#13 reasons why incorrect

[team-iceflower]

Weiss: I cost Ruby ger life because... I... I was afraid to love her.

Blake: Weiss, you can't love her back to life...

Weiss: *tears in her eyes, with her hand on Ruby's casket* I can try.

[behindthesefangirleyes]

Justin: We’ll lose them

Clay: Dude, it’s a Prius

Justin: And I’m a fucking awesome driver

[yuikomorii]

// I’m making this post, as a result of seeing way too much hate and misinfo regarding every character. Nobody stops anyone from voicing their opinion but the need to degrade a character, while providing BAD reasons or stating incorrect/out-of-context facts about them only for the sake of internet validation, is such a loser move.

We’re all in this fandom to have fun and even if you have something negative to say about a character you don’t like, keep it to yourself or in private with your friends.

Ayato:

“I don’t like Ayato, he’s overrated”, omg you’re just sooo different! Definitely not like other girls/guys!

Everyone is allowed to dislike whatever they want but if Ayato is your least/one of your least favorite DL characters, then your opinion ISN’T valid. This is a franchise full of abusive characters and he’s literally the most heroic love interest. Why would you hate the hero…?

“He’s dumb and annoying”, says the person who spends their time insulting FICTIONAL characters. 1) Japanese fans like dumb characters, since they come off as endearing; 2) Ayato outdid everyone throughout the routes.

He did more good than all of his brothers and saying that X, Y or Z deserves the main role more, is fake fan behavior because at this point you’re just setting up your favs.

Kanato:

No, you’re not cool for calling him ugly. It’s okay if you’re not into that type of characters but his design is not bad at all.

“He had no development”, he does in CL. It’s not major but it can still be visible.

The whole Teddy thing might be annoying to some of you, but his fans get why he acts that way. Let’s not forget that he is a victim of neglect.

Yes, he was sexually exploited too. Don’t forget this x2.

Laito:

“I hate Laito so much, he was so cruel in HDB 😢”; stop living in the past and move on already.

His development shouldn’t be overlooked only because your opinion about him was formed on something that came out more than 10 years ago.

He’s still the most fascinating DL character and I get that he might make some of you feel uncomfortable but don’t project your triggers on a character that’s merely made after a trope.

Shu:

No, it’s not Shu’s fault for the way Reiji acted. Envy is never a good reason to hurt someone.

“Shu roasts the heroine the most!”, I get that it’s rude but his insults are actually funny?? A bunch of people will like him for being brutally honest or a jerk because it’s literally a game for players with masochistic fantasies. They WANT to be roasted by good-looking men. That’s the point.

“Shu is lazy and stupid, he’s the only one who failed his school year”, genuine question: If you were an immortal creature that doesn’t need food or sleep to survive, would you still care about grades? Besides, he’s really smart.

“Shu doesn’t care about Yuma, he just feels guilty”, in LE he sacrificed himself for him and reincarnated merely because he wished to meet Yuma again and get on well with him in another life—

Reiji:

“He hurt Shu and Yuma”, well yeah but he was shown plenty of times regretting it and trying to fix things. Stop reminding this to Reiji stans because that conflict is already closed.

“He is so mean in other routes”, obviously?? If you don’t teach him how to love, he won’t suddenly act nice towards anyone.

Without him Yui would fail her tests and the Sakamaki household would be in chaos.

Subaru:

“W-What do you mean baby Tsundere is not soft innocent virgin boy? 🥺”; he has never been like that, that’s how YOU perceived him. Stop acting so shocked every time Subaru does something bad because he’s still a vampire after all??

Also, why are so many people reducing his character to Kou and/or Yui—? He’s much more than that and has his own interests, struggles, likes, dislikes, and so on.

“He’s irrelevant”; Diabolik Lovers has 13 love interests, they can’t make everyone extremely important to the general plot. Just enjoy a character as it is, it’s not that hard.

Ruki:

The cat jokes were funny when the Meow Meow Vampire art came out but MOVE ON. I hate that scene and Ruki was in the wrong but come on now, that’s not even the worst thing he has done and MB happened in 2013.

I understand not liking Ruki as a person, because he’s mostly not a good one, but this doesn’t mean he’s not a good character.

“Ruki deserved what happened to him in the past because he was cruel towards everyone”; while I agree that Karma hit him, I wouldn’t say any child really deserves to go through that. He was just a spoiled brat, who most likely wasn’t taught by his parents about modesty or kindness.

Kou:

“He was so cruel in MB 😣”, and HE HAD DEVELOPMENT! He’s not the same anymore, nobody is.

“He overreacts”, sometimes he’s not in the wrong and has all rights to be angry.

Kou isn’t afraid of going against Ruki, even if he’s the brother he admires the most, as long as he knows that what Ruki is doing isn’t good.

Yuma:

“He beat Yui up in the MB bad ending!😡😡”, it’s a bad ending for a reason, lol.

Pretty reminder that Yuma always tries to help others with Kou and Azusa, and was even willing to save the ghouls in LE.

“Yuma doesn’t care about Shu”, did we play the same game or…?

Azusa:

“Azusa is so horrible, he threw Teddy in the fire!”; and he only did it to save Yui, it was not intentional.

While not all his actions are good, keep in mind that he never means any harm and is overall such a sweet guy.

“He is too clingy”; I know that might not be everyone’s cup of tea but is it really worth hating a character just for wanting affection?

The Tsukinamis and Kino:

“They were too easy to defeat in DF!”; Dark Fate wasn’t entirely about them to begin with. Most routes focused on the boys’ internal struggles with their trauma and how to move past it.

“Kino is sometimes mean for the sake of being mean”; it’s almost as if he’s the ✨villain✨

It’s dumb questioning the morals of characters supposed to have an antagonistic role.

“Kino hurt Ayato in LE”; out of all characters who have wronged Ayato, at least Kino felt bad and wanted to apologize.

Yui:

“She’s dumb and ugly”; Japanese fans literally love her for being an idiot because it wouldn’t be fun to see the heroine being the best at everything or not making mistakes at all. Plus, her design is definitely not ugly.

Stop creating your own version of Yui in your head and ending up disappointed when she doesn’t act the way you expect her to. No, Yui is not OOC for liking being bitten, having a low learning ability or saying things she shouldn’t in the wrong moments. Nobody is perfect and everyone has their own kinks and flaws.

“She’s too innocent”; she’s not?? If you really want to see her thirsty, go play Ayato’s routes, especially the heaven scenarios.

“She’s weak”, she’s the opposite. Yui is one of the most mentally strong DL characters.

I can’t understand people who hate on heroines when they’re present in all routes and are the most positive characters.

[wingsoverlagos]

Today, I’d like to share one of Mark Lewisohn’s most entertaining fucked-up citations. This citation, Tune In 13-23, contains a rare example of Lewisohn almost saying something correct/insightful about Paul McCartney before hopelessly fumbling, as well as a far-less-rare example of Lewisohn correcting Paul on a bit of trivia while simultaneously mangling the source material. Here’s the text of the endnote itself:

In pink, Lewisohn lets us know that Paul, reflecting in the ‘90s on the events of 1960, did not correctly remember the name of the host. This is fine—I don’t take issue with Lewisohn correcting things the Beatles misremembered—but it’s very funny to see him correcting a bit of minutiae in the citation for two quotes he altered or misrepresented.

In yellow, we have what seems, on the surface, to be an actual insight about Paul: “Paul sometimes says ‘we’ in interviews when he means ‘I.’” This isn’t a paradigm-bending revelation—I’m sure my mutuals are all very aware of this habit of Paul’s—but it’s an insight nonetheless.

