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Guess who drew jjk fanart instead of artfight refs!
happy new year!! i truly hope from the bottom of my heart the best for us all. even if things look rough now, i hope you stick through it and that they get better soon. everyone take care of yourselves and spend time with people who love you or the things you love.
last year was. bad. but it was also the most i’d ever moved forward after giving up on myself. a lot of good things and growth happened for me, uncomfortable as some of it was. i know every year that i make it through somehow, and i hope you’ll be able to feel that too. :] and it’s okay if you can’t right now. everyone needs time to rest and recover, no matter how long it takes. be gentle with yourself, you deserve it.
how do people GENUINELY think bonde is a cis woman
YuuMori has a lot of villains (it’s, y’know, about the villains). YuuMori has a lot of characters with mental illnesses and neurodivergences.
Most of the time when you see this combo, well. Mental health issues have a pretty strong stigma. Usually the reason they’re evil. Something’s just wrong with them, and their mental health and inability to fit into society is another sign and symptom of it.
And yet, in YuuMori, we have these characters who call themselves demons, who are actively, intentionally, the villains of their story—and their mental health issues are not one of their sins. They do not add to their villainy.
So Albert is obsessive-compulsive. Whether it’s OCD or OCPD can be argued, maybe (although I lean toward OCPD, myself), but he is in fact seriously mentally ill, desperate enough because of it to commit murder. Personality disorders especially are hard to treat, in part because they’re so ingrained into a person. Someone with generalized anxiety might see their anxiety as separate from themselves, but personality disorders are harder to distinguish that way—and it’s part of what makes them so easy to demonize, even more than most others.
But Albert’s? Instead of making his mind looked warped and twisted, his very soul seeming wrong, his reasoning makes more sense now than it ever did before. This was a boy desperate for relief from constant discomfort, from the dissonance between how he knew this should be, how he’d been taught things were meant to be, and how they so obviously were. And it’s very obvious that he is suffering from something outside himself. He is not suffering because he is evil and his soul is wrong. He was suffering before he’d done anything wrong at all.
His discomfort was one of the most rawly emotional moments he’s ever had: Albert is usually quite cool and collected, sometimes angry, sometimes smug, but he has typically felt quite distant, even on the rare moments his internal thoughts are shown. His mental health issues, his suicidal ideation, his OCD? Those were not villainous, not cool, not collected, not careful. Those were human and desperate and fragile.
And while autism is not a mental illness, in this case it performs a similar function for William. He and Albert both have brains screaming at them constantly because that’s not right. That’s not Just. That’s not the way things should be. That doesn’t follow the rules. This can bring people with obsessive-compulsion disorder to their knees and claw their own skin open. It can bring autistic people to wordless shutdowns. It brought Albert the brink of suicide and William to murder.
They are in agony. Unless they fix the wrongness. And they have tried, so many ways, to fix it, and so many of those ways have fail.
William’s guilt may also be agony, but he’s choosing between two different forms of torment. And he thinks one helps others. Not much of a decision, that, not for someone with a soul and a heart, someone who burns so hot with love and hate that he has to turn it into something.
William’s depression, his mental illness, the way his brain doesn’t conform to society, his guilt, his understanding of his own misdeeds is so deep and his self-image so wholly negative, compared how virtually every other character in this series, even John, who barely knows him sees him, and especially compared to how the audience who adores him so much they overwhelmingly voted him their favorite character sees him.
We know he knows what he did was horrible. We are confronted with it constantly. And we are inclined to forgive him even when he might not, because we know despite it all, he has a solid moral center, a good core, the moral understanding of right from wrong. His depression is so all-consuming how could he not? Those things cause his depression.
Albert and William are the focal point of the villainy of the story in many ways: the two who started everything. The two who birthed James Moriarty, Lord of Crime. But while Albert and William may have started everything, they are not the only two with mental health issues.
Louis has always been quite stable. Anxious, to be sure, type A, very high strung. But not really mentally ill—everything he was ever anxious about was entirely reasonable (of course, I have an anxiety disorder myself, so my evaluation of that might be off—but still, worried Sherlock might ruin William’s plan, might lead to his death, might ruin something, worrying about William’s death, worrying about Milverton? All entirely reasonable, thank you). Informed by trauma, surely, but not necessarily mentally ill.
Moran, though? Louis’s behavior is informed by trauma, but Moran’s is poisoned by it. That double-dose PTSD not only from the war, but from his actions in The Final Problem tore him apart, and we saw it tear him apart. His PTSD pushed him into crime the same way William and Albert’s mental health did.
When Moran first gets his character focus, when his personality and character is delved into properly, it’s to show his trauma and mental health issues. His character is deepened, given structure and reasoning and understand, by showing us his mental illness, the way Albert just was in chapter 62. The way William’s has been for several arcs now with his depression.
I find Moran particularly interesting, because he’s not the only character with Shell Shock: John is also a veteran, and has a psychogenic illness from his time at war. When you take those two, loyal bosom friends of William and Sherlock, who are also set to contrast and parallel each other, down to their mental health issues and neurodivergencies, it becomes very apparent how differently the two teams have portrayals of their illness. Of course, John’s not a villain. Sherlock, for all that he can commit horrible acts, is not a villain.
