justpassingyk

i mainly use this acc to read astrology and science facts and also have a nice time. i won't post often and if i do that means i'm desperate for attention

[hokusu]

So many unsavory takes and outrage out there, so here is my take on why I think for the most part, the ending fits and Attack on Titan ended well. It’s not perfect, but it fits. There’s so much to say that I can’t fit in one post, but I want to talk about Eren in SNK. One of the things I love about SNK is that while it takes place in a fictional world, the difficult subjects–prejudice, war, and how cruel the world can be–has always felt realistic. And to the very end, it lives up to this. That the world isn’t black and white, it’s not about the clearly defined “heroes” or “villains”, it’s that everyone is very much truly human. For me, I can’t disagree more that Eren doesn’t feel like “Eren”. Eren, from beginning to end has been through and through who he’s always been. This is the boy from day 1, who isn’t afraid to take away the freedom of those who want to take his. This is the boy who always fought to keep moving forward and he did, until the very end. He’s never been “traditional” heroic and he’s never been afraid to do the unthinkable (it is also one of the reasons I love most about him). And while Eren had been under the guise of this stoic character who kept pushing forward even through the cruelest fates and even committing genocide, I’m thankful we got to see his humanity come out one last time. I’m not an Eren/Mikasa shipper as I have previously stated, but honestly I’m not even bothered by the scene in 139 where Eren declares he doesn’t want her to think about anyone else or to forget him, for ten years at least–I think this scene is very much up to interpretation whether he loves her platonically or romantically and that’s up to however anyone wants to interpret this.

But putting that aside, for me, the importance and interpretation of this scene isn’t his “declaration of love” or how that confession seemed out of place, but that it’s about how we finally truly see Eren again and what he wants. That he wants to live, he wants to be with them, and he doesn’t want to be forgotten. His “declaration” of not wanting her to think of someone else, to me is really just him saying Mikasa’s name in context, but really implying for all of them (the people important to him). That he wants to be with Mikasa, with everyone. And this wishful outburst to not be forgotten, to not be replaced by “Mikasa finding another man” is simply the nineteen-year old Eren’s desperation to live. He’s so very human here and he wants to live. It’s easily one of the most heartbreaking scenes in the manga, seeing the “selfish” side of him finally come out again. Because above all of Eren playing the martyr so that the people most important to him can have a chance to live, above him knowing undeniably that can’t ever be forgiven, he still doesn’t want to die (especially, not alone, forgotten in a few years time). What he’s doing is completely unforgivable, but it’s not forgiveness that matters here, it’s about his sacrifices, about the lengths he’s willing to go, his desperation and how he unconditionally loves his friends/his people more than anything in the world.

Eren’s been alone for so long like Armin said and this whole time, even though he’s talked to all of them in paths, he’s erased their memories temporarily. He is alone, even up to his last moments. Eren is truly the most tragic character, but as SNK always shows, the world is impossibly cruel but there is and always will be, glimpses of beauty (beauty that is their friendship, beauty in them remembering him despite his unforgivable sins, beauty in Eren’s love for the people important to him, beauty for the world’s ability to move on–that life truly goes on).

I also want to say that clearly to me, nowhere in this chapter or the characters (including Eren), was genocide ever justified/glorified, etc. just because Armin thanks Eren for “being a mass murderer”. Armin clearly states that what Eren did was an “error”, but Eren’s made that choice, Armin isn’t thanking him for committing genocide, he’s thanking him for loving them so dearly that he’ll sacrifice himself so that they can have even a shot at peace. Even if it’s not solving everything. And for those who are saying “then what was even the point of the rumbling” – the point is that, Eren ended the cycle of Titans and disarmed the world from retaliating for a long time, which gave Paradis a chance of survival. As long as Titans exist and Eldians can turn into Titans, they will forever be seen as monsters. Now with Titans vanquished from this world, they finally have the chance to be seen as humans. Different/divided humans, still, yes (as humans have always been), but the chance of convincing the world, of establishing peace is that much more likely now that they’re on even grounds and they aren’t Titans, that calling them monsters isn’t an excuse anymore. And I feel like this ending, where they have a world without Titans but that the war never really ends, that the prejudice between nations and fighting between humans will always exist, is painfully realistic. It’s the same way in the real world, where conflict between humans will always exist and that isn’t just going to “go away”, but with Titans gone from this world, their ability to work for peace is actually a possibility. For me, SNK was always a masterpiece before it even reached the last chapter, so nothing that happened would ruin that for me, but endings are important and do leave a lasting impression. So I’m actually so happy that 139 felt right. It felt real, it stayed true to the themes it’s always held and it ended as the kind of story it’s always been–That the world is cruel, that there is no real “enemies” when you can see both sides of the story, but that there is still beauty.

