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dykealloy · 1 year ago

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Trafalgar Law and Faith

Pre-emptive warning this is going to be another LONG metapost/analysis. There’s a lot I could talk about here but for the sake of structure I’m going to split this into three sections, i.e. the main ‘faith transitions’ that Law has gone through in the narrative thus far: 1. Flevance (catalyst for loss of religious faith), 2. Corasan (martyr that figuratively and literally saves law by giving him something to live for, introducing the will of D.), and 3. Luffy (cementing faith in this new belief system and regaining trust in the goodness of humanity through the living embodiment of everything Corasan believed in).

Before we get into all that though, let’s establish that Christianity is a thing in one piece. Speedrunning through some visual examples that come to mind; the Flevance church and nun (holding a celtic cross - censored in the anime version), a nun literally praying to God right before Marineford, Vinsmoke Sora’s grave marked with a cross (is op Christianity a northern thing?), Usopp and Chopper having crucifixes and holy water whenever ghostly stuff is brought up, Kuma and his trusty bible, the religious symbols on Kikoku’s hilt (could instead be more a reference to the Red Cross/symbol of humanitarian and medical aid as a doctor) and especially in whatever Mihawk’s got going on (though this could just be a Japanese cultural thing with Christianity being a minority religion or Oda just finding that some of the iconography, y’know. looks cool). There are also many other references to other religions e.g. hinduism, shintoism, buddhism, etc. Whether op forms of religion are the same as the real-world ones is debatable, and yes, Law being canonically raised as a devout catholic schoolboy with all the religious trauma associated with that is comical, but let’s take it all unironically for a hot minute. For fun.

1. Flevance

Law’s birthplace (Flevance) is described as being, at one point, “a very wealthy country with an unearthly beauty about it, with pure white soil and plants, like some kind of snow kingdom in a fairy tale.” The country’s wealth came from the very bedrock it sits on — white lead, which could be used to make various high quality products like tableware, cosmetics, weapons etc. When the wider world heard about this everyone wanted a piece of Flevance (the World Government also getting involved with distribution), and very quickly white lead became a “bottomless well of money”. So, hooray. Law gets to grow up in a rich city in a big house with educated doctor parents and probably gets to go to private school on weekdays and festivals with his family on weekends. One problem. In their greed, the Government and royalty have been knowingly hiding the truth about this supposed goldmine from the beginning. White lead is a toxic poison. Mining it from the ground over the last century and putting it in so many everyday products has resulted in it accumulating in the citizens’ bodies and leading to amber lead sickness, shortening their life-span with each successive generation – with the children of Law’s generation fated to die out before they reach adulthood.

In the bible (especially in the old testament), God often inflicted these insanely disastrous events upon humanity, usually as some kind of punishment for their wrongdoings or as a test of their faith. Some events of which include (but are not limited to): famine, outbreaks of disease and natural disasters (e.g. hail, wildfire, earthquakes, floods). Historically, these stories played a key role in how humanity interpreted meaning from horrible disasters (e.g. assuming bubonic plague was sent as a punishment by god). Fire imagery is very common among these disasters as a representation for hell, which is clearly reflected in the destruction of Flevance.

Sometimes these disasters had sole survivors act as messengers for God. With that context, let’s put ourselves back in the shoes of a ten-year old Law. Raised religious, freshly traumatised from losing his home, his devout family, all the comforts of his life, and having the outside world completely abandon him, this kind of event is likely going to be processed as some form of divine punishment. Law stumbles through hell, finds all his dead classmates, and the last words of sister nun echo through to him here. Merciful and salvation are huge catholic buzzwords – promises of holy compassion, deliverance and hope – and all of it fire and smoke and riddled with bullet holes before him. A genocide funded, perpetuated and covered up by the same body Law was promised was there to save them. And the only reason Law hadn’t died with them was because he wanted to stay with his little sister Lami, who was on her deathbed, and his parents, who were themselves trying to help the afflicted citizens, Law’s own father (before he was shot and killed alongside his mother) begging for more doctors, fresh blood, anything the world can offer, and asking “Why doesn’t the government announce to everyone that white lead is not infectious?”

Oftentimes (and in the case of Law), when there’s a promise of heavenly intervention or some miracle that doesn’t follow through, it results in an ultimate feeling of betrayal and anger. Unfortunately a lot of Catholic teachings also use a lot of guilt, essentially teaching people that the bad things that happen to you are your fault and there needs to be some sort of penance (queue Law’s survivor’s guilt that carries on down the road). But also, if this was supposed to be some divine punishment, for what exactly? For the town being blinded by the incredible wealth they were sitting on? Being lied to? Continuing to extract their livelihood, ignorant of its dangers? Punishment for who? His parents? His innocent little sister? For ten year-old Law? These people who believed in God, who were good people? That’s fucking stupid. None of these people suffered and died for any reason at all — certainly not for a sacred one. God hadn’t saved a single one of them. Law had to crawl out of hell himself by sneaking over the border under a mound of corpses.

Given everything that happened here, Law has every reason to fall into nihilism, and you can see how his upbringing would’ve bred a lot of the feelings of guilt, anger and resentment that you still see in Law (which would suggest that though this is where he likely cuts ties with the religious/Catholic component of his faith, growing up with these teachings in his formative years would definitely influence underlying beliefs about how the world works, and how Law behaves and subconsciously processes information), but at the same time, there’s usually some form of redemption and changes to how these patterns of behaviour can be approached later down the line.

