#competent ash

[mafufuu]

i compare childrens literature to pd pcs

!! spoiler for like, so many episodes of prime defenders god knows how many, but def s2 finale, if youre not done scroll away at rapid speeds !!

Childhood

    Peter Pan is a tale of growing up. Dakota Cole is someone who might have done that too fast. The story follows the Darling children, primarily Wendy and their adventures into Neverland. Wendy seemingly wants to stay a child forever, though when faced with Peter Pan, the embodiment of childishness, her mind is changed. Dakota can be considered childish, with his intellect, black and white sense of good and evil, and extremely kind heart. Yet, it might be that, as opposed to Wendy, he is clinging to whatever remains of his childhood.

     As a kid, Dakota was quite reckless, skipping school, climbing roofs, and whatnot. He’s like Peter Pan, filled with childish whimsy and a lack of care. He befriends a girl, who joins him in the shenanigans. It’s like the early bond of Wendy and Peter. But soon, the consequences of this immaturity become evident. Like how Wendy comes to see Neverland’s flaws. One day, when climbing a roof, the girl falls. Dakota tries to pull her back up, but soon his grip gives out and he goes down too. 

    Couple this with the death of his parents, and likely other factors, Dakota has gone through the kind of stuff that would kill off a childhood. But this is “his” fault, he wasn’t able to save her. Dakota wakes up after the fall, and he runs from wherever he was. He holds this notion that a hero, like the ones he sees in the media, saves everyone. A lofty childish ideal, but one worth admiring. Dakota has grown from where he started, he no longer sees good and evil as two separate entities, holding the idea that the ‘villains’ deserve to be saved too, and that they can be met with forgiveness as opposed to punishment. 

    Peter & Wendy says in the end childishness must be let go of. I reckon that it’s okay to have maturity, yet still hold the whimsy and joy of a child.

Belonging

     Pinocchio is a story that has been warped over time. In this case, I will base this off of the basic sanitized version most people know. It focuses on a wooden boy, the titular Pinocchio, who desires to become a boy of flesh and bone. Vyncent is someone who (as of the beginning) felt a lack of belonging in the world of Prime, and wanted to be accepted. What lies in both is a desire to change.

    Pinocchio starts out as a wooden boy crafted in a woodcarver’s shop, a fit for what he is made of, surrounded by similar things. Vyncent starts out in the world of Fauna, where magic is something everyone has, where people can just have pointy ears and no one questions it, where adventuring parties slaying dragons are usual, where he is normal. Where they belong and are accepted.

     Though, they both leave those places of comfort, intentionally or not. Pinocchio ventures out to become a ‘real’ boy, and Vyncent falls through a portal. Soon after, he somehow ends up in jail, then gets recruited to join the Prime Defenders. He does not know the customs of Prime, but he goes with how things are, while using some of his knowledge from Fauna, to attempt to fit in. The heroes are beloved by many, they belong.

     Vyncent embarks on his journey with William and Dakota, forging friends and foes, and maybe, a home, along the way. He finds a place where he can belong. Vyncent goes to visit Fauna, and he is beckoned to stay, in the place where he is from. Yet, with how he would be separated from the Prime Defenders, and how The Greats’ power remains in his sword, he chooses to leave. The Blue Fairy fulfills her promise of acceptance to Pinocchio.

    Interpretations say Pinocchio holds the message of ‘disobedience is bad and being good will be rewarded’ which in some scenarios isn’t untrue. But, to me (and Guillermo Del Toro), it is an anecdote saying if you stay true to yourself, you can be loved, you were always what you wanted to be, realizing it or not.

Curiosity

    Alice in Wonderland is about a girl falling into a strange and foreign world. William Wisp is a boy that got thrown into a hectic journey nonconsensually. For Alice, it is Wonderland she journeys into, for William it is the side effects of dying and getting revived.

     It begins with being out in nature, seeing something strange, and deciding to follow it, then falling, be it being out on the river bank, seeing a white rabbit running late diving into its rabbit hole, or going on a late night hike in the woods, and spotting a will-o-wisp, and chasing it off a cliff. Then, Alice is in Wonderland, and William is falling with strange sights surrounding him. He looks around, seeing bright colorful lights, floating islands, be they holding fountains, a field of greenery with a mother and child walking together, a man on a throne of paperwork, you name it, all things to write home about.

