#I still somehow have the legacy editor??

[fuchsiafortified]

I popped up on here to see if tumblr ruined my sakura blog too, and yes they have 

what a way to ruin the vibes 

[britneyshakespeare]

Actually I must resign to the fact that The Country Wife (1675) by William Wycherley is unfortunately hilarious

[finnickodaiir]

It's missing legacy post editor hours 😢

[hestzhyen]

Chapter 59 Pain Posting

Here we go, dear void. What fresh hell awaits our MC this week? We are back to setting up for the next big story moment, for one, so there's lots to speculate over before waiting to see how it all plays out. Oh, and suffering of course. There's plenty of that for almost everyone.

Bad TL of editor's notes and the colour page (second editor's note could technically be spoilers I guess):

First page: 慘状を前に… [sanjou wo maeni...] "Standing in front of a terrible scene..."] Last page: 死ん��ハズ… だが…?! [shinda hazu... daga...?!] "Supposedly dead... and yet...?!"

Colour Page Text (removed in EN version): 見据える過酷な旅路 [misueru kakoku na tabiji; "Sights fixed on the difficult journey ahead"]

Not much to say about the colour page except I like how moody it is (and big Makizumi guy is pretty cute with his pose). Guess I was wrong as usual about the Makizumi following Samura. Would be cool if they acted like personal bodyguards to Chihiro! They're the only ones who can really fight against Samura right now due to being presence-less ninjas after all. That's a really interesting conflict for them too- they clearly care for him a lot as the only person who treated them as actual people, and he definitely cares for them in return. His desire to save them during the Hishaku raid wasn't an act in the slightest! But more on that later.

Samura vs. Chihiro: Round 1

Stressed-out scribble-eye Chihiro returns... someone give him a hug.

Glad I didn't try to predict shit because I would have been totally flabbergasted by how this went. Way to make a (technical) liar out of me by saying Chihiro can't die since he's the MC, Hokazono-sensei.

Watching Chihiro break down in real time was so hard, man. This poor guy got his shit rocked by John yesterday at the Rakuzaichi, watched Tenri die a pointless death for the same reasons he's on his own journey, witnessed the horror of his dad's Civilian Murderton 3000 at 1% capacity, and now Samura, one of his heroes, betrayed them all with his dad's legacy. He even got one-tapped when he finally lost his cool for real.

Chihiro seriously can't handle all of this and it's so heartbreaking to see. This guy was not built for a bloody revenge mission at all. Now that he died, though... seriously, what's going to happen next?! Do we switch PoV to a different character while Chihiro's dealing with whatever's happening to him in what looks like a hospital morgue?

There are also some questions about the circumstances of his death and apparent revival- did he really die, or was that Kamunabi misinformation for/from the Hishaku mole? If he did, then how did he come back? And how does that affect his contract with Enten? There's absolutely nothing to go on right now so it's time to hunker down and not go crazy waiting for answers.

Apropos of nothing: I wonder if that wound that Samura gave him will scar. If so, it would mirror the one Uruha had on his shoulder:

RIP I'm still not over you, Uruha.

Probably just a nit-picky detail thing that won't amount to anything, but I wanted to post Uruha from when he was still alive so there you go. I'd be very surprised if Uruha came back somehow even though Chihiro apparently may have escaped death... It seems super-duper extra final that he's toast thanks to the duel he had with his master before getting done in. May you please reappear in flashbacks from time to time so I can get sad that you're no longer with us all over again.

One last thing before we move on to the Hishaku at Disused Building Full of Trash HQ:

SHIBAAAAAA SAVE YOUR NEPHEW AND HIS (BOY)FRIEND

Shiba showing up was in "delusions" territory for me but I'm so glad he's here!

Of course he's getting called out (kind of) for not telling Chihiro the truth- we saw him being one of Kunishige's top glazers back in chapter 1 despite how uncomfortable it made the dude to be praised. So we just have to sit back and wait for the secrets to come out once Chihiro's well enough to at least listen. And if Shiba can bring himself to talk. All the older guys in this manga are so guilty they'd put a Catholic to shame and Shiba already struggles with not being able to deter Chihiro from taking this bloody path in the first place. He almost failed to save a Rokuhira twice now too.

Samura's kindness towards Chihiro is so genuine even when he's trying to kill the kid. Don't ruin the image of Kunishige for him, Shiba- let him live and die in ignorant bliss.

"Your dad's legacy is the problem."

A man who shared Kunishige's vision has come to want to destroy everything about it and help expose the lies that made them into "heroes"... man, is there any non-Hishaku character in this manga that isn't encumbered by some huge amount of guilt?

Toxic Old Man Yaoi

Nice trashed warehouse HQ, bros. Definitely getting "we lost the war and suffered for it" vibes from these guys. I'm willing to stake 1 (ONE) slice of birthday cheesecake on everything I've talked about in the past regarding their origin- that the Seitei War was a civil war, and the Hishaku were on an imperialistic/dynastic side that lost. BECAUSE:

The Owl spread was AMAZEBALLS

MY NEMESIS

It's deliberate! This is the third time this damn vase has shown up, and in four panels this chapter no less! I need lovingly detailed close-ups of every flower to better ID them for the hanakotoba interpretations but I've only gotten a few so far. Most importantly, a matsumoto (elegance/nobility), sakurasou (deep desire), kiku (Imperial imagery), and what might be a poppy (for assured victory) but I'm not completely confident on the last one.

