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Stop sacrificing your needs and being so considerate of people who don't consider you. This can lead to anger, frustration, resentment, and sadness. Meet your needs first. Do what's best for you and disappoint those who expect you to put yourself last and do what's best for them.
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You thinking what I'm thinking? More often than I care to admit. HOPE & LIZZIE in LEGACIES (2018-2022)
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i did not know i needed avanine in my life til now, thanks a million author!
don't make it weird || avanine
summary: flirty! ava and a oblivious! janine. but ava can't handle it if janine starts to flirt back.
it had been months since the whole fiasco with ava and gregory ended, well more like ava harasing gregory every day, but it all ended weirdly, and slowly went to janine. as the teacher's say it, minus gregory, janine, and ava.
"i'm telling you guys, something weird is going on with ava and janine." jacob says, from the other table, as the other teachers looked at him. they always suspected but they didn't bother to care or speak up about it.
"i mean you guys heard what ava said to janine, this morning, right?" jacob added, taking a bite from his sandwich.
"so that means you're on top." janine ever so innocently says to ava. "damn you freaky girl. but i'd tap that." ava said to janine before she walked away, laughing at her own "joke" "wha-?"
"and janine meant that she was on top of the event. so everything practically goes through her. and plus she was on top of the sign just like ava asked her." jacob blurted out, which left the teachers wandering, but then ava comes bursting in with janine.
"girl, don't walk away for me." ava remarked, as she and janine were just fighting about a certain prop that wasn't safe, and the worst thing is that they're fighting like a couple, ava giving janine the cold shoulder, while janine tries to make them up.
"ava you don't understand, i'm trying my best here." janine says, trying to keep a smile for the cameras. "i know, duh. but you aren't trying enough, we need to make this a- ava level of fun." ava winks at the camera, which didn't go unnoticed by janine as she sighed and looked at ava, grabbing her mug of coffee.
"and what is this ava level of fun?" she sighed yet again, drinking coffee out of the mug, less sweeter than ava's cup of mug, as ava like to pour all of the sugar, while janine likes it in the middle of sweetness.
"and does this ava level of fun, meaning to have to go over budget? again." janine looked directly on camera, then as if on cue, ava opened the door for herself, but janine walked past her. "well no-maybe." ava defended herself, but both janine and ava knew that it did mean going over budget, again.
so when break rolled by, no camera's no distraction, just as the teachers was getting used to someone not interviewing them ever five seconds they came back. nothing really changed, but ava going to "harvard" was one of the things that changed, also her rules became more stricter, not that there was any rules to start with, except for no sex in school, unless ava breaks it first.
but she also weirdly became more serious, maybe on hopes to distract her from something, perhaps janine?
the teachers started wondering what could have possibly pulled ava away from her obsession over gregory. obsession is a weird word, but a perfect one at that to express on what really went on with ava and gregory. no one really knew, except ava. and mr johnson, since he knows everything. and the cctv cameras.
other than ava obviously hiding something shown in the cctv, mr johnson took a peek, and he saw ava and janine talking about what happened in the club's bathroom. hookah bar night.
maybe ava didn't really spit out that cheap vodka for gregory, maybe it was janine all along, maybe. but we don't know, what could have possibly went through ava's mind at the time.
so now were all back at abbott, including the camera's. everything's back to normal, except for the very strict rules that ava put on the teachers, making them hardly have some fun during work. so they had to distract her, bring her back to her old self, and as much as the teachers hated it, they missed old ava.
so they had gregory flex his arms out to ava, surely it would make her crack. but all that was left was a very embarrassed gregory. but they had one more trick up their sleeves. janine.
now, janine isn't a very experienced flirt-er, cons of being in a relationship for roughly ten years. now ava couldn't relate, she changes partners as fast as melissa's kids could read. so she was an expert at it. though only going soft flirting on janine, afraid she would break. oh, herself not janine. well it goes both ways, just like ava. but you didn't hear that from me.
so janine unbuttoned a few buttons like melissa told her, put her hair into a messy bun, just like how barbara instructed her, and walked in there with confidence, just like how jacob taught her. well more struted in there, swaying her hips like melissa taught her.
"hey can i help-" and when ava looked up, needless to say she was stunned, never seeing janine look that way. "sure, you could help me with something." janine says, having a hard time sitting on top of her desk, but managing. "don't worry. it's nothing much. just grading a few papers?" janine asked, as she leaned over, exposing her cleavage to ava, while pointing at the papers.
