#that line though - POWERFUL

[just-posting-kalone]

Finished Dual Destinies!! Simon Blackquill and some other stuff

#apollo justice #dual destinies #ace attorney #ace attorney fanart #athena cykes #simon blackquill #GOD I LOVE ATHENA (AND SIMON!) #I heard a lot of bad about DD so I was skeptical #but in the end I had a lot of fun with it! #even though I'm a big aa4 fan #still kind of mad that they decided to just ignore most of the stuff from it and never mention them again #beanix you will be missed #you were too powerful for this world #the kristoph line was... something #ALSO I FORGOT TO MENTION THE PHANTOM STUFF??????????? DUDE #ace attorney spoilers

[evol-astraea]

Riveder le stelle.

Inspired by Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto XXXIV, line 139.

#ultrakill #v1 ultrakill #gabriel ultrakill #gabv1el #evolarts #it took a month and half to get this done (from a rough sketch on paper to the real deal but digital) but it's here at last! #that line from the original poem? it struck me so much #it's powerful and hopeful #and brain proceeded to go full 'you know...it kinda fits with ultrakill somehow' #because of obvious reasons #I mean..the events in the game the setting the direction the characters are heading to... #it doesn't leave much room (if none AT ALL) for hope #so...no matter how the end of the game will be #somewhere in non-canon land these two idiots (affectionate) somehow make it out of Hell #both alive #and with a whole world and lifetime to explore and cherish #together #ntw gabe's lacking both halo and wings...bc I forgot! #in hindsight though...eh I don't really mind XD

[starrysharks]

i want to finish this design later, but otherwise here's a sketch of a ghost trainer rin

#zeno's art #vocaloid #vocal synths #kagamine rin #team picks - mimikyu (shes the most popular female vocaloid after miku kinda so i guess its like living in miku's (pika's) shadow?? #also that one line in giga-p's bring it on about 'that green girl' #jellicent because they have a twin variant #doublade for a similar reason - its literally an identical pair #uuuuuhhhh driftblim just fits idk #rotom becuz electric angel cover idfk😭 #and pumpkaboo because of the hit song happy halloween by junky. #honorable mention is galarian weezing because even though its not a ghost type you could say that its a nuclear power plant #aka meltdown reference #ok im tired now

[earlgodwin]

— If you create us a kingdom, we will write the book of our future. The future of the Church, of the world we live in will be ours, yours, and your children's. You say nothing? Why do you think we wished you a cardinal? So you would be Pope one day. Carve us out a kingdom, Cesare, and be both king and pope. I am stunned into silence.

#this scene is just so powerful even though cesare didn't have lines #cesare was proven wrong after all the time he was thinking juan was the favorite... #he came to the realization that even though rodrigo saw so much of himself in him... #he still planned from the beginning to make cesare his true heir!!! #in this scene he was brought relief and a sense of validation after years of feeling inadequate... #like he always intended for cesare to succeed him in the church from the very startwhich was the only way that truly mattered to rodrigo #but ces has always viewed being the leader of the papal army is The prestigious position so he envied juan thinking rodrigo was favoring hi #and when rodrigo shared his dream of creating a papal bloodline to be passed down to cesare and his own son? #cesare's perspective shifted <3 #the borgias #theborgiasedit #cesare borgia #cesareborgiaedit #perioddramaedit #tvarchive #tvedit #cinemapix #tvgifs #tvcentric #by jen

[pocketseizure]

This is what Ganondorf says in the Japanese version of the Tears of the Kingdom teaser trailer, along with the official English translation...

いでよ、我が下部ども。 Rise… Rise, my servants.

この地を支配するハイラル王国と、 Sweep over Hyrule.

それに組するものどもを一匹残らず Eliminate this kingdom and her allies…

根絶やしにするのだ！ Leave no survivors!

As in The Wind Waker, Ganondorf speaks in slightly archaic language with a poetic rhythm and a colorful choice of words that resonate beyond the literal translation. What I find curious about the English version is that it omits the subordinate clause of the phrase この 地を支配するハイラル王国, which translates as “the Kingdom of Hyrule, which exerts its control over this land.” The Japanese performance of this line is fantastic, with a measured tone of barely concealed anger that gradually erupts into fury with each successive syllable. I’m usually not one to nitpick translations, but I feel that eliding the source of Ganondorf’s rage at Hyrule into pure aggression might be missing something important.

