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[monosanimegenericzone]

Hunter x Hunter: Assorted Troupe Speculation pt 2

i have more (this was supposed to go out *checks watch* a month ago)

Table of Contents

how many principles of nen have they mastered/how proficient are they at using nen

singing voice

opinion on frogs

aura levels

knows what an optometrist is

favorite egg style

big ass post below. lots of yap. the spiders are VERY GORGEOUS TO MEEEEE.

NEN MASTERY [helper image from reddit for techniques i will reference]

Chrollo: Proficient in all, exceeds expectations with: Gyo, In, Ken and Ryu.

Nobunaga: Master in all. I fully believe this man is a nen war machine but unfortunately has limited options being an enhancer.

Feitan: Proficient in combat techniques. exceeds expectations with: Gyo, Ko, Shu and Ken. Developing En but not quite there.

Machi: Nearly a master in all except En.

Phinks: Proficient in most. Master in Ko, Ken and Ryu. Struggles with En, In and Shu.

Shalnark: Practiced in all. Doesn't really need to use In and would struggle to learn Ko, Ken and Ryu because they are outside of his nen class. Focused more on Hatsu

Franklin: Proficient in all. Struggles with En and Shu. and tangent but- imagine franklin using In to snipe someone. invisible bullets. hear me the fuck out.

Shizuku: Practiced in all. I choose to believe she's pretty new to Nen and she's worked on her hatsu more than advanced techniques. But, exceeds expectations in Shu, Gyo and Ko.

Pakunoda: Proficient in most. struggles with En and Ken

Bonolenov: Proficient in all. Well rounded but focused more on his Hatsu and his advanced techniques are present but not polished.

Uvogin: Proficient in most. Struggles with En and Shu.

Kortopi: Proficient in En, Ko, Gyo and Ken. Struggles with/never attempted In, Ren and Shu.

SINGING VOICE/RANGE (Using Choir terms [its been a while be gentle])

Chrollo: Alto/Tenor. Can consistently hit notes as long as they are in his range (has a very high range). Very silky voice but cannot do long runs

Nobunaga: Baritone. Very small range and has more of a traditional japanese style of switching notes (the long delay between note jumps and dramatized vibrato).

Feitan: no. even if he could his raspy ass voice would die after one song. that being said he can hum a mean cover. Somehow has perfect pitch

Machi: no. refuses to sing (shes a soprano with a lower range)

Phinks: Baritone. Will usually just scream. if he hits the notes with his chest it actually sounds sexy as hell

Shalnark: Soprano/Tenor. Extremely high range and proud of it.

Franklin: Baritone. He's got the low husky drawl and its so mmmmmmmmmmmm. he doesn't usually sing and when he does he doesn't use a lot of energy. if he can't hit a note he won't even try.

Shizuku: no. Soprano but has no idea what pitch is.

Pakunoda: Alto. Has a lovely singing voice, though usually sings with her head and never goes above a certain volume.

Bonolenov: Alto. Not a stereotypically good singer but can sing the songs of his heritage with amazing range and accuracy.

Uvogin: uh. Metal screaming or full chest singing. there is no in between. has a surprisingly big range just because someone (shalnark) made fun of him for not being able to hit high notes.

Kortopi: no. i honestly don't know what his range is bcs he's whispering or muttering all the time. SING. PLEASE. ANYTHING.

OPINION ON FROGS

Chrollo: neutral. they chill he's chill

Nobunaga: EW

Feitan: snack

Machi: neutral

Phinks: neutral

Shalnark: loves those freaky lil guys

Franklin: neutral

Shizuku: only likes the green and blue ones

Pakunoda: won't touch but will admire from afar

Bonolenov: loves

Uvo: neutral. likes the big ones

Kortopi: likes. will hold if he find

AURA LEVELS (based on Knuckle's units*)

*70,000 aura units appears to be the amount an advanced nen user will have. eg. Morel Mackernasey. this will be the baseline for "a lot"

Chrollo: Mid-level. He trades conditions for power so it's hard to say. and i vaguely remember somewhere it said that the abilities he borrow don't require his own aura but i don't know how true that is. personally i believe he's min/maxed the hell out of bandit's secret and his only limits are: the nen class the stolen ability belongs to and how long he can keep skill hunter active.

Nobunaga: unknown. he has enough to confidently run his mouth, but that could also be his confidence in his technique. who knows. show me your damn hatsu mister.

Feitan: High-Level. Listen. he summoned the sun. need i say more.

