#the whole series is just a mess

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

Says a lot about Snyder fans that they think a hopefully, optimistic character who smiles can only ever be a two-dimensional caricature and only serious, brooding characters have any depth or complexity. Meanwhile My Adventures with Superman is out there showing how easy it is to do a fully fleshed out Superman who smiles and is full of hope, but is still plagued by doubts and insecurities and faces hardships.

[blatantprinterpropaganda]

ai-oon's current search history like. "am i gay" "am i gay quiz" "universal design initiatives bangkok" "how to tell a beautiful smart attractive interesting clever rich woman who kissed you that your twin sister who she thinks is you and who she is actually dating in fact ditched her when she went blind to get married to a man but then your sister fell into a coma on the same day she asked you to break up with this woman who is too good for both of you and whose heart you don't want to break and who you may be 50% in love with already" "what if it's 75% actually" "how to stop thinking about lesbian sex" "how to get rid of a cockroach without touching it or looking at it or thinking about it" "is it gay to forget there's a cockroach in the room because you're so busy thinking about lesbian sex"

[finalacts]

something i've been thinking about with pluto is how the core three--ai, oom, and may--all have prescribed "roles" in their tangled mess of a relationship and how that has made it incredibly difficult for each character to see themselves and each other as People outside of those roles. this is where i think their core miscommunication happens, because it's not that the characters don't talk, it's more that they are constantly talking at or past each other, not to.

aioon and oaboom are obvious--aioon's the dutiful older sister, selfless to the point of being self-sacrificial, and oaboom's the overshadowed younger sister, precious only because her "weakness"** requires more attention. for aioon, moving forward is going to look like figuring out how to be a good sister/granddaughter without giving up her sense of self, and learning that these two things are actually one and the same--as we've seen, every time she sacrifices her happiness for what she thinks others want from her, it actually comes back to bite her in the ass. for oaboom, it's unlearning the belief that she is a burden because of her illness and learning that her ability to be loved is innate and does/should not need to be externally validated. for them both, it's going to include forgiving themselves and each other for their parents' deaths and all of the childhood hurts that ensued.

may is a little trickier to figure out, and i think i've settled on hers being that her identity and worldview--her role, literally--is almost entirely defined by that first interaction (one that aioon doesn't even remember, mind you). not only is attaching your entire sense of self to someone else's love for you just unhealthy in general, i actually think she spends quite a significant portion of the series unable to see aioon in her entirety because of it (not to mention how it basically caused the mess that was her relationship with oom). to her, aioon is still that teenage girl who showed her she was worth fighting for and how to fight--she's her savior. may's attachment to aioon is all encompassing, and it is devastating. it's why may keeps making aioon promise to choose her over everything else, not realizing that aioon (as she is now) would never be able to deliver. it's why her manipulations (lovebombing aioon every time she tries to tell her the truth or leave) ultimately don't work--aioon is not driven by love the same way she is. for aioon, that first meeting is inconsequential. it's not her lifeforce the way it is may's.

given all of this and the breakup at the end of ep 11, i think the only way forward for may is to figure out who she is outside of aioon--specifically, outside of this need to be loved by aioon. who is may as a person, an attorney, a cousin, a friend, when she doesn't have aioon guiding her (physically or otherwise)? personally, it's the only way i can see their relationship balancing out: may needs to have other things driving her the way aioon is driven by her family and friends, or else they'll just end up back where they started--with aioon leaving and may devastated.

ideally, their reunion would look something like aioon, the writer, meets metavee, the attorney, rather than aioon, may's first love, (re)meets may, aioon's twin sister's ex. a core theme in pluto is how our fixation on the past makes us unable to move forward, and how we should learn from our mistakes but not be haunted and bogged down by them. what aioon and may need is a fresh start, a chance to build upon new foundation, and i hope the ep 11 >> ep 12 time jump gives them that.

**just a quick aside mostly for myself to say that oaboom being canonically chronically ill is very interesting to me!! and i will be letting the thoughts abt that and how disability in general plays out in pluto percolate some more

[veinsfullofstars]

🗡️ Kirbtober 2024 Day 17: Galaxy (Soldier Army) 🗡️

(ID: Kirby: Right Back At Ya! fanart of the four Generals of the GSA, all floating and posing in a white void, their capes flared and armor gleaming. From top to bottom, Sir Arthur soars up with his sword held high, a determined expression behind his golden armor; Sir Dragato stylishly leaps to the side with his falchion held back, looking at the viewer with a confident wink; Sir Falspar jumps in excitement, pumping his fists and his sword in the air; and Sir Nonsurat hovers with his back to the viewer, glancing inscrutably over his shoulder as he wields his battle axe at an impractical - if cool-looking - downward angle. END ID.)

