#(of course these are mostly implied)

[jagroka]

back to square one

[saltyspecs]

I've been thinking some binggeyuan Thoughts.

So, people usually write any binggeyuan as after the bingge vs bingmei extra which is super valid and narratively makes a lot of sense, but I've been thinking about dropping a bingge from earlier in the PIDW timeline into Shen Yuan's world. I'm talking like. Reverse transmigration straight from the abyss.

He finds Xin Mo, his seal gets fully broken, but instead of getting out of the abyss to get his revenge plans started he gets yeeted into modern day China, nothing but the clothes on his back and a system to guide him through it. He's bitter but he's also been fighting tooth and nail to survive for *checks watch* five years. He's like. 3/4 black lotus. Xin Mo hasn't quite had the time to sink its claws in.

I really do just have the mental image of Shen Yuan picking him up from out of an alley cause he looks like he got mugged. like a dirty kitten.

[qoldenskies]

I feel like Mikey in that comic is worried about CC!Donnie but also mentally gripping Leo by the shoulders and going "you want to read the room so bad you stupid fuck"

oh he thinks it's funny. leo's pulling out all the stops that would usually cheer one of them up when they're down, which is what mikey initially asked him to do with that look (well, it was more of a "dont be mean, something's weird" look, but it's the same thing really). he has no reason yet to believe that donnie would be afraid of them, he's just thinking about donnie calling himself stupid, implying that he thinks he's stupid, like-- in general. that's never something his donnie would say, even as a joke. he'd never admit that he feels stupid or thinks he's acting stupid, even if he believes it he'll talk around it lmao.

leo's alarm bells are actually going OFF right now which is why he's acting so obnoxious. early on when he first enters his expressions are more tender and gentle but he seems more panicked now, and that's because he's gotten the impression something is wrong wrong. cc!donnie's really putting him off because he normally doesn't even act like that when he's upset about something. the flinching, the avoidance, the stammering, the jumpiness and wide-eyed confusion,, he doesn't understand it.

there's going to be a point where they put the pieces together, which will be when cc!donnie inevitably actually freaks out around them. right now they're just confused and very unnerved.

[da-janela-lateral]

Random PT-BR dub tidbit: while most honorifics were completely erased, there are some particular cases in which the dub team tried to adapt them. For example, Edano and the rest of the Black Vinegar gang refer to Teruki as "Seu Teru", "seu" being an informal variation of "senhor" (mister). On the other hand, Serizawa always refers to Reigen as "Senhor Reigen", which is way more polite in a boss-employee context. Reigen, however, doesn't use "senhor/senhora" for anyone besides the clients.

[kristybluebird]

20 years later RGU

[isfjmel-phleg]

The good news: Devin Grayson emailed me back. Sooner than I was expecting, too, which I do appreciate.

The bad news: She says that she doesn't think she's going to be of much help to me since the storyline in question was written more than a quarter of a century ago, she was required to write about Grant (and Argent) by editorial mandate and she didn't feel that she knew enough about him to create new backstory, and she remembers the storyline I'm referring to but almost nothing about what led to it. I'm welcome to send my questions, but she can't claim to be an expert about Grant.

Completely understandable under the circumstances, of course. I will go ahead and send the questions on the off-chance that one or two might be answerable, but I'm not in a position to hope for too much. I do appreciate her taking the time to respond to me at all, but it looks like in this case I'm going to have to work off primarily my own analysis in discussing this story.

[nabaath-areng]

Whenever I feel bad about symptoms from my illnesses, I think of my sibling's horse growing up, whose name was Batman and who was so allergic to grass he had to be wrapped up like a christmas present every summer to prevent rashes. I don't know if that makes me feel better exactly, but if Batman could cope and continue to mosey around like the gentle old man he was, then maybe I can cope with being completely bedridden certain days.

[totally-trans-island]

Care for any more doodles?

(I was originally going to do these digitally, but I don’t have any energy right now.)

[elle-p]

Sorry if this is a random question, but since I really like your Persona opinions I wanted to ask, would you consider P3 Hero an implied queer/bi character? I often see him referred to as one of the straightest protags by fans, presumably because of how the old social links with girls worked, but on top of Ryoji's final linked episode being based off his P3P romance, to me it's significant that their relationship was never made out to be a joke like with some of Joker's flirty options with men

I'm going to use gay just for ease of writing you know what I mean.

