#THANKS for the clarification

[sunstar-of-the-north]

this is rlly funny to me, but we weren't talking about sans OR papyrus, we were actually talking about Flowey 😭

FLOWEY?!

OH MY GOSH

[thunder-threnodies]

We are shaking hands on monsterfuckering btw brother in arms ( @waterlogged-detective btw)

How could I forget whomst main the-paisley is! ;)

The more Cap feels the Hunger of the Gant Pole, the dehumanizing love of Stone burning, the more monstrous, cruel, Bringer of True Death appeal to them. Emotionally and carnally.

[ugly-anarchist]

not the op of that one post, but i have an answer. ontological describes when something is "baked into" the existence of something else. it is used in place of a word like "essentially" (in the sense of "essence of", rather than when it's used as synonymous with "basically"). imo it doesn't mean anything extra in the context of our discussion (sometimes it means more specific things in philosophy). in this case, it's just a fancy word you can shove into places to make yourself sound smarter.

in the context of op's post, they're playing a game of semantics with you. "sure, people say that afab people are oppressors, but they don't mean that they're inherently, or by definition, oppressors for *being* afab." (like, holy fuck?? literally *anyone* reading "_______ group are oppressors" will take that to mean "inherently oppressors" unless you specify otherwise.)

imo you were correct initially with your point. people *do* say stuff like that. and op claims that it would be weak analysis to call any group Ontological Oppressors, because that means they can't be changed. but allow me to humor her. for a moment, let's pretend there aren't a tiny group of transfems claiming that transmascs and trans men are inherently oppressors. they are still saying that it's the default. that by default, *all* afab trans people have *more* transmisogyny to work through and that they always have to remain vigilant and recognize their privilege or else they are Oppressors. you have to prove you're not an oppressor. if you ask me, whether or not they use the word "ontological" or ascribe "innate oppressor status" to afab ppl or transmascs doesn't matter. the discussions wind up in the same place regardless: minimizing/dismissing the experiences of groups who aren't by their definition, "TMA." it's still radfem. it's still being an asshole and punching sideways.

[side note: anyways op decided it was a good idea to reblog that one post from @/thicced-witch harassing a literal 16 year old and calling him a cryptoterf, so i'm not sure they're even worth talking to. that 16 year old got so many death/rape threats he had to make another account, which was also discovered.]

Well then by that definition, people are claiming that afab people are "ontological oppressors" of transfems.

By the way this group of transfems phrases things they often imply that all transfems are oppressed by any and all people who were afab and that can't change because you can't change your agab. (Which is a problematic way of viewing things for many reasons)

I've seen a lot of rhetoric that paints afab trans people as inherent oppressors of transfems. I even mentioned that they have a name for us, "theyfabs". Which according to the definition of the people who use it it's apparently a "commentary on how afab trans people use their status as afab to oppress transfems".

The way these people talk about it they do seem to think that "afab" is an oppressor class with privilege.

[askaceattorney]

Dear Charicla,

Looks like the duck went away.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

- Moe

[sparklespirit]

Tags by @gallopinggallifreyans

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[amajorsystem]

yeah that's fair. it's just a sensitive topic for us and we got defensive. we can agree to disagree on the song, idk what song guy has gone through so I can't really comment on if he's being genuine in his criticisms of psych, but yeah

[noodles-and-tea]

I love the way you draw and portray young Stan! Could you draw him being possessed by Bill?

I love that sweet kid you draw!! Can you make him suffer more please?

[justanechoflower-ddlc]

(To clarify:When Monika said Flowey got every poem wrong, she’s talking about the first guess, before Flowey considered the possibility of Yuri writing two poems. Ghost Under the Light is a Yuri poem, as Flowey was right to suspect only Yuri could have made that. That is, if it wasn’t Shining Stars Flowey decided to redirect to Yuri… Amy Likes Spiders, the poem Flowey never guessed was Yuri’s, was a Natsuki poem, not a Yuri poem.)

