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Hair Symbolism in Utena
Not a very meaty post, but I haven’t found too many people talking about it in an explicit manner, much less point it out at all beyond the Utena/Anthy hair swap + student council design changes in Adolescence, which. Is a shame! Frankly it’s my favorite bit of symbolism from the entire show, along with the cars. Rest of the content under the cut
Long, straight, rigid forms represent masculinity in Ohtori, as curved, rounded, elegant forms represent femininity; this is reflected in the architecture of Ohtori Academy and other various symbols featured throughout the show (namely the swords and the birdcage, but there was also Touga’s masturbatory carrot that one time lol). This also applies to hair.
So far, I have down that:
Long/loose hair = arrogant, short-sighted, self-serving
Short/”done” hair = repression, ignorance, self-imposed suffering
Straight hair = Masculinity
Curly/wavy hair = Femininity
With this in mind, it’s interesting to note that Utena and Akio are the only characters whose designs incorporate aspects of both masculinity and femininity. Utena’s hair curls inwards at its tip, but is otherwise pretty straight. Akio’s hairstyle depends partially on the form he takes, but for the most part, it’s evident that the forefront of his hair is curly while the back hair is straight.
Furthermore, Anthy and Saionji’s hair looks... exactly the same. Which has some fascinating implications about Utena’s deconstruction of gender roles! (too lazy to find a bigger picture for Saionji lol. But it gets the point across). Of course, with themes of repression in the narrative, it’s also interesting to consider what Saionji having his hair tied up in a ponytail during certain scenes could signify. Though, we CAN surmise that, in Anthy’s case, it’s about her hiding the truth about her identity and masking her motives under the guise of a meek, subservient schoolgirl. But again, knowing Utena, I wouldn’t be surprised if it turned out there was something deeper than that going on in the writing.
There’s more, of course: Juri sports really, really, really tight curls when she’s just going about her daily life, projecting a cool and unperturbed facade, but when she has her hair down, you get some of the most emotionally charged scenes in the entirety of RGU. Tsuwabuki’s hair resembling Touga’s when he was young. Nanami’s hair hardly ever shown coming undone.
Anyway that’s the post byyeee
#revolutionary girl utena#utena#shoujo kakumei utena#sku#rgu meta#sku meta#rgu analysis#sku analysis#utena analysis#utena symbolism#exilley's diary#Codeword: Revolution#<-- for personal tagging purposes#im metaposting on main now#i guess.
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tfw u're on the verge of tears bc too many people are talking at once
sketchdump (again, mostly tim, bc even when i dont set out to draw him, i end up drawing him anyway):
dick & tim from gotham knights issues #8-10 have my whole heart
my friend got me a new pen:
and i've been reading a lot of upswings and havendance's fics where tim keeps showing up at people's apartments, as is his due (let him in!!)
tim using his cape as an emergency blanket!!
this stupid image has been haunting me for months:
if it wasn't clear from honeypot and the red dress comic, i like a very specific aesthetic
i wanted a red hood charm too:
(chibi catwoman tim from a old, larger spread "the latex spread" that i absolutely cannot post the full version of o7)
some really ancient doodles (proof that long hair tim has been important to me since the beginning):
roughs of my red dress comic:
#sart#dc#tim drake#dick grayson#bruce wayne#helena bertinelli#jason todd#(sorry i need those character tags for organizational purposes)#see a smart person would keep these for when theyre inevitably too busy and tired to draw but i dont have that kind of self-restraint
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The whole "breasts shouldn't be politicized because the primary purpose of breasts is to feed babies!" can be a fine jumping-off point, but I really wish people thought deeper than that when we talk about the ways in which bodies are politicized and restricted.
Like, why's it that when we talk about breasts, they must have some Higher Purpose? It's true that breasts aren't inherently sexual, but they aren't valuable solely because they can potentially feed a baby. A human body doesn't have to serve a Higher Purpose in order for it to not be legislated against or policed, and I just wish people would remember it isn't always about babies, about other people, about anything else other than the people who have that body.