Anyways, sorry this is all over the place, it’s so hard to put to words all the pieces of this story and how much it means. But yes, there were scenes I wanted to see (Eren’s talk with all of the 104ths, Levi’s thoughts, Ymir’s pov, etc.) and other questions answered, but I also feel like it tied up enough to be an end. It’s not perfect, as nothing ever is and no end can ever satisfy everyone, but I’m happy with the way it ended because it felt right. It’s bittersweet, it’s tragic, it’s realistic and I love this story so much. From beginning to end.

Thank you Isayama, for this masterpiece that will stick with me forever, for the story of a lifetime and sharing this world with us. And thank you to everyone who I have ever befriended because of this beautiful world. <3

[distantsoftmeow]

Hello everyone!

I usually don't really post on tumblr — I'm more of a reader/stalker lmao — but I decided to do so today because a great chapter of my life ended :)

I want to talk about the final chapter of AOT, put some of my thoughts down here and eventually discuss the chapter with everyone that is willing to do so ;))

Everything down there is full spoilers so beware!!

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SPOILER ATTACK ON TITAN CHAPTER 139

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Okay I will first talk about the eremin talk (I'll talk about the other stuff later) :

- I really loved the way Isayama planned this conversation; the fact that it progresses from toddler armin and eren to pre-adults really shows that their mutual understanding of each other is extremely consistant and constantly evolving. Let's not forget that, until the very end, armin knew deep down that eren had an ulterior motive, he really trusted his friend till the end. It makes me think that I'm glad that armin lived instead of erwin; i don't think that mikasa could have handled this kind of conversation with eren the way that armin did (once again, the nature of theit relationship being sensibly different) so talking to armin and going through everything with him like that really helped both eren AND the reader to understand more Eren's logic and point of view.

Many of us are actually dissapointed in eren's sudden change of tone or in his "unexpected" actions and sayings. I was too at first, it really did not feel like seeing eren... especially since we hadn't seen the real eren in a long time (since S3 pt2...). But I believe that the eren that we saw was the realest eren we'd seen in a long time...

I think that what happened to eren overall is extremely tragic; he really is the martyr of this story. He got embedded in all of this mess at such a young age and had to take responsibility for something as big as mankind's future at the snall age of 14... He never really thought about making friends, focusing on his own feelings and emotions (towards mikasa for example) or just have the time to sit down with himself and think about who he really is, what he really wants...

He always had to think about concrete and immediate action during most of his life. He was extremely hurt in his ego when he realised that his power (the attack titan) didn't make him "special" and that his dreams were far out of reach.

Eren spent an enormous amount of time in Paths, where he could see all of his life unfold before of him,and thus, managed to kind of sort out his feelings.

I feel like the character that is presented to us in chapter 139 really managed to get a hold of himself and gain understanding of his feelings towards his friends and loved ones.

Offering the world to armin. That's what eren did during this encounter. You can see it in the way that he looks at him... Eren sees freedom in Armin's eyes, more than he could ever possess, but it feels like he is okay with not being the one who experiences the joy of true freedom.

I see that many people are upset with how eren suddenly confessed his love for Mikasa. I really do understand that... But I like to think that over the time that eren spent in paths, he learnt to love her and her sacrifices properly. It leaves me with a really bitter taste, especially since it is very obvious that what stopped eren from showing any kind of affection towards mikasa before was simply the cruelty of their world...

"You must not forget" is something that has been repeated many times in the manga.

It's actually been applied to this chapter; even though eren made everyone forget about his words after his encounter with them, he restitued all of their memories so that they don't forget about the meaning of his fight.

I'm just happy that he got a chance to be understood and loved... his conversation with armin really broke my heart on so many levels... it was almost like they were trying to act like the subject of their conversation wasn't the future of their world and eren's death..

Armin's little attempts at joking, eren breaking down like a regualr teenager... it was a very genuine and intimate moment between two friends who never got to experience the presence of each other without the weigh of the world on their shoulders.

