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extend your hand to yourself, too.

[mp100 fanart] - carried at a distance

"Never escaping this damn show"

- my friend after i showed them this one, theyre right

the important thing to know about a gender swapped mob psycho is that nothing actually changes at all

I dont think Mob is naive as much as he's socially unaware, like the reason why he trusts Reigen so blindly is a bit more complex than just him being naive

Cause Mob reached out to Reigen because he was desperate to find someone like him, someone who understood his psychic specific issues, someone that could truly know what he's feeling and going through and give him guidance and support

Post incident Mob's thinking process was something along the lines of my powers hurt people -> my powers are bad -> my powers (my emotions, my instincts, myself) cannot be trusted

So he lost all confidence and trust in his own actions, resigning to being as passive as possible to avoid any further damage to anyone else, thus he started doubting his own perception of reality too

He's a kid already struggling with being ostracised for being socially inept, who just got traumatised and all of his insecurity increased by the tenfold, he doesn't know how to process what he's going through. He needs help.

And here comes Reigen, seemingly reliable, a responsible adult in a child's eyes, someone who claims he can understand him

Even tho Reigen doesnt. But it doesn't matter, because Mob finds comfort in his words and takes them to heart

Even if Reigen doesn't fully get it, even if he doesn't see the bigger picture, even if his advice isn't always the best

Eventually, Mob grows up, realises Reigen isn't as honest as he seemed through his 11 year old perspective, but like most things, he refuses to acknowledge it on a deeper level

Mob knows, but never tells Reigen, never thinks about what all those lies mean to him (ofc until he forces himself to face those doubts regarding Reigen, to properly acknowledge both of their flaws and accept them as they are, I should scream into the void about Confession Arc more God)

Due to his lack of trust in himself, Mob has relied on Reigen for years now to shape his moral compass, his thoughts, his decisions

Because well, Reigen lies, sure, but he isnt a bad person. When he hurts Mob, it isn't intentional or with ill intent, he still wants the best for him, what's the issue?

Except that it stunts Mob's growth. He doesn't develop as a person, doesn't have goals or wishes or ambitions, can't make choices on his own, he doesn't even let himself acknowledge his own emotions, he refuses to let himself exist

But Mob realises in time that he wants more than that, he wants to become better and be independent and feel again

Still, he puts the acknowledgement of the lies on hold for as long as he can, unwilling to question the way things are

This can make him feel a little naive, he constantly relies on Reigen and trusts his decisions and raises questions rarely until separation arc when he finally puts his foot down

And I do think that moment is the most resounding proof we have that Mob knows and allows himself to be used by Reigen, not wanting to shake the status quo, until he gets fed up

I mentioned the social ineptitude at the beggining but idk if I should even elaborate on that, you've watched the show, you know what I mean

He's blunt and can't read social cues or tonality that well and can't speak in front of crowds and is overall pretty awkward and I do think some people conflate that with naivety

Mob is still a child, he doesnt fully understand how the world works at the ripe age of 14 years old, but some folks take that as him being inherently naive/innocent/whatever which I don't find true

dimple is a great fucking character and i will fight anyone who says otherwise. specifically i will fight them by making them read this masterpiece client-crashing god-tackle effortpost about dimple

ive deliberately put off watching the telepathy arc episodes so i could finish this. i like tome So Much. you have no idea how much willpower it took. but it is done and its abt dimples like whole story and purpose and life and i think its a real good thing for you to read and enjoy

teru in the divine tree arc is soooo funny. shows up and helps mob buy the ugliest shirt known to man andis like &btw you are so awesome and handsome and everybody loves you and then gets brainwashed by a huge broccoli and flung into the atmosphere at terminal velocity (FOR THE SECOND TIME) and all he does is laugh and giggle and clap about it because he cant stop being obsessed w mob even when hes being mind controlled

MP100 3x5 is actually so fun to watch just because it’s kind of satisfying to watch Mob be so unbelievably pissed the fuck off. He’s not even at his 100% rage or anything, which makes it better. He’s genuinely so blinded with a middle schooler’s inextinguishable malice and hatred for Dimple in that moment that it’s like watching a bar fight. It takes a lot for Mob to start punching and slapping and throwing bitches to the ground when he wasn’t even really physically attacked first. That boy let Toichiro the domestic terrorist—who leveled an entire city of people and beat the jesus out of his own 13 year-old son directly in front of Mob—beat the fucking brakes off of him before even considering violence, but a few poorly considered words out of Dimple’s mouth and he comes in with a steel folding chair and a pure lust for blood.

