#At this point should I tag this as liveblogging?

[yoihino]

Ah, I might have gotten too immersed in the story, once I forget about the author and start calling the characters themselves assholes for their choices. Time for a break I guess.

[thenightisland]

rote is like what if you took the most self aware person in the world and the least self aware person in the world and they were in love

[not-too-many-eyes]

KYRIE WHY ARE YOU GIRL KINZO

I'm sitting here in my room, at a surprisingly comfortable temperature wise considering its like 35c normally and my aircon is off. Slamming my head into the fucking desk because of Kyrie Ushiromiya (and also Battler but MAINLY KYRIE)

This isnt even fuckin going into Kyrie's role as an enforcer of cishet misogynist norms within the family if I wasnt going insane every time I try to understand Kyrie Ushiromiya and also haven't started ep 4 yet id be out here writing about her role in enforcing amanormatiivity and cishet monogamy through how she presents romance and her blatent misogony-

SHE MARRIED A MAN WHO LIKES WESTERNS YET SHE'S THE ONE WHO IS CARRYING A SECRET GUN AROUND- (If I tracked my guns right in Ep 3 since they only got 4 guns for the 4 siblings and Rosa's gun went to Hideyoshi, and Krauss and Eva still had their guns.) I swear- instead of actually trying to solve the murder mystery I just try to figure out what's going on with Kyrie for 398247239849 hours.

[ell-if-i-know]

i'm here, i'm queer, and im liveblogging riverdale some more

[the-holy-ghosted]

Started reading Torn Water. If there is one thing that I am normal about for certain it is deeply disturbed children with extremely complicated relationships to death

[hesperidia]

thinking about how i haven't properly read (and commented on) an enst story since peaceful daydreams that one is just too good i'm still recovering

[blackjackkent]

15 Lines Tag Meme

Tagged by @morganaseren

Tagging: @istibaethoriel @thedarkstrategist @astreamofstars @bardic-inspo (also retagging @morganaseren and @writer86 bc I did this slightly differently than y'all did and maybe you wanna try it this way too :D )

(Want me to tag you in work-sharing memes like this in the future? Toss a like on this post over here! Would love a bigger list of folks to tag. :) )

Rules: Share 15 or fewer lines of dialogue from an OC, ideally lines that capture the character/personality/vibe of the OC. Bonus points for just using the dialogue without other details about the scene, but you’re free to include those as well!

I just realized that I don't actually have a WIP currently running that involves an OC, which is a bit wild. (Two WIP Jaheira longfics and a bunch of one-shot ideas I haven't started yet. XD ) So I'm going to do this as not a WIP fic quote but instead fifteen different quotes from Hector across several different existing fics that are representative of his personality. (I'm not sure which the originator of the meme intended and I know prev (Lee) did it the other way XD but I'm gonna reinterpret the instructions bc this is where my brain is taking it instead.)

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“Where your Lady looks for emptiness, mine looks for…self-reliance,” he finally says slowly. “Which is itself…not conducive to…” He trails off. “I have not ever felt this way before.” (Happy For You)

Hector hesitates. “I think perhaps I ought to ask you to forgive me,” he says quietly. “There were– and still are– many steps along this path that I have not handled as I should have. I was…very confused for quite some time, and very afraid, and perhaps my actions betrayed too much.” (Happy For You)

“It was one of the mantras of grounding I was taught from when I was a very young boy,” he says. “To…calm myself when I was upset or angry, to stop crying or raging, take control of the feelings and quiet them.” (The Center Cannot Hold)

“I love it,” he murmurs. “And I will keep it close to me going forward, you can be sure of that.” He turns the small talisman in his fingertips, watching it catch the light. “I've seen many of these,” he adds reverently. “But never one of such fine make. And old, too. Some monk carried this through hell before it made its way to you. I suppose I will add to that tradition...” (The Mystery of the Night)

“I don’t think I can go back,” he finally says quietly. “Not after all of this. I’ve… changed too much.” (Riverbed)

“I don’t know how to do what they want me to do,” he says softly. “How to… be what they think I am.” (Riverbed)

“It is only through meditation and strength of will that we master our emotions,” he says. “So I was taught.” (What Good, This Heart of Stone?)

“Discipline,” he mutters. “To control one's body is to control one's mind.” (What Good, This Heart of Stone?)

