#omg i loved this more than i expected

[booksandwords]

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Read time: 4 Days Rating: 5/5

The quote: Words are seeds Casiopea. With words you embroider narratives, and the narratives breed myths, and there's power in the myth. Yes, the things you name have power. — Hun-Kamé

The ending of the Gods of Jade and Shadow is so bittersweet. I'd spent so long trying to figure out where it was going, how it was to end and how much pain and suffering I was in for. I was not prepared for that. I was not prepared to have my heart slashed, then trodden on and then somehow revived with the help of a rather jovial demon. Overall though I really enjoyed this. I didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did. This is a book I legitimately found by just googling online on a theme. I knew nothing about it. But I have a fondness for mythology and strong women so I figured this was right down my alley. It has strong plot elements, strong characters and kept me guessing right until the end.

Gods of Jade and Shadow broadly follows 18-year-old protagonist Casiopea Tun on her journey to help Mayan God of Death, Hun-Kamé, regain his throne. Hun-Kamé was 'killed' and imprisoned by his brother for power with left eye, ear and index finger and jade necklace left in the care of different underlings. In order for him to regain his immortality and his throne from his brother, Vucub-Kamé, he needs to collect these pieces of himself. For him to do that have needs a mortal to use as a life source until he regains his immortality. That is where Casiopea comes in, a bone shard is embedded in her palm that feeds her chu'lel or life force to him, causing her to slowly die as her chu'lel drains. It sounds bad. But Casiopea has always been unhappy with her situation, has wanted to see the world, to swim in the ocean to dance the charleston and drive an auto automobile. Hun-Kamé is her way to get out, that he presents as an attractive man doesn't hurt. It turns into a cat and mouse game between Hun-Kamé with Casiopea as his representative and Martín as Vucub-Kamé's.

I like this plot it is simplistic enough, think of it as Percy Jackson and the Olympians but with higher stakes, life or death for both Casiopea and Hun-Kamé. It follows a familiar and comfortable pattern. The characters are what make this. Casiopea is a brilliant, headstrong, brave, young woman, living in a time of growth and beauty that likely wasn't ready for her. The changes in Hun-Kamé are gradual and so well done and Casiopea's humanity seeps into him. Their relationship also changes from god and supplicant (Lady Tun is the sweetest name) to lord and handmaiden to something near equals. Their affection for each other is clear even when neither of them expresses it. As a villain, Vucub-Kamé was complex especially when Casiopea starts relating to him because that means the reader related to him. Martín was even better written, his character development is complex, his thought processes are oddly endearing. You really aren't meant to like him I don't think but I did he was raised by an oppressive patriarch, his behaviour is kinda semi-logical. The support cast is mainly made up of Vucub-Kamé underlings. The most important of which is the highly amusing and almost sweet Loray. He was unexpected. Xtabay feels a bit like a succubus (from Greek mythology) I like her attitude. Fierce, femme fatale power and prismatic beauty. That whole situation was enjoyable. I'll leave the others alone because of spoilers but they suit their roles.

Gods of Jade and Shadow is written from multiple perspectives, Casiopea Tun, Martín Leyva and Vucub-Kamé. All three have very different feelings and tones. Casiopea is the protagonist stronger than she knows, in a situation she never asked for but trying to make the best of it raised as the poor relative in a wealthy Mexican family she has been living in a situation where she is not more than a servant. Martín Leyva is her older cousin, set to be the man of the family. They have a complex and fraught relationship based on jealousy and misunderstandings. Martín is in the (not so willing) service of the third protagonist, Vucub-Kamé. Vucub-Kamé the usurper Supreme Lord of Xibalba and the younger twin to Hun-Kamé. His tone is grimmer, darker, more manipulative and infinitely older than Casiopea or Martín. Martín is a self-absorbed and quite angry young man, the small fish in the big pond his language reflects this. Silvia Moreno-Garcia has a gift for creating mental, particularly when the perspective is Casiopea's. Casiopea is a fairly well-read woman (especially for one in her position) who has something of a poets soul. Words are something she likes, having her see the world and illustrative language well feels like something of a necessity. Some of the other perspectives have impressive passages of description but it feels like Casiopea is queen. In addition to these three perspectives in third-person, Moreno-Garcia occasionally slips into something akin to third-person objective. Like we are seeing everything from the world's perspective but perceiving none of the emotions of the moment. This is most common in Casiopea's chapters in times when she is missing something of relevance to the growing relationship between her and Hun-Kamé, or just lost in the moment. It is smart writing it allows all the cards to be on the table. Lessening the pressure on readers to interpret the moments for themselves and ensuring that moments make sense. It takes skilled writing and the right story for this sort of style to work and it really does here. I think it saves on confusion but it does still leave some mystery because yes as readers we are aware of their burgeoning relationship but how aware are Casiopea and Hun-Kamé? In combination with an already mixed perspective, it gives the broadest view possible of the situation.

