#lucy rants

[firefistacesfreckles]

i'd read several people saying that this chapter sucked and that the end was bullshit so i was a little scared at what had happened but...

i literally don't understand how someone could be upset by this...?? i feel like this outcome has been heavily implied throughout the entire arc. like, just a few chapters ago, bonney used a technique very similar to one of luffy's. are we reading the same manga? lol

and from a storytelling standpoint, it's just so poetic. both of bonney's parents suffered and ultimately died (we still need confirmation on kuma, tho) at the hands of the WG. she, herself, fell terminally ill because of saturn's human experimentation. she carried a lot of unresolved trauma, and now that she's met luffy, she's starting to overcome it all. kuma told her that nika would free her, and it's happening!! how could anyone complain about this?

and to say that this undermines luffy's journey and efforts to awaken his df... please. we still don't know if she's gonna have a quarter of luffy's power if anything at all. stop assuming things just off of one panel. time will tell. for now, i very much like this concept, and i'm excited to see what oda will do with this in the future. he's never disappointed me, so far, when it comes to the story. i don't see why he would now.

[judyalvqrez]

I feel like we don’t talk enough about the loud ass mlem sound Alan makes when he confronts Mr. Door in Masks. Like what was that about lol

[darkmagicianknight]

hey if you upload other people's works as your own. just know i hate you. and if you then start uploading stolen works from other sites as a work around, you are in fact, a scum bag

[charmspoint]

So calling selfishness when someone says they don't want to have kids always bothered me and like the more I think about it the stupider it gets like. If I say 'Idk I don't want to have kids because I want to prioritize my own goals and ambitions and a child doesn't fit into those' and someone responds with 'well that's a very selfish way of thinking' like...AGAINST WHO?

If we say selfish we mean someone is only focused on themselves and disregarding others but in this case...who are the others? The child? The child who doesn't exist? The child who isn't even being planned for, who is strictly in the 'don't want' zone? Why should a nonexistent child have ANY precedence over my own (existing right now in this moment) wishes and my own life? A possible partner? Idk about you but I'd like to think me and my partner (assuming a wild reality where I want a partner) would be equals, so wishes of one wouldn't be more important than wishes of other. And if we disagreed on something so big and crucial as having children then I'd like to think we would be mature enough to end that relationship. So it can't be that.

Or is it just society, just social expectations of child bearing and raising being a must do on the check list of life? Is this who my selfishness would be hurting, this who I'm up against? Well I honestly see no wrong being committed there.

[feminist-mina-harker]

Hey y’all what do you do when your two best friends start dating each other and decide to tell you on Christmas morning when you’ve already been feeling incredibly isolated for months and you have to pretend to be super happy for them and not utterly crushed thinking they’re going to definitely forget you now more than they already have been

[rantsramblesandrandomthougts]

this is literally their canon dynamic

[knowone08b]

Thinking about ffxv again. It’s about love. It’s about friendship. It’s about brotherhood. It’s the world’s worst road trip. It’s the world’s best road trip. It’s about platonic love. It’s about romantic love. It’s about daddy issues. It’s about little brother issues. It’s about driving. It’s about cooking. It about holding onto what you got. It’s about appreciating what you have. It’s about fishing. It’s about discovery; good and bad. It’s about Florence + The Machine being real in a final fantasy universe. It’s about love.

[queen-lucy-the-valiant]

"Edmund, I've got a bad feeling" is such a funny line if you take it in context with the "the last time I didn't believe Lucy, I ended up looking pretty stupid" line from PC. Because Caspian and co are probably like... yeah bad feeling, it's Eustace, what good feelings could you have? but then Edmund's probably thinking something like... dear god, please don't let this be as dramatic as the last few times, we don't have enough men to fight another war rn.

[bubblez-bubble]

Lemme just say that reading these panels and watching the scene on screen are two very different experiences and I would absolutely recommend doing both.

Reading the panels I was just kinda like "damn that was kinda dirty."

Watching it, however, made me feel just as betrayed as Natsu looked when he got back up. 😭

Like reading it, I thought Natsu was going overboard, but actually watching it and hearing it, I understand his anger. This man felt betrayed because she used his biggest weakness against him. Herself. She knew he'd feel guilty and hesitate. It wasn't just dirty, it was underhanded, and I don't think I've ever seen so much betrayal on Natsu's face.

He looked so hurt.

Yes, she was a yokai being controlled, so no, I'm not mad at her specifically. But for a moment, I was actually mad at her like he was.

Sometimes, it's harder to get that feeling just from reading the manga. But the manga also has better representation visually.

Like I cannot recommend enough that people both read and watch it. The raw feeling carried in their voices when everything's moving 100 miles a frame is so exciting. And the manga is less filtered than the show so there's more weight to each panel. Both experiences are amazing.

10/10 for this scene specifically.