I know distincly Less about P4 and 5, so I might be missing something with them as well. Like, I know in the Royal artbook it calls Hero Akechi and Sumi a love triangle, but that's the only thing I can think of.

I'm also really coming to a blank as to where P4 and P5Heros are portrayed as gayer than P3Hero. P5Hero's are all played as jokes and P4Hero's was removed. And in their adaptations I know less about but they're just about the same.

I think whether he was intended to be gay depends on the version? At portraying queer characters Hashino is. Uhhh he's not the best. The original P3/FES have that shounen so straight it loops back around to being gay. So it was definitely not intended there, ans the gayness mostly affects the female characters(it is really funny that they tried to make Kaworu but straight though how's that one working out. Lasted a year until he's wondering if he loves him). Sogabe wrote ryomina fanfiction Minato's gay. In half the movies Makoto's gay in one his boyfriend's not there and in the other man just watch it. Idk about WM and Portable didn't change Hero meaningfully enough(Heroine's route is very queer though). Then in Reload so in my love interest thing I mentioned Schroedingers romance? Where it's left purposefully vague whether or not Hero reciproctes(even if it's clear she's in love with him) so he's simultaneously dating her and not dating her. Congrats Ryoji!!!!

But yeah idk. That purposeful vagueness is something all the love interests do, so it is meaningful that Ryoji's now firmly there through his attraction being obvious and it's taken seriously. But I think it comes down to this being less of just a flat gay-off, and more so that the games, being released at different times and with different directors/writers, portray queerness differently. And that different portrayal doesn't just apply to each protagonist, but also each version of them.

[ajdrawshq]

fascinated by mindt being found in temenos' house at night for some reason. what are u doing in here.

[meli-meliai]

I find it interesting how, out of all the boys so far in Blush Blush, Fuyu is the only one who has been directly implied to have killed a child through his genocide of the Summer Clan (as well as the highest kill count, most likely)

[alukardtheabysswalker]

I know his face was revealed in a dubious canon comic but it would be hilarious if Clark showed the titans a photo of what he looks like under the mask.

Beast Boy:"WHY IS HE HOT?"

Cyborg:"So he DOESN'T have the other eye, huh?"

Raven:"So he has white hair and tried to corrupt one of us? No wonder I hate him"

Starfire:"To think that such a young looking man could become such a bitter adult. Also why the swords"

Robin: *raises an eyebrow* "This was clearly years before I was even born, my father would never beat up such a teen"

The rest, in unison:"Wait, FATHER?"

[daz4i]

dude with that stage play pic + dazai holding chuuya's face in his crotch in dead apple etc i really think we're gonna get them sucking and fucking at some point (in the most implied, vague way possible) but at that point we're just gonna be like "aight cool" like not even care much bc it was so obvious it was gonna happen at some point.

[i-drew-a-ferret]

I am chess playing villains #1 hater

Play another game. Or at least a different variant of chess.

Like I get it! you're scheming and manipulative! but this is the third family game night that you've had us do a chess tournament, and I kind of prefer sillier games that are a little less heavy on the strategy.

What about cards against humanity? Exploding kittens? hell at this point I'd settle for rock paper scissors.

Play another game!

[mantisgodiveblog]

Well, if siffrin is a cat, and loop is toxoplasmosis, then clearly you must be the mouse! /silly

Seriously though, that's a fascinating way to look at Loop. If anything, the mouse would be the King...?

The mouse is the king, and Siffrin is the cat, or perhaps Siffrin and the King are both mice, and through completion of this time loop we'll both be drawn into the jaws of something far greater. We have pulled away from our general dislike of Loop enough to do a bit of attempting analysis, and their particular positioning, in-universe, is... interesting. Definitely a spot that needs some further analysis, once we've gotten a better idea of where they sit.

As we are now, signs could point to a handful of places - we're starting to suspect that they may be adjacent to us, really, in the author's seat, but with how they're nudging things we suspect that they're more detached from author than we, ourself - there are a handful of narrative tools that they could fit into, but they're likely to be symbiotic to the greater narrative, whatever that means for Siffrin. Loop's place in the ecosystem is yet to be determined, as is whether their assistance will lead to helping Siffrin or merely leading them to a worse fate.

[thetimelordbatgirl]

Maybe its just me who thinks this, but if you see Diana's Death in The Crown Season 6 and your takeaway is, "William turned out well despite her death while Harry is a mess.", your fucking disgusting.