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Flickers of his breath graze Yukioâs ear, soft as wisps of flame over kindling.Â
He knows Shima canât have fully grasped what this message means. No. Of course, he hasnât. Shima may have been tasked to pass this secret along, but he wouldnât say it in this way if he knew more.Â
Regardless, itâs too late. The idea is irrevocable, swaying just beyond the corners of Yukioâs vision. Heâs already enthralled by it, so much that thereâs no decision to be made.Â
âNow Iâve told you, so do what you want with it.â Shima raises a finger to his lips and winks as he walks away.Â
âWhich side are you on?â Itâs a futile question, yet heâs asked it twice now. He doesnât even know what answer he cares for.Â
Shima laughs. âWho knows?â When he turns back, the mirth in his voice doesnât reflect in his eyes. âWhich side are you on?âÂ
Those words fall from his tongue one by one like scattering dice. As he leaves, their echo swells in the empty hallway, spoken as if they were particularly clever.Â
Yukioâs lip curls when he catches sight of his own silhouette in the tall row of windows beside him. Heâs cold and sheer. Do his motives appear as simple to see through?
âOf course,â he says, âyou of all people wouldnât be fooled so easily.âÂ
Perhaps it doesnât matter. Shima wonât be enough to stop him, and itâs clear he has no intentions to do so in the first place.Â
The soft hum of warm air vents switches on when he steps near the windows. Itâs never completely silent here. Blinking specks of red lights line the shipâs massive steel wings. In spite of the darkness, no stars are visible. All he can see are layered clouds in the distance.Â
This fortress is undeniably impressive from a technological perspective. Itâs clear it was designed with both comfort and safety in mind. He hadnât expected that after seeing their lab in Shimane.Â
Yukio turns away and strides down the hallway with measured, even steps.Â
Heâs been given a weapon. All thatâs left is to weigh how best to use it.Â
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#ao no exorcist#blue exorcist#yukio okumura#okumura yukio#fanfic#some missing scenes#lots of spoilers for the new season#character study#was going to try to hold out and post on the weekend but failed OTL#bluewindfall writes stuff
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#well that was a lot of damage#lokius#loki#mobius#loki season finale#loki spoilers#destiel meme#the news
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Euphrasia and that green ghost guy again đ The wind kids are at it again !!
Have the cropped versions too ig
Love me some wind kids amirite
I'm bummed she barely gets any screen time AND SHE LOSES INSTANTLY like what
Was excited for nothing, she doesn't even get to talk to the ninja smhhhh I'm upset GRHDJSJS oh well
#ninjago#Lego ninjago#ninjago fanart#ninjago euphrasia#Euphrasia#morro#ninjago morro#shroomart#ninjago dragons rising#ninjago dragons rising spoilers#ninjago spoilers#ndr spoilers#tox#ninjago tox#just assume if i draw euphrasia its this AU where morro hangs around her but only she can hear / see him bc masters of wind#I'm also calling their little duo wind kids for convenience#wind kids au#also saw the new season so#haha spoilers but i have A LOT OF THOUGHTS on this season#and that euph and wyldfyre are the best characters this season LMAO
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My favorite song for Act 1 may just be "Sucker". Obviously the lyrics, the melody, the tone all fit right to capture Jinx's perspective as things fell apart. But what puts "Sucker" above the rest for me is the loop.
As Jinx walks away from the remaining chembarons fighting for Silco's seat we immediately cut back to Silco, alive and stressed. In that moment it's like Silco's watching Jinx walk away. Suddenly the sequence isn't just a brief overview of the state of Zaun. It isn't just Jinx stewing in self-hatred and grief, it's Silco SEEING her like this.
For that split second, it's like Silco's ghost is stuck in place and he can see Jinx in her misery. Silco can see Jinx, but she's pointedly walking away, unwilling to look back, to be seen by him. If Jinx looked back maybe she'd see the mix of concern and frustration on his face for her, but she doesn't want to see it, she doesn't want to feel it.
Jinx would rather leave it all behind, but she can't because the entire chorus is punctuated by the sound of chains. No matter how much the lyrics say she wants to escape her life and the one she lost (Silco), it's impossible because the bond of love she shared with Silco is still holding them together, even in death. And Silco can see how she's let it weigh her down into a spiral of self-loathing and suicidal ideation, rather than carry it forward and live.
