#we unfortunately live in a society and this isn't fully possible

[autistic-shaiapouf]

Sitting here pondering my age old question of, do I want testosterone?

[envy-of-the-apple]

alright so i've been obsessing over family man and the more i think about it the more i'm convinced that the cat is gonna come out of the bag at some point. gojo might not want reader to know about jujutsu society, but becoming MRS gojo kinda puts a giant target on her back and the back of her baby and it's unfortunate that she doesn't know it. but. reina is capable of becoming a sorcerer, right?

how do we think familyman!gojo would be like as a dad during her upbringing, especially her teen years, when kids become far more interested in asserting themselves and differentiating themselves from their parents? would he be more controlling of her and if so when? he's so lenient with kids and encouraging them to grow they way they really want to, and i think this gojo would be like that as a dad as well. except. how it could implicate his relationship with reader.

would reina become a student at the tech, or would gojo try to keep her in the dark, too? gaslight her? or maybe worse, let her in on jujutsu society and try to turn it into an 'our little secret' thing, encouraging her to keep anything like that from her mom and sort of delude her into thinking she's protecting her mom by keeping her in the dark as much as possible. (rip kiyo and unnamed grandpa you have no chance at having any serious influence over gojo reina's life now even if you did love her, god forbid satoshi's influence be allowed to surface anywhere)

what would that be like for reader to have her daughter become a sorcerer and not really know it? for gojo to put a wedge between the two of them and keep the two of them from being able to honestly communicate with each other? would he intentionally try to make it a wedge? would he want what's best for reina (having an open and honest relationship with her mom) or would securing reader's ignorance be his number one concern?

what would it be like for him to even become reina's teacher? how would that influence his relationship with her? because canon gojo, i could see him trying to be the best dad he could be no matter what blood relation, and i think out of all the yan's familyman!gojo is amongst the closest to canon gojo in terms of disposition and circumstances (which is probably why he thrills me aslkjjsa),

but. the yan factor. how would reina having more agency and being in the position she is in change everything? and also. this reader isn't dumb. prone to missing things and denial, sure, she's kinda occupied with a LOT. but. i think she'd notice if something was up with reina. she already kinda notices that something's up with gojo, especially after he's made his romantic intentions apparent.

wouldn't reina inheriting her father's cursed technique just about ruin everything for gojo? because as much as she might not want to, this reader can connect the dots.

so like...as cruel as it is to say, the only reason gojo rlly cares about reina is cuz she's ms.sawai's daughter. he kinda sees reina as an extension of miss sawai. as we saw in the fic, he kept obsessing over how similiar miss sawai and reina were. as reina gets older, their relationship with eachother will get more distant. yknow how some parents only want babies and not humans? yeahhhh thats gojo! so he's not gonna be as controlling over her as he would be on miss sawai+any kids they have together. reina gets the best scenario in this case

i think i mentioned this in another ask but reina is a sorcerer and will have ce. so yes miss sawai will also learn about curses as well as how important gojo is buuuut miss sawai isnt gonna be able to put together the dots of what rlly happened to satoshi cuz there's no real papertrail. gojo is able to keep the stuff that he wants secret, a secret.

as for reina, due to miss sawai, i dont think she'll fully become a sorcerer (aka go to jujutsu tech/learn about CE). miss sawai wants reina to live a normal happy life. buuut the same cannot be said for the children miss sawai has with gojo. even if miss sawai tries to plead the case for them to live normally, gojo+ the clan wont accept it. he's gonna consider those extensions of himself and so ya, their all gonna be sorcerers.

strangely enough, Gojo's favorite kid will be reina. again, its mainly due to him seeing her as an extension of you, but he prefers her over his biological children.

and reina wont inherit satoshi's technique cuz the technique wasnt an inherited technique! but for the sake of discussion...i still dont think miss sawai would be able to put the dots together. despite how crazy the jjk world is..how can you figure out that your now husband fell in love with you via switching bodies with your late-husband and then got so jealous he wound up killing him to take his place???

[leonawriter]

Okay apparently I'm going to do a study on this introduction, because going back to it? Especially knowing more about Hakuba via more recent Magic Kaito chapters? Fascinating stuff.

So. Hakuba's introducing himself, and he starts out by bringing up "My father spoke of you often" and "It seems you're a very sharp detective." Both of those are positive!

Hakuba is... high society, compared to Hattori simply hanging out around high ranking people and treating them like normal. Hattori argues with Kazuha in a very down to earth way, while Hakuba knows how to drink tea and probably how to set the table with a full set of cutlery (or at least how to use them).

So, Hakuba using their fathers to introduce himself is, to him, a normal enough way to say "I've heard good things about you, we're similar, I hope we can get along well."

What's more - Shinichi realises that, pretty quickly. Even if they hadn't met previously, he'd have been able to figure out by the words being used, that Saguru's father knows Heiji's father, or that they're in the same business.

If anything, I'd say that this slight culture clash is the second step of things going wrong between Hattori and Hakuba here, right after Hakuba being present at all, since Hattori had wanted Shinichi to take his rightful place where Hakuba is currently sitting.

Strike one, strike two.

Unfortunately, it gets worse from there, and I'm gonna go into it.

But then Hakuba brings up that he's not even fully based in Japan. To which, mostly Hattori is just "wait, what?" - but although I'm sure he means it simply to be as clear as possible, that could also be read as "I would say that, but I'm actually better." As in, being smug.

Strike three.

Still with "Kudo is the high school detective of the east, that's obvious, isn't it?" and rubbing salt into the insult to Hattori's bro with "they'd have liked me to represent the east in his place" but...

Oh boy.

This... this is also where I just stared and held my head in my hands because now? Because of something Hattori's said, and what he's going to continue saying/leaning into... we need to go back in time.

All the way back in Hakuba Saguru's first appearance, the papers say "just returned from London," suggesting (as I've seen someone say before) that he'd spent at least some, if not much, of his youth in Japan.

Certainly, he doesn't seem to speak with an accent in the present day, so he can't have grown up in the UK and only sometimes lived in Japan.

In Japan, however, he is referred to as...

In Nakamori's (uncouth) words at their first meeting, "Y-you're that bastard from London!"

No mention of how he has a fully Japanese name, partially Japanese features, a Japanese father, and no accent.

His introductory splash also frames him with the Union Jack behind him, showing off his Holmes cosplay and light hair. Almost all the major characters in the series have blue eyes, but here it's rather... plainly emphasising his Western features. His non-Japanese-ness.

Now, I do have to wonder if Gosho wrote that back in 1990 and hadn't given much thought to it. I certainly don't think it was intentionally cruel.

However, by volume 40, released in 2003, he's learned a bit more about social prejudice, and shows this with the Professor's First Love story:

This shows something that happened 40 years ago in-universe, with a girl of Japanese-American descent who has light, gingko colour hair, being very aware of how different she is, and not wanting her friend to see. She calls her hair "weird" and starts to cry.

Coming back to the present - content released in 2006 - let me go back to Hakuba Saguru.

Hattori "That's obvious, isn't it? And yer not even from this country to begin with."

Oh, Hattori. Only the previous case had you seeing how words can be as sharp as knives, and can hurt people.

Saguru doesn't seem too bothered at first, however...

First off, he points out that it isn't even his fault he's "taken Kudo's place" in the first place!

They contacted his housekeeper, who he's been shown to be very close with (I'd hazard a guess to say that, having not seen his mother at all, or seen her mentioned, Baaya is closer to him than his parents are), and when she heard that her charge would only be taking someone else's place since they weren't there, she got offended on his behalf.

Saguru, who loves this woman like she's literally his nanny, could hardly say no at that point.

More to the point: how he says "But it appears I am unfit to represent the East..."

So now we have Hattori having come in wanting his best friend to be represented and not sidelined just because of circumstances out of his control, and being in a bad mood immediately because of someone else having been called in. He also possibly inflates the number of cases he worked on or solved, by including childhood adventures, leading Saguru to point out that his count is only low if you only count the ones in one country. Saguru attempts to make friends with him regardless, and that doesn't work because Hattori is still stuck on how Saguru is "taking Kudo's place" and then focuses in on how Saguru "isn't even from this country" which... starts leaning into the uncomfortable territory of "Hattori I love you to pieces but are you being racist/xenophobic right now?"

I say that in the context of how Japan has a really big problem with seeing anyone who isn't fully Japanese as Not Japanese Enough, as I went into earlier. I don't think he's aware how he's coming across, by the way; he's simply got a big case of foot-in-mouth.

So now instead of having come to this conclusion organically and naturally, Saguru is offering to take the place of "Guest Participant from Overseas" to placate Hattori.

I'd imagine he won't be wanting to tell Baaya about that, for sure.

Saguru goes on to suggest that Conan (i.e, Shinichi himself) should represent the East instead.

