#he looks even more attractive in the manga this is insane

[choccorin]

reading the blue lock manga rn !! >_<

[sskk-manifesto]

Bungou Stray Dogs: Dead Apple and how “ability users” (opposite to “normal people”) learning to accept themselves through the acceptance of their own abilities is a queer metaphor of acceptance of own's sexual orientation and gender: an essay by me

[imustbenuts]

nuts reading in jp 11 - wrap up for vol 2 + i can talk about TriStamp undertaker wolfwood a little!!! whooo!!!

its been hella weird to read trigun in japanese since my first read was in english. i think i dug out a few extra stuff i didnt know existed in the work during this little journey. (thank you for joining in on my rambles!)

no real translation word related stuff today. mostly culture stuff dump.

but man i was right on the money when i said vash was stressed in #10. i forget he actually falls unconscious after dominique quits the narrative. yay~

me after i finish these posts at 5am every time

and then, him.

🥺✨✨raidei the blade. ✨✨ 🥺

listen. this guy. this fucking guy is, personally, the funniest guy in the entirety of trigun. for that line above in the 98 anime, and also for some stuff he represents. ...and it's not for larping reasons. ill get into that another day, please look forward to it. (i say this knowing his backstory was rough.)

anyway its time.... for Wolfwood's 'job change'.

in the manga he introduces himself as a tradesman Priest. it doesnt make much sense to outsiders but despite people getting confused, it mostly gets hand waved off as the guy being a little eccentric. and also prideful.

we then get more information about that being a cover for him being one of the Gung Ho Guns, Chapel. he can fight, hes an assassin, his job is to somehow get at Vash while being technically employed by Knives.

this wolfwood has absolutely no struggle with himself as a Priest specifically. heck, its even giving him some confidence bc he actually knows his stuff and can get by with those priestly things alone. at least, i assume so, bc otherwise the pride thing would be very misplaced as he is revealed that he really wants out of the insane GHG business, and wants nothing to do with his coworkers, as it were.

but TriStamp Wolfwood is... different in that pride regard

this version of wolfwood introduces himself as an Undertaker. he's technically a Priest, but he clearly lacks so much pride that he chooses to be an Undertaker.

the narrative tracks since he's the guide to send Vash to hell in tristamp, but theres at least 1 more layer to this.

so, Shinto! Shinto has played a very big part in Japanese culture and history since idk the beginning of Japanese history, affecting society and culture and governance.

key thing for this post: Shinto has a concept named Kegare/Defilement, which you can think of as an accumulation of evil energy. bad energy. bad enough to attract misfortune, evil spirits, and evil evil evil bad bad bad. (ive actually written about this in video game context before if you wanna read it here)

Kegare is generated upon death, blood, menstruation, and all that. in some modern media, Kegare can also be depicted to be generated by an accumulation of negative emotions from people. but for the longest time, it was mainly Death. (oh and somewhat also women with the whole uh.... you know, menstruation, childbirth, and stillbirths etc.)

but: Kegare is NOT sin, and should not be seen as such.

old japan governance also used Caste System. so combine that with shinto, and society and here's the not fun stuff: we now have a discriminated class of people who did all of society's very necessary but deemed dirty jobs. these are the Butchers, Leatherworkers, Executioners, and Undertakers. (which is wild. a society would not be able to function without them.)

they are shunned, deemed too dirty, too tainted, too polluted to ever have a hope of having a better life. since social mobility wasnt a thing with Caste System. and coming too close to them means pollution on the self too.

the Caste System got abolished, and today the descendants are called Burakumin 部落民. they are still being discriminated against to this day. the remnants of the dirtiness with certain jobs still remain, especially with jobs that involves the dead. its also possible to know who is a descendant of one through family names, which can be used to trace family registry and sus out old residences etc.

feel free to watch the above video for a clearer explanation by a japanese man instead of just taking my word for it >_>

back to wolfwood.

studio orange making him go from Priest to Undertaker is likely rooted in a logic associated with this. that TriStamp wolfwood lacks the confidence to have a strong identity outside of GHG, whereas manga wolfwood has. that TriStamp wolfwood really does think of himself as trash and worthless even before outsiders' judgement, whereas manga wolfwood's struggle is more about an internal struggle of being lost.

manga wolfwood is also never truly free from his identity as Chapel until the very end.

but TriStamp wolfwood gets a full contract saying that hes free from Chapel (i assume!)

i think theres also additional implications but im losing braincells by the minute. the change makes so much sense and tracks so well that apart from the confidence thing, everything is more or less intact.

(worth possibly nothing also, I think TriStamp wolfwood isnt fully checking boxes of uhhh Normality in japanese context. hes dressed in a mess, hes not clean shaven, his skin is kinda dark and not fair, he speaks in non-standard japanese. but ymmv, he will be ok in kansai at least, but not fully fitting in in Capital Tokyo nor ex-Capital Kyoto.)

i also, admittedly, dont know much about the culture surrounding death and undertakers within the states or europe so i cant comment much on that aspect. im aware i must have missed something. on that front, sorry D:

anyway thats all i got for now! thanks for reading this long ass post!

[mblue-art]

Sorry for that question but I really curious!

What made you fell in love with Cross and Lust?

Tell us more!!

😳😳😳 hhuh what rreally,, , ,,, 😳 u wanna hear me yap abt my sillies, my beloveds,,, (i appreciate the enthusiasm tho omg 🥺🫶🫶🫶)

i want to have the yuris with lust and the yaois with cross I I MEAN HWHWAT 🧍‍♂️

UM.

haha anyWAY,, (oh gog this ended up long)

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cross checks so many boxes for me it makes me go insane. too good to be true. versatile(??)— like it's somehow way too easy to put him in Situations. (he's bf and husbone material??? just -20hp me now; that already kills me) he's. hh. gawddamn there's reasons why he won a utmv sans sexyman poll.

he's like a crush that you can't get out of your head no matter what you do, i'm so freaking down bad for him it's not even funny anymore. ever since simping for cross i have not been the same since. the man has changed me. the attraction/simp feelings hit me like a bat out of nowhere and i don't understand why it's so intense— i. hh.

,,i like when ppl make him dorky. stupidly silly (absolutely love shitpost shenanigans and would absolutely LOVE to get into silly shenanigans with him and with/without his bestie epic). fun to be around when he's deemed you as a good friend. stars, he'd give good hugs. strong, solid, and warm, the kind of hugs u don't wanna pull away from so soon. a little endearingly cringe. fanon simp cross is adorable and fun to mess around with. tsundere cross is adorable and fun to mess with. cute anxious guy under all that intimidating aloofness. when i say his smile is an absolute treasure, i mean that. his blush making him look like a grape or a glowing bulb is adorable and makes me wanna tease him more. anime protag/character vibes so strong i wanna have a cute bl/shoujo manga romance with him type shit yk.

then there's times when he's The Hot Dude and i think it's illegal if he's all confident and smug and dom actually (/hj) cause that makes me wanna fucking fite him HELLO? SIR? ILLEGAL????? (<- the fight or flight response of a tsundere towards a milder tsundere LOL).

-hp every single time. mf gets successful d20 rolls w/ rizz on me and i get a critical hit every time. it's a 50/50 either i fluster to death and become weak or i wanna fite his dumbass

i'll. i can fight him. i'll lose but i can fight him for sure. (why is he so cool⁉️‼️💢💢💢RRRRRRR)

he makes me feel things. lots of things. (mostly fluster but when i'm feelin sooper soff i jst wanna shower his skull in keeses. ima kissy lil guy)

tired cross makes me just wanna take care of him. want him to come home to me without any worry because he thinks i'm his safe space.

when he's being stubborn i want to tell him to chill out for a little while, take a break and watch some funny stuff while drinking choccy milk or eating his fav foods and be cozy. bapping him if he's gonna try to get out of this too soon. he's gonna get the free time he deserves n relax n get cuddles n kithes.

the way he can gently hold my hand and look at me with a sincere look in his eyelights and say something genuinely affectionate feels like cupid shooting an arrow through my soul, but also feels like a balm. (a promise of loyalty and faithfulness.) (a kiss on the forehead? a cherry on top.)

well now i can't be mean to him with all the nice he's saying and doing. i just want nice things for him o(-< (even if he's a bastard sometimes lol<3 all circles back to the silly) (silly is always important)

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i love lust. so so so much. the fanon interpretation of him, anyway.

