#who lost the brain cell

[elpisofhope]

Eliwood Mourning the Death of Ninian

Master study of Ary Scheffer's work, Orpheus Mourning the Death of Eurydice

[bluebobatea]

if sasuke was the main character then he probably would've been a LOT more sympathised with than he is now (which is to say rarely). like the narrative wouldn't even need to change to show his pains or 'his side of the story', bc it does that plenty. it's just that he is not the main character. and idk what it is about our human minds but we tend to sympathise with main characters automatically (unless ofc you go off the rockers insane and do something like obliterate almost everyone from the planet *cough* eren yeager *cough*)

an instance that comes to my mind where this does happen is with lelouch from code geass. while i don't agree with his character motivations, people generally do sympathise with him as he is the mc and as viewers we know he isn't inherently evil. sasuke's goal towards the end is slightly similar but ofc people love to hate him so they don't even try to understand where he is coming from.

my point is, most people while engaging with the naruto story don't read between the lines and so don't see how traumatised and in pain sasuke is and hence don't understand his character motivations. heck, they don't understand a single bit about him and so they automatically hate him, as he is supposedly going against the main character's goals.

which is really sad given all that he has been through.

[the-obnoxious-sibling]

in the collective reality where oda actively bothers to do something with alvida and/or galdino in this new post cross guild going for the one piece reality, how plausible do u consider either of them actively caring for buggy or going behind his back to help him in some way? i find the fact oda kept alvida with the narrative extremely fascinating and it frustrates me how she is so underutilised (then again with such a huge cast it is hard to get every character to do a lot, but alvida could have been discarded quite easily post loguetown. yet here she is, a 1000 chapters later, sitting on the cross guild couch drinking wine)

i do wonder sometimes what oda is thinking when he keeps characters like cabaji, mohji, and alvida around a thousand chapters since they last really did anything. does he like drawing them? does he want to throw a bone to the handful of east blue stans out there who miss when op pirate crews had a simple gimmick they stuck to? is he trying to show that buggy lifts his crew up with him, or refuses to leave anyone behind? i just don't know.

modern day alvida has a lot in common with galdino. she's calculating, analytical, and sides with the person who will give her the greatest advantage. that's been buggy for a long time because he's had the appearance of power for a long time. even now, the appearance of power is still there. does she actually care for buggy? does galdino? i'm not sure.

but for the purposes of answering this question, let's assume that she does, that they both do. i think their pragmatism still outweighs any fond feeling, unless:

it's to their significant advantage to help buggy, and/or

they won't get caught

safety above all else, you know? and getting on either mihawk or crocodile's bad side is not particularly safe behavior.

[tuiyla]

people whining about The Cave of Two Lovers "losing" it's Kataang moment and being converted into the familial love of the Water Sibs

and people trying to make Oma and Shu, a lesbian couple in NATLA about Zutara

you're both wrong and annoying also it's been 15 years can we not

[jigencaps]

[the-jam-to-the-unicorn]

If you wanna suffer today or like to feel pain, I would recommend watching the press conference with Trump and Ze. It's as worse as you expect it to be.

[cold--carnage]

rip lmao they found a hard front trigger song for me

[daddyslittlegirlofsammy]

I know we make fun of Chris Chibbinal for going public in the 80's saying that the show at the time wasn't like before and stuff like but can we acknowledge that he went from being make fun in the show to showrunning the show? is quite the turn if you ask me

[misdre]

my god!!!! i've been reconnecting with the anime nerd inside myself lately that i kind of lost like uhh during the covid times actually?? i don't think those two things are related but it just happened like that. but this year i started going to cons again and since then have been slowly getting back to that world and it's really kind of a bizarre feeling to unearth so many memories and like "oh yeah i was really invested in this thing and VA too. and this OP/ED song. and this and this series that people these days prob haven't heard of. also this obscure thing people didn't know even back when it aired. and first i hated this VA but then i started liking him 5 years later. and this character and this ship and"

bro! this is a mindfuck but a good one, it like, sends me into another dimension where i remember things are sparkly and kawaii again. i have no idea how my teenager/20yo self in particular had time and energy to be into so many things but good for her. now i can just kind of look back fondly

....and focus on the things i have energy for now as present me. which means going ballistic over aya hisakawa and ai orikasa all over again

[whump-it-like-its-hot]

Okay something just happened that makes this very necessary. Ahem-

I AM ASEXUAL. VERY VERY ASEXUAL AND I’M QUEER AND I LOVE EVERY OTHER PERSON WHO IS ASEXUAL AND NON-BINARY AND PAN AND FUCK, EVERY LETTER THAT COMES AFTER LGBT. EXCLUSIONISTS CAN FUCK OFF. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE YOU ON MY BLOG. EVERYONE IS WELCOME HERE EXCEPT FOR THOSE THAT OPPOSE THIS RULE.

[teleostuber]

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[maddyshome]

There is no way cursed energy can disappear or be erased from the entire world. Neither Yuki nor Geto make any fucking sense. You can kill all non sorcerers. Cursed energy will still exist. Curses will still exist. Pain and hurt will always exist. What the fuck were these two talking about? Is this how cult leaders think? Like do they genuinely believe they make sense? Are they not manipulating people? They seriously believe whatever bullshit they make up?

[sapphiretanto]

In case what you forgot a fist fight is…

No weapons

No powers

Just a good ol’ fashioned smack down with your raw strength

[papirouge]

I've already said several times how intersectionality was a scam and how ultimately Whitefem don't really like that about other demographics, but ngl.... I'm pretty impressed by how defensive & supportive they are with their faves.

Whitfem will NEVER shut up about Taylor Swift or Amber Heard. They will support them until their last breath and tbh big props to them for defending their own.

I wish Black women had the same fellowship. I am sick of seeing them pull out petition to release criminals out of jail (Tory Lanez) or shitting on other Black women to appeal to male (dunking in darkskin women or nappy hair again: it's a black woman who made a petition to "comb" Blue Ivy's hair when she was still a toddler.....)

Of course you'll never see "interesectional" White feminist care or speak up about those issues bc their intersectionality is a facade and they only care abt White women's struggle, but I wish they could at least be consistent and stop harassing ANY women not supportive enough of their White queens. No Ashley, I'm not going to keep tabs on whoever liked Johnny Deep post and be pissed at anyone who clowned Amber Heard....like you don't care abt men making racist or colorist comments about Black women..🙄 Cope and leave us alone. Your guilt trip will never work on us.

[portuguesedisaster]

Ok I have exactly no idea wtf is going on in Legendborn right now.

Also am I the only one who gets Will and Jem vibes from Nick and Sel? Cause the way they describe the relationship is very parabatai-ish and Nick saying that he can feel when sel wants to murder someone...i am curious :)

[crunchycrystals]

i found this comment on the ts subreddit's discussion thread for foolish one. maybe i should stop checking reddit today. maybe forever