#arcane#arcane meta#jinx arcane#silco#silco and jinx#yes i understand that was a lot to get from a visualizer#but in my defense i haven't seen new footage of silco in 3 years#in a less angsty interpretation you can read it as silco watching jinx leave a boring chembaron meeting he wanted her observe on#neither expected it to be as dumb as it actually was and jinx left bcuz absolutely not and silco had to say#and he's looking at her and thinking âcan a child truly abandon their parent with such ruthlessnessâ#but in reality jinx blows something up to give him an excuse to adjourn the meeting early!#arcane spoilers#arcane season 2 spoilers
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Just doodling more because I can't handle s2.
#my art#sketchy sketch#good omens#good omens spoilers#it's so scary to post because I haven't done it in a while#plus new fandom#plus taking lot of references from real people#aziraphale#ineffable husbands#anthony j crowley#mmmm idk I feel like it all looks bad but also I want to sdkfuanh about the season#I did a kissy thing but idk man#I hate everything I do atm I guess#still working on that scum villain thing too#it's almost ready
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Okay, I'm just shocked that most of the theories and comics made from the previous series regarding the future of the Stolas and Blitz turned out to be 100% correct! The fact that Blitz will impose ponies on Stolas, that they will go to the store together, have breakfast together, the need for pills for Stolas, Blitz will hire him to work...Not to mention those theories that predicted the death of Stolas' favorite plants from the cold! I'm sure many people have seen all the posts I'm talking about now and feel the same way!ăžâ (â *â ââ â ââ *â )â /
#blitzø#helluva boss season 2#helluva boss spoilers#stolas goetia#helluva boss#AND THAT BLITZ WOULD SACRIFICE HIS LIFE FOR STOLAS#There's a lot of emotion from the new series#Okay I'm crying
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While rewatching ducktales, I realised that they looove foreshadowing, they do it all the time, sometimes they even give the whole plot of an episode in the very first scenes without the viewer noticing lol.
Anyway, I realised that they foreshadowed the whole âduke of making a messâ thing that Huey had in the sword of swanstantine episode!
THE THING IS, EVEN on my first watch, I could tell that this was supposed to be a multiple episode arc but they HAD to make it shorter because ducktales was getting cancelled and Iâm PISSED. LIKE ALL OF MY FAVOURITE CARTOONS, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH MORE.
DEWEY had his own arc where heâs trying to uncover his momâs dissaperance with Webby. LOUIE had his own arc where he was struggling with his place in the family and HUEY. DIDNâT.
Ughhh they foreshadowed the Duke of making a mess in the intern episode and even in Scroogeâs birthday!!
Those are BOTH season 1 episodes (Iâm not gonna list more foreshadowing because you get my point) SO THEYâVE BEEN BUILDING UP THIS ARC SINCE THE BEGINNING AND THEY DIDNT GET TO CASH IT INNNNN RAHHHHHH đŁď¸âźď¸âźď¸âźď¸âźď¸
When watching the ONE episode where he appears, you could IMMEDIATELY tell that it shouldâve been a bigger deal. I mean come onnnn, they enter Hueyâs mind scape and thereâs a huge closed up door??? With locks??? DUUUDE THAT WOULDâVE BEEN AWESOMMMMEEE
Iâm saying all of this but this is just to vent some frustration about how animation shows will just be cancelled without the chance to say all that theyâve wanted to say⌠and as the one who wants to hear it: *cries and wails and pees on the floor*
Ducktales was planning so many more seasons and only got 3, like every other great animation show nowadays i fear
#you know I complain a lot about these things#especially irl so iykyk lmao#but as a future animator#I seriously plan on doing something about this#I donât care what people say#Iâm bringing back 2D animation#Iâm bringing back lore-filled action-comedy adventure series#and Iâm fixing the mistakes that weâve made in the past#by using whatâs going on right now as a stepping stool#I plan on making the things I love better#and I know that Iâm not the only one with that goal seeing how many new indie animators are doing this too#I hope that Iâll get to do it on a big platform and get a bunch of seasons#you know what? I could probably start with a short series and see how it goes from there#so many plans man#anyway#lmao#ducktales#ducktales 2017#huey duck#the Duke of making a mess#animation#ducktales spoilers#ducktales 2017 spoilers
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my live reaction to wwdits season 6 summarized
#ok the start of the season started off a teeeny bit slow (as usual)#but GODDAMN#episodes 2 and 3 were good as hell#A-tier potentially#i loooooved the baron cameo and the guide and guillermoâs new office job#i looove the nadja going out into the human world plotline too#tho nandermo being doomed by the narrative is so tragic#is it canon that they both have some verrrryyy complicated feelings for each other? yes#is it canon that they both like each other a lot more than they let on? yes#ESPECIALLY nandor heâs the culprit of this#but will they kiss? atm i am inclined to think no#judging by how itâs going so far especially#tho i know in my heart nandor cried in his coffin a little bit when guillermo left#quite literally the most doomed of doomed yaoi#what we do in the shadows spoilers#what we do in the shadows#what we do in the shadows season 6#wwdits#wwdits spoilers
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minor dr s2p2 spoilers below cut
lilly mention?? in ninjago 2024???
