#but i'm not certain who exactly is responsible for this particular piece

[gwenbrightly]

(Re)Building the Future Chapter 1

A mixture of ideas I’ve had rolling around in my brain since Ruin came out. Please enjoy.

 "I'm so sorry…"

"I love carrot cake. Happy birthday, Cassie…"

There's a click accompanied by sobbing, and then……. Nothing… 

…….. 

………. 

Beep. Beep. Beep. 

"Reboot complete."

Roxy regains awareness with a groan. What happened?

She tries to sit up, but something heavy is pressing down on her. Great. Just great. It feels like one of those vehicles humans use to get around the Pizza Plex. Inferior to her golf carts, of course, but also dreadfully inconvenient to be trapped under. And Roxy would know. This isn't the first time one has fallen on her since she lost her eyes to that stupid boy, Gregory. That horrible awful loser. How she'd like to get her claws on him… 

"Roxyyy" 

Roxy tries to ignore the obnoxious voice in her head. Plotting revenge is much more appealing right now than dealing with Helpy. Unfortunately, Helpy doesn't seem to feel the same way. 

"ROXANNE WOLF!" He blasts. If she were human, the volume would probably be painful. 

"What? I'm a little busy here." Roxy finally replies, giving the vehicle another shove to prove her point. 

"You're needed down below. That silly girl showed up out of nowhere and I… May have shown her how to deactivate all of M.X.E.S's security nodes. There's nothing keeping It from getting out now!" 

"Oh, Fizzy Faz. Why would you give a child that kind of power?" Roxy really wishes cursing wasn't against her programming. 

Helpy is right (for once). This is very bad. 

"I’ve been feeling a little glitchy today, okay? Anyway," Helpy says, clearly avoiding responsibility for his mistakes, "we've got a HUGE problem, so get down there and do something."

"What exactly do you want me to do? Beat it in a race?" Roxy asks, finally managing to dislodge her good leg. 

"Beating It is an option. Just not in a race. Don't worry - I'll be here to guide you, since, you know, you can't see! I'll be like your seeing eye bear!" Helpy says enthusiastically. 

Roxy sighs. Normally, she hates spending time with Helpy. He's an annoying little digital know it all who doesn't know how to shut up. (and he did just insult her). But without her eyes, she doesn't really have a choice. Her Number 1 Twice is somewhere down below and has no idea what she's unleashed. She has to save Cassie. And taking It down is also important, she supposes. 

Roxy is built for speed and agility. The next few minutes pass in a blur. Down the stairs - she loses track of how many flights. The elevator has already left. She takes another route. One covered with debris she must navigate. (If Helpy is leading her to her death, she'll kill him first). There are places she has to tunnel through planks and concrete rubble to make her way. But she does it. It's damp. She can hear water nearby and the ground makes a squishy noise when she steps in certain places. "Oh hey! There's an underground waterfall over there!" Helpy informs her at one point. 

"Focus, Helpy. We're not here to sight see." Roxy reminds him. 

"Riiiiight. Well, we're getting close. I think. Just through this door and down a few more flights of stairs!"

As she treks down stairs and through the halls of a structure she didn't even know existed until just now, Helpy continues to give her, well, 'helpful' suggestions. 

"There's an automatic door exactly 2.345 feet to your right."

"No! Not that door!" 

"Be sure to watch out for the burners on the floor in here!"

This particular piece of advice confuses Roxy to no end. "Why the Faz are there burners on the floor? Do you know how many safety regulations that violates?!" 

"Don't ask me. I just work here. Digitally, of course."

After the weird burner rooms, and another round of stairs, Roxy suddenly runs out of floor. Without thinking, without waiting for Helpy to confirm that it is safe, she jumps. Luckily, the space beneath her is not very deep. Rolling into a stand with both legs more or less intact, she scrambles around until she finds a small hole in the wall. As she crawls through, she hears a small voice in the distance say, "You're not Gregory."

Cassie is close. She can feel it. 

-~-~-~

The thing Fazbear Entertainment keeps trapped beneath the Pizza Plex doesn’t go down without a fight. Neither does Roxy. Unfortunately, she isn't able to hold it off for long before it's able to shove her aside and continue after Cassie. To make matters worse, Helpy is giving her conflicting directions, leading her in circles. It is probably interfering somehow. She's on her own if she wants to get anywhere with this. She stalks forward, listening carefully. A faint creaking, scaping sound catches her attention. Then a whimper. 

Roxy dashes to her right. Right again. Forward. In the distance, the elevator doors slide shut with a grinding crunch. It struggles for a moment, seemingly caught in the door. This gives Roxy just enough time to pull the creature into a choke hold. 

"Leave her alone!" she growls at It. 

"But she came to rescue me!" It protests in a voice that sounds a little too much like Gregory. 

Whatever actually prompted Cassie to come down here, Roxy is pretty sure the kid didn't come to save It on purpose. Cassie is smarter than that. 

"You tried to kill her!" Roxy shrieks in anger. It struggles against her. She refuses to let go. With a little luck, the elevator will finish its journey soon and Cassie will be safely back at the surface in no time. 

Luck, however, is a fickle thing. Rarely do things turn out as luckily as we would prefer. Roxy knows this. She's never relied on luck to win races or make crying children smile. Deep down, she knows she can't always win (though she still tries to, often at the detriment of others). But that doesn't make it any less horrifying when the elevator begins to plummet instead of going up. When she hears Cassie's panicked screams. Or the shattering crash of the elevator splitting apart at the bottom of the shaft. 

"No…" Roxy nearly lets go of It in her panic.  

"Now she can stay forever," It says gleefully, once again mimicking Gregory's voice. 

"One more word and I'll tear your head off," Roxy threatens. She drags It away from the elevator. 

"Lock It up!" Helpy screeches. "Lock It up!" 

"Where?" Roxy asks reluctantly. She doesn't want to leave the elevator's ruins. Cassie is in there somewhere. 

"M.X.E.S wants you to put It in one of the extra containment rooms to your left," Helpy starts, "No one is safe until you've done that."

As much as she hates to admit it, the annoying little bear is right. If Cassie is still alive, leaving It to roam free will put her in danger. 

"Okay. Let's do this," she finally agrees. Hoping Helpy's instructions ring true this time, Roxy lets him guide her to It's new containment cell. Her threats seem to have worked; the creature doesn't fight her as hard as she knows it could. She shoves the thing into the room and grabs the sliding door, ready to shut It away forever, but she thinks better of it. 

"I'll be taking these," Roxy says. Then she reaches for It's face and yanks on the eye receptacles. They give way with a pop. She haphazardly connects the wires to her own eye sockets, blinking as the world flickers into focus for the first time in a long time. 

"My eyes!" It complains. "You took them!"

#fnaf sb ruin spoilers #fnaf sb ruin #fnaf cassie #fnaf fanfiction #fnaf fanfics #Roxanne wolf #Cyborg Cassie coming soon to tumblrs near you #rebuilding universe #myfics

[meimi-haneoka]

There are others who post some summaries and make small theories (I follow such people myself, some of them cross post to other places too...) but did CLAMP mention anything specific? Can you please share if so? Are they open to such things then (fan summaries with some translation, or would they still be upset[?] if it's the "full chapter" translated)? I thought we were in general worried about what would happen if CLAMP noticed them (again?), so is this confirming the opposite...?

Alright alright, let's specify some things here. (I'm writing my report on it so you'll see exactly what they mentioned)

What sensei talked about was strictly the difficulty of translating certain words from Japanese to other foreign languages, and the fact that for many of them there isn't much that can be done due to lack of a perfectly corresponding word in the other language (I'm aware of that and I don't criticize that in particular in my posts, but rather the direction they choose to go in ENG every single time there's a subtlety, and if Kaito is involved, you can be sure it's going to be to his detriment). Ohkawa sensei didn't even put emphasis on the actual mistakes (like, the Mana thing that was corrected 2 days later, or Lilie's "my beloved" in ch. 60, or making the Squids say that they have Clow Reed's blood, or making Kaito say that he wanted to give magic to Akiho in ch. 35, etc etc etc etc, those are mistakes that highly alter the understanding of the plot), but she did mention specifically the ENG translation. What she said is that she's aware there are people who have discomfort from those translation differences and make blog posts about them to point them out to the international fandom. That's indeed what I've been doing, mixing them up with my personal commentaries for my convenience's sake (having them separated would just take too much time). She said she's grateful to them and that it's already something if fans check those out and get the correct nuance from them, but they're also grateful to the official translators for their hard work, putting up with her scripts.

She didn't mention posts for fan theories, or commentaries, or summaries. Those fall within the area of "fan activity" and it's perfectly legit to do them, it's always been. Even japanese fans do that themselves.

OF COURSE, now more than ever (since we know they apparently look over stuff of foreign fans), we have to be extremely respectful when we're doing those kind of posts. Exposing our thoughts respectfully, always keeping in mind that they are hard working women, not our sisters. Even when we don't like or agree with something they're doing (they don't mind that).

What they didn't mention nor even infer is that it's ok to *completely re-translate* their chapters. That's not okay. Hell, I would've done it myself probably by now but the official translation is still out there, they still have the license, we have to respect that. As much as it frustrates me. Don't manipulate Clamp's chapters because we don't have any permission to do that. The most we can do is to redirect the fans (who want to read about it) towards the right translation with blog posts, or explaining the hidden nuance when it's a case of "look, they couldn't really translate it any other way, but know that this word actually got this and that nuance".

But, as a piece of advice, be careful. This isn't something that should be entered into lightly. I've actually had anxiety yesterday because I started worrying over so many things, "what if I said something incorrect" "did I sound too harsh towards the official translation?", "are they *really* glad I'm doing this or did I overstep?", this shit comes with a lot of responsibility and I always double check with the other international translations I can understand (like Spanish, which is very good) if I'm getting the right interpretation or not. Because, after all, Japanese is a language that relies on context and interpretation a lot. I also check with my japanese friends when I'm still not sure (bothering them). Heck, sometimes (very rarely) the ENG is correct and other languages got it wrong (it happened in last chapter and I did point it out! I always remember to be fair and when the ENG gets something right it's good to point that out).

But most importantly, precisely because of interpretation issues, if you're willing to do that, you shouldn't have bias towards this or that character, or against this or that character. Or, let me rephrase that, you should be able to put them aside when you're writing the post. Because that will inevitably reflect onto your interpretation and then it's once again the same issue of the ENG official translation.

#Reply

[hardpacker]

it's like tragic that the overwhelming response to some guy(?)'s bad, shitty video is for all the hot trans posters and their cis friends to laugh and AGREE with the person's claims. "yes lol you are ugly and you must've been doing this whole thing wrong or you'd look like ME 😌" we keep reinventing the idea-- the bullying tactic-- that appearance equals morals and vice versa no matter how wickedly and, truly, in the correct usage of the word, harmful it is.

i don't care about this person in the video. he seems like a piece of shit and so is any detransitioner who makes Detransitioning their Brand and use themselves as a weapon against trans people.

but that's the thing! there are worse things about the claims in that video and communication with other reactionaries which reveal not only a type of radicalisation, it does also speak to (if we're to take them at their word, idk) a seeming lack of access to proper information or proper outlet for regret-- "any trans person would know this"-- so with that, there's even worse things here about the implications of social isolation and the sort of people whose entire brand is about targeting, further sequestering, and indoctrinating isolated persons. i mean sure, this person could be lying, which seems likely since TERFs are ultimately grifters (and, i'm not exactly following this closely.) but regardless of whether or not they believe what they say, we do know this doesn't happen on its own. transphobia/transandrophobia/transmisogyny are not innate, inborn qualities. and it doesn't reflect in a person's appearance! transitioning-- maleness, masculinity, whatever-- doesn't create it! despite what some may say, you CAN transition without community and not wind up a little asshole! and you can transition among fellow trans people and the security this affords can encourage vicious behaviour as much as it can encourage compassion! there's no monolithic "community," at all. there's only the ones we nurture. not everyone has the wherewithal/spoons to be community leaders, either, and people with different needs/abilities deserve security as well.

i've been trans for about 100 years now and i "don't" "look like" "other" trans guys; i also have 100 medical conditions that started either at birth or puberty and were neglected by doctors until very recently. conditions that modify the physical "results" of testosterone, conditions that impact my physical comfort (so i don't bind anymore,) and conditions that just... enhance my proclivities and i can't or don't really want change them. but doctors didn't know about a lot of this so being without information and experiencing unbalanced or inconsistent results of HRT was really upsetting, and i have a different trajectory than other trans people, and who knows if i'd be the same or very different. as far as balding, yeah there's a protocol for that but i can't do it because it brings back my awful period. but i wasn't told that, either. however, i did find other trans men talking about it, only when i learned which words to search for!

