#because everytime I see it I think of this post

[quazikam]

the sacred saimota texts

Debunking lies spread by Kaito, Shuichi and/or Saimota Haters (#2)

Hey everyone! Time to debunk another lie by haters or people who just love to twist canon, as this time I’m going to tackle the topic of Shuichi “idolising��� Kaito, “depending” on Kaito…. and I’m also going to tackle it the other way around, because I actually saw someone saying Kaito depends on Shuichi as well, in a negative way of course, that’s why I’m doing this.. So, let’s start! When I finished V3, I still wasn’t immediately inside the fandom, I didn’t know people’s opinions on things, so I was just going around twitter and found someone saying that Saimota and Saimatsu are not really the best ships as Shuichi idolises them, and Kaito and Kaede deserve someone who can see them for them, and not just the front they put. I’m not saying this word for word, I don’t remember it exactly, but this was definitely what this person was claiming. And I remember just cringing so hard. Now, I won’t speak for Saimatsu, I’m sorry, I would have to analyse them more to talk about them. I think they are a sweet couple and have a lot of potential, but I also think they aren’t as perfect as people make them out to be. But, so, I’ll jump to the Saimota claims ‘cause it’s what I’m going to argue against. So, my first argument is against: “Shuichi idolises Kaito, depends on him” Let’s see, what haters mean when they claim this, is to say two main things: “Shuichi depends on Kaito, he can’t do anything without Kaito, he’s a cry baby emo boy; and/or that he only sees what Kaito puts on as a front, he will never be able to see Kaito deep down and understand him and help him, etc.” This is absolutely WRONG. 🌸 First: Shuichi does NOT depend on Kaito. As you can see here, when Maki questions if Shuichi “looks up” to Kaito, he says he doesn’t really “look up” to him, what he does is admire what Kaito has that he has been missing all this time.

And by “admiring”, I mean the definition google gives of “respect and warm approval”. Shuichi respects Kaito and appreciates what he does to him, but he’s NOT blind to Kaito’s flaws at all.

How do I know he’s not blind to Kaito’s flaws at all? Well, all you have to do is literally pay attention to any interaction between Kaito and Shuichi, that you’ll see the manyyyy times Shuichi calls out Kaito’s behavior in his head and even out loud, since the very beginning! He sees Kaito for who he is:

If Shuichi really thought Kaito was perfect, Shuichi would never have felt that he was right in chapter 5 for saving everyone (by proving Gonta is the blackened). He didn’t know why Kaito was mad at him, but, given his deduction - “Kaito is mad I didn’t listen to him” (which was not the truth at all) - yet, since this was what Shuichi thought, he still held on to his opinion, and he knew that he was right, and that he didn’t have to apologise for that, because he really didn’t, Kaito would agree, that’s not why he was distant.

If Shuichi really depended on Kaito sooooo much like people make it out to be, and is blind to his faults, then how did Shuichi move on after his death? How did he not end up just like when Kaede died? Because of his friends? Well, allow me to remind you, who helped Shuichi remember he has friends he can rely on. That’s right. You all think that it’s wrong to rely on others, when one very big message that Kaito passes on, with Maki, Shuichi and the others, is that they are not alone, that they can rely on each other.

Now, for those who still think that, “Okay, but still, Shuichi can’t see Kaito for who he is”. Well, let me show you this interaction with Shuichi and Mondo in UTDP. Mondo claims that Kaito is like a younger brother to him.

Shuichi is confused and points out they are the same age. He doesn’t understand Mondo’s perspective of Kaito as a younger brother, and I think that shows, how Shuichi perceives Kaito. He perceives Kaito as an equal, as a classmate (since it’s UTDP, so non-despair), a friend. AND even in this very same game mode he claims how much Kaito helps him, BUT he also wants to remind Kaito how much he cares for him deep down as well, and that Kaito doesn’t have to hide.

This is something that the harmonious heart verifies, as picking the best option for Kaito, Shuichi does not hesitate to say Kaito can open up to him. (And Kaito also appreciates it).

Even in the report card, after the last FTE with Kaito, Shuichi says this:

I think it’s VERY clear how much Shuichi cares and sees Kaito for who he is, and not as this perfect guy who can solve all of his problems. I think, having this said, it’s even more evident that the times Shuichi praises Kaito, compliments him in his head, and admits respect towards him, are very honest feelings, and feelings of actually appreciating Kaito for who he is.

