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Sigzai vs skk discourse is insane for number of reasons actually. listen i think sigzai is really cute and shit and i dont mind it at all but you have to have something wrong with you to think both of these actually compete in any way. Skk is literally ingrained as part of bsd lore whereas sigzai started as a borderline crack ship. Thats just my opinion tho. Peace and love
#i like sigma as a character too!!!#he's a funky little guy#but dazai and sigma's whatever in mersault just wasnt as deep as people make it out to be#im not denying dazai's sincerity in wanting to save sigma#but dazai also admits to kind of manipulating him (calling him the atsushi kun type)#not necessarily in a bad way tho#just a little nudge in the right direction#but the entire time dazai is an enigma to sigma#(hehe rhyme)#like bro is legit having crisis after crisis internally and externally just interacting with dazai#they are not on equal footing there#anyway skk solos#skk#sokouku#bsd#bungou stray dogs#bsd dazai#dazai osamu#bsd chuuya#chuuya nakahara#bsd sigma#sigzai
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percy doing better than annabeth in college is one my favorite developments in the rrverse. if we reflect on percy and annabeth's academic upbringing. annabeth living at camp allowed her to receive accommodations for her adhd and dyslexia and surround herself with like-minded campers who had the same limitations. whereas percy was ridiculed, belittled, and routinely humiliated because of his adhd and dyslexia. even more so, percy's friends and family leave him out of the loop on so many important issue (no chb orientation film, no information about the great prophecy) which perpetuates his subpar confidence and self-esteem in his skills as a student and a demigod. but going to college at NRU changes his mindset because he receives the accommodations he should have gotten years ago and fucking thrives to the point of getting higher grades than annabeth — a person he deems way smarter and more prepared than him in every way. the most important thing percy is learning now is that a supportive environment makes all the difference, and he is more capable than he initially thought.
#in no way is this me trying to diminsh annabeth's struggles#because she canonically does#but she also has access to resources that accomdate her learning disabilities#whereas percy never did#even in an environment where demigods are supposed to be on equal footing because of their shared struggles#percy often gets the short end of the stick because no has properly prepared him for anything#he canonically has to figure shit out on his own and that pisses me offc#but nru gives him the accommodations and opportunity and environment to thrive#and he does so well that he earns higher grades than annabeth#somebody percy holds in high regard#this development proves percy and annabeth are canonically on par with each other academically and that they always were#what an amazing decision#percy jackon and the olympians#pjo text post#pjo#percy jackson#annabeth chase#percy getting higher grades than annabeth#loves this for him#he deserves to thrive in the mortal world and our boy is doing it
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i know it’s like years old at this point but i love that one collab mumbo and grian did with tommyinnit bc it’s like the single most concentrated example i’ve seen of mumbo’s Chaos Nullification Powers
you get to see a bit of it on hermitcraft, mostly via his interactions with grian, but until seeing that collab it didn’t really hit me just how completely mumbo can no-sell other people’s attempts to control a situation. tommyinnit is possibly the single shoutiest, most chaotic minecraft youtuber out there, and in most videos i’ve seen he pretty much overwhelms everyone else and sets the tone for interactions because of this. but mumbo just. doesn’t let him. no matter how much tommy escalates in intensity, mumbo reacts with *exactly* the same energy he always does. grian largely comes across in the whole video as annoyed and reluctant to engage with the whole thing, but mumbo’s not even affected. he just rolls with anything he finds funny and basically ignores anything he disapproves of, only seeming more and more unflappable the harder anyone tries to get a rise out of him.
AND imo, this is the key to my favorite interpretation of him as a character
see, when the people around him are being more reasonable/calm, i think mumbo often comes across as anxious and a bit easily overwhelmed. the thing is, his nervous wet cat vibes do not scale. he has one setting. his responses to the last life ‘ah-ha!’ jokes and to hermitcraft 8 starting to crumble to pieces under a falling moon are almost identical.
mumbo jumbo is inexorably and eternally Just Some Guy, but that gets stranger and stranger the weirder his surroundings become. the giggly incredulousness that makes him an easy target for goofy puns looks Very different when it’s also his reaction to the impending end of the world.
#anyway yeah i have this whole idea in my head about mumbo’s friendship with grian from a characterization standpoint#bc i agree with the somewhat? common consensus that being friends with mumbo has made grian softer and friendlier over time#but i don’t think it was in a ‘reflecting back the kindness he’s being shown’ way#i think it’s because the more harsh and chaotic you try to be towards mumbo the more you feel ineffectual and out of control#and grian can’t handle it so he slowly becomes nicer until he feels like they’re on equal footing again#like don’t get me wrong i think they genuinely are good friends#and i don’t think this is necessarily something mumbo is doing on purpose#but i think the power dynamic going on under the surface is much more bizarre and weighted in mumbo’s favor than it seems at first glance#mumbling
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wait, who's getting married??