"well i can help you with that." ava said, walking over to janine, taking some of the papers, only like four. "and now, miss teagues. this is not the right place or time to be acting like that." ava bit her lip, as ava buttoned a few buttons but not enough to fully cover janine up. "but i know a place and time."
janine furiously blushed at that, and quite quickly, "seven pm, at my place. don't make it weird. because that's the perfect time and place." just the way that janine looked at her with direct contact, was enough to have ava internally screaming and having butterflies inside her stomach. man she was down bad for janine, and she, herself didn't even know.
then janine got the confidence to pull her into a quick but chaste kiss, her hands cupped ava's cheek, as ava had no time to react to it, before she pulled away. "you'll get more of that later." janine went up on her tip toes, just to whisper that into her ear, her hot breath enough to make ava's knees go soft. but she had to keep her self intact.
"thanks but that won't work. but i'll look forward for more of that." ava winked as janine walked away, but she took a lil tap of janine's ass, it was surely turning into another gregory situation. janine walked out of the office, seeming like the effect of her confidence wearing off, and wrapping her shwol around her, avoiding the cameras.
"my, my, janine and ava in one room. so much, sinning." barbara grimaced, not the fact that they were two girls the fact that it's ava and janine. then melissa smirked, "please even one night or two nights with them, couldn't compete with pesca year '93." melissa chuckled, revealing a drunken night with both of them. while jacob just looked at the camera, awkwardly.
"well it's not a competition." barbara knew how much sinning there was that night, but i guess it isn't sinning if she enjoyed it, most certainly melissa. jacob just continued to stare into the camera awkwardly.
"needless to say, janine and ava surely had a sin-lustful night. and that's episode four of the abbott life." jacob announced in the mic. "so how was that?" he asked both janine and ava, of course consent of posting first.
"that was g-grea-" ava cut janine off, "that was crap." she chuckled, "and also tmi much? but you can post it." ava smiled proudly, "i better get money off of that." she added before leaving the room. "it-it was great jacob, but, maybe less information?" janine said, smiling, her positive can do attitude showing, "sugarplum!" her girlfriend of two weeks called out for her outside the door. "c-coming, aves." janine said, rushing to the door.
when janine said that, ava looked at the camera and winked, making it double meaning. as soon as she left the room, she was met by a kiss on the cheek. "what-what was that for?" janine asked, holding her cheek, as she blushed. "just because kisses." ava shrugged, "why? don't you like it? i swear to god ja-" janine cut her girlfriend off with a quick kiss on the lips.
"i do. i like them." janine smiled, hooking her hair behind her ear, like school girl talking to her crush. "well that's good you know i'm not used to being sweet in public." ava fixed her dress, but as janine held her hand, they were met with soft 'awhhs' coming from the dor behind them. from gregory and jacob.
"fuck off jacob." ava said, flipping the man off. "you too gregory.
the end!! obviously they lived happily ever, obviously. or if you guys want not?
the a/n: again, it was complete utter shit. but they're my babies so? looks like i'm gonna be active in tumblr again, yay! i do not do consistent posting, why? school. also not prof read!!
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cuties
i just think they should kiss <3
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Objection! (x)
requested by @redthreadoffate
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They’re soulmates your honor! Imagine these two stubborn, righteous Adas in a bedroom together…
3.18 Guilt | 9.07 Blinded
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If this was an anime, Truck-Kun would solve this, EASY! (Bye bye Charlie)
i have calex angst stored in my drafts that i can never finish because im soooooo stressed out because of uni😭 but the gist is basically calex being long time friends/colleagues and in this scenario casey is married and has a kid with charlie but claims to “not” feel love with him except feels it when she’s with alex. she randomly confesses one night to alex after she sees her daughter sleeping on alex’s arms and they go on for days trying to avoid it until alex eventually pleads to talk about it and they hurt each other because casey wants to be in a relationship with the love of her life but alex doesnt want to be some mistress or the other woman, she wants to be the only person her significant other dates but casey doesn’t want to run away from her responsibilities (being married to charlie) and actually wants her daughter to grow up seeing that her parents are in love and together. so due to this, alex decides to step away from casey’s life and hits her with the “in another life, maybe” to which casey replies “why not in this one?”