This is not “admiration as idolisation” this is “admiration as respect”. Shuichi has a crush on Kaito undeniably, which is why he’s constantly saying good things about him and why he trusts him. Why would anyone deny Shuichi’s feelings? I can only think they’re just homophobic, because I know that Maki didn’t have to confess for people to know she liked Kaito, and she also denies/avoids her feelings like Shuichi does here. It’s only because Shuichi is a boy that people want to deny it. Look, I’m not saying people have to ship them, just like nobody should be forced to ship Kaimaki just because Maki likes Kaito. All I’m saying is: everybody should acknowledge that it’s true Shuichi has a crush on Kaito.

“Aren’t they supposed to be friends?” So what? Friends can develop feelings for one another? Are only strangers allowed to fall in love now? That’s not an argument.

Let’s move on.

🌸Second! Now, to something that I realised people actually think it happens. And I mean, I will be honest, it does happen a bit, but I think people love to focus this on Kaito just to try and hate, as usual, on Saimota. And the argument people give is “Kaito relies on Shuichi, he pressures him. Kaito is dumb, can’t do anything, so he uses Shuichi”

Ok ok, let’s see, first, Kaito was the one character that helped Shuichi relax and learn that he has friends and he doesn’t have to do everything alone? Who made Shuichi his sidekick to take a big responsibility off of of him?!

Okay so, I’ll be honest, it is indeed true that Kaito does end up pressuring Shuichi a couple of times. Kaito isn’t perfect, and even if he’s trying to help, he may go too far sometimes. For example during the 2nd trial, it’s clear Kaito is desperate to find the culprit, and there’s this reference to the DR1 game where Byakuya would say “Tell em Naegi” and Makoto had to answer, but this time, on the other hand, Shuichi didn’t know the answer when Kaito said “Tell them Shuichi” (or something like that). Yeah,  Kaito definitely made Shuichi a bit uncomfortable there. However, I think Kaito realised it, because not too soon after, it’s when we get the CG of Kaito patting Shuichi on the back and telling him everything will be ok and they will solve everything together. He’s not trying to steal the credit? Shuichi literally says “Together..?”. Kaito knew Shuichi was afraid of doing things alone, he was afraid of the responsibility with revealing the truth. And regardless of whether or not you see what Kaito said/did as helpful, IT DID HELP SHUICHI. And soon after, as Shuichi hesitates to say Kirumi is the culprit, Kaito reminds him that he doesn’t have to fear because he (Kaito) will take the responsibility.

Now, okay, let’s move on a bit ahead in time, to chapter 4. And, the reason for that, is solely due to something Kokichi says:

Of course this will be hard for people who think Kokichi is a super genius all mighty God that knows everything, so if you think Kokichi is always right, then block me, don’t even bother. I love Kokichi, but to think he’s always right is ridiculous, BECAUSE, he’s very wrong here. Shuichi feels pressured to save everyone, as part of being a detective and feeling like his talent is only useful during trials. That’s already part of him, and it gets even stronger as more characters die and the others start relying on him more and more. But, to blame all of that on Kaito? In chapter 4, the one pressuring Shuichi the most is Kokichi, he constantly separates Kaito and Shuichi, for his plans, and of course Kaito being affected by this (his behavior) also affects Shuichi, but Kaito is constantly reminding Shuichi that he doesn’t have to shoulder everything on his own.

But, of course, people’s arguments are “Kaito is dumb, he can’t do anything without Shuichi, he relies on him” and so what? Shuichi is the detective, Shuichi is the one that can help everybody in the trials. Do you think it would be better for everyone to ignore Shuichi and try to solve the case on their own? The fact the haters want both… there’s no way, they are never pleased.They claim the characters pressure Shuichi by saying they make him do everything, and then proceed to claim they pressure him by not letting him do everything alone, by being annoying, wtf? Pick one. It’s a life or death situation and Shuichi cares about his friends, he wants to help them, but Kaito lets him know that he’s not alone, and that he doesn’t have to take all the responsibility. He also tries to help multiple times, and presents a lot of valid evidence. Of course there’s a bit of negative, but haters put so much focus on it, as if that’s all there is.. but it’s NOT, the positive outweighs the negative SO MUCH here.

