note to self : avoid the makoto niijima tag. jesus. so much hate. she’s not just a mitsuru copy because she’s student council president?? she’s not anything like mitsuru. she’s not badly written because she wants to be a cop?? that arc doesn’t come out of nowhere & icb people act like cuz her dad died on duty she should hate the police force?? she looks up to him for dying saving people?? & don’t get me started on “she’s just a nagging girl stereotype” dafuq?? Makoto has so much depth & icb urg i didn’t even scroll down far & saw all this i just wanted to reblog some cute shit jesus.
I’ve been watching Thunderbirds (original and reboot!) lately and I’m just obsessed with the whole thing, so here’s a fake book cover with both my beloved Tintins! 🚀🔎
mitzi's pearl necklace as a microcosm for this whole mess....
it's a symbol of her life with Atlas and her relationship with him -- she sees it as a way that Atlas made her a 'a lady', made her feel like she wasn't 'tawdry' (note how easily she slips into reminiscing about the memories linked to it, even to Zib, who knows the story). Atlas probably purchased it with blood money. Once the necklace snaps, it's basically impossible to put it back together without covering yourself in gutter dirt, but she can't bring herself to let go. She eventually gets the physical symbol of the memories back(rethreading the necklace), but it's a hollow victory. It won't bring back Atlas, and it comes at the cost of collateral damage (rip virgil) and alienating Zib.
Mitzi, you can't go back! you can fight and scratch and claw but you can never go back! What you are searching for is not something that can be put back together. girl, you are looking back, and you are getting lost.