Ciel's Topics (72)

I think her being abusive automatically makes most people not care much for her or feel bad. Which is completely valid. Being understanding sure, but her abusing a child is just drawing a line, and being like that doesn’t make you strong at all.

Nah thats so real
I dont hate her at all
In fact I love her character and her character design?? STUNNING OML

If she weren’t strong, both she and her son would have perished long ago. Given her power, the king is forced to tread carefully for now. Her attempt to eliminate the prince is a calculated and logical move for someone navigating the ruthless power struggles of royalty. It’s a cold-blooded decision, but I wonder if you hold the same critique for the countless male leads who indiscriminately slaughter others to achieve their goals—a trope that’s all too common.

Once the prince matures, he would almost certainly pose a threat to her son’s life, as he did in the first timeline. Fortunately, MC can protect himself this time around.
It’s been specified that her actions stem from fierce maternal instincts. She has been driven partially insane from having to constantly fend off the king.
Within the brutal dynamics of royalty, her choices are not only expected but normalized. This is the world she was raised to survive in. Mind u, the king started it AND put his son in that position.

Her actions don’t need to align with your perspective to be valid. She’s doing what she can. Imo, refusing to understand her situation is a very one dimensional take. Only the strong can stand against the king, and that’s exactly what she’s doing.

Fr long live the vampy Queen

I do understand but again it doesn’t mean I have to feel sorry for her for hurting others. Doesn’t matter if it is normalized I still don’t have to feel sorry…I don’t like abusers point blank.

I personally don’t consider her strong that’s just my opinion at least. Again I don’t care if it’s normalized or anything. I don’t hate her but I also don’t like her at all.

That’s fine, you certainly don’t have to like her char. After all, she’s written to have serious flaws.

Omg this exactly

Oh I absolutely agree. I’m thinking about if I were to be in both situations. I would definitely resent her, and if I were her I wouldn’t even know what to do. I mean what would you even do in that situation?

However, I don’t get treating such a young boy in such a way. Or certain people in that way. Is it due to her mentality? Or rather something else? Well I suppose people sometimes don’t understand why they do some things.

If only modern therapy was in this world, but I doubt that based on how the people are. I mean punishing and the possible punishment for that child just because he pick pocketed? That’s a little much..The morals in this world seem to be the main thing which is quite concerning as well.

I only hope the main character would implement some modern morals in this world if he were to become a ruler. Change around the law a little as well though that goes without saying with the modern morals in all.

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May you never stub your little toe again

Might just become a fan of urs, definitely appreciate u for sharing this <3
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lmfaoo she can’t use her mana but she sure does use that magic poosay well

He was a solder. It was his country or the enemy's one

No, the wars were one-sided slaughter and colonization. Humans aren’t mindless fools—he was complicit and the primary perpetrator of these evil deeds. U have a brain for a reason, but the light bulbs seem to be out.

Bro he was an orphan he was trying to survive, it's been a long time, cause I followed it since day one so I have forgotten some parts because of the hiatus. But I will tell you that it wasn't one-sided, it was a war and while the other side might call him a monster, this side called him a hero because he brought them victory. Like, you got to be kidding unless there was a specific information that said otherwise,he was someone who served the church(because they treated giving him a place to stay resulting in him serving the church) and so he was sent to wars as a soldier at the age of 17 by the order of the church(clearly using orphans to raise their prestige) he couldn't go against the church or he would be dead. As he carried the orders he spared one life, a young boy, it was a careless choice that was supported by one other comrade(after all it was an action that was already done)that came to bite him back by taking his friends life which resulted in his trauma. Look it was kill or be killed, and his comrades were the ones to pay for his act of benevolence. If you want to be nice, be so in this time and day you can but what do you expect from that time period not to mention after seeing how they were following him when they thought he had escaped the church. He won the war for the church and in the war he lost his friends to merciness.

Quit yapping, acting like his feelings are more important than human lives.

You have no reasoning and you act like he's not human. Besides it's his life on the line why should he care about others. If your country was in war I dare you to step up in between raise your arms and say we plead for mercy and peace and in the end you will see either the enemy will kill you for how absurd that was or your country for your shamefull act and then come and talk to me about human life. Stop being "self-righteous" when you don't know how to handle the situation, you either help them all or you just step back when you know you will lose(knowing you will drag others down). I do wish you to tell me what did he do so wrong except sparing that youngsters life.

Finally someone who agrees, pls legend tell me more of your blue lock opinions

The BLLK community is packed with glazers who worship the author and swarm any post that contains objectively valid critique. They’re the epitome of childishness, which is to be expected from the shounen retards.

In the beginning BLLK had me totally hooked. It’s been a while since anything from Japan gave me this kind of dopamine rush. I can best describe it as a mix of old gen plot quality with a modern distinct art, a combo that makes it the best new gen anime. And that’s probably because the male dominated studio’s refuse to pick up work by women and instead keep on picking up trash corn disguised as 13+ friendly which should be a crime.

BLLK felt like an exception, it pulls you in with great chars and an exciting plot. It’s solidly in my top 4 sports anime, though without the author’s rise in unnecessary desperation, it might’ve been my all time favorite. Now that seems unlikely.

At first, one very positive tell tale sign to me was the lack of female chars, sparing us from Japan's usual habit of reducing them to lesser humans.
Leaving me flabbergasted, author shifted this energy onto the male cast.
Isagi keeps rotating partners between all the pretty and feminine looking boys, making you think he’s a harem Mc.
And every other masculine char gets a partner that acts like a yandere boyfriend.

