but all might's characterization drawing so much strength from mother figures. his victory pose, his laugh, from his earliest memories with his mother. learning to smile and be strong from nana. thinking of nana in his worst moments and gaining strength- i thought of her as my own mother, being formed as a person by nana's life and death. i dont know why hori specifically chose to make the seventh holder a woman (shigaraki's story would have worked if nana was male) but i love that toshinori yagi is a mama's boy.
so much of the media i love has cool male mentors or emphasises fathers, male mentors, or if women are a source of drive or inspiration they exist in that capacity as lovers; but to have an Incredibly Powerful male hero that goes "yes, i derive all my strength from my mother-figure mentor" is so dear to me. his earliest memories of his happy childhood featuring his biological mother.
My favorite past time is reminding people that Percy's fatal flaw being "excessive loyalty" would make him 10 times scarier if he truly turned "dark". Letting them know that Percy would do things that make what Luke did look absolutely harmless. That if anyone were to hurt someone that he considers a loved one or friend, that Percy "I wanted to see just how much missery missery could take" Jackson would probably torture them and put them through hell that would make Tartarus look like a cake walk. That with his powers he could easily become scarier and more intimidating than any monster or god in existence.
That if you thought Luke was any type of monster, then Percy would be 50 times worse.
Obi-Wan Kenobi: You need to kill Darth Vader! The very fate of the galaxy depends on it! He is pure evil. The source of all that is wrong in universe. Every bad thing that has ever happened ever is his fault - like on a personal level.
Obi-Wan Kenobi: You want me to kill him? Me? The master swordsman? The battle-hardened general? Arguably one of the greatest Jedi of all time? Oh no, I couldn’t possibly!
Obi-Wan Kenobi: No you don’t understand - I love him. Mind your fucking business.
one. percy was almost luke. two. he only didn't become just like him because he had a good support system outside of the deadbeat dad shitshow. three. still, he only didn't betray his family (his mom and his friends) because his literal biggest flaw is his loyalty to the people he loves. he does not love the gods. he understands luke. he is constantly, overarching-major-theme angry with his lot in life As He Should Be. he only didn't fully go off the rails because of his support system and for his love for them and frankly. their vigilance towards him and their knowledge that he could be very dangerous. holds your face in my hands. do you get what im saying. luke didn't have anyone. he felt responsible for annabeth. his best friend got turned into a tree, dude, and then she nerfed her place as the prophecy kid by joining artemis. to him, in his mind, she was all he had and she left him! twice!. he is no more angry at the gods than percy the difference is that percy had some semblance of help. and he still showed warning signs of slipping off the deep end. this is a story about a bunch of angry and abandoned children and what they do to try to survive. and to find justice. in any way that they can. percy is so angry. he shows it. he scared the shit out of annabeth when they were in tartarus because he lashed out at a monster not just out of fear but out of helplessness and cornered animal malice. luke was seventeen in tlt and percy was seventeen (eighteen?) when he fell into tartarus. luke felt so helpless. percy did too. all the time. is this mic on
@dinlukeweek Halloween special "Scary stories and Tall tales"! Surely you did that in the old canon and novel 'Jedi search', Luke. Surely you walked on lava and fought a lava dragon. what, like it's hard?
Luke's life was music. He didn't love anything else than that. Then he met Julie.
Carmy was the best chef at 21 and after his brother died, he wanted nothing more than fix Mike's restaurant so it could be a place ran by adults. Then he met Sydney.
just like sydcarmy, juke makes each other better:
my twinssss
so, yeah, i think a lot about them
and also about the fact that Luke brought music back to Julie's life and Carmy hires Sydney and inadvertently makes food good again for her. Both Luke and Carmy see their potential and do whatever it takes to bring it to surface. They're down BADDD
Syd's failed in the past, but Carmy sees the undeniable passion within her and harness her talent to do big things. So does Luke with Julie's talent.
bonusssss:
like, both of them fully turning around ready to follow their annoyed soulmates just tickles my heart in a different way, i guess