(don't get me wrong, i absolutely adore the feminine slay content of lust; but am i wrong for yearning for more masc lust content?)

i like my lust sans respectful, goofy, sans-like, an absolute sweetheart, and a caring, wonderful life partner. under the flirty personality and charm(ing looks), is a sans behavior that made me fall deeper. (he makes me feel very gender too) (ohmygofd yeah no he actually makes me think of gender sometimes rauauagrrgh<3/pos). i don't have to worry about showing my cring, weird side to him, because he's also a gremlin,, o(-< he doesn't have to present himself all nice and pretty all the time (although he's always pretty in my eyes). he can be comfortably himself; with me 🥺

i want to be his safe space.

i want to see him heal and be happy and be happy with me and give him all the love i can give and care for him and make him soso happy i just want him to feel SO sosososo loved, he deserves so much more

he's the only one who's able to get a certain reaction out of me; to pull flowers out of my heart. to pull out words of love and devotion and appreciation, heart bursting with affection only for him.

for him, i would try. i would live for him. i wish someone like him (the him i've created from interpretations and headcanons) was real irl.

i want to not care i don't care if he's a gorgeous well-known person that people fawn over, or if he's a campus crush, etc.,

i want him to think i'm worthy enough to keep in his life. for him to know how special he is to me, for him to know how much i want him in my life as much as i want him to keep me in his.

my immediate reaction when i think of him is: 😊💕💜💜💜eeeee kicks and giggles and flaps hands teehee

i love him so much i get a heart-on for him (/silly but it is true sometimes; love him so much it aches (in a good way))

[plague-karm]

Different takes I have based on my interests and other miscellaneous things because I’m bored.

•Bill Cipher is never getting redeemed, ever, I adore his character but I can admit when my faves are horrible people. Oh and the way some people write the Handyman Bill au makes me REALLY uncomfortable as an abuse survivor. Why do some people write it like it’s the Pines family’s responsibility for Bill’s actions? Thats so fucked, especially with Ford (the ones where they basically shit talk Bill the entire time he’s at the Mystery Shack is funny as fuck though more of that please)

•The “Jax is an NPC” theory is boring and it would make him a lot less compelling as a character if that was the case

•You can still love Danganronpa and admit that the fanservice (ESPECIALLY the stuff with Mikan) is gross

•DNI lists will inevitably attract the people in those lists to harass and piss off whoever the account is and that’s why I don’t use them

•The original Monster flavour tastes like condensed piss and I will never understand the people who drink it when every other flavour soloes it by comparison

•The second half of the Death Note anime isn’t bad at all people were just too busy huffing on L copium to care, also, Mello was one of the best characters in the entire show

•Most of Killstar’s collaborations are terrible, the Monster High collection is one of the most disappointing things I’ve ever seen and it all looks so uninspired and bland (they saved themselves a bit with the second Gloomy Bear collab they did but most of the designs for their collabs are really tacky).

•Hear me outs are becoming incredibly sterilised, there’s a big difference between a hear me out and a character you find attractive

•Also, humans (both real and fictional) along with any Hellaverse characters do not count as hear me outs (to me anyway I’m not the hear me out police)

•Ultrakill will be seen as one of the greatest games of all time once it’s fully released, it is an absolute masterclass in immersion and presentation and the soundtrack is one of the best I’ve ever heard

•I like the DHMIS show a bit more than the web series

•Resellers need to be called out more, I’ll probably make a separate post talking about this more but it gets BAD. Not all of them are bad (especially on Vinted) but the overcharging in certain fandoms is insane (especially with Sanrio stuff it’s actually disgusting)

•Lloromannic have the potential to be some of the most popular Sanrio characters of all time but their potential goes nowhere

•Prima is one of the most misused Vocaloids of all time and it HURTS. When she’s used properly she sounds GORGEOUS but most people use her for pop stuff and she sounds awful there. Shes an OPERALOID, she’s meant for OPERA. Stop misusing her (I also don’t like any of her designs I’m sorry-)

•SeeU is also very underrated, Alone is one of my favourite Vocaloid songs it’s really vibey

•Monster High G3 is very overhated. There are still some designs I don’t like (Iris’ design hurts me, the character with the same body type as me gets the weakest outfit fuck 💀) but its representation is really good (Twyla not being shamed for needing headphones in loud spaces made me so happy)

•ROTTMNT’s version of Donatello is some of the best autism rep I’ve ever seen, I’ve never identified with an autistic character more than I have with him and the fact that the show’s in limbo makes me really upset

•Robo Fizz’ design > normal Fizz’ design

•I don’t care how many songs you give Stolas I will always see Octavia as the victim in that situation and the fact that the crew see her as a “cock block” pisses me off

•Phosphophyllite will go down as one of the greatest protagonists in recent memory, their story is heartbreaking and no one in that manga deserved a happy ending more than them

•Vinted is the best reseller app and it’s not even close

•I don’t care if Art The Clown never gets a backstory, he’s a silly little guy who kills people in horrific ways and I’m fine with that

•Making it a rule to not talk about certain fandoms on big Discord servers is fucking useless, an old autism server I was on went to shit when this happened, just ignore them and move on

•The addictive nature of Character AI needs to be talked about more, I’ve only began to realise how bad it is recently, it’s negatively affected my writing abilities, do NOT download it (especially if you’re mentally ill) you WILL get addicted to it and it isn’t fun. I’ve deleted it and I’m going to try to get into better habits, never again

• William Afton is an evil bastard and that’s okay, he never needed any redeemable traits and I really like that they’re making him do some Saturday morning cartoon level shit while also making him a threat (The Golden Bite in Into The Pit is as funny as it is horrific)

•I don’t care how many times the Fnaf games will try and gaslight me into seeing the Pinkypills Afton design as him, I will ALWAYS picture Matthew Lillard when thinking of this character (also I never want to see any Pinkypills or Ladyfiszi art in the games ever again they’re terrible people and they should’ve gotten fired years ago)

•Rage bait is the key factor in what made the internet a significantly more miserable place, start saying pizza with random fruit on is good again stop with the racist and misogynistic bullshit

•CaseOh being one of the most popular streamers right now brings me joy, in a time where so many male streamers are some of the most miserable and out of touch cunts in existence, having one of the most popular ones be a seemingly normal and chill guy is so refreshing

•I respect Illumination as a studio a lot more than others would think, in an age where horror stories are coming out surrounding every animation studio in existence, I have yet to hear one about Illumination. Do I like their movies? Not really (some of them are kind of fun and the Sing movies are guilty pleasures) but they seem a lot more ethical than other studios (also they’ve openly mocked AI that’s fucking awesome lmao)

•Murder Drones needed more episodes/time to explore certain ideas, that final episode felt like a SEASON finale, not a SERIES finale (no complaints about Cyn though I adore her)

•The art style change to Soul Eater to Soul Eater Not! Will go down as one of the biggest downgrades in history

Anyway that’s it I’m tired I’ll make another one of these when I feel like it I wanna go to bed

[djsherriff-responses]

I desperately need season two of CLH I’m going insane right now

Unlike my Jade and Sarah posts, this one is a lot more speculative as I’ll be discussing my theory regarding what Bullfrog’s backstory is and he’s the character we have the least information to go off of. I may also ramble about other stuff, but Bullfrog is the main focus

We got a lot of Sarah’s backstory in the show already , Dolph had a manga dedicated to explaining his and while Jade and Pey’J don’t have much going on, we do know they’re a close “family” (die Pey’J) and any other details about their lives we can at least make some educated guesses based on information from the show and outside sources. Cody probably has a wiki dedicated to him or something, idk

Bullfrog though, we know very little on him. We only know for sure that he’s the last member of the Assassins Creed, a group who fought for freedom and has been in conflict with the Templars for most of human history

But maybe that’s all the information we really need to figure the frog out

I made a lot of heavy comparisons between Bullfrog and Sarah beforehand in my Sarah post , especially in terms of their colour palette and the symbolism regarding that, but what exactly could Sarah's backstory hint to us regarding Bullfrog's backstory?

