The more I think about it, the more heartbreaking the line: "I forgive you, by the way. For sleeping with Doug."
First, Stede doesn't talk about sex. He's angered by Calico Jack's questions and insinuations, and he's very clear that "Ed's past is Ed's business." He seems to have zero issues with his crew doing whatever they like with whomever they like, but it's clear he's not participating or particularly talking about it with anyone. We know his married life is loveless, and that he's a closeted gay man who's in love with another man for the first time ever, so sex is a difficult topic for him.
And the one time he explicitly mentions sex, to his wife, is to drunkenly and resentfully forgive her for sleeping with another man. It's harsh, and not just because he's drunk—he emphasizes it. He breaks the statement into two sentences, so that she's very clear what he's forgiving her for. She even seems shocked by it—this isn't something he does. From what we see of their married life he's oblivious and distant and awkward, but he's not cruel.
The whole sequence from the art opening onward is juxtaposed against the Ed and Izzy scene where Izzy bullies Ed back into becoming Blackbeard and eventually the Kraken. So this sequence is Stede's "Kraken" moment, as the scene escalates from the embarrassing meanness at the art opening to the cruelty in private.
But Stede lives in a different world than Ed, and his society is shaped by "cutting remarks." Where pirate violence is physical, Stede's is mostly verbal. He knows how to use language against people; it has been done to him, and we see him do it to the French ship, to Izzy, and to Chauncey. He’s very emotionally attuned and he’s adept at getting the knife in when he wants to. He uses it carefully, though, usually in defense either of himself or someone he loves. But if he were to become a bully, he’d be horrific.
We never see Stede being deliberately vicious to someone who doesn’t deserve it, and he's being deliberately vicious to Mary, a woman as thoroughly trapped in that marriage as he is (even more so, because she has very limited options for escape). What we know, which Mary doesn't yet, is that his viciousness is coming from the ache of what he left behind.
Stede was able to try to reconcile his return as "doing his duty" for his family, and what he finds is that his family have moved on. Not only that, but the wife whom he was at least imprisoned with, who at least shared in some degree his discomfort and unhappiness and was obliged to make it work with him as far as they both could, has found the love and pleasure that he's denying himself. He's isolated in a way he wasn't before. He wants to isolate her again so that at least he still has some kind of companionship, even if it's just in suffering.
Mary's fears are clear. If Stede decides that she can’t be with Doug, he has a LOT of power to stop her. He’s a wealthy male landowner; he legally owns her and the children. He can ruin Doug and he can make her life hell. He legally and culturally has a lot of control over her sexuality. I don’t think for one minute that Mary ever feared Stede their entire life and she fears him now.
It is cruel, and it's not Mary's fault. Nor is this who Stede is, or who he wants to be, though it's clearly a sign of who he can become. Again, like the scene at the art gallery, the scene between them is important to develop how repression and self-loathing can warp a person, even someone as genuinely kind as Stede. He is so desperate to “do the right thing” that he’s twisting himself up into the very kind of man who has hurt him. And beneath it is the longing for Ed and the love and passion that he’s denied himself.
That this all pushes toward a breaking point where Stede and Mary are finally able to understand each other, and Stede is finally able to say that he's gay and he's in love with Ed, makes that moment much more powerful. Mary was perfectly ready to hate him and at least save herself, but she helps him find the words to express who he is and what he feels, and who he wants.
The poison turns into positivity.
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MHA Chapter 410 spoilers translations
This week’s initial tentative super rough/literal translations under the cut.
1
あと少し進むだけだ
あとすこしすすむだけだ
ato sukoshi susumu dake da
Just advance a little farther.
2
僕の"個性"を弔に譲渡するんだ
ぼくの"こせい"をとむらにじょうとするんだ
boku no "kosei" wo Tomura ni jouto surunda
I will transfer my quirk to Tomura.
3
呑まれたであろう"向こうの僕"を強化しあの最凶の心と体を再び支配する
のまれたであろう"むこうのぼく"をきょうかしあのさいきょうのこころとからだをふたたびしはいする
nomareta de arou "mukou no boku" wo kyouka shi ano saikyou no kokoro to karada wo futatabi shihai suru
Strengthen the me on the other side who would have been swallowed up and again take control of that heart and body of ultimate evil.
4
弔の様子からして"向こうの僕"はあの切札を切る事なくやられたに違いない
とむらのようすからして"むこうのぼく"はあのカードをきることなくやられたにちがいない
Tomura no yousu kara shite "mukou no boku" wa ano KAADO (kanji: kirifuda) wo kiru koto naku yarareta ni chigainai
From Tomura's appearance, the me on the other side must have been defeated without playing that trump card.
