#7 day Theory

[bobsliquorstore]

[a-for-apocalypse]

reposting my youtube comment onto here bc its literally all i can think about. caitvi may have been affecting each other's lives for far longer than they know (they may have been saving each other for far longer than they've realized too).

I've seen a lot of good theories about where the timeline divergence came from (damn the arcane fandom is so big brained sometimes, good job y'all), but this one consistently rots my brain from the inside out bc my god. i will never get over the underlying tragedy of ep 7. how one small difference could have changed it all.

arcane really is a story of what ifs, each more painful to think about than the last.

[daily-dose-of-bucket]

Day 65: Kanna the burger eater is now 16 frames per second

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

2pac’s fifth album Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory was released November 5, 1996

[thepastneverforgets]

the funniest thing about the bucktommy hate being partially centered around tommy's past and how he isnt good enough for buck for his previous on-screen jerk behavior and instances of mocking bigotry, is that it literally parallels buck still lmao. they both quite literally started out at the 118 as self-centered repressed jerks with frat boy attitudes. it just so happens that all of bucks growth has been on-screen unlike tommys.

[egophiliac]

I'm trying to avoid getting spoiled so I haven't looked up what's happening in the Jp server's main story, but for my own sanity I need to ask; is the story at a point where we know whether Lilia will get better/survive his almost-empty magic reserves..? Was it a true death flag from the start or only a plot device for malleus' overblot....?

not yet! I do think they're going to get back to it eventually, but -- keeping it as low spoilers as possible -- there's been...let's just say a LOT going on in the meantime.

enjoy 7-6!!! :)

[inbarfink]

My own personal favorite answer to the still-unanswered question of 'why the hell are there two 'Team Fortress' both populated with seemingly identical people living seemingly identical lives' is still probably the idea that the Administrator hired 9 mercenaries and then cloned them to fill out both the RED and BLU team.

Like, yeah, I fully admit that it raises a few of it's own unanswered questions (For how long did that cloning technology exist? Did Team Fortress Classic went through the same procedure? What happened to the extra 4.5 mercenaries of each team once Mann vs. Machine and the Comics era happen? Did the Administrator just had them disposed while Gray Mann was on the move for the sake of protecting yet another one of her secrets?) but I also feel like it ties very well thematically with the point of the Administrator's scheme in "The Days Have Worn Away". The most vital part of her revenge is making sure RED and BLU are forever evenly-matched, and that's important enough that she will invest in secret cloning technology and however much shenanigans it takes to ensure neither the mercs nor any of their loved ones realize there's two of each of them running around for the sake of the teams being truly identical.

Also, yeah, it does mean that, like, either the Mercenaries had some sort of Dramatic Clone Reveal that happened totally off-screen at some point during the MvM or Comic-Era and we the readers just totally missed it (Even if all of the Comic-Era Mercs are the originals, realizing that you've spent years of your life fighting your own clone and that they've been also living 50% of your time off with your family is pretty fucked-up) .... or that the Mercs just went on living their lives and never put the pieces together there was some Secret Clone Scheme in the first place...

...But honestly, I think both the idea of Team Fortress never figuring out about the clones, and the idea of Team Fortress figuring it out but getting over it so comically quickly it never comes up again in their misadventures feel so very hilariously in-character for me that I count it as a point in favor of the theory in a way.

Y'know, the idea of the Administrator secretly running both teams was also originally framed as a Mind-Blowing Secret That She Must Keep Secret from the Mercs

And by the end of the comics, the Team either straight up never came to the realization that their old 'enemies' were working for the same employer.... or the realized it at some point during the MvM/Comic Era but it mattered so little to them it never came up on-screen.

And also, I think it's kinda hilarious to think about the concept of like, Merasmus being roommates with the RED Solider

Until he probably got of tired of his shit off-screen and moved to a new apartment............. only to end up with the BLU Solider

And then he moved again.............................. only to find himself with the RED Solider again

I am pretty sure Merasmus is the only person in the TF2 Universe outside of the Administrator and Pauling to know there are two of each Mercenary running around. But he's not bothered by the ethical or philosophical implications of this clone scheme, he is just eternally tormented by the existence of Double Solider.

[imakatperson22]

Ok. So. I’ve been thinking…

Everyone involved from Tim to Oliver to Ryan has stated that they want to do the characters justice and tell a story “true” to the characters. IMHO there really isn’t a better story for Buck and Eddie in terms of character growth than them getting together.

Eddie has been constantly searching for a new maternal figure for Christopher and possibly even someone to just play “wife” with him so he can fulfill this heteronormative expectation of a having a traditional family unit that stems from his religious upbringing and what was modeled by his own parents. His identity and self image is that he’s a “nester, he nests”. He needs somebody to love. The rub is that none of his attempts to make that happen have made him happy. Buck is the solution to this. Buck is already a part of the family. What Eddie so desperately searches for in all of his failed relationships is what he already has with Buck and that does make him happy. He just doesn’t realize it yet.

