#I love them very much (not to sound. full of myself because they're my characters lol)

[ashes-of-ailell]

y'all ask me stuff about my 3h ocs. they are in my head and I must rant but I do not know where to start help-

[wisteria-lodge]

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are not interchangeable.

(OR: Why Rosencrantz is the dumb one.)

Okay. First, their character introduction:

GERTRUDE. Your visitation shall receive such thanks  As fits a king’s remembrance. [she's paying them to spy on Hamlet.] ROSENCRANTZ. Both your Majesties  Might, by the sovereign power you have of us,  Put your dread pleasures more into command Than to entreaty. [Not a great opening move. What Rosencrantz is saying IS true, the King and Queen COULD just force them to do whatever. But why remind them of this, and risk upsetting them (and risk not getting paid??) ] GUILDENSTERN. But we both obey,  And here give up ourselves in the full bent  To lay our service freely at your feet,  To be commanded. [Guildenstern covers up Rosencrantz's faux pas, lays on the flattery, and is just much more politic with his 'thank you so much! We're so happy to be here! I am here to support your version of events 100%, whatever it ends up being!']

They later meet up with Hamlet, and at first there's an easy back and forth. Hamlet is friendly, happy to see then. But then Hamlet describes his situation as a "prison"... a red flag which Guildenstern immediately picks up on.

GUILDENSTERN. Prison, my lord? HAMLET.  Denmark’s a prison. ROSENCRANTZ. [doesn't get it] Then is the world one. HAMLET. A goodly one, in which there are many confines, wards, and dungeons, Denmark being one o’ th’ worst. ROSENCRANTZ. [STILL doesn't get it] We think not so, my lord. HAMLET. Why, then, ’tis none to you, for there is nothing  either good or bad but thinking makes it so. To me, it is a prison. ROSENCRANTZ.  Why, then, your ambition makes it one. ’Tis too narrow for your mind. [COMPLETELY wrong, as Hamlet is about to tell him.] HAMLET. O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams. GUILDENSTERN. Which dreams, indeed, are ambition. [Guildenstern is again stepping in to cover for Rosencrantz, by saying... okay, that comment wasn't THAT stupid, since 'dream' and 'ambition' can mean the same thing]  For the very substance of the ambitious is merely  the shadow of a dream. [and I've got some additional thoughts: how can dreams and ambitions imprison you, if they're not real?] HAMLET. [Okay, I'll play, I'll bite.] A dream itself is but a shadow. [I'm talking about bad dreams specifically. A nightmare, like a shadow, isn't 'real' - but it can still affect you.] ROSENCRANTZ. Truly, and I hold ambition of so airy and light a quality that it is but a shadow’s shadow. [I'm not ambitious! I go with the flow! Wheeee!]

When Hamlet accuses them of spying, it's Guildenstern who asks "What should we say, my lord?" He's giving Hamlet a politic non-answer... what's your game, tell me what you want and maybe I'll do it. But then Rosencrantz starts asking Guildenstern what they're supposed to do... totally giving the game away... which is when Guildenstern makes the call for both of them, and confesses.

Which sets up one of my favorite jokes in the play, because it's just so dumb. Hamlet LOVES it when people are honest with him, so Guildenstern confessing seems to have... unlocked some extra emotional honestly, and Hamlet goes into the "What a piece of work is man" speech, just pouring his heart out, until:

HAMLET. ...what is this quintessence of dust? Man  delights not me, ⟨no,⟩ nor women neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so. ROSENCRANTZ. My lord, there was no such stuff in my  thoughts. HAMLET. Why did you laugh, then, when I said “man  delights not me”?

Hamlet is doing his Hamlet thing. Rosencrantz doesn't get it. He's zoning out. But it sounds like maybe Hamlet is wrapping up, and and then Rosencrantz comes back in right at the end, only to hear him say "Man delights not me."

And giggles.

Because "Man delights not me [anymore]" sounds... kinda gay.

So Hamlet has to roll his eyes and be like oh my god I've ALSO stopped being delighted by woman.

Like that's the joke right? If there is another way to interpret this joke I want to know.

Then, in the next scene, R & G check back in with Claudius to make their first report. Rosencrantz says "[Hamlet] does confess he feels himself distracted/but from what cause he will by no means speak." (He said he feels weird but didn't say why.) Guildenstern comes in with the actually useful thing: "But with a crafty madness keeps aloof/when we would bring him into some confession/of his true state." (Hamlet is 100% faking, because he doesn't want to deal with people.) Which is, y'know. Correct.

I want to skip ahead to after Hamlet's climatic play, where R & G show up with the message that Queen Gertrude is angry with Hamlet, and wants to talk to him. This is very much Guildenstern's scene. He's the one who delivers the message, he's the one who has the back-and-forth with Hamlet about the recorder, culminating in Hamlet's "Do you think I'm easier to be played on than a pipe?" It's such a modern insult I love it. "Do you think you can play me? You can't even play a pipe." But of course that's the insult Hamlet gives Guildenstern, who is at least trying to play the game.

The only part of the scene where Rosencrantz talks is this:

ROSENCRANTZ. Then thus she says: your behavior hath struck her into amazement and admiration. [Hamlet already has this information, Guildenstern already told him. Rosencrantz seems to actually think that the only reason Hamlet isn't coming is because he doesn't understand what to do.] HAMLET.  O wonderful son that can so ’stonish a mother! [*Deliberately* misunderstanding Rosencrantz. Making fun of... the way Rosencrantz tends to misunderstand things] But is there no sequel at the heels of this mother’s admiration? Impart. ROSENCRANTZ.  She desires to speak with you in her closet ere you go to bed. HAMLET.  We shall obey, were she ten times our mother. Have you any further trade with us? [This switch into the plural pronouns, and shift in register means that he is MASSIVELY pulling rank on Rosencrantz. It's an insult. Hamlet is saying "Why are you wasting my time?"] ROSENCRANTZ.  My lord, you once did love me. (... ) what is your cause of distemper? You do surely bar the door upon your own liberty if you deny your griefs to your friend. [I find this line heartbreaking, because it's honest. Rosencrantz really, authentically, does not get it. Hamlet was his friend, and now he's not. Something is bothering Hamlet, and he doesn't know what. And that's as far as he can go.]

The last bit I want to look at is the final solo interaction R & G have with Hamlet before he kills them (spoilers.)

HAMLET. (...) to be demanded of a sponge, what replication should be made by the son of a king? [Back to pulling rank] ROSENCRANTZ. Take you me for a sponge, my lord? [Doesn't get it] HAMLET. Ay, sir, that soaks up the King’s countenance, his rewards, his authorities. (...) When he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again. [When Hamlet insults Guildenstern it's - you're trying to play the game but you're bad at it. His insult to Rosencrantz is - you sponge. you don't have a single original thought or impulse in your head. Everything in there is something someone else put there, and the only reason the King keeps you around is to use you.] ROSENCRANTZ. I understand you not, my lord. [Doesn't get it.] HAMLET.  I am glad of it. A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear. [Directly calling Rosencrantz a fool.] ROSENCRANTZ. My lord, you must tell us where the body is and go with us to the King. [Doesn't know what to do, reverting back to just doing his job, therefore proving Hamlet's point.] HAMLET. The body is with the King, but the King is not with the body. The King is a thing— [Hamlet is doing a Hamlet, riffing on the idea that Claudius isn't really king, etc.] GUILDENSTERN. A “thing,” my lord? [Guildenstern hasn't actually said anything in a second. And this line... always feels cold to me. Cold, and a little angry. Because Hamlet is insulting the king by calling him a "thing," after he just insulted Rosencrantz by calling him an object. Rosencrantz didn't pick up on that... but GUILDENSTERN did. "Thing" is also slang for dick - Hamlet is calling the king a dick - and there might be an undercurrent of "is this really the time for dick jokes?"] HAMLET. Of nothing. [This does continue the dick joke. Nothing = no thing = vagina (in shakespearean slang) So, yeah, Claudius is not only a dick, he's a... pussy (sigh.) Claudius is also "nothing" as in worthless ect, but I actually think this is a three-way pun, because Hamlet was also JUST talking about Rosencrantz having no substance. Being "nothing" in the sense that he's an extension of Claudius, the "thing of nothing."

So yeah. It's Shakespeare. Ending the scene on a viciously insightful three-way pun... that is also a dick joke.

[e-vay]

Heyo! Do you have any tips for making comics? :)

I've been meaning to get back into the swing of it, but concentrating on such a commitment that takes so much time is tough sometimes haha.

How do you make it work? Are there things you avoid/make easier for yourself just to make the process more fun and do-able?

First of all, I’m very happy for you! I think it’s very exciting whenever we return to a craft we were once passionate about. I wish you the best of luck!

This is a big question and I don’t think there’s really one simple answer since all artists are different and have their own strengths and weaknesses.

One of the biggest issues I face is that I have a million ideas but I simply don’t have the time to do them all. I want to share all these ideas but if I gave each and every idea the same amount of attention and detail, I’d hardly get anything done. So here are some things I've learned through my own comic-making experience, but keep in mind it may not be what you're looking for. Also remember this is NOT career advice. I make comics for fun, not for a living. If you’re looking for professional advice I would suggest looking elsewhere 👍

1 - A comic doesn't have to be fully rendered to be entertaining. Although I love to draw and line and color my work, it’s not always necessary. If I feel a punchline is strong enough to stand on its own, I’ll just make it into a doodle comic. In fact, I’ve found that some of my doodle comics perform better than the fully rendered ones! The doodle comics are still very fun for me to draw and they also serve as gestural drawing practice, so in the end it doesn’t feel like I'm making a sacrifice. I'm still getting my ideas out there and I'm still drawing, I'm just prioritizing what gets more attention so I can better manage my time.

2 - Not every panel needs an illustrated background. You definitely need to show backgrounds for establishing shots and when characters are interacting with the scene. But sometimes the focus needs to be entirely on the character and/or what they’re saying. You can choose to have a solid color background and maybe add a few textures to keep it visually interesting. You're still putting in the effort to make your art pop, but you aren’t losing a ton of time by drawing dozens of backgrounds. Color is also a good way to convey mood. I do that a lot in my comics, like this bit from “My Gal”:

^ I was trying to show a progression in excitement here, so having the colors change from cool to warm does a better job portraying that than if I just had a standard, scenic forest background for all the panels.