I reiterate: they could well have come to this conclusion over a friendly conversation, because of how they have five detectives. But instead now Saguru has ceded his position to (as far as he knows) a child. A very clever child, but a child nonetheless.

The next time we're back at the island with Hattori and the others, he's already decided he doesn't like "that smug guy."

As said before, there are plenty of things that Hattori could have picked up on that'd suggest Saguru "looked down on people" and "had a prideful way of thinking" and he certainly could appear smug in his achievements.

Hattori himself says that Saguru was "was like a copy of [Kudo]." But he has decided he doesn't like Hakuba, therefore he won't like Hakuba.

A moment of Saguru bonding with Natsuki over their natural brown hair, a shared trait - we can see him smiling after saying "But... there aren't any tv cameras yet, so you could do what you want for tonight?"

In a way I feel like I'm making too much of a big deal out of this one thing, but I'm not the one bringing attention to it - Gosho is. Gosho's the one who reminds us that kids get into trouble for their natural brown hair, and Saguru got that too.

Those who've read Magic Kaito will know that he DOES have a Japanese school uniform - but as we saw at the start of the post, when he arrived, he arrived from his school in London.

This further emphasises how he's set apart from the others.

(An aside: it's entirely possible that his "school abroad" is more likely him going to sixth form, since our Secondary schools last (or did for me) up to the age of 16, and depending on the time of year he may have transferred over to the new school year already. Or he's just finishing his last year of Secondary. We don't know.)

Honestly... I'm going to leave this at that for now, because for one thing the post got away from me a bit, and became longer than I expected, and for another thing, I've covered the majority of the first meeting and both of them getting off on the wrong foot.

In short:

Hattori arrived with an idea of slipping Shinichi into the event, and was offended and upset when someone was already in his place. He, being the loyal friend he is, wasn't willing to simply let it lie.

Instead of backing down and accepting the situation and make friends with the new detective - who Shinichi knew and was acting friendly with, and who was willing to befriend him - he let his bad mood get the better of him and made offensive remarks of his own, most of which to the others would seem entirely unwarranted.

Because of that, Hattori still has a bad opinion of Saguru, and Saguru's opinion of Hattori has gone from "my father's spoken of you [positively]" to "rude asshole."

Neither of them are innocent, but when you look at them individually and fairly, neither of them are the only one in the wrong, either.

Like... no wonder they don't get along from here on? Wow.

I did not expect there to be so much in it, but there we go.

[bleachbleachbleach]

Hello, do you think that Unohana being the first Kenpachi was a retcone or not? And what would you have done different with her story?

Thank you for allow me to ask you.

Thank you for this question! I feel like “retcon” has gained a negative connotation, where a retcon becomes a critique to levy against something. But the fact of an audience or the author (or both) assuming something to be true, only to find that it is not, isn't automatically a bad thing.

Do I think, in-universe, Unohana’s co-workers were aware of Unohana Yachiru?

Most of them, no. Everyone’s too busy and too young and the institutional memory is too poor and they respect her too much for it to come up. Though I think everyone has always been well aware that Unohana could kill them all if she wanted to. It’s the “had she ever wanted to” part they probably hadn’t really considered, or felt need to. They probably largely still haven’t, because so much was/is going on and they have so much to do and process. I’m sure Isane would appreciate some friends, though.

Do I think we, as the audience, had to reassess how we knew Unohana?

I mean, I suppose, but I don’t think it feels, like, egregiously out of step to me. It didn't take me out of the narrative. And I say this as a writer who inflicts that feeling on myself all the time (unfortunately for me). We know how long Unohana’s been around (Kyouraku makes mention of this in TBTP), and we know what Soul Society is like, and we’ve seen her ice out rowdy 11th members in her hallways. If someone pitched me “nice lady is secretly bloodthirsty af” as a premise, I can’t say it would immediately appeal to me. Who doesn’t have a bloodthirsty past in this genre, lol yawn.

But I enjoy Unohana’s story in its particularity very much. I don’t think it negates how we knew her before, or tarnishes it, or cheapens it, or renders it false. We have a woman who is/was both/an; someone who has enjoyed the sword; someone who learned healing arts in order to prolong her fights; but ALSO as someone who has nurtured generations of healers, and saved the lives of countless; brings her A-game to these dumb captain’s meetings, and built the entire 4th as we know it. You don’t do any of that if you don’t believe in it for real. Not well.

Do I think Kubo knew about Unohana Yachiru when he started Bleach?

I don’t know, but I hope not! I hope he had no clue, for years and years! I hope he had a retcon moment, because I cannot imagine anything more soul-depleting than working for years and years and years on a story you already knew everything about.

I believe that writing should be an act of discovery, a means of processing and knowledge-creation in itself. And I think that is beautiful about sprawling serialized works is that you get to see the creative endeavor—not laid bare, I suppose, but in a state of dishabille. You get to see the ideas grow and evolve and sometimes totally about-face. You can see the misses and the “actually we’re gonna drop that storyline” and the “lol we should have dropped this, but now we can’t” and the elegant saves. There’s an element of live theatre to it, except perhaps with more of a puzzle to it, too. Because the creation isn’t fully live; there’s a time-delay; there’s space to look at what has been written and ferret out where one might go from there. Like ferrets, sometimes the solutions are elegant, and sometimes they are simply bold. I love both possibilities.

If there’s one thing this blog believes in to its very core, it’s in the premise of “yes and.” Whether reading canon or creating in fandom, we believe in going on the journey and figuring out what we can make of it, or what we can make with it. On this blog, we've talked about sprawling serial canons as being full of invitations, and I think that's true for Kubo, too. Design your world with plenty of open doors, or closed ones, or doors defined loosely, to pick and choose and experiment with or abandon later on.

I’m not saying we like everything Bleach has to offer, LOL. We do not. Or that we think Kubo as a creator is beyond reproach. Generally, I don’t really care to linger too much on what Kubo does or thinks. But I do hope he’s enjoying himself. Time is precious and we all deserve to enjoy ourselves more than what this world offers on its own

[sunbutter-fem]

Okay, but it /was/ unfortunately an "anthropological curiosity," and that's what led to Indigenous Peoples with gender expression/presentation outside the realm of white comprehension having their genitals studied by settler-colonial invaders. It's what led to the immediate reactionary massacres of all who didn't fit into white people's ideas of gender. RE: primarily Indigenous People we would label as transfem with today's lense/understanding. Not to be a sour fuck on this post, but I feel incredibly weirded out when I see presumably white trans people fantasizing about a time when they'd receive the smallest of crumbs from polite (cis/white) society regarding their status as trans when those same people didn't view people of color as fully human (varying degrees).

On a similar note... The burning of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft in 1933 (Institute of Sexology)? Magnus Hirschfeld's life work being destroyed? He helped to administer hrt and even worked on gender-affirming surgeries (among so much else). Nothing exists in a vacuum. The masses were being riled up by fascists. There are similar patterns to everything that came after that as well.

"Estradiol was discovered in 1933. It became available as a medication that same year, in an injectable form known as estradiol benzoate. Forms that were more useful by mouth, estradiol valerate and micronized estradiol, were introduced in the 1960s and 1970s and increased its popularity by this route." - from the Estradiol (medication) Wikipedia page

By '79, we had "The Transsexual Empire." For those unaware, that was radical feminism's response to the increasing popularity of trans people, particularly trans women, transitioning with hormone replacement therapy (hrt) and "claiming lives as women."

I'm getting off track. Like sure, it might appear through what little is accessible from the documented past that the public thought transness was just this "quirky little thing." However, the better conditions become for trans people (along with numerous other marginalized groups), the more of a perceived threat they are to the status quo. The better fuel for rising fascism. A better target to point at and say, "the degeneracy has come too far." Thousands of trans people are accessing a kind of happiness they never thought possible, and some are displaying it on social media for the world to see or are appearing in media and livestreamed debates. The "weirdos who cross-dress and act unnaturally for their sex" has gradually become "there isn't a hard line between the sexes." It's giving the keepers of the status quo absolute whiplash. It's why there's dangerous mouthpieces like Jordan Peterson and Matt Walsh going on about Manhood(tm), "traditional" masculinity and femininity, marriage, and "Western Civilization." It's why the political and legislative discourse has shifted past bathroom/sports bills and is now focused on what could be called "forced detransition" bills. It's all connected, too (RE: nothing exists in a vacuum). It's why abortion rights are being struck down. It's why interracial and gay marriage are being eyed. It's why the ICWA (Indian Child Welfare Act) is being challenged.