paraphrasing one twitter user's reaction, "i dont think he'd've been a cute girl either. some people are just homely." yeah, i don't really expect acceptance or celebration of my life or what i look like in it.

people are Doing Transness in different ways all the time, so saying this is what always happens when you try to transition alone just isn't true. not everyone is enmeshed in helpful communities. i've been asked for help and advice on transitioning only to be dropped when i no longer served that purpose or when my path or description deviated from what someone wanted to hear. this, also, happens.

to be extremely clear: transness is good. non-linear, interrupted, resumed, disabled and mad transness, transness in sources or mediums unrelated to HRT, hairy, hairless, fat transness, non-white and non-"western" transness... there's room. it's good. it can be hard, sure, but wasn't it hard "before" too? or was it instead just passively, mysteriously shitty?

it's much more difficult to find disgruntled, regretful trans people (especially where there's increased and less policed access to affirming care) unless you have a certain particular cause to seek out and weaponise those complaints against now and future trans people. this doesn't (or shouldn't) mean contemplating regret is forbidden-- the opposite actually; there should be as much room for productive, understanding conversations and resources for any fear, confusion, or shame as there is for positivity. medically, trans people are over-analysed and pressured to toe the perfect line of Not Wanting It Too Much and playing the role per medical expectation. so of course as much as we do want it and might even be very happy with ourselves, unrelenting attacks on transness means combating that with inflated positivity. that's not bad, because ultimately it's all true even if we're not fucking... ON!!!!! all the time. who can be?! the only thing these hyper-positive declarations obscure are the quieter, conflicted feelings that are genuinely difficult to untangle, especially publicly-- because the alternative to excitement and gratitude is weaponisation by transphobes and TERFs. it's very fucked up that dangerous people ingratiate themselves and their brand to isolated and invisibled persons.

but just... feeling sad or conflicted about interruptions in your sense of physical continuity? Um, Yeah. trans people understand this, babes.

it's really embarrassing seeing thin/fit, white, able, "properly" hairy or hairless trans people comment on how this is ALWAYS attainable. it isn't! it literally isn't! allowing yourself to be the spokesperson of concerns and groups you don't have and aren't part of is embarrassing! it's dehumanising to expect some kind of profound, objective, universally-recognisable "glow-up" from trans people no matter who that expectation is coming from. and the response to someone saying "i'm ugly, i can't believe this happened, my body's ruined, no one told me about these effects" really shouldn't be "yeah, you really are and you always would/will be!"

i have 0 affinity for the person in that video! i'm not talking about him. faggy bald transsexuals do deserve to hear they're hot because they are. no, it's not part of some gatekept Trans Agenda when this doesn't magically materialise. the gatekeeping is medical only (and we trans people can do very little to sway doctors even within the restrictive bounds doctors designed!!!!!!! we didn't design it.) maybe you're just kind of mean, and/or there are conditions outside of your control that keeps you from community. but also, we do know that in all of society-- including trans society, as subject to cishet society-- that certain features and bodies ARE prioritised. infinitely more bodies ARE shamed and marginalised in almost every sector with devastating consequences. it IS harder to find people who aren't just attracted to non-conventionally beautiful people, but even people who just like... tolerate them (their experiences, their concerns) in their friendgroups. and, of course, much of this outrage and disgust, from all sides, is around what's seen as proper or improper "masculine/masculinised" traits in ALL genders-- ESPECIALLY outside the bounds of social acceptance.

#writing #transness #trans #transgender #transsexual

[outrunningthedark]

I genuinely wonder why any time anyone has criticism about plot lines on this show the default response from a certain section of this fandom is that we lack media literacy skills? I have literally never watched a show and agreed with every single thing the writers have done. No matter how much I adore a show, I can always name multiple instances where I would have liked for them to not have done something or wished a storyline would have ended a different way.

Why do they act like the writers of this particular show are above people not liking certain plot lines they come up with?? Its insane to me that once a few blogs say something, everyone who doesn’t agree just somehow “doesn’t get it” or be labeled as a “negative person”. Why can’t we just have differing opinions? Why can’t we admit that something was just a bad idea?

I don’t know but I find it incredibly hard to believe that they like every single thing that happens? They literally can justify anything happening on this show because its supposed to lead to a “greater purpose”. What’s going to happen if that “greater purpose” is never revealed?

What’s going to happen to the “everything is deliberate” people if Buddie never goes canon? Is that when people can start criticizing without being accused of being media illiterate?

Sorry to unload on you. Its just something that’s been bothering me for a while.

I think there's two reasons behind the defensive stance: - People enjoy 9-1-1 to a degree that not everyone can relate to. Some fans truly do think of it as their "comfort show" and they see pieces of themselves in certain characters (hence the relentless projection), so when they see somebody else calling things into question or saying "I don't agree with what the showrunners did here", it feels personal. (FTR, this doesn't apply to discussion about real-life issues. I'm talking about pushback over things like how BT and BL were dealt with.) I don't know if you have any siblings, op, but I'm sure you're familiar with how sibling relationships work: "Only I can talk bad about them because they're my family." That's exactly how some fans treat the show - like a member of the family. "Only I can talk bad about specific characters and plotlines because my criticisms come from a place of love." - [This goes with something I said a few days ago regarding a specific area of fandom that doesn't like to acknowledge when they get it all wrong] Our fandom has quite a few folks who have hope in canon!Buddie (*raises hand*) and they've adopted the belief that everything leading up to that moment is part of a "grand plan" crafted well in advance just so they can yell "I told you so!!!" if/when Buddie is endgame. (We know this isn't the case. While it's true that the show puts careful thought into some of Buck and Eddie's timeline, it's also true that not everything is going to have a deeper meaning. Sometimes the showrunners just go with what makes sense at a particular time. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯) Publicly expressing distrust or disappointment in the showrunners, even for one episode or one storyline, won't make them look as confident as they try to appear.

#anonymous #tina speaks #tv: 911 #tv: 9-1-1 #buddie

[drewsaturday]

thinking about this site + fact checking (with the disclaimer i'm talking about fact checking being hard, but you're still responsible for trying to not spread misinfo)

i have such a weird relationship to fact-checking on this website because in the past i was only on here to whine about my life so i didn't kill myself, so i wasn't really in the proper mindset to care if i was spreading (non-harmful) misinformation. it's cool if people told me i was, but also if you're following a blog where a teenager posts every 5 minutes that they want to die in detail, you should assume they don't have the energy to fact check everything they put on your dash... or even the bandwidth to care to be perfectly honest.

i also did used to have a mindset of automatically not trusting most things, but knowing that if i were going to put it in an essay or tell someone that information independent of the source, i would look into it more... so to me it wasn't the end of the world if i DID reblog misinfo; though of course looking back, i'm sure my reblog was one piece of a chain where lots of people who don't see it that way were misinformed -> more misinformation. (and of course, i'm sure memories are weird and i did probably end up losing track of what i did/didn't vet, and spread misinfo in conversation, or have it impact my beliefs in some way.)

misinformation is bad and ideally everyone would fact check, or at least try to, before hitting the silly little reblog button. being mentally ill or having other priorities doesn't exactly absolve you from spreading misinformation.

i just think like... some people are on here for social justice info and therefore their blog will have more of a reputation for correct information. other people are just here to reblog pretty pastel pictures and if they can reblog an article they thought would be helping people with a quick button tap, well-intentioned, they're probably not in the most critical mindset.

in that latter case i just wonder what the alternatives are for the well-meaning lower-effort crowd. i guess the solution is probably to just not reblog articles you're not sure about!! because even if you assume the ppl following you will think critically about it before putting it into their belief system, they'll be reblogging to people who may not.

personally i put a disclaimer on things i haven't read or fact checked, but i do still want to reblog to save them for later since they get lost if i use my drafts for that purpose.

and of course, having different expectations as a consumer knowing that you're on social media where none of us are claiming to be experts on a thing we're reblogging information about, does help. there are some blogs dedicated to fact checking or dedicated to their particular area of study so you can have more trust in them if your braincells are dwindling that day, even though no one's perfect.

idk. it really is such a weird time for social media to be this huge mix of different things. i do try not to reblog news stuff on here because for me tumblr is my shutting-my-brain-off website, so i do take that approach (not reblogging things i'm not in a mindset to look into). it just also then sucks that i absolve myself from the responsibility to current events by doing that to an extent; though i do try to look into these things elsewhere when i can.

it's weird and i guess there are levels to it, where you shouldn't be discouraged from trying to spread helpful information because one tiny fact may be flawed in it, as long as you can be certain most of it is fine ??? but to me i just wonder if my approach these days is a net positive or a net negative, and it would probably swing wildly back and forth if i did reblog every little article i saw w/o critical thought.

and i'm out of braincells to force any more thoughts on this out in a meaningful way.

#txt #suicide tw #im normal now and also not a teenager which helps j;lsdflkjsd #also i do think personally. the pressure i put on myself for when i do write an essay to fact check every tiny tiny claim i make #makes me hyper aware of what a Fact is #and when that Fact then has the potential to be fake #if that makes any sense?? #like differentiating something that is an opinion vs. something that has objective true/false properties #which then means every time i see anything interesting i have to draft it or put a disclaimer on it #and i am just thinkin gabout this topic more bc i am finding myself tossing SO much in the drafts these days #to look more into later #that it's rly becoming.... noticeable........

[independentartistbuzz]

Indie 5-0: 5Qs with Ben Sefton

There are things that happen in dreams, of course, that none of use would ever feel comfortable sharing in public. Singer/songwriter Ben Sefton doesn’t exactly spill all the details in his latest single “Dark Dreams,” but he bravely stares-down his insecurities and emerges with a mesmerizing new slice of lounge-folk/dark pop genius. 

Ben explains: 

This is a song I started writing after a bad dream, where all of my deepest insecurities were exposed, my hopes at romance had utterly failed and my perverted longings for certain acquaintances were bizarrely explored (as in every dream I've ever had, I guess).

While "Dark Dreams” will leave you unsettled (and chuckling) in equal measure, it is perhaps the perfect balance of discomfort and humor to inspire us to take a look at all the foibles we keep hidden from ourselves. It is also an exquisite piece of songcraft with shades of lounge music, vocal jazz and bossa nova — the latest example from a singer/songwriter who’s versatility is outpaced only by his smoothness.  We spoke with Ben, below.

What personal experiences or emotions fueled the creation of "Dark Dreams"?

I wrote this song after a disturbing dream where there were lots of unsolved problems when I awakened, and (being that I had a piece of the verse harmony in my head when I woke up) I decided to make a song to express that desire to return to specific dreams and get some resolution and closure.

How do you navigate the balance between vulnerability and storytelling in your songwriting process?

I'm a very honest man, in all honesty, so I have no problem being vulnerable on any occasion. I have much more of a tolerance for exposing my vulnerable inner world to others as an act of artistic martyrdom then most people are probably comfortable with. To a certain extent, I'll lay my mind and heart totally bear if it serves the purposes of inspiring and connecting with other people through my art.

Can you describe the evolution of your sound from your debut single "Humans" to "Dark Dreams"?

I suppose there's a totally different feeling to these two songs. I'm actually too much of a free spirit to stick to one genre or sound, so either it's artistic evolution or a random generation of uniquely specific vibes and songs. This was one of the many songs I have in storage and I just decided to whip it out at this particular time due to the song kind of carrying on the creepy, dark vibe of my previously released track, "Crush".

What challenges did you encounter while crafting "Dark Dreams," and how did you overcome them?

The main challenge I can think of is finding the words to that two-part call and response chorus part, because which each vocal line dovetailing between the other so briefly, you can't mince or rush words or you stutter while trying to get them out in time; they have to continue telling the story while being succinct enough to fit into those small intervals so the parts don't overlap too much. Other than that, I basically wrote the rest of the song in about 10 to 30 minutes.

What do you hope listeners will take away from "Dark Dreams" both lyrically and musically?

Lyrically, I hope they experience that novel thrill of being able to relate completely with the sentiments I'm expressing in the song (namely, the hopeless and haunted longing to return to and resolve their bad dreams). Musically, I hope they're haunted by the catchy Melodie's and harmonies for years to come, and I would absolutely love to see people cover it, if possible! 

#Youtube

[theblognobodyfoundlastyear]

"I've got a bad feeling about this": First the body, then everything else

I'd like to think of this post as one of those finish-offs before a long, heavily implied hiatus, as with what normally happens on this blog. I'll also randomly mention that I'm typing this in the midst of some random back pain that's suddenly decided to jump on me just days after taking out a private health insurance policy. So much for being the early bird... So in light of that, let's see what kinds of rambling I have installed for you.

