#i don't think i did that great of a job

[epickiya722]

could you explain to me why people ship seroroki 🥺pls

Full disclosure, I am not speaking for all Seroroki shippers or even some. Just speaking from my own experience as someone who does like the ship.

Okay, even though they don't have a lot of moments, the moments they do have are great. After the Sports Festival, I like they have these moments where they imply they hang out or they're on good terms. They share manga (chapter 218 for reference), Sero has nicknamed Todoroki (Joint Training Arc) and during the pool episode he cheers him on. There's also right after the Dark Deku Arc, there's that bit with Mineta copying Todoroki twice and Sero just "nuh uh, stop", thought that was cute and amusing.

Their vibes just feel compatible to me. Todoroki is real chill, but doesn't mind having mind or socializing (especially after season 2) and Sero is just as chill but to a more excitable extent. Like, he'll start the fun and Todoroki tags along with it.

Sero is just as outgoing as other characters like Kaminari and Ashido, but he's also kind of like "not so fast, let's cruise along with this" kind of character. To me, he's a good fit for Todoroki to hang with because Todoroki would still be able to join in and socialize with him, but not so fast since with his background he's not used to it.

There's also this shot from season 5's first ending song, Footprints by the peggies, that is so cute!

LIKE IT'S TOO ADORABLE!!

[ruethos]

The Boys™

[lunarharp]

figured i'd do this again..bit early i guess..

[beanghostprincess]

unpopular opinion i really think they got rid of nami’s joy and whimsy in the la. obviously it was strained up til arlong park in the anime cause she had arlong breathing down her neck and they had her trauma show out more in the la but still. where is my girlies silly !!

Nami suffering the consequences of being the only woman in the East Blue crew and Netflix being unable to write women with personalities so they have to make Nami the "mean/strict/responsible girl that takes care of the dumb men" because they're just sooo feminist and they looove empowered women (I am being sarcastic, btw).

[tricoufamily]

hmm idk is this giving you the batman

[eleveates]

Hear me out, okay? I don’t hate Mew at all. I was just needy. The timing was just wrong. Timing, my ass. The point is your slutty ass just sleeps with anyone.

ONLY FRIENDS (2023) – E06

[aflawedfashion]

The most suspenseful thing about that episode was whether or not Elsbeth was going to get Kaya to go to the gala with her

[journey-to-the-attic]

@valenrien submitted:

tried making it similar to ur style :3

rereading the fic and this is pretty much how their interactions went /hj

(based on that one audio on tiktok btw)

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SDHSBDJH SO CUTE!! thank you so much, this is so them <3

[miraculousagentsofkrypton]

/Not once did Seyka put the responsibility of saving her sister on Aloy's shoulders. They helped each other, but it was mutual. / like every other single character? we could had an amazing love story and slow burn but no, all rushed with a random she just met and forcing it down the players' throats. but we are accepting this mediocrity, yay, really scared for horizon 3

I'm of the opinion that the ending with Seyka would have been best with a mixture of all three replies because they don't know each other very well, and Aloy is still working through things. I can see where people come from with the it feels a little rushed complaint, but it's also not the build up to some deeply committed relationship. So far, it's just a crush for both of them. Those dont need to have a drawn out build up. (Not to mention, picking a new character is actually less controversial than forcing one among the many choices people feel deeply about.)

Im fairly certain the writers are setting up the idea of romance choices for horizon 3. You likely won't be forced to romance her if you don't want to.

As for Seyka herself's dynamic with Aloy, yes, it is different from most of the other romantic possibilities in the game, aside from Talanah. All of them have points and interesting dynamics to explore in a ship, but there is some awe from all. Katallo views her as an admirable commander. Erend did rely heavily on her for solving his sister's disappearance, and felt like he owed her a debt. Alva had to get over her ancestor worship, etc. None of these things take away from their relationship potential with Aloy, but they did bother her a little.

