Hello & good day Kate-san. I’ve read your amazing stories but I really like ‘The (Mis)adventure of Goat’ the most! I like the way you create such ‘dramas’ like the sudden pregnancies among the group (which I found it almost hilarious!). I’m actually want to ask you about AriEto: When exactly Arima and Eto get married? Was Eto’s second pregnancy make her a bit weaker than normal? Also, since Shiono is a half-human, does he has the same condition as his father? Sorry for asking.

Ahhh thank you; I’m so glad you liked it!!! And found it funny becuase it was like who will be next? XD Arima and Eto got married by going to a courthouse when Nozomi was ten months old. Her second pregnancy didn’t make her weaker physically, but she was very worried and pretending not to be because she did not want complications again. Shiono would indeed have the same condition, but fortunately in this AU Kimi figured out how to fix the aging problem, so he will live to a ripe-old age! 

And no worries! I don’t mind you asking at all! 😀 Have a great day! 

Hc that dabi and illumi are friends and dabi regularly makes fun of endeavor while illumi listens. “Listen, endeavor one time went to starbucks and asked for a cheeseburger.” Illumi: “but starbucks doesnt make cheeseburgers, they make paninis” dabi: “does it look like he knows what a panini is.” Illumi starts to make fun of Silva afterwards but he only tells stories that are completely true. (1/2)

“One time, dad ate a handful of coffee beans cuz they were next to the jellybeans and he didnt even notice.” And dabi starts cracking up while illumi is just completely straight faced. (2/2)

I want to see Illumi and Dabi as friends!!! And Dabi meeting Hisoka would be funny to think about! Hahaha. 

Do you mind a Shakespear ask? I was interested what is your opinion about King Lear’s character.

You can always ask me about Shakespeare!

Lear is a tragic, tragic character whose tragedy is a direct narrative consequence of his own flaws. Before he plans to retire, he wants his daughters to prove they love him best. In setting up this test of love, he winds up banishing the one daughter who actually loves him, because her proof of love wasn’t sufficient for him. In wanting to assure himself he was loved, he ensured he would wind up alone. Not only that, but in doing so he destroyed not just himself and his children, but his entire kingdom. 

As a whole, Lear liked pomp and circumstance over actual responsibly governing (which sounds like a lot of politicians nowadays too). He chose Goneril and Regan specifically because of their lavish declarations instead of Cordelia’s quiet love. 

But what I like about Lear is that he doesn’t sink even further into his tragic flaws. He recognizes them and while he cannot stop what he’s already set in motion, he does realize that Cordelia truly loved him and that the people you love and who love you are what matters, not power or a crown or adoration of the public. What good is a king if all he has is power and not love? That was the insecurity Lear wanted answered at the beginning, and in doing so he found himself surrounded by people who only wanted power. This conflicting theme also applies to Edgar and Edmund’s struggle with their dad, too. 

Hello! When you write, do you do a lot of research? If so, do you have any tips for doing it quickly but efficiently, so the actual writing can be started/continued?

I do research! I’m afraid I don’t have a ton of recommendations, though. It depends on what you’re writing, of course, but some things are definitely going to require more research than others. I’d advise against getting too bogged down in minutia, however. 

For me, when I’m researching, I like to focus on stories of people who have been through what I’m researching, or lived through that time period, etc. Thanks to the Internet, those are widely available, but it’s helpful because having the facts isn’t going to necessarily help you adequately portray what it’s actually like to live through something. (which isn’t to say don’t look up the facts–definitely do.) 

I’m not sure if this is very helpful, but suffice to say: researching is a part of the process! I’m not sure if there’s really a way to speed it up, but this is how I tend to research. 

if what you said about hawks is true that the whole flys to fast must be referring to how he gets too close to the truth

cutiesableye:

It has something to do with something, and you could be right. A lot of evidence seems to stack up in your favor, just as a lot of evidence stack up with… well. The Funeral Train. To put it politely.