Or it would be, if this wasn’t said in relation to a quote where Paul clearly means himself and another person. So close, Mark! From Tune In:

Teenage Paul, out of his depth at a college party, pretends to be a singing Frenchman, creating ‘Michelle’ in the process. The first quote, the one where Lewisohn asserts Paul is using “we” in the singular sense, is from the Anthology (2000, p.198):

Do y’all see the problem here? ��It was very sophisticated for me and George, so we were trying to hang in there and pretend we knew what was going on.” Emphasis added by me, just in case Mr. Lewisohn is reading and needs a little help.

This is not Paul saying “we” but meaning “I.” This is Paul explicitly stating how he and George felt. And like?????? The “clarification” Lewisohn provides in the endnote is completely unnecessary to begin with. There’s no reason to say Paul means just-him in this quote, unless Lewisohn is worried John will get lumped in with Paul’s loser teenager behavior. In that case, instead of lying and saying Paul actually meant just-Paul here, why not mention that George was at the party and out of his depth as well? Why do this??????

Onto Many Years From Now (1997):

The quote itself isn’t too altered. Lewisohn fails to mark the omission after “It was” with an ellipsis, but that’s small potatoes for him. The Irritating thing here was brought to my attention be @mythserene: even though Paul mentions three specific influences on his wannabe French style (Sacha Distel, Juliette Greco, and Maurice Chevalier), Lewisohn invokes an entirely different Frenchman, Jacques Brel.

With Lewisohn’s phrasing, he’s not incorrect. If Paul said “Joey Fatone and Justin Timberlake were huge influences on my choice to get frosted tips in 2001,” it wouldn’t be wrong to describe his appearance as “Lance Bass-esque.” But if you’re writing a musician’s biography, and that musician has named specific influences on their music or presentation, why would you not invoke those influences when the opportunity arises? Isn’t it more work—and less informative—to dig up some fourth French guy to slot in here instead?

Lewisohn thinks it’s worth the readers time to know that Paul forgot who hosted a party he attended as a teenager, at the same time putting in effort to avoid mentioning Paul’s stated influences.

[azumetapraline]

Something about Kiibo that has always bothered me is how in two instances, he contradicts himself on a physical characteristic he has.

To be more precise, I’m talking about his vision. In his first free time event with Shuichi, he explains that he has 20/13 vision.

For starters, that means he can see something 20 feet away as clearly as most people seeing it 13 feet away. Therefore his vision is slightly above average. (People also make that mistake when they hear Gonta say he has 20/6.25 vision, thinking it’s bad. It’s actually extremely good.)

However, in the third trial, he says this.

Which is an extremely funny line. He’s trying to prove to Kokichi that he doesn’t have sci-fi functions, because he keeps getting teased about it. But also… doesn’t that directly contradict what he said in his FTE?

I’ve thought of some possible explanations.

One of the two statements is incorrect. I know some people have never seen the first one, so they might believe he just has poor vision just from reading the second one. Therefore, it makes sense the statement that was said in canon be prioritized over the FTE one. However, I strongly believe that all the info the characters tell you in the FTE’s, dating events and Love Hotels are canon, although the events in question may or may not have happened in canon.

Alternatively, “my vision is somewhat poor” could mean something different than acuity. I’m not an optometrist, but I believe vision acuity is to measure how near/far-sighted someone is. So perhaps his far vision is good, but his near vision is bad (that could explain why he improved his eyes later on to have a zooming function). He could also have trouble differentiating colors, although this is only a theory and has no evidence whatsoever.

Perhaps he was exaggerating his statement during the trial. Of course that sort of goes against his character, who almost never truly lies, but maybe that’s why he said “somewhat poor”. It’s not actually bad, but not extraordinarily good. Perhaps for a human, his vision is good but, for a robot, a “camera”, his vision isn’t very good. That would mean he used robot standards to quality his vision. After all, with Shuichi, he had no reason to lie; even while bragging, he never outright says something false, he’s proud of the things he truly is. With Kokichi, he was on defensive mode, so it makes sense he might have framed his words so he seems less impressive than he actually is.

After laying down these theories, I’m starting to think the third option makes the most sense. He’s not a liar, and him saying his vision was poor relatively to robots and not humans is still technically true; he just wanted to make the point that he isn’t an all-powerful killer robot like Kokichi teases him about so much. Whereas with Shuichi, he was naming all his functions and had no reason to tell him a false vision acuity coefficient.

I hope you liked this mini-analysis that is probably meaningless to most people, but mattered a lot to me! Feel free to share your opinion in the comments or reblogs, I’d love to hear what you think of this “incongruence”! How do you… see all this? 🤪

[zot3-flopped]

Here you have the whole Daily Mail article (read mode often gets you through…):

It is a picture that will shock music fans around the world: the late British pop star Liam Payne being manhandled through a hotel lobby by three men, just minutes before his fatal fall from a third-floor balcony.

The tragic image, which has been given to the Daily Mail, was taken from CCTV footage recorded inside the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires where Payne was staying at the time of his death on October 16.

High on drugs, Payne, whose face we have chosen to obscure, appears to have been picked up by the trio of hotel employees – he had, according to one witness, been ‘convulsing’ on the lobby floor. He was taken, via the elevator, back to his third-floor suite. 

The question is, why did they move him at all, if he was so ill? Why did the hotel not call an ambulance straight away?

The timestamp on the still image shows 16:54:48. Bizarrely, however, a second picture taken from CCTV outside Liam's room shows the three employees and Payne at 16:54:37. In other words, apparently eleven seconds before they were in the lobby.

The journey from the lobby to the third floor takes at least 90 seconds, according to one guest. Clearly at least one of the timestamps is incorrect.

What we know for certain is that shortly after 17:00, Payne fell 13 metres from the balcony of his room into the hotel's inner courtyard. He died instantaneously.

At 17:11, an ambulance arrived and certified the singer's death. A subsequent autopsy found Payne had suffered 'multiple traumas' causing 'internal and external bleeding.' The toxicology report found traces of 'alcohol, cocaine and prescription antidepressant.'

Just days after Payne's funeral, which took place on Wednesday at St Mary's Church in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, the images perhaps offer a somewhat clearer picture of what happened leading up to the tragic accident. They also raise two serious questions.

To repeat, the first is why would hotel staff – who expressed concern in their call to the emergency services that Payne could come to serious harm on his suite's balcony – take the intoxicated singer up to his room and leave him there alone?

And second, for reasons I will explain, did Liam fall from the balcony while attempting to leave the hotel undetected - a trick he had been pulling since his days in One Direction and which he had repeated just a month previously to evade a concerned bodyguard in Florida?

If the CCTV timestamp is accurate, the sequence of events begins at 15:53 on October 16 when Liam enters the hotel with his friend, the Argentine-American businessman Roger Nores.

Liam is at this point wearing a black cap – which he donned to avoid being recognised by his legions of Latin American fans – and carrying a small bag containing his personal belongings.

A few minutes later, at 16:05 if the timestamp is right, the pair return to the lobby. Liam has brought his laptop down with him and – crucially, where this timeline is concerned – left his cap and bag up in his third-floor suite.

He continues to chat with a small group of American fans, discussing his life in Florida, where the singer was renting a $12,000 a month house with his girlfriend, the American influencer Kate Cassidy.

