What The Heck Does “bloody Fruit Shop Owner” Even Mean

Y'know what? You're right

Time to go to the very old abandoned house that has been overtaken by vines in the woods near my little town for a while.

The idea of disappearing into the woods, marrying the vaguely ominous, disembodied presence within said woods, and becoming a local cryptid is sounding really tempting right about now...

Just begun The Magnus Archives Season 2 and I've got something to say:

JONATHAN, WHY THE FUCK DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO MEAN TO POOR MARTIN?! HE'S JUST WORRIED ABOUT YOU, YOU PARANOID ADORABLE LITTLE ARCHIVIST.

Is it so difficult to believe that somebody cares about you, Jonathan? Is it? For the love of whatever type of eldritch being is listening to my rambling right now, I CARE ABOUT YOU AND I'VE LISTENED TO YOU TALKING FOR JUST ONE SEASON-

I'm in an episode 111 mood...

*squeaky voice* Jonathan's discovering stuff! I'm so proud!

Me, walking to school:

My headphones: **Red Signal by The Mechanisms**

Me, still walking, unfazed: Oh well, why not? It's 7:33 in the morning, a good time for an Eldritch Invocation. :D

I love Stan's relationship with the kids so much.

GF emphasizes a lot of very real trauma in Stan's past. Everything from child abuse, homelessness, drug abuse, and survival sex work. And the way that meshes with Mabel being this truly genuine depiction of a weird little girl creates something that is very unique to the series.

It's really touching how Mabel just being Mabel heals Stan's inner child and the way he naturally clicks with her. The weird and creative little boy he used to be, before his father's abuse and toxic masculinity beat that joy and optimism out of him.

It's just damn good. It's a really beautiful depiction of an intergenerational relationship. And I haven’t really seen anything else quite like it. Because there’s also Dipper.

There’s this wall between Stan and Dipper that goes beyond his similarities with Ford and its gender.

Dipper is a boy and Stan clearly doesn’t really know how to handle that. He was taught that boys are raised in a very specific way. And like we see how Stan really struggles with his past, the way he talks about the boxing lessons in particular.

Masculinity is so deeply entwined with Stan's pain and it’s something he can’t easily unravel. How is he supposed to be able to criticize his father for 'toughing him up' when he feels like punching things is one of the only things he’s good at? It's fucking sad.

So... Could we talk about volume 94 for a sec?

Like, first oh all, Eiichiro Oda, how dare you. I've been crying for an entire day about characters that I swore I wouldn't care about.

So: Here we are at the beginning of the chapter, where there's the explanation of why SMILEs are bad etc. etc. etc. AND I'M ALREADY BAWLING MY EYES OUT.

Then the narrative switches to Luffy being chaotic on main, I thought I was gonna have fun, but no. Those two come in.

A classic. Kidd's *angy* and Kamazo's laughing like the maniac that he is-

Oh wait.

What if he... isn't a maiac...but is in fact a SMILE eater?

That would make sense, but why would Kaido not keep this man with him? Is he a native from Wano, from the poor district?

Then Kidd, who I read went back to prison with Kamazo without making too much of a fight (which is already fucking suspicious) decides to speak.

And. I. Start. Crying.

He starts talking about the crew and "WHERE THE FUCK ARE THEY?" and Killer can't stop laughing because he literally c a n ' t express any other emotion anymore and I CRY SO HARD.

In each and every scene Killer keeps laughing and laughing, and the more he does that the more I realize that he's doing that instead of crying and I feel bad about not caring more about the Kidd Pirates-

Like...look at them.

They look so broken.

"Um, Jonny...your D'Ville is showing."

RQGG 2017

47:40 - “Which elder god do you identify with the most?”

You know what I'm going to say...

"APOLOGIES FOR THE DECEPTION"?! REALLY?!

You have to do a lot more for me to accept the apology, Jonah.

Getting myself killed? Or worse...

Expelled?

Salesa, I didn't think you'd be the one to make Harry Potter references-

Also Basira now has a title!!

So we have The Ceaseless Watcher's Special Little Boy, The Antichrist's Plus One, The Prophets Chosen To Walk The Endtimes Unscathed, and now A Freelance Watcher! :D