#$12000

[nando161mando]

$12,000 in cancer pills

[montereybayaquarium]

Word of the Bay: Migration

🐋 Come along as we embark on a whale of a migration tale with the majestic gray whale.  Join us at our best and biggest exhibit, the Monterey Bay, with Naturalist Madi in this first episode of Word of the Bay. 

🩵 Special thanks to Monterey Bay Whale Watch and Japan Underwater Films for some of the footage used in this video. 

🌊 Check out the full video on YouTube!

[diableasura]

Listen I know nothing about the les miserables fandom and honestly i didn't even know there was a fandom but long story short I got my hands on an actual masters thesis based on the fandom writing around les mis and in particular about the ship between enjolras and grantaire (they actually used the term enjoltaire on a real university end of masters thesis) so congrats to the les mis fandom cause you have a strong soldier out there who wrote 30 pages analizing enjoltaire and their ao3 fics.

[animatedjen]

“You don’t have to do this alone, Cal Kestis.”

[artbyblastweave]

Was thinking recently that MAWS commits admirably to actually putting Lois and Jimmy on equal footing with the guy who has actual superpowers; they're equal participants in the adventures rather than supporting cast members who flit in and out depending on the episode, as they were in Superman: the Animated Series. The flip side of that dynamic is that this is a setting that doesn't really have superheroes besides Superman himself, even if it's poised to eventually, so there isn't really a concrete in-universe category of "superhero" for Lois and Jimmy to fall outside of- to an in-universe observer who has to account for all the variables, Lois and Jimmy would amount to basically the same type of thing as Clark. In the process of juicing up the supporting cast to the extent that they can keep pace with the hero as equal contributors, you sort of shed light on the fact that there's always been a pretty thin line and somewhat arbitrary line within the logic of these universes between "Badass normal who puts on a costume" and "badass unpowered cast member who doesn't adopt a explicit costumed identity." And that line dissolves faster than the wicked witch at a water park if a superhero starts taking characters in the latter category along on every single adventure.

[becca-e-barnes]

I've been writing my dissertation like that gif of the cat frantically slamming a keyboard (you know the one) but it's got me thinking about professor Bucky and how he might incentivise you to get your work done for his class 😏

"You're not getting an extension. Don't even think about e-mailing me for one." The hardest part of dating your lecturer isn't actually the sneaking around; it's that he's a hell of a lot tougher on you than the rest of the class.

"But Bucky I-" You begin but he cuts you off and you know by the look on his face that there's no point pressing it.

"No. You're more than capable and you've got plenty of time to get it done. You don't need an extension, you need to apply yourself."

God, he's annoying. You know you can do it, you never said you couldn't. You just don't want to. There's a massive difference.

He pulls his copy of the required reading out of his bag, setting it on the desk beside your laptop and it takes everything in you not to bury your head in your hands.

"There. I've helped you enough." He nods towards the textbook but when you don't move, he flicks through the pages with a sigh, leaving it open at the chapter you know you should start with.

You sit there for another few seconds in a foul mood, mentally preparing yourself to sit here for the next few hours.

"How about I help you? I get the impression you need an incentive." He knows you too well, there's nothing more motivating than a little treat. "You have 12,000 words to write. For every 1,000 you write this week, I'll give you an orgasm."

Maybe you should complain about his assignments more often.

"Deal." Hell, if you'd known this was coming, you'd have started ages ago.

"Good girl." He laughs, amused at the rate at which your fingers begin to dance over the keyboard.

Getting started isn't too hard. You type out a quick plan of your chapters, dropping in the sources you know you'll need before starting your introduction and with your focus on your work, you hardly notice Bucky sinking to his knees under the desk.

You feel his warm, open mouthed kisses trailing up your thighs under your skirt and his soft groans drag your attention away from the laptop.

"Don't stop working." He insists, licking your sex through your cotton underwear, letting you enjoy the delicious friction on your cunt. "You're almost at the first thousand and it reads well so far." You feel his hot breath against the now wet cotton while one of your hands falls to tug his hair.

