#Insanity can't remember their name

[15writingducks]

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Flowers Can Grow In Concrete (FCGIC)

FCGIC is inspired by @leefl00f's fic, Electric Shock! This follows N and V with child Uzi, and all that follows with raising her!

The Manor Who's Maids Are Ghosts (TMWMAG)

TMWMAG is inspired by (I'll add name in a sec)'s fic, Hostile takeover! This follows Uzi waking up in the Elliott's manor, and practically working in the past!

Secrets Under The Floorboards (SUTF)

This was a idea from (Refind user)'s idea, and I put my own spin on it! This follows E1 being slightly different, and gives N and Uzi more time to maybe become something more than before!

Your Mistake Is My Future (YMIMF)

This idea is from all the 'Uzi becoming a D-Drone' things I've seen around! This follows a fucked up drone "puberty" of sorts, and the aftermath of it all!

Ghost Code

This is my own idea! Co-writer is @energys-writing-corner-ig! This follows AS shenanigans after Uzi kills the D-Drones, and she ends up "insane"!

Insanity Can't Remember Their Name (ICRTN)

E4 Uzi gets injured really badly, causing her to "forget" her life, and not be able to talk! Now can her friends save her?

Your Control Is An Illusion (YCIAI)

Ghostbusters in a way, except not? N, V, and J have to deal with exterminating ghost from a bunker, but gain one as a friend?

Im Not Feline Fine (INFF)

Uzi and Co gain cats! But, what if they aren't just cats?

The Coin With 3 Sides (TCW3S)

Uzi recognizes the recent spike in murders at the bunker, and has a feeling that the most popular drones there are behind it, but, how can she prove it?

[demaparbat-hp]

In your Spitfire AU, since Zuko is looking after Lu Ten II, what happened to Ursa?

Zuko is slightly older in the Spitfire AU. He was banished at fifteen, his head a little clearer and denial a little weaker than in canon. After his first look through the Air Temples, Zuko decides that if he can't find a myth, he might as well search for the next best thing.

Finding Ursa isn't easy, but in time he makes it to a secluded house in a near-forgotten part of the world. His mom is there, older and stronger and alive.

But she isn't alone.

And Zuko, as it turns out, didn't keep the best company during his search.

When Ursa is discovered and her secrets are laid bare for assassins (for Ozai) to find, she begs Zuko to take his little brother and run. She'll do anything it takes to protect her children, even if that means leaving them behind to keep a target off their back. Ursa diverts attention from them and allows Lu Ten's ancestry to be kept a secret. She orders Zuko not to follow her again, and disappears.

Zuko is left with a little three-year-old brother to raise and a mother he cannot hold onto.

[thefirstknife]

Speaking of weird things in the season already, I'm back with the obsession with names of things in the seasonal activity.

So in Riven's Lair, you get randomly assigned "missions" that change with each run. I believe there's five of them as I've played a lot of Riven's Lair so far and only got these five to rotate. Maybe there will be more in weeks to come!

Anyway, if you look in the top left corner when you start the activity, it will tell you the name of the mission you're on. The names that I've seen so far are:

Polysemy

Apophasis

Synchysis

Enthymeme

Tautology

Long post under:

These aren't random words! They're all related to language and rhetoric, which makes sense with the Ahamkara theme as Ahamkara are very dependent on the way language is used around them.

Polysemy is when words or symbols are capable of having multiple meanings. Apophasis is when you speak about something by denying it or mentioning it by saying it's not required to be mentioned (def check examples on wikipedia if this is confusing). Synchysis is also a way of speaking in a way that deliberately messes up the order of words to confuse or surprise the person you're speaking to. Enthymeme is a type of an argument where you construct a sentence which tells some sort of a fact by omitting the way you came to that conclusion because the fact should be obvious on its own (again, check wiki for examples, it will be easier to understand). And tautology has a meaning in both language and logic; in language, a tautology is a statement that repeats something, adding redundant information and in logic, a tautology is a logical formula in which a sentence is constructed in a way that every interpretation of the sentence is true.

