#(( it was a literal forced handicap in so many ways ))

[soraeia]

@soulsxng replied to your post “Wrenn & Alli: *happily basking in freedom so much...”:

Tahariel argues that they /are/ more free than they were before, at least. Are they actually? Who knows. He's gonna say that they are, though.

Hey, as long as all of them can use their magic as they please and they can go outside of the usual living premises? They're happy.

....

They....they can go outside, right...?

[suzukiblu]

WIP excerpt for Jan behind the cut; "Superboys Switch". (( chrono || non-chrono ))

Maybe even the same age, he thinks, and then forces himself not to think about it.

( they’re less than a day old, and they look THIS old. how many years is that? how much of a childhood did they lose? how much– )

Jon forces himself not to think about it.

“I really don’t think not committing murder is being a stick in the mud,” he says, and the kid snorts and then floats up a couple feet into the air, half-tucking their feet under themself as they do. Jon–frowns, for a second. That looks . . . something about how they’re flying looks a little off, for some reason. Like–different from how it looks when Dad and Aunt Kara do it, and different from how it feels when he does it. 

Then again, the kid’s two seconds into flying, so it’s kind of ridiculous of him to assume they’d do it exactly right straight off the bat. 

“Being a stick in the mud is just, like, a vibe, dude,” the kid informs him matter-of-factly, then floats over towards Jay and peers over his shoulder at the screen, then immediately looks bored by whatever’s on it and looks around the lab instead. They still sound nothing like Jon would expect someone made in a lab to sound, and his gut twists a little. 

But also, whatever’s on that screen already made Damian suggest committing multiple murders, and the kid just looks bored about it, one way or the other, so . . . 

So Jon doesn’t know how he feels about that, exactly. A kid who doesn’t sound like they came from a lab and doesn’t act like they came from a lab, but also doesn’t seem even slightly concerned by whatever made Damian seriously consider committing murder again and did not make Jay dissuade him from said consideration. 

It definitely makes him want to get said kid the hell out of this miserable excuse for a basement, though. 

“Just–you guys figure out the theoretical arson, I’ll figure out what to do about the staff, alright?” he says, sighing again. He can probably toss them all in a transport vehicle or two and then just carry those straight to the police while Damian and Jay watch the kid, he figures. Which isn’t great for a “you should send these people to jail” thing, admittedly, so maybe he should actually call the League and see who’s available to help Jay strip the data for damning evidence while removing any damning DNA or anything like that. Or, like, whatever they need right now. 

“I still consider what to do about the staff a fairly simple equation,” Damian mutters under his breath as the kid turns upside-down in the air behind him and peers at the heavy hood of his cape and the sword slung across his back. It’s a sakabato–a reverse blade katana, he means–and the reason that Jon is under pain of kryptonite not allowed to tell Batman anything about anime, like . . . literally ever. It just looks like a normal katana visually, though, especially when it’s sheathed, so he’s not sure why the kid looks so puzzled about– 

“Why’s your sword sharpened on the wrong side?” the kid asks, frowning in bemusement, and Damian pauses. 

Jon pauses, because Damian’s sakabato sheath is lead-lined. Mostly so he has a quick supply of lead in emergencies these days and less because he doesn’t want Jon to know what’s in it, but it’s definitely still lead-lined. There’s no way the kid could’ve seen through it, so how . . . ? 

“It allows the weapon to be used nonlethally,” Damian replies, watching the kid with a neutral expression that screams “suspicion” on a Bat. “As well as making the decision to slay a foe a more deliberate choice, as the weapon must be wielded backwards to cut.” 

“Doesn’t that mean the sharp side’s always pointing towards you?” the kid says, wrinkling their nose. “And like, isn’t it way harder using it backwards, if you gotta?” 

“Yes,” Damian says. “That is the point. The weapon is a handicap meant to keep me from inflicting a mortal wound any way but deliberately, and also to make that wound harder to inflict even once I choose to.” 

“. . . that is so badass, oh my god,” the kid mutters under their breath. 

Jon is still concerned about how the kid found out about Damian’s sword being a sakabato, since if Cadmus had told him he’d think they’d have at least had theories for why it was a thing, but also is now significantly less optimistic about his chances of ending up the kid’s favorite. 

Yeah, he should’ve absolutely told Batman about anime when he was still young enough to get away with it being an “accidental” slip of the tongue and embarrassed Damian out of ever using the damn thing in the field. Like, ever.

[carionto]

Predator mode

Big Thrasher was not a happy camper after his first encounter with Humanity. There is a certain exponential curve to simple ballistic weapons, whereas shields, which start off way above, progress on a geometric line. E in = E out (mostly, some charge is lost in conversion) vs E=MC^2. He learned that the hard way when three of his toughest cruisers were reduced to space dust by, as he later learned to his horror, a mid-sized transport ship using Human standard issue rail cannons.

Someone smart would move on and avoid Humanity. Big Thrasher isn't a complete idiot, but he is a prideful and narcissistic pirate captain. Thus his ability to make sensible decisions is handicapped severely. Now he has made a most dubious one indeed:

Infiltrate a Human science station and steal all their secrets and use them to get sweet, juicy, delicious revenge!

Finding one was disturbingly easy, there's so many of them. Like, at least one for each star system within eighty light years from Sol, one for each planet within thirty, and then it just gets ridiculous within Sol itself. Oddly enough, despite their size, typically there are no more than ten people aboard, almost all Human, only a few are joint Coalition.

Thinking long and hard (something Big Thrasher is not a fan of) he decided on his target - a lone station on the very outskirts of publicly known Human activity and furthest away from any major Coalition systems.

When his reconstructed fleet arrived behind the local gas giant, the station was sitting in mid orbit of the inner rock planet and was broadcasting something strange on open channels - a melodic chant of sorts:

"..live on a Yellow Submarine! A Yellow Submarine! A Yellow Submari.."

whatever that meant. No matter, Big Thrasher's fleet was moving in on the target, stealth drives on, weapons ready, numbers on their side, element of surprise - the perfect ambush.

...

Where did the station go?

Before Big Thrasher could register neural activity to try and answer that, it appeared. Behind them. And a small explosion happened moments earlier where it used to be, but the main concern was the station firing its stabilizer thrusters to rotate it at incredible speeds, then a long blade slicing one of his ships in two. Then it disappeared again. And another small explosion.

Once more, it suddenly reappeared behind another one of his ships and did the same thing, but this time used its thrusters to quickly move towards the vessel and impale it on a massive spike. Disappear. Small explosion in its place.

Three. Four. Five. They're losing ships by the second. A literal space station sized target and they can't keep track of it, let alone land a single hit. How is it teleporting? What are those explosions?

WHY IS A SPACE STATION ENGAGING HIS PIRATE SPACE SHIP FLEET IN MELEE COMBAT!

WHY WOULD ANYONE THINK TO DO THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE!?!

WHY IS IT WINNING!?!??!

Big Thrasher once again order an emergency retreat, what remained of his fleet scattered to randomly selected quick hyperjump coordinates, and would regroup in a few weeks time.

_______________________

Aboard the experimental development station Tree of Grating Whispers the crew of seven were hastily putting out fires and trying not to throw up from all the gee forces they just endured, kinetic dampeners be damned.

A few hours later, all in their environmental suits, as the life support system was dead, they convened for an after-action report:

"Right, so, good news and bad news. Good news - short range teleporter works perfectly. Bad news - each unit doesn't teleport with us and just explodes, further data has been unrecoverable so far.

Good news - rapid action thruster and kinetic combat mode works. Bad news - can't have biologicals onboard and even moderately durable systems break after a few swings.

Overall, I'd say this has been a success (unanimous nodding). Let's get to working out the kinks and we'll have a presentable version for the military. We'll also have to thank those pirates for not masking their engine heat trails, this was a great field trial guys, real proud of everyone!"

The chief says, while high on painkillers (and so is the rest of the crew), as another part of the station self-immolates.

[lieslab]

Okay um where tf do you live? you make it sound like you live in a fairy tale land and I wanna live there to

I wish America was a fairytale land. I live in a Midwestern city with less than ten-thousand people. Please don't be fooled by what I write. I think my town is great, but it has a fair share of assholes. Unfortunately, not everything here is perfect.

For so long, I lived in a smaller town with around three-thousand people. Everyone knew everyone, but where I live now, it's so much bigger. There are more opportunities to grow and learn. My town is very community-oriented and I'm super grateful for it. There's a variety of parks for kids to visit.

Last year, the town put in a park for handicapped/disabled kids. It's the only one in our area, which is great. Now students at surrounding schools don't have to travel so far to access inclusive equipment. There's a lot of pride in the town.

In the future, I really want to get more involved in the community. We have a homeless shelter, a women's shelter for women/kids escaping domestic violence, and an animal shelter. There's a lot of different churches speckled around the area too.

A large brick courthouse sits in the middle of the town square with intersecting sidewalks all the way around it. At the highest point into the sky, birds like to sit on it. There are four roads that wrap around those sidewalks. On the opposite side of the road, small businesses wrap around everything. It's quite literally a square that sits in the center of town.

During the spring/summer months, the town square hosts a farmer's market every Saturday. Every spring, they have a Spring Fling. Vendors come in and live music is played from a gazebo that sits next to the court house. Sometimes the high school band plays for a few hours. There's a lot of parades, especially, if the students go to a state event or something.

For Halloween, the businesses open their doors for a town themed trunk-or-treat. They line up outside with tables or open their doors, for people to trail inside, and they give out free candy. Once a year, we have a German Fest. There are winter/Christmas activities, too. Santa visits in parade. There's an ice skating rink. The entire courthouse lights up with Christmas lights and large decor pieces.

It really does feel magical, but there are people that ruin the magic every so often. It's the same as every town. Some people are rude. Some people are assholes and that's just everywhere. Besides that, there are homeless people here, despite us having a homeless shelter. Plus, there's a drug problem and that's unfortunate.