At 16:06, Nores says goodbye to Liam and leaves the hotel. At this time, Liam remains in good spirits and continues to interact with hotel guests. At 16:26, Liam is pictured lounging in the lobby, scrolling on his laptop.

Two minutes later at 16:28, Liam is photographed making one of what witnesses later described as three or four trips up to his room in a roughly 30-minute period. Each time he returns to the lobby, his behaviour appears increasingly erratic.

At one point, a witness recalled Payne receiving an email to which he exclaims: 'F*** this s*** mate,' before striking his computer on the floor.

In a separate outburst, he tells another hotel guest: 'I used to be in a boyband – that's why I'm so f***** up.'

It now appears that on the occasions Payne is said to have gone up to his room, he is likely to have been ingesting narcotics. The next known picture of him is this desperately sad one of him being hauled away by the hotel staff at 16:54:48.

Two of the men pictured carrying Payne away are dressed in the uniform of CasaSur reception staff. The Mail understands that one of the two is chief receptionist Esteban Grassi. The third man – wearing trainers, shorts and a T-shirt – works as a masseur in the hotel spa.

A few minutes after taking the singer back to his room, the hotel put in a call to the emergency services.

'I'm calling you from the hotel CasaSur Palermo,' says chief receptionist Esteban Grassi. 'So, we have a guest who is high on drugs and who is trashing the room. Erm, so we need someone to come.'

The line then cuts out, but Grassi calls 911 again and continues: 'We need you to send someone urgently because, well, I don't know whether his life may be in danger, the guest's life. He is in a room with a balcony and well, we're afraid he might do something.'

The transcript from the 911 call shows that the operator asked reception staff whether they could gain access to Payne's room. The staff replied that they could not.

But why on earth, if Esteban Grassi was indeed concerned that Payne's life was in danger because his room had a balcony, did the hotel allow the singer to be taken up to that room and seemingly left there? And why would they call 911 just a couple of minutes after doing so? At the time of writing, the hotel has not responded to a request for comment.

It would surely have been more appropriate to hold the 'convulsing' Payne in the lobby and call an ambulance immediately. Did hotel staff prioritise keeping the lobby clear for other guests over Payne's safety and well-being?

The Mail understands that no members of the CasaSur hotel staff – including the three men who carried Payne away – are being investigated by Argentine authorities.

Three individuals have been labelled as 'people of interest' in Payne's death. They include 24-year-old Brian Nahuel Paiz and 21-year-old Ezequiel David Pereyra, both on suspicion of dealing Payne drugs.

The third man is Roger Nores, who – despite having left the hotel long before Payne's erratic behaviour began – has been accused of 'abandonment of a person before death'.

Nores strongly denies the allegation and told the Mail two weeks ago: 'I never abandoned Liam, I went to his hotel three times that day and left 40 minutes before this happened. There were over 15 people at the hotel lobby chatting and joking with him when I left.'

The prolific entrepreneur – who in 2017 featured in the Forbes '30 under 30' list of influential young people for his role in the energy industry – continued: 'I could have never imagined something like this would happen. I'm really heart-broken with this tragedy, and I've been missing my friend every day.'

But while the behaviour of hotel staff leaves more questions than answers, this new picture published by the Mail today leads back to that second question – and a new possibility as to what actually happened when the singer died.

Quite clearly, the picture shows that as the pop-star is taken back to his room, he is neither wearing his black cap or clutching his bag.

And yet, when Payne's body was recovered by the emergency services at 17:11, he was found to be wearing the black cap and to have on his person the small bag he used when out and about.

In other words, it appears that between being returned to his hotel room and being found dead, Liam Payne got dressed to go out.

Could it be that Liam Payne slipped while attempting to leave the CasaSur hotel via his balcony, in a bid to avoid detection by hotel staff?

The Mail understands that hotel staff remained outside his room – according to a statement in the prosecutor's file – seemingly to ensure he did not return to the lobby and disturb other guests.

Police found a host of drug paraphernalia in Payne's room, including burnt pieces of tin foil and traces of white powder. It is certainly plausible Payne may have panicked in his paranoid state and made an ill-fated attempt to purposefully climb out of his room from his balcony.

In a further revelation, a source close to Payne has confirmed to the Mail that the pop star frequently climbed out of hotel balconies in order to avoid detection. In fact, it was a trick he and his bandmates learnt in the early days of their fame to evade their management team while on tour with One Direction. And, shockingly, the Mail can reveal it is also a trick Payne used just one month prior to his death in Florida.

My source revealed that on September 15, while staying at his rental property in Palm Beach, Payne wanted to go out and purchase drugs. His bodyguard, aware of the singer's problem with narcotics and attempts to stay clean, had closed the door to his room and urged the singer not to go out looking for a 'hit'.

Undeterred, my source says the singer escaped via his balcony, stringing a set of sheets together to act as a rope.

Further proof of Liam's high-risk stunts emerged shortly after his death when a picture resurfaced from 2014 showing the then 20-year-old singer standing on a narrow exterior ledge of the 34th floor of his London apartment building – some 350 ft in the air.

The photograph was taken following a night of raucous celebrations marking One Direction bandmate Zayn Malik's 21st birthday.

Later that day, the singer issued an apology to his impressionable young fans, saying: 'You may have seen a photo of me today, taken on top of a building. I regret being there and having a photo taken of me.'

'I do not endorse any fans trying to repeat this as it is extremely dangerous,' Payne's apology continued. 'It was a stupid and irresponsible thing to do. I am sorry.'

Fans have since taken to social media to point out the tragic foreshadowing between the 2014 picture and Liam's death five weeks ago.

The truth is that no one will ever know for sure what Liam Payne's intentions were on that fateful afternoon of October 16. However, the release of this latest picture from the CasaSur hotel lobby helps fill a hole in the sequence of events that led to his fatal fall.

One thing is for sure, the image of Payne as he is taken out of the lobby, at a time when he appears to have needed care and immediate medical attention, raises new and profound questions about where responsibility lies in the tragic tale of the deeply troubled star.

Thank you!

[mlissyou]

The Violet Harmon fans on here are immature. Not saying that in a bad way. Most of the girls in this fandom are 13 - 19 year old girls. When ur immature and you get hate you blow it out of proportion and get others involved for no really good reason.

These girls have the right to be upset about getting hate and negative attention. In fact I am not judging them for that because that’s exactly what I did just a couple days ago.

But the more you blow things out of proportion, the more the community with become known for being toxic and annoying. If someone says something weird or politically incorrect on here instead of making a post or targeting them GO TO DMS. Lots of us have our moments where we say something wrong on the internet. A hate campaign is not needed.

Also these teenage girls are trying to find who they are and what they wanna be. That’s why lots of them consider themselves “taissa lookalikes” or “Violet Harmon irls” if these girls attack you for looking/wanting to be like her, ignore them. They will learn one day that life doesn’t revolve around who looks more like an actress and truely no one cares.

Everyone knows the Violet fans are sometimes very petty, but like I said they don’t know what else to do and I didn’t for a while also. Especially when the hate is so intense. Lots of girls in this community need to learn how to deal with things (same with me I am not perfect.) but in the end talking it out with someone or turning off anons can be a great solution to the problem.

This is kinda a blog going over what @cxndiedvi0lets said and I completely agree with her on how this fandom has gone to shit over the last couple months.

(I am not hating on the whole of the fandom, there’s some good and some bad. I am just talking about what I have seen on here.)

[saltysatellite804]

Warning for a poorly-written and planned post, but I want to get some thoughts out of my head because of something I read.