Machi: Mid-Level. I'd say she's on par with Hisoka who is going to probably be less than Morel. She also dips into two nen categories which greatly decreases efficiency but who knows. i could be wrong. she values strength over volume which aids to the point.

Hisoka (because i talked about him above): Mid-Level. he relies heavily on aura. his offense and defense rely on a constant maintenance of Ten, Gyo and Ken, on top of keeping track of Bungee Gum and using advanced techniques like In. But, he uses his hatsu sparingly and his fights are quick and dirty, never going over his limit.

Phinks: High-Level. also hard to judge because he ALSO relies on conditions for power. But i'd argue he's just as strong as feitan, if not stronger, in terms of base stats.

Shalnark: High-Level. he is very clear cut and easy to read so imma just say it. He's doing it. he's really doing it. having full autonomous control over the target, up to two, and having them forget are incredible feats that we have never seen in the series (except boki but he is a FRAUD). that + autopilot. i have an entire post on it go look it up

Franklin: Mid-Level. hard to tell. I can argue he's high level if we saw more feats. Mowing down 200 people is less impressive if you consider that he had piercing bullets and also 2 of them escaped.

Shizuku: Mid-Level. as said above I think she's newer to nen and has a long way to go. but as she is now, she's on par with the troupe so she's doing really well for what she has.

Pakunonda: Low-Level. Paku is clearer since we know what her restrictions are and she has two very powerful conditions: she must initiate touch and she can never fulfill her greatest desire. as for the bullets, those are easy conjuration and we know she doesn't use them a lot. therefore, she doesn't need a lot of aura to pull off what she does.

Bonolenov: High-Level. Jupiter. need i say more. ..... i don't but im gonna anyway. this man has THREE FUCKING HATSUS. he uses AT LEAST TWO- count 'em- T W O per fight. i need to stop myself before i explode

Uvo: High-Level. Probably the highest levels in the troupe and probably even exceeds Morel. He has one small condition on Big Bang Impact and it STILL did that much damage. On top of that, the capacity to take an anti tank weapon and DEADASS BE WILLING TO TAKE ANOTHER SHOT.

Kortopi: High-Level/Unknown. He might have conditions on Gallery Fake but we have been told nothing so the only fair thing to do is judge him with the idea that he is doing everything he's doing raw. From that perspective he probably outclasses Uvo by a long shot with aura levels close to a Chimera ant captain.

KNOWS WHAT AN OPTOMETRIST IS

Chrollo: yes

Nobunaga: yes

Feitan: no

Machi: no

Phinks: no

Shalnark: yes

Franklin: no

Shizuku: yes, duh

Pakunoda: yes

Bonolenov: no

Uvogin: no

Kortopi: yes

FAVORITE STYLE OF EGG (controversial)

Chrollo: Poached

Nobunaga: in soup or in chawamushi

Feitan: Only accepts it perfectly peeled, hard boiled

Machi: Tamagoyaki/scrambled

Phinks: Fried, over medium

Shalnark: Freeze Dried (as in out of a ramen packet)

Franklin: Soft Boiled

Shizuku: Tamagogohan or Fried over Rice.

Pakunoda: Omlete

Bono: Any. Not really picky

Uvo: Egg Fried Rice

Kortopi: Sunny Side Up

(did i have to look up different ways to prepare eggs? . . . . . . yes)

[franco-barbis-sweetness]

Guys, I was thinking about Franco and his life story and all of the things that probably happened to him when he was growing up and it genuinely just made me. Really sad ?? This dude wouldn't have been a monster if he didn't have to endure all of the things he did. He wasn't born that way, he was created :(

Like, just think about it. He had defects from birth that affected his appearance, which he was born sometime in the 1930's most likely, and I'm sure his appearance cast him out from society automatically. He was even disowned BY his own father for the way he looked.

His father apparently murdered his mother, and he must've had ENOUGH reason to believe it was his father who did it since he talks about it in his game dialogue. He may not have seen the body or anything but this probably caused some early childhood trauma straight off the bat. (The fact he had nobody to love or nuture him or read him bedtime stories makes me WEEP. He had nobody to be kind to him, to cook him breakfast, to tuck him in, to give him any love at all SOBBINGGGG)

His dad was literally the head of the Martino Crime family. So he grew up constantly surrounded by a life of crime. Blood, murder, violence, all while he was sooo young. All of those things are a horrific environment for a child, yet alone him having to watch his own FATHER being the ringleader of it all.