2. Corasan

Fresh off witnessing his whole world burning down around him, Law meets Corazon at the very bottom of this pit of self-destructive rage and unprocessed grief. Rosinante himself mentions to Sengoku that the hatred in Law at this time reminded him of his brother, but beyond the anger, harsh pessimism, vengefulness, I think you have to reach to find similarities between them. You can see some fragments of Doffy in Law down the line at times, with Law seeming to enjoy violence (especially against the navy, but given what they did to Flevance, it’s some well-deserved retribution for Law imo), but I’m not so sure it’s the cruelty so much as it is the high he gets off his own flavour of justice. Doctor’s Hippocratic oath maybe, but never once does Law like seeing others die (even at this point, he’s in tears next to a dead body, even though he’s the one holding the knife), and later on in Wano he makes it explicitly clear to Zoro that he’d rather see the mission fail than have any of them end up dead.

Little Law wanted to destroy the world and everything in it, but thinking rationally, what other choice did this kid have? He had no remaining family, was doomed to die before he hit puberty due to a terminal illness, was perceived as an infectious subhuman that most doctors would’ve sooner tried to exterminate than help. To Law, the world had turned its back on him – considering him a monster for simply surviving. He has all this hatred and pain boiling away with him with no tangible target to direct it towards. And this is the first clear cut rejection of faith that we see in Law. Any concept of a merciful God had just died. What God would allow this? Why is Law alive (a question that he repeats to himself throughout his life), why are these scumbags alive, why is the world going on spinning as if nothing has happened when his whole world had gone up in flames, why does anyone at all get to be here when everything I loved is gone? And it’s far easier to fall into a despondent nihilistic stupor than it is to work through any of that, and what’s the point in trying to process and move on from it, when there’s no hope for a future for Law anyway? When the only thing waiting ahead is more pain? What was this, if not a punishment? He’s supposed to be some messenger for God? How about fuck God, or whatever entity that exists that made him suffer this. Law’s not going to be a messenger for shit, thanks, he’d rather be their monster, he’d rather watch the world burn.

Corazon survives Law’s stabbing and doesn’t rat the little shit out (to Law’s confusion). It’s business as usual for another two years, then, one day Rosinante overhears his true name - Trafalgar “D” Water Law, and everything changes. On the back of his own beliefs, Rosinante dedicates himself to making sure Law a) lives and b) doesn’t become his brother. Law’s relatively short six month stint with Corasan forms the basis of Law’s new creed going forward, and all it took was a bit of kindness, love and humanity when the rest of the world had abandoned him. In the end Rosinante doesn’t save Law for the will of D. and the storm he’s predicted to bring in the future (as Law suspects), but he certainly believes in it, and the strength of Corasan’s conviction transfers right over to Law when he forces the ope ope fruit down the kid’s throat to heal him, tells Law he loves him, then sacrifices himself to set Law free.

Law clings to that love he was given, he takes all these fundamental teachings and ways of thinking in regards to faith that were drilled into him during his youth, rejects the religion element and applies just about everything else to Corasan. He holds onto the last shreds of what Corasan leaves him with. Corasan becomes his “benefactor” (he gave my my heart), his saviour, his martyr.

And the crazy thing is, Rosinante was never really this saint Law makes him out to be. Law hated the clutz when they first met (mostly on account of Corazon throwing him through a glass window down at least two stories and into a pile of scrap). Corazon initially showed nothing but contempt for his presence (to ward him and the other children away from the Donquixote family, but these are still extreme measures). And it wasn’t until after learning Law’s name that Rosinante dragged him kicking, crying and screaming from hospital to burning hospital (not very saintlike in of itself), even after Law begged him to stop. Rosinante became Law’s saviour partly because of his belief in the will of D., and probably due to some guilt being a Donquixote, but mostly because he has always had a bleeding heart and he pitied (and had very quickly come to love) this angry, sick, deeply lost little kid. All this to say that Law’s faith in Corasan – this saintlike figure Law upholds him as in the future and the lengths he’s willing to go to avenge him/fulfil Rosinante’s purpose reflects the strength of the absolute beliefs Law would’ve been raised with in regards to God.

Whether it be out of survivor’s guilt (just one more body to heap on top of the Flevance pile), his love for Corasan, or for the sake of taking vengeance on the man that took away the one good thing he’d been able to regain in his miserable life, Law adopts Corasan’s will, the will of D. (which in of itself seems divine in nature), incorporates it into his new belief system, actively takes on the role of the divine punisher/justiciar and dedicates his life to bringing down Doflamingo.

3. Luffy

Catholicism dictates that the entirety of someone’s beliefs should be dedicated to one true cause (that cause being God) and expects people to ride on that, letting it carry them through life, give them hope, purpose, etc. But a lot of former Catholics choose instead to find that through something else. Corasan ignited the spark in Law’s faith around the will of D., but it’s not until he meets Luffy that this really becomes something that feels tangible and real for Law.

When Law saved Luffy in Marineford (putting the heart crew in danger for a stranger he met once), he said he did so “on a whim”, but that seems incredibly ooc for Law — this man that pretty much planned out how the rest of his life would go after the dust of Corasan’s death settled and he came to terms with the fact he wasn’t going to die at age thirteen like he’d originally thought. Circling back to the concept of Law being a sole survivor/messenger for God, it is interesting that Law is the one to seek out Luffy (given that Luffy is usually always the one either being abandoned by people or recruiting his crewmates), and Law is ultimately the catalyst for pulling him towards Dressrosa and Wano. There must be a REASON that led to Law deciding Luffy to be the most viable option out of the Worst Generation for an alliance (beyond blind trust in an unhinged captain that just so happens to also bear the initial D, and Luffy being one of the few captains crazy enough to go along with what Law was cooking up).