3 - Use resources: That's what they're there for! Because I make all these comics by myself, I have had to find resources to help me get through some of the steps faster so I can focus more on the story writing and the artwork. For example, to help me save time on lettering, I use the Onomatopedia font and the Manero Panels, SFX and Bubbles brush set for Procreate. I’m still selecting the sound effects and choosing the appropriate bubbles and tails to suit the mood and scale of the text, but this has saved me a ton of time because I’m not drawing each individual element by hand over and over again. Personally, I purchased these resources but I'm sure there are plenty of free tools out there that you can use.

As far as making it more fun... Honestly, I just love comics as an art form so much that learning about all the 'rules' and techniques and 'SOP's behind comics makes it more fun for me to make them. I recommend checking out tutorials and tips (even if you think you already know it all) and you might be surprised at how much it might ignite more of your comic-making passion. For example, I've spent hours on Blambot's "How-To" page and on ComicDevices.com just to try and soak up as much as I can. They're full of fascinating reads that make me want to try out different things!

I hope this helps! Good luck with your comics!

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Hi, can I be called anon 🐍? (reference to Jamil being my favorite character) Now that the dorm songs are out in full version, what is your ranking of them? Personally, my favorite is Diasomnia's, I'm completely obsessed with Malleus' voice in the chorus, it feels like I've ascended. And the one that would be in last place would be Ignihyde's, it's not that I didn't like it, but among the others it's my least favorite.

[My original rankings based on the short in-game Rhythmics/Twistunes segments!]

To the first ask: Sure, 🐍 Anon it is ^^

I ranked the songs differently based on three different categories: how the song sounds to my ear, how much I like the lyrics, and how much I enjoyed the MV that came with the song. The category actually changes my opinion quite a lot in some cases!

Ranking (based on how the song sounds):

Savanaclaw's DIADEM - All the characters' vocals sound very different yet somehow when they overlap... they sound really cool! The chorus + the ending "whoa-oh-oh-oh" parts in particular are super catchy; I find myself randomly humming them throughout the day. I definitely get the sense that Jack and Ruggie are the less experienced singers, but that ironically fits both of their characters; it feels like they're underdogs trying their best to beat impossible odds... that they're here anyway to try just to support their dorm leader (whose VA is for sure the most experienced singer of the group). Leona sounds NOTHING like himself when he sings (which is fair, because it would be super hard to keep that deepness while singing) so :)) I can dissociate and lie to myself tell myself that I'm not stanning his song. By the way, massive shoutout to Jack's VA 😭 He apparently tried so hard to sing deep for this song that it caused vocal strain and bleeding 💦

Scarabia's Far-Out - A lot is happening in this song, but I feel they all work well together. Jamil and Kalim's voices surprisingly harmonize amazingly and create a hypnotic melody despite how upbeat the actual music is. Another song where the chorus is very strong... Love the "La-la i-ya la-la i-ya ha" parts. It feels like everything is in constant motion (even when there are parts with no vocals) and I want to move along with them!

Ignihyde's Unparalleled Aeons - An almost metronome-like melody. Sounds like something you can really groove to. Chorus is great; I love the way certain words like "Cerberus", "Happy End", "Fever", "The End", etc. are uttered and how the chorus builds up to a soft (not loud) "Welcome to the Underworld".

Heartslabyul's Obedience - Instrumental is hype (it's probably the drums)!! Riddle is clearly the star here; the other vocals sort of blend together or sound alike to me (except for maybe Ace, only because his VA sings so sassily). Pretty much the only part that plays on repeat is the chorus.

Octavinelle's Entanglement - I appreciate the piano and brass but... SORRY, I JUST GENERALLY DON'T LIKE JAZZ. If it was just the instrumental, it would be fine but I don't like this genre with vocals. I like that Jade is very prominent in this song, but then that creates an issue where he and Azul are so much stronger here than Floyd is. In some parts, I feel like Floyd is almost completely drowned out by the music.

Pomefiore's La Volonté - I feel the singing starts up really abruptly??? Best parts of the song are the solos. When the Pomefiore boys' voices combine, they sound a little too harsh to my ears. Not sure if I like how their words are pulled out/extended in the chorus either. Songs ends on a good note (the "La-la-la-la-la").

Diasomnia's Capricious Calamity - Similar to Heartslabyul's Obedience, the dorm leader is the star of the show and has the most prominent voice. You can really feel Malleus's VA (I believe he has formal opera training) showing off his chops. I really liked Silver and Sebek's solo parts. However, I just don't like the overall vibes of this song. The haunting chanting in the background, the strong reverb, the grim instrumental, the dark tone of the singing... It's all a bit too much. I personally prefer more energetic songs, not ones that remind me of a cult initiation ceremony.

Ranking (based on the lyrics):

Scarabia's Far-Out - Holy... where do I even begin??? These are by far the most descriptive and lush lyrics of the bunch. They come out strong in the beginning talking about how the rays of the sun sting, how particles of scalding sands hit their skin, temptation in lotus flowers, the intoxicating feeling of thirst, etc. At one point, they also list off key characters from the film (the sultan, royal vizier, thief/street rat, princess, genie, monkey). AND THEN IN COMES THE CHORUS talking about an endless oasis, riches that never dry up, the "golden darkness"???? HELLO???????

Diasomnia's Capricious Calamity - Also extremely poetic, but in a more ominous way than Scarabia's song. A pure black starless night, ravishing green light, a sky the color of shadow, spreading thorns, a deep slumber, an aurora swallowed... Sooo many good phrases here, I felt like I was listening to a group of bards telling an ancient folktale. Bonus points to this song for using language so archaic that even native Japanese speakers struggled to understand what the heck was even being sung.

Pomefiore's La Volonté - Surprisingly less detailed lyrics than Scarabia and Diasomnia, but they still have a few notable phrases like "waltzing upon the white snow", the worth of a star, a heart hidden in a box, and, of course, the iconic apple dripping with poison. Not as much a fan of the parts where the singer is centered and they express their personal goals.

Ignihyde's Unparalleled Aeons - This is the song I jokingly call "shittalking central" because I swear that half the lyrics or more is just angry gamer internet lingo. Even with all the taunting, I think there's a charm to the lyrics. I especially love how they make constant references to Greek mythology, especially the Fates (they mention past, present, and future, as well as cutting threads).

Octavinelle's Entanglement - Sometimes these feel less like lyrics and more like Azul and the Tweels giving you explicit directions to just sign the darn contract already sometimes. Some lines are literally just them threatening you about the consequences if you break the terms of the agreement. I do like the poetic parts (where they sing about the heart swaying left and right + the future dissipating into seafoam) though.

Heartslabyul's Obedience - Most of the lyrics are just the characters reciting rules, talking about tasks they have to do, or how they can't step out of line or break rules. There’s some strange fragments too???? Like the part where Ace sings about lemonade that’s not sweetened with honey but then never continues to complete the rule; he just states LEMONADE WITHOUT HONEY and nothing else 😭 My guy, that is NOT a real statement???The chorus is the most memorable part, as it focuses on the beauty of roses that have been painted red. Not much character in the rest of the lyrics.

Savanaclaw's DIADEM - This song is mostly about the actions the group will take to reach the top and less about pretty descriptions. While I think that this matches the spirit of their dorm and the characters themselves, I'm not personally a fan of these kind of lyrics.

Ranking (based on MVs' visuals and effects):

Scarabia's Far-Out - Maybe not the best MV for those that get motion sickness easily because WOW, there is constant movement here, even if it is very slight (clouds moving in the background, flower petals scattering, flag flapping, ornate patterns spinning, silhouettes panning, letters flying, etc.). I loved it though! There was also so much opulence in this MV??? Golden snake scepter, golden coins, golden magic lamp, golden sunshine, golden sand, golden scarabs, golden hourglass... All incorporated so well and timed perfectly with the lyrics. So many film references too?? I spotted Iago's feather, the big red gem that Abu touched in the Cave of Wonders, and so many more. I think the best part was that Kalim and Jamil were framed so perfectly, particularly the shots where Jamil was positioned behind Kalim (Jamil in the dark, Kalim in the light) WITH THEIR EYES GLOWING RED, alluding to how Jamil controlled Kalim with Snake Whisper/Charmer from the shadows. This is PEAK MV.

Octavinelle's Entanglement - This one was just really elegant! The solo parts' backgrounds remind me of a fancy hotel or a well-organized scrapbook. The bubbles + underwater effect with fish swimming over the Octa boys was so cool. Like Scarabia's MV, this one had many references to their film, such as Azul being bathed in green while the sun sets in the background (illustrating the conditions for Ursula's deal with Ariel), the fireworks in the sky (like the ones going off when Ariel saw Eric for the first time), King Triton's crown and trident sinking into the depths, the iconic golden contracts, the ingredient bottles (Ursula's), the cauldron and fish skeleton pen (also Ursula's)... Azul's vault (the steering wheel of a ship) also features. So many details! This is another MV where the flowing eyes make sense; the twins' golden eyes glow in the dark, and both of Azul's do as well (since he also lives deep in the waters). It creates a neat and symmetrical look when they pose together.

Diasomnia's Capricious Calamity - One word: ATMOSPHERE. This MV has tons of it. The way the camera pulls in and out of a tangle of tree branches and briar makes you feel like you're adventuring into a decrepit castle. There's many interesting things done with light and shadows to grant an excellent illusion of depth. Definitely gives an intimidating vibe when the moon drowns out everything but the Diasomnia boys' eyes. The green light from above makes me feel like some otherworldly eldritch being is descending. The best part of the MV is the middle which shows the same green light Maleficent used to lure Aurora to a spinning wheel. Again, very atmospheric and this is further enhanced by the choir in the background building up to the sinister shine of the spindle. I feel like I'm watching a horror story or a gothic fairy tale unfold.

Savanaclaw's DIADEM - This one has a really unique look to it! The ripped paper effect and the way the graphics fall into place kind of gives it the look of a grungy collage. I love how the Savanaclaw boys are often backlit by the sun; it makes them look really imposing and cool! There's fewer film references here (the moon _ hyena march from Be Prepared, Pride Rock) but it works just fine. I appreciate the focus on nature here, there's a lot of shots of real-life animals or just the savanna setting. I will say that the giraffes made me laugh because they seemed like an odd choice to include??? It's an herbivore moving slowly through the frame, it feels out of place in a rock song. Another part that I didn't necessarily love was when the camera zoomed in on each of the Savanaclaw boys' faces... It was so fast that I thought that they were going to smack into an invisible wall or something.

