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me at school when i can't talk abt my interests bc no one knows them
#maze talks about stuff#I WOULD talk abt ranboo and tma and genshin and minecraft and origins smp and dnd and nevermore and paralleles and parcy jackson and-#IF ppl wouldn't look like they legitimately do not care#i prefer they act like this but like... ranboo has occupied my thoughts help#<- what lack of a community that shares his interests does to a mf#it also causes attachement to anyone who likes one of those...#i may need to seriously look into being nd...
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So, mc adopting at least one of each of the Child mobs, how would that go?
IT MAY BE 4AM BUT THAT'S NEVER STOPPED ME BEFORE LETS DO SOME MF HCS.
Sadly I was only able to work on two of the mob kiddos as I didn't want this to get too long but I still hope its okay~!
Also just a heads up a lot of this is a pure waffle of information based on my own interpretations of the mobs so here's hoping I did a good job with them lmao.
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It wouldnât have been the first time youâd ended up inadvertently adopting someone, nor will it be the last knowing your luck. Itâs not like you intentionally do anything to draw people to you, it just so happened that the things that you did and situations you got wrapped up in led to you getting to know all kinds of people in the process. And those people saw you in all kinds of ways - most saw you as friends, others saw someone else in you, more than a few made no attempts to hide their blatant flirting - and, rarely, a few would even see you as a role model,a mentor or parental figure to look up to.
You honestly have no idea why, after all, itâs not as though you go out of your way to make particularly responsible decisions (if anything, you get yourself in enough trouble that youâd imagine youâre anything but a role model) but a lot of the younger transients and students seem to flock towards your presence, looking for comfort, advice, or just someone who respects them. At first it was just the younger members of your guild that you technically took under your wing - as the Guildmaster you assumed it was only natural to look out for them, and youâd long gotten used to protecting Agyo and Kijimuna, wanting to make sure that the only thing they had to worry about was having the chance to be kids rather than getting dragged into the Guildâs app-based affairs. Itâs not like responsible parental figures are easy to come by in this world of app-battles and fighting, so thatâs perhaps why when you start taking a more protective, nurturing role with the younger ones that more of them begin popping up.
Surprisingly, the ghosts are some of the first mob children that you noticed began flocking towards you. Roaming spirits are unusual but certainly not rare, and it honestly breaks your heart a little to see so many young ghosts lingering around in the unexplored corners of the city, searching for one thing or another. Things feel...off, for a while before you can pin down the issue - you start feeling as though youâre being watched when youâre in the guildhouse by someone other than your teammates, and when your attempts to shake off the uneasy feeling doesnât work, you decide to bring it up to your fellow Guild members in case itâs someone trying to spy. You want to make sure itâs not someone who can bring danger to the guild, but you donât have much of a chance to set up a search of the building when the D-evils come tottering into your field of view, screeching up a storm and motioning towards an otherwise unassuming corner of the window.
Turns out you werenât the only one noticing the other presence, as Shiroâs D-evils seem to have picked up on it to - and when your attention snaps over to the window to see what theyâre pointing to you barely catch a glimpse of the flickering figure of a ghost child as they disappear from view. From that point on you start spotting the child more often - heâs shy or wary, always lingering someone just out of the corner of your eye but never getting any closer almost like heâs afraid. He seems to have taken an interest in you though, especially whenever the younger guild members come around to spend time at the guild, and it isnât long before you notice that heâs intently watching the way you watch over and care for the kids of the guild - he looks almost sad in these instances, but never dares to get any closer and disappears as soon as you turn to look at him. Over time it becomes almost normal to have a resident ghost at the guild (though Agyo still shudders at the mention of ghosts despite having seen the kid plenty of times since arriving). He seems to be more at ease after a while of watching you, and things finally come to a head one day when youâre playing videogames with Hanuman and the other kids, noticing that the little ghost has wandered far closer than heâd ever done in the past, watching the small screen setup on the floor with an avid interest that seems far happier than the forlorn looks heâd had before. Taking a chance you tilt your head to look over at the ghost child, motioning him to come over and join; he disappears for a moment, startled, but right as you start to worry you may have scared the kid off he rematerializes, inching hesitantly closer and closer till heâs hovering beside the rest of your group, eyes fixed to the characters on screen with a child-like wonder.
You arenât quite sure how this ended up with you adopting the ghost child yourself. Itâs just one day you were talking about how you were pretty much adopted by the teachers at school and how youâd like to pay it forward some day, and the next you were talking about âsonâ this, and âmight as well take the kid under your wingâ that - you were practically acting like an impromptu parent for like a fifth of the people you knew anyway, so what was actually adopting a child? Toji had just about choked to death when youâd made the unfortunate decision to announce that fact mid-drink, and Shiro spent more than his fair share of time probing you with the legal questions surrounding a student adopting a child, ghost transient or not. Ryota seems incredibly excited by the idea however, gushing about being an uncle and wondering if your new son can eat and if so what his favorite food is - plenty of questions for a later time.
Ghost is certainly the most clingy of the children you end up adopting, and itâs clear from the get go in the sense that the poor little one is essentially glued to your side from the moment you take the venture to actually adopting him. With few things remaining in the physical world to cling onto, the familial bond is something that the little one cherishes and he absolutely refuses to budge on letting it, and by proxy, you, go. For a while he actually fears youâre going to leave him and take back what you said about protecting him and being a good parent. He of course had parents once, and their lack of presence at his side now paints a tragic picture no matter what way you look at it, so the kids got more than a few attachment issues you need to work through. Ghost doesnât really talk too much, instead relying on gestures and interacting with things around him to talk to you and others - it takes a little bit to get used to if youâre unfamiliar with some of the gestures but itâs easy to pick up as time goes on.
