#((Why is my brain like this?))

[mittch22]

An insidious leak: the analysis of seemingly shady uncloakings

My brain is rolling and spinning yet again at one thousand miles per hour and Leland Turbo is right at the centre of it. Certain writing persuits have triggered a pattern of thought surrounding the circumstances of his discovery by the lemons, and I have a few things Id like to further examine.

"This is Agent Leland Turbo. I have a flash transmission for Agent Finn McMissile. Finn, my cover's been compromised. Everything's gone pear-shaped."

He doesn't elaborate any further than this for potential reasons I shall delve into a little bit later in this post. So the question I have is this:

Why? Why did it all go to hell in the first instance? How was he compromised?

Leland is very much on par with Finn in the sense of experience. They spent both of their entire adult lives together in training at the CHROME academy and have carried out countless missions both seperately and with each other. He is more than competent with, what I estimate would be, around forty years of field experience. And considering he would have known that complacency would always get him killed, he would never have allowed himself to become complacent enough to permit his facade to come into the light. And to be permitted to perform any type of mission on his own, then his ability is extensively trusted indeed. Mistakes happen, sure. But I sincerely doubt Leland would have made one that held this type of consequence.

My current aswer to this question?

CHROME had a mole.

Upon beginning this post, I came to the realisation that there is a second segment that didn't initially cross my mind that adds evidence to this particular ideology:

"Finn, I need backup. But don't call the cavalry, it could blow the operation."

Leland knew about the mole. Or at least he had his suspicions.

Initially I simply put this statement down to 'too many cooks spoil the broth', or in this case, 'too many agents will screw up the mission.' However, I'm no longer so sure that this is the case.

Visually speaking, his face says a million words. He is terrified. Evidently, if he's caught, he knows he is in for a whole universe of hurt. And death is very much on the horizon. But the fear makes a drastic appearance when he specifies not calling the "cavalry". This makes perfect sense to me if he thinks that the lemons were tipped off about his presence. And if there was someone within CHROME who could not be trusted, then the only vehicle he was be able to notify was Finn.

He knows him better than any other vehicle in the world and trusts him with his life. He's also aware that, if the flash transmission were to be seen by any other CHROME agent by accident, and he had of mentioned anything about a potential leak, it could have put Finn in a gargantuan amount of peril. So he kept quiet about the idea, simply telling him to not get the agency as a whole involved.

Now, I can't bring up Leland in this circumstance without also talking about Rod Redline. The second agent in the equation who also lost their life because he was compromised. And the same question applies since we don't really know how it happened to him either.

Rod was also a highly skilled and competent individual, hence the statement: 'Rod "Torque" Redline is considered by many as the greatest American spy in the world.' So all, if not most, of the criteria that applies to Leland applies to Agent Redline as well. And yet, he was also caught.

His shock when Grem and Acer followed him into the bathroom at the Towkyo party is quite telling. Its indicitive that he didn't know he had been caught until that exact moment. And the lack of any other emotion but deep seated anger on the faces of Grem and Acer could potentially indicate that they knew exactly who they were looking for.

If he was discovered due to a mole, since inter-agency cooperation isn't uncommon when working on the same mission, then it may just have been the same mole that told the lemons about Leland Turbo.

And of course there's the question of how Grem, Acer and the professor knew about the agents in the first place. Zundapp even mentions them both by name.

"Hey, Professor Z! This is one of those British spies we told you about." Yeah. Most likely a mole.

So what was the mole's driving force? Money? Blackmail? Sadism? A crippling hatred for the agencies or individuals? Who knows.

Of course we might never know for sure the exact reasoning for why they were both compromised. But it's always interesting to speculate.

Chrysler help the vehicles who caused Leland's death when Finn gets hold of them. Particularly if they are someone that he once trusted.

[crash-tube-the-seawing]

For some reason, my brain is relating Kakavasha/Aventurine to the following Nickleback lyrics

“Prison gates won't open up for me

On these hands and knees, I'm crawlin'

Oh, I reach for you

Well, I'm terrified of these four walls

These iron bars can't hold my soul in

And all I need is you” - Nickleback, Savin’ Me

Do not ask me why, I don’t even know who the ‘you’ would be.

Then later in the song the lyrics:

“Show me what it’s like

To be the last one standing”

I relate to Ratio for some strange reason?

Crash trying to get out of her Aventio brainrot challenge failed

[theshalesky]

the part of being a former gifted kid that no one talks about:

reading a book a week as a kid and using fictional universes to escape reality and constructing your entire personality around being a reader but then you grow up and suddenly you aren't able to focus on books anymore and you take like a month to finish one because you just aren't able to get lost in them for hours anymore and they don't make you as happy as they used to but you still LIKE reading you love it in theory and you want to be able to enjoy it as much as before and you feel horrible because you're not and you even feel guilty about it for some reason because what's wrong with you why are you losing the thing that you used to love most in the world and that made you who you are???

[meganechan05]

Brb thinking about how RitaMorf's designs are asymmetrical despite representing countries on Neutrality. They're also more heavily decorated on their right sides such as the enclosure on Morf's cloak and dress, Rita's high collar, and their bracelet.

Himeno's was very symmetrical in Chapter 1, but then became asymmetrical in Chapter 2 where it leans more towards her left. Her skirt is pulled up on the right side with the left hanging loose. Her corset is bejeweled on the left as well.

Chapter 2 is also reinforces her budding friendship with Rita that started in Chapter 1.

More proof is Giramie where Gira's cloak is the main point of asymmetry as the longer side is on his right. Jeramie's shirt is longer on the left side in Chapter 1, but then shortened his right sleeve and added a cape covering his left arm. Those two also switched where their hair is parted (tho Jeramie's is the opposite of Gira)

...I rest my case

[katvara]

Why is this my first thought??

