#i like this show so far

[aetherialpiplup108]

So...episode 5 of Love Next Door implies that Seung-hyo's love for Tae-Hee was never as strong or passionate as his love for Seok-ryu, but honestly? I kind of disagree with that assessment, not just because Seung-hyo actively denies it but because it's pretty clear that he's the kind of person who loves quietly. He's not one who conjures up grand compliments on demand but someone who watches their lover closely through their lows and highs, thinks about their perspectives to help them make their own choices, and shows his affection through little things like washing their clothes or sitting with them in the rain. Tae-Hee uses the metaphor that his love was like a low flame on a gas stove and...I know the show is trying to say he wasn't as invested in his relationship with Tae-Hee, but I also think that analogy fits his relationship with Seok-Ryu, having a love that's not aired out on display, something constant and steady, something that has lasted years and still offers a place to return to (plus cooking metaphors rahhh). It's not a bad thing to have a calmer, collected type of romance that honestly provides the stability that both of them needed throughout their lives—nor is Tae Hee's desire for a more passionate, openly affectionate relationship wrong either. I think ultimately, the reason Tae Hee and Seung-hyo were incompatible isn't that one of them wasn't putting in enough effort because he was subconsciously still in love with his childhood crush living an ocean away, but because they both needed different things from their relationship and expressed their loves in different ways.

[ultramantr1gger]

watching orb and he doesnt really look that ugly anymore.....i needed the exposure i guess

[kerosene-saint]

Rutherford falls you are soso silly

[mebis-art-dump]

She is so cool

[kcrabb88]

It's truly wild to me how many people out there don't understand that the Star Wars prequels are a tragedy or how tragedies work.

Posts like "these are the Jedi failed movies" truly just make me shake my head. They're actually the "fascism wears a smile until it strikes you down and then it's too late" movies. They're the "the senate became corrupt and clapped in the face of genocide" movies. They're the "make people scared enough of war until they accept authoritarianism" movies. They're the "fear and possessiveness will tear you up on the inside" movies. The Jedi were the heroes of lore, people loved and looked up to them, looked to them for safety, and then too much got put on their shoulders on purpose by Palpatine, and also by a senate that didn't want to act (not you Padme and Bail and Mon, you're perfect). They were drafted and used and scapegoated, which is, you know, a tenet of the vast majority of authoritarian governments (Hitler and Stalin, for instance, might be on different ends of the political spectrum, but they sure both did scapegoat specific groups and commit mass murder, just differently).

When some people say "these movies are about the fall of the Jedi" what they mean is "the Jedi failed" but that's not what "the fall of the Jedi means." It means they were wiped the fuck OUT. Like, Jesus, in Rogue One Tarkin is talking about burning out the final MEMORY of the Jedi by blowing up the holy city in Jedha. Palpatine had to get rid of the Jedi because to get rid of the Jedi was to get rid of the final people standing in his way after he had already worn them out. His intention was not only to kill them, but to alter the galaxy's entire perception of them. To rip away hope. People are always looking for the Jedi to be Bad or nitpick their mistakes (because while other people are allowed to make mistakes, the Jedi never are). Palpatine made himself look like a benevolent grandpa who would keep everyone safe. And that, more than anything, is what gave him SO much power. He stole the narrative.

It's just like. Of course WE know what was going to happen! We know from watching the OT that the PT can only end in tragedy. But the characters don't know that! They don't have all the info! That's how a tragic story structure works. We see it coming and they can't.

Anyway. The Jedi are laser-sword wielding monks with psychic powers who just wanted to do what they could to help. The world would be better if more folks remembered that.

[raepliica]

[hookechoes]

"Since he came back from France, Tommy doesn't want anybody at all" finally some ace rep

[hajimedics]

I'M NOT YOUR DOLL AND I'LL THINK FOR MYSELF AND I'LL LIVE FOR MYSELF

[hinamie]

the new jjk cafe fits have been living in my head . no thoughts except yuuji in a letterman

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Archery Nemesis.

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[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

[bunnieswithknives]

AU based off Nature except I kept thinking about it too hard. Dales not a good dad, but its such an easy problem for him to throw money at, and what do you do when a part is damaged? Well, you replace it.

Basically an AU where Dev gets to experience medical trauma and realizes much sooner how much his dad doesn't love him

[leslieseveride]

TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!

[ivoryratdoggerythethird]

dazai making up a whole language with fyodor that no one else can understand is amazing but imagine him using codes that, very objectively speaking, you could crack, it's just that no normal person would ever make the insane leaps in logic that it requires. except for someone familiar with dazai's weird thinking patterns, that is.

i just love the idea of dazai's unhinged antics being dialed up to an eleven when he was in the port mafia, and oda being the only one who simply wouldn't bat an eye at it but chuuya was the only one who would actually get it.

like imagine ango at the end of the jailbreak, his boss saying he should allow himself to sigh and lean back and maybe indulge himself, pat him on the shoulder, tell him what he pulled off reading heart rates wasn't easy and he should be proud for being able to keep up with such a plan

but ango i-drank-with-teenage-dazai-and-also-had-the-records-for-every-soukoku-mission sakaguchi can only remember the time dazai was like using greek sign language through his breathing patterns to communicate from a submarine from beneath the pacific ocean or something, and chuuya could not fathom how no one else could understand him.

and that was the day mori signed off on skk being exclusive partners because every subordinate in the room was crying tears of blood by the time chuuya finished explaining which blood pressure level was warning them about a bomb, which blinking sequence was him conveying the vault password and which series of inhales was just him calling mori a bitch.

(ango also pointedly did not want to think about how smug dazai had looked after the mission when mori confirmed skk would only be each others' partners for efficiency and to maintain everyone else's sanity

or about how when he called chuuya to tell him about dazai's prison break scheme he could only get like 3 out of 276 steps into the plan before chuuya rolled his eyes, said "got it" then hung up and pulled the whole thing off without a hitch.)

[theerurishipper]

Local bat vigilante tries not to admit to caring about father-figure, fails

[lucabyte]

So does anybody else ever think about how Loop felt the need to demonstrate that the party's deaths wouldn't have any effect on the loops. I know I do but that's besides the point. Anyway I don't think Loop actually needs to bathe, they just like to feel included.