#like people assume i don't know certain stuff that came out before i was born

[pain-is-too-tired]

My sister I believe was the one who taught me to use YouTube to mp3 to download music and such(something I use especially for edits I make. )

And she learned this from a writing teacher we both had (bless his soul,may he be in the best afterlife rn)

So yeah. Kids aren't gonna learn if we don't teach them. It's the same thing with stuff like cursive and certain bits of internet and recent history that we experienced but they didn't. It's our job to teach, or not be shocked they don't know somthing that's not taught.

[skania]

Why did Aqua and Ruby have white star eyes on one side ever since they were born? Is there something that triggers it? Is it because they reincarnated?

When Ai's death they still have eyes with one star but sometimes Aqua is seen with his black star eyes at certain times with something that triggers (but only at that moment/not for a long time, only at that second)

Aqua -> After he found out that his father (Seujuro) had died, the star's eyes completely disappeared. Aqua feels free in revenge and lives his life as Aqua without Goro's shadow (living in his past. He has received his second chance to live a normal and happy life.) However, it turns out that his real father (Kamiki) is still alive. However, that fact didn't make Aqua awaken both black star eyes or his one star eye, why? The black star's eyes appeared as Aqua monologued in his mind thinking about Akane who was in danger and also all Aqua's worries for Akane, he also ended his happy days with Akane and chose the wrong path. Isn't this the trigger? The biggest trigger was that he was forced to end his relationship with Akane?(When he called, Aqua said he didn't want to end his happy days with Akane, Aqua also said he wanted to live happily ever after like that with Akane), Aqua also realized that Akane was in danger when Akane said she actually felt like the person was deliberately pushing her to make her fall (Aqua looked really shocked at that time). This black star eye continues to exist until the newest chapter.

Ruby -> Same with Aqua, she was also born with one star eye. Ruby activates her black star eyes upon learning the fact that Goro is dead and someone is purposely killing him. Doesn't that mean Goro's death makes him even more sick, suffering and full of revenge? Later, after chapter 123 came out, Ruby found out that Aqua was Goro and it seems that made her black star eye (which was the trigger) disappear. Leaving one white star as before, why? Has she still not come to terms with avenging Ai's death? or she haven't accepted herself as Ruby? Is her past as Sarina still lingering?

I can conclude both of them were born with 1 white star eye, then Aqua and Ruby awakened the black star eye because it was triggered by two people who meant something to them. Aqua -> Ai and Akane Ruby -> Ai and Goro

What do u think about this theory? I'm not a big shippers A or B or C. I'm enjoying the story more and i love Himekawa and Frill lol. I found your account so famous in this fandom for making good theories and giving honest opinions! Nice dayand happy weekend, Kanae!

Hi anon! First of all, thank you so much for the kind words!! I don't consider myself a good theorizer, but I do love analyzing stuff so I'm really glad people have been giving my thoughts a shot and sharing their thoughts with me in turn!

Listen, here between us: I love that theory! In particular, something that has always stood out to me is that Aqua's black stars don't come from finding out that Kamiki is alive. They, just as you say, only appear once he has given up on Akane and thus, on the "naive thought of being happy". So I'm really glad to see you mention that, because I do think it's huge!

I had a similar conversation with an anon the other day, and my thoughts basically are: I think the black stars are brought out by despair and negative emotions. I think that for Ruby, assuming that Goro was still out there somewhere and that he may find her gave her hope. It kept her going when things got hard. Knowing that Goro died and that his and Ai's killer is still out there makes Ruby despair, so she throws her naivety to the side and chooses to devote herself to the lonely road of revenge. Something similar happens to Aqua when he has to give up on Akane: it represents the moment he loses all hope of being happy and goes back to being alone, this time devoting himself to revenge for real.

That's the unbiased side of my brain, the biased side is 100% rooting for your theory, specially because I believe that Akane was a light to Aqua in the same way Goro was a light to Sarina 😂 In both cases though, I do believe that Aqua getting his white star back should have a link to Akane—be it through something that Akane does, or simply through the fact that believing that he can be happy again will allow Aqua to let Akane back into his life.

I'm indifferent to Frill but I love Himekawa too! I'm eagerly waiting for him to show up again.

Happy day and nice week(end) to you too, anon!

[sirfleetfoot]

One day, I hope to move to Sweden or Iceland, because it feels like home. For a long time I've felt guilt for 'leaving my own country behind' - I'm raised in Europe and ethnically from China - but, I think I'm beginning to sort of see things in a bigger picture now.

Sure, I love Chinese culture and history. I've grown up with a mix of myths and stories as I read a lot of myths by myself (growing up with predominantly Greek mythology) and I have a special place for all of them. Being ethnically Chinese, I think, changes one's perspective of culture. If I were ethnically European, I don't think I'd have people assuming my 'true' culture wherever I hang out in as it would be less certain. I think that's what I dislike.

