Rewatching the vod where Bad meets lifesteal corrupted Pangi.
*cries* baderduooooo. The world wouldn’t be able to handle you at your peak so they created timezones.
Anywho, I noticed some things on a rewatch after 9 months. (Yes it’s been that long q-q) So, tr!Bad seems to cope with his own sense of loss and sadness by saying and doing the things he wants to hear/recieve? And he shows this via giving hugs. This is interesting because I’m pretty sure I originally believed that Bad after he got corrupted (Steve) was his first showings of the whole hug thing. (The corruption felt like a warm permanent hug, offering hugs to everyone, etc.)
But no, while Pangi was talking about how he hoped he can become cured, Bad went “don’t lose hope Pangi. Y’know what, bring it in. Bring it in. It’s okay. No tears. No tears”
And it’s like, clearly Bad has been coping by being in denial and drinking to forget about all his problems because at the end of the day, feigning ignorance only works if you believe it yourself. But the fact that he says things like “It’s okay”, or “It’ll all be fine” or “no tears” and offers hugs is really sad. He wants that pillar of hope and comfort through all of his despair that the only way he feels he can receive it, is by offering it to others.
I will always believe that tr!water is the only reason why tr!Bad didn’t completely go depressed during all of this. At least Bad had one slightly healthy distraction from all of this. (until it wasn’t-)
also sharing these cute screenshots becuz holywater duo is the best ever (and Im sad after watching that badgerduo portion of the vod :c)
Just finished Azula in the Spirit Temple! It’s not perfect but I think it’s a great examination of a famously troubled soul.
On one hand Azula is able to acknowledge that her life was negatively influenced by her family’s actions.
But at the same time Ozai’s standards and abuse have been drilled into her so hard she’d rather continue acting like a villain because that’s easier than attempting to redeem herself. (That would mean accepting she’s in the wrong and she just can’t process that.)
And she is right to call the spirit out on its bullshit. If she’s really gonna redeem herself, then she’ll do it on her own accord, not because some spirit has thrust that decision upon her.
Yet at the same time the spirit vision seems to have helped her. Being told point blank that she surrounds herself with people to manipulate because she can’t stand being alone actually drives her to abandon her revenge plot and move on.
And who knows where she’ll go from here. Maybe she continues down this self-destructive path, never changing. Maybe she does redeem herself and returns to the palace with a new worldview.
Maybe she never returns to the palace and just forges a new life elsewhere. A life completely separated from all her troubles and ambitions — where she can be valued simply for herself.
No matter what happens, she’s earned this life-changing field trip.
I'M ONLY ON EPISODE 3 AND I'M ALREADY LOSING IT, SHIT MAN-
So like, from the looks of it, Kazuki used to have a pregnant wife and they were expecting a child. And I'm guessing at that point he's already a contract killer and got his wife killed because of his job.
And Rei was trained to be an assassin since childhood and had a dick father.
Both of them are living a life they lost by taking care of Miri. One finally got to be a father he never got to be, and the other became a father he never had....
I just finished watching a playthrough of kingdom hearts re:coded with my bestie here @skquill and when I saw this I thought, hey lets talk about yet another symbolism we find in the kh lore revolving these two boys. CAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT.
Though this series created virtual copies of our beloved characters who don’t have the memories of their counterparts, they still feel and react to the given circumstances and the events in Jiminy’s journal like they would if it was them. What caught me off guard in the beginning was that digital Riku was confirmed to be the keeper of the journal, the guardian angel if you will of the information and to an extent memories of everything real Sora has been through.
It’s never explained why the journal takes the form of Riku, only that it simply exists as so. And though there is a sense of difference between data and real (Data is more soft spoken, apologizes frequently, and doesn’t want Data Sora to get hurt in ANY sense be it physical or emotional. Yet he still retains the sarcasm, calculative nature, and fondness for Sora as the real Riku would.) He’s also the main one in story to follow Data Sora into defeating all the “bugs” that are corrupting the journal as well as stopping Pete and Maleficent from doing further damage. I did quite enjoy this scene of Data Riku asking Sora to stay away when Pete corrupts him with said bugs:
Data Riku takes his role seriously, even if he knows they aren’t the real deal, he has the instinct of keeping the face of the one he cares about alive at all costs, even if it means he goes corrupted. Huh, kinda reminds me of KH2 when Riku is ashamed at the thought of his friends looking at his Ansem form when he assists in Sora’s awakening. And we see another parallel again of the extent of Riku’s sacrafice:
And what I absolutely adore is that Data Sora is always there to tell him he’s not alone, he has his support, and that self sacrifice is in vain if they don’t have each other or their friends. It grounds them, helps them get where they need to be and eventually helps them open up to each other a lot more easier. I joked in my watch through that “Oh, this Sora is the Chaotic good that we would’ve gotten if Sora never experienced Trauma and this Riku is the one that we would have gotten if he trusted in Sora and blocked out the control of Maleficent’s darkness!” But in reality, these two are the just purest essence of their true selves, its the sora and riku we should have ended with when all was said and done, just two people who look out for the other and confide about their fears, their strengths and weaknesses, and give each other the strength to move on.
