#its difficult

[flowerofthewave-rb]

ignoring real life politics of making another woman with kiss based powers + the fact that the first female villian needs to be motivated by sexual assault & looking at it just within the frame of how powers work in universe i am enjoying the aspect of morena's powers that make her repeat what was done to her in a different form. It fits both well in how nen powers reflect the user's personality & the constant theme of hunter society will create nothing but misery and repeated circles of abuse

it makes sense that someone whos life was marked by sexual assault would draw from this experience and chose to incorporate it into her powers. i know no one has read worm but it does remind me of how the superpowers there are made through their users traumas & it does make me wonder to what extend morena is constantly bringing up her own trauma by chosing to incorporate making out into her powers. On the other hand there is an aspect of her saying this thing that hurt me is something i will use to grant powers to others, posing a choice to join her when there actually isnt one... the fact that characters have a say in how their powers turn out is so interesting i do enjoy it a lot.

its just again, rough as a writing choice & i think its similar to my feelings towards hisoka, where i dont care that hes a character who is a weird sex freak, its just that hes the MAIN sex freak and his thing is amped up the most when its about kids and men & now the first woman villian also has a weird thing going on, once more shown in same sex attraction, wich is you know. writers choice

[trampledore]

Agatha and Rio's deal in ep 8

And their hostile dynamic in the end

After watching the finale the first time I really wasn't sure anymore what I thought about Agathario.

If they actually mutually love each other,

if it's a toxic one-sided thing that Agatha just plays into for her benefit and to survive.

If they maybe were in love once but then being in Death's constant company grew too much for Agatha and she wanted to be left alone. And Rio just won't get the message

Or maybe the mutual relationship just ended when Agatha couldn't forgive Rio for not using her powers to save Nicky. And now they're pining.

After the finale it really looked like the whole thing was quite toxic and sort of one-sided, especially after Agatha wanted Rio to "let her go" and not "pursue her anymore" as part of the deal at the beginning of episode 8.

HOWEVER, I have become completely obsessed with the finale. Just watched it for the 5th time again and

I've also come to the conclusion that Agatha does love Rio. As the person Rio appears at. She just resents Death. When they make the deal in ep8 about Rio never showing her face to Agatha again when she dies.. Agatha looks really put out that Rio actually agreed to it. I think she was trying to manipulate Rio.

Agatha's goal was to protect Billy. That was her goal from the moment Rio showed up on the road. She said herself that she was trying to distract Rio from Billy (and his true identity). And I think she did it again with this deal.

Effectively, if Agatha ends up handing Billy over to Death, then Rio would have to stick to their deal and stay away from Agatha forever. Obviously, after all these centuries, Agatha assumed that Rio would never agree to that, or not be able to go through with it. As a result, she would maybe not take Billy at all to avoid having to fulfill her part of the agreement.

I think that was the "calculated risk" Agatha took that she mentioned to Billy in ep 9 ("Btw I didn't sacrifice myself for you, I took a calculated risk"). Of course she could have referred to returning as a ghost, idk. But I think it's a possibility. But I digress.

My point is, I do believe that Agatha does not actually want Rio to disappear from her life forever. She merely tried to use Rio's love/obsession as leverage to protect Billy.

I might be wrong. I might be delusional. But I think it makes sense.

On the topic of their strange new dynamic in episode 8, when there was so much softness before: I think that also makes sense.

In episode 4, Agatha was getting attached to Billy, all the while remembering the time she spent with her son. She was also thankful that Death spared Billy after the second trial. All in all, she was feeling sad, and maybe melancholic, and overall glad that Death gave her special treatment again (with Billy, in that moment). So of course she was having a moment where she maybe missed their relationship and love. And was also sharing some of her grief with her ex, who might have been a big part of her dead son's life.

The softness makes sense here.

And the playfulness before that also makes sense, since Agatha probably spent centuries killing witches (partly) for Rio. So it's like old times for them, being on the road and massacring people. Yey.

BUT, in episode 8, there are no positive feelings flying around. There is no reason to be sad, or grateful or turned-on etc. Rio tells Agatha directly that she wants to collect the soul of another kid that Agatha cares about. And Agatha can only think about all the terrible experiences she's had because of Death (or at least she blames Rio for them in any case).

So they revert back to their disagreements and hostility. They end up back at the beginning - in episode 1, with Agatha fighting for her life, cause Rio wants to take her more than anything (pun intended I guess). Obviously even more than she wants to claim Billy's soul.

So, again. There is love, but there is also resentment. And for me it made perfect sense that there was no softness in their fight in episode 8. They are like any ex-spouses who hurt each other in the past. In good moments of shared memory, they want their old happiness and love back and wonder if there is a chance. But when the reason for these old hurts becomes apparent again, they go back to hating each other.

For them, that means Rio trying to collect her due (as Death), and Agatha trying not to get killed by her.

(I hope this made at all sense. I might just have followed my own incomprehensible logic.)

[p2ep]

i still really want to design myself an alternate fursona...one that feels more "Me"? hmmmm

[daysofnights]

regulus accidentally leaves home one day when he’s out wandering in animagus form and someone thinks he’s a stray and decides to keep him

[skitskatdacat63]

Painting 🖼

[everythingforsaken]

HII @jan3--do3 here . Jane isn't an oc I fear, I noticed you have that blog in the ocs section ? you can keep it there I don't mind but I'm just a bit confused since shes an upcoming character 💔💔

oh whoops

[compassmili]

My hair gets like unmanageably fluffy when it's freshly washed....

[rumanomarika]

so how about you? fav flower? if any? i don't get flower/plant person vibes from you honestly but feel free to correct me.

I looooOooveee all the plants tbh, I can see beauty in all of em, but my favorites are.... Tulips! they look so soft and they look amaizing, I wish I could just lay in a giant field of tulips to sleep.

but you guessed right, I'm no plant person,,, I don't know how to take care of em....

[imflyingfish]

Also its crazy how nobody has called me out or made fun of my blotched speaking on the minecraft server or not. Occasionally they will be confused if i say something dumb but for the most part people habe treated me nicely (aside from when they kill me but whatever)

[haunted-calathea]

Okay having the queen take over the song is kinda cool it shows how much she values herself over anyone else's voice

[harper-collins]

Don't you love getting ideas and obsessions... But not for the things you've currently got projects for?

Like I want to WRITE these things but my brain knows it already has too much to juggle... What to do...

[eric-the-bmo]

[head in hands] girl elp i'm doing research to try and st again

[bathylychnops]

if u are weird and unlikeable u need 2 survive…

[badcircusact]

56 more frames not including backgrounds

[aerequets]

the mortifying ordeal of being known

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I think with Yor being so perceptive, she picks up on little things often (like we saw in ch 103). i believe this would impact loid more so than the usual person, because he is a spy and fakes every part of himself, so to be seen is simultaneously desirable and horrifying. like, it makes him torn between wanting to accept and reciprocate the love, or distancing himself so that it doesn't happen again.

thats mostly what the last panel is about, that dichotomy between 'omg this person noticed this about me, is this love' and 'oh shit this person noticed this about me, is this Doom'

just some thoughts i had🤪

[actual-corpse]

Portioning food is so hard!

I made lazy enchiladas, and they're SOOO YUMMY!! But I 1.) Need to save them to have multiple days a week and 2.) I just need to cut back on my food intake (personal choice. Just because the food is yummy, it doesn't mean I need to consume more than my tummy is comfortable with having)

But damn... I was so excited to get home and eat my enchiladas 😋 fucking dreamt about them ALL DAY