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Hey! I’ve absolutely been loving your posts and re-posts lately. I’ve been heavily getting back into HxH recently and the Killugon brain rot is real. I’d like to get your opinion on something though. I’ve been thinking a lot about the scene during the “Palm date arc” where Killua and Gon are working out at the gym and Killua asks Gon if he’s been on a date before. Obviously this is a pretty famous scene for a number of reasons, although personally I’ve always found it to be one of the most misunderstood scenes in the entire series, as I’ve yet to see anyone really share my thoughts for what I think Togashi was trying to do with it. It actually showcases his writing skills very well imo, and I think that (besides the very surface level comedy of the interaction) there’s 3 things this whole scene is trying to tell us:
1. Killua and Gon have two entirely different conceptions of dating and what it means, with Gon being either oblivious or innocent to any romantic or intimate meaning while Killua is very much the more mature one who understands those parts of dating. This is probably the most.
2. Killua is clearly upset and put off by the idea of Gon going on dates with anyone, and arguably very jealous when Gon tells him about past “dates���.
3. Killua has no desire to go on dates with people, and just wants to stay by Gon’s side “forever” when the subject of dating is brought up.
Now, I have much longer form explanations and evidence for all of these points I can give but I’d like to see your interpretation of my thoughts first, as again, I think this is both of one of the most misunderstood scenes in the whole series, and one of the most important for understanding Killua and Gon’s dynamic and how they feel about relationships
Hello! Thank you so much, it makes me happy to hear you're enjoying my posts. I've been internally cultivating my HxH brainrot for years and it feels good to finally be able to share more of it. I'm so glad you sent this to me so I can weigh in, I'd love to hear your additional thoughts as well!
This is an excellent analysis and you're spot on! I love that you're focusing on a small scene rather than the arc as a whole, because it makes it easier to pull apart each aspect of it and the intended meaning without having to leave things out. I think the larger context of this subplot does nothing but support what you're saying, too.
The thing that stands out to me with these panels is how much Togashi is emphasizing Killua's shock and stress over this. The huge metaphorical boulder, his expressions, he is clearly bothered. And sure, it is comedic because Killua is not understanding Gon here because of their different levels of awareness, but I don't think that takes away from what is being said. The scene could have been set up in a way that doesn't immediately conjure up the concept of jealousy on Killua's part, but Togashi makes it clear over and over again in this arc how panicked and upset Killua is at the thought of Gon going on a date (with someone who is unhinged, but while Killua is certainly concerned about that, he seems just as bothered by the thought of Gon going on a date specifically).
As the audience, I think we gather by Gon's line about Mito that he's not talking about real dates, and that the things they were teaching him were probably innocent (I sometimes see people taking this at surface level, but I really think Togashi is being tongue-in-cheek here and showing us that Gon's view of what dates are is innocent and lacks context). But of course Killua is in the middle of a gay crisis here and he doesn't catch on and misunderstands.
Then, so shortly after, we're into Killua stating he wanted to stay with Gon forever (ずっと). I didn't like how the English version of this line was phrased, seemed like it was being downplayed a bit and didn't contain the word "forever," so here it is in Japanese. I think it's incredibly telling how it goes immediately from thinking about Gon going on dates and denying that he has been on dates (because he was learning to kill and then with Gon) into this line, and especially with how downright pained Killua's expression is at the thought of having to leave Gon, as he promised himself. It's hard to come up with any other explanation for this scene, you know?
This is more my own interpretation than straight-up analysis, but I think this is maybe another straw in the pile of Killua thinking his feelings for Gon are one-sided as well, as he struggles with through all of CAA--in Killua's misunderstood/mistaken view here, Gon has been on multiple dates and has experience with romance and therefore he might be more "normal," while Killua feels like his whole world is Gon--and he doesn't seem interested in the thought of going on dates himself, all he comes back to is wanting to be with Gon. It might widen the chasm between them a little bit in Killua's eyes.
Anyway, all of this is basically just expounding on what you already said. I appreciate how you summed it up so clearly and succinctly! I agree that it's a great example of Togashi's writing, which is very rich, and often even small scenes like this have multiple meanings and intentions we can take from them if we look at them carefully. His eye for detail is incredible.