#Breath of the Wild #Tears of the Kingdom #Ganondorf #that Japanese voice performance though #and the power of that last line #goddamn #my translation

[lolomidi]

Personally I don't want Alastor's power to be (at least solely) a result of his deal. It feels like a pretty obvious and almost cheap twist.

I think it would much more unexpected and crueler if he truly was a talented up-and-comer who made a name for himself, who was so close to attaining freedom and control over his life as an Overlord of Hell, only to be brought under someone's boot anyway due to circumstances outside of his control. Of course he'd be all about "taking control of his fate" after that.

#hazbin alastor #hazbin hotel alastor #alastor #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel theory #hazbin theory #if everything alastor's accomplished is the result of a deal he made then i'm not sure that he'd be so gung-ho about finding a way out #just because he almost died once due to a lucky hit/his own sloppiness #unless he for some reason thinks he can escape the deal AND keep his powers #but at the same time his lines in Finale almost seem to imply that the deal is weakening him instead? #idk but i'm not convinced even though a lot of other people seem to be

[watcherintheweyr]

desperately need people to understand that alicent is a victim but she’s also an abuser and a perpetrator

that she actively makes choices to harm other women because of jealousy and envy and the greed deep in her bones because submitting to suffering didn’t get her what those women fight to grasp for themselves.

she is absolutely a victim, in show.

that doesn’t change that she abused rhaenyra and her children, her own son, most likely helaena given how she flinches every time her mother touches her, and is actively weaponizing the patriarchy of westeros against other women- rhaenyra primarily, but also mysaria and dyana.

she isn’t the moral, righteous force of good that even she thinks she is, she’s a wounded woman directing all of the rot, pain, and fury inside her at the wrong people and forces.

#anti team green stans #anti team green #anti alicent hightower stans #i don’t wanna say it’s anti alicent bc honestly it’s more ‘accept her for who she is bc she’s so much more complex and interesting when you #but i made this bc someone genuinely tried to say that the reason people hate her is that they don’t see her as a victim #most rational people know show!alicent is a victim #it’s the point that’s she’s an abuser as well #that makes them dislike her #that she’s a hypocrite and a traitor #i don’t even like young alicent bc i don’t at all think she was a good friend to rhaenyra #‘it’s not your place to question the plots of lords and men’ to the named heir #dismisses rhaenyra’s hopes and idealism entirely out of hand #is baffled that rhaenyra is more worried for her fathers happiness and mother’s wellbeing than her position #she knew as early as ep 3 that otto was conspiring against rhaenyra and never told anyone #condemns ‘targaryen customs’ only to wed her daughter to her son even younger than she was when otto dangled her before viserys #acts entitled to rhaenyras secrets whilst condemning and judgemental even though she did not give rhaenyra that same courtesy #made no attempt at apology for the insensitive comment of aegon’s birth #though rhaenyra DID try to apologize for the ‘imprisoned in a castle’ line and tried to comfort her #uses her power as queen to push past the space rhaenyra is trying to create because she feels heartbroken and betrayed #rhaenyra took part in alicent’s culture with prayer at alicent’s urging because she cared about alicent and alicent was trying to help her #alicent is never once shown to return that favor instead condemning it for ‘queerness’ and growing to later #erase and remove all targaryen and valyrian heraldry from the red keep to replace with her own #like alicent is a victim and i DO have empathy for her. but i don’t like her and never will #especially not after the way her stans behave #she deserved better than otto’s machinations and viserys’…. viserysness #but that can also be true whilst i condemn her actions and behaviors

[befuddled-calico-whump]

reunion

(based on the au described in the second half of this ask)

@kira-the-whump-enthusiast , @whumpsday , @regrets-realization-acceptance , @kixngiggles , @randomlifeunit , @darkthingshappen

#mannnnn this au idea is so whumpy tbh thank u mill #whump art #whump comic #lab whump #torture #beaten #Jin's honestly just happy to see her alive tbh #angst #sibling whump #whumpy art #rk rotorworx au #lady whump #nabi had it coming #eventually it happens to everyone lol #Melchior was already being used as a test subject when Nabi showed up but then he acquired a dual purpose of helping her stay in line :) #since she makes it pretty obvious that she cares about his well-being #so of course RW is hoping her brother's safety on the line will push her powers even further #partial nudity #jin is so whumpable though

[maxsix]

#ateez #seonghwa #wooyoung #san #ateez gif #choi san #park seonghwa #jung wooyoung #san gif #seonghwa gif #wooyoung gif #maxsixgif #i just think it's funny how in this line up -San is radiating sunshine #and the other two are radiating prince of darkness vibes #even though we know San a monster on the stage #man the power they hold though #This is from the USA Immortal Song show

