#Yes what Gon did was shitty but also both of them are children who were out in terrible situation after terrible situation

[pupperish]

I think people need to realize that Killua and Gon are pushed to be the worst versions of themselves during the Chimera Ant arc

[legobiwan]

 Cestus Deception review: Part 2 (now with less wine):

Finished up Cestus Deception while taking a much-needed drive around town (by myself, not getting out except to take some pictures of mountains in a remote area, in a car no one else ever gets into because...well, one I am terrible about keeping a neat car and two I tend to hoard strange, partially disassembled instruments in my backseat along with exercise clothing, power tools, and books. #socialdistancing please do it, my friends).

Kenobi’s plan! Was to...visit an opium den, collude with a criminal, and then fake a Sith acolyte attack on a bunch of commerce families with Kit Fisto playing the role of evil!being? All in the name of getting the ruler of the planet to sign an accord with the Republic to stop manufacturing Jedi-killing droids? But, it was all a fake? Kenobi! Your deviousness is showing. 

I CAN’T, YOU GUYS. Who came up with this name for Kit? How did they not both start laughing hysterically? Kit “Nemonus” Fisto roleplaying as a lightwhip-wielding Sith battling Obi-wan Kenobi. This was your plan, Kenobi? Honestly.

And then Ventress gets some footage of Kenobi’s machinations and he is totally exposed in front everyone at the signing of the accord and ordered offworld. I mean, 100% caught in his own bullshit.

And then he doubles-down, I don’t know, I kinda dig this intense version of Obi-wan. He’s very...I hate to say it (lie, I *love* to say it) Dooku-ish in this novel. ...eeeehhhhh, *shrugs aggressively a la Larry David* can’t complain?

Okay, so Obes and his barrister friend are ordered offworld. Not even two minutes out of the atmosphere, Obi-wan is basically like, yeah, no, I’m going back down and peaces out on an escape pod while ordering a clone to take law-friend back to Coruscant.

And then Ventress attacks the ship. Xutoo, the clone...well, it doesn’t end well.

Surprisingly, Doolb Snoil (who I keep wanting to call Sny Snootles which I know is incorrect) survives this encounter and escapes on his own via pod to the surface. I was 100% expecting him to bite it because all of Obi-wan’s friends tend to bite it in tragic manner...

HAHAHAHAHHA NEVERMIND THEY NEEDED TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER ONE OF OBI-WAN’S FRIENDS TO DIE IN HIS ARMS WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY, STAR WARS, WHYYYYYYYYYYY??????

Okay, so I feel like the audiobook was abridged because I would have remembered this exchange. I think. Or I was distracted. Not unprecedented. Anyway, this is the kind of philosophical debate about free will in this universe I love and it does raise some very interesting ethical questions about the Jedi practice of taking children at that age. (Granted, no one was ever a prisoner of the Jedi Order, but it is far more difficult to escape an institution when you have been brought up in it. But then again, perhaps that child would have had a far worse life on their home planet. Or not. And it’s rare we see any insight into that decision, beyond Dooku in Dark Rendezvous, and of course, Rael, to a certain extent and Anakin. (If you know of others in Legends or Canon, let me know because I find it to be a fascinating question with no good answer.))

Meanwhile, Obes and Kit’s little Onderon-esque insurrection is drawing the attention of the local authorities. 

Why, yes, I agree, Dura. Brilliant, ferocious, tactically diverse, respectful, knows the Alderaanian Reel, *ahem*

Can we briefly talk about the spider-friend army attacking the Jedi Killer droids and defeating them because the droids, like recent Apple products, had a shitty battery life? Gotta get that portable battery/USB for your genocidal droids, Dooku. That was some Class-A Star Wars bullshit. 

Speaking of the JK droids, Obi-wan battles one himself later, and two things about this encounter: 

JFC, of course he did.

Did...did Obi-wan just...punch a droid to death? I mean...well, that is to say...not very civilized, is it, Kenobi?

Sorry, but the love story between Jangotat (Nate) and Sheeka Tal was...less than inspiring. Maybe it was the narration or the editing (as I am realizing going through the pdf that they cut some stuff for the audio version), but I was not so into it. Then again, romance isn’t really my thing in general. But Obi-wan Kenobi being a living Jedi pregnancy test...(okay, okay so I’m sure all Jedi were able to sense little life Forces forming themselves in people’s reproductive systems, but the fact that Star Wars feels compelled to come back to this idea of Obi-wan pointing out secret pregnancies is pretty hilarious, in my mind. Obi-wan Kenobi, Jedi Master and aspiring OBGYN. Good lords.)