Like I said above, the full arc's context surrounding this scene only supports the conclusions you came to--there are more examples throughout of Killua's jealousy in this specifically romantic context, Gon's lack of full awareness on this topic, and Killua's devotion to Gon. It's so telling of Togashi's intentions that ultimately the Palm subplot concludes with Palm of all people emphasizing that Killua is the one Gon needs.
#hxh#hunter x hunter#killugon#gonkillu#gon#killua#meta#thanks so much again for sending this!#apologies for taking a bit to respond#chimera ant arc#palm subplot
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Opening roughly 10 slots for Winter! Most info posted, but you're welcome to message me if you have any questions:) Thank you!
#darlsdraws#transformers#commissions#this is being shared across multiple socials so i apologize if i take a bit to respond!
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TK talking about himself vs. Other people talking about TK
#911 lone star#tk strand#carlos reyes#owen strand#cooper The Sponsor#ok so this is take two of posting this because it magically disappeared from my page earlier so if this is a duplicate for you - apologies#I made this after I rewatched 3x13 and actually paid attention to the dialogue between cooper and tk -#- instead of focusing on carlos' ridiculous faces in that scene#seeing the contrast between how tk sees himself and how other people see him#the scene with gwyn where he says 'if i'm not enough to keep you two together' kills me#especially since gwyn didn't even... respond to that bit??#and also him being so unsure about being accepted as a paramedic compared to his resume 'sounding like a unicorn' lol#tk calling himself out on acting 'like a little bitch' is mostly adorable and I love him for it but I had to include it anyway#my gifs#hopefully the link in this works and this post doesn't poof into thin air again im havin a bitch of a time today lmao
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I habs been borned
Yay?
#ray's doodles#happy birthday to me ig#timezones r weirdddd#< major apologies when I take a bit to answer any asks if there even will be any jfjfj#< okay this sounds like I expect anyone to care and I really don't#but if anyone does- please don't be cross with me when I do take a while#to respond. it's outside of my control but I will respond asap when I can#anyway yeaaaaaa#birthdayyyyy... yaaayyyy#(all these notes have been written at different times (days#) so like- see my thought process over the#i'm messing up these notes so hard oml
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Me when someone thinks they’ve won by blocking me but now I don’t have to see their rancid takes in the tags anymore
#ryss rambles#this is mostly a joke#and it makes it seem like i was in some big drama#literally was not#i politely stated my opinion and got blocked#tho i suppose part of it cpuld be taken wrong you cant derive tone over text#so your brain makes up the tone if that makes sense#so it couldve just been that#but fr this persons takes were something else#and like its your blog go off but not my cup of tea#and again i wasnt trying to be argumentative just have a discussion on a topic#which i stated in my reply#but some people are just not up for that#which is fair i just think the way that they responded to me was a bit much#cuz lile if they just said 'i dont want to discuss this here' i wouldve totally been cool with it#like sorry my bad ill go#but they accused me of being argumentative and blocked me before i could apologize :(#but ye#now im free from the very out there takes#i do support discussion in my tags just remember to be mindful of the way you speak and respond to others#because again you cant derive tone over text#but conversation is the best way to reach an understanding#so just be kind and mindful of the way you respond to a recieve the conversation#and itll all be gucci#anyway i thought this post would be funny teehee so enjoy
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Hey! Regarding your last post that you reblogged Id highly suggest learning more about Christian appropriation and bastardization of Jewish texts and the accidentally antisemitic implications of talking about how cruel the Christian god is and then going to only quote examples of bastardized Jewish texts. Judaism has an extremely long and very rich history of arguing, debating, and struggling with our texts and the potentially problematic material within them as well as there being many many Jews who do not believe in the "bible" (Tanakh) being a literal account of of events that literally happened. And while as an extremely traumatized exvangelical myself I do understand where posts like this come from and the place of hurt they come from I think it's also extremely important to unpack the amount of Christian supersessionism, Christian Supremacy, and Antisemitism that's embedded in what we were taught and how we were taught to view the world and ensure we aren't further perpetuating that.
hi there,
i appreciate your message and the reminder. i agree, antisemitism is an issue with the ex christian community and we all, myself included, need to work at dismantling it. i'm very aware that what we know as the old testament was stolen, and that the christian interpretation and even the way that christians go about interpreting and implementing that text is incredibly different to how Judaism does it.
but i'm also really hesitant to say that the solution is to not discuss the christian interpretation and implementation and talk about the harm it does.
