Mi corazón se está enfriando y cada vez es más poca la inspiración para escribir.
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Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice but to Balance
Kota and Naoya of Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice but to Kiss! are color-coded boys in love providing balance to each other while being the epitome of Japan's standard Brooding Boy and Happy Human dynamic. However, these two put their own spin on this classic tale.
Kota is a college junior whose name means joy and good fortune, but unfortunately, he is is unfortunate.
Naoya is his classmate, and his name means improvement (to mend or fix) and honesty, and luckily, he's lucky.
So you're probably thinking Kota, Mr. Unlucky, is the Brooding Boy and Naoya, My. Lucky, is the Happy Human, right?
Well, if so, you'd be wrong because the colors mean things and tell us a different story!
Kota, Mr. Unlucky, is the Happy Human always dressed in light colors, while Naoya, Mr. Lucky, is the Brooding Boy always dressed in dark colors.
Even their friend groups correlate their colors to match their respective color-coded boy.
Kota is the Happy Human because he tries to see the silver-lining of his misfortune. Everything constantly goes wrong, so when something goes right, he is delighted. He also doesn't want anyone to pity him. Naoya is the Brooding Boy because people use him for his luck, so he never knows when someone is being genuine. He closes himself off because he cannot trust others.
But once they begin to orbit around each other (due to Kota's scheming), they begin to balance each other out, literally and figuratively. Kota usually wears a black backpack over his light-colored clothes, and Naoya wears a white shirt underneath all of his dark-colored colors. The balance has already began.
Naoya's luck transfers to Kota, and Kota's luckless affects Naoya's. We start to visually see this through objects beyond their clothes. When drinking coffee, both have cups that align to their color (Naoya = black, Kota = white), but when eating ice cream, the colors shift (Naoya = white, Kota = swirl).
This color exchange also passes on to their friend groups. Naoya's friends, Mugi and Saku, start wearing more pops of colors, and Kota's friends, Minato and Itsuki, start wearing darker colors.
The friend groups also provide another level of balance. When paired up, one friend is usually warm colored and the other is cool colored, yet they hold onto the color scheme of the other. Anna is wearing a blue cardigan, but holding a red pen, while Miki is wearing an orange top with a blue skirt.
But by the end of the series, the friends apply the light versus dark color scheme that Kota and Naoya use.
Once Kota and Naoya become more acquainted with each other, they continue to use the light versus dark color scheme, but begin to share colors. At first, it's brown, but then it turns into a gra blue (Naoya's shirt and Kota's hoodie under his vest).
Because they are taking after their favorite stuffed animal, Rui the penguin, who is black and white on top, but merges the colors on the bottom to a dark and light gray.
As they continue to merge and balance each other out, it is revealed that Kota is the more serious of the two, while Naoya is really only serious about loving Kota. This is also shown through positioning. Even though Naoya is taller, as their loves unfolds, Naoya tends to be positioned lower than Kota because Kota really holds the power in their relationship.
As our Happy Human states, unlike popular belief, he is not the passive type.
A person who has to deal with as much adversity as he has and still comes out on the other side bright and cheerful is far more active than Naoya who has had his fortune handed to him.
Kota provides that additional layer of balance to Naoya since Naoya now has to put in a great deal of effort to make this relationship work and can't rely simply on his good luck to win over Kota.
However, since they both give what the other lacks, they work it out, also literally and figuratively.
Because at the end of the day (or at the beginning of it), Naoya in his all black outfit with white hoodie ties, and Kota in his all white outfit with black stripes, truly balance each other out.
Oh and Rui! Rui provides the balance too!
I think it was on a concert or something but you can literally read his lips saying hajima bro I love this video literally gave me butterflies
Specific Barbie references in the Barbie movie (2023) based on the promo and teaser trailer (so far)
Margot Robbie as Barbie - 1959 Ponytail Barbie Doll (The first barbie doll)
Emerald Fennell as Midge - 2003 Midge and Baby (BANNED FROM WALMART!)
Issa Rae as President Barbie - 2020 Candidate doll from the Barbie Campaign Team Set
Michael Cera as Allan - 1964 Allan Doll (He's Ken's Buddy!)
