#the dynamic and parallels between the two

[ingridgh0st]

I'm so curious about what would be the dynamic between Ivan and Luka if they ever had met in canon.

These two are parallels but at the same time are extremely different. They came from opposite up bringing, Ivan was picked up from the slums and bought at an illegal auction while Luka was a tube baby created for the sole purpose to be the best contestant in alnst, as kids they were both quiet and reserved but they were also considered really obidient by the aliens and were investments for both their owenrs and growing up they both got through life by compling with the the world they lived in. A thing they differ however is in how they act upon their feeling for the subjects of their affection. Ivan, even though he wants to be aknowledged by Till and is convinced that he doesn't care about him, wants to see him free, proof of that is the meteor shower scene and the numerous times he unlocked Till's collar. Luka on the other hand is really possessive about Hyuna to the point of claiming tha her life is his and it's implied for the little we know about their dynamic that he wants her.

So I think it would be cool seeing two characters that came from opposite places but that have the same behavior in regards to alnst, yearning for someone that's a symbol of rebellion, so kinda their opposite, but acting in totally different ways when it comes to them

[mrcarmenile]

remember that one scene in she-ra season 5 when glimmer and catra are talking to each other in glimmer’s cell and it seems like glimmer might be getting through to catra but catra recoils, storms off, and yells “you don’t know me, you don’t know anything about me”

we need to talk abt that scene more because it is genuinely one of my favorites

glimmer and catra were obviously parallels in season 4 (that’s a whole other rant so i’m not getting into that rn) and, even though they are very different people, they sort of have this natural understanding of each other that is especially highlighted in the beginning of season 5

glimmer doesn’t know anything about catra, but also, she does. it shows - catra knows it as well, which is why she snaps. we see a weird, kind-of friendship forming between them in these episodes, and that relationship is built off of understanding. they are both in the same boat, like how glimmer literally says in i-forget-which-episode. this dynamic is so key to the story and their characters, and this scene especially highlights it. enemies who see somewhat of a reflection in themself in the other. reluctant friendship and understanding.

this is probably a pretty surface level observation but i just fucking love catra and glimmer’s dynamic and narrative parallels that i can’t not talk about it (plus they’re my two favorite she-ra characters)

[p2ii]

if I had a nickel for every time the resulting negligence of an overworked father caused their son who they have a strained but previously close relationship with to get into a traffic accident and for them to have a robot son replacement made that they realized they could never truly love the same way and so abandoned in the 2003 version of astro boy I'd have 2 nickles. which isn't alot but it's interesting it's happened twice

[turtleblogatlast]

[ cw: death mention / strangulation mention / stabbing mention / blood mention / self-sacrifice / codependency mention in tags / ]

I think a lot about how common it is for Raph to be the one to have direct focus put on him when Leo gets into all his near death experiences.

Like, when Leo is thrown off a building, it’s Raph who’s right there jumping after him, not even thinking about the consequences to himself when he does. When Leo almost gets skewered by the Krang, Raph’s right there to take the blow and send Leo to safety without a second thought. When Leo’s being strangled to near death, it’s a Krangified Raph doing the job, doing exactly what Raph would never, ever want to do. When Leo is telling Casey Jr to close the portal, it’s Raph who tries desperately to convince Leo otherwise.

Likewise, Leo is consistently very single minded when Raph gets forcibly separated from them. Both when in the sewers and by the Krang, Leo is dead set on finding Raph first and foremost.

I also think it’s interesting that during each of Leo’s near death experiences, the lightheartedness of his words during them goes directly hand in hand with both how close Raph is to him physically and how much danger Raph is also in in that moment. From a literal “I told you so” as Leo’s falling away from Raph to a soft joke about how “hero moves” are Raph’s style - both of these are on the more morbidly carefree side and both of these notably take Leo farther away from Raph and, in turn, have Raph not in immediate danger.

On the other side of things is the apology from Leo, heedless of the danger he himself is in as he seriously and genuinely speaks to a Krangified Raph face to face. Then there’s Leo’s freezing and desperation as Raph takes a hit meant for him and sends just Leo to safety, leaving Raph himself behind. Both of these involve much closer proximity and Raph being directly harmed - these together make Leo much more vulnerable in his words and actions, something not even the threat of death can make him.

These two care about each other so much, and they’re way too much alike for their own good.

[clarisimart]

So, given the revelations that came with The Book of Bill, and all the intentional parallels they've drawn between Ford and Bill, and even the way we can kinda infer that Bill either saw something of himself in Ford or at least thought he found someone that could potentially really understand him...

With all that in mind, the insistence of Bill of having Ford being the one that opens the portal even after Ford realizes what Bill really is and what he wants, and rejects him... at that point it might have been easier to try and get anyone else, to possess someone and just break into the lab and open the portal that way, right? The portal was complete, he needed someone to open it, but he didn't need FORD to do it...

