#and i strongly agree

[gunsatthaphan]

just bro banter 🤙🏻✌🏻

[minutiaewriter]

[bruciemilf]

Yk what I need??? NEED the batKids to just admire Bruce’s beauty ( USHSJSNSNS ur last post about Jason calling Bruce pretty just added fuel to the fire )

Love ur blog :)!!!

Thank you! And that’s so adorable! I just adore the image of Bruce, wide awake at 3 in the morning, applying concealer all over the swollen bruises acquired tonight.

The brush is thick and fluffy, designed to spread a generous amount while maintaining a smooth application, its bristles silver and pale. Dick thinks it belonged to Bruce’s mom, because he looks terribly sad using it.

“You should be asleep, “ Bruce sighs, not entirely delighted his ward is losing precious resting time. He’s read, clearly, that children need a minimal 8 hours of sleep.

“So should you! What are you doing up?”

“Getting ready for a meeting at 7.”

“You’re like, really pretty.”

Bruce pauses, skin blossoming with sudden, flustered heat, “Oh, thank you, Dickie, that’s very kind—“

Dick’s smile beams like moonlight, “So you agree. You think you’re really pretty.”

“…I haven’t watched a single movie in 12 years, so, I think that joke is wasted.”

“Dammit. Thanks a lot, trauma.”

Oh, but Jason? The tiny boy could watch Bruce for hours. His face is so interesting. B’s eyelashes are so long, and his eyes are such a pretty hazel, just like Catherine’s, and his smile is awesome.

He feels really special, because Bruce smiles for no camera, but when Jason asks him to take his picture, he does it without complaint.

“B, boys can be pretty too, right?”

Bruce pauses a bit, not entirely confident. Should he treat this as something casual? Should he break out the educational, but welcoming dialogue? Is it something else? Why aren’t there parenting classes?

“Hn. Yeah.”

“I think you’re the prettiest man in Gotham!”

“I’m afraid that’s not true, Jason.”

“What?! How come?!”

“Because the prettiest boy in Gotham is standing right in front of me.”

Tiny Jason squeaking and squealing joyfully while Bruce takes him in his arms, peppering his soft cheeks with kisses, while a teenage Dick rolls his eyes in the background, trying not to smile.

[i-am-a-fan]

I saw a post talking about how there’s a deep mischaracterization of Mk in the fandom specifically about his monkey form and I’m here to dissect it. (WIth doodles!)

Tldr: Will Mk end up hurting his family in season 5 due to his new Monkey form? Most likely no, but it is possible that he indirectly hurts them by not understanding the limits of his power.

First things first let’s collect a list of attributes that we know Mk has from past seasons. This will serve as a spine or checklist to see if certain actions are possible. A thing to keep in mind though is the ranking of each attribute as the writers of LMK wrote there are characters as complex and sometimes abandon certain character values if their center value is threatened. 

Mk’s character value list (in my opinion) is as follows: 

-Family 

-Strength 

-Freedom 

-Dependability 

with family and strength being so close to each other, so sometimes strength ends up as Mk’s main concern. Of course, all of these end up mixing at times and in the first seasons we see the mixing of these values gets him in trouble 

Desiring the freedom of choice over listening to Wukong (Pig Pong Panic). Wanting to be dependable but overestimating his strength (Duplication). Wanting to be strong but forgets his family in the process (shadow play). Eventually, he gets his priorities in check and has ended up sticking to this list for most of seasons 3 and 4. 

Now his flaws (in no particular order): 

Impulsivity 

Forgetfulness 

Stubbornness 

Blind devotion 

He’s overcome a lot of these when he was forced to learn them in season 3. His stubbornness to not tell anyone what was happening with the LBD got people hurt. His impulsivity with his actions ended up crashing the ship, and almost sold his family to a goldfish demon.

