#tbh I wasn't expecting that triple kill

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It'll be hard to top those opening seconds in Mako Mart, but I'll be damned if I don't try!

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BSD CHAPTER 114.5 SPOILERS!!

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT ASAGIRI

I AM GOIGN TO BREAK INTO HIS HOUSE WHAT THE FUVKKKKKKKKKKK

BRAM IS ALIVE HE HAS TO LIVE HES NOT ALLOWED TO DIE HES GOTTA LIVE HES JUST GOTTA

Also. TRIPLE SINGULARITY ?????!!!!!?!??!!!?

WHATTTY THE FUCK IMLISSEIBG MY MIND IM GONE IM ON THE FLOORRRR WAHT

Also fyodors ability!!! Tbh it wasn't what I was expecting exactly, but I WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BODY TSKING ON HIS LOOKS LETSSS GOOOOO

WHERE ARE MY BOYS ATSUSHI AND AKUTAGAWA BRO BRING THEM BACKKKKKK 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Also SPEAKING OF THEM- REMEMBER THE THING AT THE END IF THE ANIME THAT ATSUSHI AND AKUTAGAWA WERE GONNA FIGHT? THATS THE TRIPLE SINGULARITY. IF. IF U DIDNT ALREADY KNOW.

Also fukuzawa protecting aya and bram calling aya "my princess" 😭💔

IM REALLY WONDERING SBOUT THAT SINGULARITY....... WE GOTTA BRING VERLAINE OUT OF THE BASEMENT FOR THIS ONE 😭

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Also props to soukoku for doing nothing but look pretty this chapter. Love that for them

WHERE. IS MY BOY NIKOLAI HIM WORRIED ABOUT HIM 😭

My mind can't get off that singularity.... The abilities in BSD are one of my favorite things 😋😋 and singularities are so Jejfjsjwfjjwbdjfjejsjdbejdfbjdjsjs

Also FYODOR JSUT WONT STAY DEAD 😭 but is IS possible to kill him, just use poison or smth like that like dazai said. But he ALSO said "it wouldn't do to die by my hand" does that mean fyodors ability doesn't work on dazai? Is dazai the only one that can safely kill fyodor????? And if he is, does that mean fyodor is going to fight dazai while akutagawa and atsushi fight the triple singularity?

Or is it that fyodor will have the triple singularity kill him so he can become the singularity? I don't think so tho, seeing how it was only semi-senitaint at the end of the anime.. plus, fyodors goal seems different.

What IS fyodors goal here? What is he trying to achieve here? But besides that, since he took control of bram, I'm guessing he now has the ability to control all vampires. What does he plan to use the vampires for?

Idk but I'm absolutely losing my mind. We FINALLY got a fyodor ability reveal !!!!!! And although it wasn't as interesting as some of the theories, I'm just glad we finally know. It would make him really annoying tho..

[rei-ismyname]

Iceman Cometh - Bobby Drake Levels Up

As the youngest of the original five X-Men, Iceman was the class clown and the least powerful. Snowboy might have been a better name for him, though that would be a little mean. He definitely experienced growth and came into his own with his powers, but Bobby Drake was closeted for many years in more ways than one.

Snowboy and Iceman, side by side.

All-New X-Men is a great example of an additive retcon for Bobby, revealing that he is gay. His outing is not a model for how to treat queer people, but Marvel sucks at that so it's kinda to be expected. It was nonetheless a quite profound turning point for him and he grew as an X-Man and as a person. 2019's House of X revealed that he was an Omega Mutant of Temperature Manipulation (negative) while also finally defining the term - 'a mutant whose dominant power is deemed to register or reach an undefinable upper limit...' Basically Gods or elemental incarnations for their specific gift, and Iceman was no different.

Iceman terraforming Mars with the other Omegas in Planet-Size X-Men, described as 'creating ice sheets miles wide' - all the ice on Planet Arakko was created by Iceman - the very environment.

Bobby was having a blast in Marauders, taking names and kicking ass on the high seas. In issue 21 most of the Marauders + Emma Frost were flushed into space by a scoundrel trying to rob and kill them. He would have succeeded if not for Iceman's quick thinking, creating a small planetary body to shelter in after being airlocked. Iceman himself could survive space but this feat unlocked confidence we hadn't seen before from him, and something else...

Bobby Drake was truly becoming Iceman and internalising what Omega means. Not having to fear death played a part too but he was considering 'undefinable upper limit' when opportunity struck.

One fine afternoon FIN FANG FOOM smelt their aged Krakoan whiskey and acted as gigantic dragons that win galactic combat tournaments often do. The whole crew was terrified and made haste to GTFO. Sure, customers were waiting on their product, but generally dragons do as they please.

