#BV SPOILERS

[ruler-of-thorns]

Malleus having older sibling trauma. Malleus resenting how Lilia is able to openly express being Silver's parent but had to keep Malleus at arms length because of their roles. Malleus having to know someone who was presumably initially very cold and softened only as he was growing older while Silver had a very openly loving father immediately. Malleus being the child who taught Lilia how to parent and love. Malleus never feeling like Lilia truly loved him after seeing how he was able to love Silver. Malleus loving Silver because they're brothers and at the same time resenting him for having the father he always wanted.

[darkcrownninja]

MOS Pa Kent and MAWS Pa Kent

I find the polar opposite depictions of Jonathan in these stories incredibly fascinating.

MOS Jonathan shields and separates Clark from anything related his heritage, including things like his ship and powers. Encouraging suppresion and caution in Clark.

Actively telling Clark to hide his powers and never use them, scolding him whenever he used them. He is a man terrified of the world taking his son away from him, specially knowing he has no real way of protecting Clark from anything that may seek to harm him. So he encourages him to hide himself and avoid drawing any attention.

He is a more jaded and cynical man, immediately assuming the world would attack and try to kill his son (he ended up being right, which is its own can of worms), would try to rip his miracle child, his star baby away from him.

He only sees a world that would harm the child he so desperately seeks to protect, that child he loves more than anything.

MAWS Jonathan is the complete opposite of his MOS counterpart. He is the one that encouraged Clark to discover himself, to make contact with the ship, to practice his use and control of his powers, even turning that into a game a young Clark could enjoy.

He is aware of the shock Clark´s existence will create but in the end he has faith in humanity seeing Clark for what he truly is, someone who just wants to help others.

He is more optimistic and cheerful, thinking of the best and encouraging other people to do so too.

In MAWS, Martha is the one who is the one who wants to keep Clark away from anything alien, the one that clings to him and wants to keep him hidden.

While Jonathan is cheerful over Clark deciding to go public and help people, Martha is the one that is slightly reluctant (though not to MOS Jonathan´s level, like letting yourself get killed by a tornado because you don´t want your son to expose himself is extreme though somewhat understandable) to let him go, though she eventually gets on board and creates his trunks.

This dicotomy is reflected on Clark´s abilities.

Flight is one of his most characteristic abilities and it often serves as a metaphor for Clark feeling free and accepted, it comes in moments where Clark learns to love and accept himself.

So it is interesting to see how in MAWS it is one of the first he obtains while in MOS it is one of the last ones. Showing the difference in how their settings and enviroments reacted to them.

MAWS is honestly amazing and I am incredibly glad we got this adaptation of the Superman mythos. It is so unique and refreshing. I can´t wait for season 3.

Regardless of its flaws I genuinely love MOS and its depiction of the Kent family. Its different from what we are used to in comics and tv shows, but it offers a unique take on the Kents dealing with Clark´s powers. At the end the day Jonathan is just a father terrified someone will hurt his child and he won´t be able to protect him.

Anyways this ramble has lasted enough, love both pieces of media to bits.

[chernabogs]

C7 spoilers HELPPP BABY MALLEUS LMFAO

[bvadmin]

What's The Lost Dimension?Whom human in it and who's not by any chance?, or everyone human in it?

In simple words (or as I can explain it), it will be an ASK blog (and another one), but there will be more variety + there may appear characters that were accidentally invented or were inspired by something or someone. / Простыми словами (или то как я могу объяснить), это будет АСК блог (да ещё один), но там разнообразия больше + там могут появиться персонажи случайно придуманные или были вдохновлённые чем-то или кем-то.

I don't even know what example I can give, sorry. / Я даже не знаю что можно в пример привести, извините.

As for who is human and who is not human, well... I can only show those who have already been seen before ⬇️ / Насчёт того кто там люди и не люди, ну... Я могу показать лишь тех, кого уже видели ранее ⬇️

I even tried to come up with a name for someone, and someone just exists... I'm talking about the purple one. / Кому-то я даже и��я пытался придумать, �� кто-то просто существует...я про фиолетового.

You could say that there are people and non-people there... anyone could be there, removed from something. / Можно сказать что там и люди и не люди...да кто угодно может быть, отстранённый от чего-либо.