I also would like to point out that with Riku’s more mellowed attitude in this version, Sora takes charge in bringing up his self esteem, and in turn comes off as though he has grown more mature with each world they pass. But really the only difference is that this Sora is taking every bit of advice he’s taken from his peers and rewording it to fit the situation at hand. Riku’s down? Use a friendship quote he picked up from Donald/Goofy. But he is also sincere with it, where he doesn’t boast about being right or tease Riku when he feels insecure about a statement made, he genuinely wants Riku to feel worth and understand theres no need to apologize as nothing is wrong and what matters now is how they move forward.
And after this set of pictures where Riku is about to send Sora to King Mickey to finalize their mission after they realize “uh oh, Sora’s heartless got illegally downloaded and is causing another virus!”, it brings us back to the top image...waaaaaay back in the beginning of this long post of a pretty little glass stained door. And BOY do I have thoughts on this sequence! Riku’s instinct is to summon a portal specifically for Sora, his priority is to keep him safe as usual. But out of all the doors hes created thus far in game, this one is the most detailed and symbolic. He MADE THE DETAILS INTO ROSES. A flower well known for its tie in with romance. And the colors? Blue, Red, Lilac, and purple; with a few accents of pink and lighter blues. Do you know why the colors matter? BECAUSE THEY ARENT FRIENDSHIP BASED. THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS:
- Red roses: passion, desire, romance, eternal love (also Sora’s color)
- Blue roses: Mysterious, Extraordinary, Unattainable Love (also Riku’s color)
-Lilac: A promise to a future together
-Purple: love at first sight
-Pink: Appreciation, Gratitude, Admiration, unconditional love/affection
See, personally if I would’ve wanted to express a “friendship” between the puppet apparatuses of “real” individuals who carry very similar ideas of their counters, I would have gone with maybe a design that looks less like overlapping rose petals that concave into a secret tunnel, and gone more with a design thats like a forget-me-knot and stuck with blue for it as it IS Riku’s doing in this situation. He’s opening an escape for Sora. We don’t see a special portal like that when he teleports Mickey and co out the second time, its just bright light. So why give such a great detail to supposed best friends? On top of the design, it looks like stained glass. You know, like the ones used in churches? Typically meaning hope, togetherness, and love? Not to mention that the structure of the portal looks like a wedding arch, you know, the ones where people stand under to say their vows? SPEAKING OF VOWS! Don’t Sora and Riku in DDD create a heart song literally called “Dearly Beloved”, you know, the phrase said before wedding vows, and coincidentally with these characters creating the same colors we see in the portal. Listen, I couldn’t make this up if I tried. But at this point I will yell at the skies that Sora and Riku love each other in every form they take and are quite frankly married. Sorry, don’t make the rules, but this is def. beyond friendship.
In conclusion, um...Riku and Sora? Yeah if their digital versions understood that they can be separated from their friends but live on in their memories as long as they have each other just through the sheer shared experience of a walk through memory line of Sora’s past....then what is stopping the real ones from realizing this? And the thing is again, we got something very close to this realization when real Sora and Riku were trapped in the darkness and just kinda kicking back contemplating life and how glad they have each other at least. But in this iteration, its a lot more than just giving in to the fact nothing else can be done, its honoring the adventure, the time spent, and the amount of growth they’ve gone through. This iteration understands their work is done and its okay to find solace in the other when all the rest of their memories from those not in the digital world will erase, yet never truly be gone because THOSE friends on the other side will always have them in their hearts. This was supposed to be how in my eyes KH3 ended and why after seeing this, I know that we need to get back to this point, because OUR story with OUR Sora and Riku has yet to aquire this level of understanding. I’m expecting a sorta, KH 3.5 in the future or some spinoff to tie their stories up and to have them be at peace that they probably will never return to the world they grew up in, but thats fine because they have each other and a whole new adventure. And thats what I enjoyed about this part of re:coded. In summary I guess, Sora and Riku are destined to end up in the same realm helping the other, thats their fate, reaching contentment in the others presence and to stop feeling like its their job to save everyone out of their reach. The heroes journey is over, its time to find the conclusion of their own inner turmoil and remember who was there since the start for them.
