#maybe I just have weird logic

[codenamesazanka]

My view on The Old Lady thing is that like… Yeah, we know she likely couldn’t have actually saved Shigaraki because we know everything was orchestrated by AFO, but we see/hear Shigaraki’s internal dialogue literally wishing somebody could have saved him when they could. I think that a big part of AFO’s plan for him hinged on that type of rejection… We know he had so many backup kids because he considered the idea that Tomura wouldn’t work out. Part of AFO’s plan seems to have really had depended on nobody saving Tenko, because if they had, Tenko wouldn’t be so easy to just scoop up and groom into the perfect vessel. So yeah, I think The Old Lady being there is effective!! If just one person had tried to help, it wouldn’t be easy to convince Tenko that these are the same people who deserve to die.

Sorry if this is rambley but idk I just think it’s interesting, and I think that AFO’s plan wasnt as perfect as we’re meant to believe! There are so many points where if just one thing had been different, Tenko wouldn’t have been so easy for AFO to get a hold of, and I think he knew that too yknow??

Thank you for the ask, anon! I want to say I like this idea, a lot! And I think that's what The Walk is too - AFO watching the whole time, and betting on no one helping. Like, maybe if Tenko was helped, then maybe that memory would've stayed with him; would've mattered even as AFO tried to cultivate his rage, a lone spot of hope. Maybe it would've affected him when he regains his memories during Deika.

However, it's as you said:

"I think that a big part of AFO’s plan for him hinged on that type of rejection… ...Part of AFO’s plan seems to have really had depended on nobody saving Tenko..."

At this point, it's still speculation. It's a good theory with evidence behind it, but without the manga coming out and saying it, the whole idea is still muddled. Especially because the idea leads to Shigaraki actually correct on some level in wanting to have destroy this bystander passivity. So was his resentment and hatred still all AFO's fault, or is he claiming some of his destruction as his own?

idk. maybe I'm just dense and need hand-holding. Even just one line from AFO gloating about how 'if only someone tried to reach out... but they didn't. I knew that would happen'. As it is, it's implied, but without explicitly condemning Hero Society and making it a priority to be addressed, and so we're left with 'is it that much of a problem?' Which is why we have people commenting on the chapter going 'the lady should not have helped. it's not her responsibility. That kid looked demonic. that half-hearted saving wouldn't have saved Tenko.'

But maybe that's what the last three chapters is for?

Thanks for the ask!

[lucabyte]

A belief in Nominative Determinsim

[sammygender]

not indirecting anyone but i keep seeing the take that sam has power over dean because dean is so attached to and dependent on him. like it’s everywhere. and its just soooo fundamentally flawed. that is not how anything works. not to sound like a broken record but that type of dynamic (where one partner, the aggressor, views themselves as in fact controlled/dictated by the whims of the other) is actually very standard in an abusive relationship…

whether or not sam has ‘power’ over dean in this way is functionally irrelevant because his ‘power’ extends to his ability to somehow, what, psychically manipulate dean into doing what he wants?? whereas dean’s ‘power’ over sam is making sure sam adheres to exactly what he’s decided sam should do and punishing him if he doesnt do that, and deciding he has ultimate control over sam’s own decisions about his life (see main plot events of s4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, so on and so forth…).

[triglycercule]

killer being like "yeah i know every single little thing about horror and dust" (because he watches them as a part time hobby (freak) (find something better to do)) and then he acts surprised when they do something that he wouldnt expect them to do in his little predetermined absolutely perfect concept of them

like what do you MEAN horror licks spoons clean when he's using them so he doesn't have to get a completely different one for the main course and the dessert. what do you MEAN dust has a lisp even though he speaks fluently and uses even more complex words than killer himself. horror knows how to sew and he often patches up their things without either of them noticing?? dust always wears oversized and clothes that cover him up just because he finds it comfy?? what??? out ra geous???? these guys have small little quirks to them that killer doesn't already know about???? killer immediately wants to know more. so he can expand his internal profile of them of course. not for any other more endearing and sweet reason. not at all,,,,,,,, (:3)

[faunandfloraas]

Sometimes I remember lee know saying he wants to do a song with Seungmin and I.N bc he'd like to be a part of vocalracha and then I remember that was well over a year ago and there's still nothing.... </3

[velvetjune]

Saga and Casey joining the FBC, love it, need it, it’s everything. But also. There’s NO way they’d be on board (lol) with The Board. There’d be so much drama