   Both William and Alice leave their places of wonder, though they do return. (Admittedly I’m not sure how well the events of the sequel lines up with William’s character development.) William’s adventures outside of the spirit world do not halt, however I am not focusing on those. When the base burns down, Mallard Conway whisks William away to show him his domain, being an endless graveyard housing everyone he cares for, and himself. Wonderland is certainly described to be a weird place, meaning it is also likely not devoid of horrors.

    Both of the two are out of knowledge, attempting to solve the mysteries of these strange places they wound up in. They both can be mean at times, though are generally decent people, and they want a way out.

    William’s journey through the spirit world and as the Wisperer continues. Ranging from forcing Dakota to fight a smoke samurai, then being forced to eat the soul of aforementioned samurai, to dying again, to learning he is decaying and bloodless after punching a wall and seeing strange imagery, a lot of things, and not necessarily good ones. Like how Alice continues traversing Wonderland.

    Eventually, he dies a third time. He is faced with his final challenge, his trial. He stays with his old ways and runs, and runs, though eventually faces the fight head on, with all the growth he's gone through. The battle is simply happening when Clarence retrieves William to give the latter a second chance at being alive, though more in between alive and dead, as would Alice’s sister wake her up from the dream, and she leaves Wonderland.

    There isn’t really a clear moral to this one, though it may have various themes and interpretations. This is but a tale made up to amuse youth. Though Wonderland may be fun, it has its downsides and things can go south, but the only constant is change, so things will be okay.

Home

    The Wizard of Oz explores the narrative of Dorothy, a girl who lives in Kansas who’s life is turned upside down in a cyclone, Ashe Winters is someone who was just living in suburban New Haven, who’s life was turned upside down by the metaphorical cyclone that is the Prime Defenders (and eventually becomes one himself). 

   Dorothy soon becomes part of  a group, making a quartet, one with three others who doubt their possession of  certain characteristics.  A tinman who treats all life with the greatest of care. A scarecrow who doubts his wit and overanalyzes. A lion, one who houses bravery but chooses to run, until told otherwise. Though Dakota, Vyncent, and William might not be the best embodiment of their trait I assigned among the group, they all have it for certain. Then there’s Ashe, who desires the comfort of family, in these scenarios, not necessarily blood relation, more companionship, familiarity, and support.

    After many trials and tribulations, the Prime Defenders make it where they need to be, fighting Overlord. They won, however their victory came with a sacrifice, Ashe gave himself up to the Trickster so they’d win. Despite how little time they spent together, Vycnent, Dakota, and William are determined to get their friend back. They fight, and they fight, and they fight, until they’ve won.

    All Dorothy desired was to go home, and Ashe wanted connection. These two things are quite similar, Dorothy was not seeking a building, but her aunt and uncle, and home is people, the kind you can connect with. That is what the Prime Defenders are to Ashe. He is one of them. Dorothy and Ashe return to their places of comfort, Kansas, and the Prime Defenders. After all, at the end of the day, there’s no place like home.

#i bring a kind of milgrammie analysis brain to the jrwiblr im unsure is good or bad or #know i proofread this the day after i wrote it on five hours of sleep and eight espresso beans #hope its coherent #ive had them for one or two months im not okay #saw this post talking abt how vynce isnt necesarily stupid #he can be competent but isnt given the tools to do so man im not saying hes like a five year old but man i remember when i was younger i fe #--t the same #i use he/him for ashe in this but just know i hc ashe as genderfluid #just roll with it prime defenders #jrwi pd #jrwi show #prime defenders #jrwi prime defenders #jrwi #dakota cole #jrwi dakota #dakota jrwi #vyncent sol #jrwi vyncent #vyncent jrwi #william wisp #jrwi william #william jrwi #ashe winters #jrwi ashe #jrwi ashe winters #ashe jrwi #jrwi pd spoilers #prime defenders spoilers

[beefcakeash]

fave ashton photo??