Pomefiore's La Volonté - This has a lot of imagery I expected of Pomefiore--painting frames, mirrors, apples, poison bottles, etc. Oddly feels very minimalistic and not too showy compared to the other MVs. I think this works well for what it seems to be conveying (how lonely it is at the top, indicated by the spotlights for the solo parts). The multitude of hands reaching for the single star is a very strong visual. Snow effect was so subtle I would not have known it was snow, had the lyrics not clued me in on it. Vulture was a strange choice to include; I feel it should have been a raven or crow instead since that’s more iconic. The best parts (mirror cracking, pages in potion book turning, curtains closing shut) were scarcely used and I wished they were scattered more throughout the MV instead of clustered in one spot.

Ignihyde's Unparalleled Aeons - This felt like an Ignihyde MV and not an Ignihyde and Hercules MV, unlike the MVs that ranked higher than this. I like the shift from blue to red lights + flames in some parts to indicate seriousness or danger, but most everything else felt like excessive neon lighting like what you’d see in a crowd armed with glowsticks at a concert. The gate to the Underworld opening and the pool of souls was cool but the other key visuals (S.T.Y.X. logo, turning gears, cutting a thread of life, etc.) felt like they were hurriedly pasted into the background to remind us this is, in fact, not just another Vocaloid hit—remember the Shrouds are here too. Visuals (especially the artwork of Idia and Ortho) felt weirdly static.

Heartslabyul's Obedience - As an avid Alice in Wonderland lover, I have to say that I'm disappointed at how generic the Heartslabyul MV was. It didn't look bad or anything?? I was just expecting a lot more than the generic AiW motifs (checkerboard pattern, card suits, raining cards, table for tea, etc.). This one especially stands out (in a bad way) to me because the other MVs made an effort to make the visuals unique to the identity of the dorm (like the S.T.Y.X. symbol in Ignihyde's) or make reference to their respective film, but this one did not.

[mari-thesapphic-lady]

AAA's incorret quotes (+ Original Characters from my AU)

(Why did I do that? I have no idea, but it seemed fun)

-

Rio: Agatha keeps fucking me and I can't remember the safeword, happily.

-

Agatha: My skincare routine is not having feelings for men.

Alice: Look guys, I need help.

-

Lilia: Are you getting enough sleep?

Agatha: Sometimes when I sneeze my eyes close.

-

Jen: Love help?

Lilia: Financial help?

Agatha: Emotional help?

Rio: Help moving a body?

*Everybody looks at Rio*

Rio: What?

-

Agatha: I'd kill someone if you asked me to.

Rio: I'm pretty sure you'd kill someone even if I didn't ask.

Rio: And mostly I don't ask.

-

Tiger-Lily: You look like an angel.

Jen: Really?

Jen: Oh wait. You mean a biblical angel.

-

Lilia: You remind me of the ocean.

Rio: Because I'm deep and mysterious?

Lilia: No, because you're full of salt and you scare people.

-

Tiger-Lily: My mom is calling… Ey, mami.

Vidalia: Come on guys, stop. She's trying to talk to her mom.

Stephanie: *loud fake sexual noises*

Billy: EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP!

Lyra: *is asleep*

Lily-Rose: *gets really close to the phone* Ey, mami.

(Lyra is one of Alice's second cousins, and Stephanie is a distant relative of Lilia)

-

Tiger-Lily: Not since sharing a uterus with my twin sister have I been so unhappy sitting next to someone.

-

Lily-Rose: The fastest way to a mami’s heart is through ch-

Agatha: Chest cavity.

Lily-Rose:

Lily-Rose: Cheese, mama. She loves cheese.

Lilia: Trust me, just tell Alice that you like her.

-

Tiger-Lily: Remain CALM! *slaps Billy multiple times*

-

Agatha: Yeah Jen, what's the worst that could happen?

Jen: I'm glad you asked!

Jen, taking out a huge binder: I've got a million different horrible scenarios in my head and written down a few.

-

Alice: That’s illegal, right?

Rio: Why do you care? Are you a fucking cop?

Alice: Actually I was but-

Rio: Then shut the fuck up.

-

Agatha, talking to Tiger-Lily: When I was your age-

Rio, mocking Agatha: When I was your height.

Agatha:

Agatha: Listen here you little shit-

-

Rio: Wake up, nena! The sun is shining!

Lily-Rose: And...? What do you want me to do, photosynthesis? I'm not one of your plants! *angrily covers her head with blanket*

-

Billy: Always stay positive!

Billy: *falls down the stairs*

Billy: Wow! I got down those stairs so fast!

-

Tiger-Lily: I'm not some innocent little witch, okay?! I read romance books from the adult section of the library!

Agatha: You what?

Tiger-Lily: Uh, nevermind, mama, y'know, they're pretty tame, it's not-

Agatha: Let me see your library card now.

-

Lily-Rose: The real reason Howl kept his castle moving was tax evasion.

Tiger-Lily: This may sounds like a joke but I read the book. This is the literal reason.

(For those who are wondering who Tiger-Lily and Lily-Rose are, they're Aradia and Abelia's middle names, almost everyone they have known since they were little calls them that)

-

Agatha: Gasp! HOW DARE YOU CALL ME A LADY?!

Agatha: I'M A BITCH! Thank you very much!

-

Rio: Lirio.

Tiger-Lily: Si, mami?

Rio: What’s sexting?

Tiger-Lily: ... I'm not having this conversation with you. ROSE, COME HERE!

-

Lilia: Breathe, just breathe.

Billy: I’ve done nothing with my life! I’m a failure!

-

Rio: Awww, that never bothered you before.

-

Agatha: We can't lose. Because we have this. *points to their chest*

Alice: We have heart?

Agatha: Heart? No, me. I'm pointing at myself. I'm going to win this for us.

Rio: So you like cats?

Agatha: Yeah.

Rio: *tries to impress her by slowly pushing a glass off the table*

-

Lily-Rose: When you said 'Magic in Bed', I wasn't expecting this...

Stephanie: *pulls out card from deck* Now, was this your card?

Lily-Rose: Oh my-

-

Rio: I’m not just some trophy wife, y’know.

Agatha: You’re a trophy wife?! What kinda contest did I win?!

-

Jen: Is there a cactus where your heart should be?

Agatha: What’s up your ass this morning!

Alice: *walks in* ... Hey.

Agatha: Hmm… nevermind.

Tiger-Lily: *stops mug halfway* In front of my tea?

-

Agatha: Dating me is fun

Rio: Yeah definitely is sweetheart

Agatha: You get a comedian, a mental patient and a pornstar all in one

Rio: I’m lucky, i know

-

Jen: That's it. Are you done bitching?

Agatha: That was just a warm up.

Tiger-Lily: Good thing I brought some popcorn.

-

Jen: I just want someone to take me out.

Alice: On a date?

Agatha: With a sniper gun?

Rio: Both if you're not a coward.

-

Tiger-Lily, seeing the Wiccan outfit: I can't take you seriously wearing that.

Billy: Aw, you take me seriously at all?

Tiger-Lily: Fair point.

-

Agatha: I wonder who’s ruining my life.

Agatha: *looks in the mirror*

Agatha: So we meet again.

-

Lilia: Do you take constructive criticism?

Jen: No, only cash or credit.

-

Billy: It’s beautiful outside this morning!

Alice: It’s 2AM.

Billy: It’s beautiful outside!

Lilia: We’re indoors.

Billy: It’s beautiful!

Agatha: It’s storming.

Billy: It’s!

-

Agatha: sSSSHIT- I BURNT MY LIP-

Jen: Why the fuck would you even drink coffee with a METAL STRAW in the FIRST PLACE??

Agatha: BECAUSE WE WERE OUT OF THE PLASTIC ONES!

-

Agatha: Fuck capitalism. it's a rigged system that keeps us poor and it isn't fair. You shouldn't need to work three jobs to afford basic necessities.

Agatha, playing monopoly: sorry, if you wanted to win you should have tried not being poor.

-

Rio: I think we can be evil, as a treat.

Agatha: We?

Rio: We ;)

-

Lily-Rose: I cut my finger

Lyra: I can kiss it so it'll get better

Lily-Rose: That works?

Lyra: Yeah? My mum used to do it when I was little

*later*

Lily-Rose: I need you to punch me in the mouth

Tiger-Lily: Fucking finally

-

Agatha: Is letting someone win at chess sapiosexual bottoming

Jen: Does anyone in this godforsaken group ever think before they speak

-

Alice: Wait, I thought you could drive.

Agatha: I didn't learn yet. I'm busy witch!

Lily-Rose: I got it covered.

Alice:

Agatha:

Lilia:

Jen:

Alice: You're like, 15.

Lily-Rose: And?

-

Rio: Where can I get your blood.

Agatha: It's free but you have to catch me.

-

Lily-Rose: Dinosaurs aren’t extinct! I mean, mami’s still walking around.

Tiger-Lily, fighting back laughter: Pfft! Rose! That wasn’t nice!

Agatha: She isn’t wrong, though, hon.

Rio: *groan of frustration*

-

Agatha: I'm emotionless!

Rio: Says the person who confessed to me while smiling, blushed while dating, and cried when we got married.

Agatha: Shit.

-

This a mess. I probably won't post another one of these, because probably almost no one will like it, but, yeah, it was fun.

[thinkolicity]

the night agent thoughts. sutherkin thoughts.

i've just finished properly rewatching season 2 (bc i showed it to my mother, she was finally ready to suffer) and not only that...i also read the book.

yes, after two years i caved and bought it and, girlies, i read romance & romantasy but i enjoyed this political thriller so much? so not my genre, i was shocked. i couldn't put it down. anyway.

--- SPOILERS AHEAD if u want to read the book and/or watch the series ---

so...now i'm filled with hopes & dreams.

it's gonna be a long post. and all over the place because it's 3 am.

i know other people probably already said what i'm about to say but i've been stewing on this for like three weeks. i need to vent and share.

since TNA is my current obsession, i'll live in a constant state of anxiety for sutherkin's fate in the series for the forseeable future until i distract myself with something else. every show i follow i watch for the plot, but i need my couples. "the world's gone to shit, the plot too, but my fictional couples are strong" is the mentality.

how the heck are they going to bring rose back, involve her with peter again after all we've seen in season 2? will her character have justice and will rose be represented and given the screen-time and agenda she deserves? after finishing s2 i was feeling hopeless. i was mad. dejected. i felt betrayed because the sutherkin i hoped to see wasn't delivered. then i read a very long post on here that filled me with positive thoughts. the questions remained, but i wanted more. so i bought the book and the book made me think "maybe there's light at the end of this bleak tv!sutherkin tunnel".

