#i recently saw that one post that was basically a long joke about how naruto and sasuke was a better love story than romeo and juliet

[timegears-moved]

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[spicysoftsweet]

cw: tokyo revengers recent chap spoilers, talk of mental illness, depression, suicide mention, long post idk

so if you guys followed me from hxh, you probably know that i LOVE trope deconstruction, particularly deconstruction of the shonen genre

like shonen at its core is meant to be a male power fantasy, particularly traditional shonen, think dbz and bleach for example, and even naruto (which accidentally stumbled on more complex themes which i can probably discuss at some other time). this is again apparent with tokyo revengers - while a lot of fem-identifying people can enjoy this show for various reasons, on its face it's meant to be a shonen

there's a lot of recurring themes which we often joke about ie. friendship no jutsu to defeat enemies, friendship being elevated to soulmate levels, rivals to enemies, admiration through fighting, etc

like i think i've already discussed this, these are all great ideals for young boys, but they're again ideals!!!

which is why i love this new chapter

obviously i don't know what's in wakui's head, but to me he's making it very clear that takemichi is so extreme and because we're so used to these qualities being viewed as good, some of us are missing the point

in real life, it is impossible to save everybody.

not only is it impossible, in many times it is unreasonable, it's dangerous, and it's selfish.

takemichi has shown time and time again that his motivations are not well thought out and are less about actually increasing more good in the world vs making himself feel like he's increasing value to the world.

how? initially with his fixation with saving hinata, a girl he barely remembered to a fixation with proving he's not a loser (which is essentially the real guiding principle here) to saving mikey, which multiple timelines have demonstrated that despite not necessarily being impossible to save, HE cannot be the one to do it

tbh i was done with takemichi personally when he saw a future where everyone was doing well and risked it all to the expense of ALL his other friend's, HINATA, who was his initial supposed goal, and even HIMSELF.

and this is a recurrent theme. Takemichi is not serving others. he is serving himself. because if he were planning on serving others, there are times where he would have consulted with others to figure out the best mode of action

over and over again, takemichi has decided that the way to save mikey is to remove obstacles around him. kisaki's antics, baji and draken's deaths, etc. in that way, HE becomes the obstacle, and mikey who is in and of itself is a destructive force becomes far worse, which is why i dub him an enabler

(which begs the question, if kisaki wasn't so intent on killing hinata which is obviously bad, is he really the problem? isn't he essentially mikey's leash in the future? obviously this is complex so i won't delve into it further on this rant)

but basically the problem here is takemichi is needlessly and selfishly persistent. he doesn't understand mikey. he doesn't understand anyone else in this realm. he has a grandiose sense of his own self-importance. he ignores facts (what do you mean 'he almost killed me' when you've seen MULTIPLE timelines where he kills people he's known more than you?) and does not use resources well

he is stuck in his own head even though by all means he is the perfect shonen protagonist

never give up! do what you can! save everybody! leave no one behind!

but he's literally left everyone behind multiple times with his one track mind

it's not 100% him afflicted with this savior complex, baji and draken are complicit in the same nonsense

but it's annoying and i'm tired of seeing it and he deserves to get his ass beat

end rant.

[natsubeatsrock]

My Incredibly Unpopular Thoughts On: Nastu

Unfortunately, this the final edition of “My Incredibly Unpopular Thoughts”. This has been a fun series to write and is part of the reason I’ve gotten to where I am in the fandom. Some of my favorite posts to have made are parts of this series. And so, I’ve decided to finish this series off by talking about my favorite character.

Let me be clear. This doesn’t mean that I’m done talking about Fairy Tail here. I just feel that it’s finally time to retire this series. If you can’t tell, it’s been fairly infrequent and writing these kinds of posts are a pain to write. I started this particular post in March and coming up with the right words to say for everything I wanted to talk about was harder than I would have thought. I want to spend my time working other smaller projects/”mini-series”.

I don't talk about my namesake much on this blog. Sure, I mention things about him whenever I talk about his ships or my want for an apology. However, I haven't said anything about my own personal thoughts about Natsu in a long post dedicated to just him.

So, in honor of Fairy Tail ending (months after this is coming out) and hitting 9,000 posts, I've decided to get as many of my thoughts on my favorite character as I can write down and available for the public eye.

