#implied kensuke

[koushirouizumi]

{D I G I M O N} Adventure+02 + "The B e g i n n i n g" x “A p o l o g i z e” (Mini-Preview) Clip {David A r c h u l e t a} Live Concert Ver. + {+2020!}/{Kizuna!}KOUxTAI, {02!}KENxSUKE, (Implied/Former?/Un-requited) TaixS o r axto/Yamaxchi, {S o r a does not appear yet} + TAKERU & A n g e m o n (Overall 02-Leaning +KouTai)

"Take a F A L L {?}"--

"I Need you like a H e a r t needs a B E A T-- ... BUT that's N O T H I N G {N E W...}"

“{’XXXXX’} like the A N G E L…"

{Note: Contains very minimal seconds-long spoiler shots of The Beginning!Takeru, near end of film}

Original S o n g © O.n.e.R.e.p.u.b.l.i.c A r c h u l e t a cover from Aug 1st ‘09’s S u n r i s e, F. L. C o n c e r t {“Hey O.P., can you explain that gap in your blog history of this f ANDOM—???”} [Do you hear them at the very end???]

*Edited in about 2 hrs overall (Preparing for this however took at least 6~ hrs) More possibly to come in the future!!

{*Slightly L O U D at points!!}

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[mmikmmik]

There's many examples of the winged lion being manipulative and lying by omission or implying an untruth, but I particularly like this one. In chapter 75, it suggests that Marcille summon monsters to track down her friends, a strategy that takes several more chapters to reunite the group.

But in chapter 84 the winged lion just straight up appears to Laios through Kensuke and starts talking to him! It knew exactly how to get in touch with him!

In fact, Kensuke even takes action in chapter 76 to return to Laios when Kabru briefly takes the sword!

The winged lion was playing both angles. Keeping constant watch on Laios, its first pick, its favorite, making sure not to miss any chances to manipulate him. But at the same time cultivating Marcille as dungeon lord by isolating her, ominously reminding her that she's surrounded by enemies, making her feel cornered and afraid for her friends and encouraging her to keep making new monsters for self-defense. It's a clever strategy and the execution is sophisticated, but I think it's funny that the group spent multiple issues fooling around with walking mushrooms and giant skyfish trying to find each other just because this guy so shamelessly played dumb. Tee hee, I have nooooo idea where Laios could be :3c

[dunmeshistash]

wait a minute, if resurrection is only possible in the dungeon, then how did they revive falin on the surface? or am i missing something?

i already went through your compiled post about resurrection btw, and i tried looking for any other canon mentions but im confused as to how they revived her outside of the dungeon 😔 i thought it was only possible within them

or could it be some sort of lingering effect since the dungeon expanded to the surface? (like how yaad in delgal's body didn't immediately die after getting out)

Anonymous asked: Did the Golden Kingdom ghosts pass on (or whatever) at some point? Or is Laios stuck with a haunted castle??

Answering these two together cause the answer is similar but yeah! It's the lingering effect because the dungeon "spilled out" into the surface

Since that was the case it was still possible to resurrect Falin, that's why they had to do it fast (besides the fact she was melting)

And same for he ghost they imply they'll "eventually" turn into dust along with Yaad and the rest of the golden kingdom citizens but we know it took at least some years before that happened from the kensuke monster tidbits so yeah, most likely he had a haunted kingdom or maybe the ghosts got to be free before the living ones? As far as I know we don't get info on that.

[felixcloud6288]

Dungeon Meshi Chapter 51

Love the title image. Primary informational takeaway is Izutsumi is a Tallman. There was a horribly missed opportunity here due to dwarf women not having beards. I would have loved if Marcille became a bearded dwarf and had styled her beard like she does her hair.

Why did Chilchuck not notice the gaps and uneven terrain? Is it because he can't hear the difference in the ground in his footsteps or maybe because his vision is so far from the ground that he can't register it? It could also be because his feet are large enough that the gaps aren't an issue.

So Laios is 26 and Half-foots live to about 50 on average, meaning Chilchuck only has another 20 years most likely.

The looming terror of everyone else's mortality creeps into Marcille's mind. She has just discovered that she has far less time with them than she thought.

Laios still thinks he can resolve everything by talking to Thistle and getting him to understand the error of his ways.

Why not try changing her lower half into a human?

The translation notes for this volume say "The mushkhushshu is a creature from Mesopotamian mythology said to have scales, hind legs like an eagle's, the forelimbs of a lion, a long neck and tail, horns, a snake-like tongue, and a crest." It fits Laios's sense of taste, but I think Falin would be the one pushing to try turning into it.

Gargoyles are non-living things based on how the party eventually beats them, but they have a clear ability to learn and adapt. Last chapter, Marcille destroyed one with her magic. And during their rematch, the gargoyles keep trying to kill her specifically.

At first, one gargoyle knocks Kensuke out of Laios's hands and then continuously divebombed the others to keep them away from Marcille. Meanwhile, the second gargoyle took Kensuke and threw it at her.

When that failed and Marcille regrouped with the others, the first gargoyle decided to immediately target her. And when it got caught and defeated, the second gargoyle also chose to target Marcille specifically but waited for a chance where attacking wouldn't come with the risk of getting stuck in a floor grate.

