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[sorikufeels]

they are,,, they are watching a meteor shower,,, 🥹

[pookiebear-the-first]

Okay hot take

DEATH THREATS HAVE BEEN NORMALIZED.

Pre-internet, death threats were perceived as a very hostile thing to be taken seriously. But now, anyone who dissagrees with your opinion can just say "kys". People are more than just what you see of them. What we write about ourselves anywhere online is just a sliver of our real lives. We have people around us who care, lives we have to live, expectations to meet.

Saying kys is too normalized, and it needs to stop.

[iianian69]

i literally just noticed this and i need to see if other people get what i mean.

ALL OF THE PLAYABLE OVERWATCH ROBOTS (bastion echo zenyatta) HAVE NO VISIBLE BREATHING ANIMATION EXCEPT FOR GENJI AND RAMATTRA.

i have a theory that when blizzard made ramattra they forgot about this little detail because all the other characters are older, and none of them have animations where you can see their chest rising and falling except for genji... they all move a bit but you dont see their chest rising or falling or anything.

(alternatively, maybe ramattra is secretly a cyborg too)

but i still think its a super cool detail, if they meant to do it, that genji, who is a cyborg, is the only "robot" who you can visually see breathing. if that was done on purpose that is super cool

UPDATE: anas mythic also doesnt have a breathing animation?? so either they really just forgot for ramattra or they did it on purpose. maybe he IS a cyborg........

[therestlesswon]

incredibeely hyperactive you mean?

I think he might like bees... not totally sure tho

[tealeafstew]

maybe I actually will wear converse to my wedding

[thebirthofvenusfly]

1, 2, and (most important of all) 25 for the isat ask game!

Favorite Character?: Odile but Siffrin is such a scarily close second... i love old woman yuri and depressed small cat-crow child Least Favorite Character?: Copout; the King. But like, if you mean characters that actually deserve happiness and joy, Isabeau :( It is nothing personal I just do not gravitate towards masculine characters very often and out of the main cast, he was the last to grab my attention... that being said, he is an angel and a gentleman and a darling. i don't think he's BAD i just think out of the main cast, i naturally gravitate to him the least

Which bird in Dormont is your favorite?: like why would you pit a group of bad bitches against each other. i love them all. next question

[keewu]

hello mutual. in front of you is king and gowther. now tell me how u feel about them as a ship

I LOVE Helbram x King, I feel it deep in my souls man. But King x Gowther mmmmh, I approve. It's a cute ship. I don't feel alot for Kiane to begin with, so I'd say Helbram x king first then we get Gowther x King. But after Helbram is dead I ship it. Cause I feel like they fit together well, they have that friends to enemies to lovers kinda thing after Gowthers memories comes back.

[therestlesswon]

have a target named Aristo

by dimda_

[minz-za-moo]

Athena Cykes: Sidelined Attorney ~ Essay

(Major Spoilers for Ace Attorney 5: Dual Destinies, and Ace Attorney 6: Spirit of Justice. Minor Spoilers for Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney)

I wanted to write an essay-type thing about Athena constantly getting the short end of the stick, so...here it is :3

       Athena is one of the main characters of Ace Attorney, but she sure doesn’t feel like it. 

       Ace Attorney is a video game series where you play as one of many lawyers, fighting crime and earning guilty verdicts in an era of legal corruption. One of the newest playable main characters introduced was one Miss Athena Cykes, part of the game Dual Destinies, the fifth and second-to-last game in the series. And boy, is she...in the game. She certainly...is a character. She definitely...has a career in law. She is indeed a defense attorney. What I’m trying to say is, she’s underutilized. Heavily. Despite being a main character, one of three in the games she’s from. 

       Athena works for the Wright Anything Agency, learning from her boss, Phoenix Wright, and her older co-worker, Apollo Justice, who is also fairly new. When Apollo was introduced, he got an entirely new game dedicated to him; Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. There, he takes on four cases with the help of Phoenix and Trucy Wright as his co-counsel. During his game, he’s the only attorney, -outside of one flashback case where you play as Phoenix- and though he is sidelined a bit, all of the cases in his game are his own. He’s the attorney for all of them...The same can’t be said for Athena and her game.

       It isn’t fair to count Apollo Justice’s cases before Dual Destinies, though, since Athena hadn’t joined the agency yet. So, we’ll look at Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice instead. In Dual Destinies, Athena heads two cases out of six. Barely. And I say ‘barely’, because in the very beginning of her introductory case, Athena has a mental breakdown, flashing back to a traumatic case from years ago. She’s unable to speak, and just when a verdict is about to be handed down prematurely, Phoenix Wright bursts through the door and takes the case from her. So, really, Athena heads two cases.

       At the end of Dual Destinies, though, Athena finds out the truth about her past, giving her closure on her trauma and letting her have the ability to finally move on and heal. So, you’d think that, by Spirit of Justice, she’d be able to take on her own cases, right? Wrong. Out of the seven cases in the game, Athena heads one. One singular case. And just like all the other times, she can’t go through it alone.

