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22 and tired // memes, kdramas and other random stuff // particularly obsessed with beyond evil and succession
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exuberantocean
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skeletaltumbleweed

when ted lasso said to grow you must first acknowledge your faults. when ted lasso said people can only realise their full potential when they feel able to be their authentic self. when ted lasso said you don’t lose masculinity when you lose toxic masculinity, and any form of masculinity intrinsically tied to toxicity isn’t worth having. when ted lasso said every single person has made mistakes and to condemn others as unforgivable is to condemn ourselves. when ted lasso said even those who appear happiest still struggle. when ted lasso said inter-generation queer relationships are vital. when ted lasso said men can and do experience sexual trauma rather than painting it as an affirmation of masculinity. when ted lasso said the ultra-wealthy perceive and experience the world on in entirely different way that values status above all else. when ted lasso said aging is not a curse but a blessing of wisdom and experience. when ted lasso said-

#ted lasso
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saintshigaraki
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saintshigaraki

im so enamored with stories that portray love as something soft and kind because i do think that love at its core is an act of kindness. its part of the reason i prefer the idea of growing into love instead of falling in love because when i think of growing into love i think of a garden, like love is something to cultivate, to tend to daily, a steady progression of growth with some setbacks, a few dying leaves here and there, having to move to a bigger pot and a spot with more sunshine, but it’s still something that at the end of the month, or a year, or a decade, or a lifetime you can look at and see the product of your dedication, see exactly what it means to pour your heart into something. i just! love reading about kind love!

#on love#love as sth soft#as it should be#musings
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wherewolf
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wherewolf

the responses i’ve seen to shiv’s ending seem very quick to write her off as just another sad victim of the cycle, which isn’t without truth BUT!!! that is not even remotely the summation of shiv’s story.

i don’t think she votes yes to “save kendall” or to try to finally set her brothers free. and i don’t think her main concern was that ken was becoming their dad. she absolutely noticed and didn’t love it, but that was not her motivation in betraying him. she was thinking about herself.

it’s tempting to make a martyr out of her as she is the only female child and we see her suffer the onslaught of misogyny that comes with that. but to make her into a saintlike figure who got beat takes away the power and intelligence behind her decision.

at this point she’s stuck between two non ideal choices, but she recognizes that they have accidentally made her the single most important player in the game. because while she can’t have the outcome she’d prefer, she has the power to decide the fates of everyone else. the written off lone woman now holds in her hands the fate of every man in her life.

so she thinks about the long term benefits of both options and realizes that one side leaves her completely without any leverage.

her brothers have proven to her multiple times in the last few days alone that they will cut her out and walk all over her the first chance they get. siding with them leaves her nothing to bargain with. she would just have to hope that ken would actually take care of her. and that level of vulnerability is not only unacceptable to her, it’s stupid. and shiv fuckin roy is not stupid.

so she thinks about the other side and about what she actually wants for her life. and against her better judgment, it’s becomes unfortunately clear that she wants tom. the way she wants him is not altogether loving or even good but it is necessary to her. she sees relationships as having winners and losers and she chose this man specifically so that she could be confident in her ability to win. except now he’s grown some balls and made himself unavailable to her.

she may not like the way her husband is evolving but she already placed her bets on him, so she’s sure as hell not losing to him now. there’s also a part of her that feels intrigued by this new man she’s married to. it’s interesting to have a sparring partner in him instead of having to looking for excitement outside of their marriage.

so for maybe the first time ever, she processes what tom has said to her and thinks about what he actually wants.

he needs her to prove that she cares. he needs to know that she is capable of sacrifice. if she can’t find it within herself to do this for him, then she will lose him, and by extension, she will lose.

siding with tom gives her the opportunity to once and for all make a grand-stand gesture of love, but more importantly, it creates leverage for her. never again will he be able to hold the moral high ground over her head. never again can he say she doesn’t love him. never again can he call her selfish or uncaring. above all, he can never betray her again, because she just removed all of his moral justification for turning on her. he doesn’t realize it yet, but she’s just taken back all the power in their relationship. just in a more subtle way than she’s used to operating.

and just like that, she has the ceo of a multi billion dollar company in her pocket, while situating herself as the only descendant of logan roy to still be playing the game, having removed her brothers from the equation permanently. she may still be far from the top but she’s creating a path for herself to climb.

so yes, she’ll let tom play king for a day, and she’ll have his baby and say “congratulations,” and play the gracious wife, but tomorrow is a new day with lots of room to maneuver. and when her husband puts out his hand, she’ll place her own on top. but she won’t grasp it because she doesn’t need to.

#succession#succession finale#shiv roy#meta
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villainsandvictimsalliance
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villainsandvictimsalliance

Are you really wondering why so many people like the League of Villains while totally failing to acknowledge that they are a welcoming group whenever you like it or not?

  • Magne is a confirmed trans character in bnha / mha.
  • Twice has mental issues and no one ever questioned him or rejected him for it.
  • Toga is a teenage girl and they never even once commented on her looks or sexualized her. Even more, they worried over her but never underestimated Toga in no way.
  • Mr. Compress lost his arm and they never treated him like he was less or anything.
  • Dabi has a bunch of issues but no one questions him or asks him about anything. He's free to come and go as he want, always.
  • Shigaraki never forced them to do anything. He himself never rejected someone that wanted to join the League. With Stain and Overhaul, they refused to follow him and stayed away themselves, they also looked for a fight with Shigaraki.
  • They never made fun of Spinner for his quirk.
  • Most of them are not useful to society standars and they don't care. They don't push anyone into being more than what they are.
  • You have at least two characters with chronic psychological and physical issues. No one rejected them or though less of them for that.
  • They represent minorities. Not all of them, but some of them. They are a tiny group of powerless people getting together to do something big, contrary to organizations like the Hero Comission or the Meta Liberation Army (who were people in power).
  • They never pushed anyone to reveal their identities. I can't stress how important this is. They never asked for anything the others were not ready to give.
  • They never blamed Twice for taking Overhaul to them. Shigaraki gave him the opportunity to fix it but only because he was feeling guilty, not because Shigaraki himself was blaming him on it.
  • They support each other a lot. They are each other's priorities.
  • If someone hurts any of them, they get revenge, oh boy if they didn't. Overhaul, the Meta Liberation Army and Hawks are some examples of what happens when you mess with a member of the League.
  • And finally, they'd gladly sacrifice themselves to protect each other. We have many, many examples of this.

*Dabi is an exception to some things over here but he's a separate case, mostly because he is very protective of the League, for whatever reason he has.

But there it is. They are a welcoming group.

I'm not saying they are a picture perfect family and I'm not excusing their behaviors. Stop seeing things in black and white. They can have good things without being romanticized and still have many many things wrong.

They are still very disfunctional and dangerous to each other, but there are also some important topics and representations in here.

#bnha#league of villains#lov#bnha meta