i’m getting sad over asch’s entire character again. a young child robbed of his past, unable to return to his family and loved ones because he's been replaced. his future robbed as well because his replication means his lifespan is on a ticking clock that can't be stopped. he follows van's orders because van is his mentor. but even more than that, van was a father to him. even if he knew on some level that he was being used, what could he have done about it? he was a child. he was only a child. a child replaced by someone else, someone who took everything he had—no, everything he was. a child unwanted by the world. unwanted by prophecy. wanted only by one person. wanted so he could be used. where does a child place all those feelings?
the answer is simple: anger.
anger is the emotion that protects you. it's the emotion that loves you. that understands the hand you were dealt was unfair and unjust. anger was the substitute for the love asch had taken from him. anger became his new past. his future. the thing that swaddled him and raised him from a child to a young adult. and then he meets him, the one who'd taken everything from him, and he sees this pompous, haughty idiot who can't even accept that his actions have caused the deaths of thousands (something both understandable yet inexcusable given the full context of luke's character), yet still cowers in fear at the thought of taking a single life. this is the person who's taken it all from him. cowardly, foolish, and blindly following his—their—mentor. how dare he wear his face. how dare he say things when asch has become his shadow, when it should be the other way around.
anger becomes easy to project on him because luke is at fault for a lot of things in the first third of the plot. but then he grows. luke strives to become better. to become his own person. to grow farther from asch, yet still extending a hand of camaraderie towards him anyway. and what emotion does this elicit in asch? anger.
asch is a wonderful example of a static character whose perception by the audience changes regardless of his fixed personality. because the more we learn about him, the more we feel empathy and sorrow for him—and the more we see his flaws. anger is the part of asch that protected him when nothing else would. at first, he gets angry at luke because luke stole everything from him and doesn't even know how good he has it. he can't think for himself, he has no identity. and then he gets angry because luke changes—because he starts to become a person separate from asch, and asch has no more reason to be angry at him, except that he still IS because it's so much easier to project than to look inward. "how dare he live my life yet still be so incompetent" to "how dare he be my replica but want to be his own person" and you know what? asch is still sympathetic even though his immature mindset on things is flawed. because what else does he have now? neither of them can go back to the fabre residence. luke because of his self-hatred and guilt, and asch because that stopped being his home long ago (and also because he's on limited time, anyway).
asch's death really hit hard as a result of this. understanding his character and how he cares but doesn't know how to show it, how he lets his anger dictate how he interacts with his peers, including natalia. he's so lost, just as lost as luke is. but he can't bring himself to accept outside help like luke was able to. he dies entrusting it all to luke, not "despite never understanding him" but because he ended up knowing him all too well. because he and luke are mirror images of one another. because they've taken so much from each other. because they've given each other so much. because they're different people. because they're the same person. they reflect each other's karma—their wrongdoings and insecurities. their innermost worries and fears. asch can't stand the fact that luke seems so lost residing in the existence of the fon fabre heir because he can't stand the fact that he's lost as well.
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HI HELLO HAVE THE TRANSLATED LYRICS TO THE NEW RUSSIAN KINITOPET FANSONG
song - ДРУЗЬЯ НАВСЕГДА [KINITO PET ПЕСНЯ] | НИНТЕР (FRIENDS FOREVER [KINITO PET SONG | NINTER {author's nickname})
thanks to this post for posting about it on here!! Made me find it out (:
Udp: Thank to this post for a lot of corrections!
If im gonna change some things i will leave the closest to the original translation in the brackets to it will not drift it's meaning if anyone wants to use it!
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Я другом твоим хочу стать - I want to become your friend
Дай побольше о тебе узнать - Let me know more about you
Будем вместе мы играть - We will play together
То, что в письме - лучше не знать - What's in the letter - better not to know
Задаю тебе вопросы: - Asking you questions
Зима, лето или осень? - Winter, summer or autumn?
Твоя любимая еда? - What's your favorite food?
Какое имя у зверька? - What's the name of your beastie? (as in like. small animal. it rhymes in russian i promise.)
[Pre-Chorus]
Доверься мне, мы же друзья - Trust me, we are friends after all
И ты со мною до конца - And you with me untill the end
Я всё узнаю про тебя - I will find out everything about you
От меня не скроешься - Can't hide away from me
В моих руках твои друзья - Your friends are in my hands
Ты их забудешь навсегда - You will forget them forever
Ведь у тебя есть только я - Because you have only me
И только я, и только я - And only me, and only me
[Chorus]
Бесконечное веселье - Everlasting fun
Только лишь для нас двоих - Only for us two
С тобой найдём мы увлеченье - With you we'll find devotion
О проблемах позабыв - All problems forgotten
[Verse 2]
С возвращением, друг - Welcome back, friend
Кажется был завершён сеанс - Seems like our seance was cut short
Но ты не бойся, коли вдруг - But don't fear, if that's so
Смогу восстановить баланс - I can fix the balance
Осталось сделать одну вещь - Only one thing left to do
В админ состав меня вовлечь - In admin list include me
В командную строку набрать: - Type into cmd:
“Кинито дать твой комп зас—” - Give Kinito my pc- (wow i accidentally made it rhyme. anyways, back to blank verse)
[Break]
Давай, давай, пиши! - Come on, come on, write!
Комп мне свой уступи! - Give your PC to me! (it uses Russian rude-ish-sland for the word computer but that is most likely for song purposes bc it only has one vowel while computer is a long word in both languages
Я не вирус! - I'm not a virus!
Я не вирус! - I'm not a virus!
[Chorus]
Бесконечное веселье - Everlasting fun
Только лишь для нас двоих - Only for us two
С тобой найдём мы увлеченье - With you we'll find devotion
О проблемах позабыв - All problems forgotten
Бесконечное веселье - Everlasting fun
Только лишь для нас двоих - Only for us two
Нам не скучно - это правда - We're not bored - that's the thuth (technically better in future lang like "we won't get bored" but in song was present bc song purpouses so i will leave it like that in literal translation)
Разве не согласен ты? - Dont you agree?
[Bridge]
А теперь… Дай мне доступ! - And now... Give me access!
Мы же друзья! - We are friends after all!
Скажи, ну хоть раз - Tell me, even once
Подвёл я тебя? - Have I let you down? (also technically in the present tense here but yeah...)
[Outro]
Целый мир, здесь я и ты - This whole world, for me and you (orig. "The whole world, here's me and you")
Места нет для скукоты - No place for boredom here
Всё подстроил под тебя - Everything i arranged for you
Теперь системой правлю я - Now the system's ruled by me
if ya are native/just really good in english i'll be happy if you check it for any mistakes or propose better/rhyming translation! that's just the meaning mosly word-by-word (:
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500 followers
Well fuck, ya'll. 500 of you? That's 100 more than when I checked last. And that was when I pretty much paused writing last year. Shit it's been so long.
Well who wants to do something random? In celebration of you guys sticking with me (and still finding me which is enthralling me) in my lulls of writing...
How about 5 sentence ficlets? Choose a character, fluff/angst/whatever and um a trope? Or a short few word prompt?
Tagging a few moots for ideas. If anyone else has any ideas I'd love to hear them.
@ell0ra-br3kk3r @grumpyoutlaw @cosmos-coma @seidenbros @stray-kaz @katattacker @brekkers-desigirl @astudyincontrasts @askaalaska-vdeppressed @historianthesecond @sophierequests-trashblog @glassgulls @heilith (no pressure tags, too)
And anyone else that wants to give ideas! If there are a few I will choose and make an like... official post? Announcing it? Idk man.
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