Firstly I want to take a quick detour to talk about Jade and Dolph , which will only highlight my theory on Bullfrog's story

While the relationships are very different at a first glance, upon further inspection I have noticed some similarities between the relationship Dolph has with Alex, and the relationship Jade has with Pey'J

Jade/Dolph takes care of Pey'J/Alex's well being , with Jade taking care of Pey'J emotionally while Dolph takes care of Alex physically

Pey’J/Alex sexualised Jade/Dolph , Alex was a groomer. Pey’J , despite knowing her since infancy and basically raised her, has confessed being attracted to Jade. How Pey'J sexualised Jade may just be my theory that he's meant as commentary on fathers who partake in purity culture, I think it's still worth bringing up regarding this pattern

Despite how young they are, Jade and Dolph are also more mature than the older men in their lives. While with Dolph that's debatable considering he spends most of season one dealing with a lot of negative emotions and wanting revenge, prior to the betrayal Alex behaved much more cocky and playful than Dolph who took the heist job more seriously than Alex. I already wrote a huge post about how Jade is basically made to mother her own uncle

Alex and Pey’J died on the same night by gun shots

But the major similarity between Jade and Dolph is they're victims of men much older than them, and those men are fatherly figures that Jade/Dolph trusted to protect them

Jade and Dolph are , possibly not by pure narrative coincidence, both orphans too. Jade's parents are straight up dead and Dolph has no clue if he even has a living relative, nevermind finding out what became of his parents

The common thread between Jade and Dolph's story is primarily focused on non blood related father figures that traumatised them

(I got nowhere else to add this but if Jade is in season two, I want her and Dolph to bond so badly and for them to become friends and help each other heal. They deserve a second chance at a good life)

What does that have to do with Bullfrog?

Let's look at the other ghosts

Cody is a celebrity cameo and isn't really a character with narrative purpose , so can't really pull anything from him. And Pey'J is.... Pey'J

Which leaves us with the one who kidnapped these people to form team ghost in the first place: Sarah Fisher

Now while Sarah is a character whose story is tied to her relationship with an older man , that relationship is nothing like the relationship Jade and Dolph have had with their respective old men

Though the relationship between Sam and Sarah is messy, the two also have genuine love for each other regardless of everything that's happened. Sam , while a human with flaws, was at the end of the day a loving father who wanted nothing but the best for Sarah and her well being. Sarah , as twisted as she has become, wanted nothing more than to have her father be safe

Sam has never been a predatory person to anyone , much less one that's comparable to Alex or Pey'J and certainly not towards his own daughter

Sam is a father who'd do anything to protect Sarah, his own flesh and blood

Since Sarah and Bullfrog are meant to represent the Templars and Assassins as well as the conflict of those two groups, than Bullfrog's story could have a strong focus on his bloodlines. Both groups in the original assassin games have had a strong focus on bloodlines within their respective organisations

Side note: While I’m not an expect on creed lore, being an Assassin or a Templar isn’t always something you’d inherent directly from a a parent or even grandparent. While the memories of past assassins is important to preserve, you don’t need to have any blood relation to join the brotherhood. I think I read somewhere it’s actually sometimes discouraged for assassins to start families (at least while they’re still actively an assassin? Need to look more into it). So while I do think the theme of family/bloodline and their legacies are going to be part of Bullfrog’s story, he himself isn’t going to be picky on who who can join him in (hopefully) rebuilding the brotherhood, it just adds to the already high amount of pressure the guy is under

Based on the deciphering on Bullfrog's mugshot, people have managed to make out that his full name may be "Bullfrog Korvin Jr". While some argue Bullfrog's surname may be "Kermit" instead, the Junior part of the name is easy to make out

Bullfrog Junior implies that there's a Bullfrog Senior for a little tadpole to be named after

I wanna point out as well that hybrid children exist in this universe and are seen along side human children, ( I'm assuming this is a field trip or something?). So while hybrids were created to fulfil a purpose in Eden , they can still get together and start families like any other hard working American Eden couple and if they're lucky their children can be involved in society along with human children, such as school activities

If I am onto something regarding Regan being in the Templar order and her being the reason Sarah has the ideals that she ended up having in the show , than it's my belief Bullfrog's story will parallel with Sarah in that regard and that Bullfrog had an Assassin parent, and that Assassin parent is the person who gave, or at least inspired, the beliefs Bullfrog holds on to in the show

This may be wishful thinking, but I'm gonna believe until proven otherwise that it was specifically Bullfrog's mother that was the Assassin parent

Besides wanting more women in this show I do actually have reasons to think Bullfrog's mother is the parent who passed on the assassin legacy to him, rather than his father

If Sarah and Bullfrog story's parallel each other , and the two are meant to represent the conflict between Templars and Assassins, how does Sam fit into that?

Simple: Sam doesn't

While it's entirely possible that Sam could've learned about the existence of the Assassin brotherhood before he died, we know that he had no knowledge of either the Assassins or their conflict with the Templars when Sarah was growing up. If he did, he would've been far more vigilant about the propaganda that was brainwashing his own kid, even if Regan was directly feeding it into Sarah’s brain

At most, we can take a guess the earliest Sam could've learned anything about the Assassins was some time after he lost custody of Sarah when she snitched on the watch dogs, and that's just a guess on the earliest he could've discovered them. Depending on how open they were in their involvement with the wasteland war or if they were even "public" at all in Eden prior to Bullfrog becoming the only member of the brotherhood, Sam may have died completely unaware of the mere existence of the Assassins

In other words, Sam was pretty much in the dark about the Templars and that side of Sarah’s lineage

Going off of this and my theory that Sarah and Bullfrog’s stories are meant to be parallels of one another, it stands to reason that Bullfrog Senior was , much like Sam , left unaware of the Assassin brotherhood and that part of his own son’s lineage

Bullfrog and Sarah inheriting their mothers’ legacies of eternal conflict with each other can be a sort of play on the phase “sins of the father”. At least with Sarah , having it be “sins of the mother” makes more sense since Sam is more or less a good guy in the narrative who doesn’t have any sort of millennial old legacy to uphold, and for Bullfrog? Again , wishful thinking

If I really wanted to push that angle, I can probably make a reference to Eve , the first sinner and mother of all humanity. Bullfrog is technically already the snake offering a fruit of forbidden knowledge to Rayman’s Adam , so the symbolism is already present

“But it’s kinda weird that Bullfrog, a frog hybrid, has a bird themed surname if he’s from a family of frogs and was raised by his biological frog parents” And while the basic answer would be “it’s an Assassin’s creed reference and even if not , surnames don’t always make sense for an individual” the other possibly answer to that is to bring up another old man in Sarah’s life:

Marcus Holloway

I’ve seen a lot of people theorise that Bullfrog was adopted by a bird (usually crow or raven) hybrid and that’s how he got the bird themed surname. It’s an adorable headcanon

But going off of my theory I’ve explained thus far, I believe that a member of the Assassins creed , who happens to be a bird hybrid, was a friend of Bullfrog’s mother (and maybe father, but Senior wouldn’t be aware of the brotherhood’s existence) and was basically the Marcus to Bullfrog’s Sarah

Now, while I’ve said I believe Bullfrog’s backstory will parallel Sarah’s, I don’t think it’s going to be exactly one to one and the two are different characters , and my Marcus comparison here is an example of that

Remember the hero’s journey and how I used that to figure out Sarah had a hero complex?

While this entire post is a ramble of a theory and I’m most likely off the mark on a lot of stuff (besides maybe Bullfrog’s story involving blood lines and their legacy) , based on everything I brought up till now, we can probably take some (wild) guesses on what events Bullfrog experienced prior to the show's events

Having used the hero's journey as a template to explain the events in Sarah's life and keeping in mind that her story is likely meant as a parallel to Bullfrog's, we can use that to estimate what events happened in Bullfrog's life

Call to adventure:

Considering Bullfrog has a French accent and speaks French, his family originated from either France or a country with French as the dominant language

In season one , we do not have any information about what life is like outside of Eden. The only thing we know in this universe is that America was a country that existed when Rayman came to earth along with the rabbids, but soon after that the very concept of America disappeared and slowly became Eden, essentially wiping almost all traces of the country ever existing beforehand

There's a massive desert area called the wasteland smacked in the middle of Eden, with how a large piece of area in the middle of a capitalist nation where every other corner is a city building wanting to sell you something became untouched is not known

With how control is a defining factor in their beliefs and how they're a global threat , the Templars may have control of other countries , or least the more powerful countries (such as several European nations) in similar fashion to how Eden is currently functioning

Alternatively, Eden may be the only place left on earth that's actually bearable for most life , with every other country essentially being wastelands ,less likely due to the Templars and more so the Rabbids doing

Either because France sucks under Templar rule or Rabbids made it a hellscape , Bullfrog's father decided to leave and try getting into Eden to get a better chance at life , much like what Sam tried doing for Sarah

Supernatural aid: The crow hybrid assassin (or some other ally character) helps out Bullfrog and his family

Threshold , beginning of transformation: Bullfrog gets someone arrested

Bullfrog tells Rayman that he used to watch his show as a tadpole. While Bullfrog is clearly disillusioned by Eden propaganda as an adult, it could've been a very different story when he was a child

Maybe even a raykid?

