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hidedino · 4 months

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i can see it so clearly that Q!Fit doesn't actually want to get a confirmation of how Q!Pac feels about him because then he'd be forced to think about the real possibility of pac reciprocating his feelings and waiting for him to confess.

i can recall two instances confirming this, first when ramón and bad had a conversation about fit and pac's feelings and fit had purposefully moved out of their volume radius. the second one was yesterday when fit was trying to distract sunny so neither of them could spy on the conversation between ramón and pac.

and this leads me to another thought.

i'm wondering here if maybe pac realises that fit does reciprocate his feelings, but doesn't want to confess first because he knows that fit is still not ready for a relationship. and of course, pac might not be fully ready either, but it currently seems like fit is further behind. he's still in that phase when he's worried that pac might become put off by fit seeing him in a romantic way, confirming this by telling ramón that "he doesn't want ramón to scare pac off" after ramón's confrontations.

listen, i know the most common explanation is that they're both scared of confessing because of their insecurities about whether the other will reciprocate their feelings. but there's just something about pac's interactions with ramón which is making me believe he may know more than we're giving him credit for.

when he was answering ramón's pushes at how they should start dating and get married, his answers seemed to be of someone who's perfectly aware that there are mutual feelings which are most likely eventually going to turn into something more than friendship. he was saying things like "maybe in the future i'll really become your dad" and "it is going slow, hopefully we can start progressing faster". and the biggest surprise was that he'd even insinuated he isn't actually sure what their relationship status is, but they're probably just good friends for now (because they haven't talked about it yet).

so pac kind of considers them to already be more than friends in the way they interact with each other. which means, he has to know about how fit feels because otherwise he wouldn't confess all of these things to ramón. also he obviously knew that fit was inviting him on a date even if fit was so worried about admitting said fact to pac. he was fully aware that their entire day together was meant to be romantic.

tldr: seeing that pac seems perfectly aware of fit's feelings, i find it more likely that he's waiting for fit to process them too instead of simply worrying that fit doesn't like him like that.

#does this make sense?#i hope it makes sense #this is what i've come up with after processing yesterday's interactions #but i actually haven't rewatched the streams yet so i hope i've remembered everything correctly #but of course feel free to disagree with me #hideduo #qsmp hideduo #fitpac #qsmp pac #qsmp fit #dino.thoughts

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kaladinkholins · 2 months

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Very interesting to me that a certain subset of the BES fandom's favourite iterations of Mizu and Akemi are seemingly rooted in the facades they have projected towards the world, and are not accurate representations of their true selves.

And I see this is especially the case with Mizu, where fanon likes to paint her as this dominant, hyper-masculine, smirking Cool GuyTM who's going to give you her strap. And this idea of Mizu is often based on the image of her wearing her glasses, and optionally, with her cloak and big, wide-brimmed kasa.

And what's interesting about this, to me, is that fanon is seemingly falling for her deliberate disguise. Because the glasses (with the optional combination of cloak and hat) represent Mizu's suppression of her true self. She is playing a role.

Take this scene of Mizu in the brothel in Episode 4 for example. Here, not only is Mizu wearing her glasses to symbolise the mask she is wearing, but she is purposely acting like some suave and cocky gentleman, intimidating, calm, in control. Her voice is even deeper than usual, like what we hear in her first scene while facing off with Hachiman the Flesh-Trader in Episode 1.

This act that Mizu puts on is an embodiment of masculine showboating, which is highly effective against weak and insecure men like Hachi, but also against women like those who tried to seduce her at the Shindo House.

And that brings me to how Mizu's mask is actually a direct parallel to Akemi's mask in this very same scene.

Here, Akemi is also putting up an act, playing up her naivety and demure girlishness, using her high-pitched lilted voice, complimenting Mizu and trying to make small talk, all so she can seduce and lure Mizu in to drink the drugged cup of sake.

So what I find so interesting and funny about this scene, characters within it, and the subsequent fandom interpretations of both, is that everyone seems to literally be falling for the mask that Mizu and Akemi are putting up to conceal their identities, guard themselves from the world, and get what they want.

It's also a little frustrating because the fanon seems to twist what actually makes Mizu and Akemi's dynamic so interesting by flattening it completely. Because both here and throughout the story, Mizu and Akemi's entire relationship and treatment of each other is solely built off of masks, assumptions, and misconceptions.

Akemi believes Mizu is a selfish, cocky male samurai who destroyed her ex-fiance's career and life, and who abandoned her to let her get dragged away by her father's guards and forcibly married off to a man she didn't know. on the other hand, Mizu believes Akemi is bratty, naive princess who constantly needs saving and who can't make her own decisions.