#akeshu#p5r#persona#p5r spoilers#but also ft royal trio#art tag#throwback to when i first saw maruki's outfit and my first thought was#OMG HE'S A GROOM ?? FOR HIS MISSED WEDDING????#but then i realised it was probs supposed to be more like a therapist theme or sth to go with his palace#BUT THEN I WAS LIKE THAT COLLAR LOWKEY PRIEST-LIKE THO WHY?#idk to me it was a fusion of the three vibes#anyway in my head i think goro would be like#marriage is not on the table until you graduate and get a degree and you are self-sufficient and on equal footing with me#(but in reality he wouldnt really care and he'd keep his stay at home wifey happy no matter what)#(but ofc he wont say that)#and akiren is just like ok :3 i guess it's his rival thing kicking in again#they'd have a whole convo with akechi like#you need these requirements i wont even CONSIDER otherwise#and akiren goes IS THAT A PROPOSAL??#i wanted to draw an extra for this#but im mega tired and no time :(#also i hope this isnt too blurry?? it looks kinda blurry when uploading
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Every day I’m haunted by the fact the boys happily swim in sewer water
Even if it’s filtered somehow there’s no way it’s not still nasty 😭 Bet they can defeat any of their villains just by accidentally giving them diseases I swear
#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#bless their hearts but they’re nasty#it’s funny because like#each and every one of them has moments#where they’re a typical disgusting teenage boy#and then the next they have STANDARDS#can’t blame Leo for being so determined to go to a spa#even if he nearly licked his own foot that’s prob cleaner than anything else the boys have been up to in years 💀#thank you shelldon for all your hard work cleaning after then 🙏#they’re all gross teenage boys!!!#even Donnie he is NO exception here#bro was DRINKING A BEVERAGE while wading through sewer water he is just as gross as his bros#bro also talks with his mouth full he is no more refined than his equally gross bros fr and I love it#but yeah no way that water isn’t disgusting even filtering it would still leave grime on the walls of the sewer for yearsss#pros of them moving into an abandoned subway system is fixing their sense of smell enough to not be as gross#100% that’s part of why they didn’t mind being so filthy pre shelldon#because I mean they were literally raised in the sewers and they’re teenage boys like that’s a double whammy#THEY ALSO DONT WEAR SHOES#the few times any of them do the shoes are discarded before heading home 💀#I love them tho they are endearing anyhow#April’s immune system must be godlike just being around them fr#honestly no joke Mikey’s probably the cleanest of them all#just by virtue of being a chef#Leo I see as a mixture since he no doubt loves to pamper himself so he’s clean like#a percentage of time before he goes out and ruins his own hard work#Donnie is similar in that he’s just VERY SELECTIVE about what he thinks is too gross#Raph may be more on the stinky end but it’s not his fault he has his stinks and eats things of dubious origin(esp since his bros ate poison)#Donnie and Leo really have the gall to be sick about Raph eating the origami salami but they have no room to talk#all their villains are prob like please stay away from us we have salmonella now
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Kingdom Hearts 3 - San Fransokyo
#kingdom hearts 3#kh3#san fransokyo#scenery#my gif#made sure to put equal parts night and day versions of the city#because i think they both look stunning#i love the verticality of this world. it's fun to climb up to the highest point and fly over all the buildings#if i played this game as a kid i feel like i would 100% pretend sora lived in this city and would find a house for him haha#something that always piqued my curiosity was sora's initial response to first setting foot in this world#he's immediately amazed by what he sees and remarks in awe of the city that he hasn't even fully entered yet (he's still on the bridge)#then he quickly pulls out is phone and wants to tell riku all about it even though he just got there#(i'm sad they didn't make a kingstagram post about it that we could see!)#being islanders from a small town i can imagine it'd be an exciting idea to visit a big bustling city and i wondered if that's-#something they've ever talked about together whenever the topic of exploring new worlds came up as children#it could be some sneaky foreshadowing since the secret ending has sora and riku in quadratum which is also a big city with tall buildings#and i'm sure it's no coincidence that a version of riku shows up in san fransokyo
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Okay it's been several months and idk if I'm just not following the right blogs but I have not seen anyone talking about Chilchuck and Mickbell's one meeting so far in the anime.