But anyway, yeah. Another yaoi bomb has hit the fandom.

Look at John talking like a five-year-old about unbreakable pinky promises lmao

Did it have to be pinky rings? What's next, they're connected by a red string? HOKAZONOOOOOOOOOOOO

They're in some kind of toxic stew of a relationship for sure with how things went down this chapter. Worst Jeanist helpfully gave us the details of the pact they made to get Samura's help and he's the only one who's concerned that the guy can actually make good on his "promise" to kill them all. Hope he's got some good anxiety management techniques because John won't say a damn thing about what his contingency plans are until they're enacted, apparently.

Can't run from the blind man.

How do you manoeuver against the guy who is set up to be the tactician of the war, though? His ability to super sense things and scout with that awesome-looking Owl power will definitely make it difficult to go against him despite being blind. And the EN TL says "control" here but the wording in JP was closer to "flushing out" like someone who pursues and exposes prey animals or drives cattle/sheep/etc. So Samura's definitely someone who's used to scouting and hunting, making him quite the formidable assassin.

Of course they're using each other though. And of course there's a separate Kamunabi mole that gave away the Rokuhira household's info. Guess we'll get into that shortly since I'm doing a dangerous thing and assuming that the Kamunabi have rounded up the rest of the Bearers at the HQ to chill with them and the Sword Master. Will they have enough manpower to stand against both the Hishaku and Samura by next week? Will Hakuri even wake up by then? Will Chihiro be able to fight at all? Probably since this is a high-octane action series! I'll just have to shut up and accept the condensed timeline sooner or later. (Seriously though, only a week?!)

"消耗 [used up/exhausted/depleted]" is one way to put it, I guess.

Wonder why they didn't kill Hakuri outright if he was such a problem. Do they have something planned for him later? It's not like John cares about sparing people's lives in the way Samura does, so wouldn't he have mentioned it would have been better to get rid of him for good? Eh, probably just a pointless nitpick. Hakuri's staying to the end of the series in all probability, so he just couldn't die here.

Needing to negotiate with other members-John's a first among equals like Beard Guy at the Kamunabi, maybe? Let's meet all the Hishaku members soon to find out!

Samura, Chihiro, Hiurhiko, and Worst Jeanist Musings

[slaps Samura] This bad boy can fit so much misguided grief in it.

This guy is already an incredibly compelling villain that I've done analysis on bit by bit as we got new info, and I gotta say that if I wasn't sold hard on Kyora for personal reasons then Samura would easily be #1 already. He's so complex and multi-layered! I think the detail that makes him great as a "villain" is that his convictions are colder than the surface of Pluto compared to Chihiro's (and most other character's) who burn bright and hot. Samura doesn't have any passion behind what he's doing, just an inflexible will to see a miserable but necessary job through to the end. If Chihiro's an unstable blazing young star, Samura is the black hole that remains after a supernova finally burns out.

The contrast during their first face-off is extremely telling too. Neither hesitate but Samura easily wins due to his composure alone, never mind the skill and experience gap. Poor Chihro's broken inside and out after finding out one of the people his dad trusted is helping his mortal enemies; the stoicism that John fractured the day before completely falls apart here to reveal Chihiro at his lowest.

"Better dead than a guilty sinner," is it? Too late for that!

And Samura's doing it all because he wants to spare him from becoming a tainted sinner. I can't hate Samura at all- he's doing this as an act of kindness with sympathetic motivations despite how far gone off the rails he is. This isn't a typical villain who just wants the world to burn after he wallowed in his misery for too long! I'm looking forward to seeing how Chihiro recovers and prepares to face him again. If he's going to be the one to do it, that is.

Look at this pathetic ugly frog guy.

Just putting this in my back pocket to pull out later if it manifests somehow. I don't have strong feelings one way or the other about Hiruhiko being the one to kill Samura right now, but I do hope he's not redeemed somehow to join the main cast. My feelings on why are extremely petty so I'll just leave it at "don't make him the bonkers former criminal ally guy that everyone sorta tolerates because he's earnest and useful". I will concede that he was almost cute this chapter, though. Worst Jeanist probably deserves a raise for putting up with him.

And now we know how John got his arm back too.

Another healing utility person like the Makizumi, huh? I wonder if we'll get more lore on if this is a field of study that anyone who can use sorcery can take advantage of (like tools), or if it's how their personal abilities manifest. Probably won't get answers unless we spend more time with the Makizumi so here's hoping!

WARNING: TERMINAL BRAIN ROT AHEAD

Not kidding in the slightest about the absolutely mind-numbingly stupid takes about this (very cool!) cover illustration. Skip this if I don't cut it from the final draft of the post unless you're into batshit ramblings from an insane fudanshi.

[feral screeching]

I've got really strong feelings about this cover. REALLY strong. Only the first of them is justified though. Kinda.

