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I'm just gonna play pokemon USUM and watch the newly available tpn episode cuz Chapter 138 really ruined me.
EMMA REALLY IS SELFISH. (RAY TOO BUT HE’S MORE SUBTLE)
At least, when it comes to Norman. Mainly, anyway.
Because darn it these parallels are here again wrecking havoc in my mind and showing, emphasizing what we may have missed before.
I didn’t see it before. But this. This is really really selfish.
In this scene Emma was willing to throw away everything. She was risking every single thing they have planned for for months to escape.
It wasn’t a heroic moment. It wasn’t a moment where the main character was upright and courageous, doing the right thing for the greater good. Because it wasn’t the right thing to do. Norman’s shipment was the way to go. (Even Ray who loves Norman maybe as much as Emma did had accepted this) Emma’s plan of letting him escape in front of mama wasn’t.
It was a pure act of selfishness. She didn’t want to lose him. And she was losing him. He was going to die and whatshouldshedo?
Emma is a smart girl. She knows what she was doing. She knew the consequences if she succeeded. And even then, she did it anyway.
She had been willing to expose the very device everybody needed to escape. Her leg, that was very much important if she ever hoped to make it out of GF. Ray’s six years of planning.
All of it was negligible compared to Norman’s life. She was willing to sacrifice it all: Her chances of survival, Ray’s six years, Everybody’s means for escape.
It was selfish. Stupidly selfish that even Norman snapped at her for what she tried to do.
She didn’t succeed here. Norman was shipped out. And she believed he was dead.
I might be bias because I love Norman and everything, but reading the arc after the escape, I think a part of Emma died with Norman.
Even after finding out about Connie’s, and those who were shipped out before death, Emma still managed to be herself. She was genuinely happy and hopeful and simply a burst of sunshine and kindness. All of them were going to escape. They would all make it out of there alive.
She was Emma. She was awake to the reality of this harsh world, but she was whole. Complete. She was strong. With him by her side, they would all make it out of GF.
They had lost many but they would move on. Move forward.
But his death hit her hard. Connie’s and their other siblings’ death couldn’t compare. Norman was different. He always had been. It was like she lost a part of her. Maybe she did.
With Norman, the brain, the man with the plans, the stronghold, gone, they needed someone else to be their torch to guide them. While very tactical and independent, Ray was never a leader. He was a supporter. He was the ace. He was an important key but he was never the one to open the door. So, Emma had to step up to fill up Norman’s role.
She had to fill Norman’s shoes. Had to be strong. Had to be the family’s new guide to this unknown world. But… was she still whole?
In GF, it was like she was looking at a future. A future for all of them to live on. To live happily with everyone.
But after his death, she was moving forward for the mere sake of her family. To keep them alive. It wasn’t very optimistic anymore. It was selfless. She devoted her life for the sake of her family. For their survival. Maybe even for keeping her last promise to Norman. Not for her future happiness anymore.
Emma had to grow out of naiveity. Learned how to hunt. To gather neccesities. To kill. Because she loved her family. And they needed her.
Even in Goldy Pond, she knew she couldn’t die. Her family was waiting for her. She had things to do. Cattle children to liberate. A future that would keep them all safe. A promise to uphold.
Time was good to the family. To Emma. Maybe sewed up wounds of the past. She moved on. With Ray, her family and his memory, she moved forward. But we never really see Emma catch her breath, do we? Never really do anything for herself anymore. Never act like her age and make cute little gestures we all loved back at GF. It was always for survival. And it’s kind of understandable given the situation. But even then, we see the other kids being really happy, genuinely happy and living.
Even as a leader, she was entitled to do so. Back at GF, she did but now, it was all about plans and actions for Emma.
I think maybe it’s because she never really had time to properly grieve him. Between planning for escape and surviving outside, there’s little room to hurt. And with all these little kids looking up to her as a pillar of support, she can’t manage to show her pain. It’s always bottled up; her pain for losing him.
But that changes.
We see in chapter 119 the sweet relief, the explosion of emotion from our sweet little girl who had to mother all her siblings. A throwback to her old self. (We even see her clothes and shoes change back to her past. Can’t put it here coz of 10 pic limit.)
The moment she sees him, something clicks. Something breaks and something goes back to place.
For a moment, she forgets. All her plans. Her family. Survival.
Everything. She drops the very pen that kept them alive for years. And rushes forward. Because suddenly, she was whole again. There he is. The part she was missing. Her ultimate regret. Right in front of her. Breathing, smiling, saying her name as he did in her dreams.
For the first time in so long. Emma finally feels. And she feelsfeelsFEELS.