Eren isn't a strong willed hero, he is no saviour and no allegoric figure : he is what everyone made him.

I'm glad that he is resting in peace and happy that he shows regret and emotion in the end.

I still wonder though... what about eren is really free?

[titty-sona]

Do you know how surprisingly hard it is to find newer anime where the girls are over 18

I don’t like that.

[titty-sona]

Everyday this post becomes more relevant

[thecuriousinferno]

[tariqah]

Kashmiris have been placed under curfew and a mass communication and internet blackout for 30 days now.

[sixpenceee]

This is glorious and even thought it doesn’t fit in the range of all the paranormal, I MUST share

It works like this: You tell Kitestring that you’re in a dangerous place or situation, and give it a time frame of when to check in on you. If you don’t reply back when it checks your status, it’ll alert your emergency contacts with a custom message you set up.

It doesn’t require you to touch anything (like bSafe) or shake your phone (like Nirbhaya) to send the distress signal. Kitestring is smarter, because it doesn’t need an action to alert people, it needs inaction.

MORE INFORMATION

[crybourg]

reblogging because this is seriously amazing.

[softcore-boyfriend-deactivated2]

This shouldn’t even be an app this should be an integrated feature into all phones on every OS

[camyberry]

Ok, guys. Thi is really important. You have to reblog that and read the whole article.

This will never happen to me.  You can’t tell. Otherwise, if you don’t want to do for yourself, maybe among your follwers someone need this information.

I’m a man, i don’t care. You should care the more. What if it was your sister? Again, spread the word. There may be someone needingths.

You can never tell. As far as we can’t handle back maniacs, PLEASE, prevent yourself <3

[disgoth-deactivated20180319]

the only thing i knew about sex at the age of nine was that

1) it was for mommies and daddies who were married;

2) it made me, my five year old sister, and my baby brother.

i learned everything i knew about sex from the internet while secretly browsing grownup sites on my 4th generation ipod touch i earned for doing so well at a piano recital. because of the nature of, you know, men and their internet porn, i learned that my sexual role as a woman was to be slapped and pissed on and tied up. i didn’t know what healthy sex was. i didn’t know it should be mutually consensual, or that it was okay to want sex with girls. i didn’t know that sex should be good for both people. i learned that sex would hurt, and that sex was about men and men only, and that i would be forced into sex whether i liked it or not, and that it was normal to have sex with big, burly, grown men as a teenager. i learned it was normal to cry during sex. i was scared of sex for so many years because of that, and the way i was exposed to sex at a young age led to the inappropriate and traumatic sexual encounters i had (occasionally with older people) later on in my teen years.

the day i got my first period, i was ten-and-a-half. i was swimming in the river with my best friend, and when i got out to go to the bathroom, i noticed brown blood on the inside of my mint-green tankini bottom. i knew what a period was, but i hid it from my mother in shame. she found out, eventually, of course. she told me, you have a woman’s body now, and if you have sex, you could have a baby. all i heard was, you have a woman’s body.

i started shaving my vulva when i was eleven, because i saw memes on memegenerator about how disgusting “hairy pussy” was. i wanted to be sexy. i was eleven years old, and all i wanted was to be sexy. it hurt, and it itched, and it made me uncomfortable, and i’d sometimes nick my labia with the razor, but i did it anyway, because i didn’t want to have a nasty, “hairy pussy.”

eleven was the age i first started getting pinched on the EL. i was an early bloomer: i had B-cup breasts already, and my menstrual cycle was regular enough that i could keep a calendar. i started wearing a full face of makeup to school and buying shorts that rode all the way up my skinny twelve-year-old thighs. i remember the day i stopped jumping off the swings the summer after fifth grade. skinned knees weren’t sexy. smooth, flawless legs were sexy, and i was a sexy girl. i was probably the sexiest little girl in the whole world. my parents hated it. they told me i was too young, but i knew the truth. my body was older, maybe 17 or 18, so my brain must be, too.

when i was twelve, i had a secret kik account that my parents didn’t know about. i used it to message strangers. i made all sorts of friends. i wasn’t stupid. i used a fake name. never showed my face. one of my friends asked me for a bra picture. i was a cool girl, right, i was sexy, so i sent him a picture of me in front of my bedroom mirror in my little white training bra with the blue butterflies.

