#it's intriguing

[alexiethymia]

Still thinking about jjk 223, so I’m gonna ramble a bit. Another thing I like about Utahime and Gojo’s relationship in canon is their thing about Utahime being ‘weak’. It’s their thing. It was set up in our very first introduction to Utahime in the manga, and we find out that it’s been going on since way back into their past when they were just students. It reminds me of another ship of mine, Karma and Okuda in Assassination Classroom, where in the data book it says that Okuda is the one person that Karma feels zero threats from and as a result he can relax and be comfortable around her. 

I like how jjk 223 shows that Gojo in a way relies on Ijichi, someone who doesn’t fight on the frontlines, calling him someone he trusts above all, and Utahime, someone he’s repeatedly teased for being weak. I mean for all that he teases her about her supposed weakness, she never gets down about that, and instead reacts with anger at his disrespect (and I guess that’s another thing that I like about their relationship in that Utahime genuinely seems to see this op greatest sorcerer of all time as just some cheeky brat). Because there’s no doubt that Gojo is lonely as a sole pillar, but ‘weak’ people get to band and work together. 

Perhaps treading into headcanon territory, but perhaps because of this supposed weakness, Gojo gets to be comfortable around her. I mean in not so many (and rude) words, he says it himself. There was no doubt in his mind, Utahime could never be the traitor. Because she’s weak (ha). Even if she is weak, she’s not scared of him and will call him out on his bs (unlike say Ijichi whom he can bully around lol). As a fellow teacher, that bond of trust is quite important since they have the same goal in protecting and raising their students.  

tldr: I think the people that Gojo considers weak are people he can let his guard down around and it’s wonderful that he gets to rely on and work together with other people now in a way that he might not have allowed himself to before + As much as I enjoy gojohime in fics, I also do appreciate this subtle bond of trust they have in canon.

[witchofanguish]

I''m really curious to see what people who have experienced Penguindrum solely through the recap movies would make of it. Alas, 99% of people who are interested in watching it are people who watched the series first.

[hellaverse-critical-confessions]

Man, I dont know HOW and WHY they dropped the "Assaination" Plot. Like it could have been something like Final Destination, or some shit. Like bruh, Viv NEEDS to hire the fucking ghost writer. Hell even AI would probably cough up better crap than what shes putting out.

I wouldn't praise AI like that, because slop is slop, and personally I still prioritize human slop over computer generated slop. But otherwise, fair

[wenellyb]

I really don’t understand how the Samquin ship isn’t more popular when they spend half of the time flirting, when thery’re together,

They literally look at each other like THIS??

I mean I ship Sambucky but I might have to create Samquin content because I really thought the ship would be more popular!

Is it because it is too easy or nice? Or too obvious and there is no challenge? 

I would really like to know... Is it maybe the age difference? I don’t know how old Joaquin is supposed to be but he seems old enough I don’t think there is more than a 10 year gap between them.. maybe a tiny bit more?

[whyamistillwatchingtheseshows]

At the possibility there is no SaifahZon in the next ep, I thought I’d share some headcanons. 

 When did Saifah start crushing on Zon? I think it’s been there underneath the surface, kinda lurking but he didn’t take it seriously until he was punched in the face and then accidentally kissed. I mean that’s got to be an eyeopener right? Also, the classic line, “No one would date a guy like you.” It sounds like a trap. Ha. Can I also headcanon Saifah as bi? Okay, so you’re trying to steal Zon’s girl, but then accidental kiss. Shit, wait, what are those feelings? Truthfully, SaifahZon seemed to start as the enemies, to friends, to lovers trope. Fighter and Tutor while they often play dominance games, don't seem like complete enemies. Their “friendship” was basically a stage of pure and utter sexual tension until finally both of them pulled their heads out of their asses and stopped calling it teasing. It’s real feelings. <and that is the hurdle that Zon is going to have jump over, similar to Tutor in assessing that he too has the same feelings for Fight. 

Zon, on the other hand, certainly he thought about the accidental kiss, but he tried desperately to put it out of his mind. His sister didn’t make that easy. Still have qualms about her writing fiction about her brother. The best way to handle what she saw would be like oh hey bro, so do you like guys? That’s just me as a sister. Definitely not going to open up a word document and proceed to write a sort of romance novel over it. That being said. The fiction has already plagued Zon’s mind and he’s asked his sister to change it, but she didn’t. He thinks his life is still being controlled by it because of her wish, I guess? It’s just I don't think it ever was since, in reality, the accidental kiss did happen. The only part that changed was that Saifah and Zon were someone inching closer to each other. Saifah, I think, made the decision long ago that yeah, I like the shorty, but damn how do I deal with that? Enemies. Friends. Lovers. 

If anything, the sister’s fiction puts the accidental kiss back into Zon’s head (remember he panicked over it when an almost kiss happened, but now?). It makes him start thinking about something he wished he had stopped thinking about and it turns out Saifah never stopped thinking about it either. What exactly did she write? We don't’ know those details? Am I supposed to believe that everything that’s happened between SaifahZon is EXACTLY what she’s written? Still weird because that’s her brother. So while it’s still weird, let’s bank the headcanon that she started with that accidental kiss...maybe the detail that Zon agrees to perform with Sai is there, but then whatever the else she wrote is not what actually happened between SaifahZon. Both of them are aware of the fiction, even Sai teases Zon about it, but it turns out that IRL that boy is reading published romance novels. 

I mean it’d fuck me up to be stuck in this world and have real feelings for someone, only for the world to say, “Oh those weren’t real. It’s just a made up story.” Oh, hold on! that kind of hits home for LGBT+ community. We’re even told IRL that your feelings aren’t real. Zon thinks the story is changed so he moves forward with his feelings...but everything that happens is exactly like the story? It can’t be.  Because remember if all the details of her fiction were true..she’s writing about her brother experiencing this crack shit: 

So far the biggest panic would be knowing that she didn’t tweak the one detail that Zon agreed to perform with Saifah so therefore he’ll question his feelings once he’s found that out. Saifah is over here like fuck yes! So yeah, there’s a fiction, but whatever. The shorty still agreed to perform with me. I got him now. 

Remember I once said that I fast-forwarded through this show? Well, I did. So some details might be wonky. However, I do know that I never thought I’d be trying to add a touch of seriousness to such a crack show and its characters.

[ducavalentinos]

There is two things I found interesting in that Ivar/Katya scene:

1)The fact he tells her that she knows he can’t. Was that Ivar indulging himself in the fantasy that she was Freydis on that moment? or did he actually told this strange woman his whole life? djsdjsdjs

2) He only kissed her after he took off her blonde wig, which could imply that he sees Katya and he is interested in her as a individual, and not solely because she looks like Freydis.

[the-timid-birb]

Why does nobody from the sweet pool fandom ever mention how Kunihito's uncle was gay af for Onnushi-sama