First things first, I haven’t said this in a while, so I might as well. The reason behind my URL “Natsu beats rock” comes from chapter 418. If you remember, Natsu’s flames after the time skip were hot enough to melt the rock structure of the stadium. Hence, Natsu is so powerful that he’s able to beat rocks. 

Literally every other meaning behind the name you can think of, including my other series “Opinions I’ll Probably get Stoned For”, came along after the fact. And the name for that series was just because I was afraid of being attacked for the stuff I was going to be saying. Looking back, there’s an additional reason for this name: Natsu is so overpowered, he can melt destroy rocks. Though, in hindsight, I believe that the name @natsubeatstime would achieve that end a lot clearer, thanks to chapter 536.

Before the cut, I want to bring back an issue I mentioned the last time I said anything about doing something before a cut in this series. Do I think Natsu is the main character? To many people, this feels like a stupid debate, but I'd venture to guess different people will probably think different answers. Surprisingly, this is a big debate in the fandom: Is Natsu the protagonist or is Lucy? There is a lot of back and forth on this subject and many people you know are probably on different sides of this debate.

When I did my post about Lucy, I gave my own answer. Technically, they both are important, but I take preference to Natsu. I stand by that so that's done.

Onto two of Natsu’s most important relationships: Igneel and Happy.

Natsu’s relationship with Igneel suffers from a serious issue with Mashima’s writing of Fairy Tail. There's no focus on it. It's supposed to be a serious and important thing to Natsu, but it's hard to get that when we see no focus on that. Now, a simple solution to that, and a big inspiration for last year's Nali week post is that Natsu gave up on the idea of finding Igneel again. I this gets hinted at a few times, but it should have been more implied throughout the series. There are some more things I have to say about this, but I plan on doing so in other posts.

Natsu and Happy have the best friendship in the series. I think it's to the point that Lucy doesn't seem near as close to Natsu as Happy. And between them, Naruto and Kurama, Ichigo and Kon, and even Haru and Plue, they have my favorite bond between the main character and his nonhuman companion. (I was going to make a ship joke here, but I didn’t because of course. Instead, why don’t you look at this link of someone educating me on Kinabra lore.)

Though one thing about their dynamic strikes me as weird. Often Happy will test Natsu like he's the younger of the two. I get that Natsu isn't the most mature and this kind of thing happens in real life with siblings. But Natsu hatched Happy from an egg. You think he'd think twice before talking down Natsu the way he often does.

Now before I talk about ships, I want to acknowledge that there are people who would rather Natsu specifically not end up in any romantic relationships at the end of the series. I think that is a totally valid wish and, considering that’s the ending we got, I want to say that I have no problem with it. I get that Natsu is one of the big champions of the bonds between guilds and romance has never been a huge aspect that's been explored on his end, not that I would say it's been ignored. 

So seeing Natsu end up alone but happy would be totally fine with me. I'm kind of sad my ship(s) didn't happen, but as long as Natsu is happy, I have no reason to be sad. And from what I can tell, he's ecstatic to go on the Century Quest. As a general rule, character happiness should be prioritized above fan happiness. You can be mad that certain things didn’t happen. However, as long as your favorite characters are alive and happy, that’s usually what should matter most.

That being said, I am a multi-shipper for Natsu. It's probably worse than you think. I've said this before, but I want to expand on my thoughts a bit. I have three big ships for Natsu that I like: Nali (Natsu and Lisanna), Natza (Natsu and Erza), and Navia (Natsu and Juvia). I've done enough posts on this blog defending and explaining my thoughts on the first one, so I want to explain why I like the other two for a bit.

It's kinda funny how I've done so many Natza asks but I haven't explained my own reasons for liking it. I don't think you always have to explain why you like or dislike a ship. But when you're not a fan of the popular stuff, you almost have to have a good reason why.

I really like the bond that Erza and Natsu have. Even in just the recent arc, we see Erza trusting Natsu more than the people around her. And yes, this arc made me like it more, but I've always liked the bond these two have and wouldn't mind seeing them get together.

And, I don't know about you, but I don't remember bathing with my siblings. Especially with my sisters.

The next one might be an out there choice for a lot of people. Of all the popular Natsu ships out there, Navia probably seems like the most out there one to people who don't like it. However, I have a few reasons to like it.