(Text: Mk's Fault, Good Intentions, Trying mentor)

So he’s had to come up with methods of working around that. Mk’s blind devotion to Wukong almost got Mei killed, and we see how he changes because of it. At the end of season 3, Mk doesn’t explicitly say that he sees Wukong in a new light but he heavily implies it with the metaphor of a bowl of noodles. 

So… Will Mk go crazy and end up hurting his friends? 

I highly doubt it. While I toyed with the idea, Mk is a lot smarter than the fandom usually gives him credit for. He knows Wukong is flawed, and he still trusts in him because he knows Wukong is trying. Mk has faith in Wukong’s strength and the fact that Wukong also heavily values family, even if his isolation makes it a lot harder for him to do so. Just rewatch the ending of season 3 where Wukong apologizes to Mk and watch as Mk comes to the realization that Wukong is trying so hard to make up for his past. (They also drive this point home in season 4 with how disappointed Wukong sounds at himself for not finding Mk in the scroll in the season finale.) 

(Text: He's flawed and trying, Has to accept harsh reality, Dissociating Coping mechanism)

So what about Mk’s impulsivity? I doubt that’d be something that directly harms his friends. He’s worked on his impulsivity by working with others (Redson in season 3 and Mei’s planning in season 4) to help fill in the gaps in his plans. In order for his impulsivity to harm others, you’d have to break that family value first or raise that value of strength and freedom. Most likely this flaw can manifest in Mk overdoing his Monkey form ™  and sending a shockwave that accidentally hurts the people around him.  Probably manifesting either in training or while having fun with Mei (think about how Mk was in the Bad Weather episode). 

Okay, what if Mk is tricked into it like he was in Season 4 (back to the flaw of blind devotion)? Mk has spent every season backstabbed by someone he trusted. We see him snap at Azure after he finds out that he was going to keep Wukong in the scroll. He snaps at Macaque in season 4. It’s safe to say that he’s learned, at least partially, to not trust others so blindly. Mk is also supposed to have gotten the “skill of self-reflection” in “Revenge of the Spider Queen” but his reflecting has mostly just impacted the other flaws. 

(Text: Side note, Monkey Mk doesn't have a nose)

But there is one possibility I toy with, bottled up emotions. Mk has extremely big emotions but hates showing any emotion that can be seen as negative. He loves being happy and he’s not afraid to show it, but as soon as those emotions turn to doubt, anger, or sadness he bottles them up fast. He knows he can rely on his family, but he’s stubborn and thinks that his emotions aren’t worth that hassle. Take the ending of season 3 where Mk states that “he tries not to think too hard” about his own place in the universe, which could be due to a fear of losing the value of freedom if he has a specific role to play in the universe.

(Text: Guys He's so avoidant, forced to think about his identity, 18-early 20's and Identity crisis)

It’s worsened by the fact that every. other. character. avoids. their. emotions. No other characters in this series are open about their emotions except Tang and Sandy. And from season 3 (and a bit of season 4) we know that Mk doesn’t view Tang in an extremely positive light.

Not exactly negative, but his admiration lies more on the rest of the team. Macaque points this out in season 2 stating in “Shadow Play” that Mk should talk out his insecurities, but no one else does that. 

That being said Mk isn’t entirely forgetful either. Macaque was a season 1 villain with his betrayal going through season 3. Mk’s high value of family, and flaw of blind devotion, make him want to give him a chance as Macaque’s past is connected with Wukong’s. HOWEVER, Mk is also stubborn and hasn’t forgiven Macaque’s actions. That’s why he snaps, plus the fact that Macaque is terrible at direct communication. Like I said before, Mk won’t directly hurt anyone he cares about, but if his monkey form is highly connected with his emotions (as most magic tends to be) having those bottled-up insecurities might accidentally cause Mk to unleash more power than he means to.

(Text: Normal, Fed up Meter, rage (on jar))

I have no idea where season 5 is going to go, but I’m so excited about the possibilities. 

(Text: Terrified of his actions hurting his family. UNSTABLE!!!)

[cry-ptidd]

The red means ily!!!

