#THIS WAS ACTUALLY P SAD

[ekleipsi]

[ reunion ] thinking they'd never see each other again, sender and receiver are reunited and run into each other's arms, sharing a kiss // ig & ra

[ reunion ] thinking they'd never see each other again, sender and receiver are reunited and run into each other's arms, sharing a kiss

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--- Greece was a long trek, especially by foot, from Egypt. Paying for passage across the sea was difficult, the journey arduous and filled with sun and sand. Was it worth it, though? Rashida might have thought as much, initially- her life in Greece with Ignis, married as they were? Was domestic and enjoyable. He'd finally seemed to gain enough control and heal properly enough that he could take the form of a man and she'd truly never seen one quite so handsome. All dark hair and olive complexion, with bright and passionate eyes.

--- He made her heart sing, made her feet dance, he'd drawn her into his life and his own culture in the same way she had done with him. To share this with him felt truly...magickal, though he was still equally as mischievous and playful though wasn't that the beauty of young love? When the Call had taken him, beckoned him back to the Underworld against his will, heart broke within cage though she clung to her faith that he'd return. That eventually he'd come back, though just how many years would pass before that happened?

--- She hadn't even...the chance to tell him about the swell in her belly. The life that formed there. Though perhaps it was for the best given the following months were filled with such misery- neighbors turned on her, claiming her husband a demon who served the lord Hades. As fate would have it, the knife driven into her belly would promptly end two lives, and dying thoughts lay with lost husband, lost child. Had she lived a full life, a happy life?

--- Next she knew, she was blinking herself awake upon dark sandy shores, staring at a black river. Body felt...normal, but more, though there was a gaping hole in her chest where she felt something missing. Something...something...what was it? What was missing? Emeralds blinked life, this form having experienced something of a glow up...though when visage lighted upon the tall and lean figure of her husband, she couldn't stifle the gasp.

--- Nearly wanting to cry and without realizing the full depth of the situation, she yelped softly and ran to him. Arms were stretched out, his own opened for her to all but jump into as tears gathered at the corners of gaze. ' Ig...puppy! Puppy I thought you were gone...what happened? This...this doesn't look like home... ' she said quietly, softly, so wrapped up in her emotions that she all but melted into the kiss he pressed to her mouth, so warm and welcoming.

--- It was deep, emotional, and full of love; like he'd been gone decades and was finally holding her once more. Once again. Digits clutched at hair neck and hair, crying as they clung to one another, before he softly cleared his throat and gave her...a look that spoke volumes. Something was wrong. ' What is it? What happened, Ignis... ' she whispered, biting at her bottom lip. Worry began to build in her chest, but...with nowhere to go but the gaping hole, she wondered what this building feeling was.

--- Anger? Why was she angry? ' Ra....Rashida? ' his voice permeated thoughts, her visions dancing with stars and spots, as she blinked and tried to focus on him. The dull throb of pain in head, and chest, anger...rage. Hate. What were these feelings!?

--- ' Ig...something's wrong...something feels wrong... ' she whispered, gasping and clawing at her chest as if hoping to dislodge the source of these ugly feelings. ' Something...is wrong... ' words were low, growled, dark. Narrowed optics lifted to husband for some measure of explanation only to watch his features soften. Break.

--- ' You...you died, my love... '

[nocek]

Wade doesn't realize how very, very, VERY task oriented Miguel is (and absolutely not jealous about Logan's claws size) ;P

[fence-time]

Eeevil artsyle muahahahhah >:3

[karleksmumskladdkaka]

Diabolik Lovers More, Blood Vol.3 Mukami Ruki Stellaworth Tokuten Bromide & Short Story Paper

Originally, these were tokutens you'd get for buying Ruki's CD through the Stellaworth store. Nowadays you might find them sold at flea markets or second hand stores. The story is written from Ruki's POV, and takes place right after the ending of his CD, with him and Yui still on the rooftop.

Enjoy the angst (*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ)d

(Don't repost anywhere!)

[howellslides]

babes my experience is not universal and blah blah blah but when i bring up how much pain i’m in by using positivity and humour, that is not the time to respond with sympathy and sads. like if i’m joking about it i’m either not ready to be upset about it or i’ve already done being upset about it, you being upset about it for me is just pushing me into that space unnecessarily and kinda makes me feel like i’m not allowed to like? talk? about my day? unless i’m catering to your emotions in the first place.

also, like, just match my energy, the conversation is gonna be way funnier if we’re both joking about it cuz let’s be real bodies are already engineered terribly and there’s something hilarious about mine not even meeting that subpar standard

[lopposting]

I have the feeling that originally, earlier in development, P was supposed to die at the end.

