#after the conversation shifted

[aflamboyanceofflamingos]

The batkids arguing over who has had the worst injuries and when Jason inevitability brings up the fact that he’s died they start arguing over who’s had the worst death

Bruce is having a aneurysm

[oniliae]

(゜-゜)(。_。) reanimates your jmart ... iswear if you squint it couldbe them..

[worldunbent]

a difference between the experience of reading the natsuyuu manga and watching the anime which is only interesting to me is that there's no distinction between special chapters and regular ones in the anime. the reason i find that interesting is that the specials are, so far in my reread, the only chapters that spend any time completely outside of natsume's POV. when we see other characters' perspectives in regular chapters, it's typically part of an extended monologue or a memory being transmitted to natsume, so we're still not really leaving his perspective. the only times we leave his POV are when he's physically not present in a scene, and in those instances we usually don't get any narration or interior monologue from the other characters.

tanuma in "a suspicious visitor" is the only exception i can think of off the top of my head, though i'm sure there are others i'll get to and just don't remember at the moment. the scene between matoba and ban at the end of the homura arc, for example, is outside of natsume's POV by necessity but is pure dialogue with no interior narration because these are not characters to whom we have that kind of access! (for more on matoba's elusive subjectivity see sp15, says tumblr user worldunbent.)

the special chapters jump all over the place; so far i've gotten to chapters from the perspectives of little fox, an unnamed youkai, nyanko, tanuma, and hinoe (although hinoe's chapter is framed as a story she's telling natsume, so it could have fit in a regular chapter). they have a separate numbering system from the regular chapters, are much shorter, and almost always come at the end of volumes*. in the anime, however, there's absolutely nothing to distinguish the episodes adapting the specials from the ones adapting regular chapters other than the POV shifts, which gives anime-only viewers a very different impression of how the series approaches character interiority. i don't think there's anything wrong with this as an adaptation move and it's pretty much necessary, but it's just notable because in a series that's all about how people see the world differently, the choice to make such a distinction between chapters in the protagonist's POV and chapters from everyone else's POV is a significant one.

the reason i'm paying so much attention to POVs in this reread in the first place is because i've been listening to the podcast media club plus and jack, who is pretty new to anime, keeps pointing out the constant perspective shifts in hunter x hunter and the other hosts are like, "yeah, that's normal." this post from another listener expands on how and why it works as a genre norm in shonen battle anime/manga specifically. so now i'm just cursed to be hyperaware of POV shifts in anime/manga, and given that the three series i'm reading/watching at the moment are hxh, dungeon meshi, and natsuyuu, natsuyuu really stands out in how rarely it leaves natsume's head in the regular chapters. i guess i need to go read some more shoujo for a larger sample size lol

*i have a chapter spreadsheet 🤓 and the exceptions to this are sp18, which is just stuck in the middle of v22, sp20, which is the second-to-last chapter of v24, and sp21, which is the first chapter of v25. i understand the placement of sp20, which is "intermission detectives" and makes sense to have as an break between regular chapters, but i'll have to figure out what sp18&21 are doing when i get to them.

[coconut530]

AN. EPISODE. 🎸🪕🎻🪈🎺🎷🪘🥁🪇

[skeletons-in-ur-closet]

how do i make myself unattractive to all men forever

[tomatoluvr69]

There’s going to be fig newtons at my job tomorrow and I can have some. Big things happening in my werld

[froggyrights]

I have to open at 6:30 tomorrow morning everyone please send me your strength

[desicowgirl]

I think part of my want to acquire a beat up / old car and work on it or to buy a fixer upper house and turn it into a home is because I see myself as the before and hope I as a person can achieve the latter. Like becoming something of value in my own eyes - to see myself as having potential but to also say I’m worth the working on. But also to prove I have it in me to actually put in the work.

[pessimisticprincess]

very very stressed out over work and how badly i’m handling my life

[munch-mumbles]

ive been a little upset about it all night so i need to write out all the things that happened at work today and are bugging me so i can TRY to get it out of my head and actually RELAX bc i just keep pacing in circles around it instead of just accepting it and moving on

[void-botanist]

NaNo 2023 day 6

This one is late but I haven't actually written anything new yet today so I still know what I wrote yesterday (sorry day 4, you were too long ago). I keep questioning whether I want to stick with AOM after the 15k mark or switch to Nicea, but I'm trying to make AOM work. My latest decision is that Avis has to at least be open to reconciliation when she comes back to Tobarsha, else it is harder to have her do unhinged behaviors such as seeing Sorian for the first time in years by showing up unannounced at his house solely to bang, while maintaining that this is an evidence-gathering mission to discover whether he has cheated on her again.

Words written today: 1166

Total words: 6052

Excerpt of Avis making a point, as usual:

“Right, but you were still too fucking weak of will to not do it.” He had the look in his eye that said he was going to argue, but after a long moment he said, “You know what? You’re right. I shouldn’t have had the first drink, and I definitely shouldn’t have had any after that. I should have checked the weather and gone home.” She was surprised he was admitting it even that much. “Of course, because after a few drinks you lose your ability to keep ‘the most important commitment you’ve ever made’.” She pointed a finger at him. “Your words, not mine.” “I know they’re my words,” he said quietly. “And I meant them. I still mean them.” She barked out a laugh. “And they mean jack shit.”

Soravis taglist: @vacantgodling @athenswrites

[fairymint]

Smol update, I've added to my rules some timeframe specifics- that I'm busy on weekends. That aside, as an fyi- my husband is on vacation for the rest of the year, so i could become distracted in the meantime~

[grison-in-space]

dear friendly office admin: I am aware that yes, when I saw you three hours ago on my way to pee and assemble chambers downstairs, I lied and said Matilda was not with me rather than explain that she is expected to lie quietly in my office until I come back.

I am also aware that coming to show me YOUR small dog as I was packing up and getting ready to leave was probably intended to be a friendly gesture. it is just that after three hours contorting myself in a hot stuffy basement room to run wires and cut zip ties at improbable angles, I was not especially interested in anyone else's animals. I was going to retrieve my damn dog and gear, slink home, and vegetate quietly in a corner for a while.

and of course Matilda decided to cosplay a rabid badger because this is how she handles soliciting play. because she is a small monster. (no, really. it is bizarre. it confuses the hell out of me. but it does seem to be a desire to initiate play.) and now I feel like the weird disruptive one. I don't even know what that lady does.

[mothmvn]

i hope today's strikes spoil Crimea as a tourist destination for russians. i wish we could've done this at the start of the summer holiday season, but maybe it's better to do it when the beaches are full of tanning invaders — front-row seat for them for Ukraine's display of "get the fuck out"

[tomatoluvr69]

What’s up tumblr hope you had a super fun leap day. sparkle on. big news my first seed start sprouted while I was at work ✨

[tempestclerics]

Keep hearing my friends say some variation of “sorry I’m rambling/sorry we’re talking a lot about [thing they’re interested in]” and just. I am grabbing you all by the shoulders and shaking you and pulling you into a hug at the same time. As someone who is not very talkative at the best of times but who also gets a Lot less talkative when I’m tired I am so so appreciative of people who will just. Let me sit there and listen to them talk At me while spending time together. It’s so nice it’s So nice. Please never apologize! Please keep bickering about something I absolutely did not care about before this conversation but am ready to be extremely invested in because I’m ride or die for you and that means I’m ride or die for this obscure conflict! Please keep telling me about your blorbos of the month even if you would never actually recommend I watch the media they’re in! On purpose on purpose I am listening to you on purpose (On purpose on purpose I’m going to love you. On purpose).