#we were losing so hard

[tomgrcg]

the season four tomgreg experience

[seagreenstardust]

Good grief that’s the last time they see each other nobody touch me nobody LOOK AT ME I am in crisis mode

[stackslip]

actually i do have something to say about this chapter and it's quite critical of it but also i'm tired tonight and i've been talking about it long and hard on discord already and putting it all together in a coherent post feels like too much of a task tonight. all i'm gonna say is that part 2 was very obviously going in a certain direction from the start, and i loved that direction, and to an extent it is still going in that direction but now very obviously missing a huge chunk of what stirred it in that direction. and i'm hesitant to simply say it's fujimoto that's dropped the ball on this (though it might the idealization, who's to say) because from the actual shape of the writing + slump in paneling/art + recent bitter interview by fujimoto + japanese audience is apparently vocally not a fan of asa + my own cursed knowledge of shounen jump and shueisha editors and how they react to a fall in sales = i think the lack of focus on asa has really hurt the themes of part 2 when she was an integral part of it + i think this wasn't entirely fujimoto's doing and it's very likely because she is apparently strongly disliked in japan and there's good reason to believe that fujimoto was told to not focus on her nearly as much bc sales slump and people complain as soon as she shows up. which sucks. becaue what made part 2 work as well as it did was the synergy and parallel between the two protagonists' paths, and the absence of asa's path in the past few months (both in universe and by real time in the comic) feels like a genuine writing and thematic and emotional hole in the comic that to me shows that she WAS supposed to be there. fujimoto had fully intended to write her in there bc there's a hole in the shape of her where she is very obviously supposed to fit. it isn't simply a question of "author forgets his female character" it's a question of "this crucial part of the manga is missing and the author is painfully aware of it and bitter about it too"

[reireichu]

This is a man who lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship. Twice.

[flowerakatsuka]

started thinking about the okipara museum artwork and i just realized what flower 18!kara is holding in it.

those are alstroemeria, which can mean perseverance and yearning for the future in hanakotoba....

[ceriseo]

the only change i'll actually be mad about is still just nettles sorry. cut daeron? lowkey a boring flop anyway. replaceable! alicole sex scene? okayy lets bring on the catholic guilt and hypocrisy. no maelor? whatever i trust them. but my daughter... my beautiful daughter nettles who disproved valyrian blood purity and used nothing but cunning and wit to take a power held exclusively by ennobled dynastical tyrants, crumbling their whole egotistical worldview with one move. screaming crying throwing up. wheres my giiiirl where is she...

[ellenchain]

I'm playing some old missions again to update my challenges and was surprised at how good I find the 7 Deadly Sins compared to the newer content (pff) But playing Ambrose Island, I realised again how little we know about Lucas Grey's past.

Apart from the fact that Grey suddenly comes around the corner with a mission that also happens to have something to do with Providence, I'm sure it's down to IOI looking for content that fits in with the overall game. So no further questions.

But still I ask myself: Who was Noel Crest for Lucas Grey?

Because have you noticed that Grey sounds super, super sad when Crest dies? Or when he announces him? Or when he briefly talks about his past? In general, Grey was extremely vulnerable in this mission. John Hopkins does a fantastic job as always, but I really wonder why Grey is so emotional. I mean, I melt every time he says "I'll see you soon" when the mission is over. It's very sweetly purred. Longingly, even.

Crest was probably one of Grey's confidants, they worked closely together. But for comparison, Sean Rose, the guy who ran the big militia in Colorado (on Grey's behalf), also seemed to me to be a confidant of Grey. Otherwise he wouldn't give him such a task. Grey himself worked in the house alongside all the others (we remember the cellar). Intense co-operation, as with Crest. And we see Grey directly after 47 has done his deed, namely on the hill with his sniper rifle. But here, he didn't look sad at all. More like "well, now they're dead, crap, I'll have to think of something else now"

With Crest, I had the feeling that he needed 5 minutes to himself to process the death of his former... friend? I don't know, maybe I am reading too much into it.

Are there any fan theories on Noel Crest and Lucas Grey yet??

[dootznbootz]

Odypen definitely and equivalently adore each other BUT I weirdly can't see them as the type to actually say "I Love you".

They still definitely vocalize their love for each other but it's more so in "My Joy", and "Extraordinary Woman", "Strange Woman/Man", etc. And very cheesy lines (both say some cheesy shit in the Odyssey, and he definitely does in the Iliad as well. "Joy like a drowning sailor seeing land" bit???)

