#old but good

[fimbry]

I can't find this on my tumblr, and I still like it, so here!

#kaliro #dragon #lexartwork #OLD but good

[freckledjoes]

Joseph Quinn for Zegna

#joseph quinn #old but good

[loulougoingsolo]

Twitter was surprised to learn Hank Green is bi, but I thought I knew that a long time ago. I figured out where from just now: Ear biscuits episode #48, from 2014. An interesting episode in many ways, and sadly, one of the old ones, which don't have a video version.

#rhett and link #ear biscuits #EB epidode 48 #hank green #talking about #bisexuality #being a nerd #old but good #Youtube

[fuckyeahstufficareabout]

#old but good #star wars #star wars Republic commando #the clone wars

[them3ltinpot]

#phone #selfie #old but good

[theomnicode]

Old but good; analyzing Saitama vs Genos

Wonder if the Saitama and Genos spar is the first time someone actually takes Saitama seriously, as a person with serious ability and as a person who can be legitimately threathening and a respectable fighter.

With Genos going all out and not underestimating or belittling Saitama's ability and instead calling him out on not fighting seriously enough because he was just avoding hits and not striking back, really won Genos quite a few points in Saitama's book. That Genos noticed it in the first place that Saitama was holding back and noticed it very fast to boot, spoke of keen intellectualism and analytical skills.

When he was stupendously shocked instead of idk, fainting after a Death punch, Genos showed he had actual guts to face death head on too and wasn't just all talk and no show and that's why Saitama chose to invite him out on dinner later. Genos was trying to impress Saitama, so Saitama tested him and chose to reveal his full ability in return and was happy with what he found since Genos didn't run away screaming.

He slaps genos forehead with a knowing smile and eye-brow raise to get him out of his shock; it's not every day a guy has to face death head on and lives to tell the tale.

It is something Saitama has faced himself multiple times when he was training to become stronger, so he would know the feeling quite well.

Having the composure to still be standing in the face of Saitama's Serious punch means Genos can practically face anything the world throws at him without flinching and still rise to the challenge and that's all the confirmation Saitama needs if he's to actually take Genos as disciple. Someone hanging around him would come face to face with world ending threats of far higher caliber than is the norm, of that he has no doubt. Just for the sake of their own protection, they'd have to rise to Saitama's level if they want to hang around with him because Saitama is a monster magnet.

And maybe after a Death punch, anything else is practically too tame to even induce a shock, so Genos would be better prepared to face destructive force like that and not freeze and be able to dodge.

The invitation for spontaneous late dinner seems to be just as much of an silent apology as it is an invitation that Saitama wanted to get to know Genos better. The guy impressed him enough to be quite interesting. Genos being legitimately interested in HIM and not deterred despite showing just how dangerous he could be, made him interesting.

(Saitama was going to pay for both since he invited Genos, he planned out the restaurant based on his low funds and based on that it had good Udon and the evening time gave it a more "romantic" overtone, so yea, it was "technically" a date too.)

I also highly doubt that Saitama looking back at Genos was just because of he was unsure if Genos liked udon, but more about second-guessing himself if he had actually went too far after all, because Genos still wasn't reacting and wondering if he had actually scared him too much or something. Saitama doesn't Death punch people for fun, so there could've always been an adverse reaction.

Saitama was also seemingly second-guessing himself in spontaneously asking Genos out for dinner in the first place. What if he was making some kind of social plunder here because Genos was just staring at him with a weird expression?

Fortunately, it wasn't a plunder for Saitama.

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Unfortunately, Saitama probably also feels like he's just a wallflower compared to Genos and all the people vying for Genos' attention afterwards; Amai-mask the Handsome Kamen and all the fangirls, one who blatantly just asked Genos to shake her hand is a source of envy because he wasn't confident enough to do anything remotely the same. Genos is a show-stopper and Saitama definitely noticed this and so he doesn't want his new disciple to even work with him to steal the glory. Saitama's low self-worth does not do him any favours.