For one, and this will sound especially weird given a lot of my posts, they're two of my favorite characters. As much as I rag on her, I think that if Juvia mellowed out earlier, she'd probably be my favorite female character or even Fairy Tail character just by virtue of being a relevant female water mage with blue hair. Yes, my first edition of this series (which I won’t link here because my writing from then is not the best) was about how I don’t like how her character is handled. However, it was done through the lens of that being my only real issue with her.

To that point, there are a lot of people who say that, aside from Gray, Juvia would have no character so it's weird that people would like her if that aspect of her were gone. Consider that people also accuse Natsu of having no character now, so that's not that big an issue for me. And from what I can gather, there are plenty of people who do like Juvia even though they don't like Gruvia.

Another reason I like this ship is that I think that, if Juvia is the way she is because she's been starved of real love, I think that one of the few people in the series that could fill that void. I think that stuff like in Day of the Fateful Encounter, Rainbow Cherry Blossoms and the anime version of Natsu and the Dragon Egg show that Natsu is capable of going above and beyond to do things to people that are important to him. (Even as the whole Tartaros conclusion thing shows how he can mess with those bonds without much of a second thought.) I could only imagine how that would go with Juvia.

And something, something, water-fire dynamic.

Under them is basically any other ship Natsu is in. Now, I feel the need to stress this point because I don't think that people will understand how bad this is if I just say it like I just did. Someone was even worried that I would only talk about the popular ships when I said I would talk about the Natsu ships. To put it simply, if you're genuinely willing to write down a scenario where Natsu ends up liking pretty much anyone who has had an appearance in this series, there is a strong chance that I will accept it as a possible ship for Natsu. The reason why is simply because I’m genuinely interested in how people would imagine Natsu would end up in all kinds of relationships. (Even as many of these stories, admittedly, end in smut that I end up skipping over.)

To illustrate this point, here are some of the ships I've found myself liking one way or another:

Natsu and Levy: because if Natsu’s life depended on a book, she's the mage I'd have picked to save him.

Natsu and Meredy: because they both have pink hair

Natsu and Ikaruga: because being enemies and dead are easily written around in series, anyway

Natsu and Brandish: case in point for the first point

Natsu and Sayla: case in point for both and we might as well considering our obsession with END (we’ll get there)

Natsu and Gray: because this is basically the only way I'd believe Gray is a tsundere

Natsu and Mirajane: because shipping one of the Strauss sisters with Natsu doesn't mean I can't ship the other sister with him

Natsu and Cana: because I'd support a universe wherein Gildarts is Natsu’s father in law

I think you get the point.

Keep in mind that there are exceptions. For example, I don't ship Natsu with Wendy, both because I don't like the Wendy ships and obvious other reasons. Natsu and Mavis was a ship I saw someone make, but I don't think Natsu and Zeref need another reason not to get along. Also, I wasn't too thrilled about the Anna joke in the last chapter. So, while I am open to different options, I have my limits.

Also, and I’m kind of weirded out by having to explain this at all, this doesn’t mean that I support all these ships happening at the same time. I’ve seen people hear a term like “multi-shipper” and think that it means support for infidelity or harems. It just means that I like the idea of multiple ships for Natsu as possibilities.

The best way I can explain multi-shipping, especially given my explanation for feelings of Natsu ships, is like ice cream. My personal favorite ice cream is chocolate chip cookie dough. However, that doesn’t mean that I only eat chocolate chip cookie dough. Sometimes, I’ll have another type of ice cream, even if chocolate chip cookie dough is available to eat. The fact that I’m eating some mint chocolate chip or french vanilla ice cream doesn’t mean I suddenly don’t like chocolate chip or even that I like whatever flavor I’m eating more. It means that I’m open to the idea of eating more than just one flavor of ice cream. This analogy fails in the sense that you can have multiple ice cream flavors at the same time, but hopefully, you get the idea.

Then there's Nalu.

I don't like it.

At all.

It’s just the worst. 

If by any chance you haven't seen it, I've already explained why in great detail in another post.

Though I will say one problem I have with Nalu fans that I didn't mention there is how negative towards Natsu they are. I don't deny that Natsu is dumb. I think he's a bit smarter than we give him credit for, but I also feel that Natsu is incredibly inconsistent in those regards. That being said, no one overplays it like the Nalu fandom. And if I'm perfectly honest, it feels like they have to. How else can you explain him not getting a clue that Lucy likes him? It's obvious that he just doesn't know she likes him. At least, that’s the narrative...

