#I want to see this man’s theory journal so bad

[tooturtly]

Living for the moment Laudna says she might be a phylactory, and you can fully see Cerrit leap out of Travis with a perfect realization and multiple string board theories being created

[crowgore-throwaway]

Help I'm now hyperfixating on Mouthwashing

Here's what I wrote about it in my journal :P

[Spoilers for the entire story of Mouthwashing]

I think I could be developing a hyperfixation for Mouthwashing. I adore the themes, how it isn't cosmic or alien-based horror, despite taking place in space, but a story of human faults and evils. Jimmy's evil, acting out of greed and narcissism, feeling guilt but not taking accountability. The evil of corporations and capitalism, making 5 working-class people spend over a year traveling through space, just to deliver some mouthwash and subsequently laying them off, leaving the likes of Anya and (I say this reluctantly) Jimmy with no means to support themselves. All that time going stir-crazy, not even for anything important, just so some consumers can have their mouthwash. And Curly's evil, enabling Jimmy by being complicit, not taking Anya's issues seriously because Jimmy's *such* a good guy and Curly doesn't want to upset him. And that unconditional trust leads to him being completely unable to move or speak because he essentially allowed Jimmy to do whatever he wanted and have his little tantrum, putting the crew at risk to just to avoid a problem *he* caused.

Ugh, amazing game. I think it's more sad than scary. All those people dead- Daisuke, a kid in his late teens with so much life and opportunity ahead of him, dead because Jimmy took advantage of his positivity and need to do right by everyone.

Anya, violated and belittled, forced to follow the orders of the man who assaulted and impregnated her. She did whatever she could to protect herself while Curly, the leader she was meant to trust, did nothing. Until she could endure it anymore and took her own life. (I also saw a theory that she was attempting an abortion but overdosed) Jimmy doesn't even acknowledge her death, even with how terribly he hurt her. He just doesn't care about her, he doesn't see her as a person, but a tool.

Swansea, a father and husband. A man with faults, sure, but a man who can take responsibility for them. He owns his flaws and misdeeds and grows from them. Though he's broken and struggles with addiction, he's selfless. He's hopeful for characters like Daisuke and Anya, is a gruff mentor and trustworthy ally who heard Anya out. Jimmy couldn't stand to look Swansea in the face because he was a lot like Jimmy, except he actually took responsibility for the bad things he's done. So he killed him.

And finally, Curly, his friend, the man who believed he could be better, who trusted him, gave him chance after chance, until he was destroyed. Curly was too trusting, and Jimmy took full advantage. In the end, though, Jimmy couldn't stop piling his shit on Curly's shoulders, ultimately killing himself and cryogenically freezing Curly, leaving him the sole survivor in the event that the Tulpar is recovered. Which would mean, in the end, Curly would be the one still mopping up Jimmy's mess.

Seriously, play this shit its wonderful, and the art style is neat. Also, Daisuke is my favorite, I may have written about him the least, but he's such a ray of sunshine.

[lucifugousart]

"DIO's Heaven" A jjba world building theory no one asked for that has been TORTURING me for years.

❗❗ SPOILERS FOR PARTS 1-6❗❗

OK LET'S GO "The Heaven pertaining the soul, WHERE it'll go." Tl;dr: Heaven is a place. Here's how:

We know that in the Jojo universe Hell and Heaven are equally talked about as a religious belief. In part 1 young Dio was sure his Father was going to end up in Hell for the atrocities he committed his whole life.

And again, in part 6 Dio specifies that the Heaven he talks about is where the human spirit will go after death. With the introduction of stands, the visual personification of souls, we clearly see this happen multiple times, especially the ascension to Heaven, where they'll finally find peace.

In part 5 we'll also see how, ironically, dying is the only way to escape the chains of Fate. The same Fate that has been object of both oppression AND obsession for Dio since his young age. He believed it was in his Destiny to accomplish his early goals, being Jojo also part of this bigger plan. Of course he was wrong.

Failing to realize how Jojo was the closest person to him (and how attached he was), this dumb man ends up killing him and then regretting the act. I don't wanna go too much in detail about it because we all have read the manga and perfectly know what happens, so, Dio just lost the most important person in his life and had 100 years to overthink about it at the bottom of the sea. Perhaps, taking jojo's body wasn't what Destiny meant for them as "being two that make one" and this dumb dumb can't go back in time. ...or can he? Let's proceed in order

All Dio wants is happiness (relatable, i know) that can only be found in Heaven. Why? We'll see this later, i wanna focus first on how to get there. Because as we said, Heaven is an actual place. But reaching it isn't very easy, especially if you're not dead. Also there's another MAIN issue: Dio isn't human. By rejecting his humanity through the stone mask he basically lost any little chance to ascend to Heaven, because believe it or not: vampires may have a soul, but they're damned. After death there's absolute nothing, no Hell either. Just this:

But Dio knew this well. His death was a temporary but necessary phase, he'll write about it in his journal (he simply wasn't expecting it to happen like THAT, sigh) and his plan is safe also thanks to an unexpected gift, a little trinket, that carries his consciousness and dna.

Let's recap Dio's instructions to get to Heaven:

-A trustworthy friend. “He must be someone who is not interested in political power, fame, wealth, or sexual desire, and who chooses the will of God before the law of humans.” I will talk about God a lot as ideal, but even if we have a tangible proof of saints existing in JJBA I still don’t wanna claim God’s existence as certain. We have Dio doubting it himself (“If God exists”) and sure there is a force ruling the events, but I have a quite different view on what this force actually is. Let’s continue;

-His stand, The World, and “courage”. “I must have the courage to destroy my Stand momentarily. As it disintegrates, my Stand will absorb the souls of the 36 sinners and will give birth to something utterly new.” -The souls of 36 humans who have sinned, “because those who havesinned harbor a strong power within.” It is said that we, humankind as a whole, are “sinners who need God’s grace” and that the true distinction between a bad person, worthy of going to Hell, and a good person, worthy of Heaven while being forgiven for their sins, resides in the ability to feel “regret” for their own actions. I believe the sinners being from the Green Dolphin street Prison’s lowest circle was providential: they’re all criminals who voluntarily rejected God, their soul already belongs to Hell. So why? There’s a deep symbolism in this.

The sinners are a reference to Dio’s past identity, the man who rejected humanity in favor of world domination (Actually not just that, but now it’s not the time for an in-depth analysis of Dio’s psyche). Such a person would never reach Heaven, right? Well, the key is in “regret”.

Exactly because Dio regretted his actions attaining Heaven it’s not impossible, just very difficult. We said he was gonna use the souls of sinners, but sinners go in the opposite direction, to Hell. So how is it possible? The trick is in the number: 36 has a double meaning. If we look at it mathematically, the sum of the integers from 1 to 36 is 666, the number of the Beast (and Dio was referred to as the Evil in opposition to the Good, with a name so contrasting to make everything even more interesting). On the other hand, 36 has also very positive meanings: the actual number of texts in Holy Scriptures is 36, it’s said that in every generation there are exactly 36 perfectly righteous people alive (we could easily also call them saints) and the world only continues to exist in their merit as they contain a spark of the Divine Light within them, that same light that first shone for 36 hours after its creation and before being replaced by the Sun… But most importantly, 36 has a meaning of rebirth. It’s two times 18, which carries the meaning of “life” (from the Hebrew letters that spell “chai”, meaning "living") so 36 translates into “two lives”. Thinking about it, it’s exactly what happens through the Green baby: Dio reincarnating as someone new, a new pure lifeform free from his sins, no more damned.

-The cryptic 14 phrases, engraved into The World, so that he couldn’t forget them. I believe these phrases carry Dio’s past but also his Future. Something that after his rebirth would let him not forget where he came from, but also remember where he’s going. Which is why they’re so important and spark a reaction in the Green Baby:

“Whatever is born will "awaken". It will show interest in the 14 words that my trusted friend will utter... My friend will trust me and I will become his "friend".” We’ll witness the first Gravity-induced fusion in the entire series, something that will become more familiar later in Jojolion.

-”Lastly, I need an appropriate location. North latitude, 28 degrees, 24 minutes, West longitude 80 degrees, 36 minutes. Go there and wait for the New Moon. That's when Heaven will come.” AND THIS, RIGHT HERE, IS WHERE WE START. The foundation of how Heaven, Gravity and Fate, Souls and Stands work in the Jojoverse. And also where things start being complicated. The best way to explain everything is starting from Pucci and his role in Dio's plan, then moving back to the first manifestation of Stands. As i said before, in PB the existence of God is in doubt because we don’t have any tangible proof, it's simply an idea sustained by faith. What if i tell you that God, as an actual figure, is actually a product of human actions and everything is governed by Gravity/Fate instead? We know that Dio and Pucci encounter was a product of Gravity, and so was their fusion: there's a reason why he tripped on him, of all people.