One, HIYUKI IT'S BEEN SO LONG I MISS YOU COME BACK TO THE MAIN STORY SOON! She looks so cool too! I love that she doesn't have to do blatantly feminine stuff ever- she's 100% badass and awesome every time she shows up. I'm waiting warmly for your return, my Spaghetti Queen! Use your frenemy rival status to help Chihiro overcome his issues this arc!

This cover and some of the community's reactions to it sparked a lot of thoughts that I've been working out for the past few days. Some about how leaks are being handled, some about how people are reacting to the characters and the composition, a lot about Hiyuki herself. The first easy enough: yes, this cover and colour page count as leaks. Don't spread that shit all over social media! Keep leaks a purely opt-in experience for everyone. The rest, well... probably going to have another massive essay since I love Hiyuki but I don't love why she's so refreshing, if that makes sense? And by God do I hate the way she gets treated by most of the fandom. But I'll work all that out over time.

Two, the Hiyuki-Chihiro design parallels are getting to me in a bad way. Like "tinfoil hat and red string on a tack board" levels of baseless speculation. But I think it's extremely deliberate on the author's part to keep using the same black-with-a-splash-of-red-up-top colour palette for them now that they even have matching undone bandages in this art for some reason. Why not have those two do their own thing like Hakuri got to? He actually kind of sticks out as if no one told him to dress all in black for this photo shoot!

I don't want to let my HakuHiro shipper bias get the better of me here though, so I'll just keep the crazy to myself until we learn more and/or I finish getting the Hiyuki thoughts in order.

Three, HEROINE HAKURI PROPAGANDA!

I'm being completely serious here! I've been banging pots and pans while screaming from the rooftops (internally) about how Hakuri is in the traditional heroine role since I wrote that HakuHiro essay around Chapter 38! He spares Hiyuki from having to balance things out by providing a soft touch because that's his job. And he's so good at it!

Seriously look at his pose! He's leaning in to Chihiro and doing a cute little gesture with his hands, looking so soft while Chihiro and Hiyuki are the baddest motherfuckers to ever exist! Hokazono-sensei was extremely serious when he said he intended for Hakuri to add cuteness. He's so cute! CUTE! But it's not like he's a total uwu marshmallow either- he's still got a really cool outfit on that highlights his boyish charm. He's just the "soft" one to Chihiro's cool and Hiyuki's fierce.

I know I'm a delusional lunatic for going nuts over this. And I hope it's clear that I'm not taking this as a sign that Hakuri's going to be an actual love interest. I'm not that far gone. I'm just always appreciating that Hakuri and Hiyuki essentially swapped roles in a traditional shounen trio in terms of what kind of balance they bring to the dynamic. I think it's an underrated aspect of Kagurabachi's appeal and I wish more shounen did this! Hokazono-sensei seems to love cute guys and cool women and I am 100% behind him if that's the case.

Rough entry but I'm not having a good time lately. Do your best to survive the rest of the year, kind void. We'll make it through for the sake of finding out how the Kagurabachi cast suffers from week to week if nothing else. Give yourself a little treat today, okay?

[someotherdog]

character: tom open: m/f/nb plot: tom, your muse, and a few others were friends as children in a small town in the south. when they were all around 11-13, a killer clown began terrorizing the youth of their town and murdering their schoolmates. they banded together to defeat the clown, not knowing it was only going back into hibernation. after they defeated it, they promised to return if the clown ever came back. once they left the small town, however, their memories of the event faded... until tom got a call that it had returned. now back in town, he's still getting his bearings. yeah, it's just IT lol. we can turn this into a mumu if we feel inclined, but your muse in this thread could either be the one that called him to come back or another one of the former friend group that forgot about the event of that one summer until the fateful phone call. the nature of their relationship when they were children, i.e. platonic, romantic, or antagonistic, is also up to you! this post was made using beta editor, please do not reblog it in legacy as i no longer have access to it!

how could he have forgotten so much of his life? many things had happened between his youth and his adulthood, including the birth of his now twenty-one year old daughter and the later arrest of his older brother, all things that lasted on his memory like a cattle brand. how could he ever forget that clown? the moment he picked up his phone two days ago, it was like his reality had been shattered. that his life had somehow been a lie. how could he forget? how could any of them? the street he had grown up on hadn't changed much since he was a child, but he couldn't even trust his memories anymore now that several new ones—that were actually old ones—flooded into his mind. "jesus..." tom whispered, digging his fingers into his curly hair. the house he was looking at had once housed himself, his parents, and his older brother. the people the abendroths had been when they lived in that house were so different than the ones they ended up becoming. he used to wonder how things went so wrong for his family, but now he had to wonder if the clown had something to do with it. taking his hands out of his hair, he didn't notice them until they were nearly a foot away. tom nearly jumped out of his shoes, but quickly relaxed when he realized who it was. more memories spilled into his brain; he didn't understand how there could be more to uncover, but seeing their face lit a match inside him. "oh. it's you." he said, a slow smile spreading across his mouth.