"If you stop typing, I stop licking." He threatens, pulling your panties to the side, gliding his tongue against your skin and groaning at the taste of your arousal.

You have just over 200 words until you reach your first thousand and it should be so easy but it becomes even harder when he sinks two fingers into you and you're able to hear how wet you are already.

His lips engulf your clit, sucking gently while flicking his tongue in vertical strokes in time with his fingers curling inside you. "Such a smart girl. I'm so proud of you." He hums before giving you a few broad strokes with a flat tongue.

He knows what his praise does to you and with your thighs clamped around his head, you fly your way through a few hundred more words. He chuckles when you proudly announce you reached a thousand but you don't stop typing at the same frantic pace.

"Sweetheart, if you want to get all 12,000 done this evening, I'll sit here as long as it takes." He smiles against your skin before giving you everything he knows you need. His tongue flicks quickly over your clit and his fingertips rub against the soft, spongy spot inside you and in no time you're gushing against his face, gripping his hair and riding your high out on his waiting tongue.

[flightfoot]

I'd also love to know how long it took to amass that many fics in your AO3 history, I'm kinda curious what the typical numbers on that is.

[babykittenteach]

And Ghibli for the style challenge, though I opted to focus less on the character design part and more on trying to make a dreamy landscape.

[suckitphaneuf]

VfV characters + tweets/text posts

[commandertartarsmoocher]

Tartar, what would u do if one of your sanitized smooched you

Tartar seems to have a strong aversion towards any sort of affection...

[front-facing-pokemon]

[guzhufuren]

does Saint know i would eat up and devour a GapYoshi show.. can someone let him know please. The Sign was not enough we need a full romcom with them

[konigsblog]

[swannox]

Megastar is a Megastar even if it’s 12001

[thisapplepielife]

[adachimoe]

Adachi as the figure who shows up in the foggy shopping district and what that says about him

This is a revised version of a post I wrote very during the infancy of this blog. It is being split into smaller posts.

Persona 4 is a game about not believing things at face value. You're meant to question things and wonder if they're true. So why do we believe what Adachi says on December 7th and take it at face value?

Adachi claims to have been watching a game of cat and mouse between the IT and Namatame and it was super fun!!! But his appearance as the figure in the foggy shopping district, the figure's growing frustration at there being no dead body on the dungeon deadlines, the dates the figure shows up when compared with the first letter being sent to the Dojima house, and even just the fact he sent letters, all point to Adachi not actually understanding what was going on between the Investigation Team and Namatame until after Naoto's dungeon.

Which would mean his claims about watching a game of cat and mouse unfold are chronologically impossible.

What is meant by the figure in the foggy shopping district?

On the dungeon deadlines, you see a cutscene of the shopping district after the fog rolls in. This happens with Yukiko, Kanji, Rise, Mitsuo, Naoto, and Nanako's dungeon deadlines.

On 3 of those deadlines (Yukiko, Kanji, and Naoto), you see a figure in the shopping district who, over time, grows frustrated that something they expect to happen is not happening:

On the other 3 deadlines (Rise, Mitsuo, and Nanako), the figure does not appear, and you only see a generic message about fog:

Observing the dates the figure appears and knowing who's dungeon deadline it was are key to understanding what Adachi was actually up to during the plot and what these dates reveal about what he knows.

Wait, how do we know this is Adachi?

In the past, I went through the steps of determining how this is Adachi. That was tl;dr, it took too long to amp up, and I think it detracted from the main point, so I'm just gonna cut to the chase.

The fog figure -- the "Voice" -- has voiced lines that were cut from the game. They're available on The Cutting Room Floor:

From Yukiko's deadline

From Kanji's deadline

From Naoto's deadline

That is--without a doubt--Adachi's English voice actor, JYB. While his voiced lines were cut, the actual text dialogue was not. I think the comments on TCRF are correct -- it's way too obvious who the culprit is if they left these voiced lol.