Law undoubtedly would’ve kept a peripheral eye on Luffy for some time before officially meeting him due to him being a rising competitor pirate and another “D” (I imagine the news of his utterly insane exploits would’ve made good reading material, too). The first time Law lays eyes on Luffy in Sabaody though, he still blows all expectations out of the water — crashing headfirst into the crowd of a slave auction and immediately committing a felony against a member of the most powerful upper one percent.

The world nobles are at an “untouchable God” tier in terms of class standing and believe it’s only natural for them to be entitled to whatever and whoever they want in this world that’s beneath them – the same kind of self-aggrandizing false divinity that Law has a a lot of repressed rage towards and that the will of D. is fated to oppose, so this, understandably, is a highly compelling first encounter, but it’s really only an initiating factor for what ultimately draws Law to Luffy. From their very first meeting (and probably before then, in the news stories and rumours Law likely picked up on), it’s made abundantly clear that Luffy does what he wants without a second’s hesitation, no matter the consequences, simply because he feels it is the right thing to do. Some call this an iron will, Law would be more inclined to call it willful stupidity and trouble, but time after time Luffy somehow manages to pull off what Law would best describe as “miracles”. And Law believes the straw hats just might be the ones to drum up another one for him.

Luffy’s also got a lot of passing resemblances to Corasan going for him, e.g. inherently kind, compassionate liberators with big dumb hearts and wide goofy smiles in spite of everything they’ve been through, treating Law as nakama and saving his life despite his protests etc. All of which I’m sure Law hasn’t been completely unaffected by despite the high walls he puts up. And the more Law learned about Luffy the more it probably became clear that he is the antithesis to Doflamingo, i.e. what makes Luffy so goddamn dangerous and terrifying beyond his physical power is his ability to make friends with a simple kind of unconditional love that gets reciprocated enough so that these friends are willing to die for him.

Luffy agrees to the alliance, they successfully blow up Caesar’s base, and head off to Dressrosa. Now’s the time I should bring up that it’s taught in Catholicism that self sacrifice is the ultimate heavenly deed, and here Law is undoubtedly prepared to be a martyr for his cause. Law sends away his crew to Zou before Punk Hazard with the expectations that he’d never see them. He cultivates a fierce emotional detachment against Luffy’s willingness to bring him into the fold of the straw hats, and is resolute in that when the time comes, he will handle this himself, he will carry out Corasan’s will, and if he has to die for it, he will die with Corazon’s name plastered on his back. (Note here that Christianity is contradictory in that Law being this ready to die here is a sin, because revenge and suicide are highly discouraged, so you could say that by avenging and dying for his saviour, Law would be committing both the ultimate sacrifice and the ultimate sin).

Things get very dicey for Law in Dressrosa, to put it lightly. Doflamingo reveals that he was a celestial dragon (linking back into the will of D. “enemy of the Gods” notion), puts Law on the backfoot and gives him a thorough beating before shooting Law with a couple dozen white lead bullets in front of Luffy (because even when he’s winning Doffy loves to be a cunt about it). By the time Doflamingo is cuffing Law to the heart seat, it’s all looking pretty grim, and it’s very apparent when Luffy shows up to save him, that he is ready to die.

Law here has given up. He spent years planning his revenge for Corasan, but he lost, and he has very little left in the tank (physically, emotionally, spiritually). But Luffy doesn’t listen. Luffy who doesn’t think, doesn’t care, who trampled all over Law’s carefully laid out plan from the get-go and who is willing to take on Doflamingo single handedly for the simple slight that he dared to harm Luffy’s friend Law. Law will never find peace in his own demise because Luffy doesn’t do peaceful. He does loud and unashamed and open with no rhyme or reason other than the excruciatingly simply fact that he loves people and he thinks the people he loves deserve to have good lives. Luffy chucks Law over his shoulder and drags an injured Law across the city despite his protests (sound familiar?) and in the process inspires the fighting spirit in Law again.

When Law confronts Doflamingo again with Luffy in tow, Law’s faith in Luffy confounds him. The last Doflamingo remembers of Law is this beautifully moldable dark pit of grief and rage who’d given up on believing, period – who wanted the world destroyed. Not so long ago, Law had been a candidate for Doflamingo’s next protégé. Now?

THIS is the action (grinning, staring down the barrel of a gun, flipping Doffy off as he tells him in not so many words that he may kill Law but he will never beat Luffy), Law’s unshakeable faith in the face of his own death is what has Doflamingo realising he will never regain control of Law again – is what incites Doflamingo to go from breaking Law down so he can build him back up again, to conceding defeat and outright killing him.

The trust that Luffy inspires in Law and the way he talks about Luffy (Luffy being this powerful, miracle-inducing liberator that Law can’t comprehend but follows anyway, Law laying down his hopes on him, weaponizing the will of D. to try and provoke fear from Doffy), is very reminiscent of the awe and faith talked about in scripture. Law discovers the feelings of comfort and hope that Catholicism was supposed to give him in Luffy, but Law’s belief in Luffy is a direct rejection of those teachings. Rejection by believing in a real life person as opposed to the divinity he was taught about. He’s also cementing his belief in the will of D., thus rejecting Doflamingo and all the people that embody the sort of “all powerful” divinity that he abhors (i.e. celestial dragons, Kaido, the Gorōsei/five elders) for the embodiment of hope and humanity.

