love being insane about weather report and i need to spew my thoughts about him and pucci and their stories aligning greatly with those told about cain and abel. as well as emporio being awfully similar to seth- cain and abel's lesser known younger brother. a LOT of biblical talk which i know most people aren't fond of, so it's going under a read more.
the story of cain and abel is so widely known, but i don't think most people know everything - such as the upbringing, the buildup, and the inevitable downfall of the two. the story of cain and abel have been done over and over, each told a varying degree of success, so i think it's interesting to see araki's version of it. (if he even intended the similarities to be there, which could be possible. but i don't doubt it since he is quite well versed in christianity / the imagery.)
honestly, when you think about it at first ... the similarities don't seem to be there besides the obvious "pucci killed his brother and betrayed him" since weather got in the way of him achieving heaven. but the longer you look, the more you can see the similarities. so please bear with me as we try to unscramble these thoughts together and best explain the betrayal story of cain and abel, and how seth comes in to save humanity.
the most striking for me is the usage and importance of weather report's disk. when cain strikes abel, he is coated in the blood of his brother and because of this- the blood of abel that's staining his clothing, cain would never be able to reach heaven and inevitably leads to his downfall. the blood of abel preventing cain's entry in heaven reminds me a lot of the final showdown between pucci and emporio- the final stretch before gaining eternal greatness, where he is stopped by emoprio's utilization of weather report's disk, effectively preventing him from achieving heaven. while not quite the same, weather report's disk act's as the perfect replacement for abel's blood- a final haunting reminder of the killing of his brethren, now stopping pucci within his tracks and being used against him despite being so close to heaven even after his endless offerings.
this is also where emporio's role of seth comes into play- and, in relation to cain and abel, seth services as a replacement for abel after his death- essentially becoming abel's new mouthpiece and ushers in our current humanity. which emporio does after weather's death, acting as his mouthpiece and successfully helping joylne create a new humanity- all while the disk comes back to haunt pucci and prevent him from achieving his goal. it's beautifully poetic, in a way. while obviously not shared by blood, the bond between emporio and weather cannot be underestimated. they had a great deal of trust in each other and it's clear weather even seemingly regarded emporio as a little brother to him, going to immense lengths to keep him safe.
there's a lot more in relation to weather report and other biblical allegories- such as heavy weather being triggered subconsciously by weather's hatred for humanity, turning anyone affected by the rainbows into snails. the important bit is the snails, and how snails are thought of as "the symbol of the wicked passing away" within the bible- obviously signifying how weather truly feels about humanity and how vile and "slimey" it has become when regaining his memory. he can feel at ease knowing there will be no more wickedness plaguing humanity anymore.
don't know how to properly conclude these thoughts. just hoping my rambles are coherent and don't seem too far stretched, especially since i do believe, in some way, this may be araki's personal retelling of cain and abel to some extent. the man is obviously into christianity and it's aesthetic's, it's not like jesus christ isn't an actual character in the damn series unironically 😭 but i hope theres some cohesion when explaining these thoughts because whew there’s a lot of them.
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What are your opinions about Ben?
Somebody told me once that he was Red's least favourite, and I think it's noticeable. There's only a certain layer of depth I can reach to in him, and in that way he isn't as interesting to me as somebody like Ash or Aiden, but I also think Red has been trying to remedy that in the latest chapters with him :>
But I mean I'm still reaching into those depths if I can lol. His experience being bullied is relatable if more severe than we usually go through. He's an angry man trapped in the house that is his body, and if there ever was an angry man in your house, there will *always* be an angry man there. On that way him and Aiden are two sides of the same coin, they're both in tune with violence, but Ben lets it all out while feeling guilty about it, and Aiden keeps it inside, but enjoys the process of letting that out. Which isn't a bad thing, we have rage rooms and pay to destroy things and go to the junkyard to smash bottles; I think right now, Ben's goal should be to stop feeling bad about being angry (because he does, he doesnt like being angry, he doesnt feel allowed to be angry), but to just accept anger as an emotion everybody feels and figure out how to process it normally.
Also the queer allegory around him is crazyyyyy (even if, probably, unintentional, lol), that's why I be projecting on him-
Overall, very darling, but also very hyped to see where Red takes his character :D
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LAST TIME ON POWER RANGERS: Ranger Slayer got herself captured by Dark Specter's forces while saving Drakkon's ass. BUT Drakkon makes up for it by saving HER ass from Dark Specter's corruption. BUT, he died in the process. So that means Slayer now has to save everyone's ass. Again. Seriously, this is like the third event where Slayer has to save everyone.
it's Power Rangers Unlimited: The Morphin Masters!