But Sherlock suffers from bouts of listlessness and gloom just as William does—and he hides it even less. He doesn’t quite manifest as traditional depression the way William does—it really reads more like manic depression—but Moran and John’s PTSD doesn’t manifest the same way either. And Moran’s physical disability rooted in something more concretely physical than John’s and his struggle much more debilitating. The way he suffered pushed him to do worse things than John ever felt pushed into.
But suffering, like it did with Albert and William, makes us feel closer to him. It makes them these powerful men who call themselves devils vulnerable.
Human.
kny as a story is a reflection of how misfortune and grief change us. i mean majority of the cast are examples of the many reactions to loss and sorrow in fact slayers and demons are separated based on their willingness to inflict the same pain they endured on others or spare them from it. the story is also about autonomy and choices because our lives are fragile and finite every decision we make counts whether big or small. it is an examination of humanity and what characterizes it, how it feels to lose it and how we're meant to see humanity even in monsters. most importantly the story focuses on our relationships with others and the impact of these relationships on both parties and on the world.
these subjects are well explored through all of the characters, but to me the character that blends them all seamlessly and shines while doing so has to be muichiro tokito:
1- grief
muichiro is deeply moved by the death of his twin, that in order to protect him from this devastating loss and in order to survive, his brain defaults to obscuring his memories and by association sense of self, to give him a chance. muichiro's journey back to himself is not an easy trip. he suffers greatly before reaching the shores. this if nothing else is a proof of how tragedy can transform us.
2- choices
muichiro's choice to fight and in turn to die young is a fundamental aspect of kny. the story makes the case and encourages the characters' choice to engage in their lives in a manner that betters the world and others. it also encourages purpose and action. the length of muichiro's life doesn't determine its quality or worthiness. muichiro is even foiled by kokushibo who despite living hundred of years didn't manage to hold on to anything precious to him, while despite muichiro's short life, he felt fulfilled and happy within it, because he loved and was loved, and he lived a meaningful and honorable life that saved many and helped reshape the world.
3- humanity
while gyokko might not be a very complex or layered demon, still he is truly a fitting opponent for muichiro. gyokko serves as a twisted reflection of muichiro's lack of regard for others and their feelings. in his amnesic state, he put focus on others' roles and assigned importance based on that and gyokko saw humans as inferior to him and used them as toys. so, muichiro's defeat of gyokko is in a way his rejection of his temporary coldness and sense of superiority.
4- connection
originally muichiro believed as his dad had told him that helping others will inadvertently help you. after losing his twin, his memories and identity, muichiro struggled with that concept, leaning instead into categorizing people and their importance in order for him to stay focused and function properly on the battlefield. but thanks to tanjiro's words and kotetsu's sacrifice, his memories returned and he remembered that back then he believed in helping and saving others even if it was a challenging and hard path. through his connections to others and their help, he regains his self of sense and unlocks his mark in turn to help them. it's deeper than that, muichiro losing himself after losing his brother has a symbolic meaning. no one exists in isolation; we are an agglimation of every person we knew, interacted with and loved. without his family muichiro couldn't access his true identity or potential, and only when he recovered his memories was he able to be centered in the present and unlock the mark.
@kimetsu-no-yabai this is why demon slayer is so precious to me. no love put out into the universe is ever wasted
Loving William James Moriarty is actually exhausting, because good hell why is he so much all of the time
--A post that could have been written by almost anyone in canon, as well as me personally
COMPARING THE MORIARTY PLAN AND FUKUCHI'S PLAN!!!
Yes this is what I have been working towards! I started this powerpoint a few months ago, then left it for a while because of exams and generally being a bit busy, and now it's finally at a point where I consider it done. FINALLY. I kept getting new ideas but now I really think i've written all I currently have to say. I feel like i'm going back to my tumblr roots posting a powerpoint since it's kind of where I started out, and it's so fun to have another one to post (who knows how long it will be until I get another topic to write this much about).
The powerpoint appears in screenshots below (easiest way to post it tbh), and there is 16 total slides (slide 2 has a guide of all the topics covered really). Mentioning 'Moriarty' in this often refers to the whole Moriarty group and/or William in particular btw! The slides are as below:
Edit - I've had another idea for a difference. In MTP we are seemingly supposed to root for the Moriartys, as they are the morally grey protagonists of the show with noble intentions through immoral means. In BSD, we are to view Fukuchi as the antagonist until the true intentions of his plan is revealed, but even with the knowledge of his intentions it is unclear whether we are supposed to root for him. Sure the narrative tries to evoke sympathy, with revealing his desires of world peace and his manipulation at Fyodor's hands, but it was him who made the decisions that lead to his own downfall really. He's portrayed as both a victim and a perpetrator, and whichever one he is more of is dependent on who you ask - many leaning towards that despite his intentions he is a perpetrator. And that's perhaps the biggest difference between the two plans (which i forgot originally) - the Moriarty plan is designed to be the role of the protagonists and Fukuchi's plan is the role of the antagonist, yet both can be seen as morally grey in different ways.
