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Austin: You head into this- this gas station convenience store, right? Uh, and there's uhm, theres a, there's someone behind a counter- Keith: (cross) This like a Cumbys? Austin: I- (exasperated noise) Dre: (cross) A what? Sylvia: (cross) Huh? Austin: (cross) We're not doing this. This is already on a clapcast. We're not doing this. Keith: Hey, 1$ on friendsatthetable.cash. Who knows which one that is.
hi. i do : ) Clapcast 21: The Community at your disposal. i know this because i listened to it 5+ times total and also noted down the topics to put on the fatt.wiki clapcast page
#that is my pet project page. it's very relaxed work because it's so non-essential. who even looks at this page? well. me#but I would like to finish it eventually#still have some unfinished topic lists in my notes app...it's kind of hard for some of these.#I would say appreciate my work but I haven't added a signifier on which I've added vs just copied over from Patreon#& I can't think of a good way tbh... open to ideas smile. or topic listings#all that aside this clapcast also has a bit in it that almost made me cry bc i was on the bus and trying REALLY hard to hold laughter in#which for that it's actually better if you don't look at the topics. bc it's out of nowhere & so funny to me#Palisadeposting#I guess yeah?#Palisade spoilers#I was like aha! finally! an application! when Keith said that which made me laugh.
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trying to finish up some older stuff before the new year (and also subject everyone to more endless Meleanor forever)
have a good one, guys! ❄️
#art#twisted wonderland#twisted wonderland spoilers#twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers#twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers#here's to another year of episode 7! 🥂#going back to kinda the same vein as the crewel i did a while back#every few weeks i would run across this again in my sketch file#and be like 'oh i should finish this'#six months later...#l-look i did finish her eventually okay#honestly i think when i get mad at my art i just end up doing shit like this#it's cathartic#literally the hardest part is not overdoing it#sometimes you just gotta be like nope it's done. it really doesn't need anything else.#'but maybe just another line here to...' NO. IT'S DONE.#'but surely it needs more than just...' IT'S. 👏 DONE. 👏#do not overbake the meleanor
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"My long-held belief that Duke and Luke should not get along" <- could you please elaborate on this? I'm fond of both and I collect your thoughts and analyses like they're rare trading cards so I'm ready to be all 👀🫳🍿
First of all anon this might be my favourite ask ever, I've been dying to write my thoughts on these two so THANK YOU. Secondly my belief that Duke + Luke wouldn't get along actually stemmed from WFA, I was super annoyed with Luke giving Duke the pep talk in ep 76 because they have no relationship!!! Then I started thinking harder and realised they are a really interesting pair. In case anyone hasn't noticed I'm fond of giving Duke relationships where he's annoyed with the other person so 😭 this is very on brand.
The thing about Duke + Luke is they are, on the surface, similar - they are Black members of the Batfam who operate mostly independently, 'separate' from a legacy as Signal/Batwing (though I will deconstruct this later), devoted to their family, have a strong sense of justice, and view crime-fighting as a business. But I believe at their cores they are fundamental opposites - and it's this hidden opposition that makes me think they wouldn't vibe with each other. I'm focusing on We Are Robin Duke and Batwing Luke, though I will also refer to Duke's Signal days + Luke in Detective Comics.
(This is going to be a long post because this is lowkey my Luke + Duke thesis 😭)
Introductions
Duke and Luke were both introduced in the New 52, actually in the same year (2013!). What's really cool about their intros is that you already see how different they are. We first meet Duke in Zero Year, where he's fishing in the subway and then attacked by a gang; we then get the famous scene of him solving crosswords by Bruce's unconscious body. When Bruce tells Duke and his family to leave, Duke refuses, telling him they can't leave Duke's grandma and that all it takes is one riddle to free the city from Riddler's influence.
By contrast, we first meet Luke in the spotlight as he's wrestling for MMA in Batwing #19. He's been wrestling to get Batman's attention, refusing all job offers from his dad to do so (and thus creating some juicy father-son tension). In Batwing #20, we see he has two degrees from MIT, lives in a fancy apartment, and is really tech-oriented; his cover story for Batwing is that he's travelling the world.