These misconceptions are even evident in the framing of their first impressions of each other, both of which unfold in these slow-motion POV shots.

Mizu's first impression of Akemi is that of a beautiful, untouchable princess in a cage. Swirling string music in the background.

Akemi's first impression of Mizu is of a mysterious, stoic "demon" samurai who stole her fiance's scarf. Tense music and the sound of ocean waves in the background.

And then, going back to that scene of them together in Episode 4, both Mizu and Akemi continue to fool each other and hold these assumptions of each other, and they both feed into it, as both are purposely acting within the suppressive roles society binds them to in order to achieve their goals within the means they are allowed (Akemi playing the part of a subservient woman; Mizu playing the part of a dominant man).

But then, for once in both their lives, neither of their usual tactics work.

Akemi is trying to use flattery and seduction on Mizu, but Mizu sees right through it, knowing that Akemi is just trying to manipulate and harm her. Rather than give in to Akemi's tactics, Mizu plays with Akemi's emotions by alluding to Taigen's death, before pinning her down, and then when she starts crying, Mizu just rolls her eyes and tells her to shut up.

On the opposite end, when Mizu tries to use brute force and intimidation, Akemi also sees right through it, not falling for it, and instead says this:

"Under your mask, you're not the killer you pretend to be."

Nonetheless, despite the fact that they see a little bit through each other's masks, they both still hold their presumptions of each other until the very end of the season, with Akemi seeing Mizu as an obnoxious samurai swooping in to save the day, and Mizu seeing Akemi as a damsel in distress.

And what I find a bit irksome is that the fandom also resorts to flattening them to these tropes as well.

Because Mizu is not some cool, smooth-talking samurai with a big dick sword as Akemi (and the fandom) might believe. All of that is the facade she puts up and nothing more. In reality, Mizu is an angry, confused and lonely child, and a masterful artist, who is struggling against her own self-hatred. Master Eiji, her father figure who knows her best, knows this.

And Akemi, on the other hand, is not some girly, sweet, vain and spoiled princess as Mizu might believe. Instead she has never cared for frivolous things like fashion, love or looks, instead favouring poetry and strategy games instead, and has always only cared about her own independence. Seki, her father figure who knows her best, knows this.

But neither is she some authoritative dominatrix, though this is part of her new persona that she is trying to project to get what she wants. Because while Akemi is willful, outspoken, intelligent and authoritative, she can still be naive! She is still often unsure and needs to have her hand held through things, as she is still learning and growing into her full potential. Her new parental/guardian figure, Madame Kaji, knows this as well.

So with all that being said, now that we know that Mizu and Akemi are essentially wearing masks and putting up fronts throughout the show, what would a representation of Mizu's and Akemi's true selves actually look like? Easy. It's in their hair.

This shot on the left is the only time we see Mizu with her hair completely down. In this scene, she's being berated by Mama, and her guard is completely down, she has no weapon, and is no longer wearing any mask, as this is after she showed Mikio "all of herself" and tried to take off the mask of a subservient housewife. Thus, here, she is sad, vulnerable, and feeling small (emphasised further by the framing of the scene). This is a perfect encapsulation of what Mizu is on the inside, underneath all the layers of revenge-obsession and the walls she's put around herself.

In contrast, the only time we Akemi with her hair fully down, she is completely alone in the bath, and this scene takes place after being scorned by her father and left weeping at his feet. But despite all that, Akemi is headstrong, determined, taking the reigns of her life as she makes the choice to run away, but even that choice is reflective of her youthful naivety. She even gets scolded by Seki shortly after this in the next scene, because though she wants to be independent, she still hasn't completely learned to be. Not yet. Regardless, her decisiveness and moment of self-empowerment is emphasised by the framing of the scene, where her face takes up the majority of the shot, and she stares seriously into the middle distance.

To conclude, I wish popular fanon would stop mischaracterising these two, and flattening them into tropes and stereotypes (ie. masculine badass swordsman Mizu and feminine alluring queen but also girly swooning damsel Akemi), all of which just seems... reductive. It also irks me when Akemi is merely upheld as a love interest and romantic device for Mizu and nothing more, when she is literally Mizu's narrative foil (takes far more narrative precedence over romantic interest) and the deuteragonist of this show. She is her own person. That is literally the theme of her entire character and arc.