You know when you can't tell if you're being biased toward your faves or not just because they're your fave?

I'm saying that because it really rubs me wrong when people talk about Aizen being the "biggest manipulator" in Bleach. I noticed people make this like the entire foundation of his character in discussion. I haven't been able to articulate why this particular assessment annoys me, however. First of all, I feel like a manipulator and someone who leads a double-life to fool their enemies are two different creatures, as well. Real life manipulators are usually just selfish people trying to get their way or isolate relationships to keep control... They're very fake people because they don't care about anything but themselves. To me, Aizen has a very authentic core to him. He is passionate about his beliefs and follows them whole-heartedly. I always felt like Aizen really only uses manipulation as a weapon against his enemies during battle to weaken them, but also a lot of what people label his manipulation is weirdly something that comes off as harsh honesty, so how do you label that? He knows how to press people's buttons by digging at their insecurities and weaponizing their flaws against them(ie: taunting the visored for their soul reaper views that hollows are lost souls so they are dead in their own minds). Aizen never struck me as overtly controlling of others. For example, just look at him letting his Espada gallivant about as they please. Did he micromanage them? Nah. He gave all of them the freedom to choose to follow him, as well? Did he manipulate Gin or Kaname into his service? Also no. He even clearly told his followers to not trust him blindly because he would turn on them if necessary. He earned their respect. The loyalty he inspired wasn't fake. Aizen is actually extremely honest in his actions most of the time (after betraying the Gotei 13). He is so honest that he even tells Shunsui hed never fight for the Gotei. He didn't try to manipulate Yhwach into freeing him. When he was giving Ichigo the rundown on his own backstory, he was being entirely honest there too.

To me manipulator and liar are not synonymous. To me my mental image of a real life manipulator/abuser does not match these actions. Perhaps I am incorrect, I'm not an expert on human psyche by any means.

Maybe it's just that I'm way too attached to the character and I feel it waters him down or something. I see so very few people act like there is any substance to his character, like he is just a shallow two dimensional villain. Just think about the fact that barely any fan works exist for him that have any depth despite him being such a complex character. In most say, fanfics, he is treated as a simple villain who does horrid things for fun, or not really having any emotions or complexity. I was in a discord where I complained about something I read where Kubo apparently stated Aizen doesn't like tea, and someone basically mocked me for being annoyed "the lying character lied" because I didn't like this vision of Aizen's attitude toward tea.

These same people will give a lot of attention to other characters who are no morally better, as well. Maybe I'm just being salty for no good reason? Reading into things I shouldn't about his character?

I would not say Aizen is a good person, but I do not think he is completely evil.

I don't really even know what my point is. I don't want to "excuse" the actions when analyzing the narrative on it's own, the point when I'm analyzing other characters, too, and that's not what I'm trying to do. I think my biggest issue is I'm undecided if I'm caught between wondering if majority of fans are right and I'm fooled into thinking the character is more complex than I assumed, or does my subconscious reaction to these takes have a good cause.

[punderdome]

Writer interview game

I got tagged by @reallyhatethiswebsite, and thank you! It made me feel so loved

I think most people I follow are tagged already, but I'm tagging @gravecleric0900, @adinfernumadinfinitum, and @savriea

When did you start writing?

I wrote some bizarre fantasy stories when I was 12-13 that included really, really weird smut, which makes sense when I think back, because I had really no idea how sex worked

Are there different themes or genres you enjoy reading than what you write?

We all have our own experiences and trauma, and honestly, I struggle being able to write characters with traumas that I have not experienced. I love it when characters are complicated, and that's probably why my favorite BG3 characters are Raphael and the Emperor.

Is there a writer you want to emulate or get compared to often?

I had no idea how to answer this, so I put Chapter 2 of Fine Print into a site that tells you how similar your writing style is to other authors, and I got fucking Charles Dickens. I hated every story of his that I was forced to read in school. Fuck Charles Dickens.

Can you tell me a bit about your writing space?

I write on my gaming PC! Office chair that is exceptionally old and I put a towel over the seat so that bits of foam don't stick to my butt. I should eventually get a new chair, but this one and the towel works for now, and so that's ok.

What's your most effective way to muster up a muse?

When I sit down and actually think what reading I wished was in existence. Then, I have to figure out a reasonable way for that to happen in a story. I like that puzzle of trying to figure out a way for whatever idea to make sense.

Are there any recurring themes in your writing? Do they surprise you?

I have only two so far, but insecure characters and characters that need real validation. I mean, I do empathize with this.

What is your reason for writing?

So that we could marry this cambion.

Is there any specific comment or type of comment you find particularly motivating?

I love it when people just go off with theories and observations, correct or incorrect.

How do you want to be thought about by your readers?

I'm a goofy weirdo who likes wordplay.

What do you feel is your greatest strength as a writer?

I love to set up payouts later and give little details to delight. There is, in fact, Dwarf hidden behind the breadbasket.

How do you feel about your own writing?

I'm kind of a perfectionist in so many areas of my life, that I want people to find it enjoyable. And that's how I find out I have a praise kink.

[ohmysubs]

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PILE 1

(Cards: 19.the sun (twice) 13.death(twice) 21.the world, 7 of pentacles, aries)

omg you guys are getting lucky fs. right off that bat i mean the sun card coming up twice *woah* but y'all deserve it, this isn't a "gift" or a "blessing" but something that you worked hard for because you kept going even when it seemed hard or impossible. you gave it your everything and now its time to reap. you have been very strong *mentally* your passion is what has lead you here. for some of you, you are going to reap results for what you have been working so long for, or for someone it could be child birth or fertility, and so on. it could be anything tbh. things are progressing and now you'll finally be able to see some visual difference. and whatever it may have been, keep going because thats what you did and that is what will help you. The efforts that you take is the only thing that will help. keep going you guys. your spirit guys are VERY proud of you, YOU GOT THIS. also yes i do see new changes in your routine, perhaps? It is wise to trust your angels and their divine powers to guide you to your true purpose

key words: red feather, sun, new beginnings, ancestor, father, spirit, growth, change, horse, fire, personal changes, discovery, progress future planning, decisions, luck , crows

number 88 & 34

affirmations: I attempt all - not some - possible ways to get unstuck. I refuse to give up because I haven't tried all possible ways. I must know what awaits me at the end of this rope so I do not give up.

love<333 do lmk if it resonates!!

PILE 2

(Cards: knight of pentacles, 1.the magician, 7.chariot, 11.justice, 10 of swords, 2nd house, taurus)

Currently you could be going feeling burdened, low, perhaps a burnout. this could be due to any reason, something is stressing you out and thats why you are behaving the way you are. you might feel unprogressive in a way. nothing is wrong with you, its just a phase and only you can get yourself out of here. firstly you need to analyze and find the root cause of this issue and how you can get out of this, if you need help about it, you will receive it at the right time, in the right way. all you need to do is analyze and then ask for help if you need. its really important for you to find the underlying cause. take your time, no need to hurry, be easy on yourself, once you are done with that make a firm plan to get out of this slow, unprogressive place by a healthier routine and actions that lead you to where you want to be. youll have to be firm and strong. this pile people feel young and maybe even a little naive. if someone has been through a recent breakup you need to be more gentle to yourself, love yourself and take your time to rise. Y'all are being looked after by your guides and passed loved ones.*and its okay if you miss them sometimes, they want you to know they are there for you. always* BE STRONG. YOU WILL GET THROUGH IT. DO NOT WORRY.

