#legit theres one character thats like referred to w they/them and at first i thought it was like 'oh i dont know their gender' kinda thing

[dreamacaronz]

u ever find a book that legit exceeds ur expections so much that its like. almost too good to be true ????

[lemongogo]

1/ THANK U FOR THE DETAILED REPLY<333 everything u said was exactly on point,, the way that there is no 'wrong' way to feel and different emotions motivate different characters and they are all treated with the same vailidity ?? BUT IT CIRCLES BACK TO TANJIROUS COMPASSION AND JST HOW SIMPLE KINDNESS CAN CHANGE SOMEONES PERSPECTIVE SO MUCH,, im sorry idk if im making sense but i also wanted to talk about how kny shows diff characters ways of processing grief an how they have moved on--

2/ --or never realy moved on. some forget, some never forget,, and i just realy admire the theme,, or ig the message tht u have to keep on moving but u can carry what others have left behind with you,, LMFAO again idk if im making sense but yeah what i said before abt diff motvations fr diff characters and none of them being inherently wrong (like shinobus anger) is just so good. I ALSO WANTED TO ASK,, what is ur fav sibling relationship in kny i must know tysm i love u have a nice day !!!!

NOO THANK UU OMG <3 so srry i take forever 2 respond but its so much fun to hear what u have to say abt it and thank u for indulging me 🙈🙈 BUT YEASS I LOVE THAT SO MUCHH i love how it explores grief thru a multi-faceted, nuanced lens as opposed to some binary of right or wrong.

the first thing that comes to mind is how different characters refer to the demons themselves, notably with the mt. natagumo arc . prime example being tanjirou viewing rui and demonhood as being this understandably miserable experience punctuated by grief and hardship,, and while he isn't one to forgive them for the trauma they've caused, he can also understand the pain they've gone through. meanwhile giyuu views their existence w hatred & disdain , but is none the less for it u know. like the story makes it a point to validate his and shinobu's contempt alongside tanjirou and kanae's more receptive viewpoints . its soo interesting .. and theres so much to be said abt how, even within the same circles of thought, there's so much variation to be explored. not to bring up sanemi and genya w every conversation, but i like how their story demonstrates the different ways people handle grief ; two opposite paths that stem from the same initial event

AND OMG NWW you are making sm sense to me .. especially w tanjirou's compassion YEAAH that stuff legit makes me soo mushy like . idk,, its so infectious . its my favorite protagonist model for sureee . and i love how his compassion never comes at the expense of anyones wellbeing, either. i feel like its easy to miswrite this sort of character type as someone who forgives ALL despite the fact that forgiveness isnt always the right decision. not for everyone, at least. and so for tanjirou to be the kind of character to provide appropriate compassion and empathy is .. really nice. if that makes sense .

also like "you have to keep on moving but you can carry what others have left beind w u" LITERALLY .LITERALLYSYYY pulls a giyuu and does this

like having recently finished this chapter , that part of ur message is soo sad like yeah. i rly liked what sabito and tanjirou had to say in this part . the whole "isn't what sabito entrusted to you, keeping you two together?" being followed up by, "they're still with you, giyuu" MAN. MANNNNNNNNNNNN. $*#U%)u3{@0(Ro467676(#)$9oelk.,...............................................................

also this is getting so long omg im so sry. but my favorite kny siblings have to be daki and gyuutarou :-) !! sanemi and genya are a close second :3

ive never been a big fan of sibling relationships in media tbh . they always feel so unnatural to me and like . uncomfortably forced. and i knoww thats like just due to my own experiences (and is not to say there aren't people w good sibling relationships) but its nice to see kny explore these less-than-perfect dynamics, especially when the resolution isn't something that can immediately be remedied.

kny chapter 96 is my favorite for this particular reason !!

i love tanjirou's response to it all, as well as gyuutarou's own reflection in ch.97., AAUWh,whjk its soo good . i knoww so many other stories have written this exact same thing (and way before kny too) but idk !!!!! i just rly love how gotouge handles these relationships yk

but what about u !! whats your fav sibling relationship in kny? but omgg thank you so much i hope u have a nice day too <3