5
まだ勝機はある
まだしょうきはある
mada shouki wa aru
There's still a chance to win.
6
弔の支配できれ��OFAを"奪える"
とむらのしはいできればワン・フォー・オールを"うばえる"
Tomura no shihai dekireba WAN FOO OORU wo "ubaeru"
If I can take control of Tomura, I can steal One For All.
7
お前がいなきゃだめなんだよ
おまえがいなきゃだめなんだよ
omae ga inakya dame nanda yo
I need you.
8
嫌な事のほうがずうっと覚えているだろう?
いやなことのほうがずうっとおぼえているだろう?
iya na koto no hou ga zuutoo oboete iru darou?
The things you hate you always remember better, right?
9
だから人の未来を阻むんだ
だからひとのみらいをはばむんだ
dakara hito no mirai wo habamunda
That's why I obstructed people's futures.
10
与一
よいち
Yoichi
Yoichi,
11
僕は
ぼくは
boku wa
I
12
皆に
みんなに
minna ni
[want] everyone
13
ずうっと
zuutto
to keep
14
見ていてほしいんだ
みていてほしいんだ
mite ite hoshiinda
watching [me].
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AFOその目的の為に…
オール・フォー・ワンそのもくてきのために…
OORU FOO WAN sono mokuteki no tame ni...
All For One, for that purpose...
1
あと少しー…
あとすこしー…
ato sukoshi-...
Just a little farther-...
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No.410 さらば!オール・フィー・ワン 堀越耕平
ナンバー410 さらば!オール・フィー・ワン ほりこしこうへい
NANBAA 410 saraba! OORU FOO WAN Horikoshi Kouhei
No. 410 Farewell! All For One Kouhei Horikoshi
2
まだ…
mada...
"You still..."
3
消えねーのかよ…
きえねーのかよ…
kienee no ka yo...
"haven't disappeared yet, huh..."
1
ガボッ
GABO
"Bwagh!"
2
寒ィ…!
さみィ…!
samiI...!
It's cold...!
3
力が入ンねぇ…!
ちからがはいンねぇ…!
chikara ga haiNnee...!
I don't have any strength...!
4-5
立ってらんねえ
たってらんねえ
tatterannee
I can't stand.
6
どけ‼︎
doke!!
Out of the way!!
7
あアアアア!!!
aAAAA!!!
"Aaaaah!!!"
8
もう言葉すら失ってる
もうことばすらうしなってる
mou kotoba sura ushinatteru
You've already lost words even.
9
生まれたてだ
死にかけだ
shi ni kake da (kanji: umaretate) da
You're about to die (read as: You're newly born).
10
大丈夫だ…
だいじょうぶだ…
daijoubu da...
It's all right...
11
放っておいても消える
ほうっておいてもきえる
houtte oitemo kieru
Even if I leave you alone, you'll disappear.
1
倒れねーってのはクソ強ェだろ
たおれねーってのはクソつえェだろ
taorenee tte no wa KUSO tsueE daro
Those who don't fall over are damn strong.
2
っぶねぇ……!
bbunee......!
"Close one......!"
3
完全に勝たねーと
かんぜんにかたねーと
kanzen ni katanee to
"Must have a complete victory,"
4
なァ⁉︎
naA!?
"right!?"
1
ホギャア(来るな‼︎)
ホギャア(くるな‼︎)
HOGYAA (kuruna!!)
"Uwagh (Stay back!!)"
2
オネンネの時間だAFO
オネンネのじかんだオール・フォー・ワン
ONENNE no jikan da OORU FOO WAN
"It's time for beddy-bye, All For One."
3
嫌だ
いやだ
iya da
No.
4
感情に支配されていたんだ
かんじょうにしはいされていたんだ
kanjou ni shihai sarete itanda
I was controlled by my emotions.
5
こんなの僕じゃない…‼︎
こんなのぼくじゃない…‼︎
konna no boku ja nai...!!
This isn't like me...!!
6
嫌だ
いやだ
iya da
No.
1
嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ嫌だ
いやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだいやだ
iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da iya da
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
2
憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い憎い
にくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくいにくい
nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui nikui
HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE
3
奪われた因子が
うばわれたいんしが
ubawareta inshi ga
The stolen factors
4
持ち主の元へ戻るーー…
もちぬしのもとへもどるーー…
mochinushi no moto e modoru--...
return to their owners--...
1
ーーなんてサービス
--nante SAABISU
--that would be nice.
