[emmaharwoods]

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[aplaceforallmystupidshit]

In my Skip and Loafer re read I’ve been struck by how much Mitsumi is a product of her environment? Like I mean obvs, with Chieri’s eternal read of “You must have been raised in an environment with a lot of love” [paraphrasing] but like, it’s also in Chapter 20 right? How Mitsumi falls down a lot but is able to *pick herself back up*. When Shima doesn’t want her to get hurt we realize he’s kinda projecting his feelings about his younger self onto her, cuz he was raised in a tumultuous environment and is only now starting to learn how to want and grow.

and it’s like, so often characters (esp protagonists) are great at dealing with situations cuz of their complex and tragic backstories. And there is a point to that! It is in many ways a skill to be accustomed to dealing with the disasters of life. But also like, I enjoy that Mitsumi is a shining example of how it is kinda a superpower to have a strong and stable foundation, and how that makes her a greater presence in everyone else’s life for it. It’s not that Mitsumi doesn’t have problems, but when she does she has the ability to learn and grow without it destroying her self image. Which I think it an amazing superpower in it of itself

[itsgarbageboy]

maomao is my favorite "not like other girls" style protagonist bc for one shes a girls girl through and through. to the bone. and two she's just a weird little freak. absolute lunatic. they have the whole "omg she's actually beautiful and everyone falls for her when she's all made up" trope but the punchline is that she does not fucking want to look like that. she actively puts dirt on her face every day bc she does not want to be perceived as attractive (mostly out of fear of being used for sex work though at the same time she has the utmost respect for women who do sex work like she grew up in a brothel those are her sisters). she's Sherlock level smart and solves every mystery so fast but goes "well thats none of my business. anyway back to testing poisons on myself" she has the 2nd most powerful guy in the nation head over heels in love with her and is like "man this guy is weird around me what's his deal. I guess he's fine though because he gives me rare medicines and has no dick" fucking ICON i love her. also she once slapped someone so hard they fell on the floor. 10/10

[ikebanaka]

I love how immediately Gaoshun has to tell Maomao to stop treating Jinshi like a bug because he's being an absolute freak about it. He's like hey, I know we only met a week ago, but you've already given my insane boss a sexual complex and for all of our sakes you should probably try to avoid activating it

[master-apology]

It's already been established that Jinshi isn't happy about how lots of people are into him for his looks, but this episode really spells it out.

"Hey, you look nothing like your mother or your brother, the people everyone like and respect. You know who you do look like? Your dad, the sexual predator everyone fucking despises."

If I had to hear that growing up I'd have been biting people.

[kaashina]

maomao when every important figure in the empire keeps asking for her help

[kookskabooks]

she's just a girl 😭

[sayammm]

[newtypezaku]

[jsvausvqbd]

I caved in and started reading Selfish romance on webtoon… needless to say I’m obsessed and in love with both Oh Hyeondo and Choi Yumin 🤧

[lux-astrorum]

just watched the pilot of When the Phone Rings.......women in STEM (sign language, telephone blackmail, emotional distress, manipulation)

[jsvausvqbd]

At this point Bael is just trying to get rid of Justitia. He can’t even find good reasons to anymore lol

[roboticsorcerer]

shima believes himself to be unlovable and evil and mean and terrible and so he feels disillusioned when he asks mitsumi why she liked him and she says that it's because he's kind and he helped her. Because shima doesnt believe himself to be kind! he wanted mitsumi to give him a reason he hadn't thought of, something complicated and ugly he hasnt shown anyone, even if she has no way of fully knowing. but what shima isnt able to understand is that his "facade" for better and for worse is an active effort he made to make mitsumi more comfortable and at peace that at the time deeply affected her and kept her moving forward!!! He thinks all those times where he was nice are all just a prettyboy facade thats shallow and fake but fails to realize how those moments are what made him and mitsumi connect in the first place...

[governments-babygirl]

“what kind of person is kang bitna?”

“a bad judge, but a good person. she doesn’t let the strong push her around or walk over the weak. she may seem cold from the distance, but up close she’s very warm”

HAN DAON JUST KISS HER MY BOY!!!

[tiredandlonelymuse]

i loved one direction with an all-consuming force when i was younger. it hurts deeply to mourn someone you were a massive fan of as teenager, and became a peer of as an adult.

i know people change and grief is unsure or complicated when it’s attached to a fond memory or the feeling a person gave you and not tangibly the person themself. i can see many of you on here are struggling with that right now and i understand.

a few years ago i purchased a home that Liam previously owned. there were rumors the house was haunted. He assured me it was not, and i believed him. because i know the ghosts that haunt us aren’t tethered to buildings. They live in parts of us that are harder to reach and they go wherever we do.

as a parent, a fellow artist, and a fan, i simply cannot fathom this untimely loss. my heart goes out to his family, friends, and the fans. 💔

[eldritchbauble]

A lot clicked for me when my mom said the reason she was so reactive towards me as a kid was that she assumed intent behind things I did, rather than recognizing my behaviors for being normal kid behaviors or normal autism behaviors. So I got treated as if I was an adult who was intentionally doing things to upset her. She'd react to me like I had the maturity and wherewithal to do things in a cruel or manipulative way, making her life harder, when I was just existing. Just trying to learn how to cope and be a person myself. When she told me this I stopped in my tracks trying to process. Why would anyone's default assumption be that a kid is trying to antagonize them instead of like, struggling with something they're experiencing? But she was also raised the exact same way, treated like everything she did carried the weight of adult responsibility, not seen as a kid.

[jsvausvqbd]

Koo Man-Do deserves to get his ass kicked, wdm this dumbass is out there telling HUMANS how to temporarily weaken demons ?????!!! If I were Justitia I’d have his tongue on a silver platter by the end of the day

[jsvausvqbd]

“Can’t you just be nice?”

Han Da On asking Justitia this after confessing to almost falling for her is ironic. He genuinely hasn’t realized he already fell, to some extent.

He’s conflicted, he doesn’t quite understand what Justitia being a demon truly encompasses and that scares him. And who can blame him? All most of us assume about demons is that they’re inherently evil, nothing more. He knows she’s the one behind the murderers yet he still holds onto the almost non-existent chance that she actually didn’t do it, he wants to believe that she’s a good person despite being a demon just because she’s done a few good deeds. He repeats “you’re good” not only to Justitia but to himself as well, he wants to believe it, he wants to convince himself of it, he just can’t help it because ultimately, he’s human and can only hope that she is one as well