#letmeexplain

[chaplaincate]

Today, I feel overwhelmed, but not in the way you think. #LetMeExplain. I'm overwhelmed that God loves me so much inspite of my flaws. Overwhelmed at the "unmerited" grace and "undeserved" mercy and favor He shows me every day. Overwhelmed at His consistency and faithfulness in providing and protecting me and mine. Overwhelmed that He still chooses to use me, especially when I feel my lowest. Don't get me wrong... other things come at me too (more often than I talk about). But when I'm in His presence, #NothingElseMatters. Everything pales in comparison to #GodsOverwhelmingLove.😭 No Worries About Tomorrow. #GodHoldsMyTomorrow. So I'm just gonna #RejoiceInTheLord and Make it a great day. You should too.😉 #ChaplainCate💞 https://www.instagram.com/p/ChXKpLKOzpBV2tySGPQCnezX-UWQOx83NKFic80/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[linkspooky]

Jujutsu Kaisen, Chapter 202 Thoughts. 

The most interesting aspect of Kenjaku as a character to me, is how much he is a hypocrite to his own stated ideals. He claims that everything he does, torturing Choso’s mother, dragging innocents off into the Culling Games, and even threatening to feed practically every non-sorcerer to Japan into a cursed spirit is because of his desire to see something new and outside of his predictions and control, but Kenjaku himself is a control freak. Kenjaku and Tengen are the focus of this week’s chapter, and they foil each other in an interesting way because they are both hypocrites. 

1. Kenjaku the abusive Father (And Mother). 

Before I start writing letmeexplain the title. Kenjaku is literally an abusive parent because he abandoned Choso and his brothers after deeming them failures, and also treats Yuji as his expendable tool. Kenjaku is also metahorically an abusive parents, because he’s a representative of a pattern within Jujutsu Society as a whole. 

What is an abusive parent, if not someone who is supposed to protect and raise a child, but neglects that duty and harms them instead? 

The central conflict of Jujutsu Kaisen, and the ideals that Gojo and his students are fighting for is that the previous generation shouldn’t be harm the youth. Jujutsu Society is one where the children instead of being raised and protected are treated as expendable, and often harmed so the old guard can remain in power. 

This is repeated in many of the backstories of the characters. For instance, if you want an extremely direct exmaple Ogi the parent of both Maki and Maiblames his lack of sucess on the family head on his “worthless children.” Rather than Ogi serving his duty as a parent protecting and raising both of his daughters, he thinks his daughters exist for his own sake. 

The microcosm of parental abuse in a single household, is also a metaphor for the macorcosm of the ills of Jujutsu Society as a hole, children are continually sacrificed instead of being raised. Children exsit to serve the elders, the elders don’t put any thought into raising the next generation. 

The discussion of this chapter consists of Tengen, and Kenjaku, both being entities that regularly use children for their own sake. Tsukumo directly calls this out, Tengen was willing to accept child sacrifices for generations. When it failed however, it turned out she (They?) didn’t even need to do them in the first place that they were capable of living on without sacrifices. 

Which means the children weren’t sacrificed because it was an absolute necessity, but rather repeating this pattern in Jujutsu Society that children must continually give up their youths and everything else, to protect the current status quo and the people in power. Riko is the ultimate metaphor for a lost youthin the series. Everything about the current conflict went wrong starting with Riko’s death. 

If Riko had lived, Geto would never have become disillusioned with the sorcery world. If Riko had lived, Geto and Gojo wouldn’t have fallen into conflict, eventually resulting in Geto’s death, and Kenjaku taking over his body. RIko is important because she’s a metaphor for Maki, for Mai, for Megumi, for Yuji, for Nobara, for Yuta, for Inumaki, she is another child who just wanted to live out the days of her youth and grow up. Riko had the right to grow up and live in the future and be surrounded by friends just like everyone else, but Tengen considers her ultimately expendable.

Why is Tengen more important than Riko? Because she’s immortal? Because she’s powerful? If Tengen was capable of evolving all along then there was no reason Riko had to die, and yet Tengen simply accepted both Riko and every single sacrifice before her as inevitable, because that is status quo, because that keeps the power in the hands of the powerful. 

Toji, the one who killed Riko was also created by the abuse of the previous generation on the next one. If Toji had been accepted by the Zenin clan rather than continually punished for simply being born as he was, he could have been as powerful and as great a sorcerer as Gojo, and instead abused and harassed all his life he turns into the immoral sorcerer killer. Yet another person sacrificed pointlessly, because the old guard wants to resist change. 

Here is where, Kenjaku and Tengen might seem to be opposites, but they are in fact exactly the same. They claim to represent opposite ideas, Kenjaku desires a world of unpredictability and change. 