(Perhaps Monika’s comment on “nobody can know who made what without reading the poems” was confusing? That was just a literal statement. She’s “reading” the poems because she “has” to. Unless you made the poem, it shouldn’t be possible to just know who made what without even looking at the poems. And since these are all in Sayori’s handwriting, that trick doesn’t work anymore. So it’s less “read the poems and don’t try and find another way” and more “Look, I can’t just make my guesses on whi made which poems without even reading the poems! Nobody could do THAT except for the people that WROTE the poems!“ Once she’s done reading, she’ll make her “guesses”. She does have to actually read at least Sayori’s poem, since she’ll need to come up with fake reasons behind why she picks that one as Sayori’s. None of this was an actual attempt to stop Flowey from copying Monika‘s guesses. She actually didn’t think of that possibility because she was too busy coming up with reasons why she’d have an unfair advantage. Moving onto Flowey was just for reasons why certain solutions clearly don’t really solve the problem, so uh oh, looks like she still can’t join in!)

(I will say if she did bring that up as an issue for both of them guessing, saying now one of them HAS to not take part, because the other can just copy, Natsuki would probably give them blank pieces of paper to write their guesses on, and after a set time, ask them to put their pens down, and explain the guesses they made. That way, when they’re said aloud and explained, the other one can’t just change their guesses to match. Though from the deal Flowey made, Monika would probably just use the console to tell him the right ones that way to fulfill the deal.)

[reasonsforhope]

THANK FUCKING GOD

"The Supreme Court on Thursday [June 13, 2024] unanimously preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago.

The nine justices ruled that abortion opponents lacked the legal right to sue over the federal Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the medication, mifepristone, and the FDA’s subsequent actions to ease access to it. The case had threatened to restrict access to mifepristone across the country, including in states where abortion remains legal.

Abortion is banned at all stages of pregnancy in 14 states, and after about six weeks of pregnancy in three others, often before women realize they’re pregnant.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was part of the majority to overturn Roe, wrote for the court on Thursday that “federal courts are the wrong forum for addressing the plaintiffs’ concerns about FDA’s actions.”

The opinion underscored the stakes of the 2024 election and the possibility that an FDA commissioner appointed by Republican Donald Trump, if he wins the White House, could consider tightening access to mifepristone, including prohibiting sending it through the mail...

Kavanaugh’s opinion managed to unite a court deeply divided over abortion and many other divisive social issues by employing a minimalist approach that focused solely on the technical legal issue of standing and reached no judgment about the FDA’s actions...

While praising the decision, President Joe Biden signaled Democrats will continue to campaign heavily on abortion ahead of the November elections. “It does not change the fact that the right for a woman to get the treatment she needs is imperiled if not impossible in many states,” Biden said in a statement...

About two-thirds of U.S. adults oppose banning the use of mifepristone, or medication abortion, nationwide, according to a KFF poll conducted in February. About one-third would support a nationwide ban...

More than 6 million people [in the U.S.] have used mifepristone since 2000. Mifepristone blocks the hormone progesterone and primes the uterus to respond to the contraction-causing effect of a second drug, misoprostol. The two-drug regimen has been used to end a pregnancy through 10 weeks gestation...

Biden’s administration and drug manufacturers had warned that siding with abortion opponents in this case could [have] undermined the FDA’s drug approval process beyond the abortion context by inviting judges to second-guess the agency’s scientific judgments. The Democratic administration and New York-based Danco Laboratories, which makes mifepristone, argued that the drug is among the safest the FDA has ever approved."

-via AP, June 13, 2024

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Note: A massive relief and a genuine victory - this will preserve access to the medication used in 2/3rds of abortions last year, for at least another 2 years. (Probably minimum time it will take Republicans to get their next attempt before the Supreme Court.)

Still, with this, a sword that has been hanging over our heads for the last two years is gone. There will be a new one soon, but we just bought ourselves probably at least 2 years. The fight isn't over, but this is absolutely worth celebrating.

