#and i have so many THOUGHTS about it

[staticofthetv]

Take two!

Favourite frames from the new B-Side chapter, featuring some analysis because I have coherent thoughts this time 'round :D

Beware, spoilers below for the B-Side as well as the manga

@veiled-bird that goes for you too, you're nowhere near meeting this guy yet

First up, I love this chapters art. It reminds me of when I was little and asking my dad to help my brother and I beat the last level of episode 3 in lego star wars tcs

Also the chapter title? I have so many thoughts, they'll be discussed more in depth further down but they will be discussed /pos

Numbers weapon 1 mention!! I'm very excited to (hopefully) get more lore about it. Although I am curious if it's like a contact lens or something, I thought it was closer to a surgical implant or maybe some weird side effect from using numbers weapon 1. Mostly because I don't think he's been drawn with normal eyes yet in the manga (at least from what I remember)

Either way very much hoping we get some more numbers weapon 1 lore in this :)

This whole scene but specifically "what good does a test proving I'm abnormal do" hits so hard, especially as someone diagnosed with ADHD in my late teens. Having that feeling of there's something wrong with me for so long and being brushed off every time because I didn't act like the stereotypical 10 year old boy with severe ADHD (a psychiatrist literally told me and my mum i probably had adhd but she wouldnt diagnose me,) I did start to kind of give up on ever figuring it out.

Narumi was incredibly relatable to me in the main manga (not because I'm a badass, I'm very lame lmao) because of the behaviours he exhibits, hyperfocusing on games, constant dopamine seeking (through videogames and online shopping,) needing to be fiddling with something to better process the information being given out, etc.

Narumi is also incredibly smart, its stated explicitly that he got top scores in the entrance exam and I can't imagine those tests are anywhere near easy. It gives neurodivergent kid being told they just need to apply themselves to do better in school/make friends/just function in a neurotypical way in general.

This also comes from his being kicked out of several orphanages, and then even after joining the defence force (especially after being told by Isao that they take anyone that can show skills and results) getting kicked out by the second division and every platoon in the first until he ends up under hasegawa. Considering the title too this is 100% supposed to read as the classic "troubled kid" (many of which are neurodivergent) that not many are willing to put effort into helping. Isao is giving him a way out of the life of having no home to go back to, only to be struck with the threat of getting kicked out once again a year later. Narumi is a very skilled and capable fighter and no one in their right mind would argue with that and it once again all comes down to being labelled as too difficult, hard to work with, never paying attention

This chapter just hits so close to home with me

Baby Mina!! I know there's a decent amount if it in the manga but it's still weird to see her with short hair. I love her so much

There are many more words of appreciation I have but all thought went into dissecting Narumi's character lol

And so being kicked around by hasegawa begins

I love his face here, top tier expression

And here we see Isao solidifying the thought of skill and results being all that matters, there's no way Isao was going to let Narumi get kicked out, especially not after showing aptitude for handling numbers weapon 1. I like to think at this point he does also care for Narumi, I think he sees a lot of Kikoru (or what she could be) in him and especially he sees himself in Narumi. And even though he's only ranked captain Isao would clearly fight to keep Narumi on the force (he probably already had to for Narumi to get transferred to the first division instead of just being dropped when he didn't mesh with the second)

This is also the beginning of Isao and Narumi's mentor/mentee relationship, Isao knows exactly how to handle Narumi and his child prodigy-ness and help him reach his potential as a defence force officer. I think that's part of why Isao shows little care for how Narumi handles himself when off duty, it may be that he knows he can't change Narumi in that way, it may be that he himself just doesn't care for all the professional decorum, either way Isao plays the very important role of being Narumi's main support while he's in the defence force (until Isao dies anyway, whoops.) Narumi needed a space where he could not only be himself but be accepted for it and have the trust of his peers and superiors that he would get the job done when he needs to, and whether it was on purpose or not Isao provided exactly that for him.

This also ties back into the earlier ramble about Narumi being the typical undiagnosed neurodivergent "troubled kid"

(Also the origin of what Narumi says to Kikoru ~9 years in the future :D)

Omg jaeger is canon? Kaiju no. 8 and pacific rim crossover when? /j

Another interesting tidbit about Narumi is his self confidence, he knows he's capable and isn't afraid to tell people that. He says playing support is annoying but what I see is someone that knows he can do better placed somewhere else and has decided to take that into his own hands. He won't get kicked out of the defense force but I wouldn't be surprised if he gets into a shit ton of trouble for taking Isao's words to heart and disregarding his orders, even though I do think he'll be an asset to the battle and perform better being closer to the front lines.