Recently, I've been playing a certain video game (this time, it's not a Steam game for anyone who think's they're a know-it-all) to which I've randomly asked myself the question: "What happens if I just give up now?" To throw in the towel on hours upon hours of studying game mechanics and acquiring knowledge useful to an extreme subset of things today? At the same time, that's all a video game is, at least in its most bare form: Something to pass the time.

It certainly wouldn't be the first time I'd given up a video game without having finished it, and for sure not the last thing I'd give up so far. Of course, that's not to say that such things are abandoned forever and lost to the ravages of time. Being nostalgic and perhaps even revisiting old pains has its merits - After all, where would we be without the past to stand on top of?

Abstracting that idea of giving up a bit more, what about giving up our ambitions? To simply become another pawn in the system, and live the meager yet socially acceptable life of one whose sole purpose is to fulfill obligations through rain, shine or hail? Perhaps you might be reading this already, and this is your current truth. If our mainstream media is anything to go by, we're constantly urged to follow our dreams and kick logic to the curb in order to live a fulfilling life. But does that life provide sustenance? Security? Funding? Sanity? It's always possible to live the dream and stay asleep to everything else around us.

Would the plan be to double-down on our obligations, knowing full well that we neither have an avid interest in doing them nor are we necessarily good at them? Well, we're not exactly strangers to painful burdens and time is but another one to add to the rucksack of disappointments. I suppose the alternative would be to "make the most" of any downtime such that life is a fluctuation of extremes: Sometimes, the days are mundane and even pain-wracked, and others filled with full bellies and clear skies.

Plainly put: What is the long term goal, with or without advice from parents? If you're anything like me, you'd be surprised just how much of a crutch your parents have been, from making your dinner to paying the bills to providing unsolicited life advice in light of your problems. So where do we go once they're out of the picture, put one way or another? And (I would hope) that may very be an acceptable response: That there is no "big vision", but rather a collection of smaller visions forming a larger mosaic of life experiences. Sure, we might not have all the pieces upfront or always know where we're walking, but at the end of the day, life will and continues to be full of unknowns.

I suspect there's also that implicit fear that we will be times when we make sub-optimal choices, and this time without the safety net of our parents to help recover from our failures. As hard as it is to accept, that's just the reality of the ages: Sometimes failure hurts, even being irreversible at times. But, we've got no choice but to dust ourselves and get on with it. Honestly, I would have liked to have that time to fail fast and fail early, just to have those skills and psychological framework for working through things. Perhaps this is why I tend to over-analyse these kinds of things to the point of becoming the ramblings of a madman?

So it would seem that "life after and including 30", which I intend as much offence as possible with that particular wording, truly is more disastrous as I think, and we're only at the start of this slow-motion car crash. Figure out the series of small steps you want to take, rather than a monolithic giga-goal. After all, if you goals are smaller, your failures too should be smaller... at least when you apply a different kind of thinking. Is that kind of thinking for us? I've got a feeling we have no choice but to embrace it, because the inevitable truth still stands before us: There's time ahead literally waiting to be spent.

'Til next time, young padawan.

Sometimes following the dream leads to making your own hit album with "D-Boyz" just because it happened to be part of life's road map... And to think that would be considered one of the good old days eventually.

#future #goals #giving up #failure

[reflections-in-a-critical-eye]

I feel a bit put off by Jin’s financial loss comments. I find it totally and completely unnecessary. They could have played a smaller Venue or something and they have been absolutely raking in masses of profits off fans for years.

All it does is fuel the weird elitist, capitalism worshiping fanbase. This makes it harder for people who cannot afford things because we all saw the responses when people point out the piece of being a Kpop fan.

Anon 2

''Hii!! sorry, could you explain a little bit more the whole "jin said that they won't be making any profit from the stadium tours and it's not cool" thing (idk if you said exactly that)??

it's just that English is not my first language so I'm a little bit confused and don't even know what to Google in the first place, like I'd say that I can talk about almost everything I English, but economics and money in general is impossible for me so I don't even know what he meant with that (is all the money going to hybe?? not enough people bought tickets?? they think it is too cheap?) I don't even know''

I'm adding the two asks together and I'll expand on my initial post, about Jin's comment and Army response. I hope this will be clear enough so there is no misunderstanding and my answer will be sufficient.

When it comes to Hybe's financial situation, I'll try and explain this in simple terms. The company made a lot of money in 2021, as their revenue passed 1 billion dollars, due to acquiring Ithaca Holdings, which contributed to a 58% growth. Hybe also makes money from what they call ''Artist Indirect'' business which means profit from projects that do not require the participation of the actual artist. So, while the pandemic, at least in the beginning, affected them due to the impossibility of having stadium concerts, they still made money from the tickets they sold for the offline concerts, they moved their focus towards releasing more and more merchandise and using BTS for advertising different brands and much more. Hybe made a lot of money during the pandemic so no one needs to feel sorry for them. Three days of concerts in Seoul for a significant smaller audience (which is in according to SK health guidelines and every company that had groups performing in person complied to that) may not bring actual profit from that particular project, but that doesn't mean it will affect the company revenue as a whole, as they do have other projects which will surely bring the money in. The Seoul concerts will not contribute to Hybe operating on a loss in 2022. It's ridiculous. And Jin making that comment was out of touch and unfortunately it had this disturbing effect which manifested in several ways: people thinking that they're doing the concerts more like a favor because look at them, they won't make a profit (really?), and they once again showed an elitist capitalist mindset, just like the first anon pointed out. Army doesn't need to ask for more merchandise so Hybe can make more money and that's because they more than likely will already do that, profit or no profit from certain concerts.

I understand that not everyone knows how a business works and there's nothing wrong with that, but then the best options would be to not make a comment or maybe ask around and then do some research on their own, instead of worshipping a company and not knowing how profit is made. Army shouldn't worry at all as they are the ones whose money are also contributing to the financial growth of Hybe and BTS through various means and they will buy, as long as BTS is the face of it.

Here is more information on Hybe's financial report in 2021.

#bmt asks #bts #hybe #hybe profits #bts seoul concerts

[dreamhot]

hi lee dreamhot just wondering if you were cool with sharing your opinion on mr beast's recreation of squid game? i've seen people saying they're really excited to see it and i'm just confused because squid game was basically rich people exploiting poorer people for entertainment and they're recreating it? am i missing something or did the point of the show go right over their heads?

hello hello sorry this is late it turns out my boss being on vacation means i needed to do more work who knew !! anyway i wanted to come back to this when i had the time to formulate a proper response so here we go

so, in my opinion, you're gonna be hard pressed to see anything get HUGE without people seeking to capitalise on the popularity. and this isn't necessarily a bad thing! any media with games in particular are easy fodder for mimicry - think survivor, probably one of the longest running reality shows at this rate, and how often it gets emulated in some capacity. squid game is MASSIVE and it stands to reason that people would wanna hop on the bandwagon. i mean ... look at crab game and how beloved that is by . certain people . not naming any names of course <3

the trouble lies in exactly what you pointed out, and more. squid game is fundamentally an allegory for the exploitation of the destitute by the rich, additionally informed by history related to korea in particular (see: the impacts of american imperialism and the korean war). while it's primarily a dark satire on capitalism, it's also inherently tied to struggles specific to korean people - not to say its general message isn't applicable elsewhere, but the regional background is still very much important to the narrative. that's not necessarily the most notable problem with the copycats, but i do think it's something people tend to neglect even in acknowledging the themes of exploitation

when it comes to events like mr beast recreating squid game, either in mc or the upcoming irl project, you get the sense that the message has been lost in the glamour of the spotlight. the minecraft video was questionable enough given that there was a stark income - and skill level - disparity between the players, culminating in the victory of an already-rich pvp expert (not blaming sap, just stating facts). obviously it's not as though jimmy is gonna round up a bunch of desperate poor people to compete, but grouping smaller creators with big names still a) left the playing field unfair, and b) missed the point of the original series in another fashion. anyway -

with regard to the irl event, i know it's ostensibly just a fun project for jimmy. obviously there will be monetary gain for him, both through merch sales and ad revenue, but it's not as though he's setting out to make people miserable for his own enjoyment. however, that doesn't change the fact that he does stand to make money thanks to something that was originally a critique of the ultra rich. is jimmy the ultra rich? of course not! but you would think he'd have a moment of self reflection to realise the irony of making a grand spectacle of a piece of media that showcases how an extremely serious, real world horror within our society can be exploited for the enjoyment of the privileged

i have a problem with him selling his own merch with the IP of the show (especially if you read into how scant netflix was in paying the creators, but that's another kettle of fish). i have a problem with it not being extremely clear that you didn't need to have purchased the merch for a chance to enter. and i have a problem with the fact that this, ultimately, is going to benefit the well-off before it helps anyone else (opinion subject to change if revenue gets donated to charity, but even so). i don't think he's evil or malicious, but i do think this is a misinformed choice, and i wish this sort of event could have existed with any framework but the one that's literally about making poor people compete for money. like ... come on man. really?

#smile.ask #anon #discourse cw #long post #JESUS sorry that was longer than i expected

[nicetomeetmew]

If LU was an anime (VA headcanons)

Okay so! A while back I uploaded a video (which you can find here) giving the LU boys voice actors. And in the description of said video, I promised that I was going to post a list of explanations for my voices and link it. Which I am only doing now.

These choices, bar a few, are my own personal opinion, so I'd love to hear your thoughts about them! I spent far to long working and watching anime for this but I am pretty happy with the end result, bar one (glares at Four). So I hope you enjoy! And prepare yourself. Cause this is LONG.

Legend - Vic Mignoga (Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

So fun fact. Back when I first discovered LU, I almost immediately imaged Leg with this voice. He had strong Ed vibes for me and when I started making this list, he was the only one I immediately knew was perfect. At least to me. It just has that quality; the snark with the capability of being genuine and emotional (I do apologise if the voice clips I included in the video made you sad. That's a hazard of FMA). I didn't consider anyone else for Legend, even though I did briefly consider Vic Mignoga for Warriors (more on that later).

Sky - Aleks Le (Zenitsu Agatsuma from Demon Slayer)

Man, I considered a fair few KnY voices for this list, including the voice of Tanjiro for Wild and the voice of Giyu for Twilight. But this is the one that stuck. I was struck between Sky having a youthful, soft voice or an older, soft voice (I knew his voice had to be soft. I mean. It's Sky.)

I watched the dub of Demon Slayer solely for this and it never would've occurred to me to consider Zenitsu's voice for Sky. But as the show progressed and I heard it when he wasn't... you know... begging some poor lass to marry him, I realised he actually has quite a soft voice. And when I heard it get all serious I thought "Yep. That works." And thus I placed Aleks Le as the Chosen Hero. You could argue that his voice is a bit too youthful for him but I still think it works.

Wind - Amanda Miller (Boruto from Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)

Ugh. Ugh. *increasing sounds of disgust*. I hate this.

But let's start from the beginning. Right off the bat, I was 99.9% sure Wind would be voiced by a woman. Okay so he's not 10 (that will make more sense in a second), but he's still pretty young and I imagine him with quite a youthful voice. For him, I considered Sarah Natochenny, the current voice of Ash Ketchum in Pokémon, and also Colleen Clickenbeard's voice for Monkey D. Luffy in One Piece. But these two voices shared the same problem. They were too raspy. I just cannot see Wind with a raspy voice. I guess if you really, really, really focus on it it could work but I just could get it to work for me hfff.

And then... ugh. I spoke to a mate about. He doesn't know about LU so I just told him I was making voice headcanons and couldn't think of a good one for a 14 year old boy. And he said "have you heard Boruto's English voice?" And I think my response was something along the lines of, "Ben, I have standards." But he insisted it would probably work so I watched a clip of Boruto on YouTube and much to my horror, it did seem to work. But there was problem. None of the clips had lines I could picture Wind saying. And because of that I was struggling to actually give Wind the voice. But something told me that it was the right one so... I... *shudders*... watched Boruto. I watched I think 5 full episodes before I had no more braincells and skipped thorough a bunch more and sure enough, I could finally see Wind with that voice. I think it fits him great and it honestly might be my favourite choice just because I had to watch that nightmare.

Hyrule - Justin Briner (Izuku Midoriya from My Hero Academia)

Ah. This one is much more pleasant. First of all, I never realised this at first but Midoriya and Hyrule are kind of similar. For one thing, they do kinda look alike. And for another they have the same "I will never give up" kinda thing going on.