[autism-alley]

look obviously i don’t know the guy but i feel like 2009 rick riordan would fist fight 2024 rick riordan

[twinliches]

I haven't heared the door knobs and fascism thing before, can you elaborate?

gladly! i was referencing one of the aphorisms by Theodor W. Adorno, Do Not Knock, one of my favourite philosophical texts, certainly top 5.

I would summarise it for you, but it's quite a short text and i am not embarrassing myself by trying to summarise Adorno, so I have transcribed it for you under the cut:

60. Do Not Knock

Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men. It expels from movements all hesitation, deliberation, civility. It subjects them to the implacable, as it were ahistorical demands of objects, Thus the ability is lost, for example, to close a door quietly and discreetly, yet firmly. Those of cars and refrigerators have to be slammed, others have the tendency to snap shut by themselves, imposing on those entering the bad manners of not looking behind them, not shielding the interior of the house which receives them. The new human type cannot be properly understood without awareness of what the is continuously exposed to from the world of things about him, even in his most secret innervations.

What does it mean for the subject that there are no more casements windows to open, but only sliding frames to shove, not gentle latches but turnable handles, no forecourt, no doorstep before the street, no wall around the garden? And which diver is not tempted, merely but the power of his engine, to wipe out the vermin of the street pedestrians, children and cyclists? The movements machines demand of their users already have the violent, hard-hitting, unresting jerkiness of Fascist maltreatment.

Not least to blame for the withering of experience is the fact that things, under the law of pure functionality, assume a form that limits contact with them to mere operation, and tolerates no surplus, either in freedom of conduct or in autonomy of things, which would survive as the core of experience, because it is not consumed by the moment of action.

[creekfiend]

pip do u ever wish u had a caring and dedicated handler like those dogs who their people refer to as Big Feelings Dogs. or that people interacted w u using non aversive methods. the more i look into dog training the more i wish for this. life is ruff

bro, yeah.

I think even if you can't get treated that way by Most people you are interacting with and you CERTAINLY can't get treated that way my institutions, the people who you come home to should at least be gentle with you and take you in good faith and proactively consider your wants and needs. like. your loved ones at least should do this. it can be hard to find people who are in the habit of it. but it's pretty great if you can. and then it's like you can do it for EACH OTHER which is even better bc you're on a beautiful journey of Be Nice To Each Other (And Yourself) together

[sammygender]

i’ve said this soooo many times but i cannot believe the widespread fandom take on nightmares is ‘episode that proves john didn’t hit the kids or at least that sam didn’t know about :)’ NO??? that entire episode is to directly parallel sam to max??? i really hate to break it to you guys but sam being like Damn at least we weren’t and aren’t still being regularly beat to shit by the two male parental figures in our lives 🙏 lucky to have dad fr is not the same as him saying Wow i’m so grateful dad never hit us at all. essentially he is literally like ‘if dad had got drunk more often and hadn’t channeled his energy into hunting maybe we would’ve ended up like max. guess i should be grateful he didn’t”. hello. how does that endorse an entirely violence-free parenting style. like have your own interpretation. but the text of the episode isn’t saying John didn’t hit them. the text of the episode is intentionally bringing up the concept of john hitting them, withholding direct judgement/confirmation on whether it happened and keeping it ambiguous, sure, but still bringing it to our attention.

[alive2mila6]

kai can get destroyed many ways ...

OK WAIT A DAMN MINUTE-

[20001541]

I wish more people talked about Yoichi’s feelings on AFO

it really would’ve been so easy for hori to write him so he’s always hated AFO for the way he treated him and smiled at his death

but it’s the exact opposite. Yoichi is such a kind hearted person and loved his brother till the last second. He also felt guilty he couldn’t change his brother till the last second. I always think about the guilt he has about AFO. He obviously felt the safest with Kudou and Bruce but I don’t think he could ever forget about AFO

sorry if this was kinda a rant I just wish people talked more about how Yoichi saw his brother

Oh I agree I feel like that's one of the most tragic aspects of Yoichi's character. He feels guilty for not ever being able to truly save his brother and feels like it's his fault AFO is the way he is. When we see him watching AFO getting beaten down in the final battle he doesn't look triumph he just looks exhausted as he's known this day has been coming for a long time.