When Law survives (again), he expresses he’d rather see Luffy beat Doflamingo with his own eyes or die with Luffy if he loses than leave. Then he watches, after all this talk of miracles, looking up in reverence as Luffy delivers, bright as the sun, haloed by the bars of a cage that’s haunted him for over a decade, Corasan’s words echoing at the back of his mind. God had never saved or freed Law, but Corasan was there for him, the heart crew was there, Luffy was there. And this is Law’s biggest, clearest rejection of religion – this newfound faith in humanity.

This faith in Luffy is put to the test again in Wano when Luffy is struck down by Kaido, but Law never truly stops believing that he’ll make a comeback. Even when the straw hats doubt whether he’s alive or not, something tells him Luffy’s not dead, and he holds onto that hope.

We also have the whole nika/joyboy backstory which really only reinforces all of this imagery/god-fearing looks of awe from Law and this idea of Luffy who is this perfect juxtaposition of empathetic and kind to incredibly fearsome fire and brimstone fighter. And regardless of whether you’re into the ship or not this is the impetus of Law’s relationship with Luffy for me, because here’s Luffy who has every right to have a chip on his shoulder and be downtrodden about all the injustices against him, here’s this little guy who against all odds, in the darkest of places, embodies light and hope and kindness and proves to Law that there will be hard times but there IS a happy ending at the end of the tunnel, despite it all. And everytime Luffy rises to the insurmountable challenge and wins, it just further cements that the will of D. is alive, that Corasan was right, that there's something redeemable in Law, a reason why he was worth saving, even if Law doesn’t understand it quite yet.

#merry christmas law religious trauma be upon ye #what’s an endearing idiot to a non-believer #long post #favourite character thesis statement. or something #ive been wanting to talk about this for a while but just been gathering my thoughts #will preface all this by saying I was not born or raised religious but the concept’s all very compelling from an outsider’s perspective #but I have had conversations about this to people like lesbianluffy who *were* raised catholic and relate to this experience #who I have to thank a lot for helping me wrap my head around this #this is a compilation of thoughts and conversations over the last two or so months #one piece #op #CJ's op watch-through #trafalgar law #monkey d. luffy #donquixote rosinante #donquixote corazon #monkey d luffy #lawlu #trafalgar d water law #gear 5 luffy #sun god nika #wano spoilers #lulaw #op meta #op analysis #one piece analysis

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pushing500 · 1 year ago

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Starting today off by introducing our 21st colonist, Henry!! Woo! How exciting- and annoying. My colonist bar had to break into two rows on top of each other to handle so many pawns! it won't be a problem for long, don't worry

Henry is a little boy who is of the 'Hussar' xenotype, which just means he's a genetically engineered super-soldier who will apparently develop a dependency on Go-Juice later in life. Hooray for him. He has a wooden foot and lil' bandaids on his face, which makes me think this kid has seen some fights way too grown-up for him. Fortunately, the colonists at Eureka don't believe in sending children into combat, so Henry is free to spend his days learning and having fun.

The first thing Henry did (after putting on a new shirt) was go hang out with Irwin in the school building to learn about melee. For what it's worth, Henry is already the third-best melee fighter in the colony, at the same level as Kawoo, and only beaten by Irwin at level 14 and Connie at level 11.

I think he is going to get along swimmingly with Irwin.

Then we had a drop-pod raid, which I did not think was going to be a problem because there didn't seem to be that many Saurid raiders... But, alas...

I guess someone named "Executioner" would ruin my day, huh?

The problem with drawing the adventures of these colonists is that I get way too attached to them. So, uh... I wrote eulogies. Sorry. They're under here if you feel like reading 'em.

Wendy Marsengill

Wendy Marsengill was killed on the 13th of Decembary, at the age of 27. She is survived by her wife of 1.5 years, Tamarind, by a vast and eccentric family, including her Aunt Kawoo and cousin Andy, and by many friends in the settlement of Eureka and beyond.

Wendy had a fascinating start to her life when she was recruited as a Child Spy. She went on to become a Barber in her adulthood, though, at some point, she ended up on a distant Rimworld and was lost to madness as a Wild Woman. She wandered in this state for some time before joining the Animist Alliance, where she met and eventually married her wife Tamarind.

Wendy was the best cook in the settlement and often was single-handedly responsible for keeping the colony fed with properly cooked food, and nobody ever got food poisoning while Wendy was manning the kitchen.

Some of Wendy's greatest moments include wearing a jester's hat to her own wedding and somehow managing to cement herself as the most Australian colonist in my head based on a single social interaction way-back-when.

Pearl the Cheetah

Pearl was the first animal to join the ranks of Eureka's ever-growing menagerie, not including Rogan the rottweiler who crash-landed with Albina, Brennan, and Irwin.

Pearl landed near our burgeoning settlement in an animal drop-pod, where she was rescued and nursed back to health by Head Researcher Brennan. Pearl decided to stay with us and spent a very long time sleeping on an animal sleeping spot on the rough marble floor of Irwin's ascetic bedroom (sorry, Pearl. You deserved better).

Once Andrei McCarthy joined the colony, it was love at first sight, and he bonded with Pearl almost immediately. She was eventually given a proper animal bed in the room Andrei shared with his wife, Kawoo and their infant son Andy, before Andy moved to his own room.

Pearl was brave, beautiful and very fast, as cheetahs often are. It is a tragedy that I can't draw animals as well as I would like to, or she would have featured far more prominently in all these posts. I'll miss her. She made silly noises when I zoomed in on her sometimes. It's going to be quiet without her.