This isn't an attack on OP, either. I want that to be clear. If anything, it's a critique on the romanticization of the past in a way that glosses over the grim reality of those times (while not acknowledging the wonders of today). I'm sure you're as down as I am about the particularly vicious and unrelenting attack on trans people we're experiencing right now. I just want to remind people that there hasn't been a better time to be a part of virtually any marginalized group than right now, even though so many of us are under direct fire. This isn't to say that "progress" is linear. Let's just say that seeing transness and anthropology in the same line of thought triggered something deep inside me.

man this sucks, being trans should have been an anthropological curiosity, not a political movement, it should have been a quirk of humanity, not a fight for survival, it should have been like being colorblind, or having six fingers, it should have been something science teachers taught their students excitedly because it was this interesting bit of trivia, it should have been no more exciting than being a furry or being born with edietic memory. it should have been this little vibrant community whose only care in the world was to share tips about how to customize your presentation it should have been an off hand remark while hanging at a bar to the tune of “hey, isnt joan of accounting trans? crazy stuff my cousin tom changed too and now is nora”

i look back at all those old news papers from like the 30′s and 40′s and the way they seemed to talk about the subject and is like fuck, how can we get that back

[twst-hanaya]

Silver's Tragedy

Some of my thoughts on Silver and his situation.

Note: There will be spoilers, and no, I'm not paying attention to what kind, so read at your own risk. Also I dive into a LOT a lot of speculation about Silver's possible thoughts and feelings, so again, disclaimer: this is all just my opinion lol please don't get mad at me. This is chock-full of assumptions based on not a lot of evidence so and I'm willing to live with that lolol.

That being said, let's get into it!

I made sure to read through all of Silver's Vignettes before writing this all down, and it did make me restructure some of my ideas into something based more on what we've seen of Silver in the story.

Here's the thing about the Diasomnia quartet right? They're a family, really family in a way that no other dorm is. There are childhood friends and people who have known each other all their lives, but Diasomnia is different because it wasn't a group of peers growing up together. They're more close to the nuclear family structure of having a parents, an adult that is meant to be a caretaker and children who were guided under that paternal role. While Malleus is obviously not quite as guardian-like as Lilia he's basically the doting Uncle in this scenario.

The reason I mention this is because although this is their dynamic, there's an inversion of expectations here that is unfortunate and unavoidable and not normal. Whereas most people would expect the parent to be the first to die, and the child to forge ahead without them, it's the opposite here. Silver is a human, in a society full of fairies and ancient creatures, and Lilia raised him knowing that it was all the more likely that his son in all but blood would turn to dust before he even saw a wrinkle appear anywhere on his own face.

Silver expresses in his Scary Dress Personal Story that having Lilia and Malleus disappear like that was incredibly rattling, because it had never even occurred to him that they would never be in his life. He's fully steeped in the expectation that he'll be the one leaving everyone else behind, and the experience of having them stand before him as an enemy, someone he could no longer stand beside, was a moment that woke him up to the reality that this may not always be the case.

(While it seems like there was a hell of a lot of foreshadowing for the events of Chapter 7 in this particular Vignette, I'm not really gonna get into that here since I'm focusing on analyzing Silver as a character rather that the events of TWST as a whole. )

While this episode focuses on Silver waking up to the possibility of loss on his own part where it never existed before, I want to focus on the other side of this coin. I can only imagine the kind of mentality you end up having growing up as a mortal in a world of practically immortal beings. Indeed, he seems unbothered and unflappable for the most part, with a tendency towards obliviousness. He doesn't seem to have much negative emotion in general, and is fairly straightforward and honest with both himself and others. And you know what? I'm sure he is fine.

The thing about people though, is that we're capable of being "fine" with a lot of fucked up things. We get used to it, we compartmentalize - we can't keep functioning if we let it bother us. There are things that are "just the way they are" that are absolutely fucked up. While Lilia and Malleus's tragedies are the burden of time and the inevitability of it, and everything that's swept away by it, Silver's tragedy is that ever present understanding that he will be the one abandoning everything he loves. It's one thing to grow old with your loved ones - it's a whole other beast to feel time slipping by you as they remain unchanging and ever the same, on a completely different plane of existence.

Can you imagine how lonely that must be?

He isn't a dog - he's a person and he's aware. And that's all Silver has known really. He's befriended fellow humans during his time at NRC certainly, but they aren't family. He's constantly focused on what he can give back to them for loving him, and he's constantly fighting to give them something of worth while he still has the chance. What can he leave them? He talks a lot about returning Lilia's debt of kindness with everything he can, and I can't help but feel it isn't just gratitude that drives him, even if he isn't aware of it himself.

I think we focus a lot on how the ones being left behind are hurt, but it's worth acknowledging the burden that comes with being the one that leaves.

(On a sidenote, I think Sebek has a very interesting role to play in all of this, but with the level of information we have on him, I hesitate to make any speculations. He's half-fae, half-human, and I'm sure that comes with its own baggage that deserves its own post. The reason I can't make a more meaningful analysis is because we don't really have a grasp on how half-human half-fae lifespans work in comparison to full humans and faeries, and even different types of fairies, though it's pretty clear (to me at least) from what he's said that his mom is some kind of Vampire, or Baobhan Sith type of fae.)

[satanfemme]

re: that post I reblogged yesterday(?) about how dogs can be/are dangerous, and my tags saying they aren't human babies. I'm thinking about that still cause, honestly imo, soooo many problems with how people treat dogs seems related to the fact that most people see them as a 1:1 equivalent to a small human child. infantalizing them to a cartoonish degree. cause it's like, yes they need so much help navigating human society, and it's our job to care for them either way -- that's literally the evolutionary relationship our two species have. but an adult dog is still gonna be a fully autonomous living thing exactly the same as you are as an adult human. different social rules/'types' of intelligence/evolutionary niches doesn't negate the existence of a dog's internal world, thoughts, wants, and opinions. u might not be able to fully relate to those thought processes or understand them, but your understanding isn't what gives them worth.

(ntm it's entirely possible to better understand dog behavior with simple practice/research, but maybe that's just my personal "inclined to understand dogs better than other humans" neurodivergence talking idk lol)

obv example, but that's all why small dogs (who are easier to physically control, and therefor easier to physically treat like a toy/baby) are so frequently reactive -- their autonomy isn't respected otherwise. meanwhile in a lot of cases (tho nowhere near all unfortunately), large dogs can more easily demand respect before resorting to reactivity. and that's why we have to bribe the dogs at work so constantly lol. if a guy who's stronger than me doesn't want to follow me somewhere or go into a kennel for me or whatever, I simply can't force him even if I try. he will just stand there, and no one can stop him. so instead we need to work together to reach a mutual agreement; it's two-way communication. in the same vein: one of the first things I was trained on at work is how to respect dogs' consent/ask for their consent with things whenever possible. these considerations are super important in treating dogs right... and yet how frequently are they ignored/not-considered by humans cause a dog is seen as unthinking or lesser?

anyway this is just an incomplete thought tangent that doesn't even touch upon the way human children are wrongfully denied autonomy as well, or how worth isn't remotely tied to intelligence anyway. but u know. just something I've been thinking about while dealing with bad dog owners/potential-owners every day & while contemplating "hecking pupper furbaby" culture

[lale-txt]

I'm volunteering at a lgbtq+ group for troubled youth in my hometown.

We watch movies, go on hiking trips and provide social help and counseling services! And try to teach as much as we can to the teens, our society and especially the teens' families.

I unfortunately can't afford donating anything else than my time and heart, so would it be OK to send you an official paper about my service there instead of a donation?

I might not be your only follower in this situation, so I wanted to ask. I totally understand if you don't want to do it - it involves tons of personal information and my first language isn't even English, so I'd have to see if I could even make that work....

But I wanted to ask if it's a possibility 😅

oh honey! thank you for reaching out!

i fully understand that not everyone has the financial means to support this with a donation. it's shitty times we live in. there's many ways of helping and doing what you do is just as important as giving money, if not even more important!

you don't have to send me any details or personal information of course, i trust that people don't misuse this whole thing simply for a free fic (and if they do i will haunt them). i think it's amazing that you're volunteering and helping local, the world needs more people like you (っ˘з(˘⌣˘ ) ♡

send me a dm and we can talk about all details, i'm happy to write something for you!

same for people in a similar situation, please always feel free to reach out to me and we can figure something out! i want this to be a safe space for everyone who faces oppression and who stands up against it. i'll write till my fingers are bloody if it means someone who does their best to help will get a little reward for it.

[homeiswherethewitchcraftis]

Hi, I've been browsing your blog (instead of doing my project proposal for class haha) and I just wanted to acknowledge that yeah I'm here commenting on your controversial stuff not out of malice, but as a way of questioning my beliefs and working through them consciously rather than just believing them dogmatically. I think it's important to engage with content you don't fully agree with to see WHY it is you don't agree with it, or if there's something you do agree with. So thank you for allowing me to do that on your posts. Do you have any advice or resources for witches who would feel smothered being a tradwife but want the self-sufficiency that tradwife-ism(?) is involved with? Also just a heads up I noticed you said you weren't feminist (why would you not be on your own side to choose? That's a side question) yet you've reblogged some radical feminist content (which is often misandrist and hateful, which, again, I'm not sure that was your aim). Also also (bear with me lol) I notice you have some posts about getting off birth control? In a world that tends to treat women so poorly (I had the displeasure of finding an online community that specialzed in objectification, sexualization, and open rape threats), how can women protect themselves against these types of people? Early blessed Samhain and may whatever you put into the universe return to you thricefold

Hello, I'm glad you are interacting with my posts I always encourage people to interact respectfully with content thy may not agree with.

