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thinking about elena ferrante and the neapolitan quartet and the line — 'if nothing could save us, not money, not a male body, and not even studying, we might as well destroy everything immediately.'

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thinking about elena ferrante and the neapolitan quartet and the line — 'if nothing could save us, not money, not a male body, and not even studying, we might as well destroy everything immediately.'

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I think they should all kiss

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ALICENT HIGHTOWER and RHAENYRA TARGARYEN HOUSE OF THE DRAGON — S2E8: The Queen Who Ever Was

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ALICENT HIGHTOWER and RHAENYRA TARGARYEN HOUSE OF THE DRAGON — S2E8: The Queen Who Ever Was

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Old soul eater works from 2019

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some more death note tarot cards i’m proud of. you can get the set here

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double-lariat

are we just gonna be doomed to watch utena lose to avatar in a 'top show of all time' poll once a month for the rest of human history

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life really is just like revolutionary girl utena

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us

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ok im kinda curious but how many people have admitted to having a crush on you?

#two guys in middle school #one was scared of me and left me sweets in my bag #the other had a crush on every single girl in our class and was a rapper who wrote the worst songs you've ever heard #this classmate in high school who was an idiot #we had a strange friendship and i agreed to marry him if we're both 40 and unmarried (silly things u say when ur 16)#one of my first friends in uni declared her love when she was drunk and in switzerland for erasmus and it ruined our friendship

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You know what? I really fucking like what they're doing with Su-Won. It would've been so ready to make him a scumbag or a predatory pretty boy who wants to possess Yona at any cost. But instead, he's something closer to a G-rated Griffith, someone who genuinely cares for his people and does everything he can to ensure the kingdom of Kouka prospers. He knows full well that killing King Il was a sin, but he still believed it a necessary evil. All of his actions, even the most despicable, are made with the intent of being the best ruler for good people that he can possibly be.

And that makes his relationship with Yona so goddamm fascinating. Because through Yona's travels, we've seen all sorts of reasons why Su-Won kind of had a point! King Il may have sought peace, but his laissez Faire approach to governing let so much corruption and ruin slip through the cracks in his kingdom. His ideals were noble, but blindly pursuing peace with no regard to the effort of making that peace stable arguably caused as much damage as fighting endless wars would have. And Yona's had to accept, over and over again, that she needs to stray from her father's path and get her hands dirty to fix the messes he left behind. So really, Su-Won and her are on the same side now, fighting for the same ideals. But he's still the man who killed her father. And now Yona has to grapple with the realization that not only does she agree with a lot of the reasons that drove Su-Won to regicide, but that he may just end up being the king that Kouka desperately needs, thus kind of justifying killing her dad in the first place.

Jesus.

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I think the thematic core of AnY is power, how it's used, abused, gained, lost, and how and why it should be exercised, as well as its impact on the individual. Yona, Su-Won, and Hak all hit that theme in different interesting ways, and Su-Won in particular is just fascinating because of all the tension in his character. His actions are both unjustifiable and justified?

What Soo-Won did to Yona and Hak was just wrong, on a deep, fundamental level. However, he is practically an ideal king: capable of making choices in the best interests of the kingdom as a whole, without regard for individuals.

So the same thing that makes him a good king makes him a terrible person. He can be trusted with a kingdom, but not with the heart of the people.

Yet, while he is a good king and his motives for overthrowing Il did make sense, the reason he's been so successful lately is really that his coup partially failed. He didn't kill or manage to control Yona, the heir to the king he overthrew. His biggest mistake and his biggest victory.

They are two sides of the same coin and they know it and while they should despise each other, they don’t, and while they should be trying to kill each they keep on trying to keep the other alive. Because before they were forced into the world of adults and politics and war (Su-won very very early and then he forced that onto Yona), they were kids. And they were friends, and they were family.