#wow that got long...

[ghostlywriterneon]

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♚ Do you agree with fandom interpretation of your character?

No. I do not. 

A lot of people see her as snobby rich kid and basically a bitch, when she’s really not. Grant it she has her moments where she acts like a child, but it was because she was shelter so long and everyone let’s her get away with it. Her father is to blame for this attitude for hers. He allowed her to get away with things for so many years, so of course she’s going to think it’s okay to do this! She doesn’t know any better!

Neon is so much more than what people think she is! She’s adorable, nice, and actually really caring, even Eliza agree’s! Neon wants to help people. So many people over looked this line and it bothers the crap out of me. When she was just a small child, she had the will power and desire to become a nen genius and actually help this people! Where the problem comes in here, is her father pushed his selfish wishes on her and forced her to be apart of the mafia. If she wasn’t a 100% positive that she would be giving these fortunes away for free. In fact, she hates telling fortunes to the mafia people! She wants the fortunes to come from the heart and make peoples lives better! Not so they could know winning numbers or how they can beat their enemies. That’s why she was so open to tell Chrollo his fortunes.

As for her collection with body parts, cause I know people are going to come back and slam her on that. It is not for malicious intent. She wouldn’t just go up to a random person and say, give me your arm or just cut it off of them. And as for the Kurapika situation, no, she will not rip out his eyes, rather she would fawn over them all call him the coolest person she’s ever seen. While it’s not specifically stated why she collects them, I strongly believe it has something to do with her fortunes. While she may not be able to use her power on dead things, nor does she believe that there is an afterlife, I think she’s curious about their life and their story before they died. More than likely, it’s ‘if I told them their fortune before they died, would it have made their life better?’ Because, once again, Neon wants to help people. 

Then finally, what happen with Chrollo and her running away from her guards. One, Chrollo could trick any person he wants, falling for his trick does not make her an idiot. Once again everyone is over looking something. Neon manged to escape four guards AND one of those guards has the ability to hear heart beats. So, they entire time she was planning this, discreetly buying items to change into and actually changing in the bathroom and then running away from her guards, she had to keep her heart beat pretty damn calm. Otherwise Melody sure as hell would get suspicious or question her. ALSO, taking a step back words, she whipped together a plan to run away, grant it, it was simple plan, but it still worked.

I could go on some more but then it would just turn into a mess. So I’ll just stop here for now.

[insumoira]

Are you satisfied with your name? :)

"My name?  Well, back in the old days, Galene was a sea goddess.  And not just of all the seas, but of calm seas.  That's th-the literal translation of it.  Calm Seas.  She was part of a group of fifty Nereids, sea goddesses that would watch over men who came to the aide of others, rescuing them.  There were some who were the personification of bits of th-the sea: brine, the foam, sand on the beaches, waves, currents...everything you could imagine about the sea, there were Nereids who embodied them.

"My middle name is Artemis....which is my mother's name.  And Artemis was apparently one of the more well known goddesses.  She held a bow and arrow and revered animals like deer, boars and bears.  She's the goddess of the hunt, wilderness and the protector of young girls, bringing and relieving disease in women.  My mother was a strong woman, and there are days when I miss seeing her...

"Tethys is an ocean Titaness, described as 'the mother' who oversaw rivers of the world known to people called the Greeks.  Other than th-that, I don't know anything else.  So...powerful sea goddesses and a woman who took it upon herself to help and heal.

"I'd think th-that I'm satisfied with my name."

[dj-triumph]

#I honestly wish this fandom would pay more attention to Bruce in this scene#and not everyone else#because the man just admits he tried to commit suicide#and no one really gives a damn about how truly horrifying it is#Bruce is a man with many talents and gifts#yet this creature that sits in his mind#has literally devoured every single scrap of happiness it can find#leaving him desperate#alone#and distant#and he's pulled back into a world he's not ready for and wants no part of#and doesn't want to burden anyone with his issues#because the monster in his head is not the fucking hulk#why would it be the Hulk?#it's just another voice#another argument into the swell of voices that include his father#Ross and everyone who's ever tormented him#no the monster is himself#and god why do people simply concentrate on what cap or thor#or tony#or fury or nat is doing in this scene?

—robertbrucebannerphd

Hi there! Let me start by saying I understand. I really understand where you're coming from because Bruce is the forgotten character. Sometimes it's Thor because well he went back home, so when there's post-Avengers stuff, sometimes he's not in it, but when he is and everyone's not suited up and there's fanart, a lot of things have Hulk in them anyway. Because that makes sense. (Not.)

The point of this scene is to be Bruce-centric. The portion with them simply arguing is tilted to Steve and Tony and to Bruce. The most heart-breaking part is that Bruce has tried to commit suicide, and the fact that he is so brilliant and so kind (he can be, anyway) yet he still thinks he is a meaningless destructive force who occasionally possesses the ability to help others.

Bruce's mind is not the place to mess around. It's not somewhere to tinker, as Ross has done; it's not somewhere to unload hatred, as Brian did; it's not his own because of the Hulk and because of everything else that's piled on top of that.

The reason people concentrate on other things, other characters, is because a) Bruce's life is arguably the most tragic of the Marvel characters and many people are not prepared to deal with that, b) as you may have noticed, and as the entire point of that post we read, is that each time you watch the Avengers, there's something new to notice, such as reasons why Tony would do that other than to be a dork, and c) it shows responses and qualities of other characters.

We watch Bruce shuffle onto the Helicarrier deck, scope out the exits, do everything like a man on the run. We see him hesitate to shake Fury's hand but shake Tony's hand right away. We see him uncomfortable around military and authoritative presence. We see him think about wanting children, we see him helping others as well as scaring them.

And you know what? We also get to watch Fury be the big man and try to take control. We see Tony and Steve press each other's buttons because they're connected in a complicated, painful sense—a connection created by Howard Stark, a man whose ambitions lay above his sense of family. We see Natasha keep her cool and Thor giggle because he is so used to war that this argument is hardly worth so much worry.

What I'm trying to say is that even though this scene should be Bruce-centric, it is also, like the rest of the movie, about all six Avengers, about three SHIELD agents, about the rest of the Helicarrier crew and the citizens of New York and the world's population and all of the Nine Realms.

We are allowed to notice how Tony acts out not for himself but for someone else. We are allowed to notice details. All of the Avengers are broken. Bruce simply admits it the fastest because of everything he's been holding in all these years and because people like to push his buttons or step away from him and focus on the monster rather than the man.

Side note: I applaud your description of Bruce's mind, especially in saying that the Hulk isn't the true voice that drove him over the edge. That spoke to me.