Already, there are a couple things that already firmly separate them:
Class: Duke is from the Narrows whereas Luke is rich
Connection to Batman: Duke stumbled across Batman and gained his attention quite organically, whereas Luke was actively begging for Batman to notice him
Agency: Duke's actions were motivated by the extreme circumstances of Zero Year and a desire to help rooted in his material environment, whereas Luke's is a more internal, abstract wish to help (pointing to their class differences again)
Gotham: Duke refuses to leave his city, whereas Luke immediately packs up and travels the world
Intelligence: Both of them are fiercely intelligent, but in different ways - Duke loves puzzles and riddles whereas Luke is more inclined towards engineering and technology
And these differences only grow as they get older!!
Maturity
Duke is 16 (in my head, canonically it's vague but he's between Damian and Tim so 14-17) and Luke is 23. This age gap is honestly not that big, but I think it would feel big to both of them. And what's worse is that Duke is quite mature, but Luke is said to be immature:
Batwing #23
I don't think Luke is actually immature, but it's a recurring theme that other characters perceive him as unwilling to grow up; and I genuinely do think Batwing, for him, is kind of an adventure at first. Now compare this to Duke, whose circumstances disallowed him being childish. He had to grow up because his parents weren't around anymore, and he became quite jaded as a result. Even after he's mellowed out in his Signal days, I still don't think he could tolerate working with someone who comes off as light-hearted as Luke does. Duke would be annoyed by how he perceives Luke doesn't take things seriously, and Luke in turn would be annoyed when Duke inevitably criticises him for it.
Arc
Following on from above, their arcs are actually in total opposite directions. We first meet Duke alone and disillusioned with everything, putting his whole being into finding his parents. Then, through We Are Robin and Robin War, he begins to understand what Robin means as a symbol and finds community, leading to his brighter personality in Signal comics. Luke, however, begins very light-hearted (as seen above), with a huge respect for Batman and the Bat symbol. Once his family starts being torn apart, though, he becomes increasingly aggressive, more isolated, and in a much darker place. Compare a narration box from the last issues of both:
Batwing #34 / We Are Robin #12
These encapsulate their journeys: Duke learns that he doesn't have to act alone, whereas Luke struggles with accepting all that has happened since he put on his suit. Being a vigilante improves Duke's life, whereas it essentially ruins Luke's. This is why I don't think that WFA ep made sense!!! They have nothing in common in terms of the vigilante experience, and I think they would frustrate each other because they have such different conceptions of what the vigilante life is!!!!!!!
Batman and Robin
Okay so I said that Luke + Duke aren't legacies; even though Batwing is one, Luke doesn't actually talk to David Zavimbe, and his Batwing is not spiritually connected to David's really. But Luke and Duke both do take inspiration from other Batfam members - Batman and Robin, respectively.
Batwing #25 / Batman (2011) #45
Luke is the rare Batfam member whose motivations don't spring from tragedy - he's inspired one night when Batman saves him and he jumps in to help. Luke's love for Batman is wrapped up in Bruce himself, as a person rather than a symbol; he genuinely thinks Batman is awesome and wants to help people under his name.
Duke is the exact opposite - Robin is not a person for him but a symbol, and a symbol that can be spread to many people. It's also intimately tied with Duke's relationship to Gotham, because Batman is "on the gargoyle" and Robin is "on the street". Importantly, Duke says to Darryl that "I know you work for him, but you're us". Working for a singular person is in opposition to this 'us' that Duke believes in.
Luke, though not exactly an employee, literally wanted to work for Batman, Inc. Batwing is in many ways a 'job', an alternative to the corporate life Lucius wanted for him. Duke would, I think, take huge problems with Luke's philosophy as a whole. Separated from Gotham, attached to Batman as a person rather than as a symbol, Duke just literally wouldn't understand where Luke is coming from. And Luke, too, doesn't seem to respect Robin as a mantle (this is after someone mistakes him for Batman in Batwing #34):
I think Luke views Robin as firmly a kids' role, a sidekick for Batman; that would annoy the STUFFING out of Duke. I actually could write a whole post in itself about this incident and Luke being mistaken for Batman but that's for another day. The point is they are attached to the Batman and Robin legacies which in themselves are already vastly different, but Duke is kind of anti-Batman and Luke is a little anti-Robin, so they would not mix.
Family
One thing they do have in common is a deep love for family. But even then, their familial relationships are extremely different: Duke has a wonderful relationship with his parents, bolstered by the fact he lost them for a while, whereas Luke has a contentious relationship with his. Duke in some ways idealises his mom and dad, while Luke is sharply aware of his parents' shortcomings.