Have a couple of notable quotes.

"No enemy can wound you, nor course you into wounding yourself, not when a Lord of Xibalba walks beside you. Not even one who has lost his throne. It must be by your hand and your hand alone. Free will." — (Hun-Kamé) Of course free will makes an appearance and is kinda core to the premise of the book. He can force her to do anything neither can anyone else.

He has some of the sweetest names for her over the course of the book. The names change as his humanity and affection increase. His compliments to her are the same.

"And who told you life was fair?" "Maybe I thought it would be fairer with a god at my side." — (Hun-Kamé & Casiopea) This is such a common exchange in book like this but I always like them.

The concept of patan is fascinating to me. My culture doesn't have anything like it. Not just tribute, but duty and beyond duty, the obligation that carves your place in the world, and she wasn't about to disregard it. (Casiopea)

"Death speaks all languages," he replied. "But I am not death." "You wear me like a jewel upon your finger Casiopea." — (Hun-Kamé & Casiopea) This comes across as so romantic to me. It's the jewel line. It shakes her too.

"I like your daydreams, dear girl," he said quietly. "I've never them aloud before." — (Hun-Kamé & Casiopea) Again this is so romantic. And it is so important to see a person as private as Casiopea open up and give her wishes for the future even if some of them aren't possible.

"I deal in illusions. It is my gift. But it's not an illusion. Who I am right this second with you. Do you understand? I can't say it any better. Remember me like this, if you choose to remember me at all." — (Hun-Kamé) At this point, I almost broke down in tears.

At one point Vucub-Kamé says "Three is a special number, for it is the number that represents women". I was thinking about this. I can't find any direct references to the three in Mayan mythology and lore. But then I remembered the idea of the Triple Goddess (think the Moirai, the Horae and Tridevi) but most importantly the idea of the Maiden, the Mother, and the Crone.

I didn't put it in the main part of my review but this is set in Mexico in the 1920s. It takes a country girl and moves her through big cities and things she's never experienced before. It is a stunning setting to use. From the old world and rustic to the new and flashy. It suits Casiopea over time too, the closer to bigger cities she is the stronger and forceful and brave she is. Though she does become frailer too.

#gods of jade and shadow #silvia moreno garcia #book review #ktreviews #read 2021 #omg i loved this more than i expected #the ending was perfect #booklr

[raikirikiri]

thinking about if konoha ninja who became anbu frequently 'died' so they wouldn't be on any registry and so other villages would get word that notable shinobi have 'died'. they don't do it often, that would be suspicious, but they do it to kakashi. minato assigns him to anbu and apologizes blandly when he tells him his death is going to be faked. kakashi, broken traumatized and depressed, thinks nothing of it.

kakashi 'dies' on a mission months after the death of rin, after obito watched, after he lost pretty much everything and any sense of self he had. his body isn't recovered and the circumstances of his death are unclear.

if im being entirely cruel, this means that no one in the village (guy, asuma, iruka, etc.) would know that kakashi is still alive. they all think he's dead and they grieve him and kakashi... disappears. he doesn't know himself anymore and he can't, because he's dead and he's in the anbu now and that's all that matters. his life for konoha in life and death, always.

obito, being the stalker he is, looks for kakashi. he missed him entering the anbu, he missed the faked funeral, he missed a lot. he tries to find him in his shoebox apartment, stakes out minato's home, sits at the memorial stone and rin's grave. but kakashi never shows up and obito decides he'll check the active missions in konoha, just to know where kakashi is (definitely not to follow him and watch him, that'd be weird, duh). so after sneaking into the hokage's office with kamui, he rifles through the piles of s-rank and a-rank missions, but kakashi's name is nowhere to be found. confused and almost insulted on kakashi's behalf, he checks the b-ranks and below, but no dice.

now obito is getting...nervous might not be the word but he's definitely feel angry at this point. if kakashi isn't home, on a mission, grieiving, or with minato then where is he. obito stalks guy next, finds him sitting on a rock by a stream, glum. he's pale, his eyes are watery, he looks exhausted and obito is definitely nervous at this point. he'd never admit it but for something to get guy of all people down... obito fears for the worst.

through much stalking and espionage, obito finds out where kakashi is.

he's dead.

that can't be right.

he would've heard if kakashi was dead, right? zetsu would've told him. he would've known. kakashi has one of his eyes, he definitely would've known. and obito, pissed, scared, and indignant, opens up the connection between him and kakashi, searching for kakashi's vision, for what he can see. he hasn't done it since that night when rin...

he didn't want kakashi to know it existed, never even wanted to take that chance. but he doesn't care anymore. kakashi isn't dead. it's just not possible.

obito was right. kakashi isn't dead.

but he might as well be.

