anyway here's a Lost Canvas spoilers plurk that definitely isn't just a transparent attempt to get Rin to read my canon

sits in this plurk

DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS A PERSON ON LJ ONCE WHO WHEN THE GEMINI TWINS' FLASHBACK WAS COMING OUT SAID THAT SAGE WAS THE WORST FOR TESTING ASPROS TO MAKE SURE HE WAS PURE-HEARTED BEFORE NAMING HIM AS THE NEXT POPE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF SAGE HADN'T PRESSURED HIM HE WOULDN'T HAVE SNAPPED AND DECIDED TO MIND CONTROL HIS BROTHER INTO TRYING TO MURDER THE POPE

shit i love mind control

"how many levels of villain apologism are you on" "uhh Idk maybe 2 or 3" "YOU ARE LIKE A LITTLE BABY, WATCH THIS"

I love the twins and also I love Pope Sage

remember when this artist came into my house and personally murdered me because I still fuckin do

that's gorgeous

(i also love villain apologism in media)

me before seeing this fanart: pure and untainted, blissfully ignorant
me after seeing this fanart: a certified old man fucker who will remain angry for the rest of my goddamn life

I DIDN'T WANT THIS FOR MYSELF! HAKUREI WAS BAD ENOUGH! LIBERATE ME FROM 200 YEAR OLD TEACHER TWINS

anyway like

THE POINT OF THIS PLURK IS ACTUALLY, POPE SAGE UNIRONICALLY DID NOTHING WRONG

AND THE PERSON WHO WAS LIKE "UMMM ASPROS IS A GOOD BOY AND SAGE WAS MEAN TO HIM!" IS TOO POWERFUL FOR ME

LIKE, THAT IS A LEVEL OF CHARACTER FAVORITISM I CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO IMAGINE

"Virgo Asmita is a shitter for being mean to Defteros" is actually 100% legit on the other hand

like at the time that person made that post we didn't know yet that some other fucker had already come along and seeded Aspros's soul with some corruption bullshit so they can be forgiven for being like "well he was completely nice as a kid so obviously someone else did something wrong to make him this way"

BUT, LIKE

WHAT DID YOU WANT POPE SAGE TO DO? JUST GIVE HIM LEADERSHIP OVER THE WHOLE ARMY WITHOUT GOING "HM MAYBE I SHOULD CHECK AND MAKE SURE THIS GUY WON'T IMMEDIATELY LOSE HIS MIND WITH POWER"

in the end the person who inherits the title of pope is Shion which isn't even spoilers bc it's something we know from the original series but I

still die every day

about legacy and Shion's complexes and BEING A SHIT KID WHO DID SHIT THINGS AND PERSONAL REDEMPTION AND LOYALTY TO A PERSON HE HAS A RELATIONSHIP OF MUTUAL TSUNDERE ANTAGONISM WITH BECAUSE HE AND HAKUREI ARE BOTH FUCKING STUPID

HAKUREI VOICE I'M GOING TO IMPERSONATE MY BROTHER AND TELL EVERYONE TO STAY PUT AND THEN INVADE THE ENEMY CASTLE ALONE

I need to go to sleep and this plurk is becoming increasingly disjointed anyway

but stupid loner old man who tried to fuck off and become a hermit except he picked up three students anyway

and stupid actual good person old man who does his best to lead and also I'm still mad Sage is my character type

why did I start talking about the old man twins

MOVING : good old man twin Sage has a student whose life goal is to punch the god of death in the face

one time he throws an ally at an enemy to test what kind of ability the enemy has

that sounds beautiful

HE JUST SHOWS UP AND IS ABSURDLY AGGRESSIVELY SHITTY ALL THE TIME BUT THEN SAGE SHOWS UP AND HE'S

A GOOD BOY,

WHO WANTS TO DO WELL BY HIS TEACHER,

WHO HE TRIED TO KILL WHEN THEY FIRST MET

Gemini is literally the definition of "Hold my Beer...."

like the funniest moment in the whole series for me was near the end when all the Gold Saints were proclaiming like their reasons for fighting and even noted assholes Kardia and Manigold said nice things like FOR PASSION and FOR LIFE

and then Gemini busts in with FOR MYSELF

I laugh every goddamn time, thanks fucko