Instead of getting rookie-crushers trying to crush his hopes of succeeding, Genos even gets treated differently. People didn't seek out to test his ability as S-ranker, but seemingly sought him out for entirely different reasons, not interested in fighting skills...and the only connecting dot Saitama seems to figure out that Genos just looks far more handsome and he's popular because of his looks, so Genos already forges better connections immediately. Fangirls don't want to fight, far from it, they just want to know him.

The lower the rank, the less popular and uglier the hero is. The higher the rank, the more popular, better connected and good looking the hero seems to be.

Not unlike in multiple irl job circles where people who have the looks get more foot inside the door and the higher status you are, one often just looks the role.

It just perpetuates the poor self-image he has of himself when other C-rank heroes claim they are popular too (Tank toppers), so Saitama is just an exception to the rule of being unpopular C-ranker, so it must be something about himself that is wrong. That he's the only common denominator in being unpopular and it HAS to relate to how lame and plain he looks. Because he doesn't look like a buff Tank topper either, that must be one of the reasons he's not popular.

(Saitama's self-image is really quite awful innit? I'd need to do some serious research to see if it has gotten even a smidge better)

Genos is S-rank, he's C-rank. Genos looks pretty, he does not. Genos is amazing, he is lame. Genos is popular, he is unknown and disliked. Genos has nice hair, he does not and worse, he used to have hair but lost it and all that remains is a shiny bald head. There is a lot for Saitama to be envious about when he just tries to be himself, but nobody likes him when he tries to be just himself. Too plain to ever be noticed. Upward comparing himself to Genos doesn't do his self-esteem any favours and he plainly shoots down any kind of flattery.

It is no wonder if Saitama feels like he just can't compare to Genos and has taken this long to actually show any kind of affection and confidence to express his true feelings; his poor self-esteem just made him feel like he never had a chance anyway from the start and Genos is definitely out of his league, being everything he hoped he could be. And probably not actually really interested in him in that way despite titivating himself to Saitama, that was just an ulterior motive just like his empty flattery before meteor incident, plain to see through.

After is a different story, because Saitama did something heroic, so there was an actual reason behind it and Saitama can appreciate Genos being more honest and cheering him up and listening to him rant.

It does send up quite the mixed signals however, so it takes a long time to figure out his intentions just to be on the safe side.

Can't say for sure if Saitama has stopped comparing himself to Genos completely, but his looks and lack of popularity are no doubt still a sore spot, even if he has since learned to greatly appreciate Genos and how he complements him instead of highlighting the differences.

#opm #one punch man #saitama #genos #saigenos #genosai #saitama vs genos #analysis #opm meta #self-image #upward comparison #spar #self-esteem #Old but good

[kezenani]

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#old but good

[bettelion]

#livs words #old but good #alice ripped off one of his bells recently rip #bettel

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#old but good

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#it’s nostalgic to me #nostalgic #old but good #my polls #tumblr polls #random polls #polls #Dam Dadi Do #nightcore #music #nostalgia #Youtube

[344x-azucar]

what the slicer doin

#overwatch #ow2 #vrchat #null sector #old but good #i can only get clips as bots in vrchat cuz he other models are so dead eyed #widows an exception cuz she has no emotions anyway >:P #my screenshot

[chickahdee]

#lupin iii #lupin the third #meme #zenigata #an old meme I made #and then forgot about #old but good

[zuko-always-lies]

#Azula #Ursa #fanfic rec #Ursa has thoughts #old but good

[guardianoftheotherside]

Looks like cinnamon roll, could kill you: Fury, Uriel, Lilith

Looks like could kill you, is a cinnamon roll: War, Death, Ulthane

Looks like cinnamon roll, is a cinnamon roll: Strife, Azrael. Karn

Looks like could kill you, could kill you: Samael, Abbadon, literally every demon 

#darksiders #old but good #correct me if i'm wrong #imagine #angels #demons #horsemen #samael #lilith #war #strife #fury #death #abbadon #azrael #karn #ulthan #makers

[theomnicode]

Old but good; analyzing Genos in the aftermath

I can't get over the fact that Genos actually went out his way to titivate himself up for Saitama for their spar.