Batwing #20
Now this wouldn't be an issue normally, but Duke canonically has, like, a problem with judging other people's families. It's a really consistent (and somewhat hilarious) trait of his:
We Are Robin #5 / We Are Robin #5 / Gotham Nights #8
The Dre comment ("you're a mob kid?") is particularly telling. Because Duke has such a good relationship with his parents, and because he's shaped so much by them, I think he sees children as reflections of their parents/families. It's hard for him to see someone completely divorced from their family - you even see this a bit in Batman & The Outsiders, where although Duke understood Cass' disagreements with Shiva, I don't think he really got the nuances of what that felt like for Cass.
Luke's relationship with his father is complex and contentious. They love each other, but Lucius' desires for Luke just don't match what Luke wants, and Luke can't tell him about Batwing either so it's a constant back-and-forth. This secrecy is another thing Duke wouldn't get - I've made posts before about Duke and honesty, and it's a huge value of his. It's significant that as soon as his mom is healed she finds out about Signal; dishonesty is not really a factor in Duke's life, whereas it is Luke's central conflict. Luke's entire thing with his dad and his alter ego is something Duke has never had to deal with, and I think Duke would just be like 'tell him?? and make up??' and Luke would sigh so loud and hard.
Personality and Authority
But all of that aside, I just think their personalities wouldn't mix! Duke is a jaded teenager whose overt honesty and resistance to authority often give off a bad first impression (see his first encounters with Black Lightning, We Are Robin, Damian, even the Bruce train scene...). People do warm up to Duke quick, and once you love him you adore him, but there's a hurdle to becoming close to him that you have to leap first.
Luke, on the other hand, is affable and immediately likable. He's popular in school (as Russell mentions in #25), has experienced college social life, and is open and friendly. I think in an initial meeting Luke would find Duke off-putting and rude, while Duke would find Luke shallow and annoying. Luke is an extremely confident person, as shown in both Batwing and Detective Comics (particularly the latter). I think Duke would take this confidence as him being stuck-up, especially because Luke is rich.
Their class differences also separate their reactions to authority. Luke doesn't take authority at face value - he disobeys Bruce basically as much as Duke does. However, given his upbringing he isn't that anti-authority. Compare Luke and Duke's attitudes to cops:
Batwing #25 / We Are Robin #2
The Luke narration box is after the cops shoot him and accidentally make him kill his best friend 😭😭😭 like if that had happened to Duke his inner voice would NOT say that. This is another example of how their different upbringings and personalities cause them to have DRASTICALLY different outlooks on things. Batwing also sides with Batwoman when she kills Clayface in Detective Comics, something I think Duke would not do (he would've sided with Cass) so their ideologies often put them on opposite sides.
FINALLY, and least importantly, Luke is not a reader. This is a recurring thing and it's so funny:
Batwing #21
That's Tam telling Luke to "read a book". I think this exact interaction would happen with Duke taking the place of Tam, where he'd just be super annoyed that Luke doesn't enjoy literature. Honestly I think Duke might remind Luke of Tam in a lot of ways, since Duke is Bruce's golden child just like Tam is Lucius'. And that would annoy Luke, like he can't escape annoying younger siblings even as Batwing?? Bruce liking Duke more than Luke, even when Duke doesn't even care for Bruce's approval, would send Luke's blood pressure through the ROOF.