Mickbell spends all that time beforehand trash talking Chilchuck, and the second things go to shit?
Chilchuck grabs that little scab, gets the most durable object in the entire area (Senshi's pot), and fucking high-tails it to cover.
The half-foots are the some of the few characters who don't need to be healed nor rezzed after that fight, and Mickbell doesn't even believe in the union and Chilchuck still does this!
Mickbell: I don't pay my union dues and I cross all the picket lines! Chilchuck nonetheless: Kid have I got a comprehensive healthcare plan for you and it's called: don't get flattened by the giant monster!
#elk text#chilchuck tims#dungeon meshi#chilchuck has SEEN what that pot can survive first-hand#that wasn't a lucky grab#he knew what he was doing and he did it the moment it seemed necessary#he didn't draw attention to their hideyhole#chilchuck tims said every half-foot dungeoneer is getting equal rights and that is a fucking promise#i relate strongly to this small often-mistaken-for-younger pro-union worker who refuses to do tasks outside of his advertised skillset
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after seok ryu being such a constant bulldozer in seung hyo's life it was so refreshing to see seung hyo be the bulldozer in seok ryu's life for once
#love next door#moon talks#throws her a dumb welcome party#hugs her aggressively even when she doesnt want it#yells at her for avoiding her problems#literally throws her??? into the ocean?? ajdhfusnsk#(it's ok she can stand he knows she's afraid of drowning)#(but still!!!)#love me a great role reversal in a relationship!!!#yes! put them on equal footing#it's Delicious i'll eat that shit up every time
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contemplating what exactly it was about ford that made bill feel important now
#text#gravity falls#billford#because hes had countless worshippers over the centuries#I wonder what made ford special and what made his 'betrayal' more painful#I have no answers its just interesting to think about#and I love hearing peoples feelings on the complexities of mortal/immortal relationships esp with these freaks#whatever it is I do think if we take some of bills feelings as genuine#despite his proclamations that ford was a pawn and a pet#I think there are enough hints that maybe for the first time he viewed a mortal being on a somewhat equal footing#and maybe thats the distinction#he couldve killed ford easily in the first weirdmaggedon ep especially since in the moment he didnt know he was trapped by the barrier#and yet he doesnt#and when he does unfreeze ford he offers him power and a place at his side#which was primarily a manipulation tactic but man...I dont know#of course its hard to tell with a character like bill what was a lie and what is genuine#thats the whole point#I do think there are real feelings he has but theyre so hidden under irony and self loathing that I dont even know if hes aware of them
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SPOILERS FOR MOUTHWASHING THE VIDEO GAME and also cw for sexual assault
for whatever reason I scrolled through the comments section on a couple youtube videos of people playing the game (bad idea do not do this) and it's so weird to me how people are writing like. full essays arguing that jimmy couldn't possibly have raped anya or that it was obviously consensual or someone else did it or if not then its not important to the story anyway. and most of these arguments seem to stem from the fact that in anya's interactions with him she's nice to him? which i pretty clearly read as appeasing behavior seeing as how everything she says is sandwiched between him being incredibly cruel to her and her trying to protect herself (eg. taking the gun so that even though curly won't let her use it to defend herself jimmy won't be able to hurt her with it). I think the reaction to anya is also kind of a mess since the character pov you have after the crash is jimmy, a person who anya might as well not exist to but is nevertheless the lens that the player is introduced to her through. like I think it's very telling that what haunts jimmy during the final nightmare sequence isn't anya herself but instead the horrible horse baby centipede thing and also the fact that, unique to her death over any other crewmate, the view of her is completely blocked off, like he fully refuses to even consider her as a person which tracks with his need to see himself as the hero! there's no justifying what he's done to her so to him her life can't be worth anything. personally (and tying into the argument of oh why even include it when it doesn't even matter) i think jimmy's treatment of anya is a really good representation of how misogyny and a mindset like jimmy's overlap, how that desire to hold power over other people and to be respected and to get everything he wants without taking anyone else into account gets directed at what he perceives to be the most vulnerable member of the crew even before he crashes the ship and kills them all. it's an attitude that reflects the real life conditions that often lead to sexual assault and it's part of what makes anya's story feel so real :(
#it's interesting to compare jimmy's anger at curly with his anger at anya#curly represents everything he wants but he still holds them on somewhat equal footing and [SPOILERS FOR END OF THE GAME]#while he's just angry at anya for existing#long post#mouthwashing#mouthwashing spoilers
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Adelphopoiesis AU
