I Think Soichiro Had Survived To The Warehouse Scene. I Think Although Being Devastated By Finding Out

I think Soichiro had survived to the warehouse scene. I think although being devastated by finding out his son is Kira, he wouldn't condone Matsuda shooting Light. I think he would intervene and get Light some medical help. Because even though his son is a mass-murderer, he's still his son. And he can't just sit back and watch. That would've been interesting to see. Although my heart hurts for his mother and sister when they find out. 😥 Light why?

Actually I kind of doubt the warehouse scene would have happened if Soichiro had survived because Light wouldn’t have attempted murdering his dad. Light keeps the entire task force alive for as long as he does because he specifically doesn’t want to kill his dad as well. For that matter, I’m also pretty damn sure this whole “seduce Takada” plan would have never taken off if his dad were around either and second arc as a whole would have looked very different. 

Buuuut if we’re going to disregard Light’s characterization and assume the warehouse proceeds as planned, I also really doubt Matsuda would have shot Light if Papa Yagami were right there. How could he? Like sure, he feels betrayed and all, but anything he feels would be nothing compared to what Soichiro would have felt and there’s really no way Matsuda could squeeze himself in there with his own comparatively tiny personal angst. 

In that scenario, it’d be the SPK who shoot Light, and the SPK wouldn’t have gone nuts with their guns like Matsuda does so there’d be a very good chance that Light could have been stabilized and received medical attention. Even Ryuk might have kept Light alive a liiiittle longer just so he could watch the drama between Light and his dad. But then again, maybe not. I don’t think Papa would begrudge the SPK for trying to stop Light from writing by shooting him nonlethally and once, but that’s with retrospect. In the moment, all he’d see is his child suffering and in pain and Soichiro is demonstrably irrational when it comes to his kids. He fails completely to be an unbiased police officer when it comes to Light and Sayu and the idea that Soichiro would just watch someone gunning down his kids is totally unbelievable. I’m pretty sure Papa would put himself between Light and his shooter, swat the note scrap out of Light’s hands and plead with him to stop. He wants answers, not a dead son. 

Light gives everyone an explanation as to why he believes he’s in the right prior to getting shot, and I find it very difficult to see how Papa would miss the parallels between what Light is saying and what he taught Light personally about the importance of justice and self sacrifice. That’s the part that has to hurt even more because he, of all people, would be inclined to view Light as a good person who was just deeply misguided. Soichiro of all people would not give up on his son, and wouldn’t see him as an irredeemably evil human being.  He’d want Light to turn himself in peacefully and atone for what he’s done. The actual warehouse scene would have eviscerated Soichiro emotionally. 

Something about this scene;

I know some people have naturally used this scene to argue Naruto is straight because of his reaction. But I think the scene is more nuanced than that. As we can see Sakura reacts with nosebleed to this jutsu, which symbolises arousal.

But Naruto doesn’t have a nosebleed towards the girl-girl jutsu, he’s just excited over Konohamaru’s new ability, as he explains this is a friendly competition between them. So he’s not excited in that way. Why not just make him react like Sakura? Because their reactions aren’t the same.

We do know Naruto finds Sasuke attractive even if he is hesitant to admit that (like he knows it might be inappropriate) and does the reverse harem jutsu later which he practiced more than rasengan. But somehow the Sai/Sasuke jutsu is too much in his opinion. In my opinion the obvious explanation is just that he doesn’t want to see Sasuke like that with someone else. I mean:

It’s not like he doesn’t dislike Suigetsu (and Taka) for no reason other than that they used to hang around Sasuke… and it’s not like he doesn’t react dramatically concerning Sasuke any other time…

I remember seeing even Japanese men who said Naruto sounded like a jealous boyfriend in that 4-tails moment. 😭

A Love Letter to LadyNoir

I said I was going to write an essay about how great LadyNoir is, and I wasn’t lying.

DISCLAIMER I: All sides of the love square are wonderful! I love them all a lot, and this is in no way hate for any side. It’s kind of hard to say “this side is my favorite” without comparing it to the other sides at least a little, but the other sides are still amazing and I love them to bits too!!

