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[stonesense]

I've been meaning to ask you about this and what do you think. Zevran tells us that he took the contract to kill Warden because he wanted to die. But then after we defeat him, he really tries to convince us that we should spare him, that he would be useful for us and just tries his best to not get himself killed. Why? Did he realized that actually he doesn't wanna die? Got scared?

some assorted thoughts on this

1. there’s a lot we don’t know for sure about zevran’s mindset going into that ambush. if him wanting to die was simple clear-cut intention, i think we can all agree there are easier ways to get that done than bidding for a contract to assassinate a warden and then hiring several people to set up an elaborate high effort ambush for that warden and then dodging lethal blows enough to get knocked out instead. so his goal isn’t just directly to die as early as possible. if nothing else, he wanted the “excuse” of having done as much as he could, the merit of having died fighting. and we should keep in mind that it’s even possible that while zevran is able to identify months later that what he wanted by chasing extremely dangerous contracts was to die, he wasn’t necessarily fully aware or fully admitting that to himself at the time

2. in my humble opinion, one of the first things you have to know to understand zevran is that surviving was, for much of his life, the core foundational pillar of his entire self-image, self-worth, and identity. the logic he was taught works like this: “crow training is brutal and many recruits die -> you survived it -> you are more than the weaklings who gave up or failed, and you are more than the cheaply-bought child you once were, because you have survived, and that makes you a Real Crow, a legend, Someone Who Matters.” he was proud to be a crow once. then comes rinna’s death, which is tragic because he killed someone he loved, but what actually makes it catastrophic to his worldview is that it proves this core logic false. rinna was a Real Crow who passed all the tests, too, but her life still didn’t matter, she died horribly for no reason and the crows simply didn’t care. he realises how expendable she was and therefore how expendable he is, still worth no more to his masters than the handful of sovereigns they originally spent on him. ANYWAY, my point is, as much as parts of this worldview have been torn down, it’s not going to completely go away overnight. the fight to survive is still so integral to the way his head works, and when you wake up in front of an enemy after being knocked out cold, you’re going to go with what’s instinct, what’s habit, what’s muscle memory. for zevran, that’s staying alive. it’s likely to me that he thought fast, acted on impulse, and didn’t feel anything until later

3. even if zevran was clear with himself that he wanted to die, the circumstances he woke up to were very poor ones in which to die. one might call a man of his profession an expert on different circumstances in which to die and he’s developed some standards, okay. i suspect that in his worldview, dying fighting might be acceptable, but being slaughtered as a forgettable helpless prisoner who just lay down and accepted it is a whole other thing. he still dreads the purposelessness of simply giving up; he wants badly for it to mean something. and naturally it was unbearable to do the “true crow” thing here and die before revealing any information under torture. like there’s a very specific course of action he was trained to take here. earlier in his life, he has been tortured, has willingly accepted that as a chance to prove himself, in the expectation that it would prepare him for strength in this moment. which is why for this new resentful post-rinna zevran, his first priority on being captured is to immediately cheerfully spill all information to the warden before they can even attempt to torture him, an incredible act of spite for which i love him so dearly. i think he very much thought this would be the last thing he would do before he died and it’s like as he’s talking through this (one of his toolset notes when talking out why he might join the warden is even like “this is occurring to him as he speaks”) that he first realises he is now holding a polite conversation with the target and may have a shot at something and hey in for a penny in for a pound, let’s throw a wild proposal out there and go all in and at least he’ll know he did as much as he could

[elvyn]

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They’re coming….

[sukunasbow]

the slytherin boys confessing to you on new year’s eve

➤ blaise zabini

he waits for the right moment during the party in the slytherin common room. when the clock strikes midnight and the two of you are facing each other, not even taking notice of everyone around you celebrating a new year, he looks down at you and cups your face, pausing for a moment to admire you before kissing you.