I can think of the potential mechanics behind when changelings release their spores, but I'm not going to even pretend I can understand how or why they would transform something. That part's magic. Don't worry about it.

Anyway, mushroom caps are the reproductive organs, effectively the "fruit" of the mushroom. It stores and releases spores. What Changelings likely do is they have some means of sensing when something walks into their ring and that triggers them to expel their spores onto whatever it is.

This makes sense for the changelings you find in the ground, but it kind of falls apart when it turns out a ring of anything coated in the spores has the same effect. The spores cause the transformation seeing as how you can wash them off and revert back, so being able to cause the transformation by forming a ring implies that changeling spores can make more spores. Maybe the spores can just launch themselves from host to host?

Everyone except Marcille understood the plan, and Marcille was not happy when she finally realized what the plan was.

The gargoyles got transformed into two real-world structures. The first one is the Bocca della Verita. The second is Manneken Pis.

The party is not taking any chances with the Manneken Pis. They tied all its limbs and tied it to a wall.

That moment where Senshi dipped his thumb into hot oil in chapter 5 implies he, and maybe dwarfs in general, has a high heat tolerance. That tolerance did not transfer over to his elf body.

Elf Senshi has no nipples.

After gathering all the nipple data, here's my conclusions:

Half-foots and elves do not have nipples

Dwarfs have nipples their entire lives and they grow bigger with age

Tallmen have nipples but they aren't visible when exposed to extreme cold

The dumpling in the back was probably made by Senshi since it's the most well wrapped. The middle one is obviously Izutsumi's work since there's hair in it. The front could have been made by any of the others.

Instead of trying to convince Izutsumi to eat something even if she doesn't like it, Senshi is trying to find ways to prepare food in a way she would enjoy. It reminds me of something I like to tell people - you don't hate vegetables; you hate the way your parents cooked them.

Bocca della Verita is also called the Mouth of Truth. The legend is that if you stick your hand in its mouth and tell a lie, the mouth will bite your hand off. This one is much less dangerous.

Turning the dumplings into a variety platter greatly increased the nutrition content. The hippogriff potstickers provided mostly protein, iron, and vitamin b2.

This honestly seems like the funnest thing Senshi has made so far. Pick a random dumpling and get surprised by the contents.

She doesn't yet have a full handle on how to hold them, but Izutsumi is using chopsticks correctly rather than using them as skewers.

Laios has a scar from when the dragon bit off his leg.

Izutsumi IS the kind of person who will refuse to wake up in the morning.

Laios has such a gaudy aesthetic taste. It also looks like something you'd see Edward Elric create (minus the mushrooms).

back

[rosorbus]

my thoughts on evangelion 3.0+1.0

(as someone who only recently finished it)

as much as i loved shin eva, something about it didn't sit right with me. i've been doing a lot of reflection lately, and i think i've sort of unpacked it?

theres a lot of incoherent rambling here i think but i don't care, i'm not editing shit

spoilers for the rebuilds, don't read if you haven't seen them.

to start, i think it was a- no, not excellent, uh ... it was a satisfactory conclusion to most? i liked it, cried my eyes out obviously.

shinji's character got a great conclusion. i don't think that's a hot take by any means. seeing him actually talking to his father, having a real conversation with gendou, and in turn making that character, who'd probably felt like a walking plot device beforehand, human? that's powerful shit.

↓ please excuse my pathetic whining below

but... oh, mari. she was definitely a fun character, if not a little shallow and fanservicey. her presence never really bothered me though, not until shinji ended up with ...her??

that final scene genuinely shocked me. i guess i sort of get the idea?? like, his only other romantic options were the following:

A: Rei Ayanami

a clone of his dead mother that barely understands the concept of being human, and whose care for him clearly, at least to me, stems from her practically being his family.

B: Asuka Langley Shikinami

an angry redheaded girl who, unlike her version in the original series, is also a clone. this one's backstory is much more shrouded in mystery, but regardless, she's violent asf with shinji, tried to force feed him, etc. as far as we know, she no longer has feelings for him after the 14-year timeskip and is implied to be in a relationship with kensuke.

C: Kaworu Nagisa

(we'll get to him in a minute)

A and B... not great options. A is a weird dynamic, and they give off a sibling vibe to me anyway. B is jusy plain fucked. i've never thought asuka and shinji's relationship was remotely healthy, not with soryuu OR shikinami.

but did the writing team just forget about C? i understand it was established towards the end that kaworu didn't truly understand shinji's happiness, but ...that doesn't fit with the relationship i saw, at least.

to me, yeah, he fucked up a couple times. his existence ended up causing more pain to shinji but this was through no fault of his own.