(Unsure) Dua Lipa as Blue-Haired Mermaid (potentially Nori from Mermaidia (2006) , or Dreamtopia (2017-2018)
Kate McKinnon as messed up, played with chewed feet Barbie Doll (Transcends time and generations)
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Why OP
slam that fucking unmute button
berenswick
“I know I’ve heard this before. Is this from an anime or someth-OH FUCK!”
I WAS FIGHTING TO FIND THIS WOMAN
“But if you forget to reblog Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity.”
fuckthisbloganditscurses
Happiness Will Come To You.
gaymacs
when tho
sandvendor100
When You Least Expect It. Probably Late March
reblog for happiness to come for you in late march!
voidfished
I reblogged this last year and I hung out with blink-182 backstage on March 30. Reblogging again because it worked the first time.
honestly, last year one of the best days of my life happened in late March
got my master’s in March last yr, also got into my PhD in March
March’s pretty rad ngl
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Since I was memorized by Izuka Kenta in Candy Color Paradox and @gillianthecat wrote a great recommendation for it, I decided to finally watch The Novelist and Mood Indigo, and, boy(s) oh boy(s), do I have thoughts:
Both sexual relationships began in very fucked up ways because Kijima gave Kido and Kuzumi exactly what they wanted by pushing a boundary they didn't think he was capable of crossing. Kijima tricked Kuzumi into his life but gave him an out. Kido manipulated Kijima into his life but refused to let him go.
While Kido was disgusted with Kijima and himself ("I hate myself when I'm with you"), Kuzumi was worried about Kijima ("There's something wrong with you"), and those two reactions dictated how each man interacted with Kijima.
Kido's relationship with Kijima was sexual solely because Kido wouldn't allow himself to feel anything beyond that. He was aggressive, domineering, and distant with Kijima, so he would never have to evaluate why he loved him.
Kuzumi's relationship with Kijima was intimate from the beginning because of the nature of their work arrangement. Unlike Kido, who was seen as some kind of life saver since he gave Kijima a job even though Kujima gave him a place to live, Kuzumi was introduced as merely an observer and temporary guest of Kijima's life, so the power dynamic that was prominent in Kijima's relationship with Kido didn't exist with Kuzumi. Kuzumi got to watch Kijima unscathed because he comfortably fit into Kijima's life rather than disrupted it like Kido.
Because Kido kept Kijima at a distance, their interactions were tangled with flirtatious comments and lust. There was always an underlying tension that could boil over, but they never reached deep enough to allow anything beyond the superficial and sexual.
Kijima tried to treat his relationship with Kuzumi like his relationship with Kido. Kuzumi wouldn't allow that behavior from Kijima. He didn't want his defense mechanisms. He didn't want Kijima's fake smiles and intrusive advances that masked raw emotions. Kuzumai didn't hide his feelings in hopes that his vulnerability would allow Kijima to feel safe enough to express his. He wanted to see Kijima for who he was, not for who he pretended to be.
Kido wanted to know he always had Kijima and became possessive and jealous when others made Kijima happy. Kuzumi admired Kijima and was pleased when Kijima experienced happiness with others.
The closer Kijima got, the more alert Kido became and stayed awake because he couldn't trust himself. Kuzumi easily fell asleep with Kijima by his side.
Kido stopped writing because he believed he could never achieve Kijima's level of technique and skill. Although Kido loved his job, he was willing to transfer because of societal expectations. Kido needed to be seen as successful, which is why he couldn't give into his attraction to Kijima. Being in a relationship with a man made him feel lesser. Kuzumi didn't know what he wanted to do for a career and was aimless. He openly purchased the pornographic books without caring about how it would be perceived. He had a successful career, but it didn't matter to him, and he even skipped a meeting.
Kido and Kijima began in the light with an audience, and Kido never allowed that to happen again, only interacting with Kijima in the dark and behind closed doors. Kuzumi and Kijama began in the dark, but Kuzumi had only shown Kijima light and openness since then.
Kido was never happy when he was with Kijima. Kuzumi was always happy with Kijima. Kido would never love Kijima openly because of his need to be seen as normal. Kuzumi wanted to love Kijima openly because it was the only space he really felt normal.
As Kido stated in the last scene, the flame in Kido's heart that flickers for Kijima will never be extinguished, but Kido has proven that he is willing to burn Kijima if he comes too close. Kuzumi's love started as a flame but is now a raging fire. It cannot be contained, it cannot be stopped, and even though it is terrifying, it is a force of beauty.
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Sexual themes