#the man that killed me is still alive

[oifaaa]

I'm not following your logic. Every piece of media Judd created about why Jason did what he did in UTRH was centered around the Joker being alive and every piece since has stated Bruce killing the Joker would heal Jason in some way. The only reason he breaks down and destroys is room after being healed by the Pit is that he learns the Joker is alive and killing people. 1-2

I'm starting to wonder if I'm the only person who's actually read this stupid book considering Jason literally says very clearly to the Joker in utrh that this isn't about you and that he is only bait - honestly tho alot of people get confused about this so I'll try to explain it

The Joker isn't important the only reason he is in the story is bc he killed Jason, if he was killed by literally any other person and that person was still alive by the time jason came back to life nothing about utrh would change apart from maybe the name red hood - the story of utrh is about Jason's relationship with Bruce that's what Jason cares about everything else the way jason thinks crime should be handled and his morals on killing are all secondary - jason doesn't actually want Bruce to kill Joker and he doesn't really expect him to, it's all theatre

If Jason actually wanted Joker dead or just to prove his system works better then Bruce's he wouldn't have to go through the whole show and dance of the stand off - he could of killed Joker when he had him tied up like Joker literally asked him why am I not dead and that's when Jason's says bc this isn't about you - I don't know how Judd could write that whole scene out and people still don't get it

So then we get to my point about Dick killing the Joker and how that wouldn't mean anything to Jason since Dick isn't Bruce and its really as simple as that - Jason wants to prove a point to Bruce, Dick killing the Joker before Jason has a chance to prove said point wouldn't help him at all it would of just made it more difficult for Jason to get the resolve he needed with Bruce and that's it

[lazylittledragon]

finally joining this party

[s0fter-sin]

thinking about the way ghost doesn't hesitate to start killing shadows when graves betrays them but soap only takes one hostage

you can almost hear the voice in his head telling him it doesn't have to be this way; they can still talk it out

"i'm calling shepherd"

his first instinct when confronted with betrayal is to play it by the books; to go up the chain and sort it out democratically. that goes against everything we've seen him do; he’s quick to drop his enemies and bucks authority at every chance except for the one time he's confronted with the barrels of his allies' guns

he wants a peaceful resolution; for the first time we've ever seen, he doesn't want violence to be the answer

there has to be another fix, a solution that doesn't end with him killing the same men he's been working with; his friends

nothing's happened yet

it doesn't have to go this way

but ghost has been betrayed before. he knows the way this ends; either with him six feet under or his enemy

he doesn't hesitate

it's only when they knock alejandro out that soap shoots; when they spill the first blood and cross a line they can never come back from

only when ghost orders him to run and he has to cover his retreat

and somewhere along the line, between civilians’ screams and taunting voices, between his shaking breath and ghost steady in his ear, that naivety is stripped away; his trust turned to teeth that he uses to sink into throats of men he'd have given his life for

"be careful who you trust, sergeant; people you know can hurt you the most"

he's learned the price of trust

just like ghost did

but unlike ghost, he has someone to guide him through the aftermath

"good advice, It"

[possamble]

Going back to work after this but

[byfulcrums]

Something I love about ATLA is that it doesn't force the "forgive the villain" on all the characters. It's been left clear that Ozai is a bad person, and there's no chance of redemption; the only reason he's not dead yet is because Aang is a pacifist

The one episode where a character is supposed to forgive someone who has hurt them in the past is the one where Katara is off to kill a man (which, fair) and Zuko helps. In that episode, even if Aang is telling her to let go, she doesn't forgive him. She never will. But she spares him. Not because she thinks he doesn't deserve death (he does), but because she's not willing to continue the cycle of violence

Killing someone can have a very important impact in your entire being, mostly depending on who you are as a person. Aang would've never recovered from killing Ozai. Katara wouldn't be who she is now, had she taken her revenge on the man that killed her mother

And the best part of it is that Ozai doesn't deserve to die. Not in a "I'm defending him" way (ew), but in a "he deserves worse that than" way

Taking away his bending was the perfect punishment for him. He believed bending made you superior and he never cared enough to train something besides his bending. What a loser. Zuko and Azula wouldn't be restrained by something like that

He's alive. Nobody has forgiven him. Nobody ever will

[marimeeko]

(Im about to be a bit opinionated here, just a heads up)

Also by the fucking way, and this has bugged me for a few weeks, Izuku didn't really KILL Tenko/Tomura?

Dude, AFO did.

AFO ended up taking COMPLETE control of their body. He sent Tomuras consciousness to be decayed in the Vestige world just as he was monologuing about every step he took to absolutely DESTROY Tenko's life before and after his birth. His premeditated grooming just so HE could continue to live in immortality.

Tomura dissolved in that world and AFO was despairing, but he was the one driving. And at that point there wasn't any way for Tenko or Tomura to regain control.

So he helped Izuku destroy AFO from the inside. Which was amazing and just what I expected would happen in some way, for a very long time.

But what Izuku "killed" wasn't so much Tomura Shigaraki anymore, as it was All For One. All For One who was absolutely destroying their body with Quirk use, making himself into a grotesque, monstrous form because he was losing it over his brother not being there anymore and how pointless it had become to him.

Ii may just be my read on it, but I do not think that was even Tomura anymore.

So, I don't really see how Izuku "killed Shigaraki"

I can imagine how in the story, other characters would think that bc it's a complicated mess and not all of them have context.

But we the readers DO, and he really didn't murder Tomura. He reached Tenko, but it just wasnt enough. He and Tomura smashed AFO between their fists(and the OFA vestiges helped) but that didn't save Tomura. And tomura never even reneged on his urge to destroy it all. He just wanted to destroy his mentor/groomer and so he did.

