#Eternal destruction

[romcathchrist]

Why Those in Hell Can Never Leave

Many people wonder why the God who is infinite love would sentence someone to an eternity of fiery punishment. Consequently, many entertain the idea that God would never do such a thing. Then, they conclude that God will either eventually bring those who are in Hell into Heaven (universalism) or that He will annihilate their souls (annihilationism), thereby bringing an end to their suffering.…

[wanderingmausoleum]

the opening lines of the shadow of the erdtree trailer remind me a LOT of a certain quote from another game:

and with this in mind, i really hope that the direction they go with miquella is less like the manipulative griffith-esque archetype some people are theorizing, and more like N’s characterization in pokemon black and white: someone very intelligent and powerful but naïve, whose honest attempts at creating a better world might bring about more destruction in the end.

[satoshi-mochida]

Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection launches February 27, 2025 - Gematsu

Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection will launch for Switch and PC via Steam on February 27, 2025, Konami announced.

A physical edition will be available for Switch, which includes one of two Quarter Century Secret Rare “Harpie’s Feather Duster” cards.

Konami also revealed Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction will be included in the collection.

Here is an overview of the collection, via Konami:

About

Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game and brings back iconic Yu-Gi-Oh! digital titles originally released between 1998 and 2004. The complete line-up of the iconic titles coming in the collection will be announced at a later date.

Included Titles Revealed So Far

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (1998 / Game Boy)

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark Duel Stories (1999 / Game Boy, Game Boy Color)

Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories (2000 Japan, 2002 United States, 2003 Europe / Game Boy Color)

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist (2000 / Game Boy Color / Includes Online Battles Support)

Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters 6, Expert 2 (2001 / Game Boy Advance)

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul (2001 Japan, 2002 United States, 2003 Europe / Game Boy Advance)

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards (2002 Japan, 2003 United States, 2004 Europe / Game Boy Advance)

Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction (2003 Japan, 2004 United States and Europe / Game Boy Advance)

The collection will include a save / load feature—a feature not available at the time of their original release.​ There will also be support for online battles in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist. After release, some titles will be updated to support online battles.

Iconic Yu-Gi-Oh! Digital Titles Optimized for Modern Play

Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection packs quality-of-life improvements that elevate classic games for modern gaming platforms. Control button layout customization and background settings will also be supported.​

View a new set of screenshots at the gallery.

[von-leg]

Color wheel meme I never posted here !! The theme was underated mangas that I need everyone to read rn.

[rin-solo]

Pls tell me I'm not alone—

[thewittyphantom]

Aaaaaaah, I HOPE Monster Capsule GB is releasing in English! I'm a lil worried cause Duel Monsters Expert 6 isn't even though Stairway to the Destined Duel is basically the same game. (I wonder if they'll keep or censor Hirutani's cigarette; the ESRB rating doesn't mention smoking.)

https://www.konami.com/yugioh/earlydayscollection/us/en/

[badlydrawnbeastcookies]

Happy Valentines Day

[eternalbastard]

“𝐈’𝐌 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑶. 𝐈’𝐌 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝑽𝑰𝑳𝑳𝑰𝑨𝑵. 𝐈’𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝑾𝑰𝑵𝑺. 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐘 𝐖𝐀𝐘 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐋𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐓 𝐈𝐓 ⸺ 𝑩𝑼𝑻 𝑵𝑶𝑻 𝑩𝑬𝑭𝑶𝑹𝑬 𝑰 𝑻𝑨𝑲𝑬 𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹𝒀𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑻𝑯𝑬𝒀 𝑯𝑨𝑽𝑬.”

𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬. 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫. 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥, 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲.

𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞. 𝐀𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐠ä𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐬, 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤, 𝐯𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞-𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐥, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 — 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥. 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 — 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲.

[generalsmemories]

every time i see someone shit on the xianzhou story quest on twitter i die a little bit inside.

[wiirocku]

Galatians 6:8 (CEV) - If you follow your selfish desires, you will harvest destruction, but if you follow the Spirit, you will harvest eternal life.

