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The Cotoner Family Aesthetic
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Aquellos que en el pasado lucharon contra la injusticia y abuso de poder. Un moro y su voluntad que perduró durante siglos... Un Asesino, un Caballero que luchó por la corona bajo la cual nacerá.
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Un hombre de valentía y fe irreductibles. Fue gracias a él, y a otras vidas tan valiosas, que la Hermandad llegó a donde está... Y llegamos a donde estamos. Somos el legado vivo de su voluntad, y lo seguiremos siendo hasta que el último de nuestro linaje caiga en batalla.
The House of Cotoner is a Spanish Noblehouse known for it's services towards the crown and the army until the XX Century. A particular Family Branch, however, is composed solely of Assassins and their allies.
This Infamous Branch was said to be found when a Spanish Knight of Moorish Origins named "Samuel Asbat" married to the "Catalina Yolanda Cotoner y Ballester", younger sister of Bernado Luis Cotoner y Ballester, a member of the Spanish Rite of the Templar Order.
Unknown to Bernardo, Samuel was a member of the Spanish Brotherhood of Assassins, being the son of a Moroccan Assassin and a Spanish woman. Through the 16th and 17th Century, Samuel fought against the Inquisitors and Templars within his ranks, slowly opening path towards the influencial ranks of the Court.
It was Samuel's son, Renato Valentino Cotoner who assumed the role of Mentor of the Brotherhood in the 17th Century, holding it until his death in the begining of the 18th Century. He was responsible for modernizing the traditionalists methods of the Brotherhood, along with weakening the Templar Strenght though most of Spain (Catalonia, Aragon, Navarra, Andalusia, Castilla and Castilla -Leon).
For his services to the Spanish Crown, he was granted the title of "Conde de Tortosa" (Earl of Tortosa), to which his descendents would inheret. Since then, the blood of knightship and Assassinhood as been running in this family to this very day... And will still do it, no matter what...
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#assassin's creed#assassin's creed: syndicate#Assassin's Creed Aesthetic#Assassin's Creed Fanfic#Fanfiction#Spanish Brotherhood of Assassins#AC Cotoner Family#Noble family aesthetic#Cotoner Family Aesthetic#Lore dump#Lore Crumbles#Aiza Writtes#Aiza Writting#A bit of Lore on Sol's family! :3#My Fanfic#My OCs#Samuel Cotoner (neé Asbat)#Lady Catalina Yolanda Cotoner y Ballester#Bernardo Luis Cotoner y Ballester#Conde Renato Valentino Cotoner#Assassins OCs#Templar character (OC-ish?) he's a real person-#Spanish Inquisition#Sol's ancestors#My Aesthetic
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Playing Veilguard and making it everyone's problem
I am going to rant, and I will rant a lot, and there will be spoilers, so if you're not afraid of them and the game criticism, buckle up.
Elves and their gods
I am absolutely fucking livid about how Veilguard handles the Dalish and elves in general. The events of Trespasser made it clear that the elves started flocking over to Solas, including the elves working for the Inquisition:
After the events at the Winter Palace, elves left the Inquisition under mysterious circumstances, as did elven servants across Thedas. None could say where they went, but those who believed the Inquisitor's story about Fen'Harel wondered just how large the Dread Wolf's forces were... and what the ancient elven rebel had planned.
Solas had multiple spies working for him during Trespasser, and If I remember correctly, there was even a note, left by one of the elves - they were anticipating the great change and the return of the elven glory. Anyways, the established fact is that: elves learned that the stories about their gods were true and one of them now was going to restore the world as it used to be. At least, this is how they interpreted it (maybe, this is the version Solas didn't debunk) and so they started following him.
You might think, the Inquisitor and their allies are going to have a huge problem with breaking it to elves that their chosen leader isn't going to make things better and that their gods don't love them. Especially, if the Inquisitor is a human or anyone who isn't an elf. You'd imagine any attempts will end in failure because of course elves aren't going to listen to outsiders trying to explain their own culture and gods to them. You'd imagine that their trauma caused by centuries of oppression and discrimination will make it impossible for the Inquisitor and anyone else to make them see the truth.
You'd assume anyone who tries to find and stop Solas will be sabotaged every step of the way, feeling themselves horrible for having to clash with people desperate for a chance of a life without injustice - even if it means burning the rest of the world down.
You'd imagine that they will only change their mind if/when they see the harm done by Solas' actions and get to witness their gods true intentions by themselves - which would lead to a massive crisis of faith and schisms happening between elven tribes and groups.
You'd imagine will get all this incredible drama in the Veilguard, with elves initially resisting the group's attempts to stop Solas, then trying to pull themselves together after the revelation. You'd assume there will be zealous groups doubting Solas (because the Dreadwolf is a liar and a deceiver) and intending to use him to actually free the elven gods. You'd think this is how actually some of them get out.
