Going through my animal communication class notes has me thinking about wyrmbology again and hmmm heavily thinking about making the reason why PK has almost zero visual body language cues going on for him other than his defense pinecone and his angry tail lashing is bc wyrms are blind by nature so intraspecific communication is focused more on sound/touch/scent while the only interspecific cues are hostility and defense. Which means that put that thang into a society with eyes, ears that can't catch the frequencies of most wyrmcalls, and the inability to smell his pheromones, a society and a situation where he is keenly aware that he is the most dangerous thing in the room and thus feels utterly confident in both his territorial standing and safety, and you've got a being that looks basically like a statue and moves like a robot. Utterly unnerving to any not in the know.
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What If Julius and Subaru both met when Julius was a commoner and Subaru got transported Sooner
fun stuff im sure !! but haah okay given julius was a kid when he was a commoner - yeah theyre both kids here!! not sure how old but definitely somewhere before the age of ten. and i think theyd be up to some shenanigans together im sure!! theyre both very mischevious kids (or from what little we know of little kid julius, given iirc tappei hasnt specified just How Much of a "delinquent" little kid julius is okay. but hes definitely the type to sneak out past curfew or something. stay up late reading too, probably. that sort of thing). and also subarus a kid and no way he ISNT missing home poor guy T^TT getting ripped away from home like that is bad enough at seventeen, getting ripped away from home when you are like. no more than eight or something is Bad. but luckily!! im assuming subaru gets found by the juukuliuses (julius's parents probably?) and thats how julius and subaru form their friendship / long-term yearning for each other (if you so desire that) (okay but no way subaru ISNT gonna form long-term yearning for julius flajsdlf). but yes i think julius and subaru would be silly happy kids together and julius's parents would be like oh no this other kid is so lost where is he from :(( but hes so loved by julius already too... well we got another kid under our roof now.
except. julius's parents die in a flood. so i mean. Hypothetically.... either julisuba survive this one first try or subaru dies for the first time. which. ohh god. oh god. oh g -
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There was this series I read when I was a kid called Unwind where parents could sign their kids up to be harvested for organs and limbs to use as transplants. I don't remember a whole lot of the story but the bit that stuck with me the most was the ending:
The main character lost his arm and, while he was unconscious, was given an arm from an Unwound, who happened to be a personal antagonist with a shark tattoo. His girlfriend was paralyzed by the same incident (an explosion, I think) was conscious when rescued, and declined to have any transplants because it would mean benefiting from the very system that they'd been trying to destroy
Penny being made human reminds me of this. She wasn't capable of giving input to having her entire body irreversibly modified, nor did anyone even bother to ask if this is what she would've wanted. They went with what they thought was best for her without really thinking of her
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Arakawa family brain rot: I just had the saddest thought about Masato returning from America, but from Masumi's perspective. He's prolly excited to see his son again despite the relationship tension. He's heard Masato has been doing great. His attitude has improved with his health. Maybe things will get better if he tries hard enough.
Maybe there's a chance to fix things.
And there isn't. Masato's just as vindictive and mean and manipulative as he ever was. And Arakawa finally has to mourn the son he never had. The son he told the world had died.
Do you think he ever regretted letting Masato get away with murder? Regretted that it wasn't Ichiban he still had in his life? I have a hard time with this because he loves Masato so much. I just wish he'd had the son who loved him out in the world with him y'know.
But we all know Masato ain't built for prison.
And I can't imagine like... Seeing Jo. Being relieved to see him again but immediately losing confidence because Jo looks so much more *tired* than he did. Ever together and composed but not really His Jo anymore. Not in the same way. It is never the same after he was gone so long.
I'm sure there are moments or even days where they fall into old patterns but I can't help but feel like (if Jo did in fact go to America w Masato) that that would be a defining shift in the relationship between Jo and Masumi.
Idk what this is really about but I got in my Arakawa feelings (I think be instared too long at the picture you posted). 🫰 Thanks for listening to me ramble byyyye~
EVERY DAY of my life i think of arakawa wondering if what they did regarding masato was 'the right choice'- like OF COURSE it was masato literally wouldnt have made it yet if it was the right choice why does it feel like such the wrong choice yeah...
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