#this is why I find him so compelling

[transhawks]

No but like he was unhinged and weird since the beginning but no one apparently notice, or bothered by it?

He became the fastest top 10 hero at the age of 18 without high school connection to gain his fandom (while in universe that's the reason why internship is so important in UA)? No one cares how?

And apparently NO ONE know his name? Or bothered to know?

His modus operandi is by running toward enemies by himself and only using sidekicks for clean up (Not even All Might did that toward Sir Nighteye or Endeavor toward Burnin')? People thought that's normal?

He suddenly humiliated the new Number One hero and his fellow heroes only like, "welp that's just like him"?

He came to Jeanist's home, brandishing his swords, and who know what method he used to convey "hey man I am on secret spy mission right know, may I allowed to operate your lungless body so you appeared dead and can fit on this tiny body bag? And Jeanist was only like "I am in"?

He suddenly became cultist book sales to not only Endeavor but also Kamui Woods/others and no one intrigued more than "another one of his antics? wait there's doomsday message-"

HE ARRANGED SPEECH FOR HEROES PRESS CONFERENCE JUST LESS THAN 24 HOUR AFTER BEING BURNT ALIVE?

THAT MAN IS JUST TINY 23 YEARS OLD BIRD, WHAT DO YOU MEAN "We cannot disregard earnest plea from Endeavor, Hawks, and most notably All Might" WORLD LEADER GENTLEMEN? GROUPING THE BARELY ADULT WITH FLASHY VETERAN GEEZERS?

The feeling when you're so dependable so people ignored your many red flags..

(jokes aside, that's frustrated me so much as someone who has lil bro on Hawks' age. This boy should be in a club this boy should be in a club-)

I really need to update this but you might like this throwback from me:

[elfcollector]

solas stans are so crazy to me. the man shows up in ur life, uses you as a tool in his plot to execute a plan that — by his own admission! — will result in the vast majority of living beings and entire RACES of people dead, MAYBE comes to respect you but not enough to back out of or reconsider the genocide plans, perhaps DATES YOU under these false pretenses, then abandons you entirely

he thinks people like dwarves and qunari and hell anyone who isnt an elf mage are not people. he calls all qunari savages not based on their religion or culture but their phrenology. he rejects the entire idea of growth or change

like i LIKE solas hes a really cool character i cant wait to see what happens with him i think solavellan shippers are awesome etc etc. but TO PRETEND HE IS SOME NOBLE HERO WHO'S NEVER DONE ANYTHING WRONG and no one is allowed to dislike him or talk about him as an antagonist is DERANGED. YOU ARE DERANGED !!!

[aroanthy]

i love how fraught and complicated discourse around various utena characters ‘dying’ is when anthy is literally stabbed to death eternally by a million swords imbued with human hatred. and then utena gets stabbed to death by them also. like. ‘death’ is incredibly interesting in rgu because most of the time it’s this ambiguous figurative thing that has interesting implications re: ohtori as a closed-off world one can escape. we are all trapped in our coffins. mamiya is the only named character with a grave. nemuro memorial hall functions as one all the same. ruka is implied to have died in the hospital— was he dead all along? who was the boy we saw for these two episodes? is this dead boy the same boy, or is this just another coincidence from the shadow girls, cutting like a knife? it’s heavily implied that akio and anthy murder kanae by poisoning her, adding to the previous implication that they were poisoning mr ohtori too, but there are no perceptible consequences of this. kanae’s absence is not felt. she’s fed an apple slice. what happens to the bodies? we know what happened to the 100 boys, but what about everyone else? and so on and so forth. ‘death’ is a tricky thing in utena, i think it’s constantly functioning on figurative and literal levels in very different ways for very different purposes. dios died. dios was dying. dios didn’t die. he grew up. etc etc

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

i can't tell if i'm just not paying attention or if mouthwashing just doesn't make any sense

[weirdbabs]

she just wanted him to say that it was fucked up for scabs to make her head into a giant dobermann to bite her arm!! shes got ptsd!! and instead she was met not only by him telling her to suck it up and ignore her bodys natural response, but him revealing he TOLD her about it. bc it would make her a better fighter

[merlins-strawberriesandroses]

Personally I have not forgotten about the post-finale golden age!!! Merlin is planning continued diplomatic visits with magical beings (a picnic with Freya) 😌

[arsenicflame]

the thing is, right, if izzy WAS evil i would still absolutely love him. hes a fictional character, i don't care about his morals if hes compelling.

but the frustrating thing is that hes not evil, hes not even the antagonist anymore by a long stretch, hes arguably more liked by the crew than ed at the moment, but people still insist that we are reading the text of the show wrong and its going to completely 180 and turn him into a cartoon villain when there is absolutely no sign of that in the show, from the cast and crew, anything!!!

its so ridiculously annoying that i feel i have to defend my stance on a character because some people are so determined to cast him into the roll of a villain he is not, and think that we are the wrong ones for simply reading what the show is putting out

[mira-likes]

When Fan Xian first sees the words on the monument his mother left behind, his reaction is awe quickly followed by: "I get why she died now." He reflects on how she was a great, brave person who wanted to change the world, and effectively goes, RIP to her but I'm different. I'm not that brave. I just want to be happy and live a good life. I'm not here to transform the world into a better place.