kakashi has no way out of the anbu now, no way that wouldn't give away konoha's secrets. guy can't help him because guy thinks he's dead, minato can't help him, he killed him in the first place. kakashi will forever live, breathe, and die for konoha. it makes obito's blood boil, he feels reminiscent of the night rin died.

he hates kakashi. he wants to hate kakashi. he can't hate kakashi. he can hate the world, he can despise konoha, he can want to kill minato. but kakashi...

he's never been able to hate him. no matter how hard he tried, how easy kakashi made it for him. when it came to kakashi, his balance between love and hate was never more skewed.

there's a particularly awful mission, kakashi is the only one to return to the village and he's...he's not good. obito watches him laugh hysterically as he washes his hands of blood that isn't there. he's never seen kakashi so broken and it hurts more than he ever thought it would.

obito gets kakashi out of the anbu. kakashi hates him for it, fights him, thrashes against him and his will and ideologies. kakashi doesn't know him, obito was too ahamed to reveal himself. it doesn't matter though, kakashi wants to die. he was happy in the anbu, he says. it'd be a quicker death, a noble death.

you've already died, obito shouts at him, enraged and torn apart. how can't he see it? how can he be so naive and blind to it all?

kakashi doesn't answer, doesn't know what words to say to make this stranger believe he isn't worth the trouble. obito has no choice.

with a shaking hand, he removes his mask. kakashi watches, eyes wide and wet and obito throws the mask to the side to hold out his hand. you've already died, but you can be reborn.

with me.

kakashi, broken tattered and thoroughly sure he's lost it, takes obito's hand. yes, kakashi thinks, he's died. but if this is the afterlife, than maybe things won't be so bad...

#WOOOO BOY this turned into more than i expected #and then BAM akatsuki kakashi #they are in love #the abandon eye of the moon #no more obito heart seal either somehow #and then they world domination #they take in a few kids first #naruto sasuke and sakura of course #throw in itachi for good measure #food for thought #maybe i write this omg #ive been looking for a creative venture recently #im writing obkk tattoo artists au rn tho #but it's mostly ahem smutty #anyway put it in the drafts and prompts #obkk #obito uchiha #kakashi hatake #naruto shippuden #uchiha obito #hatake kakashi #faked death

[white-weasel]

Before I watched Saw IV and V, all I knew about Hoffstrahm was that they had a bit of an antagonistic relationship to each other (that caused people to ship them) and there was a scene where they’re in a Saw trap together and one of them gets into a glass coffin to survive while the other subsequently dies

All this to say: I thought the whole glass coffin scene was supposed to be Strahm sacrificing himself by shoving Hoffman into the box and Hoffman watching in horror, trying to open the coffin but being unable to… and in hindsight I could not have been more wrong about any of the context of the scene lol

#me: omg it’s gonna be so sad when jigsaw traps them in a room and only one of them can survive :((( #kinda like a parallel to the bathroom trap in the first movie except this time it will end with a selfless choice :((( #saw v: … anyways here’s Hoffman tricking Strahm into meeting him in a death trap room and making sure that no matter what choice he makes #he’s gone bite it. just one way much more violent than the other #and this is by no means meant to imply that I don’t love the actual film because I do #just funny to point out expectations vs reality for me lol #saw v #mark Hoffman #saw series #saw franchise #Peter Strahm #Hoffstrahm #coffinshipping #white weasel talks #I scream about saw

[small-spark-of-light]

day 19 was to draw something i hate drawing!!! fun fact! i HATE drawing front facing portaits

#incredibox #incredibox fanart #incredibox v9 #el cool p #sparks creations #30 day challenge #i mad him look more handsome than expected #i LOVE how i did his smile and eyes tho omg #whata handsome lad #hes an asshole dont be fooled/lh #front facing portraits are just BORING to me idk why #why do a lame drawing with a head facing the viewer when the head and neck can bend in so many dynamic ways #and i have some difficulty drawing faces like that but shhh #im also proud of how i rendered his sleeve #it looks so NICE

[spinninglightning]

treech th type of guy to listen to one direction and clarity by zedd. n jst the early 2010s music in general. lamina though? definitely into 80s pop, madonna, cyndi lauper, pat benatar- the WORKS

#like NO ONE expects him to listen to this music #and that whar makes it great #everyone expects him to be an indie or rock music typa guy (and he is. but they arent his mains) #theres so many different types of music out nowadays that its kind of hard to believe theyd only listen to one type #heart of glass by blondie is literally lamina guys i swear #i do think that lamina would love sk8ter boi and potential breakup song. emo music too #omg... treech cascada fan... everytime we touch is his favorite song #these dorks are the type to dance in the kitchen to the cheesiest songs #i think that whenever they do a big ol cleanign day thwy have to compromise on what music to play #so they make a big ol playlist and just have it on shuffle so there like big amts of tonal whiplash #omg okay so #i think lams wld also be an orbit but i feel like thats a given tbh #i think that lamina and treech both had emo phases. but lams had hers in middle school while treechs was all of highschool (theater kid too #laminas emo phase leaks more into her music taste than treechs i think. his leaks more into his fashion (to a lesser degree) #okay this is for modern au tbhhh #the songs that i associate with them and the songs i think they listen too are really different and i think thats great #i shld make them their own pls #brainedrot... #basil.txt #treech tbosas #lamina tbosas #tbosas

[looneytuneclown]

GAY MICE REAL?????

