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[missbehavior0u0]

See the thing about Eridan and Feferi is they are a bit like sharks and dolphins. One of them is a lovely little smiley creature that makes chittering noises and does tricks and is overall very anthropomorphizable, and the other is a big nasty biting thing that you wouldn’t want in your entourage. Meanwhile Feferi is a nice young lady with sentiments about social justice that appeal to Homestuck’s exclusively (as far as I know) non-Alternian audience and very adorable mannerisms, and the other one is Eridan.

But then expert scientists start taking a closer look at the two species and start to spot some discrepancies with the general idea of what they should be. It turns out dolphins do all kinds of nasty things (ie: premarital sex, stockbroking, pyromania) and sharks are actually big softies who wouldn’t hurt a fly when you aren’t dressed up as a seal or making sensationalist blockbuster movies about them.

Similarly, upon closer inspection you realize that maybe Feferi isn’t really all that nice or even necessarily respectful towards lowbloods (re: conversations with sollux, VrIska, Jade) and that Eridan, despite having adopted his worldview because it puts him in a socially acceptable position of power, might not buy into those ideas and isn’t quite so awful or as much of a lost cause as first impressions might have him seem (re: conversations with Karkat, Gamzee regarding Sollux, requests for faulty doomsday devices, etc).

So naturally you as the reader get very excited about all these developments and start wondering oh boy oh boy, where will the story push these characterizations next, given that it’s already managed to tell us so much with so little? Who will remain true to their ideology, and whose will crumble? And then Eridan goes and does that. Sad! Oh well, there’s other tools of a genocidal regime to unpack. Sometimes the shark really is just a big nasty biting thing, and there’s nothing sinister lurking beneath the dolphin’s adorable trick.

But you, understandably, are a little pissed off by all this. You were eager to see all the secret nice and nasty bits of these characters come to fruition, and as the reader you’ve been denied your delectable prize. Plus, it seems not everyone has caught on to how things could have gone. So in your analysis you push things a bit, maybe to bring them justice or to make things clearer. Dolphins are actually murderous rapists who delight in stealing candy from small children, while your average shark is on par with Mother Teresa. Feferi’s plans for societal rehabilitation were tantamount to genocide. Eridan Did Nothing Wrong. And so on.

However, it’s important to settle on a few things at the end of the day. Bits of nuance are usually intended to make characters more similar rather than push them further apart. It might be more helpful to see what those similarities are pointing to and analyze them on that basis. Eridan and Feferi are both troubled little soldiers of a fascist state positioned very close to its head. Similarly, when all’s said and done, sharks and dolphins are both large marine predators with very sharp teeth who humans would benefit from not getting close to.

[metsantytar]

An AU no one knew they needed!

Also as a sad bojere bitch: RING you say, huh?

[orviposition]

wait, so is the theory that the closer people are to kdj the more they can actually see his face real??? and that yjh could see kdj's face from the very beginning itself real??? because yk *waves hands at the whole joongdok lore*

Not really. That's mainly a fan theory that kinda took off.

Shin Yoosung does mention that she doesn't understand why people consider Kim Dokja ugly. And Kim Dokja himself wonders why he started being called such only after the apocalypse began. That was due to fourth wall blurring his face.

In case of Lee Jihye, she made the wish "I really want to hear him. I really want to see his face" and so the blur disappeared so I think it's more accurate to say that if people truly want to see Kim Dokja's face than they'll be able to.

Yoo Joonghyuk for instance *literally* tried to break the fourth wall by slamming his sword onto it. That was because he wanted to get rid of the "source of all alienation he's ever felt from Kim Dokja" and so after that he did start to see him more clearly. Clear enough to notice his eyes sparkle like stars at least.

But Kim Dokja didn't exactly need the fourth wall/scenarios to have his face feel blurry because in the side story, Ji Eunyoo (Lee Hakhyun / mc's editor) says that Lee Hakhyun's real face has always looked blurry. Also Han Sooyoung plants memories of Kim Dokja in 41st Yoo Joonghyuk's head, but he mentions that he cannot make out Kim Dokja's true face in those memories, indicating that neither could Han Sooyoung.

Speaking of the side story, Yoo Joonghyuk has a small section where he goes on a tangent about how he's 'lowkey jealous' of Secretive Plotter for finally reaching his ◻️◻️ because his own ◻️◻️ feels as far away as Kim Dokja's now blurry face. Whether he no longer remembers what his face used to look like or theyre distant now that his face has gotten the blur again it's unknown.