#blue eye samurai #mizu blue eye samurai #akemi blue eye samurai #blue eye samurai meta #just in case... im gonna tag this as #mizukemicritical #akemizucritical #though this post isnt actually criticising the ship itself but rather fanon's portrayal of the ship and the characters #for that reason lemme also tag this as #wank.mp3 #feel free to disagree of course but please be civil #and if you need to rant about how wrong i am without any convincing evidence kindly feel free to make your own post. peace and love <3 #fandom.rtf #meta dissertations.pdf #shut up haydar #edit: for full disclosure. i do rather dislike this ship. but obviously it's fine for anyone to enjoy it. please do! have your fun!#it's just that as usual! popular fanon and fandom around a ship is what has completely deterred me from any sense of enjoyment of it #it's a shame too because i was very open and even eager for some mizu/akemi romance in the future #but out-of-character fanon + the rudeness of certain fans has definitely soured it for me #but that doesn't mean people can't enjoy it obviously! ship and let ship!!!#plus it has its appeal which i DO STILL see and enjoy!!!!#i would even go as far as to call them soulmates because their narratives and characters are LITERALLY intertwined!!!#but. yeah. my gradual distaste for this ship is indeed very unfortunate.

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iridescentpull · 4 months

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Actually, I'm gonna ramble about Pac and Ramón for a bit:

Pac knows how it feels to be abandoned– after all, he was abandoned in the orphanage after his parents' divorce. He knows the trauma of waiting for that person to come back, but ultimately never coming back, and feeling like maybe it was his fault for that, and the need to prove you deserve to be loved.

They both had to grow up quickly, albeit for different yet similar reasons. Pac had to grow up quickly because he had to take care and protect his best friend, Mike, and at the same time fight for their survival after the orphanage shut down. Ramón had to grow up because his other father, Spreen, didn't like how childish he was (the moment with the boucy ball comes to mind**) and then he lost his 1st life, which meant he had to be extra careful.

They both also only have had one other person for most of their lives, someone they can trust 100%. It has always been Fit and Ramón & Pac and Mike for the longest time. Of course, other people have come and gone, but in the end, it has always been the two of them.

I think the reason Pac is so affectionate and caring of Ramón is because he knows, he understands him. He wants Ramón to get to experience all the things he couldn’t. Have a big adoption party? Yes, of course. Have two lovable parents who cherish him? Done and dusted. Have domestic and relaxing activities with close family? That can be be arranged, just say a day.

All in all, I think them being in each others lives heals them respectively. Pac being able to love and take care of Ramón helps him heal his inner child. Ramón being able to get the second parent he always wanted (while also making sure Fit is not alone) helps him get to feel like a silly kid once again.

I think that's beautiful.

(** If you dont know, Ramón once had a slime ball he used to play catch with. One time, he gave the ball to Spreen in hopes of playing with him, but Spreen scolded him for being childish and that he had to grow up. After that, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Ramón with the ball again [i could be wrong, though!])

#idk if this makes any sense #i just went insane #ramon and pac are so similar it makes me cry #them both being with each other heals them #i will sob i love them so much #qsmp #qsmp pac #pactw #qsmp ramon #fitpac #<< its not explicitly said but its there #fitmc #mikethelink #character analysis #this is all my opinion of course #feel free to disagree as long as youre respectful

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amygdalae · 3 months

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This question is not meant to be hostile im genuinely curious cuz i havent read all of it yet but is laos really that interesting? he has the least interesting character design of the series (imo) does he get cooler?

does he get cooler visually? sorta, sometimes? (i wont get into spoilers.) but pretty much most of the time yeah his design is just like that. imo i think hes kind of intentionally designed as a plain looking human fighter guy cuz it creates a kinda fun dissonance with how deeply strange he is

#like idk the way he looks feels in line with his personality to me. like he seems boring on the surface #plus hes not the sort of dude to look very flashy hes too busy drawing pictures of monsters in his journal and infodumping #idk feel free to disagree of course #id slonk him stupid. who said that

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kyouka-supremacy · 1 month

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Atsushi for the ask game.

ATSUSHI HERE WE GO THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY PRAYERS

Favorite thing about them: HIS SELFISHNESS. It's so so delicious to explore. Can you imagine a protagonist that saves others not out of simple good will, but because of egoistic self-preservation motives? It just feels counterintuitive for me lmao, and I found it quite messed up when I first watched the anime, but now it's so compelling to explore. His whole “everything I do is in order to gain the right to live” is crazy fashinating. Because lol, that's entirely nonsensical to me! There's no such thing as “gaining the right to live”; all humans, every person in the world is inherently deserving of life. All. No exception. So there's no level of “weak” or “worthless” that would make you lose that right. The fact that's it's a vision so distant and absurd from mine, idk, it just makes it very compelling to explore? “What if there was a little fucked up guy who believed the right to live had to be earned” just sounds like a very interesting premise.