Definitely one of the more well behaved children of the bunch, given that once youâve convinced him that youâre not abandoning him heâs dead set on making you proud. He gets antsy when youâre not around, spending most of his time at the guild when you're at classes, but he takes to following Agyo around instead during these times. Agyoâs more than a little startled at first, and is a bit awkward about the whole situation as he processes it, but before long Agyoâs not only getting along with your ghostly son, but heâs also teaching him the âlion dog dutiesâ that heâs been teaching you - youâll never quite forget walking in to Agyo giving the poor kid a detailed rundown on the upkeep of the guildhouse and all that it pertains.
It was supposed to only be the one child, you swear, but damn if you havenât got a bleeding heart and a knack for attracting trouble. Word travels around fast about your adoption, and as more people learn about your impromptu push to parenthood people start coming to you for help - namely, kids with nowhere else to go. Maybe itâs your bleeding heart or savior complex, but before long one kid becomes two, and then two becomes three, and soon enough youâve got four kids on your hands.
Thereâs no denying that things get a little bit rocky when you start taking in other children. Despite the other kids in the guild, Ghost has technically been the only child up to this point, and with your attention shifting from both him and the other children at once itâs a sudden change - one that you thankfully discussed with him first to make sure he was okay. Even with the okay though, Ghost is more than a little anxious when you bring the second child, a nether sprite, âhomeâ, especially because of how loud she is by comparison. Nether sprite is an absolute ball of energy and mischievous to boot, so she more than makes for an interesting parallel to the otherwise quiet Ghost youâve been taking care of the past few months.
Sheâs a handful, especially during the first few weeks that sheâs settling in - it takes her a while to really start seeing the place as home, and even longer for her to even consider you a parental figure (sheâs seen you as more of a babysitter till you proved you were willing to stick around and put the effort in to be a good parent). Once she does settle in however she takes to the place quickly, and, to your surprise, your two kids become thick as thieves. The Nether sprite catches on quickly to how Ghost communicates, and given his penchant to linger around those heâs close to and follow them around sheâs more than happy to drag him all over the shop from one activity to another - itâs a surprising development but one you actively encourage. Unfortunately as I mentioned sheâs still mischievous, though tones it down from anything too troublesome if itâll cause you too much grief.
However that hasnât stopped the amount of times youâve gotten calls from someone about the kind of trouble you two little ones have wound up getting themselves into - looks like they both picked up your knack for getting intentionally and unintentionally dragged into the weirdest events (sure, itâs fun when you do it, but having your kids doing it only serves to give you grey hairs from the stress.) And things only get crazier once the other kids end up coming along, for both better and worse - but thatâs a story for another time.
#tokyo afterschool summoners#housamo#housamo mob#housamo ghost#housamo sprite#housamo lantern#housamo nether sprite#request#ask#gzgs222-blog#first post in....hooo boy#a WHILE#i think im a little rusty so please bear with me while i get back on track#i will probably do one for the ciramantep and jiangshi in the future#but for now we got the ghost and the lantern#a fitting combo lmao
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[ MINA EL HAMMANI, SHE/HER, DEMIGIRL ]  â  [ KAIA DEMIR-ZERHOUNI ]  is a child of  [ DEMETER ]  with the power of  [ FLORAL HEALING & PLANT COMMUNICATION ] .  they were born in  [ 1996 ]  and have been in nemean lion since  [ 2019 ] .  with the change, they  [ ARE TRAINING IN ]  the  [ MEDICAL ]  role which makes sense since theyâre usually  [ NOT TALKING AND TENDING TO HER GARDEN IN HER ROOM  ] .  if youâd like to meet them try the  [ SUN ]  building . @nlupdates
hello friends! its ya girl garnet and this is my newest baby. like this and i will not only find u...i will plot WITH u (threat).
Kaiaâs pinterest is here!
BIOGRAPHY!
( near drowning tw, death tw )
Mystery shrouds the exact circumstances of Kaiaâs birth, but there was no denying that her father was Ilyass Zerhouni. His tryst with Demeter lasted through the winter: a season of mourning for the goddess of harvest. Their romance extinguished in March, timed with the thaw into spring, and Demeter left Ilyass without a trace of her presence in his life. Ilyass did some mourning of his own before, as he always had, continuing his life.
However, Ilyass saw Demeter one final time when she revealed she gave birth to his child. The child was born in November, and she urged him to protect her from supernatural forces, even gods themselves. Demeter knew the pain that came with losing a child.
Ilyass named the baby girl Kaia: Norwegian variant of Kaja, the diminutive form of Greek Katherine. Tracing this history, the name Kaia is intertwined with two meanings: âpureâ and âtortured.â
Born in sweltering Los Angeles, Kaia wasnât shielded from her godly heritage. Ilyass called her his âmiracle babyâ but he didnât anticipate the degree. There were no parenting books on what to do when his child fell off her bike but flowers sticking out of her gashed knees. This led the man to be overly protective of her, to ensure that she did not draw attention to herself by harming herself or provoking others to harm her. He attempted to round all the sharp corners of Kaiaâs life for her own protection, but for the most part, Kaia grew up happy.
Her affinity for plants stemmed from her ability to communicate with them. Their voices werenât something she could ignore. Trees sang eerie songs as they swayed in the breeze, branches scratching against heaven, and a chorus of grass blades gossiped whenever they were stepped on ( blows kiss to the sky: for rowan ). It made it difficult for her to sleep sometimes, their voices were so constant, but Kaia learned how to tune out the plants and filter their thoughts from her own.
NEAR DROWNING TW: At age seven, Kaia contacted meningitis after being left unattended in the pool by a babysitter. Thankfully, she recovered quickly, but she suffered from moderate hearing loss. This incident only deepened Ilyassâs protectiveness. His later wife, Yaren Demir, was raising a demigod child of her own and shared the desire to shield their daughters. As a blended family, Yaren and Kaiaâs new step-sister Sila acclimated to Kaia by learning American Sign Language. Though hearing aids lessen the severity of hearing loss, Kaia prefers ASL to verbal communication. ( note: she has difficulty holding a conversation one-on-one without them, and being in a crowd with them causes her a lot of anxiety. )
Adolescence was, for lack of a better word, an adjustment. Kaia prided herself on being mysterious, well-behaved, and reserved, but she began to push against the concrete boundaries set by her parents. Specifically, her competitive nature drew her to sports, which her parents staunchly disapproved of. The more Kaia wanted to expand, the more that her parents increased their restrictions. She took matters into her own hands when she was seventeen. Enticed by promises made by her then-boyfriend, Kaia ran away with him.
What could go wrong? Kaiaâs not naĂŻve; she knew that being bested by your emotions was never the correct move, but he was her first love and that love was the poison sheâd inject into herself, over and over. There were red flags that the relationship wasnât the healthiest, but, like any romantic, she ignored them all. Until it almost killed her đ¤Ş
DEATH TW/CAR ACCIDENT TW: Almost is the key word. If she were mortal, she would have died. The boyfriend was drinking and driving, and he swerved off the road while Kaia tried to coax him into letting her drive. She doesnât remember much of what followed. Blinding white, the sound of her voice shrill as she screamed for him to help her. The slam of the car door as he crawled out from the wreckage, a black figure bleeding into the night. The tree whispering, life, life, life, as flowers broke out of the gashes, blooming along the split skin. After fading in and out of consciousness, Kaia healed enough to gain strength to crawl out of the vehicleâs skeleton and stumbled through the surrounding woods.
Too ashamed to return home, Kaia found solace in an abandoned greenhouse. As a token from her mother, goddess of harvest after all, Kaia was fed throughout her time âmissing,â surrounded by plentiful edible plants that yearned for her to eat them. She grew used to her own solitude, the simplicity of her life in the woods, but her own call out to reconnect with her sister caused her to punch her number into her phone. Soon enough, Sila found Kaia and convinced her to accompany her to a strange place sheâs only heard about in passing: NEMEAN LION.
Kaiaâs been on campus for two years, and the constant chatter and people and all else that comes with their godly heritage are thoroughly tolerated; she is still the prideful girl she once was, but her trauma caused her to have heightened suspicions of those around her, and sheâs now more difficult to get close to. Beneath her new armor, thereâs still a soft core, most evident when sheâs volunteering at the infirmary or trailing behind her sister or smiling at a plant ( weird vibes but ok ).Â
WANTED CONNECTIONS!
FRIENDS/A BEST FRIEND: PLEASE SOMEONE GET THIS BITCH SOME MILK!! Or rather the ability to build an attachment to someone thatâs not her sister.
ENEMIES: Kaia may not express it all the time, but she does hold grudges and sheâs very spiteful. I think this would be interesting because this is a bit of a shadow-self that she never got to explore in her youth, but sheâs more willing to lean into it now because, in her mind, everyone sucks and should not be trusted. We can develop in the DMs!
PEOPLE WHO HELPED HER WHILE SHE LIVED IN THE GREENHOUSE: in my mind? while she was "missingâ there was a little gaggle of people who brought her essentials in exchange for her helping them out somehow. Maybe she was their healer, or maybe she posed as a distraction for them to do some shady shit. either way, this relationship was mutually beneficial!
OPPOSITES ATTRACT: throw her your sunshine-y muses but she can be a little finicky so this may be a bit hit or miss SKJSKFJ. However I think that itâd be cool to have a muse who doesnât flinch from her intensity sometimes, or bounces off of it. idk fam i just think itâd be Neat.
INJURED/HEALER: Someone who she always treats at the infirmary? I imagine that sheâs gotten a hold of her powers enough that sheâs able to heal others on command. She will always cluck her tongue and shake her head and, if theyâre close enough, try to talk to this person. This takes a lot of ironing out because it really depends on where their relationship stands but we can make this work
DEMETER SIBLINGS:Â Kaia feels very much indebted to her mother for keeping her alive while she was in the greenhouse, so! She has a soft spot for all the Demeter siblings because she views them as being all a part of her, in some way, so throw her more family!
COMBAT BUDDIES: ( kaia 2 me: buddies is a strong wor- ) no but her having people to train with. Kaia isnât about killing people ( unless youâre her ex boyfriend ahahaha thatâs to unpack later ) but ! she is about learning to protect herself and wanting to do so with the utmost competency. Therefore she throws herself into combat training, and itâs a way for her to work out a lot of the pent up aggression that she has from not processing a lot of the things that have happened to her.
HOOKUPS: absolutely no strings. With the exception of Taylor, Kaia isnât the relationship type Iâm afraid and isnât emotionally available, but she still has needs!