new lilly footage???? in ninjago 2024?????
#LILLYYYYYYYY MY BELOVED YOUâVE RETURNED#of all the callbacks to old seasons in s2p2 this was the one i was happiest about#and also one of the bits i yelled the loudest at#LILLYâŚâŚ i need to fit her new mech into my rough backstory for her#(someone ask me about my lilly thoughts please please please)#ALSO. if lilly mention. then maybe mentions of other previous ems?? particularly a blonde one talks a lot and has no confirmed canon name??#this is how we (libber fans) can still win (get more than six lines of dialogue)#ninjago#ninjago dragons rising#ninjago spoilers#ninjago lilly#lilly ninjago#lilly brookstone#ninjago dragons rising spoilers#lilly#keyâs conversations
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Okay but like it was definitely Silverwing who decided to go flying over KL, wasn't it?
I mean there's a chance Rhaenyra asked him to do it on purpose to send a message to the Greens, but, like... look at Ulf in those scenes and tell me that man actually knows what he is doing yet. You can't. He probably climbed into that saddle to make this whole "the dragon's not eating me" thing official, and also because what else is he gonna do he's stuck in a pit with her, and Silverwing was like oh okay let's go flying! Where are we going, smelly screaming Alysanne? You don't know? That's fine I'll pick!
#hotd#house of the dragon#hotd spoilers#hotd s2#hotd season 2 spoilers#hotd season 2#house of the dragon season 2 spoilers#house of the dragon season 2#house of the dragon spoilers#on a somewhat darker note I suspect the dragons are going to be calling a lot of the shots for the new riders#like even more than they already tend to with the experienced and trained ones#which is just great we should definitely entrust delicate wartime decisions to the homicidal flaming crocodile nukes
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saiki k season 2 lore is insane
cant believe some of my moots said there was barely any lore or character development until the last 2 episodes because what the fuck is thissss (huge spoilers)
making this more organised than my last post about season 1 and the finale
teruhashi at first i really really hated her- of course, i loved and adored her as a character but as a person? no. she is a play on the anime trope of 'perfect mary sue girl' and its so fuckin weird becuase its both exactly that and exactly the opposite. she is perfect and looks beautiful and nobody can compare and basically everyone is falling in love with her or completely and utterly jealous of her- exactly like one of those stereotypical girls in those kinds of animes. but then at the same time shes not. teruhashi is intelligent, cunning, calculating, and puts up a delicate facade practically 24/7. she knows her abilities and utilises them to her absolute fullest, and i completely respect her for that. teruhashi recognises that she is 'gods favourite' and she is not shy in the slightest to manipulate that to ensure she gets the advantage. however, this knowledge of everyone else completely obliterates her own self-perception: she believes that she herself is the very role she is acting. teruhashi is determined that she is absolutely kind and perfect and is in no way wrong with anything she does. and with her lack of experience involving rejection and plainness, she completely overlooks saiki and is utterly confused with him as a whole. and at first, teruhashis obsession with saiki is about getting him to just become another guy- get him to say 'offu' to her. she bugs him, follows him, comes up with ploys, manipulates the world around her to try and get it to happen, uses all of her skills to her advantage, only for nothing. i didnt like her as a high school student to another because she painfully reminds me of a lot of girls i was friends with.
but then as the series goes on...... teruhashi changes. i think it was a gradual thing (such as teruhashi becoming friends with yumehara, even- i dont think she actually had female friends up until yumehara because of the amount of guys around her +the fact that all other girls near her would get overshadowed), but it really showed up for me in episode 17 of season 2. where teruhashi got jealous of aiura (fuuck i gotta talk about this diva). yeahhh it was not pretty. teruhashi began changing herself so that saiki could notice her (and i notice that before, teruhashi had only tried to use her own personal skills to get him to say 'oh wow' so this is the first time shes tried changing herself) and i found saikis attempts to dissuade her interesting too. typically, with all of his attempts, saiki would go into her mind and use his powers to try and turn her off, but this time, he actually told aiura to do it.
