#pity tragedy...

[zer0-devoox]

"Prom disaster"

[chaotic-carnifex]

No hold on I'm gonna make an extra post about this:

I wouldn't choose to be alloromantic

If I were given the choice to either remain aro or become alloro again, I would choose aromanticism.

And I think a lot of people need to hear that.

[deimcs]

You don't unsettle me, you know that. (x,x)

[uraniadoesstuff]

Shriving clean your heart (with kindness!)

[tytangfei]

Unfortunately, the closer we are to the end of this drama, the more obvious that ao ruipeng's acting is uhhhhhh. I was willing to give him a chance and see him play the cold master in the beginning, but as we watch his tragic backstory and his reunion with his brother and his loss of his good friend, his face is so stiff. It's just so so stiff. Not even a choked gasp or twisted turn of expression because he's literally lost the people he cared about. His eyes get watery but even his eyes don't move very much. He's so expressionless. It's just sadly disappointing.

[artemlegere]

Pity

Artist: William Blake (English, 1757–1827)

Date: c. 1795

Medium: Colour print, ink and watercolour on paper

Collection: TATE Britain

Description

This picture is based on the playwright William Shakespeare’s imagery in Macbeth. The play describes: ‘pity, like a naked newborn babe / Striding the blast, or heaven’s cherubin horsed / Upon the sightless couriers of the air, / Shall blow the horrid deed in ev’ry eye’. Blake’s visualisation of ‘pity’ takes Shakespeare’s words literally. Underneath the floating figures representing ‘pity’, Blake has included a young woman lying on the ground, her hands clasped as though in prayer. She may represent the infant’s mother, or someone influenced by pity. 

[angy-grrr]

I can't believe Horikoshi decided to parallel togachako with shigaraki and deku, but also with kacchan and izuku, because there are multitudes into their relationship.

Ochahimi has this obvious textual side going on for a long time that its meant to be seen along Shigaraki Tomura and Midoriya Izuku: a hurt villain and a hero who feels the need to stop the pain. Two sides of the same coin. Will they take their hand? How could they reach out? Is there any hope for the rejected? We have different scenes in which its clear Uraraka and Midoriya have this idea of saving someone who is hurt even if they are a villain, the flashbacks of their conversation before the war, but surprisingly Ochako doesn't think of it as much as Izuku in this final battle -clearly stated, is when Himiko is giving her own blood to save her and explaining how she felt like her heart was floating when Uraraka touched her. The flashback reminds us of Izuku talking about how "maybe theres no way to avoid a battle, but I cant ignore what I saw deep inside him".

But Ochako isn't happy even if she got there, even is Toga tells her she made her happy. She's tired, sad, and desperate to stop her when she cant even move.

Its difficult to analyze Izuku's emotions, but once again, we can try to work with what we currently have! As far as we know, Izuku isn't really having that much of a conflict in terms of if he should save Tenko or not -the problem was external. What would the OFA users think? He challenged them by staying true to his inner core, and they accepted him, but we don't see him struggling with the idea of him reaching out to Tenko in itself like Ochako, who actively tried to forget about Himiko.

I interpret his flashbacks to his conversation with Ochako as a reminder of the person behind the villain, because he is also feeling something else: anger. Izuku was really hurt during this battle both physically and, I would argue mostly, mentally. As he himself said, he can't forgive Shigaraki, just try to stop the crying child from hurting, and the reminder of Ochako's own goals and words are a reminder of his own intentions; lets not forget, moments later he took control after seeing Katsuki's dead body, he attacked Shigaraki in ways that would cause severe damage -like in the middle of his chest, causing a hole.

Uraraka doesn't actually try to hurt Toga, but use her martial arts training in order to both dodge and tackle her, so she can hear what she has to say. I re-read the chapters around Katsuki's revival, because I was wondering, "does Izuku remember this before or after he locked eyes with Bakugou?", and the answer is after*. The other time he thought about it was before leaving the togatsuchako battlefield, when Ochako encourages him to not worry and go get Shigaraki.

So, what I mean by this is, Ochako Uraraka and Izuku Midoriya are not the same person, and they don't feel the same way for their main villains, just like Tomura Shigaraki and Himiko Toga don't feel the same for their main heroes, and are not the same. Izuku actually feels resentment and anger for Shigaraki, he cant forgive him, but he also doesn't want to kill and punish like that; he is a savior, if he has to fight he will, but in his heart he knows what he prefers' maintaining peace, and help the ones who are vulnerable. He sees the villain, and he sees the child who grew up abused and sad; he is a sweet boy, ofc he would try to stop the crying somehow. His conflict with him now, Im guessing, is that he doesn't really feel like he actually saved him -after all, he disappeared after the last punch, and he still considered himself the leader of the league who wanted to destroy everything. He gave him his autonomy back and tried his best, but his last words and request feel like a completely different "task" than what he envisioned; it makes him think, about what heroes and villains even mean in their society, and who gets to decide those things. How can he continue with Shigaraki's legacy?