OTHER TREE HUGGERS: pretty explanatory, stole this from rowan. A friend of trees is a friend to Kaia.
ANYTHING! LETâS MF GO Iâm really down for also filling yr plot needs!Â
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I like how this is literally indecipherable on desktop, so I had to go onto my phone (where it was still indecipherable) and then open it in safari to figure out which one this was.
â Whatâs your rp pet peeve?
Itâs this one and not the other one right above it that also looks like a sun.
Emoticons, man.
Well, that was fun and all but- rp pet peeves. Stuff under the cut. Pour one out for the entire community, because Iâm about to take a pound of flesh from everyone.
Thereâs a lot of stuff in here that boils down to just being a good writing partner and all that, trying to advance the action in a natural way, and so on⌠and I think a lot of it can boil down to either a lack of awareness or a lack of experience. People get better at writing by writing, so I find it hard to really be frustrated and stay frustrated by someone who falls into some of these pitfalls. So youâll notice I donât really target things that have to do with writing skill as much as I target âattitudeâ and âconscientiousnessâ. There is a lot that bothers me though, so hereâs a short list.
Criticizing the way other people have fun. This is a big one. What this boils down to is conversations about how âthis ship isnât realisticâ or âyour ideals on writing are dumbâ or âyou take writing too seriously/not seriously enough.â Iâve seen all of these. And I used to know someone on a forum-based RP site that would actively go out of her way to criticize that people would include a lot of introspection in scenes that were fast paced. For instance, using poetic language, or talking about how theyâre feeling, what the situation was, âhe felt like he was up against the tide, that his heart was being torn in two, a cut made deeper with every clash of their bladesâ - stuff like that. She hated it. And she made sure everyone knew that she did not approve of how much they were writing, because it was ânot realisticâ. And yes, there is definite merit to the claim that people do not have time to introspect about their entire lives and their relationship to their allies and enemies between sword swings... But so what. I donât think itâs wrong to advocate for shorter, simpler posts with less descriptive text, and to manage in 200 words instead of 600. Thatâs great. Simplicity has value, being concise is great, âbrevity is the soul of witâ, whatever. But the problem, the problem was that she would criticize others for writing in a way that they enjoyed. No one got on her case for writing less, but she was so grating on this point that eventually people just did not want to be around her.
It was something Iâve experienced even here. Finding the balance between âwriting to improve your ability to writeâ and âwriting just to have funâ are two separate matters. People forget that individuals exist from both camps, and I have known people (multiple) who say âthis is important to me, Iâm growing my skills using RP as a mediumâ but fail to empathize and recognize that not everyone has the same viewpoint. Caring about things that make you feel something over technically good and well executed writing does not make you a problem.
And as a big follow up, I find that this is a big issue in life in general. I think that people often forget how much time it took them to learn a certain thing, recognize their own investment, or recognize the disparity between their own idea of âcommon knowledgeâ vs actually common knowledge. When I joined the community, I did not know what private, selective, independent, mun, muse, or mutuals meant. For someone whoâs brand new, these are terms that can be hard to decipher. And itâs the similar with ships - I think that people forget that not everyone who comes to RP is from a writing background. Some of them may just have enjoyed reading fanfiction, or may have enjoyed their favorite bot lane duo, or they have a main and their partner has a main and they like the aesthetic. So long as itâs not inherently problematic (incest, pedophilia), itâs cruel to degrade someone and call everything that doesnât make perfect sense a âcrackshipâ. Fanart also has a big role to play in this. Do I personally like Sona with Ka/yn, Yas, Sy/las, Jh/in, or Dra/ven? No, I donât. I donât, but equally, itâs not right for me to get in someoneâs face for liking it. If you love MF/Sona because itâs a fuckinâ sick classic wombo combo bot lane... thatâs cool, more power to you. I wish people would ease up and remember to just let people have their fun. Thereâs a Jh/in that follows me, who politely asked if I shipped it and I said no, and then there was no hard feelings at all. And that is ideal for me. Really.
T h e f t.
And being ultra conscious of it. I am in a very unfortunate circumstance that many of my Sona hcs are very similar to another blog in the space. I found that out by accident, and we reached similar (but also different!) conclusions. But now I am terribly terrified of ever speaking to them, because gods above I want to lift all my duplicates into the air, kiss them, and scream about them... but I donât want anyone to feel anxious that Iâm copying them. Itâs also why until about a week ago, I only followed one other Sona blog ever - written by one of my very, very close friends. I never want people to feel like Iâm stealing from them, but I also want my duplicates to feel comfortable on my blog! I want them to feel okay about reblogging art of their characters if they like it or talking to me about things... And Iâve put in a lot of effort to be very divergent with my portrayals, but I still ended up in this situation. I wonât name names ( and I really hope that no one bothers that other Sona, because sheâs a genuine sweetheart and deserves love and appreciation ), b ut... This is a big issue for me.
And itâs exacerbated by the fact that some people are lazy as fuck and actually just straight up steal ideas. Itâs not âinspired byâ, which I usually take care to do, giving proper credits or speaking about where I got information from or from whom or that it is on some level almost collaborative (because this is a collaborative space where we interact with each other, but thatâs another topic). But I mean some people just recklessly steal and because we all have anxiety (TM), the line between coincidence, inspiration, and theft blurs. Understand that on some level, plagarism is an ethical dilemma, and I exist in the camp that says âhey man thatâs cool come talk to meâ - but I can exist in that camp because I insist on a very divergent interpretation that is almost âtheft-proofâ. I do not think any other Sona blog will ever have this combination of headcanons: âis a construct inspired by a house spirit, made up of one part crashed titan goddess, three parts demons, and each demon is represented by one of the strings of the instrument, which by the way shattered because bad reasonsâ. But if youâre not me, itâs hard to... stay loose about it.