[enderspawn]

so now that we’ve had a few days since the syndicate stream, i think ive managed to cool down and step back to look at it more neutrally. ended up long and pretty rambly since its all pretty flow of consciousness so its under the cut, but heres some thoughts on the syndicate (and a bit on c!techno, since hes the originator)

in universe, techno has only just heard a new place was made. he doesn’t know jack abt it, so he goes over to check it out and learn whats happening. he meets w tubbo, who explains they arent a gov, and accepts it then goes. hes hesitant abt the nukes, but frankly? also understandable, they are nukes. any kind of mass weapon of destruction is something to look out for, same as if tubbo revealed his own wither vault. 

i think the reason that i, and many other ppl, had such a NEGATIVE reaction to what is a mainly harmless and completely reasonable interaction is. well, bc we’re the audience. we KNOW more than c!techno does. we know that snowchester very explicitly was formed without a government because they’re afraid of techno attacking. we know that the nukes are made to defend them, based off what happened to lmanberg. we know that ranboo joined partially to try and spare snowchester if worst came to worst. 

the reason we the audience were afraid of him going is bc we feared what would happen if he DID deem it a gov. bc we know the effort they’ve done to NOT be one, bc we have a connection to the town that c!techno doesnt. 

after then came calling the syndicate/techno tyrannical. after all- if they strike down every government then they are forcing ppl to follow their beliefs under threat of destruction or death. which is uhh pretty fucking tyrannical. 

the thing is that in the end the syndicate hasnt even done enough for us to like. KNOW if thats true. techno himself said hes totally fine w just group of people living together, hell hes in a damn SYNDICATE. you can def argue in general abt what gives the syndicate the right at all to decide if a gov deserves to exist, if being “”the deciders���” makes them inherently hypocritical. (this also is pushing that “they decide” bc, well, w the exception of tubbo now, theres very little chance the other ppl would win against techno and crew. it Would just be decimation. if they attack, they’re destroying it all). 

after all, they preach abt giving ppl the right to choose but then dont let them choose to form a gov. paradox of tolerance i suppose, since in anarchistic views there isnt like a “non-corrupt” government so every government is worth dismantling. (note, this is all based off my p limited understanding of anarchy theory and also Very Simplified for ease of speaking)

another reason we the audience may have been so afraid is bc, historically, techno doesnt lose. he may suffer personal losses and feelings of betrayal, but narratively hes won every battle hes really been in. its the status quo, so any possible conflict in the future you kind of expect the same. we were afraid of any kind of conflict starting. 

i think this stuff does kinda work in character too. c!tubbo admits himself he doesnt rlly know government stuff, and he doesnt seem to really know what techno would or wouldnt DEEM one- thus he has a similar fear to the audience of being struck down for it. ranboo, like stated before, partially joined bc he was afraid FOR snowchester. 

again i get that anarchy is against that greater establishment, but theres something to be said for the fact that. well. this is a block game. its systems work a LOT differently than real life, and real life anarchist theory may not transfer over well. there are a lot of good posts ive seen recently analysing lmanberg (specifically early lmanberg) and like. it genuinely worked to protect its citizens. they were able to pool together their resources and man power and protect each other from outside threats that would overpower them seperately. there IS no big overarching societal and deeply built in system to overthrow like in real life, if anything “having a government” IS the new system trying to form instead of anarchy (bc, to my knowledge, lmanberg was the first real “government” and the dream smp’s gov kinda formed as a response) it could def be another reason so many ppl are against enforcing anarchy-- this isnt the real world, and being in solidified groups could help the weak. without that, instead its the strongest survive and thrive while everyone else suffers. 