Roolie is another one I knew would have a soft voice. I think Justin Briner was always down as a choice for him, except for when I briefly considered him for Four (more on that later *big sigh*). This is another anime I watched the dub for solely for this and there were a ton of lines right from the get go I could instantly imagine Roolie saying. So yeah. Aside from the tiny moment I almost assigned Justin Briner to Four, this was a pretty easy one. Midoriya has a soft voice that I could easily imagine Hyrule having. And when he got angry and his voice got harsher, I could also easily see Roolie like that too. Fun fact: there's another BNHA voice on this list... heh.

Wild - Michael Sinternklaas (Dagger from Black Butler)

AW YEAH. YOU HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BRITISH BOI.

Ahem. Anyway. Yes Wild is British. Everyone rejoice. I was unsure of how people would react to this but I think this is the only voice on the list everyone agreed on. Which I'm happy about.

As I mentioned, I considered the English voice of Tanjiro (Zach Aguilar) for Wild. There were issues with this; mainly that it was too soft, too young, and made him sound too similar to Sky. Now here's the thing. I WANTED to give Wild a English accent. I am almost certain he would have one, like most people. However the only anime I could think of with decent English accents was Black Butler (and yes I know his final voice is from it, bear with me) and there was a problem with that. Most of the voices from Black Butler are ridiculously posh. Now you may be thinking "But Kai, Zelda has a posh English accent" and to that I would say "Ah yes but she's a princess and Wild is not". And now you might be thinking "But Kai, he's a knight an probably spent a lot of time in a place with posh English accents". To which I would say "But he wasn't always". Two words. Hateno Village.

Let me explain.

I feel like a lot of people hear the words 'English accent' and immediately think of an accent like Zelda's (and no, I am not saying everyone does and I'm also not implying that there aren't people out there who aren't British and know that there are multiple accents). Anyway, English accents are different depending on the place. And, since one can assume Wild is from Hateno Village, I would imagine their accent is different to that of those born in Castle Town. So that's why I was reluctant to give Wild a voice from Black Butler. Because all the voices that weren't insanely fancy were either far too old or did not have the right vibe.

Then one day, taking a break from this, I was watching season 3 of Black Butler (one of the only anime I watch dubbed) and I heard two voices that I suddenly thought, hang on just a second. One of those was the voice of Ronald Knox, who's a grim reaper. And the other, of course, was Dagger. I was leaning towards Dagger and what sold me was one scene in particular, which I chose as the final voice clip for Wild (you cannot tell me that is not exactly something he would say). And that was it. But Wild's was easily one of the most frustrating (not the most *glares at Four again*).

Time - David Matranga (The Father from Wolf Children)

Another tough one and also one I heavily considered for Twilight (for obvious reasons). Time's was kind of tricky because I knew I wanted it to be deep but there's such of variety of deep voices. At one point I even considered dumping the deep voice idea because it was so hard. It was a this time I thought of the voice of space cowboy extraordinaire, Spike Spiegel. But my brain said "hell no". There were other voices I considered for him, loads of which I cannot find the notes for and another one which will likely appear in part two as another character (no spoilers), but when I was picking a voice for Twi, some of the lines the father said just kept ringing big old Time vibes with me. So in the end, I decided to for it. Like I said, I imagine time with a deep voice and while to father's might be a bit more... gravelly (?) than I imagined, I think it fits him pretty well. It's serious and mature but still a certain kindness I'd imagine Time's voice to have.

Warriors - Johnny Yong Bosch (Ichigo Kurosaki from Bleach)

Don't lie. You knew Johnny Yong Bosch was gonna be on here and not just because I put his name (albeit spelled incorrectly) in the thumbnail. When I started making this, I knew I wanted to fit JYB into it. In my mind, LU would be an amazing anime and almost all amazing anime have Johnny Yong Bosch in it.

Now, I spent a lot of time trying to figure out whether he would be better for Wars or Twi. At one point I was convinced he would be best for Twi and that's when I briefly thought about Vic Mignoga for Warriors (his voice for Tamaki Suoh from Ouran High School Host Club. Don't tell me Tamaki and Wars aren't at least a tiny bit similar). But I could bear to part with Vic for Legend so I decided heck it, Johnny is Warriors and I'll find someone else for Twi later. As for the voice in particular, the two voices I considered for Twi definitely did not fit Wars. And then I remembered Bleach and immediately I thought "Yep. That's the one". I imagine Warriors having an authoritative voice, not too deep and very... uh... I don't know the right word. Clean sounding? Anyway, Ichigo just seemed to fit nicely and thus it was so.

Four - Micah Solusod (Yukine from Noragamai)

Ugh. UGH. Okay. This is my least favourite. Four was, excuse my French, A FUCKING NIGHTMARES. There was not ONE SINGLE VOICE that seemed to work for him at all. I watched a bit of the Noragmai dub because I was thinking about Yato's voice for someone (I can't remember who. It might have been Wild) and I heard Yukine's and decided to put it into reserve. As in, my last resort. And I had to use it. Oh my god Four. I love you but your voice is literally a nightmare. Is it high? Is it low? Is it young sounding? Surprisingly grown up sounding? I DON'T FREAKING KNOW.

I mentioned earlier that I considered Justin Briner for him. I was thinking about his voice for Luck from Black Clover, which may have honestly worked a bit better, but I was pretty attached to Justin as Roolie by this point. So I had to whip out Micah.

Let me be clear. No, I do not think this works well at all. I appreciate the people who tried to see that good in it, but I honestly just don't think it works. The only reason I went for it is because Yukine's voice switches between older sounding and younger sounding throughout the show and since I could decide what Four's would sound like I said to myself "Fine. Four can be the same", found some clips, slapped it together and never looked back.

I am still looking for another voice for Four and if I find a decent one, I will include it in part two.

And last but not least...

Twilight - Aaron Mitchell Dismuke (Tamaki Amajiki - My Hero Academia)

Told ya there was another BHNA voice.

So Twi was another tricky one. As I mentioned, I was seriously considering Johnny Yong Bosch for him. More specifically, his voices for Giyu Tomioka from Demon Slayer and Kiba from Wolf's Rain (for obvious reasons). I did almost go for Kiba but something was stopping me. I'm honestly not sure what.

So I was talking to a mate (and by that I mean I rambled. A lot) about VA's and at one point he suggested Aaron Mitchell Dismuke but not for Twilight. I can't actually remember who he suggested it for but anyway, that didn't work out. But when I was looking through his work, I saw that we played Amajiki and I was curious. I listened to him and I liked it.

Okay to be fair I wanted a country accent for Twi. Of course I did. But I could not a find a decent one. They few I found were absolutely terrible. So I gave up on that and decided that was Amajiki. And that was that.

And that concludes the Links VA headcanons! I am happy with most of them and once more these are my opinion but I would love to hear your own ideas!

As I have said many times, I am working on a part two and as a sneak peak (sort of) I'll tell you two of the characters that will be featured (excluding Four, if I find him another voice).

Dink (even though he hasn't, technically shown up yet) and Malon (which is proving to be a lot tricker than I thought). There a couple more but my lips are sealed heh.

Oh and speaking of Dink, the voice I considered for Time and then thought it would be better for someone else? Yeah that's the voice that's currently in the lead to be Dink's :)

I hope enjoyed my long winded explanations! And thank you for reading/watching!

#phew #well that was fun #legend's is my favourite I think #closely follow by wild and maybe sky or wars #and like i said im very happy with wind because *ow* #linkeduniverse #linked universe #hehe... part 2...

[gildedmuse]

Anonymous asked:

do you like any of the one piece manga colorspreads? if yes, which ones?

(Apparently you cannot answer questions more than once which seems like a flaw. People can always change their mind.

Let's see, where did I leave off? Oh that's right. the Strawhats are a acid punk rock band now . So the obvious next step is...

Devil Fruit's Angels

That's right, in this universe the Strawhats aren't marauders of the sea. They're marauders of the open road.

Look at this badass biker gang. And I'm not abbreviating for motorcycles. Luffy heard there were such a thing as a biker gang and took it very literally. Best of all, he got eight people to go along with this.

Eventually, he accidentally tore the bottom wheel rim from his bike, the Going Merry, but then they met Franky and since he was unaware of Luffy's stupidity innocence at this time, he built him an actual damn motorcycle. Zoro painted the sidecar to look like a shark (okay technically Usopp did the painting and Zoro bitched about it but he loves it if anyone scratches that paint job they immediately find themselves with their blades in their face). He just lays there, sleeping, sometimes doing weights while letting Luffy drive a fucking motorcycle.

Love that Nami weighed up her choices and her and Robin decide to ride with Usopp. Let's face it, he is easily the most responsible rider. Well, that's why Nami choose him. Chopper has two designated seats: Usopp's basket and Zoro's lap. So of course Robin has to sit where she can see Chopper.

Also, LOOK HOW FUCKING CUTE CHOPPER IS IN A BASKET.

Brook seems to be riding a penny farthing which is pretty amazing. He probably just had one in his garage from his youth. Sanji has wisely decided to ride backwards bitchseat so that smoke doesn't fly back in his own face. I am unable to see what Franky is driving. I assume his bottom half turns into a motorcycle. I mean why not?

The Strawhat Gang does pretty much the exact same shit they do as Pirates. I mean, Luffy even falls into water just as often. How? It's Luffy that's how.

Law's little group of anarchist ride around in a yellow Volkswagen Beetle. Fight me.

Winter Wonder Island

IS THAT PENGUIN WEARING ZORO'S HARAMAKI? HOW DID HE GET IT? DIES ZORO KNOW? DID HE GIVE OT TO HIM? DID ZORO THINK THE PENGUIN'S BELLY MIGHT BE COLD?

I love Nami and Chopper playing, though Chopper looks less pleased. Plus the polar bear and Luffy are just the same person/bear. And nothing can convince me Robin isn't currently getting a back massage by a walrus. That is how my bitch roles.

The Straw Helmets

And we're back to the AUs.

Total honesty time: I picked this less put of love (though I enjoy most the AU ones) and more to annoy a friend.. See, I know many a Norwegian. They are a super nice country, you guys.

Who get super pissed at popular depictions of Vikings. Which are wrong.

And yet this particular reimagining is so wrong it's like gone full circle. I mean it's still nowhere near accurate but damn is it awesome. Are they riding walruses? Oda knows the Vikings had horses, right? And reindeer?

And yet he's gone with the well known domestic walrus. Huh. It's a choice.

Honestly, Franky and Usopp's costumes look more gladiator than Viking (also, I know you are a pervert Franky, but you literally gonna die of hypothermia.) Chopper is apparently one of those famous Japaness Vikings based on his costume design while Luffy is wearing something I can 100% imagine Doflamingo owned at some point. And Zoro....

Well, there is a reason I have a tag called Zoro's sense of direction and/or fashion. Look at that thing. That is a mess. I love it.

Get Wet

Nami, babe, me, Brook, Sanji, and apparently Robin a appreciate how sexy you're being right now.

But all I see is Zoro's damn fine back with water forming little riblets around his muscles. Also, love the boy's smile as he watches Luffy. He totally knows what's about to go down and thinks it's fucking hilarious.

They Call It The Grand Line

Every member of the coward trio (plus guest member Brook) is freaking the fuck out and I love it. Chopper and Nami are cling to one another, Brook's soul has left his body, and I'm pretty certain Usopp has half climbed into the seat in front of him to grab Zoro. Which I cannot blame him for.

Meanwhile, Robin is watching this whole spectacle with mild amusement, Sanji is straight up grilling... While on the back of a rollar coaster, Franky is chowing down on some of that food and Zoro... Zoro is getting drunk. On a rollar coaster.

The only one who seems to be having any fun is Luffy, sitting, of course, on his special seat. Look at that kid, he's having a blast. Well now we know how all the other Strawhats ended up here.

A Game Of Chicken

There's a lot I could say about this picture, but all I'm going to say is this: Zoro is clearly riding a weird ass chocobo.

What else can beat that?

Pirate Olympics: Where Everyone Is Winner Wanted Man

Oh, look, it's another AU one!

Look, over all, everyone has a sport that is either well suited to them (except maybe Brook. I mean soccer? Really? Not, like short distance sprinting since he's the fastest strawhat or fencing? If it were winter he could participate in the skeleton - yohohoho!).

Let's just amire Zoro playing baseball THREE BAT STYLE. LIke a goddamn boss.

You Know What's Awesome? Drugs.

It doesn't even matter what's going on in this one, it's goddamn beautiful.

Just Another Sunny Day

[You know when I said I haven't read the manga yet? Well, also terrible with visual images - the world should be in words in my opinion. So this, it turns out, is not a colorspread but fanart by the very talented Frayten who I deeply apologize to for not crediting earlier. I'm keeping it though, because it's amazing art, it's been reblogged and at least now it's properly credit on the main post. Many thanks to @blueriza to for being a better fan than I am.]

