#Also thanks for mentioning me!

[rosehippiefield]

Okay, so my thoughts (or rather ramblings)

People in the comments answered this too, but I also think if Ryoko went with Sara instead of Joe she would have similar role and organisation took into account possibility of dragging her into the game, it's just that Joe was the one who stayed with Sara. I also think that Sara seriously underestimated her attachment to Joe, and he is her precious friend

Keiji and Megumi not having same trials to Sara&Joe and other pairs is probably specifically because they are both candidates, thus they need a different trial. Plus, in their case their relationship was way worse then candidate&non-candidate, I doubt they trusted each other. As to why three pairs have the exact same trial, they all have similar purpose: to check the trust and quick thinking. If "Kanna's trial was rigged" is correct Kanna can also compare herself to others who had same conditions and blame herself more

I think Q-taro's trial was meant to hinder his trust a lot. Sure, he wasn't in danger at first, but if someone saw him planting cards, what were Q-taro's chances? He'd be accused of being with kidnappers and likely voted out as traitor (actually, Shin did see him but decided to not push it during the first main game, blackmailing him afterwards instead). Q-taro specifically could be chosen to test his steath skills while risking to break his bonds with the others as Q-taro is a team player. So I think that Asunaro totally could do it themselves but they decided to sow additional distrust among participants

Alice and Hinako both aren't very enthusiastic about their survival (it's not very prominent with Alice, but it feels like his only goal is to atone and reconcile with Reko. He doesn't really think about his own goal in life), so maybe if they cooperated they would boost each other. Plus, Hinako could act like a little sister Alice wants to protect. Other than that, no clue

As they were total strangers, their situation is different from anyone else and thus a special trial. Plus, this peculiarity of not knowing each other is only enhanced by the fact that they don't see each other, it was meant to be impersonal. Maybe kidnappers gave Alice a chance to acquire a friend if he was willing to work with total stranger (because Hinako wouldn't just leave, she doesn't want to live). Or else he shoulders the guilt of the real killing

Q-taro was under risk after putting cards, so technically his not deadly trial could have terrible consequences, even though they are not immediate. Shin's situation was so bad they probably gave him "easy" start as equaliser. Plus, if he felt suicidal he could've cut himself with paper shredder. Keiji's trial isn't fully known so maybe he and Megumi had to battle for the right to stay safe (not really a possibility but otherwise it's super unfair to Megumi). As for Joe and Nao, honestly I have no idea. The only explanation I can come up with is that they could give away their key and then it would be up to candidates to save them (Sara can actually tell Joe "give me the key" but it does not work out). Nothing else suggests it though , and it would probably be difficult to give away the key without dropping it. This contradicts my own thoughts about Kanna because in this case she wouldn't be guaranteed to survive, it would be up to Kugie to decide to either give the key or not. Maybe if it really happened, then Kugie would always give Kanna the key because she would want to keep her sister safe and the rest is known. But out of pair at least one was supposed to live, yeah (unless they dropped the key and couldn't reach it). Also, I've never heard anything about six people but if everyone died in the first trial it would be kinda lame

If non-candidates couldn't give away their keys, I have no idea. This is extremely dumb. Maybe they were so sure that Joe and Nao would succeed? Plus, this would make them form even closer bonds with Sara and Mishima respectively, ensuring that Sara stays "weakened" and Mishima "empowered". Or it's a test of "are Sara and Mishima capable of giving instructions under pressure?" In this case candidates' skills are checked, which matches other trials, even though the skills means to control actions of other person (even though Sara didn't control anything). Still prioritises lives of non-canditates though

If we follow the idea that Kanna couldn't whittle the key, maybe it was already just the same as whittled keys of others. If not, then it's simply a lucky coincidence

No idea whatsoever about the gallery

MORE still-unanswered questions I have

Part 1

Why was Joe Sara's handicap?? Why not Ryoko?? When we first meet him, Sara literally just calls him a classmate; like… not even a friend

Why did all the candidates that were close to a non-candidate have the same exact trial?? And why didn't Keiji and Megumi have it as well?? If they just gave Keiji the key, they would've still ended up bein in a similar situation to the one that happened

Why was Q-taro's first trial helping in setting up the Death Game?? I mean... did they really find it that fuckin hard, to literally just place one single box, and like four cards?? And why Q-taro??

Why were Alice and Hinako kinda "partnered together", in their first trial?? In all the other trials that included two people, these two people actually knew each other from before, but, as far as we're currently aware, anyways, Alice and Hinako didn't

On the topic of Alice and Hinako's first trial... first of all, similar to my previous point about Megumi and Keiji, why didn't they also have the same two-person trial?? But also... why were they in two different rooms, only able to hear the other person, but not see them??