"all he wanted was for shinji to live and be happy."

kaworu realizing that maybe it was not just a selfless act, that maybe it was also for himself, and acknowledging that, is absolutely character development. in exchange for becoming human, he acknowledged his own flaws.

and that is beautiful to me.

so why am i weirded out by shinji ending up with mari, you ask?

it's because she does not have depth as a character.

she feels so utterly flat to me, and that is not a dig at her, i'm not a mari hater by any means, but OH MY GOD. how do you just end like that? with this one person who doesn't feel like a real person?

and it's not like i'm mad about it because she's new, hell no. it's because she has no flaws. she feels like this perfect shell of a character to me. and maybe that's the point? i have no idea. i have no idea what was going through anno's head when he was cooking up this film.

again, to clarify, i still LOVED the movie. but mari becoming important is weird. kaworu was right there and they just kinda ??? tossed him aside ???

to me at least, it should've been him, or shinji's love life should've been left up to interpretation. mari didn't earn that ending.

(this is the only real criticism i have about the movie btw it was fine)

[seventeenlovesthree]

So, as I had pointed out in numerous posts before, the way Daikenyako is framed - or rather Miyakensuke, to keep the correct yearning order -, is pretty damn insane to me.

I still haven't decided whether I find it "too simple" or "just right", because while the framing was incredibly obvious in my opinion, it was still done in a way that didn't feel overbearing. Not only did a big chunk of animation budget go into their scenes specifically, but the dynamics were also played rather consistently.

I had once made a "joke post", implying how the order of yearning basically goes like this: Miyako > Ken > Daisuke > Ramen. And while it was meant to be a joke... Upon rewatching it, it is rather accurate to be honest.

The main theme of these three is usually the following: Daisuke does something brash - like interrupting Miyako, screaming, complaining - OR something inspiring - like giving friendship speeches - and Ken and Miyako react to that in some way. Mostly verbally - but also through physical touch. Miyako and Daisuke have quite a bickering theme going on; Ken is usually softer, but he ALSO has more opportunities to touch Daisuke...

They are literally acting as his "voices of reason", who add to the discussion. In general, Miyako is very responsive to basically everything that Ken says and does, so she is almost always framed next to him - or at least close to him in some capacity. I will outline how Miyaken in particular is framed in another post, just know that she is very obviously and actively trying to reach out to Ken, calming him down, reassuring him, getting his attention.

That becomes even more blatant by the fact that she is getting in between Kensuke moments TWICE - usually to tell them to get their grip together or focus. Technically, this could be seen as her being well aware of how focused Ken is on Daisuke - and that a tiny bit of jealousy may have been involved here. On the other hand, she may just enjoy teasing him/them gently, because, "ya know how the boys are".

Either way, most of the time, whenever the group is together - and Daiken aren't off on their own with Rui -, Daisuke, Ken and Miyako will be together in the same frame 90% of the time.

It's interesting too, because Miyako - while obviously being more thought-driven in comparison to Daisuke's heart-driven actions- uses very similar terms to reach through to Ken. As mentioned, she is actively flirting with Ken through the course of the movie. And Ken, while being mostly oblivious to that - while still being thankful for the reassurance - is trying to reach through to Daisuke on his own behalf. (This is also very nicely framed visually by how much "hand on shoulder" moments there are, with Miyako being very inclined to touch Ken, whereas Ken - as mentioned - is very often seen touching Daisuke.)

Miyako herself notices how Ken had been flirting with Daisuke and acknowledges that by calling them out.

Who does not acknowledge it though? Right, Daisuke doesn't. Either because he simply isn't aware of the blatant flirting - or because he may or may not want to get in between.

I had already lost my mind in the cinema during one of the Miyaken focus moments in which Miyako told Ken that they shall not stop thinking and will find a solution - just to see Daisuke walking out of the frame.

One may argue that this means that Daisuke's true love simply is Ramen - as he keeps bringing it up time and time again -, or that he just wants to give the other two some space, as he may have felt like a third wheel before... Who knows.

To sum it up: I feel like the creators did a very interesting job here. Not only did they acknowledge and portray Kensuke's very ambiguously romantic-platonic relationship, but also committed to making Miyaken more obvious - a ship we know will end up together eventually, but hadn't gotten that much focus previously. Not to mention the blatant use of bisexual lighting here...

On a more light-hearted note: Ken is either caught in a bisexual triangle or we can just assume that this is a very fun depiction of a poly relationship in which all parties allow each other some space - or actively tease each other about it.

[karizard-ao3]

Can you make up some shenanigans related to Shinji cooking / baking? Hikari, Asuka's best friend, also loves to cook if it helps

Okay, so I was thinking: what if it's Asuka's birthday? Hikari wants to throw her a party and Shinji does also so they join forces to plan her a German feast. The problem is that Shinji has tried to make her German food in the past but he put a Japanese spin on it because he followed a Japanese recipe and Asuka was kind of a bitch about it. So they are committed to authenticity, which means they have to make sausage and whatnot completely from scratch and a lot of the ingredients are not easy to get in Japan.

Asuka, not knowing why Shinji and Hikari keep traveling all over Japan together, is in an absolute snit. She's been talking about her birthday to everyone but no one seems to care??? Are Shinji and Hikari dating? Oh, she hates him so much!

They have to do the prep work at Hikari's house so she doesn't discover the strings of bratwurst and liverwurst or the jars of sauerkraut pickling.

Misato is charged with keeping her busy on the big day so she takes her shopping and Asuka complains the whole time and Misato keeps trying to gently imply she needs to chill but Asuka is not getting it.