One more thing. Maybe it will still appear (since I already explained that there will be an ASK blog), but I can't guarantee it, maybe I'll abandon this idea and it will just be in my fantasies 😞 / Ещё кое-что. Возможно оно все же появиться (так как я уже пояснил что будет АСК блог), но я не гарантирую, может я заброшу эту идею и просто оно будет находиться в моих фантазиях 😞

Although... we can count on next year. What do you think? / Хотя... можно рассчитывать на следующий год. Как думаете?

And finally... Spoiler- / И в заключении... Спойлер-

Yes, I know that I have a strange fantasy, don’t be surprised. / Да, я знаю что у меня странная фантазия, не удивляйтесь.

[fruixtii]

@llondonfog @rayroseu @hanafubukki

SOBBING AND SCREAMING AND BREAKING MY WALLS…WHY IS THE BOOK 7 SOUNDTRACK SO GOOD!!!!!

[mikailys]

MCL NewGen Ep 9 Commentary

I poured blood, sweat, tears, and money to finish this episode. I fought my inner demons to convince myself that they didn't deserved my money but here we are: with a concluded episode and me with 30 euros less in my bank account 🥲 As always, this post will obviously contain spoilers under the cut so beware~

Ngl after the disaster of episode 8 I had zero (0) hopes for this new one, I wasn’t even excited after everything that happened last month (e-girl pack, episode 8, Halloween event and so on) but I have to admit, this one surprisingly exceeded my low expectations by a landslide by finally giving some insight on the LIs about time i might say.

But first thing first, the cost. This episode was hella expensive, I spent 2604 aps, of which 1832 were free. I'm following Jason's route so I know it's more expensive than the others but I didn't imagine this much. I genuinely hope the others will be shorter and that this was just an exception given the backstories cause I can't handle every ep being like this 😩

As a Jason's girlie, I was ecstatic about this episode. For once, his presence was well-contextualized, he didn’t come off like a stalker and we weren’t the damsel in distress. I didn’t expect him to start trauma-dumping on Candy so soon, considering they don’t see each other as often compared to the other LIs, but I’m glad we got to know him better. I really hope Candy’s attitude toward him will start to soften 'cause she’s always on guard around him and it’d be nice to see her relax and trust him a little more, especially after the intimate moment they experienced in this ep.

I must admit tho the premise didn't really appeal to me and I was skeptical this would be another silly ep with all the Devenementiel crew doing stuff but luckily it wasn't. It all starts with Devon telling us that, starting the next day, a group of interns will be joining the team and it turns out these are Devon’s younger brothers, Gebril and Joen.

Overall I liked the time spent with them. I agree that there were a lot of unnecessary moments and some parts I could’ve gladly skipped but it was a cute scenario, and finally we get to meet some new characters for a change also idk but Joen's attitude kinda reminds me of Armin oh I miss himm

Since we're here let’s already get to the sore spot of this whole ep: the whole Tasha situation. I don’t care if it’s wrong to have beef with my fictional sister, but I’m honestly speechless at how she and their mom acted during the internship situation. You knew for months that you needed to pick a company for your internship and yet, the night before, you have no plans because you delayed the application?? And now you’re asking me to call up my boss at 8 pm to beg him to include you in the internship that’s supposed to start tomorrow? Are you out of your mind?!?

Also isn’t the whole traineeship supposed to be organized by the school? I’m not sure how it works in France, but I was quite confused—here in Italy the school usually guides you through the process and handles all the paperwork. It’s unusual for students to be left on their own in a situation like this...

And the mom is even worse cause she just says "I don’t want to judge you for how you’re acting with her because if I were in your shoes I wouldn’t know what to do either" like uhmm you’re the mother, not me?? If you knew about this the whole time –and she knew for months– why didn’t she help Tasha earlier? Or better yet, why didn’t Tasha ask us weeks ago instead of the evening before? And yet they’re just chilling while playing cards omg you have no idea how much this stressed me out it's so stupid but yet so infuriating like the fact that they only have a bathroom in a mega villa but whatever i guess.

After we refuse to help her, Tasha mysteriously ends up joining Goldreamz for her internship. I’m honestly confused, once again, about how this happened because the night before no company had accepted her and now suddenly she's got the job?? Did Jason see her candidacy last minute right before clocking out the office? If I missed something pls let me know cause I genuinely can't wrap my head around it lol.

What a way to twist things...

