Thoughts on Azula being a "psychopath "?
I think it's not only a very boring and uninteresting interpretation of Azula, it is also inaccurate.
If Azula were a psychopath, the notion that her mother thought of her as a monster wouldn't hurt her so much. In fact, it wouldn't bother her at all.
Psychopaths are also defined by the lack of empathy and remorse.
And there were moments of Azula showing empathy, even in this scene:
Yes, Azula laughed at Ty Lee a moment ago, but when Ty Lee started crying, she genuinely regrets it.
She also showed remorse for her actions, that's what the mirror scene showed us, her guilt and self-reflection:
What I don't like about all these arguments that Azula is a psychopath, is that they usually want to say that Azula IS a monster. But Azula is not a heartless monster.
She's a bad person, but a person nonetheless.
I've had a similiar interpretation and I saw someone in the tags say they've also seen soulmates in a way as "mission for eachother/together" and I actually completely agree with that too, soulmates is a broad concept that can fit into anything, good or the bad. There's this other media im in where these characters are connected to be soulmates but the other is extremely toxic and abusive. So soulmates in their concept doesn't mean good, that they're just connected by souls fortunate or unfortunate. That would make sense for Saiki and Aiura, and fits more as shown that he needed her, because his future wouldn't have changed if not for Aiura..? In his case, being somewhat fortunate.
I wanted to add that when someone's souls are connected, they're the one who impacts their future the most, for both or for one soul. That's what a soulmate generally means and stands for. Whether it's romantic or not is what happens between your soulmate, it's not necessarily all romantic, just that your souls are connected. Aiura's soulmate is Saiki, but we don't know who Saiki's soulmate is if I recall, it's never really been said since she (miko) doesn't mention more about soulmates.
the idea of soulmates or "fated partners" is intriguing to me, heres my theory abt the soulmate mechanics of saiki k ^^
my 1st and main theory is that its related to mikos ability to see compatibility, ppl with the highest or maybe only if its 100% compatibility r considered soulmates. however tho i do believe this in general bc it has the most canon backing i dont actually think this could be the case for saiki and aiura, we never get to see it but i think if wed been shown the compatibility (or chance of success) between these 2 it would be low (u can reference my miko analysis for y i think this) so i think theres more than 1 way for ppl to be fated partners. the idea that this is the only way to be soulmates also contradicts info ill provide below
another theory ppl have had is that ur soulmate is literally ur future partner, and at 1st i thought this was implied when i read the manga bc miko says she was "looking into her own future" when she found her soulmate, however after checking a few translations, this seems to be a mistranslation, she uses the same language as she does for any future or non-future readings. this post would b rlly long if i went into it but i think this theory is completely off the table in saiki and mikos case, it would contradict what we know (abt mikos powers, future not being stagnant, the fact she went out of her way to change the future to find her soulmate which would imply it wasnt in her future b4, and more), but maybe the future isnt entirely off the table as a factor for soulmates in general. i do think its possible considering all her talk of future and fate
canon facts abt soulmates:
-they r hardly mentioned at all. the only mentions of soulmates r: 1) when shes talking abt saiki. 2) chiyo thinks shes shuns soulmate, miko doesnt believe so. 3) in 236, a client asks miko if hell ever get married, miko refers him to "the woman of his dreams", NOT his "fated partner" or "soulmate." its unclear if this woman is his soulmate or if she foresaw something else (im in the middle of a reread so pls correct me if im wrong so i can add to this and on that note lmk if my translations r ever off)
-miko mentions she doesnt believe chiyo is shuns soulmate, but she didnt scry this and her language implies she doesnt know for sure. this means their 2-4% compatibility doesnt actually 100% ensure that they arent soulmates, but it might be what made her think they probably arent. this means compatibility may be linked but not entirely indicative of being soulmates
-miko mentions that she was "rlly feeling it" the day she found her soulmate which may imply its very hard and rare for her to see. she also makes no attempts to get any1 else with their soulmates iirc so it seems unimportant and not guaranteed, its only a desire
-compatibility, which may be linked to soulmates, is also referred to as "chance of success", which may or may not be an interchangeable term
so with all that in mind heres my theories for all the ways ppl can be considered fated partners:
-highest/100% compatibility
-your ideal/dream person (i think this 1 may be possible to be unreciprocated or possibly u have to be each others dream person with ur ideals, morals, and plans for the future lining up)
-the person u get with in several possible timelines or in the foreseeable future
-the best future that can be foreseen is 1 where u r together
i also dont think miko can conciously choose or see which "type" of soulmate shes seeing
we also have to consider that compatibility and the future BOTH canonically change pretty easily and altho that concept interests me in the context of soulmates, its rlly hard to consider that here in a way that doesnt stretch too far from theories into just fanon and where soulmates would still mean anything at all, so ill table that for now but the idea that soulmates can be changed is very intriguing and i think its pretty likely when i consider how all of mikos seen powers work
now specifically for saiki and miko: i think theyre some form of the last 1. i think fate brings them together bc every future where they dont meet is a bad future, at least for saiki. this is bc i believe kusuo could never have stopped the volcanic eruption, or at least that it wouldve taken him many more years to do so without miko. therefore each future where theyre happiest is 1 where theyre connected in some way
It just makes me feel so bad on how many things he's not informed of. Genuinely not expecting Chat Noir to forgive Ladybug at all if he finds out. And it might be better that way, we need angst 🤞🤞🤞
Chat Noir: "Be careful Ladybug! Rena Rouge might find out your secret identity!!"