[mystiicals]

open to: f, nb (muses 23+ for romance pls!) based: typical knight rescues damsel in distress, but when the helmet comes off, it’s margaret. made using beta editor, but can switch to legacy upon request!

NEVER TAKE THE helmet off. she’d been on numerous chivalrous missions ( some not so chivalrous —- she had to get food on the table somehow ) and that was always her rule. for her own safety as a woman parading as a man. this time, though, she may have taken it too far. she hadn’t meant for the lady to be so… grateful about her rescue. granted, margaret had slain more men than she could count to wrestle the lady from her father’s enemies. it had inadvertently been quite a heroic rescue. she sat stiffly on the log in the clearing they were camping in for the night. the other was still under the impression that she’d been saved by a charming prince. that this was the stuff of fairy tales, and whatever else happens after the happily ever after. she feels the other’s hand climbing up her leg, and her body tenses, nerves tingling with awareness. she coughs, finally breaking the silence. “you —- might not want to do that, my lady. i am not who you think i am.” she grunts through the iron, hoping the other would tire themselves quickly so she could remove the damned thing. 

[rabbotized]

pinned!: quick info & guidelines for mobile 🐰

hello! my name is spark, i’m 20+, and this is an rp and ask blog for bunnie rabbot from the sonic the hedgehog franchise! i am frequently lurking, but pretty slow when it comes to responding to threads and asks, so please be patient! below are the abridged guidelines for this blog. you can find them in full here.

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[gamesception]

Let’s read utena chapter 7

Tumblr’s new post editor just ate this entire reaction post I’m so mad it’s all gone.  I’ve turned back on ‘legacy editor’, but honestly every single pop-up overlay editor has been a nightmare and I wish they would go back to having a separate page for post creation, it’s the only way this site has ever been stable.

I’m soooo maddddd

anyway, last time we left off in the middle of the first Sionji duel.  I said something here, but it’s gone now so whatever, not much change from the anime so far anyway.

Except Touga’s physically here for some reason, and looks surprised, like he doesn’t know what’s going on, instead of watching smugly from afar larping like he’s in any amount of control here.

So anyway, the duel ends more or less like in the anime, only instead of the magic sword disappearing there’s this ridiculous sequence where it’s knocked flies out of Sionji’s hand and...

And into utena’s hand and visibly fills her with the power of Dios and everybody including Anthy is completely shocked so this is not normally what happens when a challenger wins a duel so... ok?

It’s still happening.  Like, I’m sorry to just be reposting full pages with minimal commentary, but what even?

Like, why even bother with the rest of the duels?  I get that Utena needs to build a relationship with Anthy and overcome challenges to that relationship in order for her to break the whole dueling ritual and save Anthy at the end, but like, from Akio’s perspective he’s just trying to find a duelist who can channel Dios’s power, and, uh, feels kind of like job done on this one, like he could skip to the end at this point without bothering with the rest of this year’s duelist crop?

It’s still happening, by the way.  Highlander victories were more subdued than this.

I’m with Sionji here.  What was that?

Since the sword doesn’t just disappear, we do get this cute moment of Utena sheepishly giving it back to Anthy, so that’s nice.

We also get this introduction between Utena and Touga where he comes off as... maybe not sincere exactly, but more playful & charming and less condescending & manipulative than in the show.

In the anime, we don’t see Utena leave the arena, but the episode closes on Anthy meeting up with Utena that same night.

In the manga, though, Utena, confused, embarrassed, or maybe just weirded out, kind of rushes out of the arena without anthy, conveyed by a neat handful of panels of the path to the arena in reverse:

One past the gate, Utena does pause just a moment to think about Anthy -

But unlike in the anime, Anthy doesn’t catch up to her that night.

So I guess we’re proceeding into episode 2, but where anime Utena was back to her normal unflappable self by the next day, manga Utena is still visibly shaken up.

As in episode 2, Anthy shows up in class like nothing happened, but we don’t get the cute scene of Utena going out of her way to show concern for Wakaba & trying to cheer her up, or of Wakaba and her book.  The Revolutionary Girl Utena anime already needed just way more Wakaba, if the manga keeps cutting her moments I’ll be sad about it.

Manga Wakaba does show up.  She’s somehow heard about Utena’s dorm change before Utena has, and is much more broken up about it in the manga than in the anime.  Honestly, I liked their conversation in the anime while walking over to the new dorm way better.  Wakaba was sad Utena was moving, but not wailing over it like this since it’s really not that big a deal, Wakaba hangs on her arm, they hold hands and swing their arms, Wakaba talks about how it’s supposedly been closed for ten years and teases Utena about having to clean up a derilict building, Utena gives her a piggy back ride, all in all it’s a very cute scene that also gets the necessary exposition in, and the whole time Wakaba comes across as a fun and funny, perpetually cheerful friend, before leaving Utena on the way because, well, she does live in a different dorm, and needs to get back to her own room.

Where as manga Wakaba...

Does not come off as well at all.  Chijo Saito is really dropping the ball here.

But again, I have to remind myself, she didn’t have the full anime to adapt, it’s not her fault.

As in the anime, Utena worries about the room being a mess, only to find it spotless thanks to Anthy’s cleaning, though...

