I think that "Armand as a character is an exercise in still caring and having empathy for people who aren't made kinder/wiser/gentler etc by the trauma and abuse they experience and if you have to pretend he didn't do the awful things he's done in order to still care about him you're missing the point" and "wanting to defend him because large chunks of the fan base are overly willing to wildly exaggerate his worst qualities (or invent entirely new bad qualities that aren't even a thing in canon!) in order to downplay Lestat's equally egregious crimes and make him look more heroic and romantic by comparison, in a way that is often subtly or overtly racist" are perspectives that can and should coexist
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every single day i think about the influence touya would have had on shouto as an older brother.
he has to take him everywhere he goes, so they're always jamming to the same hardcore music in touya's shitty car. shouto, obviously, develops a taste for the same bands, same songs. shouto is also in the ride-along to buy cigarettes and beer at midnight, and touya threatens his whole entire life if he tells rei, but shouto would never because he likes going too much.
shouto 100% would attempt to kick the ass of anyone that talked shit to his brother. little string bean, doesn't matter, this little boy is throwing HANDS for touya, and touya very much has the attitude of "no one can fuck with my little brother but me". whenever shouto gets in trouble for doing something he shouldn't be doing, touya is always taking the fall for him, no questions asked. shouto lies for touya like it's second nature.
shouto wants an earring because of touya, and touya probably GIVES the piercing to him, which makes enji blow a gasket. touya learns to play the drums and then shouto wants to, too — though he ends up being better than touya and touya promptly quits after that. touya teaches him to drive. shouto gets drunk for the first time with touya BECAUSE touya wants to be there to take care of him. they hate each other, they get into fist fights all the time, rolling around the house as fuyumi screams at both of them. they're best friends. they understand each other more than anyone else ever could.
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Rewatching succession it really is wild to see Kendall and Shiv convince themselves over and over again that they can "fix ATN/Waystar from the inside" only to completely abandon their morals the minute it gives them a strategic advantage.
When they're on the outside it's an endless diatribe about how evil and rotten the company is to its core, but the second they get the slightest whiff of power they suddenly decide the problems are actually really manageable and that with the right leadership it could be a force for good, and like...the saddest part is that they genuinely seem to believe that.
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warning: ragbros only space you fuckers
[diluc introduces his boyfriend to kaeya]
[dawn winery]
kaeya: [stares]
childe: [stares]
venti: [sipping his dandelion wine] so.. why am i here?
diluc: damage control, i would've picked rosaria or jean but rosaria would've killed ajax without a single thought and jean needs her rest, she has enough on her plate
venti: yeah alright then [continues drinking]
diluc: [sighs and looks at kaeya and childe] are you guys just gonna keep staring?
kaeya: why this fuck-tui? why a fuck-tui at all!
diluc: can you please stop calling the fatui that. i get it, i hate the fatui too, but ajax isn't that bad..
kaeya: no! not at all! he's a harbinger! he's using you obviously!
diluc: no he's not, i thought that at first but seeing him in liyue again.. he's obviously genuine about his love for me
kaeya: i don't trust him!
childe: you're the cavalry captain right? quartermaster too? you must be veryy strong! fight me!
diluc: ajax no-
kaeya: gladly! i'll beat your fuck-tui ass!
diluc: KAEYA NO-
kaeya: maybe you'll show your true colors, tartaglia! that way diluc will finally see reason
diluc: oh fucking barbatos, why must kaeya be so fucking protective... oh! VENTI, HELP ME OUT
venti: nah they'll be fine
diluc: YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DAMAGE CONTROL YOU DAMN BARD
venti: i thought you found childe fighting hot
diluc: NOT AGAINST MY BROTHER!!!
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'neither side is innocent' rhysand says, as not even the narrative bothers bringing up what the fuck the humans are guilty of. what did they do that equates to slavery to warrant rhysand using this dumb fuck argument? i am once again begging authors who are incapable of not fucking up themes even slightly complex not to write them
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this is obviously still a very styled and artificial presentation etc (as everything about Seven always is) but I can't deny that seeing her lightly beaten up does something
I wanted to add a screencap from s2 of picard (after she gets beaten up there too) but somehow this looks less styled and more convincing than that LMAO
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