SPOILERS AHEAD

so i was thinking: the main political plot of TNA BOOK is basically foreign (russian ofc) interference in the USA elections (extremely actual btw), and what seemingly is a compromised president who got the presidency because the other candidate got drowned in a scandal that tanked polls and consensus…and it just so happens that s2 ends in the midst of a presidential election, where coincidentally one of the candidates drops off the race after a scandal and the remaining candidate is involved with monroe, who has "global connections", he buys and sells information to privates and politicians…

to me it sounds like we are headed back to the mothership. we started from the book, took a (fucked-up) trip into trippy outer space, and now we're circling back to the book again to use crumbs of the election plot that wasn’t used for s1. ending the series with season 3 and make season 3 end like the book would be a dream. it's perfect. full circle. obviously they're gonna have to implement their own twist to the whole thing...and i want to convince myself that sutherkin is "endgame", to use a classic shipping term, so they gotta find a way to fix that mess because the whole “you’re in danger as long as i am a night agent so forget about me” thing is bullcrap.

we actually have a perfect endgame set up - in season 1 ep 9 rose said she wanted to go back to california "new name, new start". peter wanted to "buy a cabin, disappear for a bit". rose asked him where and he told her "no idea...but i hear california's great". this is the goal.

in the book the story takes place in january and they live together in a rented cottage until april when they're done with the interviews, and testimony, and stuff.

from chapter 96

"He and Rose did a lot of cooking and listening to music, and they would go upstairs and wear each other out in that delirious way of new love, or in the living room, or on the upstairs deck if they caught a warm day, hidden from view behind a white-planked railing. It reminded Rose, she told him, of what her aunt and uncle had together, how they managed to keep it burning for decades, even on that last night. Some part of it was simply the pleasure of reveling in life, of a new chapter, after so much had been lost. It felt easy and natural, the same way each one of them could pick up when the other wanted time to be alone, to think through the gravity of what they had survived and what lay ahead".

UGH I WANT THISSSSS come onnnn. two rabid bunnies. and it would be even better on the show because they are way more deeply connected than their book counterparts. gimme.

book!peter leaves his WH job and he and rose stay together - the ending made me tear-up, actually. when they go back to rose's aunt and uncle's house to say goodbye. the last words of the novel belong to rose which i think is important in the optics of the tv series. she's important, it's unthinkable to me that they would demote her to guest role or worse. fuck that.

i really hope rose will be given a role of substance in season 3, we saw in s1 and even more so in s2 that she can kick ass and is valuable to the fbi (and life in general tbh). how she's a natural at lying. how she and peter coordinated to take down markus? *chef's kiss*. she can be trained, she's not a damsel in distress, that's why she's so loved.

there's this interesting bit in chapter 77

He watched her for a long moment, taken again by her calm through all this. Maybe that looked like suspicion. “What?” He wouldn’t lie to her. “This seems so natural to you.” “What are you saying, Peter?” “You’ve never done anything like this before?” “I’ve been through some awful shit. I learned to put my head down and get through it. You think I’m hiding something?” She shook her head and looked out the window. “Are you?” Peter asked. “What? A spy? Working with Greg somehow? You asshole.” She grimaced, as if holding back the anger. That was fine. He could take it. If they were about to go against the sitting US president with the help of a foreign agent, he wanted all the cards on the table. “No,” she said. “I’m terrified and doing my best to keep it together and find a way out. This is how I work. I get cold. I get through it".

i mean, even book!peter thought rose was some kind of agent/spy when he reached peak level of distrust in humans. he was fed-up. she’s born for this.

sigh, with all of this material they need to find a plausible way to bring her fully back into the fold, give me some sutherkin action, and then let them live together happy and in peace like they deserve.

"And now, he had done his part. He had stood his watch. He was free. He and Rose were going to get in that old Benz and get out of DC. They didn’t know what came next, but they would figure it out. They had time. They had each other".

i won't accept any other ending however they choose to get there 🙃

thank you for reading, let’s suffer together.

< ————— —————>

bonus silly little sutherkin scene i loved from the book under the cut:

chapter 94 where peter and rose are staying at blair house and

Rose muttered something. Her eyes were already closed. “What was that?” “I’m stealing that mug.” She’d brought it in and left it on the nightstand. It was a standard White House guest mug, blue with a satisfying heft and the presidential seal. “Go for it.” She didn’t respond. She was already out. Peter pulled the sheets and blankets up to her chin. He lay down, and she rolled closer and draped her arm over him. Peter closed his eyes, and sleep came in an instant.

this made me cackle, i can see the scene in my brain.

[fleouriarts]

remade the height lineup for jamie and co! it's been almost exactly 6 months since i made the original one, and omar and andre didn't even exist when i made it, so i figured it needed an update. also the original was made in one night (vs this being made in a week) and you can TELL

under the cut are individual pics for each of them with some design notes and such. tumblr also likes to crunch big images like this, for full size click here and here

originally finished 9-28-2024

JAMIE: biggest change is that im actually drawing him with a long ass linsang neck. i wanted him to be small so bad before that i forgot the most important linsang trait... this is also why he has gained 2 inches of height LOL

SANTIAGO: santiago got like 25% wider and his horns are more visible. i considered making a second unclothed ref for his look during the summer (all wool shaved except for the head), but i don't draw him like that very much. maybe later

JOHNNY: no changes. johnny is a perfect animal. i just finally have a full ref of her spots (at least from the front)

NULL: i completely changed their head shape to look like an actual siamese cat, and gave them 6 nipples like an actual cat. their original shirt had just a blue scribble (my usual shorthand when i'm drawing from a ref and don't feel like drawing a shirt design) but i decided they deserve an actual shirt design now. i tried a cat skull at first and then i thought to do cartoon fish bones instead and fell in love with it

ARGYLE: argyle's face spots became more pronounced, his mane is bigger, his bigass robe has only yellow stripes now, and i changed the colors on his pants a bit. a character change that comes with this is that he is now a journalism student instead of fashion. he was originally a fashion student so him, jamie, and santiago would all have to interact (since they're all in the arts at their college). however developing argyle more made me think he would care way more about comfort than looking good when it comes to his clothes. also the son of a lawyer and a history professor going into journalism just makes sense to me

OMAR: omar wasn't on the original lineup, but when compared to my first drawing of her, i just made her fatter with a longer neck. and now i have a good ref of his spots! i've also decided they have hyperestrogenism, no clue if it's caused by an underlying syndrome like aexs or not. either way she has gynecomastia and hypogonadism because of it

ANDRE: andre straight up didn't have a color ref before now cus i mostly drew her in my sketchbook. i just forced myself to figure out his markings and give him a "default" outfit (i really liked the one i drew him in here so that's his default now). also i have decided she does not wear wigs anymore she's just a cool bald bitch

overall i think i just got better at drawing furries ^__^ a lot of it comes down to just thinking harder about their anatomy. you may notice that the new drawing has the carnivorans (jamie null argyle and andre) as plantigrade at rest now instead of digitigrade. part of this is because i went and looked at my zootopia artbook to study it and that's how they do it. another part of it is that when you look at plantigrade vs digitigrade legs (unguligrade is here too i guess):

the entirety of the paw on a digitrade animal is homologous to just the toes on a plantigrade one. do you want to stand on your toes all day? does that sound fun to you? HELL NO!!!!!! unguligrade animals stand on their toenails but they're weirdos we don't have to talk about them

anyway enough of my rambling cheers to you if you read this far. if you're an aspiring furry artist you might find it fun to learn some irl animal anatomy to help you w your drawings, like looking at skulls/full skeletons and stuff. or maybe it'll just frustrate you. i'm a biology student so this is enriching for me. have a nice day

[gauntlyt]

the cursed amulet compels me to send messages .... I would ask if you have anything you're particularly excited about and want to share from your senior novella bc I loved what I've already heard and crave more BUT since you said you're Ignoring end of year stuff, if you want to Not talk about that: what's your top few songs/albums/artists that make you crazy and you wish more people knew about ??

I'm honoured that you're interested in the novella! while I'm quite burnt out because of it I do love it & talking about it; I'm so torn about sharing more details here though, mostly because I like to keep my online kink existence somewhat seperate from other aspects of my life. however I feel like knight/fantasy kink freaks would probably really like it... I shall have to consider a while.

for now though! I would be delighted to discuss some of my favourite music that I want to get more people into!! this will be long so I'll put a cut lol.

(disclaimer up top: I have a very poor gauge for what is well-known in the realm of music so some of these might already be household names; if so forgive & indulge me)

𝔡𝔞𝔳𝔦𝔡 𝔨𝔢𝔢𝔫𝔞𝔫

hard to describe david keenan's music. here's an anecdote that might do the trick: mo chailín and I each heard a different version of his song altar wine (they heard the acoustic, I heard the original) and had totally different vibes from each that when I heard them play the one they knew I thought we were having a parallel universe moment. so yeah. give him a listen if you like joshua burnside or dermot kennedy. other than altar wine, try: the groundskeeper, the friary, unholy ghosts, or (if you're brave and don't mind ringing sounds) god is a magpie

𝔡𝔯𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔯

I need more people to listen to dry the river NOW. they have so many amazing songs, upbeat and full of life and heart and beautifully striking lyrics. they're just fun. I put them in so many character playlists. they deserve more love. hard to compare but if you like of monsters & men or mumford & sons you'll likely enjoy them. try: vessel, the chambers & the valves, or weights & measures

𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔞𝔪𝔞𝔷𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔡𝔢𝔳𝔦𝔩

relevant to the vibes of this blog; I have a lot of the amazing devil on my various fantasy / medieval court playlists. jaunty and brooding, bright and dark, their range is great. they've got angst, silliness, heartfelt poeticism, weird sexiness, the list goes on. I would recommend giving them a listen if you like the oh hellos, fish in a bird cage, etc. also (unbeknowst to me when I started to listen to them) it's got that gay bard from the witcher in it. try: the rockrose and the thistle, the horror and the wild, or farewell wanderlust

𝔧𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔥

few artists have captivated me as much as jhariah. discovering their work felt like finding a big chest of pirate treasure. nothing scratches the mcr itch quite like jhariah—their sound is energetic and fresh and their vocal style is distinct, but if you like mcr (or bear ghost, shayfer james, will wood, etc) you'll probably be into jhariah's stuff. I would reccomend flight of the crows, debt collector, or control baby (cw: parental abuse for that last one)