Kaito and Shuichi support each other. There’s such a mutual respect from each other to each other. They are both stubborn in their own ways, and they have a lot to grow (Shuichi not understand Kaito sometimes, and Kaito hiding his feelings), but, they care about each other, they want to understand each other and help each other. Kaito was jealous of Shuichi? He was, since chapter 2!! Yet, he was still always there for Shuichi, he still helped him and cared for him and you have to remember, all of this killing game occurs in the span of 2-3 weeks, more or less? When Kaito and Shuichi fight in chapter 4/5, it’s all within 1 day. ONE SINGLE DAY. And people act like that makes them toxic. NO, relationships/friendships aren’t easy. It’s not all perfect, if people want to understand each other, there has to be communication. And the best part about this is that, Shuichi constantly seeks to communicate with Kaito when Kaito is the one distancing himself- It’s hard to show this through screenshots, as people take them out of context constantly, but Shuichi wondering why Kaito may be sick, he may have been wrong, but he was still understanding towards Kaito, respecting him. He was one of the only ones that did not call Kaito an “idiot” for his fear of ghosts, and even when Kaito was feeling bad because of it, he was willing to give him space and letting him rest. THAT’S being a good friend.

And here Kaito also seeking Shuichi when he’s distancing himself, I mean, how he got Shuichi to cry in front of him, revealing his insecurities. And the fact Kaito is the only other character besides Kaede to whom Shuichi tells about the case that got him the title of detective.

Kaito accepts him, as Shuichi says here, despite everything.

“What about the fact Shuichi literally admits in the FTEs that he will depend on Kaito?” When Shuichi says “depend” he means “rely”, he means “I trust you enough to be vulnerable with you”, do you really think that, right after everything I pointed out, how Shuichi feels and sees Kaito, that he’s saying he’ll be codependent with Kaito?? RIGHT AFTER Shuichi says that, he LITERALLY says he’ll catch up to Kaito and be by his side.

 And everything else I brought up in this post about how Shuichi sees Kaito as an equal. Shuichi finds comfort in relying on Kaito, that’s not bad, that’s not “I’m not able to do anything alone, I depend on you oh noo” because as you know, even in such a serious life or death situation, after Kaito’s death, Shuichi keeps going. Relying on people, trusting them, it’s NOT wrong, it’s NOT “co-dependence” it’s NOT toxic. They are actually great friends, the fact they can trust each other so much.

Shuichi and Kaito care about each other, they RESPECT each other. They are NOT co-dependent on each other.

I rest my case for today. Thank you. List of debunking posts: 1st Debunking Lies Post

[velvetvexations]

Just some rambles about packers and sexualisation, idk where else to put it and idk if you care, so feel free to ignore me, haha.

A while ago, I saw a post (or video? Not sure) where someone said that "packers shouldn’t be sexual" when talking about realistic looking packers, and there’s two main things I want to talk about here.

First is that realistic looking packers just straight up aren’t sexual. No one would think a cis man walking around with a "realistic looking dick" in his pants is sexual, and it’s no different when the dick is made of silicone.

What pisses me off even more is the trans guys in the comments who were like "yeah I pack with a pair of socks I don’t need that shit" and similar sentiments because like. Good for you? But for some trans men just making it vaguely look like they have a dick isn’t enough. Some trans men do have very bad bottom dysphoria, and using realistic looking packers might help with that, and something like a pair of socks or a jock strap or a crocheted packer isn’t the same! The latter does work for some ofc, but not for everyone, and putting down the guys who want realistic looking packers is just shitty.

And also the disgust at packers that can get hard (like 3-in-1 or pack-and-play) is so fucking infuriating. No one would act like a cis man is sexualising all people around him just because he has a dick in his pants that can get hard, but when a trans man wants that? He’s a perverted piece of shit running around with a "dildo" (yes I saw people call pack-and-play packers that) in his pants.

How about we stop sexualising everything trans people do and stop acting like trans people are disgusting perverts just for wanting sex like most cis people do? How about we stop talking like that about people's genitals, wether they were born with them or chose to put them there (with packers or surgery, bc people say the same type of shit about phallo- or metoidioplasties (and vaginoplasties ofc), too)?

Why do we have to sensationalise every choice trans people make so much? It’s just a dick made of silicone. It looking realistic doesn’t make it sexual? Like. Most people aren’t even going to see it. It’s inside someone’s underwear. Why do some trans people care so much (negatively) about what makes other trans people happy?

