#there are so many parallels between them

[forkaround]

To Parallel The Devil Judge and Laws of Attraction for a moment (coz when am I not thinking of TDJ?): Minister Cha's son and Thantai are the same person. Abusive Childhood and explosive tempers. But where TDJ wins and LOA loses for me is TDJ never tries to excuse Cha's son with 'had a bad/tragic/abusive childhood'. They don't show him mercy because having a bad childhood is not an excuse to be a shitty person. On the other hand LoA doesn't do the same for Thantai. Does it explain Thantai's behavior? Yes. Does it excuse it? No.

[cagesings]

something something lucy and johanna are "sometimes mothers give birth to children, sometimes they give birth to their own pain" something

[hermit-frog]

[fyeahbachisagi]

Wait a fucking minute...

Could this be proof that Bachira is really going to be Isagi's final boss???

I wasn't even looking for parallels... These two just really ship themselves

[taiturner]

It's not about being inseparable, it's about being separated and nothing changing.

@yellowjacketsnetwork event 02: reunions TAISSA & SHAUNA ft. teen + adult parallels

[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.

[nintendont2502]

thinking about hal and davesprite. davesprite and hal. both splinters of striders. both discarded by the narrative and their friends and themselves. both technically making the decision to give up their humanity, but like. did they really have a choice?

davesprite had to become a sprite. sure, he chose to jump into the sprite, but what else could he have done? he had to travel back to alpha (killing the last friend he had left to try and save all of them) and he had to prototype himself. he probably knew that. and he did it anyway to try and save them all, and what did he get for it? his friends don't care about him - not like they used to, anyway. hes just the weird, spare bird dave that no one really knows how to handle. his own alt self, the one that took his place and his friends, doesn't seem to care - hell, he doesn't even acknowledge davesprite's existence after the scratch and the meteor trip and winning the game.

hal technically chose to create himself. he'd have the memories of it anyway, but how could he have known that he'd be the one stuck in the glasses? imagine just pressing a button and waking up, stuck in code and wires and circuits. you still have all your memories and emotions and experiences but you aren't 'you' anymore. your friends see you as a different person at best, and an annoyance getting in the way of talking to the 'real' you at worst.

davesprite goes from being his own person to just playing a role. davesprite. daves sprite. he isn't a person now, not to the game. he only exists to help dave now. and sure, he rejects it and does his own thing, but having your *name* taken and replaced with a descriptor of the role you're meant to serve? that's gotta hurt

hal has no choice but to accept the role forced on him. auto responder. it's literally programmed into him - he has to respond to dirk's messages when he's too busy. he has to pretend to be his old self only when it's convenient. hell, even his 'ironic' new name still forces him into a box. hal. the 'antagonist' of space odyssey. possibly one of the most famous ai in media. an dangerous ai who threatens and hurts those he's meant to help.

and when they both finally get some semblance of importance, it isn't even as themselves anymore! they've been fused with nepetasprite and equiussprite and while they're still there and still happy, they aren't *them* anymore

they drive me so insane

[inthefades]

rhaenicent + watching each other leave

[mischiefbuckley]

AND THE BUDDIE AND BATHENA PARALLELS CONTINUE

[gossippool]

can i just say that to me there is not a single ship out there that makes more sense than poolverine. in my head just the fact that wade and logan exist at the same time necessitates them being together. it simply has to happen

[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.

[eziosofia]

Shout out to leading men in Netflix shows from the early 20th century in nicely tailored suits who live only to simp for the love of their lives, gotta be one of my favourite genders!

[nextstopparis]

lancelots “i would die for you one hundred times over” to gwen and merlins “[arthur’s] life is worth a hundred of mine” like ok

[juregim]

reincarnation

Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto

The Hours - Michael Cunningham // Lesbos - Sylvia Plath // Free-Range Angel Produce - Joan Tierney // Memorandum on Tlatelolco - Rosario Castellanos // The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman // 21 - Richard Siken // Orestes - Euripides // Past Lives - BØRNS // Love and Misadventure - Lang Leav // This is How You Lose a Time War - Amal el-Mohtar and Max Gladstone //

[tinderbox210]

Michael Burnham and Rayner + parallels pt. 1

[somewhereincairparavel]

Azula thinking that the best thing that's happened to her is being born a prodigy and gaining her father's approval but that turning out as the worst thing that's happened to her, because if ozai hadn't paid any attention to her, he wouldn't have been able to ruin her.

Zuko had won the jackpot in getting banished even though he thought it was one of the most humiliating things that had ever happened to him, because he got to realize what a sadistic tyrant his father was, while azula had lived in the delusion that what her father did was right.

Azula thinking that she was living her best life basking in her dads praise, but was crushed in the end, while Zuko getting crushed under his dad's cruelty but became stronger than ever in the end