THE ONLY GREEK GOD TWINK IS HERMES, APOLLO IS ON THE HUNKIER SIDE OF TWUNK AT BEST. DIONYSUS IS THE GOD OF FEASTING AND ORGIES AND PARTYING DUDE LOOKS LIKE JACK BLACK. HES GOT MEAT. HES GOT CHUB. STOP LYING TO YOURSELF.
i like movie nick carraway as a cute little wooby as much as the next guy but also the movie totally brushes over the fact that despite being a bit of a pushover and sort of a nice fellow and the most likable character in the book (and arguably the most innocent), nick carraway can be an ASSHOLE
like come on baz luhrmann. we are talking about the guy who technically had 2 romantic involvements at the same time and likely slept with a man DURING THAT, does nothing about either of the major affairs going on in the book, and thinks he is morally superior to everyone else around him (to be fair he SOMETIMES is but usually he’s not). nick carraway is a complex character i love him and i love sweet sadboy nick but that is not the only facet to nick carraway and the movie doesn’t portray that very well. he is a complex little scamp, treat him with the complexity he deserves
look im not calling atem lives aus fixits because i believe some bullshit like if my otp stays together it will magically Fix The Story, im calling them that because imo atem staying is fixing the story. i love him with yuugi but i dont care who, if anyone, he gets to date if he stays, its not what this is about. its that his journey makes so much sense if he does.
so much of yugioh is about growth, and as yuugi&co were growing up so was atem. he was never this stagnant ghost, an echoing remnant of the past; he was always a living, changing thing, a teen boy trying to find his place in the world. aside from being inconsistent, it is simply cruel to end the story by saying that his place is to die, that his will means nothing, that the bonds he made with his partner and friends are only as good as memories, something to think back on and dismiss in every other way that matters.
and when i say him staying i also mean him getting to deal with the aftermath. i mean that his half-death and coming back from it is just another coming of age, that comes with growing pains like any other step forward. atem spent such a long time focused on duty, on the things he had to do despite his wishes, so what happens when all that shatters? what happens when, for the first time in his life on that podium, he admits to wanting something, and gets it? where does he go from there? he never thought he would actually get it; he came to egypt with the knowledge that he would move on, duelists pride and all.
so, what does he do? he could go anywhere, no shackles of fate or ancient instructions to keep him on their path; he can be whoever he wants. he gets to become an adult like everyone else. and that is terrifying.
speaking of, yuugi would get to go through just as much questioning and character growth as atem here. because, he spent his whole life seeing himself as someone lesser, but now he beat the king fair and square. his idol was kicked off his podium, both by being defeated by him, and then again when he told yuugi that he was always strong, that he always had some qualities that atem himself never did.
he also spent the last 2 years thinking hes just a vessel with a duty to fulfill; a helping hand for the pharaoh to be led to the afterlife, regardless of what he himself wanted. and now not only was his duty not complete, but the pharaoh is glad, but yuugi is glad. he failed at his job and hes never been happier. what does this say about him? (but, well. he never was very good with authority, was he)
also - you know that trope where the Bad Guy redeems himself and then dies immediately after? this wasnt that exact thing, but i got a similar sense of disappointment - yuugi and atem are finally standing as equals, finally know that theyre equals, and have said some things they shouldve said a long time ago. so what is any of that worth if atem dies right after? i want them to get down from the podium and look each other in the face, i want them to talk and be awkward and for yuugi to get to see all of atems lame sides after seeing him as something so unattainable for so long, i want them to be dumb teens together
yelled so much on here but im still right. give me growth and bonds and second chances, give me a coming of age done right, follow through with the idea that friendship and unity can do anything, even counter fate
“jason todd is the angry robin” nope incorrect dick “snuck out of his new foster home in the middle of the night to track down and hopefully murder his parents’ killer” grayson is the angry robin who worked very very hard to turn himself into the symbol of hope and good that robin became and saying it’s jason is a disservice to both jason “robin gives me magic!! :D” todd and dick “i want to save the soul of gotham” grayson
“damian wayne is the scary robin” wrong again! tim “figured out batman and robin’s identity at 9 years old outstubborned batman to become robin beat ras al ghul and the league of assassins and is canonically the smartest member of effectively the smartest family on earth” drake is a terror with a mean streak that most of the robins don’t have and that is much much scarier for being calm and calculating and damian wayne deserves to have his enormous fucking heart recognized
Jason, the ‘Angry Robin’: This is the best day of my life! ✨ Do you wanna walk to the library with me? I’m so glad you’re my new family!
Dick the ‘Nice Robin’: I’m smiling through my teeth right now, but I need you to know that if I’m inconvenienced at all, I will find a way to ruin your day and perhaps your life.
Damian, the ‘Scary Robin’: *is a baby with unmet emotional needs and just wants to be loved and heard*
Tim, the ‘Smart Robin’: *with three-year-old bags under his eyes and a stare that could kill a man* Don’t look at me or I’ll erase your kneecaps.
I’ve noted before that my favorite punchline on Tumblr is “hang on, gotta look something up/okay that’s funny.”
Let me explain why:
It is a way to say “I don’t get it” without blaming the joke or the teller.
It is a tacit admission of ignorance without shame or judgement.
It assumes responsibility for acquiring the knowledge the respondent doesn’t already have.
It cues other people who Don’t Get It to do the look-up themselves, allowing them to get that full impact of Getting It without derailing the post with explanations.
It gives subsequent readers, whether or not THEY got the joke, a little frisson of good feelings when they realize that someone else is now In On The Joke.
It not only makes the original joke funnier, it gets funnier the more often it’s used.
[ID: A white and gray cat with a smug look on its face is surrounded by about 16 knives, all pointed at it. Each of the knives is labeled with “Kell” and the cat is labeled with “Alucard.” END ID.]