It's exact after this moment, when all left to do is "waiting for Heaven to come" that we get the first actual manifestation of the Divine: the recurrence of number 3.

Biblically, the number 3 represents Divine wholeness, completeness and perfection. If there ever was a desire to highlight an idea, thought, event or noteworthy figure for their prominence, the number 3 was used to put a Divine stamp of completion or fullfilment on the subject.

Now i'm not saying that Dio is God or became one (THAT would be interesting and i already valued the possibility some years ago), but seems like in the Jojoverse there's no room for coincidences and everything happens as planned by Destiny, so these 3 people being the sons of Dio and drawn to Pucci are exactly where they were meant to be. If God doesn't exist, this is still the proof of how Dio is getting closer to the ruling force of the Universe: Gravity. And through it, finally find happiness. So, we're waiting for Heaven and we have a very specific place where to go for make it happen. Cape Canaveral: the most optimal place to launch a rocket. But what does this have to do with Heaven? OH, MORE THAN YOU IMAGINE. Because it is a place. But i never said it was on Earth.

To understand our destination better, i wanna make a step back. Ecclesiastes 12:7 says “and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.” We said we don’t have real evidence of God, but spirits DO go somewhere. Foo will say it clearly: the spirit/soul can’t stay on Earth for long, with the only exception of a sudden or tragic death, tying them to a specific place. In most cases, they have unfinished business as the deceased person does not accept the way in which they died (like Riemi or Kira and his father). But once this soul is freed, and if they're worthy, they all go in the same direction: up in the sky, welcomed by a very bright light.

Heaven is often described as the "highest place" and in the Scriptures, in both Hebrew (shamayim) and Greek (ouranos), it can be translated as "sky".

The first line of the Bible also states that Heaven is created along with the creation of the Earth (Genesis 1). SO. We're looking for a VERY bright something in the sky, created post Big Bang and as old as the entire Universe, which is also deeply subject to Gravity. I already have a very clear idea in mind, but let's also drag in the mix what Pucci knows: the World, a stand involved with the manipulation of TIME, was NECESSARY for reaching of the conditions to attain Heaven. Who's that pokemon? It's a Quasar!

An astronomical object of VERY high luminosity found in the centres of some galaxies and powered by gas spiraling at high velocity into an extremely large black hole. SO IS HEAVEN A QUASAR?!? Ahah no, but there, at its core, that's where our bus ticket is.

Quasars are some of the brightest objects known, able to outshine all the other stars and can be trillions of times brighter than the Sun. They were much more common when the universe was young, must have been able to form after the universe began to expand. But any simple one won't do, no. To find Heaven we must identify the first, oldest quasar in the Universe, which hosts a very peculiar and unique, primordial, supermassive black hole: the gate for true, unfettered happiness. I'll try to make this as simple as possible leaving out every superflous notion or math about general theory of relativity or we'll NEVER be able to get to the point. At the start i hinted to the possibility of going back in time. Yes and no, it's a bit more complicated than just press rewind but Pucci was right, it IS involved with attaining Heaven.

In astronomy, a black hole is a physical location of no return because Gravity is so strong that nothing -not even light- can escape. As you get closer to it, the flow of time slows down progressively to the extreme. From an outside viewpoint it's like time stops.

At its center, a black hole is thought to have a singularity point: a location where matter is compressed down to infinity and all conceptions of time and space completely break down. Some even call it "Reverse creation". But as we said, to reach Heaven we seek something way more specific.

As far as we know distant objects are seen as they existed in the past and quasars are the most distant and oldest that astronomers have been able to detect. The most distant quasars are seen at a time when the universe was one tenth its present age, roughly a billion years after the Big Bang. So we're not fully able to find our special primordial black hole, unless we have a way to get closer in a matter of time: Made in Heaven's ability to accelerate time to infinity through gravitational power manipulation will be providential in this. By moving back in time we get to reach and go over the Cosmic Microwave Background, a remnant from an early hot, opaque plasma stage post Big Bang and an evidence of it being the origin of the Universe, the beginning of time. We have zero knowledge of what's behind it as we can't observe it.

Assuming that Made in Heaven brings us there, what now? In the designed location, moving at infinite speed towards the singularity point of a black hole as old as the Universe itself, and with time SLOWING down once we meet the Singularity point, WHERE are we going? Incredibly, our answer can be found in the Book of the dead. In Ancient Egypt it was believed that the afterlife was a mirror image of life on Earth. Death was only a transition, not a completion, and opened the way to the possibility of eternal happiness. So let's consider this:

An entire universe behind a black hole, exactly like the one we know, but unaffected by the laws of Gravity as the Fate we know that keeps everyone in chains. Where a soul lives like any their normal life on Earth, but free to act outside any binary AND with the lack of the "Evil" that messed with their previous life, with the promise of a happy otherworldly existence. A chance of rebirth, staying true to yourself, but aware of mistakes you won't commit again. Now if this isn't Heaven i don't know what it is... It makes sense that through Made in Heaven only living organisms could reach such place, as the dead are already subject to the laws of Gravity in their predestined travel to either Hell or Heaven. But things got messed up by Pucci's intentions, as his stand ability is subject to his own belief, desires and psyche.

It is possible that "knowing your future in advace resulting in peace of mind and happiness" belief caused Pucci and Emporio to travel back in the course of Time jumping in a new world where destiny will repeat itself, hence the ability to see the nearest future as vision. And this is anywhere near to what truly Heaven is supposed to be. Happiness won't come from reviving your life exactly like it was (in fact the sole differences we spot are due the people that were already dead being replaced by their own version belonging to that world) but as we said it's the act of being FREE from the laws of Gravity. I believe this shift of intention is what caused Pucci's demise and Emporio's travel to a secondary parallel universe, hinting the existence of a multiverse where every world is connected to the others through the numerous black holes that reside in them. But neither of them would lead to the afterlife except for one. How much does this complicate things? Very.

Probably if Dio and Pucci were able to spend more time together, with Dio explaining better his view and belief, nothing of the canon timeline since before Pucci's death (his death included) would ever happen and everyone would be living their best life in Heaven. Or even better, if Dio were able to realize his plan before the events of part 3... (all the pain of SDC... gone, never existed. Sigh.)

Identifying Heaven as an Universe (including space and time, planets, stars, galaxies, all the forms of matter, energy, the souls of every creature and humanity) makes everything extremely interesting when we look at how the Jojoverse works.

Given that the gate for Heaven is a Quasar, it's known that sometimes they shoot out pairs of straight jets, containing matter moving close to the speed of light in a tight beam, to distances far beyond the galaxies they live in: how does this affect the worlds these beams reach?

For a start, we can assume that with Creation every living creature is born with a soul, that is shaped after the individual's choices, experience and psyche. In various religions it's attribuited to the Divine spark gifted by Gods. The references to light are so many that is difficult to call them a coincidence in a setting where "coincidence" isn't really something possible with Gravity's laws. Back to our matter escaped from Heaven, if it were to get in touch with a normal soul, we'd probably have an evolution reaction: natural born stand users.

I believe that the particles coming from Heaven, engaging with the soul that originated there, would trigger a violent reaction shaping the original soul into something more complex (and i would say dormant) that always belonged to the user. We'll learn with part 3 that not everyone has the spiritual strenght to bear this evolution, like when stands are induced later on. So are stand arrows involved too? The answer might surprise you.

Let's take a step back and move to the Poles, approximately 50k years ago, when a meteorite crash-landed on Earth around Cape York, Greenland and later on, in that same site, a misterious disease was found, leading to the creation of stand arrows 2to acquire the powers of Gods".

The fact everything happened at the poles is very relevant to this theory, especially a certain discovery. Let me introduce you to Neutrinos: a subatomic particle that is very similar to an electron, but has no electrical charge and a very small mass, it was almost believed they didn't have any at all. There are different types of neutrinos and they're the most abundant particles in the Universe, although very difficult to detect too. It is possible that a large fraction of the dark matter of the universe consists of primordial, Big Bang neutrinos.