Meanwhile, Toji and Kensuke have been enlisted to help cook and they are absolute disasters. Shinji has to keep dropping what he's doing to stop them from adding the wrong ingredients to the schnitzel or doing a complete hack job when they slice the cucumbers, which means Hikari needs to watch his pans as well as hers. Eventually, they kick Toji and Kensuke out of the kitchen and put them on decorating duty.

At some point Rei shows up with the karaoke machine and party hats and helps set the table. Kaji arrives with the cake right before Misato and Asuka get back. They turn out the lights and wait.

"Shinji is such an idiot!" Asuka is in the middle of shouting when Misato pushes open the door and Kaji flips on the lights.

"Surprise!" everyone shouts.

Asuka snaps her mouth shut, overwhelmed for a moment, then immediately starts chortling like, "I knew you were planning something for me all along! Of course you were! How could anyone forget my birthday?"

While they eat, Hikari tells Asuka how hard they worked to find everything for the meal, and that Shinji especially wouldn't give up, calling all these shops to see if they had what they needed to make Asuka's favorite foods from home. Asuka blows it off at the time, but after everyone goes home and everything is cleaned up (Kensuke and Toji are a lot better at washing dishes than cooking them), they turn on the TV. Asuka sits down next to Shinji and puts her head on his shoulder and mumbles, "thanks"

[utsukurou]

Anyone else think Ryota Mitarai and Shinji Ikari are really similar?

-Has a shitty dad (Canon for Shinji, implied for Ryota)

-Works to save the world from destruction

-Does have some people around them, but they're not enough to cure the trauma

-Extremely realistic (And realistically voice-acted too!)

-INFP!!

-Timid, shy, introverted

-Is in some sort of a trio (Toji and Kensuke for Shinji, Impostor and Mikan for Ryota)

-Has some sort of repressed anger, but isn't shown directly until the end of the series

-Hated by most people for being realistic (??)

-Works for an organization that fights against the destruction of the world, and is one of the 'important' people too (Shinji pilots one of the Evas, Ryota is a division head)

[starlitfunkster]

Some weird Corpse Party AU starring my OC's

I literally got bored and did all of this with wheeldecide.com, with varying results of either 'this is fitting' or 'oh no this is fitting'.

Every character is in Read More, enjoy this image if you just want the main 5's results!

(L-R): Jessica (Ayumi Shinozaki), Tameron Ryne (Yoshiki Kishinuma), Maxwell Ink (Satoshi Mochida), Fiona/Fuchsia Robot (Yuka Mochida), Blue Belle (Naomi Nakashimi) Changes: ~Jessica is gothic and is the one that suggests the ritual, easily convincing Tameron to help her with it (because he's a simp). ~Tameron is a bit flirty towards Jessica, and overall nice and calm. He's known as the detective prince in their school! ~Maxwell has a father-daughter relationship with Fiona. Which yes, implies he made Fuchsia Robot in this AU. ~Also because Fiona's a robot, she gets possessed more easily than the others. ~Blue Belle is the redesigned Prim Rose. Being prim and proper, and nervous (especially after Sally dies!). And also like.. the only other animal aside from the Sonic OC's.

Kisaragi High School: Seiko Shinhara - Sally Snaps (aka Sugarsnap Cookie, but humanized) Mayu Suzumoto - Poppy (also humanized, she's that fan-made Toppin Monster that I made) Sakutarou Morishige - Bow (also humanized, he's like.. from the early point of this blog, apart of the opposite felt) Yui Shishido - Quinn the Kumiho (the only one not randomized, because i wanted to introduce quinn through this way)

Byakudan High School: Yuuya Kizami - Enkah Clipse (aka Eclipse Cookie) (he's a freshmen instead, and is also super into robots.. and also may or may not have been possessed by the real Kizami.) Kensuke Kurosaki - Lost (de-AU'd, so he's a goat that gets killed.) Tohko Kirisaki - Flake Woman (Yes, this is Ice Woman, but redesigned. And also now a DWN!) Emi Urabe - Golden the Hedgehog Mitsuki Yamamoto - Cyprien (also a freshmen, and an android in this AU. she gently put down enkah's crush, but he didn't take that well.. especially after getting pulled into the haunted school.) Masato Fukuroi - Baritone (de-AU'd, basically a wolf who takes his student council president role seriously. way too seriously at times, which gets him 'bullied' by Flake Woman and Golden.) Kai Shimada - Copy (yeah remember that Copy Robot design for Fully Charged? that's him.) Tomohiro Ohkawa - Milo Ryousuke Katayama - Veradae

Musashigawa Girl's Junior High School: Nana Ogasawara - Twisty Teacup Chihaya Yamase - Meddi (yes, it's MHS based) Nari Amatoya - Gianna Peppaire (aka Ghost Pepper Cookie, with no parasite attached to her hair. good thing too!)

Kibiki's Group: Naho Saenoki - Cocoa (who''s also humanized) Kou Kibiki - Archer (humanized) Shougo Taguchi - Pory-Guy (Doesn't talk much, and only points out the basement before... killing himself before he succumbs to the darkening.)