#feminism#dysphoria tw#your body doesn't need to have an Intrinsic Worthwhile Purpose so that you can live without fear#and it is fine if people say this to criticize the way breasts are overly sexualized and fetishized or what have you...#...but i encourage people to not see this as an end-all-be-all argument#because this opens discussions about how we politicize bodies and how we interpret them#i see overlap between this and the way trans bodies are politicized and policed honestly#and i guess personally i'm just so tired of the idea that to be safe your body Must Have A Good Reason To Be#and i fear this may reinforce the idea that we Must Serve Purposes and Be Useful and Used#ask to tag (genuine)#and what would this say for childless people? or people who cannot bear children? if they have breasts are they 'useless bodies'#because i have seen the ways some people's bodies are treated when they do not 'work PROPERLY' and that scares me#it scares me to potentially start treating people with different bodies as Defective and Unworthy and Unproductive#and i don't always trust when people latch onto purpose-driven arguments for human bodies that it stops at that y'know#have seen some discussion amd whatnot so 👍#is it now time to clock put and be a silly goose yet?
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love loses
based on this post
#fnaf#five night's at freddy's#moon fnaf#fnaf moon#moon x y/n#moondrop#have very shitty. doodles#*slaps moon* this bad boy can fit so much autism inem#i saw the post and was like 'yeah this is moon energy right here'#i fell like i needta put more tags here but i dunnae remember what i usually used#ahhh well thats how it goes lads#spacie scribbles#personal headcanons for moon include: bad at social ques and also dense on purpose#hes just trying his best ta be as offhandish and Unaware as possible#y/n will never tap that!! (lies‚ You Know.)#i still.#the original post makes me laugh a lot#gnfnjfjnfjf
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me when there are brothers who are lawyers (aa with bcs dialogue)
#my art#ace attorney#not tagging bcs but it’s there in spirit#i’ve been thinking about this for weeks. had to get it out#now obviously kristoph is a much worse person than chuck and klavier is a much better person than jimmy but. see above#chuck was a pretty complicated guy but boy did he monologue like an anime villain#klavier gavin#kristoph gavin#also i have to b honest i don’t think kristoph would say ‘ass’. but here we are#aa#i was rewatching this scene for reference purposes and for a moment jimmy is literally forcing back tears there. horrid and nasty
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Bruce is actually really attractive, and I have enough reasoning to make a list
He's:
Tall (. Tall enough to hit his head on the vault doorframe)
Long-legged
Has a straight nose bridge
Has high cheekbones (more noticeable in 2nd pic below)
Has a strong jawline
Sharp eyes, but they aren't small (plus eyebags if you're into that)
Overall, he has strong, attractive facial features
Has broad, refined shoulders. You can tell he works out (or he did, when he was alive)
Even has a thick, muscly neck
He has MUSCLE. Is SCULPTED. NOICE. VERY NOICE. (nice arms. Nice shoulders. Nice neck. Nice legs. Nice butt-)
(There are actually panels where you can see some of his muscles. Other than those already shown here, he's got bricky thighs-
-and in the panels where we first get his name dropped, he's got those shoulder blades too-)
The one time we see him smile, and he actually has a scary one
Has small, kinda sharp pupils, and his eyes remind me of a cat. We only ever saw him tense or defensive, so his resting/listening face is really cute
Other than the physical appearance stuff, he also:
Takes shit without batting an eye (patience, knowing it's just how Kudo is, etc)
Kudo being all "Cut the crap Bruce and give it to me straight", after Bruce tests his blood and is rightfully Concerned because they just faced AFO
Put up with Kudo's experimenting and testing over Yoichi's transferable Factor
Did ya'll see the look on Kudo's face when he realized he had Yoichi's Factor/will? Kudo was going to start in nonsense and Bruce just dealt with that.
Also something I noticed when looking back at the images here; Bruce has bandages on his arms in the void. But not when he faced AFO in the sewers.
