I will never not be over how Rika Kim is genuinely one of the best written characters I've ever seen and a perfect example of how hostile the world is towards abuse survivors, but the people who wrote her somehow did it entirely by accident?
Rika was horrifically abused by her family growing up, and only managed to protect herself after so many years by using the anger she felt to threaten her abusers into leaving her tf alone. They told her time and time again she was nothing but a devil, and she learned to played into that to keep her and her dog safe. But despite that, she truly wanted to be a kind and safe person to the people around her, and only showed her anger when she felt she had to protect herself.
So when she's finally in a safe place, when she finally has access to therapy, what does her therapist tell her? That she has to put her anger aside and forgive the people who abused her. Cheritz loves pushing the idea that people need to forgive their abusers to heal, that not forgiving them will make you an abuser as well, they've shown this time and time again (zen's route, v's ae, saeran's ae). But for Rika, her anger has been the only thing that protected her. So obviously she's going to reject that idea! And she should! No one is obligated to forgive anyone who hurts them and anger isn't an inherently evil thing to feel. It's no wonder she immediately drops therapy after hearing that... but this rejection is shown as a flaw of hers, rather than a completely understandable response to being told something so stupid.
Holding onto anger for too long can certainly be dangerous and damaging, but I believe if the people around her hadn't told her that her anger was inherently evil and something she had to hide and fix, she would've eventually processed her emotions and trauma in a healthy. But she never got that chance! And after being told that the only thing that protected her is actually wrong and makes her just as bad as the people who hurt her, it's no wonder that she instead chose to let her emotions consume her and rejected the world and the concept of healing entirely;; if she can't rely on her anger, who can she? V? She's constantly afraid he's going to abandon her for the very thing she's being demonised for. If she can't rely on her 'devil', she's completely defenseless in the world. And if the world is going to object this 'devil', she has no choice but to object the world back.
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Touhou pc98 goofy aah
EDIT WARNING OUTDATED DESIGNS (for most)
I did the touhou sorter a couple days ago with only pc98 people since its way more my jam so here are my 10 favs. In order here: Chiyuri, Yumemi, Shingyoku, Konngara, Reimu, Marisa, Meira, Rika, Ellen and Mima
The sorter had Shingyoku's both forms separated but in my take both are the same person and count as one so instead I sneaked my 11th fav (Rika)
I luv them my children I want a silly slice of life anime with them aa
Youre free to interpret the scene the way you want because if I write down all my takes I have the fear the fandom might come for my head like past times with certain other circles and I dont want that to ruin touhou for me
(Also dont pay attention to the day written down on it, sometimes -often- I forget this place exists)
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Pilot: shrine maiden abducts a divinity from hell and convert them to shintoism
Episode 1: shrine maiden beats up a biblically accurate angel because she hates christianity
Episode 2: shrine maiden goes fighting the ghost who stole the offerings, destroys some tanks on her way
Episode 3: tournament arc against time travellers
Season 1 final: half of the shrine's residents are now ghosts
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saori my bbg
digital art is very calming honestly
I fucking love saori so much yall
saori would be like sophia's big sister ya know??
there should be a merm4id event where they all just kiss. like didn't rika kiss saori on the cheek in that Singapore event like 🏳️🌈 rika. i know what u r.
edit: i just realized i forgot rika's eyebrows 😭
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Apparently, 400k people are already watching Iono's stream... though you probably already know that.
It's a bit early for me, but happy new year to everyone. I'll probably be at home and asleep before the clock hits 12.
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I’m sorry but I’ll never get over the different in detail of Larry and Rika’s E4 gloves haha. Larry’s glove has very detailed embroidery and lighting while Rika’s glove is…a bit flat. It’s a little noticeable because Rika is the first one you face
It reminds me of this one bread meme haha
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Merry charismas !
JJK 0's climax takes place December 24'th 2017, which of course means its officially a charismas movie (cause that is the only criteria it needs!
SO HERE, MERRY CHRISIS
Yuta Okkotsu is my favorite santa elf
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I like (/j) how people say there is no proof someone is queer unless they say/show it but the moment someone says "I love you" to a non family member in any series that's the same gender, people say it was meant as platonic and not romantic.
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