[hallucinateonpaperspines]

Crack shipping in Once upon a time:

June x Unicron

Hear me out, this crack pairing has the potential of becoming dramatic, like a Mexican soap opera or like one of those Greek mythology’s, since there would be conflict between a god and a demi-god so let’s get cooking:

In various mythologies, not just Greek, there are warnings that catching the attention of a god is considered bad luck, since Gods become extremely possessive on the objects or people they consider as theirs and will cause calamities on the interlopers or to the people they’re possessive of. June is basically his emotional support human and the envoy he depends on the most (95% of the time). In this case, Unicron spends most of his time with her and June’s presence helps eases his mind, whether their relationship is platonic or romantic, it doesn’t matter since Unicron would consider June his.

On the other hand, Unicron gave June a purpose to continue living along new “abilities” that would help her(June has become a leader/pillar of support to other neo-humans. She wouldn’t bring herself to join Jack in the afterlife since so many people depend on her). With June’s new purpose in mind and burden, Unicron ends up becoming her pillar of support from better or worse. In addition, as an envoy, she’s connected to Unicron’s anti-spark, so any emotions she feels will be transferred and vice versa.

Those emotions are going to flare when two problems (Megatron and Optimus) arrive on their doorstep.

June has plenty of reasons to despise Megatron with her entire being (I.e. destroying her life). Unicron would definitely feel and probably be affected by it.

When Megatron arrives on Earth

Unicron: *looks concerned* June, do you want me to avenge your son? I have a lightening bolt with his name on it.

June: *Sees Javier clinging to Megatron’s leg* Not yet.

Unicron: How about we make him suffer in the meantime 😈

June: … I’m listening.

In the show I wasn’t sure if June had a crush on Optimus or if it was just admiration, but if she did those feelings she once had would turn into a resentment even worse than the hate she feels for Megatron. After all the worse feeling of betrayal never comes from an enemy, but from a person you admired since you never saw it coming. The juicy drama will start once Optimus arrives on Earth. June’s resentment for Optimus would only amplify Unicron’s distaste for him.

Meanwhile, Unicron originally didn’t hate Optimus as much as Megatron. Optimus only crime at the time was being a Prime, while Megatron committed a worse crime, stealing *HIS* blood. After the cyberforming of Earth, those feelings are going to switch.

For you see, Unicron would never share anything with anyone, even with Primus, despite his brother being his equal. He would especially never share if it was with a Prime, someone he considered a lesser. So how dare this puny Prime tries to take something that doesn’t belong to him (June’s attention, thoughts, and emotions). Optimus accomplished something no other Primes have achieved, becoming someone he wants nothing more to destroy even more than his brother.

*Unicron sensing Optimus on Earth*

Immediately sends lightning, snowstorms, a hurricane, and an earthquake for good measure to make sure he’s dead in that area of the world away from civilization.

June: *Sensing immense hate and doesn’t know what going on* Unicron, is something wrong? 😰

Unicron: Nothing’s wrong, don’t worry about it 😇

I love this so much you have no idea. I’ve been struggling with figuring out where to pick up this universe, and you have handed me genius on a silver platter. My brain is swooning.

The character study I could do with this thing! Not just Unicron, but for Optimus, oh my word.

June would definitely be a "favorite" Envoy of Unicron's, even if she isn't the strongest or particularly chaotic. Maybe she reminds him of Primus before they permanently separated and became enemies. Perhaps it's simply that her mind does contain some familiar memories to latch on to. Or maybe June does have a secret dark side that's more in line with Unicron's own spark than anyone might suspect.

Regardless that's his human now.

I think as their relationship develops, it will eventually exist in this weird limbo/cross between platonic and romantic. They'd never actually enter into a romantic entanglement, not on purpose, but there is something so intimate about sharing a mind (even partially) that certain things naturally transfer over.

Sharing each other's emotions, passing on sensations of contentment, calm, or rage to convey their own feelings or influence the others'. That in itself is so similar to a conjux sparkbond that a few more perspective individuals do mistake June as Unicron's Bride.

June doesn't particularly care. If the title that she's faintly aware of makes others more inclined to listen or pay attention to her demands, she is all for it. No confirmation nor denial. She has bigger issues to deal with.

Unicron is surprisingly pleased. There's an acknowledgment of him in the rumor. That June is his. She is not free for the taking or collection of others. Semantics mean nothing.