admittedly, if i had written that post myself i would have either taken out the old testament things altogether or worded it to be more clear, but the context of the post and my blog is an ex christian criticizing the christian interpretation and the harm that it has caused. it is a criticism OF that bastardization. it is a criticism of claiming that an all perfect, all knowing, all loving god exists in the first place, criticism that he would say and command these things, criticism that christians accept and perpetuate that, and criticism that christians expect blind faith regarding that and refuse any debate about it, which are completely antithetical to Judaism as i understand it.
in addition, much of the post you're talking about references the new testament (luke 14:26, matthew 8:22, matthew 10:34) as well, but you may have been hyperbolic and/or referencing other posts.
i can empathize that seeing a post referencing those texts might feel uneasy but, for myself at least, any criticism of the OT i have is very much criticizing the way christians use it to harm and does not speak on Judaism. it is not something i'm familiar enough with to feel comfortable making comments on.
maybe that's not enough. idk. feel free to send another message. but i think unpacking and calling out harmful christian narratives is important, and some of those narratives come from the christian interpretation of those texts.
#apologies for taking a bit to get back. i've been dealing with health issues and didn't have the energy to respond#thank you for being kind in your message. i would have understood if you weren't
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Okay. Alright. OKAY. Um. I dunno how to tell you this! But I think you had happen to YOU what happened to ME: you're no longer in your home world. You're in a world filled with Pokémon instead. Buncha wonderous little critters that have crazy strong abilities if they're raised right. But I want you to take a minute to process that fact, okay? You... probably aren't home anymore if I'm right.
…I know my scales can’t be seen here but they are ALL acid green right know.
whaaaaa
there exists OTHER WORLDS??
????????
This is totally insane. This…
#//acid green scales means shock/disbelief (RainWings’ scales change color based on their emotions#//apologies that it took a bit to respond — take this as a “Kinkajou was kinda just staring at it#//absolutely shocked”#kinkajous grand pokemon adventure!#pokemon faller#irl pokemon#irl pkmn#pkmn irl#pokemon irl
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A million dollars!?!?! Holy shit, thank you for a million dollars :3
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ok kinda skeeved out abt something
#kurtis conner friend dean the weird one . was on his tour and then a week ago tweets of him being an Awful perosn and doing blackface came#up and now kurtis is like omg sry for platforming him im not gonna dot gar anymore#but those tweets. already were public. ive known abt them for multiple years ?? like#abd kurtis has responded before badically being like Yeahh gross of him to do that but were still friends yk#which is like. yk. his decision and he said there was stuff behind the scenes with the bestie picks bae girl so idk#but now hes like Im so glad this has been brought to my attention like ? it has been at your attention ?#idk. this is just rambling#i also hope he makes an actual video abt it / mentions it in an actual video hes just posted an apology on reddit#idk basically. and like. yk i dont rly think kurtis Takes criticism well at all which ik hes got a big platform obviously but likee.#distinct memory of somebody saying his comments on a woman in a video felt a bit misogynistic#and he basically put out an entire podcast ep on that person shitting on them for being kind of upset which like#yeah it was a bit of a stretch to call it misogynistic like idt it was that serious but like. it was just kinda petty JDBFJF#idk. im just monitoring i suppose
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Okay about an hour has gone by now and i’ve calm down now and i’m starting to think
should i just suck it up and apologize now so i don’t have to waste my morning trying to avoid her?
half seriously asking for some advice rn mutuals hit me up
btw in case it’s not obvious “her” in this case is my mom i’m talking about my mom again
#talking to the air#like the apology would be 100 ingenuous because#like i’m still 1000% i haven’t done anything wrong#because like frankly i didn’t really do anything that bad honestly#just raised my voice a bit and called her pushy#which while admittely rude in my personal book#that not an unforgivable sin like it is in her head#like i’m not an idiot i can in fact recognize that i was rude in my respond back there#it just…it really does feel like it’s impossible when she just so damn pushy all the time and is so sentistive in turn#like can’t take no for an answer the first three time i said it so now i’m getting mad and start raising my voice because#i want my No to sink in already#but now because i’m yelling and getting impatient i’m the bad guy because now i’m the Rude One Here#like do y’all get what i’m saying here?#like it really is a lose lose here#like i’m being serious here about the advice thing#should i for real just take the L and apologize anyway?
