I'm a multi-fandom fic writer and I love when a character is haunted by their own sense of self. #1 Parasite Miku fan. Please don't follow if you're a minor.
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hello people from the european union it's time to show up and sign this official European Union petition to stop the EU-Israel Association Agreement, let's go let's go
[ID: 4 images of an Instagram post. It's a mix of photos and text.
The first photo is of activists Thiago Ávila and Saif Abu Keshek wearing kuffiyehs and in black and white.
The second is os multiple boats with Palestinian flags sailing.
The third is of a red sign reading: "EU and Von Der Leyen complicit in genocide in Gaza".
The fourth is of a protester brandishing a sign that cover their face reading: "None of us are free until Palestine is".
The text reads:
"Israel's abduction of flotilla humanitarians enabled by the EU's complicity.
On 30 April, Israeli occupation forces seized approximately 175 activists on board of 22 aid boats in international and European waters near the Greek island of Crete.
Two humanitarians, Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila, are still in Israeli prisons.
This dangerous precedent is yet another consequence of the EU's longstanding impunity towards Israel.
The EU continues business as usual with Israel by maintaining its Association Agreement.
The EU can and must hold Israel accountable.
• Listen to the people.
• Act in line with legal obligations
Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
Now!"
End ID]
On 30 April, Israeli forces seized ~175 activists aboard 22 aid boats in international and European waters near Crete, Greece.
Two humanitarians, Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ảvila, remain imprisoned.
This escalation didn't happen in a vacuum. It's the result of years of EU impunity toward Israel.
While violations continue, the EU keeps business as usual through its Association Agreement.
Accountability can't wait. Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement. Now.
Re-reading volume 8 of Watatabe and it's so so important to me so, meta post: How Volume 8 Turns a New Leaf for Shiori's Feelings, and Her and Hinako's Relationship to Them (and How Miko is Unintentionally Hurting Them Both).
When Tsubaki asks Hinako if (like Miko) Shiori is her friend, Hinako blanches immediately.
Miko drags Hinako away from her before Hinako can answer - and, as she does, we see Shiori watching. By this point, there have already been plenty of moments in the manga where Miko has expressed her concern for Shiori and her attitude of setting herself up to be hurt further by Hinako/treasuring that pain. Especially with the fresh recollection of what Inugami Gyoubu warned her, Miko is worried that whatever Hinako will say (or not say!) will cause Shiori more emotional harm.
I don't think that Hinako would have said no. I don't think she would have said yes, either. I think at this point in the manga, Hinako simply hasn't given herself the time and space to interrogate her feelings for Shiori. Hinako didn't need to truly consider Shiori's feelings until their blood pact because, until then, Shiori was just a force of nature to her. Something that kills without personal agony or regret. I don't think Hinako could have answered if she sees Shiori as a friend, because this is the first time she's truly considering her capacity to be.
Miko sees this internal conflict and immediately identifies it as a source of harm for both of them. So she takes the question off the table. As mentioned before, we often see her exhibiting a kind of hypervigilance in cushioning Hinako's feelings, and now Shiori's too. But we also see, over and over, between coaxing her out to the summer festival to visiting her parents graves with her, Shiori has no desire to acquiesce to the easy way. And little by little, Shiori's pushing of these established boundaries is helping Hinako reacquaint herself with the world and begin to rediscover a sense of enjoyment and belonging. Unfortunately, Miko's unending desire to protect everyone is also her toxic trait: she's holding Hinako back from growing from that challenge and discomfort.
She's holding them back here too, by denying Hinako the challenge of interrogating what Shiori is to her, and what she wants Shiori to be to her.
But the question lingers in Hinako's mind. When they visit her parents graves together, Hinako takes a chance, spurred by Shiori's decision to cross the boundary that Miko had set out, and asks Shiori if her actions that day were for Hinako's benefit.
Shiori takes the opportunity to tease: deflecting as she always has done up until this point. But then she lets go and gives her her feelings raw and exposed. Yes, I did it all for you, Hinako. A world without you in it would be very lonely for me. She's giving herself a huge emotional vulnerability, the exact one that Miko was trying to protect them from: one of the nagging pain of unreturned love, of losing someone dear to you. But even if Hinako isn't ready to return these feelings yet, even if she doesn't know yet what her feelings truly are, she's at least able to receive Shiori's due to her vulnerability.
I don't think Hinako was expecting the weight of Shiori's feelings, and that's a burden she now has to carry. No secrets or pretense, Shiori has offered her everything without the expectation that Hinako can match that energy right now and, in turn, that will give Hinako the opportunity to examine their feelings for each other. Perhaps it is uncomfortable or painful, but it's a discomfort both of them deserve to be tackled head-on rather than buried.
I feel obligated (please don't ask why, I can't explain it) to update my pinned post but it has been so long since I changed it that I feel so ill trying to do it. And I'm not even making huge changes if I'm fucking honest about it.
Need to update my carrd still but wow! Look how shiny sleek and concise she is <3 There were so many millions of things that I beat myself up about not putting (i.e. queueing posts, etc) bc I'm always scared that people will take me in bad faith. But I just took a deep breath and remembered this is the internet and I owe it very little.
I feel obligated (please don't ask why, I can't explain it) to update my pinned post but it has been so long since I changed it that I feel so ill trying to do it. And I'm not even making huge changes if I'm fucking honest about it.
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you can't say "hey has anyone noticed that M/M fic outnumbers F/F like 100:1” or “it feels racist that only 3/202 characters on the ao3 top 100 ships list are Black and two of them are Alastor HazbinHotel” bc some ppl will start going like “oh so you think we should FORCE people to write about things they DON’T CARE ABOUT for WOKE????” and you’ll be like “no, i’m pointing out that the conditions that created this disparity are informed by racism & misogyny” and ppl will say “it’s not BIGOTED to only care about WHITE MEN” and then the gargoyle king appears
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