(Note: The word "SAABISU (service)" here is a generic word for an extra service done for a customer. For example: a free dessert on the house at a restaurant.)
2
あるわけないか
aru wake nai ka
That isn't possible though.
1
ああ
aa
Ah.
2
くっそ
kusso
Crap.
3-4
オールマイトのスタンディングしたかったのに
OORU MAITO no SUTANDINGU shitakatta noni
[And here] I wanted to do All Might's standing [pose].
5
出久
いずく
Izuku
Izuku,
6
頑張れよ
がんばれよ
ganbare yo
do your best.
(Note: This can also mean "good luck," but I went with "do your best" because of what Izuku says to Katsuki about how his "Deku" means "ganbare" in Deku vs Kacchan, Part 1.)
1
開戦数日前
かいせんすうじつまえ
kaisen suujitsumae
A few days before the start of the battle...
2
死柄木は必ず雄英敷地内で討つ
しがらきはかならずゆうえいしきちないでうつ
Shigaraki wa kanarazu yuuei shikichinai de utsu
"We must defeat Shigaraki within the UA grounds."
3
決して地上にダテ落ちさせてはならん
けっしてちじょうにダテおちさせてはならん
kesshite chijou ni DATEochi sasete wa naran
"We must never let him fall from grace* to the ground."
(*Note: Jeanist is using a word that means something to the effect of "elegant fall" for which I cannot think of an English word.)
4
地上だと蛇腔戦のように我々が圧倒的不利だからですよね…
ちじょうだとじゃくうせんのようにわれわれがあっとうてきふりだからですよね…
chijou da to jakuu sen no you ni wareware ga attouteki furi dakara desu yo ne...
"Because if we're on the ground, we'll be at a huge disadvantage like at the Jakuu battle, right..."
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何回も聞きました
なんかいもききました
nankai mo kikimashita
"I heard that many times."
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ぜってージーパン言葉だろ「ダテ落ち」
ぜってージーパンことばだろ「ダテおち」
zettee JIIPAN kotoba daro 「DATEochi」
"That's definitely a Denim Face* word, 'fall from grace.'"
(*Note: Literally the nickname Katsuki uses here is "Jii-Pan" for "jeans-pants." "Denim Face" is one of the official translations of this nickname.)
5
いや意思統一の話だ
いやいしとういつのはなしだ
iya ishi touitsu no hanashi da
"No, this conversation is about our unity of will,"
6
"何を守るか"という事
"なにをまもるか"ということ
"nani wo mamoru ka" to iu koto
"about what we will protect."
7
一帯の避難は徹底してるよ建物を守ろうってこと?
いったいのひなんはてっていしてるよたてものをまもろうってこと?
ittai no hinan wa tettei shiteru yo tatemono wo mamorou tte koto?
"The whole area is thoroughly evacuated, so is this about protecting the buildings?"
8
建造物の損壊は最早考慮している余裕はない
けんぞうぶつのそんかいはもはやこうりょしているよゆうはない
kenzoubutsu no sonkai wa mohaya kouryo shite iru yoyuu wa nai
"We no longer can afford to consider damage to the buildings."
9
神野区を荼毘戦に設定した時点で度外視していると言っていい
カミノくをだびせんにせっていしたじてんでどがいししているといっていい
KAMINO-ku wo Dabi sen ni settei shita jiten de dogaishi shite iru to itte ii
"At the moment they set the Dabi battle at Kamino Ward, one could say to disregard [such concerns]."
10
我々は人命を未来を第一に行動する
われわれはじんめいをみらいをだいいちにこうどうする
wareware wa jinmen wo mirai wo daiichi ni koudou suru
"We will act with human life and the future put first."
1
前置きいいから!
まえおきいいから!
maeoki ii kara!
"We get it! [So then what?]"
2
死柄木の人格的混乱が問題だ…AFO寄りならまだ良い
しがらきのじんかくてきこんらんがもんだいだ…オール・フォー・ワ���よりならまだいい
Shigaraki no jinkakuteki konran ga mondai da...OORU FOO WAN yori nara mada ii
"Shigaraki's confused personality is the problem... It would still be better if [his personality] was closer to All For One's,"
3
支配は被支配者あってのものだからな
しはいはひしはいしゃあってのものだからな
shihai wa hishihaisha atte no mono dakara na
"because control is a thing that only exists if there is a controlled person."
4
だから死柄木寄りの場合…それだけに留まらないのではないか
だからしがらきよりのばあい…それだけにとどまらないのではないか
dakara Shigaraki yori no baai...sore dake ni todomaranai node wa nai ka
"So in the case where [his personality] is close to Shigaraki's...it might not stay as just that."