Why were some people (namely, Joe, Nao, Kanna, Q-taro, Keiji, and Shin) guaranteed to survive their first trials?? (I vaguely remember reading something, somewhere, at some point in time, about how six people's the required minimum for a death game, but... I'm not sure if that's actually canon or not, first of all, but also, even if it is canon... why those six?? Like... specifically)

Related to the above point... Joe and Nao are non-candidates, right?? At least for Nao, she wasn't supposed to survive for as long as she did, which is why Gashu gave her the Sacrifice in the first place... so why make sure two non-candidates survive their first trial?? Especially at the risk of possibly losing not one, but two candidates

Why did Kanna's unwhittled key work on the box?? I've seen at least a couple people (shoutout to @rosehippiefield for bringing it to my attention) think Kanna's first trial was rigged, and Kugie was never meant to survive it, which is why there was no sandpaper in their trial room, but then... did they just happen to, coincidentally, put the different key in the different lock on the first try??

Why were only some deaths (Joe's, Megumi's, Kai's, Hinako's, Nao's, and Kugie's) depicted in the gallery?? And, again, why those ones??

MasterList

[soosoosoup]

Funk branch au

Au and branch design by @bbc-trolls

[cardo-de-comer]

[inumbrapugnabimus-maybe]

How about three?

thanks for the ask @luckybyrdrobyn :D

Behold le closeups

[hinamie]

binding vow

[xxplastic-cubexx]

your movie charles art gives me cuteness aggression

obsessed with getting these asks back to back and yet they both hold some truth i think ...... thank you very much everyone ....

[sanji-outfit-tourney]

Congratulations to Onigashima Outfit 1!! 🎉🎊🎉

Onigashima won by a wide margin, but the silver spot was very close! In the end Edo Sanji managed to claim 2nd place, and Post-Thriller Bark came away with 3rd!

Thank you to everyone who voted, and a HUGE thank you to everyone who posted propaganda for their favourite outfits! Whether it was fanart, fan fic, or a passionate speech, it made the tournament 10x more fun!

The polls aren't done though! Stay tuned for bonus rounds to decide Sanji's ugliest outfit! It'll be a 5 day event starting on Monday (Nov. 11), and all the polls will only be 1 day long, so don't miss them!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Thank you all for an incredible 500 days of love and support. I offer you: answers to questions that no one has asked.

(As always, more can be found in the tags <3)

[corantus]

Trying to draw guitars is a pain in the ass especially proportions but you do it sooo well, what's ur secret?

im sure there is an easier way to do this but this is what my canvas looks like for most of it

[codacheetah]

Tell me your opinions on the stuff. Any stuff.

Grins. Smiles, even

I'm using you as an excuse to infodump my theory about the Island because I've had no in to do that, and my theory is pure opinion. Anyways:

THE ISLAND IS STUCK IN THE FUCKING FUTURE

(SCARE CHORD)

Hi so you might ask me. What the fuck do you mean by that. Well. Let's start with what we know about the Island, the King, and Wish Craft. (long ass post under cut. sorry)

The Island was redacted from the perception of outside world, via Wish Craft.

Wish Craft has the power to enable Time Craft. We see this primarily through Siffrin's timeloops, but also through the King's powers.

One of the King's powers is to show the saviors a "vision of the future."

...And this same attack is deflected back at the King by Mirabelle in ACT 5, in which the King is able to see the Island before being frozen in time.

...So. The King's "vision of the future." We're never told explicitly what this vision is. All we know is that it's apparently powerful enough to wipe the party in one hit, hearing it from a distance hurts your head, and that whatever Siffrin (and Loop) saw, they don't seem to actually be able to describe it. Even the King himself doesn't know what his vision entails.

We don't know whether the party all sees the same thing when struck by the vision, and Adrienne's answer to the question about it in the Reddit AMA is. vague? It's not a "no," and the specific wording makes me think the answer might be yes. But that's me reading into it.

Now. What do we know about the Island's redaction? The Island was affected by the wish recently, as in "like a decade ago" recently. We know that nobody in Vaugarde or the rest of the world is capable of thinking about the Island, anything closely tied to the Island's culture, or people on the Island for very long. When they do recall these things, they slip right out of reach. Particularly, the consequence for trying to think about the Island (or, more specifically, break the wish that forces the Island out of perception) is significant pain, localized in the head.

And that said pain is enough to become lethal, if pressed hard enough.