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#rimworld #gracie plays #The Animist Alliance #art #my art #traditional art #rimworld art #unpolished art #tw death mention #tw death #I am very glad to have new colonist Henry #but it does feel a bit like I had to trade one colonist for another #screw you Randy #I'm still (barely) coping with an actual real-life death of a close friend right now haha...#So perhaps I'm taking these Rimworld deaths a little harder than usual #Oh well I'm glad Wendy and Pearl could be around for as long as they were #I am going to miss them a lot #I hope Tamarind and Andrei will be okay :(#I didn't want to draw the actual dying bit #So you just get cute pictures of Wendy and Pearl instead #I'm going to build them the most exquisite tomb...#Near the river I think with the pretty pink almond trees #They'll rest easy there #Anyway #Here's to a cozy day everyone #I hope you're not as sad about this as I am #Or maybe I hope you are as sad as me? I don't know #have a good day nonetheless. I love you all.

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immaturityofthomasastruc · 1 year ago

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Remember how you showed that Astruc once stated at teenage years, Chloe and basically everyone is suppose to grow and gain their own moral compasses from their parents (https://www.tumblr.com/immaturityofthomasastruc/665433374354194432/one-thing-i-dont-like-about-astruc-is-that-he)

Uh no, not always true. I'm gonna go a little personal on my own life on how this is wrong.

I grew up in a religious/conservative household. Almost every family member that I had was either religious (mainly Christian or Catholic) and/or voted Republican. I was taught that marriage was only between man and woman, that Democrats were socialist communists, that X was a sin in God's eyes, etc...and while I wouldn't say that my family were abusive, their teachings gave me some sort of emotional affect on me until I became a teenager in middle school.

This is where I came out as bi, learned more about LGBTQ, hell I was even AFRAID of coming out to my parents; scared that they would disown me. Luckily, they didn't. However, to this day, my mom still doesn't believe me while my dad is more tolerable of it.

It wasn't until my early-mid 20s that I finally started to gain that independence away from my parents. Where I began to question religion, where I began to see both political parties as rotten and toxic, I began to develop my own ideologies. Yes, I did develop them when I was still in school, but it wasn't until around my adulthood that I finally went through the stage of developing physically and mentally. Basically, puberty came back to me around my 20s and continued where it left off.

Also, does Astruc not know that the brain doesn't stop maturing until age 25? Like, no shit, Chloe is still gonna act up because she is a CHILD! You just don't wake up one day and go "Hooray! I'm finally a mature person!" No, it takes time and effect to develop, change, and mature.

So no Astruc, not every teen gains that independence or moral compass away from their parents either due to their beliefs still affecting them or not going through the mental or physical stage you were suppose to go through during puberty.

P.S. I do apologize if this is too long or too personal. Especially during the puberty part. I was only giving out what I'd learned growing up and what I went through when developing myself.

Don't worry, I didn't think any of this was inappropriate, and your story raises a good point.

It's really weird, because teenagers are usually depicted in pop culture as being wildly irresponsible, not being moral paragons who have their lives in order. If this is what he really believes, you have to wonder what exactly he was like as a teenager, or if he was embezzling the truth of not.

#immaturity of thomas astruc #iota #thomas astruc #thomas astruc salt

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laugtherhyena · 5 months ago

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Okay so maybe the wrinkly split head devil isn't the Aging devil itself, since it being called aging definitelly feels like a mistranslation and and public safety wanting to erase old age by sacrificing the younger generation fits the point the chapter is trying to get across much nicer than if the devil was aging itself (+ if you think about it for 2 seconds erasing aging as a whole is a terrible fucking idea since no one will be able to grow anything anymore and people will be stuck as babies and kids forever whereas erasing old age should just make people not age past adulthood and probably cause people who are already elderly to just dissapear on the spot)

But that doesn't mean i'm keeping Cherryboy the exact same because if old age specifically is enough to achieve primal fear level then aging as a whole has gotta be one too. So hooray! someone's getting a slight revamp in the future :)

#i'm not changing his storyline in part one nor his design but his overall backstory will change slightly #but in his main design he is now the Aging fiend instead of straight up devil. i'll definitelly cook up a full devil design for him later #and you know him being a primal fear is fun because i had this idea that even after dying Cherry retains a sliver of his memories #from past iterations. if he is that strong of a devil then he can probably do that #and i can use this as an excuse to why i never made designs for him in hell :) i've got some fun ideas brewing #basic idea so far is that Cherry has a fascination with watching life (basically aging and its effects on living beings) even tho he has #hardly any attachment to life itself. dying is just a part of it same as growing old and such he doesn't feel anything when it happens #to other people and also himself #but being an enormously powerful devil in hell he can only watch this dance of life and death from afar as an outside observer #so after god knows how long he grows tired of sitting there in hell and kills himself to be reborn on earth #and immediatelly goes out of his way to become a fiend. severely weakening his strenght but bringing him closer to the lesser beings #by doing so. and now he can observe life from upclose and interact with the other creatures roaming around. which is something he finds #immense enjoyment in #think like a god that roleplays as a human every once in a while just because they're bored. and when they die they go back to godhood #so thats why all of Cherry's versions on earth are these dudes w animal skulls. little fiends #he can be strong and all-powerful when this life is over. and in hell he will look back at it quite fondly #csm #csm oc #chainsaw man #csm spoilers #csm part 2 #Cherry #hyena ramblings

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unicyclehippo · 1 year ago

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it’s raining here (hooray) & my neighbours kids are literally just riding their bikes in circles on our driveway getting soaked it’s so cute it’s So funny & they’re like COME SIT IN THE RAIN WITH US & one of them has a unicorn helmet & im so tempted but also i have things to go today so I cannot WOE the catastrophe of adulthood.

but I did show them my tie die rainbow helmet & they loved it so that’s a win

#you can ignore this

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ellouchi · 23 days ago

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maybe this is problaly the stupiest thing i'll be asking and it is okay if you absulately refuse to answer this, absulately no pressure!

