>pull out detailed chart explaining what's analyzing the ideas and motives behind a text and what is just presenting information without thinking about it
"Vash's idealism doesn't work-" THAT'S NOT THE POINT. THE POINT IS THAT TRYING TO DO GOOD IS GOOD EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING MAKES IT REALLY HARD. THE POINT IS THAT IT'S GOOD TO BE KIND AND SELFLESS EVEN WHEN IT DOESN'T GET REWARDED. BECAUSE AS MUCH AS THINGS SUCK, THEY WILL CERTAINLY NOT GET BETTER IF YOU GIVE UP ON GOODNESS. THE POINT IS THAT SOMETIMES THE ONLY REWARD FOR DOING GOOD IS KNOWING IT STILL EXITS, WHICH IS AN AMAZING AND PRICELESS REWARD, SO GOOD IS STILL WORTH SUFFERING FOR.
The real reason your sapient dragon character needs a "rider":
Dragons on the wing are vulnerable to being mobbed by smaller, more agile flyers, particularly in your large rear blind spot, like a bird of prey being mobbed by crows. Having a human armed with a long spear perched on your back helps to dissuade anyone from getting any funny ideas.
Breath weapons are impressive enough on the ground, but in flight they're really only good for strafing stationary targets; trying to use your breath weapon in an aerial dogfight is a good way to get fire up your nose. A real fight calls for sterner measures – and, concomitantly, a crew to aim and reload the cannons.
In today's competitive world, it's not enough to devour a flock of sheep and call it a day if you want to keep your edge. You're accompanied at all times by a qualified personal alchemist tasked with carefully regulating your internal furnace to ensure peak performance, and sometimes you even listen to them.
No dragon of any quality would be caught dead without their valet. It's not as though you can announce your numerous long-winded titles yourself when introductions are called for, can you? You suppose next you'll be expected to pick up the spoils of your conquests yourself, like a common brigand. Perish the thought!
I know people mean well when they say it but hearing the phrase “you know your body best” as someone with chronic illness is so funny, like man no I don’t I ain’t got no clue what that fucker’s planning and I’m scared to find out
if you insist that anyone making queer art must be openly, loudly queer, or else it is some form of faking/baiting/etc for clout, you are a bizarre individual and i do not like you