But, Kenjaku ignores the fact that he never lets things grow and change on their own. He essentially takes a stranglehold on things with all of his manipulation. He always has to be the one in power, he has to be the one inciting change. He even says he wants to bring up something he can’t imagine, but in the same breath he then says he’s going to put the world back to the way it used to be in the golden age of sorcerers. 

Tengen is an all knowing entity, he talks about everything that’s predetermined and destined. Everything is inevtiable. Nothing can be helped. 

Kenjaku and Tengen seem to represent opposites, a pre-determined fate, and a future of possibilities and chaos beyond imagination, but they actually do the exact same thing. They are both, continually sacrificing children in the name of a status quo. They both act like all-knowing, all-seeing entities, who really just repeat the way things are. It can be seen in the difference between the way Kenjaku and Choso regard Choso and his siblings. Kenjaku expected great things from them, and then immediately gave up on them and lost interest because they were too normal. He made no effort at all in nurturing them. Choso says he wanted cursed spirits to evolve along with sorcerers, but he literally ate all of his cursed spirit allies, including Mahito, before they even had a chance to change. 

Whereas, Choso’s ideals are the opposite of Kenjaku’s entirely, and fall in line with what Gojo is fighting for. While Kenjaku neglects his duty as a parent and sees his children as existing only as tools for his own benefit, abandoning them immediately when they stop being useful, all of Choso’s pride comes from his role as a big brother, and his duty he has in protecting his younger brothers.

Choso argues back, that his role as the oldest to nurture the younger ones that come after him. Whether eh’s superior or inferior, whether he makes terrible mistakes he’s always going to serve as an example, that’s why he does everything he does for the sake of the ones younger than him. 

Therefore we have two confrontations this chapter, Tsukumo Yuki and Choso both believe that it is their duty and responsibility towards others to try and protect and not forget the younger and more helplessly lives. 

Then there are Kenjaku and Tengen who have already written those people off as expendable. The former is capable of imagining a better world, while the latter will always be stuck and stagnant due to their lack of imagination. 

[zoke-coke]

some edits of what may be my biggest crack ship ive accidentally started shipping because of an emo band au

LETMEEXPLAIN man who has only ever used love for personal gain and doesn’t understand the idea of what it truly is ???!?? And girl who loves unconditionally yet has never had anyone reciprocate true love ???!!!!?? My friend calls it zojan

And i AM OBSESSED WITH ALEHEATHER AND ZOKE DONT WORRY im just a dirty multi shipper who can ship poly 🤭

She’s not looking in his eyes in pic #1 bc she’s autistic

[allykatsart]

I love your comics! How do you manage to make the story and emotions actually come out in such a way that makes sense??

HOWWWWW

Awwwww, thanks!

I wanna talk a bit about this in a video but, a lot of it has to do with body language and eye position. I took a lot of inspiration from LetMeExplain studios, when she explained how she did emotions without the mouth, and also the Spiderverse movies!

Another thing I use, specifically, is paneling. Angles and framing can convey or add to an emotion that's harder to express.

TLDR; a lot of time and practice with faces, emotions, and other such things.

[gorillie]

This is going to be a hard sell 📷📷 #gorilliememe #memes #fyp #viral #trending #memesdaily #hilarious #funny #comedy #meme #laughter #LaughOutLoud #LetMeExplain #greentea #coffee

[harperblue5]

KEVIN HART!! * SMH * #KEVINHART #ACTOR #COMEDIAN #RIDEALONG #LIFT #JUMAN...

[candacedhenry]

Amen! #SundayService ✨🙌 . . . . #Repost @4biddenknowledge • • • • • "My own repost: For those asking me what I believe in. I would be trapped by a religion... But the way my spirituality is set up.. #LetMeExplain: What is the Difference Between Religion and Spirituality? Religion keep us from seeing ourselves as a manifestation of God the way a wave is an extension of an ocean. Moving beyond religion leads us to the greatest freedom we can know: the freedom to be who we are — creative agents for justice and compassion. Religion is often about who’s in and who’s out, creating a worldview steeped in “us against them.” Spirituality rejects this dualism and speaks of us and them. Religion is a man made device and is often about loyalty to institutions, clergy, and rules. Spirituality is about loyalty to justice and compassion. Religion talks about God. Spirituality helps to make us godly. The two need not be at odds. However the religious folks often become radicals. More people have been killed over religious beliefs than any other reason in history. I study all beliefs from all cultures and I utilize whatever does not insult my soul. There is good and valuable knowledge and truth in all ancient texts. I also prefer spirituality because it allows me to have a personal relationship with my creator vs religion forcing you to go thru pastors and clergy and relies more on the monetary system for support making it vulnerable to greed and quests for power by the leaders. #4biddenKnowledge" . . . . . . . . #awakening #spiritualawakening #journey #healing #divinity #love #intuitive #thatpart #blitch #lightwork #empath #shadowwork #occultism #metaphysics #starseeds #witches #healers #witchesofinstagram #collectivehealing #crystals #vibratehigher #higherconsciousness #tarot #goals #motivation https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm8N7DEjwnB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tdsrbjcm4i1y

