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hc that Verlaine struggles a lot to communicate with other people without sounding rude/unnecessary, because he struggles a lot with tone and emotions,even when he is trying to be nice

Verlaine (on a public transport): Here miss, you can take my sit. You look old.

Rimbaud: Paul! You can't say that!

Verlaine: Ow... even when it's true?

Rimbaud: sigh even when it's true.

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One of these panels was drawn a month after the rest of it. Guess which one it is lol

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Quick oc art sketch

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that post about mob psycho having a title that makes it sound like a hyperviolent edgy anime in english got me thinking about how funny that juxtaposition is with how the show Actually Is. the resolution of a major arc in the third season literally hinges on the fact that the main character is wearing the most godawful fuck ugly shirt on earth and everyone is too polite to tell him it sucks. as a direct result, a giant broccoli flies itself to the ocean and it's a legitimate tearjerker. a bunch of the antagonists definitely think they're in an edgy organized crime show--until half of them end up giving up their life of crime because they got made fun of for beefing with middle schoolers so hard by a 27-year-old in a cheap suit that they decided they'd rather work at a grocery store.

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Y'know when I went into mp100 I wasn't expecting to get hit in the face with "flawed kindness is better than no kindness and it's better to start becoming a better person for selfish reasons than it is to do nothing because you think you're beyond redemption and keep hurting people" but I am not complaining.

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Bothersome beast, comforting friend

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I feel like some people need to relearn Genre Expectations... "Man, this tragedy sucks!!! Why didn't they just do XYZ, then everything could have ended happily!!" well, then it wouldn't be a tragedy, would it. "Man, this lighthearted teen romcom is terrible, it's so sappy and unrealistic!!" Well, yeah. If it had been gritty and dark, it wouldn't have been a lighthearted romcom, would it. Is the writing actually bad or are you just trying to order a milkshake from a Home Depot

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In their safe space

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ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted to be a stressed adult male protagonist splashing water on his face in the bathroom

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Akutagawa and the Spider’s Thread

Ryunosuke Akutagawa as early on as chapter four is introduced to us as a brutal dog of the mafia with seemingly no regard for life. His first action is to slaughter an entire police station and then blow up the witnesses without any remorse. He’s the oe responsible for instructing Kyouka to kill 35 people, and tries to prevent her from escaping a life of killing. 

However, as the manga unfolds there is far more to Akutagawa’s character than what meets the eye, and rather than someone who has no value for life and therefore can kill without feeling anything, his views on life and death are far more complex. As contradictory as it is, by stepping over corpses and sinking himself into the blood soaked world of the mafia, Ryunosuke is actually seeking a meaning to life. Rather than seeing life as worth nothing, all of his actions are his own struggle to make life worth something. 

Despite being a cold blooded killer, Akutagawa’s character thematically revolves around life, and saving lives just as Atsushi’s does, as shown in the connection to the real life author’s short stories(Rashomon, The Spider’s Thread) as explained under the cut. This meta will explain that Akutagawa’s path to eventual redemption lies on something as thin and as weak as a Spider’s Thread. 

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While that new art from the new game is relevant, here’s this 🙏

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TW// BLOOD

“ Writer’s block again, Odasaku?”

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Me and my bro on Opposite Day

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real conversation i had w my friend

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Why is all my best work on printer paper?

Yes this outfit is from the mobile game. Anyways love Poe 🫶🫶🫶

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Live action of how I sleep with my plushies

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*Takes you by the shoulders* I ADORE character profiles and character trivia and likes and dislikes sections. I love knowing this ruthless, heartless, cruel man of a character has a childish dislike for mandarin oranges. I believe in the inherent beauty of making all characters, no matter the background or moral stance, being made fundamentally human by assigning them insignificant culinary preferences. I stand by the supremacy of humanizing villains by giving them relatable tastes and trivial interests and ordinary hobbies. I treasure the hidden reminders that everyone is inherently human even when everything else we know about a character might suggest the contrary.