From here forward I'm running with the assumption that the King's "vision of the future" is not personalized to any individual, and is unchanging throughout the course of the whole story. Now. Remember the end of ACT 5, where the King gets hit with the deflected "vision of the future", and instead of dying, he recalls the Island and gets frozen in time? Very odd, yeah? Why wouldn't the King just die like everyone else does? He even does take 9999 damage when trying to say its name, like Siffrin does, and like the party does when they're hit by the attack.

Well. We know that he has a "true wish" that the ability to freeze Vaugarde in time grants. I don't think it's at all a stretch to guess that the King's "true wish" is to be able to remember the Island. My personal guess is that the King (and Siffrin) brought this "true wish" into effect via the "SAY ITS NAME" sequence- he even tries three times, a significant number in wishing.

The King (and Siffrin's) wish breaks, because it can't be fulfilled in this moment without breaking the wish to prevent the Island from being thought about. However. Consider the conditions at the end of ACT 5- the King sees the vision of the future reflected back to him, and what he sees is the Island. He remembers the Island, fulfilling his own wish, and is frozen in time. I consider this a compromise between his wish and the one binding the Island- the King gets to remember the Island, but nobody alive is able to think about it, because he's frozen in time; it's like the Universe is correcting itself (I WILL GET BACK TO THIS). The wish of all of Vaugarde to defeat the King is fulfilled, since he is no longer a threat, and Siffrin's wish wraps itself up soon after.

MY POINT BEING. The King's attack is a vision of the future. This "future" is of the Island, in some uncorrupted state. The saviors see it when he attacks them, and he sees it when it is deflected back to him.

The logical next question is "okay, so the Island exists in the future, but how do you know time shenanigans are even related to the Island?"

Recall a very odd series of interactions throughout the game, in which you try to interact with a piece of equipment that you already own.

The game rewinds slightly, before the item disappears, as the Universe corrects itself.

This is awfully similar to two particular events: looping back without seeing the death screen, and talking to the Daydreaming One about her sister. The latter is more interesting to me for the purposes of this theory.

In both instances, something is misaligned within the Universe (an item existing in two places, someone remembering something they're not supposed to) and it is corrected through some sort of rewind. Also compare the dialogue above to when you try to give Mirabelle the Stylish Bow when you already own it.

The world glitches, but Siffrin defuses the situation before the Universe has to intervene. Omitted from the screenshot is the fact that Mirabelle's portraits switch to happy from "catastrophically anxious" with no transition after Siffrin shows her where the bow is. Important to note is that when Mirabelle tries to recall receiving the bow, her head hurts, much like how trying to break the Island wish causes a headache.

The Universe leads you away from perception, and you can only follow.

My theory that I keep circling around is that through Wish Craft, the Island has been displaced temporally. The denizens of the Island, as well as the Island itself, still exist, but they are in the future. The Island is still loaded into the world, like how equipment is before you try to interact with it, and the Island cannot leave this quantum state, because it never actually went anywhere. The magnitude of the redaction event is so severe with the Island, because it is so much larger as an entity than a sword or a bow. There are of course things I don't really have pieced together, like why somebody would wish the Island into the future, how far into the future it is, or why equipment behaves this way. But it's the only Island theory I've seen that I have some level of confidence in, so I might as well lay out my cards for it.

[nebuladreamz]

A little different than last year's, but here we are again. To say that this past year hasn't been absolutely wild would be a lie, cause HOLY SHIT MAN

This year's birthday is. A little different for me, but you already have the silly comic to show that so I won't make like a broken record oops

But, despite the changes and hills that life's decided I should climb or throw at, it hasn't changed the fact that I'm so genuinely fucking thankful to the people that I've known since joining this fandom. I'm not even kidding when I say that being here has actually changed my life for the better. I know I said something similar last year, but this time, hoo boy it sure turned up the AMP and test how far I could go.

So, to everyone, both new and old; thank you for being here :D

@garbagechocolate @darkxsoulzyx @smoljeanius @bunmuffin @skizabaa

@tuzesdays @sleepykas @fernzwing @kandidandi @starsketchez

@just-a-drawing-bean @notdysfunk @ilsole @amberluvsbugs @cloudyvoid

@nomsthecat @alfinefalf @nosleepygay @theblog-with-thestuff

@cacaocheri

(Edit: ty kibbits for informing me of the. Fuck ass tagging system)