I love the confrontation between Ventress, Obi-wan and Kit. Kit is such a third wheel here, his only reason for being is to make vaguely threatening comments towards Ventress and for her to ignore them so she can continue to villain-monologue at Kenobi. Also, Dooku wanted Obi-wan alive? WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED.

Okay, but Obi-wan and Ventress have the most EXTRA duel ever. They have a lightsaber battle...underwater? And then somehow rip each other’s rebreathers out at some point, which, let’s be honest, kiiiinda feels like a euphemism and then Ventress just gets frustrated with Obi-wan’s lack of coronavirus, meaning he can hold his breath underwater a really long time and peaces out in an angry cloud of random underwater smoke. Hilarious. THIS LINEAGE, I SWEAR, DOOKU IS THE INSTIGATOR OF SO. MUCH. DRAMA.

Can we appreciate that Obi-wan’s “backup plan” is to buy a half-million credit radiation suit form a opium addict gangster and sabotage a commercial production plant singlehandedly? And he shows up with credits! The Council must have loved that request. Half a million credits. The audacity of this man.

All this to sabotage a plan, that apparently, was a total smokescreen. It turns out that no, the CIS wasn’t trying to mass-produce Jedi killing droids, but pretending to in order to lure the Republic and engage them in combat where they would be framed for mass civilian casualties. That is some 4D chess, right there. Well played, both Dooku and Sidious. Well fucking played. 

Okay, I think (think) audiobook cut the part where Obi-wan:

 a) negotiated for spider clemency from Dura, who is so smitten by Kenobi she’s totally going to go with it even though Obi-wan is totally representing large, poisonous spiders this is FANTASTIC. (side note, I love spiders) Obi-wan Kenobi, Friend to Large Animals is probably the truest thing I have ever posted on this hellsite, so now we add gigantic spiders to the list. Have I mentioned I love this man? And who else but the student of Qui-gon fucking Jinn would be like this? Of course. Of. Course.

b) where he admitted to at one point being in love (what?!?) and 

c) where he was the sole preoccupation of Ventress’s thoughts as she left Ord Cestus, just...what???? Amazing. Truly amazing.

Overall, I really enjoyed the Obi-wan characterization, it was nice to see Kit in action (and Kit, by the way, didn’t totally approve of Obi-wan’s methods but went along with it), the Jangotet/Nate storyline was okay. Some of the machinations of the overall plot were a little muddled (which was probably due, in part, to the audiobook cuts) even if I did like how they tried to deal with the free will aspect of being a clone (even if it was not totally deftly handled). 7/10 would have been 7.5 but the audiobook cut some things that were important to me. (Or I zoned out and didn’t catch them :D

[padawansuggest]

Okey so I don't have anything against you showing my ask. Sorry that I wasn't specific enough. AND YES PLEASE TELL ME ABOUR OBI WAN AND CLING MONSTER ANI! And also about the time when Jango saved Obi Wan when he was 19 because I can't wrap my head around that. (You and your blog are amazing!🌈🌈🌈)

Okay so start off with, in the AU where it’s a Star Trek crossover (I keep calling it that cause it’s the quickest thing to say, but rest assured the crossover with ST doesn’t actually happen till Obi-Wan is like 35-40 so we got a ways to go before that kicks off) it’s technically correct to say that Obi-Wan and Anakin are siblings, because neither of them have male parental genetic markers. Aka: they’re BOTH children of the force (there is LITERALLY nothing known about Obi-Wan’s past so you know what!!!!! It’s possible and no one can take it from me!!!!).

So, when Anakin is born, Obi-Wan starts having force visions of deserts. It’s distracting. In the end, around two years later, Qui-Gon (and Rex and Cody becuase they still follow Obi-Wan around everywhere cause they don’t want him to get hurt) loads up Obi-Wan in a ship and they play a game of galaxy wide hot and cold till they find Tatooine.