𝔥𝔬𝔫𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰:

simon herron (try: be a hero <- angsty hero-complex vibes. you knightfuckers will like this one)

marika hackman (try: I follow rivers <- dark, smooth, sexual tension through the roof. my fellow knight dykes, go listen immediately)

cowboy malfoy (try: how I'd kill <- hot and flirty and with a fun mid-song vibe shift)

hugo hamlet (try: businessman <- weird and sexy and silly and did I mention sexy? if you know hugo hamlet you'll understand)

twin atlantic (try: make a beast of myself <- the kind of angsty rock that makes you wanna thrash around)

chase petra (try: prologue <- gut-wrenching but hopeful sadness)

julia jacklin (try: too in love to die <- heartbreaking soft desperation, hauntingly beautiful. lovers doomed by the narrative energy)

and finally, definitely popular artists that I would recommend if you haven't heard them before:

son lux, the crane wives, haley heynderickx, tamino, sam fender, gallant, keaton henson, dermot kennedy, declan mckenna, and a billion others lol I could go on for ages

(this is by no means an exhaustive list of music I like and definitely leaves out my biggest faves, but they were the ones I thought of for this prompt so here you go)

(edit: OOPS I just reread the ask and realised "new" was part of the prompt. most of these are not new to me lol. but alas)

[fatesundress]

I absolutely love your writing and tom of course! do you have any tips on how to write or are you naturally blessed?

thank you so much!! <3

i promise it is not the latter 😭 i'm working on rewriting a fic i started at 18 and it's been a struggle to get through. i think the tips i revisit the most in my writing are

1. multipurpose scenes (too often do i waste word count on characters just sitting around talking in ways that don't establish them, develop them, or really propel the story. those scenes are static and repetitive and could be doing more by implementing movement, tension, background, etc)

2. metaphors and other literary devices being used with intention and specificity (a very lazy example off the top of my head is describing a character in military servitude with the metaphor of being a doll — the idea there being that they are used and discarded like something inanimate. it's not bad necessarily, but there are other connotations around dolls that don't fit, like being dressed up and made pretty and things that might better suit a character in a role of domestic servitude. it would make more sense to say that the character in military servitude is a toy soldier, a prized trophy, etc. i would probably not use those because they're also lazy but the lesson is to be thoughtful with literary devices, and especially metaphors, because i find that i used to be kind of careless in just saying what sounded nice over what was more effective. how many people utilize metaphors of chess or cards with calculated characters like tom? i definitely have. did i contribute anything novel to his portrayal with them? probably not.)

3. just relax. not every sentence needs to or should be shakespearean. rhythm in writing is what keeps a reader's attention, and that can't exist without variety. if every line is some labyrinthine description of the lamp in the corner of the room, it becomes suffocating. your prose should serve the story, and vice versa. in my older writing, i find that my desperation to prove myself as a writer is so overbearing and distracting that it's hard to follow, and the story suffers for it. this isn't a "sometimes the curtains are just blue" thing. personally, the curtains are never just blue. i do think, however, that you can just say "the curtains are blue" and within context you've either already established or plan to later, it has just as much significance as if you wrote a full paragraph saying the same thing. most of the time, the lines that stick with me are the short, simple ones emphatically placed within the finer details. i don't know. think about amy march calling laurie mean. mean, instead of cruel, callous, unfeeling. considering the era of little women, those words fit just as well, but they don't elicit the same reaction, because mean is such an amy thing to say. it's sad in a childish way.

i used to post writing advice as it came to me but unfortunately the account i had it on was taken down and i had no backup for it. if you ever have more specific questions, i'm by no means an expert, but i'd be happy to (try to) help :)

[vdragon-creations]

TMayNT Day 13: Best Don

Day 13 of @tmaynt Prompt: Best Don!

Oh my sweet, how I've waited for this day! It should probably come as no surprise to anyone who fallows me or anyone who saw my Day 1 entry that Donnie is my favorite turtle! Hands down, no contest!

But here comes the hard part. Choosing my favorite! Gunna be honest, it's a very hard decision. Each Donnie has a quality to them that I just adore! Intelligence! I don't like to think of myself as that smart, at least not in the way Donnie is! And I love me some soft nerdy types! And when it comes to personality, it gets even harder to pick, because literally ALL of them are just precious.

87 is smart but a bit of a dork! 2003 is...goals. Sweet, kind, has a tiny bit of spice to him, and still has the skills to pay the bills! 2007, while not having much screen time, is a reliable man.

IDW, tbh, I've yet to read the comics in full, but from what I can see, he seems a lot like a mix of both 2003, 2007, and 87 Don. As in, while he's a little more softspoken then the others, he can still hold his own in a fight! And despite having been through some clearly otherworldly shit, he's a skeptic when it comes to magic. But I love the way they wrote him! (And his death scene still makes me cry! And seeing him still deal with pain from that incident is just *Chef's kiss*!)

2012....well...I don't have much to say about him. Frankly he's my least favorite out of the bunch, and all because the writers really wanted to play fanfic writer and they leaned whyyyyy too hard into the nerd stereotype. Resulting in making him borderline creepy to April. (Not that she's perfect either because goddess on a stick I'm not getting into that today.) The one thing I'll give him is that his sarcasm in this one made his very funny to hear in banter, and I apricate that they were trying to do more then just change the skin colors to make the boys stand out from one another. (But guys...really....the gap in the teeth was just not necessary..)

The Bayverse Donnie was one that had to grow on me a little, cause I'm part of the crowed that thought they looked a bit rough. But I agree that that's kinda the point, they're mutants. They more then likely would be a little rough looking irl. But after aa bit, he does start looking pretty cute anyway! And his voice is on par with 2003, in that he just sounds so sweet! I wanna hug him! (PLUS, THE FUCKER IS 6'8"! I'M 5'3"! And I do have a weakness for taller dudes. Bonus if they wear glasses! :3)

Now, for Rise. I was once part of the Cowaboomer crowed that thought that since RISE was so different from the other versions, it was there for ruined. I've since watched it, and the movie, and if anything, I've proven that I no longer think this way! RISE Donnie tho...he had to grow on me. At first I really didn't like him. His personality was such a stark contrast from all the other versions that it was almost like he was a whole new character! And with the art style of RISE being so different, his design was quite a jolt too. (The eyebrows are...a choice.) But after a while, that smug fucking smile had me feeling a type of way. The way he'd make me laugh was starting to become infectious! And the next thing I knew, I fell for this version too! Pretty hard I might say. And while 2003 Donnie is the sweetest bean to ever grace my screen, RISE became the living definition of the meme "I'm a luxury few can afford!"! And I love him!

After that, we had the batman cross over that brought us another Donnie! Once that I'm happy didn't lean too heavy on the other versions. He looked a little like 2012, but was like a gentle mix or 2003 and Bayverse! He also got a lot more lines and personality in that movie! (As well as a broken arm! RIP)

Then Mutant Mayhem showed up, and oh my god if he isn't the same insufferable anime fan I was when I was a teen! He made me laugh, and was still an adorable little dork!

And then we have Fortnite Donnie, who...i gotta be honest, I don't play Fortnite. So I'm not sure if he or the others get much of a personality or story outside of the same story of the turtles that we all know by now. So i can't judge him based on personality. But...I do like his design. Tho I will continue to say Fortnite had NO RIGHT to make him THAT damn fine!

In the end, I love all Donnies! Some more then others, but they all mean something to me! And it was hard to choose! but in the end, I chose the two that had the most influence on me!

[rikiws]

GANG!

I have one of those silly little moot thingies!

(No pressure you don't have to do it if you don't wanna!)

But! What music you automatically assume your moots listen to😼😼

To me, I imagine you fw brent faiyaz or the arctic monkeys, maybe some Daniel Caesar

Dude how did you know that... I fw Daniel Caesar and Brent Faiyaz HEAVY dawg are you psychic 😨 (Kendrick and Don Toliver TOO THE ENTIRE DAMN. ALBUM SIGH... ALSO KESHI I like too many artists this yap won't end so let me just stop myself) I never really got into the Arctic Monkeys but I still think they're awesome musicians, even if the music doesn't hit for me that much personally

I love this game though thank you for this, forgive me if I get any of you guys horribly wrong I'm a terrible judge of character...also I really like to talk about music so best believe I'll be listing a few songs out and explaining them too, very sorry if its a lot to look at 😭

@sugariricookies : you first ofc. I'd say you'd be into something fresh, I don't want to say cutesy bc its not exactly that but close yk. Beabadoobee FOR SURE and New Jeans too. Glue Song - Beabadoobee : its very quiet coffeeshop meetcute with a ton of flowers involved ykyk Melting - Kali Uchis : honestly any song by her bc CMON. I think it matches what you're like really well, if you don't listen to her much How Sweet - New Jeans : can we bfr this song is so heart emoji and you're also very heart emoji are we making sense

@sungbyhoon : Idk bit I feel like you'd be into something a little darker...? Not maybe something like Alt or Grunge, actually maybe yes if its something like Cade Clair or something, but more like Cigarettes After Sex and Chase Atlantic. Also very chill but less upbeat and more mature sounding I'm so sorry if this makes no sense, Another thing I feel like you'd also judge songs not just on the melody but also the lyrics so: Sunsetz - Cigarettes After Sex : Any song by them man bc they're lyrics are basically always so 🙏🙏🙏 Heavenly - Cigarettes After Sex : "Tell me it's love, tell me it's real" MAN ���😢 LET ME SEE YA MOVE! - Lumi Athena & Cade Clair : HEAR ME OUT HEAR ME OUT IT'S JUST REALLY GOOD OKAY I'M NOT PROJECTING (I might be)

@copyhanni : hey...😼😼 okay but you're giving me Chase Atlantic, The Weeknd, and Tory Lanez full stop. You'd be more chill but also upbeat?? but like less cute and more roadtrip-with-your-headphones-in-esque: Out of My Mood - brian mantra & gate 문 : I think indie would be up your alley too, esp brian mantra I love him sm Bloody Hands - brian mantra : another one, his songs don't have too much going on I think instrumentally and his tone is AWESOME it's just 🔥🔥 Swim - Chase Atlantic : need I say more the synth and drums are EVERYTHING.

@suneng : okay just because you said you like Sunflower I want to think that you really like Metro and Swae Lee (bc SAME.) Also these songs imo seem really nice to study to, and to me you come off as an academic in a way so I think this fits (STEM girlies 🙏): Too Many Nights - Metro Boomin, Future & Don Toliver : the bass the BASS god I love the bass SO MUCH. I remember being a trap hater when I was like 11 chat I was WRONG. I think you'd fw this honestly I'd say its pretty easy to like and super catchy and just very chill Love me Harder - WOODZ : this is a very bassy music selection I'm gonna be so embarrassed if you don't like bass 😭😭 but the guitar here was life changing I think you'd love this Link up - Metro Boomin, Don Toliver, wow there's a lot of people involved in this one hold up: Afrobeats/Raeggaeton I'm not very sure but its really good sigh...honestly I think any spider-verse soundtracks you'd probably love.

