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[galaxiar]

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pretty self explanatory

[norbagam]

An analysis of Honor Bound- Death Note the musical

Context

First of all, the emotion and buildup to this song absolutely breaks my heart. Soichiro is shown to be a strong willed and moral person, who values ensuring that his family and those around him are the same- as seen in There are Lines and his constant opposition to L’s methods. Trying to understand that there is even a SLIGHT possibility of his own son being the monster kira was not a situation he was willing to consider. When faced with strong evidence of Light being Kira, he This song does a beautiful job of showing his realization in real time that there is a possibility that he does not know his own son, and beautifully shows how it affects him.

Lyrics

-“Any grounds for L’s suspicion surely lie with me. I must catch this monster Kira, so the world will see”

This poor man. He starts out the song still trying to deny this, trying to blame himself. The musical specifically in my opinion does really well in showing just how good of a father Soichiro was to Light. This lyric conveys his strong desire to take on the burden of clearing his son’s name, to prove his innocence no matter how impossible it is

-“My son is exactly who he seems to be: Honor bound and bound by honesty”

Obvious irony here- I won’t dwell on that. However, the different interpretations of this line are interesting. He could be saying this to someone who suspects Light of being Kira in an attempt to defend his son’s innocence and his reputation as his father. This would show how protective and family oriented he is, even with all odds against him. Or, this could be an internal monologue. If it is, the picture it paints is of very different colors. It would show his doubt versus his attempt to convince himself that there is no way he could have raised a murderer for a son. While these are up to interpretation, both meanings could possibly be true at the same time.

-“Accusations, innuendo, theories full of cracks, timelines, and coincidences can’t replace hard facts.”

Even more of his denial. Again, this is an obvious use of irony (this musical REALLY loves that lol). He’s willing to see the hard facts and call them coincidences and theories, while grasping on to the only view of his son that paints him innocent as truth.

-“But if what I’m seeing bends as light refracts, am I blinded to what my son lacks?”

Obsessed with this line. One of my favorite things ever is figurative language. He acknowledges that he may not be able to fully see every side of Light. due to his own personal refusal of the truth. At the same time, Light Yagami LITERALLY refracts. He bends and contorts himself and his words at every angle he is seen at in order to avoid suspicion. What Soichiro sees in his son becomes COMPLETELY different when Light is with L, and when he’s with the death note.

-“If I thought these lies were true, would I have the strength to do, anything I needed to for justice’ sake?”

If there’s anything this musical loves, it’s irony and justice. Death Note itself strongly questions the definition of justice and how it changes and means different things to different people. That’s like, the whole point. What we see in this line is a glimpse Soichiro’s view of justice. The viewer/listener is inclined to question exactly how far he is willing to go in punishing Kira for Justice. Does he have the strength to accept that he has raised a monster? The strength to arrest his own son? To kill him?

-“Could I stand the pain and lies if it’s Kira that I find behind Light’s eyes?”

As he goes further in the song, Soichiro begins finding it harder to deny that Light is Kira. Before he allows himself to believe it, he questions how this fact would affect him. He is unsure that he could mentally handle the weight of the “lies” turning out to be true. He knows that it would break him.

-“Let me see the son I need to see”

When I first heard this line while listening, I had thought it was “let me see the sun, I need to see”. Only on the second listen did I actually realize that is was more likely to be “son I need to see” and I misunderstood the intended affect. However, it’s fun for me to make meaning out of what should’ve just been a forgettable moment on my part. While this is likely not intentional, this line has a double meaning. Saying, “let me see the son I need to see” shows Soichiro as being more open to the truth, more willing to come to terms with the idea. Similarly “Let me see the sun, I need to see” also shows him as being more open to the truth. However, instead of focusing on the emotional acceptance it would convey him needing to see things more clearly, in better light. Although that would be an interesting parallel, the actual lyric is definitely more emotionally satisfying.

Conclusion

The song is Soichiro’s humanity. A humanity that his son could not fathom in his wildest dreams.

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[stari-hun]

Under the Oak Tree has this special quality of somehow having no chemistry but having very interesting and compelling characters. It’s Riftan. Riftan is the issue. They want a historical series but they’re ignoring that the core appeal of a historical series is an easy meet cute of an arranged marriage, fancy social etiquette, and most importantly the fashion. Riftan isn’t a historical ML in the way people like it cause he’s not just a gentleman wearing historical inspired clothing and or armor, he’s genuinely a misogynist controlling man and I’m like 😭😟 spooky. It’s giving that one sentient gingerbread man book that was randomly set in like the Victorian era with an extremely abusive husband that’s NEVER warned about in most of the reviews.