And itâs hard to not get jealous.
BUT WAIT, THEREâS MORE. Alright I wrote down a list when I actually got this ask, so letâs run off that. ( Yuki, you fuck, youâre not done? Fuck no Iâm not done. ) These next ones are big for me.
MISREPRESENTING YOUR WANTS / YOURSELF
what does that mean, you ask me. It means this. It means pretending to be interested in ideas or interactions, even if youâre not interested. I do not ever want to be in the situation where I am happily chugging along, talking about a dynamic, and then find out that the other person isnât as interested.
Itâs fine to be mellow about it dude. I would rather know that youâre like... just okay on it all. I donât want you to be polite and âspare my feelingsâ and force yourself.
I want you to have fun. Have fun. God just have fun, you know? Please. There are a ton of interactions Iâm âjust okayâ with, and I donât think thatâs a bad thing. I can be just okay with stuff and itâs fine. Not everything needs to click instantly but like...
Only showing interest to appeal to me or spare my feelings kinda sucks. It doesnât last forever. It feels really bad. And eventually when things fall apart, it feels even worse. Like oh you really just did not care that much. Or you didnât enjoy writing with me? Or what is it? See: jealousy/anxiety. Just be honest.
I think you especially have seen this with me, but I have a penchant for just being sincere and honest about how I feel about things. At least a little bit.
Donât share things people tell you in confidence.
Fucking duh but it needs to be stated. Sometimes people gotta vent. It happens. And I get that âtalking behind someoneâs backâ is not great, but expressing frustration is a real thing that has real value. And then finding out that those things were shared. If I didnât bring it up with them myself, I didnât want them to know. Duh. Iâm not talking to be catty but because Iâm upset. S h i t. Some of the drama that Iâve seen happen from others doing this (and not to me, but in various cases) was entirely unavoidable. Iâve seen so many variants of this. Itâs dumb dude. Itâs dumb.
Hard vs Soft statements (Stating opinions as facts)
This is another one that gets me. I come from a world where we write, âSona tries toâ and so on to others. Tumblr as a whole doesnât seem to conceptually engage with the idea of âinterrupting actionsâ and accepting that interactions are a little malleable. And it in turn reflects how others speak about characters.
I never see, âI think Sona isâ, I see âSona is.â This is such a minor little thing, and Iâve come to accept that itâs part of the culture, but it can be terribly frustrating when others speak about your characters. I often say things like âI see Sona asâ or âBecause of xyz, Ori/anna would probably-â etc. But that isnât something that I see here from some people. I know that I do this a lot less these days, in part because I have acclimated to the culture.
Incidentally, there are some joke versions of this that are also frustrating. People can really think theyâre being funny, but end up just shutting you out of the conversation entirely when they say âNoâ. I might be a little too sensitive to this though, in that I often disengage from conversations because âitâs not really about my interpretation, so itâs better if I not say anything because itâs not relevant and doesnât contribute.â
Really, Iâm just a weenie baby, but I know when someoneâs being rude vs when itâs just my own anxieties. I donât expect everyone to have unshakable confidence, I also donât expect that everyone be quivering in their boots. Some people can be really, really dismissive and itâs kind of not so great because it comes along with them otherwise being pretty neat.
Last one: Misrepresentation of data / using a âpreponderance of evidenceâ when there really isnât that much.
How do I even put this.
CONJECTURE IS NOT FACT.
CONJECTURE IS NOT FACT.
CONJECTURE IS NOT FACT.
Phew. Okay thatâs done. That right there is a big problem (and in combination with the pet peeve before that, it gets worse.)
Something to understand is that sometimes there is no good reason to pipe up to correct someone. Often, people are having a visceral, gut reaction and itâs very emotional. Criticizing that ignores the intent (that theyâre frustrated), so itâs often a good idea to let it be.
But that doesnât stop me from seeing that facts are poorly stated or misrepresented. The community likes to talk about league so I see it in OOC posts, and I also see claims that are just wrong. Theyâre misstated, exaggerated, or phrased in such a way that you could accept them - except one fact check will prove otherwise. But again, why get in someoneâs face when theyâre frustrated?
But this leads to some people feeling âcomplicit acceptanceâ. Which is in itself another problem that I wonât get into.
I as a person tend to be pretty rigorous. If I see facts and I can check them with a quick google search, I often do - especially League. Itâs so easy to check a championâs win rate or popularity. Other people do not always exercise this rigor.
âAlright fuckface but thatâs talking about league and not rp.â
Yeah okay you make a fair and valid point, except for the part where you missed bullet points 2-4. Iâm more talking about the general attitude people have but letâs talk specifically more about RP.
Thereâs content. A lot of content. And most of it is really vague, because thatâs how R I O T G A M E S does things. We still canât get a straight answer on whether Sonaâs adopted mom, Lestara, is alive or not. H u h?
And this often leads to us making connections and conclusions based on the limited data we have. Weâre extrapolating, taking what we know and trying to figure out something new.
Except when we get a new data set, sometimes our extrapolations donât work anymore.
Except we just spent three months world building around our guesses ( because thatâs what they are)
Oops Iâm divergent now.