key words: values, reconsideration, moving forward, armour, wounds, scars, grounded, guidance, safety, protection, underlying emotions, care, aesthetic

affirmation:This situation works out for my highest good. I press on because I believe in my path. Giving up is easy and always an option so let's delay it for another day.

love<333 do lmk if it resonates

PILE 3

(Cards:4 of cups, 14.temperance, 2.highpreistess, 4.emperor, 17.the star)

your prayers have been answered, but you aren't aware. maybe because of your ego? or maybe some part of you still believes you can't have it. which is totally incorrect because its already here, you just need to have that vision, an open mind, belief. its all here, when you pay close attention to your surrounding you will witness it all unfold. i understand that it can be hard for you to believe but it is ACTUALLY TRUE. you deserve it & it is YOURS. for some others it might not be about that big dream, that goal but about you getting confident. get into you power. c'mon. you need to see your fking worth. its you getting over your ego and being that person. some of yall are glowing up. you guys are working on your self, on building that life even if that is you taking a baby step regularly. you need to see your progress. believe in your self. the magic this universe holds.*just woww* To sum it up: believe in yourself and that you write your own destiny and keep going.

key words: magic, selfcare, hiding, joy, meditation, care, live , sleep, dehydration and hydration, diety work, fae.

affirmatons: I am happy in my own skin and in my own circumstances. i am in complete charge of planning for my future. All my problems have a solution.

love<333 do lmk if it resonates||

[5sospenguinqueen]

13 Reasons Why

Once Upon A Time

Peaky Blinders

Shadowhunters

Sons of Anarchy

Supernatural

Teen Wolf

The 100

The Witcher

The Vampire Diaries

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Malcolm in the Middle Incorrect Quotes (Coming Soon!)

Outer Banks Incorrect Quotes

Stranger Things Incorrect Quotes

True Blood Incorrect Quotes

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[fantasyismyonlyrealescape]

Title: A Discussion Turned Confession (in Love)

Characters: Sami Zayn & Jey Uso (SamiJey)

Fandom: WWE (Professional Wrestling)

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Word Count: 3043

A/N: Hello and welcome to another story of mine that was planned to be one thing and went in the complete opposite direction! I saw that in Saudi, Jey walked out to his dark match wearing a keffiyeh and that is where this idea arose. I wanted to delve into the moment where Sami gave Jey the keffiyeh, a sort of behind the scenes what-if scenario. So, that is what we have here. I will say right now that the translations are likely terribly incorrect, and I apologize in advance. I tried my best with phrases that I could find online. Nevertheless, I do hope you enjoy my take on this. I will caution you that the rating of teen and up audiences is due to some very mild SamiJey. It’s completely PG-13, but I still wanted to rate it as such. Translations into English are available in the end A/N. Enjoy!

Summary: Sami Zayn publicly turned down Jey Uso’s offer for Sami to come to Smackdown, to talk to Roman Reigns and see if they could work out their differences. Afterwards, Jey goes off to find Sami in a desperate attempt to convince him to give Roman a second chance. The discussion soon turns into a conversation of a different kind, a confession spoken in more than just words and by the time Jey leaves Sami’s locker room, he can no longer consider Sami a “friend”.

Cross posted on AO3 under user wrestlinginjeans.

AO3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/60604429

Jey Uso followed his brother as Jimmy tore his way through the curtain back into Gorilla and the hallway beyond. Sami had long disappeared up the ramp by the time the twins made their way back to Gorilla following their Monday Night Raw segment together in the ring. Tension, anger and frustration were coming off the older twin in waves causing Jey to eye his brothers back wearily.

“How couldya go out there and be talkin’ to him, Uce?” Jimmy growled, not even bothering to turn around and look at his brother as he stalked forward ahead of Jey. He knew his brother was following behind him as he continued to bombard his younger brother with his reasoning for why they can’t trust Sami. “He ain’t family, leave him out of this.”

Jey shook his head at his brother’s comments, not bothering to respond. He wasn’t going to be able to convince Jimmy anyway, he knew that. When his brother got like this, he knew that it was best to leave him alone to cool off.

“You listenin’ to me, Uce?” Jimmy asked with a note of frustration leaking into his voice, turning to glare back over his shoulder at Jey.

“Yeah, Uce. I be listening…” Jey responded in a flat tone in an effort to placate his brother, glancing to his right and left as they crossed an intersection between hallways hoping to catch a glimpse of red hair. He knew he needed an out, a way to get his brother off his back so that Jimmy could cool off and Jey could try and sort this mess out.

After a moment longer of following his brother, he slowed his pace slightly and took to rolling his right shoulder, reaching across his body with his other arm and pressing his left hand to said shoulder. Jimmy, having sensed that his brother was not following behind him as he had been, turned and started to make his way back to Jey with a look of confusion.

“What you doing?” Jimmy questioned, his eyes moving between Jey’s shoulder and his face.

“I gotta head to the trainers, tweaked my shoulder in the match last night.” Jey stated quietly, not quite looking at his brother as he rolled his shoulder again.

“You have another match tonight, Uce… Why didn’t ya get this looked at earlier?”

“It wasn’t a priority, I’m fine. I gotta go though, go back to the locker room. I’ll meet you there after my match, Uce.” Jey asserted, attempting to brush his brother’s concern off.

Jimmy took a step towards his twin, his eyes raking over his brother’s face. Jey caught a glance of his brother’s eyes as they looked him over, an unreadable expression within their depths that worried Jey that his twin would call him out, call his bluff. He narrowly avoided breathing in a sigh of relief as Jimmy shook his head and let out an audible exhale of his own.

“Yeah, okay Uce… I be seeing you later. Get fixed up…” Jimmy grumbled, scrubbing his hand across his face as he turned away from his brother and walked away.

Jey waited until his brother was out of sight before dropping his hand from his shoulder. He wasn’t being completely untruthful; his shoulder did hurt. But he had other plans for the time he had left before he had to be back at Gorilla for his dark match. Turning away from the hallway his brother was retreating down; it didn’t take him long to find his way back to the hallway that housed most of the Raw roster’s locker rooms. He wasn’t entirely sure if Sami had a room to himself or if he was in the main locker room, but his question was answered a moment later when his eyes found the name plate on the door he was walking past.

Pausing in front of the door, he took a deep breath to steel himself for what was bound to come before rapping his tan knuckles against the stained wood.

Jey heard a slightly muffled “come in” from the inside of the room and pushed the door open a crack at the invitation.

“Hey, Uce… Can we talk?” Jey asked tentatively, poking his head through the door but not walking into the room yet. He wasn’t sure where he stood in Sami’s life after the previous few weeks between all of Jey’s time on Smackdown and his comments to Sami on Raw the previous Monday. He just hoped that Sami would hear him out.

Sami had his back turned, hunched over slightly as he sorted through his gear bag sitting on the bench in front of him but at the sound of Jey’s voice he turned around. After taking a moment to study the visitor with an unreadable expression, he nodded slightly.

“Yeah, Jey… Come on in.”

The door had shut behind him before Jey spoke again.

“Uce… Look, what you said out there tonight—.” Jey begins, gesturing with his hand in the general direction of where the ring was set up.

“—was all true, Jey. I went out there at Crown Jewel for you.” Sami cuts him off, needing Jey to know it wasn’t all an act, it was his way of showing Jey that there was more than one way to go about this, more than one path to take to support his family while supporting himself too. “Look, I understand your obligation to your family, but you need to look after yourself too… I love you, man. I don’t want to see you become what you were before…” Sami added, trailing off before he dwelled too much on their shared tumultuous history. Some memories were better off in the past.