In the end, they come back with Anakin and Shmi. Obi-Wan is being a smug little shit cause Qui-Gon was half convinced they weren’t gonna find anything at the end of the search and Rex is DELIGHTED by tiny babums Ani and Cody is all ‘ew, children’ but secretly loves him too. Shmi and Obi-Wan make friends. Which is why Obi-Wan contacts Jango and asks if she can make a home on Concord Dawn. She spends at least six months in the temple with them, but eventually moves to Concord Dawn.

Ani, on the other hand, is absolutely delighted that he has a big brother and now he gets to live in a temple and play with other kids and get cuddles from tons of people!!!! But mostly, he loves Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan and Anakin were made for each other. It’s cute.

Then about a year or so later, Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon are back on the temple rosters to go on missions and shit, end up on a planet in the middle of a riot. Just their luck.

But why is this a significant riot? Because it’s a cover up. Police are pigs (you can quote me on that I’ll scream it idgaf) and started the riot themselves to capture two people, Jango and Obi-Wan. Both of them specifically, because selling them would be the highest price you can imagine. In this AU, Jango and Obi-Wan basically finished the clone wars themselves when they realized who the sixth lord was. So, it’s sort of a play on what happened in canon.

What happened in canon, was that when Obi-Wan was 13 and Jango was 19, is that Jango was sold into slavery, and Obi-Wan was ALMOST sold into slavery at the exact same time. So, admittedly, the reasons change, but it’s possible.

So, there’s rioting in the streets, things are getting violent, no one notices if in the meantime a Manda’lore gets knocked the fuck out and a Jedi padawan gets shot with a chemical inhibitor.

They toss them both in cells while they’re rounding up protesters in the rest of the jail cells, but they’ve made a mistake. The chemical inhibitor is making Obi-Wan sick. Very sick. Jango’s sitting in the cell right next to him and when he wakes up he realizes something’s wrong. That’s Obi-Wan in the cell right next to him, dying.

So Jango convinces him to come over and talks to him for the next couple of hours, keeping him awake and sane while the inhibitor makes Obi-Wan fevered and sick. (I just realized that if Obi-Wan hadn’t been on an inhibitor right then, they would have soul bonded right there because of trying to reach out for each other.)

Thankfully, the True Mandalorians save the day this time. And are able to get into the jail in time before Obi-Wan gets any worse. They ask Jango what he wants them to do about the police that did this, and Jango just tells them to let out all the other rioters and help them turn on the police (fuuuuuuuuck the police) while he gets Obi-Wan to a hospital.

Obi-Wan doesn’t remember much of that day (Jango is Thankful becuase that was a shitty day and would otherwise lead to years of therapy) but he remembers Jango talking to him in a nice voice the whole time, telling him how Boba was doing and how much Jango doesn’t want to admit it but he misses Obi-Wan when he’s not there, which makes no sense cause they barely know each other. Obi-Wan remembers those parts.

They’re gay and useless it’s really dumb.

[meleuki]

g2k me uncomfortably well

1. What is your middle name? 

It’s my grandmother’s first name. I’m not gonna say what it is tho. 

2. How old are you? 

I am an age. 

3. When is your birthday? 

31st of March, same day as Angus Young hell yeah. 

4. What is your zodiac sign? 

Aries

5. What is your favourite colour? 

Black, Purple & Red.

6. What’s your lucky number?

1,714 (long story). 

7. Do you have any pets?

I have one little dog, he’s cute asf. 

8. Where are you from? 

Australia. 

9. How tall are you?

5′4/5′5, I can’t tell most of the time. 

10. What shoe size are you? 

US 9 or 10

11. How many pairs of shoes do you own? 

um like 12, but I only wear about 5 of them regularly.

12. What was your last dream about? 

some dude turning into this cannibalistic animal type thing & me becoming friends with two ghost boys who murdered a bunch of people, and then got murdered and having to figure the rest of the case out for them. (supernatural has kinda been rubbing off on my dreams lmao.)

13. What talents do you have? 

I can play guitar and piano. I can cook pretty good?? I also have a talent for being a dumb ass. 

14. Are you psychic in any way? 

I don’t believe I am.

15. Favourite song? 

atm, Enter Sandman by Metallica

16. Favourite movie? 

IT (2017), or, Scream. 

17. Who would be your ideal partner? 

oh golly, I don’t know actually. I just think I need someone who has some confidence, a kind soul and an open mind, and is able to put a smile on my face even when i dont want it. So far, I haven’t met someone who has caught my eye, but i hope one day I do. 