i think it was also very interesting that aiura was also changing around her appearance, as it really helped set things in for teruhashi. as they both changed what they were like (teruhashi for a boy (saiki), aiura for a girl (teruhashi)) so teruhashi was only getting more and more confused with that bit. 'if im getting more gyaru and aiura more kawaii then why isnt he reacting to either of us?'. and then saiki gets aiura to talk to teruhashi, and i also found what aiura said to teruhashi interesting. it was all that stuff about saiki and what kind of girl he liked. and i really think that she was telling the truth. i really feel that aiura was just saying things about saiki about a whole for all his relationships, romantic or platonic. he likes people who stay true to themselves. kaido is unafraid to feed his delusions/imagination (whichever you please), toritsuka is always honest with saiki (even if nobody wants to hear that pervy stuff), aiura is unafraid to be boisterous and stylish (even if she is a little bit freaky), kuboyasu is genuinely trying to become a better person (even if it sometimes doesnt work), akechi is determined and didnt let saiki sway him (despite all the obstacles that saiki put in his way), nendo is undoubtedly stupid but he is still kind (saiki watched him jump in front of a truck to save a kid thousands of times), on and on and on.
not only that, it is painfully clear to us the viewers that changing appearances doesnt matter in the slightest to saiki- he only sees it for like 3 seconds (i think he said) before it becomes muscle. curling hair or applying makeup or having more meat on the titties doesnt matter to him at all. what matters is what happens in their head, because while he doesnt get an extensive idea about their outside, he gets overly surrounded by everything on the inside. and thats probably why aiura saw that and said that to teruhashi (even if she cant explain the full reason). so teruhashi returns to normal and says that she will make saiki gasp with her own abilities.
but the strange thing is that shes already given that speech before. i cant say exact episodes from the top of my head but she has totally already said that she would use her charms and looks and sweetness to make him say 'offu' and he has always tried to dissuade her using his powers. but it was this one that made him gasp. and like. i was not expecting it in the slightest ok. but i think it makes sense- she has discovered that she can be confident in herself as a person rather than just her natural looks and is determined nonetheless. i think that saiki recognised around this area that she genuinely liked him as he was, even if she had thought he was 'gloomy and hard to read' (i believe she thought that when with his perv grandpa?) she still wanted to be around him and still had that crush. i love how when teruhashi is talking with other girls (kuriko too, but in this specific case im thinking about is rifuta) about her crush on saiki kusuo, that she would mention that at first, it was pure spite and disbelief that anyone could ignore her like that. and then, teruhashi wouldnt fail to continue and say that she grew to have a genuine crush on saiki that wasnt built upon annoyance at the fact he walked past her. and he discovers that he doesnt particularly mind being the object of her affection (unless her fanbase gets in the way oof) so i think that the offu from was a sort of embarrassed yet begruging acceptance towards this parasite of a girl who has attached herself to him lol
aiura shes sososo cool. i love the freshness(?) of her personality for the rest of the cast. finally a female psychic and i am in love with herr. at first i was a bit skeptical with the whole 'finding my soulmate' thing and i was cackling when saiki was just like 'ah yes she is legit but i am Just Better'. and then she continued to show up more and i love her. shes so quirky and very different from the other girls, who we see as much more feminine and in tune with romance anime tropes than anything, and then she comes in with the gyaru style and i love that so much. not only that, her slang and way of speech compared to the other girls (teruhashi, yumehara, mera) is also very interesting.
not only that, i really loved seeing the anime through her eyes and the auras of other characters including the shock-comedy of saikis. then, as she finds out about his powers and all i really loved how they worked together. i know a lot of other characters also saw that, seeing through teruhashi who commented that they were like the 'opposites attract' trope with 'boring' and 'flamboyant'. but then i also really liked how they worked even without any of the other characters opinions. aiura is still not giving up about the whole soulmates thing and saiki just lets it happen. because his ulterior motives is that she would ward off teruhashi so he begrudgingly accepts her to be near him as she pesters him to date/bang.
