#but it is still utterly baffling

[lilyginnyblackv2]

“Two Heterosexual Men”- Buddy Daddies - Episode 8 - SPOILERS!

Saw someone on r/anime describe Kazuki and Rei like this in the comments on a post. Like, I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt that they made that comment before Episode 8 dropped. But, if they didn’t, I’m seriously just sitting her thinking how? The subtext this episode was astronomical:

First we have the parallel of Yuzuko (who is slightly older) finding Kazuki (who is slightly younger) at his lowest point and Kazuki (who is slightly older) finding Rei (who is slightly younger) at his lowest point:

Both of these meetings took place around “flowers” that have ties to romantic love. Hydrangeas mean “true geniune love” and Mistletoe (the name of Kyu’s cafe) is associated with kissing under.

Then we have the fact that Rei states he found something to protect, mirroring the man that was essentially his teacher, whose person he wanted to protect was a woman that was heavily assumed to be his wife:

Yes, of course, Miri is present there too. And Miri is a factor (she is part of his family), but the parallels being drawn here are to the significant other.

Just like how we were meant to also make a connection to Satoru losing his significant other to a hit like Kazuki did (even if Yuzuko’s death was an unintended result, it doesn’t change the fact that it happened).

That’s why we are meant to feel so scared for Kazuki, because he is being paralleled to all of these other significant others who were killed due to their connections to a hitman for a spouse/partner.

Add in Rei’s fierce desire to keep Kazuki out of his father’s and the organization’s business, along with Rei stating that Kazuki didn’t mean much to him at first, but then Kazuki basically wormed his way into Rei’s heart because of how he cared for him. And, of course, there is plenty on Kazuki’s side towards Rei too, like Episode 7 where he makes the deliberate choice to move forward with his new family and to continue to stay with not only Miri, but Rei too. Rei is just as important to him. 

Both Kazuki and Rei fear that the other has abandoned them and they don’t like it.

And, like, I’m not saying people have to view their relationship romantically, I still view it as queerplatonic and likely always will, but when people are like “They are just two HERTEROSEXUAL men” it is them trying to throw out and deny any queer reading of the relationship dynamic between Kazuki and Rei.

Even though all of the parallels and subtext (that is practically text at this point) is literally right there.

Like, the series can hardly be any clearer about this at this point.

[khaotunq]

"i don't know this fandom but i read this because i like your writing"

i am ON tHE FloOR.

[suddencolds]

~

[galpalaven]

my feelings about the astarion romance so far remind me of my feelings about zevran in that i feel like a lot of people are WILDLY misinterpreting his character and just completely wrong in a lot of cases

aka i will make my own content for him instead of consume content bc. i prefer my interpretation to the fanon one lmao

[mumscarian]

ngl i find aroace grian headcanons a little odd i think thats the kinda thing u do to characters that dnt have canon sexualities so i think anyone that considered the yhs/ts as their grian shouldn't say grians aroace. like i know u can be gay n ace at the same time but i think its more about respecting canon than about that.

Anon. Anon is this really the hill you want to die on. Grian mentioned he liked men ONE TIME in Tokyo soul so headcannoning him as aroace is disrespecting canon. We’re talking about a Minecraft role play almost 10 years ago. Anon. Anon PLEASE there is so much wrong with this take that I don’t even know where to start. Do you think headcanons are supposed to be… canon compliant?

[wakeupthemembersofbylernation]

It’s wild how so many people are fundamentally incapable of recognizing queer characters unless they explicitly say the words, “I’m gay” on screen

[qvietspvce]

i think i’ve realised what my fascination is with the tow truck shows. it’s because i am not good with physics so to me these men are doing some kind of witchcraft with fulcrums and gravity and leverage. and also they are grimy and yell at vehicles for being stuck in places they shouldn’t be

[softly-and-suddenly]

Shout out to the girl in one of my classes in undergrad who called the Iliad “Military propaganda.” I think about you daily

[optiwashere]

General 5,6 and 11!!!!!!!!

For our Fav!!!

Thank you for asking for these!

5. Are there any instances where your Tav can permanently leave the party, depending on player character actions?

I desperately want more companion clashing like BG1/2 in this game, so I'm gonna get really restrictive about this here. There should be a ton of choices that Asheera wouldn't tolerate. Most of them would cause her to become hostile.

I already mentioned the Nightsong moment here.

It's a cliché, but raiding the grove is a massive no-no for her. Hate to add yet another character to that pile but... well lol. She wouldn't just leave though, you'd have to fight her in the raid.

