#I am salty af

[errantgoat]

innocent patch of grass in my town: *exists*

city planning: but what if it was - and hear me out here...a parking lot?

[a-wild-things-rambles]

one thing that annoys me about pretty much any media with combat in, is how blasé about head injuries they are.

I hit my head on a bus pole, not even losing consciousness, and 2 months later I'm still getting headaches, I had major speech issues for 10 hours, and I've basically been having one long migrane since.

That was one hit. And I have a thick skull.

The Dr explained to me that a concussion is basically your brain getting bruised. They get worried when it's a brain bleed, when a blood vessel is ruptured. To see if its a brain bleed you need to have a brain scan. I was to young for it to be worth the high radiation to the brain. If it is a brain bleed, I was told the answer would be neurosurgery.

My friend has his head slammed into a locker. He had a brain bleed. They scanned him and said it wasn't bad enough to risk neurosurgery. He still suffers from migrains and at one point only attended one day in 4 months. For a meeting. He's still struggling, years later.

What I'm trying to say is that damage to the head can be lifealtering even for relatively small damage. If I my head hit that pole harder I could have had permanent speech issues. I could have lost consciousness. Just because of standing up on a bus going round a turn.

Every person batman hits in the head is at risk of death or brain damage. Every person unconscious for more than a few minutes is at risk of death and major permanent brain damage. It's not safe or calculated, you can't calculate it. Brain damage is notorious fickle. The most you can do is fuiger out what is most likely to be affected based on where a person was hit.

The aim of hitting a person in the head is to knock them out or to affect their cognitive abilities.

The aim of hitting a person in the head is to give them brain damage.

Brain damage that could kill them. That will put them out of work for weeks maybe even years. That could affect them for the rest of their lives. It could take their speech, their ability to think, to emote.

But for batman it's the better option. It's the option that's touted as better than guns and killing.

Giving people brain damage. Because their poor and criminals.

It makes me laugh now when people say that batman doesn't kill. That he doesn't do permanent damage.

Look it's fiction I get it. But frankly forget how the people he hurts have to subject themselves to the american heathcare system. Forget the people that will be disproportionately targeted. If you hit somone in the head you should acknowledge that anything from a headache to death could happen.

Hell it's actually happened in the comics. Batman punched guy gardener so hard it gave him brain damage and a major personality change.

But its just ha ha batman punched green lantern.

[plague-of-insomnia]

The dub didn’t mess up; Sebastian was just reminding Ciel he’s applying for a new job.

[mari-lair]

your posts about this newest chapter are so real because it disappointed me so much.

It was way too lighthearted and just seemed like a huge joke. I was expecting the trial to have suspense where you can really feel for the characters and wonder what will happen next, but it just ended up being comedic. It was funny, I’ll give it that, but I really really wanted some angst.

This may just be me, but Teru felt so out of canon to me. I can understand him putting on that “flawless student council” mask but it feels odd considering he is around mostly supernaturals. He is shown to be very intelligent and considering he is an exorcist and they are school mysteries why tf would that “look at how beautiful I am I could never” argument work. It was funny, sure, but just seemed out of canon for him.

Akane felt a little out of canon too to me? Probably not but he seemed to fully accept his role as a judge with little to no guilt at all. We don’t really get him looking guiltily at Teru or feeling frustrated, he’s just kind of there. Probably because (as always) the story focused on Hanako, Yashiro, and Tsukasa.

NOW UGHH TSUKASA IS SO FAVORITED ITS PAINFUL. You’re telling me after all that suspense around the clock keepers he takes them out in TWO PANELS. The clock keepers seem like a fucking joke in this chapter instead of the powerful mysterious beings they have shown to be previously.

Overall I expected something much more satisfying and I hope next chapter will be a little better because the last chapter got me so excited for nothing.

just my opinion though, I know some people enjoyed this chapter and that’s totally ok! just not my personal favorite

That's a mood ya-rr-ow. Big mood.

Many people enjoyed the chapter, and I'm happy for them, but I was also majorly disappointed so I'll talk about what you mentioned here and add some other things.

(I will just focus on the negatives here so if you're feeling hyped about the chapter. I am sorry, I wouldn't recommend reading this)

Okay let's go

Chapter 108 went out of its way to create a tense atmosphere, it was mostly a set up and hype piece for the trial.

Mirai was a beast, but Akane was the one that really set up the tone. He had the power to make Teru harmless, which only hyped up the other clock keepers since he is the lowest ranking keeper. Mirai and Kako's supposed power was said to be dangerous enough to make Akane, who hates supernaturals and is so firm in his beliefs, feel cornered, switch sides to 'do his duties', his vague words hinting that there is more to this trial than it seems on the surface.

So I don't think we were being delusional to expect this trial to be dramatic. To have angst. Or at least, character dept. To be important.

But despite the trial being the title, the spotlight, we got none of it: Not only is the trial treated as a joke, which I already don't vibe with considering how tense the atmosphere in chapter 108 is. It is an empty joke.