And second: Who cares if it is sexual?? Who cares if a trans guy wants a realistic looking pack-and-play or 3-in-1 packer specifically so he can have sex with it? It’s not affecting any one else in any way. They don’t have to have sex with the guy if they don’t want to, they’re aware of that, yes?

And the implied assumption that a trans person is more likely to harass or assault someone is just straight-up transphobic, no matter what is used a "justification" or reason (here being that the guy chose to put on a realistic looking silicone dick that’s capable of penetration).

It’s just some guy. Some guys have dicks. Some guys dicks can get hard. It’s not that deep (insert sex joke here/lh).

Like just. Idk. I wish people would just shut up about other people’s bodies, especially trans people’s bodies, and stop judging trans people for the way they deal with dysphoria or the way they want their body to be. It shouldn’t be that hard to just not do something. But ig people just want to find a kind of trans people it’s okay to accuse of being predators and perverts and packers (esp. packers that can be used for penetration) are an easy target.

It’s just so tiring. I just want to find some guys talking about packing and stuff like that and I immediately have people calling them disgusting rapist-perverts who are sexualising themselves and everything they look at. Just because they want dicks. Or because they want to be able to penetrate someone (oh the horror. Some trans people (want to) have sex, and some may experience dysphoria around sex. We should kill them, right?)

I don’t even want to pack myself. I just like knowing things. But everytime I research personal experiences with packing, I find shit like this and it’d getting on my nerves.

Okay I’m done now. It got a bit longer than anticipated, I’m a bit worked up about this topic. Thank you for reading all this, hope you have a good day.

If it helps any anon, I feel the same way about needing breasts that cartoonishly massive to ease my dysphoria but that's a much bigger problem for me than it is for any of the cis women who have famously gotten breasts that large.

[pessimisticpigeonsworld]

I've said it before, I'll say it again: I can't fucking stand the double standards of this fandom. Everytime I see someone bitch about how the Targaryens are "colonizers" I want to bash my brains out. And these posts always include the op talking about how great the Starks are and how they do no fucking wrong.

Like where are these people's media comprehension???? Do they know the basic definitions of things? Add to that the fact that most of these people also constantly call Dany a "white savior". Like literally read a dictionary and try actually reading the books!

I just saw a post where someone was saying that they hate the idea of Dany being the Prince that was Promised because her ancestors were colonizers and she's a white savior.

Instead, they wanted Jon Snow, who, you know, doesn't have any colonizer ancestry. Because the Starks were perfect angels, who took control of the North by asking nicely. And the First Men were gifted Westeros by the Children of the Forest when they arrived because they were all such good friends.

Literally anyone who read ASOIAF (and has the smallest bit of media comprehension) knows that that's the farthest thing from the truth.

The First Men were colonizers who waged outright war with the CotF for thousands of years and desecrated their sacred places. Yes, eventually they made the Pact, but that only resulted in the CotF being slowly pushed out of Westeros completely and they were eventually fully walled out of their ancestral land. They're literally dying out now, as Leaf explains to Bran in ADWD.

Now, doesn't that sound familiar? To me, that sounds an awful lot like what the European colonies did to the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Of course it's similar, GRRM is heavily inspired by history.

The Targaryens are conquerors, not colonizers. By the time of the Conquest, they have lived in Westeros for hundreds of years. The Conquerors, their parents, and grandparents were all born and raised on Dragonstone in Westeros.

The Targaryens are a Westerosi house, just like the Starks, Martells, and Hightowers. The only difference between all these houses is the timing of their arrival in Westeros. What exactly are the implications of this belief?

And obviously Dany isn't a white savior. Essos is a very diverse continent, so is their slave system. It's class based, not race based. A large portion of the Essosi slaves looked like Dany because they were of Valyrian descent. The slaves span every ethnicity, why is that so difficult to understand? Not only do the books themselves describe the ethnicity of many of the slaves, GRRM himself came out and debunked this interpretation!

I understand not being comfortable with this kind of story to an extent. The concept of liberation efforts has been tainted by the white savior trope. However, one's personal preferences don't equal the actual content of the story!

I think the thing that pisses me off the most about people who take these stances in the ASOIAF fandom is their pseudo-intellectualism.

Each person who writes these posts believes they have better media comprehension and even superior morality than everyone else. They misapply definitions of extremely damaging ideas so smugly. They believe they are correcting the views of other readers and GRRM himself, and as such, refuse to see how gravely mistaken they are. It's as concerning as it is infuriating.