I have seen someone on Reddit try to claim that it's Amenosagiri piloting Adachi, but the voice doesn't have the same effects that Ame talking through Adachi has in December, and furthermore, since Amenosagiri is the observer who has been watching your party in the TV World, it would have 0 reason to go check for a dead body since it already knows you've been saving people.

But isn't this a plot hole if it's Adachi?

Whenever the fog figure is brought up, and then Adachi is brought up, a lot of people will often acknowledge that it *must* be him, but then follow-up by saying that it "doesn't make sense" or that "it's a plot hole" for this figure to be Adachi.

The reasoning is solid: There are scenes where Adachi shows up at the Dojima house and goes, "Hey, Yukiko Amagi is home safe!" So why would Adachi appear in the shopping district and seemingly expect Yukiko's dead body to appear if he knows she's home?

I agree that this would be a huge gaping plot hole, but it is only a plot hole if Adachi knows that Namatame kidnapped Yukiko.

In fact, the game actually agrees that it would be a huge gaping plot hole if Adachi showed up in the shopping district expecting the dead body of someone he knows is alive. This is why he doesn't appear for Mitsuo's deadline or Nanako's deadline.

For Mitsuo, Adachi is the person who put Mitsuo into a TV (while there is no flashback when Adachi talks about Mitsuo which makes various details unclear, ATLUS does Word of God confirm this in the P4G premium book; sorry for the cop out, but I'm really trying to avoid unnecessary tangents here lol).

Additionally, because the Investigation Team brings Mitsuo back, Adachi knows Mitsuo is no longer in the TV, thus he doesn't appear on Mitsuo's deadline. And furthermore, Adachi does know it's the IT because the game makes a point of having Chie comment about his reaction to the IT bringing Mitsuo in.

Mitsuo was probably the first time Adachi realized someone could even get out of the TV, and his re-appearance is directly linked to the Investigation Team. It was probably around here that he started trying to figure out what was really going on.

For Nanako, Adachi knows what's going on with her and Namatame because of the events of November 5th, and he also knows when she's been rescued from the TV. Thus, he doesn't appear for her deadline either.

What it means for Adachi to appear for Yukiko, Kanji, or Naoto's deadlines is that he didn't know Namatame kidnapped them. The only thing Adachi needs to know in order to start appearing as the mystery figure on April 29th is that "people turn up dead when there's fog". And you know that he knows this because he tells you that he knows this on April 17th.

From what I can tell, the only argument against Adachi being the guy in the fog is that it would be "a plot hole". But again: it is only a "plot hole" because of his claim that he was watching a game of cat and mouse all along.

Which brings me back to what I said at the beginning of this post: Why do we believe him when he says this on December 7th? The protagonist and Naoto's exposition dump happened 1mo before on November 5th. Adachi is in a position where he can say whatever he wants and pretend to have known things all along. Him appearing as the figure in the shopping district before the plot is explained to him should have more weight than something he says after part of the plot has been explained to him.

What about Rise's deadline?

Rise's deadline might seem like a pattern breaker because Adachi doesn't appear as the mystery figure in the shopping district for her deadline. While the game doesn't directly state why the figure doesn't show up in July, we are given a very plausible explanation as to why:

Rise's deadline is the same date when Mitsuo commits the copycat murder and hangs up Morooka. Adachi, being a detective assigned to the murders, would be preoccupied with Morooka's body being found, thus explaining why the figure doesn't appear in the shopping district that night. Plus, we can tell from his dialogue as the fog figure that he wants a dead body to appear. Didn't he think he got what he wanted, just somewhere other than the shopping district?

What motivation would Adachi have to lie?

If you're a 27 year old dude who's been shittalking a bunch of teenagers and your dumb ass gets outsmarted by them, what're you going to say to them?

In all seriousness, though, it's not so much as "Adachi is lying on this particular line", but more like, "Hasn't he been lying through the whole game?" He's been pretending to be a normal, innocent cop working on a murder case when he is the murderer. (On one hand, I guess that's a form of job security.)