       In Turnabout Storyteller, she has yet another breakdown, but this time it’s brought on by foul play. The prosecutor for the case, -Nahyuta Sadhmadhi- after insulting and making fun of her, rallies the gallery to call Athena’s ability and skill into question, making her doubt if she’s ready to take a case on her own. At this point, Simon jumps in and acts as Athena’s co-counsel, and she’s able to continue the trial with his help. Yet again, Athena is being saved by someone else. 

       In every case Athena is in, she has a breakdown. Does this mean Athena shouldn’t ever have had a single breakdown? Not at all; her breakdown in Turnabout Academy was necessary, as it allowed her to deal with and take a step towards overcoming her trauma. She came out of it stronger, and managed to complete her trial without anyone else taking over for her, save for Apollo helping out as her co-counsel. The issue is that this happens in every case she takes up, making her seem incapable of doing her job.

       Out of the thirteen cases in both games, Athena heads...two cases. One in the game that’s literally titled Dual Destinies, a game meant to be about her relationship with Simon Blackquill, despite Simon himself prosecuting four cases. But, hold on. Maybe this isn’t really an issue with Athena being sidelined; maybe it’s just Phoenix, -the head lawyer and main character of the first three games- taking all of the cases for himself. After all, he did steal the beginning case from Athena. Maybe Apollo is done wrong in these games, too.

       Unfortunately, that isn’t the case; If we combine the cases from both games, we get this; Phoenix Wright has six cases, Athena has two, and Apollo has five. There’s clearly something off here. And that’s not even counting Apollo’s four cases from his game (which, might I remind you, is named after him?). On top of this, Apollo gets more character development in Spirit of Justice; we learn about his real father, adopted father, adopted brother, and, by extension, their family. What do we learn about Athena? Nothing. The closest thing we get to more Athena lore is that Simon, her found-family brother, has a friend who works at a soba shop. How nice.

       And Athena’s mistreatment doesn’t stop there; it extends into the fanbase as well. On March 1st, 2024, Capcom held a poll to decide who were the best characters in the Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice Trilogy. According to that poll, from first to last, here are the top ten characters in Japan; Miles Edgeworth, Simon Blackquill, Apollo Justice, Phoenix Wright (DD-SoJ), Klavier Gavin, Phoenix (AJ), Bobby Fulbright, Trucy Wright, Maya Fey, Ema Skye.

Now, I’m sure you and I both noticed something very important, which is the fact that Athena is nowhere on this list at all. And she didn’t fare much better in the international poll either, only getting 9th place, despite being one of three main characters. For crying out loud, Phoenix and his two slightly different personalities are on the list twice!

       In conclusion, Athena deserves better. She’s a bright, talented, fiery young woman whose upbeat and positive personality brings a fresh change of pace in comparison to Phoenix and Apollo’s snarky and downright pessimistic natures, respectively. With her mood matrix and the ability to hear the voice of people’s souls, she could completely change the game - If Capcom would only let her. (this was very fun, i think i shall do it again soon, maybe next ill do a mediocre character analysis on someone)

[t9-anon]

@maryland-no-rabies

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[ang3l-d1nn3r]

Please watch this movie it's my comfort movie (besides studio Ghibli movies. Or you know what I have lots of comfort movies) it's so good and it HREHEGRGGR

I relate a lot to Shoya ishida which I was never really a bully but in the way that people started leaving me and it rlly made it hard for me to trust people. Seeing him get better and friends and just the movie ohhhh IT'S SO AMAZING

I cry almost every time I watch it

Also, we have a deaf character. Which is awesome. I know a little bit of sign language haha. But I think it's cool and yeah.

How Shoya evolves in the movie is really just so sweet. The ending >>

Yknow what I'm rlly bad at explaining stuff but

[therestlesswon]

awhkduaw

I need this on youtube...

Also reminds me of that one post that might still be my pinned one-

Sometimes I do music.

It's nothing orchestral since I'm not good at that, but I like chaotic stuff.

[therestlesswon]

Alright, so I have an idea. Maybe a good one, but an idea anyways. So, what if when you're the last one left in a Dandy's World run, a music track plays that changes depends on who you're playing as... I can't explain stuff well. I got some music track names for some of the Toons... Like for Boxten, "Music's Last Note," or for Finn, "Death Fishing." If that give you an idea of what I'm talking about... More music track names that I thought of is "Forgotten," for Shelly and "Missing Detective," for Rodger... Please tell me if you think of more.

[sorikufeels]

in honor of rewatching the riku is gay video i wanted to do this poll lol

this has probably been done before sorry, but i’m very curious. i would love to hear your thoughts on what you picked and why you feel this way!! i may be a soriku blog but i wanna know genuinely how everyone feels about this!!

[ii-thelightseekers]

This comic has me so excited that I’m literally restless thinking about ideas and lore