But anyway, I honestly liked this option. I admit I would have never imagined this plot for his route but I’m glad they went this way. I loved seeing Candy’s reaction when Tasha told her about working with "the devil" and I also enjoyed her reactions to the ambiguous conversation between Candy and Jason in his office watch Tasha being the first to get the hints about their situationship lol

Maybe it's for the better, we don't want to let our lil sis know we blew up big time our first solo project.

Once Tasha leaves, Candy asks Jason wtf he’s doing and he assures her that he doesn’t have any ulterior motives. He just thought it would be an amusing situation for both him and Candy. After a quick recap, we get a better understanding of Candy and Tasha's relationship. It seems like there’s a bit of a rivalry/competition between the sisters—something I would have never guessed, considering we've only seen Tasha about three times since the beginning but okay. I only wish to see more of their sisterhood but I guess we won't any sooner since she's going to her father for a while, that sucks.

After some usual bantering, we find out that Jason envies our relationship with Tasha since he’s an only child, which leads him to open up a bit about his past. We learn that he found comfort in solitude, often isolating himself by going out on his father's boat in the middle of the ocean. I admit this was unexpected, I never would’ve guessed he’d be so into the marine world - as we'll see soon in the rowboat scene. It adds a surprisingly nice contrast to his otherwise business-like persona.

Touched by Jason’s childhood story, Candy spontaneously suggests they take a boat ride right then and there, to experience the peace and solitude he felt throughout his childhood. This was a cute gesture from Candy ngl, I thought she would simply nod and listen to his story but no. This is the first time she takes such an important first step with him in their relationship and I'm proud of her.

But, once arrived tho she has to ruin everything destroying the cute little moment...

Oh my God. You strangely enough managed to get him to open up about his difficult childhood and you still can’t help but joke about him being the big bad guy? Ugh I take back whatever I said about you Candy, you're dumb.

Thankfully, Jason doesn’t seem that much bothered by her comment and they get on the rowboat. I was lowkey hoping for a cute moment where he offers her his hand to help her aboard but nope, doesn’t happen. Honestly I’m convinced this is his subtle payback for that insensitive joke, if so props to you J.

Anyway, he starts rowing and soon we find ourselves in the middle of the lake. This is where the heart of the episode unfolds imo. We finally get a glimpse into his family history. Jason opens up about his father, a scientist deeply passionate about the ocean, that tragically passed away shortly before he turned 19.

This is the moment where I truly lost it. I swear, I was a sobbing mess.

Jason’s vulnerability hit me harder than I expected. We already knew about his father, but hearing him tell the whole story was tough. I can barely imagine what he went through at such a pivotal age. The emotional distance between him and his mother after she got remarried definitely played a big role and when you add his strained relationship with his stepfather into the mix, it’s impossible not to feel for him. It's such a tragic backstory, I hope they don’t mess it up from here on out. My pookie deserves better :(

As for the special scene, it wasn't that much but I liked it. Unfortunately, I can't post the screenshots since I’ve hit the limit per post sigh but it was such a sweet and heartwarming moment. It offered a smooth transition from the heaviness of the conversation to their usual playful banter and I really appreciated how it slowly lightened up the mood without taking away from the emotional depth of his story. I have to admit, I wasn’t really a fan of the illustration. The setting and moment were adorable - it totally gave me Rapunzel vibes with all the whimsy and charm - but Jason’s expression feels off, it’s almost like he’s a villain plotting revenge rather than being swept up in the moment lol. Plus his proportions seem a little strange mmh. Candy, on the other hand, looks gorgeous so gg.

And that’s it. Afterwards, Jason accompanies Candy back to her house, reminding her that despite the little walk down memory lane, things haven’t changed between them in his eyes, and he expects the same from her. Oh, and let’s not forget she owes him an intimate story too as if the whole Ioan drama wasn’t enough.

With that, he leaves and the episode ends with Candy having her same old crisis whenever she spends a little time with Jason.

Now, I’m really curious to see if Jason opening up will actually shift things between them or if it’ll stay the same old. At this point, Candy doesn’t have much of an excuse to keep trash-talking him - he hasn’t done anything to harm her or Devenementiel, yet, and he’s actually been there to help her on multiple occasions. I’m hoping she drops the whole “he’s the devil” mindset because he’s honestly shown more support than hostility in the latest eps.