I am happy to address your questions and encourage you to reach out to me with any further questions you might have.

My advice for witches who want self sufficiency even if they don't want to be homemakers or traditional wives would be to focus on the aspects of these lifestyles that do work for you. For myself my time as a homemaker was freeing I feel and have always felt smothered by working/ boss babe culture. I'm a traditional witch (meaning I practice traditional folk magic ) most of the women who practiced this path before me were wives and mothers who lived off the land out of necessity.

No I am not a feminist because feminists aren't on my side. You can belive in equal rights for men and women and still not be feminist. You can acknowledge any good done by past feminists and still not be a feminist. Modern feminism does more harm to women in my opinion and the cultural impact of alot of the feminist movement has been negative.

I sometimes reblog posts I agree with even if I disagree with other thins the original poster believes or if we agree on a topic but for different reasons. It's OK to agree with someone occasionally and disagree with them the rest of the time

I'm against birth control and the way our society treats it. Many young women are FORCED or bullied into using it without ever being told about possible side effects or the downsides. Birth control leads to increased rates of depression and obesity 2 major health issues we face right now. Birth control can also be linked to long term fertility issues.

Personally I was forced into getting an invasive form of birth control (iud) that caused me alot of problems. I've known so many women and girls who have had similar experiences it's important to speak out about it. Unfortunately speaking about negative experiences with birth control (especially if they are also issues of medical misogyny) will lead to being bullied either by other medical care providers or more commonly "feminists "

My advice to women who are concerned about their safety (or in general) is get a gun. A dead rapist isn't a threat to anyone

[whiterbone-a]

i wanna know what your take on the nanami / gojo relationship is ?? cause a big part of me is like nanami isn't someone who really talks , like you won't get inside of him and he'll make jokes here and there with the whole work is shit thing . but i think he lost his heart and happiness alongside yuu and i think he even said this wasn't a mission first years should be on and the fact that yuu looked up to getou and gojo so much and still got killed was like a fucking blade to the stomach.

i mean do you think there is a romantic possability , i do play around with it but at the same time do you think it would be comforting ?? like i know the big ship is gojo and getou because of how close they were but what is nanami to gojo , a tool and a function or a friend and possible lover ??? and how will his death effect him ???

also were gojo actively smiles , nanami only smiles when death is around the corner and i am like red flags here and there . but sorry this got so long and please feel free to ignore it .

hello and welcome.  take a seat and thank you for joining me.  if this doesnt make sense just pretend u know what im talking about, its the adhd for making my thoughts so scattered everywhere

so in concept the nanami and gojou ship in a romantic concept is rly cute in concept like u have an ex - salary man whos serious doesnt allow himself the luxury of acting his age but on the other end u have someone who still acts like hes a child and never takes anything serious even when hes fighting.  they both endured the trauma being a jujutsu sorcerer entails yet they have nothing in common -- gojou dresses like hes a reflection with the moon and nanami, the sun.  also the fact that gojou thinks that he, himself, is ascended above all he works with while nanami is just a human living his day to day, and lot of ppl use this as nanami to bring down gojou to his morality just like a nudge or a friendly reminder.  he even tolerates and puts up with him a lot more than he should.  hes very patient but very honest.  a lot of the fanart of them is SO CUTE esp when theyre married and living happily with one another.  i even ship them, its actually one of my top ships next to satosugu but like in reality its not so great unfortunately

honestly?  theres a small slim of a possibility but due to the nature of the clash of personalities and what their job its like ... not rly possible

nanami, even out of being a salary man, fully treats being a jujutsu sorcerer as a 9 - 5 job and refuses to work overtime. he has small luxuries like he enjoys reading and eating left overs after a day of working hard like who wouldnt and not to mention hes the type to keep his relationships strictly professional. gojou has probably asked him several times to take him out for drinks after work (altho work never ends with gojou which is ironic) and has said no.  it’s funny now that i think about it,  shouko probably asks him for an occasional drink after hours and he accepts because at least he likes shouko and he knows theres no ulterior motive from her just a couple of coworkers doing some heavy drinking but nothing ever more than that -- hes even said that he wants to get married but when hes no longer a sorcerer

sucks tho, because like everyone else, nanami sees gojou as someone who is extremely powerful and only sees him for his techniques except more like hes a nuisance and extremely annoying, even to the point of having absolutely no respect for him.  he realizes, yeah hes strong but as for the full package that is satoru gojou?  there’s absolutely nothing to respect about that man

and while we’re talking about gojou, i’ll say it, he’s mentally unstable.  i mean, we all knew that -- hes got a couple of “screws loose” as he puts it inside that rattling brain of his.  on the opposite side of the spectrum, hes not capable of handling a romantic relationship.  hes always always busy, its rare that that he gets a breather for himself.  hes always being sent out on missions out of country and ive always portrayed gojou as the type of partner thats not even gentle on his partners in terms of being playful, childish, and being a nuisance.  his mental health is absolutely terrible (i’m not saying nanamis is any better but) hes always acted much younger than what he is altho i do blame his upbringing for that.

and gojou treats everyone as good friends but does like to particularly pick on ppl who take themselves too seriously (nanami and utahime), mei mei and yuki are exempt from this.  he also doesnt rly care for ichiji but like, that doesnt matter LOL.

i do see nanami eventually giving in for one (1) after dinner ‘date’ after work but when gojou is actually less himself, hes tolerable to be around which isnt saying much tbh.  you should def listen to the nanami and gojou drama audio if u can!  they’re so fucking funny as a pair, which solidifies them as being cute but were not talking about that rn.

in terms of being ‘what are they’ to each other, its hard to tell.  i talked about it briefly as nanami reminding him of his morality and being his humility tho gojou doesnt act like it, he fully believes hes above all and everyone, lovers and close friends are included in this.  i read a lot of nana/go fanfics and they portray nanami as someone to push down his ego;  to remind him hes actually Not all that great, a child in an adults body, etc.  he’s a brutality honest man and gojou can take critic and criticisms to his person but that doesnt mean hes going to listen (and he doesnt, hes even self aware that his personality sucks ass but does he bother to change?  absolutely not and he wont start now nor for anyone else).

yuu did definitely help nanami change and shift his ideas about the world, esp hating the jujutsu society afterwards.  like, i dont blame u king, it sucks ass.  tho, i dont think nanami looked up or cared for gojou and getou that much.  getou he looked up to more so because at least hes as a respectable guy, strong, good looking, and stimulates intellectual conversations.  gojou?  not so much.  nanami probably thought that it doesnt matter if u have techniques that is extremely rare to acquire and even more so to master but u suck ass and u dont stimulate joy to be around.

nanami is a good friend and high school buddy to gojou and nanami would definitely call him ‘coworker’ or something along those lines when hes annoyed him too much or doesnt want gojou to benefit too much from simple acknowledgement.  gojou thinks hes an ascended being but he definitely respects and finds nanami to be a strong sorcerer and was rather surprised when he took the 9 - 5 job but it was definitely safer.

death ... ah, i think about this all the time.  it’s like losing suguru all again except he didnt go rogue and kill a whole village.  hes absolutely confident in nanamis abilities to fend off curses and hes too stubborn to let himself die as well, so the idea of him dying doesnt ever cross his mind.  thats a true stab to the gut to hear that nanami has died, maybe a moment of truly being unhinged and a darker nature but we wont rly know until it happens in the manga, which i cant wait.  i mean, at least mei mei, utahime, and shouko are around but this is nanami were talking about.  if this was in terms of a romantic relationship rather than a simple seemingly one - sided friendship of enjoying of being around that person but that person just tolerating him and hoping he goes away eventually.  i can’t say, i can’t say!  just take these thoughts with like a grain of salt.

also that last statement in the ask, gojous smiles are fake and a mask while the rare times nanami does smile, its genuine.

regardless of what i said, i think it can be a comfy ship!  this ship isnt toxic but any means (unless u make it toxic then well, thats a you thing) so just enjoy it!  i know i do i think as long as u recognize that maybe neither of them being a relationship would benefit the other then go stupid go crazy, i know i will.

[thejustmaiden]

Why do you think Sunrise did that event in with Sesshomaru and Rin's VAs mirroring InuKag? They have already done that CD Drama, do you think they did that to give hope to the shippers? What if after so many hints, if they reveal in the anime that Sessrin isn't canon, aren't the shippers gonna be disapointed? This may be a dumb question and your answers are always smart and well-articulated, but i seriously don't understand their marketing strategy, do you care to explain for me?

