#Rika rants

[rikamae]

I understand now. I understand all of it.

All those times politicians claimed something was "too complicated" "not that simple" "we don't have the money" it's all lies to keep us complacent.

They did it about the situation is Israel. "It's too complicated" everyone said. It didn't look complicated when I did my own research, away from those shitty think pieces talking down to me. Israel was a state built off the blood of Palestinians, and they simply do not want you to think about it. Because there is oil in the middle east and Israel is our only "Ally"

Wow, so complicated! The complicated part being that our media is tricking us into thinking this is so complex so they can be evil in plain sight: yes, so complicated of a situation!!

And today I wake up to find that the House of Representatives (the lowest level of US government) has passed a bill offering 14 billion to Israel! It will go to the Senate to vote. Wow, billion with a B huh? I got a question for you.

Where the fuck did we get enough money to fund genocide? Where the hell was all this money when it comes to supporting the Americans you politicians claim to be representing? Where was this money for free college, universal Healthcare, covid precautions, the climate crisis??

"It's just too complicated! You'll make us do cuts on other programs! You'll make us raise taxes!! Think of the taxes!!!"

Then where did this money come from? Oh, the IRS, the fucking company that handles our taxes??? Yeah????? That was an option? Why wasn't it an option before but it is now? Were they over funded and we just didn't notice until now? Or are you taking advantage of the situation to cut funding to another service you hate?? The point being: if they really want something, they can find the fucking money. They haven't because they don't want to.

It's never been complicated. It's their job to move money around. It's their fucking job to raise our taxes and provide for us, but the only people they truly represent are the ones filling their pockets with lobby money. They could have done this long ago, given us what we've been demanding, but they coddled us and said it was too complicated and our baby brains couldn't handle it. And God forbid you be a woman!! That means you're double unable to understand!

Enough. Fucking enough. Every year congress votes to increase their wages and refuses to raise our minimum wage. Every year they take advantage of their medical insurance and benefits they get for "representing" us when nearly every adult I know is left to suffer with their conditions: untreated sicknesses, chronic conditions, the depression that looms over us because we live in the most wealthy country in the world but we can't make ends meet and our government is more concern with funding armies that feeding and housing us

Politics was never complicated. They just told us it was. To shut us up. To make us feel young and idealistic and stupid. And we fell for it. And now evil is moving through the wills of our leaders IN OUR FUCKING NAMES to support a genocide in the middle east. Their only crime was being born on that land. Their only crime is being Arab. That's not a fucking crime.

Our system isn't complicated. It's working as intended. Keep the people blind and claim that it's too hard, leave all the details to them. But we are smarter than they are. We are informed. The world is connected like never before and I refuse to let their propaganda ever reach me again.

Hold them accountable. Know their names. Write it in the history books. Let their legacy be known to the end of times.

Be loud about your anger. Go to protests. Write your reps to tell them your vote is on the line. And for God's sake vote in the damned elections!

THE IDEA THAT YOUR VOTE DOESN'T MATTER IS PROPOGANDA. THEY WANT YOU TO FEEL USELESS. THEY WANT YOU TO GIVE UP SO THEY STAY IN POWER.

They want you to think it's complicated. It never has been. Be loud. Vote. Use your right to protest. Use your right to free speech. Use your right to petition. Next Tuesday is election day. Make it fucking count.

[inazumaclown]

i drew aged-up inazuma girls :)

i don't hate GO but the way the OG girls were treated was okay at best, and very insulting at worst.

natsumi, who is canonically a workaholic, a born leader, an a self-made international detective (sort of), made into a housewife who doesn't know how to cook ? as a joke ? well bad joke and it ruined her and the relationship she has with endou, which is way more respectful than that. she could have been ANYTHING, but they had to take her power away and i will never forgive that

haruna as a raimon teacher (what is she teaching tho ? was it ever mentioned ?) is fine, and she had a sort of significant role but i still think she deserved better, so i headcannon her as a sport journalist bc my girl knows a thing or two about soccer

aki deserved much more in all seasons, OG or GO, it's really sad they reduced her to this maternal role in any context. if anything SHE could have been the raimon teacher rather than just tenma's babysitter waiting for ichinose (i do not like ichinose.). i liked her aesthetic tho, it suits her very well

touko appears in 1 frame in GO, but the games do observe that she's ''so much gentler than 10 years ago''. which means she got nerfed lmao so i drew her butch again

rika doesn't appear in GO, unsurprinsingly since she's always been hated by the fanbase. i really like her tho, and i hope she's well and true to herself in her brazen femininity :)

fuyuka as a nurse was a good choice in my opinion, it did add something to her character (which fair enough is easy to see when you're headcannoning the fuck out of her), like her desire to be useful to others and the fact that she's strong as fuck bc remember kids, nurses are strong as fuck and should be paid more

tl;dr : i loike gorls

[fushic0re]

i will never understand the people who bitch and moan in the comment sections of fics talking about "i would never act that way" or "i would never say that" or even "i would to xyz instead"

did you expect every author to crawl inside your head and think to themselves "hmmm i wonder how (insert username of person they have never met in their entire life) would handle this!" because we indeed do not

but i have NEWS for you!