But, NOPE. Not only Solas ends up working alone, with none of his followers throwing themselves at Rook and the party to buy him time, but also all elves now hate Solas because...Varric said so?
You meet a group of Veil Jumpers (elves devoted to exploring their ancient culture and history, learning more about their gods and reclaiming their heritage) and their leader instantly calls Solas an asshole. Based on WHAT?
I get it, Varric had met them before and told them that Solas was Fen'Harel...
(needless to say if you expect players to find and read other media in order to make sense of the events in the game, you are doing something wrong)
...but why were they so fucking calm about it, instantly eating up the "yep, he's bad" version? Even if the Dread Wolf is vilified in the Dalish mythology, wouldn't they be curious about what that means? Wouldn't they have gotten tempted or excited by the implication that other gods exist too? They weren't told the full story - why the fuck did they instantly accept the "Solas is an asshole" narrative? Especially when Solas comes with a promise of a world for the elves like it was meant to be?
WHY?
The Veilguard has no response for that. I guess, Dalish never cared about their history and traditions, and city elves were dandy about Alienages and oppression, so they easily believed some randos over a literal god promising a new, better world.
I don't even play Dalish, but I love their plotline and arcs - and I was bracing myself for some downright painful choices and conflicts during the next Dragon Age. But it felt like the writers couldn't be bothered with developing such a nuanced narrative, so they just waved it all down with "Nah, elves are chill now and they never really cared about their gods in the first place".
#dragon age: veilguard#bioware critical#veilguard critical#and i'm just scratching the surface of how badly this game handles the lore and plots developed in the previous parts#also varric's “solas is an asshole” narrative would crumble as soon as these elves would have met solas#he is the charismatic kind and compassionate type of leader they would want to believe and follow#i'll keep expanding this list of nitpicks as i go
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...and they were roommates (10/24)
#god it would be cool to stick to some consistent schedule but my motivation keeps CRUMBLING#hold on tight cuz next weeks gonna be hectic hoo boy#How I Met Your Father (Again)#noco family au#total drama#total drama noah#noco lore
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Hot take: Even though I love that he beat the Miquellallegations, pre-dlc Mohg was so much better and had a lot to go for in terms of power, potential and how conniving and dedicated he was to achieve his goal. I miss him.
Also the premises for a Lord of Blood ending were right there. It would've been an interesting alternative option where you as a player, not only as a Tarnished, are giving up both your role as main character and your quest to become Elden Lord, thus letting someone else seize that opportunity.
I understand Miquella's plan for godhood and the creation of a gentler world (which is still ultimately destined to fail if we intervene and avoid having our heart stolen by him), but it removed so much agency from Mohg in particular, in my opinion.
#i'm feeling daring tonight#been disappointed for more than two months over the lack of the lord of blood/era of blood and love ending#even though this is my opinion feel free to disagree#it's probably just be being butthurt because there was so much buildup for an ending like this#and yes i know that mohg's robe describes him as a raving lunatic#but one can still hope. and dream#i just feel like all the previous lore for him has been thrown out of the window in favour of the 'miquella is the villain' twist#which is incredible on its own but at the same time it's said that the whole point of the dynasty crumbled as soon as the dlc was released#also i might be wrong so please don't attack me lol#the whole plan about acquiring blood to awaken miquella was still part of his plan i suppose etc. etc.#elden ring shadow of the erdtree#shadow of the erdtree#elden ring spoilers#shadow of the erdtree spoilers#mohg lord of blood#miquella the kind#miquella the unalloyed#(whatever tags work for him now)#mohgwyn dynasty#elden ring
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If you re-bagle, the sable will be able.
#fnaf#fnaf lore#poll#polls#Listen. listen to me. we have evidence for only 2 of these.#& we have evidence AGAINST. one of these. but that's the one I'm anticipating ppl will vote for#if he did the first 2. shouldn't he know how to. fix the suit he gets stuck in? & yet it's still crumbly & borderline nonfunctional#even when he has an extra set of hands in security breach he's a shambling mess.#he doesn't have that knowledge. there's no way he knows how to build or design if he can't fix.#we have him in the minigame helping someone put on the suit so maybe he handled staff & technicians#& i think MAYBE you can connect the dots between glitchtrap & peograming if you squint REALLY hard#but other than gaslight gatekeep Girlboss & kill kids what did he actually do though
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I was at first in love with totk, and I still think mechanical wise, its quite impressive
And when I collected all the tears and saw the "story" I genuinely got upset in a good way (at first), because man! Did they really got the balls to go that far? Is there nothing I can do for her? Now I MUST do all the temples, see how it plays out and --oh, I've got this cutscene already. Why are all the people so dumb about Zelda, I KNOW where she is, Link say something-- Link??
After finishing all the temples and almost falling asleep, I stopped playing the game, looked up the last boss and remaining cutscenes and went "Thats it?"
