#About Corali

[ase-trollplays]

Corali: 7, 8, 25 and 41 Thiomi: 2, 12, 34 and 42

Corali:

7. What would you (mun) yell in the middle of a crowd to find them? What would their best friend and/or romantic partner yell?

It would probably get me killed, but yelling something inflammatory would work best for getting her attention, so I'd loudly shit talk Thiomi or Darius and let her come to me. Then immediately run away because she'll stomp me into paste when she catches me.

All Thiomi or Darius would have to do is call to her for help and she'll bulldoze everyone in that crowd to get to them.

8. How loose is their use of the phrase 'I love you'?

That phrase is strictly reserved for quadmates and Darius. She's not the kind of person to just throw around "I love you"s to people.

25. What subject or topic do they know a lot about that's completely useless to the direct plot?

She's a goddamn genius with numbers. The greatest mathematician you'll ever meet. She reads textbooks for fun and enrichment, and she's a stellar accountant.

41. What phrases, pronunciations, or mannerisms did they pick up from someone/somewhere else?

She's not the type to pick up things from other people, but Thiomi's been rubbing off on her just a little bit. She's actually started swearing less because of her. Initially, she would only refrain around Thiomi because she knows constantly swearing makes her uncomfortable. Now she holds in more of her swears out of habit.

Thiomi:

2. How loosely or strictly do they use the word 'friend'?

She's a little reserved with calling people friends. Generally, once she's been in regular contact with someone for about a month and feels like she can trust them, she calls them her friend.

12. What's something that makes them laugh every single time? Be specific!

Watching Dantli and Varoll play together. Her gigantic, scary, hulking matesprit being silly and playful with their short teenage daughter is sweet and really funny. It never fails to make her start giggling.

34. How do they greet someone they like/love?

A genuine smile and either a handshake with both hands or a hug. c: Once she likes/loves someone she's really physical.

42. If invited to a TED talk, what topic would they present on? What would the title of their presentation be?

uuhhhhhhhhhhh Let me get back to you on that cuz I got nothin

[dial-p-for-placey]

Still haven’t had the time to finish anything but since the Substance is still on my brain and I do want to eventually make some fully rendered pieces for this amazing film so here are the other warm up studies I did of Demi Moore/Elisabeth Sparkle

[eternalvoxel]

Some of y'all are out here like this.

[catalinemorosetheblog]

I look at Coralie 6626 Planck and think fondly, "this girl was absolutely raised by Einstein".

And then I also look at Coralie 6626 Planck and think, with both amusement and occasional abject terror, "this girl was absolutely raised by Tesla".

Or, in which a sketch to celebrate Part 2 coming out soon.

[pissmaster228]

mhy really did Helia and Coralie DIRTY with that timeskip. They've been sent exploring where no CE human has been before, something that's both difficult and potentially /lethal/ See the IRL space race for a close example, all of them went through gruelling training and were fully prepared to not come back.

(contains events from Oxia's chapter 2 so don't read if you haven't finished that)

Helia's a workaholic who's OBSESSED obsessed with getting stronger and romanticized going out in a blaze of glory since childhood. (dorm and bridge interactions) (Hey doesn't that remind you of anyone) Being an A-rank doesn't help. May I remind you she's been a valkyrie since Otto was in charge? Her A-rank title is her greatest pride. She's been mentored by the Goddess of Earth and yet she's still objectively speaking a nobody.

Coralie, in contrast, is a BIG SHOT. She's got furry mutations, got a PhD at 17, her parents are leaders of a military branch(AE is a branch of the US army right? or am i misremembering?), she inserted the Planck constant into her name ffs. Basically almost all the time she was the most specialest girl in the room.

Then these two spent a year locked together in a rocket(why were they flying by spaceship, again?) and started their most exciting mission of mining rocks with Helia as the muscle and Coralie as the brain.(Coralie insists Helia isn't dumb, just childish) Helia took care of things like maintenance (she wrote the voyage log for example) Then they discover an analogous structure to the Eye of the Deep(lovingly nicknamed the Sandpit) and try to pry it open(Tesla HATED the idea, Nagamitsu was very enthusiastic though)(why is this woman still working for Schicksal again?). Du-dunn, they get inside and now they're stuck in a bubble universe where their earthly titles mean nothing, their roles in an explorer team are already taken by other people (Sena, Entropy) and bitches who seem to know Something keep talking about using them as a blood sacrifice(Perception, Chenxue). Yeah, rub it in that they're disposable.