But, and I am not the first one to point this out by a longshot, I subscribe to the theory that Bill WANTED FORD to be the one to do it, he wanted Ford, the one person he had arguably a genuine connection with in a trillion years, to make the same mistake he did... he wanted to break Ford like he was broken, by making him the architect of his dimension's destruction.

And then he would truly have someone that would understand him completely.

Someone as damaged as him.

This concept is explored beautifully

in this fic by Caspercryptid (FaiaHae) and theneonpineapple:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58948018/

[to-rise-above-monsters]

why did isayama put his whole pussy into yumihisu after saying he can’t write romance. and then fumble when it came to the straights.

[evocatiio]

FROM (2022 - present)

I feel like the people that make it here, it's because they... there's a part of themselves that they hold on to. Last night, I feel like I saw that piece of her start to slip away. Then it has to be you, okay? You have to be that piece of her that this place can't take away. That's how we get through this.

[diddlesnap]

joniss for the soul

[lemondoddle]

Can you can draw Jessica and Taylor?

I absolutely can

[distortedmoondisc]

Do you ever think about the parallels between Rinne and Aira

Not only they have a shared interest in protecting Hiiro and ensuring his well-being/growth as a person, (and it's extra interesting given how Aira sort of dislikes Rinne for how he dealt with Hiiro in general—by leaving him alone at their hometown and disowning him in the summer of the MDM—, so even though they have the same interests and goals regarding Hiiro, they aren't exactly friends nor like each other — though this is mostly from Aira's part, because Rinne does like Aira and even acknowledges him as someone important to Hiiro that he must keep in his life), but Aira kinda is what Rinne used to be, before his dreams of becoming an idol we're crushed by the new rules of ES.

!! Main Story, Episode 171, "Revolution"

I've seen many people talk about how Rinne and Aira would get along because they're both idol otakus, but I believe that's a common misunderstanding of Rinne's character, because Rinne isn't an idol otaku (at least not anymore). He doesn't like the current idol system and the way Ensemble Square is running the industry. That's why he tried to change it by force in the !! Main Story by acting out. This is different from Aira, who loves the idols born from this system, and is a participant in the ES system that is going to hurt the industry in the long run (because ES is mass producing idols like a factory, stripping them from their own individuality and what makes idols especial in the first place — which is why Aira likes idols to begin with! Because they're different from ordinary people!)

!! Main Story, episode 220, "Despair"

Aira is aware that the idol industry isn't perfect, in episode 171 he even acknowledges that the mass production of idols similar to items of consumption made in a factory is wrong and it strips idols from their beauty and value, but he doesn't have the insight and first hand experience with heartbreak as Rinne had, so he doesn't have the motivation to protest or change the way ES is running the industry. They both love idols and dreamed of becoming one, but Rinne isn't an idol otaku, because he can't be a fan of idols mass produced by the current system.

What Rinne does instead, is support underground idols that would otherwise be trampled or forced to disappear by ES because they don't fit their sets of standards (and because ES has monopoly in the idol industry, they can easily do this without much repercussions or public outcry) and gives them his protection. This is explained throughout the course of the story of Night Club.

Nigh Club, Epilogue 2

Aira tries to impersonate an ideal idol persona, as the ones he watched when he was younger. He wants to embody a model idol and inspire others as idols inspired him in the past. Rinne used to be similar, but ES arbitrarily destroyed his solo career making him lose that dream, and that's why he embodies the wild and rebellious persona he portrays on stage, which is a complete opposite to how a traditional idol should act (and this is a constant point of conflict between him and other idols, such as Himeru; Himeru tends to scold Rinne for being so wild and doing whatever he wants because it goes against what is expected of an idol, but in Night Club he comes to understand that this is Rinne's soft way to protest against ES, despite having lost to them in the first part of the !! Main Story).

(Sometimes, I wonder if Rinne is happy being the wild and playful self he is with Crazy:B, or if he would prefer to be on stage as an ideal idol like he used to do years ago....)

However, despite their differences and the dislike/intimidation Aira might feel towards Rinne, he admits he understands his feelings and where he comes from, and that he can't help but to relate to him due to the fact that they both love idols. Aira scolds Rinne in episode 220 "Despair" to make him stop his pity party, but later in episode 224 "Flutter" he comforts and encourages him instead—telling him that he should not give up being an idol, because he recognizes that Rinne loves idols as much as he does, and that he still has a reason to live because he has fans of himself and of Crazy:B waiting for him among the crowd, meaning that he is still loved and accepted by someone, despite all the wreckage he had caused.