Oh, hey there! I appreciate all the love you've been leaving on my blogs lately. I really hope I'm able to give you an answer you're satisfied with. Sorry it took some time to get back to you. I hope this makes up for it. 🙏

I'm not gonna lie, I'm up and down about how I feel about that livestream and what it means for the future of this ship. My brain has been on roller coaster mode since basically the moment the sequel was announced. We're in the home stretch now, and we better get the answers WE WANT the second that sequel comes out. Since it's evidently not going to happen anytime sooner- welp!

Before the livestream aired, I really thought us fans were on the verge of discovering the mom and that it was going to be Rin. We still had hope she wasn't, but at the same time most of us antis were "bracing for impact." lol

Then nothing happened.

We were pretty shocked but obviously relieved. The days before it came out, I was telling others (as well as myself lol) that just because Sesshomaru and Rin's VAs had a livestream together doesn't confirm anything. Besides, why does that have to automatically mean that both pairings need to be romantic? We all know how integral these characters are/were to each other's storylines, so these pairings make the most logical sense, wouldn't you say?

In the previous livestream with the voice actors who play Inuyasha and Kagome, they discuss the new character Moroha and introduce her as Inuyasha AND Kagome's daughter. Now let's compare that to the other livestream with Sesshomaru and Rin's VAs. When they described Towa and Setsuna, they did so as Sesshomaru's daughters NOT Sesshomaru and Rin's daughters. That to me is the most telling piece of evidence.

Like how could they not use that prime opportunity to tell us Rin's the mom when her voice actor was literally sitting right there??! We were all expecting it and they still insisted on giving us nothing! What this tells me is that it's possible this mom is a new character, and it even appears she is quite pivotal to the new series. I keep changing my opinion on that part though to be honest with you, because sometimes I think she won't be important at all in the grand scheme of things. (See what I mean about being up and down? lol) Idk about you, but it seems to me like we haven't even met her character. If it was Rin, why keep it a mystery? It's not like Sessrin's popularity is exactly a secret in this fandom. Why wait until the big reveal if it's "so obvious" in the first place? How does Sunrise benefit from hiding this information?

If it does end up being Rin, it would've been better to just come out and say it. If this ain't just pure fanbait like some of us still hope it is, why hold back? Give 'em what they want already and let us antis be at peace. If they hope to think that I'll change my mind and give this sequel a go just because I've waited this long so might as well, they're sorely mistaken. If anything, I'm going to be pissed they kept us in the dark this long when they could've just saved us all the trouble. I imagine that goes for a lot of us, shippers and antis alike. Whatever way you look at it, I won't be invested in this sequel if Sessrin goes canon- period. I cannot and will not be on board with a series that promotes such a harmful and insulting dynamic.

Which brings us to Sunrise's marketing strategy. Well, I definitely think they have been catering to the fans of this ship for quite some time now. Because, ya know, money. Whether that's because they plan to make this ship canon or not remains to be seen. "Show meee the moneeeeyyyy!" *yells in Jerry Maguire*

There was first the drama cd and more recently that calendar which included art of adult!Rin with Sesshomaru, but neither of those are canon first off. Also, does anyone know if it was actually confirmed to be pro-Sessrin fan art? I mean, I know it doesn't look very good when the artist who made it is a Sessrin shipper and certain fans are fawning over their OTP, but that doesn't necessarily mean the calender automatically is either last I checked. I wonder why it can't simply be Rin as an adult visiting with Sesshomaru. I believe in one picture she's seen giving him a flower, much like little Rin would've done, or just as any child does for a loved one. So if Rin is still bringing him flowers as an adult, I would assume that means their relationship dynamic hasn't changed at all. That's what's supposed to happen, too! If an adult's relationship was established with another person while they were just a child, then that adult will always view them as a child no matter what and vice versa. Even when those children become grown-ups, that won't change. That's just how things are, or how they're supposed to be rather. In other words, a normal healthy adult-child bond does not resemble one like Sessrin.

Both Sessrin fans and antis agree there haven't been any romantic implications between Sesshomaru and Rin in the original series. That's why I can't understand for the life of me why we're even having this discussion. Alas, here we are. This is what happens when society has conditioned us to believe that the only proper (aka "best") way an adult male and a young female's closeness can evolve is with romance. So maybe it's not obvious at first (because that would be illegal), but we should EXPECT their relationship to shift in that direction. Why, you ask? Well, simply because sexualizing young girls is the norm so why not, right? No clues or foreshadowing required! Because like I just said, that would be illegal. Fiction has loopholes for this kinda stuff, so problem solved?

Nope! Aging her up counts too, folks! When you look at a girl character and the first thing you think is, "I can't wait till she grows up so she can f*ck" then, yeah, you're a part of the problem. You may not realize it, but you are. That's not to say you're a bad person or that it's even your fault, just saying that there are times in all of our lives where we start to question some of our beliefs. If you not only support but desire the idea of a romance eventually forming between a grown man- yes, 19 is an adult- and a young girl, then you should probably ask yourself why that may be and re-evaluate. Please stop using cultural differences and history that dates back almost a thousand years to justify this so-called tradition.

"You all shouldn't think too deeply about this, it's just fiction! Ugh, you're ruining the fun! Antis should all just shut up! Only we can have problems, but when you do it's just complaining!"

Right....

And by the way, most of us are not even complaining. We're being critical of the content we're watching. Criticism isn't always pretty unfortunately.

If Sunrise and Rumiko do decide to go through with this, then I will disappointed, sure, but not surprised. Romanticizing these sexualized images of young or pre-pubescent girls has been happening for far too long, after all. We've become desensitized to it sadly enough, especially when the media continues to glorify it. I wish we'd realize how many young girls- or minors in general- we're putting in danger by sending messages such as this.

To you young teenage girls and even boys reading this, you may not fully understand right now, but it's never okay for anyone to tell you that your body being sexualized is a natural and beautiful thing. It's going through through a lot changes at your age, yes, but they should never use your curiosity to satisfy their sexual needs. Don't allow some of these stories to be an example of what is acceptable to occur in your own life if you were ever to encounter a similar situation, especially if fiction is all that you have to compare it to. It is not in any way, shape, or form okay for an adult to say or do sexual/romantic things to you. Even a conversation that may seem harmless at first could have dire consequences. No, not even if you trust them and they're one of your favorite people in this world are these things ever appropriate. What they're asking from you or showing you is dangerous, and even if it doesn't seem like it they are very likely taking advantage of you. If you're ever unsure about something, don't hesitate to come to me. Or maybe you have a loved one that you can go to, that works too. 😊

Idk if I even gave you a definite answer, but perhaps it's because I'm still figuring it out myself. If I ever do, ha! I hope by allowing you to get inside my head for a little bit you got a better idea. Or maybe not, and I just made it more confusing for you. Oops! lol Feel free to hit me up again, dear, and have a nice day/night!! 👋

[ante--meridiem]

Idk whether I should prolong this conversation but I had a few thoughts: two ppl donate to charity, one out of want to help, one to brag about it on instagram, does their thoughts and motivations for doing the exact same thing really not matter or make those two examples different? would it be wrong to say that one person was more moral than the other in this example? similarly isn't there a difference between a person thinking "I desire x but won't go after it cos I feel strongly about y"

and another person thinking "I desire x but unfortunately can't get it cos z" when both ppl end up doing nothing, does the lack of actions prevent us from coming to the conclusion that the person driven by selflessness is more morally righteous? Is it even possible to completely separate thoughts and actions when talking about human behavior? and when we're talking about cases of ppl having bad thoughts and choosing to not act on them which seems to be what you mainly have in mind then imo it is noteworthy and arguably proves the person to be "good", simplistically speaking, that they are actively fighting those thoughts. however that requires that outside of thoughts of hurting others the person would also have to harbor thoughts of disgust for their own ideas or thoughts of not wanting to cause others pain, which in turn would make me describe their thought process as "they don't desire to do harm" despite their "bad thoughts"

OK, I did kind of want to drop this conversation but you raise some interesting points here so I'm willing to respond. Firstly I want to clear up the paradigm I'm using to debate this. When it comes to morality there isn't really any objective way to determine the "truth" of a statement, so my metric for agreeing or disagreeing with a statement is "is this a helpful way of looking at things?" And... I generally find that paradigms that try to use morality to measure a person's innate worth, rather than to get people to treat each other well, do more harm than good. (To be honest, any attempt at measuring people's "innate worth" raises a ton of red flags for me because that kind of thing can go downhill fast, even when it claims to be based in morality).