[hephaestuscrew]

When it becomes clear that Pryce is threatening to walk Minkowski out of an airlock in Ep57 The Devil's Plaything, Eiffel says No for three lines in a row. The first of these lines is a low Oh no of horrified realisation. The third is a defiant shout against the idea that he'd surrender. But nowadays it's the second of these lines that gets me the most: a No that's soft, understated, almost breathed, not addressed to Minkowski or Pryce, just a word which escapes him as the full reality of what might happen sinks in. It's quiet enough that it'd be easy to miss if you were listening in a loud place. It's not an initial sound of realisation. It's not an attempt at defiance. It's not Eiffel trying to plead with Pryce or snap Minkowski out of Pryce's control. He'll do those things later: yelling at both Pryce and Minkowski, banging against the airlock door, crying out in desperation. But before that, he breathes the word No, and he's not trying to communicate anything to anyone. He's just whispering No, expressing beneath his breath - perhaps unconsciously - that this cannot happen. Minkowski cannot die.

#Wolf 359 #w359 #Doug Eiffel #Renée Minkowski #Timestamp is around 24:55 if you want to relisten to accompany this post #that's on the ad-free feed though #Sorry for not including the clip #Anyway it's such an excellent Zach Valenti acting choice #Eiffel is normally so loud about his emotions #which I think is why it's so powerful that this is a more understated moment #This whole exchange is more understated in the episode than in the script #In the script when Eiffel realises what Pryce is threatening #his line is 'Oh. No. No #no...' #But in the actual episode it's just the one 'Oh. No' before Pryce speaks again #In his shock and fear and denial he's quiet at first #It's also particularly powerful because we're so used to hearing Minkowski react to Eiffel being in danger #which is often louder and less understated than this #but this is the first time we get Eiffel really seriously fearing for Minkowski's life #I think that's partly why he reacts how he does #Minkowski's not the near-death situations one so this can't happen #Also I think about how in the Patreon Q&A that they did soon after this ep #someone asked 'would Eiffel really have let Minkowski die rather than surrender?' #and Gabriel responded by saying something about how Eiffel obviously isn't thinking clearly in that moment #and that's how I see it too #like if he was able to properly think it through and he really believed that the only two options were #Minkowski dying or him surrendering #I think there's no way he'd let her die #But he believes so strongly in the third possibility that Minkowski will snap out of it #and Thank God he's right

[creepydoll-lady]

I have a headcanon that I occasionally enjoy indulging in that Donna would have been the ideal vessel for Eva. However, in the early stages of Donna's transformation she did not need the flowers to produce her hallucinations and even Miranda was not immune to her powers. It's uncertain whether Donna herself has control over what she makes people see or whether it is taken from the memory stores of the Black God but either way Mother Miranda is not sticking around to investigate. Not when Donna has such a latch on her mind. Not when she has to watch her Eva's death over and over again.

I like to think that it was Miranda who separated Donna's cadou and implanted it into Angie, spreading her consciousness out so she is incapable of storing enough power to affect Miranda herself. And then, of course, she fiddled the notes, scratching out how she was an unfit vessel, placing the blame on Donna.

#Because she would #Absolutely Obsessed with the implications of Donna's power #I also like to toy with the idea that Angie has the part of the consciousness that is linked directly to the Black God #and uses her leverage (or Miranda's leverage) to keep Donna in line #That's more of a stretch though #donna beneviento #angie beneviento #mother miranda #resident evil village #resident evil 8 #resident evil viii

[kathaynesart]

After seeing Ron Circilo’s confirmation that F!Leo did have mystic powers, I can safely say that I actually prefer the fan canon that he didn’t, least not when the prologue happened. Makes Leo cooler knowing he still leas the resistance and fought back the Kraang without any magic whatsoever. Just his training, strategic skills, and intelligence to keep him pushing to the next day and so on, and his teammates and family to help support(as long as they could). Just feels cooler. Your thoughts?

Well, first off, I must say that I have nothing but the utmost respect for Ron Circilo and the Rise team in what they were able to accomplish! The fact that he was willing to come online and answer all of our unending questions was such a gift and a true act of kindness on his part. One that is deserving of our respect and gratitude.