AND TAGGING OTHERS BECAUSE. POINTS. BONKS WITH HEAD. GETTING TO EITHER INTERACT OR TALK OR WHATEVER IS ALWAYS A DELIGHT

@ohno-the-sun @kibbits @ink-yy @saltyfryz @kaprisvn

@hierba-picante @sunny-sophies-garden @cookiiemancer @sneeblbop @justaduckarts

@pepethehumanz @crystalmagpie447 @woolysstuff @mocha-illustrates @duhsty1

@sanchensky @pillowspace @victarin @witherfide

[I DEFINITELY GOT SONAS WRONG AND THESE AREN'T ALL THE SILLY PEOPLE I KNOW BUT IM SITTING HERE AT 2:30 IN THE MORNING JUST KNOW YOU'RE THERE IN SPIRIT HANDING YOU ALL POPTARTS WAUGH]

[skitskatdacat63]

Vettonso complaining about each other not respecting schrondinger's track limits on the radio compilation + Seb's commentary that made me a bit feral

Must include these sexy ass pics okay, it makes me feral how hard they race each other.

Also SO upset that we got this vid and there's also pictures(and presumably a vid out there somewhere) of Fernando, back then, ALSO debriefing this race. And yet we never got them together?????? Evil. Fucked up.

Imagine seeing them complaining about each other but also having to (begrudgingly if you're Fernando) compliment each other IN FRONT of each other. Maybe its a good thing it doesn't exist, bcs then I'd have a heart attack.

[headaching]

part 1 part 2

[achillean-knight]

Screaming and crying bc these were so fuckin' fun to draw bro

[satangcrush]

not the same anon as before but am also searching for om fanfic scraps

please drop some more author recs 🥹🥹🥹

hi nonnie!!! here are some more (i got tired of typing like half way through so some of them are short in description but i truly recc all of these authors okay!!!! also all sfw unless stated otherwise) <3

@aspiringtrashpanda : my recent discovery and love love her writing so much. do check out her obey me month, as well as her masterlist here

@devildom-dedicated-daydreams : suggestive content; this is just a blog dedicated to one fanfic but i highly recommend if you're into like those manhuas/manhwas with secondary character who gets revenge with a system in place. (brain kinda stopped so just check out their work on tumblr or AO3.)

@leviathans-watching : they have a variety of fandoms, so if ure multifandom, u can check out their pinned post for more. if you're only interested in obey me, you can check out their masterlist!

@demonfamilytherapist : i actually got recommended this account from a reblog on the previous ask but i havent had the time to go through their works. but here is their masterlist for reference <3

@shabootldoo : they write for a multitude of fandoms which you can check out in their pinned post, but if you're only interested in obey me, they specialise in writing for character/character (e.g. Solotan, SoloSim, etc etc)

@once-in-a-blood-moon : love jo's brain and im always having fun reading her thoughts (especially as a solomon enjoyer) and you can check out her sfw masterlist here and nsfw masterlist here

@obeythebutler : rosh has many many works for you to check out from one-shots to headcannons to series! you're in for a ride <3 this is their masterlists here (do note that there is nsfw work here so DNI if ure a minor, thank u)

@eraofkalki : vee doesnt have a masterlist yet but im tagging her works here for you to have easy access - young master, solomon's paradox, cor meum

@elsecrytt (NSFW): they havent written for the obey me fandom in a hot minute but i do come back to their masterlist from time to time to READ

@three-realms-archive : one of the first few blogs that i followed when i made mine <3 they do a variety of content too from oneshots, short snippets, hcs and series! they have quite a bit of work so you'll def have fun checking out their masterlist

@books-and-catears : another one that was recommended in a previous reblog on the last ask. i also havent had much of a chance to check them out but this is their masterlist for reference!

@obae-me : they have some nsfw works but they are tagged as such! they do both HCs as well as longer works here. have fun checking out their works hehehe

@meggs-wonderland : they have a mixture of both NSFW and SFW, so do check it out at your discretion :> this is their masterlist , they also do self-ships if ure interested to check it out!

@zephyrchama : if you love writers who specialises in comedy, they're the one for you. their writing always gets a chuckle out of me and i also want to applaud their effort for revamping their masterlist because theres so many works that they have written so far

@mochatsin : this was also another creator that was recommended in the previous ask and i also havent had the chance to check out their works but this is their masterlist

@denpa-dere : was recommended by @/zephyrchama in the replies, do note that they do both NSFW & SFW content! just binged their house arrest series (NSFW!) in the morning lol. (great read, 10/10 recc) this is their masterlist for reference

@thebellearchives : also recc by @/once-in-a-blood-moon!! this is their masterlist for reference, they have a mix of NSFW and SFW as well as write for JJK and Trigun if you are interested in these fandoms as well :>

here are a variety of other accounts that dont really write fics but i enjoy reading/browsing as well <3

@akuzonprime : the blurbs are very cute and i hope u take the chance to go through their account!