Watching other people (including you) being critically about so many things, both character and mechanical wise, I've almost startled myself with a realization what the gnawing feeling I constantly had, actually was.
Totk feels like a fanfic.
And don't get me wrong, I love fanfiction, I think its great and important, I adore fanfic writers, I love finding gems, I love reading self indulgent stories, see new spins and interpretation of characters. I love the casual, the passion, the creativity!
But totk gives me the same feeling everytime I am reminded that Fifty Shades is a Twillight fanfic.
The world is there. The faces I know and grew to love are there. But everything is ever so slightly different, uncannily so. Just how some characters talk, how they act, how they were placed in the story. The Zonai appearing out of nowhere, but no, they always had been there you see, they were these super magical advanced people but they all died, the king is so tragic. And you see, the king is super cool and powerful and-- oh I dont get to interact with him outside of the tutorial. Did they try to do another King Rhoam-- but wait, that only worked because we didn't knew he was a ghost-- totk wait stop why do you take him out of the story, why couldn't he be a companion, he IS ABLE TO TALK THROUGH THE ARM LET THE OLD GOAT COMMENT ON STUFF?? If you bring up all this ancient stuff and you still got a ghost lingering, let him talk?? (I never ended up getting Mineru but I smell wasted potential as well)
Im not even mad, I am disappointed. It feels like the devs saw what all the lore hunters got attached to and talked about and then just... took the "cool". All the Zonai stuff could've easily been Sheikah tech, but got just reskinned to look more exciting instead of being its own thing.
Like... at this point I prefer what fans are doing over what Totk gave us. The characterization of Rauru (and everything Zonai), projects like you do of what totk couldve been, the little nuggets of actual highlights and details of love fans find in the game. I found much more enjoyment in these concepts than I got from a 70bucks game. And thats depressing.
I love fanfiction. I dont love it when my corporate 70 dollar, six year development, console exclusive game feels like a story that passionate fan couldve written miles better in a week (and I've already seen much cooler and interesting rewrites and ideas).
Zelda has been a huge part of my childhood and its depressing seeing it treated like that. It always was about the story, the epic, its The Legend of Zelda for crying out loud. To be courageous to enter a dungeon, to be wise and solve all the riddles. To become powerful over the journey you embarked on. Zelda to me is the campfire story you tell to others and go into the woods or the beach and imagine what monsters you would slay. Zelda is not the sandcastle you build in the sandbox and then add dinosaurs and star wars ships because you didn't had any other toys, and just stumble into and over some story to entertain yourself until lunch is ready.
I'd have an oracle of seasons over another totk any day at this point. They should've just make the mechanics of totk its own thing, but I guess they were scared it wouldn't sell if it doesn't have a Mario or Zelda skin straped over it.
Anyways, sorry for the mini rant - love your art, love your thoughts and insights, and I am looking forward to see more of it - Zelda related or not (your original characters look amazing, I adore your style sm)
Hope you have a great rest of the day!
*nods along through this entire rant*
idk how many of my rants you have read but yeah ... yeah ... and the further you think about it the further it all falls apart, the wasted potential of it all and the goddamn audacity of them to do those interviews in which they make it EVEN WORSE is just
i know the expectation for a direct sequel to botw was huge and understandbly so but i really REALLY think it would not have been that hard to make it a good follow up even taking into account that totk was originally a DLC, pretty much all of botws aspects could have been developed further, i dont know what could have happened to make totk have turned out like this .. literally it feels like something had to have gone wrong, its like someone who doesnt know zelda nor botw at all was given a few prompts and then just made some generic fantasy story while the rest worked on ultrahand for 5 years
the technical impressive things ARE technical impressive, but i dont think it was necessary nor served the game well in any way (and i LOVE building games- however totk is neither a building game nor a story game nor a zelda game nor an exploration game nor a sequel imo) but zelda, this zelda, is not made for that and i cant help but think it was mainly to encourage people to make some ridiculous mechs so it can go viral on tiktok (not trying to discredit them, it IS cool what they are doing but i .... have my doubts if zelda is the right place for that)
ill stop there bc i have ranted so much about everything i dont wanna repeat it here again; it just doesnt feel like a real game (derogatory), it feels extra bad bc i was not really into zelda when botw came out and while i did get it as soon as i could (months after release since i just started a minijob and didnt have the money) i only over time grew to love zelda this much again, devouring any theories and anything about it bc i loved it so much- i was never into it like this when a new title was announced and dont own any special editions so i bought the totk collectors bc i was just so damn excited for it after the 2019 trailer dropped (god i want that time back ... it looked so much more like it was going to be an actual sequel) even if i was already worried it wouldnt be good at that point given how much i started to sense stuff i dont like about the newer trailers
