#1 & 2 a lot earlier. people will forgive i promise. we want to forgive. we love the content and the vibes. otherwise we all would've left

[wings-of-flying]

could i, an eighteen year old with zero experience running a d&d podcast and a patreon for said podcast, do better than the council who've had several years of experience and amassed a fan base who so willingly offer (sometimes constructive) criticism on all that's not working? well i don't know, because i don't have the resources or time or energy for a project like that, but i do still understand that their current system isn't working

[purgemarchlockdown]

ask game

from tsuwmya 2, 4, 11, 12, 13 for Muu and 1, 2, 3, 5, 21 for Mahiru I hope it's not too much 👉👈

It's no problem! I enjoy doing ask games a lot they're really fun!

Muu:

2. favorite mv moment/frame?

I love this frame from It's Not My Fault so much, it's just so pretty and lovely to watch. I love how slow it feels...

4. favorite minigram episode/moment?

I think bread Muu is really funny. Second place goes to Raincoat Muu though.

11. what are your favorite points about their story and the narrative surrounding them?

TOXIC CYCLES AND ENVIRONMENTS I LOVE YOU (IN STORYTELLING)!!!!!

I love it when characters are...kinda the worst. I am a Worst Girls Enjoyer and I like it when characters are horrible so Muu's already appealing from that point.

But Muu is so much More than just Horrible and that's really what sells her for me, cause there is a lot of depth to her as a character. Muu's a victim and a bully, she tries her best to keep herself satisfied with this shallow form of love and attention, one predicated on being at the top and hurting the people under you. As long as you are not the worst you can continue to get the "honey." Which leads to very destructive and unhealthy environments and situations.

It's not really surprising Haruka and Muu gravitated towards each other, both use "pity" to gain a form of "love" and in the process demean and hurt themselves. Muu's self hatred is a very real thing and it's not something she can easily grow out of.

Muu's kinda stuck, she's unwilling to take responsibility for her own faults but also due to the horribly toxic school environment she finds herself in she's unable to really grow Either since the place basically discourages growth and development and she's also horribly insecure and self-hating which really doesnt help anyone.

Plus as I said she uses that "pity" to gain love and that kinda means she Needs to be in some sort of bad situation for that to work. The "ideal" situation for Muu is one where she's in pain so that people care about her and that's just...depressing.

I could talk about it forever honestly but there's a lot more questions so-

12. what do you wish would be discussed more often about them in the fandom?

I want to see more discussion on her horribly toxic cycles and self-destruction! I don't think there's much of it and its sad since its such an integral part of her story. She's really channeling Shiori fr and I think that's really interesting! Plus I'd also like if if people stopped treating her like a mastermind...she isn't...she's really impulsive actually...

13. any ideas on what would they and their MV be like if they got a different verdict in T1?

Plays up the pity factor by a lot, you thought After Pain was sad? Muu's playing that thing up to eleven now. She's desperate to gain love and attention so please please please forgive her now, she won't do anything bad she promises! It be real depressing alright...

Mahiru:

1. favorite song lyrics?

Even when I test you, even the times we do the breakup ritual, Is because I love you

This is the most quietly horrifying line in TIHTBILWY for me and I love it. Mahiru "Love is Pain" Shiina Just Admitted to testing how much her boyfriend loves her and how willing he is to stay with her. "Breakup ritual" is so horrifying in this context I love it.

2. favorite mv moment/frame?

Cat moment fr.

3. favorite non-mv official illustration?

(I can't find a big version of this for some reason) I Love her album cover! It's really striking and pretty I think, plus I really like all the flowers around it.

5. favorite voice drama line/moment?

Mahiru: What? No, no. There’s no such thing as that. Being in love is like a landmine. It’ll explode someday, you know? The only thing that differs is whether it happens earlier or later in life. It’ll happen to you too. Even if you don’t have any interest in it now, one day it’ll explode for you as well. All because you’ll have that fateful encounter with your special someone.

Can you tell I Really like it when Mahiru is horrible? It's subtle here but her insensitivity and the way she can ignore what other people say and want because She thinks she knows whats best is shown here and I really like that about her. Plus the amatonormativity is Real in this sentence.

