I'm really glad that Vinland Saga exists and is so popular. The second season has been incredible and beautiful. While there's a lot I could talk about, I want to focus on how important it is to show a character like Thorfinn develop from a PTSD-ridden husk of a man to someone who will compassionately fight for peace and has a real vision for making the world better. I think its really important, especially today, to show audiences (especially young men) that dreaming of a better world, genuinely improving yourself not through becoming stronger but becoming kinder, and trying to build a peaceful world, are noble and admirable acts.
In a world where anime is so, so overwhelmingly focused on becoming stronger and more violent to defeat the next enemy, the fact that Vinland Saga represents the positive healing natures of pacifism and the actual power of friendship - to learn from others and develop yourself - is fantastic. Already I've seen "I have no enemies" becoming a trendy thing to say among young men, which might seem silly but it is so important. I think so many people have just never seen a story where being a pacifist, using words to avert conflict and being compassionate for other people is presented as a good thing. The only other anime/manga I can think of that do that are Mob Psycho and One Punch Man, which try to show that just being strong doesn't make you a good person, but you should still be a good person regardless of your strength.
Idk if any of that makes sense and I want to write a lot more about Vinland Saga because this second season has been truly incredible so I hope someone will read my rambling thoughts and get something from them
Got very depressed and anxious when I was 16, spent most of that school year skipping classes and staying home to play video games. I thought I was doing the right thing by only pursuing what was making me happy, because I truly hated being in school and it made my anxiety go insane, but I just fell into a depressive rut where I didnt even realise how bad things were
Any time a stranger has touched my hair it has been a drunk white woman who is twice my age and it's so uncomfortable. Even if they don't mean harm it's such an invasion of privacy
I was getting on well with a coworker today until he went on a rant about how being gay is unnatural and homosexuality is a European plot to reduce birth rates in Africa. I was really uncomfortable during this and should have challenged him but I just stood there and kinda laughed awkwardly. Really wish I had pushed back.
So yeah that sucked I am really not enjoy my job in any way
Seeing my rich Californian friend's posts about eating bagels and going to the beach while I'm scrubbing dishes 8 hours a day makes me want to die and kill
I get off work at 9pm today and I've been scheduled to be in for 8am tomorrow. So I get 11 hours between shifts, and most of it will just be spent sleeping. Lucky me
Genuinely what is the point in living under capitalism. It just makes the vast majority of people depressed, barely any workers like their job and it takes up all of our lives. Why do people still defend it it's just so frustrating
Sorry to hear that. My brain does something similar, I'll just be going about my day normally and suddenly remember how I used to be suicidally depressed and then I'll feel miserable
THE CLASSES ARE CONTRADICTORY FOR FUCKS SAKE THE TENANT AND LANDLORD CANNOT WIN AT THE SAME TIME. THIS ISNT EVEN THE CONTREADICTIONS OF CAPITALISM THIS IS THE CONTREADICTIONS OF FEUDALISM TBAT STILL SURVIVE IN CAPITALISM
soeru this is not directed at you @UlyssesT I just need to vent in your replies
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