➤ draco malfoy

he carries you to your dorm room when the party’s over and you’re barely able to walk straight after all the drinking, helping you get into bed and covering you with the blanket, brushing your hair out of your face and placing a trash can next to your bed. draco sits on the side of your bed, placing a comforting hand on your leg. when he thinks you’re asleep, he confesses to you, unaware that you’re awake and can hear him.

➤ lorenzo berkshire

when the crowd in the common room gets overwhelming and the loud music seems to be getting louder every second, lorenzo sneaks you away to his favourite spot in hogwarts, the astronomy tower. the weasley twins have fireworks going off to celebrate and the two of you just sit there and watch as the night sky lights up with different colours. he turns to look at you and you can feel him staring, so you do the same and shift your body so you’re looking at each other. “i’ve liked you since first year. i understand if you don’t feel the same way, but considering it’s a new year, i just needed to tell you. you mean so much to me.” he whispers.

➤ mattheo riddle

he can feel the jealousy radiating off of him as he’s sitting on one of the leather couches in the common room, watching you and harry potter join the rest of the crowd in dancing. your eyes shift to glance at mattheo behind harry’s shoulder, raising an eyebrow in confusion as he basically death stares at the brunette you’re swaying your hips against. when mattheo looks away, you do the same and bring your attention back to him, not expecting it when the angry slytherin walks up to you and harry. “matty? what—” before you can even finish your sentence, he punches harry right in the jaw and starts a fight with the gryffindor boy. later on, the two of you are in mattheo’s dorm as you clean his hands and the mark on his face from the one hit the other boy was actually able to get in. the party is still going on and although you’re pissed at him for ruining your night, he can’t help but tell you exactly why he started the fight and how much he wants you as you wipe some blood off of his bleeding knuckles.

➤ theo nott

theo takes a, slightly, calmer approach to his confession. when he sees you, his best friend, dancing with fred weasley, his immediate response is to shut down and distance himself from you for the rest of the night. he drowns his sorrows in cheap alcohol the twins managed to score for the party. eventually, when you realize you haven’t seen him in a bit, you part ways with fred to go find him. when you find him, he’s drinking alone on one of the leather couches in the middle of the room. confronting him, determined to figure out why he’s acting so weird, he drunkenly confesses.

[just-pauline]

[demon-ness]

A post about my theory THAT DESTROYS the "plot hole" (the one about the fact that bakugans live on Earth in later seasons). (actually, this theory is not very well developed. As people in Russia say, I "put an owl on the globe")

What is the problem? At the end of the first season, the bakugans explicitly say that they cannot stay on Earth. They are part of Vestroia, and staying on Earth will cause the universes to completely merge, self-destructing in the process. However, in the next seasons, bakugans live on Earth without any problems. Moreover, although in the first season we were always shown that in the normal state of the universe, bakugans on Earth can only exist in the form of spheres - starting from the second season, this is also no longer true. Why does it work like this?

First, let's have a history lesson. As you know, God exists in this anime. And God is Code Eve (then translator and I will get confused with pronouns, accept it. I think God won't be offended). It was Code Eve that created the first two bakugans, and they created Neathia-Gundalia and Vestroia. These universes are home to bakugans, where they exist in their true form without restrictions. But, what is important for us, the Earth does not belong to these universes. Did "our" universe appear by itself or was it created by someone? We don't know. But it is not part of the "family". Let's visualize it.

As you can see from this image, I claim that in the reality of this anime, there are not one, but Two multiverses. The first is "ours", there exists a universe in which Earth is located. The second is a multiverse created by Code Eve, where bakugans live. The multiverses does not intersect. And then the first season happened.

You all watched the first season and you know what happened. Nevertheless, I suppose you think that the universes completely separated in the finale. I have a different opinion. I believe that such a global event as the partial merger of two universes does not go without consequences. I believe that something like this happened:

I must say right away - this is absolutely unscientific, but who cares about it here. And so. I believe that during the separation of the universes, Vestroia essentially "pulled" the Earth with in. And, for this reason, the Earth became part of the "baku-multiverse". So from now on, the same laws apply to the Earth as to the rest of the Universes in this "family".

