#iVE CONNECTED THE TWO DOTS

[grimalkinmessor]

The parallels between Tsubomi and Reigen drive me so fucking insane you have no idea like—that shit had to be at least SOMEWHAT intentional even if not in a specifically romantic way.

For one, Tsubomi and Reigen are two of the only few people that call Shigeo "Mob" consistently. (Yes Tome also calls him Mob eventually but she starts out calling him Kageyama-kun and likely picks up "Mob-kun" from Inukawa or Reigen later on). We don't know how Reigen started calling Shigeo "Mob", though we can assume that Tsubomi was likely part of the group of kids that originally misread Shigeo's name as Mobbu to begin with so she's less of a mystery on that front. Maybe Reigen saw it written on his backpack or his shirt tag and started calling him that too, or maybe Mob even just told him that that's what everyone else called him and was what he prefered to be called at the time. Either way, it's a little odd that Reigen's one of the only people who use that nickname when we don't really get a reason why beyond "it can also be read like this", especially since Reigen is a grown man with (presumably) full literacy of kanji and would know how to read it.

Then there's the other obvious parallel that's made in the show; how Tsubomi and Reigen treat Mob. How they see his powers. They're not special, they're just a part of him. Nothing to be scared of—even though they kind of,,,,are lmao. The fact that Tsubomi continues to sit in the park even though a literal hurricane is approaching because she thought Mob sounded upset on the phone happens at the same time Reigen goes sprinting full-tilt into said hurricane because Mob is in trouble always stands out to me. It's less obvious than Mob's own words: "She never treated me any differently because of my powers" "Master never treated me any differently..."—but it's still a pretty blatant parallel to me.

Not to mention that both Reigen and Tsubomi's personalities are actually very similar as well! They're both described as people that hide behind a mask, a facade, while still being brutally stubborn. If Tsubomi doesn't want to do something, she's not gonna do it. While Reigen is more laid back because he's used to getting his hands dirty for work (money), he's still very stubborn himself when he doesn't wanna do something. He'll find a way to wriggle out of it and talk circles around you if you let him. Dimple even says that Tsubomi is the type of person who can't be swayed by words or peer pressure. She and Reigen were actually, again, two of the only people brainwashed through airborne Vibes™ instead of through food like everyone else. The biggest difference between them on this is that while Reigen lies fairly blatantly, Tsubomi seems to only lie through omission. Tsubomi is more of an introvert too, compared to Reigen's extrovert (though you could argue that both of them are good with people, with the only difference being that Reigen enjoys being the center of attention while Tsubomi presumably does not).

Plus they're both pretty goofy too once you think about it lmao. They're both prideful and hate to be humiliated, but they also care a lot about their public image and how people perceive them. Every time the scene with Tsubomi and her friends outside cleaning up leaves comes up, her expressions and panic always remind me of Reigen. And then there's Mob, calm and unjudgemental, willing to help her with no questions asked. Mitigating her humiliation, just like he does for Reigen :)

Another thing that always strikes me is how Mezato says, "If you can accept her for who she really is..." followed by Reigen's echo during his confession: "This is who I really am". Mezato essentially tells Mob that Tsubomi isn't who she seems on the outside and that if he wants to be accepted by her, he needs to also be ready to accept her as well. Which, we don't get to see much of Tsubomi's life outside of Mob—wow just like Reigen—so we don't ever really know who she is beyond that outer mask, but we see her slowly opening up to Mob later, as a friend. But the fact that Reigen's own confession mirrors Mezato's words to Mob about him accepting Tsubomi always makes me vibrate in place a little like,,,Confession Arc my beloved 🙏

I don't know man, there's just so much there, it makes my head spin. I could go on and on about it but I better cut myself off because if I don't I'll start crawling on the walls going feral about it because what, what was the point of this if not to make it clear that the relationship between Mob and Reigen is supposed to parallel his relationship with Tsubomi like what do you MEAN—

#mobrei #reimob #tsumob #mob psycho 100 #reigen arataka #takane tsubomi #parallels #iVE CONNECTED THE TWO DOTS #you didnt connect shit— #IVE CONNECTED THEM #kageyama shigeo #mob #obviously the solution is that im supposed to ship the polycule #right? thats what im gaining from this? tsubomi to mob to reigen to tsubomi to mob pipeline? #tsumobrei? #tsumobrei #i think about this all the time you have no idea #plus the way that mobs flowers in the title sequence match his eye color and color scheme but reigens flowers match. tsubomis color scheme. #mobs flowers are deep red and white and reigens flowers are fuckin BLUE and PINK like cmon now #its bonking me over the head at this point like i GET IT