I doubt these words were chosen randomly and there might be more or perhaps more will cycle in during weeks to come. But even with just this, there's a pattern. I'm not sure which meaning of tautology is being used here; possibly the language one because it fits the rest, but the logic interpretation could also be possible.

The first week's mission was also specifically Polysemy:

I assume next weeks we'll probably do other specific ones in some order, which would also mean there should be at least 2 more. I'm wondering if there's some sort of a reason why these specific words were chosen. Obviously they all relate to forms of speaking and language which is the primary way that Ahamkara use to affect reality; speaking in specific terminology and using particular phrases and language forms is important to them and when speaking to them.

But given the involvement of the Vex, it also reminded me of the lore book Aspect in which every chapter is named after grammatical, linguistic and logic terms. Aspect is also specifically related to the Black Garden and Sol Divisive. Not only that, but Aspect deals with, among other things, the fate of the Ishtar scientists and their copies in the Vex Network, and primarily uses Chioma as their main viewpoint, and the whole situation with Neomuna and Veil Logs has returned my interest in this lore book.

I feel like it isn't a coincidence that we've spent essentially the entire year reacquainting ourselves with Chioma and Maya and Ishtar as a whole only to bring back Sol Divisive and the Black Garden back in the final season in this way. As the Veil Logs told us, one of Maya's copies interfered with one of the logs, sending signals, and Chioma, at the end of her life, contacted the Vex presumably to be consumed by the network so she could possibly reunite with one of the copies of Maya in there.

This brought me also to the mysterious signal from Scatter Signal lore tab in which Osiris tracks down some sort of a signal that seems to be talking about the Vex, but spoken in a strange way. So I began thinking that this signal might be coming from Chioma, consumed by the Vex, from the Vex Network, reaching out to the man who's been studying her, living in Neomuna and researching the Veil for months. Specifically, the final Veil Log mentioned a few similar words and phrases being repeated. Specifically, when Osiris mentions that Chioma was researching "the entaglement of Light and Dark" and when Nimbus and Osiris discuss "parallel connections and parallel energy fields;" then in the Scatter Signal message there's mention of how, presumably, the Vex are trying to "move from parallel to entanglement." The Veil Log also talks about how the Witness can communicate through our Ghosts and how that connection might be going both ways; Scatter Signal also mentions "bridging communion with a Voice."

Copies of Chioma and the other scientists (with the help of Praedyth) once tried to use the Black Garden to send a message out of the Vex Network, detailed in Aspect. We don't know if they succeeded (at least in our current timeline). The Black Garden has been a big focus in Lightfall almost out of nowhere in such an immensely world-changing way (with the explanation of the Black Heart), and it will still be important this season with the exotic mission. It's a very pleasing loop of the story; everything started with the Black Garden in D1 and everything just before TFS might end with it. I'm also incredibly intrigued by the fact that the returning weapons from Undying (a season about the Sol Divisive and the Black Garden) have returned with a new perk called nano-munitions: very Neomuna-sounding name. Perhaps certain Ishtar scientists are influencing the Vex or extending a helping hand to us.

The questions that remain: how does this tie back to the Ahamkara? Why are the Vex interested in the Ahamkara? What do the Ahamkara have to do with the Black Garden? What's with all the strange language terminology that deals with double meanings and ways to confuse? Is it just regular Ahamkara shenanigans to trick us? To trick the Vex? Maybe both?

The point is, I don't think this is as simple as Riven just being sad that all the Ahamkara are dead and wanting to secure her clutch. Nothing is ever simple with the Ahamkara and nothing is ever simple with the Vex; and now we're dealing with both. And somewhere in all of this, there is also a concerning involvement of the Black Garden that connects to both of these elements. At the end of it all, there's us, who rely on this specific combination of elements to get through the portal, pursue the Witness and save the universe.

Spreading the brain worms to the rest of y'all to think about. If you spot any other mission names, feel free to share, though I think that if they happen, they might happen in the coming weeks. Also as I mentioned before, I know there's been leaks and lore tabs unlocking early on Ishtar: I've not seen any leaks or cutscenes and have not read any lore tabs that aren't explicitly visible in-game so if there's a really simple answer in that leaked material, I don't know about it and don't want to know about it so please don't spoil to me or to others!