I would also like to refer to my post about Adachi's desire to just end it all. In that post, I talk about how despite him talking mad shit before his boss battle, his tone changes drastically after you beat him. I think some of his bullshit before the battle is part of this act he puts on in front of the Investigation Team.

And when it comes to December 7th, I feel like he is telling half-truths through the whole sequence. And you can tell cause of the game's story telling. Adachi will say something in the present to the Investigation Team like, "I called Saki in to ask her about the body. I needed to cover my ass in case she saw something incriminating!" And then in the flashback, he immediately corners Saki up against a TV and talks to her about Namatame. He says that Mayumi, "started freaking out at him". Then you see the flashback, and she started freaking out because he backed her into a TV and reached out and grabbed her. He tells Yosuke that he killed Saki because she was a gold digger, but in the flashback, he forces her into a TV because she rejects him. As the Investigation Team don't witness these omniscient flashbacks and only hear him retelling things in the present, this is something only the player can fully understand the extent of.

Additionally, at the end of the scene, you find out that the Adachi you've been talking to isn't the real Adachi. It's actually been a fake projection he sent to mess around with the Investigation Team. He then invites you to come into Magatsu Inaba to meet the real him. It just feels really on the nose that the fake projection is also full of shit. We do know his threat about the world ending is real, but that's only because of the dungeon deadline and the bad ending for it.

But the Investigation Team doesn't say he's lying

It's already demonstrated that the in-universe characters don't always pick up on things that the player will know. I would like to point to my post about Namatame's Shadow on the Midnight Channel for this. I don't think the Investigation Team's explicit acknowledgement has any relevance here.

For one thing, they can't. The Investigation Team doesn't know that Adachi has been appearing in the shopping district on the dungeon deadlines, so how could they call out the chronological contradiction? They don't have all of the information, which is actually one of the game's themes. But you - the player - do.

I think it's also relevant to bring up Katsura Hashino's interview where he talks about the Izanami twist and how his idea was that the fog would lift from the player's head. That was about Izanami and not Adachi, but I think it goes to show there are things in Persona 4 that were intentionally designed to be solved by the player, not the in-universe characters. You are the last member of the Investigation Team.

On the importance of the letters

We know that Adachi is the one who sent the two letters to the Dojima household (ATLUS also Word of God confirms this in the P4G book and even calls it the physical evidence that ties Adachi to the case, but I think we all knew that this really had to be him anyway). The last date that the mystery figure in the shopping district appears is October 5th on Naoto's dungeon deadline. The 2 letters that get sent to the Dojima house arrive on October 20th and November 5th, both sent after Naoto's deadline, but before the next fog date.

I don't think this was a coincidence. It would appear that after what happened with Mitsuo (again, Chie has a line indicating Adachi knows it was the IT who found Mitsuo) and Naoto, Adachi finally figured out that Namatame had been throwing people in all along but the Investigation Team were saving them. He then sent the threatening letters.

To recap the plot: We know that Namatame called the police station, got Adachi on the line, Adachi gave him a little nudge, and Namatame began "saving" people. So when Adachi appears in the shopping district on those foggy nights, he is seemingly expecting a dead body to appear as a result of him telling Namatame to "save" people.

Keep in mind that when the fog figure appears, it has dialogue, and by the 3rd and final appearance, the player can tell the figure is frustrated that there's no dead body. And it's only after this 3rd and final appearance that the first letter appears at the Dojima house. Again, I don't think that's a coincidence.

tl;dr

Adachi being the mystery figure is backed up by datamining. Even though the voice overs were removed, the text dialogue is still in the game.

The figure does not appear on nights where it would not make sense for Adachi to appear (Rise / Morooka, Kubo, and Nanako).

The figure appearing for Yukiko, Kanji, and Naoto's deadlines would indicate that Adachi had no idea Namatame kidnapped those 3 people.

The first threat letter (which we know is from Adachi) arrives after Naoto's deadline, which is also the figure's last appearance.

Adachi says a lot of stuff on December 7th. In a game about not taking things at face value and figuring out the truth, should we take what he says seriously?