#yeah i went on a tangent sorry

[beevean]

While I know Andrew is not perfect, a lot of people are swinging the other pendulum and acting like he's just as evil as Ashley if not more and the real abusive one of the situation or outright downplaying any nice trait he has (or any justified reason for why he acts the way he does)

Like, even if avoiding the consequences of his actions is a primary motivator, he really did feel bad about Killing her as well as Ashley's nonchalant reaction to it and the fact she used Nina's death to blackmail him, most of the venomous words for her are because said death and what she forced him into (which likely carries to how he treats her in high modern day)

Also the fact he knows what guilt w

I've been marinating in TCOAAL analyses, and the takes on both characters are fascinating.

My take is that Ashley is immoral, while Andrew is amoral. There is a difference between the two. The conflict comes from the fact that Andrew is aware of this, he's aware that it's "wrong", and tries very hard to be Ashley's moral compass to compensate. Ashley, ever since she was a kid, was made painfully aware that there was something "wrong" with her, no one except her brother loved her (and even then, who said that he wasn't pretending?), and her reaction was to embrace it.

(I'd really love to talk about their childhood, how Leyley displays behavior that she could have only learned from others, how they seem to have learned the lesson that "bad children don't deserve love" and how they cope with it)

The crux of the matter seems to be... did Andy really feel bad about Nina, or was his primary concern going to jail and being separated from Leyley? Is the trauma that stemmed from the incident from the feeling of guilt and remorse, or because that was the point where he became his sister's plaything and could not escape from her anymore? This seems, from what I've seen, what split the fans.

Rewatching the scene, Andy's first coherent dialogue is all about how the situation looks. "Why would have she clawed the lid if she was there willingly?" "She'll start to rot" "They're gonna know!". This once again hints at how Andy's first concern is "can this be traced back to us?". But to be fair, Leyley was the one who first said "you took off the stick, so it looks like she went there willingly", so he's responding to her.

But then he says "they'll throw me in prison for the rest of my life!" Which is very. Mh :)

Interpretation 1: Andy is being as self-centered as kids are prone to be. Nothing more to look into.

Interpretation 2: Andy only cares about himself and the consequences he's going to suffer. His sister's fate is up in the air. Lowkey implies that Andy didn't care much about her before this mess happened.

Interpretation 3: he genuinely thinks he's the main culprit of this incident. I want to add that this line happens before Leyley starts to hammer into his head that now he's bad and no one will love him anymore :) this would imply that Andy felt actual guilt.

There is probably not a concrete answer as of now. I hope episode 3 has more flashbacks because man they are so fascinating.

Anyway, to get back to the point. Andrew is not "evil". Andrew is a profoundly damaged person who was forced to become the everything of his even more damaged sister. Ashley is the "criminal mind", as it were... but to me, it looks like Andrew is on the same wavelength - remember, Ashley mused to herself that the dead neighbour was "a lot of meat", but Andrew, after the initial shock, immediately started to consider the implicit proposal of eating him. While Ashley wears her heart on her sleeve, is painfully honest, and couldn't care less about what anyone (except her bro) thinks of her anymore, Andrew is profoundly in denial about his own "abnormal" thoughts, and the difference between Decay and Burial is how he decides to accept himself.

Does that make him a better person? Well, he seems to be able to fit in more, at least. He's charming and can seemingly attract girls very easily, much to Ashley's chagrin. Maybe, without Ashley, he'd be able to live a normal life without crimes and all. But again, to me it looks like he lacks a moral compass in general, even though he has a strong sense of guilt and responsibility (which to me stems from being Leyley's sole caretaker since a tender age).

As to him being an abuser... well, he does threaten to slap and backhand Ashley a few times. She even calls him "wifebeater" at one point. Not enough to call him an abuser, but the threat of him becoming physical is always there. He's more than capable of subduing Ashley, when he wants to. Ashley's abuse is much more overt and constant, with her manipulation and guilttrips (and she got physical at least once too), but Andrew calmly choking Ashley and making her make a case for her life... has some implications.

I don't think I'm making sense lol. TCOAAL is a fascinating game that hides all sorts of moral questions underneath its over-the-top tone, and I love it.

