#unexpected parallels

[ao3feed-erasermic]

by syriala "Doesn't seem fair to hold him here. With how his caseworker called and then dropped him off mere hours later it seemed more like an emergency placing than anything else and it's okay if those don't work out, but he needs to know that we can totally look into finding a different family for him if he wants that." "You don't like the idea," Hizashi says after a moment and Shouta presses his lips together. "I—would have liked if it worked out with him," he then admits and he knows that Hizashi can read between the lines. They had never seriously considered long-term fostering or even adoption; they were fine with being the emergency placement for all of the kids they took in and they have always been more than happy to see them off to more permanent families after a while but with Hitoshi—it just feels different with Hitoshi. It's probably because Shouta knew him before, already came to like the kid, but with him, Shouta would have considered adoption. Had planned to bring it up to Hizashi soon, even, but it seems that's not something that's wanted here and Shouta will just have to learn to live with that. Words: 4770, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: Gen, M/M Characters: Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Shinsou Hitoshi Relationships: Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Shinsou Hitoshi, Shinsou Hitoshi & Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Panic Attacks, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Married Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Fluff Read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/70596136

[evilphrog]

How to make a show I will love:

1. Take a guy who has alienated everyone he cares about with his lies, who is afraid to even try putting things right so he just shovels more lies on top of them and acts cynical to everyone. He is convinced he can never be more than a total jerk and a failure.

2. Give him a huge falling out with his violence-loving sibling, who responds by joining a six-person team that fights against him. Both he and his sibling should blame him entirely for the falling out, but it should be obvious that some of the problem is his sibling’s refusal to accept any apologies. Oh, and give the sibling lightning powers.

3. Take another guy who was kidnapped by a shadowy government organization and brainwashed for most of his life. Make him radiate toxic optimism as a shield against the obvious guilt and trauma.

4. Force them together to solve mysteries involving time travel, much to the first guy’s annoyance and the second guy’s joy.

5. Make their best friend a woman who can kick anyone’s ass, but who is still allowed to be emotional. She starts the show wanting to be the perfect soldier, but ends up making her own path.

6. The titular character needs a narrative parallel in the form of a feral woman who has been raised entirely outside society. Her only real skillset is killing people, and she has negative social skills. Do not feminize her at all. She is going to be insane, violent, and dangerous. Her biggest dream is to find a new reality where she can just be a happy nobody.

7. Give her that dream, then make her watch it all fall to pieces. Have her blame herself for it, abandon that dream world, and return to the chaos.

8. The first season needs to be about free will vs. determinism, and taking control of your own narrative. The second guy should help the first guy find a way to atone for his past mistakes. It ends on a cliffhanger where the first guy does the hard work to be honest and vulnerable for the first time, but he ends up even worse off than before. He still chooses to commit to doing the right thing in spite of it all.

9. The second season starts with the first guy frantically searching for the second guy. When he finds him, the second guy is having a complete nervous breakdown because his toxic optimism has stopped being effective against the trauma and guilt. Now, the first guy has to turn the tables and be the one to help the second guy come to terms with his own past and take control of his own narrative.

10. Add a frat boy villain who represents the shadowy government organization. He has to be the dumbest human being alive, a total asshole, and have mental breakdowns every episode. He eventually betrays his older mentor for his own self-interest, and begrudgingly helps the protagonists defeat the shadowy government. He is still an asshole.

11. Throw in a lovable, hyperactive tech genius who is more interested in solving the puzzles than in the moral implications of his actions.

And boom! Instant classic.

[oishitea]

Oh boy, Be My Favorite fans get ready to scream

I got @seanwhites to start catching up on the show and this happened:

For reference, it's this scene in Episode 1 3/4 (about 6:20 for the timestamp):

This is her song:

This is the soundtrack:

Idk if the music director knew what they were doing or if this is just a coincidence but I am laughing my ass off!

Someone make this edit stat

[abstrusemoose]

Two characters from some shows I watched recently I found myself really loving. Both Ted Lasso and Kotaro (from Kotaro Lives Alone) are unreasonably wise and inspirational. I found myself rooting for these adorable little guys and just found them ridiculously endearing. But with both shows you reach a point were you realize the reason these characters are so lovely can't be a good one. It's not normal or healthy for a child to be so mature and independent, or for anybody to be so relentlessly optimistic and cheery.

[thethirdromana]

What a sublime thought to think that in the hollow of your own hand lies the life and death of nations,—and it was almost in mine.

Hang on a tick...

I think I've heard this one before.

[legobiwan]

I believe they call this the “Tatooine Shuffle.”

[un-intended-parallels]

Kim Taehyung in the Butter MV, 2021

Johnny Depp in Cry-Baby by John Waters, 1990

V in a Weverse interview, 2021

(I have been quietly f*cked up over this ever since @upthefolks brought it to my attention) (and the way I can imagine V as the lead in a Waters movie is wild!)