That cleaning is a bit more strenuous in the manga.

And the chapter closes on Anthy introducing herself as the Rose Bride.

We’re still more or less on track with the anime plot, apart from some weird digressions at the end of the first duel.  I expect the manga to jump the rails sooner rather than later, but I’m not sure when or how.

[survivingpierce]

cont. from here (moving from legacy to beta editor) || @badasshybridqueen

           "perhaps, age is just a label plus i met him before i even knew of tyler, so relations don't really matter. besides, he was incredibly handsome and actually quite young", still physically older than her, of course, but apart from that? katherine had no regrets, and she would have done it again. aside from that, katherine doesn't have anything to do with tyler, so it was not weird or anything like that.

           "lockwolf? is this some kind of wordplay between werewolves?", somehow cheesy but okay. it doesn't matter as long as hayley manages to blend in and do the work she was supposed to do. "i can give you a number to a prepaid phone that i check frequently and regarding the other things: i can send you a list if that is what you need. although i think you will probably notice they are starting to act strange if they find something out. i heard their newest vampire has some issues with vampirism, so i would suggest keeping a close eye on my doppelgänger elena gilbert." katherine is certain that they would all run to elena's rescue if they find something out which means that watching elena will give a hint if they discover anything special.

           "an address to mystic falls? or to tyler lockwood? because believe me, you won't be able to miss either of them. you can google the exact location of mystic falls, and tyler lockwood's mother is not only the mayor and host of several social gatherings, they also live in a big fancy old house with a giant park including a little lake."

[hosannan]

repose of a heartbeat

reply to [this post] that got interrupted by legacy editor: @diadic

       He'd messed up somewhere, hadn't he? The prickly tone in Nanna's voice doesn't go unnoticed, thorns in an otherwise stunning rose. Just what about the conversation had made it turn that direction wasn't the clearest to Leif however. Maybe he had imagined it. The topic of Julius's revival (or escape?) was enough to inspire any Jugdrali with fear, and Nanna herself surely had felt it when choosing to bring it up to Leif. After all, just a moment ago, he had started to become consumed by it himself. It's not until Nanna's voice begins to break, a shimmer of hope in that well of darkness causing it to warble ever so slightly, that Leif realizes he's missed something utterly crucial. “ Right. If Jugdral found out, then everything we'd worked for would disappear. Everyone would be afraid again. ” Right when the emancipation of Agustria, Verdane, and Silesse had started to bring the continent into a new era of peace... they couldn't afford to let that shatter. “ Is that so? That's good. I was worried... if we can keep him like that, that'd be good, but he has Loptous's blood. There's no saying how fast that might help him recover... Or if he's working on recovering by training here. I just don't know where he could be... I've been here a year and I haven't seen him at any classes or anywhere in the monastery. ” Where could he be hiding? How did he manage to not come across him or hear of him by now? And if Nanna had discovered him, had Deirdre discovered this by now too? “ Worse comes to worst, we have Lord Seliph here and Ares too... but who we'd really need is Julia. ” For the only thing that could bring the mighty Dark God down was Naga's divine light. They all knew that, but right now, the Tome of Naga was an ocean away... The deep despair blanketing the conversation only grows heavier and heavier, the burden of what information he had remembered he should tell Nanna growing in equal measure. If he told her now, would it make her happy? Or would it be cast in this same oppressive air, tainted by the subject of the Scion of Darkness?

"I think the greatest thing he has on his side now is the fear he's reaped in the past..." She shivered, finally, finally letting her guard down in its entirety. Remembering the fear was somehow far more detrimental than the devil, himself. Here, he was just his mother's lament, but his past reputation had grown into a god in its own right. "Yes, you're right..." A sharp inhale ticked away at her lungs, making her ribs feel all too small for the feeling inside her chest.

"We do have many here at our call. I consider our numbers a glad tiding, to say the least..." Her hands spoke a different tongue, holding onto the side of his arm for a brief repose. Nanna sickened herself, in this weakness of hers, but for all this time, she had forgotten her fear in place of anger. And now that the anger had subsided, there was a spindly seed that still had its roots half-planted in the ground. It wouldn't matter. This fear, this anger, much of it would have to be second to whatever came next.

"Lord Seliph and Julia... I had heard that they were here." A small exhale released from her nose, fondness coming through very evidently. "I really should take some time to sit down with them and ask if they know anything, themselves."

"I've also come across your family and Sara, of course. Ah, and Scathach and Larcei, too." Her eyes seemed a touch distracted, as she began to scour her mind for anything she could have missed. Suddenly, she found it a bit odd that everyone had been gathered in one place. And even odder, still, that many had revived without the usage of the Valkyrie Staff. Whatever greater power had gathered them all here could only spell one of two things for her lord: a great, new hope for their future or... trouble brewing over the horizon.

"Forgive me, Leif."

It's abrupt, but her irises ache with guilt—dull gems to their usual luster. "I should have done more."