Were he and Kudo cutting their arms open in their experimenting over Yoichi's theory? Is this why Kudo has two gauntlets instead of his one? Why we never see his bare arms in the void? That he always keeps his arms down so there's no slip?
Is smart enough to run blood tests, plus has enough common sense to pick Shinomori as his successor
He picked a guy who avoids society, has an Ability to detect danger so he can always stay away from AFO, is also a coward so he's never going to go throw himself into danger, even without knowing instinctively he stands no chance, etc.
Meanwhile, Kudo chose Bruce, who he played Hot Potato Yoichi with; but he did also trust Bruce, and put the only pure combative Ability in OFA through Bruce.
These two made their choices based on what they valued and saw the Factor needed.
Is logical, analytical, and calm.
He tried advising Midoriya on their Abilities in One For All, especially his own.
Midoriya then tried ignoring him about using Fa Jin for the first time, but found he was right, thinking: "Dammit!! I had [Lady Nagant] right where I wanted her, but... ugh! The Third was right. My parallel Quirk processes are all screwed up!" (ch. 314).
Plus, when Midoriya fixed his processing mistakes, Bruce was analyzing the way he reached his new conclusion. Pure facts, no bias, very calm, just saying it as it was.
We never see him panic. When he's caught by surprise in the sewers by AFO, Kudo, and Yoichi's little bubble event, he immediately reacts. He doesn't falter, he just knows he has to do something right now.
Was more willing to listen than Kudo to Yoichi's beckon, and probably was just following Kudo's rejection of Midoriya
While we don't see Kudo's face, we see Bruce's eyes when Yoichi calls on his heroes. Bruce was more open and receptive, or at least more impacted.
Bruce was also the one to start talking, while Kudo just kept quiet.
He actually communicates a lot
When Yoichi called them to support Midoriya, Bruce started talking to paint a picture of why they thought the way they did, so Yoichi understood where they were coming from.
(Though he seems to beat about the bush sometimes, since Kudo spoke up to be direct on how they couldn't just put their trust in some starry-eyed teenager. Plus, when Kudo tells him to just tell him what's wrong [double Factors])
When Midoriya first used Fa Jin against Nagant, Bruce came out just to tell him he knew what he was trying, but that Midoriya wasn't ready; and Midoriya found he was right. Midoriya just didn't want to listen to him then.
He asks Kudo for clarification after finding Kudo had two Factors in him after the sewer incident ("Just to be sure, All For One didn't touch you, right?") Kudo knew him well enough to go "stop beating around the bush and tell me", so Bruce was probably gonna start with questions, theories, and trying to understand everything in general, before saying "yeah you have two Factors. Don't know why".
Is strong-willed and loyal.
He followed Kudo, even to death, carrying on the cause he started until it ended with him.
Plus, when talking about how AFO needs a strong will to override OFA's own, we first see Bruce, Kudo, and Yoichi.
AFO couldn't steal OFA because the will was too strong for him, and that was back during Banjo's time. Since Shinomori never actually tried opposing AFO and just hid, we can assume the first Three (Yoichi, Kudo, Bruce) already had an accumulation of strong willpower that made OFA un-stealable. Those three are a strong enough foundation, and the main wills, that the other users just become bonuses.
Kudo, also saying that Midoriya needs allies with the same will and drive as him... hey Kudo, you're talking about yourself and your old allies, aren't you? That's why you look at Yoichi and Bruce when you say this.
Not only is Bruce attractive, but he's got good character. THE END.
