#idk if we're gonna get an atonement ending out of this one boys

[hoboblaidd]

my very good friend, whose favorite has been Varric since DA2, has finally started Veilguard and said "varric has never looked hotter, god i hope we're finally able to romance him"

😬😬😬🥶

[rillils]

imagine post endgame bucky having to go alone, without someone to support him, to say sorry to all the people whos family he killed and he keeps saying that he didnt have a choice as his excuse

and he keeps thinking that its not a good enough excuse, that hes not good enough

no, you see, you see!! one of the things that made me uncomfortable about their treatment of Bucky, back when I was watching tf*ws, is precisely this

gonna slap this under a cut because BOY I have things to say

I WWILL NEVER STOP BEING MAD ABOUT THIS. I MEAN.

deciding that he has to apologize for all those deaths implies that he murdered those people willingly, while he was perfectly aware of his actions, of their consequences, and just did it anyways. so now, you know, he has to "atone for his sins", or make amends or whatever. so we're just going to send him off to those dead people's relatives to immolate himself because of course that's the only right thing to do. BUT idk, say what you will, this entire concept just sits wrong with me, I can't help it.

like first of all, we're acting as though killing all those people was a conscious choice on his part, as though he were completely 100% in control of himself and actively chose to murder a bunch of people, just because it suited him or something, when we know, WE FUCKING KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN LITERALLY SHOWN THIS, IT'S A RECURRING THEME IN AT LEAST 2 OF THE CAP MOVIES, that THIS. was NOT. the CASE. and fuck anyone who says any different tbh, mcu included

second, they might argue that by walking up to the victims' relatives and apologizing, Bucky's giving them closure or something, but. just. look at this from their point of view, right. as far as they're concerned, this is the guy who murdered their loved ones in cold blood, and he's just! walking free! getting away with murder(s), apparently without suffering any consequences whatsoever for all his crimes and all the grief he has caused. is that REALLY gonna give anyone closure? or is it just going to hurt them more/make them even angrier/unnecessarily reopen old wounds when there's nothing, really, that can heal or soothe them at this point, but rather just make them more painful than they already were????

so, it doesn't give them closure. and it sure as fuck doesn't give him closure, either.

they send him on this horrible, tragic, terrifying, sad errand, and all he gets out of it is torturing himself some more. seeing the pain and the hatred for him on all of these people's faces, the moment he says "yes, it was me, I pulled the trigger, I killed this person you loved". like, torture, yes, torture!! that's all this is!!! that's all it earns him!!! no peace of mind, no sense of closure, no hint of forgiveness! just more pain!!!!!!

just. I just hate this, you know, I just. I really, really hate this. I especially hate how, as you said, the way they insist on him having to personally apologize is just going to make him feel like his own hardships (aka being physically and emotionally tortured until he broke down and had his identity, agency and free will stripped away from him) were just "an excuse". as though a victim (because THAT'S what he is, THAT'S what he always was, a victim himself) needed an excuse for all his suffering. as if he brought it upon himself. as if he was "asking for it".

nah, all of this, it's just going to make his sense of guilt grow stronger and deeper over time, making him feel even more Unworthy (unworthy of love, unworthy of acceptance, unworthy of living a normal life after everything he's been put through, unworthy of friendship, unworthy of being seen as a whole person, as a human rather than a murderer) than he already felt before, making his own pain so overwhelmingly powerful that he might end up feeling like his entire existence is a mistake, and everybody would be better off if he just wasn't around anymore. and that's just so horrifying that I refuse to contemplate it.

[starlightshadowsworld]

Danganronpa 3 Hope arc Episode 1

Thonks.

I have no idea how we're gonna just fix everything in this episode.

But I'm looking forward to seeing it.

There's an ultimate assault team? Sure why not.

... Hajime?!

And he still has Chiaki's clip.

I'm glad Hajime learned with great power comes great responsibility.

And ayy his eyes being one his and one Izuru's, good choice. He figured it out and embraced both parts of himself.

Good for him.

Phew Asahina's okay.

Idk if giving Makoto an armed escorts is a good idea because brainwashing.

But also, Byakuya's face when a group someone pointed their guns at Makoto is probably a lot more haunting than a hope video ever could be.

You don't mess with his friends, he'll kill you.

Also horribly outmatched.

... Nevermind a rock hit another rock, hitting a giant one which squished all these guys.

Talk about lucky.

And it was Nagito, nice.

Speaking of lucky.

Okay so the 77th class saved Byakuya and Hiro when the original building fell.

Aw yay I love this, everyone's back.

YASSS imposter! And he's dressed as Munakata.

Love it.

"How dare you mock me Remnant, what is the meaning of this?"

"Overdue atonement."

Yess.

Peko kicking ass with a bamboo sword.

Gundam! My boy! Yess. The hamsters are back.

Soda made mini robot nekomaru's, that's cool.

Woah Akane catching knives in her mouth wow.

Awh even Hiyoko is being nicer to Mikan.

Ibuki putting on a great performance, and Mahiru helping too.

It's cool seeing everyone fight to help Makoto.

"Step aside" ohhh even Hajime in on it with his now glowing eyes.

He just waltzes in, definitely retained Izuru's flair for dramatic entrances.

I love Hajime just breaking this argument down, cool motive Ryota you're still brainwashing people.

And the whole class pulling up.

It is sweet tho because if anyone knows regrets it's Hajime, it's the entire class.

His class mind you.

Imposter back in the Ryota get up, because out all of them they had a bond.

This is genuinely sweet with them wanting him to join them.

And Nagito has a prosphetic arm, a lot better than the erm... Yeah.

Soda just like yeah you can join look at Hajime he's from the reserve course, that made me laugh.

And he stopped the video timer.

Aww Ryota hugging imposter and just letting it all out.

Makoto just leaving them to have privacy.

The nod between Hajime and Makoto, no words needing to be shared that's sweet.

Also damn Hajime is tall.

Nagito meeting Makoto is everything I expected to be and I love it. Nekomaru and Akane just carrying him away is the best.

Didn't know I needed that but yup.

Oh boy what's the video.

This is... Creepy.

But I guess they made themselves the scapegoat for the future foundation.

Makoto hun I get you but you did help this happen, a lot.

Imposter immediately chastsing Ryota for not eating enough. And everyone having a meal on a boat.

"The burden of being the hero falls on you Makoto Naegi"

Wasn't it always.

Man can't catch a break.

But that's nice from Munakata.

And a good hope speech from Makoto.

Wait..... Wait... No... The antadote from the poison....

And they're rebuilding... Hope peak.

Kyoko's back... Sure okay. I kinda wish they kept her dead but it's not like I didn't expect them to possibly bring her back but still that was crazy.

Talk about lucky.

I don't mind tbh.

What I don't like is that Makoto becomes the principal.

Talk about clickbait "The end of hopes peak academy" apparently not.

But I already knew about that.

And that, is the end.