[bluefire-axolotl]

#baldurs gate 3 #shadowheart #warrior cats #bg3 #youre welcome ballgate community #wait wait warrior cats ballgate drama... game is very close to being called balls gaye... #ive connected the two dots #(you didnt connect shit) ive connected them

[konnorhasapen]

Welcome to a late night vc with @friendlyfaded and @izzuku

#redacted audio #redacted asmr #redactedverse #redacted asher #redacted asher is purple guy #ive connected the two dots #ive connected them #redacted darlin #masc!darlin #redacted tank #masc!tank #redacted art #redacted fanart

[nhlfthallsy]

wait i'm sick i'm thinking about eddie saying "you're the guy who likes to fix things" to buck in 5x04 and buck saying "i wish i could-" with eddie finishing his sentence with "fix it?" in 5x18 and then them playing fix you last night and buck FINALLY realizing he doesn't have to fix people anymore i can't i'm done actually this is sickening i'm gonna run through a wall

#buddie #911 on fox #911 spoilers #buck x eddie #eddie diaz #evan buckley #PUTTING MYSELF IN A COMA #THEYRE SICK #how do i move on #IVE CONNECTED THE TWO DOTS #the parallels are paralleling

[autistic-ranpo]

guys.

im pretty sure someone's already said this, but.

the silver cat feeds when blue meets yellow in the west.

the silver cat (vecna) feeds when blue (mike) meets yellow (will) in the west (california).

Vecna only started his killings AFTER mike left.

im too tired to figure out what this means (if it means anything) so idk

honestly dont know if this is old news or not lmao

#byler #??? #stranger things #vecna #ive connected the two dots #you didnt connect shit #i connected them #will byers #mike wheeler #stranger things analysis #st #idk man #either im a dumb lil man #or im smart

[kirjavas]

anyone else thinking about how it’s implied that the subtle knife could do intercision because the blade is the same colour as the silver guillotine and welded from the same materials. how will is taught to “make a cut” when learning to open windows between universes, but is only successful when he focuses on transferring his soul (and what lyra sees as his dæmon) through the knife. how the knife creates spectres every time it opens a window, which feast on adults but ignore children. personally i am losing my mind

#ive connected the two dots #his dark materials #the subtle knife #meta #alice’s rambles #bbc his dark materials #s2e4

[georgethem]

frank vs russia is just like that time when a japanese teenager catfished the dean into bringing jeff random canned foods, except if jeff was the one catfishing him

#ive connected the two dots #iasip #sunny spoilers

[youaremysunshine-court]

I would just like to point out that in 1×08 (the orgy), guillermo says "I don't kiss and tell" and follows it up with "I don't kiss... ever" but in 4×02 (the lamp) he says "I don't kiss and tell" smiles very smugly and walks away this tells us something

#wwdits #ive connected the two dots #nandermo #guillermo de la cruz #nandor the relentless

[cattycaleb]

hey what if every single aeormaton has a name that starts with “D”. like what if that’s just their naming conventions

i mean.... we have devexian..... dweomer.....the mysterious “D”........

#ive connected the two dots #you didnt connect shit #im connecting them #cr3 #willow whispers #critical role spoilers

[thedeafprophet]

I always thought Edwards thing with the mask was just him being a weird little freak, and I still do, however ever since I got that mask from the waswood repeat of an old event that says it's a mask of an orphanage orderly.

And it looks somewhat similar to what Ed wears. So I can only theorize that perhaps masks are just what people working there wear and Ed got a special one because of his role, and then got overly attached to it because he's a weirdo.

#ive connected the two dots #either that or Edwards just a very traumatized theater kid #fallen London #poor edward #light fingers #light fingers spoilers

[sirenthestone]

Anyone else think this David Grusch guy looks like Soldier G65434-2 from System Shock 2?

Like...

I'm seeing a certain resemblance.

#david grusch #soldier G65434-2 #system shock #aliens and ufos #ufo hearing #current events #system shock 2 #wait... #the G stands for Grusch! #i cracked the code #ive connected the two dots #lol #credit where credit is due #i was trying to describe Grusch on the phone to my eldest sibling #and the system shock comparison was all him

[tathracyn]

Wait...