And for a moment, she was herself. Whole, happy and carefree. He was there. And finally, she was given a second chance.
But then… she sees something else.
Something that binds him.
Something that reminds her of how she lost him in the first place.
There was a familiar tug holding him down again. A weight on his shoulders familiar to her own responsibilities but also so collossal in its difference to hers.
She sees him there, the same gentle person he was before, but he was buried in this obligation and desire to build a new and better world for every cattle children.
He was the same but he was so far away. He was here but he wasn’t free. It was shipment day all over again. The entire cattle children’s fate on his hands.
And she sees. Sees how probable it is for her to lose him again. Yeah. There’s this fact that genocide is evil and there are other ways (pipe dreams) to liberate cattle children but in this scene…
Emma just doesn’t want him to go away again.
And she may have to lose him again. For good this time. May it be his life or humanity there’s a really big chance that she’s losing him in exchange of complete liberty.(I’ve discussed this on my post about Norman’s 0 love for himself).
She’s a smart girl. She knows the consequences of her deliberately opposing Norman’s plans.
Knows how little their chance of survival in her plans compared to his. But her plans doesn’t include mass murder.
Her plans doesn’t include him sacrificing himself.
To put it roughly, her plans saves cattle children less and Norman more and demons most haha.
Because, noone would lose anything in Norman’s plan. There is only gain for their growing family. And everybody else approves. Ecstatic, even. Only Norman has to bear this weight. And he was willing to do so.
But Emma (and Ray) wasn’t. She can’t.
So Emma decides. She’s selfish again. Wants for her happiness again. She risks everything again. For this pipe dream of hers.
Because she can’t lose him for a second time. Can’t sacrifice this newfound wholesome.
In chapter 130, she finally admits. She was finally able to be honest and carefree to show her family her feelings about GF escape. How it wasn’t a success. Because he wasn’t there.
Here, Emma was finally herself again. Her bottled up feelings are all out in the open. We see a different Emma. It’s not just for survival anymore.
She sees a future again. Where Norman is there. She hopes not only for lives saved. But for smiles too. She’s hopeful again.
That’s why she leaves. She bears a little of his weight he carries because his freedom means hers as well.
Norman brought back Emma’s sense of self again. It’s more than just her family now. Because he’s alive. The chain of regret she’s carried for so long is cut down. And there’s something to look forward to again.
And she’s selfish enough not to let him give himself for the sake of cattle children.
She’s selfish enough to fight for her desire to keep him. Selfish enough to fight even him to save him from himself.
Because Emma isn’t having this. She’s not losing him. Never again.
Emma is selfish. If it meant him returning to her with no new series of burdens and decisions to atone for, then she’s willing to drag everybody and gauge this pipe dreams of her into reality.
And she repeatedly admits it.
This stubborn, bull-headed girl we love isn’t gonna lose him. Not this time. Never again. So look out Norman.
I applaud this girl for giving much love to the boi who needs it as much as he deprives himself of it. (And that Ray loves both Norman and Emma to support her in this.)
No one:
an emma norman interaction: *happens*
Ray: bby I'm not even here, i'm hallucination 🧍♂️
TPN - “Dreams Come True”
What better way to cheer up the TPN fandom after the second season’s final episode than with the special exhibition chapter finally being fully translated. I caught glimpses of a few pages here and there over the past couple months but seeing all the children live happily together in the human world in their own little village that they made close to Emma and Alex warms my heart. Of course I would’ve loved if we got to see more of the GP Resistance (because the anime denied us of them) but following the GF kids around the world as they experience their dreams is fair enough. We started the series alongside them so might as well finish strong with them too. I really loved seeing everyone grow up but no matter how old they get or how much time passes, I’ll probably never get used to seeing Emma without her iconic “63194.” It’s a bittersweet feeling for me, but her smiles bring me so much joy and I’m beyond happy that she accepted everyone into her life as they accepted her without her memories.
I haven’t a clue on how much time passed since everyone found Emma in ch181 to now, but seeing her call out everyone’s names is a little detail that I love so much considering she had no idea who anyone was at first. Trying to remember 60+ names doesn’t seem like an easy task to me. No doubt I was just as shocked as our girl upon learning these mere children bought a goddamn plane! We learn in a couple pages that it’s because of Norman’s company that they can afford it, but still, he’s like 15 or 16 now? He’s still a child! And I’m impressed! Not only at him, but that Oliver and Violet became pilots as well! It’s especially cute when you remember that Lucas gave Oliver a little toy plane during their time at Goldy Pond.