= so Drakkon and Slayer training together is canon, okay cool, book over, I got what I need
= But moving on from that these panels specifically make me crazyyyyy because what do you mean Tommy and Kim together means "happy ending"? What do you mean referring to Kim as Tommy's guardian angel? What do you MEAN redrawing Drakkon's death scene as more intimate than it was in 116????????
= MY STUPID EX-HUSBAND DIED ON ME SO I HAVE TO GO ON THIS STUPID QUEST
= So something cool about these energy beasts - they're all tied to ranger powers! A yellow bear, a red lion and ape, a gold praying mantis, a white rhino, and an orange scorpion. Sure, the latter wasn't TECHNICALLY a ranger power, just a zord, but there's a point to the "the PR universe did have Kyurangers at some point" theorists
= I just like this panel because it's silly. she's got the zoomies
= Slayer continuing to win the idgaf war against literal deities
= and then they founded an animation studio that gave us the Minions. so unfortunately they gotta go
= but in seriousness, I guess this is how we're going to rationalize how the MMs were portrayed in Beyond the Grid versus how they were portrayed in Power Rangers Universe - the BtG guys were a couple specific higher-power ones. It's fine, I guess. I'm still not a fan of the idea of an entire civilization just calling themselves Morphin Masters, though. Just make.....THESE GUYS the Morphin Masters. Why are they ALL the Morphin Masters??????? Now we have to establish a SUB-SECTION of the Morphin Masters!!!!!!!!!
= Slayer holding Drakkon and his death in high regard like this.......god. god.
= oh hi Blue really cool to see you again hope you don't die in the next few pages
= oh well never mind. Guess we're never going to find out why they came back to life, which was their reason for going into the Grid in the first place, huh
= I do like how we're going back to referring to Blue with they/them pronouns. I guess in hindsight we really were just misgendering them for years. awesome
= I'm glad we're fully acknowledging all the shit Slayer has gone through but I will admit my immediate reaction to the "it was fire" line was "she would not fucking say that". Maybe as a teen, sure. But NOW?
Pink: follow me to the orifice
Slayer: .....the ORIFICE?
= oh hey guys, how have you been since you got retconned into existence and therefore have accomplished nothing in the main series
= I know this is supposed to be a whole thing of "ohhhh these guys think they're free but they're still being controlled yada yada" but at the same time as someone who hated the Emissary retcon and wishes that we could have gotten more from the characters as they were before........them being angry over losing what they had is very very good and I wish it wasn't done through "evil corruption magic." It was good with corrupted Slayer because they dedicated an entire issue to it and FREED HER at the end, allowing more time and space for development; here it's just a quick fight scene and in the case of Blue, followed up with death. And slight spoilers here, even if they don't die here, the way the Emissaries have been dropping like flies doesn't give me much hope for their survival if they show up in the main series
= I wonder if this is a reference to how in an early draft for the Ranger Slayer one-shot, the Bow of Darkness was going to be broken in half by Zombie Rita and Slayer would have used it as dual swords. Either way it's fucking cool
= also while the inclusion of Dino Thunder as one of Pink's forms is a simple mistake, it takes me back to those old DT AU fics where Kim became DT Pink. They're canon now guys, no takebacks!
= So turns out the "Illumination" are just a bunch of senile grandpas. Yeah, that's.............the big revelation for where the Morphin Masters have been. ok
= Now let me just say for this story, the Morphin Masters being useless is a fine decision, for the same reason why the Morphin Masters were useless in Dino/Cosmic Fury - you can't have these overpowered god figures show up and fix everything with a wave of their hand. This applies to every story ever - the god-like figure is captured, or dead, or simply doesn't care enough to interfere. It's a very basic and logical choice for a narrative in order for our actual grounded protagonists to be the heroes.
HOWEVER. It's another instance of Boom hyping up these kinds of storylines as groundbreaking revelations of PR's mythos for years just for the actual reveal to be kind of a letdown. Phantom Ranger's identity. Dark Specter being a major villain. The Squadron Rangers. And now the Morphin Masters' current status. All hyped-up concepts that either get rushed or end up secondary to other concepts, and in the end, don't feel like they matter. It's getting to be a bit tiresome, and I'm saying that as someone who doesn't hold PR lore high on her list of reasons I enjoy the franchise in the first place. And it doesn't help here that, as I've said before, it just feels more like a way to stretch out this event to fill its year-long timeframe. By the end of this book, nothing was accomplished except two more Emissaries are dead (not that they did anything before this) and I guess Green and Black will eventually join the fight, so what was the point of it all. Slayer never really believed the Morphin Masters would help them anyway, so it's not like she changed by the end either - Pink was the only one who really developed as a character, and, well......