21. do you have any similarities with them/relate to something in them?

Not really, I don't really relate to Mahiru much. I'm not a romance person (I'm...90-97% sure I'm aro depending on the day) and she can honestly be a bit overwhelming for Me. I can sometimes be a bit overindulgent with my interests though so I guess that counts.

[reasonandempathy]

Hey, remember when I said this?

Your entire conversation, like almost every one of these, is purposefully obtuse and refuses to engage with either what has actually happened over the past 4 years or the fact that it is, literally, and either/or choice. We can have an actual conversation about Biden and the Democratic Party when you touch grass and deal with a single real-world inplication [sic] of what you're talking about, or any of what Biden's actually done outside of "hey, you're pissed at Democrats right?"

or:

Even state explicitly what YOU think Biden is doing wrong. Because if the entirety of any conversation is "well, I don't think YOU should vote for Biden" then it's clearly not actually about the election and it's just about "Why won't people do what I want them to" you are allegedly talking to people who don't want to vote Democrat because they don't think the Democrats are doing what they want and upholding their values.

Notice how you didn't actually do any of that?

How when asked:

What the real-world implication of your proposed behavior would be

What problems you have with Biden, so it isn't just about you not liking how other people behave

To center anything other than "But Democrats suck" in the conversation

None of them are irrelevant. All of them are directly connected to the topic at hand.

"I have issues with Biden but it's still the better of the two outcomes that he is President. If I voted for someone else, what would be the real-world implications of that choice? Are we talking about anything else other than how you think I should act? "

You did none of it.

Anyway, I'll move past that, mainly because while you clearly don't have any ability to ground what you're saying in reality. It's still an opportunity to say the below again.

If that was your argument the whole time, why wasn't that your argument the whole time?

Wait, so do you know the context of my conversations, and hence know the broader context? Or are you only speculating as to my conversations? Because the original quote was explicitly about "Someone who isn't even on enough ballots winning the Electoral College is about as likely as Lu Bu laying waste to the French and Italian armies to let Lichtenstein conquer both of them."

Are we bringing my other posts into this? Because if so, then maybe you should actually pay attention to my other posts. And the times posted.

15 concrete ways that the Biden administration is specifically, explicitly supporting Objectively Good things, contrasted with Trump explicitly being worse on those specific things posted yesterday. As an example.

The Biden administration keeping a campaign promise to reign in junk fees, which yes, he did campaign on. Posted in January.

If there is actually a real option for President, other than Biden or Trump, I would gladly vote for it. Do you have one? Honestly, I've said this a lot of the time, and you found the original post when it was 5 minutes old, untagged, and without a single reblog, so you clearly follow me to some extent, for some reason. Anyway. Example 1. 2.

Biden's administration is making real, tangible progress, but his campaign is fucking horrible at getting the word out. Including student debt forgiveness, racial wealth inequality, environmental protection, and economic protectionism. Which he did campaign on. (there's a lot like this). This example was posted on the 20th. There's also April, January, earlier in January, and October. And October again. September. For all of Biden's failings, which are numerous, he's still arguably the most pro-union and pro-worker president since I've been alive. I could go farther back, but suffice to say I've been talking about his campaign promises, and failings, since 2021.

The Biden campaign is absolutely horrible at promoting what they've done, and hence it gets ignored, so you may not know what's been done (January)

And, Yes. Biden is objectively just better than Trump in a lot of specific, concrete, worthwhile ways. Which is both a shitty thing to have to consider and also an incredibly relevant thing to consider. Because, again, if you have a 3rd option I'd love to hear it.

I am sitting here actively asking if there's a realistic option for President other than Biden or Trump. I've asked that of literally everyone I've spoken to on this. Hence, frustration getting to "Fuck it, nobody can answer this and all I get are vague responses."

And your response repeatedly saying a version of "but Democrats suck and you shouldn't vote for BIden."

I might just adopt that phrase now whenever someone vaguely implies an actual third choice for who could be President.

I'll just go and vote for the Lu Bu Party, that'll totally work. Awesome.