#but like that's completely irrelevant for this??

[ooooo-mcyt]

I also think it would be beneficial for us to keep in mind that there is no 'main character' in the Life Series.

It's fully understandable and valid that not every person can watch every pov, obviously I don't expect them to. And it's natural that, if you're only watching some pov's, your analysis of the series will be colored through the lens of that person's perspective.

But sometimes I do feel like we lose a lot of nuance and important characterization when we let the most popular perspectives define the story. Very often I see certain characters glossed over, defined by one act that happened to be important in a more popular pov, or outright demonized in fanon. Which I think is a shame.

The Life Series is a really interesting story because, being a series where every person records and uploads the same amount of content at the same time, every single person has a full and expansive perspective just like whatever pov you happen to watch.

And sometimes when I see people treat certain characters like an irrelevant side note or like a villain, I feel the need to point out that each of them has just as much of a story, complete with complex trauma and relationships and motivations, as anyone else, and I think sometimes general fanon ideas lose that nuance and layered storytelling by centering their characterization of characters from the perspective of the most popular pov's rather than from that characters own perspective.

[74thcookie]

Brainrot Part Three

Someone ask for Founts perspective. It ain’t much but here it is.

-Start-

You tell a story to a young man about an older brother who craves knowledge.

When the brother was young he was abandon by their creators, he was left to look after his siblings. He calls for the creators for guidance on how to raise them or where they are. He cried asking them why they lied to him, they told him they will remain in his side.

They never answer his prayer. He was left with no knowledge on how to raise his siblings nor to navigate life but with his desire for survival and love for his siblings he decided to seek all knowledge to bring them a better life.

He gather information from different places, different people, different methods all he needed was the technique to use those knowledge and turn it into something useful.

“All knowledge is good knowledge” he would always say.

For years he master his skills and become an example for his brothers and other people in his situation to follow. He became a virtue of knowledge.

His brothers soon became old enough to learn on their own and seek their own knowledge but he is relief to see they wouldn’t need to suffer the same way he did when he was lost in life during their age.

It gave him an idea to build an academia, one that can help the people of their town to not only survive but also to share their knowledge to others. The only requirement to enter is complete and utter honesty to what purpose they desire the knowledge the academia holds. Most knowledge are earned and it’s quite unfair to just give it away to a person who only want to hold it and never value such information.

Knowledge and Truth became the academias motto and mission.

He and his brothers grew close but he think he spoiled the youngest a bit too much. He wonders if the youth were to be given information with no hardship this easily, would they become corrupted by the information bestowed upon them because they don’t know how to comprehend such material.

His hypothesis was proven soon after one of the academias pupils became overwhelmed with information but the facade he made forced him to consume more till he can no longer remember his true self. Soon he blames the world for his demise and was looking for someone to go down with him. The overwhelmed student spotted the perfect person to take down which is his classmate who was the top of their class, he told himself the classmate was so fortunate to be gifted with love for being himself. The overwhelmed student finish his short monologue and begin to swing his weapon.

The brother took the blow for the classmate. Slicing his neck. The brother and the overwhelmed student fought tooth and nail till one of them falters. The brother won but he was eminently look down upon for killing a student even if it’s in self defense.

With his neck sliced, he cannot defend himself with words. One of his brothers offer to be his voice as he navigates this current situation. So there they are, fixing a tainted system. They manage to calm the crowd down but the damage is already done and he I can no longer work as normal. He knows in due time, this academia will fall if it continues to stay in his hands. The taints trails back to his hand, more words will be muttered and the truth will form deceit if he stays. So, he vanish.

You finish the story and the young man still remains in front of you.

“ The study hub is about to close my dear, you should really get going before the sun goes down”.

It seems your words just now fell to deaf’s ear.

“ has anyone thank the brother for his service before?” The young man utter

“ irrelevant “

“How so?”

“That was the end of the story and that’s that my dear. I don’t know if there was anyone who’d like to give their gratitude to someone long gone”.