“SHUT UP!” The roar bursts from him and cracks apart into a sob. Tears flood his eyes, blurring his vision. “Gods… please… just leave me alone. I can’t… I can’t… she is dying and she is in so much pain, and I can’t help her, I can’t stop it. If you were anything less than a monster, you would grieve with me, you would want to help her… you would give a single, solitary damn… but you don’t. All you care about is your fucking worm, and it’s all falling apart… it’s all gone… it’s all gone…” The tears are coming heavier now, choking him, blinding him. “What the hell am I going to do?” he whispers. “I won’t… I won’t do it, I won’t do what you want… I won’t become an… an abomination just to save my heart… I won’t take her choice from her… but how will I bear it…? ” ("Because of What You Are" - drabble)

He swallows the lump that forms in his throat at hearing these words. “There is so much… so much more to the world than I ever imagined…” (vision of selune - drabble)

He flinches, not meeting her eyes. “I was thinking about how I’m scared because I could die. And then I thought about how perhaps there is a certain level on which that would be the simplest outcome.” (night before the brain - drabble)

“You’re perfect,” he repeats softly, and to his shame he hears his voice tremble. “I just…have no idea what I’m doing, and you surprised me.” (Prayers and Hellfire)

“You make me smile,” he goes on when the kiss finally breaks. The words come slowly, carefully - he considers himself no orator, but there is an ocean of feeling inside him waiting to be spoken of. “So many terrible things we see out here, and yet you make me laugh. You see the good in everything, even when it looks so dark to me. You've suffered so much and you're still kind, still want the best for everyone.” He pauses, then adds with fervent sincerity, “And you are so… so beautiful…” (Prayers and Hellfire)

[pttucker]

By the time I opened my eyes, I ended up freaking out by what I saw. [999] spoke to me as I stared dumbfoundedly at the mirror, my eyes blinking non-stop. – It's done. Holy moly. This might not be enough to slap Yoo Joonghyuk's cheek silly, but still… It should be enough to make me ponder whether I should slap him or not, at least. I rubbed my new statuesque face and muttered to myself. "…Can't I keep this face forever?" – If you do, you'll be struck by the storm of Probability's aftermath.

First off, kind of weird that he'd be struck by Probability just for wearing a new face??? Especially when he's worn one before? Unless finally this face actually does appear handsome to those around him when it should be blurry? In which case, why does him not appearing blurry mean so much to the Star Stream that it would literally be affected by Probability?

I mean, my theory is that it's because he's a reader from outside the story and thus the people inside the story can't know what he actually looks like since how can characters in a book ever see the person reading the book?

Secondly, YOU DON'T NEED TO KEEP IT DOKJA YOUR ORIGINAL FACE IS PERFECTLY FINE!

I swear if this novel doesn't end on everyone seeing his real face and telling him what a handsome guy he is I'm gonna riot. RIOT I SAY!

LOOK AT WHAT ALL OF YOU HAVE DONE TO THIS POOR MAN! YOU'VE GIVEN HIM ANXIETY ABOUT HIS LOOKS AND MADE HIM THINK HE'S SO UGLY HE HAS TO PERMANENTLY HIDE HIS REAL FACE!!!

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

mr faust. never not thinking abt him.

[killjoy-prince]

THIS GUY I SWEARRRRRRR

Ok, so I get to 12/1. After school, I get this text from Ryoji after hearing he cut class today

I'm thinking "oh its about to get VERY gay"

First, he plays the piano, something he did when we first met but this time hes clearly improved. And then you can say

LIKE HOW KAWORU/SHINJI CODED CAN YOU BE????? THIS IS LIKE THAT SCENE FROM 3.1 (i never watched the movie but i know the scene)

Anyway, you cant play. Ryoji's like what an interesting concept but lets save it for another time.

THEN he goes on about human connections thats hes witness in the month hes been here and then says this

ITS A CONFESSION

NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT HE'S CONFESSING HIS LOVE TO YOU

Making good on his words from the femc route where he said "I'd love you whether you were a man or a woman"

But when he asks you "What about you?" THE GAME DOESNT LET YOU RECIPROCATE!!! ONLY CONFUSED ANSWERS TO PICK FROM

And before he can make himself clearer, Fuuka comes in having heard the piano and Ryoji fucked off somewhere, the conversation finished prematurely.

Now I gotta wait for 12/31 because we had the big reveal about who he really is and the ultimatum he gave us. I think he should kiss P3!Protag on 12/31 like regardless of what choice we picked bc it'd be great but I know atlus wont take this further than this bc they're COWARDS!!!!!

[achingly-shy]

THE WAY HE STEPS TOWARD HIM BEFORE STEPPING BSCK AND THEN THEY BOTH LOOK BACK AT EACH OTHER AT THE SAME TIMESJUSUDJDHDJNFMF

[mishkakagehishka]

He's literally perfect i want to strangle him

[seishun-emergency]

pins this to that board i was making during my element read about themes of childhood/adulthood

[punkwixes]

finished the drk lvl 70 job quest lads

[lovinggreeniehours]

all the chrome part of the pgr manga is telling me is that he and renata were absolute freaks. that is all thank you

[headslikekites]

cutting down written dialogue to be put into comic format making me realize just how much I overexplain things LOL