#these chapters were so sick...

[llycaons]

reread 50-51: SARAH....

I wonder if the reason asmodeus likes to sing is because of sarah appreciating her sincerely here. I know she said she doesn't like being purely objectified and that's why she went for a singer and not an older model, but I can't imagine people aren't objectifying aria. maybe she's just telling herself that to justify her preference? I'm sure she'd get more lust from being a model...

back to wondering what corruption means in this context but maybe I'm giving asmodeus too much credit and she just thinks that once someone has been assaulted they're spiritually tainted and her job is done. or if she seduces them they're unable to rejoin conventional society and her job is also done

anyway sarah the single exception who asmodeus could not inflict suffering on

every time I see this in media I'm always like wtf that is SO much blood...I am a heavy bleeder too but aren't these people wearing undergarmants? and menstrual blood is fairly thick - it's not like it's the consistency of paint. usually. it's got stuff in it. anyway. variations across humanity and all that it's just weird to see it so constantly in media I guess

but anyway. women both lesbian and not trapped into socially and legally binding contracts with men as domestic and sexual servants for literal millennia....this little flashback actually means so much to me like yes thank you for reminding us of this long long history of misogyny and homophobia that the church had an active part of holding up

ALSO the construct of family and the idea of defying her parents as more painful and inconceivable to sarah than going through with a loveless marriage to a man she didn't choose and sex she presumably doesn't want. I'm not especially well-versed in family abolition theory but in both this flashback and the luka flashback there are parts where it seems very blatantly obvious that the family is the source and site of extreme violence and abuse, and I find that really compelling in a manga that likewise criticizes the catholic church. it goes hand in hand with a lot of the child abuse themes as well - like priest saying that kids aren't the property of their parents. and we haven't even talked about abortion...I don't think we will but we COULD

Sarah's story comes from the apocryphal Book of Tobit, which...I'm going to be so serious here it doesn't make any difference to me what's considered bible canon by the church and what's not. I am an atheist. This is exciting and impactful mythology, but it is mythology. It is all apocryphal to ME. And the way I'm interacting with these stories is literally as supplementary media for a manga I like. I will take all the analyses and references that are there but as long as they're all around the same topic and occupy the same general literary, social, and religious sphere it doesn't especially matter. To me.

anyway why did asmodeus say she saved sarah as she was dying in the street if she was the daughter of a prominent man. did he adopt her or smt

anyway...sarah tried to kiss her and she STOPPED HER...asmodeus...did you even understand what you were feeling...did you think it would have hurt too much to kiss once then never again?

I HATE THIS SCENE SO MUCH BC IT WAS LITERALLY LIKE THIS...I read a book set in medieval italy once and they went and listened at the door to hear the sounds of the new husband and wife having sex

extremely upsetting! the level of possession both fathers and husbands felt for their wives' bodies and the way women were treated as baby-makers was SO fucked and like the manga talks about this historical attitude in the present day too w Becu reading the Corinthians passage about how women have to be subservient to their husbands...

side note but I think the way some of the fandom talks about sex workers is a little reductive. it's not an extremely in-depth examination in canon either but at least dante is mocked bc he comes off as trying to be a holier-than-thou savior...anyway

she rly looks like an avenging angel...she couldn't bear to see sarah experience the kind of violence she regularly inflicts on others...

missed this - asmodeus full of righteous anger - who's the real demon here?

god himself intervened to make sure this woman married a man. LIKE...it doesn't get much more pointed than that. this flashback is so crazy....the church is a violently misogynistic and homophobic institution and always has been! and on a character level, asmodeus, the demon of lust, found a single person she really cared about and couldn't bring herself to be with her in either a violent OR a consensual way...she killed every man who tried to touch her and made her a pariah until an archangel intervened and she didn't even know why and she's still remembering her thousands of years later! CRAZYYY

oohhh asmodeus your terrible logic...your desperate, nonsensical thought processes....