Now obviously if Bullfrog's mother was an assassin, she would've kept her children as far away from Eden propaganda as much as possible

But going with Sarah and Bullfrog being parallels, so are their mothers. Sarah doesn't speak of her mother in the show but it's safe to assume that Regan, while someone who existed, was absent in Sarah's life before Sarah snitched on the watch dogs

It's likely then Bullfrog's mother parallels with Regan in sharing same fate as her, whatever that would be

Another reason I actually prefer for the mother to be Bullfrog's assassin parent is another parallel that can be made with Sarah: their fathers being against their conviction

While Sam wasn't part of the assassin brotherhood, Sam was never on the side of Eden . Sam may not have had all the information, he did know what Eden was doing was wrong and didn't want Sarah to become another cog in their machine

So paralleling with Sam , Bullfrog's father in contrast was pro Eden, at least by some extent, and thus would've encouraged Eden propaganda onto Bullfrog

Especially when his wife was no longer in the picture to say otherwise

So at some point after arriving in Eden proper , Bullfrog gets someone arrested in a similar fashion to how Sarah got the watch dogs arrested. Who that is exactly and under what circumstances I can't really say, but I can say one thing: It makes Bullfrog feel wrong for doing it

While Regan ensured that Sarah knew of her Templar heritage and the ideals that came from that, so that Sarah knew when "to do the right thing". Bullfrog's mother ensured Bullfrog knew of the beliefs of the brotherhood and understood the importance of justice

Bullfrog , despite being surrounded by repeat propaganda and his own father's belief in Eden, knew on a subconscious level something was wrong

I mentioned that I believe that a bird hybrid assassin would be a parallel to Marcus , and I believe that bird hybrid and Bullfrog have a bond that Marcus could've had with Sarah

If only their circumstances were different, Marcus could've been a second dad to Sarah

At some point there'd be conflict with Bullfrog senior being against his son becoming "terrorist" , and thus Bullfrog deciding to distance himself from his father and take on his mentor's name , Korvin

Challenges and Temptations : most likely Bullfrog's assassin training, maybe something to do with revenge (?)

Revelation, Death and Rebirth: Okay either the brotherhood dies, probably in the wasteland war or Bullfrog senior dies

The brother hood dying fits this better, but Senior dying or rather getting himself killed could be the final step from Bullfrog to let go of his past and fully commit to his destiny as an assassin

You can probably make a plot of Senior seeking revenge only to end up getting innocents and himself hurt along the way, and this that's what formed Bullfrog's views on revenge

Transformation: Bullfrog becoming a master assistant, maybe?

Atonement: Much like Sarah, Bullfrog's story isn't finished yet and thus, we'll have to see what happens in season two

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

Stsg anon back at it again with a new idea for you to eat!!! poly, teen!stsg where they both develop a crush on reader who’s quiet, who’s timid, who keeps to themselves. Not as strong as either of them and not as popular. They two are best friends and they certainly won’t fall apart over a crush, so they talk it out and decide they’re both perfectly fine with arranging some sort of polyamory (if you return their feelings, of course. That was something suguru pointed out btw 😭)

(…which they both convince themselves is totally just for the sake of maintaining their friendship, just for the sake of both of them getting to date you, totally not also because there’s some romantic tension between them that they aren’t ready to face yet.)

But they have such different ideas on how to go about courting you and they bicker (lightheartedly) about it all the time. Suguru who thinks that they should go about it gently, kindly, who thinks they should take it slow. Who’s so thoughtful, who recognises that being flirted with by two very attractive and popular guys could be overwhelming, especially for someone shy and introverted. Who’s charming because he’s gentle, because he brings you food when you mentioned you were in a rush and forgot to make your own, who’s just so kind and always seems to offer you a spot with him and satoru when he spots you alone in your classroom at lunch. Who gives the softest smiles and gently taps your shoulder to get your attention, who’s big hands gently brush against your own when he hands you a worksheet.

But Satoru is eager. Confident, exceedingly so. Who, when he wants something, he gets it. He’s the Satoru Gojo for the love of god, he knows he’s everybody’s dream man, so he sees no reason in waiting or being slow- who, not for the first time in his life, needs suguru to calm him down and force him to be rational and not freak you out. He’s the embodiment of a lovesick puppy. Who showers you in gifts even if you aren’t dating yet, because he just can’t resist ! Who brings you flowers he remembers you said you liked, who writes witty and flirty notes and chucks them at your head (gently) in class when the teacher isn’t looking, who’s always slinging an arm around your shoulder, flicking your forehead, ruffling your hair. Who grins and winks at you in such a satoru way, who excitedly grabs your hand and interlinks your fingers when he wants to bring you somewhere, who has to physically hold himself back from squealing and giggling like a schoolgirl when he catches you glancing or blushing at either of them.

Both of them who make sure nobody gives you shit, who are with you constantly, always making sure you’re okay and not upset about anything, who help you to become a little more self confident and extroverted (around them at least), and who don’t mind it when it’s one of those days where you’d prefer to just be your normal self, to read and be alone (alone from everyone but them of course, god forbid the clingy bfs go a second without you..)

Giggles so hard…. They’re such cutie pies <3333 this might be a little bit too long but I just needed to share this thought augh I’m such a sucker for them and how they respond and think about things differently yet are still each others ride or dies :3 !!

HELP MEEEEEEE THIS IS THE CUTEST THING EVER I COLLAPSED 😭😭😭 stsg anon u need to write a fic this concept makes me so weak

i know i already said it but u r just FEEDING me atp….. i lovelovelove reading these SO much pls never worry about them being too long!!! u could drop a whole essay into my askbox n i wouldnt mind at all <333 i adoreee poly stsg and ur thoughts on them !!

AND THIS CONCEPT …. hhhh :( so sweet. it gives me insane shoujo manga vibes anon !! just all heart fluttering n giddy. theyre cutiepies its true <33

and ofc i agree so much!!! sugu being the more gentle one, patient, considerate… (he’s soooo <33) while gojo is just so eager to see u smile and laugh and blush he LIVES off ur reactions……. him being his lil lovesick puppydog self and sugu trying to keep him in check LMAO thats so so cute!! squealing n giggling while sugu rolls his eyes (fondly) (lovingly) (in adoration) (i just feel like he’s so whipped for both of u… he thrives off ur joy </3)

(ALSOOOOO ANON….. the romantic tension between stsg…… i agree so so much. i think they just dont really have a word for what they feel for each other yet, but once they do… maybe there would be an adjustment period where they’re just figuring themselves/each other out but !! i think it’d be short. they just care for each other so much yknow??)

AND AND them being so protective <///3 u know the way to my heart. and understanding too!! we’ve talked abt this before anon but they really ARE such a great duo bc gojo is always there if u feel more extroverted and outgoing but on days when u just want to be silent and cozy sugu is waiting on the couch w blankets and tea <333 and them being so clingy LMAOO it’s so true…. on days when u want to be ALONE alone sugu has to literally pry gojo away from u w his bare hands 😭😭😭 n then he just waits outside the door like a dog. and sugu starts getting headaches bc he has this itch to tend to ur needs but he knows he shouldn’t disturb u PHDHDHS codependent losers <333

i loovveeee imagining them in more fluffy scenarios like this it makes me so happy wahhh… its what they deserve!!! i LIVE for ur thoughts anon tysm for the meal as always <333

[beevean]

hiii i dont really have anything to say this is just an invitation to ramble if you ever want to. for freebies. talk at me ill take notes. rattle on about anything ill be quite gleeful about it. this is your free talking ticket (not that you need one per se but i thought the note that i like reading about your thoughts might be nice if nothing else)

Awwwww I appreciate the free ticket a lot 🥰 you're right, it's always nice to have confirmation that others care about your ramblings, so thank you :3

I'm using it because brain got stuck on a random thing: while I was in my phase of gorging on CoD fanfics, I found interesting how different fans interpreted the in-universe reasons for Isaac's appearance.

(sir. sir why do you look so good in a random ass mobile game)

He clearly cares a lot about how he appears. He styles his hair in a certain way, he wears eyeliner (red eyeliner that matches his hair even, which implies he put thought into the best color), he wears impractical but stylish high heels, and in the MF manga he's shown having long nails: while I interpret this as him striving to imitate vampire claws, it still would take a lot of manteinance, and he even hides them under his gloves. I have also pointed out that in PtR his uniform is kept more prim and proper than Hector's, weirdly enough. And with the exception of his uniform for obvious reasons, Isaac still puts care in his appearance after going insane with the Curse.

But what does it say about him?

Some fans seems to simply think he's kind of a peacock. He's vain, he's flamboyant, he knows he's the hot stuff, maybe he's really trying his hardest to hit on Hector lmao. It fits with his arrogant attitude. Maybe he's even a bit of a perfectionist/tryhard: he doesn't need to waste time putting on eyeliner, but damnit, he wants to look his best to work. A king, if you ask me.