That happens. A lot. My entire blog was evidence of that, where I made extreme guesses and then accidentally got validated as Demacia went full grimdark. But it even happened last year, when suddenly we gained new information! Mage registration! Thatâs a thing! And it changes how we perceive things.
And you may be thinking, âok fine but what does that have to do with misrepresentationâ and it has this to do with it. People will make conclusions based on their own view, then solidify these conclusions as âfactâ.
For example, I wrote a small article on how âmagical sight was not a reasonable power to haveâ and then soon after, Mageseekers appeared. Oops. Oops.
And these extrapolations get treated as though they are really fact. The line between what is ârealâ and what is âassumedâ blurs. The truth is this. Unless itâs directly and unambiguously stated, itâs basically not fact. âBut we can conclude-â I know. And then weâll get new information and thatâll change. Ideas in this fandom are like balloons, you need to tie them down with text evidence or theyâll just float away before you even know it. I can talk about how Sona is a literal genius level intellect all day, and tomorrow I can be proven wrong by one little shift or clarification in the lore. âWithin monthsâ - okay how many months? Fifteen months? Three months? Unknown.
And this leads me to preponderance of âevidenceâ. This one is long because it bothers me a bunch.
âPreponderance of evidenceâ (quotes required) is basically the situation in which someone goes and tells me:
âListen buddy, I have these seven pieces of evidence, so I can reasonably conclude that [x] is true.â And thatâs solid conjecture and extrapolation and I accept that.
Except that maybe you seven pieces of evidence arenât all solid pieces of evidence.
Oh.
Oh no.
And thatâs happened. I have seen evidence pieces one, two, four, and six all be good. And pieces three, five, and seven are a stretch at best.
But because they have so many pieces of evidence, itâs hard to critique back. Because they still do have four good pieces of evidence!
But the strength of the conclusion increases with more accurate and valid data points, and if your data points arenât-
And thatâs the rub, basically. Sometimes I see people fit evidence to their conclusion without even realizing it. Some of the most intelligent, rigorous, and well-versed writers on this site Iâve seen do it.
And it sucks.
And itâs a peeve because hereâs the truth.
The truth after all this talk is this very important fact.
I donât say anything about these things to people because I donât want to ruin anyoneâs fun or engagement.
People make mistakes and say many things because they are passionate about what theyâre talking about. Often thatâs the case. And harmless conjecture misunderstandings are not the end of the world because this is not academia.
except that one time I wrote a writeup on how Aphe/lios isnât mute but whatever.
And so while I have said all these things and have a lot of these feelings, I also think thereâs no point to saying most of them directly to the person that bugs me. What good will it do? To someone who is reacting with their emotions and just wants to get their frustration out, or is speaking passionately about something... Just let it go.
And so often I let it go, even if I disagree. I have an opinion, but I donât go out and toss it back in your face. I just get mad quietly and grump about it.
And thatâs why I end up being a very âstay in my laneâ person.
The end.
If you read all the way through this, Iâll give you a cookie tbh. Many cookies. This is almost 3000 words and 7 pages.
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Stranger Things Season 2 Trailer Shot by Shot Rundown Pt 2
 A week late but here you go (the first run down can be found here)
disclaimer: i own nothing, all shots and scenes depicted belong to Netflix
it should also be noted that these are just MY theories and opinions. I am by no means an expert, and you are absolutely entitled to your own thoughts and theories.
without further adieu here we go-
MY BABY IM SO READY FOR YOUR RETURN
as long as she has her eggos and is safe thatâs all that matters :â)
i hope shes warm enough
that person is me running away from all the shit thatâs about to hit the fan
so iâm assuming this season is really going to focus on the lines between dimensions blurring around Halloween thus why Will is struggling so hard rn yada yada yada nothing new
i want to know why this monster is just now on the radar you know? like while Will was in the Upside Down did he know about THIS thing or just the demagorgan
dang i guess trick or treat is ruined then?
yyyyyyiiiiiiIIIIIIIKKKKKKEEEEESSSS i CANT EVEN TELL WHERE ITS HEAD IS WTF IS THIS THING
??? where are they? and who is that random man with them? it kind of looks like a lab or some place underground. also iâm screaming bcÂ
NOTE: their outfits here are different from the ones theyâre wearing in the shot of them staring at the wall i love detective legends WHO GO OFF AND RESEARCH THE SUPERNATURAL by themselves how interestingÂ
no really who is this guy and who is he keeping tabs on (see: the white note cards to the left)
WHO YOU GONNA CALL (i made this joke in my last rundown iâm sorry iâm so lame)
i think i mentioned this in the last run down, but even though iâm not a huge fan of Steve atm, iâm intrigued by this dynamic of him and the kids theyâre going to be doing
does every small town in tv shows have a lookout point where the core group congregates to see shit go down?
this is such cool cinematography if they did, in fact, make one side of the road green and the other dying on purpose
iâm ALSO SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS FRIENDSHIP DYNAMIC THIS SEASON (just bc Will was MIA last season, we didnât really get to see much about his relationship with the other three aside from how much they wanted him back, and towards the very end of the final episode)
ok even though this new monster is creepy as hell and iâm so upset will has to suffer again this season..........this kid is a hella talented artist way to go Will youâre doing great
omg please stop hurting mah boy...but also wtf why do I have to deal with another slow burn ship this season screw this
.......you........youâre to blame
who are you and what are those glowing light cylinders doing in front of you
NOTE: i actually think this is Hop in the same scene as a clip you will see later in the trailer...you can look there to see my theory on why he is doing this stay tuned
pictures???? of what I canât tell. why are they showing these to him while hes in the hospital? (peep the gown)
someone help this kid pls
are they at an ER or a police station?