The type that is relevant to us is high-energy cosmic neutrinos that are born in the CENTER of quasars, expulsed by jets and able to cross the Universe without interacting with matter and without any delays on their way. But at the Pole was found a particle that "shouldn't exist" shooting straight up out of the ice and seems to move straight back in direction of the quasar that originated it. Some scientists dared to call it "a ghost particle". Let's add this up to the evolution of the soul, the rules of Gravity and the guys that wanted to gain the power of a God: if the metallic material of the meteorite, infused with the ghost particle, were to come in contact with the organism where the souls resides... Did i already mention that they interact through Gravity?

Lastly, this whole system would give us a reasonable explanation for certain stand abilities, like Vanilla Ice's and Okuyasu's (being possibly connected to a black hole's singularity point, allowing them to destroy the matter they absorb with no turning back) or others, seen afterwards, capable to move objects or people through different dimensions and/or parallel worlds. Lastly, i wanna spend two words regarding Dio's resolve and why i firmly believe that he regretted his actions. Dio's a person who tends to live a lot in the past and lets it influence his future. I don't think though that his search for Happiness was meant for the whole humanity, like Pucci tried to achieve. Dio's wish was more selfish and limited to himself, perhaps to his trustworthy friend too, but nothing more. He sacrificed himself for something once, that didn't lead him to happyness as he might have thought at the start of Phantom Blood, but is ready to give up on everything a second time with no hesitation. No feelings of grandiosity or power, he recognized his mistakes and wanted to restart everything once again.

And maybe living a normal life for once. Who knows, maybe letting people be close to him without paranoid tendencies too... True, unfettered happines probably lies in the simplicity of conducting your life following your own decisions, and not Fate's. Or your abusive father's.

So this is Heaven. I know it's long, delirious at some traits and all, but i thought these corrispondences were neat and worth of being shared. So if you got till here and enjoyed it, thank you for your time!

[trulytiredhermit]

the boys having a breakdown when they realise that they aren't real to reader?!! yes!

I think it would be best off for readers sake if only one of the boys finds out at first cause they can ease them into it more slowly, honestly I can only imagine sky seeing one of the photos I have of my wooden goddess sword and loosing his mind over it, only to have one on one comfort from reader

and if reader had their switch with them to show the games!! seeing their past self on the screen would be so bad for them but with how reader has so many hours and 100% completion they would fall harder seeing reader care for them like that I imagine

(also I'm the same anon who sent the Boreas ask, if you take anons could I be known as 🌨️?)

Sure 🌧️!

And I definitely agree with Reader breaking it to the boys one member at a time.

We do not need 8 (or if we’re adding in the Cringe Links, First, and FD: 12) simultaneous breakdowns.

If that happened they’d all just hunker down in one spot and shut down for like a week.

But would Reader choose to reveal this knowledge to one of the Links or do one of them, as you mentioned with Sky, just end up finding out about it?

I feel like Time may be one of the better and more open members of the Chain should Reader choose to reveal the truth.

Just with the knowledge that he himself ended up creating 3 different timelines (aka worlds if we’re being honest here) in which one he “abandoned” (Wind’s era), one where he got to actually grow up (Majora’s Mask and Twilight’s era), and one where he died and failed in his mission to defeat Gannon (Legend and Hyrule’s timeline).

Or Warriors might be a good one to break the news too. Given that he literally hopped between the Link’s worlds and whatnot in his era.

He might be more understanding of the differences between worlds and universes.

Now I also have a thought on who I think would take this news the worst.

Legend.

This man literally had to live through Koholint, becoming friends with all the people there and having fun amazing times with Marin, only to wake up and realize none of it was real.

Then he finds out he’s technically not real in Reader’s world? That ALL the people he’s encountered and talked to, all of his adventures and hardships, weren’t real.

He’s gonna spiral, and he’s gonna spiral bad.

Unless Reader has gotten Legend to completely understand the multiverse theory and the fact that’s there’s worlds out there where anything is possible (“listen, there’s a world out there where we’re all donuts Legend.”) Reader better avoid telling this man ANYTHING.

NOW who do I think would be the ones to “accidentally” stumble across a thing of Reader’s and find out the truth?

Wild definitely (throughout the game this man gave no fucks to people’s personal belongings. He read their journals; stole their apples and looked amazing while doing it)

Wind (listen alright he’s a little gremlin child, he YEARNS for trouble and he emits noisy little brother vibes like no other, he SNOOPS through Reader’s things).

And I can maybe see Sky just one day seeing Reader playing on their switch when Reader was trying to be sneaky. (Perhaps Reader thought that he was in a deep sleep when really he was just pretending and just wanted to stare at Reader).

Then comes the one on one comforting for the poor Links.

I’m which case, looking back around to what I said about Legend, I think the best way to try and get the Link’s to understand and be somewhat okay is by explaining the multiverse theory.

Telling them that there are an infinite amount of parallel worlds out there, meaning that anything is possible.

————————————————————————-Sky: “So, there’s many versions of worlds in this… multiverse? And my world is one where I exist and yours is one where I - I’m not real?”

Reader: “Pretty much dear. In fact any type of world you think of right now, that’s a world that’s in the multiverse. It’s just never ending.”

Reader: “There’s a world where we’re all donuts. A world where Demise was a giant cuckoo. Hell, I’m sure there’s a world where I’m not real to you.”————————————————————————

And of course after getting the Link to believe and be okay with the thought that they’re not exactly real in their world, Reader would introduce them to their switch.

At first, The Link in question would be a little weirded out by seeing (and maybe even playing as themselves).

But then once they get more comfortable with it, they might start asking Reader questions.

Such as, “why did you play this-my game?”

“Were you there with me all the way?”

“Which game was your favorite, was it mine?”

And then the Link would bring up the question of the 100% that would show up in the corner of the screen.

Cue Reader explaining what it means.

Let’s be real here, the Link in question would die.

Their ears would turn red and they’d just be staring at Reader with raw adoration and love in their eyes. Honestly they’d probably start thinking Reader was a god/goddesses/deity at this point.

The fact that Reader spent their spare time making sure they did everything the game had to offer, got all the hearts and upgrades to help the Link in-game, went through all the trials with them.

Just because they cared for them so much and wanted to protect them.

The Link in question definitely falls even harder for Reader.

They really won’t be letting them go back to their original world now, not after what was revealed.

But mostly because they now have someone who understands them and what they went through.

Reader’s honestly sealed their fate even more.

[theanxiousghostartist]

TMAGP 27 Spoilers

(Theories and reactions)

Ooooo this was a good one!

Pre Case (Lena, Gwen, and Sam):

Lena is freaking out about the Minister's visit, and Gwen is doing so on ger behalf. I think this is Gwen trying to get closer to Lena and earn her trust. I'm definitely riding on my theory that she is planning on destroying the OIAR from the inside out - Gertrude style, with her interactions thusfar.

Lena really doesn't want Colin to return. It makes sense, but it's still interesting.

Lena also doesn't want any extra oversight - she seems very scared of the idea. We already know that Lena is afraid of her superiors to a degree, so I wonder if this could cause her to get on their "bad side."

Sam's in a good mood because of Celia, he really does like her!

I like how we can tell Gwen is drained from dealing with Lena and preparing for the Minister's visit. Phenomenal voice acting!!

Gwen giving Alice hard tasks is so on brand;I love their interactions.

Case (Augustus):

A Jonah case????

So these are excerpts from the Mangus Institute's Founder's journal/diary. I'm going to assume this is Jonah since the Institute's name remains the same. He is getting frustrated with the failures in the Institute's experiments with alchemy and transmutation. Specifically, he mentions, "...and-thus far are still unable to effect transmutations beyond those endeavors we each undertook alone." This reminds me of how Jonah, as well as some of his friends/partners (like Hailey), were marked by the Fears, which led them to further investigate/worship the fears.

Jonah runs into a Clarence (a sort of cab) of the Stranger (and perhaps the End or Lonely), which he avoids due to odd features (like the cabby only lookinb straight forward), and watches someone else get in and disappear. He runs into this again and again sees a man disappear, following a trail of blood to a hidden alleyway, where he finds the man's coat. He convinces a young coworker (who he thought was making some of his older friends "soft hearted"), Archibald Cameron, to ride in the cab and take notes. He mentions that Cameron "...loss of skin, and it's clear from his handwriting exactly when his eyes departed from his skull." This makes me lean towards the End more than the Lonley in conjuction with the Stranger because it reminds me of its domain during the Eyepolcolypse. Jonah basically discovers the fears, noting that Cameron wrote how he saw that his increase in fear led to the Clarence "eating him" faster. Jonah leaves off by basically saying that these "forces" could help them achieve their goals, whatever they might be.

