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Saw someone worrying that folks will stop talking about Undead Unluck once it's done, but if my random bouts of Medaka Box brainrot are any indication...

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If Bookmaker is an inversion of The End, Shiranui's Real Eater is a perversion of it

Like I said previously, The End is an attempt to make Medaka a better person by changing herself so that she can be more like other people

Real Eater, then, deconstructs the abilities of others and allows Shiranui to directly reconstruct them into what she wants them to be

This is a reflection of other people's interpretations of Medaka's behavior

Medaka is always trying to help other people be the perfect selves she believes they can be, so as Medaka's shadow, Shiranui tries to replicate that same behavior by modifying and molding them as she sees fit

If Medaka realizes the perfect form of what others can do in herself, then Shiranui can force her own ideals onto other people, exactly like what people think Medaka is doing when she preaches her gospel to them

As a Minus, Shiranui's Skill is a bad faith interpretation of Medaka's Plus, and one that likely came about specifically because she was assigned the role of emulating Medaka's behavior. Ironically, as Medaka tries to copy the best traits in people, Shiranui ended up copying the worst traits in Medaka

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Still thinking about Medaka Box and how the Skills are a direct reflection of the user's Mentality

Specifically, how Kumagawa's Bookmaker is a perfect inversion of Medaka's The End in both theory and application

Medaka has The End because she's trying to be the best person that she can be, but barely understands what it means to be human. She observes how other people behave and she mimics them perfectly, so perfectly that she removes the flaws in their behavior and reaches the Uncanny Valley

Everything good that Medaka sees in other people, she tries to bring out from within herself, because she thinks she's a monster and wants to be one of the humans she loves so much

Furthermore, because Medaka is always looking at the best qualities in others to emulate, she's also keenly aware of the ways that others can improve themselves - she's not simply trying to be the best human, she's trying to help others be the best they can be

On the other hand, Kumagawa has Bookmaker because he's trying to make other people be as bad as him. He observes himself, sees his own flaws, and projects them onto other people

Everything bad that Kumagawa sees in himself, he tries to bring out from within others, because he thinks he's subhuman and wants to drag down all of the humans he hates so much

Because Kumagawa is always looking at the worst parts of himself, he's keenly aware of the ways that others are better than him - he's not simply trying to make others worse, he's trying to make himself into the worst person he can be

But just like The End polishes out the flaws, potentially to the point of detriment such as when Medaka's music comes out robotic and soulless, Bookmaker fails to account for Kumagawa's merits, such as his unshakeable determination, and allows others to embody that same fortitude

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Luna :3

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Just rotated today's undesd unluck in my mind and came out then other end even more in love with the series. Tozuka really said that what defines you isn't just your trauma, it's that to know who you really are you need to synthesize the trauma you've experienced in the past with the person you are today in order to become the best version of yourself.

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Don't count your chickens before they hatch

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I forgot to post this here but I'm in oneway.exe propaganda mode rn

I made a gmv a few days ago cus I love this demo very much. Please check it out, it's so good

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flapper mera from the epithet erased 5th anniversary stream skits!!! <3

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SYLVIE AND RICK INTERACTED WE ALL CHEERED

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I beg my kidnappers for a phone, swearing not to make any calls or texts, and they stare over my shoulder, holding a gun to my head as I use my newly-freed hand to post, "So do like, dudes just buy ropes and baklavas from the same store or what lmfao like a specialty Crime Store"

One of the kidnappers says "balaclavas" but it's muffled under the fabric. I ask them to repeat and they do, their voice raspy from disuse. "You wrote baklava, that's a pastry." The other kidnapper goes "stfu" and then after a pause goes "Why would you buy from a crime store"

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coming up with an au were a dead character lives but shaking my head while i do it so everyone watching knows i support the role their death played in the narrative and consider it a legitimate writing choice

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Ichi the Witch ch.11, Togeice's ice spell, Nord, is given the chant "River of Ice," confirming that Adrienne Beck is willing to have chants be things other than explicit commands, so Inazuri could just be "Thunder Fox"

The problem with this realization is that the kanji for Nord is not "River of Ice"

It's 氷結, hyouketsu

"Freeze"

That's already a command in English!!!

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I had a beloved psych teacher in high school who got warned by the principal at least once to stop running psychological experiments on students - he was literally made for prank YouTube before YouTube even existed, these weren't even formally constructed tests of the scientific method, it was just clownery and tbh I think teaching at a catholic school for 2 decades does something to you psychologically.

but anyway the one that went down in history was when he faked his own death in front of a classroom full of his students "just to see how they would respond, for science"

but he couldn't just fake a heart attack...because that would be lame... he concocted an elaborate scenario where a former student of his came in during a quiet self-study time and got in an argument with him about past grades. and the situation escalated, and this kid pulls out a fake gun and the teacher is like "oh my god!!" and gets shot in the chest - he had fake blood and everything and was doing his best to serve an oscar-winning performance. but I mean if you're known for clownery then. lol. most of the students were like "oh. we're being experimented on again" and just sat back mentally eating popcorn as a handful of people who didn't know him well freaked out.

nobody got hurt but he didn't record data or anything he was just like "wow that was interesting...let's talk about why none of you over there cared I was dying...it hurt my feelings...."

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hey bro you wanna come out tonight? me and the boys are gonna beat john jacob jingleheimer schmidt to death with hammers

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Eagerly awaiting the UU endgame so I can update the Love Molycule to be 100% canon-compliant