(then again to devils advocate my own point, a lot of times they’re referring in those posts to a time where wilbur, who was actually “in charge” wasnt around a ton, so there was less of a power structure in place. also, you CAN still have a group of ppl without being a “gov” (like snowchester or the syndicate) but then we get back to “what is a gov by the syndicate’s standards” as well as if they want to remove a gov at its start or JUST when it seems “tyrannical” (so if they believe a gov is inherently tyrannical). like if i started a direct democracy gov and explicitly called it a gov, do you take it down? its taking the opinion of all citizens and allows everyone equal power. is that corrupt just bc its ALSO a gov, or does it get to stay? where is the line?  idk man maybe give the gov like a free trial. if it starts being corrupt then step in but if they’re vibin they’re vibin. chill w the anarchy /lh /hj JFKDLSJF)

idk man this isnt fully conclusion imo i just wanted to long think abt this. also fuck this block game for getting into legit political theory and ethics and shit. “is someone valid in doing something for another person that they believe will help the other person if it limits their personal freedom” (or, is techno correct in enforcing anarchy bc he believes it is the best form for ppl, EVEN at the cost of their personal freedoms to make a gov) is too deep to be asking for a fuckin block potato pig. this is why i dont do a ton of discourse im just stupid and it starts getting philosophical at some point FDSKLFJ

yall can respond w your own thoughts to this if you want, even debate it!, but idk if ill respond bc uhhhh Brain Empty fdjsklfj i just wanted to ramble and sort out my own thoughts on the matter now that im not uber pissed at c!techno JFKDLSJFKL

[specimen9]

i dont even go here im sorry the what story now?? yandere jjba kinnies?? o_____o

the short of it is that me and ppl i dont associate with at this point thought itd be funny to make fake kinnie blogs to combat really shitty people that floated around that we knew of at the time. the main circle was just me, sd, and h ( sd scene doppio and h for his gf )i played the part of scene melone ( bebefaccia ), sd of course as 6alsamic, and h as quiietliife (originally his for real side blog). we joined someones server and the owner was someone who was notoriously bad. we had our laughs and jabs and along the way we picked up LL. LL was in agreement with us about the people who were really questionably bad, and joked with us. He was kind of weird sometimes but what came after was really unwarranted. we had a group chat, one which LL wasnt a part of. sd LOVINGLY named it “ stalkervalo’s headspace “ and that was LL’s nickname. Stalkervalo. and like yeah it was super funny at first but the more i personally spoke with / interacted with LL the more disgusting it felt and the more i was like. wow thats actually kind of fucked up given he wasnt like the people we were trying to pull in whatsoever. i stopped using bebefaccia REALLY soon after, and just talked to him as myself because it was just wrong otherwise. just a bit before that, somehow jjkn got roped in which already pissed me off because if youve been mutuals w/ me for a while you know exactly why i hate jjkn and theres quite a list lol. i really have 0 memory why they were involved or why they were jesting w/ us but they were! and all i know is that they all also made a ton of accounts and in sd’s mutuals server there was like 2 channels dedicated for everyone to make fun of LL for actually falling in love with sd ( given it was literally sd’s goal to catfish him and get money from him etc like…. why is that funny lol it wasnt like you made yourself unlikable or gave sd any BAD aspects that would cause him to dislike the character. ) so we made a few more accs. idk how many sd made. i only had bebefaccia and whitealburn, which were 2 accounts meant to mirror the humorous aspects of mine and my ex’s relationship and the problems that went on in it. this was just a bit before things got bad. but eventually, after like months of sd purposefully hurting LL’s feelings, LL got a boyfriend. sd got Actually kind of mad about this and that sall im saying about it. it was fucking weird and it was obvious that it really just needed to end if hes legit getting mad because the dude hes catfishing got a bf. he also befriended all of LL’s friends or a good majority, catfished them as well ( not romantically ) and had this all under the guise that he was “ helping LL be a better person ‘ despite ruthlessly making fun of him, naming a gc “ stalkervalo “ in reference, etc. no matter what happened within aspects i DID NOT see ( i muted like everything bc the whole thing made me fucking sick ) you dont. do that to people lol like especially a fairly normal group and think it’s 100% ok.