It doesn't teach us anything about the characters, it doesn't give any new information. Nothing.

Hanako's trial was a gag. He isn't even my priority character, but considering how he have the title of 'leader of the mysteries' and had been put on trial before for the Yorishiro's destruction, it is a baffling choice to make Kako not mention this big BIG crime when judging him.

Nene's trial 'revealed' she likes Hanako and want to confess to him. Which she has been doing this whole manga.

We could talk about her time crimes (every time travel that made her meet Amane), try to bargain her lifespan since this is the main conflict in the story and they are talking to the keepers of time. They could talk about her crime of helping to destroy the yorishiros with Hanako, or just acknowledge she is still a threat since she is the Kannagi, the only one capable of ripping their yorishiro in the first place. But no, those are stupid, let's spend 4 full pages of a monthly manga to tease a confession she already did in the very previous chapter.

Teru revealed he has some craving for destruction on him. Which surprise, surprise! It also isn't new information! How nice!

( I talked about his love for the idea of destruction and how it's almost an escapism recently, here you go if you're curious)

About Teru and Akane's acting weird. That's not them being ooc, that's Aidairo making a narrative choice to not take anything serious, including his own characters. Everyone is acting like themselves, and nothing contradicts what has been established about their personalities, but their competence has been drastically downgraded to move the plot quickly.

Teru has the bad habit of becoming pathetic when he has strong feelings, like locking himself in his room and hiding under the covers after his fight with Kou, immediately hitting Akane's stab wound when he is too late to rescue aoi cause the situation stressed him. So it is in character that he wants to kill Akane, who has always been his stress relief.

However, because Teru takes things so personally, and it was stablished in chapter 108 that Teru is way more bothered by Akane's betrayal than being in a court of law, it makes no sense that he treat it as a normal court instead of using his very obvious alibi that he couldn't destroy the clock because he was with Akane. Teru doesn't turn this court into the confrontation that would bring attention to their split up, doesn't go "Are you doing to deny my alibi now?? betray me again??" or question "So? We are here! Why did it had to be now??" or anything that builds up on the last chapter to expand it.

Cause Aidairo decided the court doesn't matter. The build up doesn't matter. Once more, the consequences are an afterthought. We don't need the answers to anything.

Akane is still guilty, he can't look at Teru in the eye, can't defend him, but he goes "!!!" when Teru finally calls for him, paying full attention.

But this is comedic. And as i mentioned above, Teru doesn't say anything useful, anything with more depth than what we already know: that he is angry by Akane's betrayal and hasn't forgiven him.

We TRULY are given nothing in this trial.

Which is insane, cause even the promo art had details to build intrigue, a vague idea that while the chapter would be comedic in nature, it would explain more about the clock keepers, or at least expand on their boundaries.

Like, what are those numbers on the scale? will they be judged by year? Will a lie make their time be stolen? oooh what could it be! Can't wait for the chapter!

And the chapter comes, and there is nothing. The whole trial feels like filler. They treated the audience as a fool for being excited.

That's why this big twist at the end? I don't care.

As you said Tsukasa is overpowered, they are Aidairo's golden child. And they will break established lore rules and make a joke out of everyone else just cause he can.

It's not just Teru and Akane who were nerfed to make the plot move faster, not allowed to have any proper focus. The clock keepers were also a joke, acting 'in character' but more incompetent than they have been stablished to be.

Tsukasa op moment doesn't make me go "wow he is so cool" it made me look at the clock keepers and go "You are all are stupid"

Cause Tsukasa has the judgment seal?? And he was already sentenced as guilty??? There are three clock keepers in the room too? So why not... you know... restrict him again...?

The clock keepers is a school rumor that was introduced all the way back in chapter 23. Like you said they are supposed to be super op! They are a mystery so hyped up that just Mirai's power (who isn't the strongest keeper) can throw the intire school into chaos in the Near Shore, where supernaturals are debuffed.

Even before Tsukasa attacked he made the clock keepers act incompetent, to make him look more mysterious and cool in comparison.

These very old and supposedly op school mysteries know Yugi Amane is Hanako, but they don't know who Amane's twin brother 'Tsukasa' is, they also don't refer to him as a yorishiro despite the seal being in his face, and use titles for every other character (Leader of the school mysteries. Kannagi. Student Body Representative)

Which might look like a small thing, silly nitpick, but it shows the favoritism isn't just for a twist. Aidairo naturally likes Tsukasa more than his own narrative, and is willing to make others be less competent for the sake of it.

I don't think Kako will die. That would objectively be bad writing at this point. He'll probably be back in the next chap, a la "teru got fucked up by No.6" and "Akane got stabbed by Aoi but he lives bitch" or even "i always had a ton of clones, like Mei of the art room" but it is still disappointing to see him and Mirai get fucked up in their own boundary after all the hype they have accumulated through the story.

