a peanut butter mvt.

So in Madoka Magica, it's stated that whichever magical girl kills Walpurgisnacht (the most powerful witch we know of besides Kriemhield Gretchen) will become a stronger witch than her. (What we see happen to Madoka in the timelines where she becomes Gretchen...).

I wonder if the same concept applies to stands/users in a way? I was thinking about the relationship between Jotaro, Dio, and Pucci. Dio obtains The World, which at the time we can assume is the most powerful stand. Dio literally says it's the power he will use to "rule the world". Then, at the same time, to keep balance, Jotaro obtains Star Platinum. Jotaro becomes more powerful by defeating Dio and obtaining SP:TW.

Instead of the cycle ending there, however, Pucci comes along and "defeats" Jotaro by sealing his stand/memories into discs. He had defeated him long before actually obtaining MIH.

What if stand users can increase their karmic potential (Madoka magica) style by defeating users stronger than them. Like fate will bend to your will if you keep progressing??

Thats why the Joestars have been so successful, because they have the drive and passion to overcome obstacles greater than themselves. It all ends with Pucci, however, because Jotaro was simply too strong.

this has most likely been said before but do y'all think Bruno felt relieved when he realized he was already dead and he didn't have much time left cause that meant he got the chance to see Abbacchio again sooner rather than later? And when Narancia died, that relief became two fold?

That the pain of walking away from life was vastly outweighed by the relief of death? The promise of peace?

last night I had some bad insomnia so I pulled up one of my fave comfort movies: Wall-E. and it hit me... JOSUYASU WALL-E AU.

IT'S SO PERFECT LIKE UGGGHHHH.

idk if they're still robots in this?? up to interpretation ig. but Okuyasu is the last (person? robot?) left on Earth. Day in and day out, he does his job collecting trash and sorting it into neat little piles. His only companion is a (cockroach? cat? plant/animal thing?) he affectionately calls "Stray". He knows he's not supposed to take any of the things he finds, but his treasures are what keep him going after such a long period of isolation. One such treasure, hes never seen before...

Josuke is one of many (people?? robots?? like I said up to interpretation) sent to scour a place called "Earth" for evidence of life. His mission is all that matters; get in, collect samples, get out. Upon arriving on this so-called planet, he can't help but feel giddy at the freedom. His happiness quickly fades, however, when he senses another presence in what is supposed to be a barren wasteland....

Koichi has one job. Keep things spick and span and CLEAN. He loves what he does, it's satisfying and makes him feel useful. It isn't until an extremely contaminated (???) shows up in his sector that he realizes just how much trouble cleaning can get one into....

Malala, I'm so sorry for not being a better student, Ill try harder next time I swear. (I won't).

Anyway, 花になって, I love you. Ryokushaka, you have a new fan.

To those of you also in the throes of academic desperation, good luck! A grade is not a measure of your worth as a human.

When I was 10 years old, one of my best friends starting telling me about a show she was watching. She said it was about these wizards who had amazing magic powers, and they were all part of a guild. She would describe to me what happened in every single episode, every single minute detail, all because the show was rated TV-14 and I wasn't allowed to watch it. Well, one day, while playing at her house, I felt a tad rebellious, and we watched the first episode together. Everything that I had imagined in my head, was wrong. I had never seen anime before, I didn't even know what it was! I had heard of Pokemon, of course, but this was definitely not that. Everything was so bright and noisy, and felt a little too grown up for me at the time, but i was captivated. I wanted to be just like that pink-haired boy, loud and rambunctious. I wanted to live in a world of magic too.

This sparked an entirely new journey for me, funnily enough. I started watching fairytail at my house, and I guess i was so adamant about it that my mom gave up trying to police my television. (At this point, I had grown into a very independent young woman, and my parents had a "fuck around and find out policy." TV-MA was still strictly prohibited and I knew not to push my luck. Thank you mom and dad for protecting me for as long as you did!) My entire friend group became obsessed with this show, and we would pretend to be our OC's at recess. All of us had taken on the roles of the main ships' children. I put a solid claim on Natsu's and Lucy's kid, how could I not?!

I began to explore other animes too, like Inuyasha, Naruto, FMAB, and Magi. I even memorized the entire first opening of AoT (in Japanese and an English translation), even though I was too afraid to watch it. I also began learning Japanese on Duolingo. My goal was to be able to understand anime without subtitles, but at 11/12, I had absolutely no work ethic and became satisfied knowing a minor amount.