#pinky and the brain #patb #brinky #animaniacs season 3 #animaniacs reboot #animaniacs spoilers #OMG THAT SEASON WAS CRAZY #IT WAS AWESOME I LOVE IT #IT HAD WAY MORE BRINKY THAN I EXPECTED #just so u know brain didn't actually say that

[stevethehairington]

first book of 2024 = finished woooohoooo!!!!

#i read the abominable by dan simmons! #it was VERY good omg #started out exactly as i expected and then about 2/3rds of the way through it took QUITE a different turn than i expected it too!!!! #but it was SUCH an enjoyable read #like i could NOT put it down #its the first book ive read by dan simmons but i loved the way he writes so i am FULLY intending to read more of his stuff #in fact i have the terror on my bookshelf rn and i think that is going to be my next book! #(i will say tho i WAS a little bit bummed when there were no actual abominable creatures (yeti or otherwise) involved fjsjsks) #OH ALSO THE FRAMING NARRATIVE AT THE BEGINNING AND END!?! FUCKING BRILLIANT!!!!!!! #i will not lie he totally got me with it #i was FULLY convinced that part was actually true until i got to the last page of the book where the discussion questions were #and one of them was like 'how did the framing narrative work? did you believe it?' and i was like [surprised pikachu] fhsjska #there is SO much technical stuff about climbing and how that works and the tools and techniques involved #but omg its so easy to follow along and its SO incredibly fascinating to learn about!!!! #anyways i HIGHLY recommend this one!!!! #mack reads

[linagram]

[ 𝚔𝚎𝚒 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚒𝚔𝚘'𝚜 𝚝𝟸 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 ]

it's the idealization duo's interrogation time! these two have a lot to say this time, hopefully it helps you understand their crimes and backstories a little better (especially kei's. btw what's everyone thinking about his crime rn)

Q.001. What would you want to hear from your lover?

Kei: That they accept me.

Eiko: That they want to be the best partner I've ever had.

Q.002. Can you drive?

Kei: Eiji, don't you remember how I used to drive you to school when you were younger?

Eiko: I do have a license and my own car, but I don't really drive. I'd prefer my partner to do that.

Q.003. What's your favorite drink?

Kei: I like milkshakes, especially strawberry ones. I have a lot of nice childhood memories associated with them, haha.

Eiko: Just lemon tea is fine.

Q.004. Your ideal type?

Kei: Someone who doesn't judge me and someone who can keep up with me.

Eiko: Someone who is always honest with me and someone who is willing to do their very best for me. I think I'd like to date someone like you, Eiji-kun~

Q.005. Do you have any fun memories of your childhood?

Kei: My favorite one is when our dad's friend taught me how to take photos with my new camera and he told me to go and take a picture of anything I want. I took a picture of a dead butterfly lying on the ground. He said that I'm very creative and that I have a bright future ahead of me.

Eiko: I remember going shopping with my dad when I was little and he told me that I can have anything I want. I told him that I want to see him smile. He almost cried after that for some reason.

Q.006. Have you ever tried learning a foreign language?

Kei: I can speak English fluently, I mean, our dad is half-American and I've also spent a lot of time overseas. I tried to learn some other languages too, like French and Spanish, but I gave up. I'm not even that good at reading and writing kanji, so..

Eiko: I can speak English and a little bit of Korean, but mostly because I listen to a lot of music in those languages, haha.

Q.007. State the meaning of your name.

Kei: I think it's supposed to mean "gemstone"? Mom said that she named me that because she thought I was so beautiful, she wanted me to have a name that would have a meaning just as beautiful as me.

Eiko: I think it's something like.. "an excellent child"? Haha, my parents must've had a lot of expectations for me.

Q.008. What do you think about your siblings?

Kei: I love you, Eiji, even if you can be really mean sometimes.

Eiko: My little brother is very nice. He does have his quirks, but I think they make him cuter.

Q.009. What are lies to you?

Kei: Something that is necessary to have a fun life!

Eiko: Something that is forgivable only if it's done to save someone. I still won't forgive anyone who lies to me though.

Q.010. What are your parents' occupations?

Kei: Dad's a movie director and mom's a toymaker! Both of them are so creative! There's just something about our family that makes all of us so artistic.. You too, Eiji. Dad always praised you for being so reliable.