ONCE I FINISH ALL MY UNI WORK I WILL BE BACK HERE ASAP
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Why the hell is JJK 270 called Dream's End?
JJK 270 being titled Dream’s End is so fudging ominous. That’s some Umineko type beat. I’m not sure if I should even judge this chapter as presented because of this. In fact, I'm holding off on posting the other analysis I had for today since I no longer am certain of what JJK 268–270 are.
There's two lines of thought I have:
1) Gege suffering from burnout and bad working conditions plus rushing has caused the writing to decline.
2) Gege still has a hidden ace saved for the final chapter and the weird writing is deliberate.
I'm going to humor Option 2, but only because the title of this chapter is called Dream's End.
(The most 'hear me out' discussion under the cut. Using TCB scans and leaks. Click images for captions/citations.)
[Small Update: Follow-up Discussion on why everyone feels OOC.]
Preface
"Without love it cannot be seen."
This is a phrase and philosophy I have borrowed from Umineko since I've started these JJK yapfests. It essentially boils down to 'discard your negative biases and try to examine things in good faith.'
JJK 268 & 269 have fudging tested that for me. I've been giving Gege and the characters a pretty hard time with the caveat of knowing how exploitative the manga industry is. I initially rejected the idea that these chapters were to be taken at anything other than face-value because of this. In fact, I cited the JJK 268 chapter title of Finale as a reason I've accepted things as is.
And with that same logic, I'm now doing the opposite... So hear me out! I've got some pretty good reasons to be doing this.
What's wrong with JJK 268–270?
There's a lot of things in these chapters that are fundamentally inconsistent with what's been established in throughout the manga. If we use Option 1 to explain these contradictions, these are last second retcons because Gege forgor.
Option 2? We're about to have the rug pulled the hell out from under us because the last 3 chapters have been delusions.
What first tipped me off to something possibly being wrong on purpose was the fate of the incarnated culling game players in JJK 270. Not too long ago it was established that the souls of non-sorcerers in vessels were unsavable.
The souls are suppressed in a way that distorts them permanently or their consciousness is outright destroyed. They were gambling on Megumi's survival due to him being a sorcerer and Sukuna's incarnation method being unique. 99% of them will die and those who survive will likely be vegetables, so why is there a sudden gamble on their survival in JJK 270?
It's such a neat and fine bow to tie this mess up that goes directly against existing lore. It's so ideal that it has me suspicious.
Brain damage from sorcery on non-sorcerers has been established as extremely taxing. I think about Gojo's Unlimited Void (UV) the most when it comes to this. Non-sorcerers were hit by it for 0.2 seconds and required medical intervention for 2 months to fully heal from it. Sukuna, the absolute strongest, tanked some of it and it affected him for the rest of the battle. ...And then we have Megumi who was under it for about 6 minutes and seems to have very little problems from it.
This is bizarre. Someone who underwent the month long bath and UV without Reverse Curse Technique (RCT) should be struggling to even stand after waking up. Sukuna had RCT and the Gojo brain damage still took him out. This screams of inconsistent writing unless...this is a deliberate hint that something is amiss.
I want to draw attention to the panel Megumi's UV damage is addressed. Just about everyone has been seemingly waiting around in the same spot for him to wake up. It's a bit weird given that sorcerers don't usually do that. They usually get a move on asap. And after the destruction of Shinjuku and the Culling Game Players still running about, why would they take a breather to discuss their plans that worked?
But that's not what started bothering me about that panel after reading JJK 270. It's that characters who aren't in the room, start appearing without warning. Look who is behind Maki and to the left. It's Kusakabe. And to her and Yuta's right? Inumaki. So why is it that Hakari, Kiara, and Ino are in Kusakabe's place while Todo spawns where Inumaki is? (And Yuta is facing the wrong direction too.)
That's pretty fudging weird right? You can chalk it up to Gege forgor but it doesn't stop there. Higuruma enters the discussion in a way that causes Yuji to pause.
Why is Yuji surprised to see him? (And where the fudge did he come from?) Shouldn't he know of his survival by now? And why is he in a cast? Higuruma had learned RCT and fully restored his arms before leaving the battlefield. If he's conscious, then he should be able to heal himself fully no problems.
And that got me thinking... Why is Yuji still missing his fingers?