THIS PART!!!!!

this quote again! asmodeus is thinking about it too! I had initially read this as the series simply telling us 'She Is Wrong' to counter a harmful rape culture myth of 'actually wanting it' but it actually is something she deeply believes and acts upon and what she centers her PLAN around so I really should have paid more attention to it!

onto 51, which is one of the most skin-crawingly disturbing chapters of any visual media I have ever read

he literally cannot believe it. he's completely taken aback, utterly confused. he NEVER suspected, not for a moment. and he liked aria so much - he wanted to believe he had a friend a confidante. oh man. and asmodeus knows she can't beat him head-on, so she's using these manipulation tactics to mentally and emotionally break him instead. that's why she's doing this now-right at the moment he's most vulnerable but before he cuts and runs

in the top image, you can ONLY see his right eye - his real one is left entirely in shadow

literally one of the most horrifying panels in the manga. to me

earlier asmodeus talked about the boxes in his heart opening up...but imuri's been slowly doing that work for months

really cool paneling. but this has me second-guessing myself now bc if she knows he's going to have a traumatic experience regardless why is she acting nice? 'if its from ME he'll like it' like maybe she really just doesn't understand humanity...

well bitch. get wrecked

especially since she's the one who put it there in the first place

this is the face that leah made when facing beezlebub...or close

here's the visual of his unlocked box again! it's not just his gentler emotions in there like his desire for intimacy, but his terror, fury, agony...she opened the box alright. and she triggered him really badly

this timing on this entry from bel makes me think it's directed at asmodeus but I don't think we saw the interference. also...does bel just not know? about priest? I don't remember....

[buwheal]

Wh-

Alright. We keep calm. Spamton, you’ve probably been hurt before. You know what it feels like.

1. Does it feel like something might be broken?

2. Do you have any stab wounds?

3. Did you hit your head at any point?

4. Do your f1 things work on you, and if not, do you have anything that might help with it? (Not the s potion, I repeat not the s potion)

[heuldoch7b]

Do you think some transmasc Marines might have unique chapter themed tattoos covering their top surgery scars?

I imagine some might also modify or add scars to make them look more interesting

... Iron Hands might have fullmetal pecs

fuck it, sure, why not? kindove focused on loyalists with this one

heres a star dragon (featuring the delightfully canon electoo implants they put in their ritual scars) and an imperial fist. the fist actually never had any top surgery (puberty hadn't started, then got scooped up into astartesification at around age 11 so just bypassed it entirely) but still got tats to commemorate anyways.

its gonna range from chapter and individual, some don't even like or want to acknowledge it. fun theoretical, in the end their main perogative is killin' opps real good so how much they think about or care about shit like this is up to you, dear reader. thanks for submitting this :o)

[azzymaxxing]

IFUCKING WIN

[lovesick-x-prince]

The next NFLY chapter should be out on April 12th or 13th by the way. I already have a good chunk written but I like to wait at least two weeks between updates, and I won't be home from the 4th-11th next month because I'm cat-sitting for my friends... so, no access to my computer. 12th or 13th it is!

[soupandflowers]

im going insane im going insane im going insane

JAPAN CALLS CHINA TO THE STAND!!!!!

THAT MEANS THIS IS FINALLY BEING ADDRESSED (credit: verusmayaii on twitter)

CHINA VS JAPAN CHAPTER NEXT WEEK!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[octolingplush]

WAHHHH MY SHAYLAAAA

[brokenrefraction]

i just caught up with the omori manga chapters from 4 to 6

this genuinely makes me so fucking mad. what the fuck. what the FUCK was all of chapter 6

[thedeafprophet]

The thing about Firmament is that it really is so My Area thus far tbh.... Dirigibles, Airships, and The Cieling....Mr Fires in the intro... an ex dawnburnt character talking about the dawn machine.... a vast library with mysterious lore implications and alternative timelines...a mysterious and intriguing woman I want to know things about, whos ALSO an engineer...

Can you tell I'm really excited for the next chapter alflglgkhhk

[meownotgood]

bad news: I am very sick right now and these cough drops I have to take every few minutes taste like shit

good news: under the influence chapter two on saturday (probably) (unless I spontaneously get even sicker) (pray for me)

[the-dragon-hearted]

YOU KNOW WHAT: HATE COMMENTS

I wasn't gonna make a post about it, but I'm gonna make a post about it.

Writers, when/if you get hate comments. Delete them. Don't even answer. Who's this clown coming into my house, rustling around my trash, and questioning what I've done? YOU'RE IN MY DOMAIN!? -

Long story short I got a comment on one of my rougher works. I started it four years ago -I was four years younger than I am now. That's four years of writing experience under my belt AND -

MORE IMPORTANTLY

I STILL LOVE THAT WORK.

Who tf do you think you are? I'm a confident adult writer now. I know I write cringe and enjoy it, I also know I write good shit sometimes. So when some chucklefuck comes into my house like: "I can do better"

Excuse you??