Eiko: I don't know actually. And I don't really care. Well, as long as they continue to buy me gifts and help me with money if anything happens, I'm fine.

Q.011. Do you like children?

Kei: I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that I actually have one, considering my lifestyle.

Eiko: Not really. They're not a part of my concept of a perfect life.

Q.012. What is/was your major?

Kei: Photography, obviously.

Eiko: Fashion design, though I'm more interested in modelling than designing clothes.

Q.013. Tell us about your dating history.

Kei: Um, are we talking about, like, "serious relationships"?.. Then I guess Ruka is the only one that counts..

Eiko: My victim was the only person I've ever dated.

Q.014. Did you have any friends in school?

Kei: I think I had one?..

Eiko: Yeah, but I wasn't really close with them. We talked a lot, but our relationship wasn't that deep.

Q.015. What's the greatest act of love?

Kei: Uhh, if it's from my lover, I think I'd just want them to tell me that they love me even when I don't look so good. If it's from me.. I don't know! Holding myself back

Eiko: Promising to make someone's life as happy as possible and actually keeping that promise.

#idk how to explain but i really like this parallel between kei and eiko like.. #sure whatever the themes of kei's songs can be more mature than most other prisoners whatever. #sure he can flirt with other prisoners and all of that stuff. #but the moment when it comes to like.. what's actually going on inside his head he's like #“oh i love milkshakes :) i love mom and dad a lot! i love eiji-nii too! wdym he's younger than me?” #and like. he casually goes “oh maybe i do have a child :D who cares like omg who cares!!” #meanwhile sure you can judge eiko for dismembering a guy for betraying her expectations #but she's also much more mature than kei and she's actually one of the smartest prisoners here #believe me when i say that if it wasn't for her being apathetic she'd solve all mysteries of milgram in like. one or two days #also. i'm thinking of maybe. maybe dropping mrs sanada and mrs yoshioka designs? 👀 #also yes there was a hint about eiji's past. yes. #✍️interrogations! ✍️ #🍓prisoner 005: sanada kei 🍓 #💎prisoner 006: yoshioka eiko💎 #milgram #milgram oc #milgram project #ocgram

[jhuzen]

HOLY MOLY I found your creator reader just now and I (respectfully) please give me more!!!!! Its so wild how you tied in the history (I’m also invested in the lore vomit there’s so much to uncover!!)

I’m so sorry for the long rant but I’m just super invested in all this!!

Ok ok! I know you said it’s not supposed to be sagau BUUTTT I can really see how well your story can be fitted in the imposter au. Like imagine from all the wars that took place technically since reader fell asleep after the first war aka the war between the primordial one and the seven sovereigns. But from a standpoint it will be like the primordial one or the heavenly principles is the imposter and the reader is the real creator, just forgotten since again the war and the seven sovereigns getting defeated. Only when the reader fell asleep did the humans come out and that will only make sense that the reader is kinda like “gone” or that the primordial one is the known god because only the seven sovereigns know about the reader’s existence.

On a side note *cough* please give us some more of that Neuvillette action.

OOH This is a good one

Yeah I can see it! I never really thought about it that way but I like the way you think ;)))

I feel like we could explore more on this eventually, I’ve seen sagau fics where apparently, the abyss recognizes their creator while the other humans are hellbent on fucking them up. And maybe it’s because yknow, it could be that before the humans or gods walked the world, there was only the light realm aka the vishap world and the void realm aka abyss. So yeah it would make sense

I haven’t even fully explored this kind of lore integration yet, but i kinda hc that apep would remember the non sagau creator but neuvillette, since he did not reborn as a vishap again because he was deemed impure or smth had his promise kinda fucked over because angst rules and a memory wipe is always good.

Haven’t fully fleshed it out yet but yeah this seems like a fun thing to explore!

#i didnt expect this kind of insight #really cool #i love you guys #thanks for understanding my stories more than i could #it just means that you appreciate what i put out :’) omg im gonna cry #joozhenju’s dumbass answers

[imwritesometimes]

the "I already bought tickets to go see Indy again next week" moodboard

#actually factually finalized the purchase it's happening same seats and everything lmfao #I am being very irritating abt this I'm not sorry I had so much fun today and I loved this movie to bits #and I'm so happy this is how we as fans get to close Indy's adventures like. #it didn't just feel like half-hearted fan service bullshit it was really well done which I'll be honest #I was not expecting. there are def call backs of course to the previous films #but it didn't feel like heavy handed or cheap #they really did a good job of like. making it feel authentic like. not just a shitty rehash idk for me #it felt like. so appropriate. like he's an old man now. time has passed. they don't just like wallpaper over that #it just has idk so much heart. like the old og movies it's fantastical but there's so much heart #idk I really liked it. it felt like watching the old ones. the old ones had so much heart. that's why you loved indy! #he was a smart ass but he was earnest too and he had heart and he cared and like ahhhhhhhhhh!!! #it's just. idk idk idk I feel like it's such a great close to the adventures for massive Indy nerds like myself #lmao I asked my mom tonight like when was the last time you watched any of the movies #cause you mught wanna rewatch before we go #and she was like well it has been a while cause you don't live here anymore #and I was like I know. I'm never like six months removed from the last time I watched an Indy #and she was like I know it's your religion I know #I just. I loved it. a lot. I really did. as a massive Indy nerd I really did just enjoy it a lot. more than kotcs #but I firmly believe w/o kotcs it wouldn't have been so fuckin good like omg #erin explains it all

