#every after academy

[lavinialeguin]

Lavinia breaking her curse is one of the best scenes in her route.

I think this scene gets overlooked too much because it is one of the most important scenes for her character development. The entire point of the curse on her lips is because she's so upset about the knight leaving and about her and the knight's love story only be a curse Titania used to get information from her that she curses herself so that anyone who kisses her will obey her. This is also one of the first ripple effects of it being revealed that the knight never loved her and that it was all a trick by Titania.

The incident with the knight runs so deeply for Lavinia, for good reason. It was her happy ending after taking over the ice kingdom, struggling for so long to claw her way to a position where she could live comfortably and then this knight comes along, they fall in love, and it's a typical happily ever after. Except this one isn't. It's probably one of the cruelest tricks a villain pulls on one of our love interest characters.

Lavinia is freshly broken-hearted (literally, the knight runs off with her heart) in pain and shock from everything that just revealed itself to her and suddenly she curses herself out of anger and hurt. She's left alone and she's so distraught by that. So she makes a way so she never has to be alone again, by keeping people with her against their will. However, we also learn Lavinia immediately regretted this, probably not wanting to be similar to Titania, and made the choice to never kiss anyone since the knight because she didn't want to use this ability.

The curse stems from this idea of Lavinia wanting to control the relationship, control that the person she loves will stay. It's not a healthy mindset and is directly connected to the PTSD she suffers from the knight incident. But before her curse is lifted, she tells FMC that her life was made better by her and that even if they separated, FMC would always hold a special place in her heart.

SHE LETS FMC GO. She relinquishes power and control in that instance so that if FMC walked away from her, she would choose to honor the time they spent together rather than try to control FMC being with her. It's the biggest instance of us seeing Lavinia give up control over a situation, something we ALWAYS see her fighting for, and it's one of the biggest instances of the influence FMC has over her. In the biggest Fairy Tale fashion, Lavinia breaks her curse because she learns to let the people she loves have the freedom to leave or be with her on their own accord and not on her whims.

[lavinialeguin]

The fact that he picked up a twig to snap it rather than stepping on it is the most hilarious part of this scene.

Busted.

[aspiringnexu]

Love that Star Trek accurately portrays humans in the future as being DTF practically anything. Works wonders for diplomacy.

"Sure I don't find you attractive, but give me ten minutes, your Excellency, and I'll find someone on this ship who's into tentacles and slime."

We may not be super intelligent or super strong, but give humans a chance. We're annoyingly likeable, tenacious, stubborn, and attracted to the weirdest things.

[theblacktiecacti]

jay went to clown school. let’s talk about that

[buttercupshands]

Sudden mha sketch among isat-tober things

I have no idea what came over me

[salty-dracon]

mr. reca probably ranks 2.4 out of 5 stars on the hsr universe's equivalent of ratemyprofessor

[thehargreevesfam]

And another thing, why is everything so stupidly inconsistent? Why does Blackman insist on adding nonsensical plot points for the sake of convenience?

Let’s take the marigold for example. How exactly did they get it? I know the timelines were blending together or whatever, but that explanation is too vague and it doesn’t make sense. And why was the marigold wonky? Why didn’t it give them back their original powers? Am I missing something? Why was Allison suddenly able to not only mind control people, but blast them back?? Viktor’s powers have nothing to do with sound and energy anymore. Lila can shoot beams from her eyes but she can still mimic? Like what? And Klaus can float now, but it was used exactly….once. In the finale. And conveniently enough, Five was the only one who didn’t get a power upgrade, or the only one who couldn’t figure out his own powers (even though it’s not different at all and it’s literally still BLINKING) because they needed him to end up in some time travel subway that we don’t know who made or why it was made

There are no rules, no consistencies, no cohesiveness. Plot points are just thrown in for the sake of convenience, not because they actually make sense or work with the overall vision of the story

[azumasoroshi]

i think an incredibly funny part of the aiichi dynamic is that at least one of them has to be traumatized and/or possess incredible worldly exhaustion in order to even consider the other as a romantic love interest

like they need to go through decades and time loops of war and hopelessness and death and destruction in order to be like huh maybe this guy isn't so bad

of course this doesnt go for every fic (academy blues my beloved) but. a lot of them do and it's SO funny

[taiturner]

“One of the things the show tackled more than the comic was body horror, and I think they did a great job with that. Also a feeling that I have had and I know some of us have had where we aren’t comfortable in your own skin, or you are unhappy with your body or how it will be judged, or finding yourself covering up. But I’ve learned to let go of that over the years, and got more comfortable in my body. I think, with people in Luther’s role, the wish is that you can make everyone happy, but unfortunately the way you feel you can achieve that is if everyone does what you say, and that doesn’t always work out. I think a good leader knows when to listen, and how to inspire, not manipulate. Tom Hopper did an amazing job with Luther, and like the others, added a lot to the character.” — Gerard Way on Luther Hargreeves

[aroacettorney]

[blue-absurd-lark]

i hope the writing team from umbrella academy is happy because someone has to be and it definitely isn't me

[newx-menfan]

Literally NOBODY wins in this 😂🤣🤣🤣

[fogggywinds]

i cant remember on which social media this happened, but i had my pfp set as Newton Pud from lbp3. someone proceeds to come up to me and say that they thought it was Heisenberg breaking bad because of the HAT.

[neon-danger]

call me crazy but I don’t hate the umbrella academy season 4

[whatifwekilledgodandwebothgirls]

If anyone even cares i finished a pack of my pretentious little cigarettes while pretentiously staring at the statues of plato and socrates while reading my pretentious untranslated little philosophy books and waiting for the bus . Living the life style philosophy professors DREAM of