#I'm probably overthinking it

[just-1-scorpio]

It's my time to read into a line more then it probably means, and probably being wrong.

Spoiler warning for Echoes in the Mountain.

So in the last stage in Echoes in the Mountain, in Semmelweis's hallucination there is this line:

Basicly the doctor telling her that her ignoring her condition, and working as a field agent will lead to her doom.

But I have a theory, that this line has an another meaning.

In Hungarian mythology two brothers Hunor and Magor, were hunting, when they saw a deer. The deer was the Csodaszarvas, "Miraculous Stag" in English, in many depictions the Csodaszarvas depicted with white fur (Yes I'm awear that there are other depictions with defrent fur colour, but white as a fur colour apears often). The brothers wanted to chogh it, so they pursued it. They chased it into the swamps (swamps of Meotis), here the stag disappeared, the brothers tryd to find it, but they faild at it. But by exploring the swamps they found land suitable for living. Here they they foubded Hungary.

Yes this is a brief explonetion, but it's needed to understand my point.

So my theory is that the second meaning of the line is that, it posably can mean that by contenuing to work as a field agent, Semmelweis might posibly find something (posably Lorelei's help).

An another thing that might support this theory is that Semmelweis probably was named after Semmelweis Ignác, who was Hungarian, so she is posably Hungarian, or partialy Hungarian.

Or I'm just reading into this line to much, or just overthinking it.

Sorry for the bad English.

[sevlinop]

Been pondering on whether to do it or not for a while, but finally locked all my stuff over on AO3. It makes me sad because most of my time reading stuff on AO3 has been without an account, so I don't want to close off my writing to most readers. Still I just really don't like the idea of AI bots scraping through my account. Truly a dilemma!

[skyward-floored]

What do you say to someone who leaves a comment on your fic and basically expects you to comment on theirs too

[moominvalleysunset]

I should be working, but

this show is consuming my brainpower...

One thing that makes me uncertain about the events of episode 6 being the reality timeline: Title and Great threw Dome's body in the river, right? But was that where he was found in episode 2? I always assumed they found him on the ground. I rewatched it and couldn't tell, they never said. The crime scene tape was around the grassy area, they were searching for the weapon there and nobody seemed to do any dredging of the river in search of Dome's phone. The body could have been wet, but was covered up so it wasn't definite. Would the river not have taken Dome further away? Were there two versions of the event?

[elementalladymallorie]

You know I said loss while thinking death, but that's not the only 'loss' that could be counted for people?

Like obviously death is one, and that fits for Ashton, F.C.G. and Orym but I don't know about Chet?

But Chetney admitted to being abandoned by his family, and Ashton lost the nobodies so maybe that counts?

Imogen's got a strained relationship with her parents, but she still thinks its salvageable, and she lost Laudna but Laudna came back. So maybe there's no loss of a loved one.

Fearne had a tense relationship with her's but it's being mended and she's always had her Nana. She's got the Crown Keepers and the Hells and Mister. She's a lot older than she should be and her Nana/family is Fae. Maybe she hasn't had the chance to feel the kind of loss the lake calls for

Laudna's the one I can't really pinpoint for it, but she's in a new life? She's got Imogen, she has Pate, she has Delilah. Maybe it doesn't count as a loss in her undead life? Maybe her being undead is helping?

[stolenparticles]

theory abt stuff based on my second quantumania watch under the cut

okay, so, with this being my second time watching, i was able to focus on stuff i couldn't before. and one of those things was the interaction between cassie and kang while cassie's in the holding cell

there's something in the way he looks at her, when he turns his full attention to her, and talks about not experiencing time in a straight line. it kinda made me think of the doctor and river song, and i started to wonder: what if this kang has already met cassie, but cassie hasn't met nate (aka kang) yet?

it is also odd that he didn't seem to plan on actually killing her in the end--not until she actively got in his way and fought against him. and even when he did order modok to kill her, there was almost a hint of hesitation. now, i could have interpreted that wrong, but still. he didn't seem to plan on killing her after getting the power source back. no, instead, he was going to take her with him. almost like he didn't want to give her back. "she'll be fine without you," he said. this doesn't seem to suggest that he was going to kill her after that.