[zen-dayas]

hey so tumblr (derogatory) is forcing us all to switch to the beta editor starting may 15th. do your themes work with posts made using beta? i love the theme i have from you and don't want to change it.

yeah i've lived in fear of this day for over a year now and unfortunately it's arrived 😭 so, to answer to your question: yes and no, i have included glenthemes' npf fix in my themes, meaning images won't look cropped whatever dimensions they are, the gutter size is also editable. basically, they're functional.

however, it still won't look the same as posts made using the legacy post editor. as most people are aware now, the beta editor turns all posts into text posts. this means in themes photosets will look like part of the caption. if there's padding in the caption (as it's the case in a few of my themes), it'll appear around the images in a very visually unpleasant way. op's username will appear on top or photosets instead of after the images and before the caption. also, no more rounded corners.

unfortunately there's not really a way of fixing of editing this, because while we're coding there's no way to differentiate photosets from text posts now, so these existing fixes are currently the best we can do :( personally i haven't made themes in a while but honestly, i would not be surprised if most thememakers just stopped creating entirely unless they fix this somehow.

[lgcjiae]

jung jiae gigi◞ ♡   — introduction video!

here jiae was— sitting ready to film yet another introduction video. only this introduction was not like the first one. no longer was jiae just jiae of legacy entertainment. she was gigi of fabula. the first quarter had felt dreamlike for jiae, from the initial reveal to moving into the new dormitories, to spending weeks meticulously studying and memorising her group’s choreography. everything had felt a little too good to be true— until now. the stage name and the pending soft debut with bullet inquiry’s villain dies. a variety show and then the inevitable official debut. it dawns on her that somehow, despite everything— the anxieties and apprehension from herself and the lack of faith from her parents— jiae had finally gone and accomplished her dream. and it felt amazing. 

jiae sits before a camera, as she had done before when filming her initial introduction from her trainee days. she has one minute to reintroduce herself to the public— only this time as gigi of fabula. she hadn’t said much about who she truly was back then, only her motive going forward. jiae recalls wanting to become a singer who was loved a lot and brought joy to others with her music. she had emphasized then that she had much to work on— that she was still lacking. and even now, months on from admitting that to the public, that still remained to be true. even on the brink of debut, jiae knew she had much to work on and that there was still an infinite amount of things she was lacking in. but she knew she would never be satisfied with herself and her skills. she merely had to run forth with the opportunity and push for growth from here on out.

today was just going to be a sit down and talk kind of situation. jiae would supplement the editors with whatever else they needed. she wasn’t too sure of what their vision was when it came to the final introduction video they intended on sharing with the public. but she has faith it’ll be great. it was just up to jiae now to give them something they could truly work with. “hello everyone!” jiae chimes warmly, waving towards the camera she sat in front of. “i am gigi of fabula— it’s nice to meet you!” jiae’s stage name rolls off her tongue with ease. a part of jiae was grateful that she had the opportunity to adopt a stage name, a persona. it would finally sever the expectations that came with her surname and the ties that have followed her around for the past twenty one years. but she also loved how reminiscent it was of her actual name. it didn’t feel too foreign. 

“my real name is jung jiae— i was born on december 30, 2001 in seoul, south korea.” she begins to explain— ultimately, without jung jiae, there would be no gigi. it didn’t make sense to introduce this new version of herself without paying homage to the original. “and from a really young age, i was always singing and dancing! guess it’s kind of fate that i ended up here, right?” she chuckles to herself, eyes turning into crescent moons. “i like fashion and beauty. i like summer and spring! and i also like travelling to new places!” she figures it would be nice for the fans to get to know her on a more personal level, beyond the surface of merely singing and dancing. “as for dislikes, well— i dislike long commutes— and rollercoasters! oh my, they’re scary—” they might as well know her dislikes along with her likes, right?

her minute of content was drawing to a close. she decides to end her introduction sincerely. “the hanja of my name means to know love.” jiae says, waving her hands in front of her like she was presenting something to the camera. “so i hope i can receive a lot of love from fabula’s fans— i know it won’t be for free!” she adds with a pout. “so i’ll continue to work hard and reach for the stars, and earn your love that way!” she shakes both of her hands in front of her, now balled into small, gentle fists. “let’s meet soon!? this has been fabula’s newest member, gigi. please take care of me—bye bye!”

[tragedienes]

character: blair open: m/f/nb plot: blair is a small town bookstore employee from a family on the wrong side of the tracks. your muse is his girl/boyfriend, best friend, coworker, etc, that thinks he’s just a normal guy trying to make it in this world, only to discover that he’s actually a satan worshiper. not only that, he’s been the one murdering people all over town, and your muse has just caught him in the aftermath of a sacrifice. this post was made using legacy editor, though beta is available on request!

