#each others Pluto

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[girlsloveupdates]

*People fighting about which series is the best, toxic fans pitting women against each other*

Meanwhile, the actresses:

[katonux]

Why does this never happen in real life?

[boyrobott]

[majosullivan]

I always love posting my misfit polycule propaganda, but these three specifically really got a tight grip on my shoulders for a period of time

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[fishymom-art]

I watched Wicked (twice) and now I need an Arcane AU, where Jayce and Viktor go to school together and everyone is freaked out by Viktor because he’s from the Undercity. And he’s accepted to the school at the last second because Heimerdinger was like “wait this guy is a genius, I need him in the Academy”, so he had to share a room with Jayce.

And they start bonding when Viktor sees Jayce’s awesome Hextech project and is like “Professor Heimerdinger, hear out Jayce and let him work on his project further, or I am leaving” and that’s when they become friends.

Now I want to draw this DANGIT AGHHHHHH

This is a twisted sort of college AU and called Glorious instead of Wicked, that would be hilarious

[sy-fri]

Just thinking about canon interactions between Soap and Ghost that show how important their relationship is to each other romantic or not. “Save you a seat sir” that’s so silly but knowing soap he did! Sitting in that helicopter like “sorry this is for Ghost” that’s so funny. The little fist bump to Ghost’s shoulder. The fact that Ghost gives him one later. The fact that Ghost who is very very scary and cold and intense is like “two goldfish are in a tank” because Soap’s been shot and is alone in enemy territory. He waited for him! They haven’t know each other for long and Ghost is supposedly cold and quiet and difficult to befriend but he’s joking and talking with Soap like it’s the easiest thing to do ever. “We made it LT”. Trusting each other to keep each other safe while Ghost drives like a maniac in that truck. “What if I needed to know?” “SHH”. Ghost is the only one who can call him “Johnny”. Stop that’s a higher level of affection. They don’t have to be in love but they do care about each other and it’s so so fucking obvious. They both make it so clear so fast that they care about each other. That they’re friends. Soap mining cutting at his neck when Rudy makes a joke about the mask? He already knows him so well. How much time did it take for these two to just like each other? This is long and unorganized but my heart is just warm at the thought of these two big guys who are obviously fucked up just finding it so easy to like each other and to find comfort while making some of the most difficult choices. Idk man. They love each other, in whatever aspect you choose. Don’t even get me STARTED on Ghost showing his face to the whole team. Soap just staring at him. Like hes never seen anything like him. Like he’ll never see anything like Ghost again. Even the two of them sitting next to each other at the bar at the very end of the game just means the world to me like. They probably walked in and were like “I’m gonna sit here and soap is gonna sit next to me” and “I’m gonna sit next to ghost because that’s where I’m supposed to sit” it’s just so. Idk. Gentle? Idk man idk

[choosingwhatmatters]

I love the way mirrors are employed in this episode. The juxtaposition of how we present, how we feel and who we actually are.

The juxtaposition of what we want and who we feel we have to present as in order to get it.

[itzrafee]

A thing on Uran and Helena in Pluto

Okay a short little thing on Pluto. Uran and Helena are my absolute favourite characters in Pluto. Urasawa has always had amazing side characters, from Mr. Rosso in Monster to Lee Harvey Oswald and Jackie in Billy Bat to God in 20th Century Boys, but very few have tied off the emotional ends of the story like Uran and Helena.

Maybe I'm projecting here but much like myself I feel like Urasawa is absolutely obsessed with Frankenstein. And he recognizes the influence Frankenstein has on Dr. Umataro Tenma. Or at the very least, the similarities between the two. And so when he made the protagonist of one of his most popular works Monster, Dr Kenzo Tenma, he solidified that connection. Kenzo Tenma calls back to Victor Frankenstein needing to end his creation while also calling back to Japan's other famous Tenma, thus making the connection explicit. Another throughline between the three of them is that all three are father figures to their creations and have obligations to their children, though all three have varying levels of success with them.

