#If the Mirror Could Talk

[academyoftheheartandmind]

The Emperor Penguin Dreaming of Flight And Other Poems

By Pedro Moranchel Jr. The Emperor Penguin Dreaming of Flight  sliding off the thousand feet high iceberg into the Southern Ocean near a flying wandering albatross they were both just specks Far Future Fear realizing I chose money over me stuck saying words like "scope" wanting hope that for me it is not yet too late Aspirations in Flight today I aim to clench the olive branch with the…

[puppppppppy]

act 4 :(

@chipper-smol and i came to a realization

[harryinramshackle]

I just find the similarity in style hilarious

She finally got to see him in the alt outfit she always knew he deserved to be in

Too bad it's in a dream

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[mamawasatesttube]

koncass friendship on the brain again. you know how cass started picking up slang from watching tv? i think hanging out with kon should infect her with konisms. consider the konsibilities (kon possibilties):

she hands babs a coffee refill and babs says "thanks cass!" and cass replies, "ain't no thing but a chicken wing, baby!" and babs is just . . .. ... . .okay. okay. sure. alright. sure. this may as well happen. alright .

cass, ominously holding a baseball bat and staring at some henchman, who slowly lowers his gun: "that's right. be afraid. be very afraid." tim, pinching the bridge of his nose over his mask: "kon told you that's a good line, didn't he."

cass, taunting the riddler, who is facedown on the ground: "who's your daddy! who's your daddy! say it! say it! CHUMP!!!" steph: (WHEEZING)

or cass is on a mission with bruce later, and bruce tells her that some guy they're after? he's all hers. and cass, dressed like a certified freak of nature in her scary-ass batgirl costume, nods seriously and says, "hot diggity swag," and then jumps the guy. bruce is left standing in the rafters like Excuse Me ?

many other such cases. you get it.

[asavt]

[ Reflection ] About yourself.

Was listening to Shunkan Sentimental by SCANDAL at like 10 p.m. and stayed up until 4 a.m. to work on this. I didn't finish it right away tho, I still had to sleep.

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[vellichorom]

the narrator & the settings person aren't opposites or opposing forces but are actually Far similar than the fandom gives them credit for;

but maybe we're not ready to have that conversation,

[guest-1-2-3]

jet and zuko mirroring each other as being full of raw anger at the world and fueled by flawed ideas of justice but they both care so damn much and their motives are good even when their end goals are wrong. the way both of them see mistreatment and don’t hesitate to fight back and the way they’re willing to do anything to do so. the way they’re both so stubborn and take matters into their own hands without listening to their loved ones and end up self destructing as a result. the way zuko had the time to rework his worldview and heal but jet died fighting and angry inside

[ssaseaprince]

I think with all the self-awareness Hannibal has, he doesn't actually know himself very well. That is a big reason why he is so obsessed with Will's view of him because he's never had someone who could give him an accurate reading of himself. There are things we all are unaware of that we do, and most of us can rely on others around us to point it out. But Hannibal has never had that. Even with Bedelia, she responds to what he tells her and what she guesses, but she is not able to truly read Hannibal either. Will is the only one who can. Hannibal is curious about himself, and Will is the only one who can tell him the things he does that he doesn't realize. He is the only one who can give him a genuine perspective. When the average person is discovering/questioning themselves and their identity, they can go to therapy, they could talk to their friends, Hell, they can go get drunk at a bar and talk to the bartender. Hannibal has no one who knows him and nobody who could give him any kind of self insight. Except Will Graham.

[morrigan-sims]

And I forget sometimes I'm just flesh and bone.

As he stands in the ruined bathroom, all Rook can think is, At least now I can breathe.

[silverislander]

if i wind up writing fic for anyone other than caitvi its going to be timebomb summer camp counsellors au i just know it. look at jinx (when she's not depressed, at least), then look at e7 powder and tell me that in either universe she isn't destined to be the most legendary camp counsellor on the planet... and ekko as the counsellor of the cabin she's sworn enemies with who win colour war every year... but then they're forced to head up the same cabin, confronting the ghosts of their childhood friendship

you see the vision

[aalyre]

kevin calling wymack “dad” for the first time brainrot

[yuri-is-online]

Been brainrotting lately and now I present to you what I think is an underused story beat for Yuu. What if “Yuu” isn’t even the prefect’s real name?

Considering that Yuu’s first experience in Twisted Wonderland is waking up in a coffin, wandering around an obviously foreign place, and being questioned by a suspicious man in a crow mask surrounded by people in black hooded robes… I just think most people would not give their real name in such a sketchy situation.

Fast forward to when Yuu is more comfortable with the cast and there is both comedy and angst potential here. On one hand, the reactions to the deception could be pretty funny. (Cue a “woe is me” from Crowley. Of course he can’t find a way home for you when he doesn’t have your real name!) On the other, this could be a great way of exploring the prefect having a crisis. Yuu already lost so much in being taken to Twisted Wonderland, and now in a way even the prefect’s name has been taken.

