#OFF I GO-

[jacksmusesdrv3]

Ok, I've chilled and this experience has got me even deeper into construction-style meta. I've got... something I'm chewing on- also this is part of why I'm finding such a joy at seeing the others' side of the coin in interpretations that I simply did not in the early years (beyond asserting 'ways that it was a trick'), this shit really is interesting as hell?!

[stories-of-the-multiverse]

((Okay so. Something interesting that I thought of while looking into the Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog is ages, cuz. One, Generations and Forces basically made the ‘all of the adventures of Sonic and friends are happening in the same year so they don’t age in the games’ thing? Has been made bunk now. And two.

Yeah, Murder mystery isn’t exactly a family friendly event. And clearly the devs realize this too, because Cream and Charmy were completely left out due to being too young.

Here’s the thing though, Tails is only two years older than them canonically [according to Sonic Heroes], yet he’s not only there, he’s one of the main driving forces of the event as the detective and in the game in general as the players’ partner. So how old does Tails have to be to make the cut but Charmy and Cream couldn’t? And by that extent, how old are the others in general.

And don’t gimme that “Well Tails isn’t a normal kid, he’s more mature and smarter, so he’s an exception,” because. Literally not how age restrictions work. If he’s too young to be in something, it doesn’t matter how smart or mature he is for his age, he’s not participating. Period. And as far as I know, celebrity status does not give such privileges either. At least, I know for sure whatever this company is doesn’t, because Amy admitted that she relied on a birthday discount to book this. Clearly the celebrity status she undoubtedly has with the others did not dictate her privileges, it was that she was the birthday girl

Anyways, to figure this out, I supposed that the cut off age was 10-13 depending on if it was a 10+ event or teens and older event. So that would make Cream and Charmy 8-12 and Tails 10-14.

Then I looked up how old kids have to be to participate in murder mystery party games, and a lot of them were like 15 years old, 16 years old, but I did see a service that offers murder mystery games for kids 12+, albeit tame. Anything younger, there’s no murder mystery for them, just murder free mysteries.

So that leaves the two of them 10-12 and Tails 12-14. And I’m leaving it at 14 at the most for Tails because. He still seems too young to be any older than that. And even then, fourteen might be pushing it a tad.

So what about the rest of the cast?

Well Amy’s canonically four years older than Tails, so that leaves her birthday in the sweet 16 to finally a legal adult 18 range.

Blaze is two years older than Amy, so she’s about 18-20.

Sonic [and arguably by extension Shadow] is a year older than Blaze, so he’d have to be 19-21. The latter he is. Legally old enough to drink. At least in the states.

Knuckles and Espio are a year older than Sonic, so they’d be 20-22.

Rouge is a lil’ tricky, because in Heroes she was listed at 17, but apparently she’s made 18? No clue what’s up there, but either way, she’s about one to two years older than Knuckles and Espio, so she’d be maybe 21-24? The range here is wider because I’m not fully certain of the age diff between her and Knuckles.

And then Vector either way is four years older than Knuckles and Espio for sure. So he’d be 24-26.

That being said, yes, this does mean I am changing my sanic muses’ ages a bit to accomodate this.

And before anyone comes at me with “It’s not canon, it’s an April Fool’s thing!” One, I like it, so I don’t care, it’s canon to me. And two, The Love Conquers All update of Pico’s School was also an April Fool’s thing, yet there are canon elements, to the point where the events of the update are an official AU. So. Shush.))

[kvothes]

so true

[archi-pelago]

maybe never forgive. but things are different now. so we'll use maybe.

[oidheadh-con-culainn]

as an aroace person with limited sexual experience, no interest in watching porn, and poor sex ed as a teen, there IS something simultaneously funny and vaguely tragic about being 28 adult years old and realising how extremely tiny your frame of reference is for genitalia and deciding you should expand this to better understand bodies (yours and others). and then you're just there like "okay so what the fuck do I even google right now, anyway"

[atalana]

the curse of adhd:

i will remember with absolute clarity, when the thought strikes me that i have a text to send someone, that this is the fourth time in three days i've attempted to send this specific text

i will forget, in the time it takes me to pick up my phone, that i picked it up intending to send a text

[youthofpandas]

What’s up with how the dunmeshi fandom just lies about this kind of stuff all the time. It is easily confirmable information that it was a monthly series, something incredibly common in the industry.

A not weekly magazine schedule is literally common !! Especially in the seinen shoujo and josei demographics, sometimes monthly, sometimes biweekly, sometimes every two months, sometimes seasonal! Please stop lying about how Dunmeshi was some special unique creation that defies all standards of manga just to hype it up because it is so clear that every single one of these comparisons is centered around Weekly Shonen Jump (and understand that SJ has many magazines under its brand that are monthly or semimonthly). Not everything is WSJ and it needs to stop being the only point of reference in conversations like this 🤧

[o0kawaii0o]

Nico Robin 🌸

[wardensantoineandevka]

is that piece of media actually bad, or is it just not following the blueprint you projected onto it? is that work actually not good, or are you just demanding something from it that is absolutely antithetical to its themes, genre, tone, and narrative goal? is that story actually poorly written, or do you just dislike that it is not the specific things you wanted from it that it never set out to be, never was, and never is going to become? is it actually bad, or is it actually well-executed and you just dislike the story it chose to be because it isn't catering to your specific desires and expectations?

[planefood]

rules for thee and not for me

[splatoonlink]

HELP i was watching off the hook perform and the angle i was at makes it look like pearl is being repeatedly set on fire 😭

[crustaceousfaggot]

No nuance allowed. Put your nuance in the tags, I just want a yes or no answer

[mylittleredgirl]

that moment when you cross the point of no return with a character should be accompanied by a specific chime i think. like 🔔 congratulations! this one has been installed in the Permanent Collection and you will never stop thinking about them as long as you live

[inkskinned]

having good & true friends will literally save and protect you in a million unfathomable ways. like okay we have written so many times about lovers. but the way a platonic friend laughs and cries with you. the way they hold your hand at 14 years old and at 34. the way they keep a little silver tie to you, touching base over and over and over. how you can go years without talking, only to re-meet and discover: oh shit! you're still cool!

there are people who have been in my life for more than half of it, and i have loved every version of them. do you know how fucking beautiful that is. yeah love will save the world. but the way friends love you is gonna save the you.

[all-my-crap]

s’alright, it was a pretty small chance he would’ve gotten hit

[podcastwizard]

this will not be a bridgerton blog but for the foreseeable future i will not be thinking about anything other than bridgerton

(original post @romanceyourdemons)