[dizzybevvie]

Maybe I should confront the idea that I immediately latched onto Roxas because Im autistic

#Xion too #I might consider buying the ds ver of 358/2days #bc DAMN i can imagine how much more impactful the story was when u play it rather than watching the movie #UGHHHHHHHH #I immediately adored Roxas i think it was the Not Having Emotions and Not Understanding “Basic Concepts” #IDK BUT I LOVED HIM <33 #Xion was also the same i loved herrrr :((( #I genuinely didnt expect to like roxas as much as i did #I think hes my 3rd fav. maybe 2nd idk #I LOVED MARLUXIAS DESIGN THO #MARLUXIA HAD MY FAV KH DESIGN SO FAR OMG HE WAS SO SLAY??? AND HOW MANY VILLAINS HAVE A FLOWER MOTIF #Beverly says stuff #kingdom hearts #kh 358/2 days #kingdom hearts 358/2 days #kh #kh re:com

[perenlop]

no lets talk about the lesbophobia and misogyny actually. tell me why a minor femslash ship pisses you off so much to the point you disqualify them when theyre winning and you cry that you got “fucked over” by the person who coined it and was clearly taking it in good fun? or do you only like femslash when it means your male faves can hook up without a girl getting in the way and feel vaguely uncomfortable when it exists completely independent of that

#like she was READY TO LOSE??? she had posts on her tumblr that were like ''lol itd be funny but i dont expect it'' #and when op contacted her she was like ''hehe sorry didnt realize people would sweep but this is fun'' basically #echoed voice #just saying maybe op wouldnt care so much if it was two men who never interacted #its so funny. this website is like yayyyyy omg we love pure gay women love and then scream and cry and throw up #when even FICTIONAL (not even canon) (not even important) gay women get more attention than fictional gay men #in something thats completely for fun and does not matter or reflect on anything irl bc the characters in question arent even gay #like. idk i know its all fiction but the way you act about minor shit like this is telling to me abt how u feel abt real gay people

[hauntingblue]

Strong world is the nami and luffy twins manifesto written by oda this is my one piece.

You see luffy's finishing attack with his giant hammer being fueled by lightning which is nami's main weapon with her clima tact and she even made the guy steer the islands towards the cyclone so even if the lighting isn't produced by her the lighting is provided by her either way so luffy AND her finished that guy and even luffy attacked after nami announced how he will lose which also means nami knew and trusted luffy to end him after that and of course he did and

Oh my god luffy making nami explain herself about the message he left on the tone dial and being pissed that she didn't trust him to save and protect her but he got so mad and didn't hear the whole message and she asked luffy to save her omg....... she knew after all that they will come and win..... I love this ending I am going to walk into the sea now goodbye.

Why are whitebeard and ace on the ending credits I already cried. Watching aces part again cause he looks so good. Hello alive dead wife

#the animation in this one..... hell yes..... #img little luffy i missed you!!!! robin doesnt look like herself in this one and franky doesnt have his voice 😞😞 what a disrespect in his #first movie appearance....... franky i will avenge you. your fit is hard tho. well his voice could be his va with a cold. its weird #why is brook smoking a blunt ajdhsksj and sanji tease...... #the 3d is too good here.... and someone wants nami bc of her abilities instead of like well everything else.... i might accept this #sanji going insane ajdksjsk zoro what are you wearing on your head...... #love the duck following nami like well a baby duck... omg i thought if the duck electrifies the animals in the water nami is fried too #and indeed he was i didnt expect it to follow logic ajdhsj nami found luffy of course #why is nami on top of luffy ajdhsjs doesnt she trust the bird to fly or what #THE BARTENDER FROM THE PIRAGE RACE MOVIE IS HERE TOO!!!! #nami getting arlong flashbacks but now worse #kinda love the crew being protective over her and not to fall into stereotypes but it goes off every time.... they got her away form arlong #nami and usopp omg...... nami once again sacrificing herself... suffered more than jesus.... also her bracelet... i didnt know that #luffy is so mad.... he gets so mad when people leave.... (he gets sad but ofc he cant be sad so next best thing) #NAMI GOT SICK FROM THE TREES!!!! WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!!! #they got changed and everything..... did robin tell them they had to follow the dress code and they all did?? qjsjaka luffys first cape also #luffy that was such a slay. why are they all carrying fire power. he called them a suicide squad... and well a lot of them actually #wasnt expecting this to turn into a mafia movie. surprised luffy knows how to shoot one of those. #nami isnt gonna sacrifice herself luffy said... while she rigs epxlosives in a place she cant move.... luffy she needs an intervention #oh my god. nojiko telling her to have fun.... every time i remember luffy promised gen san to keep her happy i die a little #luffy is gonna get a stroke he is so fucking mad 'nami ill beat this guy and well go back together' ok 🥺🥺 #sanji understands perverted gorilla 😭😭 #brook got robin instead of sanji.... sick ennies lobby reference bro #also how come franky didnt get his own movie.... like in this one franky AND brook join. confirming my theory that brook doesnt let franky #get confortable in the crew and be with them as the new one for a while bc brook joins immediately after and he doesnt get time to breathe #nami don't cry omg.... she was ready to never see them again omg #i thot nami was gonna electrocute him..... or make him eat the cyclone or smth.... well she said her peace at least #talking tag #watching one piece #watching one piece movies

