i think it's really interesting how rung gets more flack in fandom as a character for stuff like the fact Roberts makes an off-colour joke about Whirl through him in the short story (which, yeah, it is a shitty thing to say, but it's clearly an issue of the comic/text itself at that point making such off-colour jokes and not specific to Rung's character, IMO, so I tend to treat that as more of an issue with the comic at that point personally) and not. well. the canonical fact that Rung was involved in signing off on state-ordered and presumably non-consensual lobotomies. i suppose it may be that a lot of people in fandom take the view that 'he would have just used the opportunity to refuse to ever sign off on them, of course!' but tbh, I do not find that enormously convincing given the framing we get! (and if you're someone who is interested in stated author intent, which admittedly i'm not overlmuch, roberts did discuss this in an interview and the intent seemingly was for rung to be willing to sometimes sign them off. so.)
like yeah, the joke about Rung being unconcerned about Whirl banging his head against a wall is unpleasant, in the same way the comic's snide approach to Red Alert in the earlier issues can be, and so on. but the later revelation that pre-war Rung was essentially performing a legitimized form of Shadowplay if he could be convinced there was a medical justification seems uhhhh. more relevant to any discussion of Rung as a character who has done bad things in his role! i wonder if it's because people implicitly feel like being a bad therapist in the sense of 'breaking the law/medical guidelines' is worse than in the sense of 'being legally required to do bad things as a licensed therapist', regardless of the relative morality of those actions in their own right.
penelope n colin / polin au idea that i want but know i couldn’t write, free to a good home:
superhero-esque au. it still being regency is crucial in my opinion. penelope still has a secret identity as lady whistledown but lady whistledown is not a society writer, but rather a masked vigilante. One night she saves colin and he falls immediately in love. and simply Must track her down and declare his intention to marry her. i anticipate a lot of him commiserating to pen about his mystery woman while pen internally screams
bruise - like tender. every razor - edged motion purposeful. calculated. but it wasn't. it never was. because rotting all starts to look the fucking same, michelle. so she begins to dissolve in the very presence of thin - veiled sheep. into an oppressive crawlspace. into a realm that isn't quite here nor there.
won't exactly account for the ringed pattern of the floor. or the skewed layout she analyzed the night before. or the chipped paint on the honed - like walls. because she wasn't obtainable. because she didn't think she fucking ... cared.
and so it commenced. child - like utterances, hands bound. a vacant stare. a slacked jaw. and not a goddamn thing in hand.
she sits. in the back. always in the back. simply quiet. noting the in between's. the haunting lull between the first breath and the last. the crucifying hum of cynicism. the apparition that simply won't find solace in death.
and then nothingness. again. nothingness. the thought, almost acidic. brims off the tips of her fingers sacrilegiously — rots the inside of her ribcage. her mouth, teeth decaying. always decaying. decaying. decaying. enough. enough. enough.
We know Ren/[Redacted]’s nickname for MC is Angel but what is everyone else’s (or if they don’t have one what would it be)
✦゜ANSWERED: aaaa it's kinda hinted on the 14DWY discord (via the roles you can get), but the main cast have a few different nicknames depending on the situation or their mood!!
Ren: angel, baby (for when they're feeling 📯🦵)
[REDACTED]: angel, love (for when they're feelin soft and tender)
Moth: love-bug, bestie, gamer, comrade, degenerate in arms, etc.
Violet: petal, rosebud (because sims + she's also a gamer)
Conan: sweetheart (he is an Old Man), or just your actual name
Leon: sunfish, darl/darlin' (with an aussie accent!!! this is important!!!)
Teo: doll/dollface, starshine (Rosie has this man on a leash!!)
Jae: seashell, sunshine (he honestly copied Leon and Teo)