I wonder if Jonah and Cameron is a parallel to Gertude and Michael. Both Jonah and Gertrude sacrificed a young member of their staff to a fear in order to learn more about it. While Jonah did it out of pure curiosity, Gertrude did it to stop the Spiral's ritual. While trying to learn about it wasn't her first intention, it still was an intention, as it acted as sort of a test to see if outside involvement in a ritual could stop it.

Theory: Based on what we know, I think that Jonah's goal is the opposite of his in TMA: he wants to create a utopia instead of a hellscape. However, his motivation is the same: he wants to be a god. My theory is that TMAGP!Jonah and the others want to make themselves gods of a utopia, with "gods of love" (as Gerry put it in TMA), helping them rule over this. So, while his goal is the opposite of TMA!Jonah, he still has the same characterization and motivations, although the technique to achieve this is different, as TMAGP!Jonah is using alchemy. Because of the involvement of alchemy, I assume TMAGP!Jonah is trying to bypass the alchemic rule of equivalent exchange "Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return To obtain, something of equal value must be lost." (This is a quote from Full Metal Alchemist XD).

Jonah is most definitely still Eye aligned.

Post - Case (Alice and Gwen):

Alice canonically said she was trans!!!!!! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

I love this interaction (I feel like I say this about every Alice/Gwen interaction, lol. I love how their personalities contrast!!)

Gwen getting information from an email with gibberish??? I wonder if it's Jonah since Jon signed his email to Sam...

Oh! The documents are important, and she still has them, and she's lying to Alice... these have to be Institute documents. Since she knows Sam is into this stuff, I wonder if she will bring it up to him. Or perhaps she will tell Alice at a later point? I really like how she automatically goes to Alice for this sort of thing!

Post - Case (Sam, Celia, and Alice):

Ooo Helen's papers!

I wonder if the Institute needed to see the constellations. Like they know they're there, but they need to make sure it is a clear view for some sort of alchemy experiment.

Perhaps the perchloroethylene machines are to be used in treating fabrics as preparation for an experiment?

Sam and Celia communicating!!!!

So they want to pursue their relationship further? Oooo, interesting! I do appreciate Celia letting Sam know that Jack is her number 1 priority. I wonder if this relationship is going further because it helps her manipulate Sam more easily? (Also, when I say this in my posts, I mean it as something she is doing, but not negatively. I am rooting for her to be as manipulative as she wants/needs to be!)

Hilltop Centre???? As an outreach center??? Ohh, I wonder if this is where Celia is getting pulled to at night. Perhaps, it was an "outreach center" to the fears or other universes?

Trevor Herbert??????? As the Minister???? I did not have that on my bingo card!

Trevor Herbert was the vampire hunter in TMA who partnered with Julia Montauk in America. Both were aligned with the Hunt. Julia was killed by Daisy when she became an Avatar, Trevor was killed by Basira in the Hunt domain, while they were tracking Daisy (Trevor wanted revenge, Basira wanted to fulfill Daisy's final wishes). Perhaps the higher-ups and Lena's superiors have experienced hunting avatars, and that's how they got them under control? Maybe Lena is aligned with the Hunt as well? (I previously theorized that she was Web aligned, but both could be true)

Yay! Alice is getting involved. Hopefully, they will find a way to stop [Error].

Celia seemed mad when she realized the two went into "The Archivist's" office. She made a statement at the Institute - when Jon wasn't there about Agnes's ghost, I wonder if she saw something in Jon's office? Or maybe she's realizing that [Error] isn't necessarily Jon?

This episode was so good, and we got a lot of information from it!

I want to add a little note here that my theory posts may be shorter and/or at different times because I'm starting college next week and might not have time to listen 😭

[swordswoman97]

So that stream today. Wasn’t expecting lore, got home from to lore to watch. Real glad the weather forecast led to me going to that ren faire yesterday.

-First off the major thing, They found Gabriel! He’s saved! He’s not technically back yet, but I imagine he’ll probably make his reappearance whether tomorrow or Monday. My theory about what was going on was… right idea wrong details? I think I made a pretty good guess considering we didn’t know about the sabertooth gang until today.

-We got more details on Ros’s backstory! I really like how Noname weaved her backstory into it and I hope they do similar things with other pirates’ backstories later on. It really makes everything seem connected.

-Speaking of Gabriel, man is down bad for Owen. Like every single one of his journal entries mentioned her. My man is in for a rude awakening considering P!Owen doesn’t do commitment or monogamy. Though despite complaining about Gabriel coming off as desperate in his journals she is still very happy to see him safe. Maybe she likes his devotion more than she wants to admit or maybe she just wants to let him down gently.

-As for something he definitely likes: Acho. Those two have traded flirtatious jokes before but this stream was on another level. Owen compares hitting star with a cannonball to giving star flowers? Then another comment about tying him up, when they were trying to skip night on the one island Acho specifically put star’s bed next to the one Owen was already in at which one of them comments that the others don’t need to hurry? Okay you two. Also when Scott (I believe jokingly) comments he doesn’t think Owen should be a Heron anymore Acho encourages the idea of Owen switching to the Nightingales. Honestly they’re kinda cute ngl.

-Acho also opens up a little bit to Owen about stars backstory. It was honestly a sweet scene, and I definitely think of everyone on the Faction Isles, Owen is the most likely to understand considering her own family issues.

-On a less positive note, Owen seems to be considering leaving the Herons. She has some pretty major issues with the Heron leadership, and at the end of the stream she asks Christian about switching factions.

-So those undead at the fortress are definitely caused by the corruption like we all agree on that right? They only showed up after Michela freed it, they were all purple. This was definitely corruption. And I imagine this isn’t gonna be the only affect it has on the islands.

-I also imagine this probably isn’t the last we’ve seen of Sabertooth Gang. They’re not gonna give up, I guarantee they’re gonna cause more problems. I also guarantee that sun gem is gonna get stolen or lost eventually and the consequences definitely aren’t gonna be good.

-Owen was a secretary apparently. I’m guessing it was probably whether for her parents or some other family member in an attempt to prepare him to take over the family trading business. Either way, definitely nepotism.

-We can now add the Slayer to the list of people Owen is flirting with. This further confirms my claim that her two types are pretty blondes (Gabriel, Ausbie, Finnegan) and pretty people who can kick her ass (Saffrie, the Slayer.) And you have Acho who fits into both /j

[zhongrin]

𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐥𝐫 𝐞𝐛𝐠 𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

✼ー storyline explanation / clarifications:

✼ crys and risu’s theories nailed most of the plot, so give those a read before continuing ;)

✼ ciphers translation: “beware of subjectivity” and “everyone has their own agenda”

✼ childe doesn’t like meirin romantically: reference to chilly (childe/holly)… man almost called her ‘honey’ smh he’s down bad, ‘my dearest witch’, ‘wifey’ (on that note, everyone stan chilly pls and ty)

✼ when childe said ‘i’m not your friend, that’s for sure’ + remember the matching jewelries post? the earring there is red-colored but the one he gives meirin is gold colored —> it’s because i’d like to think despite having agreed to everything, when he saw how distraught she was getting, he felt bad. so it was more of like “we’re not friends. i don’t deserve that title.”. and the gold earring he gave her was actually his attempt at nudging her memories.

✼ as for childe’s agenda, crys’ original theory post nailed it. yup. man just wanted to pick a fight with zhongli because why not, right? a fight with a god sounds fun! :D (also i’d like to think that he’s still keeping a liiiiitle grudge from liyue archon quest, yk? lol)

✼ yes, coviello used god’s remains. ‘mother’ was referring to the mother lode. remember baizhu’s story quest? god’s remains causes memory loss and makes whoever consumes the child lode to obsessively seek out the mother lode eventually, which explains the things you were seeing from her pov - the creepy whispers/voices, paranoia, her not remembering her friends, her odd actions/movements.

✼ coviello’s posts (coviello rambles, tartarin, ??? ships, coviello’s journal) are written from their perspective, so they’re all highly biased and subjective. it’s the unreliable narrator case :D

✼ the flowers childe ‘gave’ meirin were in fact from coviello (in one of the asks, kopi offered to get them mondstadt specialties and they asked for cecilias)

✼ー fun little tidbits about coviello:

✼ they’re somewhat based on ‘coviello’ - a character from commedia dell’arte, which the fatui harbingers are also taking references from.