My boy is so out of the loop its insane😭😭😭
Chiyo will always be Kokomi's first and best friend, I love them.
soooooo normal about the fact that kokomi acts in a way that is not exactly perfect pretty girl-like, that she is interested in making friends with other girls at chiyo's influence - that she resembles chiyo in ways that are so obvious that they deserve a place in the narrative
I personally hate it whenever someone says: "wow you like a ship that is NOT CANNON or DOSEN'T MAKE SENSE". Like oh what a tragedy, that 8 yo mike wanted certain characters to be together despite one being in a cannon relationship, and because he wanted them to become true he drew a drawing of them kissing. Oh the horrors as 43 yo Brenda thought it would be funny if 2 characters that have never met so she wrote a story about them and posted it online. Oh how horrible that 15 yo Cassey wanted to see if other people liked a ship like she does and makes metas on how they should've been real.
This also applies to toxic ships alike
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Saiki and Kuboyasu, unorganized thought
+ Kaidou
I think saiki and aren should've interacted:/ I could write an essay on them despite the fact they've never interacted ONE ON ONE I think that they would be really good and in fact I acc don't know how people don't ship them I kind of really liked them together. I think saiki is just great w everyone but aren is so peak of a character I cannot believe they weren't closer 💔
ts pmo because saiki wants to be normal and average and aren is literally that, but saikis perspective on normal is so different from kuboyasus.
they both have kept secrets about who they truly are (seen, kaidou finding out about kuboyasus secret), both want to be normal and average, both are observant too!
I might be reaching but I feel that one entire episode/chapters was kind of parallels within kuboyasu and saiki and I think made saiki trust kaidou more, despite the fact he said he would want to end "the fake friendship" it seemed he only said that because kaidou doesn't know who saiki really is,
friendships built off lies and secrets never end well.
(Kaidous thoughts to which Saiki has a gut reaction to)
That conversation with kuboyasu saiki saw helped him feel relief, for kuboyasu.. and maybe himself?
Both relating feelings with eachother
I feel there is more I could say about this, kuboyasu and saiki, and kaidou and saikis relationship but I'm never able to speak out the words in my head.
Also, their friendship just seems hilarious as hell to me, Kuboyasu can be a normal guy to Saiki's standards and then a complete idiot to the next, which Saiki just goes like 🤨, 'I would've expected you to be more reasonable' type of face.
Like that dynamic sounds hilarious, come on, guys. 😭😭
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Last thing to add before I finish this off;
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Saiki was going to reveal his secret to Kaidou at this point -
Before Kuboyasu showed up! Where he instead reveals his secret to Kaidou and Saiki about being a delinquent.
Just wanted to mention that scene:) because people act as if Saiki was gonna reveal his secret because his plan failed but when he heard Kaidou's thoughts, you can see a shine in his eyes (which always happens when he has a sweet feeling about something), trusting Kaidou and wanting him to know the truth.
Again, unorganized thoughts, I just think that Kuboyasu and Saiki sound really interesting and Kaidou is important to both of them:)
How are more people not interested in astronomy? Isn't it so cool how our universe keeps expanding and expanding further? There's so many things that we know but yet don't know ENOUGH about and things that haven't even been dared to discover. Like I think that's really cool and wish to know so much more about and in astronomy.
I absolutely love her
I feel that she would be in Mob Psycho. She would fit well there actually... so it really has me curious to try and write her in there for fun when I have time!
I wonder if anyone else remembers her? do you guys have headcannons on her?
I will never get over the fact that Saiki probably restrains his emotions because he caused serious damage the last time he was truly angry (which, interestingly enough, was for another person: Akechi). Being all powerful means he can't allow himself to feel anything deeply.
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