Other than the obvious problem I should have with this, my problem with this is how Mashima would have done it. When Kishimoto did it with NH, I was kind of okay with it considering there was enough to convince me it was possible. I can't afford the same grace to Nalu since finding out it wasn't the original plan.

While we're talking about Natsu fan interpretations, another thing I don't like fans doing is making E.N.D. versions of Natsu. I kinda get making him look kind of like a dragon, similar to the stuff in Dragon Cry. But I find it weird that fans romanticize Natsu becoming E.N.D. Especially when it comes to shipping art for Natsu. The conceit of Natsu’s transformation could prove a ship as canon is disturbing to me. And in case you’re wondering, no this isn’t just a Nalu thing. I can only think of two good versions of E.N.D!Natsu ship material, both for Nali. Even then, I'm wary of the way it was done there as well.

The weird thing about all of this is that Natsu was already END. All throughout this last arc, Zeref was referring to Natsu as END. What many people might be imagining is an Etherious form of Natsu, which still would be weird to romanticize. However, that's not what people are thinking about drawing and writing. They’re imagining Natsu turning into an entirely different and demonized version of himself that he’s unable to control, kind of like stereotypical werewolves.

In general, I feel like the big problem with the Natsu fandom, specifically the Nalu side, is a lack of good arguments. I get wanting to defend your favorite character, but it gets to a disturbing level of stupid at times. While some might assume I'm biased because I'm not a Nalu shipper, I'd like to share some of the arguments made for him:

Natsu can't be ace because he's constantly sexually assaulting Lucy.

Natsu shouldn't apologize to Lucy because leaving a note for her was enough.

Lucy has finally gotten used to Natsu groping her. That's totally a good thing.

Stone Age Omake was totally in character for Natsu.

The entire reason Natsu helped Lucy to bring the guild back together was to apologize to Lucy.

I know some of you reading this might think these arguments are valid. Unfortunately, this is my incredibly unpopular thoughts on Natsu. Not yours.

I honestly don't feel capable of defending Natsu on many of the points critics have with him. I agree that his fights can be stupid and he's overpowered. I think that he's written all over the place. If you asked me a year ago, I'd say he's of average intelligence but now I think that, again, it's all over the place. I'm not sure how to judge his small moments of genius alongside his other amounts of idiocy. If there's anything I'm known for talking about Natsu, it's my criticism of his non-apology to Lucy. In fact, if you Google this blog, one of my posts on that will probably show up. I've checked.

So, why is he still my favorite character? I can justify him being my favorite character when I started this series. I fell in love with him after Dear Kaby, just as I fell in love with the series and I enjoyed seeing how he dealt with stuff. And I was nowhere near as aware of his faults, in addition to the series’, up until more than halfway through my first year doing this blog.

But why, knowing everything that I know about the series and especially about Natsu, would I still say Natsu is my favorite character?

Because despite anything I know to be wrong with him, I still enjoy rooting for him. I still feel pain whenever he gets sad. I love both his sub and dub voice in the anime and Funimation’s work on the dub has made watching him do stuff even more fun. I know that sounds more like a description of what you do for your favorite characters, but knowing everything I do about Natsu and not being able to stop my love for him is exactly why I consider him to be my favorite character.

The more I think about it, I feel like my feelings about Natsu are a symbol of my feelings for this series as a whole. As much as I know this series isn't good and I could be spending my time talking about a better series, I still can't pull myself away from this series.

And believe, I would have if I could. However, I’m finishing this next to a folder of untyped essays for Fairy Tail and it’s fandom close to four months after it’s ended. I’ve even started working on how I would rewrite the series.

In Conclusion:

Natsu’s not the best-written character in Fairy Tail. However, I have a lot of love for him as one of the main characters of one of my favorite series. It’s like they were made for each other.

Thanks to all of you for supporting me and the other editions of this series. A special thank you to those people who gave me other topics to discuss regarding Natsu than the ones I had originally planned. If you didn’t see your topic, I haven’t ignored it. You might just see it show up in a future post. 

See you! 