The squonk is of a very retiring disposition, generally traveling about at twilight and dusk. Because of its misfitting skin, which is covered with warts and moles, it is always unhappy...Hunters who are good at tracking are able to follow a squonk by its tear-stained trail, for the animal weeps constantly. When cornered and escape seems impossible, or when surprised and frightened, it may even dissolve itself in tears.

WAIT A SECOND...

#pokemon #lechonk #IVE CONNECTED THE TWO DOTS #not rly but i CANNOT NOT THINK ABOUT THIS

[paleodictyoptera]

Broke: Learned about the Great Year as a measurement of Earth's axial precession, being roughly 25,800 years

Woke: Realizing that if Great Years are treated as an hour, the Earth would be a 20~ year old

Bespoke: Further realizing the development of multicellular life would then line up with puberty and sexual maturity if treating earth as human

#ive connected the two dots #earth: you didn't connect shit #i've connected them #but fr shit like this is how conspiracy theories form

[mattholicguilt]

hang on a second

Elias kills Jurgen Leitner and makes it seem like Jon did, forcing Jon to flee (oh and Leitner is played by Jonny sims's dad)

Jon runs away and takes refuge with Georgie and the Admiral (Georgie can't feel fear. it means no worries)

oh during the Unknowing Jon sees a ghostly vision of Leitner and tries to remember who he is

??? bugs are involved ig

tma is the lion king

#ive connected the two dots #tma #the magnus archives

[dizzybizz]

they got that ND swag

these shirts man omg pls i love em so much

#ive connected the two dots- #you didnt connect shit- #ive connected them #sk8 #sk8 the infinity #langa hasegawa #reki kyan #renga #renga is genuinely one of my fave pairings ever.... theyre so ND to me and i love them so so so much 😭😭😭 #this is actually a redraw lmao #mightve actually stumbled upon a rendering style i enjoy 🤯 #my art #fanart

[biscuitboba]

Thinking about the "you are my captain luffy, and im your first mate" line and uhh, remember when luffy first asked zoro to become a part of his crew? while untying the ropes, zoro said to luffy something along the line "you can untie me, but i'm still not gonna be part of your crew", and he was all like "i mean it!", and then later luffy also asked nami to join his crew, but of course she rejected him too.

Anyway, later (after teaming up with nami first then zoro second) luffy told morgan that they are a crew (just luffy being luffy), but zoro and nami of course refuted his statement. Not just once though, after defeating morgan and the other marines, nami and zoro pulled out the "not a crew" statement simultaneously after the "im sensing a little bit of tension amongst the crew" line from luffy.

So like i cant help but think about how zoro and nami technically kinda joined at the same time? And not just that, but nami's actually the first person that luffy teamed up with! And this got me thinking, zoro what makes you think that you are luffy's first mate? I get if animanga zoro wanted to call himself luffy's first mate, but opla zoro? Like anyway all im trying to say is that opla zoro is a self proclaimed first mate, i said what i said.

Also i'd like to add something from what i've read somewhere about first mate and:

"First mate is the vice captain and is not necessarily the first person to join. A first mate is appointed after a sizeable crew is formed and the captain picks the most suitable person to lead his crew in his absence."

AND REMEMBER THE "you just got here you don't know what luffy needs" line from zoro??? luffy said that he needed zoro. Zoro heard what he said. This man is just ready to commit for life. He picked himself as the first mate like a champ, as he should.

EDIT: after rewatching opla i just realised that nami used the first mate phrase not only once but twice (when talking to/abt zoro). But i still think that zoro is a self proclaimed first mate, cuz first mate should've been chosen by the captain and they (luffy & zoro) never really talked about it so i stand by what i said:D

#Like i get that zoro naturally becomes a part of straw hat crew #like there's no official moment as clear as the one in the anime or manga when zolo agrees with luffy to join his crew #but like the lack of 'officially joining the crew' moment is what makes the “im your first mate” line from zoro CRAZIER to me #roronoa “im your first mate okay? from now till the end. get used to it.” zoro #luffy couldnt be happier though #zolu #luzo #monkey d. luffy #roronoa zoro #one piece #one piece live action #opla #im overthinking and reaching about zolu again whats new? #pulling the shane “ive connected the two dots” madej move #or not really