and then adding toritsuka into the paragraph, the pk psychic kids are golden. i love love love their dynamics. saiki has more respect for aiura only because he holds none for toritsuka. toritsuka sees saiki as superior and saw aiura as a pair of boobs in the beginning. aiura wants to be with saiki and just hates toritsuka because he tries to flirt. and for every mission they try to do together it always ends up in comedy. when saiki turned kaido and nendo to stone? holy fucking shit that really summed up what they were like. the psychic kids really are a weird band of teenagers with powers and it really showed their personalities in that meeting because. aiura stripping in saikis bed and toritsuka peeking through the door and saiki only sees a pile of muscles on his bed and a perv watching through his door. like cmon
i also want to dig deeper into her powers. she is completely ok with people knowing about her powers (like toritsuka but unlike saiki). she uses them to help people out (unlike toritsuka but like saiki). she uses her powers to her own benefit (like toritsuka but unlike saiki). she doesnt want to burden people with her powers (unlike toritsuka but like saiki). i find them soso interesting too because she questions why saiki doesnt use his powers more openly esp because he just has so many at his disposal. and then he sort of shows her why its a bad idea to so openly help people out by the result of mera and her father and i feel like she toned it down a bit after that too (at least publicly).
childhood lore this was insane. the buildup and everything and how it was presented. it first started with akechi being introduced as a new student and it was already unsettling to see saiki be actually a bit nervous about this guy. and then even more of a shock to see this guy blatantly ask saiki if he was a psychic because what- how the hell would this guy suspect, much less know?! and we learn that they were classmates in elementary school and we see a barely-there flashback to saiki standing in a classroom with childrens bodies scattered around him. so the suspense has started. and then we continue to get pestered by akechi but we know what he wants, but not why and thats the whole deal of it. he is the embodiment of those anime characters who are scarily good at deducing things and has a perfect memory too which makes it all the scarier because we know hes not an idiot unlike the rest of saikis friends.
and then to actually know what happens while saiki is going back in time to change it? masterpiece. we learn more about why akechi is pursuing this answer along with what actually happened to make that happen, along with why saiki cant change it without some sort of grave consequence. and the new knowledge that saiki as a kid without limiters is stronger than teenage saiki with limiters is even scarier because of course saiki wouldnt be able to stop himself.. truly an op main character. i also found it interesting how saiki k (the anime) manages to reuse powers over and over too and in such creative ways and in strange comebacks. he went back in time for his parents, he rewound the earth to one year prior because of the volcano, relived the same moment of nendo dying like thousands of times.. they really only ever hinder him.
and then to know what happens? i thought akechi was a creep for following/knowing everything about saiki but.. knowing everything that he knew at the moment? makes sense. definitely creepy, but much better understood. i feel like it was a good decision from saiki to tell him about his powers. if this isnt the first time theyve been like this, then it really does make sense. they were kids. they still are kids. and omfg saiki saying "i decided not to tell anyone about my abilities after that" because all it did was get akechi into more trouble from bullies. but they are now teenagers and have better cognitive understanding than when they were elementary kids so i feel it was justified for saiki to tell akechi because, after all of that trying with time travel, saiki couldnt stop the series of events unless he was making the world suffer. and akechi deserved at least a bit of closure about what actually happened and why saiki left.
and i feel like this series of events is also what makes saiki who he is in the beginning of the anime. he doesnt want friends at all because if they found out about his power they would be curious and want to know more and blab about it to others. and saiki knows the result from having lived it. because if he gets attached, people he loves get hurt. trying to make friends only causes suffering as akechi got bullied for claiming all those things and saiki hurt other kids using his powers because his emotions got out of control (rightfully!! he was like 8 and his best friend was getting bullied!!! of course he wouldnt be able to control any outbursts).
shipwrekced shipwrecked. i cant forget about this one but i was saving this. i realise i didnt write any notes for this one because i was wayy too focused on the actual happenings to comment. because what the fuck.Â
yeah that about sums up what i thought at first.
the tropes. holy shit. they added so so many tropes into this one it was. the teenagers on a ship get shipwrecked on an island. all they have are the clothes theyre wearing and miraculously the pantry which washed ashore along with some supplies to build a raft. like all the typical anime things. and even when they suggest to build a raft, saiki agrees with them because its a good cover up. and i really loved the stereotypes that were put upon them: the loner (saiko), the cannibal (mera), pretty woman (teruhashi), leader (kuboyasu), idiot with good ideas (nendo), then saiki and kaido as the âfollowersâ or âhelpersâ.