Others seem to think it's a sad form of overcompensation. Isaac is not particularly pretty, especially compared to the very beautiful Hector. He has traits that others might see as ugly, like slanted eyes, a large mouth and a big nose. Even worse, while silver hair is obviously unnatural but can be seen as fascinating, red hair in that era was 100% seen as the mark of the devil - and Isaac's red is bright, attracts even more attention. It's not impossible that Isaac was abused for how he looked like, and has some sort of complex about it. In fact, we all know Isaac is the incarnation of the inferiority superiority complex: he has an arrogant, cocky attitude, but he's also extremely insecure about himself, his skills, and being seen as second best/not good enough. So maybe he spent most of his childhood hiding and being ashamed of himself, but now in the place where he truly belongs he has rebounded in the opposite direction: oh, you think I'm unsightly? Have all of me in glorious display! You think my hair marks me as a demon to extirpate? Why yes, I am a demon, and I'm not letting you forget it!

With this mentality, no wonder he'd cover himself head to toe in demonic tattoos that prove his utter loyalty to Dracula, and no wonder that, after he dies, he lets his clothes rot off his back to show even more of his self. He has nothing to hide anymore.

And he still wants to hit on Hector, obviously :P

[fille-de-skroa]

Sasunaru ask by sasunaruotp

Yeah I know I’m not supposed to answer to the questions that way, but whatever! I’m bored and I love SNS with a burning passion, so let’s go. Just remember that it’s just a bunch of personal headcanons based on my opinion.

1- What is your absolute favorite SasuNaru moment? Their dialogue at Vote2 "Why did you do this?" "Because I love you YOU IDIOT" "Okay I’ll cry" That’s beautiful, and that’s what REAL love looks like. Not but seriously. I think it’s the moment that clearly made me realize that they were in love with each other. Also, all of the times where Sasuke was smiling, crying out of relief, laughing or just expressing himself freely, while he was lying on the ground with his most important person… it’s just so good to see him like this some times.

2- Who says “I love you” out loud first? Sasuke, I think. He might be more discret about his feelings in general, but it’s harder for Naruto to verbalize what he’s feeling to Sasuke. Usually they both express their love for each other’s by little gestures, like holding hands, or touching the other’s hair.

3- SasuNaru, NaruSasu, SasuNaruSasu, other? I don’t give a damn about the top/bottom thing. But I usually use "Narusasu" to talk about the ship because I like the way it sounds. Or just "SNS", it’s shorter.

4- Sexuality headcanons? In canon I see Naruto as gay. But I headcanon Naruto as bi and more attracted to men. And Sasuke’s gay, definitely.

5- At what point in the manga did Naruto realize he was sexually attracted to Sasuke? When did Sasuke realize he was sexually attracted to Naruto? I like to think that Naruto realized he was sexually attracted to Sasuke before he realized he was romantically attracted to Sasuke… Probably when he met him after all these years at Orochimaru Hideout. For Sasuke, I think he realized he was sexually attracted to Naruto after the War. Dealing with his feelings was already too complicated…

6- At what point in the manga did Naruto realize he was romantically attracted to Sasuke? When did Sasuke realize he was romantically attracted to Naruto? Sasuke started to realize he was in love with Naruto after his fight against Haku, and he realized it more clearly at Vote1, when he was about to leave Naruto behind in the "Spiderman kiss" scene. For Naruto… I think he clearly realized he had feelings for Sasuke after Hinata’s confession. Before that, he never properly thought about the nature of his feelings for Sasuke. For me, Naruto labeled Sasuke as his best friend, or brother because he process his thoughts by words. These words were familiars to him. But him being "in love" wasn’t something he properly knew. When Hinata said she loved him, and described her love for him the same way he could describe his love for Sasuke (I mean the part where she had always looked up to him because she admired him), he was clearly able to label Sasuke as someone he loved in a romantic way. Which explains his speech to Sasuke at the Kage Summit.

7- What is their first time like? Really clumsy and awkward, they were both embarrassed. Neither of them was really experimented and they’re two touch-starved dummies, but in the end they both though it was great.

8-Land of Waves or Chunin Exams? Land of Waves all the waaaaaay it’s literally one of the best arc of Naruto. Sasuke sacrificing himself, and choosing to die even though his goal of revenge wasn’t achieve yet for Naruto. And even without regarding SNS, this arc is great just for Haku and Zabuza.

9- Orochimaru’s Hideout or the Kage Summit? Kage Summit I guess? For the whole "We’ll die together" thing. Orochimaru’s Hideout was insane though. Especially for the scene where Sasuke openly flirts with Naruto.

10- First Valley of the End Battle or Second Valley of the End Battle? Second Valley of the End. The fight was much more intense in my eyes, because it was the conclusion of Sasuke and Naruto’s relationship development. But both are important and impactful.

11- Who steals the other’s clothes and wears them? Sasuke likes wearing Naruto’s jacket. He doesn’t do it too often because Naruto’s clothes stink, but he still find them oddly comforting. (He always do this) Naruto also wears Sasuke’s clothes to annoy him. (Bonus: Naruto sometimes wore Sasuke’s headband while he was training with Orochimaru, to feel like if he was there with him)

12- Post your favorite SasuNaru fanart. There’s way too much SNS fanarts I like, it’s too hard to choose. But I particularly love this one, it was one of the first Narusasu fanart I’ve seen, and it’s absolutely magnificent. Also I want a whole 100k fic about this one, it’s so beautiful, and this one is pure gold. And this one. And this one. And this one. (Yeah in case you haven’t notice there’s a lot of talented artists out there)

13- Post your favorite SasuNaru art drawn by Kishimoto. I couldn’t choose between two of them:

I just love to see the two of them having their head tilted slightly to the side, like if they were reaching out to kiss… And I really like the utilisation of the words around them. There’s a great analysis of this drawing here.

Their outfit are so beautiful… There’s also a good contrast between their posture and their respective outfit. Also Sasuke is particularly pretty in this one.

14- Link your favorite SasuNaru fanfic. There’s a lot of SNS fics I love. Some of them are french though… But for the one in English, I particularly like to read homesick for a mountain’s song and stay. They’re the one I like to read the most. If you wan’t my SNS fic rec, it’s here.

15- Choose a side-pairing: KakaSaku or ShikaTema? Kakasaku?… Yikes. Shikatema all the way

16- Tell me about a time Naruto made Sasuke laugh. When Naruto chokes when he eats Ramen too fast. It always makes Sasuke laugh.

17- Describe or Draw a SasuNaru child (Mpreg, adoption, surrogate, whatever). To be honest I don’t think they would have a child if they were actually together. But I like to imagine that if they had an adoptive child (or biological child, with Orochimaru I guess everything’s possible), it would be a girl (with Uzumaki’s red hair if biological child, because who cares about the logic of genetic??)

18- What is your favorite AU to put SasuNaru in? Outside of the self-indulgent scenarios I play in my head when I go to sleep, I love fantasy AU and Sci-fi AU.

19- Would Naruto’s parents like Sasuke? Kushina wouldn’t like him at first. She wanted Naruto to marry a women with the same personality as her, after all. But she would see that Sasuke makes her son happy, and that he’s a polite and handsome man. Eventually she would consider him as a real member of her family, but it would take times. Minato would be nicer than his wife, and he’d accept Sasuke in his family quickly. But they wouldn’t talk much together I think.

20- Would Sasuke’s parents like Naruto? Mikoto would immediately like Naruto. Fugaku… I’m not sure. He would think Naruto’s an idiot, and not worthy enough to be his son’s lover. But I think that with times he would learn to appreciate him for his skills and his determination.

21- How does Kurama feel about Naruto’s relationship with Sasuke? He made it clear that he hated the Uchiha brat when they started dating, but he was glad that Naruto was finally able to express his feelings for Sasuke. It was getting annoying for him to see them pinning for each other all those years.

22- Who is the first person they tell? Who finds out first? They told Iruka first of course!

23- Describe Sasuke and Naruto’s favorite things to do in Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. Spring is the time when they travel for some days in other countries to admire the sakura trees from different regions. In Summer they love to go swimming all day long in the rivers around their house. In Fall, they spend a lot of time in their garden, either cultivating vegetables or picking up dead leaves. In Winter they like to go outsides and play with snow when there is some, and when there isn’t they like to stay at home in their bed with tones of blankets.

