#it's neutral

[locuas642]

Setting aside the reading of Ichi as an egg (which I personally do not subscribe, but to each their own). One thing that the series keeps bringing up is Ichi being attracted to traditionally "feminine" things. Like the long boots and now the broom (which is like...... THE witch object, except maybe a cauldron).

And this is interesting because Ichi...

...Is a wild child.

He grew up in the wilderness and his knowledge of the world prior to Desscaras was limited to either hunting and survival or just about enough social skills to be able to talk to the townsfolk near the mountain where he used to live.

So I do think it is telling that as someone who grew isolated from social norms and standards. To him there is no distinction between his knife or a broom in terms of "for boys" or "for girls". He sees them as they are and wether he likes them or not.

And I think with this Ichi the Witch is highlighting that these are genderless concepts. There is nothing inherently "feminine" about a Broom except that which society with it's gender norms and traditions created.

[chaosmagetwin]

Sometimes, people ask me things like "oh, what sort of furry are you?" Usually my friends. It's a fun thought experiment.

I wish I was a furry, ya know? "Ah, my traits are [insert thing here], which means I am a [insert other thing here]."

and it's fun!

If I were a furry, I'd be a deer! Soft, flighty, prey animal. Wild, but not so wild one couldn't find it in the city. It'd just be a little lost, a little bit bumbling, a little bit silly. I'd have spots, and big round eyes, and antlers. But I'm not a furry.

If I were a feathery, I'd be a Ruby Throated Hummingbird! Quick, almost too quick, wild, a prey animal but not in the way people expect, a fighter. Confident, in a way I wish I could be. Loves sugar. I'd have wings from my back, red hair, a brash and confident demeanor. But I'm not a feathery.

If I were an aquatic furry (scalie? Aquafur?) I'd be a shrimp.

And yeah, it's always because of this. Just one jumbo shrimp. But I'm not aquatic.

But what if I were allowed to be a little bit more fantastical with it? Well, if I were fantastical and aquatic, I'd be a deep sea mermaid! I've always felt the call of the sea. Especially the deep sea. Specifically Bathypelagic or maybe even Abyssopelagic. A little scary, sure, with those spines, and those eyes, and the teeth! But also the bioluminescent freckles and spots across the body, silent communication through light alone, curious and misunderstood.... but I am not a mermaid.

"But you could be! You could be that, if you wanted. The self is constructed. You can be anything you want to be." Maybe. I like these things. It'd be nice if I were these things. It'd be wonderful and beautiful. But they are not me. I wish I were a cis woman. I am not. I am a trans woman. I am a woman, who happens to be trans, and yes I am equating that to mermaids. I am not a mermaid, in the same way that I am not cis. I know that I am not cis. In the same way that I know that I am not a mermaid.

But I also know that I am not human. Oh, I'm something that looks similar. Just slightly.... off. I am a demon. I know that in the same way that I know that I am trans. I didn't construct it. I've felt it since I've known what feelings are. I didn't always have words for it. In the same way that I didn't always know that I was a woman, but always was.

It's a type of therian. Otherkin. But people just kind of laugh when I say it. I can't be serious. "You're too sweet and kind to be a demon!" "You're not a demon, you're too innocent!" "You can't be a demon, that's just dysphoria talking."

Unfortunately, I didn't make the choice to be what I am. In the same way I didn't really choose my "chosen" name; it just sounded "right" in the same way that a name sounds right for cis folk. Halie. It isn't special. It doesn't make me feel good, or bad, or anything except: "That's me. That's my name. Yep. It sure is Halie."

I know that my name is Halie. I tried every other spelling. Not me. I tried other names. Not me. I would've liked to have been an Ashley; it's such a pretty name, flows so well. Unfortunately, it's not me. But Halie is. It is me, in the same way that I am trans, in the same way that I am a demon, in the same way that I like the things that I like, and exist the way that I do. It simply is.

I didn't choose to be trans, or to be Halie, or to be a demon, or to like the idea of being a furry or animal therian, or to have dirty blonde hair. These things just are. And I wish I could choose different, but I can't, because it wouldn't be me. The self is a construction, but there are foundations here that cannot even be cracked.

[jellybracelet]

Should I tag my poll #misha Collins

[abutterflyobsession]

sibling shows up to torment me in my dreams. unfair. this version of them no longer exists in reality only in my head go AwAY

[redphlox]

Touya’s "weak" constitution…or was it just unachievable standards?

I was thinking, is there any proof either Touya or Rei has a weak constitution/a weak body? We've never seen or heard of Rei being physically weak or frail. We've only ever heard her children worry about her mental state, not her physical state. We also see Dabi holding his own during battles, even if he’s burning himself. So, why did Endeavor say Touya inherited Rei's weak constitution if physically both are healthy? 