sexy, he said.

that was all i wanted.

i’m not typing out all this bullshit because i think it’s something special. i’m typing it out because it’s not. i’m typing it out because i see the same thing happening to my little sister. i’m typing it out because i see the same thing happening to that little millie bobbie brown, sexiest actress at thirteen. i’m typing it out because i’m sixteen years old now, a girl in the eyes of the law and a woman in the eyes of men.

mothers, talk to your daughters. tell them to jump off the swingset and skin their knees. tell them to get dirt on their dresses. tell them that they’re a woman on their 18th birthday, not at ten-and-a-half on the first day of their menstrual cycle. the world is confused. the world is sick. if your daughters don’t hear about how to treat their bodies from you, they’ll hear it from the sick, sick world, and they’ll do the things i did.

let girls be girls.

don’t force womanhood on little girls.

[disgoth-deactivated20180319]

i encourage men to reblog this post

[valetoastytoast]

I’m not a man but ppl need to hear this

[studentlifeproblems]

[feralrosie]

Regarding the Amazon Rainforest

I barely have followers here, but here we go:

The Amazon Rainforest has been burning for the last 16 days straight. The Brazilian government says the wildfire is caused by the winter itself, since it doesn't rain a lot there... in a rainforest. It is actually, partially true. Winter is indeed a dry season and wildfires may happen, specially close to the Cerrado (a brazilian biome similar to the african Savanna), but what they're not telling us is that:

The deforestation has increased 80% since last year

The native peoples and animals are being slaughtered for their lands (legally protected green areas)

The government is hiding and lying about scientific data, saying that environmentalists and NGOs are communists trying to destroy the nation. They are brainwashing people to think that sustainability is terrible for the economy

Our Minister of Environment is couldn't care less about the environment and is only there to support the livestock producers and give them what they want. The President and his Minister won't put a single dollar on environmental safety

The wildfires are just so huge that its black smoke and ashes reached the skies of São Paulo, a state over 2.000 kilometers away from the Amazon.

We are hostages or our own government

I could just keep going all night about how our environment is being threatened by this new government. We need every single help we can possibly can.

Please don't let this go unseen. Search for yourself, talk to people about it, make noise, be angry and be scared. Let the world know about it and demand action. This is not about Brazil, is about the planet. The Amazon Rainforest is one of the most important biomes in the world, being responsible for the climate, rains, biodiversity, carbon sequestration and life itself.

[greyhyms-deactivated20220506]

not that i’d actually wanna live in a different time period, thanks very much, but also lately im vibing the idea of being born hundreds years ago when an army trudges through my city and kills all my loved ones and i must assume a male disguise in order to seek revenge in this male-dominated society so i cut my hair short and slick it back and join the army and learn how to use a big heavy broadsword and i soon have a reputation as a great swordsman which is only overpowered by my reputation as a great lover despite the fact i never take all my clothes off but i still manage to get all the women and the other guys in my regiment can’t figure out how i’m so good with them but i just gotta shrug and play up the ladies man thing until one day i meet a princess of the blood and im charged with protecting her on a journey out of the capital but we get separated from the rest of the regiment and i start developing feelings for her because she’s spunky but i know It Can Never Be for a number of reasons and then one night she catches me bathing in the moonlight and i instinctively draw my sword because No One Can Know My Womanly Secret but also she’s the princess and also also now i’m in love with her so i simply hand the sword over but she throws it aside with a clatter and throws herself at me and we make love by the lakeside and the next day i put on my soldiers gear and we keep moving wondering what the future will hold when the enemy horde comes upon us and i defend her but am outnumbered when suddenly our separated guards catch up and we fight the invaders and i kill the man who slaughtered my family because he is conveniently part of this regiment and we’re all happy for our victory but i still look sadly at the princess because It Can Still Never Be and i must take her to the capital to meet her betrothed and we kiss and make love sadly in a tent one last time but then we finally reach the city it turns out her fiance is a huge Gay too and has a huge entourage of gays following him around and brushing lint out of his fur coats and he hires me to be the queen’s bodyguard wink wink nudge nudge and i meet her nightly using a secret passageway under the castle and also i get a really cool new sword and history doesnt remember me as anything more than a friend to the queen until centuries later when a bunch of love letters are found in a secret compartment under the castle by a lesbian librarian who was researching the local history and she falls in love with the lady castle tour guide as they bond over an interest in our love story the end 

[imperatorsapphiosa]

OP you just wrote a whole ass novel get that published

[groovy-lady]

Reblog if you’re ace and want to nap

I’m gray-ace and want to nap

[queenofthecommunistcannibals]

Aroace and I always want to nap.