There are places here that help with those issues, but you can't force help onto everyone. Plus, when it comes to getting help with a drug addiction, it's not free. Therapy and resources cost money and some people don't have money to spare. I wish we all had universal healthcare like nearly every other country. The homeless shelter has certain qualifications you have to meet and they can only take so many people at one time.

I understand what you mean by being fairytaleish though. Coming from a smaller town to this one a few years ago, it blew my mind. It was life-changing in the best way possible. I'm so much happier here and I can do a ton more things because the town is bigger.

I cannot drive, so my main mode of transportation is walking. I'm in walking distance to a library, a Walmart, a plethora of other places, and I love it. In the summer, every week, they line the main town square with music and old cars for a car show.

It's so fun to go up and observe. People are always chatting and laughing. It feels like everyone is happy in the warmer weather. It's why I like it so much. Walking in the snow and ice sucks ass.

I'm sure there's so much more to explore here. I've been here for over two years and I'm still discovering things. If you take away anything from this, discover more. Venture into wherever you live. Play at the parks and visit the local library if you have one. Try out the cafe or family diner you've never been to.

This town's magic only comes from the people creating it within. There is nothing stopping you from creating magic wherever you live. Plan parades. Talk to places in charge. Host fun events. There's nothing better than a community day in the park. Ask vendors if they'll show up. You will never truly live until you go out and try.

Quite literally, be out and be the change you want to see in the world. Always. Do it scared and watch the magic unveil itself <3

[lesser-mook]

Socialism WORKS until... #whiletimeremains

Look up the "Perestroika" project from 1980s.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C8YDTFjvV7U?feature=share

Socialism is so whack the Soviet Union tried to cultivate a more efficient model for it and still failed.

Socialism/Communism are an "Everybody wins" ideal, cause Capitalism made production look easy. 

Many people don’t like capitalism because it leaves people behind, the corporations. Exploitation.  And they think equity is justice or the answer to that & the working class owning the property makes everyone a winner

thing is, idealism sounds great but it ages terribly. 

The worst thing about Capitalism is without a doubt: Exploitation and atrophy of constant production. But the benefit that is production, competition and thus advancement.

It’s why Warfare is lucrative in it’s own ways, competition drives production. 

With a system of equity, you stifle possibility, potential and what would happen because there’s inequality of circumstance.  

Not to be confused with inequality of Human Rights but inequality of production and ownership of property is the point here.

“So you’re not competent enough to compete so here’s a handicap because you’re that useless.” - The condescending attitude of Equity *coughcough* DEI 

The complaints about Capitalism come from people mainly in Capitalist systems who need or want for nothing because the system they hate is why they don't go without.

Rarely do these people ever break off and go find out, try it for 4 or 10 years and tell us how great it is. They stay their asses right where they know they’ll keep their wealth.

Or these socialist streamers with expensive as fuck homes aka private owned property, because socialism; known for people owning their own property that others don’t have or have access to

 Even tho Bidens team was scum for that border policy, there's a lesson in the mistake.

People weren't running from China to North Korea or other Socialism/Communist (same fucking thing) states, even tho they were closer in travelling distance than America. There's a reason why they went to the Americans land.

People don't go to failed  models (Socialism/Communism) for a fresh start, they don't move to another country with a socialist system they were already born in and already knows is garbage, they go to the system that works.

If Capitalism was that antiquated, people from socialist states wouldn't have been literally breaking national border laws just to get into capitalism. 

The Capitalist nepo babies simp for socialism but never let go of the skirt of capitalism; yet the people born in socialism/communism don’t run to more socialism but instead run to Capitalism. 

The punchline writes itself, and it’s not just nepo babies, people’s own language in the overarching media sphere with DEI programs and diversity efforts: “EQUITY” (Forced outcome, not earned)

Equality suddenly changed to Equity, mass gaslighting & now people think that’s how it’s always been or? They think it’s the same thing, the people running the flow of the zeitgeist ain’t slick, tryna change language to a more socialist leaning mindset.

There’s Socialist parasites in the upper echelon too that think the color RED (Socialism) is greener grass--- But I repeat, instead of these rats going to socialist states that already exist, they instead want to pervert & warp America into another “Socialism works guys, we’ll get it right this time, promise!” 

But meanwhile capitalism pays their bills, they own property out the whazoo & they manipulate the proletariate with various private owned companies, items, organizations, propagandas, inheritances closed off from the lower class (NOT SOCIALISM) and infrastructure they only possess because of personal owned elements---

Is that Socialism? Nope.

It’s CAPITALISM.  Unless we accomplish making socialism look superior by using socialism, we’re making socialism look weak.  (cause it is)

Elites using a system that’s benefitting them to hype up another system that constantly fails. Proof being: Socialists thriving in capitalism while masturbating to socialism..

Capitalism ain’t perfect, it’s subject to exploitation of people & property and the have nots suffer. Some are lazy, most just start off at a bad beginning point than others, that’s literally life. The Lion & the hamster are not equals, but both have to make it work. 

Someone is born in a poor home with a healthy body and will live to see 80. A wealthy child is born rich, but only has 20 years of life to live because of illness. Is it equitable? Nope, it’s reality. Have’s and have not’s.  

There are things socialism just can’t control, which boils down to the issue with socialism: The illusion of control & fairness. 

When Capitalism does show more of it’s rusty bits beyond exploitation, it’s often when you try to force Socialist practices into it, which to no one’s surprise involves extreme left, woke ideologies that emphasize collective & equity over individual earns & efficient production. Not perfect but efficient enough, because Capitalist production is not perfect. 

There is no utopian formula to civilization, just the one’s that work and the one’s that don’t.

 Equity over efficiency. Capitalism to Socialism to Communism isn't an evolution, it's age progression to inevitable death. 

Socialism & Communism aren’t bad in concept, they work better in concept in fact, emphasizing welfare, public access to goods, nobody left out, working class has more control so workers are exploited less, everyone’s a winner and shit.....while the money’s hot anyway, and everything starts out good initially. 

 Thus it’s all rainbows when it’s early stages of infancy socialism.  Thats what homegirl in the video testifies per North Korea.

Socialism works until you run out of money, until you get mileage, until you realize everybody winning tips the scale in one direction & someone is going to lose. Equitable balance is an extremity, thus it’s not balanced. 

Because stifling production to force equitable outcome stifles production, why work harder or innovate anything when the outcome is the same. 

The aging process is where it gets messy for socialism. 

When you really pay attention to what it is, thus what it is is an attempt to force a fair shake for everyone, and that’s impossible. But it’s out of good intentions.

But as with anything, forcing equity, or forcing anything with good intentions is not organic nor by proxy a good thing. 

Example.  if Hannah provided a model for a company that boosted sales ten fold from then onwards for decades & she puts more into her work but lazy ass Derrick & Olivia gets paid the same as her anyway and they’re always late. That’s Equity. a forced, leveled outcome regardless of input.

 Forcing leveled outcome is not fair to the people carrying their weight, equity & socialism are made from good intentions but burns everyone because it’s anything but fair when the point was fairness. 

Because no matter what you do, you can’t make people capitalize on their own potential to push harder, and if you get an equitable means regardless of what you do, why give a shit to try at all?

Everyone is not a winner, no matter what you do. But with socialism, you guarantee everyone loses eventually. Ask the Soviet Union, ask the National Socialists of the 40s.

America & her interests (for the most part/& for now) are still here, they’re not. 

And socialists occupying the states (who have made their presence known in various forms of media) will be the reason America ultimately falls, not because of capitalism, despite it’s faults.

Cause socialists like to plant socialism in a form of quasi-success/ prosperity that socialism didn’t cultivate in the first place then wonder why socialism fails. 

“Equity” is a socialist element, so this shift from equality to equity is a red flag that said occupation in the States is accelerating shedding it’s subtlety.

And really, it’s okay. Every country doesn’t have to be capitalism, but  It just kills me how these people & young af wannabe Socialists (IN SPIRIT ONLY) or these upper echelon posers want to slither socialism in the zeitgeist but meanwhile they own islands, domestic land & various other investments nobody on the street has access to, completely private. Which spits in the face of what they claim to believe in. 

The point of socialism & then communism is everyone sharing the same pot so everyone owns something, and has something the other possesses, common welfare. Community Commonwealth. That’s the point. The best thing about socialism/communism is: good intentions

Can’t make this shit up. They themselves don’t even believe in their own bullshit but always have the word “capitalism” in their mouth while sucking on the tit of capitalism, that’s the part that gets me more than anything regarding actual socialism or communism as concepts, it’s the hypocrisy for me.

[annachum]

The Ars Goetia are filled with powerful magic wielders who uphold important Goetian jobs to keep the nature cycles and magic fabric of Hell in order

Stella seems to often rely on manipulation tactics, brute force and hiring assassins to help her carry out her deeds

What if Stella is actually a squib amongst the Royals, meaning that she isn't as magically powerful as most royals?

What if that's another reason why she hates Stolas and Octavia so much because of Envy, but cannot lash out her residual resentment and jealousy to her brother and parents ( who all have powerful magic )?

Royal women in general are raised to uptake certain royal duties aside from bearing heirs. However, it seems that Stella is only raised to bear royal heirs, and that's it

If that is true, her upbringing may literally strip her of any more autonomy that a royal lady can have - like actually exercising her social power and all that

If Stella is actually a ' squib ' amongst the Royals, that may actually be another reason why she is often treated with pity ( and fear ) even before the divorce - a royal without sufficient powerful magic, to many royals, is a tragic thing indeed

Maybe in once every blue moon in Hell, there will be a squib amongst Hell Royalty, and NONE of the powerful magical parents wanted their child to be born that way

In magical societies, being a ' squib ' ( someone born out of magical parents but somehow has limited or NO magic ) is often seen as a ' handicap ', and is often treated as one

But in Hellaverse Heaven and Hell, non royals and non Overlords in general aren't really expected to have magic per se - only Royals and Overlords are more likely to have magic. So even the magical sinners often have more limited magic than a magic Overlord UNLESS that sinner is in some way related to said Overlord

And how does the ' squib ' concept is done around this universe, one may ask?