[ashyblondwaves]

Why do you think Gale offered to 💀 Peeta in MJ? Did he truly believe Katniss when she said it wasn't really Peeta anymore? Since Gale said she'd never get over Peeta, I wonder why he would volunteer to forever connect himself with Peeta's 💀

Well, I mean, it's Gale. He's very opportunistic and militaristic in his thinking. He wants to present killing Peeta as some sort of mercy kill on his part. As some sort of grand duty he's undertaking to "protect" Katniss.

Because, I feel like even at this point in the trilogy, he still thinks he can be the one to protect Katniss. To be the one to make the hard choices, and carry out the grim realities of war, thus proving himself as worthy, no matter the emotional cost (no matter the emotional cost should be Gale's middle name, tbh). Killing Peeta not only clears his biggest rival for Katniss, it also, in his eyes, makes him the next in line and deserving of her love (wrong, wrong, wrong). It's hardly as tactical as Gale wants it to sound, it's also deeply personal.

That said, it's pretty clear at this point that Gale realizes Katniss would never forgive herself if she had to be the one to kill Peeta, so he offers to be the one to do it as a way to prove his loyalty to her, but what I don't think he really thought about, because of how he thinks, was that Katniss wouldn't be able to forgive anyone for killing Peeta.

You're not gonna catch me giving Gale much credit, I'm sorry to say. Especially by Mockingjay. He's positioning himself in a way that could benefit him emotionally, even if it's cold and morally gray. It’s an act of ambition, cloaked in practicality.

[waitineedaname]

Came here because of your FMA Post-Canon GreedLing series and now I want to read/watch/idfk what this is SVSSS now. You've infected me and now I need to do research

YESSS READ MY SICKOS NOVEL!!

my very basic pitch: SVSSS is Scum Villain's Self-Saving System, a Chinese transmigration novel! the premise is that Shen Yuan is the #1 anti-fan of a trashy stallion novel -- he likes the monsters and the little crumbs of plot and loves the protagonist, but fucking hates literally everything else about it. when he finishes it, he's so overcome with rage about the ending that it literally kills him, and his dying thoughts are "dumbfuck author, dumbfuck novel." much to his surprise, he wakes up as the central villain of that novel with a transmigration system essentially telling him "you think you can do better? just fucking try it buddy"

it's a hilarious series, and a very quick read! the characters are really fun, the two main characters are completely deranged (a classic example of "I can fix him" *makes him worse*), and the balance between ridiculous humor and genuine emotion is excellent. also, as a loving satire of stallion novels/BL novels/webnovels in general, it has a lot of interesting things to say about the tropes embedded in those stories, as well as interesting things to say about being a writer and being a reader!

there are official print translations in English, so I recommend checking out your local library/bookstores, but if that doesn't work for you, it's also available on the Internet Archive and Anna's Archive! it's fairly short, only four books (three for the main plot + fourth book of plot-relevant extras)

enjoy!!

[idiosyncraticrednebula]

Anakin truly set out the goal to marry Padmé as soon as he first laid his eyes on her. He didn't even interact with her that much to come to the conclusion that he wanted to wed her. As soon as they met again 10 years later, he wasted no time and put a ring on that finger. They didn't even take at least a month; they went straight to marriage. Their romance is essentially a Disney fairytale 😅❤️

[alpinelogy]

help your ib post 😭

everytime i see something mention ib in the wild it’s always shocking bc i forget it wasn’t just a personal fever dream

help ib sure does feel like that from start to finish 😭

[ltlemon]

Im wawtching supernatural..

hohohoh...I bet you are.......

[winterwrites23]

I /am/ anticipating when future England and co. finally figure out that North is in the past! My guess would be traveling back in time to get him. And, I imagine that some confusion/mistaken identity would happen? Also, if the future co. somehow met their past selves? Confusion and chaos would abound! And I would love to see how it would be resolved! :)

OMG I'm as excited as you are for the moment of Present bros realizing where and when North is. I know when it happens, but I haven't written that scene yet and ksjhfjashdfh I can't WAIT to get there. Like, the dawning realization, the angst, the worry, the hope, it's *chef kiss*.