HELLO JESS!!! first ask on the new blog this is titillating

i can’t be expected to choose one so

#this is the hardest thing anyone has ever tasked me with #i paused my audiobook to do this #needed to focus #ash #THANK U FOR ASKING !!!! #HI !! #his blep in the first pic #smile in the second #i love dilf ashton but something ab that superbloom shoot heavily competes #and ofc big man seventies rocker in the last #hes so zeppelin in that tanktop #respuesta #daydahlias

[cartoonscientist]

I did find this size difference TF art when I was looking for the poster though

wait

oh my god

WHY HAVE I NEVER SEEN THESE COVERS BEFORE THEY’RE FUCKING DELIGHTFUL

#suggestive text #tw syringe #reanimator #Herbert looks like the Joker but everyone is thinking that right now #Herbert has more testosterone in his body here than in the movies #they had to scale him up to fight Ash #I think tiny twink Herbert could beat up anyone with luck and planning tbh #he’s like a less competent Batman #gore #zombies #body horror #gun violence

[sage-nebula]

Amethio's life sucks because he is clearly a competent antagonist, but he's a competent antagonist in a Pokemon anime so he will always be foiled by the 10yos and their friend squad.

#like at least when J&J&M failed it was clear they were incompetent and so deserved it #(they were competent *before* meeting Ash but their brain cells got fried in ep2. they were never competent again after that) #(except that brief stint in BW I think) #but with Amethio he clearly has a full working brain but this is just not the anime where he will succeed #he is in the wrong genre. poor Amethio. #(plus like . . . the kids have adults protecting them who also have full working brains so like. double RIP lmao) #pokemon #pokemon horizons #pokeani #anipoke #trainer amethio

[changethecircumstances]

Jason doing wood carving as a hobby but also not being very good at it and every night Salim kisses all the band-aids on his fingers kinda want to draw or write it

#jalim #jason kolchek #salim othman #house of ashes #jason x salim #i can see jason being able to competently make large things #like i could totally see him making his own furniture #but i could see him struggling with small things and tiny details

[lucksea]

ok i arranged it a little better. i could make this look actually good but im not going to

#null havoc damage #lucky and ash competing for the most pokemon caught over the course of their careers #ash wins bc of the tauros but otherwise it might be a bit close #also debated adding an original trainer team using the gen 5 pokemon but i decided against it #lucky brought the pla team back to the present after completing the adventure. smile

[perenlop]

pokeani moments that exist purely to make Me miserable:

the line where they call ash's oshawott a throwaway pokemon in the unova league so they're just flat out saying they think it's a worthless pokemon

to thine own pokemon be true (extra angst points for me bc ambipom was my second favorite on the team at the time)

the granddaughter of the guy who trains gliscor calling gliscor pathetic and weak to her face despite gliscor being an extremely sensitive pokemon

pretty much everything about that gible

blue episode (favorite color but they made it a fetish somehow and also dewott and brionne and meowstic are all there and its so bad)

boxing heracross immediately. also that battle frontier episode where it's literally the only returning ash mon (barring torkoal i think but i dont count it bc its native to AG) to get humiliated onscreen

pidgeot returning but gliscor didn't even show up in the miniseries despite being an Actual Character

