#(ooc) behind the curtain

[gunstellations]

cuddle ball

[riotcat103]

idk what headcannon I like more Muscular lawrence or stubby Lawrence

[question-marked]

I think one of the reasons why I'm very focused on the detective verse I created for Eddie is because I can relate to it somewhat. I have said this before but I was diagnosed with OCD (along with generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder) earlier this year, and Eddie has the same mental disorder as me.

With therapy I am also currently going to life skills classes at a mental health program to learn coping skills and other things to help me, because this has been something that's been with me all my life but I didn't know it was OCD.

So for a long time I was thinking "am I the only one that was going through this?" and "is what I'm thinking normal for anyone else or am I a terrible person", stuff like that. It's good to be around others who go through the same thing.

So because of all of this, seeing my version of Eddie go through the exact same things that I am doing and trying to improve himself is very cathartic for me.

[numiolaes]

also pulling this from my targaryen ocs lore but i firmly believe there are more targaryens than just the royal line. when they flee valyria it's said that aenar took his "wives, siblings, children and kin". kin when you're talking about what are effectively clans can cover a LOT of people since it includes cousins and then you add in the polygamy thing Welp. Literally look at the freys to see how big ONE house can be.

I firmly believe when the doom happened there were a couple hundred targaryens in westeros. which would have expanded in the 100 years between then and aegon and again between aegon and the dance. it's just likely that especially around the dance a LOT of the cadet branches take loses, then later you get the rebellions, add in how that targs are Kinda Fucking Cursed and boom, you're down to the smattering we see in the 5 kings era.

like, that's realistically how things like houses work. i get why grrm doesn't write about all that because that's a lot of fucking people to work into the fucking timeline but then you shouldn't have made the valyrians polygamous and imply that aenar took basically his whole house over to dragonstone.

[richardxoliverxmayhew]

//I did it... I did it everybody.... Sleepless nights and exhausting days of churning out data collection and codes from my thesis interview and research docs and I'm done (at least with the data collection, until after winter break) 🥹 everybody say 'good job little gremlin' in unison now 😩//

[updates-from-po-town]

OOC POST:

Just wanted to design some warmer outfits for their Unova trip!

[your-local-grinning-cat]

Can you also see the future?

-@official-nrc-prophet

*blinks*

Hmm… depends on your definition, pretty eyes!

And the definition from your “man behind the curtain!”

*waves at the mod, giggling and grinning*

[anestofocs]

I didn't think this needed to be said but APPARENTLY NOT.

You are free to dislike a fictional character's actions in canon, especially when they are doing war crimes. But can we please not compare the fictional character to fucking Hitler, a real person who did untold damage and killed millons of Jewish, Romani, queer and disabled people?!

[gedwimora]

psa: im finishing up my masters and starting down the barrel of applying to about 8 phd programs so my activity both ic and ooc is gonna be INTERESTING for a while. Like i have about 3 schools atm that all have dec 1 deadlines so uuuhhhh. Yeah. The best way to communicate with me is probably gonna be discord for the forseeable future.

[coldbloodeddevil]

I always still find it weird that Tek has never properly shown Kazuya caring about Jin, even just slightly. Like it's so weird because they have him genuinely love Jun, but like... not her son? That's also his son? Like for the longest time, he assumed Jun was dead - Jin is literally all that's left of the first woman he's ever loved, yet he feels nothing about it? Like I'm not even saying for the series to depict him as a loving father - it's just weird that the series never shows him experiencing conflict, or hinting that he may care. Or hell, even show us Kazuya's THOUGHTS regarding Jun and how she had THEIR KID. Fuck, they could've delved into Kazuya maybe even feeling guilty that he left Jun alone with a child (albeit not REALLY his fault bc he was Le Killed, but still)

It's just so bizarre to me that TK8 is pushing the "Kazuya DOES genuinely love Jun!" (a good thing) yet still writing him as Evil Ruthless Villain toward their shared son.