@stariikis : not sure what it is but imo you'd be into maybe something softer ykwim? Def have wave to earth on your playlist somewhere there has to be 👊👊 Kind of similar to riri I'd say something a little calmer ykyk: daisy. - wave to earth : such a good song wave to earth man GOODNESS. I think this is such a perfect song for the vibes you give off The Long Drive - tv room : okay tv room is a little eccentric with the hyperpop and everything but I think this is one of the tamer songs from him, much slower tempo than his usual ones but still super upbeat in a way An Art Gallery Could Never Be As Unique As You - mrld : long name alert 🚨🚨 jokes aside I think you'd be into songs with less synthetic instruments in it instead and this song is perfect for that

@nishiriki : okay I really had to squeeze out the brain juice for this one and its gonna be such a huge stretch but hear me out you sound like you like rap,,, maybe nothing too dark lyrics wise like JID but something sort of playful-ish... okay let me just get the songs out I think i'll make more sense then: Two Tens - Cordae & Anderson .Paak : see like something a little silly but still nice to listen to, like the kind of songs you'd play in the car with your friends, otw to some random place to hang out LOVE. - Kendrick Lamar : again, the entire damn album still has me in a chokehold to this day there's no way. This is def my favourite from them all though (and a huge obsession of mine rn) and I think it matches you really well PICK IT UP - Famous Dex & A$ap Rocky : I was obsessed with this like a few years ago and then that dance challenge came and I got obsessed again. I don't think I've ever seen so many interludes in just one song before and it's so well done like its so goofy oml, no but I'd think you'd be into rap that's a little more upbeat, less serious ykyk ++Blueberry Faygo honorable mention here

chat I may have yapped just a tiny bit...okay but I fs missed a few moots since I haven't interacted with them enough to justify the music they'd be into I think 😭 nah but if you want me to write you in too please let me know bc I'd be more than happy to :)

[jollyreginaldrancher]

Yellowjackets Season 3 episode 6 liveblogging

Title is croak. Goodbye Birdwatchers.

I'm getting onboard with the theory that someone might die this ep. God if it's Misty's bird...

If Shauna kills Misty's bird...

Anyway it's 3 days earlier

I KNEW YOU MOTHERFUCKERS WOULDN'T CONTINUE WHERE THE LAST EPISODE ENDED

turns out the animalistic sounds we heard were made by a frog all along guys, we can all rest easy now

oh fuck me

THIS IS NOT THE TYPE OF ORGY I SIGNED UP FOR

I'd be crying too if I had to record a frog orgy for work tbh

OK there's three of them hikers

Nah they did not trap my man in the middle of the orgy

bad enough they picked him up while he was trying to get it in but picking him up and bottling him is diabolical

ugh there's that guy i don't like

"the heart wants what it wants" Sis they're boning, they're not in love

"I think it might be the most beautiful thing I've ever heard" must have been tough living in a pre Billie Eilish era. Music choices must have been very limited back then.

I wonder if they'll eat them and their frogs too

shit that guy has a crossbow

it's gonna be a bloodbath

so it was team of explorers who hid the stash coach Ben found. Interesting. At least we have one answer now.

Well at least Natalie will have something to chew on after they kill the hikers dead.

Their names are Edwin, Kodiak and Hannah I guess. Not that I'll remember them tbh. Just noting down for future reference.

Arctic Banshee Frog was definitely the noises and shit they've been hearing. My money was on wildlife and I feel I'm definitely right. Team logic takes another win my guys.

Ooh a phone. Are they gonna call home when they kill them?

Nope, nevermind, they smashed it lmfao.

"I'm your lifeline" Watch him die first

"This guy could rob and murder us" You just realised that now? At this point you kinda deserve to die my guy.

"You smell barbeque?" oof who's gonna tell him?

other guy has a point, like who the fuck would trek this deep to have a barbeque? I can only think of one group of people dumb enough to do that and trust me you do NOT wanna cross them

Nah because how do you hear that and KEEP advancing towards the camp making all those noises? I would have shat myself and ran in that order.

"we're going home"

Umm

who's gonna tell her?

well this is awkwward

"He died of natural causes" WHILE THROWING HIS RIB AWAY I'M-

never change Misty

the guy just trying to like umm and err back his way out of this one

LOTTIE

WITH THE AXE

I THOUGHT IT WAS MISTY I HAD TO LOOK OUT FOR

did not expect to have the same reaction as Shauna but here we are

Shauna's been president for ONE DAY and Lottie's wilding out like this

ALSO I'M GOING OFF WITH THAT BINGO CARD LOTTIE WILDING OUT SQUARE COME HOME

Lottie has points

Natalie the only one or at least the main one trying to keep a sense of decorum and civility and genuinely tripping out over witnessing her friend straight up MURDER a motherfucker

Anyway

that was

I don't wanna say hot but

HOLLY FUCK

HOLLY FUCK MELISSA

IS MELISSA STRAIGHT UP DEAD?

Lottie with the blood

is that from Shauna's memory?

wait

MARI'S THE MEDIC NOW?

When I said they'd shift I didn't expect them to change this much

What's Misty then?

the Hunter?

Melissa's fucked up

I can see her surviving though, like fuck if coach made it with a full amputation? And she wasn't shot in the heart?

"Not just a mom who had a teenage pregnancy" fine maybe Walter IS the hikers' kid. Would explain a bunch I guess. Or maybe the new character is her daughter, fuck it, who knows?

Hannah Sophia Finch. We really got this random's full government name before Akilah's and she's been there since season one.

Lol even Jeff is calling out Shauna's hypocrisy. You can go down to the lobby when it suits her but must stay up when it doesn't. Meanwhile he's probably texting his boyfriend Randy where he is and checking in on social media and shit.

Poorly furnished shitbox. This man is a flaming late in life closeted gay, and I refuse to believe otherwise.

matter of fact everyone in this show is gay I've decided again.

Damn she just threatened her whole family like that

Callie's looking into shit, naturally

Taissa snores in her sleep too

It's a yellowjacket wide epidemic of snoring

Not Van calling Misty a psycho and shit. Baby, I'm sure there's mirrors in that room.

Yeah Tai, why DID you meet Lottie.

I love how Van grabbed a butter knife and got in defensive position in bed with Taissa. Baby, crazy is in the bed with you...

Also no one's mentioned the jacket yet. I wonder how long it will take them to figure out Misty and Nat were fucking cause they clearly haven't pieced it together like at all yet.

Oh she straight up asked her. Misty I really do love you.

Even Van's looking at her suspiciously. Van please speak the fuck up about other Tai, I'm begging you, don't be a shit for once.

The hesitation

Van for sure does not trust Tai completely

she wont admit it in front of Misty but she does NOT trust that hoe

Also yeah tell us about the tape

I think Shauna found the female hiker. Seemed she knew already what she was gonna say about being a teen mom, so either she heard it before, like in the car, and that part resonated with her, or she cut the tape short in the car, which is what it seemed like, and she knew it from memory from hearing it live in person 25 years ago.

MistyNat crumbs.

is Nat doing that listening thing Van did last season when Tai and Shauna were stuck in the snowstorm?

Looks like those two separated. I'm guessing the traps might be for him if they don't find him this ep. If he does splinter off and hunt them though I don't see them breaking into smaller clans.

Maybe they'll find him and kill him sooner and she'll live a lil longer. But I feel like the tape recorder would not have been recording days of stuff. So she has to like, die today more or less, assuming it's one straight recording.

Ok the group split up, Travis, Akilah and Misty went left, Shauna Van, Tai and Nat right. I hope nothing happens to Akilah, she's the only character unaccounted for in the adult timeline and therefore the only stakes here are Akilah and Melissa (and by extension Mari I suppose).

Nat continues to run in a way that makes me want to yell a slur

Gorl left behind a whole hair extension worth of hair. Wilderness just wanted to feel pretty I guess.

Lord of the rings ahh hiding place.

I love how she was so quiet until they got close to her and then she started making the most noise she possibly could

So this is her talking to her baby that she gave up for adoption and the baby's named the fakename I gave myself on character ai...the name I used to chat with Natalie Scatorccio with. cool cool cool cool cool

imagine her kid is one of the yellowjackets

anyway love this three stooges moment with the adult yellowjackets

I feel like we've reached the point in the season where shit is gonna start to really happen for real and the next few episodes are gonna be HELL to wait for

Does Shauna know it's a daughter for sure?

Misty has a point. Misty has several points. Shauna take many seats. Van and Tai too.

Okay, if it WAS the hikers and the tape and stuff then it makes sense for Lottie to go first I guess, since she took out that first hiker but Shauna would probably be last then, since I'm assuming she took out the girl's mom, and the other girls would be in between or maybe even before Lottie.

Also this is based on the assumption that it's cause of the tape, but like, if it was, why Lottie? I mean if it was Hanna's kid, why not go straight for Shauna? What's the tie to that guy, Edwin and his murderer?

Also how would she tell them all apart? Unless the tape caught Natalie saying "What the fuck Lottie?"

OKAY

WOW

so much info there

Melissa survived the incident but died

Gen and Melissa both died

Hannah died too probably

Hannah survived long enough to befriend Gen and Melissa I guess

maybe Hannah IS pit girl

doubt it though tbh pit girl seemed younger and smaller

but whatever

they wouldn't be the first show to pull some shit like this

where they cast extras in early scenes or whatever so you can't use clues to figure out who's who and then come back with the real actors and reshoot that shit. Pretty little liars was famous for it. It was bullshit now and it was bullshit then.

roadtrip with the four gals now though. Not as fun as MistyNat's road trips.

Anyway I'm also surprised Shauna did research. Like we joke about her being stupid, because she is, but she can be smart when she wants to, except she never does so she's mostly just stupid...

Okay.

Who did bring the tapes back and who did kill Lottie

oh wait, no, yeah, that is a good second question, Misty, WHY WOULD she wait 25 years for revenge?

Either she just found out, just got the tapes or she's found out she's dying or something and has nothing to lose.

Or it's not Hannah's daughter and it's one of them and Natalie's death is what prompted this, since, y'know, this all happened when she died.

Or it's Walter.

It's probably Walter.

I wonder if that's the highway we'll see Hillary Swank running down in that scene from the trailer.

Lol Tai's wife cut her off didn't she? Would not put it past her and would not blame her.

"we don't get to be lucky" Motherfucker, what do you call the dozen or so times that Van avoided death in the wilderness if not luck?