Conclusion
Um anyway I'm so so sorry this was so long but that's why I think Luke and Duke wouldn't get along!! It's mostly that they have such different outlooks on literally everything and their personalities clash. Anyway, if anyone bothered to read til the end here's your reward!! A little edit of what SHOULD have happened in WFA ep 76:
#duke thomas#luke fox#ask#meta#I DID IT I FINISHED IT!!!!#anyway everyone read we are robin and batwing issues 19-25#honestly so annoying when people group luke and duke together because YES they're two black characters but they're SO DIFFERENT#they're actually SO much more interesting as foils because their stances are so radically different#and i really do love them both... i actually think it's GREAT they're so different!!! they're both really three dimensional people#who deserve to have an interesting and complex dynamic#like luke is TWENTY THREE he is NOT mentoring 16 yo duke... i have such a problem with the way the w*fa ep makes luke seem 30#realistically i think luke/duke would eventually get along and they would trust each other#but duke + jace have more in common because of jace's troubled past than duke + luke do#I think duke + tam would also get along better! and duke + tiffany!#imagining duke being invited to family dinner and luke being like ://///////// seriously????#duke + lucius though... i actually dk whether they would like each other. lucius is just so corporate in a way duke isn't#okay another post for another time i hope that answered your question anon!! and tysm for asking it and allowing me to dump my thoughts <33
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working on something rn and just. There are zero thoughts in four’s head
#I’m undertaking a kind of long comic rn#And I thinkkkk I’ll have the motivation to finish it but drawing something so long (only four pages but still) is definitely new to me#Hopefully ppl like it bc much time is being spent lol#Evie rambles#Anyways that probably won’t post for a while but this is a tiny bit of it! I stayed up till like 3 am very foolishly#But I got a little art done so yay :D#I am NOT giving this fandom tags bc it is just a vessel upon which I am packing up my thoughts and sending them away#Oh also. Traveling rn and so I’m not in a familiar house. And it is SERIOUSLY storming outside#Which normally would not worry me but we’re on top of a pretty large hill (foothill more like) and the thunder is unusually loud#Also I’m pretty sure I heard a tree get struck#Fun times#I’ll probably be fine tho#If I never post again however you’ll know what got me :)#Either the storm or the stinkbugs that keep landing on me… ugh…#Ok posting this despite the mess in the tags#tldr hi everybody I’ll be dropping some substantial art eventually I promise anyways have a four :D
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Eyy, King Reaper and his beloved Mage Geno designs <3
#new age au#Geno is very tall (tall Geno supremacy <3) and Reaper usually floats so he's just slightly taller than Geno on any normal day <3#if he unties his robe in the back it drags along the floor at the perfect height to feign being very tall-#ohh I have so many thoughts about them :]#Geno's magic manifests as crystals so he wears some on his outfit (and keeps more in his pockets)#the black and purple ones on his belt are meant to be a little reference to Reaper (and Dust. before meeting him he only has a black one-)#Geno also uses a Cane! he's insanely skilled and powerful but on sone days magic fatigue finally catches up to him and he has to use it#the black half-robe was also the only accessory Reaper could convince Geno to adopt from his kingdom- that and the Sandals haha-#(I like to think Error made Geno's scarf-)#and ofc Reaper...#he's been ruling for so long that he lives in comfort rather than appearance because. i mean. no one is going to doubt him at this point#he leaves his ribcage exposed as a show of his confidence in his rule (direct access to his soul basically-) but also because. well.#he thinks he's eye-candy 🙏#and in his kingdom the crown/sign of royalty are those olive branch circlets#he wears his over his hood usually. Geno recieved one when Reaper officially finished courting him. Dust would eventually get one. though#for him it's more the equivalent of a wedding ring since his loyalty lies with Nightmare still and he has little official ruling power in#Reaper's kingdom.#oh! Reaper also wears a littlr band Geno made him once on his ribs. it's a nice red gem that he's vaguely aware is actually a tracking spel#Geno thought he was being subtle about it. he. in fact. was not. but Reaper let him get away with it 🙏#oh!!! last thing#Geno sometimes wears a nice silk wrap over his bad eye that's a nice clean white. it usually depends if he's doing magic or not#because his eye tends to get melty again if he strains during casting. and he's always overdoing it lmao-#anyways yeah#mm lied one more note#Reaper's wings are optional. kinda like a manifestation of his Ecto in a way since he doesn't need them to float#more just sonething to make him more regal or appear more threatening!#now I'm done#my favorite goofballs <3#spot!drawn#my art
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Hello
#ace attorney#the great ace attorney#ace attorney investigations#satoru hosonaga#athena cykes#simon blackquill#eustace winner#guess who just finished investigations#the top sketch started as me wondering what Hosonaga wears when he isn’t undercover#and then it spiraled#he looks like the kind of guy who would write a beautiful work of art at the age of twenty three and then die tragically the next year#why does Hosonaga have bird you ask#I don’t know either#also I saw that post in the bottom right like an hour ago and for some reason that’s what popped into my head#okay later ace attorney guys I’ll be back eventually#it’s not worth it to tag Sebastian too I don’t think#I also don’t feel like tagging his ugly dad#tgaa#aai2
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[cutely hits Magnus with a couple of animal beams]
#bigeloo's scribbles#magnus the red#wh40k art#wh40k#another redraw of a dog island cutscne wuppy#also I hit him with the bird beam because of course I did#I based him off a Pharaoh's eagle-owl cuz get it. pharaoh. egypt. kind of related visually#like maybe he wouldn't be that eagle-owl specifically but definetly something from the bubo genus#I just feel like owl fits Magnus yknow#tangentially related: Marckus would be a barn owl specifically#just wanting to put it out there#I wanted to assign birds to the rest of the d-clan but I kinda had what I'm sure was a ptsd episode? so i didn't get anything done and now-#it's like 3 am and I have an online lecture at like 11 or 12 tomorrow#anyways rest be assured. I will blast everyone else with the bird beam. eventually. this is a threat and a promise#might blast them with the pony beam too#anyways I'm better now#finished sitting my friend through htp. he's distraught :D#when in doubt make your friends watch htp. endless joy
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you'll see them again !