Shit gets real when his eyes start creasing like this. I’ve never seen a bad bitch so enraged before in all my life, good fucking god.

antisocial dogs

I'm going a little crazy (in a cute and fun way)

High school is where the terumob happens

My personal take on Teru’s parents is that they got sucked up into the same “awareness of The Narrative but it’s the wrong narrative” problem that their son did. They believe that Teru’s powers make him special. They make him a different class of being. And his parents are just normal humans, so there’s nothing they could have done to help him. They’re just normal humans, so it was too dangerous for them to stay. They’re just normal humans, and he’s The Protagonist, so obviously he’ll be fine by himself!

I find this a lot more compelling, because while their actions are obviously still awful, it’s the sort of thing that would make sense in a different story. In a story that did see espers as different and special and better (like most stories with superpowers!), a protagonist wanting to keep his non-powered family safe and far away would be the right decision. A protagonist taking on adult responsibilities and adult levels of independence at a young age is just a slightly tragic but inevitable consequence of his Special, Unique status. It would be consistent with the themes of the show: the Hanazawas can abandon their son and still whole-heartedly believe that they’re doing the right thing because they see Teru as a Protagonist, not as a person.

But this is Mob Psycho, and it knows just how stupid that is.

And this is why they need Reigen Arataka, Normal Man, Avatar Of Mundane Reality, to smack their heads together and point out that this is a child and they have a responsibility and him having psychic powers doesn’t change any of that!

Arguments

Headcanon that Sonic over time learned to HATE Angel Island. He used to love it— it’s a paradise, but his best friend is stuck there doing a thankless job all day.

Sonic is all about freedom. Angel Island is keeping Knuckles shackled in one place. He hates that.

Insert miscommunication, insert arguments, insert parting ways.

internet censorship bill about to pass congress:

ao3 is facing a ddos attack from an overseas right-wing anonymous group because it contains "degeneracy and disgusting things like LGBT and NSFW".

they're not the only right-wing group that is attacking fanfiction sites because of queer & nsfw content. the Heritage foundation, the US right wing think tank that writes laws for republicans, wrote an article about how "big tech turns kids trans" in which they're advocating for the Kid's Online Safety Act to pass because it will give state attorney generals power to sue websites for "potentially harmful content towards minors". in this article they point out websites like wattpad, tumblr, tiktok, twitter as sites that GOP attorney generals can and will target for censorship if this bill passes. all places where fandom, that's mostly queer, hangs out.

if you think this bill has no chance of passing because of all the red flags it poses, think again. it currently has 38 cosponsors in the senate, and is being pushed by the democrats as a "protecting the children!!" type bill.

there are left-aligned orgs in congress rn lobbying for this bill to pass. july is extremely decisive, because if KOSA goes through to markup it'll be bundled with the Earn It act, Restrict, and all the other bad internet bills and passed as a package, completely censoring the internet forever.

if you want to learn more about the bill, go here. also sign the open letter against it here

it's ESSENTIAL that you call your members of congress, specifically Maria Cantwell (you can call from out of state) and tell them DO NOT PASS KOSA. this site here connects you to your members of congress and gives you a short simple script to read off of! super easy and doesn't take much out of your day! please do this now!!

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New 55 second Astro Boy animation by Tezuka Pro released for J-rock band Wyse

Sources: Wyse official Twitter, Wyse official site

A new 55 second Astro Boy animation by Tezuka Productions has been released to promote Japanese rock band Wyse and their “resurrection” from their hiatus. Wyse will be releasing new songs in the coming weeks.

Wyse and Tezuka Productions are currently in a collaboration together.

New artwork has been released for the collaboration as well: