#Very Important Parallel

[blmpff]

Big Dragon (2022) x Bed Friend (2023) x Playboyy (2023)

[bungobble-my-balls]

OK correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel like the main 'yin/yang' parallel with Atsushi and Akutagawa is not something like 'this one is bad but secretly has a good side and this one is good but secretly has a bad side'.

I feel like it's more about 'who they are at their core vs who they choose to be'.

At his core Akutagawa is kind and at his core Atsushi is not. But despite this Atsushi tries every day to make the kinder choices and I love him so much for it. He has to work so hard to be good.

He wants to be a bitch SO bad I know he does but he tries his best to help people and be nice (sometimes he fails but that's OK <3)

Atsushi doesn't always WANT to help people, a lot of the time he's selfish and scared, but he does help people anyway. He keeps helping people over and over again. There's still some selfish motivation to it, and his initial motivation for helping people was because the headmaster told him that's all he was worth, but overall he does care about the people he helps and it weighs on him if he fails to save them. And of course, as the series goes on he starts helping people more because he can rather than because he feels like he needs to.

In Akutagawa's case, he's still capable of being kind but his environment led him into being someone who chooses to hurt people. But he's always been a protector at heart. In the start he was bad compared to Atsushi because he was choosing to hurt people and keep the cycle of abuse going. Just like how Atsushi developed in why he saved people, Akutagawa starts to get redeemed when he chooses to not just act on his rage. Not only does he start to spare people, but he speaks more kindly to them (apologising to Higuchi and telling Kyouka he's proud of her). It all culminates into the moment he chooses to help Atsushi and sacrifice himself for him, going back to his core value of being a protector. Even when he's finally revived, he keeps this role in his new position as Aya's Knight.

I kind of see the streaks of white in Akutagawa and the streaks of black in Atsushi not as their 'hidden sides' but as their fundamental selfs. That's who they are at their core, and their main colours (black for Akutagawa and white for Atsushi) are how they're presented to everyone else and how they try to have people see them as.

[mifithemuffin]

so clinical trial is like constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop until they finally throw the whole shoe factory your way and nothing is what you expected. fascinating.

[rjshope]

MiniMoni + their bond

for @outroindigo✨

[tooturtly]

Need to go on a rant about the feudal system (more specifically manorialism) and Gideon the Ninth (spoilers through Harrow the Ninth ahead)

Gideon is very specifically described as living in a feudal system in the Ninth house. She is a Serf. She lives and serves under a ruler, she has specific legal, social, and economic obligations to the House and its ruler as a result of this system.

Feudalism exists within a specific sociopolitical context. It’s not equivalent to slavery, though it can appear that way to a modern audience. Muir wouldn’t have picked the term “serf” to describe Gideon if she didn’t mean it, or if she meant something else (such as slavery or indentured servitude)

Serfdom is not ownership of an individual, like in slavery. It’s more like an intense landlord/employee relationship, if we’re looking for a modern touch point. A serf is bound to the land they live and work on because they are a valuable source of labor. They owe labor, goods, or a payment in equivalency to, the lord who runs the lands they are bound to. If they want to go elsewhere, they have to pay back the lord for what labor/goods they won’t be providing anymore, and the lord could refuse them.

Because this is also a reciprocal relationship, the lord also has certain responsibilities to the serfs, including protection, the maintenance of the law, and maintenance of the lands. The lord runs their holdings as ruler, but also can’t just do whatever they want. This is a social, economic, and political system, if people didn’t like it or benefit from it and had the capability to do so, they would rebel.

(Sorry for this long tangent. It’s important to set context and also discuss this history. Feudalism/Manorialism looked different in different places and times, and originally came from Roman villa systems, but this post is already long enough)

So what does this have to do with the locked tomb?

Gideon is a serf, very explicitly. She is also a ward, which puts her into an interesting spot when it comes to legal and financial responsibilities. This means she owes labor and fealty to the Ninth, essentially in repayment for raising her.

When she tries to head to the Cohort, she would otherwise be allowed to do that as a free citizen of the Ninth House. But, she has prior responsibilities to the House as a serf, so she would need the Lord’s (Harrow’s) permission to do so. Despite these obligations, she is not required to do any particular jobs in the Ninth. She is not forced to be a nun, or to do labor. From what is described, it seems like she’s relatively left to her own devices.

In a system of slavery, Gideon would be forced to enact specific labor, to learn a specific trade, and to generally do whatever the fuck Harrow or the Reverend family wanted. But she’s not.

