thoughts on Goblin Slayer

I haven’t seen it, and I don’t plan to. I highly recommend the video made from Mother’s Basement on YouTube about it, because it was a very nuanced take on the show, acknowledging why people like it while also pointing out how inexcusably egregious their treatment of sexual assault was. 

From what I do know about That Scene, I’m honestly disgusted. I know there’s a lot to like in that show too, so kudos to you if you like it and I don’t fault anyone for liking it so please don’t argue with me that it’s really a good show (it very well might be in lots of ways, but I wouldn’t be able to get past that), but there is absolutely no excuse, no excuse whatsoever, for using sexual abuse to titillate their audience this day in age. Or ever, but especially nowadays. It infuriates me. There’s one thing to like, handle it poorly, like say Game of Thrones (too casual, focuses on men who have women they care about assaulted), Tokyo Ghoul (never really empathized with, makes the victim lose their mind), or My Hero Academia (plays off harassment for laughs). And it’s another thing completely to use a graphic rape scene to turn your audience on. That’s just gross, and honestly, it’s offensive. 

For shows that handle that kind of issue responsibly, as the horror it is while giving the victims a voice and space to sort through their feelings even if said feelings aren’t those a good victim would have, I’d recommend Banana Fish or Revolutionary Girl Utena. Both of which have been around since the 80s or 90s so. Really Goblin Slayer. Really. (From my understanding the light novel does not at all have this problem, so it’s entirely on the anime, which again. Really.) 

what if bakugous past as a bully catches up to him? he didn’t relentlessly bully izuku he bullied others in the past. like what if the brother the people whom he bullied exacted revenge on him becuase of what hes done to push his brother to near suicide? i beleived it would help mold his character better into thinking about his actions towards others and people not thinking he could be a hero since he bullies a kid into near suicide.

It’s not impossible, that’s for sure. Bakugou’s angry routine along with his raw power caught the eye of the villains in the first place, leading to his abduction. His brash tendencies also caused him to fail the hero licensing exam. If this particular element comes back to bite him at some point, well, it wouldn’t be shocking.

It’s also possible that Bakugou’s foiling with Endeavor (good hero, bad person, even if he’s on redemption path now) will be explored more. We don’t know exactly what happened to Touya, but we have a pretty good guess. Endeavor is a bully who pushed and pushed his kid to be the best and pretty clearly it almost killed Touya–they might even believe it did kill Touya. Bakugou and Todoroki already have some further exploration of their relationship destined, in terms of them both needing to get those licenses, so it’s possible that Bakugou might be involved when whatever happened to Touya comes out, and might again be struck by the realization that hey, taunting people about being weak and not strong enough has serious consequences. 

Are there any things you’d rather us not recommend to you? Also, are you into musicals?

I’m generally not a fan of straight up horror and definitely not of gore, yet a lot of stories I like contain some elements thereof, but they’re handled really well. I don’t mind recs for anything honestly; whether it is ultimately my taste or not I enjoy hearing other people talking about stories they like!

And I love musicals!!! Very much lol

Do you read romance novels? If yes, which is your favourite?

I used to read them a lot! I don’t as much anymore but I do watch chick flicks 😂 I just watched “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before,” which I thought from the trailer would be a brainless feel good romance. It was a feel good romance but it was very much Not brainless. It has a beautifully deep message and great characters so even though it was definitely following the formula, it felt alive and not a bit cliche.

An ask because I’m Very Concerned about this stuff about blogs getting deleted all over the place. Do you know a good way to back up my Tumblr stuff somehow?

Yeah, it’s definitely worrisome. I thiiiink it’s affecting artists and adult themed blogs more so though? But I’m not sure.

You can export your blog in the settings though! I’m going to def try to fit that; I don’t want to lose my writing 😂 if anyone has a better solution please do chime in!

BNHA, some thoughts on Toga after reading both your recent metas, the representation and female characters ones. Toga getting reduced to fetish fuel by fandom is pretty irritating. It really shortchanges her character, she’s interesting. Despite all the murder, she’s not written as a true psychopath/sociopath – her emotions are written as genuine, her empathy is written as being real. Her most depraved and her most empathetic moments both occur in the same arc, too (Overhaul’s Hideout).

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I actually think we can make a pretty good case for Toga being the best written female character in all of Boku no Hero Academia.

There are two other contenders–Inko and Nana–who could probably easily take the spot if not for their extenuating circumstances: Inko simply isn’t in the story enough to be a consistent source of emotional engagement, and we haven’t seen enough of Nana yet to get a real sense of the depth of her character. If Nana gets to be part of an extended series of flashbacks or becomes a vestige that Izuku can talk to, we might get enough of her to bump her to the top.

But right now, I can make a pretty convincing case for Toga.

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Stray Phoenix Epilogue 4 “I Know a Place”- Hamliet – Banana Fish (Anime & Manga) [Archive of Our Own]

Chapters: 16/16
Fandom: Banana Fish (Anime & Manga)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Ash Lynx/Okumura Eiji, Sing Soo-Ling & Lee Yut-Lung, Lee Yut-Lung & Shorter Wong
Characters: Lee Yut-Lung, Sing Soo-Ling, Shorter Wong, Ash Lynx, Okumura Eiji
Additional Tags: Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, Redemption, Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, Alternate Universe – Canon Divergence
Series: Part 1 of Stray Phoenix
Summary:

Yut Lung grew up as a pawn in the Lee family. Determined to topple his brothers and grasp a new role for himself, he is accustomed to playing every person he knows. When he is warned about Golzine’s intentions to inject Shorter with Banana Fish, he chooses to free Shorter instead, and then finds himself in a new game, one he may not know the rules to.

Stray Phoenix Epilogue 4 “I Know a Place”- Hamliet – Banana Fish (Anime & Manga) [Archive of Our Own]

Heya! I hope we get more interactions between Mikasa and Gabi in the next chapter. it would be interesting to see how their relationship develops. I also wouldn’t mind me some shady, mysterious and creepy Kiyomi. And… I would absolutely love to see Historia or eren’s pov of everything that happened so far but I have my doubts as Isayama just loves to torture us!

Hey! I would love to see more of Mikasa protecting Gabi–she’s female Eren, after all, but not nearly as far gone as Eren currently is. And yeah, I think there was pretty clear foreshadowing that Mikasa will go with Kiyomi to Hizuru at some point.

As for Historia, yes. Eren too, but Historia especially–we really, really need to see what’s going on in her mind. That was such a bomb dropped on the story that we really just need to know some of what she’s thinking. We know she’s miserable–that much was obvious–but we should know more honestly soon.