24- Rewrite the Ending, pleeeease. Basically Naruto and Sasuke goes to a journey together then they marry each other and come back to Konoha to change the system. Also Sakura goes to therapy and realizes that her behavior toward Sasuke is problematic, Kaguya doesn’t exist, and Neji doesn’t die as slave. Or maybe Hinata sacrifice herself to protect Neji? She would never do that in canon, since she only think about herself, but it would be a nice character development I guess. But it wouldn’t be really in character, so whatever… Also Karin and Naruto should properly interact with each other’s as cousins it would be nice. We haven’t seen enough of the Uzumaki Clan in the manga!

25- Link a song that perfectly describes Sasuke and Naruto’s relationship. Mitski songs are literally Naruto and Sasuke’s relationship in music. But @sueske also made a playlist for SNS (go listen to it if you haven’t already!!)

26- Link a song that perfectly described Sasuke and Naruto’s sex life. I really don’t know… If anyone have suggestions, I’d like to hear them!

27- Pretend you are Naruto and write a short poem about Sasuke’s hair. 

"Dear Sasuke.

Wow. Your hair is like blueberry"

28- What is your second favorite SasuNaru moment? Their reunion at Kage Summit. The whole "We’ll die together" thing is so dramatic and romantic, I love it. And when Naruto and Sasuke both read each other’s hearts…

29- Ramen or Tomatoes? I really like tomatoes, but… Ramen superiority! I love every types of noodles, especially Udon.

30- Do you like Sasuke’s spiky duck-butt hair or his slick-down hair better? Do you like Naruto’s hair shorter or longer better? Sasuke’s Boruto hairstyle is horrible, even if the way Kishimoto drew his slick-down hair was gorgeous in one of his sketch. But the duck-but hair is iconic. And for Naruto it’s easy. He looks incredibly bad with his short hair, and even Kishimoto couldn’t change that. So, long-haired Naruto it is! (I think he would look good with an undercut though)

31- Who bites in bed? Naruto, most of the times. In bed, he bites hard. Sometimes Kyubi’s instincts take over everything else and he just wants to feel blood on his tongue. But he makes sure that it doesn’t hurt Sasuke too much. Also, Natuto casually bites Sasuke in their everyday life either on his cheek, or his fingers, just because. It’s affectional of course.

32- Who cooks? Neither of them properly knows how to cook… Sasuke knows some good recopies, but it’s complicated to cook with one hand. So usually they try to cook something nice together.

33- Who denied his feelings longer? Probably Naruto, because of internalized homophobia. He didn’t really denied his feelings to himself, but he didn’t want to admit them to others, fearing that he would be excluded by people,

34- What is your third favorite SasuNaru moment? When Sasuke sacrificed himself to save Naruto at Land of Waves. This scene always makes me emotional... Sasuke ready to give up on his dream of revenge for Naruto is the definition of love.

35- Who catches them having sex all the time and constantly tries to bleach his/her eyes? I don’t think Naruto and Sasuke would be caught having sex, at least not often. They’re ninjas after all.

36- How does Itachi feel about their relationship? He feels like Naruto is probably the only person in this world that will make his brother truly happy. So he’s glad for them.

37- Hot Spring Sex or Hokage Office Sex? Hokage Office Sex, definitely.

38- How does Iruka feel about Sasuke? He thinks Sasuke’s a good kid, and even if he doesn’t really understand what had been going on with him and Naruto, he’s glad that both of them are able to be happy together.

39- Describe Taka’s relationship with Naruto once they learn he’s with Sasuke. Karin’s jealous of Naruto, but she wants what’s best for Sasuke, so she tries not to show that’s she’s pissed off. Suigetsu just makes nasty comments every time he sees Naruto, but he thinks Naruto’s funny. And Juugo doesn’t mind him. Naruto think they’re all weird, and he’s jealous of them to, but most of the time he doesn’t feel too uncomfortable with them, because he doesn’t feel like they’re judging his relationship with Sasuke

40- Who threatens to end Sasuke’s life if he ever hurts Naruto? Gaara.

41- What is your fourth favorite SasuNaru moment? (I could keep going with this, there’s like a million SasuNaru moments!!) The Spiderman kiss scene at Vote1. This moment right after the fight feels so intimate and precious.

42- What does Jiraiya think about Sasuke? He thinks Sasuke is a friend for Naruto, and that their relationship is a just phase.

43- Do you think it makes sense that Sasuke doesn’t stay in the village at the end of the manga?  Yes I do. I don’t picture him staying in Konoha after the War, at least not all the time. I think he would always go on journey around the world, but would come back in Konoha for a few days/weeks when he feels like it.

44- Do they get married? They do get married, but like some sort of private party. They just invited a little group of people and made a ceremony. It was more about them than about other people.

45- Who’s more aggressive in bed? Neither of them are really agressive. Naturo’s a little bit rough sometimes though…

46- Describe a perfect day for Sasuke and Naruto.  In the morning, they really like to cuddle in bed, and then they take a long walk in the forest while Sasuke listen to whatever Naruto wants to talk about. For lunch they either eat at Ichiraku’s or make themselves a little snack. In the afternoon they like to go training together, then they rest at home either taking a nap or enjoying their garden. In the evening, Sasuke reads with Naruto besides him, then they try to cook themselves something good. After this they either go to sleep, or make love when they’re in the mood.

47- When they’re training together, who always gets distracted and turns the training into fooling around? Naruto!

48- Which outfit of Sasuke’s is Naruto’s favorite?  He loves every single one of them equally. (Well, maybe he does have a preference for the Sasuke-tidies-out-Uchiha, but that’s a secret)

49-What does Sasuke find the most attractive about Naruto? What does Naruto find the most attractive about Sasuke? Sasuke likes it a lot when Naruto does his fox-smirk. And his whiskers are cute. Naruto absolutely loves when Sasuke smiles. He craves for these moments. He think he’s insanely attractive when he smiles. Also he loves his hair and his eyes.

50- If you could tell Sasuke and Naruto one thing, what would you tell them? "Have you watched Brokeback Mountain?"

[chihirolovebot]

ur makima post made me want to read chainsaw man omfg i cant tlel if its really that good or you just make it sound that good. is it misogynistic like shounens tend to be ☹️

misogyny in chainsaw man is interesting. as i mentioned, you see a lot of the series through denji's point of view, and he is sort of a passively sexist sixteen-year-old boy. however i find that chainsaw man has some of the most complex and interesting female characters in most new-gen shounen.

a big part of denji's character arc is learning to view women as more than one thing, basically, which coincides with him slowly learning that what he craves in women is intimacy and genuine connection. by the end of part one, denji's closest female bond is with a young girl who he becomes the adoptive brother of, taking care of her like aki once did for him.

so, like, there's the running joke that denji is horny, and yeah, sure, he is. his big motivation for a bit of the first part is that he wants to touch boobs. but then this ends up happening with power, and he feels nothing, which is super telling of what he actually wanted out of the experience (and what makima later uses to manipulate him with, by explaining the concepts of intimacy and passion).

i find the female character design to be really cool, too. i feel like in any other manga, makima who plays into the seductress role would be wearing really tight clothes with insane body proportions, but she just kinda looks like this:

as you can see, she also wears a lot of heavy, bulky trench coats that make her look bigger and more intimidating. i really adore how makima is designed—she's not over-the-top sexy ( attractive, obviously ), but it puts more emphasis on the mental work she has to do to enamour denji to her, rather than relying purely on her physical appearance.

i think fujimoto has good female character design down in general, really. i find that the one-off devils they encounter are a fairly even-split mix of male-coded and female-coded, and he seems to have more fun designing female characters in general, lol. i mean, the protag of part two is a schoolgirl, and she wears like... an accurate japanese school uniform which... count on one hanf the amount of times you see girls wearing accurate uniforms in a shounen:

so like, long answer short. because the message of the series is that denji needs to earn self-respect, and stop seeking it in women, he (and we) slowly become disillusioned to the objectification of women. i find that the couple of side-eye moments i might have, like asa stripping down to her underwear for one fight, are overshadowed by how complex and dimensional the female characters are, and how much care fujimoto puts into creating them.

thank you for reading!! i would recommend looking up a trigger list before starting chainsaw man, but other than that, i can't recommend it enough :D

[wienertit]

SUPER LONG ITAPAN RAMBLE INCOMING!!!!