Truthfully, Yoichi shouldn't feel guilty for not being able to save his brother because none of it was his fault. He grew up in the same horrific circumstances as his brother and tried the best he could but AFO was hellbent on getting what he wanted and there was nothing Yoichi could do to change his mind. AFO actually believed that it was Yoichi who should change his mind rather than him. I think the fact that AFO viewed Yoichi as being too weak to assert his will played a role in him not taking him seriously. Honestly I don't think AFO ever saw them as equals so of course he dismisses Yoichi's pleas to use his quirk for good.

Yoichi was forces to see the horrors his brother inflicted for years and blamed himself the whole time. How many people could've been saved if he had just managed to break through to AFO? Truly heartbreaking he feels this way :(

I am reminded of this mistranslation here, which many Japanese speakers have pointed out. AFO actually says something more along the lines of saying it's Yoichi's fault that all of this is happening to Tomura. Because if he just would've been his in the first place then Tomura wouldn't be going through all this hell right now.

The anime fixes it though

So AFO is very much aware that Yoichi feels guilt over what's happening and is using it against him as a way to jab at him for refusing to join him. All this pain and suffering would end if you would stop fighting. We know Yoichi isn't going to give in easily but I know hearing that has to have caused so much pain for him. Poor Tomura ended up becoming doomed from birth just because AFO wanted to have Yoichi back.

And I can't stop thinking about this. So much regret held in those words mixed with heavy resignation. He knows there's nothing anyone can do to save AFO so the only thing that's left to do is kill him.

Yoichi showed tremendous kindness by staying with his brother to the end and allowing the other vestiges to kill him along with AFO. He stayed in his hands as they all joined it so he ended up getting shattered with AFO's vestige as well :(

[whenthegoldrays]

Yeah not forgiving Mansfield Park (1999) for saying “let’s “““make””” Fanny likable by giving her a more lively personality” and then actually making her less likable by making her fickle and coy in all the wrong places

[floorpancakes]

iykyk (gay repression metaphor that rhymes with rat gex)

[xluciifer]

Since everyone's talking about it, here's my dumb thoughts that probably won't matter much:

Abel IS Eve and Adam's son. Adam and Eve had two kids: Abel and Cain. Just because we only saw Abel doesn't mean we may not also see Cain.

Lucifer NEVER fucked Eve. Does Lucifer give the flair off AT ALL that he's the kind of person who would've been with multiple women? He always hit me as a guy who had devotion and loyalty ingrained into him from being God's favorite angel and that would show into his relationship. I mean, dude stayed loyal to Lilith for 7 years without her around. And any woman that gets too uncomfortably close to him, he subconsciously makes his wedding ring more made aware of.

Let's circle back to the comment everyone focuses on that leads fans to believe that he also fucked Eve. Now let me give you a scenario: wouldn't it piss YOU off if someone insinuated that they could have their way with your woman if they tried? Doesn't mean that he did! But to get the reaction out of Adam that he could speaks volumes that Lucifer was just trying to get a reaction. Lucifer has a knack for pissing people off, whether he intends to or not.

Lucifer did "steal" his first woman, Lilith, but he committed an act of adultery in doing so. But Lucifer's thing with Eve is that Lucifer was able to give Eve what Adam couldn't - the apple of knowledge; the thing that ultimately made everything go to shit.

Etc, etc, etc.

Sorry, I just hate the idea of Lucifer being perceived as someone who'd be a womanizer (because of his incredibly beautiful looks, fuck, he could! but his heart is so devoted to his wife, I can't see him being any other way other than foolishly loyal).

[lover-of-mine]

Fought 'til you tethered me, swept under surfaces, never enough of it...

[ohmuqueen]