“well shit.” blair said flatly as he locked eyes with his intruder, kneeling in front of mrs. munsey’s fresh corpse. one bloodied hand clutched the ceremonial knife, the other braced against his knee. he was still heaving a little, somehow exhausted and wired at the same time. it had been four, now five, sacrifices so far, and the act of murdering someone only got a bit easier each time he did it. it was a kinetic, frantic experience, like nothing he had ever felt before, the only description was pure bliss. the pentagram drawn in mrs. munsey’s blood, with her corpse right in the middle, was seeping into the forest floor, and the necronomicon was open in front of him. there was no denying what he was doing, and it sort of felt good to finally be honest with someone about his actions. he was his true self just then, never felt more self-assured in his whole life. perhaps that would be a bit shaken now, knowing that he had been discovered, but he only felt elated. slowly blair rose from the ground, looking them plainly in the face, allowing them to fully see the blood that covered him almost entirely. “this is awkward,” he tutted, taking a leisurely step closer to his witness and waving his knife casually, “i think i might have to kill you now. i don’t want to, trust me, i didn’t put you on my list for a reason but this…” laughing suddenly, sounding and looking deranged with a gleeful grin, “god damn, it just won’t do!”

[misocares]

The Beginning of Adulting: It's a Thing

SUBJECT: Early Adulthood Interview ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DISCLAIMER: All the photos, videos, or any recording taken for documentation during the interview are for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. Consent was properly delivered before conducting the whole interview. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Adulthood is the gradual acceptance of responsibilities that were once unthinkable. It’s less about age and more about seeing yourself in the mirror of your own actions." - Haruki Murakami Growing old is never easy. As we step in the age of 20's, we face certain responsibilities, and we often feel like we need to tend for our own. Adulthood is where we crave for independence while also crawling to survive. It is where selecting a suitable partner happens, planning a family, or even planning to rear children. Dominic is no different... Dom, aged 21, is a student from Davao Del Norte State College. During an online interview conducted by two psychology students from Davao Doctors College, Inc., he shares his personal experiences as he enters the journey of being an adult. In his younger years, Dom showed an interest in videography and photography. He shared that he was carefree during his teenage years but is now trying to be more serious as he embraces the changes and responsibilities brought by adulthood. Living with his parents, Dominic admitted that he somehow feels guilty in depending on them financially and realized that in his age, he should be more independent and should try to look for ways to tend his basic needs and wants. He said, "100 Pesos ra baya akong baon taga-adlaw. Unsaon nako pagpalit sa akong wants? Diba? Ulaw kaayo na akong parents pay mubayad ana." Translation: My allowance is only 100 pesos per day. How can I buy my wants? Right? It is embarrassing for me to ask my parents to pay. To meet his needs, he established himself a career as a freelance videographer, photographer, and editor, creating quite the reputation to be invited in events by his clients. He also finds it very fulfilling to provide for himself while studying because this allows him to contribute for projects in school without being a burden to his parents. Like any other, Dom expressed difficulties in adjusting to a new mindset but somehow finds it bearable because of his parents, friends and loved ones. Despite that fact, his relationship with his friends changed. Since they are all now focused on their own lives, spending time with them is not the same as before. In his words, "Unlike sauna, pirme ra jud mi gakita. Madali-dali ra ug duol atong highschool pa mi." Translation: Unlike in the past, we always bump into each other. In high school, I can easily talk to them. He also disclosed having a long-distance girlfriend from Bukidnon where he believed that even though their perspectives in life differ from one another at times, he still finds her suitable for him because he is convinced that 'opposites attract'. At his age, Dom believes that he is not ready to settle yet with his girlfriend and turns his focus more on establishing a solid foundation in life and achieving his dream to tour around the world. However, in the future, Dom plans on having his own children. He admitted that being the only son in his family, he is pressured to continue his father's legacy. He said, "Maka-pressure kay ako ra baya isa anak. Walay makapadayon sa apelyido sa akong papa kundi ako ra jud." Translation: I feel pressured because I am my father's only son. No one can continue my father's legacy but me. The interview concludes with him pointing out that having a hands-on and god-fearing partner in the future is a must in building or starting a new family. Because for him, having a partner with those qualities will help him raise a well-mannered child.

"Growth is a process. May you reach whatever you are dreaming of, Dom! One step at a time." - MisoCares Caption: Miguel Augustine V. Sulamin | BSPSYCH 2-82A Documentation: Sophia Ericka P. Sienes | BSPSYCH 2-82A

[wyrmfedgrave]

Pics:

1 thru 5. Various covers/editions for the book we're interested in.

1906: The Earth (is) Not Hollow.

"Mizora: A Prophecy" by Mary E.B. Lane, is a feminist utopian story that was serialized in the Cincinnati Commercial newspaper from 1880 to 1881.

It would only come out in book form from 1890 on.

Plot: The story is narrated by a Princess Vera, who's reform minded & has Polish friends in Tsarist Russia.

Vera's exiled to Siberia for her political views. But, bribes her way out of prison.

Hoping to rejoin her husband & son (who are in France), Vera escapes in a whaling ship.

But, she's left to spend the Arctic winter with the Inuit people.

Somehow getting a boat, Vera's swept off by a whirlpool & ends up in Mizora, a Hollow Earth land.

Here the 'heavens' are lit up by an inherent electricity & a 3,000 year old female civilization runs all things.

Most men killed each other off in a terrible civil war. The surviving men were then allowed to die out!!

The women now keep up a stable population thru 'virgin' births! And, they 'elevate' (controlled evolution?) their all blonde race via eugenics!

All criminal, mentally disabled or dark skinned women aren't allowed to have children...