OKAY. OKAY. its been a while since ive rambled on this account so today im going to clear up how i see itapan so that no one gets confused when i say “i dont think they would ever date” and then proceed to draw them making out or whatever.

when you hear “one sided itapan” you might think italy has the stronger feelings (because he’s the one approaching and hugging and kissing japan or whatever) but i feel that it’s actually japan with the stronger feelings.

when italy’s affectionate towards japan, its not because he’s necessarily attracted to him, but that’s just how he behaves. i think that he’s kind of trying to lead him on so japan is nicer to him. italy has been coddled his entire life like he’s been taken care of by austria and hungary and spain and france and germany and literally everyone loves him. and he KNOWS that everyone loves him so he purposefully babies himself to others so he can get even more special treatment. hes an annoying little asshole who uses his good looks and weakness to get out of trouble and i love it!!!

throughout the series (both in anime, manga, and a little in hetamyu), japan actually grows a bit of a soft spot for italy because of how weak and pathetic he makes himself seem. at first he’s polite and awkward because he idolized italy to be strong and capable, but once his expectations are SHATTERED he gradually begins to want to take care of him in a way. he doesn’t get mad at him as often and sometimes even defends him when germany is upset or lecturing him (like in hetalia fantasia). he tucks him in bed and lets him sleep on his chest and share a bed and bathe together and do the gayest shit ever. i probably would’ve thought “well thats because he’s too polite to refuse” but he ACTIVELY wants to do this stuff with him. he puts a hand on his back to keep him in place when he rests on his chest. he visits italy often and loves to cook with/for him. he wants to learn how to hug and kiss him back even after italy says its fine. he writes him letters and a SONG where he asks italy to visit him and gives him a pressed flower bookmark. japan goes out of his way to return italy’s affection and spend time with him while italy just does it because he’s italy.

i dont really think it’s a “sad” one-sided crush because in the end they’re still friends! they still both care about each other and confide in one another and hang out. italy isnt just affectionate to japan because he wants to lead him on and get more special treatment, but because they’re friends and he does still like him platonically! they can act like a couple without actually BEING one and thats insane!!! i love that shit!!!!!

ive mentioned how itager/gerita was my first hetalia ship and it still stands as one of my favorites. the problem is that im PICKY with it because i dont like a lot of the fandoms’ interpretations of them. i guess i wasnt as picky with itapan and liked it simultaneously with (although much more than) itager. but when i rewatched all of hetalia over the spring i realized how much MORE i liked itapan in the context of itager, which kind of blew my mind. like i remember mentioning to some itapan friends how i think they would never date and i still stand with that today. like italy and germany are too busy trying to win eachother over and they would just get together instead. japan actually likes his friends though and wants them to be happy so he would just go “ok” and move on while still doing all that gay shit with them. i guess jt makes itapan more of a brotp but it doesnt make it any less enjoyable for me. i LIKE to see them hanging out and being friends and dont really mind fanart where they’re dating or whatever because i can just pretend that they’re not!

anyways sorry for being a little insane i hate itapan but i actually love itapan okay i love them okay yahoo!

[holydrakes]

I saw a writing somewhere before rereading SE awhile ago that Soul Eater supposedly owed its popularity with female readers despite being shonen and has a whole lot of the usual uncomfortable fanservice thanks to the romance and attractive males, and I was like, huh, romance? You mean between Soul and Maka? Didn't their relationship stay platonic tho, you mean the 'shipping'? But I can name other fandoms (of non-romance works) more obsessed with 'shipping' (as in there are loads and loads of different fanon ships and all of them equally insanely popular. MHA is such a fandom and I've never seen MHA being referred to be popular with female readers because of the 'romance' but because of the 'shipping') and in SE SoMa is like the one ship people overly focus on and write endless metas about throughout its run because frankly their bond is the most focused on due to being the co-protagonists. The other ships are just kind of taken more casually and people seem to ship them more for fun...

And then I rewatch and reread the series and started thinking: uhhh, yeah...now I noticed that even from the very first chapter the story already kind of frames the nature of their technically just professional relationship as supposedly no different to a romantic one (lumping together 'loyalty' between work partners as supposedly the same as 'loyalty' between romantic partners. Out loud.) and then this odd way of treating their relationship as if it's no different to a romantic one didn't really stop since it got brought back again later in another arc that's supposed to test out the bond of their relationship (there really was no need to frame Soul getting partner requests as akin to him getting many female admirers who asked for his partnership with love letters and what looked like to be love confessions) How some of Soul and Maka's moments of intimacy had to use borderline romantic tropes like sharing a dance inside the mind during a dangerous battle, how when they share a mind space to showcase how they're partners connected by the soul they are made to wear matching fancy outfits as if they are a couple about to share a waltz, how the evolution of their soul resonance is represented by them sharing more and more intimate hand-holding and physical contacts, how their bond is explored and developed by them navigating dysfunctions in their relationship, including accepting each other's differences, and becoming closer and understanding of each other better that way and by the end of the story, these two are pretty much set to becoming partners for life for how deeply they understand each other and how their differences mean nothing in the way they treasure and love each other's company.

There's also how after a certain point, Maka and Soul did start exhibiting what looked like to be hints of actual romantic attraction with one another what's with Maka outright wishing her relationship with Soul can be a bit more like that of an in-universe romantic couple in nature and Soul showing that he doesn't seem to be against the idea right after, all of this represented with both of them blushing (bonus points that this particular instance did mark the time their relationship started having more romantic undertones for the rest of the manga along with them starting to share more intimate levels of physical intimacy that were unseen before such as the increased focus in their hand-holding)

With all of this, I now understand that Soul Eater, when you read it mostly for Maka and Soul in particular, does seem to be a romance story (or at least it'd be no different to it) it got all the important parts that people look for in a romance (mainly the focus of two people's commitment and understanding and choosing each other above all else) just without the things that would make it identified as such (no explicit declarations of romantic love, no explicit grand of romantic gestures like kissing etc)

[rivangel]

Random question

Other than his looks, what made you fall for Levi?

-♡

first, i can’t give you a detailed recount because i forgor😔in late 2020 i had just escaped a long insanely emotionally abusive co-dependent relationship, i was starting college, escaped my home life, and i heard that aot was FINALLY getting a season 4 so i rewatched it on a whim (i was very much a fan in 2016 but i wasn’t a manga reader, and after wit whimped out on animating after s3, i fell out of interest🤷🏻). idk why levi didn’t catch my attention at that time..

but in a perfect storm of irl variables, i became obsessed❤️honestly levi ackerman made me realize i was on the asexual spectrum. (so levi ackerman was an influence in me breaking up with my casual boyfriend at the time also.) then i went through some Traumatic Stuff and with no exaggeration if it wasn’t for levi i wouldn’t have made this blog or be here today

(so as more of an aside, my sexuality makes me feel like the attraction is even more real in a way?)

but what about HIM made me fall for him??

- well first of all i have a type🤷🏻emotionally unavailable, strong aloof fictional man with a heart of gold

- also he was extremely relatable. i could see so much of myself in him which was particularly nice when i was working through stuff i hadn’t even been aware was trauma before. rly made me feel less alone

- fictional man has unwavering sense of loyalty who knows what it feels like to be chronically abandoned so he would never do that

- independent fictional man that wouldn’t smother me in affection, and doesn’t feel any need or desire to be, idk upfront about it?—because it’s felt and shown in his actions plenty. this was a massive factor for me

- he always has his shit together. i mean he’s in total control of himself at all times and that kind of stability attracted me

- back to being relatable, i have the same outlook about life and feel i have a lot of the same personality traits🙂

- no nonsense. doesn’t mince words or lie to make someone else feel better. not a dominant guy. kind of course, selfless and empathetic but also morally grey with a darkness in him. more humble but not in an insecure way that requires me to be constant emotional support. lacks charisma in a very very very cute way. levi is so shy yk??? while also being a tough badass🤷🏻

- he’s short and small. i didn’t think about this until later but i love it😭😭short guys for me>>>

- if this makes sense, he isn’t sexual? even though he has plenty of sexual appeal (DUH). shows no interest in romantic relationships or sexual encounters while also being the most loyal, doting, and thoughtful partner if he was in a romantic relationship.

