#[and I am definitely overthinking this]

[finrays]

Ok, fuck it, I’m gonna yap.

So… Karakasa uses objects as stand-ins for emotions and parts of one’s self, right? The people who come in contact with the mononoke see it as the object, representing the part of themselves, that they willingly threw away when entering the Ooku. And it’s what I interpreted that clot of withered bodies in the well to be at the tail end; the dead, dried-out “past selves” of the women of the Ooku (could Karakasa have killed that many? I dunno, maybe, but I’m more inclined to think of it as a metaphor. Ah, the beautiful ambiguity of this franchise… it’s something I adore about it!)

Hence, that “What did you throw away?” Is able to be interpreted as a metaphorical as well as a physical question; what emotions are you suppressing, what piece of yourself did you discard or are you still actively discarding to make Karakasa so angry at you?

And the rice balls at the beginning? Those objects definitely would be mired in all kinds of emotions. Positive ones! Love, hope, the seeking of friendship and success, etc.

What if THAT’S why they’re “irresistible” to Kusuriuri?

We know that mononoke are formed when strong emotions and bad karma cross with the unseen world. So maybe these fellas have a sort of “sixth sense” for strong emotions that guides them toward their targets.

Maybe that’s what draws him in in the first place. He does comment on the scent when he gets close, but doesn’t actually eat anything; just politely is like “Yeah, maybe later” when offered one (cat-coded lol… Cosmo also begs for human food then looks at it like “What do you want me to do with that?”)

It’s something I’ve been thinking about; it must be nice to come across such a big bunch of positive feelings for a change when you’re constantly seeing the worst sides of humanity. Maybe that’s what’s primarily alluring about those onigiri!

[atomicradiogirl]

okay but did wilson buy a whole new engagement ring to propose to house with? or was it from one of his old proposals that his ex wives returned to him? i doubt he would buy a new ring to fake propose with but like i also wouldn’t put it past him. and what did he do with it after? did he just like hold onto it for the next time or did he actually give it to house in a joking “haha i mean you didn’t say no so here’s the ring” even though he definitely won’t wear it and it definitely won’t fit him.

[misscrazyfangirl321]

Why does Christmas shopping feel so high-stakes?

Like what if I buy my friend something she doesn't love and she kills me or something?

[plumadot]

i made an ao3 account so i can finally leave comments but but but that's a big step for me so it may take a while hehe

[heliomanteia]

Organizing & contamination OCD Will Solace 🤝🏼 OCPD Annabeth Chase friendship forever in my head.

[comma-tose]

Something interesting I noticed about Tales, specifically regarding Fiona, is that she's seemingly the only one with a bounty and a wanted poster.

Now obviously all three of the con artist group are criminals, but when you scan the group using Rhys' echo eye at the murder rally, Felix's is obviously hacked to make sure no one scanning him can see his crimes, Sasha's mentions that she's a criminal but that she doesn't have as long a list of crimes as her sister does, but when you scan Fiona it actively mentions that she's wanted and lists her crimes (those being scamming, conning, forgery, and theft).

When going through Hollowpoint Fiona is the only one with a wanted poster, when Rhys is deciding whether to go Hollowpoint or to Old Haven a bounty notice pops up that specifically mentions Fiona being sighted, and that the price on her head has risen to $38,000 with no mention of Sasha.

Another notable couple of mentions regarding this has to do with Athena. She tells the girls that she's there to mentor them, which is true, but if you scan Fiona during the Atlas bio-dome section of the game, it shows that she has a high-end protection contract placed on her. If you scan Sasha there's no mention of that, which would make sense if Fiona's the only one with the bounty she's the one who needs the most protection. She's also the only one that Athena constantly stays next to and talks with which again would make sense if she's the only one with the protection contract.

So here's where we reach headcanon/theory territory (and also where I'm probably wrong and easily disproven or whatever). In my eyes, Fiona IS the only one with a bounty out of the con artist family. She's the one who takes the fall and gets blamed for most of the cons, so that Felix and Sasha can engage in scams without immediately being caught and noticed. In the fake vault key job, if it had worked, Fiona is likely the one who would've been blamed due to her being the one who gave him the fake vault key, even if August had eventually figured out Sasha was in on it as well.

She's the one who is the face of most of the cons, the one people talk to and later realise that they've been tricked by her. She takes the blame so that the whole family doesn't get immediately spotted and turned in every time they go somewhere new to do a new job.

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

questioning sexuality is so exhausting

[hardwiredd]

hello chat i um have a sort of questionn

i made these two banners; one to go under sfw posts, the other to go on under-the-cut nsfw. they're lighthearted but to the point. i generally have just fully planned to use these, but i realized i follow plenty of nsfw artists who post sfw art without anything like these. they ofc have the mdni in their bios, but nothing on specific posts. i know i'm definitely overthinking this, but i just wanted to get any sorta second opinion to see if it was a good idea to use these or not. any insight is heavily appreciated!!

[spookygibberish]

Mildly worried that some people will be Upsetti at the weird and gross shit in my weird vaguely bronze age "Pokémon-is-slavery" bodyhorror setting

[goldengodcannibal]

"everybody also definitely constantly asks themselves what it means to be a human or a person, and they definitely also always ask themselves who they actually are or what makes them"

- me, in denial

[elephantlovemedleys]

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[blooming-cecilia]

here's a thought: we all know by now that scene in furina's demo where she imitates other archons on the swing yeah?

i had the thought while watching it again,, what if she studied up on other nation's lores particularly how their archons (and other highly revered beings, ex, adepti) are like or how they are depicted in human literature and historical writings?

like... she had absolutely no idea how to be a god, and an actor does need to be acquainted with their role to ne able to portray and embody it... call it role study lol

[fishy-moirails]

Wait hold on. I need to ask something because I realized it's very important internet etiquette

Am I allowed to DM you on Tumblr or Discord? Feel free to leave a reply on this post

[allforhavoc]

etho's bow's name (2 less inventory spots) has me in tears. why does it come off so passive aggressive. what did the bow and arrows do to him. we know this man loves his inventory space but... for someone who whiffs so hard all the time with his sword you would think he'd find the bow to be his best asset. very good use of inventory space.

[drieddpetals]

just had the random thought of... what if people from certain spiderverse dimensions come to ones in the future (or vice versa) and get viruses from the future and accidentally bring them back to their dimension?? 😭😭 like what if spider noir went to gwen's dimension and he got covid?? is that even allowed???? now i'm thinking there's gotta be some kind of spider society disease control bc i feel like this is a serious issue

[the-halfling-prince]

Anything remotely interesting happens to me and I'm blowing up my best friend's phone like "Save me best friend" "best friend" "best friend save me"