Gojosusedthong - Wreqew

hihi, i saw prev anon sharing fics, may i as well? （*＾-＾*）i mostly bookmarks fics with pretty prose so most of these are just beautiful words that make you Feel

itafushi first love, late spring (please drop everything and read this now it is my heart. my soul) here and where you are (amnesia au. it's dripping tears) the bull and the china shop (very cute!! pining omg) if i could swallow the sun (very beautiful prose) in the eaves of a home we will never own (this made me cry with no dialogue and less than 2k words) there will be time (fuck t. s. eliot, the essay) (Lots Of Pining)

satosugu aperture (very underrated) His One and Only (what if geto gets his body back?) maneater (10k of heart tugging prose) DERIVATIVES (breathtaking second person prose) i bet you kiss your knuckles right before they touch my cheek (pure PAIN)

gen/multiple moth light (gen sss trio) something tangible (itfs, stsg, nbmk and others, jjk uni coffee shop au!! ongoing and very fun to read) were love a blessing for us (gen, itadori and nanami's relationship he's his dad aghhh) subliminal (getou pov where he's aware that his body isn't his)

Thank you! Another recs for anyone who need this!

ever since I was a little girl I knew I wanted to run low on storage space

Y’ever read something and have understanding that has eluded you interminably suddenly stop, curl up, and snuggle neatly into a fold in your brain because a new way way opened to it?

So I recently got fully caught up with the JJK anime and am now on chapter 176 of the manga because I was bored. I basically went through a “wow I get it” moment when it comes to why people like this series so much.

While reading though, one thing I found interesting is that Gege-san seems to really like Nietschze. Nihilistic philosophy, especially passive vs active nihilism, comes up a lot in this series. You mainly see it in characters like Geto, Gojo, and very much with Mahito. The meaning of life or “the meaning of the soul” is a common question that comes up, with each character having their own views on the meaning of themselves and their place in life.

I’ve been liveblogging my experiences in a discord server and me and another person have real interesting conversations about how Geto seems to symbolize the passive nihilist, while Gojo is the active nihilist or the absurdist. Mahito is basically a twisted form of active nihilism.

The passive nihilist is a person of resignation, it is described as a person of weak will that views nihilism as the end to life and nothing beyond that. They often fall into violence or herd mentality in a scramble to give themselves some meaning or accept destruction. Nietzsche described it as “pessimistic Buddhism”.

The active nihilist is basically the exact opposite. Through the destruction of the meaning of life, they go in to construct new ones by their own will and ideal. They are free and of strong will and are often opposed to authority figures and find rebellion in their creative meanings of life.

I think this is a pretty good reflection of Geto, Gojo, and Mahito. Geto, who spiraled due to the shattering of his ideals and resorted to despair and destruction to find a new one. He became resigned from world, resigned from others. Gojo’s past ideals were also shattered, but through that he built a new one. He is completely absurd and humorous even in serious times, but he ultimately cares a lot about aiding the future generation and does so by rebelling against the higher ups of Jujutsu Society.

Mahito is an interesting case. His whole character is basically just a philosophical analysis of nihilism and the meaning of life and the soul. He is creature of free will to the most dangerous degree. That, since there is no meaning to life that means one has the free will to control other’s lives, or even take them away. He revels in the despair that he spreads, he fully believes that he has the free will to do so.

Now, the reason why there is probably so much “meaning of life” talk in this manga is because it has a lot of Buddhist imagery, so it’s possibly an analysis in Buddhist philosophy- but I still think that this manga can be viewed through the lens of nihilistic analysis!

I find manga that get philosophical like this so intriguing! I’m excited to continue reading.

yeah man this strain is called ‘final girl’ it’ll have you backing away precariously wielding a kitchen knife and shaking uncontrollably

best trope is the one where the character’s godlike power is also killing them btw. they don’t even lift a hand to kill the monster but now they’re delirious with fever. they save a friend’s life and said friend immediately finds them emergency medical care. they raze the enemy to nothing and it takes far too long to find their pulse with all the bruising. their friends just constantly having to patch them up and worrying over which feat will be their last. et cetera

Me, trying to write some sweet, fluff story with a happy ending to heal my soul: and then they hugged and-

My brain:

I have been forced to follow you

All part of my plan. Don't worry too much about it and sleep with your windows open.

every gojo fucker is a potential geto fucker. every nanami fucker is a potential choso fucker and every toji fucker is a potential sukuna fucker