I really enjoy this little switch up. I want to believe it isn't just Law fucking with them but they've all inhaled some kind of mind switching pollen of something. So one day Law just came out to find Robin making breakfast and heart eyes at all the men, Sanji eating nothing but meet and bouncing around like he was made of rubber, Franky trying to play the violin, Chopper taling wild stories about when he was captain, Usopp training for a couple hours before passing out, Brook worrying over everyone's health, Nami striking posed while talking about how SUPER it all is, and Luffy, for once in his life, perfectly calm as he sits there reading.

That would be hilarious but, yeah, obviously it was Law. Look at how Nami Zoro is threatening him. She know exactly who pulled this shit. And look at Law's smug little smirk.

Hey, you suppose Law flirted with Nami Zoro? I know it's Nami but she's still got Zoro's abs and ass. Just throwing that out there.

#the strawhats with heart #ask and you shall receive #one piece manga #one piece colorspread #one piece crossover #trafalgar d. water law #trafalgar law #roronoa zoro #cyborg franky #monkey d. luffy #tony tony chopper #nico robin #sanji vinsmoke #nami #usopp #one piece #one piece au

[tuancore]

Lost You (Part 16) Final :

Starring- Jinyoung x reader

Genre- Angst, fluff

Summary- It's your choices and actions which made you miserable.

It was taking you a whole lot of time to accept and embrace the reality, even when it was much better than the little imagination of your head. Sometimes you still wondered if it was really nothing but just a figment of your imagination, your mind playing tricks on your unconscious body and damaged brain.

It's strange how a human body functions. You visited the neurologists for the best treatments and therapy that you could receive. Examining your brain, the doctor concluded that your hippocampus which is responsible for the memory has certainly been damaged resulting in retrograde amnesia, since you don't remember anything apart from your so called traumatic imagination. Fortunately you were still able to recognise people who were your close ones.

Everyone has been very understanding and nice to you even when you've clearly dumped each and every memory you had shared with them, a river of guilt soaking you wet with each passing second whenever they tried to tell you a certain piece of your memory of how you used to be. A sad smile adorning your face, it had become like you never lived with others and Jinyoung for so many years. You lost majority of your memories with Jinyoung, you did know that you were madly in love with him but everything turned upside down for you.

Undoubtedly it was your brain who played your life in such episodes which didn't even take place, though it felt so damn real. According to the doctor, It rarely happens that some patient who is suffering from a concussion and is in coma is precisely living in their mind. You didn't really tell them about Jisoo, you just termed her as some girl you wouldn't want to ever meet in your life.

Although you've certainly accepted the loss of your memories but you still needed time to let Jinyoung in again, you didn't feel a lot comfortable around him, he sure treated you like some princess but you couldn't bring yourself to accept him, so you kept yourself far from him as much as possible. Whenever he tried talking to you, you've been cold to him, you were worried if he would grow upset and leave but no, he didn't. Instead he stuck to you.

"Jinyoung, I'm sorry" You muttered softly pulling your hands from his grasp, standing up on your feet your back facing him,"I—I know that you've been hurt and how happy you're to see me again, but..... Jinyoung" You fiddled with your fingers nervously,"I need some time,I'm not ready to love you again, it's not like I don't trust you, it's just...—".

"Shhh~" Jinyoung cut you in between standing from the couch,"I understand how you're feeling right now,you were just handed with the most shocking news of your life. I won't force you into doing anything which you are uncomfortable with, trust me...." He expressed softly, a warm smile spreading over his sharp features as he stood in front of you.

"Thank you" You smiled back,for him being so understanding, "And I'm so sorry for putting you through this—".

"Aigoo, you talk too much" He chuckled, "Neither do I require your thank you nor sorry. All I require for living is you. If you're happy then I'm happy bab—", he stopped biting his tongue, "I'm sorry for that".

"It's okay you c—can still c—call me that", You cleared your throat avoiding the eye contact, he grinned inwardly probably thinking how cute you were being right now.

"I hope we can start off as friends then, as housemates. I promise no funny business", he asked raising his pinky finger for you to entangle in his which you did with a hesitant smile.

Since then you and Jinyoung have been sleeping in two different rooms, you're quite surprised at the amount of patience he has. He probably does everything which an ideal husband should. Yes, a husband and not a boyfriend. It sometimes makes you wonder what kind of memories you actually shared with Jinyoung, how was it to be newly in love with him, what all things about him intrigued you, what was that about him which really made you fall for him.

You started spending your time with others, you did say that you no longer consider your traumatic experience, yet in some corner of your heart, you were terrified since it was the only thing that you remember, that's it. The hardest was to meet with Youngjae. However, he showed you the photo albums which had both of your past times captured, he also took you out to the places, where you both used to enjoy hanging out and playing around with eachother.

Jinyoung mostly spend his afternoons and evenings in his office working diligently but always managed to call you once in a while to ask you if you had eaten your lunch, had your medicines on time, if you were reading anything in particular. You were mostly bored at home, unless one of your friends took you out with them. Jinyoung made sure you had no household chores to be worried about, he used to clean and arrange the entire house before you could open your eyes in the morning, mostly he went office without you knowing, your breakfast already prepared, ready to be consumed.

BamBam and Mark often came over to play video games with you whenever you were alone, Yugyeom and Jackson taught you some of their dance moves which was better way to stay fit than gyming out according to them while you went out with Jinyoung and Jaebeom to book stores and coffee shops, and you genuinely appreciated each one of their efforts. They have always been your family but now the picture was getting more clear.

On his days off, Jinyoung used to take you out on small dates, exactly how you liked. No fancy restaurants with people wearing tuxedos and silk dresses instead you liked strolling around the streets at night, playing at amusement park, eating ice creams, spending that quiet moment at Han river, you didn't really recalled that you liked those until Jinyoung informed you.

You knew that behind that adorable smile and soft affectionate eyes was a hurting heart, he was sorely hurting himself more and more just to mend yours. At the beginning you were somewhat scared of Jinyoung, of course he felt foreign to you, but you weren't to him, Most of the times when you tried putting yourself in his shoes, it broke your heart every single time.

"Noona!" BamBam and Yugyeom nudged your arm from either side.

"Yeah yeah", You answered staring back at them. "You've been zoning out, are you okay?" Yugyeom asked.

"I'm fine, just thinking about something", You replied still staring into the void. "Something or someone?" BamBam smirked. Had it been some other time you would have smacked them, but it made you blush.

"Can I ask you guys something?", You said aloud gaining all six of their attentions, eyes watching you intently,"Go ahead", JB motioned.

"Do you guys think that I'm hurting Jinyoung?" You asked nervously. They all laughed softly as if you could not say something more stupid than this, "I really did....".

Youngjae shrugged BamBam and Yugyeom from beside you, conquering the right side on the couch while Jackson sat on the left, tears brimming in your eyes.

"Shhh~" Youngjae wiped your tears lightly pulling your cheeks, "You can never hurt him, this is just a hard phase that you both will eventually get over with, together".

"What made you think that you are hurting him?" Jackson added, you faced him with a sad eyes,"I—I don't know....it just feels so, he is always smiley face whenever he's with me, but blame my heart because it says that he's somewhere hurting real bad", You explained.

"That's true, he is hurting real bad", JB began as soon as you locked eyes with him, he smiled "But not because of you, he is hurting because of the distance you both have, he's not blaming you for any of that actually he's happy because you....." He pointed at you "You are his heart, is with him but not within him. You know we've seen him crying and mourning over you the entire time. But other than consoling him and encouraging him we had nothing to do".

"He barely ate, barely slept. He kept on switching between you and his work yet managed to do both of them perfectly. We are aware about your condition, and please don't feel as if you asking for sometime was wrong. It was right in your place" Mark explained, "But we also have seen him longing for you, praying continuously for your well being to God, he was dying to hold you in his arms where you belonged".

"Your brain might've deceived you, but your heart won't, the feelings, the emotions and the love that you hold for him will forever be engraved there, because you both love eachother", Youngjae expressed while others nodded in approval.

Tears flowed constantly down your cheeks to your neck, not bothering to wipe them you still listened to each of their views with blurry eyes.

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Jinyoung called you in the evening letting you know that he'll be working late, with a quiet yet affectionate 'I Love You', which you obviously didn't reply back.

It's been six months already since you and Jinyoung restarted off as friends. Not even once did he cross the line, although he had every right to hold you in his arms and behave like a possessive boyfriend, instead he gave you so much freedom, just for your sake. He never touched you, not even your hands and it was about time you knew that he is the one for you, he didn't had to really touch you to make you feel things, to make you see how much he loves you because his eyes were enough to tell that you are his world, You are his life, And if you are not here, Then he won't be able to survive.

And the way he took care of you for past six months without asking for anything in return, if this isn't love then you were genuinely not interested in knowing it's actual definition.

Thinking everything to yourself, you drifted off to sleep hugging onto a pillow. Later when Jinyoung arrived home, it was 2am in the morning he was always cautious of his actions and he didn't want to wake you up right now at any cost. He gently pushed open the door to your bedroom, seeing you sleeping peacefully with your luscious hair sprawled over your pillow and some of the locks cascading your face, Jinyoung smiled softly feeling content, walking towards your form, he crouched down on his knees to see your face.

The moonlight landing on your face, making you look ethereal to him, the way your skin shimmered with the moonlight. He could sit and watch you like this for day and night without even blinking. Jinyoung lightly raised his fingers to side your locks being extra careful to not to touch your skin.

"I'm sorry, I promised not to touch you but it's just it's hard to hold back", Jinyoung apologized, finally caressing your head lovingly. "I'm sorry that I'm busy with all these office works and I'm unable to give you time, it's been hectic lately. Sometimes things get so.......so—that I just want to run to you telling you about my problems, like I used to. Your eyes, your smile was enough to say that everything will be alright.....but nothing about you is same anymore, why are you still so uncomfortable with me? I want you back please......When will we be like before?".

"Baby....I am not blaming you for any of that, I can understand. When you were admitted to the hospital the doctors almost gave up, they said that— that.... Maybe y—you won't survive, but I wasn't ready to let you go...hell I won't ever be ready to let you go ever......before losing you I would want to die, seeing you on that hospital ward was enough to wreck me, God knows how many times I wished it was me rather than you lying lifeless ".

Jinyoung has been keeping his feelings bottled up since then, and today they spilled out. He sobbed caressing your hair, "But the look you gave me when I first tried to hug you, I can never forget how hard it hit my heart. You were scared of me...... but I'm glad that you didn't leave me, you decided to stay with me....under the same roof and that was enough. I won't ever give up on you on our love, I love you and I've faith on my love that one day you'll feel the same for me.....till then I'll wait, I'll wait baby".

He stood up from the floor, pressing his lips lightly to your forehead which lingered for awhile, "I Love You so much....". With that he tip-toed out of your room closing the door behind him.

Tears rolled from either side of your eyes onto your pillow, you were asleep but when you heard his voice. You woke up, sobbing to yourself. He sounded so broken. It's not that he didn't listen what role he played in your imagination, it already pained him but the fact that it was making you act accordingly to your imagination in front of him, was stinging his heart.

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You squirmed under the the sheets as soon as the sunrays landed on your face, seeping through curtains, the blinding light making you squint your eyes still trying to sleep even when you were awake by then. Suddenly you no longer felt the warmth on your face, opening your eyes. You were met with the most pleasant sight ever, and you finally admitted it.

Jinyoung's head blocking the sunrays, locking eyes with his soft alluring ones, you couldn't help but stare at them quite for some time, how can you not look at him when he was staring at you with so much love and affection. You almost lost it when the corners of his mouth tugged upward into a dazzling smile reaching his eyes and you swore it was the first time you noticed him smiling that wide, his eyes crinkling.

"I didn't mean to wake you up" He chuckled nervously, standing up on his feet from the exact spot he was sitting the previous night, sitting up on the bed, you smiled, "It's okay. I was up anyways".

"I brought you breakfast, it's not much though. I woke up late as well, so it was the fastest that I could prepare", He stated, rubbing his nape in embarrassment. That's when your gaze landed on the small glass table in your room, a tray which had french toast and a glass of orange juice.

"You're still here?" You inquired since Jinyoung is barely home in the morning due to his early departure for the office.

"Today's Sunday".

Nodding a little, you got up from the bed standing right in front of him, "Did you eat?".

"Not yet—"

"I'll just go and freshen up, let's eat together", You beamed brightly at him, which for sure made his heartbeat escalate to the sky, "S—Sure", he stammered picking up the tray, leaving your room immediately.