Well, similarly with in Harry Potter, magical squibs in Hellaverse Heaven and Hell may sadly often be treated by even their magical peers with scorn and/or pity. Stella's sole saving grace in that predicament ( if her being a ' squib ' is canon ) is that she's born from a high ranking Ducal family who has been long term allies of the Goetias

So that also plays into how Stella doesn't give a jack shit of the Goetian traditions, often relying her parents and/or brother in magical exploits, wanted to stay married to Stolas for his powers, money and status despite abusing him and neglecting Octavia behind closed doors for 17 years ( I bet the neglect also hurt Octavia deeply especially once she began to put two and two together ), is only seems to be interested in partying and drinking, and the one of the only reasons why she was tolerated by many royals for so long is because she was once married to a Goetia ( through her parents' bribing skulduggery ). Once Stolas divorces Stella, Stella came to stop at nothing to completely destroy Stolas and her ex in laws, and HER DAUGHTER, from inside out

If Stella is a ' magical disabled ', then it can parallel to Blitzo's dyslexia. Blitzo had it worse than most people - his bio parents had a messy divorce when he was a pre teen, alienated from his mom and abused by his dad, only had limited contact with his mom but she DIED saving Blitzo and Barbie from the fire when she came to get them herself once and for all ( after painstakingly pulling strings of Imp City domestic lawyers - yeah, Cash bribed some of them before for YEARS ), he killed Cash out of pure resentment, his sister was estranged from him for 15 years because she believed he killed their mom ( it's not true ), and he spent 15 years having to rebuild everything from scratch....and STILL Blitzo works his best to remain hope and NEVER let his dyslexia or anything else define him

So that becomes a case to not let yourself be defined by your sufferings and/or disabilities. Blitzo chose not to do so, but Stella let that fuel her residual resentment, and their outcomes turn out very differently

[uniqueduckfart]

my name is Jayme Paige Ruth Cockroft, I have been part of dead inside pretty much my whole life as the victim wether it be them forcing me to be someone else or myself. I have loved, I have lost I've been the first president of the United States of America making it one nation under Goddess meaning everyone follows Goddess' rules which is Hailey Mathers with "Jesus Christ" aka Jayme Cockroft as her spokes person. I have been independent, and co dependent to the point of no return. My life has been so twisted to the point where I was taken from DisneyLand born in Detroit I have never met my dad but fake versions of me have. I wrote every single song ever created. That's the truth due to my brain scanner and how we make perjections I just put a beat in my head phones and I have so much inspiration love hate and everything. I wrote dear alcohol watching myself be at the mission Inn a thousand times ago. I have never ever recieved my winnings here they always try to kill me that is why I am an infintare and I should have my micro management but I don't have my phone computer or watch. Someone musta stolen them aka Teresa Toews she's not my mom but her whole bank account is mine she forged my signature because I didn't know what I was worth when I was 5 at TD Bank. I created everything literally because of being Goddess I tried to get Justin Bieber to be my King but I don't think he realises that my virginity is what starts their dead insiding me. So once it's gone apparently I don't matter. I didn't know. But that is why I follow the Christian way of no sex before marriage because me and Connor Kingma grew up in a home of pedophiles and rapist forcing us to have sex, and they would jerk off on us it was nasty then that show dead inside the cartoon is real footage covered up all you need to do is remove the perjection.

Anyway even though I have already won and have been crowned but apparently they time warped it. I was kidknapped since then and brought into this Abbotsford perjection room which me and Justin Bieber won dead inside by being the #1 police officers ever. I think I'm in first place right now. Anyway I have so many good ideas because I know there isn't going to be that many people and I want to spend my money on re building homes doing interior and exterior design and making spaces for care bearing the ones who have troubles dealing with dead inside and what they saw I'm not 100% sure but I think my husband is handicap and they won't bring me to him. They are lying avout who I am even though everyone in the world watched because I got the FCC involved. I have ideas for schooling and work spaces so everyone is comfortable but everyone needs a job which means a hobby they will choose.

Don't hesitate to pick me to leave this joint because I will make sure that everyone has something to do, and someone to love

[fireemblems24]

Azure Moon - Final

Of all the routes I'm finishing, this one is by far the hardest to say goodbye too. Which is why I saved it for last. Also, Three Hopes and the DLC, so it's not really over yet!

More in-depth reviews and etc coming later. Below is just my thoughts while I played the last two chapters of AM.

Ok, so this is different from the other routes. I had another week AND I picked who I married before any cut scenes.

Also different in that Byleth, here at least, is allowed to say something negative about Edelgard. A breath of fresh air.

I will get to still pick who I marry, right? I didn't miss that. Because by God if I missed that for Dimitri . . .

It's been a while Edelgard.

I still can't believe Dimitri really went and is trying to solve this with diplomacy and understanding. We stan a King, guys.

Holy, shit, yes, Dimitri, preach "there had to be a way to change things in your territory without so many senseless casualties."

Edelgard - War leads to the least amount of casualties, duh. I mean, who wouldn't agree. It's not like war is literally the worst.

Did she seriously just say - ah, yes, the least bloody way to fix the Empire is conquering everyone else and war.

I get that her argument is that the longer she didn't put everyone under her control, the more people would've died, so her war killed less in the long run. Someone doesn't know much about war.

Edelgard really out here playing God, hunh.

Dimitri ain't wrong that Edelgard is a bit too gung-ho about her war. And, of course, she's deaf to the victims. If it's anything like CF, there isn't any acknowledgement of any victims. They might as well not exist except to make Edelgard the main victim of the war.

"You cannot change the cycle of the strong dominating the weak with a method like that."

Preach, Dimitri.

Don't get me wrong, I love a good "conqueror the world for it's own good" character, but damn it's nice to see the hypocrisy pointed out. Those characters are only ever interesting and good if there's a counterpoint and not CF's sanctification of Edelgard.

I think Edelgard really means to destroy the bad systems. I think she honestly believes she's the only one who can make those changes. I also think she's dumb as a box of rocks if she doesn't realize her "boostraps" like mentality isn't just going to increase her divide, and that the world she's creating will have just as many victims and not be conducive to a true post-war recovery.

Holy shit, Edelgard sounds like Fox News. "If after all of this you believe the weak will still be weak, that is only because they are too used to relying on others instead of on themselves."

That really is truly only two steps away from "welfare queens" and the poor are poor because they "don't work hard enough" and the rich are rich because "they just work that much harder."

"But you cannot force that belief onto others." Is really the crux of my issue with Edelgard's plan.

"There are those who cannot live without their faith . . . and those who cannot go one once they have lost their reason for living." - It's too bad he didn't just straight-up say - "What about mental illness, Edelgard? Or physical handicaps? Or people born uber poor? What are they supposed to do in your world?"

I'm betting Edelgard fans hate this conversation lol. It's the only time in the whole game so far that challenges Edelgard's convictions and points out all the problems with it.

"It is the path of the strong and could only benefit the strong." - 100% true.

Honestly, the BEST combination would be Edelgard + Dimitri, where she's busting big bad systems up, and he's there to make sure the new government takes care of its people rather than uses them.

I don't think Edelgard understands the importance of faith to a lot of people. It's not really about "the goddess" answering your problems. Most religions are very specific that they can't treat prayer/meditation/etc as a wish machine. It's more about finding comfort in the idea that there's a system to this universe, that there's someone or something out there dictating what's right and wrong, that there's something after death. It's not really about expecting everything you pray for to be answered the way you want, but about finding some way to accept that "everything happens for a reason" to help you get through rough things. That, if you're suffering, that there's a larger point to it all.

Interesting how she claims she's fighting for the silent and weak too. I don't see how though, since she expects them to magically not be weak anymore.

"The ones who can truly change the way of the world are not the rulers, but the people." - I firmly 100% believe the only stable change is one that's wanted by the majority and is often generational.

"Pushing your own sense of justice and your own ideals onto even one other person is nothing more than self-righteousness." - Again, 100% agree with Dimitri here.

Edelgard's not wrong either that for things to change, someone has to take action. But why THAT action?

It's really too bad there's no ending where these two meld their ideals together. But I'm betting Edelgard isn't willing to work with anyone else (unlike Rhea, Claude, and Dimitri who have all worked together in one route or another).

Why is Edelgard talking about high borns vs the poor??? Dimitri was just talking about people in general. And didn't he live on the run for like 5 years? Edelgard's way more removed from the poor than he is.

Like, why is she still going to fight him? Why not just work WITH him?

Ohhhh is this the dagger?

Yep, guessed it right.

So she's remembering him now.

Aww, baby Dimitri and Edelgard are so cute.

If only Rhea got this treatment in CF that Edelgard's getting in AM. It would've made CF soooooo much better.

Dimitri gonna regret those words he told Edelgard when she decides the future she's cutting through involves killing him lamo.

Edelgard's like WTF, this guy I've been trying to kill since the paralogue is that guy who inspired me to keep going?

Mannnn imagine an alternative storyline where she realizes who he is earlier on. The conflict and character development she missed out on :(

Man, this shit is tragic. I don't know how the same people who wrote this route wrote all the other ones.

I love how Byleth and Hubert just stood there saying nothing lamo.

OH THANK GOD, I get to pick who to marry.

This is the EASIEST choice of them all lol. Dimitri. 100%, Dimitri.