[todayisafridaynight]

i agree with that u said abt bringing mine back i also could never imagine how a daigo and mine reunion would look like and why he’s been in “hiding” for like a decade if he did survive

maybe mine opened a bar in okinawa who knows at this point

#snap chats #fr tho a reunion between mine and daigo would just be so awkward wouldnt it #ESPECIALLY cause itd 100% be an accidental thing cause i know damn well mine'd try to stay away from daigo #yk the whole 'i wish i could be good enough for your love but im not' or whatever #wherein daigo would definitely go 'what the fuck' cause he is but i digress #its so hard for me to imagine what thatd be like cause initially id just expect it to be more somber than overly emotional #but reviewing how frantic daigo acted hearing about kiryus cancer .. my by more emotional than i realize sometimes #different circumstances i know but still.. #anyway i love daigo omg hi king ......

[unproduciblesmackdown]

ppl will be explaining how a difference is a difference & not a Deviation from a Superior state, & people who are the ones considered Default Normal (superior) will be like "okay....to be polite....i Might say i consider Some aspects of Some people's existence mere 'difference' & not being less than me...." as like hey i'm a Benevolent god. i still actually get to consider you worse & don't have to "humor" anything that challenges my superiority. if you only want everything to fit into the norm then it will all come back to upholding the norm. thinking of people's analysis of their own realities as equally legimate as being like Obscure, Irrelevant, Superficial & then using that reasoning to justify dismissing them. same as worrying that the [Different Lessers (Others(tm))] as Everywhere = a manifestation of the awareness that, yeah, respecting them as equals Does threaten your norm which is smothering everything everywhere. ppl who need to lock in the idea of Borders around personhood like um Yes they're all delineated separate Identities outside any hierarchy & so i think it's relevant to for some reason push back against "ohh so now Everyone's queer" like why not. why couldn't they be. what if they were. what if queerness was everywhere b/c it's ideological not a cordoned off Alternative Identity that is accommodated by focusing on Love(tm) as the new border around whose existence we might begrudgingly accept at arm's length (i.e. being otherwise "normal"! just imagine swapping out the binary gender (or, deep breath, presumed Private Parts) of one partner in an exclusive romantic lifelong nuclear family marriage, & that is Gay / Trans Rights. still gross but maybe we can do it, as long as they don't talk about it or shove it in our faces or even exist for more than one encounter w/us in our lives b/c what are the odds). evergreen laughing at someone suggesting ableist logic might be embedded in language of past & present b/c it's just So little to ask for that it's irrelevant but it's also So much to ask for that of course i'm not gonna do anything more than pass it along like "this is why i don't take ableism seriously" like yeah it's the disabled randos like it's the individual cringe teens(tm) ruining [the cishets would take Gender seriously otherwise!!!] & that's why you won't think about it or do anything about it & continue being comfortable with the norm & resent that actually their Difference is Less & disability is something worse that ppl "excuse" & all these ways that people are & all these things that they do are funny & weird & inexplicable & etc & one can't possibly be cruising along perpetuating a hierarchy with a sense that you're reasonable, well meaning, kind, etc etc & thus Justified, systemic oppression definitely wants to maximize how uncomfortable & arduous it feels to everyone rather than push to make it more streamlined & rewarding to embrace, or at least accept, whatever superiority over others you're afforded

