I'm taking a break from making Yutu asks and giving you a jade ask:
Most mer people expect humans to be either helpless or just a little ok when it comes to dealing with bodies of water.
Basing Yuu off of my experiences today, Yuu would not be most people. I come from a province that is full of rivers and waterfalls. When you first step in the water you'd let out squeaks and screams because the water is VERY cold. Cold enough that people stick full watermelons in and when they later crack them, they've turned into sorbet.
Today I went to a water resort that's based in a canyon. I was wearing high heeled sandals and started wading against the stream (yeah I know, pretty dangerous) I fell into the water twice but i still consider it a win since the first time I was dragged in when I was pushing a bench swing and the second time was when i tried sitting on an unstable swing (both were within 2 hours and both times my head stayed above water) my pants still tore from the water pressure
When jade first finds a waterfall on a hike with Yuu, he feels content with setting up a cute picnic. Yuu on the other hand asks jade to hold onto the food, as they eat to swim first. Jade is confused. What swim? WHERE?! Yuu then, fully clothed, walks into the water. Jade wants to scream. Sure they're at the bottom of the waterfall but that's still a lot of water pressure, some merfolk have drowned trying to swim against the stream. Yet Yuu just stands there, in the water, completely unaffected (adjusting to the temperature). Then they JUMP into the fucking water and start swimming to the other side of the stream. Jade loses his mind and starts yelling for them, he even puts his head into the ice cold water and screams hoping they'd hear him. When Yuu surfaces on the other side they look at him in confusion
"what's wrong, jade?"
"WHAT'S WRONG??? PREFECT WHAT ARE YOU DOING? DONT YOU KNOW HOW DANGEROUS THIS IS?"
"what??? I'll just swim back and forth a few times! It's been a while since I've done this"
"AND WHAT IF THE CURRENT CARRIES YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE? WHAT WILL YOU DO?"
"....I'll stop??? With my legs??? I'll just stand????"
Jade is stunned
Legs. Yes legs. Humans had legs. Merfolk don't. That's why they can resist the current.
That day jade returns looking a little gaunt, which is something that worried Azul for what discoveries his friend had made
-Grim OB Anon
You know Grim OB anon you bring up a really good point with this concept: the way humans interact with water is probably a relatively foreign concept to the Octatrio. We know from Book 3 that NRC has a swimming pool they use for classes, but swimming isn't the only way humans interact with water. The three of them have never seen a water park, and it sounds like a concept that they would brush off as being silly. Why wouldn't humans just swim if they want to have fun? There's all sorts of things you can do to have fun under water, just ask they'll show you.
Jade has a calm facade, and the only time he really is comfortable breaking it is when he's excited. We've only ever seen him upset a handful of times, it's a very intense emotion on him. If this was any other human he would find it funny, but it's you so he doesn't find it funny at all. He's terrified and you are-
Fine. You are confident and radiant surrounded by water and standing up against something that is genuinely dangerous. He still asks you to come to shore, hiding his fear under a faux pout. You scared him, prefect, after he went so far out of his way to do something nice for you. Really the least you can do is just stay with him and let him take comfort in your presence.
andand MOTHER/MICKMICK, i love her to death a lot!!like "heehee its a spooky mickymouse" YEA AND SHE IS CALLED MOTHER/MICKMICK AND SHES A FAVORITE CHARACTER OF MINE SINCE HER INCEPTION <333333333333 mwah if u kno, u kno, she's the best, she's so awesome, love love love her
I think what has me stuck in the rut now is just... like
I don't even know where to start...
How do I know what is in 'bad faith', or not. Like how do I prove that my analysis is not that, just because of controversial issues it brings up? The concept of 'proving' things in analysis is so wishy washy and anyone can just discount it at any time if it doesn't fit their reality, sending me right back into 'treading on eggshells everywhere' territory when I'm forced to adapt to the status quo and having to accept tricky themes I find being put in ''scarequotes''.
If we know Kodaka's track record - and the words out of his mouth in one video interview - it's that he likes to toy with controversy for its own sake. At times this really makes me want to slap him around with a wet fish, but other times there are things that show up that suggest that regardless of how he fucks around in a 'have your cake and eat it' way, it at least doesn't feel like it's in bad faith a good bit of the time.
