#unnecessary complexity

[gagande]

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[be-it-so]

I really like to think that Odysseus and Penelope after they first met and fell for each other were so fucking stupid In their ways of communicating. No, not in the meaning of blushing, stattering, or nervous sweating.

But in the meaning of creating unnecessary complex long schemes just to make an "accidental" meeting. Penelope will be in her palace making this grand plan that involves at least twenty people who do not know they are part of this yet to get Odysseus in the garden to meet with her father just in time for Penelope to twist the conversation the way that her sister will suggest to take a walk, just so they could "accidentally" stumble upon Odysseus who did not find their father in the garden, because just so happens he left an hour ago to the other side of the city after Penelope reminded him of a duty he had to do there, so now Penelope can't not offer to guide Odysseus to the place where he can wait, so they can walk almost alone for twenty minutes.

While odysseus is making an equally complex plan involving bribing a bard to play a song that will remind Tyndareus of the story from his youth, that Odysseus found out about beforehand, where he recieved a special gift for his palace, so Odysseus can lead the conversation the way that Tyndareus makes an offer to show Odysseus the place where the gift from the story is displayed that just so happens is located perfectly near the temple that Penelope usually visits during this time of a day. So when they finally get there a slave will be there to approach Tyndareus telling him that there is some urgent problem with one of the Helen's suitors (that Odysseus may be or may be not in fault of), so he has to leave Odysseus for himself just in time for Penelope to leave the temple, accidentally stumbling upon Odysseus.

They spend at least couple of weeks like this, then they finally have their "accidental" meeting, they talk for an hour, never saying what they mean straight, playing some fucked up mind game that from the outside look like a normal small talk, that actually consits of like seven more layers of hidden subtext.

And both of them leave the conversation with the exact thought of "I've won, now she/he has to marry me"

[thatbirdrestaurant]

A deeply unnecessary analysis of NaLu and Natsu's feelings

I'm as much of a sucker for insta-love NaLu as the next guy, but I do genuinely believe it took these two a while to fall in love. I can't deny that there was an immediate attraction, especially on Lucy's end, and I do think romantic feelings have been stewing between the two of them since as early as season one, but the realization took a really long time to hit.

We'll start off talking about Lucy, because I have the least to say about her. I've said before that I think Lucy didn't realize she had feelings for Natsu until she realized she was in love with him, which was after the events of the Eclipse Gate. I can pinpoint the exact moment she realized; the moment right after, when her and Natsu are standing in the rubble, and she just starts crying before running to hug him. I think that's the moment she realized that she loves him, and she has for a while.

I believe it took so long for Lucy to realize because she grew up in a very sheltered environment. Her only exposure to typical teenage experiences that didn't involve arranged marriages was teen magazines; she knew what it felt like to be superficially attracted to someone, when someone was objectively attractive, and she's had crushes before, but never really been in love.

We're moving onto Natsu now, because I have the most to say about him by a landslide. For immediate starters, I don't really recognize 100 Year Quest; even though I love all the GruVia development within it, I find it to be a very unnecessary spin-off that doesn't respect its characters, especially Natsu. It's done horrible things for his maturity as a whole, including all the development with Lucy.

Natsu loves Lucy, that's something I've believed for a very long time, and he shows it in his actions more than anything. He's protective of her, he loves spending time with her and he's upset when she isn't around, and he wants to move Heaven and Earth for her. He has since pretty much day one.

But he doesn't realize he has feelings for her until their fight with Kain, and he doesn't even realize he's in love with her until he watches her (future self) die.

That doesn't sound right, though, does it? How can someone watch a scene like Natsu putting the rainbow sakura on a boat, just so Lucy can see it bloom, and think he doesn't realize he likes her until much, much later?

Natsu was raised in an environment where you would cut off both arms and a leg for your friends and family. Fairy Tail is a guild that values familial relationships and friendships more than anything. I truly believe that, to Natsu, most of the things he did for Lucy before the fight with Kain, he did with what he thought were platonic intentions.

On top of that, I do headcanon Natsu to be on the aromantic spectrum. He doesn't feel romantic attraction as "easily" as other people do, and he very seldom actually recognizes it as such. He knows what it is - how could he not, when surrounded by it so often - but he's never really felt it himself. Maybe he had a bit of a childhood crush on Lisanna, but that's stretching it thin. She was his best friend, that's for certain.

Natsu thinks he and Lucy are as normal as friends as anyone else in the guild, until she has the chance to leave him behind for her own safety, and she absolutely refuses. I cannot watch that scene without feeling like I'm watching Natsu fall in love, realize his feelings at the very least.

Another NaLu trope I'm an absolute sucker for is that Natsu thinks, and has thought, him and Lucy have been dating for quite some time. Do I realistically believe so? No, I don't.

I think, to some capacity, Natsu knows that Lucy loves him, too, the same way that he loves her, and I think he believes that's a mutual understanding. To Natsu, they both know how they feel, that they're in love, but they're not in a rush to discuss it, to put a label on it.

He knows they act like a couple, that people who pass them on the street see a boyfriend with his girlfriend, and that's enough for him at the moment.