So uh, how do i cope with seeing tulpar crew art espacially happy ones that doesn't include jimmy, often because the artist is too uncomfortable with engaging his character

like i get it, i respect their decision however it still pains me so bad.. those type of artworks becomes a constant reminder that, people will only view jimmy as this super mega evil oppressor tyrant causing nobody wanting to acually explore his character and he doesn't deserve to be free from his own trauma, he deserves to suffer by it like a karmic punishment

And sometimes, those happy mw crew artworks without jimmy, blow up gets like thousands of likes and encourgement, and it feesl hurtful to a point of tears. like it like a knife stabbed to chest... There is so many words to describe but i want to stop i think i embressed myself enough..

i know i should get over it. i should learn to move on, but i can't help it, it's just agonizing it feels lonely..and trapping..

i am sorry. please as i said in begining you don't have to answer this, i just wanted a place get these feelings out of my chest

i apologize if i sounded really foolish, you can delete this from your inbox

Have a nice day, ♥️

Anon my dear, I've been unreasonably hostile towards the most inoffensive things ever since I was a pre-teen an even now in my adulthood, what you feel is quite normal. You're are not stupid, immature or wrong, you are a human. It's unfortunate, but a lot of things impact how we perceive things and how we end up feeling about them.

Truth to be told, I relate to your issues. I severely dislike art that features Jimmy getting abused in any way (unless it's for fetish reasons because I'm fucked up like that). I don't like when he's made fun in a degrading way (again, unless I know for a fact that the author actually likes Jimmy). And when I see "crew art" without Jimmy or with his model, his face obscured, or drawn dead, I roll my eyes, especially if it's captioned with something like "everyone here except for j*mmy he should eat cement lol" like hooray congrats you've just earned a prize of high moral.

How to cope with your reactions, feeling and emotions....well there is no solid solution out there without any sacrifices. From your words I've gathered that you really do like and care about Jimmy for your own reasons, I won't speculate what they are. I advise you to focus on Jimmy, block blogs which are heavy on hate for him, and seek out blogs which favour him. That's what I do, instead of getting continuously hurt by what I see and read. Good things aren't always popular, widely known or even accepted by the general public. It's in your hands to leave likes, reblogs, comments and tags for the art you love because otherwise it won't exist. If Jimmy lovers didn't push for him, he wouldn't even be talked about. People are slowly coming around to tolerate him and even like him, so it's not all that bad.

I hope you find a way to enjoy staying in mw fandom. Try to distance yourself from it when you feel overwhelmed or try to switch to something which definitely will bring you positive emotions. I hope my words made sense, stay safe anon~ 💖💖💖

#jimmy is my poor little meow meow so...

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deus-ex-mona · 2 years ago

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Hooray Hooray! Minami-sensei!: Chapter 2

fure fure nya nya count: still 0

previous part (chapter 1)

next part (chapter 3)

Minami: Why are you here, LIPxLIP…?!

Aizo: No, that’s our line!

Yujiro: I heard that they’d extended the offer to another… So that other person turned out to be you, Minami.

Minami: (Ah… I see. The offer to be teachers for a day was also extended to LIPxLIP…)

Hiyori: Thank goodness Minami will be there too. You two will be able to play with the kids without any worries.

Aizo: Well, I guess so, but…

Minami: Don’t tell me, you guys still have your doubts about whether to accept this job?

Yujiro: I guess so. I’ve always wanted to try working all kinds of jobs, but…

Aizo: I never expected that we’d be asked to be kindergarten teachers. I dunno how to handle kids at all.

Hiyori: Ehh?! That’s such a waste!

Hiyori: I think it’ll be fun, yannow? The kids are all prolly really cute too.

Aizo: We’re gonna have to take care of the kids, so you can’t play with them, y’know?

Hiyori: I have lots of siblings, and I’ve been taking care of my younger siblings for a long time, so leave it to me!

Yujiro: “Leave it to me”, you say… This job is ours to do, so it’s none of your business, though.

Hiyori: Th-that’s true, but…

Aizo: You’ll never know what kids will get up to once you take your eyes off them, so you can’t just run around with them, y’know?

Yujiro: Hmm, Aizo, you seem used to playing with kids, no? Or perhaps you mean to say that you’re pretty much a kid yourself?

Aizo: I’m not! Why do you always say stuff like that?!

Yujiro: See? You’re just like a kid.

Hiyori: Geez, can’t you guys go without fighting?

Minami: (They’re acting just like they always do, even at a time like this… The two of them truly are amazing.)

Minami: (Besides, I’m sure the kids will be really happy if LIPxLIP came too.)

Minami: (I was relieved to hear that the two of them will be teachers too… but… that’s all the more reason to wonder why they’d even want me there too, right?)

Kindergarten Principal: I’m sorry for keeping you waiting. Thank you all very much for coming here today.

Yujiro: No, the pleasure is all ours. Thank you very much for inviting us.

Minami: It’s very nice to meet you!

Kindergarten Principal: Heheh, it sure is strange to talk to someone whom you usually only ever see through a tv screen.

Kindergarten Principal: Now, then, let’s get straight to the topic at hand…

Aizo: What should we teach the kids on the day when we’ll be working as teachers?

