Don’t You Forget About Me

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In celebration of Kurokura Week 2018 (with a side dose of Hisoillu and the atrociously photoshopping image above):

A brain, an athlete, a clown, a princess, and a criminal spend a day in detention together. Breakfast Club AU. 

“Can’t we just work on our papers?” Kurapika complained, twirling his pencil.

“Can’t you, without worrying what everyone else is doing?” Chrollo shot back. “Oh yes, I forgot. The high and mighty Kurapika makes decisions for us all.”

Read the first chapter (”It’ll Be Anarchy!”) here on Ao3! (Also available on FF.net)

As a note, the story does not have any NSFW content; it does, however, contain some suggestive conversations and language consistent with the movie it’s inspired by.

If one has depression, how does one cure it? Are they given medication? Or to change their lifestyle?

Unfortunately, it’s not so easy. So studies have shown cognitive behavior therapy, while incredibly effective in reducing symptoms of anxiety, is not nearly as effective in reducing symptoms of depression–because depression is caused by a reduction in seratonin. It’s biological. Behavioral changes can indeed help and do help some people (not everyone needs medication), but many people do need more seratonin the same way a diabetics need more insulin. I can say that when I started taking Zoloft, the difference was immediately apparent. 

But the thing is, it depends on the person. We’re all unique, with unique biological makeups and unique personal experiences too. So it’s up to a therapist and psychiatrist to work with an individual to determine the best course of treatment for them. Some people respond well to some medications but not to others, some respond well to just CBT, some respond well to other types of therapy. Each person kind of works with someone to create their own unique cocktail for treatment. 

In last chapter of hxh I loved kurapika-bill exchange so much, kurapika encouriging him that he isn’t a coward and saying he won’t let anyone fall because of sucsession war reminded me why I like him so much. What did you think about this chapter?

What did you think about last HxH chapter?

Combining these asks! I quite liked it. It was a loooot of exposition (the poor translator, they are a hero!), but I trust Togashi with exposition in terms of it’s always led somewhere satisfying. I quite like Bill as well, and hope his development is most positive than Keeny’s (I’m sad). It seems to be setting up for focus on Tsubeppa, which while I doubt it’ll last very long, I am intrigued for because she allied with Tserriednich at the beginning of the war (though Tserriednich commented she’d be dead soon). I want to know what it is about Tserriednich that draws Tsubeppa and Halkenburg to him. 

And, of course, the Kurapika focus was lovely, and I finally got to see my queen. I love Oito so much. 

Why is Lion King 2 underrated?

It’s just generally not well-liked, which I understand, but I really love the story and think it’s fun and meaningful even if, like, a lot of the developments def weren’t hinted in the first one lol. But it’s a good story on its own and also stays true to the first film’s Shakespearean roots (it’s based on Hamlet) and the second one is Romeo & Juliet. 

But Shoto learning from Endeavor isn’t about him being defined by Endeavor. If Shoto is really serious about becoming the best hero he can be, it would be stupid of him to throw away such a great resource: someone who knows the Quirk extremely well & is always going to be willing to teach him. And that’s excluding all the personal reasons Shoto might work with Endeavor. Plus, Shoto (love the kid) but he’s not that innovative with his Quirk on his own. Tbh idk if I want Shoto to do it either, js

It’s true that it isn’t necessarily him defining himself by Endeavor, but he wants to be different than his father. It would not be stupid for him to choose to protect his mental health and avoid his abuser and the exact situation that provoked abuse (being trained by him).He literally had a traumatic flashback in the previous chapter to a training session. That being said, you’re right that it’s certainly possible Horikoshi will head in that direction. 

Under the cut for a personal opinion:

I am just really confused as to what Horikoshi is doing with Endeavor and Shouto’s relationship in terms of the writing. I think there’s a definite weakness insofar as the framing goes: Horikoshi clearly (as 192 and the recent flashbacks show) does not want to gloss over or in any way trivialize Shouto’s abuse, which is commendable. I do think he really cares about abuse victims and is appreciating how serious the subject matter is. However, he has also committed at this point to redeeming Endeavor and quite possibly towards some kind of reconciliation between him and Shouto, which is again, not my preference, but fine as well, yet the framing is really swinging wildly about between encouraging the audience to sympathize and then to hate and then to sympathize and then to hate. Like, I would have been a lot more cool with him training with Endeavor post-pro-hero arc when Endeavor’s character was really shown in its most sympathetic light, but then showing us these flashbacks that definitely painted Endeavor as cruel and eugenics-focused really goes against painting sympathy for Endeavor so it comes across as messy. That being said, again, the Todoroki family drama is still my favorite subplot in the entire story, messy or not.