I can't tell if it's sweet or sad or pathetic or heartbreaking that Tai is willing to become a serial killer for Van

Shauna team mom, Van Tai and Misty all sitting in the back like the toddlers that they are. I love that Misty refuses to sit up in the front with her. Like we know the other two will wanna sit together but Misty refusing to go near Shauna still is honestly a mood.

watch the knocking in the tent turn out to be a raccoon lmao

it was a jar. close enough.

Anyway I hope Tai and Van don't get jumped by crossbow guy. Also hope that was his only crossbow bolt. He's really out here with DnD weapons smh. Rogue class mf

IT'S FROG BOY!

VAN LET MY MAN OUT! SHE'S BACK ON THE GOOD LIST!

Aww Van trying to call her mom. :'3 poor baby Sometimes it's easy to forget they're still a bunch of kids.

Their disappointment when they found out the phone was broken

Ok so they'll get Hannah and use her to fix the phone and use it I suppose so they can get rescued. I don't think it's gonna quite work out that way. Lord knows they're well off the deep end by winter, so I really don't think this is gonna pan out as well as they'd hoped.

Sweet Akilah trying to rationalize what Lottie did. Baby I think you're next to go. I think that guy is barbeque. I think he's gonna kill Akilah and get killed or caught by Travis. That's my guess for like the next five minutes.

not shit ridge X_X

God is this how they find Kristen's body?

Oh god not my shayla

don't leave her alone

why can't Travis not be selfish for once?

I guess he's trying to keep Akilah close so he can protect her

but that leaves Misty alone in the dark

I know her adrenaline just drained out of her

God even after all this to see Misty alone is staggering

Mind you this is the same day coach Ben died. They were just feasting on him.

Hannah's gonna get got by Shauna and Nat any second now too, I just know it. Interesting, she stashed her recordings. Yeah, they'll definitely make it back to your family now. The longer I watch the less likely it seems that this tape would even make it back let alone into the hands of her daughter.

Oooh where's Lincoln tunnel? Is this a hint that Shauna saw Lottie too the day she disappeared?

Yeah so it's gotta be Walter. Like what a great convenience that he matched Shauna's hair to Lottie's DNA just after Misty cut him out of her life, and while she's on a roadtrip with Shauna too?

She was blowing him off for her friends and all of a sudden he finds evidence that her friend was killed by one of her friends. Such great timing.

Not Shauna mocking Misty's boundaries. Like any of them have every effectively or successfully held a single healthy relationship.

She really just texted them right next to her adshkasjdhkasjdha to get them to help her get Shauna to stop the car as if any of them are at all capable of lying

OKAY WHAT THE FUCK VAN?

I really thought it was another really shit act to try to get Shauna to pull over but she fucking threw up blood? Tell me it's a lame ass magic trick right now!

Woah

Good thing Misty dodged that

Just made me realize that this is lowkey a really slow weapon. Like reloading it alone takes a good ten seconds.

Anyway, what a day for Misty Quigley.

Oh no, she's Velma-ing.

Okay, is Akilah going to offer to help him only for him to pull her down and kill her so he could try to get a hit on Travis?

"I'm not her family but we have a very intense trauma bond" MISTY PLEASE

"did you know?" yeah cause you guys are famously open and inclusive with Misty Quigley

"She was probably covered with my DNA" STOP

YES MISTY DESTROY HER!

I love how Shauna's acting hurt btw. Like, you wouldn't piss on Misty if she was on fire, but if she points out that you don't give a shit about her suddenly you're incensed. HOW DARE YOU CALL ME OUT FOR BEING A BAD FRIEND WHEN I'VE BEEN NOTHING BUT A BAD FRIEND TO YOU? The audacity is hillarious. They all act like they don't give a shit about her but care about her in such a deep way lmfao.

Shauna really fucking left?

She's probably going to find so and so's kid, isn't she? On her own.

So Van believes the whole thing was a life for life trade and she doesn't want other Tai/Tai to kill for her, and now she managed to snap other Tai out and Tai back in, as we can tell by her panicking at Van's state.

Meanwhile Lottie's gone off the deep end, has a complete psychotic break and has been just wallowing and covering herself in blood and whispering to the body of the hiker all night while Mari and gen are trying to help Melissa, and attempting to pull the arrow out.

It's not coming out that way, so they should cut the end off and push it all the way through, as much as it's gonna suck. Yup, Gen's got it. 1 point for Gen.

"Go fuck your blood dirt Lottie" Mari, sweetness, come over to the cool kids table right now

The gang's back. I see you Akilah. Shauna. Shauna's looking. This is the image of Lottie that stuck with her.

Shauna's looking more turned on by Lottie than Melissa right now. If Lottie showed up in the cabin, covered in blood, and tried to stroke her pregnant belly in season two, Shauna would have let her.

lol lil gay boy Natalie holding the medkit. I love him your honour.

I really thought Jeff was up to something but, still just being a himbo

Callile asking the tough questions, like 3 seasons too late

Love how they're still gripping onto that bit of info about where the plane landing by the skin of their nails. The hikers were lost less than 100 miles from where the plane went down. WHERE?

Do we think the yellowjackets will try to walk it again? I mean if these adults can hike to them then they can probably hike to somewhere...idk. They probably drove halfway and walked the rest but still. What's the worst that could happen?

Yup Shauna found her.

Is that that gun?

Ooh a knife!

is this the sheath Melissa made her? Did she keep it all those years?

I see a price tag on it so I guess not. Shauna hit a damn thrift shop on her way to her attempted murder lmfao

Anyway my toxic trait is thinking I could have walked into that impending cannibal orgy and just been so chill they wouldn't have tried to kill me. Maybe they'd lock me up but like in a fun way.

Anyway RIP Gen and Melissa. I am positive Hillary Swank is playing Melissa now.

[yarpharp]

Okay so I was beginning to tell myself that DA4 is not gonna be as bad of a trainwreck as the reveal trailer was. I really was. But then I finally just watched the DA4 gameplay trailer and like....

Alright Varric I respect your desperate need to convince Solas not to be a dumbass. I really do. I would do the same with more cussing. But also DO YOU WANT TO DIE IN THE INTRO SEQUENCE? And why is your hair black but grey???? Dude you are strawberry blonde what is this shite. Gimme going-grey-with-a-hint-of-red. And where is your chest hair, old man???

The character models are so... Valorant blender smooth. I keep seeing Battle Royale designer vibes and it's very strange. I know that is industry standard by this point but still... where's that Bioware stylization?? Secondly: the iconic DA design style is SOOOO muted in this. Where are my angular and pointy Tevinters? I got some of it, but like viciously sideways. Why are the demons so fuckin weird? They don't even look like the demons from the LAST THREE GAMES. They look like Bioware was running on a tight schedule given to them by EA at gunpoint and decided to cut the models down to save on time. Which... Yikes. Yikes my guy.

The dialogue wheel is janky. I know this is still supposedly pre-launch but... Did they really just slap the old UI with a different visual style? Bro you had TEN YEARS. And also, who the hell wrote your dialogue? And when was Varric ever that close to Solas? They respected each other, sure. But best bros? Solas is notoriously introverted. People made jokes about it. This is some fake news.

Thirdly, I'm a little puzzled by the hyper drama of the Arlathan forest ritual shite. I am aware the stuff behind the scenes in the comics have been talking about shit happening in the forest, but... Okay, correct me if I'm wrong: Solas raised the Veil at Skyhold. His theoretical resources to raise said Veil were his orb and the central locality of said castle. Cool shit. What the fuck are these statues? Are they supposed to represent the gods? If so, what the fuck are you doing USING THOSE, SOLAS? AND ARE THOSE FIGURES EMERGING FROM THE HOLE IN THE VEIL SUPPOSED TO BE THE CORRUPTED EVANURI?? WHY ARE THEY DESIGNED LIKE A FUCKIN HYLICS 2 CHARACTER? (no disrespect, I love Hylics 2) I just... I recognize that Solas is desperate to fix his wrongs and theoretically save everyone from the Evanuri (because if the theory the elven gods are inflicted with the blight is still true, then yeah ya gotta kill the source of the blight) so he's seeking out dangerous shortcuts, but... Idk man. Idk. I am just sooooo skeptical of this. This has so much more obvious "EA has its paws on a franchise and proceeds to ruin it" energy. I am sooooo skeptical.

My positive opinion? Solas looks great. Did he fuckin growl like a wolf when he smashed Bianca with his glowy eyes? Yes, yes he did. Are the landscapes awesome? Yes. Is the companion programming still janky even in the new game? Yes. Is that floating building a magical panopticon?! Possibly, and that's fascinating. Are the voice actors the same? Can't quite tell, because I can hear voice mixing happening to their voices so either they aren't the same VAs but they're tuning them to sound close or they are not putting full effort into the VA shit until release. Am I an EA hater?

Yeah, but that's because I have been burned too many times to believe EA won't ruin a glorious RPG franchise. I'll try to stay optimistic, but I am struggling.

[britt-kageryuu]

It's another slow day at the clinic, and Leo is streaming from the reception area, again.

It's practically a meme by now to see a Clinic Stream among the regulars.

The chat had started a poll/bet on whether someone was going to walk in to the clinic, like what's happened every time Leo's streamed from work. Some were saying it wasn't a fair bet.

Even though most of the time, all Leo is doing is cleaning up which just rambling about random topics, gossip, or showing off the clinic itself.

Leo in his space turtle scrubs with a lab coat, is leaning back in his chair while organizing a container full of 'Good Patient' prizes.

"So I decided to grab this book that sounded interesting, it's about a girl who makes medicine, and apparently ends up in the favor of a royal she works for, highly likely going to be a romance situation." Leo says while opening a pack of dinosaur stickers.

"At some point I couldn't help but imagine myself in this situation. Even though I sure as hell wouldn't want to be in the girls shoes. The whole mess that lead up to her being in a royals favor." He's adding little squishy critters to the container.

Leo opens a box nearby and digs through it, likely looking for something else to add to the treasure box for good patients. Out comes a pack of Trick or Trade Pokémon booster packs.

"Don't get me wrong, potentially becoming a consort to royalty wouldn't be the worst, but just the kidnapping the poor girl had to deal with at the start." Leo pauses for a second, "It just hit me, that I know two series that fit this vauge description, and if you know both good for you. If not sorry if I confused you."

Leo puts the container on the counter, and grabs a book from the shelf next to him. It's a cream colored manga with a bright red haired girl on the cover, the title reads 'Snow White with the Red Hair'.

"This is one of them. Though the Snow White thing is only a loose description for the beginning. Shirayuki caught the attention of the local Prince, that she didn't like, so she left to the next country over and ended up befriending the Prince of that country, Zen."