DISCLAIMER II: Yes, Chat Noir is an ass to Ladybug when it comes to being rejected. This is absolutely true and I’m not going to defend that. Ladybug has every right to not want to be with Chat Noir, and him repeatedly asking her out and then openly moping about it when she says no, despite KNOWING she’ll say no, is very Bad. I’m not here to defend that. However, Ladybug and Chat Noir are 14, and Chat Noir is not only navigating love for the first time, but relationships in general as well. I’m not excusing it, and this is Definitely and Objectively a flaw of his, but it’s something he can (and I expect WILL) overcome and grow out of as he matures and realizes the error in his ways.

And after he grows out of it? Once Chat Noir matures and learns to be more respectful to Ladybug’s feelings? You know what’s left? The best ship ever, that’s what. 

Here’s a list in no particular order about all the amazing things the LadyNoir side of the love square has to offer, and why it’s my favorite:

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athenasolives asked: Do you have any thoughts on meaning behind characters’ Japanese  pronouns (ie. Light using “boku”)? 

Yes!! I think the pronouns characters use are really interesting. As a disclaimer, I’m not a native Japanese speaker and have never lived in Japan myself, so my opinions are largely based on picking the brains of native-speaker friends and research. Unlike English, Japanese tends to omit “I” from sentences. Leaving in personal pronouns comes off as really odd and a sign that whoever is speaking that way is not a native speaker or that they’re on the arrogant/self important side. All of which is to say that personal pronoun choice is important and also interesting because they don’t usually come up in conversation unless for emphasis. As you mentioned Light, I’ll go over my thoughts on him specifically, but the subject of patterns of speech in DN in general could really just be its own tl;dr post, haha.

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Omg, let me give you a hug for your fanon v canon Percy posts that I just discovered :') I'm so heartily sick of fanon Percy - it's a caricature of book Percy, book Percy is so much more, so much deeper. The Percy I see in most fics and headcanons and fanart is a cartoon, not even just literally, and I don't understand why, is it just people lacking reading comprehension, what is it? (not all fics, headcanons, art, mind you, some are spot on). If I were to put it in one word - that word would be

‘maturity’. Percy is mature, beyond his years, he’s an old soul who manages to salvage his sanity with humor and optimism and idealism as defense mechanisms, and if you look closely, he has as many moments of dark humor as the slapstick kind, if not more. I don’t know who the dumb, cocky, obnoxious dude in the tag is, because the Percy I know is downright brilliant, humble to the point of thinking he’s dumb, and one of the kindest, most considerate and compassionate people in the whole series.

I’m crying and screaming yes so loudly I don’t think you understand. Yes. yes. YES!!!!!!!!!!!

Percy Jackson is one of the most complex characters I have ever read about. Why that complexity seems to be forgotten about by most people in the fandom, I’m not sure. It probably has to do with Rick’s writing style, since it isn’t always that serious. But I digress, yes, Percy is so mature beyond his years. His view of the world and his approach to situations is very practical and smart and adult in nature. Its true he’s not always the most perceptive, but he understands the life he leads as opposed to others. He understands that his innocence has been taken from him even at the age of 12 because he encourages us, the readers, to not ask for the truth because we won’t like the results. He believes that ignorance is bliss and how many 12 year olds can you honestly say would be wise enough to understand why parents lie to their children and not only that, but encourage that parents keep doing so? To keep their children safe? I wouldn’t say that many. And this is only one instance, on the first page of the first book, of so many more throughout the series. One of the things I relate to most about Percy is the deep conclusions his thought processes come to regarding the situations he’s put into. He does occasionally get distracted and does have some goofy thoughts, but guess what, Annabeth does too and that doesn’t mean she’s any less smart or wise. They both have ADHD so of course they’re going to get distracted. But when he’s not distracted, Percy’s thoughts are pretty profound and philosophical and so true that they are generally thought with a biting tone because he knows how true they are and he detests it.

I agree that Percy is absolutely brilliant. His intelligence, like his attitude, is beyond his years. I don’t think he has quite the war-set, plan making, crazy perceptive, strategic mind that Annabeth, the daughter of one of the goddess’s of war, has, but I wouldn’t say that Percy is a warrior at heart. He’s gentle and kind and helpful and smart despite his disheveled appearance. Characters in the books catch on to that quick and learn not to underestimate him. I’d also say that he’s pretty clever and cunning as well. Again, probably not as much as Annabeth, but he knows how to utilize manipulation techniques to outsmart villains and other sketchy characters, starting with the first book where he talks Crusty, the water bed salesman, into sitting on one of his own beds. Despite what many (including Annabeth) may believe, Percy is not completely dependent on others for mythological facts. He can recall them, mock them smartly in his head, then use them to his advantage without being told anything. He doesn’t like to rely on people for help, he likes to feel smart, which is why at first he’s so put off with the nickname “Seaweed Brain”. He considers that an insult. Now while Percy is smart, I wouldn’t say that he’s the most witty or “sassy” person out there. He does have some nice sarcastic come backs, but a lot of the time he’s thinking ‘“I didn’t really know what to say.” and “I said something intelligent like,’ huh?’” He doesn’t always have a come back, sometimes he’s just quiet and listening and absorbing. And that’s okay, I find that to be realistic as a matter of fact.