Why did this happen? The most logical reason seems to me to be Drago's influence. In the final, he gained the power of a Perfect Core, which probably gives him some control over the laws of the universe. I doubt Drago did it intentionally. Most likely, it was just a subconscious desire associated with the sadness of saying goodbye. I also like the option of romantic sympathy between universes, but you probably won't take it seriously.

Another question is, why did the bakugans go home anyway at the end of the first season if there was no need? The simple answer is that they simply did not know that the scenario I had come up with was even possible. So they made the most logical conclusion, and only then in the second season they began to contact the Earth again. A more complicated answer is that it most likely took time to completely move "our" universe. So, until the process was completed, they had to be patient for the sake of safety. But I think both answers are correct. Or something like that.

To sum up, none of this really makes sense. Most likely, somewhere in the anime there were facts refuting this theory. So I prefer to ignore these facts for the sake of peace of mind. I really like this idea that the Earth is now part of a common "family" created by Code Eve, and that's why bakugans live on "our" planet with humans. That sounds very nice.

Thanks for attention. We'll see each other again one day.

[officalgeorgestaniel]

thinking about People mv George today

[ask-ethari-anything]

Have you looked at the ritual pool lately? I think there might be a surprise there for you.

Please excuse me, I need to build something right quick-

[shimmerytimbers]

just blocked her @reyreadersblog hehe. blog drama free again

kinda tired of people from like (namely the US) forcing others to change the way they act bc apparently its a bad thing there lmao. Like girl lmao just bc its a thing for u doesnt mean everyone has to change to suit u. Learn abt cultural differences of leave ig.

[winterrrnight]

GAHHH I FINALLY WATCHED CHALLENGERS!!!!! I wanna take a moment to really appreciate the cinematography LIKE OH MY GOD QUEER IS GONNA BE SO GOOD 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[kaeyaswifefromsnezhnaya]

Those Mitsuba fans who are anti are so funny. Well, in a metaphorical sense, it's not really funny at all.

"Nene should be killed for saying that about breasts" and meanwhile Mitsuba repeatedly yells about porn, whether it's appropriate or not. Mitsuba yells about porn, guys, he knows what it is, he knows the genres of it because he's being specific, he probably watched it because he's a pubescent middle school kid and is interested in that kind of stuff, slightly more than Hanako (comparing the two of them from the beginning of the manga. After the middle of the story, the dirty jokes completely disappeared, you know). Your fav is totally fine with all of this stuff, and you love him so much and love to relate to him, so why not learn from Mitsuba's good traits instead of just taking all the bad from him, lol? Mitsubafans are like one big army of whiny little kids, yes, Mitsuba has that, but he also has a lot of good and interesting qualities that, by the way, don't seem to be in demand. Well, again, this ignoring reasonable things for the sake of delulu. But like... being a fan of a boy who reduces a lot of things in his life to erotic because he's just going through puberty, and hating people who do the same? What do you even take from Mitsuba in that case? It's okay to be curious about this kind of stuff, and what's going on at your home that you're reacting to it so painfully? If Nene's words are cringeworthy, then all she deserves is a calm explanation of why it looks so-so, but not a death threat. Just like living people, and especially living people. But I don't even think it's worth lecturing Nene, Mitsuba, or Hanako about why they should stop all this. It's part of their growing and there's no need to slap their hands and tie them up. And whether you like it or not, your fav is interested in sex, lol. You don't have to focus on it in fan content if you're not interested, but accept the fact that it's a canonical event.

[bottom-lexa]

No fucking way people who play video games professionally are called esport athletes. Fuck right off with that.

[collateralcorp]

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[holdmyhannow]

Every time someone uses the word detwinkification when talking about an idol’s appearance I lose my will to live a little more

[kiss2012]

911 spoilers have me. well. fairly upset.