then i found how saiki got them out genius, despite the fact he was panicking in the beginning about how to fix it. like of course he should be panicking because you cant see any rational way to get out of the situation without telling the rest of them about his powers. and so he tries to keep them alive for a little bit (going home and sleeping, buying food :sob holy shit bruhh), and then when he finally finds a way out (the raft) they play it off as stupid despite being such a stereotype of any shipwrecked movies. and even teruhashi realised that something was off, right? how his clothes were perfectly clean and all, but when he âwent to workâ (i totally thought he was off to kill something with the saw helpp), he came back dirty. and of course! only saiki would make a whole new island near japan as a way of keeping his powers secret..
i honestly have no idea how to feel about this because.. how did they move on so quickly?! your students/classmates got trapped on an island for a couple of days. shouldnt this be a bigger deal- shouldnt saiki be known as âthe kid who got trapped on an islandâ? like broâŚ. anime logic (if anyone else could. tell me what the hell was up with the shipwrecked episodes other than being satire towards other shipwrecked medias and being a bit of a comedy along with character development towards some characters like saiko)
friends+classmates so like. kuboyasu is a previous gangster and trying to become better/normal (anime trope). and kaido has middle schooler syndrome and thinks hes so cool (/affectionate). they are the two people you would least expect to become besties right. and yet they fit together so well. kuboyasu wants to become normal while kaido wants anything but. kuboyasu is actually strong and able to protect people while kaido can only dream. and it really shows during that mugging episode where kaido knows about kuboyasus past and yet still tells him to run. kaido is so weak and delusional that he probably gives kuboyasu a reason to remain calm and to 'protect his innocence' while kaido wants to be jet black wings and protect everyone no matter their pasts or abilities despite constantly failing and getting into danger and needing that saving himself. and even after that, they continue to hang out with or without others (such as building that fort or taking motorbike classes together??? or even may i mention when kaido trapped himself inside the coffin and kuboyasu was trying to coax him out). so then imagine my shock and delight when they started calling each other shun and aren like OMFGG?? calling people by their first names in japanese culture is a sign of being close with each other (such as chiyo and kokomi). theyre always in close proximity to each other and i adore themm
okok then saiki. and his friendssss. these episodes as a whole just show how much hes grown to care for themm. he follows yumehara and her boyfriend-sworn friend(?) to ensure that neither gets hurt from their misunderstanding. he warms up the classroom for all his classmates because he caress. he foils the plans of the news team to make teruhashi look bad. he stops hairo from getting killed during a robbery. he makes kaidos prank actually happen. he tries to throw akechi off in order to protect both of them from his power. he fucking saved yumehara from falling to her death. he gets beaten up by some fourth graders to help out yuuta. he gets everyone to return their gifts to mera on her birthday. he uses hypnosis to get his class to look better while they perform that play. he catches teruhashi before she falls and carries her to the nurse. he probably wouldnt have done half those things in the first part of season 1. so many of those require him to genuinely care for the people hes helping and not only that, some of those things draw attention to him and he would only let that happen if he truly cares for who he is aiding.
then to add to more about relationships between characters that arent saiki. kuboyasu and saiko. it definitly started as a hate-hate relationship. but then we see saiko crying in the bathroom because mean things were written on his desk and then we also see kuboyasu had tried to clean it off before saiko got there. my heartttt. not only that, but saiko who didnt care about peasants who went out of his way to redo his mansion to fit their tastes? and at first it was for his own ego (so similar to teruhashi omfgg) but then just like her, saiko began to actually care and didnt even understand it himself about why he was so focused on getting them to like him. and ofc he is an ass. he rolls down the window only to close it and drive away because its cold. he withdraws funding from the play just because the class was going behind his back. but its barely his fault. everything is handed to him on a silver platter and he doesnt know better. while kuboyasu had to work for everything. before he was working as a gang leader but now he is working towards being better. and aughh
world lore first off i need to say that the foreshadowing for this was INSANE. do you hear me. i am shaking you by the shoulders while i say that i am still utterly speechless by the implications and impact of episode.