I don’t know what to think about the insinuations of the man who flies too fast, but I’m definitely more in your boat than the Funeral Train. The line between Villain and Hero has always been drawn seemingly apparent, and the introduction of Stain and Shigaraki’s tear it all down start over build a better world ideals begin to blur that line. The best way to keep blurring that line, to continue with this theme of What Makes A Hero, we need to see two things.

We need to see a hero become a villain.

And a villain become a hero.

eren is not a hero hes more flawed than you think thats what mikasa is realizing i do believe he has remorse for sashes death. and that fatal flaw would only have him killed one day

Yep, Eren is not a hero. Armin is: Eren’s even said so. I agree with you that that is what Mikasa is realizing, and it’s heartbreaking for her.

I love Eren as a character because he is so flawed and so messed up, and there is no happy ending for him after he killed children which Mikasa even realized and said to him. Like, Eren’s one of my favorite characters, but it’s because he’s so angry, bitter, prone to lashing out, prone to rushing ahead, and yet desperately loves his loved ones with a heart that’s bigger than his brain sometimes, and he makes terrible decisions as a result more often than not. I think that makes him a fascinating character, because most protagonists are much more like Armin or like Mikasa or even Levi. Eren is very, very different, and I appreciate that. 

I agree with you Eren feels despair over Sasha’s death, and I do think he is going to die. His chances of a happy ending are nonexistent and that’s without even the titan time limit coming into play. But I think he will have a role in freeing Eldia–but it won’t be the role of hero, like he’d envisioned as a child, which is a tragedy unto itself. 😦 

Mikasa: New Light to Old Memories

jeanandthedreamofhorses:

Another thing that excited me about the last chapter was seeing Louise and the callback to an event I’ve talked about very recently concerning Mikasa’s development. 

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I’ve referred to her salute here as the beginnings of her development into a proud soldier and defender of the peace. What is especially significant about this development is that it is wholly separate to her love for Eren. So, seeing Louise give the same salute here in trying to convince her to help Eren ignites a certain cognitive dissonance within her.

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She’s seeing, in an image, her duties as a soldier combined with her desire to help Eren. 

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Hey, Hamliet! Amazing analysis of the relationships in Noragami as usual. I came across your “want” post on Reddit, and people are loving it! I was wondering what you think of @sayaka19fan’s analyses though. She claims that Kazuma is appropriating Bishamon, and relationships between gods and humans should be discouraged because they are inherently unequal. I agree with both of you! Maybe two principles can exist at the same time?

Oh wow, my post is on reddit? Thank you to whomever linked it there! And thank you for your kind words; I’m glad you liked it!

So that’s a very interesting analysis! I appreciate her perspective, and do think these POVs can largely coexist in that a major… theme, if you will, in Noragami seems to be the so-called Hedgehog’s dilemma: I want to be close to people, but if I get close I’ll hurt them. There’s really no way around that in relationships in Noragami. To connect with someone is to live, but it is also going to hurt. Shinkis quite literally physically injure gods sometimes (and it’s noted to be abnormal that Nora never stung Father), which is a not so subtle symbol for the emotional and even spiritual hurt connection brings. (Side note: Nora’s arc is about learning to be a human right now (like Yukine being challenged in the beginning to live like a human despite being dead) and part of that means dealing with hurt and connection.)

The question is then: is it worth it? Is connecting worth the pain? I think it’s a question everyone answers differently for their individual relationships with each other person–human, shinki, or god. 

Is what Kazuma gets from his relationship with Bisha worth the pain of never being able to have entirely what he wants? Is it enough for Hiyori with Yato? It’s up to each of them to decide. 

Is Kazuma even right in saying they can’t love humans, or is his understanding flawed? Because Kazuma is framed… antagonistically, if you will, this chapter. That’s not quite the right term, antagonistic, but just–the story is clearly frowning upon his actions. Is he projecting his own assumptions and fears onto Bishamon? Is it some mixture of truth and his fears? (Probably.) The story clearly doesn’t want to endorse Kazuma’s current perspective so, I would expect that to be broken down in the future.