The breakfast grew quite awkward which you both knew about, he informed you about him being free today so if you wanted to go somewhere or wanted to do something, you were yourself feeling very nervous, fidgeting with your finger you asked, "Can we just stay home?".

"Yeah, of course".

"So would you like to have a movie marathon or something?".

Jinyoung got scared suddenly as to why were you not in the mood for movies, as far as he has come to know the new you, you liked watching movies and playing video games on Sundays, then why were you acting so strange.

"If I did something wrong unintentionally then please forgive m—".

"Jinyoung, can we have a reading session?" You suggested, cutting in.

"Yes of course!" He agreed happily, "I have a whole lot of books to read, you can sit on the couch, and I'll sit there", He pointed at the bean bag at the corner of the living room.

You could see how his eyes glowed just by hearing the term 'Books', which also made you smile. Within a minute he was back with a bundle of books in his hand.

"I didn't know which one to pick so I brought all, you can pick any one", he said, extending his arms for you to choose a book from. Instead you grabbed the bundle from his hands.

"Not here, in our room", You chimed, running to your room. The feeling of your unstable heartbeat wasn't foreign at all, instead it felt home. Jinyoung on the other hand dumbfounded by your words. Did you just say what he thought he heard?

Jinyoung felt as if he was falling for you all over again, and that he was trying to approach you, living young love once again. He stood awkwardly waiting for you to command him further, you've been so quiet and simple around Jinyoung, always talking to him in monotone, that he didn't even dare to move a finger against your will. And now when you're finally being soft to him, yet he doesn't have any idea what to do.

You gently held his wrist dragging him to your bed making him sit, he watched you with those lost puppy eyes, "I know that you like to read while laying down on bed, with your head against the headboard, I've seen you reading in that room".

Reluctantly he positioned himself on the bed, his head against the headboard. You immediately placed a pillow on his back so that it won't kill his muscles. Motioning him to begin reading, you flipped through the pages of your book, sitting on the bed beside Jinyoung.

Two minutes into the reading and you could already see Jinyoung with his nose buried deep into the book, while you kept on stealing glances at him, for the first time you were paying so much attention to Jinyoung after waking up from coma, the way his soft black locks were parted revealing his milky forehead,to his perfectly shaped dark eyebrows, to his beautiful almond shaped eyes, to his long straight nose, to his soft plump pink lips.

Holding the book firmly in your hand, you climbed on the bed, taking advantage of Jinyoung's concentrated mind you gently laid your head on his thighs, a shy smile adorning your face as if it was the most normal thing to do. You stared at the words and sentences blankly written in the book, hoping for Jinyoung to say something.

Jinyoung flinched slightly feeling your head against his thighs, more than anything he was surprised to see you initiating the physical contact with him. Lowering his book, he glanced at you who was busy reading, or maybe pretending to be busy with reading.

"What are yo—you d—doing?" He croaked out, his throat drying, he knew how much you disliked to have any sort of physical contact with him. Finally getting a response from him, so the tables have turned now. He was being scared of you.

"What do you mean?" You teased him, with your head still on his thighs. "You—I mean.....it's—", he couldn't even form a proper sentence.

"I'm lying on my Jinyoung's thighs, you got a problem with that?"

Your response shocked the hell out of Jinyoung, his heart stopped for a moment, keeping his book aside, he fixed his gaze on your face which had a pretty grin.

"What did you just say?" He exhaled desperately.

"You are my Jinyoung" You remarked softly, your heart hammering against your chest cavity so loud that you could actually hear it. Swiftly crawling up his legs, you settled on his lap straddling his hips, "You're mine right?", You asked cupping his face in your hands staring deep into his hypnotic eyes.

"Only yours", He whispered both of your faces merely an inch apart, he was getting high just by inhaling your intoxicating smell, it was taking every single fibre in him to resist the urge to kiss you then and there.

"What are you doing?" He whispered, without breaking the eye contact, "Don't—". You shushed him putting your index finger on his lips, "I'll speak and you'll listen".

"I'm sorry. I never wanted to hurt you.....it was just....I genuinely needed some time to put myself in place. But trust me, I never hated you, I was just being cautious. I'm sorry", You cried. Wiping your flowing tears from his thumb, he shook his head, "Don't apologize, I know how difficult it was for you".

"I shouldn't have distanced you from myself when all you did is love me and care for me without asking for anything in return, and not even once did you try to claim me. You selflessly kept me first when your own heart was in pain. Jinyoung.....I can't bring back the old me but I promise that with my new self I'll love you the way you love me, maybe more but nevertheless".

He was speechless at your confession, he never saw that coming from you atleast not like this or anytime soon. The position you both were in was already quite intimate and none of you wanted to let go of eachother. The shimmer of love heavily clouding both of your orbs, were enough to pull both of you to eachother, sending you both overdrive.

"So, Will you forgive me for putting you through all of this alone?", You asked your thumb caressing his cheeks ever so lightly.

Already drowning in your captivating essence, he nodded like a puppet.

"Will you forgive me for keeping you away from your love?".

Nod.

"Will you let me make things right between us?", Your fingers gliding from his cheeks to his jaw.

Nod.

"Will you let me love you all over again?", Your thumb caressing his bottom lip.

Jinyoung was thrown to some trance called you, the way you were straddling his hips with both of your chests pressed against eachother. Such unexpected loving confessions coming from you, in your sexy husky voice was driving him insane. His gaze switching between your inviting lips and your adorable eyes.

"Yes.."

Without any second thoughts, you pressed your lips against his soft ones into a small yet passionate kiss, just to seal your feelings for him, Jinyoung was too dumbfounded to comprehend while you pulled back.

"Did you— Did you just express......that you love..me?".

Pouting childishly, you stared at the wall pretending to be thinking, "Maybe....", Your taunting voice made him smile too.

"I'm sorry for making you wait so long but now, when we finally have eachother I don't want to stay away from you even for a second".

"That means I've full authority on you then?" Jinyoung teased back, with a grin slipping his hands behind your back pulling you closer to him. Your heart literally skipping thousand beats per second, "Yes your highness".

"I don't think that kiss was a real kiss", He smirked, putting your arms behind his neck, you encouraged, "Why don't you show me then?". And he didn't have to be told twice, he pushed you off his lap, pinning you on the bed with your hands on either side of you.

"Are you sure?", He breathed, slightly grazing his teeth over your ear, the sensation of him being so close to you made you blush in different shades of red, you faced the other side closing your eyes shut, "Where did my bold little angel go?".

Had it been earlier you would've cowered away, hearing 'Angel' from him. But the reality is where you will reside with your love, with your soulmate, with your Jinyoung.

"She's right before you, so will you kiss me or not" You provoked him with a sly grin. He chuckled heartily, attaching his lips to your plump ones again, both of your eyes closed. The kiss started slow but passionate, your hand flying to his nape bringing him closer to you if that could be possible, both of your love and emotions entirely poured into the kiss, none of you wanted to pull apart.

If there could be a proper definition of drugs then it would definitely be Jinyoung for you, you cursed yourself in your head for not doing this before, for not letting Jinyoung in sooner. His arms felt home and you were more than happy to be back in your home and God, you will never let anyone come in between you both ever.

Reluctantly pulling away from eachother for oxygen, you both inhaled heavily still staring at eachother affectionately. A fond smile appearing at both of yours lips, resting his forehead against yours, Jinyoung whispered, "I really missed you, I promise to look after you all of my life and not to do anything which will cause us to lose eachother. I love you angel, I love you so much".

"I Love You more Nyoungie", You smiled back, closing your eyes.

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"Lisa! Lisa! Here here!" BamBam and Youngjae shouted waving their hands at Lisa who looking here and there trying to locate the sources. Finally finding BamBam and Youngjae waving and yelling frantically, Lisa ran upto her boyfriend hugging him tightly. BamBam twirled Lisa around in his embrace kissing er head.

Youngjae made gagging noises, the same way BamBam did seeing couples showing PDA. Lisa grinned happily, greeting Youngjae.

"It took you so long! You said it would be three day thing and you're returning after a week!" BamBam whined.

"I had to attend the fashion event, the last minute. I couldn't back out" Lisa whined back convincing BamBam, "Leave all this how's unnie and Jinyoung, are they......".

"Yeps they are together finally! Noona accepted all of us and she can't wait to meet you, she didn't really get to meet you earlier".

You and Jinyoung along with other decided to call for a celebration, since you both have finally found way back to eachother plus Lisa was also coming back to Seoul today.

"The restaurant is quite impressive", You commented sitting beside Jinyoung who was cladded in a gorgeous Black Armani suit.

"Thanks to Mark hyung's friend, he owns this pretty restaurant", Jinyoung replied pecking your cheeks despite everyone eyeing you guys. The place was definitely expensive, one can tell just by looking at its interiors and fine lightings.

Lisa entered with BamBam along with her new friend which she met back in Australia who was surprisingly one of the youngest female CEO's of an IT company in Seoul. BamBam immediately rushed upto his friends hugging them one by one. Lisa glanced her friend whose gaze was focused on certain someone.

Nudging her friend's arms, Lisa warned quietly, "I hope you are not still crushing over him, Jinyoung is a taken man....Jisoo".

Facing Lisa with an innocent smile, Jisoo replied, "Of course not....", Thats when Lisa was summoned by BamBam, she motioned Jisoo to follow behind.

Watching Lisa walk to them, Jisoo smirked, crossing her arms to her chest, "I am not crushing over him Lisa.... because I love him".

"I am looking forward to know you personally, Park Jinyoung", her gaze fixed on Jinyoung who was whispering something into your ear making you giggle.

Part 15 // Part 16 (End) // ___________________________

(A/N: So I'm finally done with this FF, I hope you guys enjoyed it. See you next time. And thank you~~~) __________________________________

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[kira-ani-mcgrath]

I've little interest in Frozen stuff but I've seen bits and pieces of this Hans stuff you've mentioned on and off and I'm curious about something. When you say someone is acting un-Christlike by saying a character is irredeemable, what is it you exactly mean? Because sometimes yea, it can be narratively unsatisfying to randomly redeem a character in a story. Example: People debating if it would be narratively satisfying if Azula got redeemed. It's got nothing to do with worldview imo.

For context, this ask comes in the wake of this post.

I’m posting this reply publicly so I can refer back to it if needed in the future. I received a similar ask [hopefully that link works] on the heels of this post, which I answered privately without saving a copy of my response, and it would have been useful if I’d saved and/or posted it. Thus, here we are.

I want to make something 100% unquestionably clear to anyone who follows me or reads my posts: whenever I criticize someone labeling Hans “unredeemable”/“irredeemable” it is ALWAYS in the context of someone declaring him un/irredeemable because of what he has done.

It is NEVER people saying they don’t think Disney should redeem him because they’re worried WDAS will do a terrible job of it. It is NEVER people saying they don’t want him redeemed in an unsatisfying manner (i.e.: “BTW he’s good now, he changed off-screen and now he’s back like nothing bad happened.”). It is NEVER people saying that his redemption may not fit well into a particular scenario. It confuses me that people are interpreting my words this way, because if I were to express concern about the way a character’s actual or potential redemption were handled, I would never do it by labeling the character irredeemable or saying the character shouldn’t be redeemed at all, full stop. I would include the nuances I am referring to, such as “The character shouldn’t be redeemed off-screen,” or “The character shouldn’t be redeemed in this movie.” Therefore, if I am saying people shouldn’t call a character irredeemable, I’m not referring to specific cases such as “The character shouldn’t be redeemed by this creative team,” or, “The character shouldn’t be redeemed in this manner.” I am referring to a much larger picture.

I am criticizing people who say Hans is evil, malicious, unfeeling, manipulative, abusive, a villain, a sociopath, and/or a murder, and therefore he can never and should never be redeemed. I am criticizing people who don’t want Hans redeemed because they have a personal grudge against the character. I am criticizing people who think that once a character crosses a particular line (and apparently this line is unique for Hans, based on what he actually did compared to every other “bad guy” in fictional history), the character is now 100% bad and can never be good in any way ever again.

