#dr critical

[shsl-analyzer-guy]

thinking about the dr3 anime yet again and I need to complain once more about that fuckass ending bc at no point was bringing Hope's Peak back EVER a good idea and I genuinely don't understand the argument that it was a good ending for the Hope's Peak Era. I really don't. In no world can I conceptualize this being a narratively satisfying ending

like, everything from dr0 to the second-to-last episode of the dr3 anime goes to such lengths to show not only that Hope's Peak as an entity had become corrupted, but that what allowed that corruption in the first place was the structure of the system in place. Imbalance from systemic structures allows for those in power to corrupt; that's such a major point of the series. The reason Hope's Peak researchers got cocky is because they saw the talented as having inherently more worth as a result of their talent. Hope's Peak, as it initially existed and was presented in THH, was to encourage talented people to enhance those talents and enter the workforce to increase infrastructure, but relying on these few talented people and building a society that depends on them to function created a power dynamic between the talented and everyone else that led Hope's Peak itself to want to increase that power, hence why in all future installations, it doubles as a research facility to try and breed talent artificially.

The moment where Hope's Peak went into a point-of-no-return was its nosedive into greed. It opened up a Reserve Course of normal students with normal teachers that received nothing special other than the Hope's Peak name, and charged a fuckton out of these students because that's all Hope's Peak saw them as useful for. They made that power imbalance that exists between the 'chosen talented' and the 'majority talentless' and exacerbated it for greed, so that they could lab-grow their own talents. But the reason it got to this point was because of the idolization of Hope's Peak as an entity, not in spite of it, and that's what I think DR3 forgot in its ending.

Yes, former students like Yukizome and Munakata did idolize it, because they were the chosen talented. They had nothing but good faith for Hope's Peak as an entity because they didn't have to see the harm it was doing to everyone else in the country that wasn't talented until the Tragedy began. Munakata's way of thinking is inherently flawed because he can only see his narrow-minded view of Hope's Peak-defined hope, and this should've been what Makoto shattered. But Makoto deciding to RE-OPEN Hope's Peak goes immediately against that, because all that does is continue to idolize the system as it existed. No, you cannot fix him(Hope's Peak)!!! The reason that it fell to corruption was because the way in which the system was inherently designed created an imbalanced caste system that the greed of the Steering Committee exacerbated. If Junko hadn't shown up, who knows how much worse things would've become? The second Hope's Peak generated artificial talent with Izuru, any shot of Sakakura's and Yukizome's infiltration doing anything to stop them basically died. All the Steering Committee had to do was unveil their little lab pet, and Hope's Peak's favorable reputation and government backing would've done the heavy lifting to move forward with the project. Building a second Hope's Peak in tandem with the first was never a good idea. It was only expanding the talent empire that Hope's Peak had started.

Idk, the anime bothers me in its insistence that "Actually, all the problems were just the individuals in power, it's actually just having the right person in charge and then all the problems go away!" very Harry Potter epilogue of you Danganronpa, nice FUCKING going with that one

[monokumafightclub]

sorta adjacent to the rb'd talk but

saying this as a white dude, it's not lost on me that aoi asahina, a dark-skinned character, suffered losing TWO of the most important people in her life (yuta and sakura). who are also dark-skinned.

i don't like assuming bad faith in people but come the fuck on, kodaka.

[vethbrenatto]

I'm her ride.

[spideysenze]

oh eleven and his cool hats

[paintedlight1]

I freakin loved it!

[sourpatchgrapes]

Is the mcu allergic to Romani people???

Updated + p.s MCU WANDA FANS DON'T FUCKING INTERACT, I DON'T LIKE YOU.

[taddymason]

So, I think as a fandom it would be better if we understood that in Jaya it's not that one of them loves one more than the other, but that one of them is more selfish than the other.

I wish this aspect was acknowledged more and not interpreted as "Nya doesn't need Jay or loves him as much as he loves her" but rather both characters have different priorities. Nya is a protective person, she is much more selfless in her actions, when Lloyd asks her to stay at the tournament, she does it because she knows she is needed, she knows Lloyd needs her and counts on her and of course no matter when she wants to go find Jay, she will always be there for her little brother like it happened in S9 and all the show tbh. And also because the tournament was a priority for the team at that time.