It is amazing how much the little bits of knowledge have invigorated so many within the fandom, myself included! With this in mind, it is not my place or intention to disregard anything he has stated in these answers. For the most part I found everything he said to be insightful and very much in line with the impression given by both the show and movie. (My particular favorite being that future Mikey is physically in his 70's due to the use of his powers. I am very happy that Replica is already slated to be going in that direction.)

The answer in regards to Leo's mystic powers, I will admit, is probably one of the few answers I personally interpreted differently from the opening scene of the film. Even so, I think it's more important to take into account that projects such as the Rise Movie involve a lot of people and writers with differing opinions and thoughts (for example I heard many while interning on AtLA). So at points like this I can only shrug and say that whatever isn't stated outright within the final source material, is still open to interpretation. It's just nice to be given some insight on what could have been!

Just know that I will continue with what I had planned for Replica, in which Leo does not have his mystic abilities. For me this will play a key role in his character growth (many of which you mentioned in your question) and also explain a number of issues the opening film would otherwise face.

#thank you Ron for all your kindness and patience with our crazy bunch of fans #my personal thoughts? #teleporting came so naturally to Leo by the end of the seires #he would have been so over-powered #something I plan to show down the line in a 20-something flashback #I don't think people take into consideration how much stronger these boys would get in their prime #and it's fun imagining how far those abilities could be pushed beyond what we see in the series finale #just my opinion though #rottmnt #rottmnt replica #replica #save rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #unpause rise of the tmnt #unpause rottmnt #q&a

[moeblob]

Demyx (my beloved)

#kingdom hearts #demyx #honestly is there an organization member i dont like? not really tbh #ok i lied maybe one but even then i find him fascinating so even he gets a pass #demyx being such a good boy who doesnt actually care for fighting then having the whole kh3 thing #where he has the yellow eyes but still just helps the good team vaguely then dips out of the entire game #where did he go and why .... what secrets do you hold young man #i should replay kh3 cause there are things i think i remember but idk for sure #like wasnt there actually a scene where hes just... been benched for being bad at being bad or smth #i really remember a scene where either he says or someone else is like oh yeah he got benched lol #like why does he have to be so funny yet get so little screen time im dying squirtle #though for the record him just handing a mannequin to even and saying peace out for the rest of the game WAS hilarious #this is me living the best time line where not only does demyx just dip and never get mentioned from anyone #but also in an otome i played theres a route where my fave guy just also dips early on #and then in the very end some other LI asks another LI what happened to him btw like where did he go #and the another LI was like oh my god i forgot about him idk man #my favorites just making an appearance and leaving is really funny to me #these tags got super long bc im very stressed and now devoting brain power to vgs in order to not cry

[delawaredetroit]

This idea that justice is born from evil is a common theme that runs through BNHA. Here, All Might is referring to the evil act that created One for All, a power that has been used by heroes to oppose All for One. But this theme also applies to at least Shouto (a hero born from Endeavor's ugly ambition and an illegal quirk marriage) and Hawks (a pro hero who is the son of a villain). It may even apply to Eri, who is the grandchild of the Shie Hassaikai's leader

#bnha reread #bnha 59 #bnha #one for all #todoroki shouto #takami keigo #hawks #this line is also sometimes used as support for dfo theory #though regardless of whether that theory is true this theme still applies to izuku through his power anyway #Eri

[rawliverandgoronspice]

behold: my second least favorite string of words in the entirety of Tears of the Kingdom.

(it's a little less transparent why this time so I'll explain my thoughts under the cut)

So why do I not like this?

In so many words: because if you remove it, the scene still works, but you lose the moral certainty of what is going on.

This single sentence does so much legwork for the entire game (the kind I dislike), to the point where I'm about 60% sure it's the product of a rework that realized how ambiguous Rauru's position was as the Good Rightful King and needed to nervously reassure the players that Ganondorf Is and Always Was the Invader, Actually.

(no matter that it leaves the gerudos in this awkward in-between state of both invaders and victims, while never dwelling in the specifics of their history and their own agency in the entire thing; brushed off as a sin they have to expiate through loyalty to the winners of that particular strife, but without explicitely blaming them either to avoid the implications of what that would have looked like)

If you remove it, not only do you lose a pretty clunky line that detracts from Ganondorf's intimidating presence (who is he even speaking to? who needs to hear this right now?) that honestly speaks for itself when it comes to his experience with warfare, but also you lose any tension and any mystery regarding why he is attacking in the first place.

