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You know it is pretty swell the foreshadowing in Mouthwashing. In the very beginning, before you know anything of the story, and you’re making your way through the ship as Jimmy during the crash… and then you’re blocked by Polle statues, followed by Polle… at the time, none of it makes sense. Why this weird cartoon horse?

But the point is that while Jimmy never takes responsibility for any of his actions in a meaningful way, the one thing that he doesn’t even acknowledge is his rape of Anya. He sees visions of all the other members after their death (or extreme injury in the case of Curly) but he never sees her, only sees the possible baby through Polle. She was never and never would be a person to him. It’s this way in the beginning where it’s Polle haunting him and it’s this way in the end when he still refuses to see Anya as a person. Fuck that guy for real

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There is a lot to talk about when it comes to relationships in Mouthwashing, but something I’ve been turning over in my head is Daisuke’s position in the group. This by itself has a lot of different aspects to it, but the thing that plays in my mind is the foils almost between Jimmy and Swansea.

There’s the obvious stuff, like the fact that Swansea does see himself for who he is, whereas even though Jimmy is obsessed with the idea that he can fix things (TAKE RESPONSIBILITY) he never actually does.

There’s also the treatment of other characters. Particularly with controlling the fate of another character.

For Jimmy, it’s Curly. Keeping him alive in the end is what he thinks fixes things. Does Curly want to be alive? Did Curly want the pain killers (you know, the stuff we had to force his mouth open to put in?)? There’s also the more extreme actions, like feeding Curly his own leg and thinking, “He’ll thank me for this.” Curly doesn’t have autonomy and doesn’t get to know a lot of what was going on post-crash, assuming Anya wasn’t telling him. It’s all Jimmy’s projection onto the situation.

For Swansea, it’s Daisuke and this manifests in both his life and death. I don’t think it’s confirmed but it is at least heavily implied the cyro was going to be used for Daisuke. At the very least, in his monologue he pointed to saving the kid as the one thing he should’ve been able to do. In the case that he was going to use the cyro for Daisuke… well, it’s not like he ever asked. If the situation came down to it, he may have tricked or forced Daisuke into the cyro. Additionally, he took the matter of Daisuke’s life into his own hands by ending it. Are both of these actions for really understandable reasons? Yeah. Were they still made without Daisuke’s input at all? Yep. That they were.

(It’s also something to note that Swansea has that dialog about failure and growing older making you bitter and mean. It says something that all the men here are in some ways (and some more than others) pretty flawed. Daisuke is young and doesn’t have those flaws or at least, doesn’t exhibit very concerning behavior. And yeah, it says something that Daisuke’s life is cut short before he could potentially grow into failure and bitterness and more horrible behavior. Please note that this is not implying that everyone gets worse as they get older, but this was a bit of Swansea’s reasoning and I just think it’s interesting to examine from his perspective.)

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NYCC 2024: DC Comics reveals ‘Absolute Flash,’ ‘Absolute Martian Manhunter’ and more (aiptcomics.com)

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Absolute Batman #1 (2024)

written by Scott Snyder art by Nick Dragotta & Frank Martin

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what is kagerou project and how to get into it 👉🏼👈🏼

kagepro (aka the kagerou project or kagerou days/daze) is a story about a group of youth who, after having near-death experiences, gained eye-related powers ^^ it started out as a series of vocaloid songs, and now has, if i recall correctly, a light novel, a manga, an anime*, and a movie (?). don't worry, you don't have to read/watch all of them to understand the story!!

i can't divulge a lot without having to get into spoilers or spending way too long talking about the lore, but for people interested in found family, time loops, interesting worldbuilding and power functionality, memory fuckery, and tragic siblings (i know my demographic okay)- among other things- i would definitely recommend checking it out! ive loved all the songs ever since i was in middle school, and me and my little sibling rewatch the anime (which ill get into in a second) together every year for kagepro day lol, its very dear to me. i love all the characters and the worldbuilding+lore is really interesting, especially with how different characters' pasts tie into and connect with each other's.

HOW TO GET INTO IT: i honestly don't really know, lol? the timelines get a little complicated and even i don't fully understand every one, but im also a very casual enjoyer and im satisfied with the story and ending that i understand. my recommendation is to listen to the songs, which you can find on youtube (as well as english covers for most of them!) and then watching the anime*! you don't have to listen to all the songs, necessarily, or fully understand all of them (since they're not listed in order of where they would happen in the plot) but seriously the music is so good and it does sort of help situate you in the type of story that kagepro is :DD

SONGS ON YOUTUBE

JUBYPHONIC'S ENGLISH COVERS PLAYLIST

THE ANIME: the anime is called mekakucity actors! i think some people don't like it all that much but to be honest i really love it ajfjajdh TT TT i really enjoy the style, i find a lot of the visuals really aesthetically pleasing in their composition and palettes. i also think that it makes it relatively easy to understand each character's backstory and relationships with other characters, despite being a little nonlinear in its chronology, storytelling-wise. its very humourous and adheres to the original style of the music videos very well (at least in my opinion) while still carrying the mostly tragic tone of the overarching story ^^ all in all i think that, after the music videos, it's a really good place to start!

its kagepro day (aug 15th) so this is of course a perfect time to check it out!! you'll understand why Today is kagepro day pretty quickly ;D

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PRETEND I DIDNT FORGET ABOUT SUNG HYUNJAE'S BIRTHDAY ART

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utena?????

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JJK 267 spoilers!!!

My queen my beloved my beautiful perfect Kugisaki Nobara is baaaackkk whhehebdnjenrnbfvcbsn

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there's only one thing worse than an awful book, and that is an awful book with ONE tantalisingly compelling element

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sanguineterrain left this tag from my previous art post about bruce being 40s heartthrob coded and they are SO right!!!!!! can't stop thinking about it!!!!!

men don't know if they want to be him or own him

this man is a single mother

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There is something to be said about the fact that half the time, marginalized characters end up being the "normal" ones in fanon when that is so clearly not the case.

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i havent even finished hi3, i just really really love that the god of earth is a girly lesbian in a wedding dress

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NOBODY MOVE. NETSPHERE ENGINEER IN ITS ORIGINAL BLACK AND WHITE HERE

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August 20th Togashi tweet!!

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i dont know how often i wanted to draw a specific character and doodled this bitch instead

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a job is temporary girlblogging about niche topics to your negligible followers is forever