[forestfrolickingfairy78]

Linked Universe Headcanons: What I think each of their roles would be in a boy band

I'm surprised how popular my prev one was! I was chatting to a non fan friend and she was curious what they would be like in a band, and asked me who the rapper would be...I reckon WILD hahah

Anyways...

Time: Not an active member but used to be a solo artist back in the day, he doesn't like being in the limelight as much and mentors/manages the rest of them. Still has that suave quality, a total heart throb and occasionally hosts a one off concert only available to the VIPS. He was the IT boy back in the day.

Warriors: Leader of the band and all rounder. He's a complete heartbreaker, can sing, and dance every style and fans go crazy over him. Very charismatic and flirty, knows how to make a fan feel special at a meet and greet and always takes a photo with them.

Twilight: I think lead guitarist, can sing beautifully and has one of the most charming voices, also very yeehaw and country when he goes on solo tour dates or drops his album. He's dripping with quiet confidence and doesn't share too much about his private life to fans, likes to keep a boundary between his private and professional life but will always be kind of them and never deny a photo or autograph

Sky: Has a beautiful voice, more shy and s o f t, he's one of the more quieter members and doesn't like being on camera as much but doesn't hate it either. Has that sweet prince charming vibe that everyone loves, would probably be a part time model on top of his band duties. Can play the guitar and bass

Wild: Absolute hardcore. He's def the main rapper and won't pass up the chance to drop any bars. He'll def go on rap battle tv shows and break EVERYONE. Mans got flow and swag, especially after getting a full arm of tattoos. What's the backstory behind them? He'll change it everytime he's on an interview. Absolute coolest dude on earth, fans LOVE him and how chill he is but you don't want to get on this guy's bad side or you'll be on his diss track list. Even the others are slightly scared of him. Always on social media posting selfies and updates, or threatening other artists that come for him or his band. Likes to film the other members to until Time tells him to cut it out and touch grass

Legend: I can see him having a lot of range in his voice, very powerful and can sing ballads. One of the lead singers and occasionally helps with writing songs. He CAN dance if he puts his heart and soul into it. He loves writing poetry and secretly writes love songs for himself based on a special girl, but he'll tear them up before anyone sees them. Would Probably records an incredible, heartfelt song he wrote and composed himself on his instagram then delete it after 5 hours beccause he'll be like, why the hell did I just do that? Fans would cry, wishing he would post more gems like that. Hates to be in the front but also fairly confident in his skills. Fans adore him because you can just see he's actually a big softie on the inside despite that tough exterior he puts up. Secretly jealous of Wild's rap ability, can't rap to save his life but maybe, one day.

Hyrule:

One of the lead singers, has the most melodic voice and can absolutely stun a crowd with his angelic vocals. Like Legend, also is one of the members with the most range. You know when you see someone in person and their just glowing? Yea, that's him. Sweetest celeb ever, everyone that's worked with him only has good things to say about this guy. Definitely has the most potential to go solo as well with his incredible piano skills. Can also play almost every other instrument, an absolute talent in everything. He also sponsors charities every now and then and interacts with fans on social media. Can do contemporary dance

Wind/Four: Tbh I think they would be good in broad way, both are great singers and still very much fanboys to the others. Their working their way, still in training. Can definitely see Wind going big on broadway and theatre and specialising in tap dance

Can you guess who is my bias? Or who's your bias? hehe

[beebear55]

still wakes the deep au posting lets get it

ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY

basically they drill like normal and head back to the mainland only to find everything is shit and theres ghoulies. oh no

and now doodles/relationships jeje

brodie/raffs stick together 24/7. brodie does not allow raffs to go on scouting/scavenging missions without him, raffs doesnt wanna go on those missions At All. But alas

Also brodie is not the greatest at protecting him

Innes and Muir are. Having suchh a time. theyre both also always together because nobody wants to seperate them (they both have one half of a brain cell and dont function without eachother) and theyre just “DUDE DID YOU SEE THAT” “SEE WHAT” 24/7

trots is in charge of organizing the missions bc nobody trusts rennick and addair to not send the people they dont like (caz) to die. Trots accidentally keeps sending gibbo on every other mission

finlay is the first person to kill a zombie. She picks up a big hunk of Pipe and starts bashing bitches. She then replaces it with a bat she wraps in barbed wire. She’s great. Also gives herself a lil buzz and will not beat the butch allegations about it

