#aj shock

[terranovathemust]

What the....

[jareauwalker]

aj cook and paget brewster being on violently opposing ends of the chronically online spectrum is so funny to me

[ilovenarumitsu]

had an icebreaker activity in my psych class today which was "talk about something you're passionate about for 60 seconds" and i kid you not, i started rambling about phoenix wright's backstory for well over 3 minutes and didn't realize i went over the time limit because everyone was really interested especially the bit about dahlia's part in phoenix's life and kristoph gavin

[spacedlexi]

Was AJ justified or not?

not justified. understandable, but not justified

the situation was a bad one. marlon Was trying to kill clem. aj was ready to do whatever he needed to to protect her. but hes a young child. either through fighting or talking marlon will stand down. the threat has been dealt with but aj doesnt realize that. marlon drops the gun and aj takes it because he still feels threatened and is ready to do what he thinks he has to to protect clem (whos life WAS on the line twice that night). he doesnt know the difference because hes never been taught the difference. all he knows is danger and survival. hes unsocialized and doesnt know what its like to be a part of a larger group. he was already biting and hitting anyone who would come up behind him reflexively because hes a traumatized little kid who doesnt know anything besides protecting himself first and asking questions later

he messed up. he thought he was helping. he wanted to protect clem. he was scared. it was a horrible mistake, but its not like marlon was completely innocent. marlon Was a threat, he just wasnt anymore when aj finally got his gun back. aj just couldnt recognize that because hes 5 years old and doesnt know any better. louis yells at clem asking her what the hell she taught him, but its more about what he Wasnt taught. he only knows survival and to eliminate threats. no room for nuance because its just been him and clem and a fight for survival for years. ericson is the kind of environment aj desperately needs, where he can be Safe, where survival isnt the only thing he needs to focus on. he needs socialization and support and patience, otherwise he will only get worse. clem knows this. its partially why shes so desperate to find a home for them. she sees what the world is doing to this little boy and so desperately does not want that for him, even if it keeps him safe

i do not like a justified aj. for me teaching him to be repentant and to know the difference between a threat like marlon and a threat like lilly is important. marlon wasnt a monster, he was a scared kid just like aj is, and they both make mistakes that cost people their lives. but lilly IS a monster, in the sense that she is a legitimate threat that cannot be reasoned with. so teaching aj that him killing marlon was wrong, but still telling him to shoot lilly, i have confidence in him that he Can tell the difference, it just needs reinforcing in the cave for him to Get It. to steer him away from that anger. hes learning when to make the hard calls. and because of that i believed him when he gave his little speech in the cave. i Did trust him. but seeing other routes and other cave speeches i can def understand why some people didnt trust him. raising aj into a person you can trust feels like the whole point to me. people will teach aj that he was justified and then hate him for his actions like YOU TAUGHT HIM THAT

[wordswhisperinthedark]

I was not expecting the return of André Beetroot and the Beetroots & Murder callbacks 😭🤣❤️

[aceofwhump]

Simon and Simon 3x21 "The Dillinger Print"

[tidal-chaos]

animal jam is great as long as you dont find out about the racism

[winryrockbellwannabe]

lmao i wanted to make a challenge like: swapping my screen time for study time or smth like that during a school week, but then i realized my screen time last tuesday was 7h 💀 and i had 7 hours of classes too💀💀

[kittyloops]

christmas at ericsons.... gaahhhhh.....

[youremyonlyhope]

It is so crazy to me that in the year of our Duck Lord 2024, there are still StarKid fans who are only just now learning that Curt Mega was on Glee.

[nonessentialviewing]

SHOCK-O-RAMA (2005)

[terranovathemust]

wait…. 😱

[the-judicial-assistants-notebook]

As much as I like Kristoph's final laughing hysterically breakdown, I also find it deeply confusing. Like, sir, they already got you in for murder once, what are they gonna do? Execute you twice?

[reidselle]

i got accepted into the pre med program at the university i’ve been wanting to transfer to !!!

[aj-lenoire]

dear diary. today my boyfriend asked me what the zootopia abortion comic was because he saw a post about it on r/tumblr. he ended up googling it. i didn’t know about the original jfk ending or the later jam fakeout. somehow i feel like i suffered more than he did.

[suckingteeth]

i got drunk last night and told my sister i think i have an obsessive compulsive disorder and she was like yeah i think you do😭