[zuzu-fairys-tail]

Just a little rant about the 100 Years Quest.

I think we've all realized that all the characters are really ooc in the hyq. Tbh i think the reason for that is that Mashima doesn't write them anymore.

I think the only part of the story he actually does the story board of, is like the main fights and just a general gist of what is to come.

The reason i say this is cuz the one shot that was released a few days before the hyq anime, was written by him and all the characters seemed much more in character.

For example, Gray and Natsu actually fought like they used too, Gray's stripping habit was more apparent, Ichiya just somehow appearing and Erza being her strict but goofy self.

I think smth that proves this theory is that a fan asked Mashima to draw Lucy in a Pisces star dress, but he had no idea Yukino was even able to use star dresses.

This also kinda explains why Natsu and Lucy's relationship feels so completely different in comparison to their relationship in OG Fairy Tail and why alot of characters feel so ooc.

Ueda doesn't know how to write these characters. He can't write them the way Mashima did.

This is also why Hyq doesn't have the super emotional moments that the OG Fairy tail had. The only one i can remember of the top of my head is when Lucy was afraid of Natsu's flames for the first time but i think Mashima did more of the storyboard in the beginning which is why it seems more fleshed out.

Also i absolutely hate Ueda's art style. They look like they're 15 when they're in their early 20s and Wendy looks like she's 10, unlike when Mashima drew them and Wendy actually grew.

I just had to get this out of my head lmao

[firefistacesfreckles]

I think it’s peculiar that Shanks “returned” to Mary Geoise; Doffy got denied because once a CD leaves they aren’t considered CDs anymore, even if they were children when it happened. Returning isn’t possible. Also can’t help but focus on the lack of derogatory terms against Shanks himself when Shamrock mentions it, the only negative is calling the outside world filthy. Some translations even put it as Shanks being led astray. What are the chances that even though the Figarland family is very ruthless, they care about their own? Enough to accept them after being tainted or whatever and wield enough influence to pull off what is considered impossible? And that perhaps that sentiment hasn’t changed?

very good point! it seems like shamrock (as of now) doesn't really hate shanks but, rather, he's disappointed in him for choosing what he deems a "filthy world" over mary geoise. i guess it was a hard blow to be reunited with his twin brother after so long, only for him to leave again. can't wait to see more about their dynamic.

also, knowing how much of an asshole garling is and how much he looks down on common people, it's kinda surprising that he (apparently) let shanks off so easily. because, if we go by the theory that shanks returned to mary geoise right after roger's death, garling was definitely strong enough to kill him or, at the very least, not allow him to leave. but he didn't. which means that a) he deems shanks as tainted and unworthy and doesn't give a shit about what he does or doesn't do or b) he lowkey cares about him. maybe he feels guilty about abandoning him/losing him on god valley all those years ago?

honestly, the fact that shanks was even allowed to set foot into the holy land AND THEN be given the chance to claim his title after being a part of the most infamous pirate crew of all time (excluding joy boy's, ofc) is actually insane. meanwhile, and as you mentioned, doffy tried to return when he was a kid and got denied. there must be families among the celestial dragons that are more important than others, and the figarland family most likely is one of those. i mean, i can understand why. every figarland we've been introduced to so far is incredibly powerful (god's knight commander, yonko and gorosei. might be the only family that rivals luffy's in terms of iconic members lmao).

what is clear is that shanks appears to still have some privileges, despite renouncing his birthright as a celestial dragon. dude literally pulled up to marineford and stopped a war, and then was allowed to hold a funeral for both whitebeard and ace with literally no opposition from the world government.

i'm ranting now, but i'm just so excited that we are finally getting some shanks lore lol i'll stop now, or else this is gonna be longer than needed, but tysm for the ask, anon! i love talking about this man

[judyalvqrez]

this is my favorite flavor of username

[kkolg]

Happy New Year (2025)

I just wanted to say thank you all so much for such an amazing year, I’ve gotten to meet so many new faces and make tons of new mutuals :)

I’m already nearly at 3k and if you were to tell me that I’d have that much of a following like a year I ago I wouldn’t believe it,,I genuinely mean it when I say thank you. I’m constantly getting new opportunities and it’s all thanks to you guys

I have a lot of plans for the new year especially when it comes to my YouTube channel and MD related art. I’m still working hard on the comic along with DAD(md dating sim lol) and I’m so excited to have both of them finished

and while I haven’t touched bendy for a while, I haven’t forgotten it. That game was the one who inspired me to make art since 2017, and I thank the fandom and the games for that.

just once again

thank you

all of you, from the bottom of my heart

I hope the new year treats you all well

-K

[darkmagicianknight]

soco releasing a new song after like 20 years was not in my 2024 bingo card but i am heRE FOR IT

[vampireharpy]

Imagine just getting a taste and being so desperate for more you arch a whaler 🙄🙄🙄

[rantsramblesandrandomthougts]