[fuckyeahasexual]

Aces are good in bed

[bramblewing-deactivated20210119]

“reblogs aren’t important you’re just whiny”

yeah because when you see this

tell me you don’t get annoyed.

tumblr’s algorithm only cares about posts that are reblogged, it doesn’t count likes. posts don’t get promoted or circulated when they only have likes (the way instagram functions), only reblogs matter for increasing reach on tumblr as a platform.

support content creators.

[bramblewing-deactivated20210119]

like y'all are fuckin killing tumblr (& content creation) but okay

[1nactivegh0st]

you think that’s not a lot of notes? that’s cute.

but yeah, tumblr’s system definitely doesn’t advantage non-popular artists, but there’s a big problem from within the community too. i have over 400 followers and i consider myself lucky when more than 2 people reblog my art, so imagine how much worse it is for people with even less followers.

reblog content creators, guys. liking posts doesn’t do anything.

[30knight]

💚❤️💜❤️

[theroamingsnufkin]

Hi, as an artist. I’d really like you to kindly reblog my art or other creator’s art or work.

It’s our motivation, and it gives us exposure to bigger spaces and such. Compliments also boosts the creator’s motivation to do more art. So please reblog especially if said creator is going through a bad day and really needs the support!

Notes are great, but if you could, please reblog too. That’s how you support creators.

[moved-goodbai-deactivated202603]

please! it really helps us get our stuff around

[nospectral]

I will definitely create one side account and dedicate it to all underrated artists and their OC’s (I know how bad people feel when their beloved OC’s don’t get any attention <3)! Let’s come together fellow artists!

[shewolfofficial]

What did we do to deserve such an angel?

[ridleytheknight]

I'm immortal til I die and no can say otherwise

[endangered-justice-seeker]

BOOM! Know How to Protect Yourself  👏🏾

[raimagnolia]

Honestly if she had just cussed her out it’d a been less savage than this 😭 u snatched her entire fucking life

U read her to a point she’s going casket shopping for herself

[official-josh]

[that-twink-over-there]

I’m screaming. He FULLY collected every inch of her miserable life like:

[ask-doktor-marceline]

[distantsoftmeow]

Everybody seems willing to sell theit souls but who buys them???

Like

Iis there a soul market or smtg??

[sweetschizo-deactivated20190808]

“Are you saying that murderers are right in the head??”

No there’s definitely something wrong with someone’s way of thinking if they can justify killing innocent people, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that they have a mental illness.

Extremist beliefs isn’t a mental illness.

Bigotry isn’t a mental illness.

Entitlement isn’t a mental illness.

Hate isn’t a mental illness.

Having a dysfunctional moral compass isn’t a mental illness.

We need to stop categorizing all these things as some undefinable “mental illness” and start looking at what we do as a society to develop and justify these things to a degree where people use them to justify killing.

[kassmonday]

Yes! 

Dehumanization is something you Have to look for. If the murderer doesn’t see the person they killed as a person, then mental illness is probably not the main factor there. 

Plenty of people murder women, poc, lgbt people, people of other religions etc. because they don’t see them as people.

Think about genocides - they aren’t perpetrated by big group of people/a government who all got mentally ill together the same way at the same time somehow, they just didn’t consider what they did murder because they didn’t see the victims as people.

[ayellowbirds]

I’m probably going to wind up reblogging this more than once because it is really fucking important.

[personalgremlin]

this makes me want to cry

[aqueerkettleofish]

First of all, “…they were surrounded on all sides by echoes and images of themselves, in a world where image and object had not yet torn themselves apart” is one of the most poetic phrasings I’ve ever heard.

Second, here’s the original source, “What the caves are trying to tell us” by Sam Kriss.

Third, the original opens with:  “Every so often, I get the urge to drag someone into a cave, and show them something unspeakable.”

I had another point, but it got lost in the artful prose of this article.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

I feel like “every so often, I get the urge to drag someone into a cave and show them something unspeakable” is something that’s okay for a paleolithic cave art expert to say, but like, absolutely no one else