A Christian should never think this way. There is no unforgivable sin (besides attributing works of the Holy Spirit to Satan, as some of the Pharisees did). We are to love our enemies and desire what is best for them - to be saved, redeemed - and yet I see people with the word “Christian” in their bio bragging about how much they hate Hans because he was so terrible to Anna and Elsa, rejoicing that Hans remains unredeemed in canon, cheering when Anna punches Hans in Frozen, laughing when the Frozen Fever snowball crashes into him, agreeing with Elsa calling him an “unredeemable monster” and approving of her destroying his snow-figure in Frozen II. I see those who say they belong to Christ - the Savior who took on every sin imaginable - saying that Hans is simply too mean, too horrible, too evil to be redeemed. I hope this is obvious, but there should be no such thing as “too [x] for redemption” to the Christian. There is never anyone, real or fictional, beyond salvation and redemption. [The only exception I could think of would be a fictional world where the rules are the antithesis to Christianity - then you could say a character is irredeemable because the very nature of that universe doesn’t allow for the character’s redemption. But that certainly doesn’t apply to Frozen.]

Now to address the Azula example brought up at the end. I’m not an A:TLA fan, but I did watch the entire show and I see the occasional meta cross my dash now and then. I’m not familiar with any debates as you have referenced, so I’m just going to give my own examples to hopefully add some extra clarity to my position.

First, I fail to see how a well-done redemption arc could ever be “narratively unsatisfying,” particularly for the Christian. If it’s well-written and you see the steps the character takes, their failings and their successes, I would think that'd be quite a satisfying story. So what is the actual issue when debating characters’ redemptions? I believe it’s concerns of quality, characterization, and actions.

Given where we see Azula at the end of her fight with Zuko in the finale, it would certainly be unsatisfying if she was chilling in Iroh’s tea shop with everyone in the final moments of the series. Likewise, I would not want to see a Hans redemption where we are re-introduced to Hans and he’s completely apologetic and ready to right any wrongs. In fact, I am put-off by fanfics that start with Hans having already repented, changed, etc., from his canon actions and self. I want to see the process of change, so that it is satisfying when he finally makes the right decision.

Given the existing three seasons of A:TLA, people are free to debate on whether or not room could have been made for an Azula redemption arc. Given the current Frozen material, people are free to debate on whether or not room could have been made for a Hans redemption arc.

Had there been further canon A:TLA material, and there was an Azula redemption arc done as well as Zuko’s (such as described in this Twitter thread), I would have found that very narratively satisfying. Now, others may not like how that theoretical redemption was handled, plotted, etc. That’s perfectly fine. Likewise, people may have certain ways they don’t want a theoretical Hans redemption handled, plotted, etc. Again, perfectly fine. One can disagree on the way a redemption arc was/might be handled without dismissing the redemption altogether.

People may want Azula to remain unredeemed because they believe she would choose to be so. That’s fine (though others are allowed to disagree). For example, if she were to maintain that she did nothing wrong and reject any help Zuko and Iroh offered, then she would remain unredeemed. Alternatively, she could realize that what she did was wrong, but then go the opposite direction and believe she doesn’t deserve anything good, so she would reject love and help at every turn for the rest of her life, and thus remain unredeemed. However, I have never seen anyone call a character “irredeemable” and mean that they believe the character would actively choose to reject offers of redemption.

People may say Azula or Hans shouldn’t be redeemed because it would be out-of-character. From an unbeliever’s perspective, that may be correct, as they think certain traits as immutable. However, that’s wrong from a Christian perspective, as anyone can change if enabled by the grace of God. In fictional worlds that don’t have any Christianity, you simply use an imperfect archetype to play a pivotal role in the character’s transformation (i.e., Uncle Iroh to Zuko).

People may not be against an Azula or Hans redemption in and of itself, but think it makes the most narrative sense to leave the characters unredeemed - whether it be because there wasn’t enough time in canon, or there’s other characters to focus on, or some other behind-the-fourth-wall reason. That doesn’t make the characters irredeemable, it just means that’s the way the story currently stands. There’s no reason that story can’t change in the future.

However, if people are saying Azula shouldn’t be redeemed at all because what she did was too wrong, then that is un-Christ-like. Likewise, saying Hans is irredeemable because what he did was too wrong is indisputably un-Christ-like. Now, of course, I can’t expect unbelievers to act Christ-like, so it doesn’t surprise me when I see them express such sentiments. However, when a Christian argues against redemption on these grounds, I absolutely question why. You claim to stand on the Word of God, but declare there are actions too heinous to be forgiven and characters that don’t deserve redemption? God rebuked a man for his desire to see people punished instead of forgiven [Jonah], forgave adultery and murder [David], and transformed a man from persecuting to teaching the Church [Saul/Paul]. Yet you put your stamp of approval on a lack of redemption for a character because of the actions of that character? Further sanctification is needed, whether in love for the lost or in fully surrendering all to Christ. A lack of redemption should only serve as a warning of what happens to those who reject truth, love, and forgiveness - because, as we know, not everyone will be saved. A Christian should never be against redemption because they personally hate the character, or think the character is unforgivable, or believe the character doesn’t “deserve” it, or any other reason antithetical to who Christ is and what He has done.

#Hans #redemption #forgiveness #Christian #KAM's thoughts #ask

[goodvibesatpeace]

Astrology: The Ascendant

Have you ever wondered why others tend to see you with a different perspective than you see yourself? Have you ever considered where, in your natal chart, you might find clues about the most urgent purpose your soul has in this incarnation?

While these two questions appear to have nothing in common, the answer to both can be found in the same point on your birth chart: the ascendant. The ascendant, or rising sign, is the sign that appears on the first house cusp of your natal chart; it's the sign that was rising over the horizon at the exact moment of your birth. Many astrologers refer to this point in the chart as the "mask" you present to the outside world, but don't let this mislead you. Your mask is very much a part of who you are; it's the part of you that you allow others to see. These are the personality traits and needs you've chosen to make others aware of from their very first impression of you. Since the rising sign is so visible, it's also a point in the chart where one can determine physical characteristics.

From the perspective of personality, the rising sign certainly reveals a great deal, but from a spiritual perspective, these revelations take on an even deeper meaning. If the Sun sign represents what you are learning to become in this lifetime, then the rising sign can be seen as the most direct route your Sun sign will use to learn these lessons. The rising sign indicates the immediate visibility of personality traits, but also the immediate visibility of the soul's purpose.

Let's take an example: suppose you have a girlfriend with her Sun in Cancer. You've read about Cancers and know they are nurturing, protective, moody and usually shy, yet also intensely creative and intuitive. Yet this friend of yours doesn't seem to fit this description at all. Instead of creating tantalizing dishes from her cozy kitchen while complaining about her PMS to you on the phone, and having a life centered on mothering her four children, husband, sister and the neighbors, she's busy traveling the world, has three advanced degrees (one in art history, one in philosophy and one in creative writing) and refuses to get married and have children because she believes it will restrict her freedom loving personality. This friend always has a smile on her face and looks at the bright side of things. That's not Cancer, is it? Well, maybe this friend could be better understood once you realize that she has Sagittarius rising. Sadge is all about truth seeking and higher learning. Sagittarius is fun loving and has an intense need for freedom. This Cancer Sun friend has an immediate soul purpose to nurture (Cancer) her own higher learning and spiritual advancement (Sagittarius). What you don't see on the surface is the fact that she may also be tremendously insecure (Cancer) about her ability to learn (Sagittarius) or her faith (Sagittarius). She is learning to nurture her faith. She is also learning to have faith in her ability to nurture.

When you look at the rising sign from both a personality and soul level, it can give you deep insights. By embracing the lesson your soul decided was the most urgent, and by being aware of what it is about your personality you allow others to see, you can project yourself in the most positive light and accelerate your soul growth all at the same time.

Rising to the Challenge

The remainder of this article is divided into sections that explain the personality traits others will see in you based on your ascendant, as well as the immediate soul lesson that particular rising sign calls on you to integrate with your Sun sign potential. Allow your intuition to guide you as you read these descriptions and I'm sure you will find something that resonates. Remember, your soul wants you to uncover these lessons and embrace them; you chose your individual mask for a reason.

Please also realize that, as with any single point in a birth chart, complete understanding of the details of your life purpose and mask can only be fully delineated when all the aspects your ascendant makes to the remainder of the chart are considered. In addition, the placement of the planet that rules your ascendant is quite significant because it tells you where you will most likely play out this important life lesson. Also, if you have any planets close to the ascendant, or in the first house, this adds further decoration to your mask and there will be more to uncover. If you find a heavy first house or an ascendant that makes many aspects to the rest of the chart, you may want to consult an astrologer to help you fully understand the colors you wear to the world, and the lesson they brighten your life with.

Aries Rising

Move out of the way folks, because Aries rising wants to be first! I'll be blunt about this and say that if you have Aries rising in your chart, someone's first impression of you may be that you are a little pushy or rude. Almost always, they will see you as impatient and in a rush. You may even appear to be arrogant or self-centered since you're so busy pushing forward; you sometimes don't even notice anyone around you.

This is the mask - the first impression. What you will also find with Aries rising is an indomitable spirit, steadfast courage and willingness to walk through fire to fight for what they believe in. Some people don't like Aries rising because they do seem overly concerned with developing their own ego, or self identity. And here's the irony: that's exactly what they are supposed to be doing in this incarnation. The immediate soul purpose of an Aries rising is to develop that strong sense of an independent self.

Taurus Rising

When the bull is rising in your chart, you may appear to others as slow moving, easygoing and someone with charming manners. Some might see you as a tad too materialistic or possessive. You may appear extremely stubborn; not only are you unwilling to give up, you don't know how to give up. At the same time, the presence of a Taurus rising is usually quite calming and peaceful, almost docile.

Taurus rising may appear simplistic to some. It seems as if all you really want is a good meal, some great sex, and a beautiful piece of land to call your own. Whatever your values are, with Taurus rising, there will be no trouble in expressing them to others.

The soul purpose of someone with Taurus rising will center on understanding the nature of the physical. This includes every physical experience from aesthetic to intimate. You are learning how to bring spirit into matter.

Gemini Rising

If you have Gemini rising in your chart, you may appear to others as very restless. You have this air about you of eternal youth, and even if you're 90 years old, I'll bet your mind is as sharp as ever! You're excitable and mentally agile - always moving onto something new or the next idea. You're sometimes perceived as fickle because so many things interest you and it's difficult to focus on one area of interest at a time.

Your immediate soul purpose is to learn how to communicate truthfully. You do this only after you've evaluated all sides of a situation. We all know there are several sides to a story. Your lesson is to integrate them all into one cohesive truth.

Cancer Rising

With Cancer rising, others see you as moody and someone with fluctuating emotions. You may seem quite shy, insecure, and super-sensitive. You give off the impression of reacting emotionally to everything, and also appear as someone who is extremely home and family loving. You are also intensely creative. Others see you as capable of nurturing others in a deep capacity and even if you're a man, there is this "mothering" quality to your persona.

Your immediate soul purpose is to learn about nurturing and loving others in a responsible way.

Leo Rising

Leo rising appears to the world as someone with a bright, sunny disposition - at times even dramatic. You seem to exude confidence and when you walk into a room others definitely notice!

Your soul purpose is to learn you don't need approval from the outside world. Underneath that noble air, you're really learning how to love yourself.

Virgo Rising

Virgo rising seems to be quite refined. Very often a probing, analytical speaker with a soft tone to your voice, others may see you as intelligent and witty. Others may accuse you of either being too neat, or too messy, but you will certainly have a distinct pattern to your character. Others will notice how important work is to you as well.

Your immediate soul purpose has to do with learning how to improve yourself without criticizing or undermining others.

Libra Rising

It may very well be true that others see you as quite attractive. After all, you probably have delicate, refined features and exude charm and confidence. I'll bet your nails are perfectly manicured (even if you're a man) and you're always socially graceful. You may appear to others as very concerned with being diplomatic and fair to everyone you know. You are most definitely charming!

Your soul purpose has to do with learning about balancing equality in your partnerships, and fine tuning your understanding of a relationship as a spiritual path, not as a means to define who you are as a person.

Scorpio Rising

One thing is certain, people see you as intense! Either they are intensely attracted to you, or instantly repelled by your magnetic, mysterious quality. You may appear to others as somewhat mystical, or very secretive and difficult to get to know. There is a tremendous power to someone with this rising sign and others recognize it immediately.

The soul purpose involves learning how to properly utilize this power. Will you use it for what it's intended to be, the life force as a path to God, or the Universe, or the Source? Or will you use it to control and manipulate others? It's been said that souls who choose to incarnate with Scorpio rising have chosen a path of difficult and accelerated soul growth. Every incarnation is important, but I believe if you have Scorpio rising, there is something critical about this incarnation that will affect your soul's development.

Sagittarius Rising (This is me)

You probably have a knack for putting someone in a good mood simply by being in their presence. You exude optimism and others see you as always exploring new territory, new goals, or new challenges. You show others a strong philosophical or spiritual belief system and may be very active, with a love of travel.