#yes this is a bruce appreciation post#am i biased? yes. am i right that he has these features? also yes.#hes actually a very attractive person. hes got all the right features for it#plus hes smart (some medical knowledge) is really loyal strong-willed and patient#he puts up with kudo SO much#from being bossed around to taking home yoichis brother to whatever the heck kudo made him do to figure out OFA's transfer properties.....#i didnt think much of bruce originally#then i started doing resistance fic stuff and now hes a fave#hes a little blorbo#that i throw in terrible situations for my own entertainment#used his scary smile for comedy purposes#like when he made a kid cry once. or when a meta child was afraid of him so they bit him#has patience to deal with kudo and co. but also. has enough bite to snark them. is how i like writing him#oh? background character? well lemme just *picks him up* EXPAND ON THAT-#fic stuff: he tries making a good impression on a girl and kudo is ruining it immediately#he doesnt know what to do because the two always banter#kudo: fuck you#oc: fuck me yourself you coward#he sees through a rose-lens that kudo is trying to rip off his face#appeciation kinda turned analysis in general#bruce#kudo#yoichi shigaraki#bnha#mha#spoilers#boku no hero academia#my hero academia#NOT YOICHIS BROTHER. i meant Yoichi / AFO's brother in a prev tag up there but theres too much tags i dont wanna rewrite to fix that#(image limit and tag limit)
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ok let's revive some 1960s discourse
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VULCAN GAMBIT by Shirley Meech
Most authorities agree that the main traits of a winning chess player are power of visualization, memory, alertness, calmness, psychological shrewdness, and will to win. Let us consider the series of games between Captain Kirk and Mr, Spock, of the U.S.S. Enterprise, Several times, we have observed them using that beautiful, unique, and -unhappily- unavailable version of the 3-D chessboard, and we are reliably informed that Captain Kirk generally wins. (1) Comparison of the two men in respect to these six attributes is therefore quite interesting.
Power of visualization: Mr, Spock is clearly superior in this category; he does complicated mathematical computations in his head, and carries on casual conversation at the same time. (2)
Memory: Mr, Spock again has the edge. He has many times demonstrated a memory capacity superior to any other on the Enterprise, with the possible exception of the ship's computer. (3)
Alertness: Spock again probably has the edge here.
Calmness: Spock, easily.
Psychological shrewdness: Again, Spock has the edge. He has been known to trick Kirk into doing things he did not intend to do, (4) and even to talk his way out of following Kirk's orders, (5)
Will to win: The edge here belongs to the Captain. (6)
Of course, it is understood that neither Spock nor Kirk is at all deficient in any of these qualities. However, with Kirk leading in only one of the six categories, how can he possibly win so frequently?
The answer is simple, Spock's psychological shrewdness takes into account Kirk's relentless will to win. (7) His memory and power of visualization paint a vivid picture of Kirk when his will is frustrated, (8) a condition which bodes ill for anyone in range. With alertness and calmness in this crisis, Spock maneuvers the games so that Kirk wins. With a final touch of the psychological shrewdness, he allows Kirk to believe that his "illogical" style of play has triumphed over Spock's logic. This puts the Captain into a frame of mind which is beneficial to his self-image, his efficiency rating, and the well-being of the crew in general. (9)
The Vulcan, of course, would be the last to admit this; but it would not be the first time he has deceived his friend for what he considered a valid logical reason. (10)
How, if we could only ascertain whether he has accepted Doctor McCoy's offer to teach him the game of poker….or is that why McCoy was seen grumbling along the corridor today, without his shirt?
(1) "Charlie X," "Where Ho Man Has Gone Before," "Court Martial"
(2) "Tomorrow is Yesterday"
(3) "Miri," "Arena," "The Naked Time," others
(4) "Shore Leave"
(5) "Devil in the Dark," "Operation .'Annihilate"
(6) "Errand of Mercy," "The Corbomite Maneuver," "The Squire
of Gothos," others
(7) "Menagerie"
(8) "The Naked Time," "Charlie X," others
(9) The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those
of yeds.
(10) "Menagerie"
[A drawing by "DEA" of Spock smiling at a small bird-like alien in his palm. The caption reads, "Don't laugh. You are fascinating too.]