i recently sold it at our local gameshop bc it was like a thorn in my side given how expensive it was and how dissapointed i was in the game, i genuinely think that, technical impressiveness aside, totk is the onyl zelda i truly cannot stand (for alot of reasons) and im genuinely worried for the future of the franchise
i bought an Oki (Okami) figurine for what i got back and i feel much happier with that :3
(also on a note, i did finish the game two weeks after release but stopped playing it right then and hadnt touched it since, i also streamed all of what i played and its still up if you want to see my slow descend into madness fjkdhkdhjk though its been a long while since then and i by far did not talk about everything back then, just what my most immediate frustrations were while still playing)
(also the gameplay isnt as good as people make it out to be, so much is so frustrating and punishing to use i am kinda baffled it got through like that and most people call that its best aspect ..... though i guess if the rest is so much worse even mid gameplay can seem good ooooooooh how dare i)
also thank you for liking what i do!!! <3 it means alot to know it is appreciated by someone :D
#ganondoodles answers#zelda#totk#ganondoodles rants#in my playthorugh i genuinely tried to be super open to what its offering me#but i think its pretty clear that i could see were it was going pretty soon and tried to fight my fear#and then i ended up being right#like i even went out of my way to get the memories and dungeons in turns so i wouldnt spoil anything#and still you can see me get sadder and dissappointed with each new memory i got#and the time it truly all started to crumble was when i discovered what they did to the shrine of life#pretty sure after i got all the lightroots and all i got was a you did it sticker i jsut gave up and went to the end#and after that i found the endfight fun so i played it a few more times#but the last few streams were mostly me ranting jkdfngvkjdfnhgjkdf#for this price its pretty bad#idk why so many people are okay with this tbh#zelda fans deserve better#i think the wasted potential and insulting treatment of both lore - botw and even the player is what frustrates me so much#sidenote i love the username bc there sure are words#alot of them even#(good)#i have done so much ranting it feels good to read someone elses rant about similar frustrations
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Volition as a Knight of Life for 4/13!! if you're a homestuck seeing this, would you please vote for Volition in this fun lil skills bracket? i would appreciate it!! :D
#homestuck#disco elysium#disco elysium skills#disco elysium fanart#413#homestuck 413#volition#classpect#knight boy!! knight boy!! and life player!! he wants you to live!! he wants you to heal!! also some of life is about keeping order :O#i love coming up with land lore... losas is a dark void with cracked rocks floating in it. streetlamps are rare and lit ones are rarer.#its all sinking into the darkness slowly. volition has to leap from platform to platform. i think he tries to save the land.#its crumbling but if he spends his blue morale bar he has; he can make bridges between platforms like candyland squares and fix lamp posts!#eventually the rocks keep cracking more and more but i think when he goes godtier lavender starts growing from the cracks.#plants start connecting and vegetation sprouts up as new life forms and reconnects and the world is made whole again. :]#i would have depicted some of these concepts but i so badly did not want to work on this anymore lmao...#voliart
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Was the curse of hatred actually a real thing? or did danzo just demonize the uchiha;s anger? idk, being murderously angry or just angry in general is a reasonable and human response to oppression and genocide.
The "Curse of Hatred" Analysis
An interesting question. The Curse of Hatred looks dumb at first glance but there are also many misconceptions surrounding it.
Since it is such a hot mess to begin with, I will try to focus mostly on the in-universe canon and lore rather than making it even more complicated by bringing in too much real-world logic and criticizing Kishimoto.
There's a bunch of rambling in the tags though.
Kishimoto's Intentions
Whenever we talk about the "Curse of Hatred" the fandom will usually apply terms such as "racism", "bigotry" and "pseudoscience" - particularly in reference to Tobirama.
Again, I don't want to bring too much irl logic into this but I feel like we need to make a clear distinction between intention and interpretation over here. "[insert character] was a racist" and "the Uchiha were justified" is a valid interpretation of the story. But at the same time, I doubt that this was ever intended by Kishimoto.
I have talked about this at length in another post of mine, in which I analyzed Kishimoto's most likely intent and how exactly this information is relevant to us with a look at authorial intent in fiction. But the TL;DR version is that Japan is not exactly very sensitized to themes of racism and the "Curse of Hatred" is never framed as racist propaganda but exposition only. The lore also lines up with Kishimoto's personal views on how grudges are responsible for war (instead of corruption or racism) and the Uchiha's curse might be a metaphor for that.
In other words, the Curse of Hatred is real in canon. Even if it's a massive red flag and deserves to be criticized.
What Is The "Curse of Hatred" Even?
I have to admit, it's been a while since the last time I watched Naruto from start to finish, so I had to use the sources listed by the wiki rather than relying on my own findings and I might be biased. Because of that, I'd prefer everybody to regard my findings as headcanon or interpretation (especially further toward the end) rather than undisputed fact.