Your immediate soul purpose has everything to do with spiritual growth and faith. You will travel many new horizons in your lifetime in order to achieve this purpose.

Capricorn Rising

Others will probably see you as reserved and serious most of the time. One word others will use to describe you is "responsible". You might even be perceived by others as somewhat of a "wet blanket" because you're so busy planning and working towards achieving your goals that you give off the impression of someone who is a bit dry or all work and no play. You are quietly ambitious, climbing the ladder of success one rung at a time. You may have invented the word "willpower". Your immediate soul purpose includes learning about responsibility and structure. You are also here to teach others how to properly take care of business.

Aquarius Rising

Okay, so maybe others see you as a bit weird, or eccentric. You certainly are progressive in some way but your progressive outlook will be fenced into your own restrictive ideas of that particular outlook. Because of the rulers of Aquarius (Uranus and Saturn) being so inherently different (Saturn is structure and Uranus breaks up structure) you might seem to be a contradiction to others. One thing is certain; people are going to be attracted to your magnetism. Even with your electric quality, you may be more interested in ideas than people (or at least that's how you might be perceived).

Your soul purpose centers on breaking through to a more progressive consciousness. I believe it also has something to do with learning to discriminate when you should respect an existing structure vs. when to go ahead and break it up.

Pisces Rising

Others will see you as generous, sympathetic to those less fortunate, and very sensitive and sentimental. You are the essence of feeling and imagination. People may often see you as someone they can easily take advantage of because of your capacity for unconditional love and compassion.

Your soul purpose will be to learn to give to others without losing yourself in the process. You must also learn to deal with your intense emotions rather than escape from them.

Much love to all... go in peace my friends 💕💕

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[trashyslashers]

Uhhh, I'm not sure if we're allowed to do this, but I saw you accepted prompts before (with the Wraith being "Predatory"), so if you can do a prompt with the word "Obsession" with a Dead by Daylight killer of your choice please, that would be amazing, if it's not okay, just disregard this! Have a wonderful week! OwO

I got the most votes for the Clown for this, so that’s who I went with for this!!!

Obsession | The Clown x reader —————————————

Being the object of anyone’s obsession or interest was a completely foreign feeling to you.

While you weren’t entirely ignored throughout your life, no one ever really showed any sort of particular interest in your for one reason or another, and whenever someone did, you were left an anxious, unsure mess. It always caught you off guard when you learned that someone had a thing for you, and your usual response was to just… bail and not think about it. It was easier that way, you always told yourself. You didn’t have to deal with the pressure of pleasing them, and they didn’t have to deal with direct rejection. 

You wished it were still that simple.

You no longer had that option. While yes, you could run, running never got you very far, ever. No matter how far you ran, which direction you went in, how fast you ran - he always caught up. First known to you as simply the Clown, you eventually learned that his actual name, his preferred name, was Jeffrey. Kate had let you in on this small secret; she’d shown up around the same time that he had, and she’d managed to dig around the caravan that supposedly belonged to him during a trial and learnt his name that way. 

In her endeavors to learn more about him, she also learnt that he had quite a thing for you, apparently. 

Locks of your hair kept neatly in small glass vials, along with the ever growing collection of disembodied fingers he obtained from you during the rare times the Entity granted him the ability to kill by his hand - many more than there were for the other Survivors. Many were kept in old matchboxes, a few stuck on various key chains that hung from a small rack on the wall of his caravan. He, for whatever reason, had taken some sort of sick liking to you, and kept any part of you that he could get his hands on as a souvenir. 

It wasn’t long after that that you began to notice the presence of another person around the campfire when Survivors were scarce. At first, you just noticed a certain heaviness in the air that hadn’t been present before, but as time went on you were able to feel what felt like someone’s eyes focusing on you from somewhere out in the surrounding woods, and to say it unnerved you was a pretty damn big understatement. 

Even outside of trials, you weren’t safe from him. Though there were rules and they needed to be followed, there was nothing stopping him from stalking you outside of trials. Your own campfire wasn’t the safe haven it used to be, and you found yourself absolutely dreading returning back there after trials when it used to be the complete opposite not long ago. 

It didn’t take a genius to realize that he was absolutely obsessed with you. Whether it was some bizarre crush or some kind of twisted infatuation you had no idea, nor could you determine which was worse. You’d learnt bits and pieces about him and the other Killers during your time in the Fog, and the information you knew gave very little insight. 

You knew his mother died during childbirth, and that he’d been at this sort of thing for a long, long time. The latter didn’t surprise you in even the slightest, he was disgustingly skilled at it; he knew exactly what buttons to push on people, how to invoke genuine fear and pain in them, and he was damn good at it. The fear you felt in trials with him was like no other. 

You couldn’t help but feel like you were being punished for some unknown transgression. You’d always hated clowns; they’d always terrify you to no end, and now one was utterly engrossed with you. It felt like his eyes were on you everywhere you went, and you found yourself becoming increasingly paranoid as time went on.

In the trials you were not spared from any harm, rather he seemed to target you more than any one else. Though he didn’t go out of his way for it, he made sure to make his time with you last as long as he could. Any opportunity to claim another finger of yours as his own was never wasted, and he seemed to take his sweet time as he stood above your almost lifeless body as he pondered over which one he wanted next.

Thank god the Entity was merciful enough to replace anything lost during trials.

Despite the unease you felt whenever you thought about him and the entire situation, a small, morbidly curious part of you wanted to know more. The most pressing question, of course, was why. Why you of all the other females here? Not that you’d wish his attention on anyone else, of course - but you couldn’t even remotely understand what it was about you that drew him in.

Then again, maybe it was better for you not to know what it was about you. 

Ignorance is bliss, as they say, and you weren’t about to spoil what little bit you had left.

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[akatokuro]

I was quite surprised to read that you're aromantic while you understand Sayo sooooo well and reading your posts helped me understand sooooo much about them. The reason I relate a lot (I mean, A LOT) to this character and the furniture complex is because I'm queer and romantic, so I'm curious how they can resonate with you.

Yeah, I’m a pretty hardcore aromantic! (Midcore ace, probably.)When I was a kid, I remember actually wondering if something waswrong with me, and trying to force myself to have crushes likeeveryone else. It, um, didn’t work out. At all.

The rest of myresponse got sort of weirdly long, so under the cut!

It’s funny youwould bring that up, but I think most people, even aroaces, canrelate to the idea of wanting affection, love, and understanding. Itsounds a little weird, but as Umineko was coming out, I was basicallyobsessed with Yasu starting from EP3, when clear traces of herstarted really emerging through Beatrice. And when I say Yasu, I meanYasu, not Beato (though I adore her too, obviously) – the verydistinct person “behind Beatrice” who obviously differed from herin some key ways.

My friends and Iinitially started “searching” for her because we had becomeinterested in Beatrice’s character after EP3. We combed throughevery little scrap and piece that we could find, back then. Theflashback scene with Virgilia in EP3. When she appeared as a piece onthe board in EP4, directly confronting Battler. The suggestion aboutBattler’s sin and what it obviously was. Lambdadelta’s TIP,speaking to her (careful to note the gender-neutrality and the “notnecessarily a woman.”) We even looked through the Japanese version,and realized that “the person behind Beato” used a differentpersonal pronoun than Beato herself, which added a lot of tragedy andnuance to certain scenes in EP4.

Through thosescraps, we were actually able to piece together a fairlycomplete-feeling portrait of a person and, most crucially, theirthinking process. They were someone who felt constricted andself-conscious. They were an extremely thoughtful person, activelyinvested in trying to understand and work out “systems” by whichto comprehend the world around them. They were someone a little bitwhimsical. They were someone whose initial wish, when they firstbecame a witch, was simply “I want to be happy.”

This person could besomewhat aloof. They were obviously bitter. They felt stuck anddeprived – they stated to Lambda, in a position obviously evolvedfrom when they were a child, that they wanted “people, hearts,everything.” A promise of affection from Battler obviously had anintense, unforgettable impact on them.

And above all, theyhad an intense, longing yearning “to be seen.” They were beggingfor someone to find them, behind Beatrice, behind everything.

All of that waspossible to understand without Chiru or understanding the details ofthe “furniture complex” which, combined with this kind of mentalprofile, sent Yasu into hell.

Even without knowingother things, a lot of these traits struck a really hard chord in me,and I adored this person and wished for their happiness even before Iknew their name or a lot of things about their nature. So when EP7came out, and “Yasu” emerged from the shadows, it was really anindescribable experience. Because there she was, exactly as weimagined. Uh, this is melodramatic, but it was a weird feeling likeUtena pulling the lid off the coffin, and saying “we finally meet.”

And reading it,several particular things continued resonated with me in the thingswe learned from her direct POV. I think I’ve mentioned this before,but the sequences with “Shannon” as her imaginary friend actuallyhad me hard-crying because I recognized them to the point where itwas a little bit scary. That particular, exact dynamic with animaginary friend to a dreamy, lonely kid. A dream of visualizing theperson you want to be, but could never really live up to – so itbecomes a seperate person, with soft, repetitive, scripted notes ofreassurance to offer.

Other things, too –the way she suppressed her unhappiness, constantly trying torationalize, block things out, struggling with herself – the scene where she builds herselfup and stands up to the servants, only to get blank stares andnothing from it. The way she uses “Shannon” to tell herselfafterwards “it’s okay, it’s okay. I’m okay.” The use of apersonal language and world.

I remember back whenEP7 was released, it felt like so many people didn’t understand, ordidn’t know how to read further into her narration – so they tookit at sort of face value that “her life wasn’t so bad. She seemedfine.” But it clicked with me so clearly that the entire thing wasbasically her screaming in agony, but trying so, so, so hard to makeit better in the only way she wielded any real power: in the way sheperceived it.

I think that mybeing aroace leads me to focusing on certain elements of Yasu morethan someone who might be romantic – for example, I probably fixatepretty hard on that idea of “not being seen” and performancesversus the idea of an “authentic self.” That’s largely why Ipush a lot for Kanon, because I can identify him as being the closestavenue Yasu had to that sense of “authentic self” withoutworrying about others accepting her or what they thought –and her being forced into a corner where she felt she had to killhim, and the possibility of being a boy. It’s also why the idea ofreducing Yasu to being a version of Shannon is sort of horrifying tome.

You know, back whenEP7/EP8 was released, people by and large did not understand theseriousness of the issues involved with Yasu’s furniture complex –I remember all kinds of odd theories flying around, like “Yasu’sfurniture complex is just her being self-conscious about a scar overher heart” and the always-puzzling “Yasu’s gender doesn’tmatter (stop talking about it).” It felt like the question was somekind odd side trivia about the character, rather than central to hermotives.

In some ways, Iwonder if being aromantic was almost an advantage in terms of diggingdeeper – because I had a hard time accepting that love for Battlerand being torn between Battler, George, and Jessica was enough, giventhe way I saw the character, for her to go as far as she did and justcompletely give up on living altogether. This was someone whoobviously wanted to be happy, and live. So my friends and I keptlooking, and looking, and refused to stop searching for somethingfurther until we felt it made sense.

So when I realizedthe meaning behind furniture, and how important it was – it wasactually a pretty world-shattering revelation to me and made me goback and question a lot of things I had taken for granted or hadn’tnoticed up until that point. Because I already loved the characterbased on her voice and her thoughts and just everything about her,and wanted to understand just what it was that was obviously hurtingher so badly, when I understood that – it hit like a ton of bricks.

Throughunderstanding that, and being able to connect some of my own moregeneral feelings about “I’m scared of rejection” and “I’mscared to be myself” to a situation that was much, much more urgent– and through talking to people who could more directly relate toher experience than I could – Yasu has taught me a lot of things.As much as I adored the character to begin with, she ended up beingmore incredible and wonderful and layered than I could have imagined.

But I think to me,fundamentally, the furniture complex – important and central as itis – isn’t really the core of the character for me. It’ssomething that happened to her, and that she struggles to cope withas the person that she is, with the tools and strategies that shehas.

Discussing this withsomeone, we sort of noted how it was really impressive how Yasu’sstory is simultaneously incredible specific and yet also veryrelatable to many people in a general way. To ask “Who am I?” ofanother person, as a cry for help, has special significance to someone who can relate toher on that specific level – but I think it’s something that mostpeople can, to various degrees, also relate to in the more generalone.

Nothing will everreplace that thrill of reading EP7, and knowing that we had foundher, though. We were wrong about and missed a lot of elements, but Iwill always be absurdly proud that , in some meaningful way – atleast it felt so to me – before the curtain was really pulled back,we did “see her.”

#akatokuro chat #seacats speedread #yasuuuuuuuuuuu #requiem of the golden yasuda