so what does that mean? i think, in a future movie or series, we're going to get nathaniel richards, aka young kang, showing up in the present time. i think he's going to help bring the young avengers together, maybe without cassie knowing that he's kang. after all, it's not insignificant that they had cassie and kang in a movie together--especially with cassie and nate's history in the comics. in fact, children's crusade almost seemed to hint that cassie's death is what finally set THAT nate on the path to becoming kang. cassie and nate liked each other a whole lot, and there's a lot of potential for interesting angst there in the movies

okay rant over kalsjdflkaj

[mynameisbillandimaheadcase]

:'/

[egophiliac]

was this anyone else's first thought, or

[vermilionsun]

TELL ME WHY

I'VE PLAYED THIS DEMO OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN

BUT NEVER HAD I EVER PICKED THE "HESITATE" OPTION FOR LEANDER

I'M A DUMB BITCH HOLY SHIT

BUT I CAME INTO A NEWFOUND REALISATION:

THE MC'S CURSE PROTECTS THEM, IN SOME WAY

(unless I'm the last person in the fandom to notice that, good job me)

If you pick the "Touch him" option, he only says "I told you there's nothing to worry about"

BUT HERE, he comments "That's one hell of a curse :D" meaning he definately feels it and it possibly affects him

Yes, the MC surely has ptsd of some sort and could assume Leander's hand was going for their neck like mrChocky but i highly doubt he was initially going for their shoulder

I believe the MC's curse doesn't affect whoever they touch, but whoever touches them

It's quite a bit of a strech, yes, but still a possibility:

Leander doesn't do the dramatics above if the MC touches him first

MrChocky was the one who touched the MC first and got he affected

And thus I bring in another question: What about Oracle!MC?

"The priests claimed your touch bestowed enlightenment, but a visiting mage revealed your curse for what it is."

It wouldn't be illogical if the priests' words were true; if the MC touches someone, they are "bestowed enlightenment", but if the MC gets touched forcibly/accidentally, the one who touches them goes mad

But that would also mean we'd have the choice of giving Leander more power if we choose to touch him

Also, somehow all the backstory mages seem to have a good understanding of the MC's curse [have seen it/it has been recorded before], or are at least able to recoognise it in order to reveal it to them. Plus, the Alchemist!MC's mage [who was "exiled from the Senobium"] planned on cultivating them as a test subject, meaning not much must be known about said curse.

"It's unlike anything I've ever dealt with," says Leander, a mage who has never stepped foot in the Senobium.

"We can find answers together," Leander promises later on.

Then he stops

He waits for them to touch him

Then he freely unwinds their bandages, allows them to touch his hands, his cheeks, he moves his hands over theirs because they've already accepted him touching them

He could have figured how the MC's curse works, or he could have dark-magic-ed his way into the Senobium files before the MC returned to the Wick again.

[nico-is-a-corn-plant]

Is it just me or does the computer make a noise everytime someone lies?

[juststandingthere]

ISTG this game is making me insane, brainrot strong enough for me to make my first analysis post

One thing i love about the narrative is how distorted the characters, relationships and events are from jimmy's pov. Most posts discussing this focus on Anya, and it makes sense bc she's probably the biggest victim of this. She's seen as less than a person, she's an incompetent nurse, she has a meek personality, she'll let anyone(jimmy) step over her and she still follows his orders, despite everything he has done to her. We obviously see, from curly's pov, that she's simply too terrified of her abuser to act any other way, and when she's not with him she's way more confident and competent.

I haven't seen as many people talking about how this "distortion" affects Swansea and Daisuke as well, including the relationship they have with each other.

We see, in the first Curly section, that Swansea is a great mentor to Daisuke (one might even say they have a father-son/uncle-nephew relationship). He takes his time to teach him not just the basics, but also how to do his job as safely as possible. He lets him take notes, he himself writes stuff down for him to remember and even lets him doodle on those notes! Sure he is harsh with him, but he clearly cares about him and wants him to be safe.