(Or, About more than a year after the official release,

the headcanon that changed everything for me.)

So the ending I'm talking about is this, the Rise of P ending.

But what really made me think this is this event in 2022. (people back then correctly guessed might be one of the endings or the ending of the game. Taking from this post here)

At G-Star Neowiz booth in 2022, there was a promotional statue of the Saintess statue in the game, except the figurine of the puppet is strangely suspended, as if it's literally ascending to heaven. The post writer also notes even then that the figurine looks like P. (The literal Rise of P)

There's also some footage of the figure here: (around 1:16)

The symbolism seems very very apparent, as though Neowiz were spoiling their own game two years before release. Not only is the figure literally ascending to a higher plane (imagery often associated with death), the statue itself is an inference to a famous statue of Mary mourning the death of her son. The writer of an article covering Neowiz's section at the event also notes that the ascending figure looks like P, and that it has a feeling of melancholy.

Beginning and End

Around the time of the release I think what was going around was that Rise was being considered as the "true" ending. It's interpretably the best possible outcome of the game, but I feel like it's also because it made the most sense thematically (the puppet -> Human ending, and the saintess statue being foreshadowed earlier). But P's collapse at the end was also widely (mis)interpreted as his death. And I think that's also because, in a way, it makes the most sense thematically. Puppet awakens in the train, goes on an adventure, and then sacrifices himself for who woke him up in the first place, it's just narratively a very classic and might I say standard thing to do in that very traditional, circular sort of storytelling sensibility.

However, we know that the truth is that P has fallen asleep (a human act). It is still his death in some sorts - but he's leaving a past behind and it's his "rebirth" that is being emphasized now.

And then it hit me.

I don't know if P knows that he will survive reviving Sophia.

Keeping in mind that if P was originally supposed to die - I think the entire end sequence of ROP and the overall tone of it makes SO MUCH sense to me now.

Sophia brings a lone puppet to life in the train, he is animated, listening, fighting. At the end of his journey, so much has changed - but to return her favour perhaps, truly human at heart, he returns her life to her, and then - returns to back to stillness. It’s just a narratively very tight and circular thing to do in a traditional storytelling sense, especially when you consider a kind of tragic korean media sensibility that might have influenced the country in which this studio is based out of. (Film critic Roger Ebert once suggested that he had not yet seen a happy korean film.)

I am not an expert on the Korean cinema, which is considered in critical circles as one of the most creative in the world (“Oldboy” won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes 2004). I can say that of the Korean films I’ve seen, only one (“The YMCA Baseball Club���) did not contain extraordinary sadomasochism.  "Oldboy" review (2005)

Not to mention... Since release, I've always felt like there was this strange feeling of sadness, of melancholy, permeating throughout the entire game. Of course, we're walking through a destroyed city, but still. And I was glad that that didn't seem lost on other people:

We know that Sophia is able to turn back the clock for our main character, but turning back time is Sophia's ability, and it's possible that she can't just revive anyone once that part of her that animated him was returned back to her. Okay, maybe it's a little contrived - but that hardly matters when audiences can often overlook these things for the sake of a story making a statement. Besides, remembering that P could not even wake up without Sophia's help in the first place, it's possible that for whatever reason, he cannot sustain life on his own. In his POV this might very well be his final act.

Another thing to keep in mind is that P has just lost his father. He's witnessed Polendina's death, Antonia's death, etc., in a string of major losses throughout the game's final arc. We see him mourn over his dad but in the ROP ending it will then cut straightaway to the balcony scene. Regardless of how much time has actually passed, Geppetto's death is the scene right before this one. I don't mean to suggest that this act was one of pure self-destruction, but it is something that we as the audience can't help but feel affects him and the decision we are seeing now.

There's a certain gravitas to the way he's walking towards her that in the released version isn't unjustified, but the tone of the entire sequence has so much conviction and sombreness that it came across as a little odd to me in retrospect. And I also think this is why others might have (mis)interpreted the ending as "he died", because of the tone of this scene. But in line with the game's themes - I remember that often, it's the intent that matters. And if he doesn't know that he's going to survive this, and this is what he chooses is his final act, for all intents and purposes, it IS him sacrificing himself to save Sophia.

