#aru answers

[aru-loves-krishnaxarjuna]

omg you're only 13 and you're so politically aware and religious whereas I, as an older girlie am so far away from this shit. It's so impressive!

I uh- Thanks! 😭✨️ i am honored! 💖👀

Thank you so much! Ly kind anon!

[matka-kulfi]

heyy bangaram its been so long how have you been ?? god i missed you soo much how is life ???

Hi Kandamma!!! Hope you are well. It has been very long, indeed and I've missed you so much too!

Life is...well its like a train station right now lmao, there's so many things happening at the same time that its hard to sort of pay attention to one thing and do it perfectly. I'm just trying to focus on my goal and achieve it. I'm also trying to find little things to keep me happy :)

At this point, the only things keeping me going are tea, music and 50s-60s bolly films.

Your ask made me realise I haven't been out with a friend in a while 🤡 so that's something I need to work on.

So yeah, that's my life right now. How have you been?! Sending you all my love <3

[parrotxx]

the aru shah fandom is so close-knit

like

everyone knows everyone

because this fandom small af (in the sense of not being a big fandom but also you all are giving short vibes so i mean small in that sense too >:D)

which begs the question

if we were a family hypothetically

who would we all be

[karin-miyoshi]

Do you think yuyuyu is ableist?

sheesh, talk about a loaded question

definitely opens up a lot of rabbit holes. ill give my opinion, but note im not the most educated on the subject itself so giving a definite answer is outside my scope.

ill put a read below, but for me, i personally think it isnt, but can be easily misinterpreted as is on a surface level.

tldr, ableism is discrimination towards those with disabilities.

the character in question most of the time when it comes to these topics is tougou, who uses a wheelchair in season 1 due to losing function in her legs. there are never any distasteful jokes made about this, and the show constantly shows various handicap friendly services throughout the show. something even more surprising is that these are never the core focus of the scene or pointed out, its always well integrated into the world as if it were normal (important).

just skimming through s1, we have:

wheelchair assistance integration for both cars and stairs

special swim courses for the disabled, not separated from the rest of the class

beach wheelchairs and separate assistants

now while we can assume a lot of these were due to her previous service as washio sumi, i dont think that would really be fair to the production team putting these in, and it really feels like theres a lot more heart than "yeah we put these for the big shock value realization later on". even after regaining function in her legs near the end of the season, tougou's priority was always towards yuuna and her recovery.

onto the next topic, which is the show taking away and then returning these characters functions throughout. whats important to consider here is what is considered tragic, is it the characters living without these certain functions, or is it the act of losing these functions themselves?

"It'll definitely improve. I mean, we haven't done anything wrong." (Fuu, s1ep9) again, no distasteful jokes made about their disabilities, and fuu even plays it off with her sick eyepatch. her worries instead stem from the loss of itsuki's dream, in the form of her no longer being able to sing. thats the key factor here, being punished for doing what is right, losing the ability to do what you could do before, losing the memories of the time you spent with your friends. (thats another thing i see with a lot of these arguments, they always bring up physical disabilities, but ive never seen one actually talk about ones regarding memory, arguably the most precious thing to them). tougou flat out doesnt remember sonoko at all despite being comrades in arms before, and understandably freaks out that the same might happen with her and yuuna.

now, understandably, the ending to s1 seemed super rushed, and them getting their bodily functions back seemed rather sudden. this put a lot of people off, and was really only explained in s2, which many didnt watch.

people should be allowed to grieve if they lose something important to them, and should be allowed to be happy if they get it back. personally, i dont think people realize the weight of their words when they say, "oh i wish karin wouldve stayed deaf, itd be really cool to see the club members learning sign language for it" or "yuuna in a wheelchair was really cute, i wish we saw more of it." yeah its a cool idea i guess, maybe something to see while theyre stil recovering, but forever? in a chase to see more representation, i hope they realize what they are wishing onto others eventually (even if fictional). while many with disabilities are satisfied with their life, they should be able to wish for better if they wanted to, its not like theyd wish their circumstances on anyone else, right? shouldnt the same apply here, to the girls who've actually lived both with and without disabilities?

just my two cents, hope this wasnt too hard to read! theres a lot more i could write up, especially regarding sonoko, but thats a whole other discussion i should probably save for another time

[bookworm-fangirl1]

Wait do u ship Rudy x mini and what do u call their ship name (I like Mindy and Rumini)

snake of death or mindy

[autumn-equinox-04]

guys just confirming is kamebhakt gadhe the official name for aiden's dad now? like a done deal?

[thx-sunsxts-addrxss]

Greetings mutual of mine, tis I, completing my duties as a mutual to randomly send you questions :D

I dare you… to rant about a character who deserved better GO

jun 18th jm so sorry kae 😀

KARA FUCKING SHAH BRO

LISTEN. LISTEN. IK EVERYBODY SAYS THIS. BUT LIKE LET ME SAY IT AGAIN

girliepop was fr such a good character. she seemed perfect but she had her flaws. however she did not deserve the hate yall. like girl was taking away from her family (adoptive family, but still family). she was freaking brainwashed. she was made to believe her mom abandoned her. she was made to believe the sleeper was her only family, so following that point, can you really blame her for choosing the sleeper and not her mom and aru, who again, she was made to believe abandoned her?

then theres the fact she confessed to her only crush and was rejected (he liked her sister) and was also spied on by said sister when it happened? see ofc you cant blame her for liking aiden, and aru had her reasons (it was her birthday after all). and yeah kara was wrong for confessing on aru’s birthday but again SHE WAS BRAINWASHED AND DEVOID OF ANY SOCIAL INTERACTION UNTIL THAT FREAKING MONTH. SHE SPENT MOST OF HER LIFE AWAY FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD PEOPLE.

anyway i could go on and on but yep kara deserved better.

