i know everyone is sick of hearing me talk about this, but there is something so interesting about this idea that orihime is the one who witnesses ichigo's hollow transformations in all of its stages and that her pov is usually our indicator for whether or not he's too far gone. this is especially interesting when you consider the fact that the heart motif shows up repeatedly in her character arc. what is a hollow, if not a being that has lost its heart? orihime saw this happen to sora, so we can tell why it makes her uncomfortable every time ichigo loses a little bit of his. she is the 'heart' character, after all–the moral antithesis to ulquiorra's emptiness and nihilism. she believes the heart should be the foundation from which one fights, which is why she's anxious when ichigo loses sight of that and acts on his more vengeful impulses. remember, what zangetsu wants to protect is not what ichigo wants to protect, so they are constantly at odds with each other – the selfless, duty-bound human/shinigami side vs the self-protecting hollow/quincy side. it's why ichigo is so ashamed of himself when he wins his fight against ulquiorra. the only reason he even made it back to his human form at all was because he clung to the promise he made to protect orihime (a promise he made as a human with a moral purpose)
by the time horn of salvation comes around, ichigo proudly shows orihime his new form – orihime, who was traumatized by his complete loss of control (his death). orihime, whose reactions had upset him in his fight against grimmjow. he knows how important it is to her that he remembers why he fights, what impulses he's acting on, who is really the king when he wields his weapon. "this time i'm still me," he says, because he remembers how distraught she was when he was forced to throw everything away for absolute power. ichigo had never been sure about himself before, had always feared and resisted this side of himself before, but he's embraced it now and he can't help but tell her – part showing-off and part reassuring her that he will always be the guy she thinks he is (the one who wins fights and protects people and is endlessly undiscriminating about who he shows his kindness to)!!!! i am dead!!!!!
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With herd mentality, lack of critical thinking, cancel culture and subsequental fear of it, policing and purity culture, black and white worldview, lack of agree to disagree and being pro-censorship I think vast majority of, unfortunately very young and self-viewed as progressive, folks on social media more resemble a cult
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I love it when people are like- “Ugh you ship this good looking, rugged, will-burn-down-the-world-but-loves-you man with this younger woman? What are you, a pedo?”
And I’m over here like oh buddy. Friend. Pal.
You have VASTLY misunderstood who exactly I am projecting onto with the fury of a thousand suns here.
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I think scout is the straightest merc. Don't get me wrong he's still gay. But I feel like he mostly has a preference for women/he hasn't discovered his own gayness yet. The second straightest merc is soldier, he's also still gay but he also likes women. I think the most gay merc is medic. He's never once liked a woman in his life. Homosexual sadist ftw
I mean like. He's bi. Soldier is bi. He's not "part gay" or "less gay" or whatever. He's bi and bi is gay. I'm alright with like joking about how Scout is a total frat guy and is the "straightest" most stereotypically yknow, but he's not like that bc you hc him as bi with a preference for women. And Medic would like retain his entire personality and being The Gay One or whatever even if you were to hc him as bi (which I personally don't but even if I were to that would not lessen his personality or how much I like to write him as engaging actively in gay culture). The last sentence of this ask is so "gold star lesbian"-y and it like. Sucks a little bit. Sorry to sound like mean or whatever but I'm bi and I notice this stuff a lot n I'm not fond of it. Lol
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Karlach is one of those characters I absolutely hate the fandom characterization of. I hate all the infantilization I see of her, and find it extremely obnoxious, this is a woman who wants to get her engine fixed so she can fuck, and who swears every other word. The fact she also likes cute things doesn't make her a blushing little girl.
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If I see one more person hating Imogen on my dashboard I am going to riot 😤 fair enough if you thought she was a bit annoying but you cannot hate her for liking Nick. You also cannot hate her for being an actual teenage girl. After years of asking for accurate teen portrayals. That also means the teens who make a few mistakes or say the wrong things at times 😌 get yourselves together y'all are sleeping on Imogen she had some of the best lines.
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"The fastest way to shut me up is to kiss me." for mac <3
☯ 𝐅𝐋𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 ☯
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There is a lengthy debate going on inside the shadow simian's mind right now. Several ways in which he could respond to the sage. Which one was the best? Especially to knock that smug look off his damn face. An easy one would be to react violently and it was tempting BUT he decided against that route. Not with the possibility it would add fuel to the fire in one way or another.
Well, he did say it was the easiest way to shut him up after all. Not wasting another second before grabbing the end of his scarf and yanking him close. His own lips slamming to met the golden king's own a second later. It was a deep one even a little bruising but it was quick. Pulling away now, a smug grin gracing his features when he got an eyeful of Wukong's expression.
Oh, was he not expecting that? It caused a chuckle to rise from his throat in the moment. Good.
"Well well well, what do you know? It was the quickest way to shut you up after all, Peaches~"
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one thing i think needs to be talked about is the fetishization s/tolas constantly shoves in b/litzos face and then he’s surprised that blitz didn’t take him nor the relationship seriously.
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Love the fact that my do it for them Truten meme has over 25 notes <3
Show the boys more love. At some point I am gonna draw some Future Trunks/Goten art.
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