As I grew older, and my tv content became more and more mature, I always found my way back to that first season of fairytail on Netflix. I would hog the TV at my aunts house because she had Hulu and I could watch more episodes. I eventually went through the rite of passage all young anime watchers go through, and found episodes posted on YouTube. They were sped up, horrible quality, and sometimes didn't even have english subtitles, but I was watching more of my favorite show! So none of that mattered.

I left fairytail behind for a long time. Around 15 or 16, I watched up until the tenrou island arc, and stopped before the key to the starry heavens. I got bored, and moved on. I didn't pick it back up again for a long time after that, but I continued to watch more anime. I also began listening to Japanese music around that time, which turned into a core part of my sense of self. Snow Fairy was one of the first songs I ever added to that first playlist, and was the song that taught me my first Japanese word all those years ago: 光り (hikari: light).

I can't say what made me pick it back up again. It was my freshman year of college, maybe I was feeling particularly lonely, (I was struggling very hard to make friends, moving is hard!), or maybe I just had a particularly strong bout of nostalgia. But I started from the beginning, and I tore through it. Ill admit, I didn't pay the closest attention to everything that I had already seen, but I didn't need to! The show was practically injected into my veins, I could list off every arc and sing each opening song in it's entirety up to tenrou. Once I reached the portions I hadn't seen, however, I made sure to watch properly. I didn't love the key of the starry heavens arc, it bored me and I almost gave up, but at this point I had the internet, and the people of the internet said push on, so I did. And wow am I glad for it, thank you TikTok and Tumblr! The GMG arc was SO GOOD, and Masayume Chasing??? INSTANT add to the playlist. I felt like I was 10 all over again, all starry eyed and agape watching on my tiny phone screen. Man, if I was 8 years younger, they would've HATED me on the playground.

I tore through the rest of the series, mourned the old art style I loved so dearly (and the magic circles, rip), up until the Alvarez arc. Ill admit, I got a bit bored again. I was also rather pissed at Natsu, you know a guy for 8 years and he up and leaves his girl??? shameful. So I set it down again, with a promise I'd come back to it when i was ready. Luckily, it didn't take long.

My life is so much different now. I was showing my best friend, (who I didn't know two years ago), anime, and decided to watch that first episode of fairytail. And I knew, I knew by the way my heart surged, by the way my best friend stopped rolling their eyes and actually watched, by the way I still remembered every word that was spoken, that I owed it to myself to finish it. Little Elysia (name reveal? haha) was on her tip-toes, looking out my adult eyes, pleading for me to see it through. And how could I refuse her?

It didn't take me long, I only had around 40 episodes left. Which seems like a lot but us long term anime fans know better, (looking at you one piece). It feels sort of surreal now. It took me 10 years to finish the first anime I ever watched, and in that time Ive seen over 50. That may be a small number to some, but hey, I do have a semblance of a life, so I'm proud! There are many things that fairytail gave me, like it's probably one of the reasons I'm gay, cause WOW, those women are FINE. On a more serious note, however, I am now in college taking Advanced Japanese Grammar. I was able to skip two classes because of my advanced knowledge, and am the youngest person in my class. I would never have self studied Japanese through my early teens if I hadn't watched fairytail and discovered anime. It's funny how little things can lead to such big achievements.

All this to say, I am so glad to be a part of this community. I'm sure many of you have similar stories, and it's so heart warming to think that a silly show about found family can touch so many hearts. A big part of who I am today was shaped by that little nerdy girl who fell in love with magic, I hope she is proud of me, and thinks I'm at least a little bit cool.

To all of us honorary fairytail members out there, good luck on your adventures, and remember to come home and visit every once in awhile ⭐🔥👆

is it an easter egg I don't understand?? am I missing smth?? send help pls.

"Oh hunter if you didn't love the beautiful so badly, perhaps you would've found it in your spirit singing softly"

"And I'll live without you, but the struggle will be daily."

I hate how easily nt people can just throw away morals for ease. like no, I can't just "accept" animal abuse.

I can't "forget" genocide.

you serve and serve and be the perfect fucking image of what they want and need you to be and STILL don't give a single flying fuck about your opinions, which, btw, are just fact.

any fellow autistics, adhders, etc. who are fighting the same battle,

hopefully we all find people that love us AND listen to us. and don't pick and choose the versions of us they want to love.

he then came up with the term "dumping" after I told him I had no clue and didn't know if such a term even existed.