Least favorite thing about them: When I first watched the anime, I think I found him low-key annoying? I just... Don't do very well with self-deprecating people and people who complain a lot in general, I usually suffer in silence and tend to (wrongly) assume others should do the same (this probably makes me sound pretty mean, I swear I try to be understanding irl). However, it doesn't bother me as much anymore, I simply think it's more of a distinctive trait of the character that makes him multilayered and unique. As of now, I can't think of anything I don't like about him if not the fact that I wish he'd rely on Dazai and others in general a little less. I know that has to do with his lack of self-worth, so maybe it makes sense,, but as of now he feels kind of stuck. I just wish we'd see him grow more on that front.

Favorite line:

There may be better ones, but I really like the delivery of this one.

brOTP: KYOUKA AND ATSUSHI they make me go insane. Already talked about this in the Kyouka post but just to reiterate: in my headcanon Kyouka really is the only person Atsushi feels genuine, selfless affection towards. It's very sweet. They're siblings. Kyouka's happiness is really important for Atsushi. They really do have that feeling of people who got out of an abusive environment learning what normality is supposed to be like together. I also really like how they compensate for what the other lacks, be it decisiveness and coolhead for Atsushi and empathy and positivity for Kyouka. Although plenty shipping them romantically, I really like platonic sskk and atsulucy as well.

OTP: I really like sskk eheh. I think they're neat. There's a thousand and one reasons why I find them pretty great. They're objectively the only reason why I got invested in bsd as well as the only thing that has me keep up with the franchise to this day. Right now, I feel like the one thing I really appreciate about them is how you can be the worst person in the universe and still somehow be loveable to someone. I think it's sweet. I also find it very fun and enterataining to explore their various soulmatism antics. They're both very complex and multilayered characters with something deeply wrong with how their minds work that makes them very fun to analyze both by their own and in the complexity of their relationship. Their collective story arc and canon relationship progression is extremely engaging and nice to follow, too. I love dazatsu and atsulucy as well!! Both were ships I wasn't particularly invested when I read the manga for the first time, but really grew in me in the last six months or so. I really dig akuatsulucy as well!!

nOTP: Nothing?

Random headcanon: He really likes reading. There's some real meta-analysis to be made here I actually had written this is probably not the right place to talk about, but in a work that's all about literature, he's the character who reads.

Unpopular opinion: He's the hardest character to write / characterize. That's why people should probably go easier on other fans when they mischaracterize him. He's just very multifaceted and genuinely hard to get. I keep seeing people being like “Stop babyfying Atsushi he's an independent adult!!” then turn around to say “he can't be shipped with Dazai because there's too much unbalance of power :// [somewhat implying Atsushi can't make free decisions for himself]”, or “Stop making of Atsushi a soft baby who never did wrong in his life!!!” then turn around to say “Atsushi is the happy puppy of the agency who gets treats and pats from everyone ^^ ” like. At least to me, a lot of people's arguments sound self-contradictory all the time; but that doesn't mean people should stop having fun and characterize the characters as they like! Just, let's stop being mean to each other and try to be a little more accepting towards others' takes, shall we? And yes that also includes letting people find Atsushi annoying if they find him annoying (although like, I've NEVER found anyone call Atsushi annoying ever, so really, what remote fandom spaces is everyone visiting? Why are you looking for clothes (good takes) at the soup store (Tik/tok I assume?) ).

Song i associate with them: Common World Domination by Pinocchio-P, HIBANA by DECO*27, Ghost Rule by DECO*27, so on and so forth.

Favorite picture of them:

Favourite panel from the manga:

Favourite illustration: Look, there's too many beautiful illustrations, I can't chose. Here's a very good one though.

Favourite illustration in the anime art style:

But also:

Favourite Mayoi card:

Send me a character?

#Btw I think the author does truly believe that people have to earn their own right to live and that #“people can't live unless someone tells them ‘it's okay to go on’ ”#Which is all sorts of fucked up for me and just goes to the encyclopedia titled Reasons Why I Strongly Disagree With Bsd Morals #But taking the character Atsushi on its own out of the context of which worldvies bsd does or doesn't enable.#I think it's very compelling to explore a character who thinks like that!!#Of course‚ feel free to disagree with my interpretation of the text #atsushi nakajima #bsd #mine #people asks me stuff #I feel like with this more than others I have more to say that just didn't come to me...#I have so many headcanons and opinions about Atsushi how can I only pick one!!!

