#...controlled by people in masks

[imadhatt3r]

It kinda irks me when people call Black Mask "Truekechi", because that's not really the case...? Not entirely, at least.

I mean yes, of course, Black Mask IS a part of Akechi's personality, I'm not denying that. The thing is, that it isn't Akechi's WHOLE personality. This kid just went through the biggest crashout of his life, his whole plan he's been meticulously working on for years failed, and the worst part is that it didn't even lead to what he was after, so he didn't even get the revenge he wanted. Of course he's unstable and edgy, I mean, who wouldn't be?

That is not to say that his anger and edginess aren't a part of his "true self"; I'm sure that his glee at taking out shadows is absolutely real, for example, but I believe that it comes from him just being angry in general- at Shido, at Maruki, and at himself. Akechi is rough around the edges, has a short temper and has a tendency to look at others from above, but the situation he's in boosts these parts of his personality as a sort of defense mechanism.

I think that his mementos conversations give a really good insight into this too; Perhaps it's due to my older age compared to the characters in-game, but a lot of Akechi's lines feel so... Forced on his side? He's the one to bring up that other Thieves probably don't want to have him on the team, or that they're unsettled by how he fights, but nobody even said anything about it in the first place...? Even other characters seem kinda done with his act, either that or they accept him being on the team due to their shared goals; Some are even quite nice and friendly, all things considered. This just feels like Akechi's self-loathing twisting itself into this kind of quips because he himself doesn't want to get too comfortable on the team; He's scared of growing closer to the other Thieves, so he tries to keep them at arm's length. He can't just tell them "I think I'm a horrible person" straight up (his pride wouldn't let him), so he has to make himself "unappealing" in other ways.

There's also the other side of these conversations, where you can see him just... Being a kid. He whines about being hungry, or thirsty, or his legs getting stiff in the car, he talks about mundane things with other Thieves like graduation or sports... He's just a teenager as much as his teammates are- it's just that the others weren't hired as assassins at 15 and didn't grow up obsessed with the plan to kill their father. His emotional development and maturation process have clearly been impacted, on top of everything else he had to deal with. So he may act "adult" and more mature than others at first glance (at least before he reveals Loki), but inside he is just as much (if not more, in some aspects) of a kid as the other Thieves are. This means that he is still at the age and mental development level where he is still figuring out himself, who he is, what path to follow etc. It also means that he is prone to being overly dramatic, emotionally extreme, and have poor emotional control- you know, teen stuff.

The key to it all becomes his ultimate persona, Hereward. We all know that Akechi has two personas, but he doesn't get two ultimate personas, he gets only one. I think that it's symbolic of his psyche slowly melding itself into one again. It's not that either one of his "sides" was truly fake or real; Both the Detective Prince and Black Mask ARE parts of the "real" Akechi- it's just that he has been systematically compartmentalizing his whole self into two for YEARS. The awakening of his ultimate persona is him starting the process of healing and allowing these two sides of him to mix and reconnect back into one.

I honestly think that, with enough time and the right environment, Akechi's most extreme traits would even themselves out, and he would stop being AS short-tempered, snarky, and blood-thirsty as he is in the game. He will never be the perfectly plesant Detective Prince, but he also won't be the angry, self-loathing and vengeful Black Mask. He will be something new, something different, a fusion of the two opposite ends of his personality spectrum. Only then he will live as his fully true self.

[elliesgaymachete]

do you think they first met when agatha was supposed to be executed? that rio came to collect the dead and found her, sent to die by her own mother, weeping and terrified, because she lost control of her powers. but because rio is death, maybe she was the first person who wasn’t afraid of her

[heybiji]

new rival teen hero just dropped

(claiming to be the #1 superhero in the city while wearing a discount Halloween costume)

[lovelylittlelobster]

Today (June 12) is officially Hiveminds birthday according to his dossier, so I thought I would continue making birthday posters for characters, which means it's now Hiveminds turn!

But wait, that's not all!

I also finished the Hivemind voice line compilation just in time for today as well, so here's that as well!

[grimeowkin]

We could just kiss like real people do

[made-my-peace-with-all-the-bad]

Cole!Trip’s anger is different from every other Trip’s anger. I think of it like a blue flame. It’s not as huge and consistent as other Trips’ anger is, which I think of as an orange flame. His Trip’s anger is quieter and more hidden behind a trained facade, but when you get too close or he gets too caught up and consumed by it, it’s hotter and more dangerous. But he works to keep it under wraps. Instead of immeditaly going to violence, he tries to shut down instead. Like in JFT when Marcia gets up and goes to Cherry, he shoves his hands into his pockets and maybe balls them into fists cause he feels the anger coming but he knows it’s best to just shut down. But then suddenly Paul is yelling and Cherry is denying and blaming them instead of the kid who stabbed Bob and it’s like gas is being thrown into what is normally his small and hot flame. Suddenly it’s like it’s exploding. It becomes a huge and blazing fire that consumes and burns everything in its path.

