#he's always the one with a major change

[anonymouslyyourssix]

the fact that willy almost always never stays a consistent character in any adaptation he's in is a concept so interesting to me...

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

What was in the blood.

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[animalpetcel]

Okay after a few hours to sit on it

Okay I read Gretchen Felker-Martin's Beast World story and it was like...fine lol. Honestly probably the only way to interpret Jason's character in a way that still gives it bite without running into the problem that DC will never let him permanently kill anyone who matters. Idk why some feel so strongly about disliking it?

It, and the fact that Felker-Martin cut her teeth in regular book does make me more optimistic tho. Not like..a whole lot optimistic bc there's a lot of writers who I think are amazing who's Jason stories...are not their finest work...but like having an ongoing heavily featuring Jason that isn't from Lobdell will be so nice for once, so I'm holding out hope for at least that.

I also know that some said that Jason/Helena might be solicit bait but I really feel like given how kinda desperate DC is about Jason being the only "Forever Single" batboy, and that they're probably reluctant to have another robin be LGBT+, that they could be trying to cook something quick. They probably don't want to do previous relationships (so Artemis and Rose are out), viewing them as "failed", but I also feel bad for the Helena fans (esp if this goes poorly), and I dislike that like the worst Nightwing fans are (like with Kory, Roy, Rose, Kyle, Donna, Eddie, Danny....all of them are better associated with a different batboy so it's best to keep it that way) obviously going to use it as a continued permanent mark against him (when really I feel like it would be better to just try to isolate yourself from something like this. Like when I tried to read Nightwing's pre-New52/Rebirth comics and didn't like how he treated his friends, I just stopped reading them and choose to live in blissful ignorance). I know some would go "Oh what about Rena/Isabel" and like....Rena is a deep cut that you would basically have to remake her from scratch (in a climate where civilians support systems and non-previously established civilian love interest are getting phased out/harder to implement in a way that doesn't see them erased) esp given that she wouldn't have seen Jason from since they were kids, and Isabel is tainted by Lobdell. I would prefer Strike/Dana Harlowe but now we're asking comic fans & writers to find a black woman to be both a suitable love interest and character long enough that it becomes cemented and that would be an uphill battle... There could also be a new new women but that still runs into the Rena's problems.

So basically we need good-longterm writing before we fix any of the stuff I just said about the possibility of Jason and love. Which I've been saying for years but alas no one thinks about the logistics of anything they ask for anymore....

I feel like some of the negative, knee-jerk reaction a lot of Batfam stans is that things have gotten so...bad when it comes to Jason...in the terms of a lack of direction (making people more split on what should happen to him) that his current stories just make everyone argue at the slightest hint of failure . And that's before the stories that are just flat out bad (Why does Hush 2 exist? A lesser seen character could have gotten a mini instead of creating a terrible sequel for a terrible storyline about a terrible villain)

Anyways I'm done rambling for now. I have realized that it might take longer then September for us to get a feel on whether his new ongoing might bring new life and a clear, not immediately ignored direction that he's been needing since UTRH, as well as tell us if our worried about Helena are unfounded or not....and September is already so far away.

Fun.

[ninashiki]

i feel like almost everything in utena has sort of already been extensively discussed in the last two (almost three) decades of utena's existence (not that there aren't new interpretations to be made, there always are) besides black rose arc (mikage+mamiya+tokiko). which is why they're so much fun to think about. i think the need to read between the lines makes it unfortunately easy to misunderstand or look past obvious stuff if you don't pay attention, but to me it's always been really obvious that mikage's arc is a literal representation of the erasure of queerness in ohtori (society?) by akio/everything he represents. and that's so fucking tragic! nemuro was never able to find a name for his desires. he lived and died as a puppet in the shadows.

[lovesodeepandwideandwell]

Triangulation of information in my family is Next Level

[constantvariations]

I get why people say Wyll/Karlach is enemies-to-lovers but it's missing too many of its signatures for me to agree

By nature, E-t-L's are slow burn. A good chunk of the story waits for one party to discover they're on the wrong side/both parties to realize they have more in common with each other than their factions, then a whole other chunk is dedicated to them learning how to trust each other. The higher the stakes in the story, the slower the burn

Yet everything between Wyll and Karlach is revealed and resolved in a single conversation. There are no lasting consequences of that initial animosity. Both are too good to hold grudges and all the fault lies firmly in hands not their own. Karlach trusts Wyll instantly and he her. Their friendship is so immediate that it's easy to forget that we met Karlach with the intent to kill her

And then there's the source of their quarrel. Wyll was led to believe Karlach's a devil seeking destruction and Karlach was just trying to go home. The thing that sets them against each other isn't their own beliefs or loyalties or anything deep seated and personal, it's the chain of command, something they're both eager to be rid of by the time we meet them. While it gives them something in common, it leaves them with nothing to unpack or overcome together

Compare that to the king of E-t-L's, Zutara of Avatar the Last Airbender. Zuko spent most of the show's runtime trying to capture the Avatar to guarantee the Fire Nation's total conquest, something Katara wants to prevent at all costs. When the two are stuck together by happenstance, they lash out at each other only to bond over their lost mothers. Then Zuko betrays her, something Katara does not forget and does not forgive until he proves himself much, much later. Afterwards, they support each other, watch over the others together, and make a damn good team against Azula. Perfect, should have been canon, fuck Bryke

Honestly, I think Wyllach is just Faerûn's version of a meet-cute

[cluescorner]

The most important thing about a Megatron ship is that it cannot end well.

