#I meant to answer this earlier

[sa1808fi]

thinking abt how in rex's case, the age-old question of "is it better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all?" would for once have the answer of "yes"

cause if he had been trapped on undar before tlm1, he wouldnt have suffered as much as he did sure, he still would suffer, but he wouldnt have felt abandoned by people he held dear. cause he didnt HAVE anyone to hold dear you cant feel abandoned and forgotten by people you dont have

but as it stands, in canon he went back to being alone like he'd been his entire life before meeting his friends. only difference is, for the first time it actually stung

so paradoxically if emmet had never met the gang, rex never would've happened - nevermind the fact that he wouldn't go out into space at all, if he DID get trapped on undar through some other means (like how rex was in the original storyboards, when he was still a random guy - the alien attack knocked him off the bricksburg table), he wouldn't have broken nearly as much - if at all. and rex specifically would have no reason to exist as a persona, cause he wouldn't have anyone to prove himself to

Hmmmm, intresting take you've got here.

See i'm going to assume you meant yes to the 'it being better to have never loved at all' part of that saying, cause that's what I'm getting from this. And all in all, I do agree.

I mean at this point it's been shown many times that the main thing that motivated Rex to try and bring about armageddon was because of his hatred towards his old friends and the way they 'betrayed' him, they way they treated him when they first met, and all of the other times after that.

I've mentioned this plenty of times in previous posts, but the betrayal Rex feels during Undar isn't just from being left there alone, it's also the pain of having the people closest to you not trust your ability to take care of yourself (or them).

Emmet is a person so full of love and happiness, he always wants to help the people around him, and this fact is made evident in the few scenes we see of Apocalypseburg where he goes around and tries to spread joy or help them, especially his friends.

And while there were some good times during those few years, it's debatable if those few instances were really worth all of the mistreatment he experienced outside of that, and then the 5 year isolation in Undar.

I still think that even without meeting Lucy, he would still develop that hatred that fuels him in Undar, it's just that this time, he doesn't have anyone there to betray him. Since he doesn't have any relationships this time round, the pain of being left behind wouldn't sting as much because he no longer has any of those people to miss.

But he's still going to want to get out of Undar and get tougher as a way to stick it to everyone who ever ignored him and become so cool that he feels much more 'powerful' than everyone else.

I guess in this timeline, he's focusing on himself more than the rage he's feeling (it's still there alright, just not as destructive as in the og timeline), he's trying to make himself unforgettable to make up for those years of conformity.

Yeah no but this is fun to think about

The angst of him turning out better after Undar because he never had any friends to be mad at is doing things to me.

(Rex my bby :( )

[ask-nico-and-the-sides]

Pat. Buddy. Nico and Thomas are dating. You are part of Thomas. He is part of Nico.

No need to get flustered.

Patton: oh you’re right, I forgot about that…

[minty-bubblegum]

I wanna meet you so bad I can’t stand being alone anymore. I haven’t cuddled with someone since summer break started which was the last time I saw my pookies even though we still text 24/7.

I’m so lonely

YOU. I. ME. NOW.

[deadduvznap]

Just found your acc and. Lawd. LAWD. Recently got SA and haven't been able to feel any sexual attraction at all but your writing?? Mmmmmmmmmmm lovely. Anyways I might come back here from time to time. Oooo can I be a special anon too??? I wanna be special,, :( 💫anon?? Maybe??? Am I allowed??? Anyways this is how I'm coping bye bye!!! :3 -💫

aaahhhhhhh youre awesome <3 i understand cus when i was getting SAed i didnt have a safe space and now thwt im older im glad im able to kinda understand and be a safe space for others :) and yes id love it if you came back !!! welcome to my house 💫 anon :)

[spotlightstudios]

ima say 💛, 💙 and a platonic cheek smooch <3 💗

Hehehe hi hi! I hope you have a good day/night beloved!

:0

I am honored, Ice! :D (And awe, cheek smooch!!! I am >:3)

I sure am having a night, but I've been looking forward to answering this all day, so it has automatically improved my mood! Right back atcha, my fellow beloved!

[autistically-zoinked]

I know tboy Daniel is real because the level of horniness reached in 2x05 could only be achieved by a guy a day after his tshot

[shanastoryteller]

SOMETHING SIAT PLEASE. Christmas themed? HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Draco is twenty eight, so perhaps he should have been expecting this, but he's appalled. "I can't host the family dinner!"