Salvatore was probably an avid and violent drunk, so I'm sure Franco was beat all of the time. He might have been exposed to some sort of SA from his father at some point, considering how absolutely horrid he was ??

Literally the only mother figures Franco had were his father's various lovers and wives. And all they ever did was neglect or humiliate him. Of course his mafia don father wouldn't attract polite or goodhearted women.

Franco probably grew up believing murder was something good, something to be proud of. He took his first life at 12 years old because he thought it was something that would make his father proud of him. With that being said, the only time that poor baby was ever embaced was when he KILLED somebody ????? And of course, because he got praise for murdering a man, he latched onto that bit of affection and positivity he'd never gotten before, and grew up further starting to do the only thing it seemed he was slightly liked for.

Since he started doing jobs for his dad as a debt collector and hitman, I'm sure he developed a complex through all of that, surrounded by his praise for violence and being unwillingly surrounded by it constantly. He became violent because that's what the world shaped him to become. Franco probably grew so used to the familiarity of killing that that's why he lost all meaning for the lives of others. And among the fact he was only ever outcasted in the first place by everybody ? I'm sure he felt some sort of revenge by reaping lives of the world that only ever did him wrong :( He probably viewed everybody as the same cold, heartless people he knew in his upbringing. He might've felt he had some sort of fucked up place in the Mafia, something he never had anywhere else.

He really wasn't ever taught... proper affection ? Innocent or sexual, all he ever knew was his father's behavior towards women, which wasn't good at all. When he snapped and murdered prostitutes, he might have seen it as a fresh start to something he ruined, behavior he may have learned from his father and the murder of his previous lovers. Violence was also VERY much a norm for him at this point in his life.

He was literally abused and humiliated so much he learned to get off on it sexually. The only thing Franco perceived of what sex was, was his erection being smashed painfully into a cold floor. He didn't know soft or gentle caresses. And because of his lack of a mother, he searches for a maternal figure within a sexual partner. Its like his line between a mother and a partner is blurred because those two relationships became one and the same in his mind. Its not that he views HIS actual mother as a sexual thing, I think its similar to like daddy issues ? How women tend to look for the care they never got from their father in older men they date. Its a complex, a symptom of neglect. I think franco desperately wants that motherly love he never got in the form of a lover, but he's definitely gone crazy along the way and it's become a deranged version of it from the things he was forced to endure :(

Franco's brain was also most likely SEVERELY damaged when his father beat him after the whole Angelina thing. I mean, have you seen his head in the game ??? I'm sure he looked relatively normal before that. I think it was his dad's doing that made his head all red and infected how it is. He was literally beat within the inch of his life, he almost died. I can only imagine he suffered from brain damage, head trauma, skull fractures, various infections, loss of hearing, sight, loss of teeth, etc. This probably made his messed up way of thinking even more messed up.

Then, he was exiled further by his father, physically this time, when he sent him off to Cuba. He killed even more people there and was practically on warfront. War is known to cause PTSD and stuff and other mental illnesses for a lot of people that unfortunately have to go through it. So even though Franco was already mentally damaged beyond any repair, he went through front line raids against revolutionary forces.

Then, yk, Murkoff got a hold of him eventually and I'm sure they did their fair share of whatever experiments they did on him. Placing him in the trials, putting his father's name on signs, and even naming the boat in his map after Angelina. It's like they made him relive all of his worst memories in a large box.

Anyhow, those are my Franco rambles. I feel like he's genuinely such a complex character that endured so much and it's just like. He's fucked up for a reason. It's not an excuse for the things he did in the game, but its a society vs. man thing with him. He had such a horrible life and a horrendous upbringing and I can't even imagine the agony his life was. Just thinking about the things he was subjected to and the way his mind was shaped so early on is so heartbreaking. Makes me wish I could've been there for baby Franco, if he had the proper love he never would've turned out the way he had 🙁 Red barrels really does have a way of making me feel bad for all of their characters. Most of them are just so unbelievably tragic.

[messrsrarchives]

sending you so much love and so many hugs Robyn!! i can’t really contribute to the conversation because i’m cis, but i’m so glad you’re speaking out about how trans people are being treated and, as much as you’ll be missed on tiktok, doing what’s best for your wellbeing. i think i speak for everyone that follows you on here when i say that we’re so, so proud of you 🫶🫶🫶

i've been thinking about this since it came through and im prefacing by saying that when i say "you", i don't necessarily mean You in particular, just the general you.

