#no Ray is not a ''good person''

[coockie8]

does ray understand that by doing the things hes done hes become just as bad as adam though?

Here in lies the problem with that logic, and why it doesn't really translate particularly well to this situation; Ray is not a person.

Sure, from your human perspective, he's no better than Adam, and is, arguably, significantly worse in pretty much every way given the power available to him.

But from the perspective of the ageless, Void-Living Being that Ray is; a doll was given life, put up on a pedestal by some new-age, arrogant God and told he was entitled to everything in the garden, took that entitlement way too seriously, destroyed Ray's home, and then raped him when he refused to play housewife for the doll.

A human being is not an equal lifeform to him; it is a flimsy, poorly-designed creation, and he is treating the rest of the human race exactly as their God said he should; as Adam's offspring. The children pay for the sins of their father, and unfortunately their father's sin just so happens to be a doozy.

And now, Adam stays hidden away in Heaven so he won't be subjected to the (totally justified) stint in Purgatory, and then eternity in Hell after Ray's gotten his closure. So the children pay for their fathers sins because their father refuses to.

So yeah, from your perspective, he's a horrible person punishing random humans for what their first ancestor did over 6 billion years ago when the planet was still whole. From his perspective, you're rowdy, buggy NPCs birthed from the bug that was Gods refusal to allow his favourite to go through the same afterlife steps that everyone else has to go through that need to be debugged until that first, main bug can finally be dealt with.

Yes, he is taking out his trauma on creations that had nothing to do with it. But at the end of the day, that's all you are; a creation. You're not real, so it doesn't matter.

The logic struggles to translate.

[leafspiritz]

(i kiss her again) 💜🖤

[sissytobitch10seconds]

I don't think that the majority of people being mad on the internet actually hate s4. I think that they're grieving something that they held very close to their hearts and are in the anger stage of the process. It'll be interesting to see in the next few months what the attitude around the season comes to be.

[yourlittlettoy]

🚨HI HELLO I finally met @itsticklishme23 (my actual soul sister) for the first time and she’s everything I could have ever dreamed of 😍🥰😘💕🥳

We’re whispering about how stinki we think all of the lers are 😉🙆🏻‍♀️🙆🏿‍♀️ nothing dangerous about doing that in the positions we are in I’m sure…. 👀😇

[bbmbby-0]

[relicsongmel]

Something I've always found fascinating about Raymond Shields is that despite seemingly having altruistic reasons for being a defense attorney, his reasons for trying to convince Miles to be one are anything but.

It seems understandable enough on the surface. After Ray comes around and agrees to work with Miles in The Imprisoned Turnabout, he sees remnants of Gregory shining through him despite von Karma's influence. Whether or not he recognizes that Miles' decision to become a prosecutor wasn't just born from that alone—that it was in tandem with wanting to distance himself from anything that reminded him of his father to alleviate the burden on his heart—is up for debate, but regardless: he acknowledges Miles as Gregory's son through and through and wants to capitalize on his dedication for pursuing justice in a way that he knows would make his father proud. He wants to let Miles in on the life he was robbed of at 9 years old—the life he once dreamed of living, where he follows in the footsteps of his father by giving everything he has to save people, by fighting like hell for the vulnerable and the condemned.

That said, as much as Ray dresses up his proposition by making it out to be as if he's looking out for Miles' best interests (and the best interests of society, even)...his motives for trying to get Miles to switch sides are almost entirely selfish. Ray's efforts (and most of his actions in general, really) are ultimately a product of his desperate attempt to cling on to anything related to Gregory out of an inability to move on from his death. Wearing his hat and coat, leaving the name of his office unchanged...and now, requesting that his son literally change jobs just because he can't bear the weight of his own loneliness anymore. Because he can't bear to think that the damage done by DL-6 is irreversible and Miles has moved on while he has stagnated for the past 17 years. Because he has an idealized vision of what he thinks Gregory would want and fails to realize that his son's occupation wouldn't matter to him as long as it brings him happiness and fulfillment. In his mind, letting Miles go means accepting the circumstances that brought him where he is and allowing both of them to move on. And that terrifies him.

It's even more deceitful when you realize that Ray's pitch comes at a very opportune time for Miles given his circumstances at that point: that is, he's under threat of investigation for prosecutorial misconduct and at risk of being stripped of his badge. Ray might fake incompetence, but he's not stupid—and he takes full advantage of Justine's warnings to try to sway Miles when he's in a more vulnerable position in terms of his job. Which is...pretty fucked up, to put it lightly. Despite having a better idea of where he came from compared to most people, through this Ray shows a lack of understanding of who Miles truly is and a lack of respect for what he's come to value, even if his path toward obtaining those values had some bumps along the road. But he's so blinded by his grief that he doesn't even stop to consider how much he's really asking of him, or what Miles is really searching for.

Ray was moved by Gregory. He values saving people. Defending the weak is an undeniably noble endeavor. But to ask that of someone else without consideration for their best interests is decidedly less so.

For all his occupation requires a certain selflessness, Raymond Shields is far more selfish than he lets on. And I for one find that contradiction fascinating to unpack.

[sparklejumpropequeen1949]

Not to dick ride but Billie eilish deserves to get her pussy ate because I’ve been crying to wildflower for the past 3 days.

[a-little-ray-of-fantasy]

Wait-

Oh NO!

NO WAY!!!

NO WAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!

[syn4k]

to be, or not to be (romanticization of the inevitable)

[a-spacecadet]

More clone chibis!!!

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Oh to hold them in the palms of my hands…🥺

[khaopybara]

Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice: A Guide with Sand Pt. 2

Updated!

Leather Jacket: 8 (+4) Brown Jacket: 8 (+3) Black Jacket: 4 (+2) Band Tees: ∞

FIRST KANAPHAN as SAND ( ONLY FRIENDS EPS. 7-12 )

[jnxhc]

[harbingersecho]

I don't feel pain I never escape I'm under the bed I'm licking the floor

[gayvecchio]

Frannie, you are in over your head. Meaning? Meaning, guys like him don't marry girls like you. That's fairy tale. And girls like you get hurt, and guys like him don't even know it, and that's life.

[yandere-daydreams]

Confession: When I first saw you mention "I'm in Love with the Villainess" I had no intention to watch it because I confused it with a similar premise I had read a few months earlier and been meh about (isekai butler loves the villainess he serves), so I was confused when I saw the other anon mention that it was a girl's love series.

Long story short: I watched the anime in one sitting and am now waiting for all the volumes of manga currently released to be delivered. It is a great series and I need more of it.

i haven't gotten around to reading the manga/light novel (does anyone know which came first?) just yet, but it's such a good show fr fr T-T i feel like you never really hear characters say the word 'lesbian' in anime, even if there are girls kissing on the reg, so it was very refreshing to have multiple characters who both are and call themselves queer. ray and claire's arc is just,,, scrumptious as well. a protag who's convinced herself that she can love endlessly with no expectation of reciprocation + a love interest who legitimately believes she's made herself impossible to love is just,,,, what a fucking show. delicious delicious show if nothing else watch a compilation of the mc's english voice actor doing the goddamn most.

[hydrachea]

I would like to personally thank His Grace for being the funniest motherfucker in all of Fontaine.