[cyberrcyanide]

random confession but back in late 2022-early 2023 i used to be heavily hyperfixated on pvs staff to the point all my online friends knew me as the weird one whos obsessed with an eyeball flower

[sableeira]

2025 sounds like the perfect year for the release of a fourth and final book in a sci-fi fantasy tetralogy with lesbian necromancers in space and a beautiful, strong, and angry barbie titular character

[solfinite]

lazy edits of the official images to match my own designs

[ditadoyb-but-t4t]

i just want to snuggle up with a tgirl and hold her tight and dry her tears and tell her that I love her and her body and that i wont hurt her. i wish i could've done that for myself 6 years ago. i hope i can be that for someone else.

[90108s]

some lu guangs from today’s ep 🐈

[ID: A set of drawings of Lu Guang based on the fourth episode of the Yingdu Chapter. The first is of him in the scene where he’s undressing, exposing his back. The second is him being surrounded by stray cats (one on each shoulder and one on his head), looking tired. The last is him sick, wearing his white cat pajamas while tucked under the covers.]

[ominouspuff]

212th mood board

Corrie board here

[max--phillips]

In no particular order, a collection of some of my favorite lines of dialogue I’ve gotten screenshots of.

(Edit: part 2 here)

[counting-stars-gayly]

There’s something about Percy spending the whole episode remembering how upset he was with his mother for separating them, but with this newfound understanding of why she did it, and then deciding to leave her (temporarily) at Hades’ palace because it’s the right thing to do, regardless of how much it hurts.

“Hold fast, Mom,” because they’re braving the storm that was made to break them.

[lurkinginnernarrator]

Cang Qiong's rumor mill has a new topic.

Peak Lord Shen hasn't been seen in two weeks. The last time he was seen was flying back from An Ding, where he purportedly commandeered some unknown objects from An Ding's storerooms after a hasty discussion with Peak Lord Shang. He entered the Bamboo house and hasn't emerged since.

The most popular theory is Peak Lord Shen is conducting some sort of toeing-the-line-of-taboo ritual.

Eventually, someone convinces Mu Qingfang to do a wellness check.

The Qing Jing disciples greet their Mu-shishu respectfully, the disciple escorting him to the Bamboo House inquiring as to the nature of his visit, seeing as 'Shizun wasn't expecting shishu today.'

"This master is merely here to visit your Shizun."

The disciple bows after announcing Mu Qingfang's arrival.

Mu Qingfang opens the door.

"Shen-shixiong?"

"Mu-shidi? To what do I owe the pleA—FUCK get BACK HERE YOU ARE NOT"—the sounds of struggle reach Mu Qingfang's ears and he leaps to action, striding in to take stock of the situatio...n.

Shen-shixiong is flat on his stomach; outstretched hands tightly grasping a precocious ball of fluff. His eyes gleam in victory, the scene casting it in a more crazed light. There is a heaviness to Shen Qingqiu's eyes that cultivation cannot banish and miscellaneous stains on his person. And, looking around, the Bamboo House is a disaster. Books, brushes, scrolls, inkwells and fans are scattered around, many haphazardly dropped on the floor. There is. Also. Hay?

Mu Qingfang freezes in the doorway. Ball of fluff and Shen Qingqiu also freeze.

"Is... Shixiong alright?"

This seems to snap Shen Qingqiu into action. He scrambles up firmly but with care, cradling the fluffball. Shen Qingqiu gets himself in order as best he can with both his hands occupied and clears his throat.

"Ah...Yes. this master is fine. To what do I owe the pleasure?..."

The fluffball twitches, wriggling until Shen Qingqiu loses his grip on it. It hops to the floor. A juvenile Whitecrested Snowrabbit of Agility stares up at Mu Qingfang.

"This. Shidi could come back at a more opportune time?"

The bunny starts chewing on a scroll.

"I believe that would be best."

Mu Qingfang backs out of the doorway.

He does send tea to help with Shen-Shixiong's fatigue and a subspecies of carrot that Whitecrested Snowrabbits are supposed to favour though.

I wonder what the next topic of Cang Qiong's rumor mill will be?

[slowestlap]

Off the Beaten Track - Viaplay documentary | Ep. 3/3

[inkyami]

Kaeru nyōbō (蛙女房) — "frog wive", a shapeshifting character in Japanese folklore. The frog turns into a woman in order to marry a human man, but retains some of her froggy qualities — Kaeru nyōbō is very fragile, small, and is unable to do heavy work due to her little strength. The life with her can be perfectly ordinary and peaceful, unless the curiosity of a husband & family discovers her true nature, and she hops away.

The stories about frog wives exist all over Japan with some variations of the plot. The motive itself — of a girl "with a secret" and a family ruined by prying into it — seems to be extremely popular in Japanese folklore in general.

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[godsholyhat]

And that is what we call foreshadowing, kids.