#circled around to lovelessness as a lens there. so long as one was loving. so long as one wasn't consciously malicious #really just mask off about keeping the same perspective of Superiority when conflating disability & ppl ''making excuses'' #same as like e.g. that ppl consider everything an autistic person does as being Bad / Wrong / Worse. (this includes ''unskilled''!!!) #(crushing the Social Skills(tm) framework in talking abt allistic difference in my fist) #such that they think sm1 saying Autistic!! is then something they might be unfairly Beholden to to Put Up With their Wrongness #at special times in special scenarios....rather than like in some contexts you are no more ''right'' than the other party #different groups & cultures whose Norms Standards & Expectations could render You presumed rude thoughtless pushy etc #obvious overlaps to consider re: the Norms of like english speaking as ''universal'' someone noticeably speaking it as nth language? #time to Presume their ideas & contributions are Less. if they had the good brain like you their fluency would render their linguistic #Wrongness in having a diff 1st language invisible thus irrelevant. like the ''ideal'' for disability! as the ''ideal'' for anyone Passing #in any way! queer ppl surely all want to be as proximate to cishet ideals (just as cishet ppl should!) nonwhite ppl to Ideal White #women's rights = Proving they're As Good As men. ladies you're using too many exclamation points!! be Confident be Pushier!! #but ofc nobody actually wants the Others(tm) to be Equal. they're just saying ''it's your innate Wrongness that means you Aren't'' #the ableism logic in everything. men just Are better at xyz. oh we Can abuse autists...into being as proximate to allistic as possible!! #just actually means ''oh we Can abuse autists.'' the ''correctness'' is your Difference ''intruding'' less into allistic existence #force you to be harmed & diminished all day then save your meltdowns for when you're alone & out of the way #ppl's tweets like ''when ppl say 'omg too sensitive ofc i wasn't talking abt disabled ppl!' like yeah no shit b/c you never think of #disabled ppl'' like yeah most people idk aren't making their life's agenda to stop everyone from saying Stupid #but like believe me people organically sense the Vintage R words when you get called Idiot in exactly the same spirit & purpose #i mean that's so rworded as in that's so gay!! cmon!! & it's fine if you don't say either to gay ppl or. or. [insert the office quote] #oh i don't call um 20th c disabled ppl morons it's bad taste!! but b/c i use it Figuratively in the present it's fine it's so Different #fr i can't remember like. an article w/1 matter of fact sentence from a doctor using a [now Just a childish insult!!] as Diagnostic Label #for someone's disability & it still registered like ice water in the face. presumably no ''especial'' Malice just matter of fact! #it wasn't ''idiot'' it may have been ''moron'' fr. the vintage ''factual'' r word is There plain as day #like yeah ofc the ableism gets channeled into alternate language. & then complaints abt that is like UGH CMON!!! #like idk shouldn't you be fine using the R word then too? not really sweating this issue thee most all thee time either but like #it's not sooo funny even if someone seems pressed extensively abt it. not that hard to in fact just not use all these words all the time #ppl will be throwing out their ableism w/o Any labels talking about how Weird Offputting Etc someone acts so you can Tell they're bad.... #and yeah you should think abt that. anytime. the [difference used to categorize ''other'' is Just difference] Is Everywhere All The Time #the idea it can & should be ''contained'' for especial limited specific occasions (when you're feeling Nice!) = upholding the status quo

[pepprs]

last few hours in boston :(

#purrs #conference tag #we literally just got here and now we have to go 😭💔 i havent rly felt as enriched by this conference as i have in the past (though there’s #still 2 more sessions to go to incl the closing plenary and we’re getting lunch in the station before the train ride home) but ive walked #around so much and have spent time with people i love and some people i miss. and have been on adventures i have been looking forward to for #a rly long time though i am kinda bummed i never made it down to fanueil square. but… idk what happiness feels like anymore but maybe for me #it’s just absence of misery and despair. or contented ness. i have gotten a little triggered from time to time these last few days and ive b #been lonely in my hotel room but MAN it has been nice to not be miserable and suffering and to take walks and to not go to every session (ev #even though i do feel bad abt it like i missed 2 plenaries and an afternoon concurrent session which is more than i usually miss) and to #be in this city which feels so much like brighton and so uncity like in some ways. it’s so charming and omg i went to harvard and it was #NOTHING like what i imagined it to be / feel like.. just a quaint artsy quirky town. and the rest of the places ive been have been like that #too. and people LIVE here every day!!!!! there’s a big beautiful world here both above ground and below!!!! and im gonna be late to #breakfast but… i just feel nourished and healed in a way i wasn’t expecting to. I haven’t been this far away from home in 3+ years and #it’s just been really nice being somewhere else and going on adventures and seeing things surviving. i miss my grandparents a lot and im sad #to not be visiting them and to be unable to visit them now lol but it’s just rly nice and special being here. im goingto miss it so much and #im trying to savor every second. i wish we had one more day here and im a little sad to be going home lol #* what i meant when talking about happiness earlier is that i think… i have been happy these last few days. for the first time in a really #really long one. and that’s nice. it’s good to be happy again. and good to be here