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championdaigo · 4 months

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free space to say anything you want about steven im so interested in your thoughts

This ask has been sitting in my inbox for a while now because I've been unsure about how I want to go about attacking it (you've given me such a gift, anon)

But I think I'll use this as an opportunity to publicly share a long line of characterization thoughts I discussed one day in the steven stone appreciation discord server (compiled below the cut, it's going to be kinda messy)

Personally i like to see Steven as someone who has everything to lose. He’s smart, rich, educated, handsome, a skilled battler, and a regional darling. This is going to be controversial but I think he had a loving family and a fulfilling (albeit very sheltered) upbringing. He seems like the kind of guy who could very easily get anything he wanted. But i also see him as someone who’s aware of that and puts in genuine effort to see reality outside of his bubble.

I see him as someone who never really experienced personal tragedy growing up, and as someone who a few members of the general public could get frustrated with for “privilege-blindness”. Like he’s someone who was basically placed on a high rung at birth but still needed to climb upwards. Most people love him (rightfully so) but others are more than ready to have a reason to throw rocks at him. I think I take this approach mainly because I'm really fascinated by IRL celebrity culture from an outsider's perspective

But, in his core, he's a good guy with healthy morals who has much to learn about the world around him.

and now for some shitpost headcanons

beldum was a devon corp invention originally intended to be a smart can opener. it accidentally gained sentience and became the president's young son's best friend

steven's mother isn't dead or even absent. she just happened to be visiting kalos during the events of the hoenn games and had the shock of her life finding out about the weather crisis through buzznav's emergency alerts (steven had twenty-seven missed calls from mom during this time)

steven's perception of money is very much the "it's one banana what could it cost 10 dollars" meme. this is both a positive and a negative

steven has a relatively sharp sense of style except when it comes to casual wear (that summer outfit is divorcecore)

#pokemon #steven stone #ask #anon #characterization thoughts #feel free to disagree with me of course (many already do)#i'm a picky eater when it comes to tropes but i like characters coming in different fandom flavors #i assume this was in response to my nepo baby poll reflection?#i genuinely love having any excuse to discuss steven pokemon

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justsomeunsurefancat · 7 months

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I can't help but think... Do people actually think is okay for parents to be overwhelmingly supporting with their kids?? Like, man I get you need to encourage a kid so they're confident. But shouldn't there be, you know, balance??

I find it weird that whenever someones says anything about thinking their parents are overwhelming everyone jumps to say that they're ungrateful and the parents are 100% right, instead of trying to maybe understand it can make the person uncomfortable. I personally wouldn't like my parents making a fuss over a simple things, not because I want to be ungrateful for their support, it's just that sometimes too much attention can make me uncomfortable.

Again, i'm not saying parents shouldn't support their child. Especially when they're young, acknowledging their achiements is very important. Regardless of anything i can say about the way my parents support me in the present day and how that makes me feel, i'm grateful that they supported me when I was a kid.

If you didn't had supportive parents and you wish they would've aknowleged more your efforts, i'm sorry for you, really. But I feel like it doesn't mean there's just flowers at the other end of the spectrum.

If you think I'm wrong, fine. I myself am not 100% sure of this stance either. But i wanted to put it out there, because it's something that i've thought about for a long time.

#i know this isn't related to what i usually post so sorry about that #to the like #three people that actually read my crap lol #again feel free to disagree with me #and give your arguments if you want #i'd love to hear those actually #as long as you're respectful of course

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two-hearts-beat · 1 month

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I know literally nobody will see this but a type of post that I see come up on my dash again and again makes me want to remind everyone of or introduce y'all to the Slippery Slope Fallacy

tl;dr this faulty type of reasoning claims that any step in a certain direction unavoidably equals a complete loss of control and a swift, ceaseless rush to the worst extreme that could be imagined down that road

in some cases this worry is actually reasonable! but only if there is evidence that the deciding party is indeed likely to have less control over the situation in the future/in case this decision is made compared to the present/if they decide against it

for example: "in very conservative regions agreeing to a ban of books that portray sexual violence in schools may normalize the perspective of ultra-conservatives and give them precedent to argue for a ban of all books with sexual content" — here it's conceivably reasonable to oppose any step in that direction

on the other hand: "inviting a discussion about the potentially harmful and problematic nature of p*dophilic (fan-)fiction in a mostly liberal and fan-occupied space like tumblr has the inevitable consequence of creating a censorship of queer writing or all writing with sexual themes on the internet" — this claim does not explain how allowing a conversation about a complex topic would change the amount of power that the community currently has or how one step would lead to the other (and feasibly in itself has a prohibiting influence on the voicing of nuanced perspectives on the topic)

#watch me pretend like I can put my major to good use 🙃#slippery slope #fanfiction #problematic fiction #censorship #also I didn't want to make the post longer than necessary but the words 'censorship' and 'nuance' deserve particular attention here #if you disagree feel free to let me know of course!