big mood Joyce (ugh I hate how she has to suffer through this again just let the Byers live please)
canât even tell whats going on here other then the fact that it looks like the upside down next slide
what are all these wires yikes
this doctor seems like (based on what I saw this trailer especially) heâs going to become a new reoccurring character...interesting...he better not back stab any of my children or i will stab him in his back
DONT BE SAD MIKE SHES ON HER WAY BACK TO YOUÂ
oh my god a conversation between Will and Mike where Mike fills him in and tries to explain his feelings for Eleven HERE FOR IT PLEASE LORD
RUN MY CHILD FLEE I WOULD PROTECT YOU IF I COULD
I REALLY HOPE SHES OKAY OH LORD
MIND POWERS ARE BACK OH HELL YEAH
ummm...??????? first of all whose house is this, I dont reconize it and second of all...
why does she look so angry now iâm kind fo concerned WHOSE HOUSE IS THIS?
halloween dance maybe? iâm just confused as to why people are at the school in the middle of the night, i think this is mainly wishful reaching on my part
whatâs interesting to me about this shot is not even so much the drawing (which i discussed in my last rundown), but the fact that Joyce has the phone next to her again? last season she had it in hopes of communicating with Will, which causes me to question who she is waiting for this time?
a portal iâm guessing?
NOTE: I think that Steve and Dustin are going to be the main friendship focus out of the kids and Steve. i think itâs going to be Will off having problems of his own, Mike with Eleven when she comes back sorting things out, and Max and Lucas...which iâm guessing is going to be the love interest for max theyâve been hinting at and if any of the crazies out there start trying to SHIP Dustin and Steve I will come for your throats
jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus please mAKE THIS STOP
IT LOOKS LIKE LITERALLY ALL OF THEM ARE CONGREGATED WHY AM I LIVING FOR THIS
nope ignore, next
IGNOREING THE FACT THAT THIS LOOKS LIKE A PARALLEL TO HOP WHEN HE LOST HIS DAUGHTER. NEXT
how many dang trips is Hop taking to the Upside down this season?
edit: see further down for the theory
see: my last statementÂ
who are you odd doctor man?
well he kind of looks as out of the loop as the rest of us so i think we can trust him...for now...
*heavy labored breathing*
oh boy...
excuse me while i scream until my lungs concave (OK BUT THE BED ROOM SHARING TROUPE PARALLEL??? CANT I JUST CATCH MY BREATH FORÂ FIVE SECONDS BEFORE BEING ATTACKED AGAIN?? okay but it kind of looks like theyre in a hotel???? why????????????)
Holes (2003) that should be Hopper behind her
this scene was in the Comicon trailer and it doesnât concern me any less nowÂ
me too steve...me too...
...will the real Karate Kid please stand up
actually, the more i think about it, the more iâm thinking Hop making all these weird trips to the Upside Down has to do with that deal he made with the scientists last season...like his end of the bargain was basically doing all the dangerous dirty work everyone else is too afraid to doÂ
that or heâs being sent to locate Eleven but Iâm choosing to ignore this theory
YIKESÂ (Part 18937487002)
lowkey think this is going to be that weird pet thing Dustin eventually gets but watch me be wrong
classic Samwise Gamgee
nothing but respect for my sons (if their love triangle causes any sort of animosity between these two this season Iâm burning something)
i reeeeeeeeeeaaaaallllllyyyyyyyyy want to like Max this season and I hope shes more like cool and reserved and not annoyingly angsty and rude like so many tv franchises like to paint preteen girls. but Stranger Things has not failed me yet so Iâm going to give them the benefit of the doubt
interesting that Will and Mike arenât there doing whatever the heck theyâre doing, but Steve and Max are? idk if it means anything, itâs just interesting. makes me wonder if Will and Mike are going to be off figuring out whats happening to Will, while these four focus on something else? but what?
Dustin is ready to throw down (I think that this has to do with his âpetâ theyâve been teasing this season. like idk maybe heâs trying to tame it or something)
everyone in this show is about to be in the best damn shape of their lives with all the running they seem to be doing my god
oh my god??? so it looks like theyâre sterilizing him for something, but Hop looks like heâs in pain so Iâm completely against whatever the hell is going on in this scene
NOTE: this is probably in reference to him paying off his end of the bargain with the lab
can this monster just calm tf down and give these mf kids a chance to take a BREAT?????????????? LEAVE
this whole trailer consisted of horrified looks, people in pain, and running
so maybe Hop is being used to test weapons for the labroatory on the monsters in the Upside Down? and that was the deal he made?
the amount of panic and seeming lack of experience these people working at the lab have expressed on multiple occasions makes me doubt their credibility as scientists to begin with
she looks terrified and sweaty this is not a good combination (also did you know that Nancy Wheeler could run me over with an 18 wheeler and I would say âthank youâ?)
that looks like Nancyâs gun so looks like the core group is getting ready to rumbleÂ
canât tell if he looks suspicious, seductive, confused, or constipated in this shot so MOVING ON
??????????????? who tf are you? (based on the pictures on the walls, heâs in the Byers house?)
