kafka quote but it's the john green cock monologue
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someone's probably already said this better than I can, but I cannot stop thinking about how perfectly Pucci and weather contrast and simultaneously reflect each other. Pucci is Christian and devotedly so, yet his stand is covered in the alphabetical symbols for DNA, which is a literal quantifiable measurement of a person and often associated with evolution and natural selection, two scientific concepts which many extreme Christians vehemently deny. And his ability is to distill a person's entire being, their memory (and with it, their personality), and their Stand, into a physical object. He essentially has the ability to transform the ethereal, formless soul into something tangible, and a manmade piece of technology, at that. Weather, on the other hand, doesn't seem to share his brother's religious convictions, and yet has the ability to manipulate the heavens themselves. His ability evokes the very idea of divinity and is literally nearly god-like.
In Pucci's memories, parallels between depictions of the devil and Dio can easily be drawn. They first meet when Dio is hiding out in the church after hours. Dio is an invader, a creature of the night encroaching on holy ground and Pucci welcomes him in, suspecting but not genuinely knowing his true nature. It's ironic to know that "Dio" is Italian for "God." Pucci is drawn in by a man who calls himself god but is actually a demon. And Pucci's final plea to Dio whilst holding his sister's corpse feels quite Faustian; he'll give anything to bring back his dead loved one. And Dio, in a twisted way, delivers: Pucci is able to salvage his sister's soul, but nothing can be done with it. It's just a disc, a reel that he can view like a movie.
When Pucci finally "kills" his brother--aka taking his soul-- Weather is next seen in prison with his devil-horned hat for the first time. The irony is that Weather hasn't really done wrong. He committed no real crime aside from being unable to control an ability he was cursed with. Pucci's stand is a curse, too, in a way-- Pucci's stand, in appearance and ability, directly contradicts all of his religious beliefs; he is forced to stare his bleak reality in the eyes when faced with White Snake. Weather's is more directly harmful to those around him: he turns people into snails, causing them to lose their humanity and decay. It is corrosive, perhaps as he believed himself to be, blaming himself for bringing on his own and Perla's misfortune.
One of Stone Ocean's themes is appearances not being what they seem. The convict seeks justice and love. The corpse is alive and walking. And the man in the priest's garb is a devil, while the man with devil horns is innocent.
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To those here for the fic, I've got a little snippet, and a title for you!
Title: House of the Rising Suns
Snippet:
“Don’t do anything to give them a reason, alright Reg?” Sirius had whispered to him far into the night. The thought of leaving his brother all alone made bile creep up his throat. No one to take the blame, no one to face the consequences for him. Sirius felt something like fire burn in his chest at the thought of coming home over the holiday to a Regulus with streaks of gray in his hair. He had to qualm it quickly, for that fire wasn’t characteristic of a Slytherin. Sirius had to be a Slytherin, he had to.
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i think. okay, so with more of the show under moffat’s watch seen now. i think the reason eleven’s seasons feel so much weaker compared to twelve’s is that the focus shifted more onto the huge seasonal arcs than the characters. which i think the worst offender of is obviously how the ponds just get sidelined after their actual child is stolen, how river herself is more plot device or mystery woman than her own character. and to be clear, i still don’t think eleven’s seasons are bad, just. a bit messy. but once you hit twelve again, the balance shifts back, twelve and clara’s relationship is the driving force of s8/9 and it is insanely good.
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i just finished reading the twice upon a time target novelisation and just . wow. i have been reminded of how good of a send-off it was for 12.
such a beautiful story, and satisfying conclusion to his 3 season character arc!!!
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