I see Chinese culture and history as a place I spent a lot of time in - and no, I don't identify with being English either (tho idk who would LMAO have you seen the UK 💀) but I can't help but feel a pull towards Iceland and the places Norse myths came from. When I learn Icelandic it feels like I'm relearning an old language, like rereading a book I'd read when I was a child, and feeling a sense of familiarity- "Oh! I've seen that before!"

And I don't exactly wish I was born in Iceland. No, I value my past and the mixed cultures I was exposed to. Nah, I wouldn't change my past at all.

I think I just feel (like a lot of other people who came from immigrant families) that my 'chinese ethnicity' is something on my back I can't shake off, like that's 'what I really am'. Disregard how I was raised, etc. I don't blame anyone for thinking these things at all, but I think that's why I feel so much discomfort when the first thing people ask me is 'where I'm really from'.

In this day and age ethnically means less now. Maybe in the past it would be valuable to know because people didn't move around that much? But I doubt people ask for benevolent reasons and to gain a unique perspective from their view, influenced by their culture. Its just to know 'what your deal is', I suppose. To make themselves feel more sure when speaking to you, like asking an androdgenous person what their gender is. Irrelevant but makes the person feel sure of themselves, so they don't have to change their world view.

I am of the opinion there is a reason my background is so mixed. It does mirror Loki's in the myths in that way, though that isn't surprising. It's funny because before I was more comfortable in my identity as a deity I never really felt a connection towards one particular culture. Raised in England, grew up with Greek culture and Greek myths, English myths, ethnically Chinese with a weird mixed dynamic at home, my friends generally being of vastly different backgrounds and cultures too, I never really felt any of it was 'mine', till uh .. Iceland I guess. I used to feel bad for 'betraying my culture' till I realized its...uh...kind of a dumb thing to think. LMAO.

For one the idea of being 'from one place' is...uh...not as important as its made to be, if its not something YOU in particular are vocal and proud about. Aside from getting different perspectives because ye diff cultures=different perspectives, its not really...ehem...a Thing.

Also, on a funnier note, I kind of got disowned by China, my 'supposed' place of origin, because they vocally said they don't want people like me. In terms of British Chinese people. They don't want us lmao. We're not real Chinese people apparently.

So uh. Guess I'm disowned anyways.

And its not because I think Iceland is 'better', like their language and myths etc etc is Better than England's or China's or Japan's or Greece's etc. I don't see it as better or worse, its just home. I think honestly Chinese and Japanese culture to me is the most 'beauriful' and has the wackiest stories LMAO, it's not a matter of liking one or the other. It's just...that one, ye. That's the one. And I don't plan to not partake in stuff from the cultures I'm from, I just view it as a place I was raised and grew up in and its stuff is neat its just not home.

Context: A Loki who kinda vibed a lot of places and only feels at home with a place he's never been to YAYYYY

Yeah anyway fam, I'm joining the asexual storming of Denmark, is it over btw idc because I'll do another one

Hold my garlic bread

[the-haunted-office]

Unlike Piter, Thursday is a complete whirlwind of emotion. She wants to get to the bottom of this right now, and her mind won't let her stop until she does. There have been many times over the course of her life where she has felt completely, utterly helpless - has been completely, utterly helpless - has had to watch things spiral out of her control, watch people die, and the idea of having something like that happen again. She can't. She has to take action.

So when Piter agrees to take action, it's like the sun comes out. Her expression brightens several shades and she has an extra spring in her step as they go.

Listening to him is a bit confusing, though. She isn't entirely sure what he's trying to tell her. The bit about the crew possibly being dead, that's easy enough to understand. She certainly hopes that's not the case, and if it is... well... they'll have to take it one step at a time. But at least then she'll know that they're dead and be able to face it head on.

And then he's talking about other things and it's mixing her all up and it almost shuts her own thoughts off, so she just listens and goes with it.

"Well- how were we supposed to know any of this was going to happen? How could we have possibly predicted sabotage, Piter? We were just sitting around drinking coffee and eating cookies and talking about music and stuff. There's no way we could have known this was going to happen. You can't hold yourself accountable for that - I mean, unless you can secretly see the future or something, but somehow I seriously doubt that."

"And I don't think emotions are a weakness, either. We feel them for a reason. Hell, we're born with them. If they had to- had to make you feel like feeling a certain way was wrong, well, then they'll have to answer to evolution. And I know what they'll probably say - something about how we don't need wisdom teeth anymore or our appendix. Am I right? Well. I guess that's a difference of our cultures. Then again," she says, relaxing a tiny bit since they're talking now, and running her mouth a bit more too, "you know... I never really told anybody this, but the place I came from? My last job? They were trying to manufacture emotions. And that's something different from another angle altogether."

"So you can tell me all you want about your culture and how you think I should be scared of you, but the thing is, right now, we're teammates, and if you knew some things about me... I think you'd probably want to toss me out an airlock. Or at the very least, you'd think of me very differently, Piter," she says. And she has no idea why she just said all that, but it was probably because he said so much in the first place, she thinks.