A thing I still struggle with when it comes to time travel is the meeting your past/future self trope. On one hand, it would be amazing and chaotic to see the bros meeting each other. But on the other hand, I really want to keep the logic that there can't be two you's at the same time. I feel it breaks the immersion or something.

Like in Outlander, when Claire meets Captain Randall for the first time, she thinks it's her husband Frank from the present, but it's actually Frank's descendant (the husband and captain are played by the same actor btw). And even though the captain is a total monster, like the worst of the worst, she still makes sure to let him live long enough until his son is born, so the bloodline continues up to Frank's birth.

I like the logic of that kind of time travel. It's similar to the one seen in the third movie of Harry Potter. You can't interact with your past/future self, but you can change things indirectly because it already happened. That's why I chose North to be the guinea pig of my story instead of an older nation, there's no risk of meeting his past self. He's just a wee baby lol

So would the bros ever meet in person? Not directly, that's for sure. At least, that's not the plan at the moment, but who knows, maybe I'll find a way to let them see a glimpse if it works in the story ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[primumincaelo]

anonymous asked: For the mun: Do you think Adam should come back in S2?

hot take apparently! yeah, i think he should come back. they don't call it "man's immortal soul" for nothing lmao nah nah but i digress. i wanna see him wake up in hell as a demon, as punishment for everything he's done in show canon. i wanna see him being a little fucking pissbaby about it. i wanna see him grovel at the front doors to charlie's hotel, begging for a room, "please please please i just wanna go back home". and yeah. i wanna see him grow as a person and learn to be better. that's like the entire point of the show. hell, that's the entire point charlie's been trying to make, like it's the main character's biggest goal. everyone should have the chance to grow and change and do better, living or dead. frankly i don't understand why anything changes just because adam's in that position? like... yes, people like him are awful and disgusting and more often than not don't change (and that's most often due to some sort of societal privilege). but it's not like they CAN'T... like. god forbid a shitty person genuinely works on themselves and stops being shitty??? cmon now.

[cosmik-homo]

It seems people are getting hype about Magical Girl As Horror Lately? and idk the main concept ive been revolving around- for an au I prommy ill write something for soon ok- is, like. Not exactly magical girl as horror but magical girl as. It is so so unfair. Imagine you had a falliable, human, imperfect body- imagine, even, it was unsatisfying, not fitting to you, or misfunctioning in ways that impair your life. and imagine being granted the ability to loan a perfect body made out of light and flowing with power and perfection, a poised, radiant body- only to turn back .only to have that other form only validated to help others. only to have a real actual mystical voice which claims important in the universe claim that to be or do good your own body really isnt enough?

Just. Having a good body you can turn into as if thats ok to do to someone, give them that and take it away

[quatregats]

Having a real "*freeze frame**record scratch* oh hey it's me you might be wondering how I ended up here" kind of moment rn

[smile-files]

replying to tha word thing..........i'm so fuckin lucky i got robot <3

oh lucky you!! ideally i would've got "butterfly" or "whimsy" or something, but master works too. now i can start my journey to becoming a pokemon master!!!!!

[jkgnggj]

for the ask game!! what do u think about makokuu :3c (i am so obsessed with them i need to know)

LMAO ok so this one's hard bc it's like, I ship it and I don't. Like I do like the ship and I can see them together they'd be so good but bad for each other but like in a good way yk? But I don't actively seek fanfiction or fanart or content for them yk? But I do like the fanart I've seen so I'll say I ship it 👍

1. What made you ship it?

So idrk when it started or how but it's just the thought of the two older brothers who annoy their younger siblings together is so silly to me. Like I probs heard or saw sum fanart or a meme about the ship and I was hooked like "at first I was like mm makoku as a joke but bro I dont think it's a joke anymore" < like that

2. What are your favorite things Abt the ship?

Oo ahh that's a hard one ummm I like how they annoy tf outta each other. And they're in denial. Like they're not even friends idek if they ever met like it's so far from canon but at the same time they're like equals to me in a way. They're like idk foils or something idk how to describe it they're like complementary to each other. Like they're opposites but also super similar and I love that sm. I am a big sucker for opposites attract and enemies to lovers pfft if u couldn't tell </3