"You have to take over for you father eventually," his mother says, which is a bit rich when he's still in his fifties. Then again if the mid tier cousins keeping pissing him off, he might really retire to France to avoid them. "This is just an intermediate step."

"We don't have the space," he insists.

His mother gives him a mild look. "Dear."

"The townhouse isn't big enough and expansion charms are tacky," he says. "Besides, when I actually take over for Dad, we'll move back into the manor, so changing the location doesn't even make any sense."

She sighs, as if he's a troublesome teenager again and not being completely logical. "Very well." His relief is short lived. "You can host it in the manor. This year."

"Mum!" he whines.

[oh-no-its-bird]

Throws this at you one more time*

In my head, I thought it would be cool to draw Rin as a gnome, though her skirt definitely isn't dungeon proof, she's a cleric who probably worked civilian before joining the dungeoneering team.

But at the same time, half foot Rin is a really cool idea, the idea that her village wasn't keen at all on magic and she had to push herself through mana sickness and her few resources to learn how to heal with it. She doesn't expect to leave outside her village until she gets taken up by Kakashi and Obito.

Dshkahdjskdbsj it's really nice throwing stuff at you and hearing the absolute enthusiasm at all the brain worms infesting my head. I'm eating this positive reinforcement like sugar

SCREAMS

OH I LOVE HER ???? YOU DREW HER SO CUTE IM YELLING

Half foot Rin actually sounds really fun, I love it. I feel like there's smthn to be said in the way that the stereotypes related to half foots might translate also to expectations and unfair judgments Rin might have faced as a soft spoken, young, female medic in canon

Rin trying her hardest to become a mage in a village that doesn't support her my beloved ,, I'm trying to think ab how Kakashi Obito and her might have met in the au. Obviously Kakashi is tricky bc like, he's an elf, so if Rin is a half foot and Obito a tall man, they can't all be childhood friends due to the age differences. Hmmmm, so many thoughts

OH OK HEAR ME OUT.

So like, childhood friends Rin and Obito. But also Kakashi, super huge rising star magic genius, is well known enough that Rin really admired him even before they met, especially bc hes rumored to be partially self taught (like her!!!) She had like a celebraty crush on him, which pissed Obito off a bit

Ofc his arrest for using ancient magic and subsequent tossing into the Canaries was p well known, but I'm undecided if it's well known enough that Rin would have heard of it or if it's only well known within certain circles just due to the high profile of those involved

So like. Eventually when they formed a part together, Kakashi only gave his first name (he'd long since stopped giving out his last) and Rin literally went *oh !!! Like Kakashi Hatake? So cool.* and he just kinda went "yeah. Like him. I get that a lot."

Idk there's a thought there but my brain is a bit half cooked rn

[simplydnp]

dapg upload today? something needs to pull me out of the dapc haze. i feel like i've read every analysis possible and i'm going slightly insane 😭😭

aww anon i understand--this type of analysis is not what we're used to here, especially for several days in a row. i've got experience in a different fandom where it was essentially these intense symbolism breakdowns and discussions all day every day, but i know it isn't for everyone. it definitely takes a lot of brain power to even just read them, let alone write them.

i'll be honest that i'm kind of living for the dapc content here on tumblr--everyone is so talented and i am devouring every theory and art piece. its really breathed some new life into our little community and i'm actually gonna be sad once it's over.

i get where you're coming from and it's understandable if you need to take some time, cause the subject matter is dark and gorey and since that's not typically what we come to dnp (or dnp tumblr) for, it can be a lot to process. i really want to show them that there Is an audience for this and we see the vision and adore it, so i don't want to rush them into whatever the next thing is. give this space to breath. let her have her moment yknow? but at the same time, i'm so curious how they're gonna segue. we're in a whole new era, not to mention the fact that it's taken over the merch website! will they drop the curtain? are we gonna get dapc interstitial advertisements? or will the link just be in the description and the rest up to us? who knows! i'm excited. it's really been just a lovely reminder about how fucking cool it is to be a fan of dan and phil in 2024.