It's because Endeavor has a bias toward fire quirks and it serves as his gauge to assess someone's strength and worthiness. Look at his agency - every employee is a fire user. He doesn't employee any ice, wind, or water quirk users either, which would make a balanced team (see: Inasa and Shouto's fire tornado at the provisional licensing exam.) He never wished he had an ice quirk because he thought ice would be a useful fighting quirk to supplement his fire quirk. Instead, he wanted an ice quirk for thermoregulation and that's it. He never acknowledges Shouto's skilled ability to use his right side. It's always "SHOUTO USE YOUR LEFT SIDE" and he only ever emphasizes Shouto training Half-Hot and learning fire-related ultimate moves. Endeavor considers Shouto's right side as a convenient accessory, kind of like those 9 wee wees (first aid emergency kits) Shouto carries on his belt. Endeavor even calls Shouto an idiot for not using his fire side during his match with Sero at the sports festival when, honestly, did that battle call for fire? Shouto did fine only using his ice that time. 

Like Midoriya said, Half-Cold is only half of Shouto's power, so why would Endeavor hyperfixate on improving/training only Shouto's left side instead of all his power? It's because Endeavor wants Shouto to be a fire-only user and limit the ice to a cooling mechanism, which is Endeavor's way of living vicariously through him to become #1. You could argue that Shouto already trained Half-Cold on his own and it doesn't need more training, but would that be the mentality of someone who's been the #2 hero for over 20 years and started training his son at 5 years old to surpass a man who was in his 40's at the time? Would Endeavor say, "You can stop training Half-Cold now Shouto, you're strong enough"? He'd never say that about Half-Hot either. 

In Endeavor's eyes, the ice quirk and the body type for it are inferior. It's stated in canon that Rei doesn't like the heat, and we assume it's because of her ice quirk. Her body is suited for colder temperatures. Otherwise, she'd freeze anytime she used her quirk. But, Endeavor considers Rei and her body "weak" because she can't withstand heat, even though she's not supposed to. 

So, Touya inherited Rei's constitution, aka her body type that is built to withstand cold temperatures. But the problem as we all know is that he inherited Endeavor's flames, and anytime he uses his quirk, his body burns. So, it's not that Touya was weak, but that he wasn't blessed with the ideal genetic combination of a body that was a good match for a fire quirk, and for that Endeavor shamed him and told him he wasn't good enough, that basically Touya’s entire existence was inherently wrong.

So no, Touya isn’t weak physically. He never was weak and there was nothing wrong with his body. Having a quirk doesn't mean you have to use it - a lot of people in the manga don't use theirs. Touya was a child who didn't win the genetic lottery but was told he’d become #1 someday, but then that came crashing down once his body couldn’t keep up. It must have been damaging for him to hear he was weak and therefore lesser because of how his body was built, for something he couldn’t change and had no control over. It's like being told by your parent who has a deep tan 24/7 that you're worthless because you're albino, but you tan to gain their approval and end up with severe burns. Or, being told that your lungs are wrong because you have asthma. There’s nothing inherently “wrong” about those conditions and they don’t make that individual “weak” - it requires them to take care of themselves differently, sure, but it doesn’t make them “weak” people. There's no correlation between someone's inherent worth and their physical (dis)abilities or physical characteristics. 

But, Endeavor passes judgment and assigns value to his children on whether they have a fire quirk and whether they can use it. Like, what if Fuyumi or Natsuo have unbelievably strong ice quirks with a built in heating quirk so they won't get hypothermia or freeze, which enables them to surpass All Might? Endeavor never bothered with them though because they weren't mainly fire users and he wanted Hellflame, through his heir, to surpass All Might. 

Also, this emphasizes that Endeavor never paused to think of the repercussions of his eugenics experiments. Endeavor made a child whose body does exactly what he didn't want and even worse - overheats AND burns his own flesh. Even after he realized Touya’s existence with a mismatched body and quirk meant physical agony and harm, it didn't stop him from trying for another child with the ideal quirk even though the child's health would potentially be at risk. What if instead of the ice and fire quirks working together, they work against each other? What if it was impossible to use both symbiotically? What if Touya’s case repeated itself and every time Shouto used his fire he burned because he inherited his mom's "weak" constitution on the left side and vice versa? 

Also, this emphasizes that Endeavor only sees Shouto as primarily a fire user who has ice for cooling purposes, similar to how Early!Todoroki tried to be an ice user who sparingly used his fire quirk as a warming mechanism to thaw people and things he froze. But he's literally split down the middle - he's Half-Hot, Half-Cold. Endeavor was trying to mold his son into something his body wasn't built for too, just as he did with Touya. Endeavor was stifling Shouto by developing only his left side and reducing him to only half of his power. If Shouto hadn't trained his right side himself for combat out of spite, would Endeavor have trained it? I doubt it. It's like Endeavor was telling his ambidextrous kid to only write with his left hand when clearly learning to use both would be advantageous. 

Ironic, isn't it?

[blockie]

man i figured out why i felt so grumpy all saturday and slept like shit that night and woke up with a headache. it’s bc my brain can’t deal with change when i’ve spent a considerable amount of Getting Ready for Something (and then it doesn’t happen)! you’d think my conscious self would have caught up with that simple fact by now!

[magioftheseas]

Thoughts on OumaSai??

I pretty much summarized how I feel about it before in this post and I don’t think my feelings have changed at all since then, haha.

TLDR version: it’s cute but ultimately shallow bait and I’m not gonna go for that especially when other ships are way, way better. In my opinion. If you love this ship lots…okay.

Sai/Ou/Mota is good.