#my point is please follow my bestie his range is insane

[jjdizz]

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[where-does-the-heart-lie]

Do you think the revs ever… well not regret taking sabo in but realize they had no clue what they were getting themselves into? They fish this poor boy out of the water and expect to be dealing with a sad little wet beast scarred in two ways by the world maybe with the drive to fight back and instead 5 years later have to consider if Cthulhu herself wasn’t letting her kids go for a swim and if they accidentally stole one because this thing can’t be human.

Do you think they have to disclaim to the fish man revs this is not normal human child behavior?

Yes to all that, but I think they also realize the positives outweigh the negatives in many ways.

I like to think that sabo is the rev's golden boy. Like they watched him grow up from just a 10 year old boy and progress so much to the point where he's been awarded the title Chief of Staff.

So this is what Wikipedia says a chief of staff is. What im getting from it through my terrible reading comprehension is that the one with this position works with planning, but mostly with the people of any rank. They make sure their staff is operating at optimal levels and is happy and content.

Solving problems? Mediate disputes? A confidant/advisor to the chief executive?

Sounds like this guy is just the bestie of the army. It sounds like to me, that this guy does such a good job at making people perform their best because he knows how his besties work. And in turn, his besties are like “i love this guy actually. He might be really fucking weird and he also might not have blinked in like a good 20 minutes, but he understands all of us. He takes the time to know us and appreciates us on a personal level. I feel like with this guy around we can do anything.”

And if there’s ONE THING we know about the revolutionary army, is that inspiring people is what they’re all about. That one scene with Belo Betty is a great example of the rev’s way of victory. They inspire people to fight for themselves.

The Rev’s don’t have millions of staff members, they only have one base. They cant be at every single place they start a revolution in to protect the citizens from what comes after revolting. So what they do, is they to teach them that they can be their own heroes, how to sustain by themselves, and most importantly, HOW TO UNIONIZE!!!!!

AND THATS THE FUCKIN BEAUTY OF SABO OKAY????

BECAUSE IF THIS GUY ?????👇

WAS ON YOUR TEAM. AND HE DID THIS SHIT???? WOULD YOU NOT FEEL INVINCIBLE FOLLOWING HIM????? WOULD YOU NOT FEEL LIKE YOUR BACK FUCKIN COVERED BY THIS ABSOLUTE BEAST????

Not everything he does is conventionally “correct”, but he gets the job done and he figures it out, okay??? Sometimes you have to just go running face first into a stream of gunfire to get👏shit👏done👏 and Sabo is more than willing to. On really any given occasion. He wants to. Please let him do it, he begs you.

Because what sabo exactly is inspiration. That’s what those three brothers are! They are inspiration. They are freedom. They are fire. They are hope. They are tragedy. They are One Piece. Quintessentially

T L D R:

Sabo is a force of nature and the rev army’s bestie. He may seem stupid and impulsive, but the reality is that he does what needs to be done with no hesitation. That man inspires many, knows his army, is strong as hell, and is just a great guy. Taking in Cthulhu’s baby was the best mistake they ever made.

He’s also absolutely clinically insane.

Thank you and good night [takes a bow]

Edit: im posting this right after i posted a pic of him painting his nails. The man’s got range, I’ll give him that.

[quidfree]

Regarding obnoxiously long books, which is your favourite - war and peace or les mis (and general thoughts please)

ooh, good ask, anon. this is a no-brainer for me because les mis is in my Books of All Time shortlist, but i'd never really considered them side-by-side despite the fact they're contemporary and weirdly similar novels.

quidfree's literary takes hours: comparing obnoxiously long classics edition

why les mis is superior: for me personally? i think les mis manages to do what war and peace does on a micro level (which is a funny thing to ever say about les mis)- sprawling tragic historical narrative, tapestry of characters, exploration of the self via specific protagonists, but with more focus so the read is less exhausting and more engaging. not to say i didn't enjoy W&P, because i really did- but i retained a lot more of les mis even on first read, because of hugo's tighter framing. i'm generally a lot more attached to the characters of les mis than i am to those of W&P. but at the same time they're almost all broke and/or revolutionaries instead of russian nobles so who's surprised....

also, only les mis has a detailed description of the paris sewer systems, so. (and a lot more puns, i feel like.)

actually on a more serious note that's probably something else that i enjoy more in les mis: the narrator's voice, being hugo's, is more charismatic to me.

points that W&P scores: a lot more women involved, including scheming and morally questionable ones. i think fair's fair in fiction- any and all gender represented should have a wide range of mores and personalities portrayed. it's more fun that way. and kudos to tolstoy: he manages to keep you more or less up to date with everything happening to his insanely enormous cast.

romantically i'm also a lot more invested in the dalliances of W&P than les mis, excepting marius' tree-bashing moment. natasha & andrei my problematic besties...

another thing: i can't read russian, but i can read french, which means i get to read les mis both in the original language and in its excellent translation. i'm sure i'm missing out on a lot by not being able to read the russian W&P. (for les mis it's a lot of puns.)

i'm hung up on this but it is crazy how much superficial similarity there is between both oeuvres now that you've brought this to my attention. not just the whole 'extremely long book by extremely assiduous and kind of unhinged social commentator author' thing, but the unusual choice of protagonist (pierre/valjean), the merciless depiction of war and conflict, the killing off of the most sympathetic/heroic figures, the complicated love triangles.... also napoleon is there

they're also both really funny although with W&P i'm less sure when it's intentional. like i know pierre post helene is having a complete breakdown but him joining the freemasons was so funny to me. the equivalent of becoming a scientologist because you got a divorce. elon musk moves.

i have great respect for both authors not just for their talents but for the unabashed confidence to constantly halt the narrative to drop their hot takes on life humanity and society. go off

i will say though that obviously in general les mis enjoys a far more pervasive reception across (western) culture in its myriad adaptations and particularly the musical, so there's a lot more opportunity to engage with it in-depth that probably plays into my biases.

if you have any les mis OR war and peace takes please share i would love to hear some random opinions on either. or even follow-up questions, like who would win in a fight between andrei and enjolras. or what kuragin and montparnasse make of each other.