#fate debates

[pryotra]

Tam Lin to me feels like some kind of weird slam on the PHH since it's taking a myth about a human saving her lover from the fae and using it as a tool of oppression and the destruction of the human world.

Altria just feels like Nasu had a bad idea and refused to let go of it.

[gomacave]

Crawled out the same hole

[fiery-emblems]

What if butlers harmonic with Jakob? "I literally don't care about you unless your name is Ike/Corrin" harmonic.

[lastencoregraphics]

@giftober 2024: DAY 9 - NUMBERS

Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel is a Japanese anime film trilogy produced by Ufotable, directed by Tomonori Sudō, written by Akira Hiyama, and featuring music by Yuki Kajiura.

[rynpie]

I tried drawing a nbc Lilia loosely inspired by the vampires

[alastorssimpforever]

You know I've been recently been studying the Holocaust and Hitler's rise to power. And I'm sure someone seen it but we all know about the "Big Lie" right?

The Big Lie was were Germany felt they didn't truly lose WW1 and they felt cheated out of it. The economy fell into a depression, soldiers returning home felt they had all done it for nothing and the Weimer Government (despite being progressive) was very weak.

This sowed a lot of discontent and of course, desperate people turn to leaders with promises. Especially a leader using pre established antisemitism and blaming that people for their problems to justify their own abhorrent dictatorship built upon eugenics and racial superiority. Even that I don't think can truly define what that sick son of a bitch did.

And we all know how Trump denied that he had lost the election. Yes, it happened four years ago and we all know about the Jan 6th Insurrection. His followers even believe it and ever since then, even now he is still denying that he lost. And Trump continually uses immigrants as a scapegoat for the problems of America.

I just have a bad feeling about it.

The parallels are unsettling...

[allegedlyiwrite]

Me: I wish I could spend all my free time writing

Also me: has other hobbies that I take more seriously for some reason so I can’t just write all day because I made commitments

[laughhardrunfastbekindsblog]

I've been thinking a lot about the scene involving "Clone Force 99 died with Tech" and trying to figure out why it STILL doesn't sit right with me even now, 5 months after the Bad Batch finale aired.

Because really, looking at the line and how Hunter and Wrecker respond to it from an in-universe standpoint, it does fit the specific scenario well. Crosshair is getting ever closer to Tantiss with a severely wounded Wrecker refusing to give up, and he's worried. So Crosshair drops that bombshell of a line, reminding his brothers that the squad has permanently changed, in an attempt to try to save Hunter and Wrecker by convincing them to leave him and find a way to contact Rex as he storms Tantiss on his own, because it's "what he deserves." Hunter responds by saying Omega and the clone prisoners need all of them - which (being generous with my interpretation) is likely meant to address the "I deserve to die alone" sentiment Crosshair expressed by instead providing him another purpose. Then Wrecker responds by saying they know the risks and aren't charging in recklessly - addressing Crosshair's original concern.

So I think I would ultimately be fine with this scene as-is if 1) it didn't end up being the last time the brothers ever reference Tech, and 2) it didn't come at the end of an entire season's worth of complete mismanagement regarding the Tech storyline.

Now, I admit my perception will likely permanently be colored by the fact that when first watching the finale and hearing Crosshair say that line, part of me still clung to hope that Tech would show up before the end credits, but in between heaving sobs the analytical part of my brain was going "...Really? A full season of baiting us and THAT'S how you're going to tell your audience Tech isn't coming back? If that's really the case so help me..." And we all know that really was the case 😫😤😭

(Screaming into the void. Starting to realize I do a lot of void-screaming when it comes to season 3, especially with everything after "The Return.")

But even setting aside how soul-crushingly painful that line is, what continues to drive me absolutely bonkers about it is:

1) Tech sacrificed himself so that his squad COULD carry on without him, whether that meant fighting or not, and yet again the narrative itself refuses to openly acknowledge this. Even if Crosshair isn't at a point where he can really accept this (and that's a valid stance for him to take), it would have gone a long way for the show (via Hunter or Wrecker in this case specifically) to still definitively highlight why Tech had done what he did, especially after an entire season that ended up only implying that Tech's sacrifice held the squad back from achieving their goals.

(Another fan told me that they believe the line was a good way to acknowledge how important Tech is because the squad will never be the same without him. While I see their point, I think if the show really wanted to push that sentiment it would have landed a lot better if worded a bit differently and stated during, I don't know, a memorial for Tech. With all Tech's family there. Not desperately thrown out there by Crosshair in the middle of a mission as an attempt to shock/guilt Hunter and Wrecker into saving themselves - after all, as noted above, the purpose of the line in context isn't specifically to honor Tech anyway.)

2) There's no follow up to address the fact that Tech sacrificed himself, in part, so Crosshair could still be saved - nothing to provide that vital reassurance to Crosshair that he was/is WORTH saving.

3) After an entire season of being excruciatingly vague about whether each Bad Batcher has fully grieved or not, they're STILL keeping it vague and robbing the characters of any cathartic moment to acknowledge Tech in a way that actually respects his sacrifice and shows his family - his squad - is acting to honor his memory.