They all learn to become real friends with her given time, but Seyka never needed that time. She framed asking for Aloy's help as helping each other, not as a plea. She took Aloy's immense capability as a challenge for herself. She pushed back against Aloy at every opportunity, but not in a way that hindered, in a way that forced Aloy out of her "Im responsible for everyone" shtick. She actively and consistently put herself in an equal and supportive role to Aloy, wanting to bear just as much weight. She was unwilling to just follow her lead (not in a bad way).

Her differing views on family and community were good changes from Aloy. To answer the other ask in the same answer, they aren't carbon copies. Aloy needs someone who can keep up with her intellectually and physically. She has a habit of not respecting people who bow down to tradition when it hinders them, so Seyka couldn't be that person. Those are the only things that we know Seyka really shares with her, but they are things Aloy finds appealing and would desire in a partner. They are necessary connections. We don't know much about Seyka yet, but we know enough to know they aren't the same person.

[bumblingbabooshka]

Live Fast & Prosper

[supercool-here]

Also, thinking about Snow being only eighteen when all of this happens reminds me of what it felt like reading the hunger games and constantly realizing these characters were only children, but it specially reminds me how I felt about Katniss.

You read about how her life's been like since she's been 11 up until the reaping day and you think that's enough misery, she's had it too hard and too bad, but then it gets much worse and after the hunger games end I kinda felt like her life wasn't too bad, perhaps she felt the same way, actually she just wanted to go home, it didn't matter how hard it had been before the games, all she wanted was to go home.

And then I was thinking about how Snow (I think it's probably a universal agreement not to call him Corio) also suffered poverty and hunger as a child, and grew up hiding it from everyone else, and held on to the hope of getting out of it with all his might, and you think that is enough tragedy for a character, but then it gets worse, and suddenly the movie ends and I think of Snow before the games, with his long blond hair and school uniform, I can only think that was just a child who's greatest struggle was getting good grades and winning the prize that would end his and his family's poverty, but in the end, he has killed, and betrayed, and decided the path he is going to follow. I don't know, I just think having power takes a toll after all, no matter how cruel one is, it's got be a heavy toll to bear

[hikoutype]

i don’t know if someone’s already pointed this out, but something i find ridiculously adorable is that hassel doesn’t call gible “professor gible” in japanese?? instead, he calls him フカマル先輩 (fukamaru-senpai)

hassel refers to the other teachers as 先生 (sensei), but he gives gible seniority and treats him like his mentor..........i love this old man

ハッサクさん．．．本当に可愛いですね（おじさんですけどｗｗｗｗ)

[airbenderedacted]

IF I WERE WOY CREW I WOULD ALSO FIGHT FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE LESBIAN FLAG SOMEWHERE ON OR NEAR DOMINATOR IN JUST ONE WHOLE SCENE IN THE SHOW  SEND TWEET

[sun-marie]

What I really think media with ensemble casts, especially those in a traveling group of some kind, are missing are big, blow-out arguments between the group. Especially when there's a conflict of interests, I am such a sucker for when two or more characters disagree so strongly that they realize very little is actually holding them together as a group, and wonder if it's time to go their separate ways.

I feel like a lot of video games, specifically, just kind of assume once the traveling band is "complete", it's forced to stay together until the player expressly permits it, but I don't really find that very compelling and a lot of times it feels more like they're relying on some kind of immediately strong bond that hasn't really been earned. Which is a shame, because in my opinion one of the best ways to strengthen that bond is to have the characters disagree and argue. Maybe they realize they're only being superficially held together and so they temporarily split up, only to then realize how much they've come to care for the others in the group. Then they reunite, make-up, formulate a plan to go forward, and boom, the group bond is that much stronger. Or maybe they don't even split up, and maybe they never learn to like each other, but they decide whatever cause their working toward is more important. Something else, bigger than them, is holding them together.

It just feels like a lot of potential is going to waste to just skip straight to the intense found family bond, without earning it.

[missanathea]

@paris-roubaix tagged me for my top 7 on repeat songs (thank you ^_^), so here you go

I’ve actually been listening to this playlist quite a bit this month

Tagging @orsenna, @miafi and @truthhoneyandashes (if you don't mind me tagging you)

[zevrans]

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