(And if I'm allowed to get personal for a moment, I just need to make emphasis in how important Aira is to the development of the Amagi brothers in the last arc of the !! main story, and this scene is a perfect example of that. Aira is the one who encourages Rinne to join the others on stage and sing, and after that it is Hiiro that pushes Rinne to give that step which finally leads them to perform on stage together 🥹)

So as we can see, Rinne and Aira have a lot of similarities, but they act in completely different ways due to their circumstances. They have similar backgrounds as idol lovers but they have different views and feelings about the industry and the profession, (however, they seem to share the same ideals as to what an idol should be, and love the same type of ideal idol inside their hearts). Adding to that their shared most beloved person, Hiiro, and how the two of them want what's best for him but they have a point of contention due to Rinne's bad actions in the !! Main Story, and their relationship becomes x10 more interesting, and I wish we talked about it more!

And we know Happyele hasn't forgotten about them, because Aira appeared in Rinne's recent relationship chart, just below Hiiro.

(also, a little unrelated, bu i think it's funny that despite having a heart to heart at the ending of the main story, their relationship is still "want to tease him" and "he's a little scary" ahdks Aira, who scolded Rinne in front of hundreds of people in the MDM, regressed to feeling intimidated and troubled by him. A couple of friends commented that it was probably because Aira had a burst of courage in the MDM because of the severity of the situation, so he had the determination to call out Rinne, a senior that he particularly feels intimidated by, publicly without second thought. It is canon that after the fact, Aira admitted that looking back on the MDM he felt embarrassed for doing such a bold thing. Idk, it's just something i find very interesting and fun about their dynamic www)

So this leads me to believe that they haven't forgotten about the history these two had in the main story, and all I can do is just wait for them to expand on their relationship and dynamic more eventually in some future event.

[aloneonceagainaspredicted]

There's just something so fucking great about the concept of characters like Zeke Banks and Peter Strahm having this complicated relationship to serial killers while having such a strong urge for justice and finding the truth???

Specifically, I love to think about how in the middle of their games of cat and mouse, or at those moments they inevitably share as they sharpen their knowledge on each other and get close enough to bump, when their intentions get a lot more nuanced as they insist on combing through them later again and again... that connection and obsession shoves everything else to second place. Seeing one another tunnels their vision, and their actions will follow rules made on the spot.

But then the world keeps on turning around them when they leave the crime scene with blood on their shirts and a gun that may or may not have been pointed but never used, piles of mangled bodies from 'collaborative traps' and distorted audios calling the remains of another horror story a chance for 'redemption' never stop being found; survivors slam doors in their faces when they come for statements and sob their hearts out at their closed off support meetings— suddenly, it's their place to show remorse, perform the respect and compassion that's lacking in their lovers... and how it impacts them to carry that burden they, against their own better judgement and all good reasoning, carry because they only give this much of a tangible fuck when they're put face to face with that damage.

It's just breathtaking, to wonder how ignorance is bliss and they cover themselves in it for the sake of something they want so badly. The guilt that comes when the blanket slips right off, yanked back by their lovers. Maybe even by themselves, punishment for their own broken vows. Weakness.

[gingersp1ce547]

So, with that q!cellbit mention on the latest stream, i think its time for me to bring up something that lives rent free in my mind 24/7

The reason cuchurucho likes q!cellbit id because their more similar than q!cellbit would ever want them to be.

Both of them are aligned with the element of knowledge. Q!cellbit trying to solve the mysteries of the island and founding the order while cuchurucho is high ranking federation member, a group which is known for their unethical experiments in the name of gathering knowledge.

However, even more than that they are both obsessed with control.

Q!cellbit basically had little to no control over his life while in the hunger games, leading him to take advantage of any scrapes of it he did get, going as far as to kill and torment fellow prisoners in Alcatraz in order to keep it. This same pattern reappearing when his life feels the most out of control after learning about his past with q!bagi

While we dont know anything about cuchurucho’s past we do know that he does his best to keep the islanders following the rules of the island, resorting to violence and mental abuse when they fail to do so.

To me, the reason cuchurucho is so obsessed with q!cellbit is because he recognizes this similarity, and wants to either foster it through some fucked up methods until q!cellbit will work with him of his own volition

Or

He wants to beat and continually humiliate q!Cellbit as a way to prove that he has control over this individual so similar to him.

Personally i lean towards the latter just because of things like making him worker of the month, not firing him despite making his hatred for the federation very clear and saying that he knew everyone was there during the mini-me mission during the qsmp recap.

[giddlygoat]

the strange and uncomfortable little bit of solidarity between willard tweedy being the fearful guard dog husband to a vile and manipulative woman and gromit being the begrudgingly loyal service dog to a well meaning yet totally oblivious old man. on opposite sides of the toxic codependency spectrum

[lurking-latinist]

I think I might need the mathematical resources of category theory to express the blorbo thoughts I'm having right now

[inafieldofdaisies]

A Gentleman in Moscow (2024) | Season 1, Episode 8 “Adieu” | Favorite scenes (vol. 1-2)

[markedbyindecision]

Fav ship: underestimated/underappreciated badass blonde female detective x guy who has (fake) supernatural powers that helps with police investigations

Psych & Lucifer parallels (1/7)