#*finale

[triviallytrue]

so yeah i finished NGE

What a show! Can honestly say that I liked it more than I was expecting to. Usually it takes me a couple months to fully decide how I feel about something though.

Let's start with the ending. I had to google some things to tie up loose ends, but once I did I was pretty impressed by how well everything tied together. There were a lot of hidden details that I had missed during the first watch, and the supplementary material cleared a lot of things up for me.

I don't really see how the show's ending and the movie can be reconciled with one another, but it seems like a lot of people regard them as two separate possible endings.

I think the show's ending was unacceptable as a stand-alone, but after watching the movie I appreciate it as a more upbeat end to Shinji's journey. The movie is a lot more complete, but it's also a huge bummer - everyone loses! Instrumentality fails so Seele loses, Gendoh dies and doesn't reunite with his wife, so he loses, the angels all get defeated, and the Third Impact does happen and devastates the planet, so humanity loses. Maybe if Shinji knew how badly the world had been devastated he would've decided instrumentality was the lesser evil.

Or maybe that's too realism-brained and I'm supposed to be thinking about it more metaphorically. Meh.

In retrospect, I find myself unimpressed with Gendoh. He seems to have managed to fail upward by harnessing/exploiting more talented people than himself, all to fail at achieving a selfish and uninspiring final end.

Misato... well. I think I misjudged her initially due to a mixture of internet rep and those early jokes about Shinji being her boyfriend - I don't really think she had any grooming intentions toward Shinji. I think she found herself in the rare "what if a white person had to say the n word to defuse an atomic bomb" scenario. She was dying, she was out of options and faced with the extinction of humanity, and she took what she thought was her best shot. It wasn't pretty, but neither was the Third Impact, and if Shinji had gotten out there before Asuka was beaten, maybe it could've been avoided.

Various parts of the show felt rushed to me. Ritsuko's relationship with Gendoh (how does this man pull this hard? inexplicable), Suzuharu not dying but then essentially being treated as dead the rest of the show, various aspects of Rei's arc, Kaworu only being there for a little over an episode - there's so much to this show, and I think it would've been better if they had more episodes to tease some of the knots out.

I'll talk about Rei, Asuka, and their respective relationships with Shinji on a different post.

[agirlandhermew]

Finale: Epilogue

No tws this time! Only light angst and fluff!

Saber waited by the side of the road. When the car came to a stop and Hanayo stepped out, Saber approached her and nodded.

"Hanayo. How did it go?"

"It went well! I helped her to move on.... and then I came back, of course. Hehe, I guess that I can't stay away for too long!" Hanayo said.

"I knew it." Saber smiled and took Hanayo's hand, and the two of them got back on the bus together. Watching the landscape go by, Saber realized just how much she had craved the peace and quiet of a life without constant danger. And now it was finally happening.

When the bus came to a stop, Saber and Hanayo stepped out immediately and went into the house where Amalia was staying.

Saber hugged Amalia and cried, happy that she was alive, and Hanayo purred and held Amalia's hand.

Next, the two of them went to see Silver. As it turned out, he had survived the attack and was alive, although he would need to stay in bed for a while. Saber fell asleep cuddling him for a while. Silver stroked her hair. Both siblings had tears in their eyes.

After that, Saber and Hanayo went to sit down in the nearby park. They sat back to back on a bench. Neither of them said a word. They didn't need to.

It had been a shock to Saber when Oyamatsumi had turned about to be Hanayo's next "destiny", and the ghost girl had freed Hanayo from her contract. Although it had taken away Hanayo's immortality, both girls were relieved. To know that someday, when it was their time, they would go together.

And after that.... Oyamatsumi had finally let herself move on. At peace with her completed task of protecting Saber, she had decided to stop being a ghost and let herself disappear for good.

The sky was turning orange from the sunset by the time Saber and Hanayo reached their home in Unova. When they went into the forest behind their house while waiting to meet up with Ophelia, Beckett, Master Kagemichi, and Lyra, Hanayo pushed Saber into the river. Saber laughed as the two began splashing each other. They continued until they both grew tired, then lay back in the shallow water, both still giggling.