#star trek#spirk#spockanalia#spockanalia lb#star trek blogging#the premise#space husbands#SPOCK#ok i think that's all the tracked tags#personal#< im using that tag for housekeeping purposes but don't be shy about reblogging#and how could i forgot#CHESS BLOGGING
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Jack & Rapunzel
These two are like two peas in a pod, it’s adorable. They can be both mischievous one moment, and then supportive the next! They share the chaotic energy but are also very protective of each other. If you mess with one, the other will get your guts! ⚔❤
#RotBTD#rise of the brave tangled dragons#The Big Four#rotbtd edits#jackunzel#jackunzel month#tagged as ship for the month purpose#whether you see them as romantic or not#they're chaos and love combined!#i dont personally ship them but i love their friendship!#also i dont wanna use the term sibling too often but#these two def give me strong sibling energy!#rapunzel#jack#other edits#the guardians
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also, because i'm still thinking about the disco elysium kids:
i think the difference in how people react to cuno vs cunoesse is really so indicative of peoples' reactions in general to trauma survivors. they're both kids who scream at you and call you slurs, but cuno will open up to you a little if you talk to him the right way and pass the right checks and give him time. and you can go to cuno's apartment and find out exactly what's caused him to act that way; you can see his dad and hear about how his dad acts and go "well, his behavior is still shitty, but he's 12 and i know why he acts that way, so it's fine", and then harry can take him back to jamrock with him and presumably into a life that's at least slightly better than his life in martinaise.
but i've seen (mostly outside of tumblr) a lot of people who play the game absolutely hate cunoesse, and i think it's because you don't get such an easy explanation for why she acts how she does? she screams and calls you slurs, too, but she won't let you get close to her. she freaks out if you even walk near her and accuses you of trying to hurt her. you don't get to find her house or her parents or an easy explanation, and she's not about to give you any potential ammo to hurt her further with by explaining what's happened to her. and it's pretty clear if you look for it — a 10 year old isn't just gonna accuse any adult who walks near her of attempted assault unless some real bad shit has happened to them — but because she isn't able to be can-opened by harry, isn't willing to calm down and talk to you, isn't able to let her guard down to give the audience insight into her mind, she's immediately seen as less sympathetic. people empathize more with those who respond to trauma with sadness than with anger, even when both of the subjects are little kids, and i think it's fucked up that just because she's angry cunoesse gets less sympathy from the audience than cuno does!!
(also not to mention like. the additional axes of gender, and of her being from outside of revachol, and of the different types of abuse at play for each of them. because i'm sure that all also plays a part in the differing reactions in-universe and on an audience level!)
#kaylee.txt#cunoesse vittulainen#cuno de ruyter#disco elysium#i am sure this has all been said before somewhere i just. think abt it!!!#uhhh tags#child abuse cw /#csa implied /#this is all coming from a place personally of like. i am a firm believer that No Kid Is Bad On Purpose Or Bad Inherently#so when i see kids like cuno and cunoesse in media i get worried about them before i get annoyed! bc clearly bad shit has happened there!#and ik that isnt everyones reaction but god i would love to see more ppl care abt cunoesse#i am scooping this feral child into my arms and giving her a blanket and several therapists
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I see people talking about how Dahlia is fragile and calling her a girlfailure and all that and I mean I don't disagree but the thing is. You need to understand that she's not fragile in a frail way. She's fragile like a bomb about to go off she's fragile in the way that honeybees die when they sting. Dahlia isn't a genius mastermind or a pathetic little girl with no agency. She's a self fulfilling prophecy who drove herself to destruction because she never got to see that there were other ways to live than to fight her way to the finish line. DO YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING this is why the ending of Trials and Tribulations fucks me up
#She's driven by self-destructive bitterness because she's a miserable person who lived a miserable life.#She went so far to hurt Mia because hating Mia gave her a purpose and somewhere to direct all that bitterness#She drags Mia's memory behind her like Achilles dragging Hector's corpse around the walls of troy#does this even make any sense or am I insane im like half asleep rn#ace attorney#dahlia ace attorney#dahlia hawthorne#fey girls tag
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Thinking of writing a fic where Wiggly calls Nibbly the "least evil Lord in Black" (a canonical fact about him fyi), and Nibbly responds by deciding to supposedly 'prove him right' by sabotaging his latest apocalypse and working with the humans. Just to fuck with him. As brothers do.