It was established that he kept his fingers unhealed to help with Yuta's plan. This means that if he won, he has no need to keep them missing. Yuji has fully regenerated missing chunks of his face, including his eye, and stomach. He has RCT just like Higuruma. But it doesn't end there either. Yuji's number of fingers on his left hand keeps changing.
4 fingers, 3 fingers, dubious amount of fingers, 5 fingers. Once again, you can chalk it up to Gege forgor, but JJK 270 came out and the same problem started happening with Megumi's scars.
The same mistake is made within the same set of panels and very big page. That's weird.
ONCE AGAIN, you can chalk it up to Gege forgor, but when these errors occur, like with Yuta mistakenly having his ring on in JJK 251, Gege will note the mistake outright. Gege has made no such comments for Yuji's fingers or the scars. This many “errors” in row when Gege has otherwise been careful with these features could indicate it really is on purpose. (Kind of like Sukuna's everchanging mask. The thing was just moving around and pulsing. That was deliberate not inconsistency.)
What does this mean?
I think it means what we are seeing isn't reality. After all, the most common way to tell if you're dreaming is being unable to count the number of fingers on your hands. Another way to tell is the distortion of faces.
Readers have noticed that something is wrong. The weird timeskips, the lack of lasting consequences, design inconsistencies, characters behaving like similes of themselves, death and pain being glossed over like it's nothing. It all feels so off. But it's still close enough to the original to be somewhat believable. ...Is that not what it's like to dream and not know you are dreaming?
Why is it that the chapter titled Dream's End ends with the hunt for a curse user whose ability is to distort the perception of reality?
Dreams and Delusions in JJK
We already know Gege weaves Buddhist symbolism and ideas heavily into JJK. I'm not an expert in Buddhism at all, so there's a lot of it that goes over my head. I decided to look into if dreams are significant in Buddhism and boy howdy are they. Quoted directly from the source:
"Dreams can be a message from a Bodhisattva, an ancestor, or a god, The intent of the dream may be to test the dreamer’s resolve: is he non-retreating (avaivartika) from Bodhi (enlightenment) even when sleeping? The purpose of the dream visit may be to communicate information vital to the dreamer’s well-being. The Buddha himself had five dreams of catastrophes, falling stars and worlds in collision just before his enlightenment. The dreams were sent to him not by a benevolent Dharma-protector, but by an malevolent sorcerer, intent on disrupting the Buddha’s samadhi and preventing his awakening."
In summary, (correct me if I'm wrong) dreams appear to be seen as another state of being just as valuable and impermanent as reality.
There's also this other bit I'll quote directly.
"The most common use of dreams in the literature of the Mahayana, or “Northern School” of Buddhism in China, Tibet, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam is to see dreams as a simile for sunyata, (emptiness) the hollow core at the heart of all component dharmas (things). For example, in the well-known Vajra (Diamond) Sutra, the Buddha taught that:
“All conditioned dharmas, are like a dream, like an illusion, like a bubble, like a shadow, like a dewdrop, like a lightening flash; you should contemplate them thus.”"
That's starting to sound like what Yuji's Domain does, right? He projects memories that did happen and mixes them with delusions and dreams. Sukuna and Megumi both experience this in full.
It's incredibly suspicious that it hasn't been named yet. Yuji is the son of Kenjaku who has a domain based on the Womb Sutra/Realm...which is paired with the aforementioned Diamond Realm to encompass the entire Dharma. It's very likely this is what Yuji's domain is—a realm of dreams and reality combined as one.
Unreality Runs in the Family
When Sasaki Setsuko "wakes up" as the Culling Games begin, Kenjaku explains her situation with this:
What follows is a sequence that cannot be described as a dream. It seems to be a blend of reality and hallucinations. But that's not anything strange, Sukuna does it too with Kashimo in reverse.
As you can see, both the positions of the characters and even the backgrounds change suddenly from reality to ??? and from sequence to sequence. It's all incredibly dream like.
Another strange thing about this space is Kenjaku creating it as a part of an escape route Binding Vow. You know, the kind Sukuna uses for Malevolent Shrine.
What I want to draw attention to here is this reality-dream state somewhat requires consent (in the loosest possible definition) to appear. The person entering this state has to desire it themself. We see this with Jogo and Gojo who are mutually interested in having a relationship of somekind with Sukuna. (Same with Kashimo.)
(It's also very hard to tell if they are dead or still in the process of dying during this.)
This is where the delusions Yuji projects differ. They are forced onto others when he is near death or severely injured, seemingly as a defense mechanism.