I wouldn’t categorize Percy solely by his humor if given the choice. He has a sense of humor but I don’t think that’s his defining feature if you will. He’s not a joker, he’s not looking for the attention. He gets uncomfortable and flustered when all eyes are on him and tends to have his hands in his pockets and his shoulders sort of hunched. Generally his humorous thoughts are sarcastic and kept to himself to, as you said, preserve his sanity in these impossible situations. He doesn’t find practical jokes to be all that funny and is quickly fed up with people who don’t take things all that seriously when they should. Yes, you’re right. Sometimes his sarcasm can be a snorted ”You have a feast for tuna?”, other times its an unamused ”He’s the sun god,” and more times still its a bitter jab like ”In a way, it’s nice to know there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things go wrong.” That last one though is a thought in his head, kept to himself. Its a defense mechanism right, but it doesn’t always work. We know he has frequent nightmares and wonders if he’s crazy sometimes. A reoccurring theme in the books is Annabeth being a reminder to Percy that everything he has seen and is seeing is real and not made up by his imagination. Aloud Percy does try to be optimistic and encourage optimism and positive feelings in others by smiling and making them feel good about themselves and going out of his way to help them out. Internally though he can be pretty pessimistic and doubtful about himself and others. Often he’s thinking “I didn’t think it would possibly work, but I tried it anyway.” And is usually surprised when he’s underestimated himself and others because he took a realistic approach to the situation instead of a less realistic one.

And this comes into play in some social situations regarding him too. For as compassionate and sensitive as he can be, he is sometimes completely blind to people’s feelings toward him because he’s just not looking. That’s not what he’s worried about or focused on. In BOTL he has a world to save and a possible death to face in the future, he’s not going to be perceptive of Annabeth’s romantic emotions especially when she comes across as confusing and hostile because she’s jealous of Rachel. In TLO he’s very well aware of Annabeth’s feelings but is scared because its unknown territory and he’s stressed enough as it is and Annabeth doesn’t make it easy for him. She yells at him for having friends outside of Camp, for having a life outside his responsibilities, claims he was running away, makes him feel bad about things that make him happy. And he feels bad, then gets mad that he feels bad, because he’s allowed to have a life outside of Camp, right? And so he’s all confused and upset and worried that he pushes the romantic feelings aside and takes the war straight on with a level head the way an adult would, saying “If I die, I die. We can’t worry about that, right? Now let’s move on.” Its all very serious and I don’t think people grasp how actually serious Percy’s character is, how serious he has to be given the life he lives and the responsibilities on his shoulders. He’s independent and virtuous and rebellious and has so much integrity he really doesn’t need anybody. He can survive perfectly fine on his own if he chose to, has survived perfectly fine on his own for weeks when he had no choice in the matter.

Percy’s self-confidence is interesting and very human because sometimes its up, but other times its very down. As I said before he’s not always comfortable with attention and calling the shots, but he can do it if he has to. A reoccurring theme with him is that he doesn’t like to be singled out in any way. When he first arrives at Camp Half-Blood, people don’t give him a second glance and he kind of likes that. He starts to feel accepted until his dad claims him and then everyone is watching him and avoiding him like the plague and he’s absolutely downright miserable about it. “Just when I’d started to feel accepted, to feel I had a home in cabin eleven and I might be a normal kid—or as normal as you can be when you’re a half-blood—I’d been separated as if I had some rare disease.” When Percy confronts his dad for the first time and Poseidon tells him he, singularly, is a mistake for being born, Percy kind of retreats into himself and tries not to cry. Later when the fact that he’s a son of Poseidon is brought up as a bad thing again in the Roman Camp, Percy thinks sarcastically that maybe he can make friends by scaring people and then looks at his dad’s temple and, again, tries not to cry. And as all the Romans watch him warily in the mess hall, he kind of shrinks down in his seat and tries not to be noticed because he just wants to fit in with everybody else but he doesn’t have any control over who he is so there’s really nothing he can do but try to hide. Percy wants to belong and its a constant reminder any time someone looks at him funny that he just can’t. Not really.