And in return Daisuke looks up to him and has great respect for him, as both a mechanic and a man, while he also makes some jokingly offensive comments towards the older man, showing the close bond they have formed.

But that's not what we see when we play as Jimmy.

In his pov we don't see them interacting much, when they do we either see Swansea insulting Daisuke for no apparent reason or, in one occasion, we see him leading the kid down a "bad path" wanting to teach him how to "drink like a man".

When they aren't interacting tho, we do see hints of their actual relationship: Swansea asking where the kid is when he is "partying" in the lounge, confirming that he does not, in fact, hate spending time with him; him looking desperately for something, *anything*, that could help Daisuke with his suffering after he's injured; how whenever Jimmy tries to bring up to Daisuke how "badly" Swansea treats him, or how he "lied" to them about the utility room, Daisuke immediately shuts him down, because he knows what he's saying is completely wrong (i'm pretty sure those are the only times he doubts something Jimmy says), showing once again the trust and respect he has for his mentor.

(this part is kinda speculative but i think it makes sense)

There are two other times where we see them interacting, where we actually see how much Swansea cares for the kid, and coincidentally, neither of them is seen through Jimmy's eyes, but from a third person pov: what Swansea says right before they knock him out with the drink, about how he resents the people that let Daisuke, someone with his whole life ahead of him, with so much optimism and joy, board the ship for a job that would inevitably leave him "mangled" and "smarter in a worse way" (i could make a whole other essay on this part but i won't), and what he says right before mercy killing him. In that scene specifically, as the camera pans out in the corridor as Swansea raises his axe, ready to take the final swing, Jimmy doesn't see the hesitation in his body language, the way his body tenses, the way he comforts the kid, telling him to close his eyes, the heavy breaths (crying?maybe?) right after the act. He only sees the older man as a monster that would take away an innocent life that jimmy would have been able to fix had he been given the time to fucking think.

Hell, now that i think about it, Swansea's final monologue, where we find out that he is in fact a good man who tried his best to better himself, who simply wanted to protect the kid and give him "a chance off this goddamn rock"(implying that the Cryopod was meant for Daisuke all along) is also shown in third person!

A few other things i found interesting:

1-The missing pieces between what happened to Daisuke in the vent and when Swansea started attacking Jimmy. There's a cut from when Daisuke screams to when he's laying on (Swansea's) bed, bloody and in pain; from when Jimmy uses the mouthwash to disinfect him (which only causes him to suffer more) and two hours later; from after the talk the two men have and the moment Jimmy decides to go find the gun, the axe gone from Daisuke's face. What happened in those missing scenes? Was Swansea the one who helped the kid onto his bed, trying to make him as comfortable as possible? Did he try to comfort him, to distract him, and ease his pain as well as he could? What was his reaction when he had to take back the axe off the face of the young man he had started seeing as his own kid, whose life he had hoped he could save but that he ultimately had to take with his own hands?

I personally think those parts are blocked out of Jimmy's mind, as he couldn't fit them in his own narrative, where he was the hero, Swansea the villain and Daisuke the innocent, young man whose life he tried his best to protect from this "monster" that was now going to come after him.

2-Swansea attacking Jimmy with the axe, especially the cemetery scene, and how it can be interpreted in different ways.

We, the viewers, knowing everything that happened, will see it as a desperate man, Swansea, trying to avenge the lives that had been lost on that ship because of Jimmy (wether directly or not), with Daisuke's death being the last straw. But i don't think that's how Jimmy saw it. He saw swansea as a crazed, mad man, a ruthless killer, coming for him after taking an innocent life, Daisuke's photo and mausoleum as a reminder for Jimmy of what the older man had done, and a justification for what he was about to do.