And would you look at that...the syntax is identical for Todo and Choso's Brother Yuji Delusions. "At that moment, a memory was born inside X's brain...of a past event that never happened." It's kind of like how Yuji replaces Gojo in Megumi's memory to reach him. It's also very strange that Sukuna, Choso, and Jogo go "What is this?" to this in-between space.
My point here is that Yuji having access to this space has been hinted at since the start of this manga and that it was inherited it by blood. (Totally Not Kenjaku showing up with Takaba Mr. Reality Warping CT in JJK 270 supports my case too I think.)
What does this mean for JJK 268–270?
The battle ended in JJK 268. Of that I'm certain. What I no longer know is if anyone survived.
A common complaint about Sukuna's death is his lack of an afterlife scene. Everything ended so abruptly. And then Megumi wakes up.
It's so jarring in out of place. ...But that's how all scenes involving the space between dreams and reality begin. Sasaki Setsuko "wakes up" once and then again. Most of us have experienced those kind of dreams right? (They made a whole movie about it called Inception which is based on the movie Paprika.)
There's one other thing I need to draw attention to. Yuji's Domain shattered after Sukuna cast Domain Expansion (DE).
When a sorcerer withdraws their domain voluntarily, it does not shatter. Gojo has demonstrated this for us in quite clearly.
When a domain is broken by force, it will shatter and shards will scatter. When a domain is withdrawn, no shards are left behind. Yuta uses these facts as a part of his plan. In JJK 252, it's revealed by Kusakabe that Yuta shatters his own domain on purpose to trick Sukuna into thinking he won.
What this means is that some kind of violent action needs to be taken to shatter a domain. Yuji's domain is massive and his attacks only targeted Sukuna. What could've shattered his domain all at once? He's not had the time to practice shattering parts of it like Yuta.
Gojo has shown us what a uniform domain shattering looks like—it happens when Malevolent Shrine activates. (Please note that the sfx used for Sukuna breaking Gojo's domain is カシャア. It's the same one used for Yuji's domain shattering.)
I'm proposing that we've been in unreality since the end of JJK 266. Sukuna and Yuji are both severely injured, on the verge of death, and have a connection with each other. These are all conditions that trigger the space between dreams and reality.
And I must remind you that Yuji first triggers this event with Todo after a severe head injury. Right before Sukuna casts his domain, they do this to each other.
Everything that has come after has been perfect for Yuji to a unbelievable degree. Everyone whose death was uncertain is alive and the living are getting exactly what they wanted. The effort behind it and the logistics are all missing. And yes a rushed ending can explain that, but that too can be part of the ruse.
Another massive complaint is that mourning has not occurred. Not for Gojo or Choso despite how much Yuji cherished them. It's like they're being willfully forgotten by the cast despite being crucial to their success in Shinjuku. It feels out of character, especially since Yuji is of the few that showed concern for them no matter what.
But if this is a delusion on the brink of death designed to bring happiness, why would Yuji think of the dead? He's always been so avoidant with it. When his grandpa is dying and trying to talk about his parents, Yuji tells him to shut up. When Nanami dies, he thinks of him then and then never again directly leading up to his talk with Sukuna. When Megumi tries to discuss Nobara's fate, Yuji ends the conversation as quickly as possible.
The only people in this world are the ones who may or may not be dead. He saw Yuta in Gojo's corpse. The only way that can happen is if Gojo is dead. Yuji has no choice but to believe it. Choso burned away before his eyes. Yuji has no choice but to believe it. He went through some of Megumi's memories and saw Tsumiki's corpse. Yuji has no choice but to believe it.
And since Tsumiki is the only person Yuji wasn't close with, she's the only death that has been outright acknowledged. But not for too long! That would make Megumi sad.
Another complaint is that Sukuna really didn't kill anyone in the final battle outside of those two and Kashimo. The dudebros call it Disney Kaisen. But the fairytale-like idea that everyone is ok? Todo was the one who put that idea in Yuji's head.
And Yuji has always been one to fall to story-like logic when things look like they're finally wrapping up.
"And then everything will be just fine." (Yuji before the worst possible outcome for both him and Megumi happens.)