Percy does have a lot of pent up rage that he tries—and generally does okay at—keeping under control. He says it himself in Son of Neptune. Most things he can handle keeping a level head with, like being called stupid or weak or whatever, but sometimes people can really grind his gears and he’ll surprise himself when his vision is going red and suddenly he’s grabbing them by the front of the shirt, or strangling them, or torturing them with poison, or having dark dangerous thoughts because that’s just not who he is. He’s usually pretty calm and he knows it. Moody sure, but he usually knows when its time to back off and take a deep breath and regroup before he does anything too stupid or reckless. He’s just…good. At the core of who he is Percy is such a good person. Like the sea, that gentle side of him combats against the dark rough waters and is victorious for the most part. Percy likes to help people. He likes to see people smiling and laughing, he likes to be “the gentle waters that speed boats on their way”. That’s one defining feature of his character: his compassion and it plays such a large role in everything he does to the point where Annabeth grumbles that he is too nice—because he can make bad decisions from only seeing the good in people, like when he shows mercy to Ethan and Ethan returns the favor by nearly stabbing him right in the middle of his back. And even AFTER Ethan almost kills Percy, Percy tries to convince Ethan to help him fight Kronos up in the Olympian throne room because he sees the good in him and his sight is right, because Ethan does help him that time and is one of the people that keeps Percy alive. His compassion is sometimes a burden but other times it is a quality that ensures his survival, something to this day that I think Annabeth still has a hard time understanding.

I like how you call Percy an old soul. If someone were to ask me who Percy Jackson was, I would show them the paragraph in the Son of Neptune, where Hazel is watching Percy steer their boat along the water and he’s just sort of sitting there quietly watching the horizon, radiating power and a sort of sadness. He knows the life he leads and he doesn’t like it one bit but he knows some day soon he’s going to face a monster he can’t beat. The second thing I would probably show someone was the part where Frank asks Percy if he wants to use the Gorgon’s blood to retrieve his memories and Percy tells him no, that he should save it for someone who might need it more. And Frank is just stunned and thinks to himself that no one else in camp would have been selfless enough to make that same decision, including himself. The last thing I would have shown someone was the part in The Lightning Thief where Percy jumps off the St. Louis Arch, NOT because he thinks he’s going to survive, but because he thinks that if he dies, the monsters will go away and the human strangers will survive. And this is just one instance of so many where Percy takes this selfless approach. He finds out he’s dangerous and the best option would be to kill him, instead of getting upset he understands the gods’ viewpoint and considers that maybe the world would be better off if he weren’t there, as long as it meant everyone else would be safe. He’s thinking about himself in self-sacrificing moments like this and I don’t think he wants to die at all, but he’s willing to if it means the world is saved. Percy has goals and dreams he’s working toward, that’s why he turns down being a god, that’s why he’s thinking about college, that’s why he wants to marry Annabeth, but he’s willing to push his own desires aside to ensure the safety of others.

The sort of funny part is I don’t think this kid considers himself to be a hero, not in the least.

This might already be obvious to some people, but my headcanon is that Hamefura!Maria can bake waaaay better than Fortune Lover!Maria.

FL!Maria obviously improves her baking skills over time, but is pretty happy enough to be appreciated by the student council for her delicious cookies and muffins. She gets slowly better each time, and does desire to improve for her preferred love interest, but is happy that the basic recipes that she and her mother used to bake are appreciated by nobles, so she doesn’t do much to change them. 

Hamefura!Maria tries every new recipe she can in order to improve her techniques and improve the flavors of her baked treats, as she needs it in order to impress Katarina (especially when she’s against nobles and royals who can afford better treats than what she can bake).  When Katarina eats the treats that Maria bakes, she can see the love in her eyes as she inhales them all; she’s very happy to be appreciated for her hobby and wants to improve in order to satisfy herself and Katarina. 

Both are good and improves well over the course of their stay in the academy, but one of them has found the motivation into creating delicious masterpieces in order to gain the attention of their crush.