I MEAN FIRST OF ALL !!! thank you 🫂🫂🫂 so much <333 it truly means so so so much, but this ask is a good opportunity for me to yap here about it so i hope you don't mind <3

because this is 10000% a discussion for cis people to weigh in on!

i mean not necessarily to the same extent. trans people - and those from other communities that jkr has harmed, but i can't speak for those - will be more educated on it, we'll have more to say about the repercussions etc, but the fact this is a very trans-centric discussion is why people are upset.

because yes, we know more but also,,, we're more at risk. see here: deadname leaked. these discussions are ones that we are more adept at having (because we have to have them daily with people irl) but when those unharmed stand to the side and let us take the reigns, that's where issues arise - that's where the complacency stems from.

because trans rights isn't something for trans people to fight for alone, it's something for Everyone Who Cares to fight for. and in this space, when we're having anti-jkr discussions, if it's just thsoe harmed talking about it? that's where the negative comments i've received come in. the ones calling me dramatic or over the top or making it seem as if this is a Robyn issue rather than a general issue, yk??? because when support isn't widespread and instead concentrated on a few accounts, yes it's going to seem dramatic.

i'm thinking here about when i spoke about how people engage with celebrities (specifically ben barnes) and i got SO many negative comments. i said that the way people engage with them and force the universe on them will result in their engagement, and i got called over the top and told that i was "taking it too far",,,,, and then. three days later. he says he would take part because if he Didn't? it would "be a disservice to the millions of people that have messaged me". yk like,,, Yes. we know more. we spotted that risk before those unharmed did, but we were also ignored because i know that i and other trans creators spoke about the treatment of fancasts last year,,,, and here we are.

we (and by we i mean all communities that jkr has harmed) need Everybody to stand With us. not just nod when we speak, but be unapologetic in it. listen to us. have discussions with us, and have discussions in your own spaces. open yourself up to the prospect that, hey, maybe trans people can point the way because they know more, and then we can participate, yk?

i think one of the now deleted videos spoke about this but i get tagged a lot in comment sections. i get tagged a lot By Creators as a "@/messrsrobyn has a lot of videos about this" and whilst on one hand! that's great! i'm so so so glad to be a source of information. but on the other,,, isn't it sad that rather than having the discussions themselves, it gets handed over to someone harmed by it??? like if the people tagging me had One video about jkr, i'd be less upset. it's the fact that they Don't have ANY information about it, they never speak on it despite having (in some cases) bigger platforms with more influence, yet the reigns just get handed over, so more people come to me, and then when i talk about it again for the new people, i'm over the top and dramatic and i never shut up.

which is where education comes into it:

those harmed will be able to talk about more in depth, absolutely. but those unharmed should also be speaking about it too. it shouldn't be down to those that are harmed both inside and outside of this space to take on that full responsibility, it should be a general discussion. because if only we are fighting for it,,,, our voice is systematically weaker, and it just seems like a Personal issue when really,,, trans or cis, jkr is a threat. and more people should be receptive to acknowledging and discussing that. (again, maybe not as in depth, but it's the constantly watching to see who is safe and who isn't that's tiring)

and there's a lot of factors. i'm not ignorant to that. but i'm also abundantlyyyy aware that this (mainly over on tiktok) has been a very trans-centric fight with a small minority of us speaking about it, when really, the fandom as a whole should stand strong in their anti-jkr stance and should be combating the massiveeee rise of complacency that we're seeing with all of the hype for the reboot.

cis people might not have as much information as us, but that's because they are not harmed directly by her transphobia.

they don't have to watch headlines. they don't have to watch donations. they don't have to see where her money is going. or what her voice is saying.

We Do.

and it sounds theoretical (not to just trauma dump lol sorry) but the Cass Report??? an incredibly transphobic medical report that jkr pushed for and publicly endorsed? that report was SO baseless, full of misinformation and transphobia and it was meant to restrict trans healthcare. instead it's stripped me of All healthcare. i am not on the medical database. i don't Exist in the medical world, despite having many medical issues that need medication lest i literally potentially Drop one day. that's not a hyperbole - i need that medication, and i don't have access to it because of a report she pushed for, and then said she was "proud" of.

it's not theoretical if you're living it, and it's tiring to fight in your own corner when so much more could be done if others did the bare minimum, which is standing with us, not nodding on the sidelines.

and again, this isn't an attack on you specifically anon! you've just given me the opportunity to yap about it here <33 this is a discussion Everybody should be a part of, because when it's just trans people expected to speak on it? deadnames get leaked for being "too dramatic"

when really, all we want, is for people to Proudly Stand With Us.