too many thoughts and things done with Intent to fully explain myself . partially bc this was supposed to be much much longer, but i think i would like to play more in the space of post-game loop.
#finallyw finished the game . i'm dunking them into the primordial soup ^.^#before i forget#isat spoilers#isat act 6 spoilers#anyways . i created a very specific analogy of how the universe and the big bang Works when i was 8 and i will never shut up about it#whatever space our universe inhabits Was like a completely still lake and the big bang was something disturbing the surface.#our universe expands and will eventually run out of energy like a ripple on that lake#regardless of how their world Actually works . i think that something like that would be a popular belief in sif's country#vague idea rolling around . loop fades or is like . Somewhere Between. siffrin's unintentional rituals keep them around#something triggers them to properly exist again (i promise there are themes here) and they wash up on the shore of vauguarde#they are especially malleable for a little bit . kind of going through craft metamorphosis . they are given a place to stay for a while#there is more but these tags are already ridiculously long . someone talk to me abt them before i go nuts#frogart#m
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Cass we miss you come back :( plz do a life update
HELLO I MISS U ALL DEARLY ! ! ! a life update u say...
DATING THE BEST GUY EVER .. u guys when i tell u he is so fic coded .. legitimately my dream man hes 6'0 and 200lbs and so jacked and covered in tattoos i am obsessed w him and hes so sweet to me genui nely the sweetest most caring guy ever!!!!! he has gotten me into so many good habits like now i go to the gym 4+ days a wk and i am eating good HE COOKS FOR ME and he takes care of my puppy and he buys me groceries.. OBSESSED WITH HIM ! ! ! aside from that i just got a big raise i am so stoked on it!! working a lot and my job pays for my school so i am very grateful.
ALSO I AM DOING A FULL BACK PIECE TATTOIO AND IT HURTS SO BAD I TELL U .. its gonna be like 6x 4hr sessions i am dying. also going to coachella w my mans soon yay!!!
#thotmail#thotbox#I MISS U GUYS AND I RLY MISS WRITING#SIGH#i want to write again soon ;v;#I WISH I HAD MORE TIME#eventually once i finish school i want to like. work towards publishing bc my end goal would be to live off writing#that sounds kind of deranged but i do not want to work for another person my whole life#BUT ANYWAY i want to get back into writing fic bc it allows me to practice !!!
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i think that there should be more fic involving characters using toys/vibrators in bed with reader
#look. i personally cant finish with another person because of my antidepressants#trust me. i’ve tried.#i just think that involving something like that every once in a while would be neat#if i had writing spoons id do it myself#(i will do it myself eventually. trust.)#anyway more fics for people who struggle to cum? mayhaps?#woodrow.txt
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i love your riddle design so much, he's so pointy and british. so gracious. do you think he would enjoy a brazilian goiabada
thank you! ❤️🖤❤️ it's just. important to me on a level I can't explain that Riddle have an extremely pointy nose that he can stick into everyone else's business.
also goiabada is sweet and fruity and red, I think he would like it very much indeed!
not me stealth-editing because I forgot his antenna whoops
#art#twisted wonderland#me: riddle's nose is important to me (draws him without a nose)#a study in contrasts?#regardless it is my power as a fanartist to let riddle eat sweets and by god i'm going to use it#i also love british riddle. briddle. it's just RIGHT.#i think about how someday the anime will come out and get dubbed and riddle is going to have Generic Anime Boy Voice#instead of the most over-the-top prim little benedict cumberbatch accent like he does in my HEART#and the world shall be poorer for it. alas.#i also think it would be VERY funny if malleus had a super exaggerated french accent because something something french fairytale#i am probably alone in this however#(sorry still trying to catch up on everything!)#(all of my focus has been going towards Deadlines so hopefully i will have space to think...eventually :')#(i still have some main story things cookin' and i JUST finished tsumsted 3: the squeakquel so uhhh)#(there may be a bit of a flood at some point. you've been warned.)