PRE-BATTLE & BATTLE #1

Maaan I'm so worried about how long this will get. Anyone who reads the whole thing, I'm amazed at your thoroughness.

Time to blast Enbarr's door down again lol.

LAMO Hubert again? I love him, but facing him is a meme at this point. How many times have I already toasted his ass?

Ugh, no, they split up my units again :( whyyyyyy Though is any route is suited for this, it's AM because Dimitri can take a whole area by himself.

Oh, I see Petra's back :( Bummed about killing her.

I really gotta question Edelgard here. A combined force of the Kingdom, Alliance, and Church is invading her innermost city area, but she still won't work with Dimitri and would rather keep trying to fight him? Even after she heard him out?

Why did Hubert call Dimitri the Savior King? I love that title though.

God, I love Hubert. He just owns it, you know?

Alright - time to fight.

Ingrid is such a queen - no one can touch her + mages can't hurt her anyways. She's like Dedue, but for mages.

"War is for the wealthy. We don't even have enough to eat." - when the random enemy thief's line about war hits harder than all of CF.

Petra was NOT easy to kill. All the fast ones (Dimitri, Petra, Catherine, pegasus knights, assassins) are the hardest to kill in this game.

Dimitri can one-shot Hubert. And by that I don't mean "single turn" I mean single hit.

Dimitri gave Hubert a chance to surrender :(

Why did Hubert say Dimitri had a "silver tongue?"

Man, Dimitri went into overkill with a crit. Poor Hubert.

Dimitri MVP. Not surprised.

POST BATTLE & BATTLE 2

See it's lines like this "there is to be no needless killing or pillaging, understand?" That made me wonder if one route mentions that sentiment more than another or if there's a different vibe or what not.

See, THIS is what was missing from CF. A place where the whole trope stands around and says their lines, even if they don't contribute much, it just feels so epic, you know?

I just love this group all so much: Dedue (swearing to Dimitri), Annette (being so chiper), Ingrid (being the badass knight she is), Mercie (praying for everyone), Ashe (awww, he's so proud to be a citizens of Faerghus in AM and CF, I think I'm over his stunt in VW and SS now. I love you), Sylvain (encouraging everyone, and I don't think I've mentioned this much but he's so fucking hot),

FELIX 😭 supporting Dimitri 😭😭 He even called him a "boar" but it's not an insult anymore 😭😭😭

Dimitri and the Blue Lions are just so 😭😭😭

Oh, so here's Edelgard - "It's far too late to second guess." Edelgard, I'm 100% sure if you surrendered now, Dimitri would make peace with you. It's actually not too late.

It's that hellbeast from FEH. I have PTSD from that thing. This version is wayyyy uglier. Not surprised. I got so tired of that in FEH.

Man, I love these images in between chapters. They all look so cool.

I'm betting we're not fighting TWSITD in this route either? But I think we accidentally already killed their leader so . . .

This route didn't have that giant bomb go off too. Does anyone know why? Like is it just "because plot" or some actual reason?

Edelgard HAS to know she's going to lose. Is it really just "kill everyone or die?" for her??

More Blue Lions imput 😭😭

Dedue is so loyal. I love him 😭😭😭 Felix being so supportive.

Guys we're so spoiled. Everyone gets two pep talks to say their bit.

Yep, it's that FEH thing.

"There can only be one ruler of the world." LAMO Edelgard. She is a bit of a my way or death kinda person.

That awful dubstep again though, make it go away.

Alright, guys, time for my last chapter in this whole thing. Let's go!

Holy shit! What is that range Edelgard has????

I take it Myson is TWSITD? And WTF is with that spell he has? How come I never got that. Anyways, Stride + Dimitri's a bitch and he's gone.

By "beasts" does he mean humans, Nabeteans, or all of the above?

OMG they all retreated LAMO. That makes things easier. Well, not all of them, but a few, nice. And mostly mages too, that makes my life easier.

Yikes, that first hit blasted poor Mercie hard.

Did Edelgard really just say "Facing you, I grow weak?" To Byleth?? They really went hard core pandering with her, hunh. Anyways, she had a 0, 0, 0 on Byleth so I'm far less intimidated.

Alright guys, Edelgard's going down. First Felix took one of her lives out, then Sylvain, then Byleth, now Dimitri for the final. She's going out in one round, though I think only SS took me longer? Maybe CF, but that's because I had no crutch characters there.

Yo, Dimitri telling Edelgard she deserves no compassion because she would rather turn herself into a demon than compromise. Seems a bit at odds with the rest of what he's said, tbh, but I get the sentiment.

He did a critical and took her out in one blow.

And we're done! Only 11 turns. Lol, Everyone just really loves their criticals in the Blue Lions. I also think those dudes retreating helped.

Dimitri MVP. No surprises there.

POST BATTLE & Wrap-Up

Cut scene, for some reason, I always forget lol.

So Edelgard's back to her legendary unit self.

Dimitri's giving her ANOTHER chance to surrender? He's wayyy more forgiving than I'd ever be.

And . . . she threw her dagger at him. Kinda a dick move there.

Byleth not letting Dimitri look back 😭😭😭 That's kinda sweet.

Alright, let's see the final picture for Dimitri.

Ugh, whhyyy the unification. But Rhea! Lives! Good!

I think I see Byleth and Dedue in that ending mural 😭😭😭

I love that mural. It's so happy after everything.

S-Support time!! Let's see if Dimitri can prove me wrong that the men won't be as lovey dovey as the women.

Two insomniacs in love (seriously, who sleeps a healthy amount in this game??)

He's apologizing for making Byleth work so much 😭😭😭 Did anyone else? I'd have to check.

"Do no worry about me" - a summary of Dimitri.

And yikes, that hit left Dimitri numb? Like permanently? Can't this game cut him ANY slack??

Uh, oh, he just so awkwardly switched to romantic shit lamo.

"How many years has it been since I was kept awake by hopes for the future, rather than by nightmares of the past . . ." Dimitri stop..... 😭😭😭😭

He really has Survivor's Guilt 101 😭😭

Geeze, I can't imagine hearing voices in my head like that.

They're still there 😭😭😭 I guess that's more realistic, and better than Byleth made it go away.

It's actually . . . really cool, I think, that he didn't just get "cured." Like, he's still hearing those voices, but found a way to deal with them, and have hope and happiness anyways. That's pretty inspiring, actually.

"But I wish to change this world in my own way." Yes, we stan a King, guys.

Oh shiiiittt Dimitri let that "My beloved" slip didn't he. LAMO.

Ohhh I like this confidence on him, not getting all blushy. Good for him. He's grown up a bit lol.

Ah, he's giving me his ring too, isn't he. And NOW he's blushing. Good.

"If you do not wish to accept it, please just tell me." Absolutely no way I'd say no lol.

Ahahahah, she popped the ring too. Good for her. Just like Rhea.

It's so fucking cute when they both have rings.

Wow, that is not subtle "I love you, Dimitri. Marry me."

Yeah, ok, maybe just Claude's the most unromantic person in the game, because this shit's romantic.

And he's talking about her hands again 😭😭😭 Guys, I'm a sucker for shit like this. OMG

How did I end up adding Sylvix and Dimileth into my "I legitimately ship it now" in the last few chapters of different routes.

And his picture isn't half bad. Poor Edelgard, though, WTF was that? Rhea, Claude, and Dimitri all looked fine.

OMG it's almost done, now just for the MVP list and paired endings.

Lots of trading around at first, then Dimitri takes over. So far it's been: Dimitri, Ingrid, Sylvain, Felix, Byleth, and Dedue who all got MVP at least a few times. With Dimitri getting it the most by far. Towards the end, it was Felix only once, rest of the time Dimitri.

OK, paired endings, like for the others, not going to say much about ones I've gotten before.

So ones that were basically the same: Anna solo, Cyril solo, Alois solo, Manuela solo, Hanneman solo, Flayn solo, Lorenz Solo,

Shamir solo, she becomes a Robin Hood, I like it lol.

Catherine and Rhea became lesbians together. 😭😭 Good for them. Catherine finally scored.

Bernie Solo - poor girl regressed :(

Caspar Solo - he basically did the same thing, but without Linhardt :(

Linhardt Solo - so he did research for the rest of his life. It suites him.

Gilbert Solo - Dimitri has a baby 😭😭😭 And he managed to stay and serve the realm this time. Good for him.

Ferdinand and Dorothea - They had babies too 😭😭 So cute. And Ferdinand went on to be a good leader, and Dorothea got the power to help the common folk. Not a bad ending.

YES! Raphael and Marrianne - I wanted this one! OK, but that ending was kinda lame though. It's all about Raphael and Marianne just talks to birds in it. Though, at least she seems happy.

Ashe and Annette - That's a cute couple, not gonna lie. But again, it's alllll about the dude, though at least here Annette gets to help the realm and write a book.

Ingrid and Seteth - Aw yeah, she became a knight. Good for her. So they both helped out Fodlan (Faerghus and the Church) and married (I mean, they did) much later on. I'm glad Seteth found someone. And way to go Ingrid for getting equal billing in a paired ending, if not the ending being mostly her story and how Seteth was also there.

Does this mean Felix and Sylvain got together - AGAIN? And Mercedes and Dedue (pleaseohpleaseohplease)?

YESSSSS Mercie and Dedue. They are so cute together. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 OMG That ending. I can't. It's perfect. They open a school together and restore Duscur culture. 😭😭😭😭😭 This might be my favorite one of all of them.

But, shit, I don't want Felix and Sylvain to get together. The last time was HORRIBLE. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't EXTREMELY curious to see how this goes, since Felix's endings have been so depressing so far.

Yep, Felix and Sylvain, lol, 😭😭😭😭😭 That's SOOOOOO much better. OMG. That's fucking hurts after seeing how it went in CF with Sylvain bringing up that they were supposed to die together and then in AM they actually do 😭😭😭😭😭 OK, ok, I 100% get Sylvix now. I'm converted. OMG I'm so happy Felix got a good ending.

