#virtue and vice

[ikeprinces-stuff]

My reaction to this was :

[whatsyourcolor]

Psycho-Pass Providence Review (with major spoilers!!! Don’t read if you don’t want spoilers!!)

As promised, I went to see Psycho-Pass Providence at Nijo Toho Cinemas in Kyoto. They had a little merch at the theater. They also gave everyone a booklet with artwork that I’ll include at the end of this review. If you want to wait until you can see the movie, please stop reading now because I will be basically telling everything that happened, good and bad. I was glad to see more people coming to watch the movie because when I bought the tickets most seats were available! We are a small fandom, but we are loyal! Now, please understand I don’t know any Japanese, so a lot of the information here is things that happened, but I can’t tell you much about the dialogue. I’m dying for someone to translate it once the movie becomes available everywhere.

Spoilers below:

The movie starts in a ship off the coast of Kanagawa, Japan, that is being attacked by the infamous peace breakers led by Akira Ignatov, Kei’s strange brother. The men in the ship are SAD agents that are getting murdered left and right. What do the peacebreakers want? Get something from a woman named Stronoyka who is currently traveling in the ship. From the synopsis we know this woman holds a dossier that details how to destroy Sibyl (or something of the sort, can’t quite remember). Kogami is the first on the scene in a suit reminiscent of a flying squirrel, but unfortunately, he’s too late. He looks hot as hell though when he jumps in the water.

The intro with a song by Ling Tosite Sigure had me excited to be watching a Psycho-Pass movie in a movie theater and surrounded by Japanese fans of the movie. It was sweet!

To skip ahead, SAD and the MWPSB have to work together. Akane, Kogami, Ginoza, Sugo, Saiga and Frederica travel to Dejima to investigate, I think. Let’s get to the meat of what the fandom wants to know.

Kogami and Ginoza Reunited

Akane is talking to Frederica and as they’re walking towards Division 1 office, they find Ginoza grabbing Kogami by the collar and yelling at him while Sugo is trying to separate them. What was Ginoza saying? No idea, but he was probably getting back at Kogami for leaving or coming back, etc.

At some point, however, Kogami and Ginoza fight together against their enemies. There seems to be some will for reconciliation.

Akane and Kogami Reunited

Akane walks in the room with Frederica when Gino is yelling at Kogami. Ko says “Kanishkan” at some point, so I think he’s addressing Akane, but her reaction is…should I say, enigmatic? Indifferent? Maybe she’s controlling herself?

SAD and the aforementioned team travel together to Dejima, and Akane and Kogami barely talk on the way. Once there, Saiga and Kogami talk and at some point they mention Akane. Later Akane calls Kogami while he’s in his room. They both sound like they disagree about something or like something is awkward between them and Akane hangs up on him, surprising him.

The thing about this movie is that they gave Akane the cutest outfits. Especially one in a very crucial moment. I’m so glad they made her look so cute and beautiful in the movie.

At some point the infamous peacebreakers begin their attack, and in the famous explosion scene, Frederica, Saiga, Kogami and Akane are walking down a hallway when an explosion goes off. Kogami doesn’t even think once about protecting Saiga or Frederica, he straight up runs to Akane and they fall to the ground. There are some lines of dialogue here while he’s laying on top of her. This is the part when Akane gets her bruised cheek.

In another scene, after Akira basically gives himself up, Kogami is interrogating him and then another guy shows up and shoots at them. Kogami gets shot and he ends up in the hospital. Akane visits him and when he makes to start smoking, she takes the cigarette off his mouth. There’s a moment here where it seems like he’s teasing her, because he sits up on his bed and kinda leans towards her. Very cute moment between them.

Saiga

Saiga and Kogami have a long talk about many things (I assume, remember, I don’t know any Japanese) but at some point they mention Akane.