✼ related to the above, on their introductory post there’s a hidden link on the “ 𝐜” (no it doesn’t link you to the picrew) ; )

✼ they dislike their cryo vision, hence why you barely see them use their cryo vision throughout the story and their preference to use their pyro delusion instead (despite fully knowing it’ll cost them their life) and how they’re particularly wary of cryo wielders (e.g. queen) a shame no one brought in wrio huh

✼ the ‘names’ in their journal:

first line (red color, not bolded): danger. confident to kill when needed

second line (red color, bolded): danger. tread carefully; not confident to kill

third line (orange): suspicious. to watch carefully

fourth line (green): harmless

✼ whenever they answers an ask, they always use the person’s full url handle. yup. no exceptions. deeeefinitely none.

i doubt there are many who are actually interested in this actual 'lore' but feel free to send in asks if you have any questions. i had so much fun stringing things along hahahah <3

lastly— if you’re reading this far, congratulations! come closer, i have a secret to tell you…….

“00:00. 🔓. 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭”

[hermit-pride]

Day: 15. Still not doing very well with my journal but things are getting better. First off I saw my rheumatologist for a routine follow up and it appears that I am in remission with the Remicaide infusion and the weekly dose of methotrexate. But I had read that Paxil has properties that studies have shown reduces inflammation. I asked him to start me on it; which he did. Rheumatoid Arthritis also can cause depression as well. My theory about my depression is that I mostly denied having depression even though,in retrospect, I certainly had many symptoms of depression. But since I didn't "feel" depressed it was a particularly simple denial.

"Well dingbat", I told myself, "you have become so very accustomed to burying your feelings that you don't "feel" the depression like others".

So, nine days of Paxil and I see/feel the difference. My anhedonia has not changed appreciably, but my avolition has improved and I'm getting things done without reminders from my wife. My mood nearly always measured between 4.75 and 5.25 on a scale of 0 to 10 with 0 being suicidal and 10 being finally able to look into Jesus face and knowing that 10 will be my new "normal". Now I seem to be between 5 and 6. But am still insulated against moods that are lower or higher. With my lifelong SzPD I'm not sure how I would hand mood swings out of my normally narrow range.

I guess, to sum it up, some of my negative symptoms for SzPD are impacted by my depression. Go figure!?!

Other good news, and bad... My wife ordered herself a wheelchair and she used to for the first time today. With her multiple health problems, she spend most of her time in bed; problems like POTS, fibromyalgia, long covid, poorly controlled Addison's, chronic spine problems, and new(er) onset of steroid-induced diabetes all contribute to her having little energy, dizzy spells, and continued oxygen dependence. Her life is miserable.

But, between Adderall and Paxel I feel like talking (outloud) and have the spiritual energy to engage in conversation. She told me this morning while driving to visit out of town family that I'm a "different person" with these medications. I have been reminded and I feel bad that she has little social stimulation other than what I bring. It is great to be able to better provide this as she has been depressed and lonely because of me being somewhere else when I'm with her. Other good news is that she tolerated room air while at rest. The bad news is that she is no less tolerant of activities like getting ready to see our relative. It would normally take 2 hours if she was well but this morning took almost four! And she required help dressing and packing, etc. Long covid-19 is a bitch!!

My RA is doing quite well. I worked Wednesday and Thursday night (12hr shifts) and had no resultant pain. Typically my feet hurt for about 24° afterwards. I'm hoping it's Paxil doing it's thing in concomitant therapy with Remicaide and MTX. I admit, walking an average of 12-18,000 steps over a 12 hour period isn't good for RA joints but with my ADHD I just don't want to sit. Also, if I sit for more than five minutes I get stiff, like a 90 year old man and when I get up on me feet it hurts a little until the stiffness goes away. Fortunately, work is going well. Thursday night I was called into the managers office and told that the union signed a contract and now we can get our raises. She said next paycheck will show a $2.46 raise! It's a good time to be a nurse! But joking aside, I have always enjoyed being a nurse and hope my health holds up until I'm 70 years old and I will (mostly) retire. My wife suggested I go part-time and work one shift per week after I retire. Hopefully, that will be an option. 💛❤️.

[diony-svs]

ooh fun tag game

Answer the questions and tag 9 people you want to know better or catch up with!

Tagged by: @daemonbreath :3c

Last song listened to?

Satan Is a Lawyer by Gojira but current song playing is Hell's Comin' With Me by Poor Man's Poison!

Currently reading:

so so so many medical journals. doing a lot of research into comorbidities with DID and other dissociative disorders, which is super interesting. also been rereading The Memory Trees by Kali Wallace because it's a fun and angsty little book

Currently watching:

in theory we would be finishing daredevil but we keep getting distracted with supernatural and also by hermitcraft (decked out 2 <3)

Currently obsessed with:

a lot. lets see! the sort of big ones:

call of duty has been making a comeback. is it blatant military propaganda? yes. but the comics are so interesting and i love all of the characters in modern warfare 1 and 2

minecraft is a big one! working on a really fun build with deepslate and cherry and copper using a Victorian manor house theme

Hermitcraft! decked out just opened, which is super exciting. mostly just love the shenanigans all the time there, not super big in the fandom, though i should be.

wednesday addams. i do not care what source, i am so so big into her story all the time. she's so us-coded tbh

any of my writing WIPs deserve to be talked about at any point because they are such big sources of brainrot

honorable mention: my new ocs for this really fun human x fae piece I've been thinking about for a while!

No pressure tags:

@intergalactic-bean @feralscales @bookwalmartav @flourdove @bad-decisions-and-glitter-tape @satineainsel @ashborneagle @deafvampyre @victorianvivisection

[hunderprest]

I’m curious what are your theories on the missing Lewis journals? Do you think he didn’t write them or just lost them?

Judging by his mood swings I'd say he probably didn't write them. There's always the possibility that they were lost or destroyed when the canoes tiped over but I think its unlikely. If that had happened I think that lewis would have wrote a LONG winded entry about how charbonneau screwed him over just bc that seems like a very Lewis thing.

There's documentation that for majority of the time when he was writing, him and clark tried to stay as consistent to each other as possible so it makes me wonder:

1. Did he actually record his own findings to match with Clark's? When clark was tasked with having to get the journals published after Lewis's death did he find things in said journal entries that would have painted his friend in a bad light; like writing down his thoughts about not being good enough, perhaps suicide, perhaps thoughts considered "weird" during the era. And if he did notice this did clark burn said journals and just call them lost to protect his friend? I think its a strong possibility. We don't have any clue what Lewis's last letter to Clark said because he burned it. And it could easily be my queer ass projecting but maybe he'd written of instances in their friendship that wouldn't look good for either of them.

2. Lewis was manic. He's kinda all over the place for a good portion of the beginning of the journey. I mean the man took the money meant to buy canoes with to instead come back with a huge ass puppy. Yea normal people would do that; but it almost seems like he has no self control when it comes to collecting supplies. Always having either too much or not enough of something. We also know that multiple times throughout the journey clark says Lewis's attitude would drop to the lowest lows. As some who has severe depression I can see how that could play a part in not writing. Wanting to just focus on the main goal for the time being.

There's also the possibility that he was too engrossed in his exploring to remember to write down what he discovered. But that seems out of character too. Mainly because we know Lewis LOVED details. He'd include as much as possible, including a sample. It just seems weird to me that someone so obsessed with this could just "forget" to record it.

I think there's a lot of possibilities but I'd say he either didn't write them or they were destroyed.

[bonefydskeleton]

6, 7 and 14 for any of your fallout OCS!!

Oh my gosh hi moot!! It was so nice to come back home and get to think of answers to these questions, thank you so much for stopping by my inbox <3 Since there are only 3 questions I decided to answer them for Tiny, Dr. B’s, and Admiral Spittz.

