ripon rambles

he/they ☆ 20 ☆ consuming media is my only passion ☆ ao3: harunoheiji

[hnnyoongs]

If you hate Tim Drake please block me please and thank you. Actually you know what lemme throw in Dick Grayson as well, if you hate either of them, block me so we can interact never.

[hnnyoongs]

Also, add Jinshi to that list. He is my entire account layout after all, and I’ve got a billion metas about him. Block me if you hate any of these three, because they’re all I blog about and you’ll probably hate me for it.

[buboblakistoni]

Happy birthday birdie 🎂

[brigandrouge]

a fun twist on a sad inevitability

[starlightshadowsworld]

I’m scared to learn about what happened in Kunikida’s entrance exam and I don’t even mean the situation he was put in nor what the Agency did.

I’m taking about what Kunikida did.

Kunikida who jumped out of a helicopter with a bomb in hand to buy his friend’s time. Kunikida who was fully prepared to die with Aya if Yosano didn’t get to them in time.

In Dazai’s entrance exam Kunikida had to be dragged away from a cage filling with poisonous gas because yes it was killing him but he couldn’t leave these people behind.

So just imagine what he did when it was his turn and it was all on him to save these people. God forbid anyone got hurt or even died under his supervision.

And this is all without the Agency really knowing who Doppo Kunikida is and how fucking far he will go to protect this city, to fulfil his ideals.

His own life be dammed.

I’m scared to know what he did and how far he went for them to not only accept him as a member. But for Fukuzawa to know or at have that seed planted in his mind that this boy was gonna be his successor.

[bacchaeophanim]

I can't help but feel that more than a bit of the resentment of the Northern Clinic palace women would be directed at Anshi.

Yes, Anshi was a victim of the former Emperor, too, and she made sure they all had a safe place to call home within the Rear Palace - but Anshi has far more mobile freedom than they do, being not constrained to the Rear Palace.

And, lets face it, a lot of them would probably see the Clinic as a cage within a cage after all this time since, by dint of how the Rear Palace is meant to function, the social pressure of it would discourage the aging fruit from being seen among to budding flowers too often.

[hadalplumes]

Suiren and Taomei being concerned about there almost always being smears of blood on the sheets after Jinmao spend the night together. And they try to chasitize him like: Young Master, you're a trained soldier and she's a young woman of slight stature. Please go easy on her

Meanwhile Miss Chue and Maamei know Maomao is not the one bleeding

[eva140]

OMG THE WAY HE TILTED HIS HEAD, THE HIS EYES GOT HUGE AND CURIOUS, THE HE IS PLAYING THE INNOCENT FACE TO TRICK THE MAN INTO CONFESSING, I LOVE HIM HE IS SO ADORABLE

[sabyg133]

i love skimming through the novels only to find something that pisses me off >.<

crown prince and heir apparent are not interchangeable terms...

for Jinshi to no longer be the crown prince someone else has to be given that title, because it is a formal title that is appointed. Gyokuyou's son holds the rank and title of the crown prince, not because he is the Emperor's first born but because of the deal that Jinshi and the Emperor made that Jinshi would not remain the crown prince once the Emperor had a son to hold the title, and because the Emperor has formally declared Gyokuyou's son as his successor.

Jinshi IS the heir apparent, if something happens to the Emperor the heir apparent is the one that is assumed to step in, not a formal title but a social one. Jinshi is the heir by assumption, as we see in LN15 when someone needs to take over for the Emperor, and it is not anyone of the Gyoku family or faction as an extension of the crown prince but Jinshi as assumed heir.

The conflict that is going on re the succession crisis is largely stemming from arguments about Jinshi being the heir apparent and the want for that to be reformalised with the title of crown prince he lost to Gyokuyou's son, also because if Gyokuyou's son is not the crown prince her position as empress and the power she can wield become a lot more shaky.

i get that crown prince being the first in line, and the heir apparent being the first in line, makes it seem like they are the same but they are different, and it matters which is being used, and i don't like that it seemingly isn't in the apothecary diaries and i have to assume its the fault of Kevin who does not seem to like the phrase crown prince (flash backs to milord heir in LN4, which is also not the same thing) it makes me want to check the Japanese to see if they are being treated as different terms by Hyuganatsu or what because i really am so upset by them being treated so interchangeably in a succession crisis plot

[witchhuntress]

Still so funny how it’s canon that Naru likes being scolded by Mai.

No one would laugh about being scolded like he did ifhdijsjd Even suggested Mai to do it to the ghosts because it might be effective fijridbdije

He’s far gone in the love spectrum, methinks

[vampirlor]

i like that watters wrote out bitewing bc dick grayson is way too suicidal to be taking care of a dog right now

[the-last-starlit-cat]

Jason, looking at the photos Tim took years ago: Why is there a period of time where you stopped taking photos of Batman?

Jason, staring at the photos: Wait... Why is the period where I started being Robin the one with the least photos?

Tim, looking at the photos of the original Dynamic Duo: Huh? Ah, because it was the period when Dick left Gotham City.

Jason: You didn't care about Batman anymore because Dick wasn't there?

Tim, shrugging: I still cared about Batman, but with Dick gone, well...

Tim: No offense, but I kinda lost interest when you turned into Robin.

Jason:

Jason: Son of a...

They're brothers your honor :D

[elizhm]

To add to one of the previous ask: what's your favorite flaw(s) of Nightwing?

Oooh

It’s gotta be self-isolation. Like I talked about in that previous ask Dick is one of the most well connected heroes in dc but he is determined to handle things by himself.

Dan Watters is portraying that aspect of his character very well (I feel I bring up Watters a lot but it’s the most recent run I’ve read so it’s in my brain rn) he’s doing a very good job with Dicks guilt complex and “something is holding me back from asking for help. Maybe it’s the fact that I’m the guy people call for help, not the other way around” aspect of his character.

It’s a really compelling part of his character and my favourite flaw of his

[koizum-i]

Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.

[aliteralchicken]

Helena: I’m not involving myself with the bats

Tim: please? just a little? for me?

Helena: that might’ve worked when you were fourteen but not anymore brat

Tim: but it’s my birthday :(

…

Babs:

Helena: he said it was his birthday

[mukuroom]

Oh boy, a complex character who's a woman! I love messy characters who hurt everyone around them and continue the cycles that hurt them!! Can't wait to share this joy with fellow fans– why's everyone calling her a bitch

[soleminisanction]

I wanna do one of those subplots where the Superfam is being financially threatened (the Kent Farm is being repossessed or whatever), the sort of tension-heightening personal drama that almost always gets resolved with Clark's billionaire bestie rolling in to bail him out.

Only this time the bailout comes from Kon realizing his alpha first edition Magick the Gardening deck is worth like ten million dollars on the speculator market.

[shinichisbiggesthater4869]

shinichi kudo has those big ass dumb blue eyes. bro what r u tying to look at tf. turn that shit off

[shinichisbiggesthater4869]

shit just pisses me off man you dont need all that

[shinichisbiggesthater4869]

his head is 90% eyes.