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[a-smol-greenbean]

I still can’t believe that Hori openly admitted he has a weakness for bird people on Hawks’ info page and then proceeded to give us the most attractive Hawks art yet,,,, Hori same,,,

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Oh man the Hotel Transylvania movies are severely underrated

[never-too-many-ocs]

In case you wanted to know what some of my OC-making process is like, here’s an example:

I’m driving home and see a garage sale sign

Start thinking that it’s actually sorta weird that people can just sell things from their house right out of their garage. There aren’t really many rules for pricing or anything, if people think it’s a ripoff they just won’t buy it

Along those lines, I start thinking about lemonade stands and how they were perfectly acceptable to have when I was younger (are they now? Did something change, or am I just not in a neighborhood where I see any?)

We never had to get any sort of permit for that, so like...anyone could sell lemonade and put whatever the heck you want in it

Isn’t that a little sketchy?

Wait, what if I had a filly OC that was pretty mischievous and put something awful in while she was making lemonade as a joke, not really knowing the consequences

Or what if she was messed up and did it on purpose

Or what if her dad or something was a criminal and used his daughter’s lemonade stand as a way to poison people

....

In all seriousness, this is probably not the type of OC I need. I already have Pita.

*Scraps idea*

I’ll see one thing and get on some weird thought train and next thing you know i’ll end up with an OC idea. This is a very usual occurence so you can imagine how I have so many. I’m fairly selective too, cause if i wasn’t i’d end up with like...4x as many as I already have, and probably a bunch I wasn’t super attached to.  

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Not that present Discord is bad, but sometimes I miss the good ol’ days when he was a villain cause that was my jam™

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Me: *Buys cute rainboots*

Me: *Caves and buys an umbrella and raincoat to match*

Me on vacation: *Gets another cute umbrella cause it’s cheap*

Me today: Look at this umbrella,,, isn’t it cute,,,

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God, I love how when Emma’s a bit slower to pick up on something that Ray wants her to get he doesn’t crack jokes or get frustrated but instead calmly rephrases himself in a way she can understand? 

Like he’ll tease her over silly things but when it comes to the important stuff he’s not the same, he’s really patient and gentle about it 

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The Promised Neverland: Impossible

I know it’s so soon but I was reading through the post I made earlier again and realized something I hadn’t before. One of my favorite things in the series is seeing how Ray’s outlook on the world starts doing a turn-around the more he has to rely on and gains appreciation for Emma (also as he realizes more and more how deeply his siblings all care for him!). This is a bit of commentary on that, mainy focused around one word: 

Impossible. 

Here’s the bit from my post that got me thinking - mainly the fact that, when a situation is impossible, Ray gives up while Emma doesn’t:

I just re-read a few pages the other day so this scene is stuck in my head (jumping forward a bit here before I go back): 

Especially take note of what Sung-joo says about his chances of escape. I thought I remembered the translation I saw then using the word “Impossible,” but the meaning is basically the same. 

But Ray throwing himself into an impossible situation? This definitely isn’t characteristic of Ray earlier in the series: 

It was clear he didn’t want to leave with all of the siblings from the beginning because it was “impossible.” By his logical reasoning, there was no way they should all expect to be able to escape unharmed and then survive on their own out in new territory. He made it clear that he, Norman and Emma could make it out alive. Maybe Don and Gilda, but that was it. No exceptions. 

He reiterates this here again:

“It’s just not possible.” “If we attempt to take all of them with us, it’s clear as day that none of us will make it.”

Early-game Ray stuck to his guns. If something was impossible, that was it. He even went behind Emma’s back to try to get Norman to agree to it only being the five of them, because he was that sure he was right and that he was making the best choice, the only choice that would ensure their survival.

But then you see this: 

This is the chase leading up to Ray bumping into Sung-joo. But what’s different? 

“I’m not letting you bastards win.” 

“I’m not stopping anytime soon.”

“I’m not dying here.” 

I’m not giving up.”

Even as he’s literally surrounded by the farm demons at this point, he’s still holding on to hope that he can make it, that he’ll find a way around the situation. 

He even falls down and can’t move, but he’s still literally screaming at himself inside to keep going. 

Even screaming as Sunj-joo comes to his rescue, lol. But as Sung-joo stated in the page at the top, there was “0% chance of him surviving that situation.” It was impossible. Yet did he ever give up?? No!!!

This is a big moment for him I think, cause while he still considers the situation with a Ray approach - I need to make it back to the kids. They need me. Think, think, think your way out of this. It’s still less blind faith and more the obligation he feels and his promise to the kids that’s driving him. If he stops now, logically, the kids will be at a great loss and will have a much harder time surviving -but while he still considers the situation with a Ray approach, he did not give up when the situation was literally impossible.

I love that he’s adopting some of Emma’s incredible hope to drive him! Unlike at the beginning, he’s embracing impossible situations and saying “You know what? Let’s do this anyways!” Part of it may be that he’s realized his current world is filled with impossible situations and that if he wants to make it now he has to beat the impossible. It doesn’t change that, as time goes on, when Emma believes they can do something unheard of, he’s right there with her supporting her, feeding off her energy, and even insisting himself that though it may be impossible, they can do it.

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Can I just say that the pacing of The Promised Neverland is fucking EVERYTHING