Saber reached for Hanayo's hand, who took it in hers as they watched the sky above them. Finally Saber stood and helped Hanayo up, and they went to go meet the others. Tonight, there would be an after-battle celebration. After all, everyone who had fought deserved it.

Ophelia laughed as she saw them. "Hey, guys! Guess what? Master Kagemichi's adopting me! And I'm gonna start my career early, too! I'm gonna open up my own little mochi stand!"

Hanayo smiled. "That's great!"

Kagemichi placed his hands on Ophelia's shoulders. "I know she'll be good at it. She can do anything, especially when it comes to making sweets."

Ophelia hugged her new father as Beckett teased her. "If you can run it. You know how you get when you're stressed!"

"Hey!" Ophelia smacked his arm. The two of them began bickering playfully.

Lyra hugged Saber. "I wanna see Silver again. As soon as possible. And to tell him.... how much I love him."

Saber nodded and squeezed Lyra's hands. "And you will. I promise. And.... I think he knows."

Lyra nodded, her eyes shining brightly, and she skipped off to follow Master Kagemichi, who was rolling his eyes as he carefully followed Ophelia and Beckett, who were still yelling and laughing at each other.

For a moment, Saber stayed behind. "Hanayo.... you with me?"

Hanayo nodded firmly, once again taking Saber's hand. "Always. No matter what."

The two girls looked at each other. Not saying a word, but it was clear what was reflected in each of their eyes: I love you.

They must have been staring for a minute, because Ophelia called back at them. "Hey, guys, c'mon! You don't wanna miss the mochi!"

Saber looked at Hanayo, mildly annoyed, and they both laughed.

They held hands as they walked off into the sunset, never for a second doubting their place, either one of them. Because here together, with each other and their found family.... they were finally home.

THE END.

[kpopfangirl052615]

goodbye, queen of tears 🥹❤️

i can't believe how invested i am to these characters' story. i went from waiting for the first episode to waiting for the last episode.

thank you so much for giving us mix emotions every week. you made us all happy; thank you so much, queen of tears. you will be missed. 🥹❤️

[cyndavilachase]

It’s been a week and I’m still- :’)

[most-tragic-character-tournament]

MOST TRAGIC TOURNAMENT: FINAL ROUND! [ROUND 8]

ANTIGONE

VS

DR. HEINZ DOOFENSHMIRTZ

WINNER WILL BE DECLARED TUMBLR’S MOST TRAGIC CHARACTER!

[queer-media-tourney]

Finale, at long last

Paris is Burning won and I am never doing anything with this blog again

[elficcionista]

"Jerry's place" was a giant coffin ⚰️💀🦴

[datshitrandom]

Lucifer & Charlie Morningstar (and the others but mainly them cuz reasons) | Hazbin Hotel | 1.08 The Show Must Go On | Season Finale

[dogzcats]

I'm dead, Wilson. How do you wanna spend your last 5 months?

[ultimate-good-dog]

Ultimate Good Dog FINALE

[fictionallawyersmackdown]

Final Poll. May the jury decide.

[bestsouleatercharacter]

names correspond To gif Order (crona First, maka Second)

[ignushi]

Blighty

By me!

[shpexboi]

Aight it's time.

THE FINALE!

[cyndavilachase]

Byeeeeeeeee <3

[weeb-polls-with-pip]

Autistic Anime Boys Finale

Poll Propaganda:

Haru -

"I mean, obviously he's the autistic boy obsessed with water and everyone knows that, but his whole character arc pretty much stems from this quote he says at the start of the show: "There's an old saying my late grandma taught me. When you're ten, they call you a prodigy. When you're fifteen, they call you a genius. Once you hit twenty, you're just an ordinary person." And if that doesn't scream autistic kid being singled out at a young age and then panicking about not knowing how to deal with the expectations of being older, then I don't know what does.

… But also, yes, he's the water guy. They had to stop him from climbing into a fish tank in a shop one time."

Laios -

"He is the most autistic man ever! He’s obsessed with monsters and eating them (his special interest). He’s not the best when it comes to understanding social cues or people’s feeling toward him. Like one guy fucking hates him and only tries to get along with Laios because he is in love with his sister. Laios thinks that they are friends."