As far as I remember, the exact wording "Curse of Hatred" is only ever used by Obito. While not using the same wording, the curse is also referenced by Itachi, Hagoromo, and Tobirama who each have their own understanding of it. Unfortunately, we have no idea where exactly this wording or concept originated and we have no idea what exactly causes the Curse of Hatred that Obito refers to.
Hiruzen, Koharu, Homura, and even Danzo, while potentially influenced by Tobirama's teachings, do not reference the Curse of Hatred at all, at least not in relation to the Uchiha Clan itself.
Now here's the first one of my findings: The Curse of Hatred is supposed to be some sort of involuntary biological or cultural inclination causing Uchihas to become consumed by hatred but it is also something voluntary - a Nindo. While the former could be considered a "curse" in the traditional sense, the latter is definitely not.
For the Nindo, it is supposed to be some sort of antithesis to the Will of Fire. Because of that, it is not limited to the Uchiha but, according to Tobirama and Obito, closely associated. As explained later on in this post, most Uchihas do not follow this Nindo.
Core aspects of the Curse of Hatred as a Nindo:
Valuing a precious few above the many
Directing your hatred at those who took away your precious few
Growing stronger from those feelings of hatred (for the Uchiha, reflected in the form of the Sharingan)
A Biological Inclination?
Now back to Tobirama's theory, due to the narrative framing, we will assume his words to be truthful for the sake of this analysis. However, I will provide links to other people's posts delving into the fantasy racism discussion.
Tobirama is racist and his theories cannot be trusted.
Tobirama is not racist and there is validity to his theories.
I myself do not completely agree with either of these, but they might be interesting reads for you. If you do not agree with either of them, please keep it to yourself and do not bother the original creators.
Tobirama's theory goes as follows:
The Uchiha feel love and hate more strongly than other individuals
The strength of the Sharingan and the Uchihas' hatred are correlated
In a fit of hatred, odds are an Uchiha will commit evil
It is nowhere mentioned that the Uchiha are more likely to feel hate - only that their hatred is worse than the average person's and puts them at risk of being swayed by hateful ideologies.
A Cultural Inclination?
Aside from Tobirama's theory, multiple characters comment on the historical origin behind the Curse of Hatred.
We are talking, of course, about Indra. Obito explains that Indra's values and his hatred (particularly what later became the Nindo of the Curse of Hatred) were passed down to his descendants - the Uchiha clan. Tobirama's exposition implies the same thing.
Tobirama states that there "used to be a thought that [...] the basis of the Uchiha clan's strength was the power of their jutsu". It is very similar to Hagorormo's description of his son.
If this is correct, that would mean that the importance placed on powerful jutsu by the Uchiha Clan does inadvertently promote hatred due to the close correlation between hatred and the Sharingan.
But then again, in the story, it is shown that many Uchiha were not particularly fond of perpetuating hate and it is also implied that to avoid hatred, they sealed their emotions away. My interpretation is that they recognized the pain that hate could cause and then took steps to avoid it.
The Reincarnation Cycle
Sticking with Indra, another explanation that is frequently brought up is Indra's and Ashura's reincarnation cycle, which has also been described as curse-like or haunting and neverending. A fate seemingly set in stone.
There is not much more to say, other than that this theory suggests that Indra's reincarnates are just naturally inclined towards lusting for power.
The True Origin
Now, here's another thing that's constantly being overlooked. Aside from Obito's exposition in chapter 462 on the Curse of Hatred Nindo, Tobirama's exposition in chapter 619 on the Uchiha's tendency to follow said Nindo, and even Hagoromo's exposition on the reincarnation cycle in chapter 670, we get a vital piece of exposition in chapter 681.
Ladies, gentlemen, and anything in between. May I introduce to you...
...the real Curse of Hatred.
Or at the very least what I believe is the real reason why the "Curse of Hatred" exists in the world of Naruto.
From the very beginning, Zetsu approached Indra to take advantage of his hatred and turn it into a tool for his own purposes. He then did that again and again. He focused on the Uchiha in particular - Either because of the previously mentioned reasons (i.e. the Uchiha / incarnates have a tendency to become obsessed with hatred and power) or because the Uchiha were otherwise easy to take advantage of / manipulate (through Hagoromo's stone tablet that was left in the Uchihas' possession, an ill reputation thanks to Indra's / their ancestors' actions, etc).
In order to achieve his goal (awakening a Rinnegan), he had to somehow combine both Indra's and Ashura's power. It is implied that for this purpose, he instigated, perpetuated, and escalated wars and conflicts between Senju and Uchiha by pitting their reincarnates against each other. But unlike the wars he caused, Zetsu went unnoticed by the history books. Basically, he kept haunting the clans like a curse.
And without a doubt, had Zetsu never been there, 99% of the Uchihas' problems would not exist - regardless of what ideals, genes, or history the Uchiha hold. Indra's declaration of war, centuries of conflict, Madara's defection, Obito losing Rin, the Kyubi attack, the Uchiha massacre, Sasuke's defection, the 4th Great Shinobi War. All of these were directly caused by Zetsu or set off by a resulting chain reaction.