I've only read what I like to call Urasawa's "Core Four", conspiracy minded thrillers that are essentially road trips featuring usually two main protagonists that we see the world through, Monster, 20th Century Boys, Pluto and Billy Bat. Though I still haven't caught up to Asadora and that could still possibly fit this mold, Urasawa's Core Four share a lot of themes and ideas. One of the most important being the responsibility for one's creations, whether it was Kenji Endo and the Book of Prophecy or Kevin Yamagata and Billy Bat or Dr. Kenzo Tenma and Johan, all of his protagonists could arguably be seen as someone with the need to take up the responsibility of their creations. So where do the protagonists of Pluto fit in there? That's where Uran and Helena come in.

But first, we should take a look at Pluto's themes. While I could be wrong, at a cursory glance, I feel like the general consensus towards it's themes is that it's about hatred. I don't really think that's what it is as I feel like Urasawa is more trying to show us what it is to be human and what it is to be alive. And in that, he has a hidden protagonist in Pluto. Someone who's influence snakes through the plot and isn't seen much, but without who the story's themes would remain incomplete. Pluto tackles what it is to be alive through many things, such as memory, sadness, grief, hatred, love and parenthood. But none of that works without the realization by Tenma of his own mistakes. And Uran and Helena bookend these revelations and are absolutley key to understanding that.

In my favourite chapter of the series, Chapter 37, Uran goes from person to person as she finds a way to deal with her grief and eventually comes across Tobio's grave, Tenma having left recently. It's an absolutely beautiful chapter that shows Uran's humanity and Urasawa's love for sharing these kind and soft moments. But it also sheds a light on Tenma as Uran realizes someone who was grieving has just left. Without saying much at all we realize that Tenma has finally realized his mistakes. In the process of grieving one son, he lost the other. While remembering Tobio, he let Atom go. His grief towards Tobio is clear in the following chapter, Chapter 38. All of the things he wanted Atom to be; Tobio come back to life, Tobio's ghost punishing him, Atom rejected. And Tenma could only see that rejection, and not what he had, another son.

Uran shows us very clearly what Pluto, the story, is. It's a chapter in their lives. And we've come into a story nearing the end for Tenma. And it's through the humanity of two absolutely amazing characters in their own right, Uran and Helena, that we are able to so fully understand Tenma. Despite being robots, these two characters are the most alive of everyone. They love fully and freely and are catalysts of change. Uran's vibrant and full of life in a way that really sticks out. And Helena has such depth that it's evident in every scene she's in. She's not pointed out to be made by any famous scientist so all the life she has is her own. These two represent the life of robot's more than any other characters in the series.

So it's that much more poignant when Helena finally breaks down after putting on such a strong front of everybody. Grief intersects and she brings out Tenma's sadness as well. They've both been putting up such strong fronts that it's heartbreaking to see them collapse. It completes Tenma's growth and strikes a heartbreaking contrast between the two. Tenma became the way he is through the loss of his son whereas Helena doesn't even get to remember her own loss. It makes you wonder if the grief for her and Geischt's child compounds her sorrow too.

Without these two and their grief, a large part of Pluto becomes inaccessible. Pluto is largely about death so when two characters come in who've never had a hand in the grim work of taking life, you see the world through a lens that's absolutely crucial in order to fully connect with all of the character's and their situations. Death and Grief has scarred the characters in Pluto. Time and time again they've chosen the worst path. They've chosen revenge and hatred. But Uran and Helena are different. Without them, the story is incomplete. They provide an alternative. They provide the path towards healing.

im sorry for this one:

[this-blog-needs-a-new-name]

Maybe one day they’ll be each others Pluto 💛❤️

[namtans-jean-jacket]

i am pushing pang, pim, and jan together in my mind

[thefriendoforatioisdead]

The fact that Pluto makes you believe at first that Oon is the one who is failing morally when May is in fact the one with the most concerning moral standing....Wonderful !

[chotachica]

Okay okay I agree with everyone talking about the possibility of Pluto finally getting to go to France and meeting Duke in one of his shows, but I now raise you: What if they met BEFORE and Duke was actually the one to tell him about France and the lights and everything. What if Duke were the reason he wanted to go there in the first place. What then.

[vegaseatsass]

We are finally watching more Pluto and I'm so so so so glad Ai and May banging woke Oom up from her coma, like I was begging and pleading for that Not Me homage (it's a Not Me homage TO ME) and then it happened !!!

[majosullivan]

EVERYONE SHUT UP AND LOOK AT T H E M

[hitmewithlghtning]

they got married, i'm crying. this is what sapphics deserve.