Poor hasegawa has his work cut out for him keeping Narumi in check (a captain and vice-captain match made in hell)

[meownotgood]

god I need to write that fantasy au prince aki x witch reader fic I had in my brain a while ago soooo bad

[ninjigma]

October 2023 - Gree! (Part 2) Track: 'We All Die Trying to Get It Right' - Vance Joy (Spotify / YouTube)

It is- well, technically a modern AU, BUT, specifically, it is a crossover with the 9-1-1 TV series that I have dubbed 'Light Through Liquor' :3 Because I absolutely love that show and so obviously I had to make a Star Wars AU for it. And Gree gets to be a head for the 9-1-1 dispatch! Sending all our faves off to save people. Except for Obi-Wan, who actually works in a bar, but that is a different gingers story ;)

Enjoy!

View pieces early on my Patreon!

[lemonandpie]

For the ship ask game, what are your thoughts on Brudick?

*wiggles toes*

Ship It

What made you ship it?

Sometimes I wonder if I always have. I used to watch BTAS devoutly as a kid, all while absorbing the Batman and Robin are a couple jokes, so I think I was too busy shipping it to realize they were meant to be guardian and ward for quite a while.

But when I tell you that obsessed father figures and their boys who want nothing more than to be worthy of their love while wondering why they have to work so hard is my jam, know that it's because I don't have the words to express just how much I love it.

What are your favorite things about the ship?

I love mess :D I love that what binds them is what divides them. Dick saved Bruce's soul but is also proof that Bruce's trauma isn't the problem, he is the problem. I love that they were each other's other half for so long that they can't really tell where one starts and the other ends. I love that Bruce loves Dick so much he wants to consume him and Dick kind of wants to be consumed. I love that Dick just wants Bruce to see him and understand him the way Dick sees and understands Bruce. I love how they can never be anything except everything for each other and it's killing them a bit but they would never, ever choose to stop

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

I think that any attempt to define them as just one thing will always be a mischaracterization. They can't just be lovers. They can't just be father and son. They can't just be brothers. They can't just be best friends. They can't just be partners. They have to be all of that, because that's part of their problem. Even when you write them as family, there has to be that romantic undercurrent. And when you write them as romantic, they still need to have that familial tension. Brudick need to be so messy, so tangled, that they can never simply be categorized.

It's also why I don't think they be put into boxes of 'victim' and 'abuser' either. Can their relationship ever be healthy? Hell no. Should it be nothing but toxicity? Also no. They resent each other, they chafe against each other; Bruce is controlling and demanding and yes, in at least one instance, violent, but the love must always be there. No matter what, Dick would follow Bruce to hell and Bruce would die without him

[pocket-sized-nightmare]

someday i'm going to post my analysis of the unleashed through a neurodivergent lens and the 2 remaining riftside fans on this website are not going to be ready

[brucie-baby]

the fact that alfred was the one to put up jason's memorial is so important to me

[jeanivere]

arthur morgan tiddies and tummy thats all im gonna say

[voltaical-art]

HE WAS SEVENTEEN. AGHHH ULDER WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU

[clarisse-doodles]

inspired by this post, in which Damian does not know what Vine is

[blueboyluca]

“When I first heard it, from a dog trainer who knew her behavioral science, it was a stunning moment. I remember where I was standing, what block of Brooklyn’s streets. It was like holding a piece of polished obsidian in the hand, feeling its weight and irreducibility. And its fathomless blackness. Punishment is reinforcing to the punisher. Of course. It fit the science, and it also fit the hidden memories stored in a deeply buried, rusty lockbox inside me. The people who walked down the street arbitrarily compressing their dogs’ tracheas, to which the poor beasts could only submit in uncomprehending misery; the parents who slapped their crying toddlers for the crime of being tired or hungry: These were not aberrantly malevolent villains. They were not doing what they did because they thought it was right, or even because it worked very well. They were simply caught in the same feedback loop in which all behavior is made. Their spasms of delivering small torments relieved their frustration and gave the impression of momentum toward a solution. Most potently, it immediately stopped the behavior. No matter that the effect probably won’t last: the reinforcer—the silence or the cessation of the annoyance—was exquisitely timed. Now. Boy does that feel good.”

— Melissa Holbrook Pierson, The Secret History of Kindness (2015)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Soup solves everything.

[zan0tix]

Assorted homestucks number 72382683

[forecast0ctopus]

i get it now these guys are cool

[troutflight]

[egophiliac]

queen of diamonds, upright + reversed 💎

I've redone this like eighty times, I have to just be done with it now and stop staring at all my mistakes oh no 🫠

[tellofunni]

So I started watching tng