#with god and anime on our side

[crispnebula]

help me get booped like the global economy

[feddy-34]

HOW CAN YOU HATE HER??????????

[itzrafee]

A thing on Uran and Helena in Pluto

Okay a short little thing on Pluto. Uran and Helena are my absolute favourite characters in Pluto. Urasawa has always had amazing side characters, from Mr. Rosso in Monster to Lee Harvey Oswald and Jackie in Billy Bat to God in 20th Century Boys, but very few have tied off the emotional ends of the story like Uran and Helena.

Maybe I'm projecting here but much like myself I feel like Urasawa is absolutely obsessed with Frankenstein. And he recognizes the influence Frankenstein has on Dr. Umataro Tenma. Or at the very least, the similarities between the two. And so when he made the protagonist of one of his most popular works Monster, Dr Kenzo Tenma, he solidified that connection. Kenzo Tenma calls back to Victor Frankenstein needing to end his creation while also calling back to Japan's other famous Tenma, thus making the connection explicit. Another throughline between the three of them is that all three are father figures to their creations and have obligations to their children, though all three have varying levels of success with them.

I've only read what I like to call Urasawa's "Core Four", conspiracy minded thrillers that are essentially road trips featuring usually two main protagonists that we see the world through, Monster, 20th Century Boys, Pluto and Billy Bat. Though I still haven't caught up to Asadora and that could still possibly fit this mold, Urasawa's Core Four share a lot of themes and ideas. One of the most important being the responsibility for one's creations, whether it was Kenji Endo and the Book of Prophecy or Kevin Yamagata and Billy Bat or Dr. Kenzo Tenma and Johan, all of his protagonists could arguably be seen as someone with the need to take up the responsibility of their creations. So where do the protagonists of Pluto fit in there? That's where Uran and Helena come in.

But first, we should take a look at Pluto's themes. While I could be wrong, at a cursory glance, I feel like the general consensus towards it's themes is that it's about hatred. I don't really think that's what it is as I feel like Urasawa is more trying to show us what it is to be human and what it is to be alive. And in that, he has a hidden protagonist in Pluto. Someone who's influence snakes through the plot and isn't seen much, but without who the story's themes would remain incomplete. Pluto tackles what it is to be alive through many things, such as memory, sadness, grief, hatred, love and parenthood. But none of that works without the realization by Tenma of his own mistakes. And Uran and Helena bookend these revelations and are absolutley key to understanding that.

In my favourite chapter of the series, Chapter 37, Uran goes from person to person as she finds a way to deal with her grief and eventually comes across Tobio's grave, Tenma having left recently. It's an absolutely beautiful chapter that shows Uran's humanity and Urasawa's love for sharing these kind and soft moments. But it also sheds a light on Tenma as Uran realizes someone who was grieving has just left. Without saying much at all we realize that Tenma has finally realized his mistakes. In the process of grieving one son, he lost the other. While remembering Tobio, he let Atom go. His grief towards Tobio is clear in the following chapter, Chapter 38. All of the things he wanted Atom to be; Tobio come back to life, Tobio's ghost punishing him, Atom rejected. And Tenma could only see that rejection, and not what he had, another son.

Uran shows us very clearly what Pluto, the story, is. It's a chapter in their lives. And we've come into a story nearing the end for Tenma. And it's through the humanity of two absolutely amazing characters in their own right, Uran and Helena, that we are able to so fully understand Tenma. Despite being robots, these two characters are the most alive of everyone. They love fully and freely and are catalysts of change. Uran's vibrant and full of life in a way that really sticks out. And Helena has such depth that it's evident in every scene she's in. She's not pointed out to be made by any famous scientist so all the life she has is her own. These two represent the life of robot's more than any other characters in the series.

So it's that much more poignant when Helena finally breaks down after putting on such a strong front of everybody. Grief intersects and she brings out Tenma's sadness as well. They've both been putting up such strong fronts that it's heartbreaking to see them collapse. It completes Tenma's growth and strikes a heartbreaking contrast between the two. Tenma became the way he is through the loss of his son whereas Helena doesn't even get to remember her own loss. It makes you wonder if the grief for her and Geischt's child compounds her sorrow too.