This is similar to the line Gakuganji uses in JJK 270. "Everything is fine." This line is the whole reason I sat down and wrote this all out without stopping. I know Gakuganji. He'd never say that. This man has been in a state of worry over Jujutsu Society since his first appearance. He doesn't even fully believe in Gojo's cause as someone who values tradition. He's a stickler for details and will do everything in his power to ensure stability. For him to toss Sukuna and Tengen's remains in a shrine and call it a day? Who is that? He's changed but not that much.
And so I compared the raws.
It is very much the same 大丈夫 (Daijoubu). These are Yuji's words.
What I'm proposing is that JJK 267–270 are Yuji's delusions of the happiest possible ending. It's a picture perfect little end where all the trauma and death has no effect on the living and people move on like nothing happened. I don't know if this means he's dead or if Megumi's dead or if they're all dead. But what I'm seeing now? I don't think it's real.
Reexamining JJK 269
CW: Brief discussion of suicide.
Even if this turns out to be a part of the smokescreen, I'm always going to hate JJK 269. But I do want to give it some grace under the assumption this chapter titled Examination (which can also be translated as Reflection) is about Yuji's guilt. Both him and Megumi's tbh. I think their feelings for each other and their situations are driving these delusions. That's one thing about this space that's real—the feelings behind them.
Yuji has a lot of guilt surrounding his existence after ingesting Sukuna, Megumi does too. Straight up Yuji has been seeking death over it since JJK 9.
He struggles to forgive himself for being the centerpiece to violence he had little to no control over. The only thing that upsets him more than that is knowing that his death will break Megumi's heart. He doesn't want Megumi to feel any guilt for it whatsoever.
The kicker is, Megumi already knows Yuji is planning to die. And he wants to do everything to rid him of that guilt. Up until they connect inside of Yuji's domain, they were unaware they shared the same goal for each other.
And that's what JJK 269 is. It's a very cold and harsh breakdown that allows them to forgive themselves. Blame is passed around and ultimately pinned on a combination of Gojo and Kenjaku. (It's really weird Sukuna isn't blamed either, but that's not the point of this for now.)
Kusakabe's comment is especially harsh. Telling Yuji point blank he should've died and that both sides on the issue were valid? He may have believed that to an extent, but he made a point of not telling it to his face. Why have a whole chapter discussing how kind he is only to turn around and do this?
If this is all a delusion, a manifestation of Yuji's guilt and trying to absolve himself of it for Megumi's sake, that makes sense. This version of Kusakabe is what Yuji feels guilt over the most—Everyone's lives being better if he died.
In the same breath Kusakabe tells them to solely blame the adults. It's very reminiscent of Nanami telling Yuji that being a child is not a sin.
It should also be noted that every single time Megumi tries to apologize for being possessed, he's stopped. Maki tears into Yuta without checking in on him, but she asks if Megumi is ok and tells him to not blame himself. JJK 270 is full of this too. He tries to apologize to Tsumiki at her grave and Shoko tells him not to sweat it. He tries to apologize to Hana and she hits on him instead.
This delusion is crafted out of love. It allows Megumi to live in a world where he can move on from the guilt surrounding his possession and saving Yuji. It's all Yuji has ever wanted for him. And now that Yuji knows Megumi wants him to forgive himself, he has no choice but to do that too.
It's a perfect ending for Megumi that's too good to be true.
It must be a dream...
There's another thing I can't reconcile about JJK 269 unless it's a delusion—Todo's explanation for Yuta's plan. It's another one of those glaring contradictions.
In JJK 269 Todo claims Boogie Woogie can't target Maki. But in JJK 259? Todo makes plans with Mei Mei knowing that it works with her.
Either Todo lied...or Yuji never fully knew the plan and that Boogie Woogie could target Maki. Otherwise she would be dead. Her surviving Sukuna's flames would be impossible.
I've already talked about how Yuji believing those who may or may not be dead are alive is Todo's doing. He's always been the one to save Yuji from his breakdowns. But let's talk about his speech in Shibuya.
"Looking for meaning or logic in death...can at times defile the memories of those we've lost!"
Everyone who has read these past 3 chapters has really felt the defiling of Gojo's memory. And it was all in service to a strange logic that helped them cope with all this death. Acknowledging how massive Gojo's sacrifice was would riddle both Yuji and Megumi with immense guilt, so it's best to ignore it for Megumi's sake. (And perhaps that's why Yuji replaces Gojo in that memory.)
"What have you been entrusted with? You don't need to answer right now. However... Until you find your answer, never stop moving."