"So let's, stop- this- talking down on ourselves, please. Let's figure out what's going on here, and then later, once we've gotten this all settled and had our floor-breathing time, we can hash it all out. Right now I need my coworker and who I'd very much like to call my friend, and I'd like to be yours, and let's just- let's just get this done?" Thursday stops before they go into the cryo bay, wanting to shake on it - whether he means it or not, she certainly does.

Whether or not they shake on it, assuming they do still go in, Thursday is initially relieved when they check on their crewmates. At least, until they find the empty pods, and then she stops in her tracks.

"Okay," she says faintly. "Okay, so... That's a thing. I don't know what I expected. Um. Okay. So- Who- Okay."

That seems to be all she can say. Just "okay". And taking the piece of paper out of her pocket to just stare at the number written on it. Who did this?????

"Okay, I'm breathing. See? Breathing is happening. Let's- Let's check- Can we check the- the systems... I need- I want to see the- handwriting- handwriting- I want to check- Let me check that, please- Then we can sit on the floor- Just that one thing, I promise, then floor time."

Of course when they go to check the records, it's not anybody who's registered in there, and that's even more puzzling. But at least Thursday does as she has promised, and if Piter is agreeable to the whole breathing exercise thing, she certainly gives it a shot, because she certainly cannot parse anything else.

Piter remains unmoved and agreeable. He's recognized that figuring out how to meet each other on this issue is critical to their cooperation, and he seems to listen to Thursday with his whole being. He is capable of being unsettled, even angered, even enraged. The rage he has accumulated throughout his past life will haunt him like a scar no matter how much better life can get in these changed circumstances. But his rage is not for an honest misunderstanding from someone who is trying.

"We'll go right away," he says pleasantly, nodding in understanding. "It's a good idea to check on them, and it is never my place to order you to handle yourself in one way or another."

As they head for the cryosleep bay, where the crew slumbers in pods: "We may learn something we will not like, though. In a worst case scenario, what if the whole crew is dead? In my mind, a well-prepared inner fortress is the first step of safety, because you are roped to your own emotions no matter what action you take. But to your point, of course, trying something new is best done with a clear mind. And since we are working together, we may rely on each others' skills; I will help you figure out what to do if something bad has happened to the crew, even if you are distraught. Hmm, I wish I had taken the risk of sabotage more seriously from the start. It would have been better if we had talked about this kind of thing and set expectations from the beginning. We are in a compromised position, to be figuring these things out as the situation evolves. It was an oversight on my part."

He suddenly laughs. "Thursday... I must confess, I was always seen as over-emotional in my home culture. Many treated it like a deficit, and it has strongly impacted my career. I think I did alright for myself, even rising to the highest levels of government; but to call that success in an uncomplicated way ignores the toll in pain and sacrifice I had to pay just to get in the room. And it was never my character that recommended me. Only my usefulness as a tool despite who I am."

Privately, he considers everyone else from his faction who now have to figure out new lives off of their isolated world, now that the rest of the galaxy felt forced to intervene before they destroyed themselves. He considers how the others and their pride will all now be at the mercy of people like Thursday, who do not face particular pressure to corral and control their emotions. How the ones who looked down on him will now be the strange ones, forced to choose between adapting or being targeted as dysfunctional or even malicious.

Please choke!!

If it's a prayer, he sends it to no god of love.

"It is not fair of me to ask you to feel sorry for me, though," he adds quickly, wincing. "If you knew the full story, which I am not going to tell you, I imagine you would be more scared of me than a strange note. I have no interest in sabotaging my new life that awaits me at the end of this voyage, and I have no interest in being dangerous to you, so we need not dwell on it. Forgive me for speaking of my past life at all, only to draw back like this, I... do so love to ramble."

When they reach the cryo bay, they will find the crew largely safe, asleep in their pods. Checking the records, however, will reveal that a number of people have been awoken prematurely and are not accounted for. Are these conspirators, arisen to sabotage and work mayhem? Or has someone been eating them?

[siflshonen]

Hey I just read your most recent chapter of your Bk/Fuyumi work where you admit in the AN that you vent your frustrations about Deku's character. Do you think Deku is deserving of Bk's love and attention? I can feel the affection you have for Bk's character throughout your works but you seem to have more complicated feelings about Deku. Other than enjoying their dynamic, do you kind of wish Bk was obsessed over someone more deserving than Deku (assuming you don't think Deku is deserving)?

The fic in question: I Want What I Don’t Deserve

My feelings for Izuku are complicated because I have more in common with Izuku (particularly his extremely specific form of interpersonal naïveté) than I do Bakugo, especially when I was younger. I think a lot of people, myself included, tend to be more critical of things that more closely mirror the self and things they don’t like about the self. In the case of Izuku, I see him consistently making a very big mistake I’ve made repeatedly when it comes to my own Bakugos, if you will, and it’s hard to watch.