Kindergarten Principal: Oh, no, no, it’ll be an extracurricular class, so you won’t have to teach them anything.

Kindergarten Principal: All you’ll have to do is to play with and look after the children.

Minami: That’s… all we have to do?

Kindergarten Principal: Yes, indeed. I want the children to find new dreams to strive for through interacting with all of you.

Kindergarten Principal: Plus, I wish for them to learn that there’s a huge, vast world waiting for them once they grow up into adulthood.

Minami: (Well, it’s true that you can learn a lot from people of different occupations whom you don’t usually interact with…)

Minami: (I’m sure that the kids feel the same way.)

Kindergarten Principal: I see the work you guys do really often, so I just know that the children will be able to learn a lot from all of you.

Kindergarten Principal: So I’d really like to ask you all… How about it?

Minami: Umm…

Minami: (I…)

Yujiro: We’ll do it.

Minami: …!

Yujiro: Interacting with children is a huge responsibility, so I do have my concerns about that, but…

Yujiro: We’d like to try all kinds of challenges when the opportunity arises. So yup, that’s the decision the two of us have arrived at together. Right, Aizo?

Aizo: Yeah, that’s right. So if you’re fine with us, we look forward to working with you.

Kindergarten Principal: Thank you. I’m so happy to hear that. I look forward to working with you when that day comes.

Kindergarten Principal: How about you, Minami? Will I be able to count on you too?

Minami: I…

Minami: (It’ll be my first time dealing with kids, so I have no clue as to how to handle them, but…)

Minami: (If I’m gonna take the job, I’ve just gotta think about what I’ll be able to do for the kids!)

Minami: …I’m in! I look forward to working with you!

#minyanmi-sensei~!#just honeypre things #long time no tl how y'alls doing~?#me? i've been distracted with a certain genre of comics so... yeah. sorry for the delay~?

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aquadestinyswriting · 1 year ago

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Hey you!

Hope trip went well 🧡️

8) 🧢 CLOTHING: What is your MC currently wearing in the most recent scene of your WIP?

13) 🌸 PERFUME: Describe the setting of your WIP using the five senses.

and cuz I am a sleepy little thing rn:

2) 🛏️ BED: What do your OCs dream about?

Hiya hen, trip was quite up and down. Was ill with the dreaded c-word the first week, but the second week was fun, if tiring. Thank you for the asks :D.

The random generator chose Fangthane's Folly for these questions. Oh boy.

8) 🧢 CLOTHING: What is your MC currently wearing in the most recent scene of your WIP?

In the most recent scene Meredith is in, she's still wearing the vestments she was caught in, because no one's been able to go get her a change of clothes. For reference, the vestments are cream coloured heavy linen with a deep red lining and gold thread embellishments and her stole is the same deep red as the lining of her robes with gold thread inscriptions from the Book of Moradin stitched around the edges. They are starting to look a little grotty by now though since she hasn't really had a chance to change since arriving in Fangthane. She obviously no longer has her armour or mace since those were stripped from her once she was processed and tossed in the cell.

13) 🌸 PERFUME: Describe the setting of your WIP using the five senses.

This is a fun question to get for this WIP in particular since it gives me a chance to describe Fangthane as I see it during the WIP in question.

Sight: During Fangthane's Folly, Fangthane is a lot more dark and grimy, with only the smallest lights visible in the gloom. There's a constant haze in the air obscuring the detail of things off in the distance so you can't quite make out what's in front of you.

Hearing: Distant echoes of water dripping from somewhere, the slow grinding of stone on stone, the ringing of metal on metal from the various smithies of the trading district, the low mumble of people talking in low voices over pints of beer and ale, too afraid to speak too loudly in case attention is drawn to them, the slow tolling of the bell in the cathedral somehow muffled by the gloom pressing in around it.

Touch: rough stone walls, uneven cobbled streets, constant, stifling heat from the forges and the chill of cooler, damper air in the deeper parts of the mountain. The pressure of having a whole mountain above your head, weighing down the air around you.

Smell: smoke and iron, again from the forges, the heady smell of hops and yeast from the breweries and the hundreds of pubs found in a city of Fangthane's size, the smell of damp that seems to permeate the lowest levels of the mountain, the air that's dry is stale. Towards the cathedral it smells a little too strongly of incense and there's a constant, faint whiff of b.o and stale coffee nearly everywhere you go.

Taste: It's a little cliché but Fangthane, at this point, tastes of slightly stale beer and under-seasoned stew or stovies. You can practically taste the incense and hops in the air as well. It all tastes a bit sour and sickly sweet at the same time.

2) 🛏️ BED: What do your OCs dream about?

Answering for all of the OCs in this WIP is insane, so I'll stick with four of them.

Meredith: This was already answered in the story Fire-Hollowed Souls, but to summarise; Meredith's dreams are all a little on the dark and semi-prophetic side. Girl's been getting constant alarm bells from Throff since getting back, so her dreams reflect the warnings the Goddess is trying to send to those even remotely faithful.

Yoruk: Yoruk's dreams for this WIP aren't too much better than Merri's if I'm honest. His are far more normal though, and usually involve being chased by some sort of unknowable evil entity. In some of them he fights back and the dreams become awesome power fantasies. Hooray barely acknowledged childhood and young adulthood trauma?

Vera: Vera's dreams are very ordinary despite the circumstances she finds herself in. They're leaning a bit more towards nightmares at the moment, but that's to be expected. Her most recent dreams, like Yoruk's, involve being chased by some dark, unseen entity.

