#I tried to avoid spoilers in this one... but...

[verreerrant]

Its my turn to Rant!!

Ragatha rant time babyyee. Ep5 spoilers

So Ragatha is socially incompetent. Not awkward but fully on she does not know how to act around people, much less of how act like herself around people. We've seen a bit of it in earlier episodes with her brushing off her feelings, others feelings, and actions done by others as well.

But it's glaring in this episode. Right away she tries to comfort Pomni, since the jester looks miserable, but then walks off with Kinger when she doesn't get a response. Jax recognizes that and comments. She does that a lot with Gangle, bare minimum to check in, more to sooth herself, before continuing to try and make herself feel better (ie. Argue with Jax, help Kinger).

She cannot read a room guys. Jax and Pomni are talking under the stars, she walks over, and instantly starts with the usual tango her and Jax have, not waiting to see that it's a bit more somber and notice his tone. When Pomni asks Jax a question Ragatha answers for him, then realized she did something wrong, only after she saw he glaring, then apologizes. I do think she actually felt really bad about this, she is definitely one of the more expensive of the bunch.

Later, at the bar, they talk about jobs, Gangle touches about about her school life. Ragatha starts to overshare trauma, stops herself when she sees the others looking at her (she never finished listing off her issues), then tries to tangent into humour, it goes very badly.

look how uncomfortable she looks, she does not know how to breath in even casual social interacts. And that's the thing, she is the only one that we haven't seen casual interacts with. She only is there to try to be positive, argue, or listen to the others. We rarely see her actually try and Talk with someone other than Kinger.

Softball. This is a big one for her. Pomni tries to talk to her a give her a pep talk. Ragatha DOES NOT WANT THIS TALK look at her face-

shes irritated and brushes off Pomni. She doesn't believe that any thing that she isn't doing will work. Then her and Jax argue and she riles up easily, takes Pomni's words extremely literally then uses that as her excuse.

She may have done it to prove to herself that changing and being negative doesn't work. Do exactly what jester said in the most heavy handed way then throw it out as not something she should be. She walks off, then avoids that and changes topics to the game. When Pomni returns, Ragath looks scared at first (probably the earlier mentioned abuse reaction)

She doubles checks with Pomni, then accepts. Since she really does feel the need to prove herself and she has spent the entire day failing at talking to people. But she has faith that she can do softball. Then she doesn't get to do that

That was her chance to show Pomni she was "good" instead Pomni is not paying attention, she didn't get to hit the ball, and she is still angry. And then we get those three seconds of silence.

Like. Damn okay, she's really upset. Even after Kinger and the others congratulate her she still looks to Pomni and is upset about the casual time her and Jax are having. That this either day Jax has been feral, and is being rewarded for it, but she has been trying hard to do something, and is now alone.

And at the end, she doesn't try to solve her own feelings, she gives up and moves on. There's a lot more to it that I'm sure others can explain better but bottom line is. Ragatha does not understand how to act around people since she isn't very emotionally intelligent, she's just desperately trying to be. Obviously she is affected by past abuse and that frames how she handles interactions with others, she is very much aware and against what her mother did, and now she's overcorrecting and still not healing.

[class1akids]

I've heard this from several sources now and apparently Hori says that the Todoroki family's story and Shouto's story of becoming the person he wants to be shouldn't be confused.

It also confirms how wrong the anime director's interpretation was about "the Todoroki family came" replacing Todoroki Shoto: Rising.

This is from the notes of a Japanese poster on Twitter who went to see the exhibition today:

[Spoiler] What made me happy in the teacher's comments at the original art exhibition - the story of Todoroki-kun and the Todoroki family

I was really really happy to hear from the teacher about the Todoroki family and Todoroki Shoto… T_T

Regarding the story of the Todoroki family, especially in the final battle, he said that he wanted to avoid Todoroki-kun becoming one of the people who stop Touya, and that the story of the Todoroki family and the story of Todoroki-kun becoming the person he wants to be are separate (the teacher's comments were that they should not be confused), and it was really good to know that he drew it with that in mind, I feel like I've already bought a ticket just by reading this comment. It was worth the price of the book (for me).

As for that page where Enji is looking at Touya looking happy in Dabi's clothes, surrounded by Rei, Fuyumi, and Natsu, I felt like I had a good answer as to the intention behind it, and I was glad that I had interpreted it correctly, so I was really happy with the sensei's comments.