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oh, we're doing all 72 seconds of this exchange, lads. but for now have some extremely rough key frames because i haven't animated in like a decade and ya girl's trying to relearn and trust the process. also i still haven't actually drawn arthur yet, because i'm impatient/giddy and wanted to jump right into key framing, but we're here to have fun we're here to giggle, what we're not here to do is stress out and fall down the elevator shaft.
#malevolent#malevolent podcast#arthur lester#john doe malevolent#john malevolent#malevolent part 39#;hannah animates#;malevolent#;arthur lester#;john doe#[ their first tags over here!! congratulations welcome to silent hill ]#[ i've been listening to this podcast for like two years now and finally decided to DO something about it ]#[ my professors: stay on model ]#[ me: *starts key framing without having pinned down a design yet* do what ]#[ and no john will not be visible because i'm forcing you to see what anyone outside the elevator would ]#[ but i'll be drawing him eventually too i promise; local golden soot sprite has not escaped me ]#[ i've almost finished all the rough key framing tho; i'm at like 95 right now fjkldsf ]
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Inspirational Iliad: Final Part
#the iliad#inspirational homer#figured that finishing it with the final line in the book would be a nice touch#this is the final part unless i decide to make more. which is highly likely but we shall see where life takes me#i'll start posting the odyssey ones eventually#hector of troy#rip everyone's favourite trojan horsegirl
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Day #95 - SHINY??
Celebrimbor and Narvi discover that magic moon ink thingy
#this is for that wonderful person who requested tyelpe and narvi#pls forgive me i wildly underestimated the time it would take to finish that drawing with my current schedule TvT#you have not been forgotten! i just drew something with two-point perspective in it and scared myself with lines!#anyways here's extra little guys for you i hope you like them :DD#(your ask will be answered eventually dw lol)#celebrimbor#tyelpe#narvi#eregion#gwaith-i-miridan is a strictly no-sleeves club#annatar almost got booted because he insisted on long flammable robes#cute#chibi#the silmarillion#digital art#silm art#doodle#tolkien#tolkien legendarium#daily smol silm
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he's talking about apollo like oopsie almost forgot my employee who was injured in a courtroom bombing
#yeah i know he just took on a case and has to try and figure out how to defend juniper and stuff shhh#love him but after not playing as him mainly for 3 games I got use to it#atleast thought it would be apollo mentoring athena or something like I know this is his return to being a lawyer but please#I'll stop being annoying about this eventually dw#ace attorney#dual destines#ace attorney dual destines#apollo justice trilogy#aa5#pwdd#ajt#aa5-1#turnabout countdown#phoenix wright#athena cykes#dual destines spoliers#apollo justice trilogy spoilers#ace attorney dual destinies spoilers#aa5 spoilers#pwdd spoilers#ajt spoilers#aa5-1 spoilers #I don't put a liveblogging tag cuz I always post screenshots with the notes I write while playing after I finished all of the case :D
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something I’ve been thinking abt is how many people think Makoto is immune to despair. I don’t think he is. I think becoming the ultimate Hope was BECAUSE he felt despair. He wouldn’t have fully reached that point without Junko. Makoto becoming such a beacon was his last attempt to avoid completely falling and it wasn’t because he didn’t feel despair, it was because he was too damn stubborn to allow everything to go to waste and he refused to sacrifice his beliefs for someone else’s. His inner monologue tells me he DID experience the same new low the other suvivors did in the final trial, but at the point where he had the choice to give up and die, he looked at the others and he looked at Junko and he couldn’t allow it to happen, not out of self preservation, but because the idea that Junko would have control over their lives made him FURIOUS. and that utter refusal to die kicked in, wether luck or otherwise, and he made the concious effort for one last push while something in him was breaking. He had to be broken in order for the Ultimate Hope to come through so aggressively, bc it could only exist in the face of the Ultimate Despair. He snapped the same way she did, but in the other direction. In what could have been his final moments he chose to embody everything Junko wasn’t, and every single optimistic and luck fueled ideal in him suddenly charged forward and pushed him. It was a combination of the final straw and a choice. Makoto isn’t