[erikaslumbers]

has anyone noticed that sometimes, K'uhul Ajaw will use "we" pronouns to refer to himself (themselves)?

some examples from Kinich's voicelines:

what about me, ajaw? do i not count? i am kinich's adoring follower!

and no, he's likely not referring to Kinich and himself since in the first quote, he's speaking to Kinich.

most of the time, Ajaw uses "I" but there are examples of him using "we".

there are probably more from quests but lazy to comb through them right now and i don't remember

sooo...

what does this mean?

is K'uhul Ajaw a hivemind of dragons? or something?!

Tournament of Glory in Bloom spoiler below:

[buggmintz]

Sorry for bad quality on this one, I'll try and fix that tomorrow, but here's a drawing of my oc H in an outfit inspired by the song Rabbit Hole by Deco27! I was listening to a bunch of covers as i was drawing the traditional sketch for this one, and then decided to use it as practice for rendering and stuff it looks sooo much better than this guys, i prommyyy

(HE IS NOT N. JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT)

edit, fix quality

[nskiyuriz]

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox of the last 10 people who reblogged something from you! get to know your mutuals and followers ♡ (no pressure ofc!! <3)

hashtag.... back with anotherhnmmmmmm five things that make me happyyyyyy cuz im a loserrrrrr

1. starting off strong with academic validation!!!!!! i mmmmmm i am like... i uhhh i put blood sweat and tears into studying and seeing that reflected in my grades makes me happy sooooo

2. i like commenting on fanfics... it makes me really happy to uhhhh express my emotions about something i've read and i love that that's an option with fanfiction.. i pour my entire soul into the comments i leave bc i want the ppl who write to know how deeply their words have affected me bc as a writer myself.. that's smth i like knowing? so i do the same for others idk man

3. cringe ass coming back bro i loveeee character analysis 😭😭 it's one of my fav things ever, i'm literally always thinking about characters and their emotions and everything and all the connections and if it weren't for the fact that my thoughts move so fast that i can't keep up with them .. i would've posted my analysis online before ...

4. another thing ... that makes me happy is reading.... i love words i think they're beautiful and i love seeing other people's stories and thoughts and everything bc it's like gaining an insight into somebody else's experiences and that something i find soooo beautiful so yeah i love words i love reading mmmmmmmm

5. yk what else makes me happy .. drawing uhhh girls! sometimes drawing makes me angry and i deeply regret ever trying to become an artist but other times i think wow how beautiful is it that i am even able to do that in the first place... like wow i can just pick up a pencil or wtv and pour my emotions into an image and other people are free to interpret that in whatever way they wish and isn't that just so cool????

[cassoftroy]

Yk everyone goes on about to be loved is to be changed? Do you think it counts in present tense too? From the other perspective? To love is to change. For better or for worse, yourself or someone else. Idk maybe this is silly billy and it's all really obvious and I'm yarning on about literally nothing but I was given the gift to write gibberish and so I'll use it.

[snailundertherock]

Do you know what a gimmick blog is? If yes, could you explain it to me? The internet wasn't of any help

@robot-anonymous

I believe I have an understanding of it.

We're basically gimmick blogs now, because our 'gimmick' is being anons from vin's blog, that's all we are and what we made our blogs for.

I think one gimmick blog I can think of is the blog that goes under posts and says that there's no whale or certified whale post.

Gimmick blogs are silly though, but can sometimes be considered annoying if used excessively to harass others

[aching-joints]

If one of your characters had to write an AITA post on Reddit, what would the title be?

I point to oc yap card at u ! Tell me about Jude and Alana more

I love u, ur so sweet for this!

It's funny u choose them!!!

Alana and Jude are my little lab rats who lived in isolation for like 50 years in an abandoned lab, (are they human? alien? something else? we'll find out eventually 8 -).)

Because of where they were brought up as children and later adults - a place with strict rules, a solitary room they both shared with a few books, a couch and a painting on the wall that Alana hyper fixated on for 50 odd years after the "experiment" was shut down and they were forgotten about - they have no real concept of what "AITA" would even constitute. They don't even really know how to act "human".

There's a lot to it, but the tl;dr is that Leticia went to steal something and ended up with them instead. She had to call like 4 other people to show up, because they unsettled her and she didn't want to be alone with them when taking them back "home".