it IS possible for fics in which the reader/mc does everything you would do, says everything you would say, and has the same philosophies as you ─ YOU write those fics!

hope that helps! <3

[rikasurl]

so I was talking to my friend about the men I like (fictional ofc), and since I struggled w maths a lot in 12th grade, she came up with this masterpiece :

[neorukixart]

My life would have been easier if Juri wouldn't have said "I thought I would lose you too" in the Sakuyamon debut episode ¯\_(ツ)_/¯💙💛

🌈Happy pride🏳️‍🌈

Got the bench from CSP assets because I was lazy haha OTL

For the record, I know that the "subs" might have been "biased" with the way it was translated

(I'm quoting this from memory as I haven't rewatched Tamers in a while XD) I think she said something like 「いなくなちゃとか思うった…」 which I'm pretty sure it's "I thought you were gone..." but c'mon, the context OBVIOUSLY means she was afraid Ruki would be as dead as Leomon so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[inccco]

The is the realest shit ive ever seen...

[mjtheartist04]

@hypocriticaltypwriter AHH I WAS TRYNA TO TYPE OUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY AND ACCIDENTALLY POSTED IT INSTEAD OF SAVING IT AS DRAFT AND LOST THE ASK😭

BUT OMG CHERRI‼️

NO CUZ RIKA IN THE DEMON SLAYER AU IS HALF HISPANIC OKSNSHWHA

Ok ok lemme rant a little bit🤏

So her mother was Hispanic and her father was Japanese!

And Rika grew up with both languages! So the first time they heard her say something in spanish they were a bit confused and she explained that it was spanish and that she was half Hispanic….now they all wanna learn how to speak spanish😅

And Genya knew she could speak Spanish ((from childhood))

He has been wanting to learn the language ((to impress her))

And she does teaches him! It was hard for him to pronounce some of the words and it sounds adorable with his accent🤭 he loves to call her amor (love) just to see her get flustered at the nickname💜 (dude gets flustered and shy after saying it😭)

And ichiro grows up to speaking both languages aswell!💜🩵

BUT I LOVE THE THOUGHT OF HER SINGING DOS ORUGUITAS TO BABY ICHIRO! KEKSJSJ I MAKES ME FEEL SO GIDDY AND MUSHY AND ENCANTO IS MY FAVORITE DISNEY MOVIE SO THIS MAKES IT SO MUCH BETTER🥹🩵🩵🩵

[onewholivesinloops]

something that really frustrates me is how the chair scene from the anime has been completely ruined for me because it’s hard to look at it without thinking of all the edgelords who know nothing about higurashi who watch the clip for satisfaction or worse the people who know the context behind it doing the same thing. It all boils down to the fact that it blew up as “FUNNY ANIME MOMENT: BULLY GETS OWNED” and the context isn’t something to laugh about at all, but it’s been ruined by so many “bully gets what they deserve” compilations on youtube and the comments are always flooded with edgelords who find it satisfying because they think it’s just a girl standing up to her bully and that’s all there is to it. But then there are also the higurashi fans who watch it because they hate satoko and find the scene satisfying for that reason, and this has been a thing since before gou and sotsu were a thing.

people have been saying insensitive and uncomfortable things about her like how “she deserves her abuse” because they find her “annoying” and “whiny” for displaying realistic trauma responses to her abuse.

this is really ironic to me because 1) it really isn’t much of a “bully gets karma” moment because it’s heavily implied the rika of that fragment didn’t treat satoko that well before og rika overrode her and 2) this is arguably not even our satoko considering her upbringing and the way it shaped her personality are so different that her and og satoko aren’t that alike.

what’s even more annoying is the fact that this scene in the VN and manga is really great. Nothing the rei anime did will ever make me love it any less. It’s genuinely one of my favorite moments in the entire series because it’s a really emotional and tragic moment where rika feels so horrible because she never wanted such pain to ever be inflicted on satoko, let alone be the one causing it, so she tries to cope with it by dissociating it from the matsuribayashi fragment and the satoko there whom she really loves to not lose her mind and succumb to guilt. She spends the entirety of saikoroshi feeling really depressed over the fact that satoko, the person she cares for more than anyone else, is being cold and mean to her and this was her breaking point.