Some people try to say "oh but he HESITATED killing Jin in the last fight!" But honestly... I think that's just people trying to see something that wasn't really there. Especially considering he tried to kill Jin already in the start of the game yet never hesitated - not to mention the other times in the series, or in the alternate "bad ending" lmao. I think what people thought was "hesitation" was Kazuya just being exhausted from fighting for probs like an hour lmao

Anyway, this is something that both annoys me and perplexes me.

Right? It's so weird. They say Kazuya is this complex, almost tragic individual. In 2 they nailed it, well as much as they could through the minimal story. Through him still treasuring Jun, Jinpachi and Kazumi. Then turn around and make him a saturday morning cartoon villan. The annoying thing is, during four, seven and five they tease this multi layer to him.

In his midsection of four, he asks what Heihachi did with Jin, even going with him into the most obvious trap ever. In the start of Heiachi and his own ending, He almost looks concerned for Jin before Devil takes over. Little baby Birds back then even thought he merged with Devil to save Jin. Then nooope, he cackles and kills everyone in his ending and that's it.

In five, He's seen genuinely respecting and caring for Jinpachi. We even see babbu Kaz and him training. He calls Jinpachi JiJi and it's so cute...aaand then he kills him and cackles.

In Seven, we finally get to see that tragic cliff scene in full and finally learn Kazuya's true motivation. The reason he has fallen so far. At just five years old. Heihachi killed Kazumi, Kazuya's mother. Nearly everything he's done. He's done to avenge her. Mirroring Jin's own past and motivations. Could this finally be the end of the cycle? Nah, Jin spends the entire game comatose. We find out Kazumi sent Akuma from the streets to kill Heihachi and Kazuya. (With a heartbroken moment of Kazuya reeling from the reveal.)

A show of his good side in how he tells his empolyees to flee instead of stupidly risking their lives ina fight they'd never win. Then the climatic, emotional final showdown between father and son. A tragedy born of greif and hatred coming to an end. Were Kazuya finally wins.. But is just so tired (and sad) to feel any kind of closure before Akuma strikes again.

.....aaaand then he goes on to take over the world again and Jin finally wakes up. He becomes even worse, indiscriminately killng his empolyeed and enemy combatants alike, tries to kill his own son with. As you said, no hesitation. While randomly empolying the woman that killed his old empolyee. While also somehow still loving Jun.

Oh and Heihacji isn't dead after all. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

So yeah, Tekken is very confusing and werid.

[phantomcurtaincall]

Julian is the definition of “he wants him so bad it makes him look stupid”

[mosiaks]

WHERE HAVE I BEEN????

literally having the worst quarter of my life, like seriously this quarter has been sooooo bad. i have one class with a professor so bad i seriously considered just withdrawing from the class. this singular class has taken over my entire life it's even edging out me doing my hw for one of my other classes. i'm into week 8 tho so we're almost out of hell. i might actually be able to exist again soon but idk when the 'i lived bitch' lap will be just bc i might take a minute to just stare at a wall once the quarter is over. like i'm literally having war flashbacks to high school (it's been a DECADE) it's THAT bad.

[frightmeister]

me in 2015: started on making a washington sibs multi i never actually launched me in 2024: [sitting in my ramshackle josh blog rocking back and forth, muttering] i'm not writing beth and hannah and i'm not writing beth and hannah i'm not writing beth and hannah and i'm not writing beth and hannah --

[question-marked]

My birthday is next Tuesday (9/3), and my blog's year anniversary is on the 5th (or maybe it's the 6th because I made the promo on that day).

But yeah it's cool that I've been RPing on this blog for a year, and I feel that my confidence has improved over the months I've been RPing on this blog

[dreadgloom]

Just a quick update! This blog is not abandoned! I say this because I've gotten two asks now wondering if I'm still active. I'm just splitting my free time between @cinderschild, remaking Dio's carrd, deep cleaning my house, and spending time with my hubby. My goal is to have Dio all fixed up before Halloween. I wish I was faster but I only have so much energy and free time because busy season at work has started again. Thank you all for your patience!

[richardxoliverxmayhew]

//until further notice my icon for Richard is going to reflect mun's current state-- a tired, dark-circled, disheveled thesis gremlin buried under a mountain of research, downing my 100th cup of coffee thank you 🙂‍↕️//