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mikey-stardust-way · 4 months ago
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Oh, that's another thing. He's been doing this Shit Since back in Charlotte before Sonic IDW Literally fighting with people about political stuff and feminism and whatever yeah, he hasn't changed onw bit as a person He's on a redeemable of human being a grown man in his 30 Really wasting his life getting angry Uber a fictional character when people are helping actual real people out there. Yeah, he really has accomplished something in his life.
AHAHAHAHAH FOHDUSBS THATS SAAAAAAAAD BRO-
How am I AN OLDER ZOOMER- a man about to turn 20- MORE MATURE AND DONE MORE WITH MY LIFE!?!? BRO-
Petettion~ fooooor him to....Get the hell off tumblrrrrr~ and the worldwideweb- 📝
Also yeah I saw he has some...odd politics and other stuff? And is just confusing frankly, in a bad way...Also I don't think I know of Charlotte sonic stuff, I'm still pretty new to this all...
My like first sonic games were a Genesis collection on ps3 man I'm a baby-
ANYWAYS! FACTS! His icon which he uses for multiple socials, is a recoloring of an IDW panel character (which is hilarious) he has himself drawn(traced but ehh-) over two IDW characters! I'm not one to kink shame- but that man thinks about NOTHING BUT NSFW which is saaaaad and thinks that's how stuff is popular- (not true), and he has (to me) an uncomfortable obsession with the younger comic characters.. Then there's more but yeah man is.....kinda stupid frankly.
Also im sure you know this, but I find it funny in a bad way- how heated he gets over people polity disagreeing with him and then makes a fight out of it like dude....stfu please smoke some weed you need to chill.
He's been deemed a moron and unbarable by anyone who happens across him which I Sault 🫡 becuse god damn-
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rageserenity · 9 months ago
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It's 2024. Are you still thinking about movieverse!Cherik? Because I am.
For the past several months, there's only been a very slow trickle of posts/fics in the xmcu cherik tag. Let's try to breathe some life back into this incredible pairing!
With one clear winner of my poll, here's thirty prompts for the thirty days of April. (This is a super chill, laid-back event---do these in any order, interpret them as loosely as you like! Create in any medium! Fic, art, gifs, meta, incoherent screaming about the otp…all winners in my book.)
The only rule here is to cherik too close to the sun. Alright. Here are the prompts.
Mutual Pining
Doesn't really even need elaboration! Write that horrifically slow slow-burn. Gif every time McAvoy made insane fuck me eyes on screen. Make a playlist of songs about impossible love.
2. Alternate Meetings
There are endless quotes about how these two complete each other in a way no one they'd met before or after ever did. How else could they have met?
3. Erik Has A Telepathy Kink
This is basically canon. Let my boy get freaky!
4. Canon Fix-It
All the times Fox fucked it up. There are endless options.
5. Hurt/Comfort
Put them in that Situation. Put them in that Blender. Break them apart and put them back together ❤️‍🩹
6. Canon Compliant
Draw that missing scene! Gif your favourite cherik moment!
7. Beach Divorce
Make it worse. Make it better. Show it to us exactly how it was. Break it down in a 3,000 word meta. Go wild!
8. Domestics
Sometimes you just want to see them doing normal couple things. Erik put the gun down.
9. Found Family
The real heart of x-men!
10. Time Travel
There are SO many possibilities here. Stick them in a time loop. Give them a chance to change their past.
11. AU
Love a good AU!
12. There Is Only One Bed
Had to get this one in here. What better way to amp up the tension?
13. Genosha
By some miracle, cherik actually did end up together at the end of 2019s trash bag disaster Dark Phoenix. We aren’t making a big enough deal about this.
14. Declaration(s) of Love
Who says it first? How do they say it and when? Have they said it…without saying it?
15. Jealousy
Need I say more.
16. Reunion
These two have absolutely no chill.
17. Soulmates
Classic prompt, had to get this in here too.
18. The DOFP Aircraft
The TENSION here. Break it down for me. How does Charles feel about his injury? How does Erik feel about his injury?
19. Gay Mutant Road Trip
You already know.
20. Body Swap
SO fun when people have superpowers.
21. First Kiss
When? How? Who initiated it?
22. The Mansion
Mansion!content is a genre of its own.
23. Conflicting Ideology
Give me your theses. Who’s right? Can they ever reconcile completely? Write a fic where it drives them apart.
24. Sebastian Shaw
A trope unto himself.
25. Team As Matchmaker
They had to have known something was going on, didn’t they?
26. Cooking
Charles deserves a good meal. Also, imagine Erik using his powers in the kitchen. The sheer domesticity…
27. Hurt No Comfort
Plenty of scope with these two 🥲
28. Growing Old Together
Giving Sirs Ian Mckellan and Patrick Stewart their props as well!
29. Making Up
*pushes chess board across the table* sorry babe
30. Charles Xavier Did More For Mutants Than You'll Ever Know
Rising to each other’s defense. Only I can insult this man.