In a way, JJK 269 is an answer to the question Todo proposed. Yuji was entrusted with saving Megumi. Saving Megumi requires Megumi and Yuji forgiving themselves. And Yuji won't stop moving until it's done. All these time jumps and rushed developments are Yuji moving Megumi forward. He's getting that happy ending even if it's to the detriment of everything else.
What about Sukuna?
When Sukuna respects his opponents and they have a connection, he gives others these dreams before they pass. He's been very impressed by Megumi since JJK 9. It's not out of the ballpark for him to allow Megumi to die satisfied in the way Gojo did. Yuji also seems to understand that Sukuna was manipulated by others just as much as he was. I think that's why Sukuna is spared of the blame for the most part.
I don't think Sukuna won. He's probably dead. But he did warn Yuji not to underestimate him. I think the worst absolute last fudge you to Yuji he could give is this happy ending dream before ripping it all away as he dies.
In Conclusion...
I'm not sure that we're going to get that happy ending. Reggie Star warned us not too long ago.
"...it all comes down to a sorcerer's lies."
Reggie is a lot like Sukuna here, outwitted by modern sorcerers and dying to someone he loathes. Sukuna is good at tricking people. He let Gojo think he won before tearing it all away. Yuta did the exact same thing to him. Or did he?
"Can you do me a favor? After all, you've killed me. Let fate toy with you, become a clown, then die."
If the last 3 chapters are delusions...Megumi will be playing the part of a clown.
Gege said the manga would end with either 1/4 or 3/4 of Yuji, Megumi, Nobara, and Gojo surviving. This of course, could be changed throughout its development, but Gege said the manga is ending in its original vision. There's a real chance that it's only Yuji or Nobara surviving.
Remember, Gege is a troll first and foremost. Somehow Gojo was revived, but in the worst way possible (Yujo). Somehow Gojo did tell Megumi about Toji, but in the worst way possible (dead man's final letter).
Gege also said this about the final chapter:
"I am working hard to create a final chapter that will (hopefully) satisfy as many people as possible who have supported Jujutsu Kaisen. So everyone, please bear with me!"
I can't think of a better way to appease everyone than by making the last 3 chapters nothing more than dream.
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I know its kind of silly to say “don’t feel bad for canceling because of pain, fatigue, etc” because I know guilt is a reflex you can’t easily refrain from. But you can reason with yourself so instead I’ll say this:
Nobody can feel what you’re feeling but you. Nobody knows the severity of what you would be putting yourself through if you were to “tough it out.”
If you do “tough it out,” the purpose for you doing the thing will most likely not be fulfilled anyway. You probably will not be mentally present or engaged. You probably will not have a good time or get much out of it. Etc.
If people really have such a problem with it, thats a huge red flag. Being transparent about your needs and boundaries is a great way to weed people like that out of your life.
If you have any kind of chronic illness or disability, remember that you probably have a very warped judgement of what is “reasonable” to endure in terms of pain, fatigue, burnout, etc.
You didn’t ask for this, you don’t deserve this, there is no reason you should have to bear the weight of it alone. I bet if someone else was in your position, you wouldn’t mind helping accommodate for them?
Low energy days are truly sacred, take them seriously. Please respect your body’s signals. “If you do not choose times to rest, your body will choose for you” or however the saying goes
It is so much pressure to have to deliberate what sacrifices are necessary for proper self care. Give yourself extra credit for having to deal with that stress on top of whatever is putting you in that position in the first place. Thats a lot at once
You are leading by example and showing others that you would never expect them to hurt or overextend themselves for your benefit. Putting yourself first always inspires other to do the same.
Please be proud of yourself for even considering canceling and putting your needs first. That is so strong of you <3
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235 FAVORITE SHIPS OF ALL TIME (ranked by my followers) 30. hope mikaelson and lizzie saltzman - legacies
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Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON dir. Joss Whedon
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Landing on Knowhere for their first space mission
Kate: Is that-
Yelena: A dog in space?
Rocket: That's Cosmo, she'll show you around.
Cosmo: Welcome comrades!
Kate: A talking dog in space!
Yelena, looking at СССР written on the space suit: Bozhe, this can't be...
Cosmo, jumping around excitedly: You are Soviet like me!
Yelena, kneeling down to pet her: Da, I am.
Kate, taking a picture: This is going on the wall. Fanny and Lucky will be so jealous.
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