= Pink quick eat an imaginary Snickers you're not you when you're hungry
= this is the third person Slayer has killed in two books. she's so good at her job
= also you may have noticed that we've killed two Emissaries and they're not turning to stone nor having a giant spider boi burst out of their bodies. It's soooooooooooo cool how that entire story arc meant nothing in the long run
= ugh yes queen swear off religion just like that
= also at this point Drakkon has wielded the power of a Morphin Master and Slayer was offered the position of one. What I'm getting at here is Tomberly are indeed divine figures
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I have seen so many call out posts recently towards blogs that write for underage characters...it's ridiculous, I hate to see they got you too. Everyone I've seen get called out has clearly stated that they age up characters for anything nsfw...and regardless it's not that hard to just skip/block if that's not your thing??
Like if these were real children it would be one thing. But they're so, so not. They are 2d images that don't exist in the real world or real time, so it harms literally no one to write aged up smut of them. Ffs, not even the VAs are children that I know of. (Yujis VA is 35 and has voiced some pornographic audios even!!)
You tag all your stuff appropriately and I really enjoy it, so I just wanted to send some support/vent about all the recent call out posts!
yeah it sucks. i dont really get hurt by any of that, but some writers may get hurt by it which is shitty. whole thing is shitty. but the fact that they put the time and effort to do all that is CRAZZYYYYYYYYYY. but also i dont think anyone is really worried about it. there are so many ppl who participate in aging up characters that like it doesnt matter what they say LOL.
and yes 100% to the second para. ppl do not think :/.
i am sorry that u keep seeing that stuff, i havent seen any call outs other than that one. but wow that is crazyyyyy that ppl r doing that.
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I don't have the braincells to make an analysis or anything but
I just love how CCC-Kä was like the radioactive beast in a box and the Daltons (god help me they're so hot) just free him and the sky turns stormy and the atmosphere is soooo eerie and they dance together around the eurolava like a cult!!!! Just a normal Saturday night with the girlies 🔥🔥🔥
then we have psycho killer Tommy burying Häärijä and he literally SMELLS another creature from a distance AND THEN THEY SMELL EACH OTHER (omegaverse ass video) AND IT'S FREAK FINDING FREAK AND THEY GO CAUSING MAYHEM AROUND!!! AND TOMMY JUST HOLDING KÄÄRIJÄ WHILE THEY'RE ON THE ROOF OF THE PICKUP IM GOING TO DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
"hey käärijä u wanna party with me?" *smirk + blink* OBLITERATE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
LET'S GO PARRRTIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!! + 3...2...🖕🏻 GO CRAZYYYYY
And also, Häärijä at the end <3333333
Nono i wasn't ready I'm still not ready and honestly this video is gonna be my whole Halloween personality. Like. If I go partying on the 31st I'll either be Tommy or kä.
If there are some good MV analysis around tag me pls xx love you all!!!!!! Also my Käsh fics will write themselves ;)
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I don't watch star wars but I'm being reminded of the "what have I sacrificed?" Speech from the Andor when it comes to Dragon. It's basically a man braking down screaming on how he will throw away anything he has, dignity and self-respect he has if that means one day someone else doesn't have to do that. We know Dragon is a pacifist and hates death/violence even to those he hates because it simply isn't morally right for him but we are seeing Dragon throw away his higher moral standing and peace of mind for the hopes in the future that someone can actually be a pacifist, in hopes no one is pushed to fight simply to live and we see with Sabo willingly letting people believe he killed a king he will also swallow the pain of some people dying in an unjust way if that means more hope tomorrow.
He truly sounds like the real life guys you see that join armies because they don't think about the fighting they only see the helping of others and being absolutely destroyed when it is just violence especially to those who need protecting. I really enjoy that it's being shown in one piece I think not enough talk about that very painful experience is shown for how common it is
I love Dragon I love Dragon I love Dragon I love Dragon I love Dragon I love Dragon I especially love how he currently IS showing just how fucked up the marines are and how there possibly cannot BE permanent good in the marines because of the 'justice' they're all forced to believe. We literally have Garp telling Koby the old are worth being sacrificed for the young, but we can determine Dragon himself would not think like this - because he finds men like Vegapunk and Professor Clover to be both worth saving, as well as friends.
There's a big difference between someone CHOOSING sacrifice, and the systems that be saying YOU are not worthy of life compared to this other person. However, what Dragon seems to want is a world where sacrifice is not necessary full stop for life, and the marines never provided him that hope.
I am so sure whatever Dragon reveals, whatever he says and WHO he is, will flip the way some fans see the marines. I am SO excited for it and Dragon is making me CRAZYYYYY
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