#pomegranate rant

[spacedkey]

didn't know in that clip -but found out in a different walking into the mirror session- if you're crouched and wiggle your mouse fast enough, jackie just goes into a gun holding pose for some reason. maybe instead of having no guns be the default animations, they made the sections where he doesn't have guns after so they had to remove the guns. idk. and i can't find out bc there are like no working mirrors outside of the mansion. and no-one has done thorough glitch documenting.

[naarlar]

I don’t get akeshu / shuake at all.

Like I get it from a typical “fandom loves the enemies to lovers trope” perspective but in all honesty I don’t get the insane brainrot the persona 5 fandom has for this ship.

Like do I think Joker cares for Akechi? Yes.

Do I think he was genuinely conflicted/tempted by Maruki’s ultimatum? Yes.

Do I think they have a genuine relationship and see a lot of themselves in each other and actually somewhat understand each other? Yes.

That being said, I really don’t see how anyone can look past the fact that Akechi tried to kill Joker. And okie fine enemies to lovers, fandom’s favorite ship aside, I don’t see how Joker can actually want a full on relationship (like romantic) with this dude when Futaba, Sojiro, and Haru are like right there?

This may just be me but I reallllllllly wouldn’t be friends with someone who is friends (hell forget even in a romantic relationship) with someone who horribly hurt me.

And I don’t think Joker loves Akechi more than Futaba, Sojiro, or Haru. Especially Sojiro and Futaba. Those two are like his family, and Akechi is responsible for their suffering.

Like… it’s kind of one or the other. Joker can’t be friends/dating Akechi without horribly betraying Futaba, Sojiro, and Haru. That’s just how I see it (but I’m open to hearing other perspectives!)

[faaun]

we sang in the aeroplane over the sea tgth ☆

[satosktty]

i hate when people are talking about satoru having negative traits and how flawed of a character he is and bring up his desire to stay strong and also be loved and have people understand him; like ik you all don't go outside and stay with your asses glued to your beds kicking your feet over artificial intelligence calling you babygirl but wanting human interaction is not a bad thing, wanting to be understood isn't a bad thing, it's not a flaw in Satoru's character it shows he's human, that besides his strength which a lot of 'gojo stans' ( who center him around geto ) try to make him out to only be... ur doing opposite of one of the only things that gege made clear in this clusterfuck of a an animanga; being self-interested does not make one exactly self-absorbed. Satoru is shown to more than want a relationship with other people but work to build and uplift that bond; he does it with nanami and utahime ( even without realizing she dislikes him ) he does it with his students. also he let them use his body after his death?? that's the literal opposite of selfish.. once again this is just an issue of dont mess with us jjk fans we don't understand anything else you shove it in front of us and yell it twenty times

[m0ther-of-p3arl]

reblog for greater sample size if you want :3c

[quibbs126]

One thing I’ve been thinking about for the past couple days, but something I’m not the biggest fan of with Kingdom is how the majority of the Cookies of Darkness are played more for jokes than they are for serious. And thus in doing so, the CoD itself doesn’t feel like that much of a threat

Like yeah, I like seeing stuff with the CoD just doing silly stuff, and I don’t need them to be super dark and serious 100% of the time, but like, of the Cookies of Darkness, the only characters that are consistently treated like an actual threat are Dark Enchantress Cookie and Pomegranate Cookie, though even then sometimes she’s part of the gag. And sure, some of the characters in the main story may be treated like a threat, like Red Velvet (despite his one appearance) and Affogato, but then also you’ll have them in a boy band or chilling at the rock festival, totally incognito

And again, it’s not that I don’t enjoy this stuff, but it’s just, how am I supposed to take the Cookies of Darkness as a serious threat when you’re putting them in boy bands and school AUs? Especially when more often than not, it’s the jokey route they use with them?

It’s part of the reason I don’t really see why we need all these Legendaries and Dragons and armies to fight Dark Enchantress, because 80% of the CoD are a bunch of silly little guys. I know realistically DE is powerful and has her Cake Army, hence why they need all that power, but that impression that they’re actually a threat doesn’t typically come to mind for me. But maybe that’s a me thing

And like, honestly I’d say Ovenbreak does it better when it comes to having the CoD seem like a threat. Sure I haven’t seen every event with them involved and I know they only show up like, once in a blue moon, but they usually cause actual problems, and if anything the fact that we see them so little makes them feel more significant, and like Dark Enchantress is more of a looming threat

I dunno, that’s just how I feel

[the-grave-of-andrew]

Peeling and deseeding pomegranates is like healing.