Bobby Drake would have been one of them but Iceman just saw a challenge. 'This isn't even my final form' - probably.

Freezing his gums and his initial attack didn't work, with the dragon smashing Bobby into shards. Fortunately that's barely an inconvenience and Iceman was not giving up. Yeah, get iced, idiot!

Still, Ice Pokémon are weak to Fire. Melting him was as effective as smashing him to pieces, so Bobby finally got serious. 'Get big and beat them down' beats even the hottest flame.

Sure, buddy. After a walloping, Triple F fired off some face-saving utterances and turned tail. The rest of the Marauders were gobsmacked and kinda scared, except for Christian Frost who said 'that's my boy.' He still wasn't feeling challenged though, so he went on a little trip...

... to Niffleheim to bare knuckle box Ice Giants. I feel a little sorry for them bc they were just kicking it in their home when this lunatic showed up and kicked all their asses. 'SEND THE ONES THAT FIGHT THOR!'

'WE ARE THE ONES WHO FIGHT THOR.' Yeah he beat the shit out of all the Ice Monsters in the Ice Realm easily. The ones that give Thor and Odin grief. They've invaded Asgard and Earth multiple times, though they might give the latter a miss in future. Tbh he found it unchallenging, but at least they know who's the king of Ice. ICEMAN, THAT'S WHO.

'What did you do today?'

'Pounded Fin Fang Foom til he fled then beat up the entirety of Niffleheim. Kinda slow, wbu?'

[desultory-novice]

Do you think sectonia will come back to life in her pre bee form and taranza will be happy again

...Hmm. You've put me in something of a conundrum. When you ask a question so sincerely, I want to give a sincere answer, even though the answer I have is not a pleasant or cheery one.

I don't think she will ever come back. Bee, wasp, spider, plant, or otherwise.

I don't think that was the point of Triple Deluxe's story, tbh. It was, on the surface, a fairy tale. You play out this heroic narrative about a hero climbing a giant beanstalk to slay an evil queen and rescue the kingdom of the nice flower fairies from the scary bug people!

~The End~

And THEN you're invited to play it again and realize, "Oh no, the evil queen was actually a tragic figure, and so was that spider guy."

It's because of that Triple Deluxe just isn't written as a story where the tragic queen can come back to life. And now, her death has influenced enough of the overall narrative and themes of the Kirby series to the point that I think "invalidating" her death by bringing her back would be walking back on those significant thematic changes.

Now, do I think Taranza will ever be happy again?

...Yes, actually!

In fact, I think he is happy right now, given wherever "now" is in the timeline. Does he still miss his queen? Undoubtably. Is he sad? At times. Will his happiness involve finding "another girlfriend?"

......Honestly, I hope it doesn't because that runs the risk of reinforcing a a somewhat toxic narrative that you NEED to have a romantic partner in your life to be happy and fulfilled and "correct."

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[CW: Personal Talk About Adults And Relationships]

I have a friend who spent years in abject, depressive misery believing he had failed his family and failed as a person because he wasn't married or dating anyone at age 35-ish. He had goals and dreams and stuff he liked but he couldn't bring himself to value those things or proceed on them. He'd been convinced success was entirely being in a successful relationship and everything else was failure.

That unnecessary societal expectation was killing his soul.

[/Personal Talk]

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So, I'd never want a popular and well-liked character like Taranza from my beloved Kirby series, to continue to perpetuate that frightening zeitgeist.(1) And in the end, Taranza and Sectonia were never more than "friends." There ARE implications they loved each other, or at least, that he loved her, but for all of their life, they were caught at friends. And now, Taranza has gained some new friends.

Not friends to replace Sectonia and what she meant to him, but friends that can bring him new sources of happiness!

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(1) PS: I actually don't think there's anything wrong with wanting or prioritizing being in a relationship as long as it is FOR YOURSELF and not because you or someone with strong emotional influence over you believes that you're "losing" at life without those things.

[gemsofthegalaxy]

I lied the other day, i still had Akkala to fill out on my map but i just got the tower!! The WHOLE RIGHT SIDE is now filled.

Tbh it wasn't AS hard as i expected and i only killed one enemy, none of which were the flying guardians lol.

I feel like my Link is like, lowkey secretly a rogue/spy. Or a rogue multiclassed as a fighter. Or a triple threat rogue-fighter-archer. If i had that majora's mask, i would absolutely just walk past most monster camps.

I got through Akkala tower by climbing up, carefully avoiding guardians, climbing to a spot where i could jump up to the tower, taking a tiny bit of damage on malice and then just climbing up the side opposite of where the flying guardians were. Bish bash bosh.

I also strongly prefer to shoot enemies a few times first before running in to beat them with a club or spear with little tact. I love surprise attacks and sneaking potions but i dont use them all that often, mostly bc i forget.