18. Do you want children? 

Yes, YES.

19. Do you want a church wedding? 

no I don’t. I want one in a garden area type thingy. 

20. Are you religious? 

i’m not sure.

21. Have you ever been to the hospital? 

yeah like 4-5 times. 

22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law? 

nope, I don’t plan on it. 

23. Have you ever met any celebrities? 

I haven’t. 

24. Baths or showers?

both

25. What color socks are you wearing? 

I’m not wearing any. 

26. Have you ever been famous? 

pft, nope.

27. Would you like to be a big celebrity? 

I would, but only for the reach of my music. 

28. What type of music do you like? 

Rock ‘n Roll, Blues, Jazz, Indie, Classical, Punk, etc. (pretty much anything)

29. Have you ever been skinny dipping? 

I have never.

30. How many pillows do you sleep with? 

four. two under my head, and two on the side of my bed. 

31. What position do you usually sleep in? 

i’m either on my right or my left side, one leg up so my knee is diagonal with my stomach and one stretched out, one hand at my chest and one arm resting over my side. 

32. How big is your house? 

one story, medium size ish. 

33. What do you typically have for breakfast? 

coffee... and maybe sometimes I’ll have a smoothie. 

34. Have you ever fired a gun? 

yeppp, I have. It was ages ago tho. 

35. Have you ever tried archery? 

I’ve only really ever done archery on summer camps or school camps. Although I was pretty good at it whenever I tried. 

36. Favourite clean word? 

spellbinding

37. Favorite swear word? 

F U C K

38. What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without sleep? 

Maybe a little over two days. 

39. Do you have any scars? 

I do. Some on my knees, a lot on my back and my hips. My fingers are pretty scratched up a lot too. 

40. Have you ever had a secret admirer? 

‘scuse me what? no, never. 

41. Are you a good liar? 

Indeed I am. But I don’t like to lie. 

42. Are you a good judge of character? 

I’d like to think I’m good at reading people. 

43. Can you do any other accents other than your own? 

I can do a pretty generic American accent and a stupid posh British one. 

44. Do you have a strong accent? 

I’d say I don’t, especially hearing me compared to some other Australians - my accent isn’t strong at all. You can definitely tell where I’m from though. 

45. What is your favourite accent? 

Russian, or German. 

46. What is your personality type? 

Chaotic dumb bitch, who rants about nature, peace and love. 

47. What is your most expensive piece of clothing? 

um, my macpac jacket, which was like $300. (It was also a birthday present from my mum, and she worked there at the time so it was cheap.)

48. Can you curl your tongue? 

I think I can??

49. Are you an innie or an outie? 

Innie. 

50. Left or right-handed? 

right-handed. A bitch can do jack shit with her left. 

51. Are you scared of spiders? 

I used to be, I kinda want a pet tarantula now tbh. 

52. Favourite food? 

Chicken noodle soup, fight me. 

53. Favourite foreign food?

Lasagne. 

54. Are you a clean or messy person? 

Usually, I’m pretty messy, I can’t work in an environment that is completely clean, but somedays I just like to clean shit up. 

55. Most used phrase? 

“Sorry, what?”

56. Most used word? 

definitely, “bro”.

57. How long does it take for you to get ready? 

if a shower is included, like an hour. But without a shower, like 20mins. 

58. Do you have much of an ego? 

No, I don’t. 

59. Do you suck or bite lollipops? 

Suck them. (how tf you gon taste a lollipop if you bite it??)

60. Do you talk to yourself? 

All the fucking time. When I’m writing I talk myself through the story by mumbling the words to myself a lot. Other times I might be doing the dishes, getting dressed or doing something mundane and I’ll just begin to have a conversation with myself. 

61. Do you sing to yourself? 

bitch yes, all the fucking time. 

62. Are you a good singer? 

I like to think that I’m okay. 

63. Biggest Fear? 

Losing my ability to see. 

64. Are you a gossip? 

No, unless the person in question has done something shitty to me or a close friend, AND I will only talk about with a close friend. 

65. Best dramatic movie you’ve seen? 

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

66. Do you like long or short hair? 

I don’t mind either way, but long hair makes my knees weak.

67. Can you name all 50 states of America? 

bitch, HAHAH, nope. 

68. Favourite school subject? 

English, but really only when we’re doing creative writing. 