Like you come into the series and see a FL who’s neglected and mistreated by her family and ur like dope, this is a trope since the founding fanfics of Wattpad. The trope is ex common but it’s like a Sold to One Direction kinda thing, it’s a core part of the history of modern writing. Angst is such a popular genre and people love whump, like it’s good. ITS COMMON BUT ITS GOOD. People love overdone tropes cause even if it’s done a lot it’s easy to do well. Under the Oak Tree does SO well with Maxi’s trauma and she feels like such a human character. But then Riftan is just like- The appeal of the whump is that someone comes in and comforts the person and saves them from their past life. Riftan fr just comes in picks her up without a word, no communication, no nothing, constantly angry at her because she’s fearful of him and had no idea about their engagement (despite knowing that her father hated him and wanted him dead, so there would’ve been no reason to give her hope that she’d be saved from her household by a man soon to die). He’s just not comforting or appealing outside of sex appeal and smut TT, like he literally isn’t around for the first like what? 80 chapters unless it’s getting mad at her, degrading her and telling her to just be a decoration, or smut. LIKE GIVE US SUBSTANCE. Than her distress with him all the time is so scary and unnerving TT , it literally feels like for the first 2 seasons that she’s literally just having a fawn response around him and that’s why she seems to handle his presence. Not to mention that entire arc where any time she’d try to talk to him and have a genuine conversation as partner, he’d just kiss her and shut her up which was SOOOO weird.

He’s just SOOOO. It’s so weird. They only seem to like being around after 100 chapters. AND EVEN THEN IN THE TRAVELING TO THE SEA ARC HES UNRIGHTFULLY RUDE RUDE TO HER. literally anyone who spent all of their time locked up inside and doing close to no movement besides walking around and collecting plants for close to a year would struggle with a journey like that. In fact Maxi was a whole trooper, I’ve spent a whole day on horseback before and I literally couldn’t walk the next day and I was aching for 2 after that.

The appeal of the angsty insecure protagonist with a past like that is that the new environment welcomes them with full acceptance and love. RIFTAN ISNT LOVING SHIT. HE LIKES THE IDEA OF MAXI AS A NOBLE LADY. Sure we’re likely gonna see a generic plotline later of ohhh I met you as a child and you changed meeeeeeee, forgive all my bad traits and how I hurt you let’s make out ~~~~ but NO???? I REFUSE TO TAKE THAT TBH. He causes her so much more distress and it feels like another “My Husband Who Hates Me Has Lost His Memories” , like just a female protagonist enduring extreme constant emotional distress and trauma at the hands of the male lead but we’re supposed to just support their romance because ohhhh he doesn’t know what he’s doing despite being a full adult with autonomy and the life exp and capabilities to understand his actionssss. Noooo support their romance even though he’s constantly putting her in bad situations and she’s never been as happy with him as she does with women she’s just met in that hour.

TLDR: I wish authors would stop being insane and making their status of in the closet everyone else’s issue in the historical genre. Like pls stop cooking up the most divine wlw then force feed us abusive comphet, I see you, please free yourself babe.

[sp1derw1re]

Sneaking suspicion my mum found out I’m trans bc why is she over talking about me having to do fem things bc I’m a girl

Like I’d normally do it any way but now I feel uncomfy bc the insistence that I should do it because I’m a girl makes me feel dysphoric or something

Idek bruh it is not that serious

[fredreznor]

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[camelooking]

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[mr-crowsnest]

Rengoku the oc you are. Me when hes a silly guy whose the embodiment of a sun burning itself out. When you live with an unrelenting intensity, a constant push forward fueled by the weight of your past and a desperate need for atonement. When your like the sun. When ur warmth is both life-giving and devastating. When ur brightness mass the self-destructive path you walk. When your redemption isn’t about saving yourself but it’s about becoming a light for others, even if it means consuming yourself in the process. His pursuit of redemption is rooted in his past as a rogue ninja because hes a man who turned his back on his village, his clan, his family and made choices he can never take back. Even tho he returned to the village, he doesn’t believe in redemption as something he can achieve. Instead, it’s something he earns moment by moment, through action. He doesn’t seek or want forgiveness. He seeks to make his life worth the mistakes he’s made, even if that means using himself as a tool. This is where his self-destructive tendencies come into play bc doesn’t see his own life as something inherently valuable yk? It’s only meaningful in what it can do for others. His needless self-sacrifice isn’t born entirely from altruism tho. It’s like,,, a reflection of his guilt and everything that he feels he is deserving of feeling guilt abt. He doesn’t see himself as worthy of happiness or peace, and so he pours all of his energy into others, believing it’s the only way he can be useful. but like hes not STUPID. He knows he’s burning himself ou. He just doesnt stop. It feels like a fair trade to him. His own destruction for their growth. Its like.. in a way he fears that if he stops, if he lets himself rest, he’ll be left alone with the weight of his past, and that’s a burden he isn’t sure he can carry. This is where the sun’s symbolism become PAINFULLY clear bc the sun doesn’t ask if it’s enough. It simply shines until it can’t. His psyche is much the same because he doesn’t ask himself if he deserves forgiveness, or even happiness. He just keeps going, brighter and brighter, even as it costs him everything