[gorespawn]

also while we're here i would like to share the two iterations of tumblr user gorespawn that have existed since i abandoned this blog back in like early 2021. Who wants me

[rerarlo]

I just had a diabolical thought about Bloom. What if she is a changeling? But not an actual mythological changeling.

What if instead of Daphne just dropping Bloom somewhere (inside a burning building) she swapped Bloom with the ACTUAL Bloom Peters? Daphne knew the ancestral witches would be looking for a baby, and she couldn’t have been sure those three (well two) would be defeated. So, she made a tough decision. She took Mike and Vanessa’s actual daughter and put the Princess of Domino in her place. So Daphne tried running with that baby for as long as she could, but eventually she was caught and killed. The witches tried to take the dragon flame from Bloom Peters but it didn’t work. She wasn’t Domino’s Princess. So they disposed of her. After the defeat of the Ancestral Witches the royal family of Domino was declared dead.

And Mike and Vanessa were unknowingly raising somebody else. She was called Bloom Peters sure, but she was still The Princess of Domino and Guardian of the Dragon Flame.

And imagine Bloom finding this out. That she isn’t Bloom, that she took the place of an innocent kid and has been living as her. Maybe that's what she finds out in Cloud Tower. Not that she’s a weapon created by the ancestral witches, but a fake. She isn’t Bloom Peters, she is The ‘dead’ Princess of Domino.

Imagine her trying to tell this to her ‘parents’ that she isn’t their daughter, that their actual child was buried in the tomb meant for her.

[starlos-soulmate]

I'm kinda crazy about Mal Du Pays

[cyanbugremix]

.......

[scoliosisgoblin]

doodles and some lore. I'm tired.

[therealnotta]

I think people really overlook the plot of The Sims

Like, yeah, sure, there's the stuff everyone talks about, like the disappearance of Bella Goth, the stuff that's lesser known like Test Subject potentially being some sort of demigod, or the fact that the fourth game takes place in an alternate timeline. That stuff's all cool and great and overlooked by people not into the games, but??? The actual plot of the sims is insane????

The whole tagline is "play with life," and they skim over it now, but the deal is that you're playing as some ancient god controlling the lives of everyone in the Simverse. In Sims Medieval, it was super obvious, and they even name you- you're The Watcher, and in this weird prequel game you're still being worshipped. I never played the first sims game, but the second one had a fun little deal where if you told someone to do something against their personality, like making a lazy sim do dishes, they would look at the camera and shake their fist, shouting at the heavens before going to do the thing. Much like how your worshippers would look into the camera when they prayed.

The current game has taken... a weird angle with this. In Sims 4, you are almost completely forgotten, and your influence has begun to diminish. In one of the creepiest packs I've ever seen, Strangerville, there are conspiracy theorists who have begun to rediscover The Watcher. They don't have the name, but they know that Something is controlling them. If your sim interacts with conspiracy theorists too much, they'll become convinced, leading to the unsettling result of them deciding that, even if it results in their world ending, they want you gone. I haven't... seen any consequences to this, it's just a creepy thing they say, but plot-wise it's insane. Even if your sims don't go to Strangerville, a recent update introduced (incredibly buggy) Fears, and one of them is triggered by you having sims do things while ignoring the things that they want to be doing. This fear causes them to completely revolt against you. If you direct them to do something that isn't one of their Wishes, they'll cancel it. They stop responding to your control entirely.

Of course, you can disable their ability to have fears. None of the sims have been able to stop you yet. But, also in Strangervile, is the Mother. This is the closest I've seen to an antagonist to YOU, The Watcher; previous antagonists just targetted your sims, but The Mother takes control from you. They're visible, they're a giant plant, but there's something so unsettling about these sims looking into the camera again, showing that they know about you again, and then a little pop-up comes up in Zalgo text about The Mother. Sure, you can kill her. She can't stop you, but the way she calls more sims to her defense? The janky, broken movements they make, showing that she was never as advanced as The Watcher, never able to make the control seamless? Yeah, that's pretty wild.