[sciderman]

I agree with the want for a Andrew and Venom movie, but I think rather than the Tom Hardy venom (it is a great movie series but I want it to stay good, we don't need to overuse an already good movie) I think it would be nice if they did what the did with ultimate spiderman almost, rather than him being an alien do like a weird mix of sentient blood type thing. I don't know, I like the idea of Andrew Garfield Spiderman (considering we actually do get to see him being like, sciencey) creating or being part of this creation of venom. Maybe Gwen and Peter argue, maybe they break up and Peter uses the creation of Venom to unhealthily cope with his problems but it turns out bad and Peter loses control over himself. I don't know, I just want something different than like.. Cross over, you know? I'm sick of these stupid Crossover movies, just make something new Marvel, stop recycling movies.

sure uh huh yeah. i get it. but consider: tom hardy and andrew garfield, saddest, wettest, most pathetic men in the world, having margaritas together and crying over their gfs and their sad, wet, pathetic little lives.

[justworthlessreblogs]

thinking about about how interesting the themes of the battle in episode 46 were (everyone having darkness in their heart) and how it felt like a natural conclusion to what the season had been building up to and then they throw it all out for "a world with no emotions is bad"

[zenshigarakilover]

it's so disappointing that we didn't get more of tomura and afo interacting after that huge revelation about afo being involved in his life from the very beginning. he had his dad giggling and kicking his feet. he even encouraged him to have another child. tomura thought afo finding him that day on the street was a coincidence, but it wasn't. none of it was, he was even given the quirk that killed his family then told he wanted every single one of his family members to die and that was born twisted for years after. he even thanked afo for making him for who he is today in previous chapters!

I wanted there to be an actual encounter between them where he is distraught that the man who he thought was his savior has been planning his downfall since before he was even born. I wanted more of afo telling him to his face how he has meant nothing to him and his usefulness begins and ends at him being a possible vessel for himself, and how he's never had any control over his life. then have tenko argue back against his words. to finally stand up to everything afo has tried to ingrain in him. to cast aside the name of tomura shigaraki which was the name he gave him and tell afo how he doesn't need him anymore. that he finally sees him for the pathetic man he truly is. I want to see afo's reaction to losing control over him permanently. izuku would also be helping him through this encounter as well, might write a fic about it tbh.

oh well best I can hope for now is tenko discussing his feelings about what was revealed in 419, that is if he survives. I have a feeling something will happen that will bring him back in some way based on how only the name tomura shigaraki was said but not tenko which is an important distinction to make. a tomura dies, tenko lives situation if you will.

[bandzboy]

it’s so insane how some of the ot6 fans are reacting to the news of seunghan coming back because i think for a while, they really thought they won. they thought he was gonna be another idol who was gonna get kicked out for doing normal human shit that for some reason, bothers them to the core. things he did PRE DEBUT were bothersome to this people.

but then, he came back. if it wasn’t for the members constantly supporting him behind the scenes and the fans who were constantly reminding sm that they cared about him and wanted him back then maybe this wouldn’t happen and it’s truly sad to think how these crazy fans who have no life almost controlled the narrative yet again.

i am glad seunghan was not another victim of this. it must have taken a lot of courage and self determination to continue despite being slandered by the media and the ot6 fans and also other kpop stans. all of this to say, that i hope another situation like this doesn’t happen again. it’s too normal in this industry to punish idols for being human but i hope this starts a shift in the right direction

[some-bakugo-icon]

There’s just something so silly that happens during age of extinction when Optimus is being held in the cage on the ship yk and the autobots are trying to find and get him out like they’re just yelling and hollering and doing Odd Shit and I’m just imagining Prime going :| the entire time he’s able to hear him (which is basically as soon as they step on they’re so loud goddamn) but also in an endearing way like yeah those are his guys

[saintspock]

"spock is allowed to fall in love with women" have you considered he's not. have you considered that. there's someone you forgot to ask - me.

[sl8bqqa8]

Heavy stuff below the cut but I had to get something off my chest. I just can't sleep. Some not-so-pretty sl8 lore below.

I'm feeling really stressed out about our upcoming finals. I don't think I'll perform badly; It's just one art class and none of the assignments are difficult or confusing. Plus we have two more working class days and plenty of time between them to get things done. The biggest problem is that it's hard to focus on finishing up these projects when there's so much going on in the background.