I like the "donating to charity" example because there's a good deal to unpack there. The danger in donating only so you can brag on instagram is that the help you give will likely be superficial and poorly thought out; a difference not just in motivation, but in action and impact. Even if the two individual actions are identical the long-term trend will likely be different, and really you can't judge people on one-off actions anyway (unless those actions are really extremely bad or really incredibly selfless).

However let's suppose the two people's actions really are identical long term. Let's talk motivations; what is a fully selfless motivation? I don't consider "wanting to be a good person" to be that much less selfish than wanting to brag on instagram; sure, it may be deeper and more internally motivated, but it’s still ultimately about you and not the people you're helping. The only fully selfless motivation is if your actions are a direct response to people's pain. But if they are, then you won't care to analyse your own motivations, because what matters to you won't be why you're helping someone but the fact that it makes their life better. So paradoxically, the person with the "purest" motivation will be the one to tell you that the selflessness of their motivation doesn't matter; all that matters is that they've helped someone.

Here's the thing: I've spent time going down overthinking spirals about whether I'm only nice to people because I want them to like me. But ultimately the only conclusion of any value that came from this is that the more I overthought it, the worse I actually ended up treating people, because I didn't want to do it "just so they'll like me". In the end I would rather be kind always out of partially selfish motivations, then be kind only when my motivations are pure.

The thing is, us humans have high ideals but we're equipped with primitive monkey brains that mostly want things like "pleasure" and "validation". Trying to fully transcend this seems impossible; the best we can do is try to hack our brains so that their systems of obtaining short term rewards align with our long term ideals. That's why it's important that we do validate and encourage people when they act in ways we consider good. (And that's also my issue with those "you shouldn't be rewarded for being a decent human being" posts; people need positive reinforcement to build good behavioural patterns. Once they're there they can generally manage on their own but until then, why would you not help them do better?) The fact that we can get approval from things like donating to charity and posting about it on instagram is a feature of society, not a bug. What's true is that the more internally motivated someone is, the less effort society will have to expend keeping them in line, so from that perspective you could consider them a better person. But in the end we don't exist in a vacuum and our morals don't develop in a vacuum; our morals are learnt in the only way any behavioural pattern is ever really learnt, which is via positive and negative feedback.

I guess the point here is: our behavioural patterns are basically something that can be programmed and hacked, and our thoughts are the code that run it. You judge a piece of code not by its inherent value but by whether or not it does what it's supposed to. Some pieces of code are more prone to bugs and glitches, but they aren't "bad" because they're inherently impure in some way, they're bad because they aren't reliable enough in producing results. Our hypothetical instagram bragger would be an example of that. And the best we can really do is make the most functional code we can with the tools we have, not condemn each other for having the "wrong" kind of programming language installed.

You're entirely right that I focused on people who want to counteract their bad thoughts, but that's because they are the kind of people the original quote makes most sense as being addressed to. It makes no sense to tell someone that their desires matter as well as their actions when they already fully intend to act on those desires; such a person clearly has no interest in "being good" so it's rather pointless telling them how they could do so. On the other hand it seems supremely unhelpful to tell someone who is fighting their negative impulses that having such impulses makes them bad; at worse it will convince them there's no good fighting since they're bad anyway, and at best it will weigh down their mental health with a ton of guilt that just makes the thoughts harder to fight. And on the flip side it isn't helpful to encourage the kind of moral scrupulousity that makes people suspect they might secretly be awful even though they do their best to do good things, because their desire to do so may be based in "selfish" human needs like "receiving love, praise and validation". Moral condemnation is only something that works against people who are susceptible to guilt, and people who are susceptible to guilt will almost certainly fit the criteria of "fundamentally not wanting to be bad", even if they sometimes have to fight conflicting desires. People who want to be bad are not responsive to being told they're bad.

I also find it kind of... creepily intrusive to want to pull apart and judge someone's inner thoughts and motivations when they've done nothing wrong. I am far more disturbed by humanity's desire to judge and condemn each other on such a personal level than by the thought that some people might do good things for selfish reasons. I find it possible, but extremely unlikely, that someone who makes no effort to counteract their "bad" desires will act virtuously for their entire lives, the same way it's technically possible but extremely unlikely that a piece of code full of bugs and glitches would run smoothly every time it's used. But if one or two such people do manage this and hence slip through the gaps in our judgement... what's actually the great loss? The world is no worse off for it. On the other hand, if we seek them out and punish them for being "bad", we've just hurt someone to no benefit, and I rather think that makes us the bad guys here.

... This is rambly and incoherent and also probably the last I have to say on this topic unless someone raises a point I find crucial, but here you have it.

[thedarkermelody]

teehees and grabs your hands, we'll go into the hole. together. [still tf one spoilers under here folks]

[i'll also use galvatron for alt megas] ough i like to imagine the Matrix is a Matrix, no matter the universe, yeah its' not the one that's suppose to be there, but even if it's a square hole the triangle peg can still go in. in a universe where OP didn't rise, i can imagine that resources would eventually run fully dry and make this a Cybertron that is not viable for life [maybe Primus is in statis following being mined through dry. Hollowed out, maybe it hasn't tried to find another Prime seeing what's lurking on them or maybe currently just not anyone suitable for Prime right now.]

Anyways, could always bring back the star eater machine thanks only thing in bayverse that seemed cool something those science minded put their backs all in to build in a world desperate for energy source. [Insert losing the light and being lost in the dark metaphor here.]

to be fair i think the thing that could have Optimus off guard enough to kidnapped, is a weakness that Galvatron would see and pounce on after going over those glitched memory files over and over for how to do this. -misses his friend, he misses him so badly it's like someone craved out his chest- just like pax's when he let him go- hes gone gone gone-

Something he and this Prime share. Unfortunately just cause they are enemies doesn't mean Megs and OP don't have an understanding of the other still even when it's something only built from violence and war now. Though I think he'd be caught off guard he'd only realize this isn't Megatron when it's too late to get away.

Now back onto Alt world to change topics, if the Quintessons aren't a problem, I feel like that it's fully possible the Decepticons would have started galactic level hunting to get energy for their society. If they are at war, then they are hard pressed to keep the assault up and ensure they have power which. Oof. That would make anyone insane enough to kidnap your dead friend from another universe if you thought they could help, even if you weren't a Megatron (who can never to anything but the extreme cause he is Just Like That)

The thing is Galvatron has ruled in this world for a long time, his broken trust from Sentinel and the deeply personal way he took it out would have influenced society you cannot tell me OP would not be at risk from some zealous loyalists who think the Prime has to Die. And don't know the Matrix can just fuck off at Will so what's the big deal [Slaps Tarn on the ass, this bitch can fit so much overzealot in him- /j] it would piss off Galvatron though and give him a chance to show off just how off the deep end he's gone in reaction to someone trying to kill Optimus, who would be horrified at someone being killed like that. Cause Optimus is a good person.

[Do I think Sentinel deserved to live? No he ruined many lifes, killed all the leaders of the planet, demoted a whole sub class of people to slaves/lesser then human with his actions. But it wasn't wrong of Pax to not want him to be murdered, to not want to declare themselves judge jury executor. Points at G1 Movie where that exact scenario is how we meet a Quintesson] Optimus though be in an awful scenario, cause he cares for his people, fellow transformers. If he can call the energon to flow on his world and make their lifes better, you know he would, he would so fast if he hadn't be in a war and understood just who would be in control of that Energon. that conflict would hurt cause OP has been fighting megatron and knows the depth of what power a megatron could do with a steady energy source in war. Now consider him having to think about Galvatron, waging interdimensional wars, if he isn't already commiting galactic ones.

The idea of Orion Pax getting doorstuck so no Prime! hit me like a truck i felt bad about how funny it was. Buuuuuuut you have to also consider in that route, just how BAD IT IS for this Universe's OP. To him he tried to stop his friend from killing Sentinel and was shot through by him, and then his friend dropped him to his death. That's the last memory he'd have coming back into this dimension in the present. He'd be up against his own friend whose been established and it be. Rough. I do love a good Hot Rod story too though, the idea of Prime managing to escape while on the run from Galvatron, and ends up in meeting a collection of bots who has a transformers that makes him think of him and D-16 back when they were still innocent...