5-6
力と憎悪が醸成された今奴の破壊願望が土地そのものに向かう可能性がある
ちからとぞうおがじょうせいされたいまやつのはかいがんぼうがとちそのものにむかうかのうせいがある
chikara to zouo ga jousei sareta ima yatsu no hakai ganbou ga tochi sono mono ni mukau kanousei ga aru
"Now that his power and hatred have been cultivated, there's a possibility that his desire for destruction will turn towards the land itself."
7
勝った先の話
かったさきのはなし
katta saki no hanashi
"This is a conversation about after we've won."
8
踏ん張るにも
ふんばるにも
funbaru ni mo
"No matter how we persist,
9
這い上がるにも
はいあがるにも
haiagaru ni mo
"no matter what we overcome,"
10
土台なくして成り立たない
どだいなくしてなりたたない
dodai naku shite naritatanai
"we cannot stand without a foundation."
11
我々が守るものはーーー
われわれがまもるものはーーー
wareware ga mamoru mono wa---
"What we will protect is---"
1
避難所
ひなんじょ
hinan-jo
Evacuation shelter
2
ああ…家が
ああ…いえが
aa...ie ga
"Ah...our house,"
3
ジィさんの代から継いできた畑が…
ジィさんのだいからついできたはたけが…
JII-san no dai kara tsuide kita hatake ga...
"the farmland we came to inherit since Grandfather's generation..."
4
出久…
いずく…
Izuku...
"Izuku..."
5
「崩壊」を"面"じゃなく
「ほうかい」を"めん"じゃなく
「houkai wo」 "men" ja naku
"I'll [direct] Decay not to the 'surface'"
6
"深さ"に向かわせる
"ふかさ"にむかわせる
"fukasa" ni mukawaseru
"but to the 'depths.'"
7
すると静岡の一部が一瞬でなくなっちまうワケだ
するとしずおかのいちぶがいっしゅんでなくなっちまうワケだ
suru to Shizuoka no ichibu ga isshun de nakunacchimau WAKE da
"Then part of Shizuoka will disappear in an instant."
1
国土約37万8000km²
こくどやく37まん8000km²
kokudo yaku 37man 8000km²
"The territory is approximately 378,000 km²."
2
今の俺なら一週間もありゃ水平線に変えられる
いまのおれならいっしゅうかんもありゃすいへいせんにかえられる
ima no ore nara isshuukan mo arya suiheisen ni kaerareru
"If it were me as of now, I could turn it into a watery horizon in a week's time."
3
再興の芽も残さない
さいこうのめものこさない
saikou no me mo nokosanai
"I wouldn't leave behind even a bud for revival."
4
「全ての崩壊」ってのァ…そういうことさ
「すべてのほうかい」ってのァ…そういうことさ
「subete no houkai」 tte noA...sou iu koto sa
"The decay of everything... That's what it would mean."
1
「変速」と「発勁」「危機感知」を併用すればさっきまでと違って攻勢に出られる…!早く止める糸口を…
「2nd」と「3rd」「4th」をへいようすればさっきまでとちがってこうせいにでられる…!はやくとめるいとぐちを…
「2nd (kanji: hensoku)」 to 「3rd (kanji: hakkei)」 「4th (kanji: kiki kanchi)」 wo heiyou sureba sakki made to chigatte kousei ni derareru...! hayaku tomeru itoguchi wo...
If I use the 2nd (read as: Gear Shift), 3rd (read as: Fa Jin), and 4th (read as: Danger Sense) together, I can go on the offensive unlike before...! [Find] a clue to stop him quickly...
2
……先生が死んだな
……せんせいがしんだな
......sensei ga shinda na
"......Master died, huh."
3
…ちゃんと壊さなかったからだよ全く…
…ちゃんとこわさなかったからだよまったく…
...chanto kowasanakatta kara da yo mattaku...
"...Indeed, it's because I didn't destroy him* properly..."
(*Note: "Him" refers to Katsuki.)
4
でも…なんだかんだ感謝はしてるな
でも…なんだかんだかんしゃはしてるな
demo...nandakanda kansha wa shiteru na
"But...for some reason I'm grateful."
5
俺を強くしてくれた
おれをつよくしてくれた
ore wo tsuyoku shite kureta
"He did make me stronger."
1
こいつのスピードにも慣れるぐらいには
こいつのスピードにもなれるぐらいには
koitsu no SUPIIDO ni mo nareru gurai ni wa
I'm just getting used to this guy's speed.
