#and i intend to exploit this

[itstimeforstarwars]

Me 🤝 jude watson 🤝 half the star wars visions writers: when the main character commits ecoterrorism that is a heroic action.

[frankenjoly]

"do you need help?" + the akutagawa siblings?

“Do you need help?” Ryûnosuke asked the second Gin walked inside carrying both the groceries and laundry bags. “Or want it.”

They shrugged and nodded, allowing her brother to take part of the bags from his hands and close the door with Rashômon, then motioned to carry on with their part in sorting all out.

Not much was said during the process, mainly because there was no need to; the Akutagawas could handle perfect silent conversation during fights, doing the same in the calm of their own home was anything but difficult compared to that. And talking tended to be reserved for more important matters, anyway.

“I think I’m getting Tachihara a sketchbook.”

“Buy a calculator instead.” Very few people would be able to notice the slight smirk in their brother’s face, but Gin was more than an expert at it. “So he can count himself lucky to have you.”

(Also on ao3.)

[blodeuweddschild]

Ryan Murphy fucking die challenge

[dxxtruction]

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[sanstropfremir]

do you agree that the voyeuristic nature of taemin's album was deliberate to make you feel "guilty" for looking at some of the teasers because this is his way of portraying the way he's been taken advantage of by the kpop industry ever since he was in middle school?

why is this so accusatory lmao. what are you gonna do if i don't agree? what are you gonna do if i say that I think that's too simplistic of an analysis of this work that is very clearly about the nature of self in indoctrination and how institutions specifically work to break will and make the self complicit in that breaking? what if I say that if you are just now keying in to how deliberately voyeuristic taemin's work is you clearly haven't been paying attention for the last six years?

[cryptocism]

Four's portrait on the "family tree" genuinely startled me when I first saw it. Bravo, it's seriously horrifying to look at but it's so fitting after having read the chapter

Three is such a magnificent bastard, he's my favorite character, and I'm eternally rooting for his demise

thank you!!! yeah i knew i wanted this chapter to be Spooky Scary in tone to set Three up as a formidable antagonist and a large part of that was thanks to Four's corpse just being there like the whole fucking time. An EXTREMELY off-putting vibe.

[silent-partner-412]

i’ve been playing 1.6 under the assumption that tea saplings were drastically nerfed and honestly it’s gonna feel real silly if i unlock the recipe and learn that actually no they still sell for a stupidly high amount

[landlordevil]

you read the manga about the fascist, all boys club that pushes for violent forms of technology to bring about an age of youth and beauty, a club that prides itself on sexually abusing and murdering women and girls for their inherent weakness, and all you got out of it was that it was BL. ok.

[dionysus-complex]

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[eternalchant]

i'm gonna be real a lot of the complaints & takes from the bg3 fanbase have been hilariously stupid and hypocritical as fuck lately. like be real.

[swordatsunset]

Sincerely think I could make a decent argument that Gilyoung’s arc wrt his sponsor is an extended csa metaphor

[madasacrow]

Shook Canon!Benji around in my brain too much and now he's actually part robin/sparrow/bird oh no

[emmaspolaroid]

there’s a Lot happening with how Isabella died protecting Emma (who was also protecting someone)

[dravidious]

You're more amazing than usurpers

Literally true, because I just finished the main story of Inscryption

[velvetstreets]

Kendrick better start with that wack ass this is america song

This graphic ass exploitation of black pain video + his Asian fetish…. WOP WOP WOP WOP WOP, DOT FK HIM UP!

[royalberryriku]

Having a lot of feelings about my fic so bear with me but like...

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The way that through the entire narrative, every single adult around Zorya pushes this idea of love, mercy and kindness being weaknesses, a thing that will never actually work for anyone and just lead to further pain. And, at first, Zorya takes this on, she believes them... But it never changes who she is; a person who loves humanity unconditionally and who can't help but be kind when it comes down to it. And, when she does allow herself to be kind and love, it only strengthens her, it isn't a weakness like they said but a form of resilience. As she learns this through the series, she begins to allow herself to be merciful and kind.

Orion, Azazel, Rigel, Ardeo, then the canon villains, even just the teachings of Keyblade Masters being to fight with might and that in order to truly create any sort of justice in the world, you need to be violent and cruel. Yet, instead of falling into that, Zorya always chooses mercy instead. Even as someone who was expected to be a weapon against darkness, to literally be something that would end darkness as a concept, she chose to instead show even the dark monsters and demons she was created to destroy mercy because, at her core, that's who she is and she loves humanity too damn much to damn them, even when they have forgotten who they are and lost their humanity. No matter the cruelty she's seen and experienced at the hands of other people, even then, she realises that cruelty doesn't solve cruelty. No matter how terrible the world was to her, no matter how bitter and angry Zorya is over it, and even if she hasn't truly forgiven those who hurt her, she could never truly let go of the love she has for people, and that ends up, when it matters most and at the end of the day, being what saves herself and others; the strength to continue to be kind when it would be more convenient to be cruel.

That being said, Zorya is also someone who refuses to be complacent and wants to do what's right; she wants justice. This never changes, yet she does grow and realise that there's so much more to herself than her desire for revenge and that there's more to justice than violance; that's just a reaction, not truly righting what was wrong. She genuinely loves people and, maybe, that's why it hurts so much to see the cruelties she's seen. She realises that simply using violence against violance is exactly what those who hurt her have done and that, to break that cycle of abuse and relentless pain in pursuit of perfection, that she has to embrace people and allow herself to love. And she realises that, despite all the desire to push her own pain onto those who hurt her, what she wants deep down is for everything to just be okay; for herself and for others. And, in all these realisations, Zorya comes to find herself using mercy as a form of resistance against the systems of abuse in front of her and the people who have hurt her. And instead of violence, it is mercy that really does right those wrongs, not erasure or further pain, but by healing and helping others who were hurt.

But I think also what really gets me as well as how, yes, running away and pleasing oppressors is just a way to remain ignorant and complacent; peace through these means isn't really peace just willful ignorance, but justice isn't violence either, it's righting what's wrong; and that means showing mercy rather than being cruel. The way Zorya comes to realise this and comes to really pursue this message is really important. She stays with those who've been hurt, she tries her best to be their friend and ally even as they forget themselves and as they literally lose their sense of self and humanity, becoming nameless creatures. She realises that the image of herself standing over those who hurt her isn't the justice she wants, she wants to erase the systems that hurt her and these people; that the greatest form of vengeance is to literally make the world a better, safer place where this doesn't happen again.

Idk, it just really freaking makes me feel emotional when I think about that part of her character and story, and just how in general Zorya represents what it is to be a survivor, while also showing how effective as a form of resilience and resistance love and kindness are; how showing humanity and mercy is the greatest form of rebellion and justice against the cycle of abuse and exploitation she's endured.