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Started on 09/24/24, finished on 09/25/24. | Kirbtober 2023 Comp

[biscuitscheesebiscuits]

Reading physical copies of The Queen's Thief series for the first time and realizing that the maps in them are inconsistent???

[khaopybara]

KHAOTUNG THANAWAT as RAY PAKORN episode 10 of ONLY FRIENDS

[technitango]

yeah sorry everyone ming has me in a chokehold i'm obsessed with him i want to put him under a microscope and study him i cannot get enough of him

[sunshine-and-her-ikevil-stuff]

*thinking about the villains' tragic fates*

You know, their routes never really talk too much about their fates and how it effects them mentally. Or how the MC feels about it, and dealing with the fear and angst of it with the slight exception of William's route

*eyes widen*

... I think I know what the sequels are gonna be about

[hotasfahrenheit]

i was fully on board the "Mix Must Be Boeing Who Else Could Be As Perfect" train until THIS MAN SHOWED UP

[pumpkinrootbeer]

Eugene was truly the best boyfriend. saw his girlfriend get broken up with, and immediately had a revenge glow up. Imagine being Cassandra seeing your ex girlfriend's boyfriend and he's wearing a golden choker with the just deepest v neck known to man, the world's sluttiest gloves, and a thigh garter. I'd have to give up then and there.

[better-call-mau1]

Lucasfilm: Literally every single romance or almost-romance we’ve ever written in the Star Wars universe has ended in tragedy.

Lucasfilm: Han/Leia? Split up after their son went off the deep end. They eventually died broken and alone.

Lucasfilm: Anidala? No match for Palpatine’s plotting, Anakin’s attachment issues, and Padmé’s Sadness.

Lucasfilm: Obitine? Jyn/Cassian? Reylo? Tragedy! Tragedy! Tragedy!

Lucasfilm: At least we gave you Kanera. Aren’t they just so sweet and devoted and —— oh, whoops! More tragedy!

Ezra: I’ve got a bad feeling about this.

Sabine, drawing her blasters: They can pry you from my cold, dead hands.

Ezra: Please don’t tempt them.

[doublel27]

Yoryak have you been counting the seconds with Wandee?

[earl-grey-crow]

it’s me, hi, I’m the white witch, it’s me

[crystalbehindthescenes]

| On July 5th 2014, Sailor Moon Crystal aired on NicoNico Douga, with subtitles translated in 12 languages.

Man can you believe it's been 10 years? I didn't even realize and apparently Toei & Kodansha are straight up just not acknowledging it. So I made this sketch to celebrate 10 years! I don't think I'll finish it that's why im posting the sketch...

It based on Yukie Sakou's original key visual this time from a top down angle!

I was a stupid teenager when this show came out, ignorant of horrible industry practices and I'm still convinced nothing really got fixed for the rest of the series after Season 2... but I got to give it credit for bringing me attention to things like that! Call me nostalgia blind but it's still my favorite one after an entire decade and 5 seasons.

Sailor Moon Crystal you were a mess but dammit you were my mess.

[technitango]

oh great in episode 6 of 4 minutes my beloved. he's so fucked up. i love him.

[dipplinduo]

I’m aware that a lot of your current fics are reaching their final leg, and I just have a question

what are you going to do when they’re over?

like, one shots, or new fics entirely?

you don’t have to answer this, I’m just curious :)

Haha just DIOH (will be completed soon) & Sweet & Sour Dipplins (eventually)!

I have no solidified plans but I'd love to do a number of epilogue chapters & more what-if spinoffs for S&S D. I would honestly even be open to more of a post-series part II kind of a thing (e.g. following them & their established family), but I am honestly uncertain about what it would be about.

Ehhhhh come to think of it I do actually have one specific idea about something I'm leaving unaddressed in S&S D, but yeah, no plans for a plot around that/idk if I'll pursue that.

I honestly just love a lot of what I created there and I'm like "aww I don't wanna let go of the applins/ribombee/drayton-kieran sibling bond" etc. xD but there is also a great freedom in being able to write other things that are entirely separate.

Otherwise I will just follow wherever the inspiration goes. Always open to suggestions from you guys too in terms of what you want to see more of! :)