Now I'm not saying that Jay isn't capable of selfless sacrifices but I think there's a reason why this happens to a lesser extent with strangers and with MUCH more consistency with those she loves. And I'm not even talking about Nya. Jay dropped absolutely EVERYTHING without telling anyone in S7 to go save his parents, or in S6 the guy said "fuck the low profile" and summoned a dragon in the middle of the street in S6 to go see Ed in case he died.

Jay is much more prone to ignoring the greater good and putting absolutely everything aside for his close circle of loved ones (I actually love this about him a lot and it sets him apart from the team as one with the most questionable morals). One of Jay’s themes is family, again, and it’s not limited to Nya, but to his parents and how he always rushes in to save them without thinking, or how when Wu was in danger in S7 the guy jumped off the bounty against Lloyd’s orders to fight a mysterious stranger. I could go on, but it’s important that this aspect isn’t limited to Nya, but that Jay always puts his close circle of loved ones over the greater good. If you asked Jay to stay and complete a mission instead of going to save a loved one (be it Nya, his parents, or anyone on the team), the guy would do whatever he wanted, sorry.

And instead, Nya, from her role as a zamurai, has the theme of protecting, of taking care of others. Not only as a warrior, because she is genuinely kind supporting others like Lloyd or Sora. Nya SHOULD be allowed to be more selfish but ever since she was a child she's had to accept a very harsh reality where you can't afford to be "selfish", she's been forced to accept roles that people put on her, ever since s5 she was accepting something she didn't want for the greater good of becoming the water ninja. Of course she loves her family but she's also more analytical than Jay (who's going to react in the most impulsive/explosive way when you corner him) in order to know where she's most in need.

And even in S2 you can see how she puts aside her mourning for Kai (and the righteous anger she would have with Ras and Cinder) and tries to calm Wyldfyre at every opportunity.

To sum it all up, it's not just that Nya and Jay have very different ways of expressing affection to their loved ones (I beg you to stop using "I love you" as evidence because Nya hasn't said it to Kai either and I think we all know how much she loves him) but they also handle things very differently in complicated situations.

I think if the roles had been reversed in DR, would Jay have gone to look for Nya after she lost the tournament? Tbh yeah, most likely, but that doesn't mean he loves her more than she loves him. It's just that Jay is generally a more selfish person who will react more impulsively before thinking about the pros and cons or doing what is asked of him for the greater good. It's notable that the greatest act of love Nya does for him (which is sacrificing her humanity in s14) is not only for him, but also to save Ninjago. Again, getting into the subject of the sacrifices she makes to protect others, accepting decisions she doesn't really want to make.

[amadholes-lostre]

My G-d, why does all the human males have large border shoulders and huge while the women are slim, showing a lot of skins, and having their breasts protubed more outwards. The character design of Rivals is mainly this meme.

[pawthorn]

Day 21: Mercy

[arabella-strange]

also damn Matt singing "The Ruby of the Sea," instant classic

[sleazyjanet]

the doctor and his boy toy, jamie

[gallifreyanhotfive]

He couldn't have stayed on as a companion because their homoerotic tendencies would have made the Master explode with jealousy.

[peachi-blossom]

Non-Hazbin Hotel characters that are better than Alastor

I hate Alastor because he comes off as an edgelord and he has DIFFERENT SHADES OF RED TO THE POINT HE BLENDS IN THE BACKGROUND. Also again with Vivienne Medrano coddling her precious babies who are actually terrible people who do terrible things to people who didn't do anything wrong. It's genuinely annoying.

EDIT: 7/5/24

I have written what Alina and Yuu wished for.

EDIT: 7/7/24

The reason I put Shadow the Hedgehog on my list because people were calling him edgelord in the past, but this year, Alastor has surpassed him. Now everyone, the reward for being the ultimate edgelord goes to... "drum roll" "drum roll" "drum roll"

Alastor! Congratulations, you are now the ultimate edgelord in all of history!

EDIT: 7/9/24

I replaced Imposter from Among Us with Mortimer Handee because he uses Voodoo for evil purposes.

[liltaireissocute]

i finally got to Anna in campaign!!! And she's magnificent, oh, what a woman she is

[kittykat-pikachu]

got my stylus again :)

[thetorturedlovergirl]

if u start a sentence saying “omg I love 13” I’ll love u forever and you’ll be my bestie. That’s a no-brainer.

But if u keep going saying a “but” you really lost me. Like sh sh sh I don’t care about your buts your opinions about that doesn’t matter here.