4) Above all, IT'S THE ONLY TIME TECH IS REFERENCED IN THE FINALE OF THE SERIES IN WHICH HE IS A MAIN CHARACTER and it's not in a way that highlights his positive influence on his brothers, nothing to indicate that this mission to Tantiss would have been just as important to him as it is to the rest of them so they're going to pull together as much to honor him as to accomplish their objectives, nothing to make that reference anything more than a knife to the heart. (Oh, sorry, there is that goggles reference in the epilogue. With Omega, alone. Yet again, the brothers have no meaningful interaction about Tech.)

And the thing is, even if when Tech does come back (and I firmly believe he can), the show that is specifically centered around the Bad Batch should not have ended without providing meaningful closure for all of them. (Yes, I'm still banking on another clone-centric show being in the works; but Rebels clearly left the door open for further stories while still leaving things wrapped up for all the main characters at the end of that show, and that could - and should - have happened here.)

...Anyway, now that I've gotten all that off my chest, maybe I'll be a bit calmer during future rewatches of the finale 😅

... Scratch that, I'll probably need to spell out all my grievances about the CX plotline before I reach the point of watching the finale with relative calm 😬

[fistfuloflightning]

There was a time before I knew what you’d become.

Shen Yuan can’t believe a world like PIDW that could spawn the scum villain could also create someone like Shen Jiu. He doesn’t know they will soon be one and the same.

[cantheykillmacbeth]

Can Astolfo from Fate/Apocrypha kill MacBeth?

On the one hand, you can argue being summoned into existence by a ritual makes Servants, in general, applicable for the Unconventional Birth Clause, although I personally would not accept that; Astolfo was born as a human at some point, and the ritual is more like a resurrection than a birth.

The question is whether Astolfo applies for the Gender Clause, which....? Could be a serious argument.

As you've explained, this is indeed an extremely complicated case. Not only is rebirth/revival counting towards the Unconventional Birth Clause or not a whole can of worms in and of itself, but it's also not clear where he came from BEFORE that from what I could find, so I think we'll need to leave him uncategorized for the UBC for now.

And on top of that... we have his gender situation. Like- Okay, I normally only post an image of the character when it's confirmed that they can, but I need everyone to have context for what we're working with here:

This is like an anime F1NN5TER. This is the epitome of the "how I look with he/him pronouns in bio" meme. Which, like, respect, love it, pop off, but it also makes things very hard for the purposes of this blog the way that he talks about it. He refers to his own gender as "le Secret♪" at one point, and he presents feminine 100% on purpose. We have the quote "For no man can show as much a lack of restraint as I, Astolfo!" from him, which might imply that he doesn't view himself as a man, but also could just as plausibly imply that he does.

If someone has more detailed information on his dialogue and how he refers to himself/reacts to the term man, PLEASE let me know. I might be playing 5D Gender Chess but he just scored a touchdown and I don't know what's going on anymore. I haven't broken character this much since Lightning McQueen. I'm scared.

Thank you for your submission!

[originalartblog]

I'm putting too much thought into a very short ask answer, why not drag you with me for fun

What should Chuugoose/Quackahara/Duckahara look like?

Lesser whistling duck

nocturnal, orange, very cool flying coat

Little Grebe

not actually a duck (is a grebe), mostly appears black with some orange, comes in two forms: fluffy and slim (for swimming)

Cackling goose

is the smaller, cuter version of the Canada goose. They are dressed the same. Just like Dazai and Chuuya. Put some bolo/leather ties on them. Downside: no orange.

(left: Canada goose, right: cackling goose)

[flowering-darkness]

May your heart be your guiding key..

Hello! My name here is Void, or Astral, and I’m a very sapphic selfshipper! I’m looking forward to using this blog more in the new year!~

My carrd has all the information you might need, and my inbox is also open if anyone wants to ask a question (or simply to reach out). It’s always lovely meeting new people, especially those who selfship in the same games and series that I know!!

Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I wish you a wonderful day (and start to your year!) ^-^

[drvortigern]

black dahlias represent betrayal and sadness. petunias represent resentment and anger.

[mcsm-confessions]

Cassie Rose might genuinely be a better person than me because if I was forced to either starve to death or kms horrifically by being eaten alive by endermites as punishment for killing 3 people, and when i escaped years later and them found out minecraft Hitler dropped a nuclear bomb on a whole city and mass murdered basically an entire world because he was mad at his friends got off scott free to skip through the daisies because he felt sorry? I wouldn't even bother with threatening hate mail I'd just literally kill Jesse and blow up Beacon Town myself lol

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[fallencl0udz]

Some classic character brain storming for spotlight au

[moeblob]

The downside to playing Birthright that I think about a lot is I don't get Nyx. I love her and I love pairing her with someone available in all routes BUT SHE HERSELF ISNT IN ALL ROUTES (as a recruit). So here's a doodle of lament because I really like the cursed old murderer. :c

I actually enjoyed a fair amount of her supports from what I recall (which isn't much).