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and I love you, it’s ruining my life

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do you all see my vision here

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Jason: When I die again, my tombstone won’t say RIP, it will say VIP.

Tim: That’s because they reserved a special place in hell for you.

Jason: Yeah, the throne.

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To be exact, "Adrien" vaguely resembles Italian "atro" (sometimes spelled "adro"), which is a poetic word for "black". There's no actual etymological connection here, and "Hadria" is thought to come from the Venetic word "adur", meaning "water". Those name sites really need to start citing their sources.

Another parallel is that Adrien and Luka's names both have a nautical theme going on. Adrien's is etymologically connected to that of the Adriatic Sea, and Luka's coincides with a rare Serbo-Croatian and Slovene word that means "port" or "harbor". Like in the Slovenian name of the port of Koper, which is Luka Koper.

Thinking abt the parallels between Luka and Adrien (+ their daddy issues)

Physically vs. Emotionally absent dads

How they both play their dad’s instrument

How they both wear their dad’s merch

How they both had preconceived notions of their dad before knowing it was Their Dad™ (Jagged Stone as Luka’s favorite artist and Hawk Moth as Adrien’s literal archenemy)

How Luka was abandoned and refuses to abandon others + How Adrien had to earn his father’s time and thinks he has to earn everyone else’s

= How they both are ASS at setting boundaries because of it

How (super randomly btw) the girl they dated happened to design things for their dad

^ How Gabriel didn’t even remember Mari despite her having a very active role in Adrien’s life, while Jagged Stone was closer to her than he was to his son

How Luka’s dad isn’t really ‘gone’ like Adrien’s mom is, but Adrien’s dad isn’t really ‘present’ like Luka’s mom is

^ How they’re both a living reminder of their ‘gone’ parent (dyed hair/blue eyes, blonde hair/green eyes) to their ‘present’ parent

+ Also think it’s neat how their outfits contrast (black vs. silver ring, white vs. black shirt, blue vs. blond hair); opposites, yet not opposite at all.

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Heck, most of Marinette's plans are like this, too. They're so convoluted and rely on so many things that would be impossible for her to predict that they have no right to actually work. The writers are really bad at writing smart characters in general.

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"If any one thing in this impossibly intricate plan in which I have almost no control over anyone's actions goes wrong, I'm screwed."

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This is what "Honest Trailers" YouTube channel said about Lex Luthor's "plan" in "Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice", but I feel that it fits for practically every "manipulative" character in ML.

I think that quote is almost too generous. It implies that the manipulative characters actually have plans when they win and, as best I can tell, they rarely ever do. Almost every big win came from things happening that they couldn't predict!

Gabriel got the miraculous at the end of season four because of Felix being mistaken for Adrien, but Gabriel had no idea that they boys had switched or that Ladybug would pick Felix or that Felix would offer him the miraculous. He just got lucky.

Felix got the yo-yo and was able to give Gabriel the miraculous because of the day's akuma and because Ladybug randomly decided she wanted Adrien to tag along on her time-traveling adventures even though "Adrien" had no special skill that she used during said adventure. There was no way for Felix to even begin to guess that those things would happen. His actual plan - stealing the butterfly and the peacock - failed hard. He only won because he got lucky.

Lila got the butterfly because it just happened to drop into the water during the final battle. A thing she had no way to predict or even know about. She just got lucky.

There are plans that fit the quote for sure, so it's not a bad call-out, it's just sad how the big, world-changing moments aren't even the result of wacky plans. They're all just dumb luck.

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So wear me like a locket around your throat I'll weigh you down, I'll watch you choke You look so good in blue You look so good in blue

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Zutara Month 2024: Day 8/9- Actors AU & “You’re Married?!”

Wanted to make a modern AU about Zuko and Katara falling in love on set, but not making their relationship public until Katara already had a ring LOL. Maybe they started out as acting partners who hated each other, but it grew into something more when they were in such close proximity. So fans played with the idea of them being together even when in every interview they acted aloof UNTIL THE REVEAL AT THE GALA

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Always watching...

After getting this risograph print and seeing how the misalignment changed where the raven was looking, I knew I had to turn it into a GIF!

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I’ve decided to make a second post about Aang’s parental neglect because the first one was hijacked by people accusing me of being delusional.

The more I think about Aang’s attitude, the less I understand it. In my post, I said that it would be understandable (but still questionable) for Aang to leave Bumi and Kya behind if he’s going to places made for airbenders- I take it back. Not only because it’s parenting 101 that even if you believe that your child won’t enjoy a vacation, you still take them, but because I’ve come to realize that there is no such thing as airbender-only places. They don’t exist.