(Official eugenics & casual racism always seems to go together.)

This utopia has gotten rid of poverty, disease, crime, religion & sex!!!

No one is poor & education is free - til age 25. And all of the people enjoy the suppleness & bloom of youth.

Everyone lives in co-housing & share beautiful gardens. Their "mighty city" revolves around a type of suburban planning & zoning.

Due to Mizora being a land of "mind workers," automata (robots) do all of the menial work. But, certain labors are still seen as a social duty for all.

Some things, like cooking, are handled by experts - chemists in this case! Foodstuffs must be served in their 'purest' form.

Intellectuals form Mizora's only known aristocracy.

After 15 years in Mizora, Vera feels homesick & returns to Imperial Russia.

Criticism: Lane's "Mizora" is the 1st significant novel on a female utopia.

As is usual for these types of works, Lane's book reads easily. But, is long in describing its utopia's superiority.

Sadly, "Mizora" is also quite short on any sort of plot - other than the escape from Russia...

It's kind of hard to accept a society that doesn't have some type of ambition, controversy, dissention, jealousy or striving for personal goals.

Mizora's civilization is actually kind of Confusian, in that its leaders set a good example for their citizens & society just runs itself.

Among Mizora's scientific advances are: video phones, carbon dioxide enrichment of crops & food prep that's a form of experimental alchemy!

The science 'used' in Mizora reminds 1 of Margaret Newcastle's "The Blazing World" - from 1666!!

Both works are set in alternate places reached by "crossing the 'open' sea at the North Pole."

But, in "Blazing World," our Earth is linked to another planet - like beads in a pearl necklace!!

Legacy: Murat Halstead, editor of the Cincinnati Commercial newspaper said that "Mizora" was popular in the Ohio River Valley.

Halstead stated, "Mizora attracted a great deal of attention, commanding a wide circle of readers (here)."

Despite Halstead's 'hype', "Mizora" actually created no real 'stir' when it was finally released as a novel...

"Mizora" is seen as a precursor to C.P. Gilman's "Herland" & S.M. Gearhart's "Wander Ground." All of these works envision women led worlds where men are unnecessary...

Pics:

1 & 2. Where to look in, for an overview of these kinds of sci-fi/fantasy novels.

3 & 4. The only artwork I could find online of the "mighty city" of Mizora.

Author: There's little that's actually known about Mary E.P. Lane.

It's known that Lane was an Ohio Public School teacher & author.

She was the daughter of a rural doctor & Union Army staff physician. Later, she would marry a Cincinnati lawyer & Civil War vet 10 years older than she was.

The couple had no known kids.

No copy of her 1895 novel "Escanaba" has been found. The title is the name of a town in Michigan.

But, we know she wrote "The Magic Lens" for the Cincinnati Gazette.

Any other works remain unknown...

The only other major notes in Lane's life are a court case & federal letter campaign.

1st, she accused one Edward Bellamy for plagiarism!

Lane had submitted her "Mizora" manuscript to Houghton-Miffin. They kept it, she stated, long enough to steal her work's crucial elements & turned it into Bellamy's "Looking Backward" - published in 1888.

But, utopian stories are much older than both books - going back all the way back to Plato's Atlantis...

2nd, she wrangled - thru the mail - with the federal government, over her all-too-small, widow's pension...

Other than that, she remains a mystery. I couldn't even find a photo or portrait of her - online.

(Any help with these problems would be happily appreciated.)

[someotherdog]

character: blair open: m/f/nb plot: blair is a small town bookstore employee from a family on the wrong side of the tracks. your muse is his girl/boyfriend, best friend, coworker, etc, that thinks he’s just a normal guy trying to make it in this world, only to discover that he’s actually a satan worshiper. not only that, he’s been the one murdering people all over town, and your muse has just caught him in the aftermath of a sacrifice. this post was made using beta editor, please do not reblog it in legacy as i no longer have access to it!

“well shit.” blair said flatly as he locked eyes with his intruder, kneeling in front of mrs. munsey’s fresh corpse. one bloodied hand clutched the ceremonial knife, the other braced against his knee. he was still heaving a little, somehow exhausted and wired at the same time. it had been four, now five, sacrifices so far, and the act of murdering someone only got a bit easier each time he did it. it was a kinetic, frantic experience, like nothing he had ever felt before, the only description was pure bliss. the pentagram drawn in mrs. munsey’s blood, with her corpse right in the middle, was seeping into the forest floor, and the necronomicon was open in front of him. there was no denying what he was doing, and it sort of felt good to finally be honest with someone about his actions. he was his true self just then, never felt more self-assured in his whole life. perhaps that would be a bit shaken now, knowing that he had been discovered, but he only felt elated. slowly blair rose from the ground, looking them plainly in the face, allowing them to fully see the blood that covered him almost entirely. “this is awkward,” he tutted, taking a leisurely step closer to his witness and waving his knife casually, “i think i might have to kill you now. i don’t want to, trust me, i didn’t put you on my list for a reason but this…” laughing suddenly, sounding and looking deranged with a gleeful grin, “god damn, it just won’t do!”