Re-contextualizing it this way, I think the balcony scene was maybe originally meant to be him choosing to look at Krat one last time. I definitely think that was the implication now.

P's blue butterfly flying away (his spirit leaving him). I used to think this blue butterfly represented Sophia, but now I feel like it represents P ? as I don't think we ever see this specific blue butterfly anywhere else in the game. [maybe a reach I dunno]

To be honest - when LOP first came out, up until about a week, I really did think he was dead. I was honestly pretty sad about it, but in equal parts I was sort of really impressed that Neowiz would have the guts to kill off their breadwinner straight away [I WANT TO WRITE ABOUT THIS TOO AHH]

So if this ending was originally written to be P's demise, I wonder why the powers that be would have rolled that back. Presumably they need him alive for some sort of future franchise instalment? Maybe they genuinely thought it was just too sad? But there is one thing that doesn't change, and it's what P doesn't know.

The truth is what you make it, I suppose.

Who are you? Are you a puppet or a human being?

[naivesilver]

when the one who's burned turns to pass the torch

Joan Tierney (@filmnoirsbian) / Paul And Storm / Daughter / Nick Cave / Eric LaRocca / Silas Denver Melvin (@sweatermuppet)

(Merry Christmas, @lysgiovedi 💗💗💗)

[muntadhir]

lies of pp experts, please explain this to me or else my sleep will be haunted

?????? am i forgetting something. it's been so long since I've actually played. there are 8 legion arms but the game files have 9

anyway, it's called Shot Gun and it has gallery info. conversely, it's the only legion arm that doesn't have the workshop symbol part inside. you can probably look up more details in fmodel but I'm too tired for that, i just opened umodel for a drawing reference

[jolalibrary]

UK honeys, I’m not sure if this rain storm is my doing but I’m just saying I’m off work this week and I think the universe might be trying to give me my rainy, autumn blankets days 💁‍♀️

[evermorepeyton]

Lol people were like this before their coming out finding all sorts of alternative explaination to very obvious homosexuals things

well yes but also they were closeted at the time and there had been instances of straight up denial from them so i get it i guess? but now it’s just insane they’re out and they’re too obvious for there to be any doubt at this point

[13eyond13]

Please tell me about art and media you know of that accurately captures the weirdness of dream logic and atmosphere and emotions... books and movies and video games and art and comics and YouTube stuff, whatever you want... you know, where it only makes sense on an intuitive level and falls apart when you try to explain it...

[radioroxx]

hmmmm mal du pays thoughts tonight

[deus-ex-mona]

scrolled a little too far back on mogetwt and found pure gold:

[j-saying]

Share to keep her memory alive

This is Ruth, a 16 years old teenager with physical and intellectual disability. Like many in her age, she liked to dance and meet new friends. Her dad, Arik, took her to parties and raves.

In the picture: Ruth and her dad in a rave.

They were at the Nova festival during the Black Saturday of 07/10.

When the shooting started, Arik took Ruth in his arms, leaving behind her wheelchair, and ran for their lives. He refused to leave her behind.

The wheelchair was found burnt about a week ago, but there was no sign of Ruth and Arik.

We prayed for good news. For them to be found - wounded, kidnapped, but alive.

I got the news last night.

Their bodies were identified yesterday. They were buried today.

And I'm asking - you say it was done for freedom.

Yes, I remember the last time people with disabilities died for "freedom"

(somehow, we are never part of it)

[xdeerlybelovedx]

Spare a Carriage; Ride the King 👑

The moment I discovered Romeo's eyes were hazel (Blue-Brown-Green) I immediately went feral and lost my mind ♡ Been staring at the blender model that Blue made as well and noticed scattered tiny perfectly rounded specks on his face?... Whether that's dirt or soot... I took creative liberties and decided that Romeo has beauty marks ♡

[c-kiddo]

obviously its all bad but the one plagiarism somerton did that i rly cant get over is taking the words of a trans!! and asian!!!!!!! writer (jes tom), who was writing personally about their thoughts on Mulan and how they very personally connected to the story, and removing any mention of race so that he (white) could say it as if it was his words. and not only that he makes it generally about queerness rather than (asian, specifically) transmasculinity . truly rancid