Jey meanwhile was caught up on one particular detail, three seemingly purposeful words towards the end of Sami’s statements. Jey furrows his brow slightly at the admission; that was three now, three times in one night.

“Uce, why you keep saying that?”

“What?”

A pause as Jey looks at Sami incredulously. There was still some distance between them, with Jey lingering close to the doorway and Sami standing by his gear bag.

“I love you…” Jey reiterates the last part of Sami’s statement. “Why you keep saying that?”

Sami’s body language changes then, his eyes falling away from Jey’s as he clenches and unclenches his fists several times before taking to rubbing his hands together in front of him.

“Why are you here, Uce?” Sami inquired quietly; his eyes directed downward at his hands. The conversation had taken a turn, a turn into a topic that Sami didn’t want to address at the moment. “You’ve got a match tonight; you should be getting ready…”

“I came here to talk to you, to talk about what ya said out there ‘night… Are you coming to Smackdown on Friday?”

“No, Uce.”

“Why?”

“I already told you… I can’t do this again, not even for you.”

Sami turns away from Jey then, running a hand through his hair before busying his hands in his gear bag once again. Jey knew Sami better than most, he didn’t want to have this discussion, but he would make damn sure that they did. Striding over to the bench, he rounds the side and places himself directly in front of Sami, the bench and gear bag between them. The unspoken words hung in the space between, Sami didn’t want to have to go through watching one of his closest friends change, to watch as he pushed him away again. He couldn’t, wouldn’t do that. He wouldn’t put up with the abuse, the pain, the manipulation and most of all he couldn’t stand, and watch Jey take it. He wouldn’t be able to stop himself from intervening and that would only earn them both a beating from the rest of the Bloodline, if Roman had indeed not changed with Sami suspected. Sami’s sentiments, the ones that Jey could hear loud and clear even without being spoken, were Jey’s own fears for Sami too. Jey hoped that he would be able to protect him and Jimmy.

“Uce, ya gotta come. Please, I need you to come.”

“Why? You’ve got your family back, for better or for worse. You don’t need me. Jey… I can’t—.”

“I do. You family too, I said that in the ring, and I mean it. It wasn’t for show. My family won’t be back together and whole until we get Solo back and you.”

Jey could see Sami working his jaw, a telltale sign in the redhead when he was upset about something, a habit that Jey had picked up on early in their friendship.

“Look, Sami. I gotta go back to them because they need me. I don’t got much going for me now on Raw, I lost my title… But you are still on Raw. You are all I got left here.” Jey sighs, reaching out tentatively to brush his fingertips against Sami’s shoulder. “And I don’t want ta lose you, Uce…” Jey adds quietly, the oppressing silence of the locker room prevailing in the space between them. “Sami, just please come on Friday. Do it for me… Because I love you too.”

Sami’s eyes, having moved to Jey’s hand as his fingertips, made contact with the black fabric of his hoodie, dart to Jey’s eyes at the end of the statement. As questioning hazel eyes find confident dark brown, a small playful smile comes to the face of Jey.

“What? You think I forgot whatcha said earlier? Nah, I know you better. I knew what you meant then. Truth is, I’ve known for a while just with the way you’ve been actin’ around me… It just took me some time to figure out how I felt too. Truth is, I’ve been in love with you for a long time, Sami…”

Jey watched as Sami’s eyes widened at the explanation, his previously fidgeting hands stilling as he sucks in a breath. He was speechless, Jey had rendered Sami speechless, a feat within itself. Sami couldn’t believe what was taking place, what Jey had just said so openly.

Before Sami could collect himself, Jey stepped over the bench in one fluid motion and the two men were now on the same side. Jey moved closer, backing Sami up into the row of lockers that comprised one side of the room. As the cold metal pressed into Sami’s back, Jey’s eyes hold a question as they dart between the redhead’s lips and his hazel eyes.

“Sami?” Jey questioned quietly, taking a step away from the redhead after a few moments pass of silence. He needed to know if Sami wanted this. “Are you—.”

Jey was rapidly cut off as a hand reached forward, wrapping pale fingers around the front of his t-shirt, pulling him back in towards the redhead. In the short distance between, their chests close to touching and their breath intermingling, Sami leaned forward and brought his lips to Jey’s own, a gentle brush of contact before pulling back.

“You don’t even want to know how long I’ve been waiting to do that.” Sami whispered, bringing his hand up to brush the side of Jey’s face as a small smile comes to his features. A moment passes, before Jey is pushing Sami up against the metal wall again and chasing Sami’s lips back to his own, pressing his lips firmly against Sami’s. Sami’s hand drops from Jey’s face, taken aback by the fierceness of the slightly taller man. The kiss deepens after a few moments by Jey’s hand, and Sami cannot help but let out a small sound of surprise at the intensity and passion of it all, bringing his hand up again to tangle in Jey’s short black hair as Jey does the same with Sami’s own.

They remain this way, bodies pressed together until they have to break apart for breath. As they break the kiss, they remain as close as they can with Jey leaning in to press his forehead against Sami’s own.

“The irony of this situation is not lost on me, Jey…” Sami babbled quietly after several moments, trying his best to equalize his breathing between harsh breaths. “We had to come halfway across the world to express our feelings?”

Jey couldn’t help but grin at that, leaning in to brush his lips once again against Sami’s slightly chapped ones before pulling back and reluctantly taking half a step away from Sami.

“We go all out, what can I say?” Jey exclaimed happily, his grin brightening into a full-on smile as he takes in Sami’s state, the state that he had caused Sami to be in. His normally pale cheeks were flushed a rosy color, his bright red hair disheveled in some places from the Samoan’s fingers. He figured his appearance was much the same, the lingering feeling of Sami’s fingertips digging into his scalp still apparent. He held onto that feeling, held onto the glorious view of Sami in front of him now. He needed it and so much more, but he knew now was not the time.

“Sami…” Jey begins, reaching towards Sami and taking one of his hands in his own, intertwining their fingers together. “I gotta go…” Jey sighed, the reluctance clear in his voice. He wanted to stay, live in this moment forever just the two of them, but he had a match to get to. Jey’s fingers squeeze Sami’s hand once before he loosens his grip and goes to turn away only for Sami to stop him by tightening his grip on Jey’s hand.

“Wait, Jey.” Sami calls, causing the Samoan to turn back towards him. Jey watches as Sami brings their joined hands up, pressing a gentle kiss to the back of Jey’s hand before untangling their fingers and moving his hands up to the back of his own neck in order to undo his keffiyeh.

Jey’s expression is one of confusion, watching Sami’s nimble fingers unwrap the piece of red and white checkered cloth with care and reverence. The cloth is soon off his neck and being held between Sami’s two hands. Sami glances down at it before looking up to catch Jey’s eye.

“Would you—. Would you like to wear this tonight?”

Jey’s immediate reaction is a bright smile, feeling honored beyond words that Sami would ask. Jey knew how much Sami valued his culture, his heritage, and his faith. To offer for Jey to wear a small piece of what made Sami who he was, the Sami who he loved, was an incredible feeling.