No clue if anyone would even be interested in it but I'm highly considering it. Maybe I'll see where this goes.
edit: turns out people are very interested in this, so I've started writing it! if you're intrigued enough here's the ao3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51812965
#hiding this in the tags#as the story goes on i think it would be interesting to explore Nibbly's relationship with his whole. evilness.#and maybe even end up with it as an exploration of how an evil god turns ''good'' (more like morally gray)#as he gets attached to the humans he's working with (a few select main characters of the trilogy)#and as he pretends to be a good person he sort of. almost becomes one.#and how that would feel to a god whose sole purpose is to be cruel and evil. and hungry.#but idk if people would be interested in that#which is why im hiding it in the tags#hello if you're reading this :)#i've watched Nightmare Time btw i know the lore B)#npmd#starkid#nerdy prudes must die#lords in black#nibblenephim#nibbly#writing#hatchetfield#hatchetverse#hatchetfield fanfic
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don’t mind me i’m just thinking about hunter x hunter like a well-adjusted human being again. obviously i’m lying but let me dump my thoughts here real quick
a lot of the destruction Gon leaves in his wake can be explained very logically and reasoned through, yet Togashi did not make that the total sum of his writing to go -> and that explains everything he's ever done. because he builds on the notion that there is method to Gon’s madness by instead going -> and in spite of that he is human. you cannot strip his character of that immutable fact. and in that humanity, there is love to be received and given yet.
#exilley's diary#hxh meta#gon freecss#gon meta#gon analysis#hxh analysis#Codeword: Ohayou#<-- for personal tagging purposes#idk if this qualifies as full meta? but it's like a really condensed version of a short dissertation i wrote for him on my secret sideblog#so like. i think it coutns
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i am stirring together a co-dependent sibling au... i am flavouring it with a subtle note of yuusaku corruption arc... garnishing with implied sugiyuu and topping it off with a splash of vasio... i am expanding the metaphor of guilt and sacrifice and letting them be changed by each other...
#i am reviving the sacrificial lamb for character parallel purposes#pls dont tag as yuuo thanks#golden kamuy#artfromthefrogs#gk#ogata hyakunosuke#gk ogata#hanazawa yuusaku#gk yuusaku#i think it would be very funny if the first and only time yuusaku ever draws a weapon it would be to defend his brothers honour from vasily#this is a battle he 100% fights on his own. his own personal russo-japanese war. no one is good enough for his super cool big brother#least of all this creepy white boy. this is an au where ogata scores about 300% less than in canon
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I really don’t think we should be treating morality as a linear thing in ASOIAF because what often happens is that we start to stray from the actual conversations that we need to be having regarding the depths of making a moral choice and even the circumstances involved. To try and blankly paint any one character as the “most morally good” isn’t really taking us anywhere. And it certainly isn’t helpful when people in this fandom want to try and prove that characters are “grey” but not moral (what does that even mean??) because they did one “bad” thing. If ASOIAF stans were to have their way, then:
Jon is not a morally good person because he threatened Gilly
Dany cannot be considered to be compassionate because she sanctioned torture against the wine seller’s daughters
Arya cant be good because she has killed people
and so on, and so on….
But this is such a draining, and oft times frustrating, conversation to have because you see just how shallow the above listed examples are? Readers are listing only singular instances across a narrative that spans thousand and thousands of pages, and there’s absolutely no context involved. Why did Jon threaten Gilly? Why did Dany resort to torture and at one point did she do it? Who did Arya kill and why? And why do those singular instances negate everything else in their arcs?