[audrac-blue]

Hi Phantom of the Paradise fandom, I have joined you

A week ago on pinterest I dicovered the amazingly weird and mesmerising Phantom Winslow

I can't THINK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE since then

His character-design, his clothes, the helmet, the MAKEUP, HIS TEETH ...OH MY GOD

This is the strongest and quickest burst of gender envy I ever experienced. I mean, in a few hours I had a whole file of pinterest pictures of him, learned that he was from a movie adapted from the story of Phantom of the Opera from the 70's, had see a bunch of tiktok edit from the movie, read almost the entire wikipedia file of the movie and ended up with a copy of it to watch it right away. I listened to the OST like 20 times since then, watched the movie, wrote a two-pages long word document of notes to make a cosplay of the Phantom...

I was in the middle of a fucking house moving and had plenty of stuff to think of but THIS PHANTOM WAS THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK ABOUT

I'm so obsessed with everything about this character OMG. The fact that he's a tall and thin silhouette wrapped in a cloak figure, this only eye starring in horror in the blackness of the hole in the the owl-like helmet, his black leather-like clothes covered in straps and belts, and his gloves coverring everything ... the fact that the only things we see of him are this horrified eye and THIS. MOUTH. This motherfucking black-lip campy grimacing mouth with THIS TEETH.

For me this is the peak of genderless not-really-human-anymore-creature-like character. I WANT, I NEED to BE that dark and weird figure lurking in the in between

WHY did'nt I discovered this movie back when I was a teenager ? I would have know sooner...

...I don't like my voice (and never had) but I'm starting to learn how to sing Bill Finley's Faust song... thanks you Bill Finley <3

[shakingparadigm]

It's a bit silly that found it unlikely for Luka and Till to be the final match back then. The more that I thought about it, the more it made sense. Sure, Luka and Ivan are incredibly similar in terms of personality and image, but in terms of circumstance Luka and Till are opposite sides of the same coin. I really couldn't envision a better matchup.

[gayladygrey]

im going Feral about how charles' mutation is always treated differently from everyone elses. charles (rightly) gets a lot of flack for only taking in the pretty mutants, but i think thats bcus he knows how isolating it is to have a power that is considered inherently a violation of consent. unless charles is 100% 24/7 a paragon of self control, hes GOING to hear your thoughts. asking him to stay out of your head is like asking him not to look at you, its just one of his senses like any other. and i think also thats why he snowballs so easily into huge violating acts like memory wipes and segmentation of identity - if everyone reviles him anyway for his natural, unconscious sensing of surface thoughts, feelings, vibes, traumas, etc etc, then why not do the huge messed up stuff they will also hate him for? he has to keep everything he knows about everyone a secret anyway, so as not to damage their sensibilities, whats one more horrendous secret? one more violation? and erik, of all people, who tells mystique not to cover up, who tells beast to be blue, tells charles "get out of my head".

[baileyartblog]

forgot I drew this one

[boss-poss]

I say this without irony or comedic intent but Elon Musk needs to the end the year in either a prison cell or a grave.

[cluster-b-culture-is]

Questioning AsPD culture is fitting the DSM criteria but not relating to everybody else with it?? I guess I also don't check the box for no remorse or guilt (I still fit the criteria for that section tho) so maybe that's why?? I'm so confused??? Starting to wonder if I'm over exaggerating on accident or something.

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[boiling-paint]

Not like super deep into tadc or anything, but I wanted to put in my 2 cents about Jax given the recent episode 4 and how his mask seemed to falter a bit. I do think theres a lot of different reasons for him being an asshole, but he kinda confirmed with how he said to Gangle, "I like you better when you're sad," and how much he antagonizes Ragatha that he hates masks. He derails adventures and social interactions into terror and upset intentionally because it's some of the only tangible emotion that he can recognize is real, and not some facade someones put up to retain their own sanity. The more he gets people to snap, or cry, or argue with him the more human they're being instead of going along with the story that's trying to keep them all complacent. I think hes a dick because he's annoyed by the fact that even when the rules are fake and their lives are over, so many of them are still masking and hiding their personal feelings about the situation they're all stuck in. He noticably picks on pomni, kinger, and zooble less—and out of the group, those 3 are the most honest about their emotions.

[welcome-to-the-shit-library]

i want that twink obliterated

[darkwood-sleddog]

uuuuh....first non rainy weekend in 12 weeks and i should be happy but the air quality is so bad and after my last time getting covid oh boy does my chest feel like its been through a cheese grater.

[sleepy-edits]