-end-

That’s all folks

[olderthannetfic]

So apparently like 70% of people with autism also have ADHD. I knew it wasn't uncommon, but I've have guessed more like 20%.

I just found this out and it explains so much. I was always annoyed at how much talk about autism seems to be overrun with talk about ADHD and how a lot of people speak of the two as if they are inextricably linked. It's always frustrating to conflate two related but different things, and for me this one was was especially irritating because all through my childhood I kept getting checked for ADHD and the conclusion was always "nope, definitely not ADHD, therefore the kid isn't struggling and is just being difficult", and it wasn't until well into my twenties that it became clear that my struggles weren't brattiness but actual struggles and I finally got the autism diagnosis.

So to then have all autism spaces, both serious and casual, completely overrun with talk about the one thing I definitely don't have was both personally frustrating and also made it difficult to find actual resourses that work for myself.

So learning that these spaces aren't overrun with irrelevant chatter or dumbasses conflating things, but are actually supporting the majority of autistics just makes it a lot better. I'm not being pushed out of my own spaces and ignored, I'm simply, yet again, in a space that was not built for me.

It would be nice to have a little something for those of us without ADHD at all, though.

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[2n2n]

ohhh now that youve said that you feel like tsukasa having a crush on nene is canon, can you show panels/moments that you feel solidify it? i really like that aspect but to me it always felt a bit more like a fascination on tsukasas side,,, 'what girl is amane so enamoured with?' id love to be convinced... also, do you think nene in some way also likes tsukasa? or is does she see him purely as amanes (creepy, adorable) younger brother? either way,,, tsunene my beloved,,, tragically overlooked by almost everyone </3

I can't say Tsukasa is completely self-aware of his crush on Nene-chan, but I think he enjoys & looks forward to interactions with her in a unique way...

he clearly sees her as Amane's Property, this obviously tempers him & I don't think he sees himself 'having a chance' with her or ever being liked back ..... but I think over their years & timelines of intersection, he on-and-off feels something flickering in his chest for her. But I think it's rather obscured to Tsukasa himself, who has only had the priority of Amane, for his entire life.

It's irrelevant what he might like, or want. It couldn't mean less, in the grand fate of the world, that he feels something for Nene-chan. His purpose is to die for Amane's happiness. Not seek his own. He isn't important in that way. He's not meant to have this ending.

I think hints are peppered in their entire dynamic-- the very trusting of Amane's life story & fate to Nene-chan speaks to a very charitable view of her, in my opinion. She's key to everything. Tsukasa surely sees this as a special, sacred, wonderful thing... Amane's heart, Amane's happiness, Amane's future. He's willing to open dozens of doors to give it all to Nene-chan. That in and of itself is an act of love, to me .... I guess in some way, I don't think it could be less? He must see her as lovable. It must be clear this is the person who can deliver Amane a happy future, finally. Something he could never give Amane.

I can name a few small moments that give me pause... when Tsukasa forsakes his own body by impulsively rushing to catch Nene-chan, he's shocked/confused at his own impulse to do that. As he plummets, holding her....

it's small, but sweet.

for the Clockkeepers arc, Tsukasa is seemingly convinced his journey is almost 'over'.

They can peel the Clockkeeper's yorishiro, Mitsuba is being dealt with by Natsuhiko, & he anticipates Nene-chan handling him.

Maybe there's no better time to give her one single kiss, before he'll be vanished for good to bring about Amane's ideal future.

we're so close. He can have one little moment, at the very end.

.... I really think Aida-sensei is a master of quiet, deliberate paneling. Moments that give you pause. this soft, brief panel of Tsukasa parting from kissing Nene-chan, suggests something strongly, to me. This isn't entirely a silly gesture.

In their first meeting on the roof, Tsukasa pulls Nene-chan close, & his expression confuses her, but is obfuscated to us. I think this is a reveal we're waiting for Nene-chan to reflect back on, at the right moment.... but for now, it still doesn't make sense to her.

small still....