[phanconfirmed]

Updated Alters

So this is the updated version of the alter post I made a while ago

The parent of the system

Mika: Very confused about their gender but goes with they/them or he/him pronouns, some days they're a guy some days they aren't isn't genderfluid though, they've thought about this. Very happy that we got binders but always tries to remind everyone to be safe while wearing them because we sometimes forget and sleep in them.

Main reason why they chose this name is because it's gender neutral. Also confused about their sexuality, knows they like everyone, doesn't like the thought of sex but also likes romantic stuff ???? Like would love to hold hands & maybe?? Kiss but is repulsed by the thought of anything without clothes on. Maybe panromantic demisexual

Secretly doesn't really love the name they chose but is alright with it & can't think of anything better because it doesn't seem so important, maybe aiden but that's too gender specific so they'll keep thinking

Physically: looks the same as the body originally looked but has colored hair, the exact color changes sometimes & has always wanted to color our hair but at the same time understands that it's high maintenance. Their voice is very similar to the original and rarely ever changes tone, unless they're trying to scold someone

GALAXY!!!!!!!!! WOULD BUY EVERYTHING GALAXY IF THEY COULD, PILLOWCASE, BLANKET, WALL, A GALAXY ROOM IF IT WERE POSSIBLE

Is very concerned when we haven't eaten all day but disagrees with getting fast food unless it's healthy, a salad or subway veggie sandwich. Genuinely wants to take good care of our body but at the same time gets busy with school work and dealing with all of our other mental issues.

Does not like it when we procrastinate, recently has started making us work on projects days or even a week before they are due because it's " less stressful that way. " Is good at the bass, prefers to finish an assignment before they practice or learn a song, especially if it's important, but does enjoy playing none the less.

Tries to explain to Ashe why selling the bass equipment was a good idea but that just makes her want to learn the guitar more.

Gets along well with Ashe, appreciates them helping to make some days better with memes or puns. Tried to talk to Elyssa, didn't really understand a lot of what she said, when she would say anything.

Is secretly very insecure & anxious, very afraid of the dark, secretly glad that adahlen wants to sleep with a stuffed animal. Knows Anti is actually very nice deep down, but would always deny it if you ask them, appreciates how protective they are of adahlen.

The edgy teen

Ashe: Is like the person you saw wearing 20 different rubber bracelets & fingerless gloves everyday in high school. Is genderfluid & would be the first to tell you to f*ck off if you said it wasn't a real gender, or really said anything else rude to them or one of the others, they/them pronouns. Easily gets homicidal and either Mika or Anti have to step in.

Mika gets on to them about their language, the few times they actually curse. They are the aggressive bisexual who will very badly flirt with everyone, shares bad pun & memes with Mika who appreciates it very much.

They love to play the bass, would literally play this all day every day. Doesn't like learning songs because it takes time but LOVES playing new songs, would do this for a living but Mika always makes sure they know that school has to come first. Is still really upset that we sold them but understands we hadn't played them in months due to being busy with school and taking care of ourselves and that someone else would probably enjoy them more.

Doesn't really understand but pretends they do, wants to learn how to play the guitar really badly but knows that it would take a lot of money and time that we don't have, maybe one day

Good friends with Mika, doesn't really get along with elyssa, mainly because she doesn't show up basically at all. Stresses about college & the future but Mika talks them down a lot, explains the situation.

" I'm going to fail this class. "

" what assignments have we failed? " " 2 "

" And how many have we passed? "

" 8 "

" Then we're fine, you know you'll pass the rest of the ones this semester so don't stress. "

" Ok. "

Always wants to eat fast food but never wants to get anything healthy. Always wants to go to Whataburger or panda express, even though they know both places give us stomach pains. Then waits a few months each time, until they forget the intense discomfort and wants to go again.

Would eat taco bell all day everyday if they could, Mika tries to tell them what's great about subway but they hardly ever listen.

THE CUTEST LITTLE YOU WILL EVER MEET

Convinced everyone they were the host for a while but is actually just a little

Adahlen, they chose the name because it's dalish for forest & they love playing Dragon age inquisition just to wander through the emerald graves. Would gladly join a dalish clan and go into real forests if they didn't hate bugs and 99% of nature.

When things get really stressful in the headspace they start talking about the adventures they've been on in the ( fictional ) forests. She thought about going into a real forest once but then remembered the camping trips from when the host was younger and decided against it.