Speaking of GP, is it just me or does Emma’s current outfit resemble her GP one just a little bit? Sure we have no idea what color scheme this one has but come on, the short jacket, the dark shirt and jeans.. just imagine it! Jemima, Yvette, Alicia and Mark remade Gillian’s original GP outfit sometime before the Grace Field Raid arc (ch137 extra page) so I don’t doubt they could’ve done the same for Emma. Of course that’s just me being completely hopeful and missing the Goldy Pond arc to death but yeah! I’m also so happy to see Chris up and moving again! Seeing him wake up briefly in ch181 was nice but this is so much better. I imagine he and Emma have a lot to catch up on in terms of stories, with him being unconscious since ch105 and Emma not remembering anything.
But here we go, the original 15 escapees plus Norman, Phil, Sherry, I believe I saw Carol somewhere and a couple other random kiddos ready to see the entire world. They get to accomplish so much.. and in a single day too I believe? At least that’s what Phil and Alicia say a bit later about everyone’s wishes, but aahh what a lucky bunch. Hell, I’ll say we’re lucky readers too to be able to see such a great story. Can’t thank Shirai and Demizu enough y’all. I wish we got to see more of Alex though. He’s such a kind soul but I’m sure he’ll be just fine staying behind with everyone else.
This entire page where we learn about Norman as a CEO is gold. I still can’t believe this child successfully built up an entire multipurpose company not only to help their search for Emma but also because he didn’t want to live off the Ratri clan. I wish I knew about this last week when writing out Norman’s birthday post because hell yeah this deserves some praise! AND he managed to graduate school as well during all that! Well, by skipping grades which totally makes sense. I mean, if he managed to pass all the Grace Field and Lambda tests effortlessly I’m sure normal human world school was a piece of cake for him. Holy shit dude, keep on impressing me why don’t ya. Not only him but Nigel and Sonya too! I’m not surprised that Vincent helped out but I’m glad those two got a tiny moment to shine as well! Ray is another obvious choice when it comes to helping Norman, as they’re best friends and he’s always been good with machines.. but boy, I can’t take you seriously when you’re just sitting there unamused and eating chips! Hahah I love him so much! And the fact he replies to Norman’s idea with just a simple “kay” is an eternal mood.
Okay boys aside, can we talk about our fabulous girls now? Because oh my god, they’re so darn beautiful! They’re more fashionable than I’ll ever be and it’s so cute how they drag Emma along to take advantage of the 3-for-1 deal. But our girl pulls off that sporty look so well! (r.i.p. goldy pond outfit ver2.0). I’m not at all surprised that Nat wanted to go see the opera. That’s perfect for him and I’d like to think the anime did something similar with that one shot we see of him in the human world. We don’t see him in a theater like this but to me it looks like he’s on the streets of Broadway? At least that’s the vibe I get from it. I’m sure there was something music related on one of those signs.
I can’t get over how adorable all the children look and how happy they are fulfilling their wishes, even if some of them aren’t as extravagant as others. Like eating a fluffy pancake and a ton of ice cream? We can do that whenever we want. But for these kids, it means everything and they absolutely deserve to experience such simple joys like that after all the harsh nonsense they’ve been through. I also love how Ray continues to be such a great older brother by still looking out for them too. The fact he remains completely unfazed by the haunted house is perfect. This boy has been haunted by his own nightmares and demons his entire life, there’s no way a couple of lousy jump scares are gonna spook him. Though I do find it funny that Alicia and Rossi still manage to get scared while Yvette is having the time of her life. I can’t help but laugh at Thoma’s “Shirai face” as well.
I find it interesting that out of all the different kinds of exhibits they could’ve shown us while Rossi visits a museum, they give us dinosaurs.. like that seems so silly to me. Y’all have seen several demons in your young lives already and yet dinosaurs manage to amaze you too? God these kids are precious. And then our boy Phil finally gets to see and ride a train! Just look how happy he is! The poor kid can’t even sit still he’s so darn excited and I can’t help but smile with him! Thankfully the anime showed us this too.
We eventually get to Ray’s wish and guys.. oh my fucking god. Tell me that this is not the absolute best and prettiest smile we get to see from him!! It honestly leaves me speechless okay? Ray never imagined he would ever get to see the outside world, let alone live past the age of 12, and yet here he is, seeing such a beautiful sight such as this, right in front of him instead of from inside a book. You can’t believe how happy and proud of him I am right now. Did you see how ecstatic I was when the anime kept Isabella alive? Multiply that feeling by ten and there ya go. That’s my level of happiness upon seeing my favorite boy smile like THAT! AAHHH!! That panel is gonna live rent free in my head until the end of time. I can’t get over how damn perfect it is. His smile is so pure and how he looks like he’s in complete awe is beautiful. He’s about to burst into tears and I swear I might do the same because I’m making myself emotional over this fantastic boy. Someone hold me.