In another hand, Ochako's conflict don't come from her own moral compass, but from what she is supposed to do; before she even saw sadness in her face she thought positive things about her -she has a cute smile, she is really honest with her feelings, and isnt scared to be open with others, and she envies that. She envies the villain Himiko Toga, and relates to her, and feels connected to her. So her pain feels even more personal when it shouldn't; she isnt her family, she is someone who has tried to hurt her and her friends over and over while being so happy about it. She is weird!

Besides the thoughts about society and who helps both heroes and villains, which are really important for her character and goals, the other side of their problem is... the way Ochako was refusing to see and accept her own weirdness. Interacting with Himiko was chaotic, confusing, and left her full of doubts about herself and what she wants, because isnt she even weirder if she wants to be more like her? How can she admit those thoughts out loud? Anyone would agree that behavior is disgusting, but... she can't hate her. She can't try to punch her, or hurt her, and she never was able to no matter how much she tried to convince herself this is the only way.

Her conversation with Izuku opened her mind and heart to start accepting what she truly wants to do to Himiko instead of what she has to do as a hero. What does she want? To stop her. Her hurt. Her tears. To make her happy, and to keep her alive. She wants to see everyone happy, to get peace.

This is why her conflict is both related to Shigaraki and Deku, and Katsuki and Izuku; in one aspect its about morality, heroism, villainy and society as a whole. Himiko will question how things works constantly, and she can't ignore it. And at the same time, there's an emotional side to it; she has multiple confrontations with her, where miscommunication and holding back hurts them both. She pushes herself to be more like others, but it doesn't feel right anymore; Himiko makes her see her own self hatred, and jealousy and care grow more and more. Why can't see just do the right thing to maintain peace?

Just like Izuku was surprised by Katsuki's tears during their second fight, Ochako gets concerned by Himiko's, when she interpreted Uraraka's words as her rejecting her love -and therefore, whole self. Is not until the second war that she even realizes Toga actually loves her in the same way she loves Izuku, being a little clueless herself.

It doesnt sit right with her to do the "normal" thing, because she isn't normal at all; she thinks about making a villain happy, and how lovely her smile is. Her honesty and openness to be unapologetically herself, no matter how much others try to push her down or change her attitude; she hurts others, she knows that's wrong and agrees with that generalized sentiment... but hate her for it? She tries to do it, but it doesn't work. Inside of her heart, she knows what her emotions are telling her, and its not anger.

This is messy, my head hurts, but Im hoping I can write something better and longer in the future. I guess it makes more sense that drawing of Shigaraki, Izuku, Ochako, Himiko and Katsuki all together. I always wondered, if this is about heroism and society, Katsuki shouldn't be there, and if it is about emotions and rivalries, then it would be Tomura.

If you read this far, thank you for your time, and apologies for the confusion the writing could have caused you.

*My internet is going really slow, so im not re-reading all of the chapters after Izuku's arrival in the battlefield, so I cant 100% say this is the very first time he does remember it. Once im able to, or someone checks it for me -wether im right in my statement or not-, I'll edit it to be accurate with the material.

[i-cast-zone-of-truth]

also….. Zhao Yuanzhou’s death happening in the quiet lull after the huge climactic showdown, when you’re supposed to have a minute and nothing bad is supposed to happen. You know what I mean?

[amynchan]

Jin Ling: I don't get it.

Wei Wuxian: Hm?

Jin Ling: You ask me about jiujiu, you make sure I'm still talking with him, and it just seems like you care about his well being in general.

Wei Wuxian: What's confusing about that?

Jin Ling: I mean! If you care, why don't you go back? Talk to him yourself?

Wei Wuxian: ah, A-Ling. It's complicated.

Jin Ling: How complicated could it be???

Wei Wuxian: I care about Jiang Cheng. I have, and I will.

Jin Ling: I gathered that—

Wei Wuxian: I do not, however, care to serve him.

Jin Ling: ????

Wei Wuxian: My father served his father until he left with my mother. When I was brought in, Jiang-shushu raised me to serve Jiang Cheng the same way. We were close, but that was for a purpose. Jiang-shushu raised me to be like my father, and Madam Yu never let me forget my place. I was always raised to be Jiang Cheng's subordinate, and that's how we always were. My purpose was to be Jiang Cheng's second-in-command.

Jin Ling: ...

Wei Wuxian: But I don't want that purpose. I live here and now. I have Lan Zhan. I have Sizhui. I have Wen Ning. I have you. Jiang Cheng doesn't know how to interact with me without all of that baggage from the past, and I'm leaving the past behind me.

Jin Ling: but...