Also for the energon going dry on universe one, i think that's a fun idea to think about! If it doesn't immediately stop but starts to slow, people would get tipped them off and cause a crisis cause what happened to Optimus! This panic being why Decepticons learn Optimus has gone missing missing cause you know the Autobots would try and hide that shit as long as they could while overturning everything looking for their leader. Megatron breaking the door to the Autobot base like that one big bird door meme: WHERE IS OPTIMUS PRIME!!!! The autobots: torn between the girlie screamers and the shoot first shoot second lot at this happening

includes transformers one spoilers under this i have thoughts that need an outlet after seeing the movie [after writing: this is basically a fanfic idea at this point. whoops]

the birth of megatron was so fucking hard hitting, the utter disgust megatron associates with primes thanks to sentinel that his exe friend now reps? ow anyways just, scenario idea where in sometime with the civil war between autobot and decepticons has been on for awhile you got megatron waking one day to himself as the supreme decepticon emperor of cybertron. the idea he was just fighting to take cybertron is almost distance in this strange scenario, just out of reach as he basks in his empire. before he thinks of Optimus. and of course he does, though he would love nothing more to crush and finally destroy the system of primes, all their lies and threat to his power forever, the problem with that lies in one thing. the matrix. sentinel pried it from zeta only for it to flee. megatron is better then sentinel that monster he is superior and right but the whims of a god just whisking away their source of energy is one he knows he cannot overcome for now until they learn to trap the matrix for good without a prime needed. but of course his call for prime has a reminder they smelted sentinel and buried him deep in the earth to rot for his crimes after his execution as justice to the miners who died. what? he wants to know where optimus prime is! which sparks confusion. A. New Prime? no one questions their lord to his face other then starscream asking if he's having hallucinations about a new prime since he didn't get to savor ending the traitor. of course megatron wouldn't like that kind of quip or snipe remark starscream might say, and choke out the seeker as his thoughts clash Optimus who? the thought is so wild so rage inducing cause OPTIMUS! OPTIMUS PRIME! HIS VILE ENEMY. The- -the traitor he dropped to his death? megatron throws starscream and orders everyone out, who run from their unpredictable leader as he sits on his throne clutching his helm. prime. PRIME DAMMIT. there isn't a prime, he killed the last one and ended their lies, WHERE IS OPTIMUS-! his thoughts fight against each other as conflicting memories clash against another mech's who finds it hard to even think of prime and his rise. which is insane- the traitor died for daring to defend sentinel- OPTIMUS ROSE with his DEATH- he killed elita and b and took the helm of cybertron- No, Prime came and fought him and banished him like the coward he is- never was willing to finish the job which is why he died- the clarity of just what the other voice in his head saying hits as hard as the day he learned his life was a lie. He killed Orion Pax and no one rose in his place. The Primes are dead in this world. and doesn't that hurt, the owner of this body starts to rips through the memory files that has be inserted in his helm for the one of a new enemy rising, sees video of him with the matrix and thinks 'why.' megatron fights back against, seeing a world never had energy flow again, everyone who dared voice against him and rein having tcogs ripped out for the victims of the system to reclaim something ravenous claws at the memories of megatron, of life flowing on their world again, of orion pax optimus prime and what they had stolen, taken, refused to them, their world dying without the matrix, struggling to fight the quintessons and steal back what was taken from him in the first place. but this brief event that caused this eventually boots megatron back to his own world, leaving behind a mech who cackles with a fevor that belies the insanity in them. the one on the throne rises his helm and swears it. He will have what that world has. -ending notes! i briefly considered having this other world's leader now be a galvatron, didn't follow through on the idea but you can consider it him if you want. -i imagine a world where op never rose is a very hard one for the transformers to just survive much less thrive, seeing a world where your friend didn't stay dead from what you did with natural energy resources again? would be the kind of thing any leader would crave for themselves in this situation.

-if this other worlder would try and find a way to get to that world or try and force find a prime to have that for themselves is your call.

in the case of a galvatron on the throne world, can have a hot rod in a scenario of trying to find a prime to bring underheel to win their war and restore their planet makes sense, though if galvatron exists in this one cause of a deal for power from unicorn then that would be awkward...

though a far more hardened megatron kidnapping op whose in the middle of two front war is also a very hilarious vision cause you know that guy would inspite of the kidnapping want to help this other version of his home, though he'd REALLY like to go home

[yaz-the-spaz]

There's a track record of celebs coming out as bi and then like a year later as gay. Example: George Shelly. And even going all the way back to Elton John. For whatever reasons management now thinks bi is the new gay. They may let someone come out as "bi" who's actually 100 % gay to save face on all the het stunting done and protect former beards . That's all my point was. Many fans in fandom are fake bi. They're really straight but pretend to be bi so that the fetishising isn't as creepy?Or?

yes that is true not only in the celebrity community but in the queer community as a whole. lots of people use coming out as bi as a gateway to coming out as gay/lesbian and that’s not at all a new trend or new track record or a new thing at all (for managements nor celebs nor any of those in the entertainment industry nor queer people at large) and while i understand it from a coming out perspective b/c for some they may feel that’s the safer/safest option as a stepping stone to coming out fully b/c they feel they may be more ‘accepted’ by society/straights/homophobic family or friends, etc. that way, it unfortunately does also inadvertently hurt the bi community b/c many people (both straight and queer) have come to view bisexuality as just a halfway point to (and/or point of confusion leading up to) coming out as gay/lesbian (or on the flipside just an ‘experimental phase’) which coincidentally enough is exactly what amandla addresses in the video of question, which again is precisely why i reblogged it. it’s something that bi/pan people need to see and hear b/c unlike others we are in a unique position b/c we have a history of being excluded and/or looked down upon by both straight and queer communities and often face discrimination from our own community in a way that gay/lesbian people generally do not and just because amandla no longer identifies as bi doesn’t make the message any less relevant or important for people to hear if only so that they don’t feel quite so alone or confused or rejected or wrong for being the way they are.

to the point of whether it’s the celebrity’s decision to adopt the bi label or their team’s decision i can’t speak on b/c in my opinion there’s no real way to tell that. whether someone for a period of time felt they identified as bi or not before realizing it was not the case or was simply using it as a stepping stone can only be known by that individual and/or those closest to them and so i don’t feel it’s fair to assume that certain celebrities coming out as bi before later coming out as gay/lesbian was simply a ploy to ‘save face’ or ‘protect former beards’ b/c they and/or their teams think ‘bi is the new gay.’ i also don’t know how you can possibly know whether someone is a ‘fake bi’ or not as you (most likely) don’t know/have never met these people you’re referring to in real life. unless you’re somehow hunting down and stalking these people to see whether or not they exhibit attraction to more than one gender (which still wouldn’t prove anything anyway tbh) or unless they’ve explicitly stated on blog ‘hey guys so just wanted to let you know that this whole time i was just pretending to be bi online, but i’m actually straight, soz’ then i don’t know how you can make that assumption.

all that said, if that was in fact your point in the first ask (assuming you are indeed the same anon from earlier) you might wanna work on your communication skills b/c if you are the same anon your ask came off as extremely accusatory and rude not only to me but to all bi/pan people in the ziam fandom as a whole. to accuse not just one person (me) but a whole community of being ‘lesphobic’ simply b/c i/they didn’t reblog a particular post is extremely inconsiderate and disrespectful and, like i said before, i have a feeling you already know that or you wouldn’t be on anon. i would also recommend doing a bit of self-reflecting b/c a lot of things you’ve expressed in your ask here and the previous one reflect a lot of highly-problematic views of bisexuality and bi people and also judgement of people in general, especially people you don’t know in real life and know next to nothing about. i would never go so far as to say you’re biphobic b/c like i said earlier calling someone something like that (especially without knowing them personally) is extremely disrespectful of them and their experiences as a queer person but you definitely do have some problematic (and quite biased imo) views that you may wanna re-evaluate.

some helpful things to keep in mind: 

try to remember that what you see on someone’s blog does not reflect their entire lives nor necessarily who they are irl, how they identify, what they do or don’t do irl, what they believe, who and what they support, what they’ve experienced, or might be going through currently, etc.

try to remember that just b/c someone didn’t reblog/blog about something in particular doesn’t mean they didn’t like it or don’t know about it or didn’t see it or don’t support it, a blog is not reflective of a person’s every thought or experience or beliefs (and even if it were those could all change in a millisecond b/c we’re people not robots and we grow and learn and make mistakes and change)

try to remember that not everything a celebrity does or says is a stunt/stunt-related, especially something as delicate as coming out and that changing their identity/label later on down the road does not mean that they didn’t identify with that previous identity/label in the past or never will again (this goes for non-celebrities too), sexuality is fluid and can be very confusing to figure out and sometimes people may change their label or go back and forth between labels, this does not make their identity at any particular point in time any less true or valid nor does it make them a ‘fake’ gay/lesbian/bi/pan/trans/ace etc.

and most importantly:

try to remember that just b/c someone doesn’t present (or say/do/act/etc.) how you think they should as a gay/lesbian/bi/pan/trans/etc. person does not negate their identity as such

try to remember that when talking to people online you’re still talking to an actual person that has emotions and can be hurt or upset just as easily as you can

try to refrain from making assumptions about people based on limited information, and especially try to refrain from insulting people or calling people names based on assumptions made from that limited information

if you ever need any resources or advice or wanna talk further (whether about ziam/the ziam fandom or lgbtq+ issues or anything at all) i’m always here and i hope this post finds you well

[papamatrix]

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – physicist

“The true sign of intelligence isn't knowledge but imagination.” – Albert Einstein

“Imagination is everything. it's the preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Einstein

There is perhaps no stronger trait one could have, than that of a powerful imagination.