2
タッチの差で指を���ぎ払うか
タッチのさでゆびをなぎはらうか
TACCHI no sa de yubi wo nagiharau ka
"You'll slash away my fingers in the gap before my touch, huh?"
3
けどーーー
kedo---
"But---"
1
小僧‼︎
こぞう‼︎
kozou!!
"Boy!!"
2
4代目が…!
四ノ森さんが…!
Shinomori-san (kanji: yondaime) ga...!
"Mr. Shinomori (read as: The Fourth) is...!"
3
"危機感知"が
"4th"が
"4th (kanji: kiki kanchi)" ga
The 4th (read as: Danger Sense) [was]...
4
いつまで
itsumade
"How long"
5
もつのかね
motsu no ka ne
"will you last, I wonder."
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万死一生‼︎しかし奪われた"危機感知"‼︎
ばんしいっせい‼︎しかしうばわれた"4th"‼︎
banshi issei!! shikashi ubawareta "4th (kanji: kiki kanchi)"!!
A narrow escape from death!! However, the 4th (read as: Danger Sense) was stolen!!
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Feel free to ignore you've probably got a lot going on right now, but considering you know a lot about DOTC and Clear sky, I had a question...
We know that he's a terrible, misogynistic, woman beating and war mongering lunatic who was excused of all his actions because his equally misogynistic brother said " But-But he's nice! Deep down! This isn't the real him! "
But! In a world where the Hunters could write such a character, what do you think Clear Sky would look like as an actual sympathetic villain?
Idk if that makes sense, but what I've thought of doing is taking purely cannon Clear Sky and attempting to change him enough that he's still an antagonist, but not too far where only Reddit defends him.
I don't think he works as a sympathetic villain, on any level, ever. I think you're making a huge mistake to even try, and I have never seen an AU where it was done well nor am I interested in entertaining the thought.
Characters. Are. Tools. They exist to tell a story. The story that people tell me, by obsessing over some alternate universe where he was "ACTUALLY sympathetic and had a REAL redemption arc," is that they're not fucking interested in his dozens of victims. Nor do they actually care about the abusive impact he had on the minds and feelings of his family. They're JUST interested in Clear Sky himself.
Just like the Erins. Everything that happens in DOTC revolves around him. Everything. All his wives die so he can be sad about it. His brother defends all of his actions and BEGS you to sympathize with his pain so he can be 'redeemable.' One Eye comes out of nowhere so that there can be an example of "real" evil to contrast Clear Sky so he's less bad in hindsight.
The first three books of DOTC are bad, but the last three are fucking insufferable because SUDDENLY all that Gray Wing apologia pays off, and they take their main villain and throw him out a window. You CAN'T have "redeemable" Clear Sky and the plot of DOTC without dragging in someone else to drive the conflict, to BE the bigger threat to "unite" against. Slash and One Eye have to be conjured up out of thin air so Clear Sky can WHINE about how people only suck his toes instead of deepthroat them after he killed all their friends.
And yet, in spite of this absolute failure of an attempt, we continue to see this bullshit "redemption" be a mistake because Clear Sky is a fantastic villain, with major antagonist roles in nearly EVERY bit of follow-up material for DOTC that came after.
He's the most consistent monster in all of Warriors.
He's a fragile, egotistical, self-absorbed megalomaniac who ALWAYS sees himself as the victim, REFUSING to self-reflect and blaming everything else for all of his terrible choices. He will USE your love of him against you like it's a chain through your nose, step out of line and he will yank you into place with guilt trips, manipulation, public shaming, and violence.
He's a child abuser. He's a tyrant. He abandons the sick and disabled as soon as they're of no use to him, with grand speeches about "illness" and "weakness." He's a murderer who stands above the shredded corpse of his victim and bellows, "I'M NOT GREEDY! I'M JUST STRONG!"
And you'd write a "good" redemption arc for this, why?
Why are people so chronically unable to accept that there are LOTS of people like him, and you can't save your abuser? Why don't you ask yourselves why you're not interested in exploring Thunder, or Petal, or Gray Wing, and how his toxic influence impacts them? Why does the sympathy fall on Clear Sky? What about the DOZENS of victims who are dead by Book 3, and how THEY could have been saved?
Why ruin a perfectly good villain?
What's behind this trend where a billion people say to me, "Yes Clear Sky is a walking cavalcade of fucked up abuse apologia, and an incredibly realistic depiction of an abuser, but how would you change this while keeping it all the same?"
I wouldn't. You can't. It wouldn't be the same story, or it wouldn't be the same character. Never seen it done well, and I have seen it a lot. So I don't entertain this deeply frustrating "Well What If Clear Sky But Nice" impulse.
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