Ghosts: Yoshie Shinozaki - Brione (that old Sonic OC that looks like a Brionne) Sachiko Shinozaki - Sine the Deer

Others: Kokuhaku Akaboji - Ferrum Fruitbat (not a Sonic OC, but intead a major antagonist in Aria's Fruit Farm) Hinoe Shinozaki - Maize (She.. only gets mentioned. In her life, she was Mary, who was Jessica's younger sister before her life was tragically cut short.)

Demons (only listing the species so people can run with it): Original Seiko - Succubus (Do I need to state what this is inspired by? Honestly offended that she was turned into a Succubus.) Original Mayu + Morishige - Futakuchi-Onna (Morishige is the main spirit, whilst Mayu is the mouth on the back of his head. He cannot hear where she is coming from, and he also will never believe she's lying to him. Poor guy thinks Mayu isn't affected by the school's influence..) Original Yui - (She's a Teaching based one, with the wings of an barn owl. She is actively trying to help these characters break free from the cycle.) Original Kizami - Oni (He looks hot, not gonna lie. But man, now he's gonna kill more people now that he was made immortal.) Original Naho - Kuko (She's also malevolent, and was the one that trapped everyone in the cycle. But like.. was she really the maker of the cycle?)

???: Arianna the Lonely Roller - (The young maker of the universe. She's trying to stop the cycle, but someone took the book from her. Now she's fighting to get it back, and is trying her best to hurry.)

[mysoulspiralbound]

i'm more caught up on laios hugging kensuke. he could have been hugging fallin, but that would have left marcile all alone. this does however imply he has a better relationship with his monster sword (which does consider him hive) then any of his other family / previous connections.

WAITT ok I just realized this is all the characters in their respective familial/pairing relationships …. Omg

HE HER DAD CONFIRMED…….

[clnme]

Neon Genesis Evangelion (Episodes 1-2, 4-5)

I watched Neon Genesis Evangelion a while back, but I didn't really get it back then. It was very interesting to rewatch it. When viewing Neon Genesis Evangelion under the lens of the masculine gender role, it becomes immediately obvious how much the image of a traditionally masculine man damages Shinji. While Shinji initially rationalizes piloting EVA-01 as wanting to impress his father, this is quickly shown to only superficially guide his actions. After the very first battle, battles continue to take place even during the absence of Shinji's father. Shinji acknowledges that his father isn't even around to watch, but continues regardless. Underneath, it is largely the masculine gender role that instead ties Shinji down.

On numerous occasions, Misato scolds Shinji's behavior and tells him to act more like a man. When Shinji goes to school after his first battle, he also gets attacked by one of his classmates, who blames him for his weakness and incompetence. The first time I watched the show, I was very confused by Shinji's behavior when he emotionlessly practiced shooting and eventually disobeyed orders and charged at the angel instead of retreating, which went against Katsuragi's orders. Under the framework of gender roles, Shinji's behavior highlights the pressure he faces to be more like a man. Shinji not only faces pressure from society, but from himself as well, as he also personally cannot accept his deviation from masculinity. It was very shocking when I noticed that in the first few episodes of the show, no one seemed to care for Shinji's true feelings. While Katsuragi appears to be kind for Shinji, she mentions that housing Shinji was actually more of a selfish decision, which she called "a means to an end." When Katsuragi becomes increasingly opposed to using Shinji as a pilot, I noticed that her reasoning jumped to the fact that Shinji could die, but never implied any recognition of the detrimental effect Shinji's duty was having on his mental health. Many other characters are also seen to disregard his mental health, especially among the other important NERV staff, who instead focus on results and whether Shinji is ultimately cut out for the job. When Shinji met up with Kensuke and camped with him, Shinji showed concern for Kensuke and how his mother would worry for him, but Kensuke did not reciprocate to this degree.

It's not necessarily that no one cares for Shinji, but it instead ties back to masculine gender roles. While concern for Shinji's physical health is shown on numerous occasions, it is very common in society for the mental health of men to be neglected as a result of a traditional image of toughness.

[koushirouizumi]

Digimon Adventure+02/tri./Kizuna/(+Adventure:) {2020 Reboot} + Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning (+minimal Kizuna) A.M.V x “Apologize” {David Archuleta} Live Concert Version Featuring Characters/Duos/Ships: + {+2020!}/{Kizuna!}KOUTAI, {02!}KENSUKE, (Implied/Former?/Un-requited??) YamaSoraTai/Yamachi, {briefly/+also from Yamato's end); Adventures Chosen; (Overall 02 Chosen-Leaning +Side KouxTai)

“I’m hearing 'what' you say…”

“Take a Fall {?}”–

“I Need you like a heart 'needs' a BEAT– … BUT that’s Nothing {N E W…}”

“{’XXXXX’} like the A N G E L…"

“IT’S TOO– (???)”

"...Ten feet..."