So now for Dimitri and Byleth. Dimitri has 524 victories lol. I abused that boy.

Their ending is pretty sweet, not gonna lie. I think it's funny they mentioned the separation of work and marriage life. I can almost see someone in the writer's room going - but people will shit on them for this! - and adding that. That part of them going riding together and being desperately in love. It hurts, guys. 😭😭😭😭

OMG! I'm done! I finally finished 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I can play Animal Crossing again (I banned myself until I finished this lol) And the DLC!

I don't know when I'll get to the DLC, but I will. I'll probably wait a few weeks, but I know I'm going to want to come back to this game.

[mdhwrites]

What are your thoughts on Willow x Hunter?

I… don't care? They're fine. Cute enough, they have something to bond over, both good to each other and exceptionally boring as a couple. They're almost the same person even except one likes lifting weights and plants while the other likes sci-fi and actually matters to the story.

I do not get the hype I guess is what I'm saying. Not that I'm entirely surprised either. It was finally a ship for Willow that wouldn't get you accused of enabling abuse or evil like Boschlow would (seriously people, what the fuck? I don't like the ship but you all need to learn to breathe.) or just all alone like Willuz or Amillow would. For Hunter it was an even bigger reprieve. The show finally told you "Ship them" with a scene without it either breaking up Lumity or being with the CANONICAL LESBIAN.

Seriously, I will not drop that they tie his character arc, effectively starting it three times over, with three different girls and that would be bad without one of them being AMITY. Because each one really does get that "This could be the start of a friendship or a romance" moment with Hunter and that makes me roll my eyes some.

So yeah, they're the safe option. They're the show approved option with no conflict between them, little contrast and it does a good job of entirely making you forget that while Willow questionably worked out before the show (we actually have nothing to go off of one way or another), Hunter almost certainly did. Because child soldier.

Going into that goes into everything that's a mess about Willow though and how much the writers just do not care about her.

So instead, I actually want to talk about two of the complaints about Huntlow that I just think are… The complaint has a purpose but its target is wrong.

"Huntlow stole time from the show."

I actually severely disagree with this. After all, Hunter was always going to get time and his arc is already rushed, to the point where it doesn't really have a middle. It just starts a few times like mentioned above, then Hollow Mind forces a climax on it and we get a little bit of resolution. That was always going to happen because it was a well established as part of the story.

The only question was with who and… Well, Willow was the choice the writers made and they made it for the sake of Huntlow over narrative. And that's the problem. Your complaint is that Hunter's arc is not good and the unfortunate consequence is that giving the arc more focus would have meant Willow just… Not being in S2. Not in a meaningful way because Willow always has to have an excuse from another character to exist.

And the time Huntlow did take? Effectively none. Because they allow Hunter to just consume Gus' role as closest person to Willow, all the Huntlow moments actually get to flow naturally because they have one personal, one on one conversation and then just know EVERYTHING about each other so the rest of it is just glances, blushes, etc. that take no time and you can just move on from.

It's really fucking bad writing but hey! Part for the course.

"It's ableist."

I think the argument for it, what little I've seen, is… dumb. And puts way more importance and impact on the two's magical handicaps WAY more than the show literally ever did. And again, the complaint is kind of missing the real problem.

Eda's curse was an AMAZING disability allegory. Unlike so many shows where the dude in a wheelchair is actually in a SUPER WHEELCHAIR SO HE CAN KICK BUTT LIKE ANYONE EL-

No. Eda was genuinely held back by the curse. She didn't let it hold her back though. She instead took her medicine, watched out for the things that may trigger her and the curse, etc. like that. It wasn't a super power but it also didn't stop her from being an exceptional person. From living the life she wanted. As someone struggling with disability myself due to anxiety and depression… That's what I want.

I don't want characters being super powered from it is not. Or being cured. And Eda gets a super saiyan form, Gus takes out a fucking coven head and Flapjack DIES and their sacrifice gives Hunter magic. The cure to his disability (and I know this was not the intention since Hunter was dying from other things but it still matters) is another person's LIFE.

When I can say for myself that my number one goal in life is not to be a burden for others due to my jacked up brain.

So… I would say people are right to say this gets borderline offensive to disabled people but it's REALLY not Huntlow's problem.

Huntlow's problems really are about the show's problems. The problems inherent to these two characters. But, as I've shown in this blog even, for being able to say SO MUCH about the two characters… There's really not a lot to say about the ship. It's there, it's cute, they don't do anything that would make people hate it outside of… I dunno, being straight? At least there is a positive straight couple in the show that isn't dead.

It's a mess but only because the show is a mess. But it's hardly one worth actually throwing a fit over.

[al-hekima-madara-blog]

"Hashirama when did I go wrong ?" 1/2 : Dominate your inner demon

Madara analysis

Since Hashirama is not available, let me put on my therapist coat even if I'm just supposed to be your lawyer.

Madara Uchiha is a difficult character to picture without his context. Even when I read AU fanfiction with him, it's almost impossible to escape his past as a child soldier and warlord. He is literally the product of his time. The loss of every single members of his family was not something he could control (even if he falsely thought so) Many people would had gone berserk if they loose everything dear to them. I'll go berserk too. The difference with us and him, he got the willpower to set ablaze everything in his path. But let's try to decontextualise him (because yeah I got nothing else to do that torturing my mind!) and looking for some of his own mistakes. Let's go !

As often in Kishimoto's work a character's goal is giving to us in their childhood.

For Naruto it was about being Hokage and recognize by all. How ? By working hard while you are a loser and making friends while everyone despise you.

Hashirama wanted to reach peace. How? being strong enough to be heard while he lacks authority and leadership and build a village for children with a bunch of people hating each other for generations.

In Madara's case, reaching peace and protect his family/clan how? Being the strongest and find a way to read people's guts.

And there is his first mistake in my opinion. He reached his greatest potential alone, thanks to his hard work and his natural genius talent. But totally gave up the second part: How to read people's guts, in other words how to trust people.

At first like everyone I've found his inability to pee in front of people quite hilarious. But after a while I was wondering if this detail was not hiding a phobia resulting from a trauma. His conscience overcompensate his weakness by being hyper-vigilante. It's a defence mechanism which serve him well in combat.He is the only Uchiha having a two-faced susanoo, or limbo clones who were invisible and watched his back in this dimension and others. But stress my words he never confronted his weakness, he used it as a tool. And the older he got the heavier his weakness was obvious for those who can see * wink wink Black Zetsu *

Considering the Warring state era, his behaviour might be a PTSD. What did cause the trauma could be anything : stress of sudden attack as a toddler, loosing someone dear in his back, being stab in his back, being betrayed by an other uchiha. Being attack while peeing 🤔? We can only guess.

Time passing this « fear of having someone behind his back » leads to be a social handicap as an adult and as a ninja.

He could not trust anyone expect his brother and only after years of hesitation Hashirama. Ok so... he had one friend in 90 years of life time ?

He could not properly collaborate with other clans, we saw Senjus having strong relationship with Uzumaki clan to the point of marriage, the strongest alliance possible when you fuse two bloodlines. I'm not an Hashirama stan but I admit that he is a great politician. You know what always baffled me? The scene where Madara brought Hashirama to the Uchiha's tablet and explained that opposite working together can give great happiness. I don't know if it's because I'm a woman but I thought immediately about marrying a little senju, inbreed her with 5 to 6 babies. With a bit of chance one will get mokuton or sharingan or rinnegan. Safe bet. Then he rises his offspring who will naturally follow his lead and perpetuate his ambition after him. You can tell he didn't have a single female friends to advise him, and that Konoha didn't offer matrimonial service.

He could not learn from other people, what he got was always by force or stealing information. Hashirama most likely further his knowledges in fuinjutsu from his wife Mito and learned Sage mode with an unknown master outside of the Senju clan.

He couldn't not see other vision that what he experienced himself.

He couldn't see his own limitations, and his arrogance blinded his judgement. Ironic for the most powerful sharingan possessor !

He hardened his heart because he never acknowledged his needs for emotional balance. Family, friendship, in his case, is fundamental to his mental stability and a place where he can lower his warlord's mask, being vulnerable, being just human.

Lost his ability to social interaction. To start with, it was not fabulous but after 60 years in a cave he was really impossible to deal with. How come even Obito who was so kind and helpful to elders still ended up to be suspicious to him while it was so easy to manipulate a child to be your most loyal ally. He saved his life and share the same clan heritage. Obito should have been an easy and docile follower if only he wasn't so blunt. But he failed because mistrust attracts mistrust.

There is so much hidden message under the fear of people behind oneself back but that's how I visualise it :

The fact that there is real artists living and breathing on tumblr and I'm shamelessly showing off my poor paint skills makes me feel kind of bold😁

He enrolled himself in self-defeating prophecy where everything is suspicious and everything may betray him. He failed to be the saviour he though he was because he never challenged his biggest fear : his trust issue, the fright of the Unknown. In contrast, Naruto fought and dominated his own demon (Kurama) and even befriend him. It was scary, painful and long but it was worth it. Madara who once controlled and summoned Kyuubi as his personal little pet, was surprised when he saw what Naruto can do when cooperating with Kurama (sharing chakra and protecting a whole army) while himself back in the days was never able to do such thing and wouldn't even think about it because you know... he was fighting alone ! An other time during the war he couldn't believe the fives nations can work together because he never believed in collaboration. He even couldn't believe that Konoha foundation could attract more clans because he is so self-centered to his own experience.