A very sad, traumatic moment for Akane. They get attacked by a specially unkillable peacebreaker and Saiga ends up being held hostage by the guy. In the last moment, what we feared happens. Saiga’s last words are for Akane. Our poor girl suffers a lot and Kogami is there to console her and help her push through. They look so good together!

Akira, Kei, Maiko, Arata and Arata’s Dad

Honestly, most of the plot escapes me. Akira at some point even fights himself. He seems to be controlled by an old man who appears to be creating his own version of Sibyl. Akane is actually invited to Kei and Maiko’s wedding and on the same night Arata’s dad, with whom she seemed to have a very good relationship (there’s a lot of dialogue between Arata’s dad and Akane), killls himself while holding a photo of his family.

Craziness Ensues

Akane agrees to meet the mastermind behind all these terror attacks while a tactical team formed by Frederica, Gino, Kogami and Sugo fighting lasers from the air attack the headquarters of the peacebreakers. Here we see for the first time the two old dudes that become obsessed with Kogami in Season 3.

While everyone is fighting and there are explosions and shooting everywhere, Akane has a dialogue with the mastermind. At some point she draws her dominator but his crime coefficient is around 40. The whole place begins to collapse and by then, the mastermind has shot Akane on the leg and has her cuffed. They discuss and debate when he shoots her again (that asshole!). By the time Kogami shows up to rescue her, the other man is pointing his gut right at Akane’s forehead while they debate. At some point Akane says something that irks the guy and he pistol whips her a little bit. Kogami shoots him and gets her out of there.

The craziest plot twist

They show Akane dressed in a ceremonial uniform (and she looks so beautiful!) while Kogami is confined to an isolation facility. He begins reading a letter she wrote to him. They show her at a ceremony where it seems she will be recognized for her achievements. It is here when Akane shoots Chief Kasei in front of everyone.

They show Mika running to arrest Akane for her crime and she yells at Akane with frustration for what she did. Akane offers no resistance. As Kogami is reading the letter he looks angry, frustrated and sad for what Akane did. Why did she do it? We will have to wait until someone translates the movie.

Akane’s face is plastered all over the news as the inspector who went crazy and killed her boss. They show a parallel of Kogami walking out of the isolation facility while Akane is walking in. They don’t cross paths, but once Akane is alone she completely breaks down sobbing uncontrollably. It was so sad to see her suffer like that! Then they show Kogami walking free on the street and he says something and then the movie ends. Did Akane go to jail because of Kogami?

I’ll write more thoughts tomorrow! Overall it was well made. Lots of CGI and explosions almost made me think at times that I was watching a Transformers movie.

[mckitterick]

Absence of empathy

[balu8]

Seven deadly sins.

JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice

by David S. Goyer/Geoff Johns (W.); Carlos Pacheco (P.); Jesus Merino (I.); Guy Major (C.) and Ken Lopez (L.)

DC

[theblonweird0]

Hello hi yes it is me

again

I really wanted to make some characters for @strawbubbysugar 's Bethroned

And then realized

I have too many ocs that are not seeing any use.

So have these brothers;

Soldiers in the war, brothers Puri and Furi don't know what to do with themselves during this tentative peace. They are often seen patrolling, occasionally together, though more often than not, Furi sets off Puri's PTSD in an attempt to get him over it faster (it doesn't). So Puri avoids him almost as much as humans.

Furi (purple) hates humans with everything he has. Will pick fights. Loves to be intimidating. Refuses to get rid of his tactical upgrades.

Puri (white) is terrified of humans, and will avoid them when he can. If he is unable to avoid them, he will be polite but likely have a panic attack afterwards. If approached in a hostile manner, he will revert to his soldier's mindset.

