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Predictions/ Things i want to see for the last my hero chapter

We get a Kamijirou scene

Kirishima above bakugou on the hero list because it would be funny

We get a Todomomo or an Iidamomo scene

Aoyama appears fabulous as always

Amajiki might be a bit low on the hero ranking but would rank number 1 on the "Heroes who look like Villains" list ( Like Gang Orca)

Deku's winning smile

Touya still alive and rehabilitating (Fingers crossed)

Kamui Woods and Mt lady ( I want to see a confirmation on their relationship so bad)

Last of all I think izuocha might win out in the end just because..(Also it would be really funny)

Also i would really love to see Midoriya interacting with his students.

Also i want to see Gentle and Labrava again

Horikoshi Please!

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Why Luke resisted the Dark Side, when Anakin didn’t.

Was reading An Oral History of Star Wars: Episode I and stumbled on this quote by Lucas, in 2019:

And I think this notion of ‘loving people, but acknowledging that you don’t possess/own them, they have free will and are their own person’, ultimately ties to what made Luke resist the Dark Side, as opposed to Anakin.

Like, let’s put aside the fact that Anakin was essentially groomed by Palpatine for 13 years, and that in ROTS he was cornered so that he’d have to choose between two bad things… at the end of the day, he made a choice.

On Death Star II, Luke was given was also backed into a corner expected to make a choice between two bad options. And yet, contrarily to Anakin, he chose a third path, and did two things:

He had faith in his friends and in his father, he trusted them.

He let go of his fear for his friends and his anger towards his father.

Like a Jedi would.

Which Palpatine considered to be a weakness… he was wrong.

Luke came to the Death Star II knowing that he would either convince his father to turn, or die trying. He accepted this notion. He also had faith that his friends would be successful in their mission without his help (unlike in ESB where he ran to save them only to have them save him).

Anakin just wouldn’t do any of that.

He didn’t have faith in Padmé’s strength and ability to survive childbirth, or in Obi-Wan’s good intentions towards him, or Ahsoka’s independent spirit and skills. If he’s with them, it’s fine. But if he’s not, he just worries sick.

Fact is, ever since his Mom died, he sank his claws into every relationship he had and just. wouldn’t. let. go. Because he thinks that, if he did… holy crap they’re in danger! Why? Because he’s not there with them, that’s why!

A Jedi is trained to let go of anything that they have no control over. It’s pointless to get scared or angry over something you can’t do anything about.

And to paraphrase, Anakin’s solution to this is:

‘Then I’ll just control everything. I’ll become the most powerful Jedi ever. That way, I’ll never have to be afraid of letting people go.’

Which is just unhealthy. A Jedi doesn’t seek power. A Jedi is selfless.

But whatever, in ROTS, he’s, like, the 3rd strongest Jedi in the Order, anyway, right? Only Yoda and Windu are more powerful, and it’s mainly because they’re older.

And yet, despite all this power, he’s confronted to the reality that: Padmé may die. Which, if he was good at taking his own advice and thinking rationally: everyone may die. Like, that’s part of life. But he’s sleep deprived, stressed, pressured by Palpatine and by the Jedi (who are, themselves, also pressured by Palpatine).

And immediately, he thinks: “oh shit, Padmé will die, I’m losing control! What do I do?! Quick, I need a solution!” A solution presents itself in the form of Sidious, who makes him a bargain: his wife’s life, in exchange for the lives of his adoptive family.

And Anakin takes that bargain.

Luke, falters too.

His faith in his friends is shaken when Palpatine shows him that they’re getting slaughtered by the still-operational Death Star II and Vader threatens to turn Leia to the Dark Side.

However, he snaps out of his rampage and sees Vader’s mechanical hand… just like his own…

… and he comes to the realization that:

‘The only way I’ll be able to control everything is by becoming this monster in a mask… that’s where the path to power leads… no, I won’t become this. I’m a Jedi, like my father before me.’

Luke may be angry at Vader, this metallic heartless monster on the ground… but his love for Anakin is greater. He makes the hard choice and turns his back on the Dark Side, the easy path.