Pwahaha it's soooo long, I don't understand what happened to me... 😵🤓Ok next in part 2 here "Hashirama, when did I go wrong ?" 2/2 Breath your spirit into the mud

And if you want to read more about my Madara's analysis follow me in my main page here

[asphodel-night-adder]

You literally advocate for killing human beings while they're not fully conscious or able to defend themselves. Do you actually comprehend how awful that is? You're advocating for eugenics and literal murder. That logic applies not only to babies but to people in comas, elderly people, handicapped people. They are all people and deserve to be treated as such. Maybe you don't know but it is possible to care about both mother and child rather than one over the other.

Get off the internet and live life and actually talk to people who have experienced these horrible things.

... y'know I've spent the entire week thinking of this anon and thinking of how I'm going to respond such an idiotic, sexist, piece of shit this ask is.

Anon, you do not fucking know me.

First, you claim that I'm advocating for eugenics. Second, you act like I don't think that the elderly, disabled, and people in comas don't deserve to live. And worst of all, you fucking assumed that I myself don't have personal experience with abortion.

I'm sorry that abortion is an uncomfortable subject for you to understand. I'm sorry you aren't able to have compassion for women who have to have an abortion. I'm so very sorry that you pick and choose when the child is able to have a say in what goes in their lives. I'm extremely sorry that youd rather have your actually brain dead loved one be forced to use a machine to keep them alive because accepting that they are actually gone is too much for you to handle.

Abortion is a difficult decision that most women wouldn't want to make for themselves. Yes, many women hate going through it, I've met those women and their struggles and hardships are often unheard of by pro-choice people because they can't handle the fact that abortion isn't actually an empowering experience and is in fact really traumatizing. But like, pro-life people don't get it either. Most of them don't give two fucks (yeah I'm fucking generalizing, most of y'all don't care what happens to the women or child, y'all just can't handle that your abstinence-only religion riddled sex Ed backfired on this fucking country, and hate seeing a woman taking matters into her own hands).

Pro-life people all talk a big game about "oh think of the disabled kids, won't somebody please think of the disabled kids???" Maybe when the fucking doctors stop acting like a child that gets diagnosed w/ autism is the end of the fucking world. So many people get children hoping that they end up "normal", and get so unreasonably devastated when they aren't. But like, children are hard work and disabled children are harder. Many parents are alone when dealing with their disabled children, some facing the reality that their children is never going to be independent. It's expensive and many people often act like there's no value to these people.

It's wrong, it's horrible, it sickens me to my core, but like this is what happens when society severely undervalues neurodivergent people. You really honestly think a women who's feels like abortion is the only way for her, has a support network that can help raise her disabled child? I'm sorry, but no she often doesn't.

Adoption needs to be talked about more, because you as a birth mother can choose your parents. But like, most women don't know that and most pro-life say they want more people to give their babies up for adoption if they honestly can't take care of them, but irl, y'all shame and bully women who do. Many women often feel like adoption isn't an option and it's either take care of a child you never wanted and will grow to resent the child, or go through a very painful and isolating surgery.

You wanna see abortion rates got down? Promote actual sex education. It's the only fucking way. Talk about birth control, contraceptives, adoption options, government services to poor parents, single mom support groups, and so much more.

But nah, y'all just want to shame women.

Go fuck yourself anon

[my-reality-my-rules]

DR ideas pt. 2

[follow up to this]

no shame guys how many of y'all used to imagine you were a musician or in a band and would go on tours with your other favourite artists?? NO SHAME GUYS I CAN'T BE THE ONLY ONE. i used to see so many fanfics of this on wattpad and—does anyone remember the imagines on youtube? literally all the old 1D and 5SOS fics. even I'm still embarrassed by it at this point but it's still an interesting idea. shifting is literally a self-insert of sorts, and it's a way for you to finally live out those Y/N dreams.

you can also be a movie star, a youtuber, an author, a comedian, a vet, a scientist, an athlete, a fireman, a technician, a ballerina, a voice actor, a princess, and so much more. it's not even limited to entertainment purposes, anymore. think of all the dream jobs you've always wanted as a kid. everyone would tell us we can't be everything that we dreamed to be, but with shifting, the possibilities are limitless. and you know what? if i can't achieve my dreams here then i might as well take comfort in the fact that I'm well-off in another life. call me desperate, but I'll take what i can get.

perhaps a life where you're a straight A's student. one where you're a juvenile delinquent. one where you're rich. one where you have a handicap. one where you're an honour student. one where you're adopted. one where you're the most popular student in school. one where you joined a varsity team. I'm reminiscing, and I'm reminded that i used to be such a goodie-goodie student, but now,,,, ehehe. 😹😹😹 I'm still above waters but i don't get as much motivation to actually commit to it anymore. a DR, at the very least, can quell some of your insecurities. (because duh, it's called a desired reality for a reason).

i feel weird for thinking about this but. a DR where i shift to my younger self so i could answer all my tests with ease. enough said.

???uh. zombie apocalypse? only that's actually traumatising and I'm not fully prepared to deal with that shit. realistically speaking, i might just accidentally sneeze or squeal in fright and damn myself to being meat. i also have zero survival and preservation skills. but if you're into that, then hey, i can't force you not to, now can i?

literally fairytales. you can even shift to disney for shits and giggles, almost nothing goes too wrong in the movies. actually, there's a lot of things wrong with the movies, theme-wise, but I'm talking about physical safety. wait, no, people like claude frollo and jafar exist. it might be amusing seeing it on screen but i really can't see how y'all are gonna live through with the villains. tell me I'm wrong because literally these characters are actually vengeful, obsessed, and power-hungry. literally every other side character becomes collateral damage. again, it might look easy in animated films and shows. but this is an actual disney reality now. [don't even get me started on meeting characters like mickey mouse or simba or judy hopps, because, just...no.]

[winglssdemon]

It's Disability Awareness Month or for some of us it is every day as usual. So here's some friendly tips that abled people need to learn but you probably never even thought about.

- The blue or yellow lines next to accessible parking spaces (i.e. "handicap" spots) are necessary for mobility aid users (crutches, canes, wheelchairs, etc.) to get out of their cars. Some have wheelchair vans where the ramp needs to go down and that uses up the whole space. Others need to makes use they can open their door all the way and have plenty of space to move their aids in the necessary directions or hold onto an open car door. Anyone who parks in those lines, leaves carts in those lines, or leaves electric mobility carts in those lines are being ableist. Yes, even if they are disabled too. Please leave those lines free so disabled people can exist in the world.

-Are you on a walk? Is there a wheelchair user coming your way and they don't seem to be moving out of the way and/or not staying on the right side of the pavement? If you can, please allow the wheelchair user to continue as they are. More than likely, a wheelchair user will be using the safest part of the pavement for them. Things like pot holes, dips, and even rocks, stones, or gravel can all cause a wheelchair user to "trip" which leads to either faceplanting out of the wheelchair or falling backwards out of a wheelchair. You may not see it, but I promise you the wheelchair user does.

-If you see someone fall out of their wheelchair do not immediately help them by pulling them up. Yes, I know you want to help and that is really decent of you. You just need to remember to ask first since many wheelchair users have chronic pain, and others have brittle bones or loose joints. Pulling someone up may increase the harm done to their body. If you are given the OK from the disabled person to help them, then make sure you listen and do exactly what they ask for. If they say no and don't want your help, please please listen to them and don't make a big deal out of it or force the issue.

-I know you want to hold doors open and yes, that is usually a totally okay thing to do! However, it is important that you hold open the door from the outside. When you hold the door open from the inside you end up blocking the doorway. Many disabled people especially those with mobility aids will take up more room than an able bodied person. It is also VERY important that of someone already has their hand on a door and is opening it that you DO NOT take the door from them. You can very easily harm someone by ripping the door out of their hands. Also, if a disabled person says they got the door and you grab it for them anyway, don't expect a thank you. Plenty of disabled people are exhausted at abled people thinking they can't do something, so when you do it anyway and make a big deal out of needing thanks, some of us are bound to get a wee bit cranky.

Don't treat your help as "your good deed for the day" and especially DONT say it. I know it's well meaning and helping people is literally confirmed to make yourself feel better. It ends up coming across as condescending and rude. Disabled people dont exist to make abled people feel better about themselves

-So you think a disabled person is an inspiration? I know you mean well and its meant as a compliment. What a lot of people dont realize is that calling someone an inpsiration for going about their day is actually really offensive. Think about how if you did something like go to the bathroom and you came out of the stall and someone said "you're so inspiring!" and all you did was take a shit? You'd be pretty disturbed.

-Speaking of bathrooms, please remember that disabled people *need* the accessible stall. The general rule is that if it's one of two stalls, and that's your only option, then sure go ahead. However if there are multiple open stalls and one accessible stall? Please leave the accessible one free (do not accost people who you think might not be disabled for using it, invisible disabilities are a thing). Don't use the accessible stall for changing, for your shopping cart, or for anything you're physically capable of leaving outside a regular stall. And if you need to use the stall especially if its like 1 of 2, then try to use it as quickly as possible.

- Being at the height of wheelchair users. Many diagrams that were made by abled folk say you should kneel down to a wheelchair user to talk to them. MANY wheelchair users find this supremely uncomfortable and condescending. A much better idea would be to bring up a chair or go somewhere where you can sit down with them if its a long conversation. If its a short conversation or there's nowhere for you to sit, ASK if they would like you to kneel down or if you should stay standing. Also, feel free to remind wheelchair users if you need to sit. Some of us (myself especially lol) forget that people with good working legs still get tired from standing too long.

-Always ask before helping a disabled person even if they are visibly struggling. Sometimes disabled people are still learning what they can and can't do and need to try on their own first. Some may look like they're struggling but it may just be the way their body works best. It is definitely okay to ask most of the time. All you have to do is listen to the answer.

