I Made A Meme To Address What I've Seen On Tumblr, Because I Haven't Seen This Type Of Unity Since VLD

soo about crisis on infinite earths...

tldr: razer and aya show up at 1:05:00.

but WOW. I thought I set my expectations at rock bottom, and I was still disappointed. I thought that their reunion would be glossed over, but we didn't even get that! there was no reunion! they're just here now, hi guys, no answers as to how they found each other again, no emotional resolution whatsoever. no mention as to how crazy it is that they're fighting the anti-monitor again, nothing. not even one little throwaway line that would be tantalizingly close to good characterization!

I see people posting about them showing up again and being excited, and I don't want to seem like an asshole by complaining about it. but this was so, so shallow. again, I wasn't expecting anything spectacular. I knew they wouldn't set up the whole movie to explore razer and aya, they had plenty of other characters (far too many, in my opinion) to focus on. but I just don't like how relentlessly positive everyone is being about this. I get we're all starved for razaya content, but it feels like we're giving dc praise for the absolute barest minimum.

it is fun how nobody is in agreement about wtf really happened to adrien/the amoks KAJBDFKJSFDKBF

Wait wait wait, hold the fucking phone

This has always stuck in my brain because it's the first time we see Vash talk about a plant as a person, referring to the plant as a girl instead of "it" like the crew and assigning morality/emotions to her... and it's so interesting me that he's shittalking her as selfish. Whenever Knives talks about plants, he's seeing them as weak and defenseless and unable to protect themselves from humans; a lot of other talk/imagery around the plants in the manga centers on them as angelic, giving, kind. Vash is the only one who ever talks about them expressing things like fear, confusion, anger, and selfishness, which feels a lot more like recognizing personhood in them than reducing them to victims or angels.

IDK I think it ties into my general frustration when Vash gets flattened to being only ever nice, patient, or worst of all, naive. As if he's kind because he can't help it or doesn't know better, not on purpose. He's frustrated with his "sister"'s behaviour and how many lives it's threatening, and he also sees her as a person whose life an personhood are equal to theirs and wants them all to be okay. He sees the negative aspects of others, is fully aware of the consequences of his actions and the risks, and he cares despite, even so, regardless.

(Also seen in another light it's just funny. Like ugh I just wanted to enjoy my trip and then my bratty sister threw a tantrum and nearly blew us all up just because a JJBA villain attacked)

“he’s just some guy” well i like some guys

in pain and I’m not being brave about it I’m actually being very whiny and dramatic