Leo puts on a sneaky grin, "But the first Prince accidentally poisoned Zen with an apple, so he had to back off or face a possible war or something. She becomes a Royal Herbalist/Pharmacist in the Palace and they slowly fall in love."

He puts the book back, "Some of you may know the other one, but I don't have the book with me here. Though Dee did give me a Stranger Things comic," He pulls a much thinner book off the shelf, this one had four humanoid turtles all with red bandanas along with the Stranger Things characters. "Don't know where he got this, but it looks interesting."

He looks over at the chat, some are asking for more details of how he imagined himself in one of the series, and if his boyfriend was in the place of the royal.

"Well, actually the first time around I thought of myself as the Royal, and Moon somehow ending up in the palace, but it didn't quite work, because I can't see any of my brothers with a large amount of consorts." Leo says as he flips through the first few pages of the Stranger Things book.

"How are you supposed to keep track of these turtles, they're all in Red! Sure they have different weapons, and a letter on their belts, but still!" Leo says while starting to spin in his chair while reading. "Though the very loose plot to have this kind of crossover is so flimsy, let alone how Eleven traveled a few states to a Major City. Alone! But that's the logic of the comic worlds."

Leo continues to slowly spin in the chair while reading to comic book, kinda forgetting that he's at work, and live streaming this moment.

The chat is having a missed jumble of arguments. Some wondering where the comic came from, some wondering if/when a random person will enter the clinic.

"Hey Doc! I came to get a refill on my Meds!!"

Leo jumped and scrambled to Mute the stream. He then goes to greet the person while putting a sticky note over the camera lens.

Those who bet that the pattern wouldn't repeat were regretting their bets, while many where putting up a *called it* type emoji.

[szaryherbatnik]

Gonna preface this with three things: 1) I am not talking Virgil to you, unfortunately, I am talking Sarnax to you so uhh hopefully that's ok? 2) I have not actually watched/listened to COS I have gotten into it by proxy of fandom so please please please forgive me if the vibes are way off and 3) TWs for minor character death and burning alive 😅

Was listening to Shout Sister (by The Buttress) earlier and parts of the song give the vibes of Sarnax's cult (I forgor what they're called), especially towards the end.

"With my staff and my rod/We'll find peace within/I commit myself to God, leave my cause to him/As the flames lick our bodies/They could tear us limb from limb/Sisters, fix your gaze upwards/Feel no pain on your skin/End is nigh, my body is broken/I go now into the night, to die/Eyes and heart open/Hold the cross high so through the flames I can see/Oh my God, my life, it ends/Pray for me!"

I don't know if they did sacrifices to Gherix, but those are he vibes this gives me. The sacrifice is kneeling as the flame is brought closer, they're chanting and holding some kind of holy object until the flame gets close enough and they're caught in rapture as they see their God before they're engulfed in flame. They scream and scream because it *hurts* until eventually their body lies still as the flames smoulder on.

"It can not take long to die/There will be a little pain, but then it will end" Sarnax remembers the elders saying, telling him their sacrifice it would all be ok. But watching from the crowd, Sarnax realizes it really doesn't sound like a quick death, nor a painless one. He tries to convince himself they were screams of ecstacy, but he can never shake himself of the belief that they were in agony for those few moments. The elders ask why he hasn't been to a sacrifice since. He can't tell them that he spends the time praying fervently to Gherix for forgiveness of the doubts every new sacrifice instills in him.

Idk, maybe I'm just going insane. Sorry for the long af thing

I'm gonna preface my response with two things. 1) it is absolutely alright to not talk virgil to me I am happy to get asks of any kind, sarnax is my lovely, my patron saint, my best friend. I'm always happy to talk about him! 2) the vibes are not way off but for me to properly talk about the vibes im gonna SPOIL A LOT. I MEAN A LOT. ENDGAME SPOILERS. for curse of strahdanya and beneath dark wings actually. ooooh you have been warned !!!

(anon if you dont want spoilers and these are heavy ass spoilers im just gonna say the vibes are pretty much in the right place and the lyrics are very sarnax coded. i highly rec watching cos and bdw to get the full story!)

SO yeah the cult of gherix ABSOLUTELY does sacrifices. As a bit of exposure, the cult is situated below the treetop country of eyrios (populated by owl aarakocra) who are pretty violent towards the people who live below. pretty shitty place from a lot of points of view. and the cult of gherix did sacrifice a lot of the aarakocra to gherix, while collecting tar from the edelwood trees that would eventually be used to burn eyrios. in the last episode of cos it's revealed that sarnax himself killed a child aarakocra as a sacrifice. by then he didnt feel great about it, but a lot of the change within sarnax happened during the expedition, not before, not in the garden, not in the cult.

speaking of sacrifice, especially in the context of this song and this ask, it's hard not to talk about the lizard, the inferno in the room. the ultimate sacrifice IS sarnax who after talking about how hes gonna die and how hes never getting out of barovia DOES sacrifice himself to purge all the evil. but it wasnt the same sacrifice as the ones that happened in the garden. sarnax's final inferno was full of love and before it happened, sarnax experienced a whole lot of beautiful moments. friendship, love, family, spreading kindness. spreading edelwood trees that stand tall in barovia still, after 200 years.

i dont quite know what sarnax's approach was to all the stuff that was happening in the garden. mainly the sacrifices i mean. after all, these actions were a reaction to the abuse the cult of gherix experienced from eyrios. even though his final stance was against sacrificing, i dont doubt that he had spent his whole life thinking it was the right thing to do. and his way of thinking was blessed by gherix.

well. ultimately the cult of gherix is now GONE they all died after trying to burn eyrios down but they got killed by acid rain so. i could talk about this particular moment in a different fucking essay cause i have thoughts about it. but! sarnax's legacy goes on, the edelwood trees still stand, tommy morgan is spreading (or was spreading, he probably died atp) the word of gherix with sarnax's lantern in his hand, the chapel of lathander has a whole shrine dedicated to sarnax and gherix.

sarnax's sacrifice couldn't have been painless. he's sacrificed people (AT LEAST ONE) himself, he's killed people, he knows how painful death it. how painful it is to burn to death. but he did it willingly, the pain was worth it at the end.

(the peace didnt last forever but does that mean that sarnax's death was in vain? no. i dont think so. not after i've seen the tear stained faces of the loa crew, after mike poured so much love in beneath dark wings arc 4. not after i spent hours crying about it, not after seeing andy's reaction to "the burning of the windmill" in eom, not after "a woman mourning her friend")

that being said, i hope that the fucking apocalypse that is happening in bdw currently WILL NOT FUCKING DESTROY THE EDELWOOD TREES IN BAROVIA ILL BE PISSED. MICHAEL IRONING BOARD I WILL REQUEST PAYMENT FOR EMOTIONAL DAMAGE. but even if they do get destroyed... eom has an edelwood tree. not all hope is lost.

i hope this reply is somewhat satisfying though it turned into a whole ass ramble. the song is a banger.

[marrowcrunch]

What are your top 3 favorite vtm clans (or bloodlines)?

Bonus: which clan do you think you'd fit in with? :3c

Oh boy, this is going to be long lol

Favorite: Tzimisce 

Gosh, what a surprise :O

But yeah. I mean, firstly, the cool factor is undeniable. It's always such a joy designing Tzimisce characters because even toeing the strictest borderlines of canon they're allowed to get real weird with it in a way that most other clans aren't. I don't mean this as hate at all so I hope it doesn't come across like that, all clans are beautiful <3 but if you're playing Ventrue, Brujah, Tremere etc to some degree you'll always just be playing as Some Guy. With a Tzim it’s like…Do you want some sick-ass bone blades on your arms? No problem! Another pair of arms to put more bone blades on? Sounds good! Do you want to be bioluminescent like a squid? Great! Go crazy! 

Second: Full disclosure, I am the “My fursona is my TWOO SELF” flavor of furry. And the idea of having near total freedom of form— to be able to give myself a tail, claws, fangs, horns, [long censor beep], whatever I want, to abandon my human shape, fills me with Yearning. 

In the complete opposite direction, I also find personal meaning in the clan as someone who suffers from chronic pain. Shamelessly copy-pasting a reply to another post: 

The flavoring of Vicissitude as a creeping infection, as the actual body of the Eldest spread from generation to generation, able to rise up and consume its bearers at any moment, resonates with me very deeply as someone whose pain is caused by congenital tissue defects and which will inevitably get worse over time.

The idea that…there’s something horrible lurking inside your body. It can’t be cured. It can’t be removed. It is part of the very fabric of your being. And it is going to eat you alive, it is going to eat and eat until there’s nothing left. That no matter how you struggle, eventually it’s going to win. But you struggle anyways, because what the hell else is there to do?

The clan also has its revenant families, who are all collectively my most Specialist Little Guy in the world. I am a huge sucker for ye old trope of Special Family Bloodline Technique, and they scratch that itch for me in a really fun and interesting way. 

Second favorite: Giovanni. I actually don't have any deep reasons for this one, I just think that “fucked up necromancer vampire crime family” is such a fun concept lol. I like organized crime stories. It's also another one for the “bloodline technique” category— in v20, they even have their own associated revenant family, the Rossellinis! 

Third favorite: Salubri. The vibe I get is that they’re deeply underappreciated because people feel like their designation in both fluff and crunch as “the nice ones” means that they’re boring and clash with Masquerade’s overall tone. But I STRONGLY disagree— I think that's exactly what gives them so much potential for the sort of personal, existential horror that is supposed to be at the heart of Masquerade. I actually want to write a much longer post sometime that really gets into why, but part of it is this— being a magical pacifist unicorn prancing in a sunny flower field isn't “horrifying,” but being a magical pacifist unicorn in a dark forest where the only other animals are wolves that want to eat your face sure is. I also think the contrast between mainline (healer) Salubri and Salubri antitribu is a really rich thematic vein— again, I want to write more on this later. 

Bloodline lightning round:

Ahrimanes: Cat-themed woman power. I like the concept of Gangrel in tune with the spiritual elements of nature. Spirits in World of Darkness are fun because they can be anything. 

Ventrue antitribu: Knights in modern settings are cool.

However, if the question was “Which clan are you most like?” instead of “What's your favorite”, the answer is far and away Toreador. I love making art, and while I mostly just write now because my body has kind of fallen apart, I used to dabble in a bunch of different mediums and loved them all. That and I already do the “oh that flower/painting/ random pattern of light on the wall is really pretty *zones out and stares at it*” thing in real life lol so that would just be business as usual. If I couldn't be a Meat Criminal this is actually the clan I'd choose to be embraced into. 

Thanks for giving me a chance to talk :)