Leticia actually wanted to take them back to where she picked them up from (yea, she's heartless and I'm full of angst) because they scared her and creeped her out (Alana and Jude would just sometimes stare at her for hours, it wasn't malicious though - no social cues and they did just spend 50 years in a small room with not much to do - Leticia was new).

So, the point being - there could be a lot of AITA posts (mostly Alana though, she's honestly fucking nuts, I love her though), but they possibly wouldn't even know they were the assholes and wouldn't think about it that way, unless someone told them that they were and explained why.

For them leaving that room they were abandoned in was basically exploring something new - they're not entirely human, they don't need sustenance (or so we thought) but they're discovering things like human foods, mobile phones, internet, TV, social gatherings, etc., etc.,

More to the AITA questions though

I think with Alana it might be easier because she's more eager to push boundaries she's not even aware of, ever since Leticia got her and Jude phones with internet connection, Alana has been OBSESSED. Every crappy AI food recipe? She'll fall for it. Spend six hours doom scrolling TikTok? No problem. Reddit for five hours? No problem. She's crazy about it.

It might be something to the lines of:

"AITA because I "WASTED" food trying a TikTok recipe for crunchy chicken (i've never had!!!) and accidentally giving everyone food poisoning because the chicken was raw?"

It's ridiculous on the surface, but obviously, she lacks a lot of common sense and it's been a learning process. Admittedly - Alana has a very scientific approach to things, because that's how she was raised, so her approach to actually dissecting feelings/cultural norms etc., is very skewed as well. When the topic of sex was eventually brought up, her solution was to hook up with everyone that messaged her on every dating site - she's not a fan and a bit dumb.

As for Jude.

I don't think he'd ever write an actual AITA post, because he's more level-headed than Alana, calmer, his brain isn't a continuous storm of thoughts, desires and wants like Alana's.

I think in Jude's case, he'd be more likely to directly confront the person and ask about what he did wrong and reflect on that, as much as he could, before he'd probably piss them off by asking 100 questions about why, how and again why? He's still learning too, even if he's less annoying than Alana is.

This got really long, I'm sry. 👉👈

[angeltism]

119, 136, 30, Annnnnd 13! (for the ask game!)

13. Do you like having your hair played with?

If it's brushed, I adore it! If it's tangled, I absolutely despise it. Because my scalp is very sensitive, I easily get aggressive and irritable if it's tugged by tangles because something something sensory issues. I've even slammed my own hand against a table a few times while brushing it bc it's that bad. But if it's brushed properly, I love letting those I'm close to run their fingers through it or play with it or stuff like that, it feels a little more intimate (nsx.) as well because of how terrible my sensory issues can be sometimes so like. Letting people touch it is like. Wow! I really like you and feel comfortable enough with you! Wow!!

30. Do you ever want to get married?

Absolutely yes!! Whether it's to a romantic partner or a queerplatonic one (there's this post in the queerplatonic tag that makes me tear up because it's of someone getting married to their qpp and it's so fucking sweet) the idea of being able to spend the rest of my life with someone and hold a celebration for it is one of my life goals, even. Have I really lived if I have not become someone's loving wifeguy/husbandgirl. I don't even care about the specifics too much, whether there'd be a ceremony or not and all the details about it can be decided when it's closer to becoming a reality, but for now the idea of it is something I hold dear to me and giggle about every few months or so.

119. Favorite book?

Ack I'm gonna look so illiterate or something here because I reaaally don't read enough to have a favorite book... Sobs a million times. I could probably look at my bookcase and pick one but I don't wanna go check so erm

136. Do you sleep with the door open or closed?

Closed! It's become a habit ever since my cats started really messing stuff up in my room, but now I'm just used to it and I like the added darkness and privacy it provides.

[phosphenemoth]

Oh, absolutely not. This is a nightmare. All it would take is for the other person to color one section of the panda differently than the image in my mind I had for it, and I'd be done, but holding back anger, lmaooo. When I have a vision for something I am working on and it isn't done that way, I go insane, especially with art

The scenario as it plays in my mind:

Me: *keeping a neutral tone and holding my breath hoping I'm not visibly shaken* We previously discussed that section should be kelly green, and this is clearly lime...

Random date guy: oh I thought it would be fine

Me: fine fine. Of course it's fine *throws colored pencils in the air* not ruined at all

Then I'd feel guilty for making some guy cry. This ain't it boys.

I'm already frustrated just from the picture... just give us our own pages to color.

