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I GOT MY WISH HOLY SHIT THIS EPISODE IS ULTRA SUPER TRAGIC CHIKANE TO THE MAX

also it shows why Himeko is actually...uh... i wanna say, desirable? till now my impression of her was mostly her own: that she’s weak, shy and incompetent and faints all the fucking time 

this is actually also Souma’s impression of her, he loves her BECAUSE he wants to(/THROUGH the impulse of wanting to) make sure that she can be happy, not suffering, not crying, as she is and was prone to, with her abusive parent and her insecurities. The most important part about her to him is her weakness, in a way. He truly is her protector first, which comes from a deeply held desire to keep her from suffering.

but through Chikane’s eyes Himeko is something entirely different. She is not weak or shy. Himeko is literally the light of her life, Himeko is comfort and warmth and human connection, after years and years of Chikane being treated like a distant moon by everybody in her life. Chikane wants that - Himeko - for HERSELF. To Chikane, Himeko’s most important part is her beautiful and warm soul. In a sense it’s a lot more selfish, but also a lot more ...wonderful.

especially when contrasted with Chikane’s concerted and HORRIBLY tragic efforts to stifle her feelings and facilitate Souma’s and Himeko’s romance.

it sucks that i can’t trust laura anymore

i guess ananke tried to prevent the darkness through sacrifice

now the darkness is back and is only gonna grow and Laura probably IS the destroyer, the demon, the child of darkness - she just doesn’t know and possibly she doesn’t care

aww ananke, like. she cried. and laura ia such a shit. maybe ananke shouldn’t have BLOWN UP HER FAMILY. YES you did mess everything up worse by that. it’s like they stop understanding the impact of their own violence. Ananke honestly needed to be replaced, too worn out by trauma

I understand Mini’s hatred for Amaterasu. like. once is understandable, twice is a pattern. She doesn’t actually care for people. and she won’t protect them. She’s a real ass kid.

I guess this is Persephone’s chance to distance herself from Sakhmet and blind hedonism without empathy

whoops she didn’t

oh that was it. i should buy all these issues

idk man i don t usually say that kinda thing but if this pantheon is such a mess, then SHE made it.

NOOOOOO NOT MINERVA. WHY MUST THE GOOD ALWAYS DIE FIRST?????

can’t believe i knew ananke was fucking evil from the start

but of course she had good reason because blah blah four at least need to die to stave off the darkness or whatever.

ok so ananke is homura but with less hangups about straight up killing people, and also less concerned with one person, more concerned with the DARKNESS

like wow that one speech really put all of it in perspective. i guess she did really try 

‘uh you killed her family’ LIKE HELLO LADY, IF YOU JUST FUCKING DIDN”T MURDER EVERYBODY’S FAMILIES MAYBE they wouldn’t destroy shit

but cassanddra pls cassandra you CAN SAVE US. no it was Baal. I love Baal again