the fucking volcano. holy shit. holy shit. there is so much i have to talk about considering the anime +worldbuilding +foreshadowing +buildup. this is a comedy anime. this is an anime that makes fun of anime tropes constantly. girl running to school with bread in her mouth. background characters. siblings who are a lil too freaky with their siblings. mary sue anime girls. the idiot friends. and then this???? the fact that saiki has been in a time loop for the same year for four years straight is. its literally mentioned by saiki himself when he says 'you might notice something off about this anime' and its poking fun at the fact that high school animes always loop around in order to continue publishing (like how its meant to represent just one year for the main character but theyve had seven winter episodes/chapters and three birthdays for a character). its poking fun at that bit and it uses saiki himself to do it.
the worldbuilding and foreshadowing come hand in hand. in the episode where kuboyasu was first introduced, toritsuka began talking to him about being a transfer student. when kuboyasu asked when toritsuka had entered he said 'second term of second year' so the same as kuboyasu. and we brushed it off as toritsuka being a dumbass. because of course we would, of course kuboyasu would too. but fuckk. we have four transfer students in one year all in second term?? we thought it was just a fucking anime trope thing again. but no. it was all purposeful. and then to add to that, we already knew that saiki had time travel powers. he could control time, we know from his restoration along with (later on from this episode) how he travels back through time for his parents. it was all deliberately set up in that way and so just holy shit.
and now i have to actually talk about that segment itself. the earthquake in the beginning was seemingly comedy and then we see saiki training. cool but not too big of a deal. and then he starts telling us about what the fuck is up just as he tries to stop the volcano. like excuse me?? i found it so very interesting that he continues rewinding time in order to build up his powers daily yet keep the volcano from exploding and intertwining both the time powers and mind control in order to achieve it. and hes gone through second year of high school four times, yet his parents know. it was crazy how nonchalant they were about it too, saying 'oh he can always do it again right' like he is saving the world. how much longer would he do it? how much would he be willing to do? i find saiki so very interesting because he could always just. let the volcano explode but it is in his core to be kind and to help the ones he loves (including the rest of japan). he tries and he knows his limits and yet he is still ready to try again with a new set of abilities.
final thoughts before reawakened too hyperfixated. OOF. anyways im so sad the anime is almost over (for me loll). its sucked me into its grasp because it has everything im looking for. as a high schooler i love all the shenanigans but then as an anime lover i enjoy the satire tropes and as a theatre kid i love the gags and commentary and as a person who looks wayy too deeply into things i love the implications and dark undertones of the series.
#the disastrous life of saiki k#tdlosk#saiki kusuo#saiki no psi nan#saiki k#kusuo saiki#saiki#saiki kusou no psi nan#the disaster of psi kusuo saiki#psychic kusuo#saiki k season 2#rant post#anime recommendation#saiki spoilers#im genuinely so sorry for anyone who decides to press the 'read more' feature because gah damn#this is more than i write for essays at school (because they wont allow me to write more)#how do i have this much about an anime but not for a school project i need to dooo#anyways might have a tiny obsession#sorry im always so disappointed that i cant revisit my thoughts from my first watch so#i have to dump everything before i continue onwards towards new seasons#this is a lot more than what i had for season 1 so. yeah#someone tell me what the fuck was up with the shipwrecked episodes pleaseee
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If you told me this time last year that in our flag means death season 2 Wee John becomes Izzy Handâs drag mother I wouldâve been like harhar how outlandish how silly harahar. Our flag means death season 2 has exceeded my wildest dreams. S2 episode 6 was when television peaked
#I finished the new episodes needless to say#Tomorrow when I rewatch them and become more articulate youâll be getting lots of Ryan takes#Oh god Iâm crazy#our flag means death#ofmd#our flag means death spoilers#ofmd s2#ofmd season 2#ofmd spoilers#ofmd 2#ofmd season two#izzy hands#Ofmd#wee john
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Re: TLovM episodes 3x07-3x09
#critical role#the legend of vox machina#tlovm#tlovm spoilers#for my tags#tag edit: I typo'd season 2 instead of 3 you saw nothing#I can see why they've made certain changes like keeping Percy deader dead and longer vs all the deaths VM had in-game#and I am liking them bc it keeps you on your toes even if you watched campaign 1 and/or are familiar with it#bc all the in-game deaths can definitely make death feel trivial when they can get res'd easily by a high level party with resources#and for the show they have to make them stick more WHICH MAKES ME WONDER PROBABLY THE SAME THING EVERYONE ELSE IS#WHAT COOL NEW SHIT ARE THEY DOING FOR THE FINAL 3 SEASON 3 EPS#ALSO KASHAW!! OH NO!!! THE HIMBO!#I get the inkling that they're leading towards a thematically heavy moment in the last 3 episodes of the season based on a lot of what#happened in these three and OH BOY SHIT IS NOT GOING TO DE-ESCALATE MUCH BY EP 12 WHEW IT'S GONNA KEEP GOING#I bet Raishan infecting Keyleth is going to play into that as well if ep 12 ends with them confronting her#at least it looked like she may have infected her - an insurance policy bc if VM and Thordak have to find a cure then she can get it too#olessan oration#also RIP in pieces Thordak you magnificent bastard#also THAT WAS MATT SINGING IN EP 7 CREDITS??#also everyone being v cute in between all the serious goings-on
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I love the idea of River crushing on Louisa next season actually.