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

Unpopular opinion? Hmm it's a toughie bc like I said I don't think Abt them a lot like I don't concoct headcanons or scenarios with the sillies :( I will say this tho, I don't like or dislike the characters individually. Like I don't hate them tho I don't care or mind if other people do. I won't defend them or their actions but sometimes I do think some people make them out to be even worse than they were shown to be. (I think the reason why this happens is bc those people either relate to the struggles of Kokomi or kusuo bc they've had similar experiences in the past) and that's totally fine and reasonable bc again these are just fictional characters u can hate or like them or project onto them all you want and that's valid. But I am not makoto or kusuke hater nor apologist, like I said before I don't really mind their characters and that in and of itself is probably an unpopular opinion bc u either love em or hate em :/ but yes u can expect no judgement from me whether u enjoy or hate the characters.

[todayisafridaynight]

NO LITERALLY SGKSDHGSK ME @ YOKOYAMA RN

I know Arakawa's thing is just a flashback (similar to Kazama in K2, I guess) but since it's still a new cutscene... what are we cooking here... and what ARE we cooking with Jo...

Jo still Gets Me because Yes I Revel In His Misery And I Love His Hair but also because of how long Arakawa withheld from even writing to Ichi, let alone EVER visiting, despite how much it was killing him not to. And I imagine Jo probably encouraged him not to on top of him already feeling like he shouldn't, if Arakawa ever confided in him about some of the stuff in his letter (and. y'know. he seems to confide almost everything in him).

Like empathizing, feeling at least A Little bad, but not having anything to say except to just forget about Ichi because that's how he's always dealt with things. And Arakawa going along with it like okay :(... I guess you're right :(... (not indefinitely though. also I am fully aware I am just making shit up but Please Bear With Me Is It Not Plausible)

So for Ichi to talk to Jo just 5 years later (at most)... even if it's just for plot reasons, like if Jo has Important Info... I'm still OUGH. Especially because the only prison visitations I can even recall outside of Judgment are Kiryu seeing Kazama and Daigo seeing Kiryu (in RGGO), both father figures.

Also here is the rest of Super Salaryman! Subs are in folder; a little less convenient than being able to stream but. Y'know. It Is An Option

thinking of the period where masato's sent to america and ichi's spending his first few years in prison ALWAYS guts me, especially if we wanna accept the possibility of jo going to america as well as more likely than not

in the event jo does stay behind, that's GOTTA suck especially: even if jo himself isn't amiable with ichi, he undoubtedly knows how much arakawa cares about him. it's one thing if arakawa is holding himself back from seeing ichi, but if it's jo stepping in to stop arakawa from seeing someone he undoubtedly loves, it's just more salt in the wound (extra bonus points if at this point jo has the vague idea ichi is arakawa's kid, or at least knows arakawa treats ichi like a second son. something something 'how would jo feel if he was being kept from seeing masato' something something). especially when jo isn't even equipped to properly consolidate how arakawa would be feeling: he only knows how to rationalize the need to stay away, he doesn't know how to emotionally take care of him

alternatively- if jo is ALSO gone and it's just arakawa and his duties/himself stopping himself from seeing ichi- it's even worse. of course, he has the arakawa family to keep him company, but his own personal family's so far from him now: there isn't really anyone to comfort him the way only close family could, not when his whole family has to be away from him because of one incident

SO TRUE in that the only prison visits in rgg really are only between father figures and their children (sin shinji in 1 but he was delivering an excommunication notice alright…… we get one exception)… i WILL take the semblance of familyhood between jo and ichi like Again they'll never be as close as arakawa and ichi were but ill take the bittersweetness of it all.. its good for the heart me thinks..

OH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SS SUBS !! anythings better than nothing in my book so i definitely appreciate the effort done to get these ♪(´▽｀)

[lankyledlights]

there are so many reviews of itegw where theyre like wowwwww lol they HATE Jim ward and hes a little bitch and it lowkey bums me out like why is that the takeaway omar literally voted to keep him in and cedric talked about how tough it is working with someone u love but cannot agree/cooperate with like they dont hate him omg i dont understand the hatred

[faithinlouisfuture]

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[a-dash-in-the-middle]

Call centers for URGENT CARE AND HOSPITALS are hell on earth

I think talking to the wall might bring better results