[blueberry-obsessed]

LESTAPPEN DEBRIEF!!!!

[myloveforhergoeson]

hiiii everyone <3 if you're a fan of that's all she wrote, this post is for you!!

if you didn't know from my relentless nagging and big hullabaloo today marks the first anniversary of james and roxy getting together in the tasw canon :) tasw is also now a little over one and a half years old!!!!

like... i honestly can't believe it. at the risk of sounding sappy, i didn't know there were even btrtv fans left since i was coming into the fandom so late in the game, let alone ones who were interested in reading about some random character i created falling in love with one of the show's main characters. i truly can't thank each and every one of you enough for your support, whether you've read 1 or all 449,787 words of my story. i love the little community we have so much, and i can't even put into words what it feels like to work for so long and so hard on such a project and know that people look forward to reading it and want to engage with me and my characters so fully... it's such a fulfilling feeling and i'm sincerely grateful for all of you. i hope this shows in my works and how i interact with all of you.

but, BWAH. enough with the sappiness. i'm putting together a post full of my top underrated rames moments - pre and current relationship to celebrate. just to draw some attention to parts i love that sometimes get lost in the nearly half a million words of the story and to give some insider perspective on how i chose to write my story. including things i left out, things i ended up changing, and ideas for the future! :) it should be out sometime later today :)

if you want to celebrate with me, feel free to share your favorite rames moments too! i might have missed it in my post and we all know i have so so so much to say when it comes to tasw! or share anything else with me. tell me about your day idc. let's just talk and celebrate such a fun day together :)

i'm bad at endings but, i am truly honored to share that's all she wrote and roxy with all of you <3 they're both very near and dear to me. and i'm sure you've learned much about me through my work lol...

i'll say thank you one million times over for as long as i want to and mean it every single time <3

MWAH! i love you all - happy anniversary rames!!!!

[allegoryofthebeast]

The writing in iwtv blows my mind so much thinking back on moments like Louis finally asking Lestat if he had anything to do with Paul's suicide. It's just so incredibly interesting because as a viewer it raised a similar quiet question to the audience in the pilot – is Lestat someone who would kill indiscriminately to get what he wants? Our answer to that question unequivocally is yes – but – we also know Lestat loves Louis equally or even more than his desire for him. So to have this question raised in the viewer's mind subconsciously is remarkable but to have Louis actually ask? To have genuine proof of retention and call back to a previous plot point and remind the viewer, yes, never be too compliant? Never assume we won't ask you to remember? Do you remember? Just incredible stuff I fear

[stari-hun]

I fear if I ever got isekai’d I’d become annoyingly American. Like I hate it here but if I got dragged to another world by some weird goddess I’m absolutely pulling a sovereign citizen card, I HAVEEEEE MY RIGHTTTS AND YOUUUUU CANT TAKE EM. I’ll be even more damned than I am for being afab before I just take being kidnapped and offered a unpaid internship by a divine black company. If I wanted to be screwed over by religion I’d just become devout in Utah

[superm4ks]

Why didn't Max overtake George?

Because Max is his curse. His circunstancial yapatron 3000. His asexual lover. His mentor. A protégé of people that were here before the dinosaurs. Max is George’s sleep paralysis demon , and George’s wake up! judicial court summon. Max is his joie de non vivres. His expired hemorrhoid cream. The wet eyelash that clings to cheek. His turning point member card, laminated. His red flagged lexapro prescription. His hysterical wife begging for a lobotomy but George has to be the one that does it. George’s vers that yierns for bottoming. The vibrating fist up George’s ass. His high functioning AI prompt of a man that is normal and tolerates him. His silly rabbit

[fredreznor]

THIS GUYSUCKS SOOOBAD

[radioconstructed]

⌖ MAKE A DEER GO ON AND ON (YAPPING EDITION)

⌖ It's a radiodemonomenon 🦌🎵

[paradiseatoll]

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