?

No...I think I’m ok with things the way they are. Thank you for offering at least, Miu.

*She looks back towards the grave.

I’m gonna be honest here...I never really agreed with the idea that the Future Foundation could just...bring back the dead if they felt like it...

Really?

Sometimes it’s necessary for our causes. Like Ms Chiebukuro’s resurrection as a means of a deal between the two Foundations...And with Saionji and Hanamura’s resurrections too.

But if we really could just abuse the power of bringing back those we love...It’s not only unfair, but it’s WRONG.

Who gives us the right to be the only one’s with that privilege? It’s too much power for man to have, and I have never once thought of myself as above the rest of humanity.

And yeah, I don’t want to watch my friends die, and I don’t like grieving my losses, but if we just use this power and refuse to move on from our grievances, we DON’T LEARN.

Akamatsu...

And you know what? Monodam always had the idea that humans were unruly, unprogressive, and that they would never change...

I want to prove him wrong...

...

What an interesting way of looking at things, Kaede Akamatsu.

Mrs Kyoko!

*Kyoko, Byakuya and Makoto suddenly join the group.

Don’t mind us...We’re just here to deliver a few messages and...talk a little.

The Kisaragi Foundation have decided to take over Kanade Otonokoji’s transfer. They’ll be escorting her via chopper back to their headquarters.

Setsuka has specifically asked that you accompany them, Kaede. You’re free to bring your friends along too, provided you manage how many come along.

Why do they want her?

Haha! In Chiebukuro’s own words...

“Kanade is scared shitless of KaKa, so I can’t wait to see how she’ll react when we let her tag along!”

Hah! It’s funny hearing that come from YOUR mouth.

It’s impressive that someone as ruthless as Kanade Otonokoji can experience such traumatic fear...

And rooted from Kaede of all people.

Yeah...I’m not proud of it...

You should be~

Oh, and also...

Now that the incident has been resolved, we’ve been meaning to talk to you, Shuichi.

...?

Rantaro has already spoken to us in advance. He told me that you had taken time to think about your actions and reflect upon them.

And with Kaede now free from the lab, your main source of concern and conflict is gone...So would you like to return to Branch 2?

Just like that...?

You will need to go through a short process, and you owe your team an apology. But they’re willing to give you a second chance.

...Byakuya...You’re currently leading Branch 2 in my place, right? Like you were before.

That is correct.

Would it be selfish to ask that you continue to do so for a little while longer?

...!

So...you’re not returning to your position?

Not yet. I hope the offer stays open for a while longer, but for now, I would rather leave the Branch to people more responsible.

Are you sure about this Shuichi?

I’m not saying I’m against the idea...but why?

If I may be so bold...You two were wrong about me...I’m NOT good enough to be a Branch Chief...

Shuichi...

...

But I intend to try hard until I AM good enough. Until I really am confident in my abilities as a leader and as a detective. 

You heard Kaede just now...about how we need to take it upon ourselves to learn and grow...And I really thought that ever since the Killing Game ended, I had grown a lot...But now I know that I still have just as much baggage as I did when all of this started...

I’m sorry for the way I acted back at the lab, and I intend to try hard to make up for it...But I also will never stop caring about the people I’m close to, and I will do ANYTHING to make sure they’re alright...

I don’t like admitting that...But I’ve spent too long running from both the truth and my responsibilities.

So even if it makes you doubt me, I won’t let a single lie fall from my lips. I won’t lie to you, or even myself.

Good boy. So, what do you intend to do?

To summarize...Get back on my own two feet, by myself this time.

...Care to elaborate?

I’ve never once been ashamed to rely on my friends. And I’m always there if my friends need to rely on me...But now that the dust has settled, I’ve really come to realize something. Especially with my relationship with Kaede.

...What’s wrong Shuichi?

Yeah, what are you saying?

...I...

I love all of you guys...And I don’t ever want us to be apart again...

But...I think I need to go at it alone for a little bit...That might be what’s best for me.

Alone?

Oooh...is this the breakup process!?

No, no, it’s not that! Not that at all!

I’ll still hang out with you guys! And...I’d like to stay with you Kaede. If you’ll have me...

I’m talking in terms of our work...and our fight. 

*Shuichi turns his back and looks up at the Tower.

When Kaede died in the Killing Game, I swore to myself that I would stand on my own hope, and not try and use other people as an emotional crutch, just to get by.

But I didn’t...I just latched onto the next person who approached me and relied too much on them...

You mean Kaito, right?

Shuichi, I-

Don’t...I know you were trying to help...and you did! I will always be grateful for the things you’ve done for both me AND Maki.

But that’s the thing...For the both of you, I needed YOU more than YOU needed ME.

Kaede proved in the last few days that she no longer needs me to fend for herself, and for others. And you Kaito, have done the same many times in the past, being a true leader and figurehead for me.

From my end though? Our relationship is WAY too codependent. 

I love both of you, from the bottom of my heart...But if I’m going to become the person that I really want to be?

I...need space...From both of you...No, not just the two of you. I need space from ALL of you...

And let me make this clear...NONE of you have done ANYTHING wrong. This is a me issue exclusively. There’s a lot I need to figure out, particularly about my future, and how I really feel about the people around me.

Hm...Is that right?

I’ll say again...You’re all SO important to me, and I’m glad I still have you all around. And this isn’t going to stop us from being friends, or hanging out, or anything like that.

But you’ve all done so much for me...TOO much for me, in fact...And I know you’re all probably worried about me and what I’ve decided to do, but...

...I’ll be ok. I promise.

...*sigh* Alright...But I love you Shuichi, and I won’t hold it against you if you change your mind.

We understand Shuichi...This is exactly why you’re one of the only men that I trust. Because you always know what’s best.

Good on you for coming to that conclusion I guess...But you really don’t have to be afraid of relying on us if things get rough.

You have my support bro...Uh...from a distance, that is.

Gonta not really understand, but Gonta happy for Shuichi. And Gonta glad that he and Shuichi can still be friends.

Whatever you wish, I will comply.

Heh...Good luck with all that.

Same.

Good for you Shuichi. If that’s really your decision, then I will approve of it.

This is just another trait of human nature that I must learn from. 

Hmph...I think I’ve said enough on the topic.

Heh...I knew you’d come around eventually.

Rantaro!

*Rantaro joins the group.

Otonokoji’s transfer is the one thing remaining on the bucket list. We’d best get to that soon.

Why do you say that?

*Rantaro looks over at his fellow emerald-hair.

Kuripa...I think it’s about time, right?

Time for what?

*Kuripa turns and addresses the whole group.

Rantaro and I...have been keeping a lot of info close to the chest. For a long time now actually. I’m sure a lot of you probably came to that conclusion.

I had a feeling...but you seemed insistent, so I never pried.

Thank you for that. But you don’t need to worry anymore. I promise, and I MEAN I promise...That I will tell you EVERYTHING I know.

Everything that WE know...

...Alright...We’ll hold you to that.

*Unbeknownst to the group, someone eavesdrops on their conversation from behind the corner.

...

So that’s your decision, huh Shuichi?...Wow...

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