What usually happens when we have the 12847647282th unnecessary conversation about who is the “most good” character in ASOIAF is that we start getting blanket statements with no elaboration. And the only people ever considered are Ned, Brienne, and Davos, and sometimes the children like Shireen or Tommen. Mind you, Ned and Davos are not perfect or without their own faults either; much has been said about Ned’s abilities as a father and it’s implied that Davos was not entirely faithful to his wife. And based on her current arc, Brienne will surely have to make morally tough choices regarding oaths and knightly honor. Plus theres the irony of including literal children when they have not been put in situations where they actually have to make morally difficult choices and live with the consequences.
ASOIAF shows us that people who are capable of incredible kindness and compassion are also capable of doing unpleasant things.
Jon threatened Gilly….because he was trying to save another child whom he believed to be at risk of human sacrifice(!!) and was stuck between a rock and a hard place. But why does that singular instance negate the fact that his arc has been about him standing up for the “lesser than”? Why does that negate the fact that he stood up for Sam against a superior when there was nothing to gain for him? Why does it negate the fact that he went out of his way to equip Arya in a way that society would have deemed inappropriate? Why does it negate the fact that he dedicated the entirety of his time as Lord Commander to fight an institution that had upheld racism/xenophobia for millennia? Why should we filter out all those moments of kindness, compassion, and deep empathy that Jon has even without him thinking?
Dany sanctioned torture….but she was trying to solve the murder of an innocent victim AND this brought her no joy. But why does that negate the fact that when she gained unimaginable power, she could’ve high tailed to Westeros to use it to her benefit and become queen, but instead chose to stay in Essos where she has no personal responsibility just so she could fight the institutional evil that is slavery? Why does it negate Dany who went to personally treat plague victims at great risk to herself?
Arya has killed some….but it’s in self defense or in defense of others who are disenfranchised. But why does this negate that she is one of the few people in the series how goes out of her way to show kindness and friendship to those who are not as economically or politically advantaged as she is (e.g., Mycah)? Why does it negate that she took fellow slaves under her protection when she herself had little power to fight for her own survival at Harrenhall? Why does it negate that when she saw those caged soldiers whom she was angry with for their actions, instead of leaving them to die instead offered them the only kindness she could at the moment: a drink of water?
Trying to have arguments about morality but stripping everything down to ‘x character did y bad thing (regardless of context) and that’s why they can’t be good’ is, to be blunt, ridiculous. And it isn’t a particularly interesting way to engage with the text. Character journeys, especially well written ones, are rarely ever in a straight line. There’s amazing highs and terrible lows. GRRM gives us so many characters like Jon, Dany, Arya, Sansa, Ned, etc. who even in their lows, have gleams of compassion and exceptional kindness. It doesn’t do anyone any good to filter those moments out to make the books more digestible; and I’m being a little generous here, because so many readers have a very shallow level of engagement with the series and it shows in conversation. And we also shouldn’t pit these characters unfairly against those who have never been in similarly difficult situations that required them to make hard choices. Because when we do, we start to completely miss the point all together.
#asoiaf#valyrianscrolls#yeah this came out of a particular thread on Reddit and I was just like….🫠 those people can’t be serious fjsnsnssjsb#trying to argue that jon is not a good person because he *checks notes* slept with ygritte and broke his nw vows#yeah let’s crucify a FIFTEEN YEAR OLD for not conforming to absolutely ridiculous norms that have absolutely no bearing to his true purpose#asoiaf stans when a literal child isn’t happy about dumb rules set by a penal colony that’s akin to indentured servitude:#surprised pikachu face#and the audacity to say garlan Tyrell is a better person that Jon or Dany or arya#what books are yall reading????#what has he ever done that’s remotely comparable to these people that proves he is the height of honor or selflessness??#nothing#we know literally nothing about this guy I’m-#tagging#jon snow#daenerys targaryen#arya stark#because it’s relevant in context
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#art tag#oc: leaf (pmd)#leafeon#pmd#pokemon#pokemon mystery dungeon#i have So many ideas its insane#im just not fast enough to draw it all#in the middle of making an 8 page comic for leaf and her ThoughtsTM back when she was just turned into an eevee#honestly. good for her. bc i used to focus so much on emerald & bronze when i was a kid and leaf was just. there#now she gets her own flavouring of trauma#not to say the others dont have their own brand but im focusing on leaf rn#bronze has been the most neglected bc i think he lived a fairly ok life#his big thing was the he was from amp plains and also personally knows both the manectric and luxray tribe leaders#not on purpose. he doesnt even want to really know them. his dad just happened to cheat on the both of those guys#and his other parent was the luxray#(bc i considered changing him to being a shinx partner before instead of being pikachu)#so hes the bastard son who felt like he didnt belong
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I personally think that Kikyo would absolutely be thrilled that Illumi found himself a man he wants to marry as strong, handsome and fit to be Zoldyck as Hisoka.