What do you think?

waking up in a coffin, wandering around an obviously foreign place, and being questioned by a suspicious man in a crow mask surrounded by people in black hooded robes…

Annon, annon, annon, when you put it like that it sounds like Yuu woke up in the middle of a cult ritual of some sort. Which I suppose if you were an edgy Night Raven student idia you might argue that the enrollment ceremony totally is as an excuse not to go

But to be more serious, I have seen a few memes about this concept and I like it a lot σ(￣、￣=) It's a fun character concept, it's not everyday you get a chance to re-invent yourself completely.

That being said, just based off of the few dialogue options Yuu has at the start, I think Yuu is implied to believe that they are dreaming:

Which honestly doesn't make this idea any less valid. If you're dreaming about waking up in the middle of some weird necromancer's rite, why not give him a fake name? It's not meant to be serious anyway. Just go with the flow and hope things don't get too weird (and get offended when your dream doesn't give you magic powers) until it's too late and you realize everyone thinks your name really is that bad joke you made.

If you want to get darker, maybe Yuu really did think they died. A black carriage pulling a coffin really only goes to a funeral, and death has been depicted as an unmanned coach with black horses. Maybe Yuu is only just coming to grips with the fact that they really are alive when they see Riddle overblot and he hurts them. Maybe they now are sitting next to two people who have started to think about them as a friend, a really close one. Maybe they think Yuu is really brave because they charged headlong into danger without a second thought, and won, twice now. Maybe Yuu cries themselves to sleep that night because in a way... you died so yuu could live.

As for reactions, Crowley and the other staff members I think would be the most dramatic, followed by Adeuce and Grim. Jack I can see accepting your reasons and not thinking too hard about it, maybe even respecting your survival instincts, while Epel... well he says he's mad but mostly he's just concerned. He knows what it feels like to have two dueling parts of yourself and trying to find the middle ground. Ortho would be excited, you have a secret identity just like a magical girl/super sentai/anime idol/superhero take your pick really. He certainly doesn't mind getting to know you all over again.

Sebek screams at you for being a threat to Wakasama but it's clear to everyone who actually knows him that he's really just worried about the amount of stress you put on yourself. He would hate for you to have the same issues with self loathing he does. And Malleus? Well he lied to you about who he was because he was worried you would be afraid, even though you didn't know he existed. It would be very petty for him to hold a grudge against you for doing the same.

In general I think this would be something the others would have an easier time understanding as opposed to Yuu's sense of alienation or loneliness at not having magic. Identity issues are common themes in fiction, so I could see them actually seeing it as a problem as opposed to an abstract problem like no government papers (since these kids with one obvious exception don't do taxes.) But it would make for a great way to explore the prefect having a crisis just as you say, in a way it's the perfect example for every problem they might have with being in Twisted Wonderland.

[girl-named-matty]

Basically what was going through Sebastian's head when he called MC ignorant ^^

[gabrielsantar]

it’s truly what warhammer is missing the most re: primarchs. it’s boring if they all like each other, and it’s boring if they all hate each other; there should be an extremely complicated system of primarch relationships in which at least two of them fucking hate each other but sometimes have to tolerate each other because they all have a bestie in common

[144]

so there's that one post talking about modern day isekais being a modern day equivalent of the wish fulfillment narrative of "guy goes to place where all the things making him suck in normal society make him king, and has no need for self reflection" and it's pretty good. obviously i started thinking about that goddamn novel.

this whole thing is played both straight and subverted in ORV. dokja as a character doesn't develop. his development is less of changes in his behavior, and more of us learning how deeply fucked he is in the head.

everyone around him changes, for the better or for the worse. he grows beloved. it's wish fulfillment for him, of course - it's his dream. all of this is born of his dream.

and he's beloved but he can never reap the rewards from it and the only responsible for that is himself. because he's stuck in place. because in the end he never stopped being that 15 year old. he starts and ends by himself, in a subway train, reading the same story again and again.

[gxldencity]

Finishing act 3 again and I noticed that Rook was able to win against Elgar'nan bc of the pride of an immortal and that Elgar'nan was gloating about winning against a mortal to notice that Neve/Bellara was able to slip in, sit in his throne and take control of tendrils to free Solas. They, a mortal used Elgar'nan's own domain (tyranny) against him.

Then a few cutscenes later Solas lost for also the same thing with the Trick ending. Bc of his pride as an immortal, Solas was too busy gloating about winning against a mortal to notice that Rook gave him the fake one. Like with Neve and Bellara, Rook used Solas's own domain (trickery) to win against him.

Like okay maybe it doesn't make sense logically (imo it absolutely does lol), it absolutely makes sense thematically. Elgar'nan and Solas are mirrors of each other. They're both open to using others whether that's through benevolent control or manipulation and are easy to get rid of them if they found no use for their allies anymore. This is constantly hammered throughout the game and I love that they added this parallel in the endgame.