First things first: Louisa is pulling away from the kiss. Like- I feel like that, combined with the fact that she rejected River earlier this season, is a sign that sheâs probably not interested in anything beyond platonic with River ? I donât know why people are freaking out so much over this scene ??
Despite this, I do think that River liking her has some genuine potential:
Maybe heâs just such a hot mess after going through, letâs be honest, the worldâs longest fucking trauma conga line that he confuses his own feelings of trust and appreciation as romantic attraction, leading to the most awkward kiss of all time. This could be a really nice way to explore the value of their relationship as well as solidify their friendship
Ooooor alternatively: River is actually down bad. Like- câmon! Louisa is literally the person he trusts the most (judging by the fact that he called her when he was with Harkness). Theyâve been through tons of shit together, she saved his life and sheâs Louisa fucking Guy!! (And frankly out of his league imo). I wouldnât blame the guy if he actually fell for her.
I get it! Iâm also tired of romance being âforcedâ on male-female friendships, but romantic attraction can be interesting! It can bring out new sides of characters, it can make friendships more complex, it can lead to new and interesting plot lines, etc
I think no matter what happens (and I honestly think itâs just a spoof and not a real kiss), I trust that the writers know what theyâre doing and that itâll be done in a way that does both the characters justice.
(âŚbut also itâs weird how many people are âgrossed outâ at the idea that River might kiss Louisa idk)
#slow horses#louisa guy#river cartwright#slow horses season 4#slow horses spoilers#slow horses s4#side note: I havenât read the books#yeahyeah I know about the whole sid thing but frankly I donât rlly think itâs relevant??#I also think that people need to be prepared that theyâre not gonna follow the book perfectly#itâs an adaptation#theyâre allowed to change things#idk this little meta might be shit#ask me again tomorrow#this post was quite river focused#but I think it could bring out a lot of rlly interesting moments for louisa as well!#sheâs honestly more emotionally repressed than river and would be just as awkward as him about it#but I think just for her to imagine herself in a new relationship (even if sheâll never actually go through with it) would be a nice way#for her to further process minâs death#maria talks about things
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I'm having such a difficult time imagining how jinx is ever going to bounce back after isha's death. jinx always says "everyone around me dies" and i feel like the only way for her to ever find peace is for that fact to not be true for just one time. maybe I'm just too emotional right now but I'm seriously struggling to rationalize jinx's future after the loss of the thing that was giving her clarity and purpose.
#its making me really nervous about how tragic this show might end#jinx has had a lot of character growth through the last few episodes and i don't know if she's going to be able to keep that growth#with this new humongous grief#idk im really torn up about it i wish i was in these writers minds#arcane#arcane spoilers#arcane season 2#arcane season 2 act 2
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about the new ep i just have to say to thomas: damn bro, 4 episodes ago you were dead on the floor because of a flower crown and now you are kissing me???? đ¤¨đ¤¨đ¤¨đ¤¨ next 4 eps better give me the ring
#i like that things are going quite fast here because yeah#i love fluff a lot and i mean A LOT but alsooo#in hsl we had the kiss at ep 28 OUT OF 40#so i think it's fine? if they are a bit more forward with this season#also don't quote me on this but watch thomas being like well i did help u out sooo... bye đ#like idk how to explain it but i feel like he's seeing this as more performative in pro of helping candy get the appartment#and not as much on the idea of 'well let me steal a kiss from you'#in the sense of he sees it as just another thing to help candy (but bro's definitely catching feelings)#and candy's going to over think it a bit#mcl new gen spoilers#mcl new gen spoiler#honestly us thomas girlies are kind of winning todayyyyy#and DON'T get me started on devon because the man has me going feral for him
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