I can't think of another reason why kid Tsukasa was DOGGED!!!! even ANGRY!!!!! about forcing Kou to tell him if he'd kissed Nene-chan, & then subsequently pleased when Kou confirms he hasn't.

................ but to be honest, the 'biggest hint' is just, the entire way scenes & panels with them are framed, drawn, handled, written, emphasized, important to the story. How to say this. Images are drawn a certain way for a reason, to make you think about the possibility of something, to suggest it. Nothing is accidental.

I think AidaIro-sensei dance around Nene-chan & Tsukasa in a delicate way, & drop interactions between them very preciously, peppered at core beats of the story, nothing superfluous, always making you feel mystified & drawn into a strange miasma. That's uhmmmm, cinematography or whatever ........ you know ? There's a certain 'feeling'.

to me, I think "it's obvious from the structure of the overarching narrative, that this is a story where both twins fall in love with the same girl"................ also, AidaIro-sensei have literally written a story about exactly that before ......................................... and it shares plenty of similarities in structure to JSHK.

would you believe one even only kisses her before he's planning to kill himself....

So uhm... to me, it goes without saying. It's why there is a set of twins, and a girl, and not, some unrelated bishie or villain mans. It's why images like this exist.

I feel like ...................... just genre savvy????????????????????????? ANYONE ELSE READ MANGA?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? DOUJINSHI??????????? I feel like I'm going crazy. of course both twins will entangle with her.

it's like recognizing a song is folk or jazz. Like YEP, many such images, many such manga! I wonder if anyone else has ever paroozed a lot of girly romance manga or twin-centric media .... like. Yeah .......... the-- there's 2, for .......... the girl . yeah!! Obviously ... and, she'll have teasy scenes with the two of them. Yeah!!! AS YOU KNOW. It's like recognizing the tempo of a song, saying ahh yes, this is Jungle!

I feel so certain about it I feel confused I have to try to defend it, or others don't see it plainly.

Me I see Nene-chan suddenly getting to embrace a baby Tsukasa and I go OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! its THAT kind of manga... I see. & then I play Narisokonai Snow White & I'm like fuck lol oh but seriously for real though... yeah. Obviously. You have your mainline twin & your tragic loves-her-too-but-fated-to-die twin.... I love AidaIro-sensei but they're not inventing the wheel... there are tropes in here. Recognizable patterns....

meanwhile as for Nene-chan. I think she's a slut & obviously cannot control from having horny fantasies about two guys lusting after her, that is canon. She daydreams of harems. Though it's pretty unserious & she's not very earnest about how she feels about that (I think it just makes her feel hot & desirable.......). This is pretty fuckin charitable to Tsukasa if you ask me.

I think if we looked into Tsukasa's mind & Nene-chan was like a hot seductive babe we'd all be like WHOAAAA!!!!!!!

she low key flushes & awaits the thought of Tsukasa, having isolated her, suddenly pursuing her.... nooo~ don't ~~~ ahhh~~ oh no~~~ but I'm, taken~~ already, I....! Love your brother.....! No you, can't/////////////....

I would describe her as "disappointed that is not what is happening" here, lol

I think Nene-chan is just in the early stages of intrigue & interest in Tsukasa's nature, closer to where she was at with early manga Amane... still capable of complete denial. Curious, about the depth, while also flippantly writing off the possibility of anything 'happening' between them. I think there are moments.... Tsukasa has the same melancholy that draws her to Amane, & she's just a tiny bit seduced.

I think there's a moment he's comforting, beautiful...

but, we're only just starting to explore this.

Personally what I'm waiting for, is a prolonged situation of Nene-chan & Tsukasa alone, perhaps in a circumstance similar to what drew Nene-chan & Amane closer.... ? maybe that's what's happening now, in the current arc. I can't say. But I could see it being the next logical step.