No seriously, hold me because we’re about to get into some angst as we move onto to Emma’s wish. We all know that ever since 2039 her one dream was to ride a giraffe once they got outside, so here we are, about ten years later and the animals in question are within reach. Our girl should be totally excited, right? Ha, not quite.
That wish was something the old Emma wanted, but since demon god had to be such a bastard, this Emma doesn’t know what to think, let alone what to even feel. She hasn’t experienced the same hardships as her family. She hasn’t gone through hell and back while holding onto that one wish that would make all the suffering worth it. The amount of joy everyone else felt upon living out their dreams, she wonders if she would be able to feel it too.
They brought her here to make her happy, but is this truly want she wants as well? This is old Emma’s wish after all. What about her and what she wants? Could this wish make her just as happy as her old self? She knows her family is only trying to help, but seeing her doubt herself does a number on my heart. Even without her memories, she’s still the same Emma deep down, as she doesn’t want to disappoint her family. She spends so much time worrying about living up to her family’s expectations, to try and be that Emma they all love so dearly.
Little does she know that she acts the exact same as usual, almost as if nothing has changed when she finally expresses how much she wants to ride a giraffe. And that’s great considering when they first arrived at the giraffes, no on had even mentioned riding them. She came across that feeling all on her own and everyone else can’t help but laugh and feel relieved. Her mind may have forgotten but her heart remembers everything. There is no “old Emma” and “new Emma” to her family, just “Emma” and words can’t express how wholesome that is because they love her regardless. All that matters to them is Emma’s happiness because if anyone deserves to feel and experience that, it’s her.
I just made myself tear up, damn it. I started this series with season one okay? I heard about this precious girl’s dream within the first minute of the first episode and here I am, a little bit over two years later, finally reading about it coming true and seeing that bright as hell smile on her face. Do you know how amazing it is to come full circle like that? My heart feels so full right now. I’m beyond proud of her and love her to death. Say what you want but I believe this to be the true manga ending in my eyes.
(damn this series for always getting me emotional)
Here's some Norman for ya @pehnnelenne I had fun with this tbh hope you like it ^^
i wish we could get more pokedads in the game✨
I'm aliveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
And i got a new post here (with my doodles from ms paint)
I really love Laika's films
Noremma headcanons
⚠️! They are older in this !⚠️
✿ Ok these two. Ray definitely helps Norman to ask Emma out. You can't change my mind.
✿ They are so cute with each other. They will do little cute things that couples do together, like in the picture above.
✿ Norman can be a bit protective because of what happened to them and Emma can be reckless sometimes.
✿ They are like the couple that like never fights but when they do the other normally gives up quickly for not wanting to agrue on that topic. Now there are times where they agrue but not a whole lot.
✿ You wouldn't even tell if they just got out of an agreement or not. They don't like other people knowing if they did or not so they hide it.
✿ Norman would definitely be stuck on what to get Emma and ask ray on his opinion of it and everything.
I love him so much!! ❤️❤️❤️ Why so hot? Like gosh dang.
Just some random Daryl 😍🏹😍
Can you show me all of ur Grim Buccaneer arts?? :3
This is the only thing that has survived:"
it is really odd and fascinating that those other two demons in the promised neverland (in season 2) don't eat them for ... *checks notes*
religious reasons???!?
like their vegetarians ... which is very sweet but also like what but also like yes that should make sense because demons can be intellectual so why are they different from humans??!
why am i discriminating against a demons faith rn???
ok like i get that emma feels bad for the demons dying because they have families and lives and they struggle just like him and do but .... THEY DO THAT AND ACT LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY EAT HUMANS?!?!?!??? like i thought that was clear? is it not clear that they are intelligent and have currency and can create farms and systems to live in AND THE ONLY REASON THEY ARE THAT INTELLIGENT IS BECAUSE THEY EAT HUMAN BRAINS?!?!?!?!?!!!??????
I love them and I wanted to draw them being cute children together.
Extra points if you got that Norman is a LAMBDA oki’mgonnagonow
recently finished a promised neverland comic I had been working on since s1! major spoiling warning tho but you can read the full thing HERE
Baby Ray telling Emma she can’t get sick because the book said idiots don’t get sick is the funniest thing ever
“ One taught the other how to fight, and one taught the other how to feel. ” ~ Norman Reedus
idv drawings + aesop drawing i shouldve posted for his birthday which was 4 days ago.....