I mentioned how he wasn't taking anything seriously at the start and was feeling like he was outside it all, and his reaction is in line with that. He's like, wow, this vision is so objectively impressive. Good thing it's got nothing to do with me.

The next time he talks about the monument is after Teng Zijing's death. He furiously demands from Zhu Ge if anyone even reads the words written there--the words of how people are equal, and how therefore Teng Zijing's life doesn't matter less than anyone else's. Suddenly, these are not just words too brave for this world to bear; suddenly, he's furious that this world isn't like that--that nobody's even trying to live by these ideals.

He still says he's not ready to become the person who makes this vision into reality. He keeps saying that he's not brave enough. But he keeps coming back to this monument in time of crisis or after a brush with injustice. He gets angrier and angrier, over time, about how few people care; he doesn't want to be the person who cares, but he can't help the outrage that bubbles up in him, either. He wants the world to be better. When an injustice leaps out at him, he's got to fix it. And he oscillates between incandescent rage and the voice in his head which reminds him that, in order to live in this world, he has to play by its rules.

Isn't this why his mother died? Didn't he himself say the world wouldn't tolerate someone wanting to change so much? Doesn't he just want a quiet, happy life?..

He still tries to have that good life, is the thing. He doesn't want to be the one man standing against the crowd, as he says during the examination arc. He doesn't want to challenge the emperor. He spends season two trying to live within the system while it becomes increasingly apparent to him how ill the system fits him--how little it serves anybody except those taking blatant advantage of it. And Fan Xian has immense privilege; he could cruise along easily, if only he could turn off that pesky conscience. It's what most everyone wants him to do. But when push comes to shove, he can't. And it's pretty clear that this will usher in his eventual confrontation with the emperor, however little Fan Xian looks for it.

[jam-packed]

thank god im not a journalist cus the amount of eye contact would kill me

[norfkid]

athos, you unbelievably divorced man, your misery is so delicious <3

[faksyan]

In hindsight it's. not that surprising that my anxiety is really bad since I had the night hallucinations that make me see Creatures in my room since I was like four. For the longest time I was like ah yes part of it are the nightmares I had as a child and only now I'm realizing that oh yeah. probably the Creatures as well. that was a thing.

[duckydrawsart]

What is it about Shane do you like and does he even get a job when you marry him?

Not me listening to Heart Worth Breaking while drawing Shane and then receiving this ask hours later lolol

For starters, he is the Ideal Shape (round tummies my beloved). And I found it charming that he's cold towards the farmer but you see him attend every town event, dance at the flower festival, hang out at Gus' bar every night (when he could just as easily drink alone at home) and even dress up at Emily's silly fashion show. It gives me the impression that he's actually quite warm and social once he gets attached to someone (you’re not fooling anyone buddy!) And his relationship with Jas and his love for chickens - precious!! my endearing little guy!!!

His story is also very moving. I think anyone who picks themselves up from a very dark place are incredibly strong and admirable. I know Stardew is kinda a silly little game but Shane's story genuinely encourages me to work more on myself.

As for work, I like to imagine him getting back into stuff like video recording and editing (he helps on the farm too but prefers less physically-laborious work lol). Plus recording really helps him recognize the beauty in simple things. Maybe he uploads some videos of the chickens online and they pop off!

[sskk-manifesto]

Ep 4 :)

[anastacialy]

y'know, i keep making a habit of swinging my bat at hornets nests, but i have to say i'm getting so, so tired of people complaining about shows not making perfect sense when they aren't even close to done. we're four episodes into this season of doctor who. we're four episodes into this season of bridgerton. and yet in both fandoms i keep seeing people whine that such and such didn't make sense or it wasn't explained all the way and by god you guys i think maybe explanations might come later in the season. this is something most viewers will recognize as being called a 'plot.'

[tytonnidaie]

i love to read meta of knives as an abuser and nod my head thoughtfully at all great points and then once the post ends i go back to considering him as my darling son who never did anything wrong ever

[violentdevotion]

wait do you have a fav boys character yet ?

i really like butcher but i feel like that's a basic answer and also the wrong answer. in another world id like frenchie but i can't get over how much i hate the actor. I love maeve theres never a moment she's on screen where im thinking get this woman outta here she's always entertaining to me. i like starlight but (and this is probably a bit nasty to say) there's smth a little uncanny valley about her sometimes where when she's talking im not listening but staring at her face trying to see what features throwing me off. I hate ashley but the actress played an insufferable character in jessica jones too and I really appreciate her ability to play The Most annoying woman you know.

centrist answer i like them all (except stormfront. hated her before i even knew she was a nazi. she was on insta live and i was waiting for her to explode and die) but my fave would have to be butcher bc i find im rooting for him the most and constantly justifying his actions. but sometimes karl urbans accent pisses me off. also black noir but he doesn't Do anything so it's hard to have him as a fave bc he's barely there.