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[greyhands]

"Now, if you'll excuse me, you're invigorating but I need something more... filling" Quick redraw of an old Astarion's warmup back to the EA days ;)

(do not use or reupload)

[mari-lair]

Akane is a human. He has supernatural powers and connections but he is a human first.

Akane's situation is very similar to Nene's in the sense that he is a student who got tangled up with supernaturals. Just a normal guy for most of his life until he got recruited as a clock keeper.

But if his situation is so similar to Nene's why does no one doubt Nene is a human? Nene used to get scales even outside school in the og timeline, but not a single character ever called her a supernatural or treated her as half-human. That's because unlike Akane, no major character wants her mermaid scales, so no one would look at her and go "Ah if it isn't the mermaid girl~" that just isn't a thing. They have more interest in her as a kannagi, a human role, than as someone with scales.

The only time someone took interest in Nene's supernatural aspect was the mermaid's servants, which aren't major characters, and only showed up on a mini-arc a LONG time ago. Nowadays, mermaid scales are just a quirk of Nene, not a big plot point/tool characters are interested in.

But a lot of people have an interest in Akane's power and his connections with the keepers. Let's go over who calls him No.1: Fellow school mysteries and the broadcasting club, people who sees him as his power or his connection to Kako and Mirai. Never Akane as the boy himself, just his power.

Akane being called a supernatural is always because of his power.

Teru used to separate Akane from his power until said power personally negatively affected Teru. That speaks a lot about how powerful controlling time is, to the point an exorcist needs to consider him a possible threat, but that was when Teru was surprised, confused, and emotional, by the situation.

He didn't take even 1 chapter to make his judgment and keep treating Akane as a human. A human he is VERY displeased with, but a human, not a threat.

Akane's power are so op it can make others ignore him, but when characters hear his beliefs, or anything that comes purely from Akane, he is always a human.

Hanako is the best exemple of this, focusing on his clock keeper's powers when he stops time and sees a human after being bluntly judged for putting Aoi's life at risk and killing someone in the past

Akane also didn't shatter into doritos in the Severace, nor did he get sick. Nene still turns into a fish, so any supernatural connection that is deep enough to affect him on a core level should still be around. The fact he is unaffected by the change and is just the watch that broke shows he and his powers are fully separated.

What the clock keepers did wasn't 'turn him into a supernatural', they just gifted him a watch that gave him a supernatural transformation, a body that is detached from his original human one (think of the way Akane only had Aoi's stab wound in his clock keeper form, but his normal human, which is his original body, was fine after.) when he is a keeper he is a full supernatural, people 'aren't even supposed to see him' in his keeper form. This literal personification of Akane's power, of his connections with the keepers.

But it isn't his main body, his real self, for lack of better wording.

Akane is alive, rumors don't affect him, he is not dependent on anything to exist in the Near Shore since his body is stable and he can go wherever he want. Is only his borrowed power that have so many limitations of use and activation.

Even when the big clock was broken Akane didn't start acting weird, or with uncharacteristic urgency, he had no desire to change the timeline or resort to anything drastic.

He had to be reminded and forced into his role by the keepers themselves. He still has control over his thoughts, that's why he is so conflicted, cause he is well aware he is going against his own will.

Speaking of will, Akane consistently has mentalities that directly contrast with other supernaturals.

Why does he look so anguished about Kako wanting to reset their doomed timeline? Cause he hates the plan. Man does he hate the plan but he has no power to go against Kako, he is just a dude.

A normal and replaceable human, trying to hold on to any power he has.

(the way he can be replaced only further drives home that his supernatural contract does not make him 'one of them', but he is well aware his role as no.1 is to be one of them. He usually introduces himself as No.1 in his keeper form- but that's a whole new analysis and this is already long. Let's just focus on how he is aware without the keepers watch he has zero supernatural connections)

Bonus: His devotion to Aoi is used as a direct contrast to Hakubo's devotion to Sumire. His story fits Hakubo's wishful idea of a human love.

Tldr: Akane has supernatural powers but he is a human.

[cryptidm0ths]

ariadne live doodles! text is from @/duckletranslations

[robinyr]

Signature look of superiority

not me undressing disco men one by one

[kaluwa-del-conte]

😐

[hiraethminds]

rp doodles from todays session

[sillybond]

Rewatching the firsts seasons of AT after completing the entire series is wild. There's sooo many big plot points that are just, never mentioned for some reason???

Like, do you guys remeber how Neptr was fueled by Ice king's magic? And how that gave him desires for capturing princesses???? Neptr couldn't work without the power of IK, does that mean that Simon and Finn had a child??? Techniquely???

Weid ass couple in my opinion

[purpleshadow-star]

"Lack of personality" I blame the Duffers' choice to largely reduce Mike's character to "El's boyfriend" in S3 for all of Mike's insecurities.

[a-strange-inkling]

Please let me ship the fictional dead characters in peace. Is that too much to ask!?

[theveryworstthereeverwas]

man the fireworks are beatifuol. I love new yeaters. take a shot fro taht

i think im 8 in.

my hes d hurts

[unlikelytrashcreation]

Apparently this is all my brain is full of today

[the-worm-that-gnaws-in-the-night]

Well it seems my post has broken containment. My notifications are officially useless.

Hi to all the new folx following me.

I'm gonna go party all weekend instead of being mad about things on the internet.

Fuck cops. Happy Mardis Gras. Keep it queer 🤙

[cartoonpigeon]

he would listen to Lemon Demon

[supercriminalbean]

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Thank you bestie I love you so much 🥺🥺😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[just-an-enby-lemon]

One of the few good things the MCU did to comics is that now Tony finally can have a recovery arc without imeddiatly relapsing into alcooholism and sociophatic behavior and he is enjoying his time not being a drunken mess by having a bunch of homoerotic arcs with Doom cause why the fuck not.