He lets go of his fears and his anger and shows compassion.

Which in turn, inspires Anakin to finally do the same.

Anakin lets go of the pain he feels for having killed and betrayed his wife and his Jedi family. He lets go of the anger. He even lets go of his own primal fear of death. Because this boy - who only knew the monster in the mask - loves him nonetheless.

And he can’t let that die. So in that moment, Vader dies, and Anakin, the Jedi, is back.

And there’s a lot interpretations about how Luke resisted because he’s a ‘gray Jedi’ or something, because he accepts his inner darkness, yada yada… personally, I prefer Lucas’ interpretation. That all these movies are about the dangers of giving into greed and selfishness, never letting anything go. And that, in spite of all this:

“Children teach you compassion.”

Luke teaches Anakin a different type of love. One that isn’t possessive, but selfless and compassionate.

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So when my mom was going back to school for her masters, I was a little kid and got enrolled in the on-campus pre-school where they give people going into child care professions some hands on experience while also offering a free place to drop off your kid when going to class.

Anyway I found the portfolio they made of me back then and honestly this one entry almost made me cry when I got to the end.

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“i am a monument to all your sins” is such a fucking raw line for a villain it’s amazing that it came from halo, a modernish video game, and not some classical text or mythos

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This too shall pass but like holy fuck

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akaashi is so tired

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so weird how in english some words are really just used in expressions and not otherwise… like has anyone said “havoc” when not using it in the phrase “wreaking havoc”? same goes for “wreaking” actually…

reply with more, i’m fascinated

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Au fucking revoir Mister Prince

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Quite possibly one of the best sibling dynamics in fiction

Dungeon Meshi - Laios & Falin

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Different Stories Resonate with Different People

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Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

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Famed manga creator Akira Toriyama has passed away at age 68 due to acute subdural hematoma.

Toriyama began his first serialized manga, Dr. Slump, in 1980, and it inspired two television anime and multiple films. Toriyama followed it up with Dragon Ball, which ran from 1984 to 1995, and is still inspiring manga and anime sequels and spinoffs today. The manga's Dragon Ball anime adaptation, its sequel Dragon Ball Z, and its other numerous sequels and anime films are equally as well-known as the manga, and its hero Goku has become a character known throughout the world.

Toriyama is also well-known as the character designer for the Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger, and Blue Dragon games.

Most recently, Toriyama was working closely with the production for the Dragon Ball Daima anime series, the most recent anime series based on Dragon Ball, and is credited for the new anime's story and character designs.

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Here, have a mirror of the final Nightly build of Citra (March 3rd 2024), and the most recent build of Yuzu I could find via the Wayback Machine. (February 28th 2024)

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haikyuu is incredible man…

you ever think about the fact that some people exist not to become stars but to lead others towards the light? ….

hinata was so moved by the little giant that his life found meaning the moment he came into his life (and the little giant never really ended up becoming a pro volleyball player in the first place despite his drive and talent!)

nekomata sensei’s “all we have to do is to lower the net!” shaped kuroo’s entire existence. it left such an impression on him that kuroo turned it into his goal in life: helping as many people as possible discover volleyball.

kuroo himself never going pro but becoming instead a bridge between people and volleyball (which he loves so dearly he wants to make it everyone’s business).

takeda sensei’s “He Who Would Climb a Ladder Must Begin at the Bottom” (which he says to hinata during his first year) became so meaningful to him that hinata hanged it on the wall of his bedroom in Brazil.

sugawara becoming a teacher and getting emotional when facing hinata (to whom he used to set when kageyama refused to do it) and kageyama (who quite literally took what had been his place up until the moment he came) and their growth.

you might think you will never end up doing anything great. instead, i believe you might not end up doing something grand, but whatever it is that you do in life it will always be great and you simply never know whether that one thing you said once or that one thing you once did will ever become the driving force behind someone else’s dream.

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not to worry mutuals, I’ve recruited a halfling to detect any and all spike traps on your dashboard, just make sure not to scroll too fast so he has time to find them