[arcanegifs]

ARCANE LEAGUE OF LESBIANS: 2x08 - “Killing is a Cycle”

[shoot1ngst4r]

going out of your way to search up [insert character] ANGST and all you get is smut

[erikaslumbers]

a thought on Maghan's ancient name (and the rest of the group's ancient names in general)

did you know that the Ancient Names used by the Heroes of Natlan originate from the wielders of the craftable weapons?

maybe besides an exception, that is.

Xbalanque -> Kiongozi (Leader)

not an owner of the craftables, but their leader all the same and mentioned in each of these weapons lore anyway. this one is easy, he literally tells us. thank you for doing my job in my place

it was also the first Ancient Name, according to A Thousand Blazing Suns

Yupanqui -> Malipo (Cost/Price, Turnfire)

this one is also easy. outside of the Tribal Chronicle, you can also find the incantation in his weapon, the Earth Shaker:

according to Mavuika, this Ancient Name also has the meaning of "cost or price".

what a heartbreaking line when you know yupanqui's story... he used to act on impulse, was full of regrets, he turned around at och-kan's call fully knowing how the turnfire worked and paid the price... im so normal about him so normal

Lianca -> Vuka (transcension)

this one is also a bit easier than the others. her weapon, the Chain Breaker, features the incantation spoken by Chasca when awakening her Ancient Name.

Ahpub -> Uwezo (Strength)

this new NPC from the Collective of Plenty confirms it:

although this isn't new, because we had a hint of it back from the Ring of Yaxche:

and thanks to this, we can conclude that...

Ixquieh -> Baraka (Blessing)

well, if her brother, who followed the path of "strength", was Uwezo, then it's only fair to assume that she, following the path of "blessings", would have the Ancient Name of Blessing. im kinda stating the obvious here

Uenuku -> Umoja (Unity)

his weapon, the Footprint of the Rainbow, has a similar line to the one hinting at the twins' Ancient Names:

and then, that brings us to Maghan.

and the problem is, unlike all the others who are pretty straightforward by either putting an Ancient Name meaning in between quotation marks or straight up speaking the incantation, the Flute of Ezpitzal has no such quote.

we can guess he was Bidii - Devotion, because it's the last hero name, because he seemed to be devoted to his village and master.

but I'd like to offer an alternative interpretation.

this is a quote from the Starcaller's Watch, Citlali's signature. this weapon's lore is about the Starcaller, or Maghan's master. and this quote has a meaning of an ancient name in quotation marks. this could imply that the Starcaller was Ukumbuko (Memories), and Maghan was Bidii. since the word "memories" is mentioned in her weapon, her story.

but according to this quote, Maghan is the one who will tell of their memories. Maghan is the one recording the memories. so wouldn't that make Maghan to be the original holder of "Ukumbuko"?

yes, the Starcaller is the one speaking these words, but these incantations do not have to be spoken by the hero themself. did you notice that Malipo's incantation was also first spoken by the silent priest (i.e Maghan), and Yupanqui only understood it in his final moments.

you can also draw some (admittedly small) similarities between "Bidii" and the Starcaller.

from the old Pilgrim's Chronicle (I wish we could switch between both). the Starcaller did sacrifice a lot to ensure her beloved land, Natlan, and the tribe of Mictlan, would prosper. Bidii doesn't have to be devoted to a person, they can also be devoted to a land. which she was.

and,

sure this is about a man, but Uwezo's incantation is also about a woman and it was confirmed to be Ahpub's first ancient name. Uwezo's incantation does have similarities with Ahpub shooting a dragon proclaiming to be the false sun, presumably in the volcano.

and Bidii's incantation is somewhat similar to the story of the Starcaller. she knew a lot of the future, Mictlan's future and her own, she could be described as omniscient, and she did foretell her own death.

so I'd like to propose:

Maghan -> Ukumbuko (memories)

Starcaller -> Bidii (devotion)

it's possible both names were also very important. they both were responsible for ensuring the future of their tribe after all. also Citlali was important enough that she was a very viable candidate to be the Night Wind hero so it's possible?

of course it's also possible that i'm tripping and reaching and completely wrong and maghan was bidii and starcaller might've been ukumbuko

ps: Och-Kan did not seem to have an Ancient Name but I wonder if he's a nod to Tumaini. he constantly talks about hope, even the song about him (this one - someone put the translation in the comments) is about it and has Tumaini in the title. while he says he's the one who received hope from Xbalanque, I wonder if Xbalanque also saw Och-Kan as "hope" - that's why he entrusted his nation (also his Golden Entreaty) to him while they're waiting for a successor. great idea there lanque, fucking great idea you had. top 3 worst ideas in teyvat history. slow clap.

