Thistle And Mithrun Bedrot Together. And That's Fine Days Are Hard Sometimes

What would you do if your husband was a shitty bastard that cheats 25/8 and you can't sleep no matter what and some bitch shows up outta nowhere and gives you some sleep medicine thing and convinces you to join some criminal organization called pere noel then you give it out to your SHITTY husband and a bunch of random kids in some orphanage but they fucking DIE, so you fix the so called gift and some journalist lady is bugging you then you give out the gift and everyone fucking dies, then the journalist turns out to be some lady named elluka so you fucking drink the gift and fucking die and turns out you were a sentient doll the entire time

hey cakey, thoughts on the others?

That's really all the people I can think of right now that I know.

honestly if the only person i was somewhat friends with for FIFTEEN YEARS was franziska von karma i would also think "miles edgeworth chooses death" was an acceptable way of announcing your temporary leave. mia was in phoenix's head saying "you can do this phoenix... turn your thinking around" while franziska was in edgeworth's head saying "vell zere will be no body!! vat else could zey think" or something

Cute headcanon, that Ennui secretly taught Nostalgia to use chat so as not to leave her alone and not drag her upstairs, from where she would be immediately chased (well, and so as others not to "laugh" to Ennui herself). With this help, sometimes Nostalgia communicates with Ennui in this way :^] 🌸

Lately, I've been thinking about Mithrun and the ways he is dehumanized in canon.

Before I get started, we know that elven society is incredibly afraid of death and illness. This is obvious in how they look down on the short lived races and see them as weak and childlike. We also know that Mithrun himself had ableist views toward his brother and these values did not leave him once he, himself, became disabled. He is a product of the society that raised him, but I also think how Mithrun is currently being treated contributes to his view of himself.

Mithrun has had three different caretaking groups over the years. The first are the ones his brother hired for him. From what we can see, they did the job, but we can understand that they did not know what to do with him. No one had ever recovered from having their desires eaten so the focus was less on rehabilitation and more on keeping him alive.

Later we see Milsiril take an interest in him because of his desire to return to the dungeon. Since she did not bother to visit him for decades after finding him, we can assume that there is an ulterior motive here. Timeline-wise, this was when the majority of the canaries had just been wiped out. They needed more men, and Mithrun is set up to be the perfect single-focused soldier.

Honestly, we can assume that Milsiril doesn't really care about him or see him as a person. Mithrun is just a new project for her to play with. We can see this in how she's focused on superficial level concerns like the fact that he doesn't look nice and wanting him to be overly grateful toward her. She also talks about him like he's not in the room and can't hear her. This is a dehumanizing trait shared by many characters when talking about Mithrun.

When he finally does recover enough to return to the canaries, the military does not make any effort to accommodate his needs. We know the canaries are understaffed and the ethics are already bad, but they really did not even try to care about Mithrun's safety at all.

Entrusting a criminal with his care was questionable at best, especially when Cithis immediately took the opportunity to abuse her power over him and no one stopped her.

While acknowledging the light-hearted nature of the manga, it's uncomfortable that Mithrun was treated like a child and an animal by Cithis for her amusement. Regardless of her 'learning to respect him' later, the point is that Mithrun was taken advantage of and degraded because she believed he couldn't say no. No one bothered to do anything about this until Pattadol yelled at her.

Truly his treatment is summarized well by Milsiril here. Mithrun is extremely vulnerable to being abused by those taking care of him because he won't advocate for himself. He has one desire so he won't fight for himself in any other way.

It is obvious that Mithrun was not treated well by his caretakers and this has resulted in him identifying his needs through a disconnected and frankly, infantilizing lens.

I understand that it may have been a translator's decision, but I always thought it was interesting that Mithrun says that he's "not sleepy" which is a childish term. Otherwise, he speaks like everyone else, if not rather posh.

This, followed by the fact that he is responsive to Kabru treating him like a literal infant to get him to eat, paints a clear picture of the fact that Mithrun is not unfamiliar with being treated like this. He responds to it because he's used to it and has no desire to argue with being treated this way. When we consider the fact that the chapter started with Milsiril treating an older child Kabru in the same way, it is likely that she also did the same thing to Mithrun when he was under her care.

In these panels, we see that Mithrun does not believe that he can sleep without magical assistance, even though it is immediately refuted when Kabru takes the time to bundle him up and help him relax. Not only does he fully believe he can't sleep without external assistance, but he states directly that there is no point in him getting comfortable.

As Kabru observes, Mithrun's inability to recognize his needs applies to needs such as hunger and exhaustion, but it obviously also applies to emotional needs. Kabru just wanting to feed him something delicious and not wanting him to give up on life is the most consideration someone has given Mithrun in years.

The relationship they form over the course of a single week is enough to shape Mithrun's behaviour completely. Mithrun ignores Cithis's demand in favour of asking Kabru's opinion. It is Kabru's hand Mithrun takes to pull him out of his defeated state. It is Kabru Mithrun confessed his true desire to.

Do you realize how depressing that is? All it took was the new perspectives from Kabru and Senshi to make him consider the fact that he should keep living despite no longer needing to fulfill his duty. Being treated well could have helped Mithrun much sooner and this shift in the way he sees himself contributes to his recovery going forward.

TLDR: Mithrun has no desire to be respected, but why does that make people feel comfortable acting like he doesn't deserve it? Someone not caring about being treated well doesn't give you permission to treat them poorly. This feels like a playschool-level consent lesson: just because he's not saying no to a humiliating or degrading act doesn't mean it's a yes and therefore okay to do. Acknowledging this is the bare minimum of treating him as a person.

there's this lad who was the captain of my football team for seven seasons back in the day (Gordon Strachan) and he is the most sardonic oul get who comes out with the FUNNIEST quotes and I ALWAYS think about Mithrun as a diplomat. and listen I know Mithrun wasn't invited to be a diplomat bc he's "not that friendly" but I'm just saying. it would be so feckin funny. he's sitting there deadpan while Kabru is literally crying. should I make more of these

I'm reading the Gift From the Princess Who Brought Sleep novel for the first time and--

WHAT DO YOU MEAN MARGARITA IS 16. SHE IS A WIDOW. SHE HAS PRESUMABLY BEEN MARRIED FOR A WHILE. HER FATHER HAD HER MARRIED AS A CHILD (13-14?????) NOT IN SCHOOL NO JOB LIVING WITH AN ADULT MAN AND HE TRADED HER FOR A NOBLE TITLE FOR HIS FAMILY AND HER HUSBAND AND FATHER HAVE CONTROL OF HER FINANCES.

AND YOURE TELLING ME

SHE IS SUPPOSED TO BE EVIL?????????

your average mafuyu but i gave her a fish.

why does this make me sad LOL

Elluka: This is your fault, sad bitch! i'm gonna pluck you out melt you down and make a fucking necklace-

Margarita: Yeah, i probably deserve it...

Elluka: Wait, shit-

Elluka: You don't make this fun because you're sad!

Gumilia and Pere Noel: [burst out into laughter]

Margarita: I'm always sad! that's just my thing...i'm sorry i can't- be sad...that's just- my thing.

Elluka: Well now i just feel bad, dammit.