When I was first introduced to MHA, the person who sat me down to watch it tried to convince me to do so through the appeal of Izuku as a character. And I did like him! I though he was kind and earnest and clever and benevolent and immediately took a shine to him. But… I guess because I have watched enough classic shonen I immediately turned to my friend at the end of episode one and said, “That one. Bakugo. I think… there’s something he’s not saying. I think there’s something Izuku doesn’t understand here. I think… he’s going to be my favorite. Yes, it’s him. I’m sure. It’s him.” It was sort of like looking at someone and realizing you already knew them before you’d met.

Basically, this meant that on first viewing of the series I was essentially watching Izuku (and a lot of the young fandom and arguably even some of the anime directors in some cases) misunderstand or disregard key things about Bakugo. In DVK2, I was SHOCKED not that Katsuki felt the way that he did, but that Izuku HAD TO BE TOLD THIS or that his admissions shocked ANYONE in the fandom. I was shocked that Uraraka had to explain to Izuku how Bakugo might feel if the class came to rescue him. Shocked that Izuku he thought he could just hold out his hand to Kota and expect Kota to accept him. On my read through the manga, these kinds of feeling intensified. I felt more sympathy for Izuku during stuff like DvK1, but also had to wince as Katsuki shattered but still kept coming to school to put his best and cringiest foot forward every day after that despite knowing that the class, thanks to Momo, had insight into his and Izuku’s personal issues, which pretty much humiliated him.

Do I think Izuku is “worthy” of Bakugo’s time and attention? That’s a nasty question for me to face because the answer is NO. NO I DO NOT. At least, not YET. He will be, but not yet.

It makes me crazy inside that Bakugo’s whole life is wound around Izuku - Izuku’s opinion of him (this is Bakugo’s own doing), differentiating himself from Izuku (also an issue born from Bakugo himself, but still the emotional toll is heavy), minding Izuku’s standing of childhood friend (which implies Bakugo has a certain level of responsibility towards him, though in the west this is less of a consideration and in the East can be seen as a positive), getting along with Izuku specifically as a condition for following his dream, Izuku’s One for All secret (which was, until shared and even after in some ways, a binding and choking thing in my opinion), Izuku’s needs, Izuku’s training, atonement towards Izuku, Izuku, Izuku, Izuku.

This is a very selfishly Western way of looking at the preservation of their extremely important relationship, I am aware, but I empathize with the situation of someone getting sucked into an existing relationship and never being able to escape it. So that’s where I’m coming from whenever I read this manga.

That said, the manga highlights that Bakugo is appreciative of the class as a whole as his friends (not that the boys all necessarily understand what he means in his “you’re all my rivals” comment, but whatever, Bakugo is still happy to have ‘em) and that makes me happy… even though I still want him to have more than just the rather limiting in-group of Hero students. I wish it in the way a friend or parent might wish for someone to have the absolute best of everything and anything even when it likely isn’t possible or reasonable to want such a thing for them. He’s my favorite and I want him to have the world.

But, even with that said, I don’t want Bakugo to be obsessed with anyone else to the same degree as he is with Izuku. I don’t think he could be, and I wouldn’t have any positive feelings whatsoever if Katsuki became so fixated on anyone else. Because while I said I didn’t think Izuku is worthy, I also specified that I don’t think he is worthy YET. But he will be. He’s the only one who COULD be worthy. He’s getting there. He’s getting there.

I believe in him.

[jimkirkachu]

I feel like an absolute bastard. (cw gender stuff, names, pronouns, family drama)

As a way to update my parents about Janelle Monae saying in an interview that their pronoun is "free-ass muthafucka" (because gender goals x infinity!!!), I casually led into it by mentioning that my new therapist wanted to know my preferred name/nickname and pronouns—all as a means of getting to my stupid punchline, "they/them seems so much easier now, doesn't it!" ha ha ha I thought we were cool, I've been making pronoun jokes since I came out to them last September because I know it's weird for them to go from having a daughter to having an adult child / offspring / neither daughter nor son. I get it. And I've really tried to be cool about them continuing to Female me while also trying to gradually/gently push them with things like... my Kirk haircut, sharing trivia or articles about NB stuff with them (e.g. the Janelle Monae news), etc. Anyway, I didn’t think any of that would come up again, but I’m clearly an idiot because I’ve spent 32 and a half years with one parent who Never Forgets Anything and Never Lets Any Little Detail Go Unnoticed.