But honestly I can't hide that rn I'm more worried about the next episode. Thomas having an incident was on everyone’s bingo card -even though I didn’t expect it to happen this early- but here we are. I’ve got so much repressed trauma from everything with Lysander that I genuinely have no idea what to expect next 🫠

[makorragal-312]

Slade: We’re the good guys.

Also Slade: slices a bridge pillar and tried to shoot down Superman while he was trying to hold up said bridge carrying innocent civilians.

[ajdrawshq]

oct2path update . just hit the double whammy that was one of casttis chapters + one of thronés chapters. don't remember the numbers but it's probably an if u know u know type situation bc Ow that Hurt. anyway I'm currently on the temenos chapter that I'm pretty sure I've heard ppl talk about in a. similar vibe sort of way. and. not for the first time this game. i feel dread

[biwitchofthewest]

Yknow, the current narrative on CR reminds me of the media segment from BvS where the tv host asks “must there be a superman” and senator June finch answers “there is”.

I feel like the “pro-gods/no-gods” debate should have June finch’s energy.

[iamfitzwilliamdarcy]

“Though all it really does is show how arbitrary everything is. A ghost kills my sister. My parents die in an accident. Why did they die and not me? Believe me, I’ve looked for an answer and there isn’t one. There’s no meaning to any of it”

and

“My parents taught me a different lesson. Dying in a gutter for no reason at all. They taught me the world only makes sense if you force it to”

[spacedustmantis]

bv!mantis 🤝 rand bitb

paranoid

drug adicts

assholes

guilt up to the fucking brim

chronic avoidant behavior

denial

psychosis

dead and maybe possibly possessed little sisters

shotgun

[chernabogs]

C7 Spoilers BUT OUAGH

Lilia cursing Meleanor and Levan bc Malleus hatches SHOOTING OUT LIGHTNING BOLTS AND SCREECHING before immediately breaking down in tears (sebek cried too don't worry LMAO) and just holding Malleus so gently... i'm ill

[bvadmin]

Well, it's not exactly a spoiler. Although you can see it later in about... 9 days 2 hours 50 minutes (my time) / Ну что же, это не совсем спойлер. Хотя можно будет потом увидеть примерно через... 9 дней 2 часа 50 минут (по моему времени)

Maybe you already have some assumptions in advance? / Может у вас уже есть предположения заранее?

[tiger-lily-55555]

Hollow Knight Update: I beat BV!

So it’s been a bit since I last talked about playing Hollow Knight - been a while since I played it, actually. My goal for today was to defeat the Collector, but to do that I needed the Love Key. For some reason I thought the thing I needed for that was Isma’s Tear and not the Shade Cloak, so I got the tear first.

Once realizing I needed the Shade Cloak I made a series of discoveries: to get the cloak I needed to unlock the Abyss, to unlock the Abyss I had to fight Hornet again, and in order to get to where she was I had to get the Monarch Wings, so I had to fight Broken Vessel.

Now, the thing was I wanted to fight the Collector so I can get all of the grub locations and save them all before infecting the Crossroads, but the plan’s now changed. I have gotten the wings, so hopefully now getting to the grub will be easier. (One of my main goals is to Save the Grubs)

So after a few tries, and the Defender’s Crest coming in handy, I managed to defeat Broken Vessel. I was super excited that I beat them... until their hand reached out towards me before they collapsed. I felt a sinking feeling in my chest as I fully realized what I did in-game.

I killed my sibling. Sure, an infected, basically zombified one, but still. I didn’t fell bad after fighting Hornet, just accomplished, but this was different. She was able to leave the fight - BV didn’t. And now I’m going to have to do this again when I face the Hollow Knight, and when I fight Lost Kin in the Dream Realm.

Hollow Knight is a great game with many amazing aspects: the music, the characters, the animation, the fights, the story. When you’re caught up in everything else, you can forget that the story is a tragedy, and my battle with Broken Vessel reminded me of that.

[demonsfate]

Imma be honest, chief. I loved Angel Jin's design. Like, I know, it looks like a FF reject. But.. he's..cool. Way better than his Blood Vengeance DJ form. idk. Call me cringe, but I'm free.

BUT THAT'S ONE REASON WHY I DIDN'T LIKE IT ... it just gave me too many vibes from Blood Vengeance LOL. But it's okay if you like it haha, I don't mind. Especially 'cos I just don't really like it as it doesn't fit my personal tastes. Others are def gonna feel differently than I do hehe.

[retrokid616]

everyone after this dream scene like