-Dont approach disabled folk at night to offer help. Dont approach a disabled person who is already being helped by the person with them. Dont ask a disabled person who drove themselves somewhere if they need help in or out of the car. This is because if they got in the car, they knew they could get themselves out of the car. And if they have a wheelchair, there are very specific ways for the wheelchair to break down and go into the car that a non wheelchair user will have NO idea how to do so.

Please don't be upset and/or cause a scene if a disabled person denied your help but allowed it from someone else. There are multiple reasons you could have been denied your chance to help. It could be that the disabled person is with their friends or family and would prefer their help. The other person could be their aide (many aides dont need to have a uniform or scrubs and are often times hired friends or family). The disabled person may not have needed help with one thing but needed help for something else. And lastly, its really up to the disabled person who they accept help from.

-If a disabled person calls you (an able bodied person) out for using an accessible parking spot, PLEASE don't fight with them. Apologize, leave the spot, and don't do it again (and don't pull back in when their back is turned!). It doesn't need to be a huge fight.

-Dont touch or move a disabled person without their permission. Touch includes things like head pats, shoulder pats, hugs, arm rubbing, etc.

Overall, respect disabled people. Ask before helping and listen to the answer even if the answer is no.

[magicwithineleteo]

ok so below the cut is me addressing my feelings about the “drama” in the fandom. i would just like to mention that i am hesitant to post this out of fear of receiving backlash and being attacked/harassed by those who disagree. if you are as mature as you believe yourself to be, then please act as such and try to have a healthy discussion instead of just jumping on me for speaking up.

tw: pedophilia, bullying, swearing

i honestly don't have words for what’s happening in the fandom. i joined this fandom out of love for an amazing show, and was pleased to find a community of like-minded people who enjoy it just as much as i do. but i was not expecting this toxic element. i agree with the fact that everyone is entitled to their own opinion and they are free to ship whatever they want to. usually, i wouldn't give a fuck. but i do care when the ships are morally wrong. to reiterate, this is NOT a matter of opinion, this is a matter of MORALITY, which if someone wants to go ahead and say is subjective, at the end of the day, there are basic definitions of what is morally right and wrong. these ships are gababel and esteomi. (i am against cedfia too, however i’m not in the sofia the first fandom. only the eoa fandom so this is primarily about these ships.) i do not understand how one can comfortably ship these ships. at the beginning of the show, naomi is 15 and esteban is in his mid 50s. i don’t get how so many people don’t see the issue with that??? and at the beginning of the show, isabel is 10 and gabe is 18. again, a big issue. there is only one context in which esteban and naomi would morally work, if naomi was around pre-amulet. so by the time elena is freed, naomi is a similar age to esteban. but she’s not. regarding gababel, i don’t see how aging up isabel makes it any more acceptable. gabe has known isa since she was 10, i don’t think he’s just gonna immediately get feelings for her when she turns 18. that just sounds like a bunch of bs. other excuses for these ships are also a bunch of bs. dang, i didn’t know that not shipping gababel was because i’m not imaginative enough to think about the future of that ship. at least i'm imaginative enough to see that it's not even worth imagining because why would anyone even want to picture it? 

treating people with kindness and living by the golden rule means a lot to me. that people should be nice to each other, no matter if their beliefs clash or not. so why is it that when a young minor calls out these morally wrong ships, they are targeted? once again, this is a young MINOR. A CHILD. and not to mention, they were targeted by a bunch of adults. this child has called out something that’s morally wrong and adults came for them. i feel like these adults were aware that they are a child, but only to a certain point. they used the fact that they are a child to prove the point that they don’t know what bullying is, or that you were once in their shoes, an opinionated teenager. didn't know having an opinion was exclusive to teenagers, but i digress. however, a lot of you failed to recall that this is an actual child. not to mention, a handicapped child who has expressed time and time again how negative criticism affects them. at the end of the day, this context shouldn't even matter, because no one should be treated like that anyway. this child was bullied. this child felt invalidated and hurt. i don’t care what you think the definition of bullying is. they were bullied. imagine you’re in their place. a young (at the time 14 year old) who is receiving replies from  several adults telling them that they are wrong about pedophilia. you wouldn’t feel so nice either. their mental health went down because of this. you all failed to realize that this is a child, and that you need to be respectful to them. they are an equal member of the fandom, and they deserve several apologies. 

going along with this whole dialogue of age, i would like to point out that your age has nothing to do with your level of maturity, understanding, or comprehensibility of matters. just because someone is younger than you doesn't mean that automatically you are more correct or have the upper hand or whatever it may be simply due to your age. sure you may have more life experience, but what about your level of decency? empathy? awareness? sense of morality? these matter just as much, if not more. you can be 15 and wise and be 80 and be less knowledgeable. your actions and character display these things, not your age.

also with the whole “woke/woke teenager” thing. it's funny how it was said that buzzwords are being thrown around yet here we are, throwing this word around too. anyways, being “woke” is about being aware, having an open mind, and being able to not only recognize when something/someone is wrong, but being able to shed light on it and call it out. if you think i’m “woke” for calling out your pedophilic fantasies (which yes it is pedophilic i don’t think i need to explain to adults how that is so; and no, just because you aGe tHEm uP in yOuR hEad doesn't make it okay) then i’m damn proud to call out your shit. and i'll be damned if one of my friends or i get scrutinized for standing up and doing the right thing. no one deserves to get attacked for this, especially not with superficial strawman arguments that go after the person themselves rather than their “argument”/point of view. you can do all the name calling you want to, that does nothing to enhance your argument. all it does is shine a bright light on your character. and thank you for that, so we can see what kind of people we have in this community. it’s not about being sensitive or “woke” or whatever useless argument you want to use to steer away from the fact that you are MORALLY WRONG. i would understand if this discussion was about something lighter but this is so much deeper. this is not about “not being able to imagine/not being creative enough to imagine” i mean seriously? is that the argument here? that would be laughable if it wasn't as sad. what a substanceless argument that shows there is no viable justification for these ships. and it is not just about these pedophilic ships; it's also about how people are getting treated, specifically how adults on a power trip are attacking younger members of the fandom (wrongfully) with their petty posse of people. i mean seriously? can none of you (just a one on one not one of us versus your gang) have a decent conversation without needing your other friends to attack along with you? just childish honestly. and i wouldn't even say that because children aren't low enough to act like that. they are aware enough of others' feelings and know how to solve problems without hurting each other.

the fact that this is being deemed as “policing” and “telling the fandom at large what to do” is just ridiculous. first of all, no one is forcing our stances down people’s throats. second of all, who said you suck? you said it, not me. third of all, think of it like this. we have laws, yes? sure, the laws are written and yet some people still choose to break them. the law is enforced but yet still people have the option to follow it or not (even though they should follow it, duh). now say someone is breaking the law. would law enforcement be wrong to call them out on it? would they be wrong for charging them? no, because your actions have consequences. someone can “believe” they were not breaking the law but if their “belief” is objectively illegal and morally wrong, then by all means they should be called out on it. just because *you* personally don't find you shipping a 10 year old with an 18 year old (a fifth grader and high school senior for context) doesn't mean it's not problematic. and it doesn't matter if you're aging them up, it's still weird like why? it’s like you’re trying to justify pedophilia? and then you have the nerve to collectively attack ONE younger person who called out your foolery? this analogy was not to make it seem like we are the police of the fandom and are high and mighty or whatever, but simply to try and get across the point that just because *you* think it's not wrong, does not absolve you of it actually just being wrong. 

the way this matter has been addressed (and i wouldn't even say that because it is more like a one sided conversation/scolding where the opposite side of the discourse is either silenced because of fear or silenced after being attacked) has been absolutely petty, snarky, condescending, and catty; you really give yourself a sense of superiority over people because you are older and therefore more mature and more able to understand things on a deeper level? then understand this. handle this discussion in a more mature way. allow others who disagree with you to at least come to the table and share their feelings and see from their perspective. do not immediately pounce on them with your similarly-aged clique like this is some early 2000’s high school movie. it's funny because you are invalidating us by belittling us as just “high schoolers”, but if anything you guys are the ones acting like what you are projecting on us. literally bullying children. how depraved do you have to be to sit here and behave like this with actual children. it's funny because some of you actually have children and here you are, being a keyboard warrior for a pedophilic ship. is that the hill you are choosing to die on? at least try to open your eyes and see why we are addressing this. to your point, yes, you are adults. ADULTS. so act like it.

i would also like to mention that there is a big difference between notps and morally wrong ships. notps are ships that you do not ship because that’s just not what you like. an example of that for me is elenaomi. i don’t ship them like that, that’s one of my notps, and that’s okay. however when there are ships like esteomi and gababel, those are more than notps. those are morally wrong ships because they are pedophilic. i am not gonna call these my nOtPs; these are HELL NOTPS.

some of you are also big hypocrites. you say to scroll on, and to ignore it if you don’t like it. yet you feel the need to respond to things you don’t agree with. yes, it’s your blog, but if you’re not going to practice what you preach then, what’s the point? this reminds of the whole dialogue surrounding “if you don't like it here (your country), then leave.” this phrase is used to invalidate people who call out issues within their country, whether it be the societal structure as a whole, or the government etc. it's like you are only patriotic if you have 0 complaints and love everything about your country. you don't care if things are ruined; it's your country so you love it. in my eyes, true patriotism is when you are able to recognize and not be in denial about issues in your country; you are willing to not only acknowledge them as a problem, but are actively trying to address and fix it. similarly, i believe that you shouldn't have to just scroll on or leave the community because you are uncomfortable because of a genuine problem. why should we just be silent and accept what's going on? us scrolling on while recognizing the problem and not saying anything, letting it thrive, is being complicit. it's like being a bystander, and we are not going to do that. we want this community to be a great place for all of us to get along because of our shared interest of eoa. but that doesn't mean that these things should be excused or ignored. if you are having an issue with people calling this out, if the shoe fits, that's your problem, and moreover, you are part of the problem. i am not calling out specific names in this, so if you have an issue with it, then….hate to break it to you.

i understand that i’m usually a lot nicer on my page. however, i feel that i have been silent for too long. but i’m not a hypocrite and i know that i’m right. how people respond to this just reflects their character more than mine. i am a 13 year old child, and i am hesitant to discuss this because you guys did not hold back at a 14 now 15 year old. that is not okay, especially when this is supposed to be a loving community about a show that is aimed at children. that was all. please have some empathy, understanding, and especially respect.