Comment: If you think I'M not in this CROWD somewhere, {despite the fact my voice is really soft 'irl'} you might just be Mistaken,,,,, (Also - This is my overall personal 'final thesis' on The Beginning.) {If you watch, please genuinely try to FOLLOW the themes presented.}

{Note: Tri Pt. #6 Bokura no Mirai/"Our Future" Spoilers, Major The Beginning Spoilers, (select scenes from opening, final battle, FINAL Post-credits scene at very end clip) + middle part Big spoiler (Rui’s eye & Ukkomon) {Notes: Eye Trauma/Injury; Blood}

Original Song © O.n.e.R.e.p.u.b.l.i.c Archuleta cover from AUGUST 1st 2009’s Sunrise, Florida Concert {“Hey O.P., can you explain that GAP in your blogs' hISTORY of this fANDOM—???”} [Do you hear 'THEM' here???]

*Edited in about 5 hrs 10~ min overall (Preparing for this however took at least four days of off-and-on out-lining) {Any final fix's will come in the future...!!}

{*Slightly LOUD/Low quality audio at points!!} (*Contains cheering, as its LIVE Ver.)

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[livitaexe]

Fandom: The Caligula Effect

Pairing: Kensuke Hibiki/Female Reader

Word Count: 2,659

Rating: Explicit | R-18

Warning(s): Humiliation, maledom/femsub, toys underneath clothing, implied/referenced blackmail, mildly dubious consent, semi-public s*x, younger man/older woman, f*ngering, PIV s*x, cr*ampie

READ IT ON AO3.

Unbeknownst to all the other Go-Home Club members, Kensuke has secretly turned you, his upperclassman, into his little play thing.

[dunmeshistash]

About what Laios's curse is—I saw a theory about how Laios still actually is his monstersona, but he doesn't look like it or feel like it. Basically, he has his ideal body but is incapable of perceiving that he does, so he never feels fulfilled in that aspect.

Supporting evidence:

One: monsters stay away from Laios; this could be because they can perceive his "true form". The way the monsters act (like the cockatrice in the Kensuke omake) act afraid, but aren't magically repelled like a "curse so that Laios can never come close to a monster" would imply.

Two: the poop thing lol

Three: Laios's insatiable hunger. I always wondered why in the ending when he finishes a giant plate/bowl of food, his stomach didn't burst or anything. If he'd just had the demon's desire of always being hungry (pretty much), then wouldn't it be that he doesn't FEEL hungry, but his body still feels the consequences of it? Maybe he's actually his giant chimera form, so he actually has the stomach of his monstersona, and he never feels full as a result.

Counter points:

It could be that Laios's mana is "tainted/marked" and the monsters can perceive that and stay away for the most part. Though how it's "tainted/marked" and how the monsters can perceive it from far away is still a question. With the Laios is still a chimera theory, it makes a little more sense because its size would be perceivable from afar, but also it's unclear in what way his chimera form would still exist or be perceivable. Is it like on the same plane of existence ghosts are on, so monsters can essentially see a giant chimera at all times? Maybe with the cokatrice in the Kensuke omake, it was in a dungeon so maybe it thought it was hiding sufficiently?

The poop thing doesn't seem to result in Melini just having random forests everywhere, unless they have a plumbing system which I don't think they do?

Laios gets fatter. He likely doesn't eat enough to get a giant monster chimera fat, so it's strange that he gets fatter at all. Maybe it's some top tier illusion magic but idk?

Anyway, I thought it was an interesting theory!

Well he's physically wearing his cast off skin after he turned human again so idk about that.

The pooping thing officially stopped having an effect after a while

It is an interesting theory tho. I still think the curse is that monsters avoid him, the unicorns and wargs were there during the feast but not on the post Melini rising bits right? Perhaps they weren't affected right away cause they had already been exposed to Laios idk.

But post king Laios basically cries he can't see real monsters, I doubt he would be so upset if he could still see some monsters. In the end the effect is the same tho, regardless of the reason why.

Also about the Wargs, here's the monster definition from the bible's glossary

I think they still count as monsters.

[felixcloud6288]

Dungeon Meshi Chapter 19

So my beautiful angel is named Namari.

AND SHE GETS KILLED!?!

Why do you do this to me Kui?

Going back to the start of the chapter.

So it's been about a week since the start of the series? Since they're underground, it's not entirely possible to track the flow of time.

I hope Namari's comment on Kaka and Kiki is more of a "They're always together and I've never heard them addressed individually" and not a "I can't tell humans apart" thing.

Namari's justification for leaving the party after they lost to the red dragon brings a very different question to mind: Why did Chilchuck stay in the party?

Laios is going on a rescue mission with zero promises of getting any valuables and no offers to pay for the journey. I understand Marcille going with him because she and Falin are long-time friends. But Chilchuck has neither told us why stuck around nor do we have any information about him that would imply why he stuck around.

And gnomes are a race in this story. There was a guy in that party that got wiped by treasure insects and piscines who I thought was a half-foot until I saw how tall he was. I guess he was also a gnome.

Mr Tansu is a powerful healer able to resurrect the dead, but it looks like there is some degree of physical stress casting the spell. Mr Tansu's hand was popping a vein when he cast the spell on Namari.

So the whole thing about people's souls being bound to the dungeon is specific to this dungeon rather than being a trait common in dungeons in general.