immune to feeling despair, he’s just too stubborn to fall into it of his own volition. I think that’s why I like that scene in DR3 so much. People were SO SHOCKED Makoto actually fell for the tape, that he actually became despair for a moment. I saw people getting mad or disappointed, saying it was pathetic and Makoto seemed to fall from some sort of pedestal for them. Honestly part of me wonders if that sort of mentality, which clearly people had in universe, affected Makoto a bit. Like he started to see himself as less of a person, subconsciously. Prompting him to take more risks, less self preservation, act way more bold. It seems he has to be reminded a lot not to put himself in danger by his friends, to not do something too reckless. All over the place I would see in regards to that scene either this frivolous ‘oh this was just angst drama with no meaning behind it’ or ‘he can do better than that. he’s so weak’ or ‘come on, there’s no way he’d fall into despair, he’s the Ultimate Hope!’ This kind of mentality, which was kind of ironic considering Ryota was there the entire time saying the same thing and treating Makoto the same way. Like Makoto was superhuman. Like Makoto didn’t feel despair the same way ‘normal people’ did. In a way that was also how Munakata saw Makoto. Makoto stopped being a PERSON to the world when he became Ultimate Hope, he became a concept, a belief system, much the same way Junko ascended beyond herself. But the difference is that treating Makoto that way is the opposite of the reason Makoto became such a representative for hope. He wasn’t doing something no one else could. He was doing something everyone had the chance to, he just… was a little more optimistic, a little more stubborn, a little more ‘gung-ho’ about things. He just took the lead where no one else did, where no one else knew they even COULD in the face of Junko’s unstoppable force. She had overcome the biggest threats and obstacles in the world, what could one person do? And the answer Makoto found was, anything. Everything. It doesn’t all rest on Makoto, he’s just the one that was inspired to try to do what seemed like the impossible. But as evidenced by the change in his friends after that trial, it’s clearly not something only Makoto is capable of. The others pulled out of despair thanks to Makoto, but it was their choice to do so.
“But… this world is so huge, and we’re so small. What can we do…? No, we can probably do anything. Yeah! We can do anything!”
#makoto naegi#Danganronpa character analysis#Danganronpa#danganronpa thh#danganronpa future arc#I fucking love Makoto Naegi man.#I think there’s a fine line of nuance to Makoto that’s easy to miss bc he doesn’t really make it known#he’s not a pushover and he’s not overpowered. he’s a people pleaser but he will say what needs to be said#he’s an immovable object and the exact opposite of Junko but he’s also just a normal guy who’s optimistic and (un)lucky#he isn’t invincible but he has immense power to his words the same way Junko did#if anything his superpower is being kind above all else. he’s compassionate to some of the worst people in the world.#he was even conpassionatr to an extent to Junko. he didnt want her to kill herself despite everything she’s done#and he still acknowledges that for years she was a classmate and friend.#I do think the more he learned abt what she did the more he’s come to actually hate her though#post the first game he always refers to her without a suffix to her name which is one of the most subtle rude things you can do#it means you have zero respect for the person you’re referring to#and he speaks about her with some venom he doesn’t use for anyone else in the future arc#he’s not incapable of feeling negative emotions#I really liked the future arc scene bc it showed that Makoto DID experience enough despair to have overcome him if he didn’t refuse#and that it still affects him deeply. people treat him like he’s either this perfect ideal Chad or this baby chick who’s so delicate#and no one really focuses on how makoto shoulders so much and yet is still vulnerable.#honestly that guy was DUE for a mental breakdown even without the tape. it would have happened eventually#I actually wrote one based on him finally hitting a breaking point after giving so much of himself away and keeping nothing for himself#that his issues that he shoves down constantly finally can’t be held down anymore. Hajime helps him bc he knows how that feels#it was a LONG time ago that I wrote that but honestly if I can remember where i was going w it I might finish it#it was initially an rp but I could make it a fic#anyway. the point is Makoto is SO much more complex than people give him credit for#the most fundamental thing about him is that he’s normal and that’s ok! that’s what helps him rise!
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