“Course, Sami…” Jey agrees, unable to keep the influx of emotion from his voice as he answered. Sami smile brightened, as he brought the keffiyeh up to Jey’s neck and began to wrap it carefully, starting with the cloth already in a triangle and wrapping one of the shorter ends around his neck. Sami’s deft fingers make quick work of the process. Jey breathes in the closeness of Sami and the residual body heat that is still present on the scarf, his mind drifting back momentarily to the time in Tribal Court when he gave Sami his red flower lei. As Sami’s fingers come around to tie the knot in the back, Jey is brought back into the present with an involuntarily shiver as the Syrian-Canadian’s pale fingertips brush against Jey’s neck. Sami smiles at the reaction from the dark-haired man, bringing his hands back to the front of Jey in order to arrange the fabric evenly in the middle of Jey’s chest. After a few moments of fiddling, he placed his hand flat on the scarf that Jey was now wearing and moved his gaze up to meet Jey’s.

“Laayeg ʒalaik, Jey…” Sami compliments, his tone teasing as he removes his hand and places it on the side of Jey’s face instead. “Alan sayakun al’amr kama law kunt hunak maeka…”

“What did you say, Sami?” Jey queried, cocking his head slightly at the playful tone of the redhead as he brings his tan hand up to cover Sami’s hand on his face.

Without answering him, Sami leans forward and kisses Jey gently before pulling back and giving him a teasing smile.

“I just said that it looks good on you.”

“There’s no way that’s all you said, Sami!”

“That’s all that you need to know!” Sami teases, reluctant to let Jey go.

“E toalua e mafai ona taaalo i lenei taaloga, Sami.”

“Is that Samoan?” Sami questioned exasperatedly, prompting Jey to nod. “Oh, come on, Jey!”

“You started it.” Jey stated plainly and Sami couldn’t argue with that.

Sami shakes his head fondly at the banter, dropping his hand from Jey’s face as they take a few steps towards the door together before tugging on Jey’s hand to turn him back around and bring him back in towards him.

“Sami!” Jey laughs, his whimsical tone like music to Sami’s ears as he shakes his head. “I have ta go… I wouldn’t if I didn’t have ta, but I do—.”

“Yes.”

Jey furrows his brow, a look of confusion in his eyes and on his face as he looks at Sami.

“Whatcha mean by “yes”?”

“Yes, I’ll be at Smackdown on Friday.”

The smile that lights up Jey’s face at the answer to his question makes Sami feel weightless for a moment. A smile, the rare kind that Jey had let Sami start seeing only after their embrace at Survivors Series 2022 in Boston.

“Thanks, Uce. I knew you would!”

“You kissing me had a lot to do with it.”

Jey shakes his head, laughing.

“You have to go, or they’ll start looking for you.” Sami sighs, sobering up for a moment,

“I know…” Jey agrees, tightening his hold ever so slightly on Sami’s hand as they continue their walk towards the door together. Upon making it to their intended destination, Jey stops and turns back around to look at Sami. “I be seeing you after my match?”

“Of course, Jey.” Sami promises, releasing Jey’s hand as Jey placed his other hand on the door handle to pull the door open. As Jey steps through the threshold, Sami adds under his breath so that only Jey could hear, “Always…”

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Arabic and Samoan Translations:

Laayeg ʒalaik, Jey…” – “It looks good on you, Jey…”

“Alan sayakun al’amr kama law kunt hunak maeka…” – “Now it’ll be like I’m out there with you…”

“E toalua e mafai ona taaalo i lenei taaloga, Sami.” – “Two can play this game, Sami.”

A/N: Hey, you made it and will you look at that! I can actually write romance. If a kiss could be considered writing romance. Haha, look imma pat myself on the back here because the tiny bit of romance in here (kissing) is never something that I’ve attempted to write before. But this story went off the rails and I figured “why not now?”. I also recently connected with someone who said I should try my hand at it, as well as another friend who has constantly supported me, so I wanted to try it. I appreciate everyone who got to this point, kudos to you all! Thank you for supporting me. Cheers to you wherever you are in this wide world and bye for now!

[louisisalarrie]

wow there is an insane amount of Larry articles now holy moly and even if some of their info is incorrect, well, it still brings attention to them.

to be fair, Louis could appease a lot of people by saying “yes, Harry and I dated very briefly during the early 1d days, but we didn’t go public with it and then broke up because of the pressure and I met me gf Eleanor” to literally:

1. not out all the stunts

2. somewhat out him and Harry as potentially still being queer

3. seeding a future coming out by “rekindling the romance” so it’s gently introduced prior to the GP as opposed to a denial

4. let antis and solos believe Larry isn’t real anymore so they don’t feel lied to

5. confirm larries’ beliefs

6. Receive public sympathy if the statement says “we were young and scared and it didn’t work out” or something along those lines

This strategy would make his life easier, his promo bigger, help with the fact people think Harry is queerbaiting if he’s actually seen as queer, make Louis not seem like a homophobe but a vulnerable real person, and would cover all bases.

Now, why would louis not want to do that? Well… there’s a couple of reasons, but I think the main ones are:

1. If they come out about it, he doesn’t want to lie. He doesn’t want to say he and Harry weren’t closeted and that they didn’t fight for their love, and not expose Simon and the industry executives for their awful behaviour

2. Harry and him are still together, they want to come out together, and they’re waiting for the right time (post stunts ending)

Now some of you may say “but… Louis doesn’t want Larry to take away from his career that he’s building, he wants to do it separate from that” and okay, fair point, but not after this denial. This proves 150% that his team, as a last resort, will bring up Larry to boost his promo. If he really was bothered by it, he wouldn’t bring it up. It wouldn’t connect them back together. And you wanna know something?

His denial would have had to be approved by Harry and his team.

Yep, this isn’t just Louis spouting a denial for promo off his own back. This is in collaboration with Harry’s team. With Harry’s fame and this linking them together in a way that will affect his fandom and bring him a large amount of publicity that he may not want, it needs to be approved by his team.

This isn’t just a random person claiming to have slept with Harry, it’s not a random person spouting some bullshit about Harry… his team don’t care about a lot of rumours. They let them slide because some of them just aren’t big enough or scandalous enough to care about, and it keeps him in the headlines. But the Larry thing goes waaaaay back. It makes people become larries and dig into it when this shit is online. It jeopardises Harry’s current stunt. It threatens to out him and a long line of massively important music industry professionals. It’s been an ongoing thing for like 13 years now.

Harry doesn’t comment on it, because he doesn’t need to. He doesn’t need more promo. He doesn’t want to jeopardise his image that hints that he’s queer. It doesn’t affect Louis’ image to that degree due to previous stunts and denials.

So… yeah.

Harry’s team approved the denial. Louis approved to be asked about it and released it as edited and pre recorded for promo as soon as he left LATAM. It’s rehearsed. Let’s push on and keep this all in mind.

[snakes-and-fluff]

I've come up with the world's most insane Milgram theory. Well, I don't think it's true, so it'd be more correct to call it a hypothetical. But my brain was spinning Es around last night as I was trying to sleep and outlined all of this anyway, so:

Is Es an amalgam of the souls of the victims?

Mostly based on the fact that in Undercover each of the prisoners is seen murdering "Es". Now. Is this most likely a way to not spoil who they killed? Probably! However I could not stop thinking about it.

(Reasoning under the cut, including novel spoilers for both novels. I've only read the translated GDocs (including one that was machine-translated) so my info might be slightly incorrect, just a heads-up. Also I don't have the GDocs on hand so I cannot remember anyone's name)

1: The Milgram warden can be a dead person. The reveal at the end of the first novel is that everyone was linked and there was only one death, who became Es and oversaw that trial. So we know Milgram is supernatural to some degree and does allow for this.