Six hours later, my mother asks me what my answers had been when my therapist asked me to pin them down more concretely than "either way, whatever you prefer." ((Aside: apparently therapists want to know the Real You? and having other people decide who the Real Me is... is not what they mean by that??)) I knew I was trapped but I never want to lie to my mom, right? So I told her honestly that my therapist will be referring to me as “they/them” and “Jim” (aka Not my legal name/what my family calls me, as well as a name which traditionally is given to people who are the "opposite" of my agab). (I also reminded her that my previous therapist knew me as Jim, too, hoping that might soften the blow.) Again: I get it. I knew before I said it that it was going to hurt her because I’m choosing to have certain people call me by a name that’s not the one she and dad gave me when I was born. I understand that it’s hard for them. I understand why it’s hard for them.

(And this makes no never mind, but... it’s hard for me, too. 🙁 But I know, that’s beside the point.)

After a long, very uncomfortable silence, she said, “Is it okay if I keep saying she/her?” So I counted to five in my head and said it’s fine, because I honestly never expected her or my dad to be fully understanding of any of this. But now (and not for the first time) I’m very much wishing I’d just never come out to them at all, because at least that way I wouldn’t have gotten my hopes up when they responded by claiming that my being NB was fine and claiming that they would be totally supportive/accepting of it. My expectations were low before they knew because I assumed they would be honest with me about how it made them feel, which I assumed would be along the lines of “betrayed,” “inconvenienced,” “confused,” “disappointed,” “skeptical,” “disrespected,” and/or “we failed our child.“ It seems that when they were so chill about it up front, I forgot to keep expecting those reactions in delayed forms, and I guess I let myself believe that they would actually make the effort to shift some of their thinking about me, maybe even start using they/them for me, etc.

Turns out they were enthusiastic to declare their support (which I greatly appreciate, don't get me wrong) but putting that support into practice has proven to be harder than I think they realized. “Too much has changed too fast” is what I’ve been told now... even though I’m not transitioning to male, I’m not doing HRT or having surgeries, I’m still dressing the same on a daily basis (just changing my “fancy” wardrobe), and the only thing that’s physically different is that I've stopped shaving my legs (which neither of them has even noticed because I only wear long pants).

Anyway she just happened to ask me all this as she was on her way to bed. So there was another awkward silence before she said goodnight, and if 32 years’ experience has enabled me to read any of her moods correctly, then she started crying as soon as I was out of earshot. (I would have confirmed and/or tried to get her to talk to me about it but I’m running, like, a spoon deficit at this point.)

So is my lack of much visible change the problem, then? Is this breaking my mom’s heart because I’m not different enough from my “old” self? Would this be easier in some way if I was transitioning and she could, idk, genuinely mourn the daughter she no longer has? And despite losing a daughter at least she would have a “replacement” kid whose gender still Made Sense to someone entrenched in the gender binary for almost seven decades? Or would it just make things worse?

Should I have simply lied and said I’m going by my legal name with my therapist, because how will my mom ever know that anyway? Has this name thing crushed her so bad because not much else has changed about me otherwise, so she didn’t see it coming? Or am I genuinely the asshole for expecting her to be more supportive/validating too soon, and I just need to be more patient?

((Tangent: she witnessed a really bad impostor-syndrome meltdown of mine a few months ago. I was trying to figure out what to wear to a church function and eventually got so frustrated—and convinced that I’m not really NB, just a pathetic ugly female who hates herself/her body—that I told her to pick out a damn dress for me and take me to a wig shop so I could try and undo everything I’ve done to try and hate my biologically female body a little bit less. And she responded by telling me to wear the pants/button-down/sweater aka “masc-ish” outfit I’d started with. So... is it only if I’m in crisis/panic mode that she can get on board with my being NB? Did my meltdown help her put her own misgivings about this aside? Or was she only okay with my being NB before it included having new people in my life call me by a different name??))

I keep trying to pinpoint what I’ve done wrong, and every time I re-do the math I still can only come up with, “...I was born.” But that wasn’t even my fault. I just feel incredibly selfish for trying to get them to see me the way I see myself. I keep thinking that if I don’t feel female, that’s my problem and I should have kept it to my damn self. If my identity is, in fact, Jim + they/them + non-binary, fine, but I feel like I should have known better than to reveal—to the people who named me and raised me—that I don’t really feel, and never really have felt, like I actually am the person we all assumed I was for 31 years because there didn't seem to be an alternative.

And this is precisely why I started things off with my new therapist by trying to make her decide whether to call me she or they, Jim or my real name. More than anything—more than being sane, healthy, or alive—I want not to be a burden on others.

But that’s all I ever seem to be able to do without fail.

[inukag]

I've seen some people say that Yashahime is canon only to the OG anime, but I'd make the argument that it's not even that! Think about it:

While the Inuyasha anime did mess around with the manga lore or make up their own here and there, they still did bring to attention some lore that they CLEARLY ignore/retcon in Trashahime. Like in one of the 1st episodes of the OG anime where Myoga explains how Tessaiga was made to protect Izayoi, Inuyasha's mother. Yet, later on in Yashahime we find through a flashback that Touga apparently had Tessaiga long before he met Izayoi? What?