Like Mr Tansu put it, it's not that the dead can be brought back to life. Death itself is forbidden. I'm going to throw that into the pile of evidence to my speculation that the mage behind the dungeon is trying to resurrect Delgal and preserve the kingdom.

I wonder if this also applies to the monsters. Maybe monster populations are kept stable because their souls stay in the dungeon and the dungeon spawns new bodies for them.

Is Namari a dwarf? She's way shorter than everyone else and she's talking a lot of hype about dwarf craftsmanship.

That interaction between Namari and Laios about choosing and maintaining their weapons makes me super bummed that she's not part of the cast. I've seen plenty of posts about people having an inner Senshi telling them to eat healthy and having an inner Chilchuck telling them to know their rights as workers and not let themselves be taken advantage of. People should also have an inner Namari telling them to take care of the tools they rely on.

Laios taking in Kensuke has been paying dividends. Monster ambushes haven't been nearly as much of a concern since it warns Laios of danger.

Okay, so the sister is Kiki and the brother is Kaka.

Once again, the story is showing that Laios's party managing to get through the dungeon without heavy struggle is not the normal experience. The Tansu party has probably only gotten as far as it has because Mr Tansu is such a powerful healer that they can brute-force their way through the dungeon.

Tentacles was brought up in chapter 15. So it's a grabbing vine. We're not told anything about them though. I' guess it's a species of man-eating plant based on the 'm gonna guess it's a derivative of the fertilizer-type plants like baraselia.

The environment tentacles grow in would be naturally nutrient-poor. The baraselia's method of killing victims close to its root to make them into compost is likely too inefficient for the tentacles. It probably paralyzes its prey to keep the body from rotting for as long as possible while it wraps its roots around them to digest them.

The tentacles attacked Kiki and Laios in response to being attacked. If Kensuke hadn't warned Laios, would the plant have left the party alone? Probably not honestly. Maybe it was more like a sound or touch reaction than an aggressive response.

Some of the vines in the tower are probably just regular vines. Laios and Namari cut them without issue. Tentacles probably blend into the environment and react when it detects anything that could be prey.

I haven't the slightest clue what happened during the fight with the tentacle. Laios's plan was definitely to retrieve Kiki's crossbow so they'd have some ranged combat, but I don't know why it let Laios and Kiki go when Namari shot at it. Maybe tentacles have a release reaction if they detect they're being cut. It wouldn't do to grab something with sharp edges that could cut through it even if the plant manages to paralyze it.

Here's where Senshi grabbed the vine and got stung.

Two whole pages waiting to see what happened to Laios and it was worth it.

After seeing the pictures in Laios's book, I've changed my mind on what tentacles are. This is a specific type called an ivy tentacle. He also called it nematocystic when he explained how the monster paralyzes its prey. I looked it up and that is a trait shared by corals, anemones, and jellyfish. So rather than being a plant, tentacles are probably more akin to jellyfish and the vines were dragging prey toward its main body. Rinsing the stung area with vinegar is also recommended as part of immediate treatment for some jellyfish stings.

Namari is very clearly unnerved by Laios and Senshi casually eating and discussing cooking monster in front of them. This is the first time someone outside the party has actually seen them do this. There was the cockatrice in chapter 3, but that's a giant chicken so it wasn't nearly as strange. Also, the people in chapter 3 were more concerned with the guy who was dying from poison.

Senshi has never ventured past the start of F4 so he doesn't have any experience cooking new monsters going forward.

Marcille is annoyed that Namari works for money and not because they're all a family who help each other.

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[dedederedeconstructivist]

Working on a fanfic, I've been revisiting certain scenes in both original Eva and the Rebuilds. Today, a certain difference stands out - two lines in Episode 6. Details below the cut, with the mild warning that it involves the psychosexual dimensions of Shinji and Rei's whole... deal.

This is about 15:15 into the episode. Operation Yashima is underway and Rei and Shinji are changing into their plug suits. Shinji speaks first:

It's an innocuous line in itself and its omitted in the Rebuild, but its an interesting one in its broader context. Ayanami's response is also cut from the Rebuild:

The framing around these two shots is important here. We're shown a fairly long silhouette of Rei undressing and a panning shot of her clothes (Shinji's equivalent is about a fifth of the time equivalent), then her taking off her panties - it's when they come off that Shinji speaks. It's a nicely animated scene in the way it pans, the choice of angles, and the use of the silhouette to imply a profound distance and separation despite their physical proximity, but we're mostly concerned with the dialogue here, which starts when Rei is nude with Shinji's 'we could die'. If there's interest, I can unpack the framing of the shot itself. Shinji's line can be read a few ways. The obvious is that its just exactly what it is on the tin, and that's a fair reading since, you know, they are about to go shoot an experimental superweapon at a giant diamond that shoots lasers. But Eva is full of scenes that merit a second look and alternate readings, and this one, I think, is one. This is the same two-episode sequence that hosts the infamous Apartment Scene of Episode 5, which is the first time we see the two interact together during it. Shinji has already seen Rei nude, felt her body under his, and shared (and invaded, rather thoroughly) a space with her naked. He's had Toji and Kensuke's whole 'Rei's so hot' perv talk in 5 (and the significant but not-presently-relevant witnessing of her with his father in the same.) He now again shares a space with her naked and can (sort of, through the silhouette) see her nudity, while he himself is clothed both times. So, with that in mind... How many stories and films are there that have the standard cliche of 'it's doomsday/the last stand for us/we're going to die, let's get busy?' It's a pretty standard trope at this stage, and this exchange can be read in this context. We get to know Shinji as the series progresses as having some pretty twisty and fucked up views of himself and others and human relationships, and here, we can read him as saying 'let's actually do what I've been thinking about since that day, because if we die before we do, I'll never get to'.