Imagination is EVERYTHING… because without it we will not create ANY-THING NEW.

Imagination is that the preview of life’s coming attractions, because without it we are certain to repeat the identical patterns, make the identical mistakes and live the identical life over and all over again.

WITH IT, there are not any LIMITS… there’s no limit to what we could attempt, no limit to how high we could soar, how big we could dream…

Sure, our dreams might end within the dust… but what if they don’t? Would you rather LIVE having tried to achieve the life you WANT… or die with regret?

We must giving up of our need to slot in… fit in to the present small box society placed us in… and that we must imagine the life we actually want… then, once we are certain what that life is, we've got to travel for it…

We only get ammo at this miracle of human life… live it fully and exactly how you want!

Sure, we all have dreams… the matter is the general public stuff their dreams within the closet when things get hard… when life presents challenges most of the people intercommunicate what they know… they address what's EASY… but the straightforward road… and also the KNOWN will never lead you to your dreams.

“There are only two ways to measure your life. One is as if nothing may be a miracle. the opposite is like everything may be a miracle.” – Albert Einstein

“He who can not pause to wonder… and stand rapt in awe… is pretty much as good as dead; his eyes are closed.” – Albert Einstein

It really is that easy. It really may be a choice. regardless of the circumstances of our life we are able to like better to see everything around us as a miracle.

The actual fact that we are here, during a physical structure, is alleged to be a 1 in FOUR HUNDRED TRILLION chance. only a few folks believe we are a walking miracle…

Sadly such a lot of people are walking around, living their life in their head, pessimistic of the long run and bitter from the past, so much so, that they're missing the miracles within the present.

Open your eyes and open your heart to the magic all around you. The miracle of human and animal life. The miracles of nature. The miracle of YOU and what you’re really capable of once you relinquishing of caring what people consider you…

Choose, from this moment on in your life… to hunt and find the miracles around you.

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.” – physicist

They say the sole things guaranteed in life are death and taxes… you'll raise that list – the impossibility to please everyone.

The simple fact is… once you want to change… as in, after you want to raised YOUR LIFE… there'll be opposition, and unfortunately, that opposition is presumably to come back from people near you.

Many people won’t like your advancement because it'll remind them of their lack of it. many folks won’t accept as true with your direction because it'll remind them of their lack of it.

No matter WHAT or WHO the opposition… you need to stay faithful you, and faithful what's right. Do the correct thing, by others, and most significantly by yourself.

Those who matter will come around eventually, and people who don’t, don’t matter.

Live your life with purpose, intention, filled with SPIRIT and make no apologies to mediocre minds for dreaming and living big.

“We cannot solve our problems with the identical thinking we used after we created them.” – Einstein

“Insanity: doing the identical thing over and once more and expecting different results.” – Albert Einstein

Yes, we must dream big. Yes, we must try new things… but if life isn't going the way you planned, perhaps it's time to do a distinct approach?

You don’t have to change your GOAL, but you would possibly have to change the road you are taking to urge thereto.

Never stop learning and developing yourself. you'll find the way.

“A one that never made a blunder never tried anything new.” – Einstein

The actual fact you’re committed to grow, learn more and BE MORE almost guarantees you'll make mistakes and fail, somewhere, somehow along the way.

Remember, it's only considered a failure though… if you surrender. Keep at it, learn the lesson and permit it to serve you.

Don’t let anyone discourage you due to mistakes… it's a guaranteed trait of all winners and curious seekers.

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing isn't to prevent questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” – physicist

“I don't have any special talents. i'm only passionately curious.” – physicist

Never stop questioning… everything in your life.

Be so present, and in reality with yourself, that you simply can feel when it’s time for change.

Never lose that child-like curiosity to be told more, develop more, and see more. Never lose HOPE that your best is yet to come back. Never lose that knowing, that you just are a miracle. Never lose that presence… that not many have…

“Strive to not be a hit, but rather to be useful.” – Albert Einstein

Add value, wherever and whenever possible… not just in your work life, but altogether interactions… with everyone… then, you'll be a success… you may have more riches than money should purchase.

What is your favourite Einstein quote? allow us to know within the comments

[sunfudge]

Hey I'm gonna quickly reply in bullet points with my view on a lot of what has been said here <3

On paragraph one: a character having the theme of being an old generational hero is something we see a dime a dozen in BNHA. It's boring and beaten to death. I don't care for it.

This is just a dressier way of Hawks being able to stay the same/even regressing despite the morally challenging situations he was placed in.

When things happen in a story that have little to no impact on the characters it's unrewarding and imo, pointless. I read stories for the characters, not for the wacky hijinks of a twenty something year old Spy. Hawks being introduced as a character seemingly in BIG support of current hero society but, through the story, being placed in a situation that could challenge his views, tricks you into THINKING he could question society and fools you into thinking something interesting might actually happen with him with no pay off. To me, that's bad storytelling. Why even place him in a challenging situation at all?

On paragraph two: I understand where you're coming from with the HPSC however we saw a similar storyline with Lady Nagant that was far more interesting, unfortunately she's a woman so she got the fucking SparkNotes version of a character arc, a bite size chunk of something that was interesting before she was blown up and forgotten about, supposedly all for the sake of Hawks character development, although he doesn't seem to be very affected by this either.

His Utilitarian attitude being challenged by the LOV but him ultimately going back to it would have been fine. I didn't need him to fully feel for the villains for this plot point to have felt valuable and interesting to me, HAD we seen any sign of Hawks reflecting on the situation afterwards.

Even if he had still made all the same choices he made in canon because of the HPSC influence on him, this still could've been interesting to read. Instead it's cheap because he just jumped into fight mode with Twice like a fish to water, he just threw in some lines about how Twice could 'reform himself' (without a care to how the world treated Twice prior to becoming a Villain and purely asking him to reform himself in a way that meets Hawks standards of being 'a good person' in his cookie cutter view of what is considered good and bad) and has neither took a proper moment to reflect on it nor has he thought back to consider what he could've done differently.

The end of this paragraph about Hawks having learned the villains are complex doesn't have much manga basis to it, if I remember correctly. He doesn't reflect on what happened much at all.

On paragraph three: you're right, I did question where the Spy storyline was going, it just lead to the most boring destination possible. For a story that arc was pointless. It quite literally tricked you into thinking something interesting might happen and then it never did. Even the lesser interesting consequences of the spy arc didn't happen. Hawks has barely thought about his actions since. It's literally so unimportant it disappeared like sand in the wind. I can't think of any impact it's had except for Twice being dead.

The comparison to Hawks past was compelling. I got really excited to see that he came from a low income household with a villain father (I used to love his character) and was on the edge of my seat to see what points this would raise for him and what realisations he may come to as a result of this after finding out Dabi is Enji's son and lived in a rich household with a hero father. It made me wonder if he may question Endeavor, the man he looked up to as a child, upon finding out that he, like his own father, was an abusive person. Unfortunately this led to zero payoff and he continues to kiss Endeavor's ass to this day.

But Hawks isn't grey. Lady Nagant is grey. She would rather have lived in AFO's world than the current hero society because at least AFO was HONEST. Hawks is stuck in his ways. He doesn't question much and he upholds the status quo.

He came from a poor background but has never considered how he too could've became a villain, the story wants us to make the connection but never really makes him reflect on that. He mostly just reflects on his relationship with his parents and seems to envy Shouto as being a better person for being willing to forgive them, which btw yikes that's a real bad message nobody is a better person for forgiving their abuser/abusers.

Learning that the heroes can suck despite their job title was done already through Endeavor.

On paragraph four: Hawks hasn't shown his sympathy for the villains much. We have to infer he sympathises with them due to the sum of time he spent with them in the spy arc, but he doesn't talk about it. I see more sympathy from Shouto and Izuku and even Ochako, but Hawks is just... There, now, cheerleading for Endeavor.

Agree on the last section of this paragraph. He does need to question himself. I'm just on the side of thinking he barely has questioned himself up until now, which lead to an almost entirely pointless arc where he meaninglessly hung around as a spy only to kill Twice and move on.

His ultimate decision to question nothing and support Endeavor blindly and not reflect on the villains or his past or how he too could've easily become a Villain is what makes this pointless, and also infuriating.

There's a good story in here, it's just not what was written.

I'm not even saying he should've joined the villains, I think that it'd have been enough for him to leave the spy situation with his old views being shaped by his new experiences, instead it feels like the storyline where he was a spy didn't exist for much reason other than to lead to Twice dying which is... Cheap. Hawks came out of his mission the same person he was when he went in, he hasn't even reflected on Twice's death much yet, or at the very least still sees it as being necessary. It's just boring. He's the same as he was before he became a spy, so it all feels obsolete.