So I Watched Ass Class

so i watched ass class 🌙

considerations Post-Eurovision finale:

-YAY UKRAINE WON!!!!

-we were all robbed, as some of the best songs didn't get to the final (latvia, san marino, looking @ u)

-uk got points it was shocking

On this topic, I was surprised too when I learned that his dad just left him to fend himself from his mother when he seemed a kind man in his first appearance.

In the second fanbook, you know the one with mostly additional illustrations, it was stated that when he had to choose between staying with his mom or going with his dad he chose his mom because "he was worried for his mother's anxious personality" (that's entirely another kind of personality but this isn't the right post).

Of course unless court was involved (and that's another topic bc even this seems a bit sus) nothing stopped his dad from taking his son with him since the reason he was leaving was his abusive wife.

In conclusion, yes they both suck as parents and I hate how the arc was handled bc WTF, but maybe there was something that the author didn't include?

Also yes the reconciliation between Nagisa's parents at the graduation left me angry bc it didn't absolutely feel right.

Okay so tea on Nagisa’s parents

Terrible. Both of them.

Hiromi is worse, but really...the dad is almost on the same level as her. He really walked out and left Nagisa with her, knowing full well what she was like. He copped out and let his son deal with all that shit, so he didn’t have to himself.

And you know...something I don’t see talked about often is...Hiromi has been guilt-tripping Nagisa and abusing him for his gender for years. It’s implied so... Was his dad okay with that? And suddenly, right before 3-E, he had enough of her...?

But he still wanted to keep his son with the woman who was literally abusing him for his gender...

Honestly, sometimes I think Nagisa’s dad is even worse. He was complacent with it for so long, before leaving Nagisa all alone to basically fend for himself.

That’s beyond shitty :/

Also, I’ve talked about this before how the redemptions for the parents in AssClass are half-assed bullshit.

Hiromi Shiota is probably the best parental storyline, although she’s still absolutely terrible. Gakuho’s is terrible and basically excuses him for everything, and Itona’s dad...sucks and makes no sense.

Hiromi’s was a bit more developed than the other two, as well as...she seems like she has genuine psychotic issues. Not an excuse at all, doesn’t justify it one bit. But compared to Gakuhou and Itona’s dad who are just plainly shitty people...

Gakushuu and Itona forgiving their parents doesn’t make sense to me. But Nagisa, the boy who believes in second chances and is just so kind...him forgiving his parents is believable to me.

Horrible...but in-character.

That doesn’t mean the narrative should’ve redeemed her, instantly portraying her as a mom trying her best...like what the fuck.

Also what’s with both of them getting back together at the end, and deciding to “try again?” Lmfao what? I feel like I don’t even need to elaborate on why this...has no logic at all.

Like no, people can get back together from a divorce. But this family is so messed up...one parent is outright abusive, and the other says/does nothing about it.

What even brings them together??? Trying to get Nagisa back after mutually ruining everything for him?

Last bit of Tea: about Hiromi

A lot of fanfic writers twist around the type of abuse she has, making it more physical and screaming. She’s a god-awful person, very abusive...but it’s not that type. She’s more manipulative, steadily breaking Nagisa down over time rather than lashing out constantly with violence.

And the reason why some fanfic writers depict her like that...is just to create more angst so Nagisa gets saved by whoever he’s being shipped with in said fanfiction.

Which is awful, using his abuse as just a way to get the ship together...and Nagisa needs a stronger, (bad boy) to be there for him...he can’t stand up for himself at all...etc.

Ugh 😣

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the notes on Romeo and Juliet

Why would people say that sex is what makes us human when art and music exist