Possessive behavior, obviously, Unicron has issues with any Prime entering into June's space (especially one that brings emotional baggage like Optimus). However, June also finds herself having a strange level of disgust and revulsion to any Cybertronain that dabbles with Dark Energon. Megatron and Starscream are no exception.

There is something so grating about it to her. Disgraceful how Unicron is being used like nothing more than an object. She comes down harder on non-earthen users. Those not born, who have not been given that connection by circumstances beyond them but took it for themselves.

There's a distinction between the two. And if her soul sings alongside the anti-spark, a wellspring of fondness and belonging for those who have been crafted into this bloodline... well, only Unicron will know.

And he does know.

Sharing a dreamscape is a new thing. It should be offputting for both, so used to silence and standing alone, for a new consciousness to manifest within a place so private. And yet...

To touch is a new sensation, even in the first days, when his body hadn't been shut down, disconnected from him, and decaying before it was reformed into the Earth, Unicron had never felt the need or experienced something so simple. Space was a wide, vast place. His time was spent exploring, consuming, and reaching out to interact with destructive purpose. Affection is as foreign as touch is, but in the shadow of dreams, June provides both. A pat on the shoulder. Leaning into his frame. Tracing the pieces of his servos. It's innocent. Mindless.

He finds he doesn't mind it.

It's nice to have a confidant. Someone who can explain what these.... egh, feelings are when concerning Earth's spawn. An anchor in a new influx of sensations and emotions. Unicron has never been parental. Has never been confronted with life raw, unfiltered, and screaming at him. June has. As a mother with a child. As a nurse in the ER. As a leader of her people. That familiarity, what was at first a way to silence the storm of voices, becomes a translator of sorts.

June is used to a small world, a life made up of her and her son, but is not used to the concept of war. She knows of it. She can recognize violence, but she's never had to threaten it and mean it. She's spent her life preserving the welfare of others, and now she's doing the opposite. Ruining. Destroying. Killing. Not just one person but an entire civilization is marked as the enemy. It may not be all-encompassing; it may be entirely justified, but a part of her, the healer in her, is just as mournful at her part in this as she is over the kids' fate. Unicron is not a stranger to death. He is not innocent of the concept of wrath. To unmaking and betrayal and cruelty.

Unicron is not a good person. Just as June draws him out into a new side of being, hurting remade into possessive-care, so too does Unicron's apathetic dismantling draw out her protective-wrath.

They are not family. Not lovers. Not friends. Not master nor apprentice. Really, if asked to define their relationship, the answer would depend on which side is asked and what day the question is voiced. For now, they just are. Drawn together by forces beyond comprehension, a moon in a sea of asteroids all circling the same planet. June is favored, elevated, and some might call it love. Unicron is trusted, humored, indulged, and listened to as if they were equals.

June Darby is still mortal, different through that lifespan may be, and even if Unicron grows attached to the concept of having a companion, if he chooses others to replace that void or disappears into the shadows of Earth's core, there will always be a space within his mind reserved for her presence. Empty or not.

They have become entwined, he is one of two again, and Unicron would rather devour her than let her go.

[culxiaa-fn]

I need them to stop doing this btw 😃😃😃😃

[yardsards]

the carmilla webseries (particularly s3) makes some really interesting points about amatonormativity that i think are probably accidental but still fascinate me.

like there's this intended theme of like, being so devoted to one person that you put them above everyone else, and the harms that can cause. and that theme is primarily explored through laura and carmilla's relationship, especially as a foil to the dean and her beloved. but also with lafontaine and how they kinda subvert that.

(i could write essays analyzing this, tbh)

anyway. the show primarily explores the themes of putting one person above everyone else through the lens of romantic relationships, because that's just kind of the genre they're operating under. but that (again, probably unintentionally) brings up a theme of amatonormativity. because amatonormativity expects you to have one romantic partner and to put them above everyone else, to unquestionably value them more than any of your friends.

anyway, with that background out of the way, what i'm really thinking about currently is danny in s3

there's that scene early on in the season, when danny's all evil vampire mode. and laura says that her and carmilla are "just friends". and danny threatens laura in front of carmilla and is like "surely you wouldn't mind me hurting her/would be willing to let her die to keep the talisman, if you two really are just friends"

and like, while danny is correct in her observation that laura and carmilla's feelings about each kther are clearly not platonic, her logic is absolute garbage. me and the friend i was rewatching it with were both like "??? no i absolutely WOULD still mind if someone threatened my purely platonic friend like that, you'd be a pretty garbage friend to not care". like, danny's logic in that scene is peak amatonormative nonsense.