Wei Wuxian: No buts. I have my life, and I'm happy with it. If Jiang Cheng ever wants to be a part of it, he'll have to learn how to treat me like a cultivator; not a servant or someone he has rights to. I'm not someone he can lean on like that anymore.

Jin Ling: ...but you care about him.

Wei Wuxian: correct. But just because I care doesn't mean he has rights to me. I can care about myself and him at the same time.

Jin Ling: ...that is complicated.

Wei Wuxian: correct. Now, enough about Jiang Cheng for now. Tell me how you're doing.

[bvnga-aprikot]

in a way, Jennette reminds me of the of the phrase "a moth drawn to a flame" with how desperately she clings onto the idea of the Obelias as her 'family'. while i never got to reading the LP side-stories, the way other people describe how she mainly despised Claude because he was the one who killed her 'father' (since in the novel she was not at all related to the Obelian line) and therefore deprived her of her true family really enforces this idea.

the phrase is also interesting in the fact that obviously, the moth will die if it gets closer to the flame. i wonder if her black magic blowups are symbolic of this; Jennette's emotions over her desire of a true family gets to her head and it causes harm to others (particularly Athy and Ijekiel) and herself. she becomes selfish and feels entitled to her feelings, feeling shame for hating her loved ones but still not feel guilt at the same time. i think the departure from her novel counterpart made the circumstances of her original ending different for manhwa!Jennette, she isn't really the same Jennette and having the same exact ending play out when Spoon already made so much changes to her characterization made it not mesh well i guess...

[spock-smokes-weed]

I think what makes me so feral about this week’s episode is how the confirmation of Viserys’ death wish to have Rhaenyra on the throne changes her and Alicent’s motivations

The scene between Aegon and Alicent really stuck in my head because she’s saying to him “you are a usper. You are no true king. We worked really hard to get OUR family on the throne so don’t fuck it up my trying to play king” where as Aegon has always been transparent about how he didn’t WANT to be king. He’s never personally challenged Rhaenyra’s claim!!! He tried to runaway during the green coup!!!! Aemond literally have to drag him kicking and screaming to his coronation.

But once the crown was placed on his head he believed the lie that his father DID change his mind and DID want HIM on the throne. He’s prancing around like “oh I’m the king! Tehehe I rule the realm!” while everyone around him is doing the real work of ruling. And Aegon starts to see that the more the war escalates, and he’s like “ooo this doesn’t feel good. I’m the king shouldn’t I be doing something?” but gets shuts down at every turn. Then to have his own mother tell him to his face “just sit there and look pretty. That’s all we need you for.”

Then he drunk drives his dragon out onto the battlefield because he feels like he needs to prove himself and now a battle that only was supposed to have two dragons has three.

[jerswayman]

met the most canadian man ever yesterday. he was a visitor at my museum and of course he was wearing an nhl hat. so whilst i was closing up one of the galleries, i casually asked how he'd found last night's game, and once he'd gotten over the fact that some random guy in wales was asking him about hockey, he was like "i didn't even watch it because timezones suck" but told me he was rooting for the oilers in the final and would have watched if he was at home. i was like "ha ha yeah time zones DO suck" and explained that i hadn't slept yet because i stayed up to watch it and that i basically have to do this multiple times a week if i wanna watch live games on a regular basis. i think i felt true pity from him in that moment lmao because he was like "i guess hockey ruins your life no matter what continent you're living in" and seemed pretty surprised that someone had to ruin their sleeping pattern that much for hockey, but in a sympathetic "i get you" kinda way instead of a "what are you doing with your life" kinda way

then i asked him who his team was and he told me he was a montreal fan (boooo) and i was like damn dude we could have been friends but i'm a bruins fan. and in my head i was like envisioning a showdown in front of the paintings or something, but instead we decided that "fuck the panthers let's go oilers" was enough of a common ground to overlook that. so, uh, i think i just solved all hockey rivalries? maybe?

i'm kidding montreal can definitely still get fucked

[kaslanist]

whenever my mood is a bit too good i go and look at yuhsia's files

[rollforjackass]

thank god i've come back to tumblr after all this time bc where else could i say "i've been simping for the scarecrow from batman begins lately" with impunity. anyway thank you cilian murphy for your service

[grimalkinmessor]

Sasha's got me thinking about Shadow and Bone again and once again I am reminded how much I adore Genya Safin. I'm sorry but the scene of her revenge reveal revolves in my brain hickory slow style all the time—her hissing "I poisoned my skin" when they asked her how she crippled the King echoing in my ears forever.

The ruthlessness!!! The fury!!! The patience!!! The poeticism!!! He could've saved himself at any time, and yet he did not!!!

The King took something from her, something precious, and so she set a poisoned apple in front of him knowing he wouldn't be able to refuse it.

All so she could steal something of his in return.

[some-pers0n]

Tumblr is recommending me true crime shit out of nowhere and now I'm getting memes and thrist trap posts of actual real world murderers and rapists I need this app to burn