[talvenhenki]

Nah nah, you don't really come off like him. I just wanted to add something for the ask game so you wouldn't feel bad if nobody else sent one and I don't really know you well enough to give a serious answer

Oh okay lol 👀 For a moment I was very concerned, hehe

[thankstothe]

Sitcom in a trench coat is what this is

[sunsetsandsunshine]

Ohhhh gotcha gotcha. That’s a shit ton of awards then 😆

Has this been done yet?

[catpetterz2]

straight people have become real

[zuzu-draws]

So after the spoilers for Chap 257 dropped, I saw some tweets clarifying the meaning of the Kanji Sukuna used in the chapter when referring to his mother, and the overall reveals in the chapter got me thinking.

I’m making this post as a way of gathering my thoughts, personal speculations and where I think all of this connects to Sukuna’s character and the information Gege has given us over the years. Nothing I say is by any means new information, but like I said, I’m just collecting my thoughts here. By the way, just a warning, this post contains SPOILERS for the JJK Manga! If you don’t like that, please don’t read this!

Something I’ve noticed is that the theme of “Hunger” and symbolism of “Cooking/Food” is heavily referenced with Sukuna throughout the Manga. Gege in a previous Fanbook has disclosed Sukuna’s favorite Hobby to be “Eating”.

This theme is again very much ingrained within Sukuna’s cursed techniques and even his Domain Expansion, the “Malevolent Shrine”. With his two main techniques being “Dismantle” and “Cleave” are cutting-type attacks. He is also able to use a Flame-Arrow, and Fire is essential for making Food. The Shrine in his Domain Expansion literally has mouths on all sides, looking eager to chew down anything in-front of them!

This symbolism also heavily influences Sukuna’s own manner of speech, and the way he speaks to other characters in the series as well. With his post-fight chat with Jogo before his death, Sukuna mentions Jogo lacking the “Hunger” to take control of his desires, preventing him from reaching the heights of Gojo Satoru. Before the Start of their fight in Shinjuku, Sukuna called Gojo a “Nameless Fish on top of his cutting board”, and that he was going to start by “Peeling off the scales”(refering to Gojo’s infinity). There’s also further symbolism that supports this by analyzing the Kanji and meaning of Sukuna’s “Malevolent Shrine” but I’m not very educated on that so I won’t be opening that point here.

What all of this points to is that Eating and Food……is extremely important to Sukuna, to the point that it literally affects him in manners innumerable.

Eating is an instinct, a necessity for the survival of every single living being.

And In the face of extreme Hunger and starvation, even those with the strongest will could lose their Humanity and revert to the basic animalistic side of their existence. (The Heian Period also had a Famine, although I believe the timing to be a bit off, but do with this info as you see fit)

In JJK Chapter 257, it is revealed to us that Sukuna and his Twin were most likely starving in the womb of their starving mother.

On the brink of starvation, Sukuna had to consume his “other self”(his twin), so that he could survive.

Btw, this tweet and this thread gives additional characterisation to Sukuna:

Link to the original thread: Link.

More context (and reactions :P):

Link to original thread: Here

This reveals to us that indeed, Sukuna was born a twin. And as we all know, “Twins” are seen with extreme scrutiny in Jujutsu Society, they’re not well liked. This too in a period where Cursed Spirits and Jujutsu Sorcery was at its peak, it is not far-fetched to assume that his Mother may not have been treated very well by the people in her surroundings, especially as she bore twins.

When Kashimo asks if Sukuna was born the Strongest or if he made himself the Strongest, this is the response Sukuna gave to him:

When you think about it, how do you think the people around them would have reacted when the woman: who was supposed to birth two twins, gave birth to a single child instead? and that child had consumed his other twin in the womb itself?

No doubt people would’ve been horrified, disgusted and even revulsed. With the woman and her newborn child.

This would’ve led to their further ostracisation in the already very close-minded society. Unable to fend for herself and her newborn child, it must’ve been difficult for Sukuna’s mother to survive. I feel like somewhere along the line, Sukuna was left alone to fend for himself at an extremely young age. To protect himself from both Curses and Society alike.