69. Extrovert or Introvert? 

Smack me right in the middle. 

70. Have you ever been scuba diving? 

nope, never ever, and I never plan on it. 

71. What makes you nervous? 

A lot of shit, not gonna lie. 

72. Are you scared of the dark? 

yES, the dark stems from my main fear, loss of my sight. I can’t be in control of the situations around me. 

73. Do you correct people when they make mistakes? 

depends what kind of mistakes we’re taking here.

74. Are you ticklish? 

yes, and I fucken hate it. 

75. Have you ever started a rumour? 

I don’t think I ever have. Maybe accidentally?

76. Have you ever been in a position of authority? 

people call me a mum? So, I guess? 

77. Have you ever drank underage? 

wtf no, who do u think I am wtf???? JK, yes, all the time. Whenever I get the chance. 

78. Have you ever done drugs? 

ask @xx-kurt-cocaine--xx .

79. Who was your first real crush?

Some dude named Tyler, he turned out to be an ass tho. 

80. How many piercings do you have? 

Just my ears, but I want like four more. 

81. Can you roll your R’s?

a little, but only for like two seconds. 

82. How fast can you type? 

@livewiredroger tells me I’m an aggresive typer so, I guess I’m pretty fast at punching the fuck outta my keyboard. 

83. How fast can you run? 

ok, kinda hate running, it hurts my tits. But I’m a sprinter, long-distances kill me. 

84. What colour is your hair?

black, dark brown and honey brown. I dyed it black and it’s growing out, looks cool tho so I don’t mind. 

85. What color is your eyes? 

blue, green, grey. I don’t know which one, I’ve been told all of them too many times. 

86. What are you allergic to? 

nothing that I know of. Pretty sure I’ve got an intolerence to mushrooms tho, and dairy does weird things to my stomach. 

87. Do you keep a journal? 

I do, I haven’t written in it in a few weeks tho. Reading back through my depressive episodes isn’t a fun trip. 

88. What do your parents do? 

job-wise? They’re both teachers for primary school kids. 

89. Do you like your age? 

I guess? I dunno.

90. What makes you angry? 

A lot of things, but I’ve learnt to control it, mostly. 

91. Do you like your own name? 

I don’t hate it. 

92. Have you already thought of baby names, and if so what are they?

I have. Boy names; East, Patrick, Samuel. Girls names; Piper, Lila, Milan. 

93. Do you want a boy a girl for a child?

I would love a boy. If I had a girl I would love her all the same. But right now, a boy is what I have in mind. 

94. What are you strengths? 

kill em with kindness

95. What are your weaknesses?

I can be very forward, or very frustrated. 

96. How did you get your name? 

my mum just turned to my dad and was like, “hey what about this?” and my dad was like, “yup, sure thing.” 

97. Were your ancestors royalty? 

NAh. 

98. Do you have any scars?

 I answered this one already?

99. Colour of your bedspread? 

blue and beige. 

100. Colour of your room? 

One wall is aqua blue, the others are white. Mostly blue aesthetic I guess. 

I tag: @guns-n-crue @gretavanyeeeeet @solohqrry @punkslap @livewiredroger

@antheasnow @malibubarbievince

[ianxfalcon]

Let’s read The Name of the Wind - Chapter 23

More mythological world-building, this time in the form of a story-within-a-story. And it works, because it’s motivated (looking at you, chapter 9 of The Eye of the World!). It tells the origins of the Midwinter Pageantry that they celebrated last chapter.

Tehlu comes off as a pretty shitty god. Even setting aside how he makes a woman pregnant without her permission – he wouldn’t be the first god to do that, after all, though at least the Abrahamic God sent a messenger to tell Mary about it, and he also picked a woman who was married to the world’s most patient and faithful man, rather than an unmarried woman who has to hide because she got pregnant out of wedlock – he does some pretty nasty things. Like, you know how Jesus was all about forgiveness and dying for our sins? Well, Tehlu is more about hitting people in the face with a hammer while shouting about how they deserve it. Old Testament God was a vengeful fucker who liked testing his followers, but at least he offered the promise of paradise after all that. Tehlu, meanwhile, only offers his followers to take away some of the pain that he personally caused and instead of promises of paradise he just says “Yeah, you gon’ die” and everyone is like “Wow, Tehlu, you’re the best!” I mean, I’m not religious at all, but I don’t think I’d be very inclined to follow a god who literally punishes me for choosing to follow him. Because that’s what he does. When people come to his side, he beats them to a pulp, then heals only part of the pain because “punishment cannot be avoided.” However, if they decided to not follow him, nothing much would have changed. Well, he beats them up for not joining, but that isn’t exactly ringing endorsement for his cult either. And he knows they are possessed by demons, but he still thinks they deserve punishment for it? I don’t know.