6. Were they born pre-war or post-war?

Tiny: Post-war Virginia

Dr. Bartholomew Beau Brumsfeld: Post-war Texas

Admiral Spittz: Pre-war Russia

7. Do they wish they lived before the war / could go back to life before the war?

Tiny: I think she would LOVE to see life before the war. She’s an avid collector of pre-war clothing and has a stash of outfits she tries to keep as pristine as possible. Whenever she enters an abandoned building she treats it like a museum of people’s lives long past. Sure she’s there to scavenge for supplies to trade and sell but she takes her time combing through homes and old stores and shacks in the middle of the woods as if it might give her a better understanding of people who came before. There is a song in her playlist I consider to be a theme song of sorts, Story & Pictures by Wovenhand, that has a line which goes “As a boy I too drew near to the love of dust.” I just think that beautifully captures the way she sees the world around her razed to the ground and sees something precious and fragile in what remains. That if you disturb the ruins too much you might lose whoever was there before in their entirety. No photos, no personal belongings, just another empty space that was once filled. She’d love to experience life before the rising threat of nuclear war and see what it would be like to fit into some quaint suburban neighborhood. I can picture her daydreaming that the neighborhood is full of all her favorite people she’s met in her travels and they get to share in this peace too. Maybe have a barbecue with all her best friends and see what life would be like had it not hardened the hearts of so many.

Dr. Bartholomew Beau Brumsfeld: Not in the slightest. His family has plenty of history before the war and he is happy to put it all behind him and live life anew. My man LOVES being in the post-apocalypse where radiation has done the strangest things to creatures. I wouldn’t say he really studied veterinary medicine in any true capacity since universities don’t properly exist post-war, but his field studies have made him appreciate the resilience of life and the sheer awe-inspiring power of nature. Without the bombs dropping, he never would have discovered his love for the humble honeybeast or become a member of UCIT. His fascination with post-war life also extends to humanity! He’s currently on a quest to become irradiated himself because he’s convinced he isolated the gene that guarantees ghoulification. I say convinced because his theory has only worked once by happenstance after he saved his friend’s life with a Nuka Cola Quantum. For all I know this guy could blissfully walk into a rad twister and never be heard from again.

Admiral Spittz: He is the most nuanced case for this question because while I’m sure there are moments in life he is just Done With Being Here and wishes he could go back, he also recognizes that is a pipe dream and would much rather focus on the present problems he faces. He has a lot of other ghouls relying on him and a naval rivalry to maintain with Admiral Savrion. And life isn’t all bad! He owns a working plane and an aircraft carrier he wants to get seaworthy again. But every now and again time weighs heavily on him when he realizes just how old he’s become and how many people have entered his life and left again. It helps to eradicate the yearning by putting his thoughts and memories down on paper in journals.

14. What is their fondest memory?

Dr. Bartholomew Beau Brumsfeld: This one is so cute and wholesome for him- his fondest memory would be the day he discovered he could accelerate the growth process of a normal queen bee into a new Honeybeast! With a little help from some second hand brotherhood technology he got from a defector and a little tweaking, he was able to nurture his first companion, Annabelle! He was so excited to see her successful transformation in just 4 days that he celebrated by making her a little straw sunhat to wear so she wouldn’t get lost in the herd of other Honeybeasts his family was raising. When he got kicked out of his home for frivolous spending on his research and making so many bees they broke containment, she traveled with him to become his sidekick as an honorary member of UCIT. Sadly she passed away after attempting to sting a man who was holding hostages :( but he took a queen that she was carrying and made a new Honeybeast that is like Anabelle’s daughter! Her name is Bedelia and he loves her dearly. He gave her a little aviation cap so she wears a silly hat too.

Admiral Spittz: His fondest memory is one that is veeeery very old, pre-war in fact, back when he lived in a small Russian village as a young boy. His mother passed away from illness after his younger sister was born and their father was a nasty drunkard. So Spittz kind of took care of his sister in his mother’s place. He has a lot of personal memories of the two of them gathering produce from the market square together, teaching her to haggle a little, and then the two of them would walk to the local cemetery and eat their treats under the statue of a hooded angel. Estaire was the light of his life back then, and his heart hardened the day he lost her. He buried her in the cemetery next to the angel they visited and if he could find a way to get back to Russia now I think he would go and see if their small town survived the war and sit with her again at the statue.

[jvstheworld]

The Buffy re-watch: S1E6 (part 1)

The Pack

Let's do this.

We begin with a school trip to the zoo. Does anyone miss school trips? I never went anywhere fun for mine, for some reason my high school only really started to to do school trips after I left, which sucks. And the only trip I went on when at Uni was to London to go see Parliament (it was a requirement for first year journalism students).

And introducing your classic high school bullies. Bullies can go fuck themselves, we don't tolerate that here.

Why is the Principal on the school trip? Is that a thing? I wouldn't know since the guy who was the principal at my school when I was there was embroiled in a scandal that got him fired.

Sketchy zookeeper giving out hyena facts that will surely be used later in the episode.

Those hyena puppets are bad. There's no way to sugar coat it. They are terrible. I get it is a small budget show, mid season replacement, but could have tried a bit harder.

Animal possession. Oh the joy. And it got Xander too. This isn't going to go well.

Trip over, to the Bronze we go, where Willow notices Buffy jonesing for Angel.

I still want the leather jacket Buffy wears.

Fight training, a reminded to Giles that he needs better pads to protect his body.

Okay, did schools really have live animals as mascots? Do they still? How do they afford it? Animals are expensive. If you can't afford to look after an animal, don't get one.

This is one of the few times I relate to Xander. I suck at maths too.

Don't scare the pig. He does look like a Herbert, he's cute.

Ah dodgeball. You must remember the 5 Ds of dodgeball: dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge. Man, that was an odd film but had a good cast, including Alan Tudyk who plays Wash in Firefly and Serenity (RIP Wash) and also Alpha in Dollhouse.

In theory, Buffy should be good at sports, right? So her being the last one in dodgeball makes sense. But poor Willow and Lance.

They ate the pig! It was alive and they ate it! It would have been scared and screaming and they ate it. Quick PSA: please properly cook any meat you intend to eat to avoid any illnesses and parasites.

Part 2 tomorrow where I will have much to say about a certain part that concerns Buffy and Xander.

[ghostwriter2203]

Chapter 6, Finding The Maid, Final.

When Jess and Dani got to their hotel in New York and got dressed. Jess drove to the house; when they got there to see the door open, " Stay in the car.'' She tells her sternly, and Dani nods. Jess got out and became more stealthy, sneaking towards the door; then she found a bat on the ground, grabbed it, and had a tight grip on it. She is alert with the home and does a clean sweep before she tells Dani that it is safe.

Jess checks every room and sees a lot of fortune on the floor with broken glass and blood drops on the carpet. ' It's like someone, and she fought before we even got here. Who would do this?' she asked herself. Jess sent a text to Dani telling her that is safe for her to come in.

" What happened?" Dani enters the room and looks at her, " Someone must've broken in here and fought with her." Jess shared with her. " Why her?" Jess thought and looked at her, " This is a theory, but I think she is the woman that Billy had an affair with. " Dani looked at her, stunned. " What do you mean? You are guessing that Billy had an affair with Zoey twice!?" Jess nods, " Have you seen how he writes about her and how his marriage with Chole wasn't all great. These two had a forbidden love with each other." Dani looks at her then she looks around the place.

" They were in love, but they couldn't be together because Billy was married to Chole. " Jess nodded and looked at her, " Yes, we gotta look for more clues of what happened here, so you go to the hallway while I stay here and look around. " Dani nodded and went to the hallway.

Dani POV

Who could've gone after her and wasn't because of her and Billy being loved? Did Chole send someone after her? I have many questions about this case and hope she is okay. I enter her bedroom and see a desk with a journal on an open page. I walked over to the desk and looked down at the page to read it.

It wasn't meant to end like this, and it was supposed to complete us living happily ever, but it was all a lie. Billy lied to me when he told me he would leave Chole and won't keep our love secret...he betrayed me twice, and I've fallen for it without even thinking about it. I don't like how he's been treating me and then sending me away to New York, and now I am hoping someone will hurt him as he did to me. No woman should ever date this man because he's a bad seed and isn't faithful or tells you lies so he can get you in the bed sheets. It's only for his pleasure, not mine.

Billy sent me away to New York so nobody would find out about us, and I was hoping they would because he deserved it. He wants someone he can use and makes his play toy like I was. Never once did I want to hurt Chole's heart or her trust. Billy made me think he loved me, but I was foolish enough to fall for it, and I didn't want to ruin the friendship between Chole and me.

Chole and I met each other in college and surprising that we're roommates. Nobody else knows this, but there was an accident at the college, and she promised me not to tell a soul, but I have to do something. I wrote it in this journal before they found me, knowing she would find out I spilled the beans. Here it goes, she had murdered a student for flirting with a guy she's a crush on and warned the girl. 