It’s just strange, I just wanted to enjoy the great chars (some) and story without all that. Still holding out hope the author might chill on this stuff.
I used to hate the overly masculine chars that resembles gorillas and I tbh still do, but all these twinks are also testing my patience. Just give me cool chars like isagi rin kaiser. Author doesn’t wanna bother writing them as interesting individuals with backgrounds that pack some depth, instead he relies on shipping culture.

I just had sm more to say and ur comment was a good outlet lol nvm my rant

You harsh asf but i agree with the name calling bit like bruh how are these kids having the time to think up all these unique insults in the middle of intense matches XDD they lowkey cringe me out

You are insanely correct omg so glad I found your comment, I haven’t been able to articulate how I feel but you’ve perfectly summed it up. Thank you so much (▰˘◡˘▰)

I need therapy real bad to work on my delivery, it always lands me in trouble lol

I’m glad to hear it resonated with you sm, it’s always hard to find ppl who share my opinion:)

LMAO YOU GOOD LOL these are valid concerns tbh

You are so right for this

It’s us against the world fr (post experiencing war on Reddit)

Although I agree with most of your takes here, I have to interject on the "Kainess" part. The thing between these two characters wasn't exactly made for the sake of more ships for the fujoshis (god, they're so annoying), but it may seem like it on the surface. You'll see how one sided their interactions are if you reread the neo arc again and how that reflects on their characters.

Ness' backstory was revealed that he had always sought to make "magic", to make the "impossible come true". His codependency was deeply rooted within his character from the beginning (aka when he was a child) as he always chased after whatever could make that dream of his possible. That's when Kaiser comes in. He is aware of Ness' wants, and manipulates him in a way that is beneficial for his goal to become no.1, as all Kaiser truly wants is to be "loved", and to him that means he must prove himself.

Many people (especially fujoshis) misunderstand their dynamic and what it represents. Rather the typical "my world was boring before you" which can be interpreted as romantic, they're more psychological and messed up than that. Kaiser and Ness were both given proper backstories and personalities as to why their current relationship came to be. They were what Nagi and Reo failed to represent, and that is "toxic codependent relationships". So, even as I understand why you mirrored Kainess to Nagireo, I'd just like to point out the difference between them, and that's the intent between their duos.

(Disclaimer: I am not a kainess or nagireo shipper at all. I am well aware both relationships are toxic, albeit nagireo is more lowkey compared to kainess, but I just wanted to remind people that they're more than just supposed "fujoshi bait".)

Personally, I don't think there's a need to overanalyze fictional chars, as their behaviors and backgrounds are ultimately the author's will.
The issue lies in the fact that author himself pushes couple pairings. Whether the chars backgrounds were crafted to justify these dynamics or vice versa doesn’t really matter, as the two aspects go hand in hand.

With so many pairings in BLLK, it's only natural that some chars backstories will align more closely with their behaviors than others.

I’m focused on the broader narrative. Personally, I don’t look at BLLK for complex char writing to me it’s all pretty simple.
I don’t like what author has decided to do with so many of the chars. It reminds me of the stereotypical way female char backgrounds are often written, where their entire existence revolves around the hero.

To each their own though—I’m not here to criticize anyone who likes Ness or Reo for that matter. This is simply my objective critique of the author.

I understand your point of view and that this is your critique therefore your opinion, but "over analysing" characters is quite literally integral to any story in general. Yes, their true nature and intent lies entirely within the author's grasp but that doesn't mean room for analysation should be belittle nor pushed aside. That's how most literature reviews and interpretations came to be, including your critique itself, because despite you only seeing things on surface value and refusing to delve into the complexity of the characters, it still counts as a literary analysis.

If the characters personalities and backgrounds were meant to be treated lightly or nothing at all, why would the author go so far as to reveal their pasts, integrate their differing quirks and traits, and show dynamics between their interactions?

I'd like to add that although I can definitely see eye to eye why you dislike the idea of the author pushing "couples", I feel unfortunate to say that if you can't see past them and their dynamics as anything beyond the purposes you've stated, your mindset will just be restrained on the same level of that as a shipper (not to say shippers are bad or to say I'm belittling your perspective here). Just because two characters are pitted together won't always instantly make them new "ship fuel" as I've said in my previous comment. There are other duos I can state that go beyond potentially being branded as a ship (rin & sae, isagi & noa, bachira & his mother, nagi & barou, etc.)

Though I can agree with you for certain that Kaneshiro has surely wasted potential of other characters for the sake of the main cast, like you said. Then again, it's a common occurrence in most stories, we might as well make due with what we have since he was at least considerate enough to keep up with the consistency of a lot of important characters in the manga (I could go on a whole thesis compiling every one of them but it'd take too long to do). Not trying to justify the clear plotholes, just saying that it's a very difficult task to balance character potential whilst keeping track of the main story as a writer myself too.

(Final clarification: I've noticed my former interactions on the internet have caused misunderstandings due to my rambles, so I hope you won't take the things I've said to heart. Many tend to assume I'm arguing with them when I simply want to share my thoughts.)

I mentioned that I’m not particularly intrigued by the author’s writing abilities for most of the chars, which makes it difficult for me to connect with or like Ness. To me, he feels very surface level and intentional for the sake of shipping. Of course, everyone will have their own opinion about the chars, and that’s completely subjective. If you enjoyed how he’s written or didn’t mind it, that’s great. I feel rather neutral about him overall, the only ones I find annoying are Reo and the baldie lol. I did appreciate hearing your perspective.