Firetome: Firetome's dreams are all about him winning and getting the chance to execute King Storri, his family, and all the filthy, filthy Moradhir who have families involved in the genocides following the end of the War of the Red Hammer (which is pretty much every clan in Fangthane, most of his own included, but let's not sweat the details, eh?). At the moment, Firetome is having the time of his life.

#writeblr asks #answered ask #aquadestinyswriting #titan fighting fantasy #fangthane's folly and the anvil's fall #meredith gruksdottir #yoruk bloodvein #vera #skarld firetome

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gb-patch · 6 months ago

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Alright, we've now got the first Step 1 DLC Moment fully playable on Patreon. Hooray! You can finally get through the night and come out on the other side. ✨

OL2: Beta Build 1.4.4 (PC, Mac, Android)

Our Life: Now & Forever is a nostalgic Visual Novel where you create your own character and grow from childhood to adulthood with your two closest neighbors. It’s currently in development by GB Patch Games.

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ilikereadingactually · 15 days ago

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Picturebook roundup: winter 2024

end of the year lists got to me again! this is just the first pile of picturebooks i got from various libraries, not to mention picturebooks i've bought recently that i want to review, but best start with the ones that come due quickest! hooray for my local public library system, which provided these.

reviews under the cut!

Little Shrew by Akiko Miyakoshi

this book sits in that charming in-between place where it's simple and straightforward in a way that i think a lot of kids enjoy, but it's also endearingly relatable to an adult reader. Little Shrew likes his routines, dreams of taking a tropical vacation, has a lovely time with visiting friends, and there's something very comforting to me about all of it. a simple and straightforward adult life that isn't presented as dreary, but rather pleasantly predictable—and to a child reader, i think the contrast between Little Shrew's obvious adulthood and the cuteness and smallness and animalness of him will be very endearing! also the art is so beautiful, very softly lit and interestingly textured, sweet without being sugary.

age rec: the actual text is simple, but the art is a little more complex. i think i'd put the sweet spot somewhere around 4-6, and also adults, especially happily single adults like me!

a bit i really liked: this is what my friends and i did for NYE

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Dive, Dive into the Night Sea by Thea Lu

what a pleasant, quiet book! i really like the combination of very basic story with interesting info about undersea life that's happening here, you can engage with one or the other or both. the art, especially the little bits of lighting in the nighttime sea, is so soothing to me also! loose and cute and subtle, and it has vertical page turns, which is cool. i wonder a little about the simplicity of the main text versus the nonfiction content under the flaps, they seem pretty different to me in terms of level, but it could work well for a family with kids of different ages, or can grow with the same kid over time!

age rec: as i said, the main text is much simpler than the nonfiction elements, so i think this could work for a 2-6 range depending on how much you engage.

a bit i really liked: all these sketchily-drawn little plankton are so cute to me

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The Man Who Didn't Like Animals by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by LeUyen Pham

LMAO somehow i did not guess where this was going, and i got a good belly laugh at the end! i won't spoil it but i love the cleverness. also i just love the way this book is telling the same story with the words and the pictures, but telling it in different ways that are meant to work together! to me, the best picturebooks combine text and illustration in ways that make them inseparable (except wordless picturebooks, i love those as well). the story of this grumpy man in his tidy apartment being slowly won over by more and more pets really got me, it's so accurate to the ways animals can sometimes sneak into our lives and hearts before we realize.

and art doesn't get more charming than LeUyen Pham!! she is a favorite illustrator of mine, she walks this fine line between cartoony and detailed, and every expression on every face is always fantastic.

age rec: this is a funny one, great for a kid with a good sense of humor and great in the 4-6 age range, imo.

a bit i really liked: an unbreakable bond

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Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall by Lynn Brunelle, illustrated by Jason Chin

GOSH THIS BOOK! i've been wanting to read it for a while because i have a casual obsession with whale falls (it's all The Point's fault), and it did not disappoint. really clear and well-paced information, and of course incredible art by Jason Chin, who is another fave illustrator of mine, with a detailed and realistic style. i love the way this ecosystem process is divided into phases, and presented in terms of the different kinds of life that the whale fall supports in each phase. it's so satisfyingly circular, in the lovely way nature can be. it's hard to even know what to say about this except that i was fascinated by all of it, and it's so lovely to look at. i'm definitely buying a copy for myself!

age rec: for kids, i'd say this is maybe 7-10, and could go older too if they're into the topic! it's definitely also a great read for science-minded and nature-minded adults.

a bit i really liked: i am unbelievably charmed by the actual size krill!!!!!

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Yaya and the Sea by Karen Good Marable, illustrated by Tonya Engel

this one is so soft and beautiful! if you love the ocean (and i guess i have an ocean theme going on here), then you will be as delighted as me by Yaya's visit to the sea with her mother and aunties, and delighted by the ritual they create to honor Mama Ocean at the start of spring. especially delightful to me as an auntie of many niblings, whose parents and i all deeply enjoy traditions and rituals of our own devising! i also adore the art, which is also soft and beautiful, full of rich colors and lovely painted textures! i adore this view of the family you build, and the way children become a part of that, slowly being introduced to the deep interpersonal lives of the adults they know.

age rec: this is another 4-6 imo, and i will probably gift it to at least one of my niblings when this year's birthdays roll around.

a bit i really liked: my best friend and her little daughter and i just recently tried to return a bit of horseshoe crab shell to the ocean with some solemnity and ritual, only to be continually foiled by the wind blowing it back at us. we did finally manage it though

#books and reading #bookblr #booklr #book reviews #book recs #picturebooks #children's literature #picturebook roundup

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