[classicbrion]

Character concept bugbear chronomancer named Jeremyi

Jeremy Bugbearimy

[skynite63]

you know when you do art and you listen to a song and you imagine this crazy animatic so you start planning to do it but the song is 4 minutes long so halfway through the storyboard you lose motivation and give up, leaving a paper with half a storyboard on it?

yeah that’s me

[ferallair]

Goddammit, Klaasje! I have distrusted this woman since the first time I talk to her and almost 250 in game hours later I finally get it. She's a goddam spy for Wild Pines.

Everything below this is probably crazy:

So first, Klaasje is a liar. Nothing she says in true. I've never belived her story that she is on the run from being burned by her former employers. The fact that she confesses this is enough for me to think it's not true, at least not totally. Yes, I have trust issues. But she also knows way more about espionage then she lets on. For instance, her knowledge of telecommunications and radios:

You did what with the what now? That's class A espionage stuff right there. She obviously knows how to do more then just flirt and steal documents like she claims.

She also arrives in November.

What does that matter? Ok, bear with me:

At some point in there is a raid on the abandoned church in Martinaise. Something top secret, undercover, that multiple precincts where involved in, including 41, and Harry was most likely a part of. Drug dealers might have been involved, the place was shot up and people were probably killed. Ruby is running from La Puta Madre because she betrayed them in some way and she knows all about Harry the can opener, so I suspect she was a part of this raid in some way. And according to Titus the only drug dealers in Martinaise are Union approved one's like Ruby. What exactly happened is a mystery (one that niggles and crunches my brain at 3am sometimes), but I suspect it happened right before November. Why?

Harry gets a new badge in November. Perhaps he lost his old one in a shootout in a church? Or perhaps he got a promotion for a shoot out in a church? (November's seem bad for Harry).

So November Harry got a new badge, Klaasje rolls into town, so what? Well, the strike starts in December. I think what ever happened in that church peaked someone's interest in Martinaise, in the Union, or both, so they sent in Klaasje. I don't think it's a coincidence she immediately makes friends with the Hardie Boys and Ruby. She targeted them to "party" with. Even her affair with Lely was probably at the behest of her real employer wanting to keep an eye on Krenel. I also think that whatever happened in that church lead to the strike. Perhaps too many people were getting too close to the Claire's drug running scheme so he locked up the harbor as a distraction. I suspect Klaasje isn't the only spy keeping an eye on things.

The Sunday Friend always seems so out of place. Why would a high ranking bureaucrat who is supposedly in town for a booty call with a sex worker WANT to talk to the police? He doesn't offer that much to the case and Mr Martin Martinaise could just as easily have given the police his friends testimony. But he wants to meet them in person. It sounds like he makes a special trip out. Probably because the smoker on the balconey is actually a Moralintern spy and the Sunday Friday is his handler. He wants the RCM to know they are being watched by their "boss". I don't think it's a coincidence that the Smoker plants himself in the middle of the Whirling in Rags after you interview his friend. He's keeping an obvious eye on the Hardie Boys, Harry, and probably Klaasje as well.

And technically, Harry is also a there as a kind of spy for the RCM. Harry isn't just there to solve a murder, he's also supposed to be investigating Krenel.

Plus there are a number of unseen spies, spies for the Union, Spies for Krenel, ect.

I wondered at first if Klaasje was a spy for some other, unnamed, company, but then I remembered this:

She's got a great vantage point up on the roof, where she stays all day until 11pm, after which she mysteriously vanishes.

Anyway, I'm probably crazy so if you got this far... sorry? I don't know, I need a nap.

[glitchedguy]

The Human Brain Is Stupid!

The human brain is fuckin stupid! 10 minutes after i get snuggled into bed. I have this conversation Brain: hey Glitch Me: yes brain? B: what if theres a snake under your bed? Me: there isn't B: but what if there is Me: trust me, there isn't B: ….buuuuuuuut!

This went on for another 20 fucking minutes where i moved my damn bed out the way to show there was, in fact, no snake…. fucking brains dude…

[kcuf-ad]

Me: almost finished with Chapter 33 of GX: Rewrite.

My brain: Hey...

Me: No.

My brain: Imagine an AU where...

Me: No.

My brain: Yusaku and the rest of the Vrains characters...

Me: No!

My brain: Are in GX.

Me: already getting ideas MOTHERFU

[i-like-the-eyes]

I tend to forget how much my playlist influences my ability to write.

Wrong band? You can't work on this specific story but you can work on the other.

Oh, you're back to that other band? Yeah, now you can get back to this one, too.

[luna-3-clips]

We all know Imamura was a big flirt (whether he got girls or not). But you cannot convince me otherwise that this:

Was not at least bisexual. HE LOOKS LIKE A GAY UKE

I understand this being a flirt:

But not this:

Manga Imamura built different 😂

[scumbag4scumbag]

Shameless Self-Promotion Continued

[Toxicity AU] It's been a few months since Maxwell Jacob Friedman and CM Punk broke up, and they've both moved on. Or so they both think. (Post-Watch Me Turn Your Mind Into My Home, but ~5 years pre-Sick Like Me)

CW: Blood, violence, sex (but not explicit)

[no-see-um-incorrect]

I’m about to hurt y’all’s fucking feelings

This is rookies song for Auron 

[mazziecreo]

Me: never seen a piece of gameplay from poppy playtime chapter three

Also Me: DRAW CATNAP

[queen-scribbles]

…why did I just get a Kina/Rass idea off a completely different smuggler’s game??🤣