Think about it, what is airbender culture? Is it being vegetarian? Kya and Bumi could do that. Is it believing in absolute pacifism? Kya and Bumi could do that. Is it meditating and being spiritual? Kya and Bumi could do that. Is it being bonded with an air bison? Kya and Bumi could do that.

The only thing that is exclusive to Aang and Tenzin is bending air and even that isn’t unreachable for Kya and Bumi. Remember in ATLA when we learned that you can learn techniques from one form of bending and use them for another form of bending? Iroh famously learned a waterbending technique and used it to create lightning redirection and we saw Zuko using techniques from all 4 forms of bending in his agni kai- So why couldn’t Aang teach Kya airbending techniques and have her use them for waterbending? It would’ve been perfectly possible. Even Bumi could’ve used the same technology that Teo and Katara used to fly- Aang acknowledges that Teo is essentially an airbender, so why couldn’t Bumi do the same?

What TLOK is presenting is an immense regression for the character of Aang. Are we supposed to believe that the same Aang who saw Teo flying and exclaimed “Even though Teo is not an airbender, he really does have the spirit of one!” would look at his own children and say “Nope, you’re not an airbender and could never be one”?

If I didn’t know anything about Bryke, I would assume that they hate Aang and that this writing choice is their personal vendetta against the character- But I do know about them and I know that they love Aang more than anything, so what the fuck is this? Is it a power fantasy about being so famous and powerful that you can get away with neglecting your children?

I can’t believe that Aang stans flooded my mentions. If I were a devoted Aang stan, I would track down the showrunners and key their cars.

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The PR magazine "Mitsukoshi", published on March 1, 1911, had cover art by famous artists. cover art by Sugiura Hisui, who was an exclusive designer for Mitsukoshi.

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Yeah, good question. This also ignores the fact that just because someone consents to something doesn't mean it's actually healthy for them. Bella being flattered when Edward breaks into her house doesn't make him any less of a creep, it makes her in need of an intervention.

I've also seen people chalk it up to "absurdist humor", but that would only make sense if everything in the show was treated with the same level of absurdity, and it's not.

seeing how you recommend shugo chara for ml alternative remind me of how vicious some part of the fandom is especially toward people who ship amuto, stating how problematic the ship is because Ikuto is sexual harasser and also pedophile and interestingly... I've also seen some people stating that cat noir is a sexual harasser and it just make me goes like wow... The cat boys never escape the allegation huh... And it's odd how some people can't seems to be separated fiction from reality

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It's almost like fiction isn't a perfect reflection of reality but an exaggeration of one, especially when we're discussing a children's cartoon. It's almost like, sometimes, cartoon characters don't mind or might even like something you think they should hate. It's almost like part of the fantasy both Miraculous and Shugo Chara are selling you is the idea of a mysterious, hot guy being really into you, but respecting your boundaries enough to not push you for anything even when they remind you that they still find you attractive. This is the very point of the “hot mysterious older guy love interest” archetype we see in a lot of magical girl media that Ikuto also is an example of. The point is that nothing happens in the relationship unless the girl wants it. That safety that comes with deep, genuine respect is also exhibited by Cat Noir.

Yes, it’s a little unrealistic to expect a teenage boy with his first crush to know how to be that considerate, but that’s why it’s fiction. It's like, yeah, we can accept that this guy can turn into a cat boy with the help of a magical fairy, but we can't accept that he actually genuinely respects her enough to not push, and we definitely can’t accept that the girl rejecting him actually likes him flirting with her because she likes feeling attractive. It’s such a fantastical motivation for a teenage girl, am I right?

Seriously, I can’t emphasize enough how important the fact that Adrien doesn’t actually expect anything from Ladybug is to the wish fulfillment fantasy of Miraculous. He loves you so much that he’s happy to be your friend and just values any time you spend around him with no expectation that you’ll love him back. Sure, that would be nice, because you’re just so amazing that anyone would want to be loved by you, but it isn’t required. The point of Cat Noir's archetype isn't "the pushy guy who won't take 'no' for an answer", it's "the genuinely nice guy who will love you no matter what".

I feel like people who complain about characters like Ikuto and Adrien take the term “Nice Guy” too literally. “Nice Guy” doesn’t mean “guy who acts nice to a girl he’s attracted to”. The stereotypical “Nice Guy” is an attitude that, if you do the right things, the other person will want to date you. It’s treating relationships as transactional and always includes entitlement. Yes, there is an entitled party in the Lovesquare who only hangs out with the other person in the hopes of scoring a romantic relationship, but it’s not Adrien. Hint: it’s the girl in pigtails who constantly hatches schemes to get Adrien to fall for her and whines like a three-year-old because Adrien friend-zoned her in ‘Riposte’.