#cleo talks

do not separate ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧

ok! new year is the time to finally put up some of my work on INPRNT... i want to focus a bit less on individual shop sales/shipping&packing in 2024, in favor of bigger projects, hence this first step in that direction!

many assumed that “oh, them being stuck in this place is just gonna be like the aquarium arc, they’re gonna talk it out and asa will get them out” we forgot that the denji and asa now aren’t the same as they were before, both went through traumatizing events leading up to this (their dynamic has changed). they can still talk in future chapters we don’t know what fujimoto could do, but what makes this different to the aquarium arc is that yoru is here with them as well.

yoru, continues to acts as an unpredictable factor in the story that's constantly terrorizing both asa & denji. i love the characterization with yoru in these recent chapters, we see her gain power and control in a situation, only to lose it and goes back to this pathetic being. once she loses that power, she tries to regain that semblance of power and control by taking out her frustration towards denji (hurting and kissing him) . what i’m still wondering is what is causing her to kiss denji (it is bc of asa’s feelings? is kissing him a way for her to find the one thing she can control/own in a world where she has no control?? her own feelings? or all three?) anyways much to think about, because it’s such a body horror-esque concept in regards to asa’s character and what could it mean for her and for future chapters.

i also want to point out, yoru refers to denji as "chainsaw man" consistently throughout the whole exchange & if we go to the direction of her trying to regain that power and control she lost by owning denji? it’s so much to think about because we are literally introduced to her character bc she became weak due to Pochita.

i can’t help but be interested in the distressing dynamic with yoru and denji. denji thinks sex as a way to be cared for and that’s how he coped with for so long that he’s at a point where he thinks being stuck in this world is a form of punishment, and combine that with yoru using asa’s body to kiss and harm him to cope with this loss of power and control in an uneasy environment where people turn to trees ,, it’s a recipe for disaster that i still can’t help but wait for future chapters to analyze them.

also, i saw some people voice their concerns with asa’s character. seeing people say “when will we see asa’s breakdown!?” i understand bc yoru is doing all these harmful transgressions towards asa’s own body and we don’t see her thoughts of it? i’m still holding onto hope we will see more introspection from her especially in this new setting bc last time we were interrupted by asa’s hunger. i found it interesting whenever anything catastrophic occurs in csm, many ppl on twitter always pull that panel of asa’s dream. so many people are waiting to know what is the darkness in her dream and fujimoto keeps teasing us with it. it’s his way of telling us “ik you guys are waiting to delve into that but we’re not there yet!” it makes me think when is it enough for her, fujimoto!! but alas, we must be patient and hope the wait was worth it.

They were both in this position. then,

He switches into White’s point of view. 

He was certainly thinking about killing her, but only Steven’s body was in any actual danger of being hurt. 

As is shown here that Steven’s body was the one in White’s position.

We even see that it wasn’t White Diamond who was talking through White Diamond, it was still Steven which makes this scene less about killing White, and more about the killing his diamond self. Which in itself is heavy as shit and has major suicidal tones to it. He is with himself in the mind-scape being the aggressor and the victim, just like how he feels he is split right now. Always stressed out and feeling like he’s going to die, but also angry, aggressive, and dangerous. Since he literally just shattered Jasper before this. This is heavy shit and when you realize it from this point of view, it becomes much darker than what you thought. this is essentially a homicidal and suicidal thought. 

DO NOT GET ME WRONG.