anD HES PUNCHING JONATHAN BYERS ABORT ABORT THIS JUST TOOK A TURN I THINK TF NOT YOU TRICK ASS BITCH
I donât think Iâve ever hated an idea more than the idea of my bois going into the upside down themselves no thanks
does anyone know this guys name? i canât keep calling him Samwise
wiLLIAM PLEASE NO
a raid of sorts? but on what because this doesnât look like the upside down so...the real world?
again with these inexperienced scientists working on what is apparently a very important government project. this staff need to be reevaluated
*Teenager by My Chemical Romance plays in the distance*
(the relevance behind this shot makes me curious, because from what i can tell which obviously isnât a lot with the mask and such, its not anyone we know yet...and itâs just a bunch of teenagers sooooo)
i think it should be noted that Dustin is wearing the same outfit and headset from that scene from the previous trailer where heâs screaming âABORT ABORTâ so my guess is we are just going to have one episode where the kids venture into the Upside Down for a mission of their own (in which they ALL better return safely or I will be making some calls)
iâm confused now, because previous to this, it looked like Dustin was outside with the headset kind of running point, but here it looks like heâs in there with them??? idek anymore
iâm so sosososoososososososo really for this show down scene
HELL YEAH
this pretty much confirms for me my theory on how the love triangle pans out (Lucas and Max end up together)Â
*sigh* at this point, iâm officially worried for every single one of the main charactersÂ
LOOKS LIKE JOHNNYBOY HIT BACK(look at that bloody nose)Â OOooOOooOOOOOoO (also i canât wait to hate you whoever you are weâre just going to call you Crusty for now)
hmmm....this is the same van that those teenagers in masks were getting out of a few scenes back...interesting
WHO ARE ALL THESE NEW PEOPLE
she literally looks so angry this trailer oh man...though this one she also looks more...upset maybe?
correct me if iâm wrong but is that not the woman who weâre pretty sure is Elevenâs mom? the distortion around the camera also kind of makes it look like a vision/ flashback, so this could possibly be something Eleven is seeing and explain why sheâs so upset?
this looks like the same scene where sheâs yelling and looking pretty mad. also noted: this is the same outfit sheâs wearing when she appears in that unknown door way looking so angryÂ
NOTE: iâm also confused about her hair? like yes, i know they let Millie grow her hair out this season, but in a recently released short clip where Eleven busts out of the wall into the middle school, her hair is still buzzed. so does this suggest a time jump? if so, how much time has passed? does this also suggest that she came through the upside down a while back and has been living on her own long enough for her hair to get THAT long? which would mean she didnât go to Mike or the others for help, she just has been roaming around doing whatever it is theyâll have her doing...
solidifies my belief that Dustin and Steve will be the main friendship they will be pushing this seasonÂ
NOTE: ....??? why does Dustin have flowers? i lowkey think Dustin is going to awkwardly go to Steve as like a big brother figure to give him advice on his crush on Max
eternal mood
oh okay wow...so this is actually right before all the shit with the kids going into the upside down all happens (Dustinâs shirt and headset)
all of these scenes with the same outfits makes me wonder how long of a time period this season spans over...honestly my guess would be like three days
lol why does Steve seem so confused by the contents of his own trunk
NOTE: whoa whoa whoa this just went from day to night...so the whole âdo you still have the batâ scene is different from Steve actually removing the bat from his car
why does Steve have the bat to begin with? I thought it was Jonathanâs?
iâm betting said shit just officially went down
aaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH IâM REALLY NOT READY GUYS THIS SEASON IS GOING TO SHAKE US ALL TO OUR CORESÂ
QUESTION: is there anything you guys want me to do when the episodes are released? maybe like an episode rundown w/ my thoughts and opinions? idek leave a comment if you reblog and have an idea
AND THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR 3K YOU ALL ROCK MY SOCKS OFF LOVE YOU ALLÂ
#THIS TOOK FOR FREAKING EVER BUT IT WAS WORTH IT#honestly cant thank you guys enough for all the support on the first shot by shot i did#i seriously was not expecting that reaction at all and it made my YEAR#i hope this was comprehensible lol#i will go back over it later and check spelling and such#you guys are my fav#i love this fandom#it should also be noted that these are just my opinions and theories nothing is certian#you are entitled to your own#stranger things#st#stranger things season 2#stranger things theory#stranger things meta#will byers#mike wheeler#eleven#dustin henderson#lucas sinclair#nancy wheeler#jonathan byers#jancy#nancy x jonathan#jonathan x nancy#joyce byers#steve harrington#hopper
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Hi! Iâd love a reading please! How does my friend/love interest AS feel about me and what is the best course of action for our connection (like should I just move on or continue)? Itâs always been difficult talking to her and I know sheâs naturally reclusive & introverted. But as a result of our lack of communication, we got into an argument a week ago due to a misunderstanding and now I feel even more distant around her. I care about her, but I feel undervalued and idk what to do anymore.đ MF
Hi there MF! hope that youâre doing well âŁď¸
I am sorry to hear that you and AS are arguing. The cards were definitely picking up on the tension between you two right now. However I do think that this connection can be reconciled! In order for this reconciliation to come about though, the lack of communication you two are sharing will need to change. If this relationship with AS is something that you want to continue, donât be afraid to tell her how youâre feeling. It is okay to allow time for things to cool down after this argument, but make sure she knows that you donât want the divide to grow bigger. AS cares about you, even if she sometimes dosenât express it in certain ways. Teach her your love language, but take time to learn hers as well. I wish you all the best đĽ°â¤ď¸
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