Guess who is back from his short hiatus to tell you that Wilbur posted his lore on AO3 and I read it fully ready to read a detailed story about C! Wilbur mental state currently and some good friendly Tntduo shit
instead I figured out that because of the fact C!Wilbur did bad things in the past , everyone assumed he lied when in reality he was paranoid, and therefore only told Tommy and Tubbo what he thought was true even if it wasn’t in the long run.
And because said bad things, he will always be known as the man who hurt the innocent when that title is more suited for c!Dream or C!Sam.
Anyways Wilbur may have felt alive when the explosion happened but he had tears on his face and new burns on his body from how close he was to the edge of the viewing platform because he genuinely cares about Ranboo and Tubbo and didn’t want either to get caught in that explosion. It was meant to hurt Quackity emotionally and Quackity only, no one else.
Hi, I'm back. I know things became bad towards the ending of Banana Fish. Thanks for withstanding it with all your hearts. I need to say some words myself as a manga reader.
To the people who're calling the ending trashy,
Do you guys understand the definition of Tragedy ? Have you read Shakespeare ? If you haven't then stop talking please. Banana Fish is written in the lights of Shakespearean literature. If you analyze Ash's character carefully, you'll find similarities with Hamlet, just my personal opinion though. But, see how his character developed throughout the show. At first he's obsessed with revenge for Griffin (then Skipper) but soon enough he finds himself in a conflict.
Sometimes he says he's afraid of himself, also sometimes says he's blessed by the love he's experienced through Eiji ( remember his conversation with Blanca ? ).
Well, that's something completely natural to begin with. All of us have two different sides, Chinese call it the Yin and Yang, the dark and the light. Despite everything, Ash is just a suffering adolescent boy who's in a trauma. Eiji's presence somehow made the conflict inside him stronger.
The true beauty of the series is actually the ending. See how peaceful it is.
He's looking above, as if God is smiling upon him. Many of you are saying "he suffered too much, he deserves better"...etc. That's exactly why, he got what he deserved. Here, death is not the fiercely feeling. It's freedom. Ash needed this freedom. He's a murderer too. The world won't give him any sympathy for the crimes he created. There's no place for him. And he can't deny that. Eiji's love can't make his crimes fade away. Cause his body's adjusted itself to murder. Ash hated this self of himself and wanted to be free from the first of the series. At first, it was the freedom from Golzhine, then the agony of Shorter's death, then the trauma of Eiji's injury, his teammates' and Max's capture. Yes, freedom came. Didn't it ? It's the ultimate freedom that gave him rest. That's beautiful. Tragically beautiful. We audience are there for him to cry. But from Ash's perspective, he's completed his purpose of life. Actually, from the first, he never gave priority to his life either. He got his revenge for Griffin, he destroyed project Banana Fish, he got rid of his past , and of course he got the unconditional love from Eiji. That's more than enough for a victim of fate. So he's happy too . The tears he's shading on the brink of death carry both sorrow and happiness. He's sad cause he's dying, he can't ever see Eiji again. He's happy cause he's blessed to recieve the love he always needed. And that made him complete.
The ending is even more beautiful, that Eiji will never see him again (ignore the extra please, I'm talking about the main series). The memory Eiji has of Ash is that of a beautiful, lonely boy. He's returning to Japan with this unique image, not that of the dying Ash. Ash himself would've wanted that too.
That's why, the death is like a savior here. Yes, a savior. From the beginning, there are many ironies in the show which hint the death of Ash, just like the Shakespearean tragedies. Death saved Ash. From the agony of the mundane world. He deserved the rest he always needed. Death gave him his peace. That's why he's happy, he "fell asleep" with a smile.
The smile is beautiful.
Lastly : of course we'll still cry for him. For leaving Eiji behind. (TT)(TT)(TT)(TT)(TT)
For me, the saddest moment in the show is this :
Someone not depressed longing for death is a miserable thing. Miserable.
From what I can gather from this drawing (IT'S MADE BY @sweaterface BTW‼️), the world got cut in half and it definitely harmed some people. That's probably why most of the producing team at EWLAT had scars, because they were affected by it
(I'm gonna assume this is canon for now, although the disaster thingy probably would change in the future) (Also this drawing shows up at the end of the film
EDIT MAY 5 2024: Okay wait maybe there was a nuclear war that ended up getting the world split in half? I guess that could be plausible