Coralie is very openly pissed about it. She's stuck far away from her home, surrounded by UwU quirky beings and worst of all, she's there because she didn't listen to her mom. And Helia? That's been her reality forever. She stays silent in discussions because she feels like she has nothing to contribute, she's always guarding the rear when they walk somewhere(visible in group shots, wasn't stated outright) and when Lantern ambushes them she doesn't try to flee like Songque, doesn't take out her weapons in a defensive stance like Coralie(well guns aren't the most defensive weapon but you get what i mean) but steps forward as if attempting to shield Entropy and Senadina with her body. Helia is literally the Valkyrie Ideal. Valuing protecting others over her life, even if they barely know each other. Also abs.

oh my god this got way longer than i thought it would and i didn't even mention the Union episode

[lesbiancolumbo]

Okay, so dumb q. Can I ask how you interpreted the consciousness of Elisabeth vs Sue in the Substance? Your comments about Letterboxd reminded me of negative reviews I read there that interpreted Elisabeth and Sue as two completely distinct personalities/identities that had to share consciousness -- whereas I took it more as two parts of the same whole, and that any ire Sue had toward Elisabeth was more a depiction of the ways in which we hate our own bodies/have different parts of our self.

before i begin, i need you to know that what i'm about to say is in no way directed at you specifically...... the film has a very easy answer to the question those other reviewers seem to be posing.

like, i'm sorry lol but the viewers who really harp on the "they seem like totally different people! this film is dumb!" i think you're the one who's dumb for being totally obtuse to a very obvious statement from the filmmaker. i have little to no fucking patience for the people who approach this film with baby food level critical analysis... just because coralie isn't taking herself and her film super seriously doesn't mean that it and she are dumb.

anyways. you pretty much summed up my take on it 100% (AND my wife who sees like. 10 movies a year and 8 of them are films noir that i make her watch around christmastime. thinks the same way.) so i don't have much to add. congrats! you and i align pretty much perfectly on this! hatred of the self through the other! elisabeth hates herself! this manifests in sue! it literally BROUGHT sue to life. she consumes and consumes and consumes, like we are taught at a young age in order to stay young and beautiful and "hot". she takes everything from elisabeth the way societal beauty standards take from us and grind us down until we look the way we feel: ugly hags.

[earthsickwithoutyou]

The Substance (2024) Dir. Coralie Fargeat Girl Horrors Watched in 2024, 4/?

[sydmarch]

the substance using prosthetics instead of cgi really upped the horror factor for me. like oh my god it felt so much more viscerally real it was incredible

agreed!! I love prosthetics & the prosthetics used were SO GOOD!!

[widgenstain]

Went to see The Substance tonight and I think it's safe to say that the people leaving in the middle saw a very different movie than I did!!

[anominous-user]

devs released more info relating to part 2's gacha and equipment changes and the catch is that they're making max-level part two stigmata a whale thing and they added weapon refinements

[ase-trollplays]

Corali is one of those people whose anxiety channels itself as anger instead of fear and avoidance. If she's being a huge asshole for no reason or seems extra angies, it's anxiety.

[patchesproblem]

"My ship held hands!" "My ship kissed!" Okay but mine nearly died and lost everything together. They lost their lives, everyone they loved and cared about, they even lost their ability to age and to live normal lives. They've only had each other to rely on and to keep them grounded. They've nearly lost each other on several occassions. They built an organization only to watch it collapse around them. Their adopted son ran away with an AI. They had a blonde dude making them out to be evil and wanted them gone. They were forced into a war that they weren't expecting. They rebuilt everything together and never left each other's side despite them living in a situation anyone would consider hellish and could ruin any relationship. They lost their adopted son AGAIN after a freak accident involving an experiment gone wrong. They only feel safe enough to act like their past selves around each other. They still have unwavering faith and trust in each other no matter the situation or circumstance. They even adopted a daughter together. They've loved each other for decades and even after they no longer had to run their organization they're still together, still bickering and laughing with each other.

[owensgrumpyoranges]

my HEART

[krawlernyannyan]

There's a lot going on here and all of it is getting our system overheating.

[fcrtheglcry]

a small starter for @cauldronsborn ♡ muse: coralie devereaux (they/she, bisexual, 25-30, misplaced mermaid)

✧˚ · .   ❝ YOU’RE A BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE STORIES I’D HEARD ABOUT YOU, ❞ coralie mused, their voice a light but thoughtful hum. ❝ HUMANS, I MEAN. ❞ coralie hadn’t been on land very long, and most of it had been awful thus far. they couldn’t wait to find their way back to the ocean and their real life. but while they were here, it seemed they were learning all sorts of new things. like the interesting mannerisms of this human in front of them – so different than other creatures they knew, their own species especially. ❝ IT’S WEIRD HOW WRONG WE GOT IT. ❞

[blake-michaels]

@coradeveraux