The girl didn't listen to Chole's warning, so she had to do it, and I tried to save the girl, but I was too late. Chole didn't have any emotions behind her eyes and said she would only do this if nobody would listen. She wants to make the world bow to her and will do anything to make it accurate.

Chole isn't the one to back down from a fight and have her own empire to rule over. If you play with fire, she plays with fire too, and she has some people she doesn't tell Billy about. I know their secrets and am willing to take them to my grave or tell everyone the truth about that family. She made me swear to my grave, so I did. I knew something would happen to me, and anyone else would try to solve this case or more of them in the future.

Furthermore, you need to be careful and be ready for anything that could happen, don't try to solve the cases from this family because it won't end well for nobody. I have one regret in my life, and it's been bugging me; if something has happened to me, then I'm sorry, Dani.

For everything that I've done for you in school, and sorry I didn't reach out to you when I needed you the most. Chole used me for her own game and made me do shit that I didn't like. She will use everyone who dares to challenge her or even solve this case.

I don't want anyone else to get hurt.

I ran out of the bedroom and went to the living room as Jess noticed me. Jess looks at me concerned, " What's wrong?" I hand her the journal in, and she opens the same page and reads it. Then she set the journal down " We gotta be more careful and leave now." she said as we both left home and went back to the hotel.

------------------ At The Hotel--------------------------------

" You two are stuck in New York? How!?" Jeffrey worryingly asked as Jess, and I sat on the couch with her laptop on the table. '' Because we might be getting hunted down by people who knew that we're trying to solve this case. I sent you Zoey's journal pic of what she's written in it." Jess explained to him as he rubbed his face with his hand and groaned. " But that doesn't explain how, though." Norman pointed out. " I have a theory that Chole and her family might have a connection to the mafia," Dani says.

" Her family might be connected to the mafia? We don't know that much about her family." Jeffrey tells her as the girls look at each other and then look back at them. " That's when you two need to find out more about her family while we dig into Zoey and Billy's relationship." Dani looks at him. " Okay, we need to keep each other updated. You two need to stay safe." Jess looked at him now and nodded slightly. " We will, and you too."

Dani had to leave the room because she wanted to be left alone and get her mind off this case. Norman walked out of the frame of the call.

" Jess, promise me that you'll be safe. "

" why?"

" Just do it.'

" Okay, I promise you that we will stay safe."

" Thanks; why are you stubborn?"

" Learnt from you."

Jeffrey laughs and smiles, looking at her with happiness and concern. " Dani and I are gonna be safe. Hopefully, we will see each other." Jeffrey nodded. " Yea...I do miss you." Jess smiles slightly and holds back the tears that want to creep up. " I do miss you too," her voice cracks a little as he notices it. " It's okay to cry and be scared of your life." She shakes her head and looks at him, sniffling.

" It's just not that. It's the risk of our lives here, and I put on a brave face because I don't want people to see me as a crybaby. I cried so much when I was growing up and hated it. " Jeffrey wants to hug her so badly, but he comforts her through the computer screen. He let her continue to vent to him about stuff just between them. Then Jess's expression changed into a serious one as she stared into Jeffrey hazel eyes,

" Jeffrey, have you ever tell me a lie about anything that you've told me?" He looked confused, " why? Are you bringing this up all of suddenly?" He questioned as she moved her gazed away from him, " Because you know I can tell when people are hiding and how I hate it when people are lying to me." She tells him as he nodded, " I'll never lie to you. " he says as she got up and left the room.

Norman looked at Dani, " you better be careful too." He sternly, tells her " I can hand-" he cut her off middle of her sentence, " but not in this situation though, so you better not watch your back and be careful alright?" She stared at him " Fine. But I can handle myself, I don't need a man." She tells him as he let out a sighed and she hang up the zoom call.

She went to find Jess in the small kitchen of the hotel room, and looking at her with concern. " you doing alright?" She questioned " Just worried about this. I mean who else knew where we were going?" She asked herself. I shrugged my shoulders and feels uneasy about this, " I don't know, but we gotta carefully and thoroughly prepare ourselves for anything." She nodded in agreement with me.

" Yea, but I gotta teach you some self defense skills. Just in cause that I am not there." She says as I nodded and observed her moving around the kitchen, but I remember to asked her about her father and her relationship....should I...?

" Can we talk more about your father and yours relationship.." I blurted out before I could even stopped myself as she stopped moving and slowly turned around to face me, " I'm sorry....I shouldn't have asked...." She shook her head and looked towards the ground, " I know you want to know more about me because we haven't talked since high school but I don't feel comfortable talking about that." She uttered out as I felt bad for asking now. " I know...and I'm sorry." I apologize again.

" don't worry about it. You don't know about it." She beamed at me as I couldn't help still feel the guilt inside of my stomach, and I hate it. " anyways, let's do some research on the case." She walks past me as I followed after her back into the living room.

We overlook our notes in the hotel room while she orders room service, and she payed for it then she has her glasses on and her hair in a bun while have my hair in a lazy ponytail, wearing a comfy outfit. She has her tablet and laptop put on the table as we compare notes with each other.

" This is so boring.." I groaned out as I leaned back as she glanced up at me " you'll get used to this, besides this will help us to find out more of happen at Zoey's home." I nodded slightly and looking at her. " yeah, I know, but can we put on some music or something? Before I lose my mind?!" I complained about it as she sighed.

" we can take a break from this, if it makes you stop complaining." I let out a squeal of happiness as I got up and stretched. " we are in New York City here! We gotta explore here! I've never been so let's go shopping or do something!" She looked at me worried and I grabbed her arm, pulled her onto her feet, " come on, you can bring your gun with you!" As she slightly nodded.

" Fine, we take a break from this and do some shopping then come back here, continue this research."

" okay! Great!"

We left the hotel as she brought her gun with her, but she put it in her gun underneath her shirt so nobody would see it. I'm so happy to get out of that hotel room, and went shopping room.

———————- A Few Minutes Later———————

[idv-news-boi]

-> Laurence's Journal Entries {Part 3}

Journal #21 {Who's this sassy, lost child ...?} @/vthekidfromtheforest

James... It seems the kids in this manor really like Akihiko- Like... way too much..

We recently just met some kid called "V" (shows a profile pic of V from the manor's files) turns out that's Jane's child,,, I thought Jane was too young for adoption papers- but as long as they're happy, sure! Not my business anyway-

Though that's not the real issue,,,,- Is just- this kid doesn't stop clinging on poor Akihiko who's kindly telling that he has to leave-

JDDJBDDJDJN Sorry,,, his situation amuses me a bit,,,- 🤣

I was trying to ask the kid kindly,,,! but she ended up threatening me...- rude lil one...

I ended up tricking her and hoisted Akihiko onto my shoulder before running away- She ended up crying as Akihiko waved rjfbfb- I felt a bit bad for the champ... A bit.

Journal #22 {Promoting the Showman's Profile~} @/idv-ask-the-showman

James,,, i thought I was dreaming at first- but i just met a circus veteran! Bonus point,,, he's a handsome, innovative ringmaster~

Oops- that slipped~!

Though, It's unfortunate how he had to face a tragic fate- all i can hope, James, is that he gets to be satisfied someday... And that his lil brother gets to live at the fullest.

Speaking about his brother, the young man sounded pretty familiar from Mr. Flynn's description... But i couldn't lay a finger on it.

Journal #23 {Interesting...} @/idv-avatar

Never thought I was going to meet someone who just got out of the game- and who asked a question related to an alternative identity crisis to think of- it's dark, but very interesting theory to consider...

Mmm... I might just check my insides in how an anatomy of a survivor is like- Who knows it may not be like my body structure from before! Akihiko won't agree with that idea, but I'm sure Eiji will for medical study purposes~

Journal #24 {I flirted with a senior- And it felt great~!}

Yes, you heard me- I committed the Kabedon and tried to flirt on Mr. Lucky Guy- Even asking for his real name... Never knew i would have such level of audacity but here i am~!

He looked so vulnerable and flustered... I couldn't resist- well, i can.... I just simply wanted to see that cute, freckled face upclose~

Journal #25 {Rosie...?}

Whenever i go to the same matches as her, Rosalyn seems to look more nervous when I'm around her,,,-

I really wonder why... And what's she hiding from within her ceramic, doll-like mask... Bet she'll look super adorable with both her face and her adorable lolita dress combined~

But i have the presentiment that there's something she's hiding... That i shouldn't know for some reason.