Addair is having the worst time because Nobody likes him and he fears they will just leave him to die about that. They wont but he has very low standards for them so. Also everytime he gets upset he “leaves” for 5 minutes and then runs back in and goes “IM JUST AN OLD MAAANN DONT LEAVE ME TO DIE PLEASE” nobody is amused

Rennick is constantly upset about no longer being In Charge and Roper likes bothering him about it. Rennick keeps going “well I THINK—“ and roper goes “who? Asked you”

Alex, Sunil and Davros are on the night watch since its safer than going on missions. sunil is terrified and alex and davros are nonchalant as hell. Also nobody is Actually watching (which spells disaster)

Caz and Roy both have lots of braincells but get nothing done together. They cancel eachother out. Sorry.

Caz makes sure they raid a bunch of hospitals for insulin and threatens anyone who suggests leaving roy behind <3 and roy rations/makes the food obviously

Scooby and Caz are also A Duo to me. Scooby and Caz were both into zombie rpgs/shooters when they were younger and they are not taking this apocalypse as seriously as they should about it

IIII AM CRINGE AND IM FREEE

[dootznbootz]

Penelope is also Athena's pet/blorbo/special little mortal/etc. and if you think otherwise you're straight up wrong.

You're also wrong if you think Athena only likes Penelope because of Odysseus and/or Telemachus. As if Athena didn't see a young Penelope pull some shit and immediately think "Oh! Another mind to mold! C'mere you! Let's do some riddles and weaving!". Athena was happy that two of her favorite pets have met and fell in love!

[theotherbuckley]

I am free

[lost-romantique]

I want Ghostfuckers to come out just for the chance to see Blitz in this fit, serving so much rizz that it should be illegal.

That's it, that's the post.

[tagarilaghost]

I SWEAR CELEBI'S THINGY IS COMING SOON BUT I REALLY WANTED TO POST THIS ALRIGHT

yeaah... future trio got me too...

and Darkrai is there too, because of course he is.

hey look i drew a cute Drifloon :D

...ignore the rest

whatever started at Darkrai doodles ended in brainrot of future trio + darkrai and I'm blaming @scribz-ag24 for this

[dykedvonte]

One of my mutuals opinions is the "bro code" thing, that Curly is one of those guys who wouldn't care about the victim because the perpetrator is his friend and I'm really banging my head on the wall like that other anon. I've only played through the game once but Curly's behaviour/reactions etc read completely different from the "bro code" thing and I have to wonder if my mutual and I even played the same game.. like the constant digs at him from Jimmy, his body language in his face reveal and so on like you mentioned in your post. While this game is a little different obviously, it kind of reminded of a point in Alice Madness Returns that makes it very clear that Alice's pain blinded her to the abuse of the other children and her failure to act earlier because of it. Curly is guilty of a similar inaction but it doesn't change the fact he was a victim of Jimmy too. I don't think I can look at it any other way because both of these games have really stuck with me.

I genuinely think it really is the idea that people want a simple easy to blame problem and the idea that the only relatable victims of abuse are those that "surpass" it or do a lot to help others. When it comes to victims, especially those that don't fit the typical demographics, who either accidently perpetuate it, enable it or aren't ideal in some way shape or form, people jump to ignore what they went through as it's easier than dealing with those conflicting sentiments.

The bro-code conversation in Mouthwashing stems from a concept I generally dislike that there had to be something about Curly that made him meet or keep being friends with someone like Jimmy. I think people genuinely underestimate how many like decent and good people just know an asshole or are friends with someone who is really bad outside of their view/established dynamics. The game makes it clear none of the inaction against Jimmy is because of a lack of care, it is a lack of understanding from the privaleged postions they have as men to not have to worry about what Anya does/went through and the type of extremes men like Jimmy will go through to cover it up. They are all too preoccupied in their own strifes.

Another thing I see being oversaturated the idea that you have to be a freak, misanthrope or have a disorder to do the thing Jimmy does. The game is an escalation, it's a spiral that I don't see people comment on that Jimmy was not likely having the mood swings and episodes of rage/frustration we were seeing in the game. This is after they all start experiencing the worst moments in their lives that he got THAT openly bad. Of course, this is just my interpretation but much like in real life, people that go to extremes like that usually live mundane lives. It's a pressure cooker affect to where the stress made them pop. It's self inflicted but still the case.

