hi. if you like weirdly intense mentor-protégé relationships, War of Faith (追风者) might be for you.
the protégé: Wei Ruolai, a little potato, a poor, brilliant, idealistic boy whose n:o 1 ambition in life is to... work for advisor Shen Tunan of Central Bank. apparently. as his personal assistant.
"My life is not worth much anyway," Wei Ruolai says,
wow. ok.
and this is Shen Tunan, Wei Ruolai's boss and mentor. here he's looking at Wei Ruolai who has just said something very smart.
i'm going to eat that little potato for breakfast
—Shen Tunan, probably.
people. these two have Chemistry. Shen Tunan keeps looking at Wei Ruolai like he can't quite believe his luck at having found such a sweet potato and can't make up his mind about which part to bite into first. and Wei Ruolai is just *incoherent noises* he's just so earnest. he's quiet and smart (and also very stupid) and tenacious and a tiny bit of a brat, and he lights up under Shen Tunan's attention.
Shen Tunan: "You spoke well earlier."
Wei Ruolai, having looked bashfully away:
ahem.
praise kink, anyone?
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Atlas: I can’t believe you’re gonna let me read this.
Taryn: Only a paragraph.
Atlas: gimmie. Holy shit you’re blind.
Taryn: No me digas. Wait, let me skip over that-
Atlas: Why?
Taryn: Because I don’t want you to read it-
Atlas: It’s fine.
Taryn: Uh, no. Close your eyes.
Atlas: Is it smut? Oh my god it’s smut-
Taryn: It’s not smut!
Atlas: Hah… HAHA! Let me see.
Taryn: No!
Atlas: Lemme see!
Taryn: Please no!
Atlas: Alright! Alright! Although I'm curious why you're so afraid of me looking.
Taryn: It isn’t smut, it’s a really rough draft of some poetry. That’s all you gotta know.
Atlas: Ah, top secret. I see, I see.
Taryn: You sure about that? Your eyes are twitching.
Atlas: My eyes hurt a bit.
Taryn: Well duh.
Atlas: No because I have contacts in as well.
Taryn: Are you- WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!
Atlas: hehe
[ door opens ]
Atlas: Hola, chaparrito.
Kai: [ mumbles ] Hey guys.
Taryn: I left you some food in the fridge.
Kai: Thanks.
Atlas: I’ll be back. So…
Kai: So?
Atlas: How are… Things?
Kai: Things… Huh. I don’t know, maybe if you were around more, you’d know.
Atlas: I apologize, I know I haven’t been the best friend but I’m working on it.
Kai: Right, you look like you’re doing such a wonderful job.
Atlas: Kai, do not get snarky with me. I said I was sorry, okay?!
Kai: Atlas! Be fucking forreal, you disappear into the fucking back rooms for weeks and pop out like nothing happens.
Atlas: [ stifled laughter ] …Backrooms? Sorry, okay serious.
Kai: You’re such a- GOD you piss me off.
Atlas: I’m aware. Listen, I’ll make it up to you. Next week let’s go skating with Dan, yeah?
Kai: …
Atlas: Come on, Kai, say something.
Kai: Don’t be late.
Atlas: I won’t! Promise.
Kai: Fine. [ smek! ]
Atlas: Ow!
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I can't stop thinking about how emotional Ted got during his little speech about his friend who had to watch the Super Bowl alone twice. And how he should have been there. It's been 25 years since he didn't watch football with his friend, and he gets upset when he talks about it. Surely there is more to it than what we're lead to believe by the silly comparison. His body language and way of talking (and the background music) reminds me of the scene in season 2 episode 1: Goodbye Earl when he talks about the dog that he took care of when he was younger. Go watch that scene and then go back and watch the scene from the latest episode from the moment he says "'Cause I wasn't there. 'Cause I "didn't care."" And then note when the music starts when he says : "I should've supported him." The way he's looking down, not meeting anyone's eyes. I don't think he's really talking to the team at that point, he's talking to himself.
I want to know what Ted realised as he was telling that story, because his mood changes, or he lets his mask fall, I don't really know. But you can see the change in the way he looks at the people in the room, and how he gets more and more emotional. To the point where he's not even really looking at the other people in the room. You cannot convince me that is a man who is simply upset about not watching two Super Bowls with a friend 25 years ago.
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Ninjago S2 P2 teaser....