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ash-rabbit · 2 years

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Everyone has a different 'scariest' episode of TMA, but none have filled me with horror as much as MAG 118 had.

It's not the threat of Elias or the choir of skin puppets that turned my stomach.

It's Martin Blackwood.

Martin and his wanton destruction of historical documents. Albrecht's letter in particular.

Below is just a vent about that letters possible research significance and why it's destruction is devastating from like a small scale. Information Science people could probably say it a lot better, but it is 2 am and still thinking about that.

Working off the assumption that the letter is the Schwartzwald statement Mag 23, well-

It's devastating. Albrecht's letter actually operates as an excellent primary source within the world of Magnus as a study on cursed books. Leitner's library was a known and infamous variable within the supernatural community, and Albrecht's library was essentially a precursor to it.

I'd also like to point out that MAG 53 also offered up another source of cursed libraries and the foul fates of their caretakers

And MAG 127 is a follow up to MAG 23, further reaffirming the assumptions made in 53 regarding the fates of failed archivists.

Even if that's a completely unrelated letter, it was stored in the archive because it was considered relevant for future researchers, archives don't just hoard every gossipy letter, those would go into a separate collection based in the library if anything.

And all of these related statements are all in English, which is kind of insane? So maybe I'm bitter that I've had to change multiple thesis' due to a lack of relevant primary sources, but Albrecht is such a pivotal lore character in universe.

My uni makes history students attend a seminar on how to handle materials from archives and rare book libraries, and the librarian promised great violence on those who would use a stapler or pen anywhere near those texts.

So really, Martin got off incredibly easy for purposefully destroying an invaluable record. Irregardless of sentiment, I think Jonah under reacted. In that situation I think Jonah Magnus would have been more justified in brutal pipe murdering a man then he had with Jurgen Leitner.

There is nothing inherently evil about knowledge, about books and records. The ethics lie within the acquisition of said knowledge, it's usage, and what it's destruction represents.

#the magnus archives #martin blackwood #tma #mag 118 #I can't listen to 118 without being filled with nausea and an unreasonable amount of anger #I was devastated at the lack of diverse secondary and primary papers regarding translatio (christian reliquary theft) so yeah I'm bitter #I needed ten sources for a 300 course. Destruction of mag 23 is the loss of three possible sources. Since you lose the case for alexandria #2am posting means the anxiety is drowned out by poor impulse control #Feel free to discourse. But like. Nothing you say will convince me that Martin's actions were justifiable in that instance #martin negativity #i guess?#I'm not dragging Martin here. But I fundamentally disagree with his course of action

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oveliagirlhaditright · 8 months

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I forgot to mention that I saw the trailer for the new the The Hunger Games movie when I went and saw Blue Beetle (the prequel, you know?) and it does look really good (even though at first I was unsure about it). I'm probably for sure going to see it when it comes out. Though this will be the first time that I haven't read the book first... unless I do end up reading the book between now and then.

#friends how do we feel about the 'the ballad of songbirds and snakes' novel?#because for me personally. and a lot of people i know... i honestly preferred the hunger games movies more than the books (even though you #have to love and appreciate the books. of course. because without them there would be no films)#is it the same with the prequel?#though i also know that many fans prefer the books and hate the movies: thinking the movies left out too much and that kind of thing #but yeah. since i DID prefer the movies. and think there's a good chance it might be the same way again. i'm thinking i might just watch th #movie first or maybe not even read the book at all #even though i'm usually of the mind of always reading the book. of course. and usually first #i think my reasons for preferring the movies are as follows... i really hated katniss in the books. i'm sorry. but i did. but seeing her #brought to life with the way jennifer lawrence played her really made me love her #also. people complain about some things the movies left out. and i definitely get that. to each their own #but i personally love the things the movies ADDED! that we didn't get to see since we're stuck in katniss' pov. that i think just bettered #the stories so much #and some (surely not all) of the things that were left out that people complained about i feel like aren't THAT needed?#like they didn't explain the avoxes #but i also feel like if you're smart you can clearly figure out what the capitol did to them #idk. this is just my opinion of course. anyone is free to disagree #but i say all as this as someone who isn't SUPER into the hunger games #i only read the books once. years ago. and i haven't seen the movies in a while. so i'm sure there are things i may have forgotten and migh #be getting wrong here #oh! another thing too is that i've seen people mention that they felt like suzanne collins' writing style with thg is almost script-like.#even though it's not a script of course #and that that might be another reason that i. and so many others prefer them as movies #because it was almost like she was writing the books TO be made into movies