So as a sort of conclusion here, some of the logistics and motivation of the plans turned out really similar! I kind of ran out of ideas for differences at the end as I'd explored so in depth on some of the similarities, but if anyone has any suggestions feel free to add in a reblog! And I hope people enjoy this post and find it interesting, since it's a topic I've not seen talked about... at all really. I hope this reaches all the people who like both BSD and MTP it would be really fun.
I love my job, but reblogging employment jelly for someone else I love.
adult hair hcs for niigo!
wanna do l/n then mmj next but i have no ideas design wise ;u;
@toastyyjams are you pushing a transmasc mafuyu agenda? because I approve
the pint sized pillars (and tanjiro + genya) working together to cheer up baby muichiro 🩵
words can not describe how much I love this
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SECOND GOAL DONE!!! (sorry for the wait!! it has been A Week.)
anyway papa gyomei and his kids :]
so cute!
with mizu5 being released tomorrow, i have a lot of thoughts — but one that i really want to say is: regardless of if they use the word "transgender" for mizuki or not, let's take a bit to celebrate how genuinely monumental mizuki akiyama's plotline is.
regardless of if they use the word or not (which, in all honesty, i don't think they will — remember, a corporation is still a corporation at the end of the day. even if the writers or TLs *want* to use the word, it doesn't necessarily mean that the corp will allow that), mizuki is canonically transgender. mizuki is canonically transgender, and her plotline is *excellently* written. mizuki is transgender, and everyone involved put genuine love and care into writing her.
i think tomorrow should be a day of celebration. in a world which is so hostile to trans people — especially transfemmes — representation like mizuki akiyama is so very important. representation that is well written, fleshed out, and ultimately isn't treated as a joke, isn't very common in today's day and age — especially in a game like a GACHA game?
a character like mizuki akiyama — that emphasizes that even if you're different, even if you're transgender, even if the world around you is so very hostile, there WILL be people who love you — is important. good representation like her is a step forward, and we should take a bit to celebrate the fact that she exists.
I'm usually on the camp of "Nezuko's mental age regression is a bad writing decision because it takes agency away from the sole female main character" - but after Tamayo's explanation that Nezuko traded consciousness for changing her biological makeup to co-exist peaceably with humans, I am forced to admit that as usual any writing decision in KnY I initially hate ends up lining up unexpectedly with the themes of the centrality of love.
The reason Nezuko is such a special demon is because Tanjirou's protection and guidance allowed her to become one.
Most demons focused on the day-to-day of feeding themselves, finding somewhere to rest, and fending off humans who wanted them dead. Nezuko is a rare demon who had the protection of someone else, so she could afford to sleep most of the time and change her biology. Only Nezuko could afford to trade so much of her consciousness away and to become so childlike, airheaded and defenceless because Tanjirou took care of the day-to-day for her. Unlike the other demons, she didn't have to always be on guard and live with an everyone-for-themselves mentality.
Nezuko was also able to not taste a single drop of blood because Tanjirou carried her away from their family's bodies (while trying to get her to a doctor) and was strong enough to hold her off until she got a grip. And only she lived past being discovered by a demon slayer, because Tanjirou defended her and she defended him. And when she did feel the urge to eat (Red Light District arc), Tanjirou was there to stop her.
Also very importantly, Nezuko's love for Tanjirou provided her a very strong motivation to stay in this sub-human state of consciousness for the long period necessary.
Most demons did not have a very strong reason to force themselves not to eat. Either they had no respect for humanity to begin with (Gyokko, Muzan, Spider Demon Ryu), or everyone they loved had died and they were subsequently in too much despair to put up a fight (Tamayo, a certain spoiler demon who was so suicidal that forgetting his loved ones ironically helped him live longer).
Meanwhile Nezuko really needed to return to being human, because her brother will not stop fighting demons otherwise. Regaining consciousness and convincing him to quit isn't an option for her because the demon slayers wouldn't let her live, and Tanjirou won't let her die. (And if he did, he would never recover from her death.) Like I don't know how much Nezuko thought this through, but Tanjirou's plan to shake information out of demons while trying to kill them is frankly terrible, while Nezuko's course of action to just change her biology was wildly successful lol. She had the better idea. Just as Tanjirou walked this long road for Nezuko, Nezuko did for Tanjirou.
Man, this is why I really love KnY. When the narrative said that nothing could break the bond between Tanjirou and Nezuko, when it said that love lets people exceed any reasonable expectation and achieve the impossible, they weren't just saying it. Everything has always been there, lying out in the open and waiting for us to realize it. Like, which other demon could spend so much time sleeping away so that they can change their biology. Only the little sister whose big bro is still alive and willing to take care of everything for her, and who herself loves him enough to achieve the impossible, of course.
Hello everyone. There's on ongoing movement on Twitter created by @timelyharmony_ urging ensekai to return to using she/her pronouns for Mizuki, as they originally intended to before caving to transphobes.
Mizuki is canonically a transgirl and using they/them pronouns for her undermines the significance of her current (and future!) events.
Please support the movement by spreading the tag #sheherformizuki to as many platforms as possible!