Honestly, a world where the main (and only? I’m still wondering about Aleph, is he another god altogether or just another name for the same thing, like Yahweh and Allah?) religion worships a judgemental and abusive fucker with no promise for reward would have some rather interesting views on punishment and violence. We’ll see.

Another thing that doesn’t exactly make Tehlu look like a good God is how he decides to brutally torture Encanis, for no reason at all since he clearly doesn’t expect Encanis to repent (not that you should torture anyone, demons included, even if you expected it to have a result, because torture Bad), and then falls asleep to the “sweet” sound of his screams. Why not just kill him immediately instead of pointlessly torturing him?

And then there’s this:

“Tehlu told her that Deborah spent time in many different men’s beds […] sometimes he grew so angry that he beat his wife until she could not stand or even cry aloud. […] The man and wife were each other’s fitting punishment.”

Sorry, Tehlu, but I don’t think cheating on your abusive husband is as bad as beating your wife until she literally can’t stand. Even if her cheating had nothing to do with him being abusive, it is still not a fitting punishment. Yes, religions all have really awful ideas about women, but Trapis is telling this story to children. Is this what you want them to learn, that cheating is as bad as domestic abuse? Because. No. It’s not. They’re both bad, but they’re nowhere near on the same level.

I have to admit I’m a little disappointed to find out the origins of “God’s blackened body.” So Tehlu’s human avatar, which was only one part of him, burned to death keeping Encanis from escaping. So it was pretty inconsequential in the end. I had hoped it would have been something more hardcore like God actually being dead and the people existing in a post-deicide world.

However, I really like how religion and God in this world are not an established fact, or at least not so far. People believe in God, but it’s not clear if he actually exists or not. That is the route I prefer when it concerns religion in fantasy books. The Gentleman Bastard Sequence does the same thing, it’s great. It adds layers to the world-building. Overall, while I think Tehlu is a terrible God, it might be intentional and it certainly gives some new insights into the world, assuming something actually comes out of it. Either way, it was a nice tale. Lastly, I enjoy the way it was told – Trapis is the one telling it, and he has a distinct voice, the way he sometimes has to backtrack like “wait, no, that thing did not exist back in those days.” I feel like a certain other oral storyteller in this book could benefit from a few of those quirks too. Ahem.

[icharchivist]

who you think is an worst father ging or sliva?

Heyo!

Oh Silva, without a doubt.

Ging refused to accept himself as a father to start with. He spent two years raising Gon before going back to Whale Island and have Mito argue that his lifestyle wouldn’t be good to raise Gon, which Ging conceeded and he left him with her. Ging accepted that his lifestyle was unhealthy to raise a child, and as far as he was concerned, he never asked Gon to find him. Gon believed Ging was dead until Kite showed up, and the only real message from Ging to Gon was the Greed Island invitation, which was very clear on Ging’s attention to set bondaries, and was still only accessible to him if Gon became a Hunter on his own.

Ging never asked for Gon to do any of the things he had done. Refusing to see him, distancing himself from him, were sort of shitty for your child, the fact he felt uncomfortable meeting Gon and went as far as to plan this “bring him to Kite” back up, were kinda shitty, but understandable as, first and foremost, Ging rejected his role as a father and insisted on keeping this distance.

It’s terrible for Gon’s development and abandon issues, and for the fact Kite encouraged him to meet Ging in such a way that was maybe not adequate, but as far as I’m concerned, Ging realized he would not be great at raising Gon and didn’t do much to encourage Gon to find him. 

Meanwhile once Gon found him, Ging did try to connect with him, and while it doesn’t redeem him, he still was decent with Gon, actually acted when Gon talked about how he would have rather died, shared a lot with Gon, and by the time of the DC arc, he kept contact with Gon and replies to Gon’s phonecalls and concerns, while still doing his own thing. While it doesn’t make him a good dad, he at least acts like a correct human being. 