#sorry ik i keep bringing up the throwaway line but like. its SOOOOOOOOOO bad holy shit #the heracross one isnt aaaaaas bad tbf bc they really make up for it in the sinnoh league #but aside from one ep in the miniseries we never quite get an episode where oshawott proves itself in a battle #i still love that episode bc it still kinda feels like an apology for all the oshawott bashing in bw but i am a little :/ #that battling didnt even come up once #ive kiiinda eased up on gliscors benching episode bc at the end of the day it isssss pretty good to her. also its the best animated one #but its treatment like what i mentioned that still really drags it down to me #and also like. i know ppl praise gliscor being so powerful after the episode but i really dont get why we couldnt have just #had a gliscor training arc onscreen. but ig we wouldnt have that stupid ass gible plot that went nowhere now would we #but like.... we had such a huge stretch between that episode and the league. i really dont get why we couldnt have had a mini arc #where gliscor realizes shes not pulling her weight that well and really starts hauling ass #she doesnt really even sweep in the paul fight. she gets beaten immediately by ninjask #the drapion part was awesome tho yayyyy #but my point is that it wouldnt really change much if gliscor just stayed and got stronger on its own #have the bench episode be a wake up call for gliscor rather than a goodbye one and she becomes super competent #like im not just saying this bc gliscor is my favorite character in the entire show. i feel like its straight up kinda lazy and less reward #rewarding #imagine how the drapion fight could be EVEN MORE cathartic if we saw gliscor struggle and fight to get better throughout the show #as much as i like that specific battle and ash vs paul as a whole... it just kinda proves my point that sending gliscor away at all #was kind of a shitty move #like ohhhhh ash's team is all getting revenge for lake acuity yay!!!!! oh one of them was kicked off for the sake of a shitty gible plot th #which really only served to make shitty piplup bashing jokes and only actually had a conclusion in the league itself #by which time it was too late to actually do anything else with it. yeah we kicked someone off for that. but shes back now!!! #like it doesnt weaken the battle THAT much. in fact theres some value in how ash went out of his way to make sure gliscor could be there #so her defeat could also be avenged. and its still my fave battle in the whole anime. but it just proves to me how pointless that was reall #echoed voice

[daydadahlias]

Yeah, he called himself a "dad," but turning and treating the other guys like babies in your asks and tags just seems weird and wrong. They're all grown adults.

you forgot to put "april fools" at the end of this bestie

#no but seriously like #bare with me for a second while i explain something to you #1) i dont think 5sos are children. i think they're completely competent grown men who take care of themselves #it's something called 'a joke' and im sorry that this joke that ive made #probably 100 times?? over the last few years?? is just now starting to bother u #from that ive deduced that u must be new! and if u r new. u can leave! i promise u wont miss me that much #2) 5sos being 'infantile' (which i dont think they are) and ashton being a dad are two separate things so let's not conflate them #i make jokes abt ash being a dad. THATS the joke #the joke isnt 'aw the rest of 5sos are little babies who need to be taken care of' #that isnt the joke and u shouldnt take it that way #so let's not project and pretend that's what the joke is #the joke is centered on ASHTON. it's about ashton being a dad. not the other guys being babies. which... they arent #3) ashton has a parental dynamic w/ the rest of the band that's just straight up #4) r u ok? #bc it seems like ur having a bad day and im sorry abt that. hope it gets better :( #pigeon #anon

[clio-just-clio]

he’s like a himbo. to me

#clio speaks #evil dead #ash williams #as discussed at length with various people he’s too competent/smart and mean to actually be a himbo #but to me

[asherasgayagenda]

there is no pink adorable gnc killer idol there is pink adorable gnc killer forced to rap by feminists

ah that’s right that came up as one of the first things I was taught about the series

#IM STILL LIKE ??!?? HUUUHHHH #so like the world was overtaken by women so men are forced to sing and be entertainment??? and compete?? #that is about all i know about lore thanks #hypmic #is ashe rambling again #come back from the dive asks #anon

[saviourkingslut]

If there's one thing I do love about Thropes, it's that instead of the Blue Lions pandering to the player character, they 180'd it into showing love and supporting for Dimitri. Like yes King, you deserve therapy from your close friends

DEFINITELY. it's so wonderful to see all of the lions so supportive of and involved with dimitri. i think as a whole they feel like an even more closely-knit bunch because there's more lively interaction between them. a reason for that is also because there is more opportunity for it - for most of the characters, their traumas are already fully explored in throuses and so that leaves a lot of room in thropes to have them talk about other things and/or have their characters develop in a slightly different direction by the grace of this basically being an au. BUT it is also because unlike in throuses, where by//leth is the focal point of the story and also of all the characters that they interact with, in thropes it is not shez but by and large dimitri. shez is basically just another character and it is clear that though people think they're nice, they are also still a bit of an outsider who is new to the group and who isn't fully trusted by everyone, and they're treated as such. and so it is dimitri who is the centre of the blions. he is making the decisions, he is who everyone looks to when they have to take the next step in the story. and he is the person that the blue lions choose to follow and support, not just because he is their king but because he is truly one of their closest friends