I'm really worried about dying. I struggle a lot with paranoia— Every now and then there are days when I develop the unshakeable belief that I am on the way to my final resting place. Whether by anything from a car crash, random shootout, or suicide. But I don't know if I can even call this feeling paranoia because it's not entirely unfounded.

To put it plainly I'm really scared that one of these days my father is going to snap and kill us. Or maybe just my mother. Or that he'll hurt our pets. But mostly I'm worried that he's going to kill all of us.

When I was in 4th grade my parents got into a dispute over money (for context my father forbid my mother from having her own credit or debit card and went to great lengths to limit her financial freedom), and we later (me, my mother, and sister) stayed in a hotel for the day until nighttime when we all went home. But the important part is the way that night ended. Because it ended with my sister asleep in our shared bunkbed, me and my mother cowering in a corner, staring down the door to my childhood bedroom, as my father pointed a gun to us and told my mother that he was going to kill us if she didn't "hand us over." I still remember my mother sitting with her phone in her hands while I begged her to call the police. So needless to say, violence against his family isn't an idea that comes from nowhere.

Additionally, I only found out this year that he has a history of this. He once called my grandmother (on my mother's side) and told her that he was going to kill my mother. After my mother made him end a long time affair and said mistress changed the locks to her apartment, he also broke in through her window, gun in hand, and pistol whipped her in the head when things turned physical. Violence against my mother, and just women specifically is not new to him.

Current day my mother just brought up the idea of divorce after my parents remarried just last year. The argue all the time because the marriage is a mess and my father is a pos. But this latest argument was over my mother not taking his last name this time around. Eventually she snapped at him and basically said "sounds like we might as well just get divorced." And that seemed to slap him out of his entitled self-centered misogynistic mindset because now he's acting all humble and meek. Buying her food and asking to talk about it, swearing up and down that at all costs he doesn't want to divorce. Citing all he's supposedly given up for us, and saying that he just wants us all to be together.

Even if he's being humble this is sort of alarming because the three of us as a whole (me sister mother) were hoping that he'd just go back to Houston on his own or at the very least not put up a fight and stomp off like an angry kid. His parents are aging and he keeps bringing up their health in arguments as to why we should all move down to Houston (not happening). And he goes on and on about all the opportunities he gave up to come live with is and "fix" our family (the only one who wanted him up here was my mother, and even so that was mostly for financial stability). The fact that even with those factors, plus the fact that my parents are completely incompatible, my father is still clinging to this stupid idea of the eternal family worries me. Because I remember how things ended up last time when he thought that he was going to lose his family.

And I'm worried that if my mother doesn't put her foot down hard, or if something goes wrong, he's going to stop being rational and just decide that if he can't have us, then no one can. Clearly it's not like the thought has never crossed his mind. I wish he didn't have access to a gun or a garage opener to the house. I'm really fucking scared right now. It's late night and that would be the perfect time to kill your entire family; The sleeping don't resist a bullet well and you could slip away into the night just as easily if you were smart about it. I don't want to close my eyes because as absurd as it could be, I can't not live to see tomorrow. Or protect my mother and my sister and my cat and my dog.

And it feels so minor in comparison, but on top of that I'm also just knee-deep in the struggles of being a 20-something person trying to find their way in life while navigating severe trauma and inheriting at least two definite debilitating mental illness that I am not medicated for. I've been better about it lately but it's hard to resist the temptation to turn to the drink when shits this bad— Especially since I have at least two homemade gallons of the stuff just sitting around and I know damn well how to make more of it. It's my main hobby.

I have a 67. It's not horrible. I think I could bring it up with this final portfolio grade. But I think part of getting off academic probation is bringing up my GPA to a certain point, and I have no idea if this will be enough. I need to figure out how to check my current GPA and look at the academic probation guidelines again. I feel like enough of a failure already. I don't want to get kicked out of college and have to plead my case with the board to see if they'll let me try again so long as I'm medicated. I'll do it if I have to, but I'm sure my mother already sees me as enough of an embarrassment. Maybe thow in a job + driver's licence and I can stop feeling like such a disappointment.

It's just hard to get my shit together when all of this is happening at once. I'm missing important milestones that people see as hallmarks of adult independence, and people are always on my case about it, but there's already so much I'm trying to figure out how to navigate, and it feels like I'm just using all my energy to survive. And not much else.

I really need to get this homework done before Thursday. I just don't know what will happen or what to do about anything else going on in my life. I've lived every day panic mode anticipating the next disaster since I was 10, and now I'm expected to calm down and just get it together. Why can't things ever be stable and normal? I just wish we were fucking normal. And it feels pathetic to say but the bottom line is I'm scared. I'm really scared.

[darabeatha]

/ I'm very passionate about this whole thing M.octezuma has going on

[ha-youwish]

shout out to neku sakuraba hes like a brother to me.