I actually talked about this next one with @loveyou-x3000 a long while back, but remember Hosenki l? Remember on how in the OG anime we found out he was the one whole created the black pearl that was in Inuyasha's eye? Well, I apparently found out that by Yashahime's logic, the black pearl was created by Izayoi's or somebody's tears? I'm sorry, but how does that make sense? (Correct me if I'm wrong there)

They even ignore the lore they created themselves from the OG anime, like when InuKag give Moroha the lip stick shell that was destroyed by Naraku in the Anime-only episode "Tragic Love Song of Destiny". What, am I just supposed to assume that InuYasha's been walking around with a bunch of his mother's old make-up stuff this whole time? And that he never thought to give one to Kagome, his wife, even tho he gave it to Kikyou and his own daughter?

Let's also not forget what the director has said in one of the recent interviews about demons apparently throwing their kids out in the wild as a "test of courage and cowardice", AKA Demon parents apparently not caring about their kids and abandoning them similar to how lions apparently treat their cubs. This absolute bullshit because not only is this not true in the manga, but the OG anime itself has shown several examples of demons caring about and raising their kids!!! Think about Shippo's dad, that little cat demon's dad when Inu trained with Totosai, Kuroro (demon cat that looks like Kirara), that demon dad who got his head chopped off by Hokudoshi, and even that insect demon that Jeniji killed who went out to teach its offspring how to hunt and feed! Its important too note that a good chunk of these parents are anime-only characters.

Hell, even the demon parents who didn't get to raise their kids still gave a fuck about them!!! Just look at Shiori's dad who clearly had every intention of raising his kid and even when he was dead STILL came back to protect her from her grandfather! What about Jeniji's dad who left his farm to his son so that both he and his mother would have a place to call home!?

What about Touga who sacrificed his own life so that his hanyou son could live??? (And that was from one of the movies mind you, so its anime lore.)

So now your telling me that the demon way of parenting was to leave your kids out in the middle of the woods when they're not even old enough to hold up their heads by themselves? If the OG anime series and movies followed that logic, then Touga wouldn't have even bothered to save Inuyasha's life on the night of his birth. Better yet, Touga could've just left Inuyasha in that fire, but saved Izayoi. He wouldn't have even bothered to give InuYasha his name if he just figured that his son failed his "test of courage" for being in that fire that he surely would have perished in if Touga didn't get there in time.

Also, and you can correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Yashahime's director HIMSELF (who worked on the OG anime too) say that a certain pairing that I won't name was never depicted as romantic in the original anime series? We all know it wasn't in the manga, but a while back I swear I read an interview where the director said it was never depicted in the anime either. Clearly, Yashahime threw that out the window, too.

And finally, I don't think I have to mention the retconning of all if the OG cast's character developments that were CLEARLY SHOWN IN THE OG ANIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And that is why I don't think Trashahime can even be considered canon to the anime either. I rest my case.

(Sorry for the long post. I just had to vent and get that out of my system)

Don’t worry about venting! I agree with what you said there, I would love to add more plotholes and inconsistencies that are in Yashahime to your list but... I get exhausted just thinking about it lmao

The Tessaiga retcon is especially bad. First, like you said both in the anime and manga it is said that Tessaiga was forged for Inuyasha’s mother, who in Sunrise-canon was born 200 years ago, but in Yashahime Toga had Tessaiga and was using a perfect meido zangetsuha 500 years ago to destroy the comet... 

^^ He literally has Tenseiga on his hip even though Tenseiga was created to take Meido Zangetsuha out of Tessaiga lmao

You’re not wrong about the black pearl and Hosenki. Hosenki II says in chapter 298 that he and his father “cultivate” the pearls, it has nothing to do with tears, and Inuyasha’s father commissioned the black pearl before his death... 

The rouge / lipstick is not even a different rouge, they imply in episode 15 that it’s the same one Inuyasha gave to Kikyo, but Riku somehow found it and gave it to Hosenki II for some reason. 

That raises SO many questions... When did Riku find the pieces of the rouge? Was he spying on Kikyo and Inuyasha this whole time?? How did he know the rouge belonged to Izayoi?? Is he a time traveler?? Why did Riku and Hosenki II even work together to create the new black pearl?? Is this ever going to be addressed??

Oh man the interviews... I get a headache every time I read them. Personally, I don’t really think it’s ooc for Sesshomaru to set up some kind of rite or trial for his hanyo daughters to prove their strength. I never imagined him being soft and loving with them, especially not with the way he treated Inuyasha. But like you said, it’s definitely not a universal yokai thing, we all know that. Sesshomaru is just Like That lmao. I still don’t understand why his “rite” had to take 14+ years, why it involves Kirinmaru and Zero and what it has to do with Inuyasha, Kagome and Moroha...? If he wants to make his daughters go through that, that’s his business, there’s no need to also ruin Moroha’s childhood by letting her parents rot in the border to the after life when he could get them out whenever he wants (since he can go through the gate to the afterlife thanks to Tenseiga).