- this isn’t canon necessarily (although i remember this being a fan rumor), but he’s more docile and submissive in a relationship. that isn’t to say he can’t be dominant, but he’s mostly the former and that’s a major attraction to me

ok i’m getting into headcanon territory so i’ll stop😅but those are the major things :)

[fatuismooches]

your thing for webttore vs gamettore is something i literally annoy my friends with all the time SO

I personally love the personality webttore has, he hahahehehoho'd into my heart, but i also ADORE the elusiveness of gamettore, what people dont seem to realize is that while its hard to notice, boattore (i think boattore was the one talking to tighnari anyway) has a personality different than the gamettore we see with nahida, the sass he displays when talking to tighnari is so silly to me, while attractiveness i Cannot decide, webttore is more sauishable to me, he seems like he'd have soft cheeks behind his mask, while gamettore seems??? sharper??? maybe it's his stupid fucking bird mask (affectionate) but even if webttore has his shark teeth (I NEED THEM ON GAMETTORE NOW) webttore seems softer than gamettore to me??? idk if it makes sense but id bite webttore on the cheek with no fear for my life but would probably have to work my way up to gamettores cheek by biting his arm first

gamettore really made me start paying attention to dottore in general since i (admittedly) havent read the manga and only downloaded cuts of every panel webttore was in because what else am i supposed to do??? actually read the webcomic??? you think i can read??? anyway seeing dottore in the winters night lazzo made me go "omg hes real" and soon he finally wormed his way into my mad scientist adoring heart, although a gripe i have with gamettore is that we don't really see him unlike webttore methinks, which makes sense and the times we did see him had be giggling kicking my feet and rolling at 297482847273 mph but there's like... 3 cutscenes??? and i think we see him like 10 times ar most.. i think im mainly just waiting for dott to become playable to find out more about his lore because.. i cannot put my adoration for dottore into words he's genuinely one of if not my favorite genshin character, im the mad scientist now i need to pick apart his brain and see his motives more clearly - 🎈

AHHH THIS THIS THIS. The personality of Webttore has my heart, but I love the cool confident calm demeanor of Gamettore. And yes, Boattore definitely has a different personality than Omega. I’m not sure how to describe it but you can kind of just know? Not to mention, during the Archon quest the Fatui npcs mention how different this Dottore is from before, so it’s really shown how different even the in-game Dottores are. Boattore speaks in a different tone as well lol i love him

AHHHH YES WEBTTORE IS SO SQUISHY. Not to mention i absolutely love his haircut it looks so fluffy and messy, i also want to cup that tiny space of his cheek where the mask doesn't cover and give him a lil kith 😔 I'd also pull on his lil bow tie. But Webttore is the kinda guy I'd make fun of (affectionately ofc) while I would think twice about that for Gamettore 😭 Though Webttore would have more heated reactions while Gamettore is just like 😶

HELP i first read the manga for the plot, every other time i go to read it solely for Webttore 😭 And yea i am slowly going insane with the lack of Dottore cutscenes, I'm losing sight in the right eye rewatching all his cutscenes🥰 Though i can't expect more, he did his job and left after it was done lol... The only thing i hope is he appears in Fontaine 🥺

[acilykos]

Hello sorry I am the anon that just sent you something a few minutes ago and I am rambling more now HRJMSKKDKS SORRY IDK WHO ELSE TO TALK TO ABOUT THESE THINGS BUT YEAH. I think one of the things that is difficult to accept by the fandom about aroace Senku is that, see, Senku /is/ attractive, right? most of his friends and the people he've met throughout his journey that are not also on the acespec are definitely capable of being attracted to him 'cause, well, he is attractive! So the idea that in spite of him being, well, such a 'catch,' this idea that his friends respect him enough to not make a move on him and understand/respect that he's not interested and will never be, is such an insanely warm and heartening thing to watch as an aroace. HAHAHA Okay I'm done now have a good day pt. 2!

Yes!!! I completely agree hahaha And same, I love talking about Senku being AroAce!

None of his friends force a romance onto him, no one going "Ah, eventually he'll come around" it's the opposite! Even Luna who "crushes" on him respects his autonomy and doesn't do anything, no plot of trying to get romantic or physical, even she respects his decision on whether or not he actually wants a relationship with her.

Kohaku and Chrome both say "People don't know Senku at all" whenever there's a "Ohh you're into them?" comments, like about Homura. They all know and just respect it.

I thank Inagaki and Boichi everyday that there wasn't a last minute forced romance between him and Luna or Kohaku, also because I feel like shonen specifically doesn't value male and female friendships together as much as it should be, and always makes some weird romance happen between the (male) protagonist of the series and their closest (female) allies. Seems to be changing in recent years tho!

I'm actually glad we as a society kinda move on from having a forced romance for the protagonist trope in shows ajdjwjr

Also I ranted about this to @cosplayprincess21 but sometimes I feel like the reason why we have both Taiju/Yuzuriha and Chrome/Ruri as established will be couples in the series, is to divert from Senku like "Nooo, look at those romance plots, nothing to see over there, yes look away from the scientist" and even then their romance plots are very, very subtle and don't feel forced, they're very sweet and I like them!

To paraphrase myself from one of our convos, in a way, the series just feels AroAce-spec by having every other types of relationships, like family (Byakuya and Senku, Ruri and Kohaku, Ryusui and Sai, etc, etc...), friendship (I don't think I need to give examples for those hahaha but the best has to be Senku and Taiju), and alliances from mentor and student to enemies who become allies to fight the same enemy, be highlighted much more than the romantic ones.

Like yes, we have obvious romantic moments, but they don't feel overpowering, they just feel natural and like a side note.

Plus again, they're not focused on Senku hahaha He's like a bystander who has to roll with the punches lmao

I hope this makes sense, I don't know how else to explain it ajdje 💀 Just the fact that romance is a footnote, not a driving force for plot in the entirety of the manga. You could rewrite the entirety and have the romances be just friendships and it still works, even if some details change. Plus again, just two of Senku's closest friends (Taiju and Chrome) having the romance instead of himself as the protagonist just feels very "How to make sure people won't scream for a romantic main plot"

Also yeah, I don't really count Luna's switch over as a romantic subplot, because Senku gave it his all to trick her into joining his team lmao

Boy exploited romance for his convenience and then dropped it the second he didn't need it anymore hahaha

Sorry, this became super fucking long, but I love ranting with others about Senku being the perfect AroAce rep and how it just makes sense 😭

BUT YEAH HAVE A NICE DAY TOO, ANON!!

Drop by anytime you want to rant about it :D

[fanfictionnerdfortoomanythings]

Dazai rant and a view of the fandom overall.

WARNINGS:

MAJOR manga and light novel spoilers

References to abu$3.

References to murd3r and manipulation.

References to $elf h@rm / $uicid3 (it's Dazai).

M*ri

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Before we start, I will explain that I do not know everything about Dazai as a character, and I AM a soukoku shipper. If anything is wrong/inaccurate please put it in the reply's so I can fix it. NO ARGUMENTS PLEASE, CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM ALLOWED.

I am not a Dazai stan, I think he is attractive, but I'm more invested in his mind rather than his looks or sob story.

TL;DR at the end of the text.

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Okay. Dazai Osamu.

He is a murderer, liar, manipulator, abuser, and many, many more.

But despite what his ability may suggest, he is human, but not in the way I see this fandom many times portray him.

I mostly see (at least, in recent times,) Dazai portrayed as simply a manipulative psycho, which he is not. He does not kill for no reason, he does not manipulate without planning for it.

He is an absolute asshole, but we all know why.

M*ri purposely made Dazai his little puppet, at the age of fourteen. He was raised and groomed in a terrible environment, and he was so bored and tired of simply living everything he did was due to the idea that it might let him finally die at the age of 15. (Remember, the only reason Dazai decided to do the mission with Chuuya was because M*ri promised to make him a painless poison to die with)

Odasaku gave him hope, happiness, someone to not have to wear a mask around.

And what did M*ri do?

Purposely set up a situation to kill the one man Dazai could truly rely on.

Dazai could never trust, never love, never feel safe, even with the people he considered partners (ADA, Chuuya, Odasaku) because he knew that they would be taken away.

He made sure to never feel regret, never feel sadness, even after killing the partner he'd had since he was fifteen. He'd felt enough of that when Oda died.

He was and is obsessed with dying, because who is there for him to live for?

He knows he can never be a good person, but he still tried, for Oda.

He will always have a plan, have a plan B, C all the way to Z. But none of these plans will ever secure a long, happy life. Most of them aim to give Dazai a miserable life where he can die as quickly as possible.

And the only person to blame for his nature is M*ri, and his nurture was grown around M*ri and the PM.

He sees everything and has a plan to pull it to his advantage and success (Dead Apple) and anyone he meets can be played by a string to follow his deeds (Chuuya, Akutagawa).

He is terrible, and I will not excuse his behaviour because even I have a limit, but just like my Yoohyun rant, there is a solid reason for why he is the way he is, and I feel this makes Bungou Stray Dogs as a whole all the more captivating and well written.

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[TL;DR, Dazai is an insanely well written character, with reasoning behind every action he makes. Also, M*ri sucks and is the reason Dazi is the way he is.]

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Sorry if anything is inaccurate, again, please tell in the comments, though please keep it to being constructive criticism! Also, no fighting in the comments please.

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