@obeymeinfo : they post character (outfit?) sprites of the characters and its a great place to look at, if you are looking for a particular outfit hehe

@devildom-fashion-week : they archive the character battle outfits and voicelines hehe, if ure ever looking for a particular outfit (to write or draw), highly recommend checking them out

@sheepthatgobaa : highly entertaining art. 10/10 recommend. also your token luke fan. (Familial btw. Do not Perceive Kelo Wrongly.) anyways she does a lot of requests too for fanart and it’s always so funny ehheheheh

@enoe-of-noen : they have a variety of content on their blog, from art, to fic, to hcs to, whatever you are looking for, they most probably have it HAHAH you can check out their pinned post here

@featheredcrowbones : love vy's art so im adding them in too lol but do check out their art tag!!!!!

@marsvlog : so actually im also a fan of mystic messenger and seeing their pinned post of belphie and saeran artwork (made me a little feral but i digress) so if ure a fan of both fandoms, ure in for a treat hehe

@dailyraphael : my daily serotonin for fanart of raphael + bonus of cute artstyle yes

@devildomwriter : theyre a great account to check out, they do quotes, lesson summaries, writing, and a plethora of other things!!! i especially love the obey me cast as cats series that they currently have going on.

@solomams : if youre looking for someone who's dedicated to their ocs + solomon & mammon, look no further because lupe is here to save the day

@yoyvmii : also does fanart for multiple fandoms but her mammon in boothill’s outfit artwork lives in my head rent free yes

@nevvn : was recommended by @/once-in-a-blood-moon in the reblog! love love love their solomon drawings, this is my personal fav from them

@solomiracle : was also rec by @/once-in-a-blood-moon! how could i have forgotten abt this, It's one of the staples of the solomon lover community! also what I love abt them is that they consistently reblog old artworks/works of obey me and its always pleasant seeing these artworks floating around again~

@starry-miki : recc by @/once-in-a-blood-moon!!! i did a customary scroll through the account and omg the marketable plushies artwork is so cute LOL, I also love this solomon artwork of theirs, its so pink and he's so cute lol

@sane-omblog : recc by @/in-the-bushes-miki! another one that I forgot to include lol. anyways love their art style, its so cute and whimsical!! (sidenote, i was rooting for teenage satan to win the poll but the art of baby satan was so cute that I was like yeah nvm)

@susujelly : another one recc by @/in-the-bushes-miki! its my first time seeing the account but the pinned post of solomon as the cat made me lol'ed so hard

@afraidofbee : also recc by @/in-the-bushes-miki! also another one that I forgot to include again lol, love seeing their posts of sheep!MC just absolutely getting up to mischief. and the artstyle is super endearing and this is one of my recent favs from them

+ some others i want to recc but I forgot in my initial post so im adding them as I go (im def forgetting people again lol): @bearakero : only posts about thirteen!! love love seeing fanarts of thirteen and this is my personal fav, just think that u do so much justice to her!

guys my brain died btw

Edit #1: guys wait let me self promo also lol hahahahah um my writing blog is @satanghulu if u wanna check me out 💖 okay fr bye

edit #2: this is the previous post if you are still looking for more writers in the fandom!

[thestarswhim]

So this tweet made a real good point and got me thinking about this scene:

As mentioned in their tweet, "you don't 'beg for mercy' for a job," and here he sounds so scared and desperate, like he's had to do this A LOT before with the directors and it's so... sad.

(more under the cut)

Before he finds out the truth about Eden, he believed they saved him from his former life and gave him new opportunities to continue his dreams, but do you think having to needlessly beg to keep your position as literally being the face of Eden out of fear you'll be replaced and thrown right back out to your old life is a so called dream come true?

Eden even made a trailer for a movie about his life to fame, showing how everyone was rejecting him as a person, which they definitely made it more simplified like I KNOW he was getting way worse treatment than what was shown.

My main point is that despite believing in Eden's motives (before knowing the truth), he still wasn't truly happy deep down. He was STILL getting rejected and slandered by society, and he knew that deep down, so it's not surprising how the possibility of him losing his job made him have a whole breakdown and do the things he did to try and cope.

He quite literally has no one to lean to and hasn't had anyone since showing up to Eden besides the directors (because he probably believed they were treating him fairly and with respect), but... yeah.

He wanted to make a difference, to give hope to hybrids, and he thought he was doing just that. Despite the way the directors and everyone thought of him, despite how alone he felt, he still thought he was achieving his dreams and sharing that onto others

and yet... he was being used this entire time. None of it was true, all the hard work and the things he went through was for nothing.

Everything that Eden has done, and he was the face of it all... it's just devastating.