#either way subject to change

[unnamed-proxy]

GRANDPA IS HERE!!!! The Angel of Death himself

Couldn’t cram any silly doodles on this one 😔 his wings were too fucjing big

Phanis Nightmare

[twelvemartha]

3.06 // 3.07

[dykedvonte]

A crazy thing about Mouthwashing is that Pony Express lost communication with one of its freighters for months and didn’t send anyone to check.

A genuinely reputable company, or at the very least a decent one, would have sent someone, something out to check after about two weeks of silence. Two months is when the crew start questioning if they are even being looked for which implies they were already expecting it to take a while cause P.E just doesn’t care.

They don’t care about who they hire. They don’t care about the conditions they place their crew in or how safe the safety measures actually are. They just don’t care, made rules and regulations so they can care less and succeed in getting away with it with how little those ideas are discussed.

[yarrowleef-babbles]

been hearing rumors that the "i'm always straight" lines may have been cut from the GN and IF that is true, I expect everyone will be super mad about that--and ngl i'd mourn the loss of it too because it has become iconic to me

But. i can't believe i'm playing devils advocate for this, BUT it is not entirely unreasonable for an adaptation of this work to decide it does not want to reference Ronan's sexuality yet......coming to terms with his sexuality is (one) part of his arc in the 2nd book. Adam Parrish being ~the 2nd secret he doesn't want to admit to himself~ , Ronan's catholic guilt homoerotic nightmares and the like, all characterize his sexuality as something he might vaguely be aware of but seriously struggles to openly admit. I don't think he even uses the word gay or any other word to describe himself in the whole series? (unless I'm forgetting something?)

So, idk, it's not unreasonable to want the (hypothetical) audience to also not be aware of it until Ronan is forced to directly grapple with his identity next book.

i think this is one of those things that has become very dear to the fandom over time, but if i look at it objectively without my feelings, i just.....i do understand why someone could conceivably decide that this off-handed bitchy "he's gay btw" joke is not of dire importance for the sanctity of the story 😭 in the 'pros don't outweigh the cons' sort of way....

[roomba-mangga]

thoughts on thistle and yaad's dynamic that i vomited in the tags of another post but will now try to articulate here: they're not actually family, or at least they shouldn't be. not in a conventional sense anyway. framing them as uncle and nephew (even in a non-literal, silly fantasy world way) rides more on technicality than anything concrete.

what i mean by this is yaad calls thistle by name and says he and delgal were raised "like" brothers. he talks about thistle like he's an outsider imposing himself into the melinis' space, and it's clear that thistle was never legitimized as a member of the family. for thistle's part, though we don't know how he would treat yaad pre-demon brainrot, it's safe to assume based on the way he punishes him—turning him into a doll—and how little is shown in the way of any sort of relationship between them that thistle only cares* about yaad as an extension of delgal (otherwise i'd expect something like kabru and milsiril, because it's not like another complicated interspecies family dynamic would be out of place, yet there's next to nothing on them even in bonus content, just their scant interactions in the main story).

in essence, they're strangers to one another. thistle's desperation to preserve the illusion of a family, a model where he doesn't even fit, was the snare they were caught in for the past thousand years of stasis. yaad-as-nephew is a prop to uphold that illusion, and thistle is playing a role he's unfit to play. in the context of post-canon interactions, attempting to reconstruct that facade would only be a reenactment of trauma for them both (in a deeply compelling way i'd love to watch unfold, tbh), as that "uncle and nephew" framing places thistle in an implicit position of power over someone he's already traumatized through misuse of authority in the past, a role which also perpetuates his adultification and yaad's infantilization in turn. it'd mostly be an obstacle to any real connection.

best to burn the melini family bridge, i think, and if there's still anything salvageable left in the rubble, let something different supplant it.

[ranger-danger]

The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

Robert Frost — Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Aka thinking about Wyll and my Gorion’s ward again.