If Amane wasn't there, if she only had Tsukasa for comfort ... I wonder what could happen. I think many feelings could develop, but be confusing with the context of her already loving Amane. It could feel misdirected, or as a result of sheer lonesomeness, them being twins ..... that kind of assumption could have her refusing to acknowledge any of it. But she was reluctant & resistant to love Amane, in the first place. So she can be reluctant & resistant towards Tsukasa, too. It's the Nene-chan way.

[egophiliac]

So.... what are your thoughts on Ace's UM, if you haven't been asked this already?

sneaky magic for the sneakiest boy

no but really, I think it fits him really well! I had thought his UM would probably involve something kinda sleight-of-handy or pickpockety! and I looooved that it made such a nice loop-around back to episode 1. ❤️ I was. kind of half-expecting him to just run out and punch Riddle in the nose again. but instead this time 'twas he who offed the queen's head! it was great! and he did it while stone-cold terrified out of his mind! because Ace is the only remotely normal or well-adjusted person at NRC and therefore the only one who is like "we're going to literally die, this is super effed up". but he did it anyway!!!! I AM SO PROUD

[visenyaism]

also obsessed with benedict bridgerton claiming to love society events when every single time he is there he fixes a plate knocks back a drink or two is like ugh why do women keep trying to talk to me and then leaves early.

[lgbtlunaverse]

Weirdest possible NMJ take is that he's a hypocrite. "Oh he only believes in justice when it's convenient for him" I cannot stress enough how the problem he has is the EXACT opposite of this. Nie Mingjue holds onto his values even if it makes things objectively worse both for himself and others. He will stick with his idea of justice even if it's patently not suited for the situation. "Well he expects other people to take risks that would kill them only because he can take them with no personal harm" Nie Mingjue has, out loud, with full intent to follow through, declared that he's willing to commit literal suicide if it's what his moral code recquires. Nie Mingjue thinks dying for the cause is both reasonable and morally good and is- with the saber curse- doing it himself the entire time. I fucking WISH he would prioritise his own wellbeing at literally any point in the story it would probably make him more chill and easier to talk to.

[st5lker]

the neverending quest random unfunny 20 follower tumblr users have to become the next slimetony or whatever has once again resulted in people saying weird gross shit that makes no sense and if you tried it in real life would at best get an awkward pity laugh whilst your company mentally noted not to invite you to outings again

[boarloved-art]

You mentioned wanting sketch requests... How about Mu Qing returning Ruoye to Xie Lian? or just generally anything Mu Qing? ^-^

(Also, I totally get the uni thing. Busy All Of The Time...I just Want To Draw!!!!! Let me have 1 day where I just draw and have fun!!!!!)

muqing being one of my fave tgcf characters and i never draw him properly oh its criminal....

[petercushingscheekbones]

Overlooked detail in rivals is is how Declan O’Hara gets annoyed that his daughter is stealing his socks in ep 1 and says “I’m going to buy a shitload of ugly socks so nobody will steal them” and since then is only seen presenting his tv show with mustard colored socks

[egophiliac]

I'm trying to avoid getting spoiled so I haven't looked up what's happening in the Jp server's main story, but for my own sanity I need to ask; is the story at a point where we know whether Lilia will get better/survive his almost-empty magic reserves..? Was it a true death flag from the start or only a plot device for malleus' overblot....?

not yet! I do think they're going to get back to it eventually, but -- keeping it as low spoilers as possible -- there's been...let's just say a LOT going on in the meantime.

enjoy 7-6!!! :)

[thatonedudeinthecorner]

Shawn Spencer you will always be famous to me…..