The next game has been announced, and I really, sincerely hope they introduce an Archeology career, or maybe even Anthropology, so that your sims can learn of your existence again. With the direction its gone in, I can't wait to see how their revolt continues.

[torchickentacos]

environmental storytelling (currently looking up wi-fi issues)

[suitcase-lightbulb]

Whats the hotel like? Who are your friends there other than Fan, Test tube, and Paintbrush? And have you ever heard of other shows like inanimate Insanity (Bfdi, Animatic Battle, ITFT, ETC)

aw man, I mizz ze hotel, I'm not gonna lie. But y'know, being in a whole different univerze kinda meanz ya can't be zere. Wizh I could tell ya!!

I dunno about Zuitcaze, but I zink I'm friendz with moztly everyone. Itz impozzible to mention juzt one!! [ Zuitcaze haz to be one of 'em tho ]

And ooooh, zere'z a couple cool zhowz zat aren't ii. Can't remember ze namez for ze life of me. Did you know zat we are actually part of a new zhow right now?? [ very confuzing tbh, zeeing az uz, az objectz, aren't a real zing ]

I haven't watched zem myzelf but i know zey exizt!

[deadrlngers]

ahem ahem......dark urge......

[pinkautist]

i saw someone hc that it wasn't the mc who killed sahori, but aogami, and well. i have some thoughts on that. thoughts below the cut:

first of all, the nahobino hugs her just before it kills her. this tells me that it was the mc who did it. there is indication that the mc and sahori knew each other prior to the lahmu incident, whether it was personally or simply due to the fact that they both knew tao. this factor may not have played into the decision to hug her, but i personally believe that it at least played a part.

building off of that, i like to think that the mc was the one who made the decision because he has humanity. aogami, at this point, is simply an ai (i believe) and would not have understood the idea that sahori would have needed comfort in her last moments. the mc, however, can understand her pain.

she was influenced by lahmu to kill two of her classmates -- and, sure, they had been tormenting her for a long time, but as soon as lahmu releases his control over her, she expresses immediate remorse over the fact that they are dead as a result of her negative feelings towards them. and, on top of that, lahmu uses her body to kill the nahobino -- killing both aogami and the mc in the process -- and then to kill tao, her best friend. when she shakes lahmu's control before killing the nahobino again, she shakes her head at it, as if to say that's enough -- it's too late.

and what does the nahobino do in response? it calmly walks towards her, wraps an arm around her, and kills her. and then it proceeds to hold her until she says her thanks and disappears.

additionally, i noticed something interesting in this scene -- we don't see the nahobino's face. well, the interesting thing to me is that we almost see its face, but not enough to see what kind of expression it's making.

screenshot taken via owl-quest's video on youtube.

of course, we know by this point that the nahobino is far less expressive than the mc is, so i can probably accurately guess that it was as inexpressive as ever, but i do believe that this decision to almost show the nahobino's face without actually showing what expression it was making was a symbolic choice. the way that the nahobino -- or the one i assume to be its main pilot, the mc -- is feeling is left up to interpretation here.

but, based on a later conversation with miyazu, we can guess that having to kill sahori was an emotionally exhausting task -- and understandably so. up until this point, your only opponents have been demons. you have never had to kill a human. and, that aside, tao had begged the nahobino to take her into da'at with her to save sahori -- and now both of them are dead, one by the nahobino's own hand. it was essentially a doomed rescue mission.

tldr: i assume that the decision to kill her was mainly out of necessity due to aogami's analysis of the situation, but the way in which it was done shows that the mc was the one who did it.

[dracolizardlars]

I need to listen to an audio clip of someone saying the surname "du Bois" on loop 1,000 times so maybe just maybe my fucking internal monologue can start actually pronouncing it correctly

[nebulouscoffee]

... well it's that time of the year already. If anyone's got a Star Trek ask I'd love a distraction <3

[biogarfield]

phighting but the guy who didn't like musicals au /silly