Without these two and their grief, a large part of Pluto becomes inaccessible. Pluto is largely about death so when two characters come in who've never had a hand in the grim work of taking life, you see the world through a lens that's absolutely crucial in order to fully connect with all of the character's and their situations. Death and Grief has scarred the characters in Pluto. Time and time again they've chosen the worst path. They've chosen revenge and hatred. But Uran and Helena are different. Without them, the story is incomplete. They provide an alternative. They provide the path towards healing.

im sorry for this one:

[vaugarde]

okay so as a gen 5 stan who does adore the story in bw and bw2, and now that gen 5 has experienced both a vicious hatedom that wouldnt hear a single positive thing about the games, and now a super protective fandom that insists they were perfect and had zero flaws... can we admit now that the bw1 story at least was. a little mid.

[dexalyys]

thinking i might be more active on tumblr… i feel generally a lot safer here (primarily due to the number of npd-positive spaces i’ve found), and also because twitter is kinda just a rancid cesspool for the chronically online. i’m going to lose my mind if i hear one more thing about celebrity cancellations or drama or whatever the fuck people care about these days. never become a content creator as a minor holy shit it will ruin your brain and scar you for life i could not be more serious. more ranting in the tags idk i need to go take a shower

[phagodyke]

dating an art student was so crazy I'm just thinking abt that one birthday I had where my ex got me stickers from the etsy of the person they were cheating on me with....

[discoreptile]

Beasties of Greenhollow soundtrack! Some tracks on this are from older projects like elphame but all of them have been reworked in some way. Most of them are entirely new. Enjoy!

[ussrosalind]

sometimes you just gotta be like "ok but anime hair colors" to keep from describing eight hundred brunettes

[monkey-of-chaos]

Currently going on a walk with music to thwart an anxiety attack. Tell me why right when a drop of water hit my leg The Tornado by Owl City started 😭

“It was just startin’ to drizzle” yeah I can fuckin’ see that!

[arseteta]

meow :/

luna today i offer you an au where it's rookie!Fernando who joins aston martin next season:

[dontforgetoctober3rd]

6 goals to put us in the cup final...in a game 6....in our 6th season...

Besties, it’s a sign

[jason-todd-is-a-real-mood]

WE DID IT ! YOUR HATRED FILLED US ! WE FEED ON YOUR SEUM ! THIS OUR MESS OF OUR TEAM

[drinkitfrommymouthsuou]

( @shiroi---kumo )

He's floating over with confusion painted more than apparent across his features.

"Excuse me, Sire, but would it be too much trouble to inquire - why would one have to survive a Friday if it is the thirteenth one in a month? I am afraid I am most confused."

Jumping backwards when he spotted the floating cosplayer, Tamaki places a hand over his pounding chest.

Not the floating! How does he do that?

“What?!! You’ve never heard of Friday the 13th before?” What was with this guy?

“It’s the unluckiest day of the year! Even more unlucky to land during a month known for its dark magic and wicked curses.” His voice cracked and wavered as he explained.

“This day is the bane of our existence, my friend. The darkness always seems to snuff out the light.” When he said our he meant the beautiful boys who were handcrafted works of art from God.

“Perhaps your costume might keep us both safe. Bad luck wouldn’t dare to harm us then.”

[notthewriteryourelookingfor]

I work in a mostly fabric and craft store.

We do sell homewares and stuff as well but we're mostly known for fabric and craft.

But our buyers are full of crap.

I'll 98% sure they have 0 clue what our store is and what we actually sell.

Most of the stuff wouldn't be out of place at a $2 store or the reject store.

Then we got the diet books in.

We had a bunch of cooking books because ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ cooking books are fun and cooking can be an art and creative and fun. So yeah, cooking books are great.

But a book titled "Get Skinny Again"? And book titled "the Man Diet" both promising massive weight loss in mere months?

My co-worker and I said "fuck no" and hid that shit.

Our customers are people of all ages, including children, and I want them to have one place where they're not being reminded about diets.

If I wanted to be part of diet culture I wouldn't be working at a fabric store.

[bunnyb34r]

Can my fibro fucking not for once??

[toytulini]

This would be so much cuter, if they werent all completely off leash around a vehicle that could kill them if they do something unpredictable or arent visible to a large truck

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