When you go into the basement with the Zhents in it, she demands you do something about them. If you promise to deal with the Zhents (non-violent preferred, but violence is fine with slavers) but leave without doing anything in the same instance that you entered that basement, she leaves permanently.

Same with Roah Moonglow if she's at the goblin camp. Deal with her there or lose Asheera.

Siding with Marcus and letting him take Isobel at the Last Light Inn? Fight.

Giving Shadowheart over to Viconia? One of the most vile acts in the whole game considering how long you have to hang with Shadowheart to even be able to do this. She'd mark the player character an enemy of the innocent and brand them a traitor. I'd probably want that to be a permanent tag, but something that's actively beneficial for an evil player. Not sure how I'd do it. I would want it to be a buff for evil characters that they actively want to get at the expense of two companions + some major downside when they're outside in Baldur's Gate. Either way, she'll get into a fight with the entire Cloister + the party no matter what if you decide to do this.

Going down the path of becoming an assassin of Bhaal triggers her leaving. Murdering someone doesn't if you can convince her you had a good reason for it (very high DC on this) but continuing down that path is much more blatant and she leaves.

6. Do they have any secrets that can be revealed?  What are the prerequisites for this secret coming to light?

I'm choosing not to answer this because it's fic-related stuff that I don't want to spoil :)

11. Answered here!

[wereh0gz]

Will never understand how someone can claim to be a Sonic fan and also be bigoted

Like. Bro. You apparently like a franchise that's all about living life to the fullest, being unabashedly yourself(!!) and opposing oppression(!!!!) because it's the right thing to do, and you're still a homophobe? You're still a transphobe? After seeing Sonic's gay little ass beat the shit out of a robo fascist and fight the evils of the universe with the power of friendship??

Like are we even fans of the same thing or???

[meowmeowmessi]

people actually tweet out shit like this then turn around and slander messi lmfao i hope a rabid cannibal finds you in the streets one day and devours your organs in front of your loved ones

[evilblot]

Good news! I've finally written AND posted something after like, an eternity of inactivity.

.....But at what cost ＿|￣|O

[may8elle]

So Monster (Energy Drink company) has been on a trademark copyright suing spree in Japan and attempted to go after Capcom and Pokemon both over use of the word "Monster" (Monster Hunter and Pokemon aka Pocket Monsters)

Like what the fuck did they think was going to happen going after POKEMON and CAPCOM... IN JAPAN... What on Earth did they think was going to happen??¿ Like, realistically, what made them think they had any ground to stand in the first place?? (They didn't, the case was shut down immediately but still, all it really did was waste Monster's money on legal fees and shit)

[woozapooza]

If the first guy had said that some mediocre movie was the best (or 2nd best) movie he'd ever seen, I would understand why the second guy was telling him to watch more movies. I would still think it's obnoxious and rude, but like, intellectually I would understand. But the first guy said it was the 2nd worst movie he'd ever seen, so I can only take "watch more movies" to mean "watch more bad movies." Which, um. Huh???

(I don't remember what movie this was about because I took this screenshot 2.5 years ago and it's been languishing in my camera roll ever since)

[anassemblageofpassions]

It ain’t easy being me (hating most of spn fandoms most popular ships) 😔

[homunculus-argument]

You ever think supernatural creatures that consider humans potential prey have that "cat chases a bear up a tree"-thing? Like how bears, being an apex predator, have no concept of something that's sufficiently prey-sized deciding to attack instead of fleeing, and cats have no awareness of the fact that they can die. So every once in a while a cat and a bear come face to face in the wild for the first time. A bear doesn't understand what this creature is that isn't trying to flee, and starts sniffing. A cat doesn't understand what this creature is and decides to slap it. Utterly baffled, the bear decides it's best to get out of here. The cat starts chasing because obviously anything that flees is prey.

Imagine having an Entity in your home that eats creatures like you, but has never caught a human before. It doesn't understand why this prey isn't trying to escape, the human is clearly unnerved by sensing A Presence but still keeps stubbornly sitting on the couch watching TV. The Entity moves a piece of furniture, making an eerie creaking noise, planning to raise terror in its prey as a way of playing with its food. But instead of even turning to look towards the source of the sound, the human just yells into the empty house:

"WHATEVER THE FUCK JUST MADE THAT NOISE HAD BETTER FUCK OFF, OR START PAYING RENT."

The Entiry freezes in place, and decides that whatever is going on, it's not worth the risk to find out. Better leave while it still can.