You also... kind of rob Ganondorf's motivations of their meaning. "Hyrule will bow down before me" leads to asking... why? What does he want? What does he see in those lands? And what little we get with Rauru and then Link during the final fight begs more questions; why do you prefer hardship to peace? Why do you value strength? What leads you to want to rule a land devoid of survivors, become a king without a kingdom? I don't think we ever get satisfactory answers. If you remove this sentence, on the other hand... Subtextually, it becomes pretty clear that his motivations is that he felt threatened by Rauru's power, which is ripe with subtext and questions about whether this is a legitimate reaction, whether his "no survivor" stance is due to a feeling of betrayal when his own people turned against him post the Demon King shenanigans... I'm not saying it would fix the entire game's writing, far from it, but it would already do *so much more*.

(genuinely, I think he could have stayed completely silent during the Molduga Assault, speaking only in the Show of Fealty before going completely nuts after Sonia's murder, and it would have worked MUCH better in terms of characterization but anyway anyway

EDIT: ALSO!!! that way he wouldn't speak hylian to fellow gerudos, which is weird inherently)

Without this line, the core of the tension between the gerudos and Hyrule comes front in his conversation with Rauru; it allows the cause of his hostility to be Rauru's invitations, that he would have taken as a threat, and would have still made him warlike and domineering without making him cartoonishly flat, because, once again, Rauru is not acting in a particularly more legitimate way when Zelda arrives in Ancient Hyrule; and it would have been... fair to point that out. And make for better characterization for Rauru, and Sonia, and Mineru, and everybody. But the priority was for Hyrule to be pictured as unquestionably holy; always legitimate, always truthful, always beautiful, always just.

Also, and this is more of a nitpick but: why would Ganondorf want Hyrule, specifically, to bow down before him also? Was he at war with the rest of the disparate tribes before, and just carried on his ambitions to the very very newly-founded kingdom as they allied under a new banner? (though it seems to be implies the lands were crawling under monsters in a generic sense, and not Ganondorf's attacks in particular) Why would he even consider Hyrule a legitimate entity worth taking over then, if it is so new, born from the will of a powerful rival, founded by what is basically a stranger to these lands? Why would he covet something so young instead of destroying it and just calling the lands Gerudo Lands II or Grooseland or something?

I don't think any of that was even accounted for, because, beyond everything else: to me, this sentence is so clearly and painfully crammed in here to shield Hyrule from any potential blame and immediately characterize Ganondorf as Bad without having to remove any of the causes that could lead one to side-eye Rauru's little pet project as equally questionable.

Beyond the clumsiness, it is cowardly --and, I think, a little damning.

#totk #totk critical #when will my brain return from the imprisoning war... #ganondorf #gerudos #rauru #tl:dr it is cowardly and reveals that nintendo knew about the Implications to some degree #sometimes less is more #really in that case less would have been so much more #it is literally ganondorf's first chronological line #yeah sure it tells you everything about the guy but #it's also such a bold commitment to flatness and self-righteousness that... yeah #and before I hear any “at least Rauru wasn't using force” I mean as far as we know though? #the constructs attack anyone deemed an “invader” on sight one of the things rauru does is to apologize for this #(I reread Rauru's initial dialogue in the Sky Islands and it would have been SO GOOD if any ambiguity would have been allowed) #(like the thing about Constructs mindlessly pursuing their useless tasks forever disquieting him...) #(yeah buddy so true that could uhhh almost be a metaphor for something else regarding purpose and lineage or something wow) #and even if he didn't use force directly the power dynamics and repeated invitations are still undeniably questionnable #like my guy why do you want everybody to kneel down to you what's up with that do we unpack this or #at least ganondorf was like.... born and raised a king (not that it excuses anything but he inherited pre-existing traditions) #so did zelda #she was born in an imperfect system and did whatever she could about it #rauru *crowned himself* #he *made* the system

[makotonaegiunderstander]