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Listen, I have brain rot over boatem au, but I cant draw, or write stories, but I can world build, and I have ideas! Would it be ok to spam you with asks or dm privately? Bc brain go brrrrr
Ohh wa cool I do love hearing ideass,,
But erm, sorry I haven't had a whole lot of energy to talk one on one,,
Id still love to hear your ideas though, if you want you can always throw them here in the asks
#i really do apologize#ive been bad about even answering asks#but like#talking to someone idk in dms takes a bit of bravery that im lacking rn#really sorryyy#struda responds
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#im feeling a bit better now i think.#better than before at least. i wont divulge into anything but im am glad that i have one less thing to worry about.#i apologize if I've made anyone worry. I'll still be taking some time off to feel like myself again.#I'll post art and stuff. but wont respond in here much.#thanks <3#moi talks#personal#maybe delete later
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Send to 10 other bloggers you think are wonderful. Keep this going to make someone smile! Add a heart so we know how long the chain's been going! ❤️🖤💖🤍💚💛💗💙🩶🩵🤍🤎💟💜❣️❤️🩹💝🫀💖♥️💘❤️🔥💕🩶💜💛🫶💕💖💖💓💞🩷💚🧡💕💙💜🩶❣️❦💑🥰🏩😻❣️🫀🧡♥︎🧡💚🫀💌🩵
AAAAWWW THANK YAAAAAAA!!! Hehehe oh boi I feel so happy :'Dd
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For the ask meme: Twilight
Lmao, this is a good one 😂
Honestly, even if it caught me off guard and makes me laugh, I like how the vampires sparkle in the sunlight and I'm not sure why. I'm honestly a little concerned but it's a-okay! I also gotta say some of the scenery in the first two movies (I haven't seen the others yet) is absolutely stunning in some shots.
Also, apologies for taking so long to respond, but thank you for the ask!
I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day/night!
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05/07/24
#joy of joys!!!!#we're back to sleeping under five hours from the anxiety!!!!#fanTAStic.#my stomach feels like pure boiling acid.#maybe i should talk to her again.#tell her I'm trying and i appreciate her apology#but I'm too deeply hurt to just move past it so quickly.#not only is that honest [which is Good and Correct behavior that will get me Doing Relationship Right points]#but it'll also help me determine where we stand.#will she be able to respect that? if so for how long?#will she be able to give me time and space? how long will she be able to maintain restraint regarding new/temporary boundaries?#a test of sorts#[admittedly less Good Relationship Behavior. but can you blame me?]#ugh. at least i have therapy on Thursday. R will know what to do.#And I'm getting high again on Wednesday night.#Which will be the third week in a row. I'm actually following the general consensus pretty strictly but angel is...#shall we say a bit squirrelly. I'm so sure she's eventually going to express concern or anxiety about it.#that will also be a good opportunity for a test of my safety level rn.#how will she respond to me disagreeing with her outright?#''a considerably low dose of a very low-risk drug once a week is not some crazy out of control behavior.#i'm well researched and well within the parameters of safest practices. i think I'm fine.''#genuinely though i want to keep going i think mayyyybe two more times after this weekend#to get a feel for my personal reactions and metabolism.#i want to try a higher dose at a later date. i was going to skip this weekend to do it next week but!!#I don't think that's a good idea yet. i think I need to keep taking it slow.#not that dex is PHYSICALLY addictive but. given my track record.#i make finding ways to turn literally anything into an unhealthy dependency an Olympic sport.#so i think forcing myself to gain experience and to think carefully and pay attention#is a good move here if i want to escalate for soul-searching self-medicating internal-exploration etc purposes.#entry//
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(Cont) After you unlock the quest Nocturnal Commission, you can speak to Aidie, and he says this: “I went to ask the Commander something, and he gave me this totally half-baked response...That's not like him at all! Did I do something to upset him? Did I let him down somehow? I am such a molid-head. I must have failed him—I know it. I oughta be dragged out and blighted.“ He then makes tries to joke around a bit and asks you to take pity on him but…seeing that from someone so cheerful was…
OH??? ohhhh omfg so that's another thing i was Accidentally Correct about, i didn't know that,,,, oh man poor thing</3 i think he definitely has more underlying stuff like that than he lets on most of the time, he doesn't want others to see him be Like That
i hold him so gently in both hands,,,,
#mar.txt#answered#aiden anon#i apologize for this one taking a bit to respond to and it being short i am: Stoned sjgknfj
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