Other hilarious things that Sumisawa mentioned in the last interview: - Moroha knows Sesshomaru’s scent because he’s famous amongst demons - Everyone call the girls “yashahime” because Treekyo started the trend (no one was there to hear Treekyo except the girls...?)  - Kirinmaru met Jesus Christ and Buddha at some point 

And probably other stuff I’m forgetting... I’m so tired lol

[hoenn-hakase]

Alright, let's start with the Unown, the Ruins of Alph, and all that weird stuff. We don't get much explanation, if any, about that piece of lore. So what's your take on it?

Oh hey, I finally got an ask on this!

Ah, yes, the Unown. Possibly the creepiest little things in the Pokemon World, but most of that stems from just how little we know about them. Like obviously they are “unknown” but it seems like for something introduced all the way back in Gen II, the longer we go without an explanation, the more chilling conclusions we see from people. There’s a lot of conspiracies about them, and rightly so. The bizarreness, and seeming randomness, of their appearances in games since Johto only continue to deepen the mystery.

Before getting into my personal headcanons, let’s recap what we know for certain:

Unown were first discovered in the Ruins of Alph in the heart of Johto. The Ruins themselves seat in the mountains between Violet City, Azalea Town, and Goldenrod with entrances to the ruins from both Union Cave, the forests along Route 32, and from the road along Route 36.

The walls of the chambers they are normally found in are usually covered in letters that may or may not be Unown merely sleeping. Though it’s heavily implied the grand majority of the Unown actually live a dimension all their own and are summoned into the Pokemon World by different means.

Usually when there are Unown present, there are no other Pokemon to be found in the area. In fact, in HeartGold and SoulSilver, talking to your Pokemon inside the ruins show they are restless and often uneasy by the place, though after a bit may turn curious.

Unown also seem to put off a strange signal that can only be heard via a radio. Tuning it to channel 13.5 specifically allows for one to hear a strange and rather disjointed melody.

The other well known locations for Unown are in the Solaceon Ruins of Sinnoh and the Tanoby Chambers of Sevii Islands. However, there is also the mystery behind the Sinjoh ruins where they can’t be encountered, but are shown to have a distinct connection with Arceus in the unavailable event.

It’s mentioned numerous times that “strange energies occur” when there are many Unown in the area. They are incredibly weak on their own, but when brought together they can bring forth a mysterious power. In the anime, this is often shown to be the ability to warp reality or even transport people into another dimension where they create and control everything that happens within that space.

NOW with all that out of the way, to answer your question about my personal theories:

While researchers have estimated the ruins to be at least 1500 years old, I’d presume that’s a typo in the games because they also claim this is one of the oldest known civilizations in the Pokemon World. Probably more like 15,000 years or something because obviously the Pokemon World is pretty old when we have records in Hoenn and Kalos of events that happened 3,000 years ago and they’re quite detailed to try to say that a civilization supposedly only half as old is shrouded in complete mystery. Not /impossible/ but rather implausible.

If the Unown themselves are connected to the ancient Alph society, then it can be assumed they once held a vast empire to have reached so far from the Johtonese capital to have influence in both Sinnoh and Sevii, or it may merely imply that the “Alph” were possibly a migratory people after they abandoned the Ruins of Alph for some still undiscovered reason. This would also coincide with the Sinjoh Ruins events where a Hiker implies that the Mysteri Stage came into being when Sinnoh’s “Creationists” met with Johto’s Alph who brought their worship of the Unown with them.

Speaking of the Sinjoh Ruins event, my personal theory is that the Unown are the equivalent to Arceus’ “thousands of hands” that came forth to create the world, the universe, and the Creation Trio. They are the physical manifestation of The Word and at The Original One’s command they have the ability to create anything.

Arceus fell asleep after setting the Creation Trio and Spirit Guardians in motion and the world slowly developed on its own as new “legendaries” were born of the gods’ combined efforts slowly giving life and manipulating the lands to create the Pokemon World as we see now. The Unown, however, were seen to be no longer needed as they still gazed upon the world in all it’s wonder while the grand majority of them merely drift in the Unown Dimension waiting for to be summoned for their purpose.

The Alph were the ones to first stumble across the Unown and came to discover their power. Eventually they started to build these grand temples for them to dwell in seeing as the more Unown came together, the more the people could learn from them. Language, magic, world manipulation to a small extent. The Unown, too, came to learn that if they were to psychically link with a pair of humans and feed off their creative energy, they could create a particularly large “safe” space for them to roam freely in.

By that I mean the “fear the outside world” tag is quite literal. The Unown may have helped create the Pokemon World but they are weak and skittish when not being commanded. There’s something empowering once they latch onto someone and the crystallized bubble they create over their “commander’s territory” gives them a place they control everything. A terrifying realization to people that the commander is not actually the one behind the growing distortions within their space.