something I’ve been thinking abt is how many people think Makoto is immune to despair. I don’t think he is. I think becoming the ultimate Hope was BECAUSE he felt despair. He wouldn’t have fully reached that point without Junko. Makoto becoming such a beacon was his last attempt to avoid completely falling and it wasn’t because he didn’t feel despair, it was because he was too damn stubborn to allow everything to go to waste and he refused to sacrifice his beliefs for someone else’s. His inner monologue tells me he DID experience the same new low the other suvivors did in the final trial, but at the point where he had the choice to give up and die, he looked at the others and he looked at Junko and he couldn’t allow it to happen, not out of self preservation, but because the idea that Junko would have control over their lives made him FURIOUS. and that utter refusal to die kicked in, wether luck or otherwise, and he made the concious effort for one last push while something in him was breaking. He had to be broken in order for the Ultimate Hope to come through so aggressively, bc it could only exist in the face of the Ultimate Despair. He snapped the same way she did, but in the other direction. In what could have been his final moments he chose to embody everything Junko wasn’t, and every single optimistic and luck fueled ideal in him suddenly charged forward and pushed him. It was a combination of the final straw and a choice. Makoto isn’t immune to feeling despair, he’s just too stubborn to fall into it of his own volition. I think that’s why I like that scene in DR3 so much. People were SO SHOCKED Makoto actually fell for the tape, that he actually became despair for a moment. I saw people getting mad or disappointed, saying it was pathetic and Makoto seemed to fall from some sort of pedestal for them. Honestly part of me wonders if that sort of mentality, which clearly people had in universe, affected Makoto a bit. Like he started to see himself as less of a person, subconsciously. Prompting him to take more risks, less self preservation, act way more bold. It seems he has to be reminded a lot not to put himself in danger by his friends, to not do something too reckless. All over the place I would see in regards to that scene either this frivolous ‘oh this was just angst drama with no meaning behind it’ or ‘he can do better than that. he’s so weak’ or ‘come on, there’s no way he’d fall into despair, he’s the Ultimate Hope!’ This kind of mentality, which was kind of ironic considering Ryota was there the entire time saying the same thing and treating Makoto the same way. Like Makoto was superhuman. Like Makoto didn’t feel despair the same way ‘normal people’ did. In a way that was also how Munakata saw Makoto. Makoto stopped being a PERSON to the world when he became Ultimate Hope, he became a concept, a belief system, much the same way Junko ascended beyond herself. But the difference is that treating Makoto that way is the opposite of the reason Makoto became such a representative for hope. He wasn’t doing something no one else could. He was doing something everyone had the chance to, he just… was a little more optimistic, a little more stubborn, a little more ‘gung-ho’ about things. He just took the lead where no one else did, where no one else knew they even COULD in the face of Junko’s unstoppable force. She had overcome the biggest threats and obstacles in the world, what could one person do? And the answer Makoto found was, anything. Everything. It doesn’t all rest on Makoto, he’s just the one that was inspired to try to do what seemed like the impossible. But as evidenced by the change in his friends after that trial, it’s clearly not something only Makoto is capable of. The others pulled out of despair thanks to Makoto, but it was their choice to do so.

“But… this world is so huge, and we’re so small. What can we do…? No, we can probably do anything. Yeah! We can do anything!”

#makoto naegi #Danganronpa character analysis #Danganronpa #danganronpa thh #danganronpa future arc #I fucking love Makoto Naegi man. #I think there’s a fine line of nuance to Makoto that’s easy to miss bc he doesn’t really make it known #he’s not a pushover and he’s not overpowered. he’s a people pleaser but he will say what needs to be said #he’s an immovable object and the exact opposite of Junko but he’s also just a normal guy who’s optimistic and (un)lucky #he isn’t invincible but he has immense power to his words the same way Junko did #if anything his superpower is being kind above all else. he’s compassionate to some of the worst people in the world. #he was even conpassionatr to an extent to Junko. he didnt want her to kill herself despite everything she’s done #and he still acknowledges that for years she was a classmate and friend. #I do think the more he learned abt what she did the more he’s come to actually hate her though #post the first game he always refers to her without a suffix to her name which is one of the most subtle rude things you can do #it means you have zero respect for the person you’re referring to #and he speaks about her with some venom he doesn’t use for anyone else in the future arc #he’s not incapable of feeling negative emotions #I really liked the future arc scene bc it showed that Makoto DID experience enough despair to have overcome him if he didn’t refuse #and that it still affects him deeply. people treat him like he’s either this perfect ideal Chad or this baby chick who’s so delicate #and no one really focuses on how makoto shoulders so much and yet is still vulnerable. #honestly that guy was DUE for a mental breakdown even without the tape. it would have happened eventually #I actually wrote one based on him finally hitting a breaking point after giving so much of himself away and keeping nothing for himself #that his issues that he shoves down constantly finally can’t be held down anymore. Hajime helps him bc he knows how that feels #it was a LONG time ago that I wrote that but honestly if I can remember where i was going w it I might finish it #it was initially an rp but I could make it a fic #anyway. the point is Makoto is SO much more complex than people give him credit for #the most fundamental thing about him is that he’s normal and that’s ok! that’s what helps him rise!