[fisherrprince]

the problem is I’m such a staunch believer in the slow buildup, the earnest enjoyment of meandering through terrible story decisions and weird nothing subplots to build up into a conclusion that explodes out from all that as fantastic storytelling and intrigue based on all that buildup, such that it makes it necessary to get through all that or you’re missing something essential, that I’m also a terrible person to talk to about what makes a story good. I can tell you plenty of what actually makes something tight and well-written and all that technical speak but how could anyone take my advice when I so so so love excruciatingly long unnecessarily complex fumbling and weird nonsense that spirals into, inexplicably, weird nonsense that makes you cry your lungs sore

[faaun]

i feel rly sad and conflicted abt one of my best friends on earth but idk who to ask for advice bc i usually would have consulted her in this situation lmao

[coriander-candlesticks]

I'm sick so I'm sorry if this doesn't make sense, but I've been thinking about the nature of myths recently as I've been exploring hellenic polytheism.

For context: I'm ex-Mormon. I was raised in the church and, because of that, was taught biblical literalism but in, like, a more subtle way than most? I was raised believing that Adam & Eve and Noah's Ark, etc., were literally true, but that the story of Job specifically was not; I also always knew evolution and the Big Bang to be correct, despite there being a verse in the Doctrine & Covenants (a Mormon-specific religious book) where God apparently told Joseph Smith that the world is 6,000 years old- a passage I didn't know existed until my senior year of high school. I didn't realize I had believed in biblical literalism until I'd left the church, actually.

Now that I'm aware of it, it's a mindset I'm actively trying to combat while I explore Hellenic polytheism. It's definitely been a task to separate the nature of the Gods from their myths, as brutal as they often are. And it's something I've noticed within the community, too, which I think is interesting. It makes sense: Christianity, at least, has had a chokehold on much of the world for a long time, and so many of us have experienced literalism as our first interaction with any sort of holy text (though, of course, Greek myths as a whole aren't that) alongside our first experience with divinity as a wrathful God whose flaws are waved away, or ignored, or twisted into positive attributes. This also means that I'm trying to re-approach several deities with an open mind (Zeus, Hera, and Ares in particular, but many of them to some extent) while also trying to un-condition myself. I was already in the process of doing this, of course, but trying to figure out how to interact with a completely different pantheon has made that especially clear.

It extends to things like prayer and offerings, too. Prayers were very formulaic growing up, even though most of the time there wasn't a strict script to follow. There was always something you ask as part of the prayer, even if it's just 'please help me do better tomorrow' (alongside giving thanks, of course), so trying to craft a prayer without adding *everything* I'm used to including in makes it feel incomplete and, therefore, disrespectful. And daily prayer is something I'm resistant to because of prior experiences with it. I don't want to offend any of the gods by asking for something or asking for too much, especially so early on, and there's always a promised offering the few times I *have* asked. Add worries about exact obedience on top of that and it's proving to be a difficult thing to untangle. And I know that the gods are difficult to offend, figuring out how to do this takes trial & error and that's okay, it'll get better the more I do it, etc., etc.; this is more an issue with my own overthinking than anything else (hooray for ✨ mental health issues ✨). I'm not really asking for advice here, necessarily, just thinking out loud because I'm not comfortable talking to people in meat space about it yet.

[elisemochi]

Thinking about that one post I saw in passing way before I made this account that like was a confession blog and the confession was like

"I think Illuminata isn't romanceable because she falls in love with Amber"

or something like that and like the only comment was somebody saying like "ew, how dare you make me look at this"

Anyway I think Illuminata/Amber would be pretty cute

[kangaracha]

queenmaker should be coming in the next few days, depending on whether i have bad hayfever or a cold today - this is supposed to be my holiday week, so i would expect that i am actually sick, but then also i've passed out for every hour i haven't been at work today so i'm both caught up and screwed up on sleep ready for my half days 😭😂

[solace-seekers]

screaming into the void <3

[altruistic-meme]

trying to decide if im about to implode or not

[kairithemang0]

That feeling when you love romance and wish you could write it but then remember "oh yeah what even is romance???" and cry in the corner because love sucks and all you wanted to do was write romantic fluff

[sonknuxadow]

mannn what the hell the new lps are on the target website now so i was thinking about just ordering them there since target seems to be the main place people in the us are finding them and the only one anywhere near me still doesnt have them and even if they did i cant go right now for various reasons. but they literally refuse to sell them to you online unless you spend 35 dollars or more? hello ive never seen an online store do anything like this before thats so weird

[lilacs-stash]

*shaking and covered in blood* man I can't wait for the legs remarriage tomorrow