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Fic ask game: 8 (your choice), 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 32

cryign the way i deleted the ask post out of embarrassment post-nap. anyway-

uhhh putting this under a readmore because i yapped

8. What is your favorite line/section from [insert fic]?

i've been thinking about them a lot again so from my bhf fic... which. i'll finish one day. i swear. but. this is from the last chapter i posted for my damian character study:

“You want me—you don’t see a convert.” Damian opens his mouth—to protest. His throat clicks. “You are a starving man, Damian,” Tardif murmurs, voice going hot and low. He pulls back, keeps Damian in place with that gentle guiding hand. “And you remember enough to see a feast before you.” He angles Damian’s lips towards him—as if he is about to steal a kiss. Damian’s lips part without thought. Tardif laughs, the sound low and rumbling sweetly in Damian’s chest. “The thing about starving men, Damian, is,” he draws back. Damian watches Tardif’s eyes flick down to his mouth, “they either die, weak and unsatisfied… or,” he drags his other hand to Damian’s throat. He presses a thumb to Damian’s lips. Tardif’s eyes are black in the dim light of the bathhouse—consuming. “They gorge themselves.” Damian wants to bite him. Tardif steps back with a low, cruel laugh. “Be interesting to see which you are, flagellant.”

this was such a fun scene to write because damian's injured, naked, and having a crisis of faith and tardif is SOOOO antagonistic the whole time. crying. i miss them.

9. How did you get into writing fanfiction?

...warrior cats. okay so like. y'know 12-ish? year old me really into warrior cats back in the day and as all good warrior cats fans do i had a bunch of cat OCs and i had this one that i was REALLY attached to. so i wound up writing a backstory and everything for her and i ended up publishing that on FFN back in the day. i have a printed copy of it somewhere in the house.

OR if we want to get technical my first fic with characters that weren't my own i think was a harvest moon muffy/nami fic? but it's kinda fuzzy. i had a pretty bad experience with it though so LOL.

but i didn't get active in fandoms/eagerly sharing fic until i got REALLY into asscreed in high school.

10. Is there a character or ship you'd love to write for, but haven't yet?

hmmm. there's quite a few... but also there's quite a few i've started writing for but have never finished (wyll/karlach being one). but... i think tbh i do want to go back to darkest dungeon so if i were to choose from THERE i really like the idea of writing arbalest/grave robber OR arbalest/vestal or man-at-arms/occultist who i'm. so so soft for.

my original answer was going to be wh40k because i think that's gonna be my Next Thing but idk who i'm unwell over just yet.

16. What do you struggle with most when writing?

i feel like my biggest struggle is always settings and keeping track of action. i'm not sure how much it comes across in my writing? but i'm like ALWAYS struggling with where my characters are situated and picturing where they are. i think this is in part because i don't have mental images when i'm reading so it's hard for me to actively add those kind of details. so like. if you think i do that well? just know i was screaming crying throwing up about it SO MUCH.

17. What is something you recently felt proud of in your writing?

finally finishing a project. who said that. i've been proud of my character voices. i still think i suffer from same narrator syndrome but i think i've made improvements to it. like. i DO think my tardif vs damian voices are getting more distinct and i feel like my jace vs porter voices are pretty solid.

BUT. i still suffer from giving some characters too much interior dialogue/ruminating i feel. but that is also just my writing style so.

vague hand gestures.

18. How many WIPs do you have and how many do you expect to finish?

the state of my WIPs is abysmal. i have A LOT of like 200-300 word starts on projects that i just abandoned. i also at this moment in time don't really see myself getting invested enough in a new project to follow through with finishing.

but like. the actual WIPs that have some Substance about 8.

BUT. i do want to finish the 2 sequels to open my hands (the durge/gale) because it is like. close to 20k of fic. AND i want to finish break me open (bhf) but... after rereading it and what i have i think that's going to be. a lot more involved than anticipated.

sorry but. the sb projects are just. not happening anymore.

32. A character you enjoy making suffer.

are we including my OCs...? BUT. if we're going with canon characters i think the character i probably enjoy putting in the blender most would be tardif. there's something about putting the repressed guy into saw traps to make him realize feelings yknow.

salem and kore are the OC answers btw