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dawningfairytale · 1 year

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currently fascinated with the concept of unrequited blackrose as per usual

#rtc #ride the cyclone #blackrose rtc #blackrose #also to be clear i am not villainising anyone who has unrequited feelings or is unable/unwilling to reciprocate unrequited feelings #i mostly think of it in a constance -> ocean way but ocean could have unrequited feelings for constance #i think either way the feelings-haver would feel so guilty. this is her friend and she’s corrupted it with stupid romantic desires #constance would bury it down deep. she knows ocean has no interest in relationships. she listens to all her words and remembers each one #and yeah ‘the truth sets you free’ but not if it traps the person you love #who is loving you back in every way they can #it’s so personal to me actually #if oceans having the feelings she tries to breeze past it. forget that thé thought ever came across her mind #but she cant. every look that constance gives. every smile that lets her personality shine through. every laugh that lights up her heart.#makes ocean think of holding her and kissing her and being her strongest defence from the cruel world.#but she can’t.#ocean has heard constance’s rants on the idea of settling down and how much romantic love is pushed #and she doesn’t disagree. far from it. that’s why she knows - for once - to shut up and let constance’s feelings dictate the duo’s actions #either way they stay friends. of course they do. and one never reveals the stupid crush she had on the other. because that would crush her #again! not villainising those who can’t/won’t reciprocate feelings. just looking at the guilt and confusion that comes from loving someon #e who can’t return it and what constance and ocean would do in such a situation #you’d think i’d be able to get over her more easily. wouldn’t you.

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kyouka-supremacy · 6 months

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Do you think that akutagawa will ever join the ada?

Mmmmmmhhhh. I'm not sure, actually.

Character-arc wise, I don't think he should. Although most of that has to do with how I perceive the character and my personal headcanons. It is very much true that Akutagawa is going through a redemption arc, but I think the arc is tending towards reaching a kind of good-ness that is similar to Chuuya's: still working for the pm, but not exactly a villain; doing things that serve the greatest good in the grand scheme of things of how Yokohama's power dynamics work; overall works as an ally to the main characters and is vastly sympathetic to the readers. Most importantly, I don't think Akutagawa would realistically ever be happy in the ada as long as Dazai is in it, so I can hardly wish for him to join. I don't think Akutagawa should directly work under Dazai ever again, but you know, the author probably disagrees with me on this lmao. Because I think what Dazai did to Akutagawa is unforgivable, while the author believes there isn't anything to be forgiven at all.

So you see, I don't pretend to be able to guess what the author has in plan for Akutagawa's character, really! I don't think he should join the ada, but I don't feel like I can completely exclude it as a possibility either. The character development is still ongoing. And as I already mentioned, his outfit change in the last episode could, among many other things, be an indicator of a switching of loyalty, so you know, right now everything is possible! If anything, we know that canonly there is a universe were Akutagawa is fit for the ada. But if you ask me, like Dazai dying in Beast means that he'll live in the main timeline, Akutagawa being in the ada in Beast is telling of how that's not his place in canon.

#I loved this question‚ thank you for asking!!!#I was going to say. I'm not sure the ada would take him in (because of all his crimes). But scratch that they took in way worse #But seriously there's several ada Aktgw fics out there and they just... Don't sit right with me.#Because for how I see it he'd never be able to find happiness in it #Because Akutagawa is never going to get over Dazai. Seriously peoples. He isn't.#And for Dazai manipulating Akutagawa is like a second nature so he'd keep doing it in the ada too.#I'd dare say he'd do it even involuntarily??#But it's just. Their relationship is far beyond saving #But of course feel free to disagree with me on this!!!#ryūnosuke akutagawa #bsd #bungou stray dogs #people asks me stuff

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martianbugsbunny · 6 months

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So a political ad that I've seen a lot recently has smthn in there about how one of the candidates supported (quote) "gender-mutilating surgeries" (unquote) and honestly that is just like so telling of...certain people's views on gender. It's something that they pin so deeply onto these arbitrary bodily characteristics, which can be fairly neatly changed by a good surgeon anyway, that to them gender is something that can be mutilated, because it's housed solely in a physical form. From my point of view it's impossible to "mutilate" gender because it's a part of the soul, the spirit, the anima of a person, which can't be touched by corporeal procedures and exists separate from the physical characteristics that are generally used to describe it.