[smokepit-fairytales]

Me in real life trying to explain that my book Smokepit Fairytales ratioed MacBeth in Amazon Reviews. While no where near as many people have read it, it’s clear to see that the people have spoken and I’m a better author than Shakespeare. Thanks right! AMERICA BABY! USA USA USA!!! Go read Smokepit Fairytales! #smokepitfairytales #macbeth #shakespeare #fiction #novels #america #usa #itsalwayssunny #scifi #scifibooks #marines #semperfi #letmeexplain #veteranauthor #literaryagent #queryletter #biteme #throwbackthursday #imawesome #epicreads #badassbooks (at Your Moms House) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRnWnd9rFDF/?utm_medium=tumblr

[blkcancer]

#GSA from a #NewSegment in my feed Im titling #BlackysEye .And this #ArtistReview is on @Aizhyy_ .Recently had the chance to sit down to hear her #3TrackEP thats on her #YouTubeMusic / #YouTubeChannel .Yeih! + + From my list of order I got 1) #HowToLove 2) #FirstHigh 3) #LetMeExplain .She touches on relationship issues, gives unpredictability with certain #bars that may or may not rhyme, but are clever, symbolizes in "First High(which is definitely a #FeelGood /Live Performance piece)," and so much more. Please #GetInTune if you havent. #Roll ..... https://www.instagram.com/p/CO8LIfeLoPf/?igshid=1malygma4dsws

[akbarwalks]

R Why did you put on the #SpiderMan mask? I AM #SpiderMan .... #LetMeExplain s/o to @kevinhart4real soooo growing up I never 👎🏽 was a #StreetNigga in the sense of being a scum goon or hoodlum. I was afforded things but I was bitten by a 🕷 Spider this individual was a close family member. I was beaten with my own trophies 🏆 as a child until one day I stood up ⬆️. It took me nearly 20 years to realize the unfortunate #American #Female has been made into a #Witch ... out of pure love ❤️ I must resurrect them. We will concentrate our forces AT THE YOUTH!!! #CHILDREN!!! . My #Father like #milesmorales pops was a Law Enforcer / hence #Chief @darrick_muhammad . My Uncle @marvylousdelectables was the opposite of the villain in there because he always had my back and always gave me a heads up. Even as much as consulting me while I was dealing with some you crazy **** . Now #NiceGuysFinishLast is the champion effort. The #RevengeOfTheNerds . #SheBelongToTheStreets #DontPayHer #fanart . My 2020 ended with my Sister putting me out of my Grandmother’s house by calling the Police 👮‍♂️ on me. After that, I couldn’t even Record where I lived anymore. Since then I got my own house 🏡 for the first time...I recorded arguably my BEST ALBUM 💿 thus far...my eyes have been opened to the #48LawsOfPower never 👎🏽 put too much trust into friends. My OWN FAMILY ran off with money, lied about insurance money 💴, and even expedited the death process for my Grandma’s fight with Cancer. I HEARD 👂 what some of y’all where saying about me..... The Answer is: #NO And the name of our movement: #DontCryDontDie inspired by a conversation I had with my Brothers specifically Malik Muhammad . #AkbarSpeaks Stream: #SugarBaby : #NiceGuysFinishLast 2021 Maddtown LLC https://youtu.be/4F3NCvz_qzA (at Pensacola, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNPdw1RhG4z/?igshid=u01azlxg2cem

[quotesshala]

the way you react to a situation hints the other person about your weakness and strength

Deepak S

[robertwesleyvisuals]

#LETMEEXPLAIN #ALBUMCOVER Artist @nairo_north Cover Artist @Official_RobertWesley https://www.instagram.com/p/CFHxXedlZZw/?igshid=1t4o5162etbqi

[whoatemycookie]

I'm really happy for those who all got to meet their favourite youtuber, I really am.

BUT DON'T MIND ME CRYING AT EVERY POST HATING THE FACT I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO ;_;

[one-hip-momma]

Just imagine if we had life narrators... #therealdeal #whathadhappenedwas #letmeexplain #perspective #throughmyeyes #howiseeit #iconfess #hipmommastuff #hipmommagram #lifestyleblogger #threesides #instamood #instatruth #instagood #imagine #justoneglass #reallybutnotreally

[and-then-theres-that]

The people here are kind of rude, but their signs are funny af #funny #signs #christmas #santa #letmeexplain https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Wo8CdgI1fhPZ1gBtdiQWJmYD3C7K_M-jogbg0/?igshid=u2bclq32faiu