One such incident went on too long, too far, and the pair of humans that had been linked became mentally and physically warped by the energy to the point that the “bubble” finally collapsed in on itself. The Alph were finally free to flee these cursed lands that had been trapped by the crystal for over a decade, and the city itself hasn’t been touched since. However, due to the nature of the Unown’s influence over their vessels, some people never suspected their ancient companions of any wrongdoing. Merely that the Unown were far more powerful than should ever be in the hands of one person. The cult of the Unown still held on for several centuries, signs of their influence still found here and there, but no such great incident ever was repeated.

The Unown still linger in the ruins of the city, confined by their own fear and curiosity for the humans that show up there from time to time. They still wait for one worthy enough to take command of them again and lead them out of the darkness. Someone strong enough. Smart enough. Brave enough. Who is he that dares to face the unknown?

Although the Ruins of Alph themselves were only brought to light and recent study after a bizarre case of a “crystal wasteland” came spilling out of the mountains to overtake the entirety of Route 32. It just as mysteriously disappeared leaving a trail of many confused campers, fishermen, and other trainers in the area who claim they can’t remember ANYTHING that happened after being caught in the wave of psychic energy. Fortunately, of the dozens of denizens who went missing beneath the alien substance, the only serious concerns reported were of Violet’s own gym leader, Hayate, who had been injured in combat, and a young man who’d rather remain anonymous who was practically radiating psychic energy and had some mobility trouble as if he’d been floating in zero gravity for quite some time. While the gym leader claims he knows nothing more than anyone else does about the bizarre incident, local speculation implies it may be linked to his early retirement.

[teacupesque]

Hi. Sorry if I'm bothering you or anything, but you seem nice, so... I'm new to the transformers fandom and bumblebee has taken over my heart, but I don't understand his backstory?? Like where he came from, what's a scout (he's a scout right), and stuff like that. Like I know it's different throughout universes and stuff but, do you know the basics?? Or anyone who I can ask? Thanks so much

YOOOOOOO Not sure what Bee you mean, either from tfp/rid or the comics, but I’m assuming it’s from the aligned continuity, which is rid/tfp/rescue bots/a lil bit of the movies/etc. I know a lot about bee from those, so I’ll try to condense his story from these pieces of media. Let’s goooooo

The Allspark in this continuity is the heart of primus, which was the first cybertronian along with unicron, but the important thing is that cybertronians come fully formed from this allspark. It’s assumed Bee was “born” from the well of Allsparks, which is where the heart is supposed to rest, sometime before the great war between the autobots and decepticons begins. It is from one of the last times it worked since cybertron became uninhabitable. He joined Optimus’s team after cybertron died on a big refugee ship called the ark, and has been with OP the longest besides ratchet. He got his voice box ripped out during an interrogation by megatron at a place called tyger pax. Hence his beepy-ness is prime. 

A scout is a soldier or other person sent out ahead of a main force so as to gather information about the enemy’s position, strength, or movements. He looks for stuff that’d be generally harmful to his team and let them know so they can deal with it appropriately. That’s his job in tfp while on team prime!

After the war and Optimus reviving cybertron, he became a cop to recapture some of the fighting spirit in this new peaceful time on his homeworld. He receives some mysterious messages in reflections from his old leader and it guides him to earth to capture escapees from the crashed prison ship the alchemor. He builds a makeshift team there to help him dubbed “team bee”.

 I think it’s  weird that he’s a boxer during tfp but uses a spear shaped decepticon hunter during rid. The switch from hand to hand to a weapon must have happened during police academy training or some such. Maybe the design team went “he looks more authoritative with a spear. give him one.” Who knows? There’s also no good explanation for his drastic design change for rid as well. *shrugs*.He’s still very nice on the eyes, albeit they’re smaller now.

Bee pops in in some Rescue bots episodes, twice with his beepy prime self and once with his actual voice. Bee’s outfitted to look like the rescue bot’s simple style while retaining his prime design. He helps out with some rescues and alludes to what’s happening in prime/rid. Whatever is revealed is kind of vague which I think is due to how prime’s art/writing team had fights about where to take the show. Transformers has continuity problems that range far and wide across its media, so I understand the need to keep timeline somewhat straight. 

That’s kind of all we have for personal backstory, and you can learn more on his wiki page: http://transformersprime.wikia.com/wiki/Bumblebee . You can also learn more from comics/shows/toys and get some info for yourself, but the wiki is always a good place to refer to stuff you don’t quite get. I do it after reading the mtmte comics a lot cause sometimes I just have no idea what issue a character came from or why a certain story plot is happening. There’s a lot of comics to collect, lol. You can also search for other transformers blogs and ask them stuff as well, my experience with the fandom overall has been fantastic and ridiculously welcoming. I think many people will be happy to answer your questions. 

If you need me to detail on something I mentioned in this post, shoot another ask. Bee’s a giant dork and great character to love.