[3mmiegirl]

What is one thing you could talk for hours about?

pre raphaelite art and its relationship to literature

[probably-not-a-rutabaga]

AUGHH TYYYY :))

[yadchi-i-guess]

I creatured the creature

creatured-creature... she lives in my house now rent free

[whisky-soul]

Cutest pap walk ❤️

[pocketramblr]

I always found it slightly awkward how media makes siblings or people who see each other as siblings call each other brother/sister all the time as in real life you almost never see people do that with their own siblings (maybe someone out there like that)

In the case of Arkham Shadows I see why they did though because Bruce quite literally tells Harvey he loves him and Harvey says it back. Can't have the audience think Batman is in love with the DA.

They had Bruce pay for his college, pay for his campaign, pay for his surgery, pay for his therapy and had Harvey have him as his best man at his wedding. Wow..... Sugar baby Harvey is real.....

The calling sibling title thing is less common in English than in some other languages for sure- me and a couple of my siblings do it on occasion, but it's for a bit then. More common is when I call one of my close family friends "my sister" or "my nephew" when talking about them to someone else because it's faster and easier to say that than to say "my friend who I've known since she was born and lived with for a few years and consider a little sister" or "child of a close family friend who considers me an aunt" to someone who doesn't know them. Which is a lot of words to say that if they wanted to fully sell me on the brothers thing they should have either had a different bit or should have referred to the other as "my brother" when talking to an unrelated character instead.

But "oh no we have to make Bruce not look gay" has been a problem DC has struggled with more than once for many decades and it basically never works so I guess at least they didn't try to solve it this time by having Bruce pick a lady love over Harvey or cutting the holding hands thing

Because I saw that scrapbook! I know Harvey has been Bruce's sugar baby since he was ten years old! But we can't have Bruce take Harvey's hand and call him the love of his life because ok technically that's Gotham but also because gay. And we can't have Bruce take Harvey's hand and call him his best friend because they're not ten anymore and somehow that seems gay also. So brothers it is, I guess. Even if I think my brothers would bite my finger if I ever tried to pay for everything for them on that scale, guess it's different at billionaire levels

[neige-leblanche]

also y'all

does anybody have the original japanese of this line from book 5 ch 27???

bc rereading it i was like. O_O. is he. not talking about vil.

i was thinking like "the first read through you're definitely meant to think so, and vil did absolutely change rook's life, but with context from both book 6 and his halloween vignette, what he's describing here leans more towards the latter" which is like. masterful gaybait i can't even be mad. it's like that post saying "some gaybaiting is like a box propped up with a stick and a block of cheese underneath" except this has all the intricacy of a steampunk clock.

but my VERY shoddy japanese skills r telling me the line translates more to "beauty in your eyes and the darkness, lighting up your entire life for you—in a time in your existence when you'll be able to have [such an experience] (expanding on the prev line where he says they'll be able to understand his ideology in the future)"

^ and i probably mangled this so bad but the main point is i didn't hear him refer to a "someone" like he does in the english tl & i'm wondering if i missed it or if it was in fact added!!!

[leslutdepointedulac]

I never read far enough to get to the creation of the 'Vampire Court' but what is it meant to do and achieve? Also dumb question but is 'Prince' a self given title Lestat gave himself or is that an actual Court official thing?

Hi! So the Vampire Court is essentially Lestat's way of trying to bring the vampire world together. He wants them all to be united as one and for no vampire to ever feel that they are alone or generally 'other' from the rest of their kind. He also wants for 'gang wars' between vampires to cease and for them all to live in peace with one another.

Lestat had the chateau that he grew up in rebuilt and renovated years before, and he uses this as the place for all vampires to come to if they wish. Any and all vampires are welcome and have a place for them at the chateau, providing they stick to the rules that are later set out.

Don't worry it's not a dumb question, but as for the title of Prince, it's more or less given to Lestat by everyone around him. It wasn't really his decision to become prince in the first place. The vampire world turned to him to take control during an uncertain time, and despite being hesitant at first, Lestat eventually gave in and did as they asked. After Lestat stepped up, everyone around him started referring to him as 'Prince' because he was taking the lead in the situation on behalf of all vampire kind. The title of Prince just sort of stuck and Lestat ends up rolling with it, as he decides to set up the Court after these events and remains the one in charge, so to speak, even then too.

So in short, you could say that Lestat's title is an official one as he didn't give it to himself, he just allows everyone to refer to him as such.