#asks #at least this is my opinion. i think that having shez being just some dude #means that the lord doesn't heave to 'compete' with the player character in terms of making connections with the other characters #like a some of dimitri's supports in throuses with his own lions are. pretty lukewarm #and he doesn't interact with them much outside of the supports bc the story doesn't really give the opportunity for it #but now everyone's on his hype and support train #and i am living for it #also bc you can hear them do it during the fights itself? #basically as shez we as the player get to get a bit of an outsider's look on that super close friendship dimitri has with his lions #like when the blions walk away to have a personal talk with dimitri abt miklan #and shez eavesdrops on them from a distance instead of getting involved #i think that kind of distance really makes it possible to give more shape the connections between the lions and between them and dimitri #ANYWAY #byleth critical #just in case lol #three hopes spoilers #and like yeah it doesn't make much sense that someone like ashe gets to be in the close circle if they were only at the acadamy for like #a month. same for mercie and annette. but WE as players consider them to be a part of the lions #so it'd be REAL weird if they were also treated as they should logically be bc unlike shez they are not new to us

[amidalashandmaidens]

Jouta's favourite breakfasts include:

Tamagoyaki

Tamago Kake Gohan

Dorayaki

Okonomiyaki

English muffin with egg sandwich

Flapjacks with scrambled egg

French toast

Notice how all of them have egg in them! Worst comes to worst he'll pop a boiled egg in his mouth and get going.

#my not so subtle nods #jouta is a gem #jolynes more of a bacon gal so they fight over what theyll have for breakfast #eileen and jotaro are 'okay' at getting them to compromise but #when jol + jout get old enough to work a stove they compete to get to the stove first #sibling FIIIIIIIIGHT #lore #oc lore #my lore #my oc lore #jouta kujo #ash thoughts

[ghosttoasties]

this is why online and everywhere i possibly can be am faith mae and no one else. I literally cannot handle meeting someone with the same real name as me cus it's just so common and i lose my sense of self

#pasta jargon #I CAN'T like ok I will say goodbye once I know cus I hate having to compete for individually here. #'oh her not her'? it's the most embarrassing thing. even worse when they do art and write too let me sit and turn to ashes

[asheanon]

16. Which one of your biggest flaws do you like to rationalize the most? (for Branson!)

From: *: ･ﾟ✧   90 loaded questions / interview the muse.

He mulls over the inquisition for a moment. Many moments, even.

Seriously, this pause is long... and awkward. Long and awkward enough to bother those who are often perturbed by such a silence.

In time, the sound of birds chirping merrily outside a window seems to pull in his attention. He studies them intently as they fill the soundless void.

"... Being too quiet." He finally answers.

#🌠 Ashe Anon | RP 🌎 #that's a good question ❔ #Branson 🐀🎸 #silverymusings #Sometimes #it feels like Branson and Sal #compete for “world's most overthought answer” #as well as #“world's best question dodger” #when it comes to questions

[flyingpochama948]

Me just having a lot of feelings about a Pokeani character whose last appearance was almost ten years ago and wasn't that popular to begin with so trying to find content is very hard.

#stephan #why cant i just like the popular characters #why must the unpopular ones always take my heart #but hey wouldnt it be cool if journeys did like a big tournament arc #where literally every reoccurring rival ash ever had shows up to compete #wouldnt that be great to see stephan become bffs with tierno and morrison #like

[beameized]

Character development is shipping your notp but only in a very specific way

#okay I'll bite I like jealuc but only cause neither wants to make a move because being together for the long run means one of them will #have to give up their position and neither wants that #cause what Jean likes the most about Diluc is how he's competent in his business and also has a sense of justice and means to effect such #and what diluc likes about Jean is that she is the acting grand master as well as a good leader to the younger generation of her clan #being together means one of them will have to be married into the other's house and lose what they have #or they could be joined as one house but the coming together of #gunnhildr a big militant noble family and Ragvindr a big business noble family is extremely dangerous #because their descendants would be holders of too much power #sure they can ensure good children & grandchildren but when they are bone and ash and buried how about the children of their grandchildren #and those who come after #this is when they realize that the noble system that protected them is limiting them #and they work together to overthrow Mond's noble system once and for all #for selfish reasons at first but gradually from all the people they talk to in the end #then they can smooch