#not a traditional conclusion to the Force dyad bonding ceremony‚ but nobody could have expected anything else to happen‚ right?#they don't see why the brother-making ceremony shouldn't lead to them ending up in a bed together :))#also‚ Anakin is absolutely smitten by how easily Obi-Wan finally gave in /and/ even initiated‚ once the ceremony was done and#their relationship was officially of equal footing#force dyad#obikin#star wars#sw art#anakin skywalker#obi wan kenobi#anakin skywalker fanart#mayhem art
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Kinda 😾 rn cause I realized the Senna show made the "can we be equal? 👉👈" scene SOOOO much less intimate/cute. Upon watching it, I was too distracted by "Oh! They're referencing dialog that actually happened!!" but now I'm peeved having rewatched the actual clip 😭
Why would they do this to me specifically
#skflka sorry i love to nitpick#i guess this kinda thing is fascinating to me#why change the setting and layout so much???? if you're going to portray dialog we have actual footage of#to me theres just smth so palpably different about them sitting pretty intimately close together on a couch#in much more informal zipped down racesuits. very chill. very close. etc. much more levity(if a bit awkward lol)#vs having them in this very formal setting. sitting in separate chairs. in full racesuit. team and press surrounding them.#having ayrton sit so much more stiff and alain more lax whereas they were both lax in the original. ayrton even more so w his arm draped#i guess im curious how little things like this contribute to the overall portrayal and narrative they are specifically pushing#id include clips to compare bcs i feel like the way they have them speak the lines is sooooo different from irl#but clipping netflix is so annoying LOL maybe later#smth about how they make ayrton feel like this innocent puppy whereas they feel like they're on very equal footing in the irl clip#idk how to describe it. i guess i felt in the original clip alain felt way more cutesy and earnest#joking abt fighting and being equal. and ayrton laughs w him and is much more the intense one yknow#whereas he is portrayed very earnestly in the netflix one. as if alain is this older driver who doesnt take him seriously.#hope this makes sense :) yes i am the annoying fan who holds up a microscope to everything slkjal#anyways. i love that clip. alain is sooooo cute in it#prosenna#catie.rambling.txt#f1
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louis strengthening his access to and reasserting his masculinity by multiplying his financial assets + claudia gaining access to womanhood by attaining financial independence so that she’s able to move through the world without being dependant on her male companion
#it’s also definitely about louis’s complex feelings about being involved with a white man because they fought about lestat treating him like#a slave. and he really disliked being called ‘fledgling’ because it makes him feel powerless when what he’s really trying to do is construct#foundations that enable him to get on equal footing with lestat. but lestat will probably never see him as an equal as long as louis#refuses to kill humans. what makes paris such a poignant period for louis and claudia is that she shows more empathy for him by respecting#his food preferences (on the show that is)#text#iwtv#louis de pointe du lac#claudia de pointe du lac
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love the whole idea of vaggie and charlie only kissing on screen AFTER vaggie's true nature has been revealed bc that makes the whole reveal more impactful like charlie still loves and cares for vaggie despite knowing she's an angel and they finally no longer have any secrets between them so they can kiss while being wholly genuine to themselves yk
#hazbin hotel#charlie morningstar#vaggie#chaggie#hazbin charlie#hazbin vaggie#screaming i love them#no but seriously it's their first on screen kiss and they're finally on equal footing#like i hate the pacing of the show give us more angst#but also chaggie my loves#please season two have more development like i need these two idiots to work through everything instead of it taking place off screen#i love these gays
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I really, really, really want an ending where Solas just ends up as a normal guy. No immortality, no god-like powers, not magic at all. You get a second chance, my dude
Now go learn to live again like that man in Varric’s story
#dragon age the veilguard#dragon age#solas#solasmance#sollavellan#this is the ending I want for his romance#just a mortal man on equal footing with his mortal partner#and now his only goal is to learn how to live alongside the world he created#please don’t give me another Emet-Selch#please bioware
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I find it incredibly funny how Leslye will state something concerning Osha and Qimir so matter-of-factly, without any leg room for much interpretation and people will still go "no, it's actually y and z", as if they somehow understand the text greater than the writer herself.
#oshamir#the acolyte#osha x qimir#qimir#osha aniseya#you can argue that she is failing to portray whatever it is you may have a gripe with#be it the equal footing-no-manipulation claim or the qimir innately knowing osha more opposed to sol#but to come to me or anyone else who are simply rehearsing what has been stated by the show runner or shown in the series#and outright say we are wrong is just next level silly#you set expectations and came with preconceptions of the characters and their dynamics and they continue to be subverted#it's okay#don't fight us oshamir shippers Go Fight God ( leslye headland )
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