#which of course is not to say that gender-affirming surgeries/etc. don't have positive benefits #they do #largely because as a society we attach so much of our perception of gender to the physical traits like breasts and genitals #but THE POINT is you can't mutilate a gender #it's not something you can cut into or harm #it's not a physical thing in itself #and I feel sorry *derisive* for people who have such a narrow view of gender that they believe it's solely what physical bits you have #anyway if you disagree with me feel free but please be civil #I just thought this was in interesting little encapsulation of a specific demographic's view of gender #also gender affirming surgeries rock #shoutout to the gender affirming surgeons of the world #gender #trans #transgender #nonbinary #genderqueer #genderfluid #queer #sorry if it's a lil fuzzy btw I'm not the most eloquent person alive #martianbugsbunny opines

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alarrytale · 9 months

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Hey marte, i know you’re not a fan of potentially controversial asks, but i just noticed something weird and i don’t know who else to talk to about it. I’ve had the babygate tag blocked for a couple years for my mental health, but I’m in a better place now and wanted to catch up on what i missed. However, I’ve since noticed a really uncomfortable pattern with some blogs: they go on and on about how B and the Clark’s are abusing F by putting him on social media and letting him being in documentaries for everyone to see, but those same blogs will then gush about how excited they are for HL to have kids. Baby photo shoots, Disney world pics, behind the scenes of concerts running around in 1D merch. Dad content, kid content, perfect family content content content. At first, i thought they were writing an au fanfiction, but some of these people are making full on manifestation boards and prayer circles. Am i crazy or is wanting that kind of stuff really hypocritical? Like, do people actually care about F’s well being, or do they just want him to disappear because he represents the ultimate stunt and would be more than okay seeing different young kids’ faces posted around as long as they’re HL’s? Maybe you don’t care and I’m just shouting into the void here, but I’ve noticed more and more that a lot of larries think the boys can do no wrong, that whatever they do is automatically the good and moral thing because they’re the ones doing it, and vice versa with people the fandom sees as bad. I just have a lot of mixed feelings on the whole thing, and thought maybe someone else’s perspective could help me make sense of things.

Hi, anon 🩵

I get what you mean. Here's my perspective. The reason so many people are berating the Clarks are several. They are unscrupulous. They had a baby just to pretend it was their daughters that she had with a rich and famous boybander as to elevate their own status and get some quick cash. They basically pimped out their baby for money and fame. Nowadays F has to be in the public domain like in the documentary, social media, attend concerts and so forth. Basically to 'act' as a son to Louis. F has no agency and free will to say no. They are using him as a means to an end. His right to privacy was sold to Sony by his own parents. He's an accessory. We also don't know how much of the money the Clarks have made on F that he gets to keep. F is their cash cow, their biggest income source and maybe their only income source. Maybe F is their breadwinner.

The difference between the Clarks and F, and HL having kids together, is that they will not (i hope) have kids with the primary goal of earning money off of them. The kids will (i hope) not be used as an accessory for pap walks to boost their parents image as mature, dependable and responsible people (other celebs do this). If HL choose to show their kids faces to the public it will hopefully be because they are proud of their kids and think they are the most beautiful thing to ever happen to them. They want to brag and say 'look at this kid, how lucky are we?' (Like any mom and dad posting pics of their kids ever). Maybe we'll get to see 'eating solids for the first time' pics, 'first day in kindergarten' pics, 'learning to swim' pics and 'she learned to walk, why is my kid growing so fast *crying emoji*' pics so on. I don't think they'll take advantage of their kids. I think they will have them just be themselves and not have them 'act' so they fit with their parents image. HL have so much money that they'll never have to use their kids as an income source (thankfully).

I also think that people want to see HL being as successful in their private life as they are in their public life, especially because we haven't seen them together for years. Them having kids would be the icing on the cake. We just want to see them happy (and for many that includes with kids).

Hope this helped anon!

#i'm not adverse to controversial asks at all anon #i just get tired of certain subjects when i feel like we've exhausted the subject #and i've said my piece #people sending ask just disagreeing with me is fine i just don't know how to respond?#like you are free to disagree of course but i've said what i think and i believe and i'm not going to repeat myself?#don't be afraid to be controversial!#babygate for ts #freddie for ts #louis image #harry image #kids #larry genuinely happy

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