I really think people need to be more willing to acknowledge that not everything needs to be an extreme or in black and white or easy to understand. It doesn't need to be happy or have an answer or solution, especially in the cases where the abused sadly helps perpetuate what they experience. It's not he should've known better from experience or shouldn't he have known what could've happened because victims tend to not like to think in matters of the worst. Not to mention, especially in cases of abuse where it feels so personally directed that you don't expect to happen to someone else.

[lloydfrontera]

i can't get over how cute javier is when he introduces himself to ppodong. he's so serious about it that lloyd thinks he's about to question his cover story for how ppodong was summoned but no. he was just thinking really hard about how he should call him or if he had a name. and then when lloyd gives him the go ahead to call ppodong however he wants he just. calls him sir ppodong and fucking shakes hands with him. he introduces himself and shakes hands with the hamster like c'mon that's so fucking cute i cannot stop thinking about it just look at him

it's adorable.

and it's also one of the first times in the novel that you get the sense that 'oh. that's a kid.' it's subtle and lowkey but you can kinda feel that javier is actually excited about ppodong, he's curious about him and really gentle when he meets him. like. he's just a kid. a kid that probably never had a pet before and is now in close proximity with a cute and fluffy little hamster and just. wants to know his name.

it's just. it's very cute.

[sualne]

whole cake island live doodle reaction

[fennthetalkingdog]

Dang, being nonhuman really is just like being trans, where I look back at my life and go, "Ohhhhhhhh, so THAT'S where it came from." It's easy for me to fall into the habit of thinking, "Well I just found this new label but I don't want it to infiltrate my whole life." But... it already has. All those moments pretending to be a cat on the playground, making fake "dog packs" with my friends, wrestling with my dog and laying next to her as if I was just another pup, attaching to my dog and cat stuffed animals, making dog-like noises to supplement my words, pretending I had (and still have) a tail to wag when I wanted, shaking out my "fur" and huffing just because I "liked mimicking my dog"—those were all my nonhumanity shining through. Me identifying with the nonhuman/therian label isn't an outliner, it's just the trend.

[extravagav]

AND WE JUST DONT TALK ABOUT THIS?!?!?!!????

[p1x1x]

[evangelistofmurder]

Chapter 4 Musing + Bonus thoughts in tags

I've been thinking about this recently and realized: Yakou did have a chance of surviving the gas but made the deliberate choice not to:

[Solution Key - Toxic Gas Properties]

Yakou could have asked Desuhiko for a space suit; I don't even think the latter would question it either, this hammers more of the fact that the plan was a murder-suicide from the start. Though, this is the same man who takes dying over and over again in considering and still went through with it.

He really only needed Desuhiko's and Fubuki's fortes to enact the murder, but he brings Halara and Vivia to the lab as well. Yakou knows damn well the peacekeepers, especially Yomi will look for any excuse to arrest/execute the NDA. He brings Halara and Vivia to protect Fubuki, Desuhiko and Yuma; Yomi accuses the remaining NDA detectives for Yakou's 'murder' anyways. It was somewhat fruitless but the fact of the matter is to say even when lying to the others he did still care about them. Just as much as Yakou cared about the NDA the latter cared about Yakou just as much too. Yakou was really the heart of the NDA; Yakou just never took into account that everyone else would try desperately to save his life instead of just leaving him. (Going on a whim, to say he probably thought they'd just leave like how his former detectives left to join the peackeepers).

Yuma trying to beg Yomi to get Yakou medical attention, Fubuki using all her energy to rewind time in order save him, Halara administrating first aid after fighting the peackeepers, Desuhiko having to tell Fubuki to not to turn back time any further so the Chief can rest because it is too late and Vivia just standing there walking away since he doesn't know how to deal with it and express it directly. Hell, Halara was potentially giving CPR to his corpse in hopes that he'd stay alive after Yuma and Vivia checked Huesca's logs.

Finally, there's everyone's collective survivors guilt. It's safe to assume everyone knew what happened before Number One called in whether Yuma or Vivia said something; There's also Kurumi who wasn't even at the lab asking if they made a mistake by going.

In closing, it's a tragedy in every single way and I don't even think I hit everything in this musing; To me this is more focused on the NDA's perception of events

[I'd appreciate if people made responses to this by the way!!]