[russenoire]

For the fruit emoji ask game, please! 🍈 and or 🍇

🍈 who’s your blorbo and what are some of your favorite headcanons/ideas about them that repeatedly show up in your fics? free pass to rant about blorbo opinions.

kageyama shigeo. i... identify with him a normal amount. (on the surface, i actually have more in common with his brother! the former 'gifted' kid struggle is real)

he has genetic anemia (thalassemia minor). shigeo keeps up his strength with weightlifting at home and night jogs around his neighborhood on a regular basis, in addition to a balanced diet. he can't work out fasted; he'll pass out. he's also frequently cold, though all the muscle he's built up over time helps some.

i don't think he'd be a stress eater. his appetite would be the first thing to go under duress... except for milk, hot or cold. if he's really stressed out? a cigarette, more for the smell than the taste (he thinks they taste awful; this is why they're a last resort).

he's a salaryman who works for his city government in the urban planning department. his specialty? traffic accident prevention.

i think shigeo is actually a pretty sharp guy when he applies himself, or when an issue is particularly meaningful for him, hence his life's work. he also has a sizable amount of emotional intelligence. since The Incident™ he's gained a reputation for working harmoniously with 'difficult' people. though his current kōhai (subordinate) is testing his limits a bit...

he's got a bit of a prankster streak, though not on the level of someone like his confidant hanazawa teruki. his is more understated: a deadpan, a snarky quip, a seized opportunity to rattle someone's nerves on the spot. as you can imagine, that and the above bullet point are not infrequently at odds.

he still wrestles with big emotions. sometimes they overwhelm him. over the years, he's come up with a few ways to deal: cloudsitting; jogging; cooking or eating a good meal; silent moments with his own thoughts, often sitting upside-down in midair, or upside-down sprawled over the back of his sofa; cuddling with teruki, with or without conversation; deep chats with loved ones in general; getting a good massage from his old shishou on occasion; earplugs or a blindfold or soft, wispy textures on his skin.

i see him as a fastidious minimalist, almost to the point of asceticism. he owns only what he needs and uses and no more. i think over time he'd either make adjustments to help others feel more comfortable in his home... or refuse to change anything at all. perhaps both at different times in his life.

while he and teruki do share a fairly deep and cuddly intimacy, at this point in his life he's single and content with that.

most of these show up in my post-canon mp100 fics on ao3. i have more in the works, i promise.

[noahl-art]

8 for the Spotify wrapped!!!

Hiiiii Aru!! ����

I already got 8 so I took a random number generator and it gave me 10!

[daily-utsu-p]

Daily Utsu-P #189:

ここにある答えは (Koko ni aru Kotae wa) / here is the answer feat. Zsasz | Original from ∄. The lyrics were written by Zsasz member Rom.

[aru-loves-krishnaxarjuna]

To Aru, someone who was Subhadra to my Draupadi, Someone who was jiji to my chooti ~

Dear Aru,

I know things are going really hard on you and life seems to be at its lowest point, but I want you to keep your head up,high in confidence as always. You are my little fighter, fighter who has been fighting too long, Please take rest my cutu and always remember ~

"Chin up Kiddo , they would kill to see You fall"

I know what you are feeling, I know how much you need that smile on your face, how much you need those arms to engulf you in a tight hug,how much those words of appreciation matters to you, I know I have also gone through this par yeah its just a phase and it will end soon, You believe in your Kanha right, so once again remember~

"Har koi tumhe samajh jaye,kya sakhi har koi tumhare krishna to nahi"

and yeah at last its okay to cry, its okay to get attached to people, its okay to seek for perfection, its okay to love, its okay to care, its okay to be you~

from someone whom you called jiji once

With beautiful eyes and overthinking mind

🤍

Wtf...wtf yo-you literally made me cry I-

Thank you i rly rly needed that

I- I DUNNO WHAT TO FEEL 😭 I WANNA CRY, I SCREAM IN HAPPINESS, I WANNA BAWL MY EYES OUT I DUNNO WHAT I SHOULD FEEL

THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤️‍🩹😭

You made my day 💕🥹

[diredeliverance]

I think Asperia and Gortash are the only ship I've made two playlists for and that is because at a point I made a second one for things that were too romantic to make the cut for the actual one. A "them if they didn't have too many fucking issues" playlist. A "that's cute. anyway" playlist.

[red-dyed-sarumane]

[desperately into the store wide announcement system] IF TENSHI WAS IN KAMICITY SHE WOULDVE LIVED [being dragged away by security] THEY WOULDNT'VE SACRIFICED HER SHE WOULDVE LI

[cassynite]

For Ophenia: 🧠 - What do you like most about the OC?

Thank you so much Dujour!! You know i love Ophenia, I don't talk about her enough. Question is from this ask game!

My favorite thing about Ophenia is the tragedy of her character and the possible romantic story arc she's got waiting inside of her! She's someone who treats life like a story because it's the only way to not make it hurt; she took an act of grief (writing a story about her dead wife) and turned it into an entire worldview because it was easier to just not connect with others as people, but as plot devices and characters. Story characters never die, after all, not really. You can always just go back to the beginning of the book! And Ophenia's going to outlive them all, just the way she's outlived everyone she's ever loved so far.

A romance with her would, I imagine, mean her having to accept people back into her life as people, mortality and all. Learning that the eventual pain of their loss is worth the joy and love she can have with them at that time. And personally I think that's really beautiful and something I definitely want to explore the moment Ophenia's got a LI :)

[bookworm-fangirl1]

Also were u informed of the Biryani Babes ship

What’s that?

[wyvernspirit]

Someone: oh! what’s your favourite anime?

Me: Yuki Yuna is a hero

Them: neat! Where can I check that out?

Me: …..

Me: pained sobbing