#I picked some names for the parents

[heedra]

listen I'm a hard believer in total name anarchy but I am still begging white parents to take at least a minute envisioning their babies as fully realized fully grown human beings before filling out that birth certificate

[hirazuki]

Me, episode 1: Oh, a relatable protag! And a relatable female protag, at that. Sweet! That never happens.

Me, a few episodes in: Wait, the protag really is going to be my character? The one I identify with the most? Seriously? It's not going to be a strange, at least somewhat sinister, seemingly hostile male side character? It's gonna be a female character and the protagonist? That's insane, that literally never happens... what's the catch??

Me, more than halfway through the season: ... huh, I guess Maomao really is it. Okay, then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Me to myself, after episodes 22/23:

[edwardwonghaupepelutivrusky4th]

wah i looove their designs and animation...

[odessastone]

so going by Symmetra's behavior about it, it seems like "Niran" is...not quite a deadname, but like...not really a name friends use for him? like I thought "Bua" was more like a silly little nickname he gave himself in addition to going by his legal name, but Satya outright says how weird it feels to call him "Niran" because it sounds like she literally never did. like Bua is his preferred name, at least coming from friends.

and once she gets comfortable enough with him again, Satya switches away from using "Niran", and neither she nor the story's narration ever call him that again.

[anaalnathrakhs]

i feel it's so fucking stupid and ungrateful but it still hurts a little when someone gifts me something i just don't like. i don't know. i know it's dumb and inaccurate to astrain that much meaning to a simple gift, but it feels kinda like they don't know me. i guess it feels like people don't see me, like a reminder that the person i reflect and the person i feel like are incredibly different.

[bereft-of-frogs]

hey. look at that! they figured out a framing device, good for them.

ok no that sounds really snarky but I really like how the episode ends with both sisters about to get a bigger picture of the night of the fire (Osha, already prone to visions, diving into the Force under the helmet, and Mae hearing Sol's side of the story), as a lead in to the flashback. I know there's been a lot of theories floated around that Sol/someone manipulated Osha's memories....but I actually think the flashback episode is presented as being true to life. I think if this was meant to be on a tight Osha perspective (with a fundamentally altered memory), I don't think we'd have also gotten scenes that she had no way of witnessing, like the conversations between Aniseya and Koril, or the advisors scene after the girls have been sent to bed. And I don't think whoever manipulated her memories would have left in the part where she hears the scream from the coven, as presumably they're killed. Like that seems like a big clue you'd try to remove if you were trying to convince someone that a bunch of people died in a fire and not in some single concentrated act.

so I do think that the next episode will be the same way: roughly everything on screen is as it really happened, an objective version, but given their current orientations to the truth, it will change the twins' perspective in different ways. Osha has been completely trusting of Sol and blaming Mae: finding out Sol was more at fault that she believes could shift her vengeful anger onto him (and make it easy to manipulate her into a darker turn). Mae blames the four Jedi, but might understand their perspective better (because I'm still on team the Jedi 'thought they were doing the right thing' and made mistakes but were generally acting defensively, rather than in cold-blood slaughter 🙄) and be willing to forgive.

But yeah, this double framing device actually works for me. Almost makes up for not having one last flashback episode.

Anyway now it is time to ✨log tf off✨ because it is a long weekend, I think I need to stop theorizing before I spin myself off into chaos, I'm pretty confident with my general expectations, if not the details — but I should stop overthinking this...and also some of the theories floating around are ✨upsetting me.✨(...Vernestra/Indara/Sol as the Sith master, any variation of 'the Jedi came to Brendok to purposefully cold-blooded massacre the coven, no nuance' (there's a bunch of variants of that I'll be really disappointed if they end up being true), Qimir is Imri (stahp), Sol broke Osha's brain and that's why she can't use the Force (reddit, she's seen struggling before she even meets Sol, what are you even doing—), Indara faked her own death for some reason, etc etc.) And that means it's time for a break! Touch grass! Or....tree. Lake. I'm going to go look at a lake. Peace, see you next week

[dont-look-me-in-the-eye]

i just realized that my name isn't in my bio. what da hell i thought i put it in there like sevral months ago... anyways the name's mirza. yes like... that mirza it's a nice name okay

[obessivedork]

Fallout 4's biggest crime is that I & 99% of the OCs I'm interested in creating and playing would never in a MILLION years agree to name a kid Shawn. I don't have anything against the name or people with it, but it is very much not one I would ever pick or say yes to when there are other names to pick from unless my partner had a REALLY strong sentimental reason. Even THEN I would negotiate and see if we can't have it as a middle name rather than a first name.

[b4st4rd-420]

i'm so glad i never gave myself a cringe name when i first came out as trans. one of the only good decisions i've made in my life.

[j-esbian]

there’s a certain flavor of conservative thought where people start to get mad about Accents Existing that i always find truly bizarre

[sevenines]

connie thinking she must tell her parents steven has a nuclear family in fusion cuisine is so relatable to the kid experience of knowing your parents discipline you but not knowing why. connie’s parents would absolutely be fine with steven having a dead mom. but to connie, when all she has in her mind is that her parents are strict, nothing of value is actually happening through their parenting style. and with that is the odd feeling of: “you’re okay with that?” because when your parents object over every little thing and you have to tip-toe constantly around them, finding out what doesn’t cross their barriers isn’t as relieving as it should be.

[the-acid-pear]

Need to finish my Dave design so I can draw him with Mori

[astro-b-o-y-d]

Thinking about Tangerine Junction again. Maybe one day I'll finalize designs for the main trio.

[whumpy-wyrms]

✂️ and 🍕 for both and 💀 for Anton from ask game?:3

(from this ask game)

✂️ - What is one of your OC’s worst memories?

one of Dew’s worst memories is when he got into an argument with his friends and they blew up his minecraft world

one of Anton’s worst memories is when somebody ate the last cookie from his secret stash :(

(sorry my brains farting i can’t really think of super specific bad memories for Anton and Dew besides things i’ve already talked about (Dew’s parents dying, getting kidnapped, or Anton spoiler stuff, so you get the silly stuff :P)

🍕 - What is their favorite food?

Dew’s favorite foods are pizza and spaghetti and meatballs

Anton’s favorite food is lasagna he’s just like garfield fr

💀 - Does your OC have any phobias?

Anton has a phobia of spiders, but that’s it i think! he thinks it’s super annoying being scared of spiders, but never has the guts to actually get over his fear lmao

thanks for the ask!

[mintincubus]

the party in-game btw :^)

[millionsknives]

can i live