Natsu and Lucy's final conversation before the end of the series was a confession. Hiro Mashima can pry this belief from my cold dead hands. That was Natsu's way of confessing his love for Lucy, his way of expressing that he wants them to be together forever, but he's still Natsu, and he still thinks Lucy knows he loves her.

Lucy is a very shy person; she gets flustered just from Natsu standing too close, and Natsu is already content with the two of them just existing near one another. Would he like to hug and kiss Lucy? Of course he would, but he doesn't need it.

Where him and Lucy are is already more than enough for him, he just, unfortunately, doesn't realize that Lucy isn't on the same page. She would like to be, though she doesn't even realize it, but she doesn't quite have the courage for it.

While I do think Lucy is pining for Natsu, I don't think she's doing so painfully. She gets flustered when people insinuate her and Natsu are a couple, as anyone would, but she doesn't seem very torn up about correcting people. She loves him, yes, but she's completely fine with just being his friend. She's grateful enough to have him in her life.

They're in this weird limbo of 'not a couple, but not just friends' because while they're not oblivious to their own feelings, they're oblivious to the impression the other has about their relationship. Natsu thinks they're dating, but are taking things slow; Lucy thinks they're just friends, but would love to be more.

[rolanslide]

What Iris tells Edgeworth: I know what you are. I know you have a dark secret.

What Iris means: You've done something you could never forgive yourself for, all for the sake of someone who was only hurting you in the end. You still care about this person, even though they're long gone and it's long since been proven that they're not worth grieving. But they were still your reason for being, and you're not sure who you are without them. And even then, you can never forgive yourself for being tied to them for so long, and the people you hurt as a result. Your guilt has walled you off from any meaningful connection, as you're afraid of hurting or being hurt by anyone else. That's why you keep running away, from both your loved ones and yourself. Everything you do is atonement.

What Edgeworth thinks she means: Oh god she knows I'm gay

[thearunadragon]

Imagine Roran calling Brom “Uncle Brom.”

I don’t know how I feel about this.

[shibesky]

fighting for my life trying to make a little spino design

[garlic-and-cloves]

Why is it, that out of all of the languages I've learned, English sentence structure makes the least sense??

[leighsartworks216]

Oh to sit in Sylus' lap and yap about Silent Hill 2 (2001)

[sarafangirlart]

Y’know, if I had a nickel for every adaption that makes Acrisius Danaë’s husband instead of her father, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s indicative of the writers’ lack of understanding of the mythology.

[sunnies-theory-of-happiness]

me when my top kins are vil honami and azul 😔😔

[kyuponstories]

This is exactly why I don't engage w/ this fandom online anymore. 🙄

Boracity magazine was talking about that weirdo who tried to break in JK's house on her livestream just now, and talked about how armys need to be fr about how these types of "fans" are literally stalkers who don't respect the boys' feelings at all. I made a comment about how this is why I hate the parasocial aspect of Kpop marketing, because it very much encourages this behavior from people who are literally obsessed with these idols.

Why this idiot in the comments claim that I was insulting BTS? 🤡 And when I clarified that I was referring to Kpop stars in general + was making a general statement on the industry, they proceed to say they don't see the correlation and that it doesn't have nothing to do w/ this situation since western stars deal w/ stalkers too..... 🥴🥴🥴🥴

I forgot people these days can't read and comment to respond instead of understand. 🤦🏿‍♀️ And armys especially like to fight w/ others in the fandom for literally no reason.

[hellsite-hall-of-fame]

To heighten your ego. Because I want to 😝

What if…….. this anon has post notifications on for you 👀

noooo anon you shouldn’t try to heighten it….. but you do?? actually, legitimately??? thank you🥺

…

okay now i’m curious so it’s unnecessary poll time :)

[discombobulatedrebel]

No but someone tell me why using 1 = -i² feels like picking a fight with a tiny guy, but he becomes huge and VERY VERY RED when angered?

[tarancho]

art dump - johnathon's face (post-haircut)

[sukibenders]

I don't like how the show portrayed Annabeth's relationship with her father and/or how they made it just the stepmother seem like she was all to blame, because it really feels like they're trying to make Frederick have a better (easier) redemption when there should be no way that a good father just let's his six year old run away from home. I, personally, while I do think he did love her (and still does) that ship is very distant and, possibly given that she's his only reminder of Athena and the complex relationships with that, could also play a factor as well. What would be interesting, and heartbreaking, is if the show (who I also wished wasn't moving Athena and Annabeth's relationship so quickly but I digress) could have Annabeth still have hope that her father loved her, to be convinced that all the blame is solely on the stepmom and probably go back home with a thicker skin and this "you won't stand in my way again" type attitude (bc she literally got back from a life threatening quest and all) only for her, after some point, to realize that she had it all wrong. That the blame wasn't solely on her stepmother, but that Frederick had eventually just....didn't want her, or care anymore once his new family came into play.

[snekdood]

idg bullies bc if you think someone is committing some sort of social sin... why aren't u stepping in to help them, why are you watching them fuck up? clearly its important enough to you that you try to socially punish the fellow, if this is a social cause you are so very impassioned about, why not help that person not fuck up?

or... did you just want to laugh at someone fucking up? bc at that point you're providing nothing to anyone besides just being an asshole but hey ig some people are proud of their assholes so