Detailing all of the beautiful scenery, the trees and talks about the elven lore of the emerald graves & the exalted plains that they have memorized.

If they can't think of one particular piece of lore, they look it up & get SO EXCITED about the new info.

Physically: Adahlen is what you would imagine a little kid looked like, her hair color changes sometimes and while she doesn't want to actively wear fake elf ears, she likes to pretend.

PASTEL PASTEL P A S T E L

F L O W E R C R O W N S They love all things soft & pastel, wanted to wear a flower crown all the time but claims we're to old for that now. Still insists that we sleep with a stuff unicorn that is also a Dragon when you flip it.

Loves stuffed animals, wants to buy every one they see, honestly has four in the bed. No arguments from anyone because honestly who doesn't like stuffed animals.

Sometimes Mika has to stop them from buying a stuffed animal only to let them get it a few days or so later, because honestly come on how do you not.

Always wants to front when we're hanging out with friends & gets hyper waaaaaay too easily ( keep them away from sugar ) is basically like Gregg from night in the woods with sugar.

Mika, Ashe & Adahlen are good friends, more so Mika than Ashe because Mika is more understanding & accepting of their sometimes childish behavior. Used to watch anime in 90% of their free time, sword art online, Tokyo ghoul, yuri on ice & Naruto. Cried when they saw the end of Tokyo ghoul and Anti tried comforting them but has no idea how so they just hugged Adahlen & listened to them until they stopped crying.

Stopped watching anime partly because it reminded us of a friend we used to watch with and because they claim we're too old now.

TALKS ABOUT ANIME ALL THE TIME WITH ANTI & IT'S HONESTLY THE CUTEST THING, still does this occasionally but much less often now.

The host

Comes out the least

Elyssa: I really don't like to talk about this one so let's keep this short. She's the first one that we had & then for years unhealthily repressed and ignored all possibility of other alters and just claimed that they were her.

Physically: stained clothes, messy hair from not showering really just imagine a severely depressed, anxious unstable person and there you go

So she's still here but she doesn't come out often or talk to anyone because she honestly doesn't know who or what she is. The host because she was the first one, thinks Mika does a good job taking care of everyone.

The void ?????

A fictive

Anti: Sometimes when no one in particular is fronting & we are very stressed or simply when no one is fronting. Physical form changes, most commonly looks like Anti with black eyes, black clothes and doesn't care for the business of mortals, but is very defensive of the host and the entire system, is ready to punch anyone who tries to do anything to them, very anti in that respect.

Will help with homework or projects rarely if we have been working hard and are almost at the point of homicide ( half joking ) we know it's them when we're anxious then suddenly calm and work better on whatever we were working on.

Doesn't really talk to anyone, is very uninterested in what Ashe or mika are doing as long as we aren't contemplating murder, the body & headspace are there, and as long as Adahlen is ok what more do they need to know?

Almost talked to Elyssa once, thought better of it when it saw them in a corner and left them alone. Mainly reads or watches popular anime if they have the time.

Loves the Harry potter books, insisted we listen to the audio books and were actually very interesting, wants to finish them & wants to actually read them but can't find the time so just looks it up on tumblr. #RavenclawPride Would run to Hogwarts if it were real and would be the best ravenclaw they had ever seen.

This is the alter that also comes out when I'm around the family excluding my mom, who I actually like. Fits into the very stressed part at the beginning of their description as my family outside of my mom, stress me out extensively and judges me even more since we have been diagnosed with signs of psychosis and Anti still hasn't forgiven them for treating us they do

We don't really want to put the effort needed into making a working relationship with my grandma & aunt, basically the only other family members we see, so we don't mind them fronting. As long as they're generally speaking, nice which, if you know anything about anti you know that can be difficult

The purpose of this is because we've thought about this for a while & we didn't want to be one of those " we have 2 symptoms for one day so suddenly because of the internet we have this " people. We think this would be helpful for our friends and for us because, we don't know supposedly writing things down helps.

This also helped to sort a few alters out & helped them in choosing names So this is the system I'm using:

🌌 is to indicate that Mika is fronting

🎸 is to indicate that Ashe is fronting

🍂Or🌳 is to indicate that Adahlen is fronting

👁️ is to indicate that Anti is fronting

( I'm not using one for Elyssa because that is how rarely she fronts )