2: Each Es has their own Jackalope that seems to be a foil or reflective of them in some way. There is a different Jackalope in each novel to match each warden (a female warden in N1 with a female Jackalope, a male warden in N2 with a male Jackalope). I'll admit that just matching genders is a weak point but stay with me for a moment. Assuming that Jackalope reflects Es in some way, isn't it weird how much MV Jackalope is fixated on solving the crimes? That's not true for N2 Jackalope (who just views it as a job, something that must be done), but MV Jackalope is very determined, especially in the end of the Second Trial Commencement Notice. "What I'm looking for is there, in that decision arrived at only after wading through all that morass!!" MV Jackalope doesn't just want this - he's desperate for it. Is this because MV Es has a personal reason (or reasons) to see "justice" brought to this batch of prisoners?

3: Es has referred to themself using plural pronouns. Most notable in Amane's T2 voice drama, though I believe it's happened before. The easiest way to read this is that the "we" Es is referring to is the audience, but there might be another reason for it.

4: Souls exist in Milgram. The use of the word "soul" to describe why Mikoto's restraints didn't work even though he was pronounced Guilty could just be a creative word choice, but it seems too specific. If Mikoto's different personalities count as different souls that can inhabit a single body fine, who's to say that can't be true for someone else as well?

There is one major hitch in this theory that I can see. The fact that Es has a canonical age (15) is throwing me for a loop, for if they were an amalgamation and not a person in their own right I don't think they'd have an age. They might appear to be a certain age, sure, but I don't think they could definitively say what age they are. However. I did not let this stop me, so I tried to figure out what the hypothetical age of an amalgam would be if we used math, and tried to extrapolate what the ages of each of the victims were:

Haruka – 10 – we don’t know the exact age, but we do know that the person he killed was “younger and weaker” (T2 voice drama), and 10 is a nice round number (and thinking of him killing someone younger than 10 makes me sad)

Yuno – 0 – literal baby, self-explanatory

Fuuta – 13 – we know she was a middle-schooler thanks to her uniform shown in Backdraft

Muu – 16 – she killed a classmate so they must be the same age

Shidou – 30 – this one was the hardest to figure out. I had to look up fatal car accident age range (25-34) and get the mean of those numbers (it’s 29,5 but I rounded up). I chose that because it’s the most likely accident to make somebody braindead, and also it’s what happened to his own family and it’s the closest thing to info we have on what exactly his murder was anyway

Mahiru – 22 – she met her lover in University; either they’re the same age or a year or two difference. I stuck with the same age because it’s easier

Kazui – 39 – Hinako and Kazui were co-workers, so it makes sense that they’d be around the same age. She does appear to be younger than him in Cat’s MV but that’d just be me guessing so it’s easier to say she’s 39

Amane – 42 – the average age in Japan of a woman having her first child is around 30. Assuming this was true for Amane’s mother, she would be 42 when she was killed due to Amane being 12 Amane – 34 – according to a timeline coversation Amane mentions that her mom was around Mahiru's age (22) when she was born. So 12 years later she'd be 34 (thanks mizukiyama & ryrysakura for letting me know about this info I missed)

Mikoto – 23 – I’m assuming his target(s?) were around the same age as him, based on what we see in MeMe. And that the killing(s?) happened recently, as he appears very similar in MeMe to how he looks in Milgram

Kotoko – 21 – I could not find a number for “average age of kidnapper in Japan” (thanks Milgram, that’s now in my search history), or any other searches of the kind, just showing up ages that were most at risk of violent crime. So I guessed.

This gives us an average of… 21,6. Which is not 15. New average with updated Amane's mom age is 20,8. Which is still not 15. Now, Es could be both a person in their own right and an amalgam of other souls.

Or I just wasted your time and proved myself wrong. But hey, I had fun thinking about this hypothetical anyway.

[starstuffandalotofcoffee]

this is the nonrebloggable post. Anyway. I went to a Jewish school in the 90s to early 2000s (through middle school; it did not have a high school and I went to a public high school) and this particular combination of things was formative in the following ways:

about a quarter of my (small) class were Soviet refugees who had moved here in the early 90s. I have known Georgia is a country since 2nd grade because I had a classmate whose family moved from there. I was pretty aware that the Soviet Union had pretty big issues from a very young age. Obviously I was born in the US to parents born here, so I will not speak over people who were born in the USSR or immediately post-USSR but yeah tankies are objectively wrong and always will be and I will not give them the time of day. This also informs why, however, I've seen no shortage older FSU immigrants in the US have an absolute knee-jerk opposition to any whiff of the word "socialism" (and explains why no shortage of South Americans and Cubans feel similarly).

There was very much a push in that era towards Holocaust education in Jewish schools since it was quite apparent that survivors were getting old. I do not recall a time when I did not know about the Holocaust and about fascism and genocide.

Related to the above, at the time, my school was very good about consistently covering that Roma people were also a target of genocide, but used a term that we would consider a slur today. This has absolutely informed my willingness to listen to people who don't use the precise right terms but are clearly well-intentioned.

a couple classmates had (white) parents from South Africa. In middle school we covered African history; it was necessarily broad and geared towards that age but my friend's father, who had been strongly encouraged to leave South Africa for anti-apartheid activism, was brutally honest that his parents were pretty noncommital. He and my teacher were fairly unflinching in teaching us at age 13 or so that most white Jewish families in South Africa had fled deeply antisemitic Europe and found themselves in a position of relative safety and power and that many were unwilling to challenge a clearly racist system, often for fear that doing so would repaint the target on their backs but sometimes just because it was easier and because it was kind of nice to have some measure of power.

anyway I think these are all just illustrative of some of the points I made. You cannot treat groups as a monolith, you do need to be cognizant of both global and national factors in why people may hold the political opinions they do, you should not nitpick well-intentioned but imperfect actions (especially in terms of terminology) and you cannot assume that being part of a minority group automatically will make people the good guys, especially if they feel they can either gain acceptance or avoid retribution by allying with the oppressors.

The reason this is nonrebloggable is because antisemitism fundamentally is a system of oppression that does assume the last is true but only for Jews, and because this post is extremely about being Jewish I do want to control its distribution and keep it out of the hands of people who will further that narrative. This is incorrect. It's true of all minority groups, and it's extremely true for men in minority groups going after women.

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Brief dive into Fens psychology

My best friend recently asked if Fen is a psychopath or maybe a sociopath. Short answer: Neither. They genuinely care about some people and feel complex and strong emotions. But they also aren't a sociopath, as they have immense self restraint and they feel bad when they hurt people.

So what makes them so fucked up? They are willing to kill and kidnap which 100% isn't normal or sane.

Fen has been alone for a very long time. After their mother and siblings left after their parents messy divorce, Fen only had their father who was often busy (and also an alcoholic who was trying to hide it from his now only child). They've been basically by themselves since around 12-13. And this planted some guilt as Fen didn't know why most of their family left aside from the divorce. Fen was haunted with the idea their mother didn't love them leaving some stain on their psyche. The true reason? I'm still debating.

Fen got Dandelion when they were around 16, who became their only steady companion. A creature that didn't necessarily want to be there in the beginning, but over time came to trust and love Fen in return, planting some ideas in Fens head. Loneliness over long periods of time has a funny way of warping someone.

But Fen doesn't view MC as a pet or object! They just made some incorrect connections on how companionship is formed. Fens craves MC's genuine love. But it worked on their other companion, so why not do it again?..

So TLDR: Fen is just a bit Fucked Up. You have to be some level of fucked up to be willing to kidnap someone.