(not to talk about the implication that the fight against swansea was not as intense as we saw it, only confirming the idea that jimmy was looking for a justification for shooting him)

[necrotic-nephilim]

i personally have very complicated feelings on the Gotham Knights video game and the routes it takes with characterization. i think it has a charm to it and it goes in an interesting direction with everyone (especially within the confides of the plot of the game) but it does have certain moments that veer painfully fanon for me. (such as: the dialogue where Tim drinks too much coffee) it's an interesting story for what it is but i don't view it comics-based for characterization and therefore don't care to interact with it much for like. fanfic purposes.

that *said* though. i do have to give the game some kind of credit for giving one of the top five JayTim moments that lives rent free in my mind. every since i played the game, the cutscene lives in my mind daily. it's the specific cutscene where Jason and Tim are arguing about whether or not Jason's non-lethal bullets are too dangerous for the field, and the argument leads to TIm *standing in front of the target* Jason is shooting and telling Jason to shoot him. it lives rent free for me. i never stop thinking about this.

the absolute certainty Tim has that he is in no danger standing in front of Jason, who has a loaded gun pointed at his face. the way Jason *hesitates* for just a moment before lowering the gun. he thinks about it for just a second. Gotham Knights JayTim seem to get along very well and can rely on each other, but Jason still clearly holds a bitterness about his death and Tim that flickers through in some lines of dialogue under the guise of jokes. especially since this game deals *heavily* with concepts of Pit Madness causing an altered state of consciousness, i think it's believable that occasionally, Jason fights the urge to fight and hurt Tim for the feeling of being replaced.

i like their tension so much in this canon. they get along but you can *tell* Tim is afraid of addressing Jason's trauma or even addressing Jason head-on, and Jason leans into spooking Tim about it. which isn't very comics feeling in their dynamic, but it is an interesting way to place their dynamic if you're playing with a more timid Tim who's newer to the role of Robin. (which he seems to be in-game) he really doesn't want to offend Jason, or worse, piss him off. but he'll still face Jason head on for things like this, while completely aware of what Jason could be capable of.

and Jason seems very protective of Tim and respecting Tim as a Robin in typical Jason fashion. if Tim pushes, Jason *will* relent. he knows this is a kid who's proved himself and should be treated with equal respect, sometimes even more than Dick and Babs do in-game.

so for all that to culminate in Tim stepping in front of Jason's loaded gun that he *knows* is on the edge of being too dangerous, just to force Jason to listen? it's the most unhinged way Tim could've gotten his point across in this scene. he was literally daring Jason to hurt him and playing with a very dangerous fire. but he did it anyway bc he believed he could make Jason heel just at the thought of hurting Tim. and he was *right*. they're gay and i'm feral ty.

[r-aindr0p]

Uhhh Elias stuff, twisted from no one, he's just a guy !! Since I draw my twst ocs once every century each I'll link his introduction here

Basically an ignihyde student w/ a prosthetic arm (upgraded by idia) and a nature based unique magic + something something "I'm the better hunter here !!" (he is miserably failing at it) Trying to step out of my comfort zone in art context wise and mere text makes my whole being cringe and retract on itself like grafield's face after unsweetened lemonade... So I left it in French, ough

[canisalbus]

I've only known about your art for a little less than a year but I think it will forever leave an impact on me. Your style and designs and imagery. Even if at some point I move on from your blog, tumblr, internet, there will be times when I'll fondly remember this one person who would draw gay anthro dogs. You are unforgettable. Thank you.

Auh, that's too kind ;_;

I'm honored you think so highly of what I do! Thank you so much!

[mroddmod]

happy bad batch eve here's a couple s3 tech concepts i was playing w last night !

+ some alts w his goggles

[32girassoisdevangogh]

Verbs conjugations in spanish are so specific it's not necessary to write the pronoun to indicate if it's first, second or third person.

It would eat you alive = te comería vivo.

Is a very direct translation but without "eso" (it) because is not needed.

However, it/eso generally has an objectified connotation which makes sense as Bill distances himself from the monster so Ford makes no connection.

But in spanish, since no pronoun is used, it feels more like a hint than a cover-up.