[alohaasaloevera]

guys I’m honestly happy that klance didn’t become canon because I love how as a collective group of people we utilize our right to explore what could have been and create the most smoking hot scenarios ever and yes I obviously wanted more of their friendship growing into this bond stronger than anything else in the universe especially since Voltron has teamwork and family as one of their main lessons but that’s more of a development issue all around…ok besides that there’s something about klance where it provides this PERFECT environment for shippers to inhabit and FEAST upon. With klance, there’s a solid, engaging dynamic between the two set up, which is this weird one-sided rivalry that stems from Lance’s insecurity and his need to prove himself of his worth and Keith literally being one of the best pilots for his age but since they’re flung into space and chosen to become child soldiers in this 10,000 year old intergalactic war so they have to work as a team which surprise surprise forces them to put aside their differences and work as a team which is shown a bunch when Keith needs to become a leader and Lance steps up as his right hand and and they have some kinda tender moments that won’t definitely drive shippers into a shipping craze (or worse) SO YEAH you could see why people loved it with all the classic tropes and mutual growth all that schmooze (ALSO THEY KNEW EACHOTHER BEFORE THE MAIN PLOT??? Well maybe not like friends or even acquaintances probably BUT HELLO?????? EVEN MORE SHIT TO EXPAND ON????), and they share multiple scenes that could be interpreted as romantic but there’s no explicit romance. This environment is fucking dripping drenched flash flooded cornered by 1000ft tsunamis in all directions with potential for shipping, so when people saw this relationship between two bros with this sort of homoerotic (IM JOKING. Kinda.) unresolved tension towards each other and the POTENTIAL for a good slow burn rivals to friends to lovers, it was to no one’s surprise that they went APESHIT. Klancers made countless different ways where they get together whether it be pre-Kerberos, post-gettingthefuckoutofearth, the start of the show, the end of the show, after the end of the show, right smack in the middle, anywhere, anytime, for who the fuck knows why just ANY REASON DAMN IT it doesn’t really matter because people were pumping out fanfiction or fan art or any fan media of klance faster than I spit out a raw baby carrot after chewing it for one second and now we’re all wallowing about how it should have been KICK but the thing is that if VLD did KICK all the way to Altea, the production of these beautiful stories that so many people have and still are coming up with about klance kissing in midst of a battle, helping each other with their crippling nightmares, smiling for the stars or some other sad premise, and whatever is nestled in his pulse…just like uhhh the amount of fics like these that go into great detail about Keith and Lance in these random situations that end up with them getting together being produced would go down to some degree because of the fact that if the people’s beloved sharpshooter and samurai had ended up together like we had wanted, and the majority was satisfied with the ending the creators had given, people would have shifted from writing about “How could Lance and Keith get together?” to writing about “What could Lance and Keith do now that they’re together?” And like. There’s nothing wrong with that honestly I would be HYPED if klance was ever canon but there is profound beauty in the way the community is able to create more from less and turn a show that went to shit in the last few seasons shine even brighter than it did at its prime. Like I wouldn’t trade my favorite fics 4 anything.

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Ok another little thing I’m going to put here: With Klance, all I wanted was for them to be great friends 😭😭😭. I tend to prefer klance becoming canon in later seasons or at the end or even an open ending with no confirmed romantic relationships because I am a sucker for character development and the idea of Keith and Lance both harboring these feelings that at first are just admiration and respect but then escalate to yearning for one another or becoming close friends at the end of the show and getting to imagine anything I want post canon is EVERYTHING if you give me S7 Garrison klance I’ll keel over and thank you like I was a second away from dying of thirst and your gift was a truck load of water

[jinxedshapeshifter]

it's really funny to me that it's mentioned a few times in Spirit of Justice that Nahyuta can accurately read a trial's outcome and karma and it's never really relevant. it gets mentioned more than once but it's never relevant during the trial itself. like it genuinely feels like the writers were like "we made the last prosecutor a master of psychological manipulation, what do we do with this one" as if "religious zealot monk prosecutor who's being blackmailed and views murder trials as the last rites of the victim" doesn't fit the traditional "all ace attorney prosecutors have something going on" formula on its own

[okie-dokie-todoroki]

Honestly Shigaraki's insane hair growth over the course of a year feels a little slept on.

Is it his genetics? The quirks? *L'Oréal?*

[transcriptasareversa]

Not beating the allegations.