I would call it seduction tactics when he's trying so hard to dress up nicely in collared shirt that shows his black and sleek looking arms, his nice neck and is thin enough to glow through. All tricks on table when it comes to getting into sensei's favour. Anything that works, like being catty or dressing up well or showing his power. Then later discarding said tactic when it didn't actually work out for him.

Hilariously enough, the one thing that actually impresses Saitama enough to comment about is his noodle eating ability, which only leaves him confused as to why it would be impressive enough to be called awesome over. Not his battle prowess like his impressive showcase of power and maneuverability and neither how handsome he looks, though I'm fairly sure Saitama did take note of that (who wouldn't?).

Afterwards Genos looks visibly stumped over how to even get into Saitama's favour and you can see it from his expression even. Either the poor guy doesn't know what to do because Saitama is hard to read or he's visibly disappointed in himself at how poorly this "get into sensei's good graces asap" is going, not knowing he's already well on his way to do that. Meanwhile Saitama is dying from noodle overdose while Genos ruminates on different tactics.

Either Genos is a poor liar because it's no longer lunch time and he doesn't need to digest food either, or he made up a poor see-through lie on the spot just to gauge Amai-mask and his reaction, who just kind of helpfully came along so Genos could further showcase his ability to Saitama by kicking this A-rank guy in the curb fast.

What I also cannot get over is how the leaflet for this particular noodle restaurant just happened to appear magically in Saitama's room, then Saitama went and tested them out, thought they were tasty and brought his disciple there to eat with him despite not having money and it just so happened to be a spicy noodle contest day so they got theirs for free.

You know the guy is satisfied with the outcome when he comes back with a smile plastered all over his face or he's just smirking about something.

He has to be satisfied with how he handled Amai-mask and possibly made it seem like he kicked his ass seven ways to sunday and very swiftly. If disappointed that he didn't actually get to fight the A-ranked hero in the back alley, he doesn't let it show probably because he wanted Saitama to think that he's strong enough to handle A-ranker and he seems pleased with himself how he actually handled the Amai-mask situation in general.

It is harder to fathom why he chose on that bridge that he would choose to go and live with Saitama, after mulling over Amai's words of being expected great things. Maybe he really did think that in order to get the secret out of his sensei, he would have to be as humanly close to him as possible. And in order to get strong enough, he would really have to take that leap and just go live with Saitama so he could study his day-to-day life as close as possible, in case he missed something.

When he comes back, he's prepped himself as well as he possibly can and even slaps down so much money that there's no way a sane person could refuse insane amount of "rent" money like that.

Let's not pretend Genos would think Saitama's apartment rent costs that much, he says nothing to Fubuki about Saitama squatting later on in the manga, which means he knows about it and Z-city ghost town portion is basically empty of citizens anyway. Genos just planning out that he's gonna have to pull out all stops again in case Saitama refuses.

I love that the only thing Saitama asks Genos to have is his own toothbrush because he's learned the hard way about tooth decay, so it would be important enough to remind the younger guy to have important utilities like that at the ready. With that much money on the table, least the guy won't ever go hungry or any other needs like clothing or utilities even if Saitama was unable to suddenly provide a place for him.

It is funny though that at first, Genos surprised Saitama who was eating ice cream in nothing but his pyjama bottoms but only a mere 5 days later Saitama is completely comfortable with Genos presence to lounge around in nothing but pyjama bottoms. Maybe because Genos has already seen him naked, so there's little to hide and Saitama is just not very body-conscious besides his bald head. Saitama is happy to roam around in nothing besides body paint haha.

Somehow, not conciously at ease but still at ease in this kind of conflicting way that he's not consciously very keen on having Genos around yet and doing things like writing, after taking his disciple to a bathhouse and giving him spare keys, he's physically comfortable to just lounge around.

#opm #one punch man #genos #saitama #character analysis #opm meta #tactics #saigenos #genosai #Old but good

[11oh1]

whiskey sour

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