Some years ago, I had someone tell me that theories of conspiracy around Ouma was, I quote, 'as bad as calling him a Nazi'. Another person yelled at me for a vague - and in hindsight poorly worded - confession post about 'mystery left in Ouma's talent'. It took me a good while to figure out exactly why that might be, especially in regard to cultural contexts, and this led to digging into broader themes in this game- which nobody talks about half the time, so excuse me if I stumble while wandering around in the dark. Especially when my analysis posits one Shuichi Saihara as a particularly egregious allegory, and that's just... yeah
Point: when does something become 'solidly a theme' and when do I get to tell people to stop dismissing my claims over it as 'bad faith', 'manipulative', 'misinformation', 'just a theory', whatever? Because at this rate, all those things mean the same thing to me. It's reached a point where I desperately need some kind of vindication from people who know what they're talking about, and aren't just gonna dismiss me. Because, that's the only way I'm gonna 'prove myself' and by extension, keep my sanity intact in this fandom and outside it
Like, I'm so stuck that no matter what I do, I can't even take the first step. And it's affecting every other interest as well to the point of making me unnecessarily sensitive to others' words. I need help.
Also extra Radio Star(funny how I have the same fan name for them) ghost au fanart
WHAGAHA ???? WHAHAAA ?? UOOIEEE??? ???????? THESE DESIGNS ARE SO COOL AND YOUR STYLE IS LOVELY
(The message seems to have duplicated so I will just answer this one) These are incredibly creative ghost designs, I especially like what you did for Applause !! AND OUGH RADIO STARRRR he and the other three look so much more “alive” than they would literally be in these states and auuauauuuuuuu
Thou hast swayed me. We’ve got three more ghosts in the roster folks!
seeing the new MLQC cards via your blog and I gotta say I’m YELLING!!! Shaw & Kiro’s cards…. wow
You, my friend, have TASTE! Every time I discover you're into something else I'm..... very.... passionate about lmao I get so excited!
BUT THOSE CARDS!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
I NEVER thought we'd get to see Shaw treated as an actual love interest???? Like, it feels like they've been nudging it to see how far they can get before fans riot BUT THE KISS?! /THE KISS/?!?! SHRIEKS
Look I have unending loyalty to Kiro, he is my #1 of all time that is never changing hihigug7 lmao BUT!!!!!!! I have such a weak spot for Shaw. I love his stupid bratty self and I've really loved watching how he develops with MC, going from not understanding why these people are obsessed with her lmao to like... all his dumb lil tsundere lines 💀 The way I lost my SHIIIIIIIIT when he rested his head on MC's shoulder after using too much energy!!! The way he just shows up at her place and leaves when he wants like some cat?! The way it's SOOOOOOO obvious he's also fallen for her lmao YES KISS KISS KISSSSSSSS
Also they're SSRs so theoretically, when they finally come around to the Eng server, obtaining 2 might not break my budget...? lmaoooooooo
Screaming crying throwing up I need to go find spoilers for Shaw's date cos I already read Kiro's and fully ascended lmaoooooooo
(I did NOT expect them to be SSRs? I know we've gotten kiss karmas before that are SSR but idk I was surprised! Thank God they aren't SPs lmao)
Oh yeah!
THIS is full image of Shaw's kiss?! HELLO?! THE WAY HE'S GOT HER SCOOPED UP? HIS HALF LIDDED EYES /GAZING/ AT HER? /SIR/?!?!?! SHRIEKS I love it, it's beautiful, the art is GORGEOUS, the golden lighting, are they??? Wet?????????
What’s your favorite haikyuu arc? I personally really enjoyed the summer camp one and Brazil arc (Oikawa… my beloved 🥹). Have you seen the panels of oikawa eating shit while he plays beach volleyball but also remembering that he loves vball?
On that note, do you have a favorite match? Personally a big fan of nekoma v karasuno and MSBY v adlers.
ohh man tough to say since i haven't finished my rewatch/read yet! i'm in the middle of season 2 rn. LOVE the tokyo training camp arc, it's def one of my comfort episode(s). i also remember crying like a baby at karasuno vs shiratorizawa when i first watched it, so i'm sure itll kill me again the second time around