You could even think this further. Assuming the Uchiha clan really came across as "cursed", perhaps Tobirama's, Obito's, Hagoromo's and everybody else's explanations were just desperate attempts to make sense of anything. They didn't know that Zetsu was pulling the strings, so perhaps they tried to explain the Uchiha Clan's history in some other way. One that made sense without that missing variable.
What is actually going on here is, of course, uncertain. There are basically no definitive explanations on the matter and right now it looks like all of the above could be true and at the same time none.
#ask#naruto discussion#naruto ask#anon#naruto#analysis#curse of hatred#not going over the 'it's just racism' theory because that one has no support in the story#i have actually thought about this topic for some time haha#this was the perfect prompt i needed to post this#the curse of hatred lore makes sense in-universe but from an irl perspective it is raising some major red flags that cannot be denied#also feel free to add something in case you are more knowledgable on the topic than i am#ie race theory or whatever it is called#'race theory' CAN make sense in a fictional universe though#like 'vampires are naturally unempathetic towards humans' because they cannot relate to the lives of humans due to themselves being immorta#but as soon as you try to apply it to our world as an analogy it immediately crumbles#i'd also like to add that i am probably viewing tobirama through rose-tinted glasses as i am reading tobirama-centric fanfic#where he is characterized as a very interesting and also kind-hearted character#notably “Like a Pebble (Thrown In the River)”#and “In The Dancing Of Fire In The Curve Of Old Bones”#also adding that sasuke's hatred towards the village and shinobi system is entirely justified#but his actions are not#the genocide on the uchiha cannot be justified and the perpetrators deserved to be punished and the system was in dire need of change#but jfc solving genocide with ANOTHER genocide is not the answer
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#casually drops lore for my lamb#instead of doing anything else#when i was playing early game i legit just crusaded NAKED#ive resorted to using the birthday fleece again#lamb and crown are good friends and idc idc idc i will write them being besties IDC IDC IDC#oop lemme add#cw blood#tw blood#crumblies for my scrumblies#not safe from the list
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i hate him i hope he explodes. im not even tagging this. im just pathetic and im obsessed with this pathetic stupid gay man. fuck you.
GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD
#me: yeah i gotta be respectful about the fucked up historical aspects of the lore#also me: AAAAUGHH HES GAY THE THIRD REICH IS FUCKING GAY IM GONNA HAVE A STROKE FUUUUCK#fuuuck i think the third reich is one of my comfort characters fucking hell man fuuuuuuck this is terrible fuuuck#what have i become#I SWEAR I CAN BE NORMAL#IM JUST HAVING A MOMENT#PLEASE DONT BURN ME AT THE STAKE#i promise im usually super normal about it#i am simply having a moment of weakness#FUCK MY STUPID BAKA LIFE#im so tired bro im gonna crumble to dust
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It's an odd thing to focus on, but now I wanna know the family's breakfast preferences after watching the scene where Maddie prepares it for the boys. She has two platefuls of food before noticing Knuckles' throne, and Sonic is about to grab one of them before he sees it too, but we've also got grapes (no guessing who that's for), watermelon and orange juice on the kitchen table where Maddie's getting everything together.
Hi Hon!❤️✨
Whatever Maddie is making sure looks good! It looks like she made the boys bacon, a bagel with cream cheese, pancakes (which has been stated as Sonic Wachowski’s favorite breakfast food), and egg whites. Looks like she’s got a green goddess drink for them as well.
Ooh! Could you imagine the fun they’d have with making breakfast together?! Like, making breakfast tacos with pancakes as tortilla shells? I bet that’s always fun.
#Oh my! My unhealthy obsession with baby blue boy is showing ❤️👉🥹👈❤️#My mom would always make crockpot breakfast and I would beg for it when I was little#It was a layer of cheesy taters with tomatoes and peppers and egg whites and bacon crumbles. And if I was really good she’s make oatmeal#…. cookies because it’s essentially a ‘fancy granola bar and much more fun to eat’#Hey look at that Mystery lore#mystery anon#off topic#WAIT SHE WOULD ADD A SIDE OF GRITS TOO
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So... Watch Dogs Fandom, you guys remember this post, right?
Well... I did a thing. Introducing to you all:
Madonudenu Connor Pearce & Eileen Zuhrah Pearce
The children of Aiden Pearce and Morowa Bancroft 🏃🏽♀️🤸🏽♀️✨
The twins were born around the year 2015, after their parents teamed up together in New York City to hunt down the Crime Families and exposed the corruption that ruled the city. After the discovery of the partnership of Blume and Abstergo, Morowa and Aiden part ways to continue their goals: Aiden hunting down criminal organizations and Morowa to discover more of her worth to Abstergo and what her bloodline has that interest them.