Rei's answer - 'Why would you say that?' - comes as she dons her plug suit, sealing her body off from the outside world and the vulnerability of nudity. The first, surface layer is exactly what she's saying - 'Why would you think you'll die, when my job is to protect you?', which is punctuated by the hiss of her plugsuit sealing before she continues with 'You won't die', affirming her role as protector - while the second, subtextual meaning becomes 'no, we aren't doing that, and it's weird you suggested it'.

There's another layer to this encounter that strongly suggests looking at the subtext. At the end of the episode, Shinji imitates his father in burning himself badly to open her entry plug and then, when she says she isn't sure of what to do in response to his overflowing emotions, suggests she smile.

She sees a flash of Gendo, she smiles, heartwarming moment unlocked, and the episode ends on a happy note! Of course, her relationship with Gendo is at best capital-C Complicated and neglectful and at worst blatantly and brutally abusive, so that flash is itself a whole Thing. Lots we could unpack there,* but the relevance here to the overall thesis we're exploring comes through a cut all the way forward to End of Evangelion:

This whole sequence is built on Shinji's sexual frustration and entitlement, his viewing of the three women important in his life as essentially owing him their attention, sexual and otherwise, and feeling fury that they happen to be their own people. Shinji, who told/suggested to/asked Rei to smile (I will refrain for now from the obligatory Smile, Woman discourse...) after she saved his life and he played at being a hero back, is enraged by (what he sees as) the ambiguous/vague meaning of the smiles he receives from her afterwards.

But this, of course, is the same Shinji who made a fleeting statement that was itself masking something ambiguous and vague, in that it can be read as an invitation to/request for sex, and whose own sexual and romantic desires aren't things he acts on openly or confesses.** His internalized Main Character Syndrome*** transforms his own tendency to keep things ambiguous into a failing of others worthy of borderline omnicidal rage, and his own smiles to and with these three women are themselves rendered vague and ambiguous as a result. Projection, thy name is Evangelion!

Its interesting to me that these lines aren't in the Rebuild. A lot of things were cut for various reasons, but the Operation Yashima sequence is actually longer than it is in the series by about ten minutes! There's apparently time for indulgent shots of the preparations for the positron gun, for lots of fireworks with the distraction attacks (which are, to be fair, Very Cool), but not for these two lines. I don't know that I'd like to rely on that as evidence that they should be read with the second reading in mind, but I do think the pivot in the Rebuilds towards a much more direct Rei/Shinji pairing is interesting in light of a sequence that we can read as being about as direct a pass as Shinji ever makes on anyone. The things that are omitted in a revision can be as telling as the things left intact and added. The traces and ghosts left behind are sometimes hauntingly present in a way that highlights the dissonance left by their absence. (*: And we will revisit it later, maybe, along with an assessment of the entry plug's significance in a few scenes including this one - its interesting that the bookends of the two-episode Shinji-Rei specific arc are him entering her spaces uninvited, both prominently featuring Gendo's glasses and a moment of uncertainty of what comes next during an uncomfortable and awkward intimacy. The bookends of Gendo/Shinji entering the plug and burning their hands to see if Rei's alive at the start/end of Episodes 5/6 respectively are of course so well established that they don't need to be discussed at all here.)

(**: End of Evangelion's three critical scenes of his sense of ownership-of-Asuka aside, and one of them (yes, that one) we can characterize - as Asuka does - as covert and hidden despite its explicitness, with the other two taking place either alone or within the confusingly alone/but-everyone-else-is-there-too dynamic of Instrumentality. Kaworu is his own kettle of fish with another of those critical double-meanings - the bath scene and the 'We better go to bed?' 'Together?' dialogue. I have no particular stake in the Kawoshin dispute except to say that it is textually obvious and the contrary view is unsupportable.)

(***: Among other things he's internalized...)

(Incidentally, the exchange in the change room in the old ADV dub (I've watched both English dubs and the original Japanese with varying subs over the years, because I have too much free time) is as follows: "Maybe... This will be our last day alive." "Why would you say something like that?" The impression that the second reading is hiding in the background is even stronger with those, as 'something like that' is a particularly loaded phrasing. The keen eyed geeks will have already noticed I'm using the ADV dubtitles via that one Renewal archive, and at some point I'll do a post about how I view different dubs and subs in the context of translation-as-transmission. I mean, my tumblr's called dedederedeconstructivist so, you know, a certain degree of pretentiousness is to be expected.) p.s. hi I'm new. I had a tumblr years ago but never did much with it, but then I saw the place was back with great Eva takes and thought 'hey, why not sign up again'.