#fuck im anxious as hell

[arabella377]

the legal system is Fucked Up

[anakirui]

hot take ??

the only reason people say that "mafuyu and tsukasa have nothing in common" when presented with mafukasa parallels is because they equate mafuyu and tsukasa being similar to "tsukasa has depression" because the fandom equates mafuyu's personality to being depressed and nothing else.

it doesn't help that people (primarily younger people in the fandom) who DO believe in mafukasa parallels end up making the mistake of portraying tsukasa as depressed because as of right now he is not (although it's possible he was in past because of his Very Unclear Middle School Backstory but that's irrelevant)

anyways, mafuyu and tsukasa are narrative foils because their core personalities are built off of the concept of wanting to make the people around them— especially their families— happy.

they both developed personalities at a young age based on someone they looked up to. for tsukasa, it was seiichi amami's performance that inspired him to be a star— a hero that could cheer anyone up. for mafuyu, it was her mother taking care of her that inspired her to be a nurse— and you can see the similarities from there.

for mafuyu, her identity would first come into conflict when her mother expressed her want for mafuyu to be a doctor— suddenly, "everyone's" happiness didn't match what she wanted to do, leaving her in a state of disorder and eventual depression.

for tsukasa, his identity was something he nearly forgot in its entirety at the start of the main story— becoming arrogant and fully absorbed in a hero persona, forgetting the kind person he truly is. furthermore, his current character arc seems to be foreshadowing that what "being a star" to him is going to be called into question— maybe it is something more than just being the main character that saves everyone.

their insecurities are incredibly similar.

in mafuyu's first mixed, mafuyu feels insecure towards ichika because unlike ichika, she feels as if her lyrics have no genuine meaning to be expressed to other people— despite them being her very real feelings. this is brought up again in her second mixed as well.

in tsukasa's third focus event, something similar happens. when watching seiichi's performance, he thinks that his acting is "real" and feels inferior towards him, which is ironic because tsukasa has been method acting this whole time. when tsukasa is acting out rio or bartlett or really anyone at this point in the story, it's not just those characters— it's a reflection of his traumas.

just like mafuyu, tsukasa undermines his passions he's poured his feelings into because someone else's work is more genuine in his eyes.

now, then, foils have many similarities and parallels (and i could honestly list a lot more), but how i define them is that they usually have some kind of major branching difference that MAKES them foils.

for mafuyu and tsukasa it's pretty straightforward.

mafuyu's people pleasing behavior comes from external expectations and pressures— her mother's demands.

tsukasa's people pleasing behavior comes internally, from himself— if he can't meet his own standards, if he can't be the perfect big brother or the perfect star, then he is nothing.

and even then, there's some overlap.

tsukasa's behavior was indirectly encouraged by his mother praising him for being a "good big brother" over the phone instead of asking him if he was okay while home alone.

mafuyu's terrified to be herself around other people because she doesn't want to worry or bother them— she doesn't want to be a burden— and projects her mother's expectations onto them, not realizing that they would prefer the real mafuyu if they knew the truth.

and the concept of mafukasa being foils is most perfectly and blatantly portrayed in these two cards.

mafuyu, the marionette, sitting limp on the floor— puppeteered by her mother's demands and donning a mask to hide her true self.

tsukasa, the jester, standing above everything else— puppeteering silenced plushies— his feelings. he's not being completely honest with himself, and he doesn't even realize it.

mafuyu has cut her strings and ripped her mask in half. she has acknowledged her true feelings and expressed them to her mother, even if she had to run away in the end.

tsukasa has not yet cut his.

[w3brot]

[puppyeared]

started stardew valley for the first time. born to remember villager likes and dislikes forced to immediately forget it the moment i take my eyes off thw wiki

[teh-scenest-salmonid]

HAI it’s thumbs creature with news from Marketing!! the warning sign fish stickers are up!! along with some other random stuff we found in my desk!

this is my first time doing stickers and i’m printing them all myself and cutting them out with my own weird fins im trying my best!!

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alternatively, if you donate $5 to the PCRF, UNRWA, the Palestinian Red Crescent or buy a esim for gaza and send a screenshot to this blog (not @third-king-of-salmonids this one! :3) and tell me which stickers/where to send i will :D

[sea-buns]

Holy fuck, man. What a trip Fearne has been on, huh?

You tell her how grateful you are to have her in your life, you flatter her, you tell her you need her, that you have to do this together. You have her make a promise that has this woman, born of chaos and fey, agreeing through shaking hands and a trembling voice.

You make her deceive your friends; you make her follow where they cannot know; you make her help you into this contraption; you make her feed this thing into you despite the fact that you both have been warned extensively of the risks. You make her watch you crumble and splinter and shatter and fracture and burst and implode. You make her watch you die, over and over and over and over, for a minute in agonizing bullet time.

You make her do all these things, because when she tries to back out, when she tries to not be the one who let you do this—how could you do this—

you tell her, "YOU PROMISED."

Because if there's one thing you know, it's that the fey do not break a promise.

[featherymainffins]

Kinda fucked up how all the people I know are like "Yeah I know what I want in my life. I want to work in X field and I want/don't want a long-term partner who I'm going to marry, I want kids and-"

and I'm there just like 🧍

[melloneah]

2 days till my final exam rant in tags sorry i gotta let it spill somewhere 😭

[solarpunkani]

Me: I wanna make a punk vest so bad but I can't find any good vests or jackets to modify in the thrift store

Gardening Server Homies: why not just turn some old jeans into a jacket?

Me:

[slayerizuna]

Girl help im so anxious about this project im working on rn i cant sleep, somebody sedate me

[starstaiined]

i live to spread the jackienat agenda, you don't even understand the amount of backstory and headcanons i envision for them

[whumpshaped]

"on a lady whump kick"? nice dogwhistle for the fact that you WANT TO KICK WOMEN. in REAL LIFE. you MONSTER. (I'msosorryIhopeyou'rehavinganicedayandtumblrisntpullinganyshit)

ANON THE WAY MY STOMACH DROPPED. PLEASE. DO U WANT ME TO DIE OF A HEART ATTACK. AJHFKDJSHFSJKDH STOP

[im-still-a-robot]

The mortifying ordeal of asking your friends if they want to engage in cringe behavior

[roachemoji]

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[dockaspbrak]

Ughhhhh

[orcelito]

Very stressed bc I missed the renewal email by several weeks for my apartment so instead of my rent going up by over $100 for next year it could go up by $200! :)

They're gonna see if they can make an exception for me & I'm supposed to get a call about it sometime today. In the meantime there's a showing scheduled for my apartment for Tomorrow (aka how I found out I missed the renewal period!) And I'm on like 3-4 hours of sleep and unless I can get a renewal set in stone today I'm gonna have to get my apartment presentable within 24 hours. Fun fun fun fun!