There is a hint Akane can be a yorishiro at the end of the chapter, and that is cool, genuinely really cool, but I am tired of getting excited over possibilities and 'promises for the future'. I want something concrete.

Speaking of which, I don't think Akane will die. This is just another bait to keep reading like when No.6 slashed Teru, Kou, and Akane and we didn't get any answers for a few months before 'oh well nothing happened :) no consequences to be had here folks!'

"But Tsukasa has always killed everyone that he pulled the heart of! there is Mitsuba, and The puffer fish of the mermaid, and the previous No.3 (the bird)" And to that I say I trust Akane's ability to say fuck to fate.

My boy gets new death flags every year, he collects them like pokemon cards, you all should have gotten used to it.

He also survived his bae stabbing him, this isn't new. Sucks to be Tsukasa and die by a stab in the gut and all but Akane is built differently (quite literally with two bodies).

He is also in his own boundary, so if Aoi doesn't kill him while in the territory of another mystery, but he dies in No.1's boundary I will... idk probably just sigh.

In short, Aidairo treated this as joke, so I will treat their cliffhanger as one too. Give me reasons to care in chapter 110. Cause at the moment? I don't.

[fumiko-matsubara]

I've been wanting to do those senior yearbook edits for a while now, so here's one with high school Kanzaki Yukiko 💕

[lilac-hecox]

Like kinda crazy this is what they said about Sword AF season 2, like 3/4 months ago. The love it deserved ended up turning it into a shadow of itself?

[cinnamon-grump]

hey sorry idk how to communicate in a not weird way but saw your tags on your post and ur partner sounds really judgmental and mean to you. it really sucks of them to constantly question your intelligence (ability to engage critically w media) while making a big moral judgement about you because of your media tastes

Sorry I’m.. honestly awful at answering asks these days but. I had another interaction today where I realized they just… take so much of what I say in bad faith and idk why or how to handle it?? And I thought about this ask and just… idk. Sometimes I really really reallllly agree with u. (Also no worries abt the weirdness idk how to be normal about this either…)

On one hand, I think we both just. Miscommunicate a lot. Like just slightly incompatible mental illnesses butting heads, I think? Cause a lot of the time it’s absolute nonsense bc we mishear eachother or process things poorly… but

But also more than anything I’m concerned now that it’s THEIR ability to critically engage with media that is causing such a rift…

idk how I can be more clear when I say things likeeee “tried this new show and was surprised by the conflicting humor of ‘thats kinda racist’ vs some shockingly good queer rep… I don’t hate it, I guess?” And they still respond like they presume what I “”MEAN”” is “I enjoyed the racist jokes lol” which!!! No!!!! That’s literally the opposite of what I said!!! If I POINT IT OUT IN PLAIN ENGLISH WITH THE CONTEXT OF IT BEING A NEGATIVE POINT THEN WHY THE FUCK WOULD I BE ENDORSING IT 😭😮‍💨

[ccaptain]

remember to release your juiciest takes on the Salty AF Munday Meme, so you can give your mutuals time to grab popcorns and chips to enjoy the show. WINKWONK

[vvitchering]

Something something Kuiil telling Din that the reprogrammed IG-11 is no longer a hunter, but that it will protect. The parallels with Din no longer being a bounty hunter but a protector instead. Both of them leaving behind their previous lives to be guardians for a little lost baby.

[shatterthefragments]

Actually before I go like. I’d seen the video of IVs scream in Rain and I just previously thought “oh how nice that adds a lot” but today in the car I thought. Wait? Is there? So I turned the volume up to 40 (I usually have it between 23-29 on the highway) and uh. 😳 That was the very first time I noticed Vessel’s scream in Rain.

I should perhaps listen more closely if headphones???

[babypuffinzoe]

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[ifyougoillfollow]

real talk tho i know there's exactly zero (0) chance of romantic erasermic ever being canon, but i'd just like to put it out there right now in no uncertain terms that if it ever somehow does happen i'm FUCKING suing

[tal-vez-o-quizas]

Isn't it ironic how in Season 4 Nancy thinks Jonathan is hiding something from her (which he is) but she thinks it's someone else that he met?

But as the season goes by, Nancy starts to have resurfacing feelings for Steve? Who is someone she started to meet more frequently after the killings in Hawkins.

Nancy, baby, the projection is strong on this one. Not everyone has someone else at their disposal to be emotionally involved with, that's just you.

It's like she has started giving up on Jonathan and the relationship cause she knows he's hiding something and her fear is exactly what she is going through now...

[cl0nazpm]

NEW ACCOUNT

HAH. TUMBLR, YOU BETTER NOT FUSS WITH MY ACCOUNT AGAIN I SWEAR.

[glimpsesofeuterpe]

figuring out my glasses arent yet another nameless сhinese item but have their brand(?) title & numbers after three years of use was more likely than it seemed

[sicklewxlf]

||Maybe it’s just me, but I’m too used to rping characters who don’t have special powers and are villains/antagonists/wildcards.