The tough outer wall you grew up with to protect the soft fleshy parts of you that haven't yet had a chance to grow is all you've known.

To have a shot at growing into something new, you have to carefully and painstakingly peel that outer shell, exposing the raw parts of yourself that are so fragile and have never been perceived.

And you must be so gentle with them as you go, or you damage the parts of you that can grow. Yeah. A few parts are already lost, either from tearing down your walls at first or they were never fruitful to begin with.

But, if you are careful, you'll have a million chances to grow into something beautiful.

[hyunteru]

my mom has never told me “i love you” but she buys and peels pomegranates for me all the time

[redhoodisms]

no because why do i really a whole stand-off parter fic of just jason todd and y/n being so persephone and like hades coded BUT ALSO ADD A DASH OF HERCULES AND MEGARA! like totally all over the place but y/n needs to live off of pomegranate seeds in order to survive and just the angst of love AND ARGH EVERYTHING! guys pls tell me to write this…

…and also send me some requests i beg. i need to get back on writing on this damn app

[god-complex-12]

I’ve been thinking about the pomegranate trend going around lately. I first just saw some of it and kind of understood, but then someone said pomegranates represent cannibalism in English literature and I felt like that wasn’t true.

Pomegranates main symbolism is love and vitality because of his vibrant flesh insides. And then I thought, well that’s how they could be seen as cannibalism. When you eat it the insides, it represents feasting on flesh. And of course Shakespeare representation was innocence and purity.

Back to the poem, the poem I read (which may not be the poem people are referencing) is wrote by @pearl.r.dark on Tik Tok. I really don’t think this is the one, but I know this is at least inspired by it. I have searched for the poem and I can’t find the one people are referencing. But the poem I’m referencing is this one:

“Pomegranate juice seeps

From my mouth

But I do not taste sweetness

It tastes of blood

His fingers slide into my mouth

And I try not to swallow it’s seeds

I think of Eve as I stare at the walls

I see her in the Garden of Eden

An apple on Adam’s hand

I wonder

Did the apple taste sweet?

As it was forced upon her lips

Or of blood?”

This is a beautiful poem, I loved reading it. But back to the whole pomegranate thing. It also means that you need to be patient and caring for a love one, just like a pomegranate.

It’s of someone who longs for a gentle and caring lover who will be patient and soft, but instead getting a rough kind of love.

You can manipulate the symbolism of pomegranates to reference cannibalism, but I wouldn’t say that’s their whole point.

With all this cannibalism talk, I started to wonder why cannibalism is so romanticized? Why make light of something so sickening? But I guess it could mean a longing for something or maybe even lust.

Using cannibalism as a metaphor for love is disgusting. No one should romanticize eating human beings. Don’t daydream of it. However, representation of it in a darker light is a good form of writing. I don’t think you should love the idea of it, I think you should love the art of it. Love how that’s the representation of it, but not the actual thing. Don’t fantasize about eating your lover, but appreciate the writing of it.

Some people say it’s used to show how people can’t figure out gentle love so they have to eat each other to express it and so they’ll always have a piece of them.

I like to think of it differently. I think it shows how one will go to any lengths for what they want. If you truly want to eat someone, then you’ll do it. You know you are hurting someone in the process. And if you are somewhat normal, you’ll drive yourself insane with guilt. Knowing someone had to die so you could eat. So if you put that into a love sense, you will push everyone away for the person you love even if they are hurting you too.

[dailhia]

here to say that i peeled a pomegranate the other day and all i thought about was dahlia <3

[spacedkey]

if you ignore the fact that i'm not making a comic in the vertical scrolling comic style, me doing almost nothing but reading webcomics all day is research 100% for sure

[naarlar]

the sad reality that we as the player/audience know Melinoe’s family better than Melinoe

[nasutchi]

You bitches be like “I love pomegranate x licorice they should kiss!” But are actually horrible ass people

[dudaddd]

Pomegranates being compared to cannibalism nowadays is kind of interesting because I will always see them as in reference to the Hades and Persephone story so to me a pomegranate symbolizes a last stitch effort to make someone stay with you out of loneliness for no reason. Forcing someone who was already gonna stay to stay out of fear they wouldn’t

So I’ve been a tad confused by the pomegranate TikTok’s lol

[m1ckeyb3rry]

I really don't want to be annoying but when is the next glass princess update coming?

Have a nice day btw 💕💓

it’ll come once i write it