[lotuskks]

Defining the Common Man in One Word

What is one word that describes you? He woke up early in the morning. Sitting on the bed, he brooded for some time without actually having a thought. The deep darkness had started becoming lighter. After a few moments, he got up from the bed and went up to the open terrace. The terrace gives him a feeling of openness. The dark sky was embellished with a few glittering stars. Birds had started…

[psychopasss4]

舞台 PSYCHO-PASS サイコパス Virtue and Vice 3 ☺️❣️

The infamous sound of dominator... The long awaited performance of Haruto Kuizumi, played by #鈴木拡樹 , and Ego Kaido, played by #和田雅成 is finally here! 🤗

Tickets are now on sale! 💞😘

WHERE: Tokyo and Osaka

WHEN: March 15, 2024 - Friday

[prettypathosis]

panic! at the disco members color-picked from the albums i most associate with them

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Henry "Monty" Montague- The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

Kihrin D’mon- A Chorus of Dragons by Jenn lyons

Silas Bell- The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

Robert Lanyon- The Glass Scientists by S.H. Cotugno

[whatsyourcolor]

Exactly! She’s not asymptomatic! She’s a truly ethical being, which is why Sibyl can’t find a way to darken her hue and the reason why they’re so interested in her. She disproves the notion that humans are intrinsically evil, which is the philosophical reason Sibyl exists and is comprised of *spoiler* a mosaic of psychopathic brains.

Akane struggles with her decisions but relies on her belief (or faith) that humans can find solutions to the most complex issues and this is in itself subversive to the system. If others could be like Akane, maybe the system wouldn’t be needed (Kogami tells her this). But the possibility that humans have that potential is there.

If she was asymptomatic like Makishima, all of that nuance would be lost.

Read some comments from under whatever Providence content I could find on YouTube, and it showed me that some people really believe Akane is criminally asymptomatic.

If anything, I think it has been consistently proven so far that she isn’t. She wasn’t born with it, never thought of herself as one and neither did anyone else, including Sybil… it’s just that her beliefs alone are enough to shake everything to the core.

[whatsyourcolor]

I will not repost anything that says Season 3 of Psycho-Pass is better than Season 2.

This is the hill I die on.

[philosophybits]

Some faults, properly displayed, shine more brightly than virtue itself.

François de La Rochefoucauld, Moral Reflections

[bagerfluff]

These beautiful art pieces were made by Deny Pratama. denypratama on Instagram and deny_prtma on Twitter.

These art pieces show Willis, Takeru, and Hikari all staring at their partners' fallen versions. Black Seraphimon, Cherubimon (Vice), and Ofanimon: Falldown Mode

I don't think you can understand how much I love these art pieces, I want them as posters in my room.

[whatsyourcolor]

You’ll never walk alooooone plays in the background as Makishima walks into the horizon with a Pikachu cooler containing two eyeballs and eight fingers. Why eight, you ask? He left the middle fingers on the body of his victim as a message to the MWPSB, but especially, to Kogami. Hence, that smile.

[vulcajes]

Marauders & Co's vices/virtues ✨️

James — gambles/kind

Peter — compulsively lies/ambitious

Sirius — smokes/courageous

Remus — procrastinates/accepting

Lily — bites her nails/just

Mary — gossips/compassionate

Marlene — hyper-competitive/has integrity

Emmeline — boasts/generous

Dorcas — speeds when driving/creative

Pandora — graverobs/innovative

Evan — spreads rumours/resourceful

Barty — sex/intelligent

Bellatrix — murder/responsible

Andromeda — drinks/liberality

Narcissa — spends too much/friendly

Xenophilius — is reckless/helpful

Sybill — overthinking/temperant

Regulus — easily irritable/patient

[devildevotee]

you can put yourself before the gods.

you can prioritise yourself before the gods.

you can put your health before the gods.

you can put your wellbeing before the gods.

you can put your mental state before the gods.

you can put your comfort before the gods.

you can put your safety before the gods.

it is not self-centered to do so. it is not betraying them to do so. it does not make a statement of them being less important than what they are. they can still be important to you and you can still take care of yourself.

and if you need that incentive, of using worship as a means to take care of yourself, you do that. you matter, too.