However, after a certain "accident" (coughcoughrippedcondomcoughcough), is later discovered that Morowa is pregnant, carrying Aiden's children. The Hitwoman chooses to hid away this from him, choosing to raise their children while starting a new life... Aiden would discover about their children two years later, after Blume attempted to use the kids as baits for him.
Madonudenu is the oldest twin by two minutes, both were born in one of her mother's travels with the Brotherhood of Assassins. They knew who their father was, but they did not known the status of their parents relationship, believing Aiden was simply "travelling while working". Connor was raised in the ways of the Brotherhood, a Bancroft through and through, he resembles more his maternal family, in contrast of his sister, that took a lot from their father and the Pearce family.
Eileen is technologically gifted, much like her dad, is a computer and robotic genius. Not formally an Assassin, but is an ally to their cause. In her teens, she becamed a Grey-Hat Hacker, much like her dad, and her fierce sense of justice inspires her to follow on her father footsteps as a Vigilante (what makes Aiden and Morowa worried af for her safety 😭).
Generally, this is all I have for the kiddos! Like I said, this is a pure crack idea I somehow decided it would work bc I wanted Morowa to be a mom but I gave Aiden dad character arc too lol.
I'm still developing the twins as I develop "Underworld", so I may give more update on those two patooties! 🫶🏽🥹
For now, that's all I have of them... So yeah, thank you guys for reading! :'3🩵
Watch Dogs Fandom Council... Send help.
I was on my way to write a mf fanfic, and I ended up giving Aiden kids... BIOLOGICAL KIDS.
I MADE OUR FOX DILF A LITERAL DAD, WHAT HAVE I DONE?! 😭
I'LL HAVE TO DEVELOP HIM AS A DAD??? AT THEM SAME TIME I LOVE THIS IDEA I FEAR I'LL RUIN HIS CHARACTER-
SEND HELP, I'M-
#watch dogs#Watch Dogs AU#Watch Dogs Fanfic#Watch Dogs: Underworld#assassin's creed: underworld#crossover fanfic#Crossover Fanfiction#Connor Pearce#Eileen Pearce#Aiden Pearce#Morowa Bancroft#The Fox and the (Hell)Hound shipp#Fankids#Aidrowa#Aidrowa's kds#Happy accidents lol#My OCs#My characters#Aiza writtes#Aiza on crack#Aiden becoming a dilf fr#Crack ideas#Sappy mermaid fangirl craving family fluff (?)#Aaaaaaaa#Artbreeder edit#My Artbreeder Edit#OC edit#OC drawing#Lore crumbles
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the way that a P who’s gained a significant amount of humanity will actually physically change to look like a young man old enough to have graduated rather than the more childish waif-like appearance he has at the start of the game makes me think that Geppetto, whether consciously or not, modeled him after Carlo when he was an age before their family relationship had been irreparably soured.
like, comparing the flashbacks we see of Carlo’s life, when he’s left at the Monad House as a young child he’s upset and anxious to know when Geppetto will return, but by the time we jump ahead several years to him telling Romeo that Geppetto missed his graduation he’s undeniably hurt but also much more bitter and (at least putting up a front of being) callous about it, remarking that he wouldn’t even care if Geppetto had kicked the bucket while he was away. i think P’s early game appearance probably comes from how Carlo looked during those years somewhere in between—a time when Carlo was less “difficult” about Geppetto’s neglect, perhaps, because Geppetto’s urge to bring Carlo back seems to be much less about him missing who Carlo was and more about trying to avoid/rewrite the truth of his own failures as a father.
maybe while Carlo was alive Geppetto had thought that he’d have time to fix things between them or that Carlo would eventually grow up to “understand” why Geppetto was always away—but then Carlo died tragically young, and he died resenting him. for Geppetto the only thing worse than this grievous loss would be acknowledging that Carlo was right to resent him. much easier to model this temporary replacement vessel after the Carlo from a time before he had given up on Geppetto as a father; much easier than confronting the fact that Geppetto was a father worth giving up on.
it’s fitting that the “Carlo” we see in the “Real Boy” ending seems far less human than P ever does, because he was never meant to be an accurate portrayal/resurrection of the young man Carlo was—rather, he’s compliant, and happy to see Geppetto, and ever so much more convenient than the real son who’d been so disappointed by his father.