Again, Gideon can train to join the cohort as much as she wants. She can lock herself in her room and avoid people as much as she wants. She can avoid prayers or choose to go to them. She can do what she wants, but she is not allowed to leave to take her labor elsewhere without authorization, because of her legal and financial obligations in this sociopolitical system.

Ortus puts it very well in Harrow: he must follow her orders and fulfill the responsibilities he socially is obligated to fulfill, but when he lays his head down at night he is allowed to feel however he wants about himself and his actions, he is still a free person. Ortus is in a slightly different situation as his position at birth obligates him to be Harrow’s Cavalier, as opposed to Gideon who is in a lower social position and is the only option left, but he still owes a large amount of loyalty and labor to the Ninth House.

(Sorry again this is so long. I repeat myself quite a bit. But I saw someone say that Gideon is Harrows slave and that is a misconception that brushes over a lot of the complexities of the books. The relationship is complicated and full of social dynamics that we don’t see as modern readers because there are so many layers that require historical context. This is also not a defense of the feudal system or to say that their relationship isn’t toxic. It is. But that’s a different post)

[remxedmoon]

help help help the bugs are multiplying how do i get them out this is urgent

HI SO I WAS SUPPOSED TO POST THIS. A WHILE AGO. but yknow how it is with spaghetti. iii might’ve procrastinated by Drawing and also playing the game again. oops. anyways!! i’m super happy with how these turned out, i think they look way better than my first attempt at a lineup at least. who would’ve thought that actually drawing the characters more than once helps your art look Good

also, since eugene doesn’t have a non-house color palette, i went ahead and made my own as an alt! and also also, guess who made another google drive! i’m not doing another redraw project or anything, but i wanted to have all my sticker designs in one place for easy use!! just like all of my other fanart, you can do whatever with these!! go nuts!!!

[casscainmainly]

The very feminine dress Cass wore as a child when she killed that guy probably didn't help her concept of gender

GOD yes every time someone brings this up it drives me crazy. We know from other flashbacks that Cass usually wore training clothes which were not that feminine, so David Cain deliberately chose to dress Cass differently for the kill. Which is so interesting (even more for David Cain than for Cass, since Cass at the time would've had no concept of femininity).

As much as David Cain and Bruce are alike, I actually think Cain likes that Cass is a girl. Unlike Bruce who denies her femininity, Cain is very explicit about it. So in a way he's more of a girldad than Bruce ever was:

It's just interesting that Cass' better father figure is the one who hates her femininity, while Cass' abusive, horrible dad is the one who loves and indulges her girlhood. This dichotomy for sure messes up Cass' concept of gender and her ability to be comfortable in her femininity.

(Panels from Batgirl 2000 #11 and #33)

[m4rs-ex3]

1x01 // 7x01

you ready? uhh, i’m gonna have to say no. great. let’s do this.

[kinky-cas]

do you ever think about dean's ending and get so angry you want to explode cw execs with your mind? or is that just me

8x14 trial and error / 15x20 carry on

[nitemurr]

Ok but Todoiida is actually so peak?? I'm not usually a fan of non-canon ships, but man I LOVE Shouto and Tenya sm

[autumn816]

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[iactuallytryingtolovemyself]

like I had this thought!! what if Maomao feelings for Shisui and the aftermath of what happened to her makes her even more hesitant to accept Jinshi's feelings

like if Maomao's love for Shisui didn't save her, one could make the assumption that it wouldn't save Jinshi either!!!

like the love was there but it wasn't enough!!!

It will just reinforce Maomao belief that she as a lowly servant doesn't matter. that her love won't matter. it won't keep anyone safe

and that's what matters more to Maomao!!

she would rather have her loved one's safe than be loved herself

She would rather Jinshi be alive then returning Maomao's feelings and risking him having the same fate as Shisui!!!

keep in mind I've only watched the anime but I know some spoilers from the light novel but I haven't read it.

but like Shisui being self-sacrificial will make Maomao more self-sacrificial in order to protect the one's she loves!!

I LOVE COMPLEX CHARACTERS!!! THIS IS SO JUICY!!!!

[lady-corrine]

I can't stop thinking about how Kory looks exactly like the goddess X'hal. How they look identical while unleashing their power and how meaningful that is. How Kory is the image of the goddess her people worship 🥹

[craniumknight]

Harry & Kim = Greg & Charlotte Excitement

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[owleanders]

caught up on hacks s4 . they are literally the same guy