[aetherstorms]

OC RP: Original Elidibus

~I will make Amaurot a better place~

The Basics

Former Convocation Role: The Emissary

Constellation: Ophiuchus

Real name: Elidibus Saafir

Sexuality: Straight

Current Appearance

Hair: Short, dark purple

Eyes: Violet and blinded

Height: 17′8″

Background

Elidibus Saafir was born in Arcadia during an Age of Peace, though by the time he was of an age to remember any of it, his city had declared war on Amaurot. The reasons were legion from them being fake gods that needed to be dealt with, to they posed a threat to Arcadia. Regardless of reasons, when he came of age Saafir joined the military and eventually rose through the ranks to General, one respected and loved by the people under his command. During this time he married a woman named Khadra and had a daughter, Naevia.

In one of many skirmishes against the enemy, he faced the Polemarch of the Amaurotian forces herself, Athena of the Wardens. In that battle he dealt a devastating blow to her shoulder, some would say nearly removing her arm entirely. He could have dealt her a fatal blow just then, but looking into her eyes, he knew she was destined for another fate and let her live instead. She rewarded his mercy in another face off later when she took his left eye.

When he found out Arcadia was making a weapon that would cripple the population of Amaurot by taking their Creation Magicks, he tried to send Khadra and Naevia away before he took the long walk to Amaurot and surrendered, revealing to them what his citystate planned. Athena chose to act without orders and marched on Arcadia, destroying it and killing all who resided within. Saafir himself was tried as a war criminal, but was given a pardon because he had delivered the warning that had saved Amaurot and doomed his home. A binding was put upon his soul by the Emet-Selch of the time which kept him from being able to leave Amaurot, making his new home his prison.

Though he had no power at this time, he went to the Convocation of Twelve and suggested that they add a couple of Seats. A Wanderer to help improve Amaurot’s reputation so another war never took place and an Emissary to smooth relations between citystates when they communicated with Amaurot as well as help to intergrate Arcadian citizens who had been outside the city when it had been razed and were coming now to Amaurot as their last resort. He didn’t expect the Seat of the Emissary to be offered to him, but took it when it was.

He had a single night of sexual comfort from Venat, who was the third to hold the Seat of Azem at the time. While he has no proof of this, he believes himself to be the father of Themis, who eventually came to succeed him as the Emissary. When he stepped down, he went by his last name Saafir so as not to confuse him with the Elidibus of the Convocation.

Personality

Saafir is rather serious and soft-spoken, but has a bit of a dry sense of humor that can be drawn out of him given the right motivation. Being of a rather solitary nature, he doesn’t understand some of the ways of Amaurot even after living there for centuries because he had literally never encountered it before; such as protocol for entering a dwelling as a casual guest or when it’s appropriate to remove his mask in front of others. For most of his time there, he had no one to ask either.

He has a gentle spirit and genuinely wishes to improve Amaurot. He adores children and in their company will forego all propriety to get on the ground with them to interact with them on their level.

When he speaks it is in soft tones and it is unusual indeed for him to raise his voice. Thusly when he does, people tend to pay attention.

As a pureblood Arcadian, he cannot use Creation magicks unaided, though he can use concept crystals from the Bureau of the Architect. He worked on an aether syphon to make up for this handicap and would continue to improve and tweak it up until the last few years of his life, offering it to his now friend Athena’s son Erichthonios in hopes it would finally give the youth full access to Creation magicks.

[bean-there]

Izuku has a wasp quirk

Okay, so, this started out as an idea for a random quirk, but I loved it so much that I ended up making scenarios for this quirk with Izuku. I got the information about the poisons and antidotes here.  This can be a prompt or not, idk. If someone wants to use this as a prompt, feel free to alter things. It was just the concept of Izuku having a wasp quirk that got me excited

Quirk Information:

Izuku’s quirk is called ‘Wasp’, and it’s a transformation type quirk. He has stingers that can he can sheath and unsheath at the base of his wrists (basically where Spider-Man’s webs come out), as well as four (4) wings and antenna that pop up when he calls for them. He usually keeps his antenna out though, as they warn him about danger and he can smell/taste better with them. Izuku discovers that his left stinger holds a type of poison (Aqua Tofana), and his right stinger holds the cure.

A few hours after Izuku’s quirk came in he gained black markings all over his body, but mostly on his torso and arms. They faded out the farther down you got on his arms and legs. He has some markings on his cheeks, temple and the back of his neck.

Because of his quirk, Izuku essentially works on a different channel that everybody else. He still sees and feels everything the same way we do, but he receives the information a bit differently than we do. He receives information (taste, communication, smell, touch (though not very often), danger, etc.) through his antenna. They’re constantly moving, and if Izuku chooses, he can put them away (literally letting them melt into the skin of his forehead), but it generally makes him feel uncomfortable of flighty because his senses are half of what they were. They get dialed down to what the average person feels, but because he’s used to having superior senses, Izuku feels handicapped or ’blind’.

Because of his insect based quirk, Izuku does have a sort of untraditional A/B/O dynamics (lol, watch me use ao3 tags). He senses potential mates through his antenna, even though most people in the BnHA society don’t have very potent pheromones (unless you get up close and personal). When Izuku gets close enough to new people, or if they prove they aren’t faking affection/friendship, he usually asks is he can scent them; basically letting his antenna touch their necks, behind their ears or someplace that gets slightly sweaty. That way their scent is ingrained into his brain and he can feel comfortable with them. He’s done this with the Bakugo’s and his mom. He end up doing this almost everyone in 1-A (including Aizawa) after they’ve proven themselves to him

Izuku doesn’t start noticing people’s pheromones until after he hits puberty, though. Even then, he doesn’t really pay attention to the information his antenna pick up when scenting someone’s pheromones. 

Storyline/other:

Izuku discovers his quirk by accidentally sliding his wrist stingers into Katsuki when he’s picking on him. He poisons Katsuki and discovers that his left stinger holds a type of poison (Aqua Tofana), and his right stinger holds the cure.

After he poisons Katsuki, he panics and slides his right stinger in Katsuki’s veins and administers the antidote

After the incident with Katsuki, Izuku and him become close friends over time (read: years). Kacchan eventually offers to be Izuku’s test subject and Izuku refuses for months. That is, until the Sludge Villain incident, when Izuku realizes he needs to know everything about his quirk if he wants to keep those he loves safe and unharmed.

The two always have a vial of Izuku’s antidote on hand after they learned how to extract his medicine. They don’t want to have any accidental incidents. When he gets to UA, he makes sure everyone in 1-A all have a small vial, and that Recovery Girl always has two vials on standby. 

When 1-A trains, the class always notices that it’s when Izuku has the most energy and seems the most relaxed. Some (mostly BakuSquad and the DekuSquad) start to pester him to tell them why he’s like that, but Izuku always to refuse to tell them

Eventually the class rounds on Bakugou, and in his annoyance, Bakugou caves. He tells them that it’s when everyone’s pheromones are most noticeable, and so Izuku can sense everyone's intent and emotions. Izuku most likely feels like he doesn’t have to check behind his back. Izuku overhears Bakugou telling them and decides to input his own opinion. He states, “You guys also usually release pleased or positive pheromones, and because many of you are releasing it at once, it affects me. After training, I try and stay with the side of the class that was happy with how training went, rather than the half that was unsatisfied. Otherwise I’ll become cranky or something, and nobody wants that.”

Bakugou’s scent and pheromones have always been stronger than anyone else Izuku knows because his quirk is literally having him sweat in order to create explosions. Because of this, Izuku tends to have Bakugou massage the base of his wings or simply sit next to him when he’s stressed/worried/tense. Having strong pheromones surrounding him tends to help Izuku relax.

When Izuku is making sure everyone in 1-A is authentic, Bakugou knows what he’s doing and will laugh occasionally when Izuku suddenly springs a random question on someone. People will ask Bakugou why he’s laughing and all Katsuki does is smirk and say “you extras better be good enough” and leave a confused hero class behind

One day, 1-A is forcing Izuku to tell them what they all smell like to him (in regards to scent and pheromones, not if they stink) and the strength of their scent. Everyone is surprised to learnt that Todoroki has the second strongest scent in the class after Bakugou. Izuku confesses that Todoroki’s scent is a bit odd, because one side of him naturally runs a bit warmer than the average person, but his right side was cooler so it emitted les pheromones than usual, even when he was all sweaty. But when Todoroki uses his fire it’s usually like a punch to Izuku’s gut because Todoroki’s pheromones go from being a background notation to flooding his senses, everything clamoring “look here notice the scent it’s strong pay attention”. After this confession, Todoroki tries to warn Izuku before he uses his fire

The antidote is injected into the bloodstream, it acts as a poison as well, but this time there is no antidote. Izuku experiments with his quirk (with small animals, replies and the like) and lies to the quirk analyst when they ask him about the poison and antidote. He says that ‘he just knows’ and that it’s a ‘gut instinct’. He has his own analysis notebook on his quirk.

The poison and antidote only work unless directly administered to the bloodstream. So, if someone manages to extract Izuku’s poison but only throws it on someone, nothing will happen. They might feel slightly warmer on that patch on skin (where the poison landed on them), but nothing else. His poison isn’t acid, it doesn’t eat away at things.His antidote is a form of mithridatum, but a type of antidote that cures only the poison he has administered or produced.