I could see "I adore you" but even then, that's probably during very specific moments but the actual "I love you"??? I just typed it just now for fic shit and... It weirdly just didn't feel right and I don't know why. 😅

Idk maybe it's kind of because I see them as over the top in ways, they love wordplay and riddles and I think they'd almost think "...That's not good enough >:( " about it??? I don't know???😂

[alluralater]

hey everyone, i won’t be as active for a while. got home last night super late after being on the road for 20 some odd hours. dealing with some family things and as an older sister, my priority of taking care of my siblings comes first before anything else. being on here is amazing for me but i don’t think i’ll have much time for it. reminder to please treat those in your life who are battling addiction with patience and care. i lost my older brother (sweetest person i’ve ever known and he remained that way up until his last night) to suicide and alcoholism, trauma and ptsd, depression and his feelings of hopelessness. talk with the people you care about. another of my siblings is dealing with the same and i refuse to let it escalate to such a terrifying end twice in less than a fucking year. remind the people you care about that there are beautiful things to live for. show them kindness and love. there is all kinds of misinformation out there but know this, you can make a difference for someone. don’t let them suffer in silence.

[akkivee]

WE BACK AT IT AGAIN WITH ICHIRO AND THE TRUE HYPNOSIS MIC PARALLELS LETS GOOOOO

[allycat75]

Regarding your latest attempt at being relevant, Boston Dumb Fuck.

I don't know if we will see more of the ASP discussion in Chicago, but I sense it may have been a big swing and a miss, based on the small clip I saw (and combined with the waste of time Q&A in DC), particularly when one of the dudes, not sure if the Democrat or Republican, was whining like a little bitch about the media only wanting to cover hand grenades in the 24 hour news cycle. Unfortunately this is not going to change, so he can wish in one hand and crap in the other and see which one fills up first. Perhaps, viral moments and authentic policy for constituents are not mutually exclusive. Maybe he can set up some time with his colleagues, Katie Porter or Jasmine Crockett, who have navigated this territory just fine, and managed to teach us a bit about math and alliteration at the same time.

These discussions with high schoolers are fucking embarrassing and tantamount to the white washed history many of them receive in their schools that leave out key pieces like Black Wall Street, fail to give credit to trailblazers like Ruby Bridges and provide explanations that the Civil War was about economics. Even the Holocaust is being watered down so that no (white) person feels bad.

You and Mark look like the old white guys who still think lame, performative efforts, like Up With People, are enough to make a difference. As long as you feel good, what does it matter the actual impact. That, my friend, is ego.

[jrueships]

https://twitter.com/danfetes/status/1712166167572361344

josh says people saying stuff about stef ticks him off 😭 that's the meanest he'll ever get off the field 😭

that was kinda... 😏😏😏

and i definitely know stef feels the same... 😏

" tired of hearing all this nonsense... lot of guys in this league that have that same fire that don't get talked about, but--"

" frankly that kind of ticks me off when people wanna say stuff about him, but... we'll keep that all internal here 🙂🙃🫥."

this is allen at his boiling point omg 😭😭 held back by pr

[malaierba]

Eve and Lilith discussing motherhood though 🫠

One who gave up EVERYTHING, sacrificed for her 50+ kids her whole life, the kids who were a punishment and the most human beings she had ever met, for whom rebellion (I like to think) looked like being endlessly understanding of the human condition, of how unfair it is to try to measure up to unknown divine standards

The other one who somehow got what had been divinely denied to her, who (assuming that fandom attitudes translate to in-universe attitudes) is criticized for not being good enough, who could never be a traditional mother what with her being the de-facto ruler and leader of Hell, duty-bound to her citizens, actively pushing back against the colonialist divine

[thetisming]

something people dont talk about is that losing a pet can be genuinely traumatic

[rimouskis]

one of my best friends is about to have a baby today........... so weird to be on the periphery of something so life changing. I want to go "life is going to change forever" as if it hasn't already

[kiawren]

GUESS WHO CAN BATTLE ALONGSIDE THEIR BF AN INIFINITE NUMBER OF TIMES NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

btw earlier today I also encountered him but I forgot to exit the battle tree to change my order of pkmn so that tapu fini would be in front. THEN I LOST😭😭😭😭I WAS SO DISTRAUGHT IT WAS ALL I COUKD THINK ABOUT DURING MY ECONS LECTURE. It was probbaly the school air screwing me up😭☝️ Anyway then when I came home I got to battle no. 10 again and was wishing so DESPERATELY for him 😭 AND HE APPEARED AND I 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 WITH LIKE A ONE OUT OF SEVEN CHANCE HE CAME TO SEE ME AGAIN... THAT IS SO CRINGE TO SAY BUT WHATEVER. LOVE BEAT THE CPU LOVE WINS FOREVER