Journal #26 {I slandered the Vice Clan Leader~}

I simply slandered him by placing a crown in front of his sacred portrait- Akihiko didn't seem pleased at my actions hahaha!

The strange part after is that Angel has been glaring at me the entire lunch break once i got out of the room on my way to the dining room-

Journal #27 {So many papers...}

It seems today is a busy day,,, a lot of people coming, records to keep, news reports to track down,,, Even more paperwork and the dialogue papers i have to practice for my essence-more burden for the Witchita Scholar package essence if added.

Journal #28 {Wow...}

Rosie got chosen to match costume with Mr. Quinn- they look cute together~!

Though, i don't know why I'm feeling a bit jealous... Probably because I ate something bad.

Journal #29 {Angel is being extra again-}

The Spanish boi is really going extra in men like me- I don't even celebrate the holiday much! Though, I'm really enjoying Rosalyn's singing... Sounding beautifully familiar- but Angel kept insisting me to wesr for the occasion if I'm going to attend her concert- ahh,,,

Journal #30 {Holy Wow...}

JIIMMM- I NEVER THOUGHT FEBRUARY WOULD MAKE PEOPLE SO SWEET AND THOUGHTFUL FBRBFBBF,,,!!!!

Some Anon just have me a big pile of gears for my communicator! I'm still halfway searching through the items,,, nothing so far, but it's still a lot to look! At least some of the gears will come in handy for certain tools for Akihiko to fix~!

[littlecarnet]

I love how Pokemon Scarlet/Violet has a rotom camera feature, with a selfie option and filters, even your leading pokemon gets to pose with you! There's so many scenic places in the game just begging to be photographed, like I'm not kidding, the towns have so much attention to detail in them, they look like livable places and it makes you want to explore every little corner of them (which can award you with items). The npcs are...meh, very one dimensional but that's fine, the series has always been more about exploration than dialog.

There's three paths to take in-game but it never pushes you down any of them. You're kinda just left to do whatever, which I love. I've been really taking my time just making picnics with my pokemon complete with cooking, snapping photos, and taking classes at the academy. The picnic thing is super unnecessary but cute, and if I had to add any other unnecessary things to the game it would be a journaling option so I could put my photos in it, keep a scrapbook of my adventure, and make some observational notes about certain places or pokemon. Maybe I can do that on my tablet since my Switch can send photos to it.

One neat thing I found out is that the Switch can send photos to an Instax printer, and yes...I did print out real Polaroids of the photos you see here. They're adorable and the one with my character and Haunter is in my wallet now. Fun fact, Haunter is my favorite pokemon and has been part of my winning teams since Gen 1. They're all named after the original Circe from my copy of Red.

If I had to add anything else I'd love to see:

- The ability to grow berries and herbs in the school campus garden

- Have a rematch with the titans and Team Star bosses

- To be able to decorate your dorm room

- To fish, just like in previous gens

I haven't played through the whole game, I'm barely through the fourth gym - again, just taking my time- so I dont know what sort of other features I'm missing yet. I don't want any spoilers though. I made a huge mistake spoiling PLA for myself and I wish I hadn't, but not with this game. I'm avoiding every spoiler so I can experience it as intended.

Let's see, other things I like so far...

- I caught a Ditto and named it Cici. Im not sorry.

- I'm glad the evil team has real motivations for being the way they are. They're not trying to rule the world, they're just sick of the status quo. I don't support their method but I do support their message. I think they could've handled it differently though. Also their rides are incredible. Pokemon that are super modified semi-trucks! Man I need that in my life! I want a super semi-truck pokemon!

- Nemona kinda gives me bad vibes so far. Maybe my view will change of her as I get further in but for now she reminds me too much of an ex-friend that was super clingy, pushy, and liked invalidating my choices under the guise ' I know what's best for you'. That's why I chose to do the opposite of what she was suggesting. It was my way of saying ' Girl, don't tell me what to do with my life'. This is MY treasure hunt, not yours.

- So far in my play through, I think Arven is a green witch or at least the equivalent of one within that universe. Dude deals with ancient books, mysterious crystals, and magical herbs. He's into alternate medicine and I can totally support that. Also he doesn't boss me around and actually tells me to be careful. Oh and he makes me sandwiches like a sweetheart. I just hope he's not another Volo though, because I swear to Arceus I will drop-kick him into a volcano.

- I'm pretty sure Ms Raifort is a descendant of Professor Laventon and by extension is distantly related to Chairman Rose and Peony( at least in my theory). Laventon's photo is on her wall. I love references like this, builds up on the lore.

- And don't know what people are talking about with glitches, I've played this game since Jan 2nd, and I've yet to run into any glitching, maybe a bit of lag while running around, but yeah, maybe Im lucky? The only noticeable glitch I ran into was when I threw a pokeball at a Tauros above me to start a battle, this warped me from a bottom level of a cliff to the top. Effectively allowing me to skip to an area in the game I wasn't supposed to go to yet.

Sadly this meant a lot of pokemon in that area were higher level than mine and I nearly got wiped out before heading to a pokecenter. But! This did mean I got to use the pokecenter as a save spot that I could come back to when I leveled up. A funny yet helpful glitch.

[itstherandomloller]

Most science journals themselves do not post corrections of studies even when the author of research of a study themselves comes forward after finding a mistake or admitting fraud. They probably would arrest if it were a woman mind you, let's be honest. But still, it is worth looking into research integrity and research integrity officers.

https://www.statnews.com/2023/01/10/corrections-retractions-journals/

Honestly a lot of this could be avoided by publishing research that doesn't go their way, it would also avoid others endlessly pouring money into the same study for centuries on end. Despite the fact people say it is harder to study the social sciences, natural sciences and hard sciences genuinely have more errors in their studies that get looked over. This isn't to say it isn't more of a problem in social sciences when the results dictate how people see society and which direction it should go or use a current state as "natural proof" to do nothing to change for the better, however researchers or specifically journals are given far too much credit. There is more of an incentive to keep the status quo and be hush hush, not to mention money entering the equation and social acceptance, than to really do science. Pretending to study for progress can allow one to remain exactly where he wants society to be while the people believe the myths they were taught are truths after all. Ironically though , I suppose the justification is that in a way works in everyone's favour because if everyone knew how everything actually works, a lot more bad would be done against women using said information. The truth is it doesn't of course, but anyone covering up their tracks and that of their fellows will use any excuse they make up on the spot to detract from the fact they're awfully incompetent and dangerous. Even those who are competent do not get their voice heard to retract or correct studies.

At least, I personally haven't come across a man who hasn't given up on correcting his own studies (and has the corrected version be more popular, I should really emphasise as that is what is really rare). Dr Robert Greene who put forth the alpha male theory debunked it 3 years later but journals and journalists weren't having any of it, even veterinary schools continue teaching that nonsense to this day so it is no wonder when you watch animal documentaries, go to the zoo or work in an animal shelter that you hear professionals of all people spouting such lies. Bearing in mind he debunked in the early 1970s!!! Worse, it is applied to animals other than wolves when that was never its intent , because research as it turns out, are not very good at doing their own research. What they are good at is falling for logical fallacies and transferring onto other topics things that aren't reasonable to apply them to. Like how people speak of pheromones when they do not exist in humans or in scientific parlance, have never been proven to exist in animal species other than insects. Other species such as some plants, ciliates, basic unicellular prokaryotes have been studied but they are neither animals nor mammals so claiming humans have pheromones is unscientific nonsense. I mean some multicellular eukaryotes have been studied but there isn't any proof humans have pheromones. Pseudoscience at best. Or how the myth that the clitoris has a thousand nerve endings in humans when they study comes from cows. Genuinely nobody should blindly follow science. You may not intend to become a scientist but for your sake, and that of anyone who you share information with, you *must* become scientifically literate. Otherwise you are just following another religion. More often than not, science is used in the interest of misogyny and Patriarchy because it is not done scientifically. Says all you need to know about who actually does science better.

remember that study that came out a few years back that claimed that countries with MORE gender equality have LESS women pursuing STEM careers? and a ton of people were pointing to it as 'innate sex differences', and we ourselves were trying to theorise why this could possibly be?

it was a bunk, unrepeatable piece of shit. also, the two MEN who published it have been claiming that women are biologically less geared for science than men for decades, so complete bias. they have their belief and work backwards to try and 'prove' it, the complete opposite of what actual scientists are supposed to do.

funny how the media and people who pushed this online never posted corrections.