All this "Izuku killed Tomura" is just strange to me because if anyone KILLED Tomura, it was All For One.

Izukus guilt and PERCIEVING it as himself killing or rather, not being able to save Tenko or Tomura, that is different because we know he's going to be hard on himself about it... Spinner, Tomuras best friend, seeing him as a murderer is understandable in the circumstances. But as a reader I do not see Izuku here as a murderer, at least not of Tomura Shigaraki.

Also I think there is a difference between what happened and izuku supposedly being a "Murderer". Murder really implies intent. The LoV had committed murders. Conscious decisions to end life because they wanted to live their own way. Izuku was trying to save the rest of the world from even more loss of life at the hands of a ruthless, truly evil man. Tomura died, but he was not murdered by Izuku. Izuku wanted to help, and wanted to stop the pain, wanted Tomura to want to stop spreading the pain. Even still, tomura wanted to continue destroying.

[atoriv-art]

I really like your nejisasuneji fanart!I think the similarity between Neji and Sasuke in Naruto is worth exploring. Both of them come from the pupil aristocracy, and their strength is about the same (the early Byakugan and Sharingan are both very strong), and both of them are rebels. Regardless of whether it was fate or the system, both people failed in the end. Neji still failed to escape fate and became a scapegoat. Sasuke finally compromised to the old system and ran around in order to maintain the status quo. It is very appropriate to use one sentence to evaluate the two people: "Those who try to control their destiny end up being controlled by destiny."It will be interesting for the sasuneji two to help each other: Sasuke helps Neji reform the Hyuga clan and break the curse seal of the caged bird. At the same time, the reform of the Hyuga clan becomes the beginning of the reform of the old system of the ninja world. Neji, who is no longer controlled by the caged bird, becomes Sasuke's right-hand man.

yesssss this is what drew me to them! i find it very interesting they are both clan prodigies with Baggage and both come from prestigious clans no less. remember when the sharingan and byakugan were compared to each other and it meant anything ever that was FUN.

i particularly enjoy the idea of contrasting them because If I Wrote Naruto (said every naruto fan ever) this conflict of like. sasuke goes on to be the one who could Not bear to stay in konoha and then later turns against it, vs neji who stayed in konoha after being promised that things would change (and they didn't. funny that) would be something to be explored! especially after Both having been seen as Shitty, Angry Prodigies. but neji "calmed down" after being made promises that weren't kept and sasuke didn't let himself even consider falling for stuff like that (until the ending of naruto lmfao)

i'm a big fan of characters who contrast like that lol and i think the whole sharingan vs byakugan thing is a very fun backdrop to that. like dreams/illusions vs reality/truth? come on now.

people joke about it a lot i've seen, but literally if neji as a character were allowed to 1. exist in a meaningful way at all in shippuden lmfao 2. interact with sasuke, i do think it'd be an easy path for interesting interactions, because like. having to defend the village who's literally never helped you, against the guy who was also Never given any assistance or support growing up, AFTER the village made you countless promises that your life would get better when it literally did not? lol. lmao even

them teaming up is sincerely on the like top 5 best things that would happen If Naruto Made Any Sense to me to be honest i do think about it a lot.

[unhonestlymirror]

Ngl, I kinda hate how One Piece portrays narcolepsy

[cardiacass]

I just saw the new one piece Gakeun chapter and

Through really bad google translate it looks like

1. Laws family is still alive

2. Hes the only one who contracted amber lead, its treated as a rare(?) disease

3. His dad couldnt treat him, despite being a doctor

4. He fked off on his own because people still treated him like shit for being ill (unclear why, i guess its the same fear of contagious disease thing?)

5. Dolflamingo storyline is kept the same (Law says smth abt still wanting to take revenge on the cruel world), corazon gives him his devil fruit

But

Cora’s alive and living in a secret bunker with Law and Onigiri………

[mad-hunts]

alright, i don't know about y'all, but i think motorcycle rides at night are superior — and honestly — going on one with barton? it's fun, but also dangerous. like you're weaving between cars sometimes, and also, he will leave people in the dust who may attempt to race him for... whatever odd reason dangerous, lmao

[aerialworms-art]

Happy 45th birthday to our favourite hunter!

(Yes that is the same bee blanket)

(ID under cut)

[Image ID: a cartoon-style drawing of Dean Winchester, wrapped in a yellow bee patterned blanket and a bi flag blanket and surrounded by genderless grey people hugging him. One of them is smooching him through the blanket. A few more people are approaching, all enthusiastic, one holding up a blue and green striped blanket. Dean looks puzzled and is blushing. There are lovehearts in the air around him.

The image is watermarked "@aerialworms" /end ID]

[dimonds456]

thinking about freehoun so bad tonight oughhhhhhhhhhhh

[labyrynth]

ok so your first problem was assuming mdzs is a story where Good People are Rewarded and Bad People are Punished.

your second problem was assuming that MXTX—who goes out of her way to showcase unresolved, tragic, undeserved endings in all of her works—would ever write a story with such a shallow notion of “deserving.”

the only reason wangxian makes it out unscathed is because they’re literally the protagonists. authorial intent and plot armor ensure their happy ending. that’s it.

[samglyph]

Growing way too fond of Peter “Parker” Yang, a man who is dead for the entirety of the show and has no speaking lines or flashback scenes to actually give him a personality. But who cares. He’s a nosy bitch who cares too much about strangers and if I think about him for too long I want to cry.

[plan-3-tmars]

I've gone so far down the kazui mukuhara rabbit hole that I'll listen to any fucking song ever and it'll still remind me of him. FOR EXAMPLE

DO YOU SEE MY VISION....

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

Anyway prohibitedwish dark medieval mystery drama au. The story is interjected every so often by prismo and scarab arguing over what should happen next