It seems that they are going for the 'winner takes losers element' route for the tournament which I'm all for
ALSO GEO IS THERE HIIII GEO SUPPORTIVE BF!!!
Kinda wondering why isn't he participating... ik the tournament is invite only or smh but he is an elemental master and Arin is. not. yet he's participating.
Kai's ass in superhell 😭
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**onk 155 spoilers**
I think I'm TERRIBLE with murder mysteries because well.. I guess I don't understand the psychology of murderers...
But I believe I do a pretty good job regarding people who aren't so here goes:
I could infer that kamiki would not have had any will to live after Ai's death. He was the guy who broke down when his abuser died (he was holding up pretty fine till someone else urged him to carry their deaths but yeah) and we see him describing himself as someone who's killed Ai to his own son while describing he really did love her from the bottom of his heart. After some prying, he later says he didn't intend for it to happen (but it doesn't really make sense from how he's described it because how could he have not predicted it in the slightest if what he's described is really true??? that's why I'm still not believing what he's said entirely!! it's so weird)
Whether he's taken a major part in it or not, we can infer that he feels he's entirely responsible for what happened to Ai. Considering his psychology up till that point, Ai was his lifeline at one point, and for him to have believed he killed it himself would have really taken a toll on him. I think his mental state at that point would've compared to that of Aqua's who's lost any will to continue living, as seen from Ai's funeral.
But Aqua chose to live because he couldn't die just yet. He chose to avenge Ai's death and he'd live for that cause.
What'd have brought Kamiki to decide he can't die yet on his side, then? The only strong reason I could come up with for this guy would be that he wants to bring Ai back and make everything better. I say he'd even go as far as wishing to die in her place. That logic aligns so well with Mephisto and Fatal. I bet he regrets what's happened and when there's regret, you'd want to fix things. If he didn't have that sort of hope, I doubt he'd have wanted to live in the first place. The way he's been acting, it seems as if he's devoted his entire life to a cause, he's really depressed. He doesn't mind being avenged. He actually wants it to happen if that's what Ai wants. He doesn't mind rotting away. But there's something that he has to do before he has to, he says.
If this guy's been up to something, I feel it'd be about Ai. and it'd be for her sake in his perspective(although it may not be so much in reality, it'd be what he believes to be is)
Aqua just. let this guy go in 155 but he shouldn't do that if he's aware he's someone capable of murder.. he should call the cops on him or something even if revenge is that important, who knows what a murderer's up to... but he just. let him go... which means it'd be really irresponsible of him if Kamiki really WAS a serial killer who could be looking for another victim. That's DANGEROUS and he even left on a note that he's "going to do something for Ai". Aqua seems to know a lot about what'd been taking place (he knows about how three people died at least) so if he's let him go, it means that what Aqua thinks kamiki would do for Ai's sake's not something like that.
I wouldn't be surprised if the guy winds up dead in the next chapter but I hope not?? There must be a reason why the idea of him being helped by Ai and her kids was introduced in 154, there's no reason to bring an idea like that, it didn't have to be phrased that way. But Ai left a message to aqua saying "if he's still lost, I want you to help him". This should come true although I can't predict just how it'd come through. He's definitely REALLY LOST, and Ai was concerned about him. I bet she is still now, I don't even know what he's really done at this point, everything's very vague and I need more information to determine how things really were
so yeah, he's off to do something for Ai now (I'm not surprised about that in the slightest) what surprised me is that he was able to accept Ai's message in one go. He doesn't deny it or refuse to believe what she's said about him, he just lets that sink in and he wants to do something for her now after it does. That's actually stronger than what I've first pictured in a way! Although we don't get to see his face or a lot of his reactions, this leads me to think he does care about Ai. He got the message. I'm just not sure what he's going to do.. Aqua you should've chased him; but okay. I guess other things are more important right.
I won't talk much about the other important twist(?) reveal(?) in this new chapter, but I felt really sorry for Ai though. She's surrounded by people who are obsessed with her.. why can't she have someone normal.. she was secretive but I get why she had to be that way o<-< a celebrity's life must be harsh, people just won't let you go.
Oh and I was really curious how Gorou died, it seems like an accident but it's still something that has to be cleared up. The events leading up to that.. it deserves to be explained. He's someone who's worked for Ai's sake in a really genuine way..I'm still sorry about what happened to him even if Aqua's decided to move on from him
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