Well, now I can easily understand the sensei's comments, but even though I say this, I honestly remember being really upset when I first saw this page in the magazine, huh? I wondered why Shoto wasn't here, and it was pretty tough to be the only one missing from the happy Todoroki family (in the first place, the magazine is full of heavy content), but then we went through the FINAL and I felt like I didn't need to look too deeply into Todoroki's absence here, or to put it simply, the essence of this place wasn't that Shoto wasn't on this ideal page, so this time I tried not to confuse the story of the Todoroki family with Todoroki's story, in other words, they're different stories. I was glad that I was able to hear the story and that Todoroki-kun isn't here, and that it neatly explained the interpretation of this page.

And it was made clear that the story about the Todoroki family and the story about Todoroki-kun becoming what he wants to be are separate, so I thought that chapter 431 was even better.

What I was really happy and glad about in chapter 431 was that, apart from Touya's story, there was no mention of the Todoroki family in the part that touched on Todoroki Shoto, and on top of that, they talked about the inner world of Todoroki Shoto, which I was really happy about.

The questions about what you like and what you want to do from now on were also really great. I was really happy that it was a story about Todoroki Shoto, a person who is choosing to walk his own path

That's why the comment that the story of the Todoroki family and Todoroki's story are separate in the first place really hit home

With this comment from the sensei, the story in chapter 352, "I can't avoid it if I want to get to where I'm going," and the story of Todoroki in chapter 431 that follows, became clearer (though it's not cloudy in the first place)

In the main story of Todoroki, as in chapter 352, the story of the family was definitely inseparable and unavoidable. However, I felt that the teacher's comment that it was just a part of the path that Todoroki-kun is on to where he wants to go, and not the end, confirmed the idea.

The main story is about parts that overlap with the family story, but I think that in the finale, the overlapping parts start to neatly separate again, and I think that in episode 431 we got a glimpse of the two stories existing on completely separate axes.

Anyway, I was happy to hear the teacher's comment here.

[wizardessfleur]

My Aesthetics (nº72): Time Princess - Magic Lamp

[skrrtscree]

DRAGON HUBBY JUST LANDED IN MISTRIA BABY WHATS UP~~

[rjl11898]

Nothing gets me crying in the club faster than these two specific lesbians 🥹🥹🥹 their fate is INTERTWINED and they are eachother’s HOME UGH!!

[ichbinmeltdown]

Alright y'all

This evening me and @kitts-mechanix are going to watch the 1986 Transformers movie

I'm excited but holy crap I am NOT ready for the emotional trauma and getting my heart ripped out from watching all our favorite characters die and get unceremoniously replaced with new ones

[worst-egirl]

what a crazy twist, i can't believe that's what falin looks like now! boy am i sure glad it didn't get spoiled 87 times across every online platform that knows i'm watching this show weeks in advance, therefore totally ruining the reveal! that sure would suck, wouldn't it?

[personinthepalace]

george from junior taskmaster being absolutely iconic for 4 mins and 24 secs

[prankpuppet354]

Oh, how the Empire will make Dedra into an Axis, the very thing she wanted to hunt

[tadpolebobatea]

Day 6 - Favourite Quote - "i think what you need isn't ruthlessness, its love"

This entire section is incredibly good. But I figuring shortening the quote is alright, this part was the easiest part to draw.

i get the sense fuuko is referring to love on a more cosmic level but ough billytella.

but i just... he did in fact need love. look at him now, hes so much happier now

the entire quote about a build up of love reaching god is so good and reflective of undead unlucks themes as a whole . and uh

nope i got nothing. i leave the analysis to the rest of you.

My stupid ass : i wanna try screen tones. i don't have time to shade properly. day 7 is gonna be super time consuming.

Me, on day 5, super behind : oh no. oh no.

lesson learned. will not be doing that again.

Timelapse

[gouinisme]

i don't think our #doomed girl number one is actually gonna die anytime soon* but now my brain is going mag 40 mode like "alice, you didn't die here did you?" anyways if she ends up either already being some sort of undead/construct or turning undead at any point i'm a genius and otherwise i was just kidding teehee

[timetogetfeisty]

how funny would it have been if mad rat dead had happened in 2026 and just as soon as mad rat becomes comfortable with dying- oh what’s that? creatures have stopped dying and getting ill? that’s crazy

[maalidoesart]

i finished my first run of disco elysium and my god am i a changed person. this game is like a drug

[sevilai]

Make a Deltarune theory video that genders Kris correctly challenge: Impossible

[crazyw3irdo]

id like the many many people who said my romeo & juliet uquiz reminded them of in stars and time to know i started playing it and hell fuckin yeah

[alchemiclee]

sometimes I get hit by the reality that being disabled really sets me back in life...in order to succeed, I need to make up for my disability/prove my worth by being better at things and able to offer more than non-disabled people. but being disabled makes it sometimes impossible to do that....😔