#romeo being the one to be turned into the 'King of Puppets' also feels suspiciously/maliciously targeted on geppetto's end?#some envious bitterness toward the person who WAS actually there for carlo#i wouldn't be surprised if toward the end of their crumbling relationship carlo had said something to geppetto#about romeo being more his family than geppetto ever had been#one of those stinging remarks that stays with you forever because it's true. ANYWAY#i haven't finished the game yet or been super thorough with lore so if i've missed something that discounts all this then oop#but these are my gut impressions at least#kathryn plays video games#lies of p#lies of p spoilers
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Man what if Kinkajou was an actual character with a personality and not just a gatling gun of lol xd random funny dialogue and goofs who's trauma and general purpose to the narrative was completely ignored. that'd be nice
#Kinkajou is such a frustrating and hard character for me to write#I can write lunatics and absolutely maddening lore and stories with moderate ease but I crumble upon seeing her#She isn't a character so much as a comedic relief goofball who doesn't exist outside of jokes#I wish Tui did more with her character I wish she had more about her I wish I wish...#Late night rambles#wof#wings of fire#kinkajou wof#sp-rambles
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god this was so cringey shut up all you've ever seen regarding women has been a smelly rat in the mirror and distorted photoshopped images of women with big boobees you know nothing
#first of all#spoilers#lisa spoilers#sorry for bullying buddy in this fine afternoon i know it's not her fault but i was thinking about this in the kitchen and laughing#but it feels so out of place cuz buddy's relationship with her gender is nowhere near positive she doesnt even know what gender is#she has the same concept of gender and sex as a cat where it's merely reproductive#all she knows is she is different from everyone cuz of her body#she has never talked to another woman in her life she doesnt know history of feminism#and i doubt so much that anyone told her about it when most people were just thinking about her womb#i think the concept of buddy familiarizing with her gender is AWESOME but we never see this happen we dont see the process#imagine if she said this before saying any opinion#as a woman...i can tell you milk goes before the cereal#god feminism is crumbling#why dont you say something you actually know about like#as an abuse victim. or anything that sounds more casual#which is another thing you can relate to lisa with if you care#(idk if she actually knew lisa's lore or was just messing with buzzo lmaoo)#lisa rpg#also as an additional i like nonbinary buddy...she is just buddy#put buddy in a conversation with queen roger and maybe i'll take this line seriously#lisa ramblings
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Xingqiu fans are dining excellently with all the references to him and lore regarding the Guhua Clan being spotlighted via Chenyu Vale's "A Wangshan Walk to Remember." The comparisons that can be made between Xingqiu and his predecessors is also very fascinating...
The Grand Master Guhua truly did live out the life of idealized dignity and transparency just as Xingqiu desires for himself. There's something very touching and heartbreaking about the fact that Guhua's life was one deemed heroic, but he was only able to have his legacy carried on by Boxuan who cast his own name aside to exhalt the name of the deceased Guhua.
And then right after briefly recounting the life and works of Master Guhua, Wen brings up Xingqiu, reemphasizing the lofty ideal/hope that he can respark the dying flame of the Guhua (no pressure) and potentially act as a parallel to the founder of the art himself. It's made all the more poignant, considering that we could easily draw the connection that Chongyun could be considered Xingqiu's potential Boxuan equivalent, a fellow young practitioner of martial arts who acts as a peer and supporter of Xingqiu's arts (although lets hope Xingqiu doesn't die preemptively like Guhua did).
I don't have snippets of the dialogue for it or screenshots, but those books in the archive room were just so lovely to see. The fact that many of the old disciples of Guhua were just nerds like Xingqiu and enamored with wuxia novels, shelving their discussions of them among all of the records they held in their library was so sweet.
Additionally, the person who invented the Rain Cutter technique that Xingqiu uses now was the one involved with the hidden Wangshan chambers that had the really forboding message about the heavens rejecting humanity and whatnot... very mysterious stuff.
Additionally, those 5 swords scattered around Chenyu Vale, the first of which you find at the outskirts of the Wangshan Chamber....while not necessarily all individuals of the Guhua Clan, it made me oddly emotional to see how the years that went by, depicted by each sword's material- from a blade to a crude sword shaped stick- and yet they all had in common a very poetic observation of their goals and the world about them that could easily flow as a singular nature/travelling-based poem. And that spirit of poetry intertwined with swordsmanship flourishing across the ages still continues on with this one dorky rich boy. It's honestly wonderful worldbuilding, that through environmental storytelling and the mere mentions of a character who was never even present for the entirety of the world quest, all of these stories and records of Guhua disciples and swordsmen before him tell me all I need to know about Xingqiu as a character, too.
#definitely would like to do more rereading of the texts within the Guhua library + those weird inscriptions#these lore drops were so cool#currently caught up in the profound nature of multiple generations united in their love for art- poetry- swordplay- idealism of heroism etc#the joy of community but also the loss of having a space in which your passions can be taken seriously and allow you to grow into the#desired version of yourself#the fact that xingqiu is considered a light in the darkness for the current Guhua elders yet he practices his art as part of a double life#all while the wangshan chamber crumbles- very symbolic#suppression and isolation kills passion#genshin impact meta#semi incoherent most likely as I am sleepy but I had to get my thoughts out#genshin impact#genshin 4.4#genshin 4.4 spoilers#xingqiu#a wangshan walk to remember
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