This is why I believe Sukuna knows what true starvation, weakness and hunger feels like. Both in the emotional and literal sense. He was left without another person caring about him or his well-being, in a cut-throat period where it was “Fight or be killed”.

Powerful curses roamed all across Japan, nowhere was safe. Simply be strong, or you'll die. There's no room for weakness. And initially, a kid!Sukuna was weak, as anyone would be in the beginning when they're just starting out in this world. (and maybe, he didn't have much to eat, leading to long periods of starvation? :') )

I believe it is this debilitating hunger, and feeling of weakness that eventually led to Sukuna’s current Hedonistic mindset.

He’s essentially traumatised by it, and believes that it was his own weakness that led him to experience this sheer starvation. That he deserved to feel this way because he was weak then. Perhaps, the people around him were right, that as long as they have the power and strength to overcome anything, they’re free to do as they please; And there is nothing anyone else could do about it.

I feel like the irony here is that Sukuna himself, must’ve been a “weakling” before eventually rising the ranks to become History’s Strongest Sorcerer. This is also why he values Strength so much.

Ultimately, Sukuna has decided that there was nothing more important than being strong enough to fulfill your own desires. And “eating” is one of his most important desires. It’s his favourite thing to do, the one he derives the most pleasure out of. And like an animal, whose main focus is to consume, consume and consume. He too, simply consumes.

Most morals likely have no meaning to him. He doesn’t care who he hurts, what he does, as long as he’s able to get what he wants. And this isn’t limited to eating.

This is why people referring to Sukuna as a “Natural Disaster” is so befitting of him. Because Natural Disasters also don’t care about what or who they’re destroying, they just come and go, wreaking havoc appropriate for their nature and magnitude.

I believe Sukuna himself has said lines similar in nature, when talking to Kashimo:

Now I’m not sure how Sukuna perceives or even experiences this “Love”, because I think he has a rather very warped idea of it. I do think that this definition of love is similar to the one that Gojo also understands, but I don’t think he knows what “love” truly is. I’m not sure how I could comment on this, but I do think that Sukuna’s emotionally starved, whether he realises that or not.

Because, like Kashimo himself asked Sukuna “What is the point of dividing your soul into 20 different parts and then traversing across time if you’re satisfied with this?” we do not know the answer to that yet.

But many people have speculated that “Black Box” panels in JJK manga represent a curse (either self-inflicted or put by someone) on the speaker. Like, take a look over here where Sukuna reiterates the same dialogue, except it looks like he’s trying to reassure himself:

This once again shows that Sukuna has only ever strived for himself, in the same hedonistic fashion, to a very very extreme degree. It is possible that he's been lacking something, and he himself does not realise that he’s lacking it. Maybe it was this subconscious feeling, that led to Sukuna agreeing to Kenjaku’s plan of dividing his soul into 20 different parts, and to traverse across time as a Cursed Object.

Sukuna’s an incredibly complex character, and I’m excited to see where this goes. Gege has put extra care in the way he characterizes and depicts Sukuna, and again, I’m really sad that a lot of that characterization gets lost in translation. Still, I’m going to try my best to understand and get the most accurate feel of his character as I possibly can.

If you made it this far, Thank you for reading! And if you would like, please do leave a comment in the tags or replies because I would love to read what other people think of this and just Sukuna in general. I do not see a lot of people doing critical analysis of him, and a lot of his actions are seemingly swept under the rug. I don’t like that, so hopefully this contributes to people focusing more on Sukuna and his character. (/^v^)/ <3

[royalarchivist]

Luzu: A child of mine died to your hands on the QSMP Quackity: [Literally told Luzu Tilin was his child a month ago] Who was your child? Luzu: Tilin!

This is a compilation of several different clips confirming that Tilin's parents are Quackity and Luzu. QsmpEN also made a post about it!

(Every time I remember Luzu never got to meet Tilin because THE ONE DAY he planned to meet her, the server was closed, I get so sad...)