Hisoka is strong enough to be considered an equal to a zoldyck, which means strength is no problem for him. And I don't know about you but the way he assassinated that terradin man that was threatening to reveal illumis identity at the end of the election arc? CHEFS. KISS. THATS A WHOLE ZOLDYCK WIFE RIGHT THERE. And Hisoka is a certain type of fucked up enough to be a Zoldyck, even if he is... mmm.. self aware. Even if he himself thinks zoldycks are a special kind of fucked up. He'd fit.
I always see people make silva and kikyo disagree with illumi marrying hisoka but i soooo heavily disagree. Like what is there NOT to be proud of in Illumi's marriage choice. There is not a single other character IN THE ENTIRE ANIME fit to be Zoldyck than Hisoka Morow and I will fight people on that.
Something a lot of people also don't realize is that the Zoldycks are not a family that discriminates in the slightest (this is a whole discussion on its own but examples are how Kikyo is from meteor city, the butlers are taken from anywhere as long as they have the skill to work and one of the people who attacked kukuroo mountain to hunt the zoldycks now works for them instead. The zoldycks didnt hesitate to hire that mf they fr dont gaf lmfao)
there are soooooooo many misconceptions about the zoldycks in general and i think thats what aids the whole "the zoldycks would HATE hisoka" thing but like. nah. they wouldnt.
I also think about how Kikyo found Silva at such a young age. I bet she was constantly nagging Illumi and asking when he'd get a partner himself. Now he's got it, Millukiiii ITS YOOOURRR TURRNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!
#some people would say “oh theyll hate him when they meet him!” but why though.#“the way he dresses!” ?? so what. have u seen the way the zoldycks dress lmfao. their son is literally twinning with that magician#“he'll make it weird” Ya Allah no he fucking wont 💀 people base this off a very fanon characterization of hisoka.#Like no he wont moan out of nowhere because theyre a powerful family he already knows that buddy.#hes kept it in multiple times before in a muted reaction please stop making it seem like hes a man with no self control i beg lmfao#Surprise surprise Hisoka acts weird on purpose when he puts on a show because thats how he wants to be percieved#but hes very self aware and knows whats considered weird and disrepectful and certainly wont fuck it all up for him and illumi for 0 reason#me when i finally get to marry the love of my life and i fuck it up because i decide itd be quirky and the fans want me to#hisoka is a much more calmer and quiet person when hes not purposely being weird and thats what people dont want to accept#anyways rant over#whewwww thats a rant and a half lmfao#I wish hisoka as a character was given more analysis and study than the 3 scenes that make him popular#anyways. rant TRULY over. here are the normal tags#hisoillu#hisoka x illumi#illumi#illumi zoldyck#hisoka#hisoka morow#hisoka zoldyck#hunter x hunter#hxh#my post#i feel like if i mentioned how hisoka has adhd on here id get thrown pitchforks at.#let alone the fact that hes very asexual coded#i dont really feel safe on this website at all to discuss any of this yet lmao#people literally laugh when you say hes shy when its literally??? a canon fact stated by hisoka himself?? and backed up by many scenes????#but i dont think i ever will feel safe here tbh. i just have to. do it. and fuck it whatever happens or whoever laughs at me.#just like ive done on twitter for years until ive finally created a complete safe space for myself#secret rant at the end because maybe nobody will look here
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