Got an assessment back from one of my applications and while I still don't know if they'll actually pick me or not it is a relief to have formal confirmation that my applications aren't considered embarrassingly bad.
A quiet scene from chapter 35 of And the Reason Comes, by @whatacartouchebag as a wee birthday present for a precious friend. I have been wanting to draw this since the chapter was posted, just thought you should know ♡
Not a request, but after the past few posts I wanted to let you know that I saw the Detective Conan 4D / live action show at USJ last week and that was my first official introduction to the series. Seriously considering going down this rabbit hole now.
go forth and enjoy batshit insane detective stories. ignore the fact that theres 1125 chapters this is a normal manga that will definitely end someday
Why do you want your characters to remain static over a multi-year time jump? Why do you want them to act as if no time has passed at all, when it has? Why do you want characters to always act the same and not react to their new changing environment?
ALLOWED? ALLOWED? ALLOWED? ALLOWED? ALLOWED? SIMON YOU COULD NOT HAVE PREVENTED BETTY FROM DOING WHAT SHE WANTED WITH ANYTHING SHORT OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT. ALLOWED. ALLOWED. ALLOWED. ALLOWED, LIKE SHE NEEDED SOMEONE TO CONTROL HER. ALLOWED, LIKE SOMEONE ELSE SHOULD HAVE MADE CHOICES FOR HER. ALLOWED. ALLOWED.
I get it. I get it. I get that this is just a thing people say, this is just a way people phrase this kind of idea. They even state outright that this isn’t really Simon’s fault. They have Betty talking about how she made choices. And yet. And yet. And yet.
Allowed! Allowed! Allowed! They convey this information to us through a choose-your-own-adventure game where Simon makes all the choices! They say he could have noticed this… thing that he never once noticed until it was clearly spelled out to him. He could have offered to go with Betty - Like she was simply not capable of speaking up for herself? Like it was completely out of the question for her to ever say “I’d actually rather do my own thing” (like we haven’t seen her many, many, many times charging ahead with her own plans and ideas no matter what people say to her)? Like the only way she could ever have made choices more focused on herself is if Simon made them for her.
I don’t think this is even actually what the writers meant to say. But the way they do all this leaves such a bad taste in my mouth regardless.
listen. listen. liSTEN i know that a lot of people were exasperated by the slam dunk straight back into the status quo. i know. i feel you. i get it. ("gosho stop trying to write a slow burn when you're allergic to allowing actual character and relationship development + only release chapters every 5~10 years" challenge?)
but damn. if it got animated? if they did a good job of it? i would ascend. a whole arc with aoko center stage, actually getting to contribute in some way? getting to interact with Kid? that whole bit where she RECOGNISED HIM BY HIS SCENT AND THE WAY HE BREATHES