but then. at the end of the season. it's danny's *platonic* love for kirsch that ends up connecting her back to her humanity. it's kirsch that she finally breaks free of the dean's influence to protect. kirsch that she's willing to risk it all for.

it wasn't laura, the girl she had a crush on. it was kirsch, who she had a whole thing about in the previous season about how she explicitly did NOT have any romantic towards him and 100% solely saw him as a platonic friend. it was her "just a friend" who ultimately ended up meaning everything for her.

[loderlied]

having real normal ‘god of his own religion/fervently self-imposed values as the machine. the light as a blinding, all-encompassing, conquering terror. the creator and destroyer, hands as divine instruments. metal and flesh as his material. learn the system of the world to its fullest extent, to its tiniest detail and shapes as the core of the machine, the only one functional for such a feat, everything else his tools/herd, until the world resembles its design.’ thoughts

[missmouse43]

Actually obsessed with the fact that we now have canon confirmation that Kiara is the type of girlfriend who would rather argue with JJ even when she’s pissed at him than not talk to him at all. Because him ignoring her is infinitely more painful to her than just fighting it out face to face.

[spotaus]

Doing more sketchbooking for Eternal Ashes! (Lore-Dump under the Cut)

Mostly developing Kane more, and figuring out Reset's childhood vibes. Kane was the oldest of the "2nd generation" and he basically was the best thing the multiverse had to a peaceful mediator. He was adored by everyone, and worked hard to maintain that position. He could usually talk down either Ink or Error from fighting, and Dream and Nightmare usually didn't like to fight infront of him. As the son of Death and Resistance of Death, he has magic that correlates a bit to Purgatory. A between-world where Souls linger when they have unresolved conflicts from life. He wasn't above using the Souls he could contact to dissuade either side of the fight.

As Kane grew more known, he got a little posse of other kids following him, mainly consisting of Reset (his lil bro), Shotput (Dream+Killer's son), and Haphazard (Ink+Error's son). Hap was the least invested, but any time his parents weren't tearing holes in the multiverse was time he appreciated and owed to Kane. Then Shotput wanted to be like Kane and bring peace. Of course Reset followed him, they were siblings.

When Kane died, the treaty of the multiverse was brought about, and the duty of keeping the multiverse stable and true to the truce fell to Haphazard's shoulders. He didn't want the pressure, but took it on anyways as the 2nd eldest. Shotput was destroyed by Kane's death and ended up hardly ever leaving Dream's side fir several years. Reset, also broken without his older brother, stayed with Geno in the Save Screen for a few years (out of sight of the rest of the Multiverse) until he started training at Nightmare's.

And, I don't talk about the parents much, but I must mention: Reset got really into his training when he was 12, and rarely stopped at home by the time he was 13. He lived at Nightmare's castle for a while. Geno and Reaper didn't even see him until it was revealed that he'd been massacuring AUs. And at that point, the boy who was fleeing the scene of a crime with his friend, covered in dust and blood? He looked so uncannily like their older son who they'd lost so many years before. I mean, it makes sense that their children would look similar, they weren't perfect copies, but Reset still wore Kane's old cloak, and he wielded a scythe just like Reaper and Kane had. Geno had been distraught, but he kept to himself. Reaper had almost immediately fallen back into his grief. They couldn't get in touch with Reset, because he was on the run. They'd practically lost a second son, and they couldn't puzzle out why.

Also, when Reset finally revives Kane, Kane comes back at the age he died. He's been in stasis. He doesn't feel like any time has passed. Meanwhile, Reset is 18 and an adult. He's going to be in huge trouble for everything he did to get his brother back. Reset is a stranger to his own brother. He knew that it would happen, but it surprises him to realize just how much changed. How much stayed the same.

Oh! Bonus Reaper + Geno! Poorly drawn, but basically, the boys get their long faces + sharpe features from Reaper, and their more gentle features from Geno. (Also, I think the freckles for Kane are from Geno's side, while Reset's magic that gives him his "freckles" comes from Reaper.)