Writers, there will always be improvements you can make to your writing and you will always look back at your old works and recognize their flaws. That's just part of writing - the important part is valuing those old works because they got you to where you are today. Don't hate the cringy you, you once were. They were important and they helped you become who you are now. Similarly, chucklefuck, if you go into someone's inbox to insult a writer's work you are the worst person to exist in creative spaces.

I am a confident writer. I know I write cringe and I know I can write good shit. I know I do both regularly because it's fun. But you come into my house and spit on a younger me's work. Nah.

Because if you can do that, then you'll do it to someone's first fanfic. You'll do it to new writers just dipping their toe in the water. You'll do it to some starry-eyed kid excited by their first comment. And Motherfucker that fills me with rage.

Never, and I mean never feel like you have the right to insult someone's writing. Everyone who posts their work is brave and deserves to interact with people who appreciate it, and people will appreciate it. It doesn't have to be you. Art is not made to be enjoyed by everyone, it is made to be enjoyed by those who resonate with it. Everyone deserves to improve their writing by being supported - by wanting to improve, not forcing themselves to because some loser under a guest profile decided to be an asshole.

So, if you're a writer. Keep on writing. Be proud of what you've done -of everything you've done, including the stuff you think is "cringe" because that got you to where you are now. You wouldn't want someone hating on a random 13-year-old's first work, so don't hate on the work you wrote when you were 13. Or 16. Or 18. Or 25. Or literally ever -

And if you're that chucklefuck, keep your opinions out of writer's inboxes lest you meet me in the back of a Denny's parking lot.

[littencloud9]

OH MY GOD KIRYU I LOVE YOU SO MUCH 😭😭😭

[lithi]

I HATE HATE HATE that Anastasius and Jennette’s conversation was just him lying through his teeth and then we never got to know what they talked about while he was in prison. I WANT TO KNOW

[whumpy-wyrms]

yk i was having trouble writing tllr chapter 12 because Dew is sick with a fever in the beginning and i just,, idk felt uninspired or something because im not the biggest fan of sickfics or whatever

well now i’m sick with a fever and it’s helll so sorry Dew im gonna have to put you through this now my bad 👍👍 at least i am now inspired

if this post makes no sense it’s because my brain hurts and i’m tired 👍👍👍

[hauntingblue]

I was so excited to read one piece and then I saw I was in the body paraite mushrooms chapter. Here we fucking go. Boa hancock will hold my hand through all of this

I'm so sorry luffy but this is so funny... in the anime he was in like a bubble but here he is just flying raw through the open air

He's so excited to see his friends again 😭😭

ENOUGH!!!!!

This isn't funny to me luffy..... not wanting to remember your grandpa leaving you and then sabo dying.... and now your crew is gone too.... christ....

I'm really loving the fan made banners so far akdhaisnks

LUFFY YOU SHOULD BE THANKFUL sanji wouldn't complain about anything a woman does for him

This never gets old I have seen this a hundred times

Love this panel in particular... very robin I alabasta

Thus I so funny akdjakdjkss now that I screamed really loud you want to talk 😃 great!

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 what can I say.... after going through sabaody... he Knows...

Really loving these panels for some reason.... idk look at him....

Really curious about what happened here.... what did she do....

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHH

Sorry luffy ace looks so good here....

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHH

This is so good.... not only is luffy going to get to impel down but hancock is going to keep her warlord title to protect her island bc of him aldjaksnls everything went according to grandma nyon's plan...

SANJI WAS RIGHT!! AKDJAKSJAKAK

The empresses died of repressed feelings.... can you believe how healing it is for hancock to know luffy... her opening up after being closed off for years....

He should have been hiding inside Salome.... you know... stretched....

AAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH

GAAAAAAAAAAAAARP!!!! WHEN I GET YOU GAAARP!!!!

NAMI NOOOOOOOOO LOOK AT HER :(

I got to see ace again... but at what cost.....

The drama...... look at the shading

That's real comedy 🚬🚬

Ace asking for garp to kill him so whitebeard and the rest are safe..... should we end it all.... "we've angered the king of the sea" KILL YOURSELF!!!!!! this is so strange!!! is he rooting for whitebeard?? does he want ace to lose another father?? what is going on inside that thick fucking head of his

[grassbreads]

For the love of god someone explain to me why there are not one but TWO whole Caucus Race stories whose plot is "Alice unintentionally freaks out one of her friends because she doesn't know what sex is and makes them think she's coming onto them."