[butterrdream]

Reborn World Swap

A scenario that’s been on my mind for a while now is one where Reborn gets hit with the TYL bazooka but instead of swapping places with his TYL self, the bazooka malfunctions and instead he’s swapped roles with the Reborn from a parallel world (that more closely aligns with the canon KHR timeline. Let's call him Canon!Reborn for now), where he never met Apple and she never existed. And this swap happens to last for a few days. No one can tell why.

Canon!Reborn coming to the In Somnis world confused as to who this woman is and why she appears heartbroken when he says he doesn’t know her (and yet she’s strangely okay with it too. There’s a forlorn acceptance and understanding in her expression that he decides he also does not like very much at all).

It also annoys him the way everyone else is shocked he doesn’t know her and quite upset at him for it. He ends up sorta avoiding Apple (not in a rude or awkward way but really that's just a stranger to him so he treats her as such) and just goes about his regular routine of torturing tutoring his students. I think over time though he would unintentionally grow attached. Maybe not quite in love with this strange but warm woman but he grows fond. And maybe. Just maybe if given the chance he could see himself loving her too. And there’s a few other things in the IS world which I think would shock Reborn but I can’t say because of spoilers.

Meanwhile the IS!Reborn being in the canon-aligned universe and wondering where the heck Apple is. This world is fine. There’s nothing wrong with it. His students are well, Tsuna is happy and growing and learning each day. But it’s remarkably emptier to him. Not to mention he feels especially trigger happy whenever people give him strange looks when he asks about Apple or certain other people.

This Reborn isn't happy about this world (neither of them are for different reasons). When they do eventually switch back, there's a wistfulness there as they contemplate their own set of circumstances how different the world is on the other side.

[theygender]

I've been having more Symptoms than usual lately but that's probably fine and cool right

[peachsayshi]

Truthfully -

I respect Gege’s decision, I can see how this pans out story wise. I actually thought it would be Kenjaku in his body, but this makes more sense to tip the scale away from Sukuna’s favor.

Do I like it? Not really. Do I want to watch Gojo die a second time? No because that’s weak and honestly the first death scene is more honorable to me.

If this means that Yuta exists inside Gojo now (which I feel like we’ve been getting parallels between them up to this point) - what a shame to his own character.

If this means that Gojo exists as a tool to be used - that’s another shame.

I was holding onto hope that the binding bow would work in somehow. Gojo losing an eye or all his powers even makes more sense to me & I think tells a better story. I would rather see the fall of the strongest than this.

He’s been reduced to a weapon and it really does break my heart.

Tragic, really. But it’s Gege, so I am not surprised.

Addition: thinking about it there is also a lot of parallels with Suguru. I think how this fight pans out will solidify my true feelings over it.

[miraculouslumination]

Boy oh boy am I so glad I use my online space how I want and have the wherewithal to not cave into guilt trippy posts about how you should always all day every day 24/7 subject yourself to the horror of the world wide news and also make your entire blog about it

[light-wrath-paradise]

Now I'm not saying I want to wear things like crop tops or short shorts but I just wish I could without being reprimanded and reminded that I'm not something the public should "have to be subjected to."

[becauseplot]

aroallo arthur cervero my beloved send post

[pomodoriyum]

like as somebody who does invasive species management / removal in my free time i still think its so fucking stupid whenever people freak out about hybridization of an invasive species with a v similar native one like. ok you little eugenicist obsessed with purity. i think youre wrong AND an asshole.

[klutzytomb]

Going through it rn

[hibernating-stag]

Just as I got used to how young That Man sounded in Xrd and Overture- I'm thrown back to where his voice had that deep intimidating vibe instead- can't catch a break ;;

[chillllii]

when the audhd is fun until you become "i really really really have to give my input/side/idea and i dont give a fuck who's talking or what everyone was initially talking about" and before this site's illiteracy kicks in i'm certain we're all guilty of this to some extent