Buck on the other hand is the opposite. Through his upbringing and trauma with his family life, Buck has felt neglected and unloved for a long time. In the earlier seasons, this manifests as hyper sexuality and a need to create intimacy with whoever he can project it on to. It’s quick and dirty and it does the trick for a little but it’s not satisfying and fulfilling the way he wants it to be. Buck needs to be loved. And his solution is Eddie. Buck has that lasting affection and intimacy with Eddie, and I’m not speaking sexually. What’s more intimate than having a key to someone’s house and being their child’s coparent/godparent? Buck also has the belief that he’s expendable and Eddie is the one to help him out of this mindset by making Buck Chris’s guardian in the event of death, which helps give meaning and weight to Buck’s self esteem because now Buck has a reason for self preservation: Chris. Also, Eddie is incredibly patient and kind when it comes to Buck. After the tsunami, Eddie sets Buck straight when he’s beating himself up about losing Christopher. Instead of being angry he lost Chris or just neutral and saying “it was out of your control”, Eddie actively reassures Buck in a positive way. Buck gets what he needs from Eddie. He just doesn’t realize it yet.

I saw something floating around that was really interesting and that I agree with: Eddie knows he loves Buck but doesn’t know he’s queer, and Buck knows he’s queer but doesn’t know he loves Eddie.

Whether or not they intentionally wrote them this way, whether they’re going for just box checking representation or shock value or fan satisfaction, what have you, the reality is that the product they currently have is currently set up in a way for them to do one of the most beautiful, unique, compelling queer love stories we have ever seen on network television. And I really hope they lean in to that.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk…

[sanyu-thewitch05]

Ok so this twist post was inspired by a conversation with @killersweetie and these two tweets

CHAPTER 7 SPOILER WARNING‼️

So it’s been canonically confirmed that it’s been a few days in real world time since Malleus cast his spell. We already know that the spell only applies to living things.

Basically everyone should be worried that their food supply is more than likely not going to be edible when they wake up. Especially since it seems like they’ll be in their dream state for a couple more days. Think about it, food isn’t a living thing for the most part(I’m excluding some foods like potatoes(I’m counting the sprouts that grow out of them as living things, etc,) and once it’s out of the ground or said animal has been killed and cooked it’s only a matter of time before the food’s freshness begins to wear and it’s going to decay, even if it’s in a refrigerator.

So if all of the island is under the spell, including the people who run the restaurants, meat markets, and farmers, those people on Sage Island are about to be hungry and having a mini-famine. At least until the fishermen do their job all over again and they get stuck eating seafood for an extended period of time until other foods are imported in or made.

But this is just a rambling/theory!

TLDR; Malleus unintentionally screwed everyone else over in more ways than one.

[bagelfyre]

Deep in the heart of the human lands, past the walls no Fae have crossed in centuries, tucked away in the royal gardens of one kingdom, lies a statue.

A relic from many generations ago, it has survived remarkably well. They— the studious groundskeepers and few nobles who come upon it— say that little is known about the curious monument with no known names or titles. Most suspect it to be a statement to the near-immortal race the humans had fought and won their freedom from in the War. Some even boasting that they knew it to be stolen from the Fae before the Wall went up. A trophy with a message carved into the stone should those cursed creatures ever set sight upon it again.

But it was none of those things.

A secret commission by Queen Andromache shortly after returning home from victory, the task went largely unnoticed during the extensive reconstruction period in the kingdom. Only she knew what her intent behind the memorial had been and only one other could ever understand— was the only one who ever had.

When choosing what words, if any, should be engraved, many titles came to mind: warrior, ally, queen in her own right, ambassador, friend, love. They all fit, but none encompassed her unresolved feelings or the person at the root of them.

So these words spilled forth as a silent-yet-defiant declaration to the world (to her) and a reassurance to herself as the years passed.

Maybe she wasn’t blessed or cursed with immortality, but this… this memory will remain.

@morweekofficial

[benjitoes]

audio linked here

finished this at 12 am on day 1, and then proceeded to influence @viquipo into hopping on the benji x klance crossover band wagon .. hope u benjitos enjoyy

[altocat]

I'm not saying they're related buuuut

They'retotallyrelatedGastscoredtwiceandheretheyare

[amiserableseriesofevents]

To celebrate the season finale of The Day Of The Jackal airing tonight (even if I'll only be able to watch it tomorrow, sadly) I'm humbly sharing with y'all my personal ranking of Eddie Redmayne's characters based on how horny hot and bothered I felt while watching them

This is my biggest contribution to the fandom yet, enjoy!

[tha-wrecka-stow]

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

2pac’s fifth album Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory was released November 5, 1996

[makorragal-312]

I was thinking about the main 9-1-1 pairings and just had the most massive brain fart:

From what I can recall, Bathena's wedding and Henren's wedding were largely uneventful the day of. No lost spouse. No sudden emergency. No cold feet. NADA. Just a good vibes day.

But for the day of the Madney wedding, it resulted in Chimney getting a brain virus that sent him around LA with fragments of his memory and ended with him in a hospital bed. (though the hospital wedding was adorable)

Pretty much insane.

So for Bathena and Henren, chill wedding day.

For Madney, crazy wedding day.

So by that logic, Buck and Eddie's wedding day might be CHAOS.