I just thought about caseoh screaming kitty when I first saw him like this so. KITTYYYY ๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฃ๏ธ๐ฃ๏ธ
The main reason why some people refuse to see Dabi as once an abused child, and keep deeming him insane or evil since he was born, is undoubtedly because his abuser was Enji who is trying to change now.
Shigaraki and Toga are villains who were also once abused when they were children (in Shigaraki's case, he is still used by AFO till now). Fortunately, people generally aren't very keen on refusing to admit Shigaraki was groomed by AFO or was abused when he was a child. People usually have no hard time calling AFO or Kotaro an abuser and don't use excuses like AFO giving lil' Tenko a hug, Kotaro only slapping Tenko twice, or Kotaro not being harsh to his wife, to back them up. People also do not really deny Toga was neglected by her parents.
Matter-of-factly, neglect is one of the things Enji did to his children. The difference is Enji neglected Touya, Fuyumi, and Natsuo inside a luxurious house, provided them clothes and food. Other than that, quoting Natsuo's words, Enji was just like a complete stranger to his children.
How about physical abuse? Ironically, there are people who genuinely consider the things Enji had done to his family as not abuse. They think since Enji was hitting Shouto and Rei "rarely", then it wasn't abuse. Another common misunderstanding (or excuse) is since Enji was doing more of mental abuse to his family and "rarely" did physical abuse, then he wasn't abusive. In all honesty, what kind of conclusion is that?
Does Hori need to show us Enji hitting Rei 10 times for us to admit Rei was not only mentally but also physically abused by her husband? Does Hori need to draw a graphic image describing how Shouto could puke when Enji was "only training him" for us to include it as a physical abuse as well?
Ever consider if mental/psychological abuse is not part of abuse why it has word "abuse" in it? Mental abuse is included in the types of abuse too, though.
In addition, if child neglect is not part of child abuse then why WHO, APSAC, APA (American Psychological Association), and many others indicate it as a form of child abuse/maltreatment as well?
Someone who performs any type of abuse is called an abuser. Abuser is an example of a noun ending in -er. The ending -er is added to verbs to make nouns with the meaning โa person or thing that does somethingโ, for example: builder, farmer, or sprinkler. Thus, since Enji was doing abuse so he was called an abuser, or in present settings, he is an ex-abuser. There is literally nothing wrong in calling Enji an ex-abuser or saying he was abusive. Getting mad or defensive when people calling Enji an ex-abuser or once abusive is overly ridiculous to me.
Dabi was once an abused child. Touya was neglected just like Fuyumi and Natsuo. Among the main trio villains or the Todoroki children, it seems like Dabi/Touya is the one denied the most (if not the only one) of his status as once an abused and innocent child. Tragically, encountering people deeming Touya was insane since he was born or calling him an evil manipulative child is not rare nowadays. Yet, almost no one calls Tenko an insane and evil child, considering both Touya and Tenko ended up as villains today. Tenko and Touya both were hurt and traumatized children. It is weird when people are able to symphatize with Tenko but not with Touya, forgetting Touya was engulfed brutally in broad-scale wildfire and his body was horrifically consumed by scorching fire; a 13-years-old boy almost died.
Why do people react to Tenko's story and Touya's so differently? Well, Touya/Dabi's abuser is trying to change now, isn't he? Now, let's think. If, for example, AFO wins the fight with Deku in the future, then he suddenly has a change of heart and wants to try to be a better person, would you say Shigaraki was never groomed by him before? Or, if Hawks's father some time later is released from the prison and wants to try to change to be a good father to Hawks then, would you say Keigo was never abused in the first place?
No matter happens to an abuser now, whether he's trying to change or not, it will not change the facts that the past still exists, the abuse still happened, and his victims will still be the victims. It is ironic to watch people doing it easier to label Rei as an abuser than Enji. Shifting the blame to someone else who was also one of Enji's abuse victims is not making his character any better. Refusing to admit Shouto, Touya, Fuyumi, and Natsuo were once children abused by Enji is not making his character any better either.
Truthfully, because of the past can't be erased, that's why Enji is trying to make amend to that in the present. Enji is in the process of trying to atone for his abusive self. If we are to erase and downplay his abuse, shift the blame to someone else, and refuse to acknowledge whom his victims were, then what is character development that he's going through all this time for?
โyoung adult dystopian novels are so unrealistic lmao like they always have some random teenage girl rising up to inspire the world to make change.โ
a hero emergesย
This video fucking made me cry because itโs the first time I see someone else than actually talk about it, in like. The exact same situation not just โhas been single for a long timeโ
Have some comments that I vibe with as well, in a way Iโm glad to know Iโm not alone in this extreme loneliness
Piotr Makowiecki
๐บ๐ฆ I wanted to share for anyone wondering what all the fuss is about.
๐บ๐ฆ This invasion is a HUGE deal and will have worldwide repercussions.
๐บ๐ฆ For those who ask: โWhy does Ukraine matter?โ
๐บ๐ฆ This is why Ukraine matters: It is the second-largest country Europe by area and has a population of over 40 million, more than my homeland, Poland.
๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine ranks:
๐ 1st in Europe in proven recoverable reserves of uranium ores;
๐ 2nd place in Europe and 10th place in the world in terms of titanium ore reserves;
๐ 2nd place in the world in terms of explored reserves of manganese ores (2.3 billion tons, or 12% of the world's reserves);
๐ 2nd largest iron ore reserves in the world (30 billion tons);
๐ 2nd place in Europe in terms of mercury ore reserves;
๐ 3rd place in Europe (13th place in the world) in shale gas reserves (22 trillion cubic meters)
๐ 4th in the world by the total value of natural resources;
๐ 7th place in the world in coal reserves (33.9 billion tons)
๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine is an important agricultural country:
๐ 1st in Europe in terms of arable land area;
๐ 3rd place in the world by the area of black soil (25% of world's volume);
๐ 1st place in the world in exports of sunflower and sunflower oil;
๐ 2nd place in the world in barley production and 4th place in barley exports;
๐ 3rd largest producer and 4th largest exporter of corn in the world;
๐ 4th largest producer of potatoes in the world;
๐ 5th largest rye producer in the world;
๐ 5th place in the world in bee production (75,000 tons);
๐ 8th place in the world in wheat exports;
๐ 9th place in the world in the production of chicken eggs;
๐ 16th place in the world in cheese exports.
๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine can meet the food needs of 600 million people.
๐บ๐ฆUkraine is an important industrialized country:
๐ 1st in Europe in ammonia production;
๐ Europe's 2ndโs and the worldโs 4th largest natural gas pipeline system;
๐ 3rd largest in Europe and 8th largest in the world in terms of installed capacity of nuclear power plants;
๐ 3rd place in Europe and 11th in the world in terms of rail network length (21,700 km);
๐ 3rd place in the world (after the U.S. and France) in production of locators and locating equipment;
๐ 3rd largest iron exporter in the world;
๐ 4th largest exporter of turbines for nuclear power plants in the world;
๐ 4th world's largest manufacturer of rocket launchers;
๐ 4th place in the world in clay exports;
๐ 4th place in the world in titanium exports;
๐ 8th place in the world in exports of ores and concentrates;
๐ 9th place in the world in exports of defense industry products;
๐ 10th largest steel producer in the world (32.4 million tons).
๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine matters! That is why its independence is important to the rest of the world!
๐บ๐ฆ Praying for the people of Ukraine and itโs land.
๐๐บ๐ฆ #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine
Russia preparing for a ww2 victory parade
https://twitter.com/iaponomarenko/status/1520477877204045824?s=21&t=dOUMi8CAeoWjFfStK_8wDg
https://twitter.com/sumlenny/status/1520466096662405120?s=21&t=dOUMi8CAeoWjFfStK_8wDg
an "ordinary russian" man : "I want to catch a 16-year-old khokhlushka (slur for a ukrainian woman) whose father died near Bakhmut, take off her underwear and tights, leave her only with a t-shirt with the inscription โEverything will be Ukraineโand roar to deflower her, kissing her tears and looking at her into the eyes where the pupils dilate to the size of Mother Russia."
these are the people you like to infantilise and justify so much btw
Japanese tea bag maker Ocean-Teabag has been making waves by creating little parcels of aroma in the shape of marine animals. Luckily for us, their wide range of tea bags are available at online Japanese novelty retailer Village Vanguard, maker of such fine products as Space Tea and cat-shaped kitchen utensils.
Ocean-Teabagโs earliest designs included beautiful dolphin tea bags filled with blue mallow tea leaves. Steeping them turns your otherwise normal pot of water into a tranquil ocean. Proving to be a hit among tea lovers, Ocean-Teabag expanded their repertoire to many other sea creatures including the sea turtle (butterfly pea jasmine tea)โฆ
the distinctive ocean sunfish (Japanese hojicha โ roasted green tea)โฆ
the graceful manta ray (tropical mango tea)โฆ
and even a blood-thirsty shark (blended herb tea).
The newest addition to their robust series of marine creatures is a tea bag shaped like an innocuous sea cucumber. This little parcel is filled with jasmine tea, as well as a smidgen of sea cucumber powder to lend some authenticity. Ocean-Teabag warns that some people who have a sensitive tongue may find it tasting a little fishy.
The company also crafted a deep sea series that will satisfy even the most adventurous of tea drinkers out there.ย A few such examples are the anglerfish (earl grey tea)โฆ
the creepy giant isopod (Eastern Beauty oolong tea)โฆ
the horseshoe crab (white apricot tea)โฆ
โฆand lastly the king of them all, the enormous giant oarfish. ( Delicious Assam tea of epic proportions! ) Just like its namesake, it measures a whopping 19 centimeters (7.5 inches). Drinking tea becomes an art when half of your tea bag hangs out of your cup.
ย While the notion of turning your cup of tea into fish-inhabiting waters is not new, these tea bags will hopefully conjure up images of gentle ocean waves in your mind.ย
WHERE TO FIND THE TEA
Dnipro, January 14