Silva, however, is some other level of asshole.

Gon’s issues coming from Ging were rarely Ging’s direct impact. Killua’s issues coming from his father? Were directly from Silva.

Silva loves his kids, in his own way. To him, all the abuse he put his children through was normal. But he still tortured his kids, he still poisoned his kids, he still forced his kids to kill, he still argued for the kids to stay isolated. He took the decision to leave those life-lasting impact on his kids.

Illumi is the result of that abuse once brought to term and once achieved. Can’t say it’s a healthy way to raise a kid.

Meanwhile, Killua had a terrible and lonely childhood. Not to mention how Silva left him to Heaven Arena as a kid and forbid him to come back until he reached level 200, all while also refusing him the agency of the likes of, passing the hunter exam. 

Same as Illumi say, it’s not the children’s decision to make, if it’s not helping for their jobs, they have to stay in line.

Also there is this story about the dog Killua raised in the novel, which I think is considered canon? But therefore, which brights light to the only “Good” Silva moment to make it terrible. Wait let me quote from this post

when killua was REALLY little he once rescued an injured puppy by the side of the road that had been abandoned by its mother. silva encouraged him to raise it as a pet. killua named the dog “wolf” and this dog was his pet for like a year. he was really really really happy with this dog. one day wolf goes missing and killuas looking everywhere for him. silva has him, and he tells killua that wolf has rabies and needs to be put down [it’s heavily implied that he’s lying and killua doesnt know any better because he’s a small child]. killua starts crying but silva keeps telling him that its what he has to do or wolf will keep suffering and die in pain. eventually killua kills the dog and silva congratulates him on being so brave and strongit’s also stated that the above story is part of the reason why killua believes that he’ll eventually ruin any good thing that happens to him

Anyway the parallelism I want to talk about is when then Silva asks Killua to “never betray his friends” before then smiling that he’ll come back “because he’s his son”. I suppose he expects Killua to kill them, just like he had to kill that dog once. 

Regardless, Silva’s abuse had left a very long lasting impact on Killua, who has serious mental health issues coming from the way he was raised.

Also don’t forget Silva was aware of Illumi’s needle that was paralyzing Killua and was completely okay with that. If Illumi’s abuse is recognized by everyone it has to be acknowledged that Silva agrees and encourages that attitude from Illumi.

Also just so we’re clear, Kykio is just as much to blame and it can be blurry how much is Silva’s abuse and how much is Kykio’s and how much is both. However for now I think I mostly mentioned very Silva centric moments already.

Meanwhile, Killua isn’t the only kid suffering from the abuse. Milluki seems to be the one suffering the least of all of it, but we all know how Alluka was treated like a monster by her whole family except Killua, that Silva isolated her, agreed with Illumi’s experiments to test her powers, and seemed all okay with the possibility to control her if they could. Also they keep misgendering her, which is also abusive, as it refuses to acknowledge the personhood of your child. But they do also objectify her, so they’re trash on that matter. (again, except Killua - and maybe Kalluto since he’s the only one we don’t know the thoughts on Alluka of, except from the fact he’s jealous/envious of her).

And there could be arguement as if Kalluto joining the Troupe could be his own “Heaven Arena” training (like, don’t come back until you killed some of them), which is a theory, but let’s not give fuel to it here.

tl;dr: Ging realized he wouldn’t be a good father and he stepped out from being a father, allowing Gon a more healthy upbringing with Mito. Although his abandon had lasting impacts on Gon, he didn’t actively abuse Gon either. He took his distances, was honest, never let Gon hanging by promising him that “if you do that i’ll be your dad” (that’s what others people told Gon, and most of the Ging centric problems Gon have are linked to Kite), and was actually decent with him once they met.

Silva, however, acted like a dad for his kids and he abused all of them, isolated them, actively encouraged unhealthy stuff for them, tortured them, forced them into the lifestyle of the family - and worse even, all while still loving all of them, except for Alluka that he kept deshuminizing, misgendering, isolating, and not caring to do anything when Illumi was ready to kill her (because you can’t kill your family, ie, how Alluka isn’t considered as such).

ye nah. Ging isn’t a good dad, but it’s not like he claimed to be a dad to start with. Silva did. From that Point, every decision Silva did are much more questionable than Ging’s.

Silva is winning the asshole cup there. 

Thanks for the question and take care nonny :D