[monterraverde]

8. What’s the worst thing about the canon you are writing?

I'ma get controversial I guess but it's the fandoms insistence that she is 100% a butch lesbian and you're playing her wrong if you play her any differently. I got a couple anons when I first started this blog that I immediately deleted asking why she was straight, like?? At the time there was a bunch of other Rika blogs they could happily go follow if that's the interpretation they wanted. She has no canon sexuality, she can be literally whatever people want.

And then the whole chaos party that happened when she came out as Bi holy shit.

I just sit and worry sometimes that people are badmouthing me because of how I choose to ship her for my own comfort and it's incredibly upsetting. I know it's likely not happening, but after those anons I'm paranoid.

Fanon can be fun but the second you start insisting that the fanon interpretation is canon, you're being an ass.

[i-have-no-braincells]

the paldean elite fours’ outfits are a bit lacking imo.

[rikamae]

I like to think I'm a genuine person. I like to believe that I'm honest and open with everyone. This is not true: I often changed my opinion to match the people around me. It's about reducing risk of abandonment: if you're agreeable then they won't push you away. I end a conversation feeling dirty because I couldn't find the words to express my thoughts. I just start to agree. It's frustrating. Conversations are so hard. I don't have the time to properly think about my words before I'm expected to speak and I panic.

I've rewritten this post 5 (five) times already, trying to find the right way to express myself. I can't say the same thing over and over in person. When I do I get the look: will you ever get to the point?

I try to be genuine too. But I'm too passionate about things. I get loud and do silly noises for emphasis and fun. I get so excited my whole body needs to move to express it. My energy level doesn't match theirs and slowly the people start leaving my circle, finding conversation with others.

By the end of every party, I'm alone and waiting. Waiting for someone to show interest in talking to me. Waiting for someone to show a little bit of interest, to match a little bit of my energy. Does nobody love anything anymore? Does nobody else get a little silly while talking? How come everyone is so much better friends with everyone else than with me? I'm open, I'm friendly, I actively help out a lot. What draws them to each other and away from me? What do they have that I don't?

Why is it so hard to not feel lonely?

[saaltskies]

continuation because I RAN OUT OF TAGS

[bukuoshin]

I feel like everyone always forgets abt V's bad ending where he gets cucked. Like, V very much has a cuckold end.

[iamyoubuthotter]

I Don’t Like @rika-appreciation

An honest but brutal rant.

I don’t care if you’re offended by me because you defend this person. And I also don’t care if you don’t believe me.

What I care is I will share how I feel with this person, as well as my indirect experiences with their “fanbase” (I’m using pronouns they/them out of respect).

First and foremost, they and their fans gatekeep the fandom. They think that people who dislike Rika are the ones who destroy the fandom. Like, dear, people had preferences just like you. You can’t force people to like your favorite character.

Second is that they hate boylikers. As someone who liked boys, when I saw them sharing a post from @jaeheekangisimportant, I thought to myself that damn, I guess it’s wrong to like boys nowadays. Gay men and bisexual people like boys aside from straight chicks, and they exist in the MM fandom as well.

Third is that they sent white knights to attack people who do not agree with their opinions. A few years ago, my friend here in Tumblr deleted their account due to being harassed by some people who defend Rika. I never saw my friend again afterwards. And I fully believed @rika-appreciation has something to do with this.

Fourth is that they think they are a feminist. Well, I guess being a feminist means violating and binding and making a fool out of everyone, huh? I guess I’ve been wrong all the time too.

In short, @rika-appreciation, it’s up to you if you understand this or not. I just want you to know that you caused my friend here in Tumblr to suffer from your friends. Stop acting like a victim. You’re far from that. Why are you so obsessed to hate those who like boys? Unless if they harassed you or your friends. But let boylikers like boys. Treat them the same like the girl likers too. 

[elmaxlys]

they have kept in touch. rika has his number, bought the same hat (so he totally knows how yuuka dresses), yuuka was planning to take him on a trip after exams, and there's the whole "got isekaied together" thing..... but yuri doesn't know him. she has never seen him, she didn't know he exist.

and i get that the truth becomes pretty obvious once you see them next to each other* and that rika wanted to hide that-

but also it's hurting me.

*that said, if nise did notice it immediately, yuri totally didn't. they could have still hidden it

[away-ward]

i'm about to get angry...

Dude it's been 6 years! Why haven't you met her parents? She held you as you cried on the bathroom floor at your mom's funeral and you haven't even met her parents???? At least Will had an excuse.

on a side note, do you think will ever visited em's parent's graves? I mean, he was in the cemetery often enough. Did he ever stop by and introduced himself? Said hi? Tell them he's gonna marry their daughter?