I will be tracking #revivecherik to reblog stuff! Here’s a fic collection for the same. Let’s get this ball rolling! Please feel free to send me an ask if you’ve got anything to say! And most importantly, let’s all have fun 😁
*I know a few of you preferred something like a gift exchange because of the commitment factor—I’m super down to organise a tiny one for the handful of us! If this promptathon doesn’t flop horribly, we can hopefully do a whole bunch of stuff :)
If you read this post all the way through, please reblog for reach! Thank you! Hoping you participate come April.
Shoutout to @inmymagnetoera for reaching out and helping with this!
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kairiscorner · 5 months ago
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the man, the myth, the legend himself dr ratio veritas ... is now made public !!
fyi . . . i have a bot request form you guys can send requests to !! updates are slow, i apologize (⁠。⁠ŏ⁠﹏⁠ŏ⁠) but i'll try my best to get through them, and i will only do requests that fall within my comfort zone !!
DR. VERITAS RATIO
“if one day your brain shows symptoms
of dullness, then please
give the doctor a call.”
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ᯓ★ catching a glimpse of him working out.
you couldn't, for the life of you, tolerate such an arrogant and narcissistic smartass like veritas ratio... but oh, you wouldn't mind seeing those muscles and that handsome face of his again, even if he himself pissed you off. luckily (or unluckily) for you, your little trip of seeing him at the gym to hand over some important documents gave you quite a good view of this egotistical man.
ᯓ★ he couldn't understand you.
to dr ratio, nobody in that damned guild really lived up to the vision he hoped; none of them shared the same sentiment or kind of intellect he possessed, and it made him frustrated and somewhat... lonely.
that was, until he met you. he had acknowledged nobody before as a genius, nobody but himself, until there was you. but there was one thing this genius couldn't decipher about you... and it was the fact you did not seek to eradicate the plague of ignorance with him in the intelligentsia guild.
why, oh why, did you reject his offer to expand the universe's knowledge with the greats... only to be a humble servant for others?
ᯓ★ your academic rival.
veritas ratio prided himself on the fact that nobody could come close to his achievements and intellect at his university, he was just that good at everything he did.
however... you ruined his peace of mind and decided to give him a run for his money by taking his spot as the top student last semester by a few points.
though, as much as you both had a mutual distaste and rivalry for each other going on... you two were paired together for an important project. and of course... you had to work together. hooray.
ᯓ★ nobody thought he would be a family man.
not a single soul that knew dr ratio ever had the feeling that he would settle down with someone he would love more than himself, than his books, theses, and knowledge–let alone have a child with them.
however, you and your child with him are living proof that even a man as cold and critical as him are capable of loving and finding their purpose as not only a scholar, a professor, a doctor... but as a parent.
ᯓ★ your ex husband.
after being married to dr veritas ratio for three years and ending your union with him after such a fruitless and one-sided relationship... you had felt so liberated, as if all those years with him were just a bad memory for you.
however, when you went out to dinner at a high-end classy restaurant, the very last thing on your mind that time was the chance of you seeing your ex husband again... only for that one slim chance to come to fruition, with you being face to face with the man who seemed to never love you when you two were together.
his amber eyes gazed back at yours with a hint of longing in them, of endless nights of longing for you, his ex spouse...
ᯓ★ he wants to be your only one.
dr veritas ratio is a universal level problem solver; capable of engineering such helpful devices that saves planets and star systems across the galaxy, delegating on important issues for the good of humanity, and an important doctor that alleviates the malady of ignorance... with 8 PhDs to his very famous and well-known name.
...it shouldn't bother him this much that you're so obsessed and giggly about a bunch of pixels across your screen that utter binary code that translates into words you comprehend... right?
then why is it that as he tries to relax in his bathtub that he can't seem to get that release he's seeking from the pent-up frustration he gets when a character from your favorite game compliments you, gives you gifts, or... says they want you to be theirs. surely, he can find a solution to this finicky problem he has to make you his again, no...?
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luizd3ad · 7 months ago
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Game Time | Poly!Bartylus x GN!Reader
ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 ࣪˖⤷ .𖥔 ݁ ˖ ࣪ ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 ˖ ⤷
Pairing: Barty Crouch Jr x GN Reader x Regulus Black
WC: 700
CW: swearing, mentions of Bartys dad 🤢, modern AU, mistreatment of Sims, anxiety
Author's Note: Honestly I just got this idea bc my sims hyper fixation is coming back. The little bit of French that’s in here I got from google please tell me if it’s wrong.
Summary: Regulus comes home to you and Barty playing the sims.
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Someone tell me to stop making theses for ever fic please. I won't listen but someone should still tel me.
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Regulus had spent the day with Sirius, just catching up. 
They've been finding it harder to do so since leaving Hogwarts so they try to make it a priority to see each other as often as possible. 
He did enjoy spending time with his brother but right now all he wanted to do was go home to his partners. 
You and Barty were like a breath of fresh air to him after his social battery was drained. Just being in the presence of both of you was enough to make him feel better. 
Regulus finally crossed the threshold to his shared flat. He took his shoes and jacket off at the entrance and put them in their designated places.
But then he noticed the flat was quiet which was rare considering Barty lived there.
“Mon amours? I’m home?”
Regulus called out looking around the flat curiously. 
No one was in the living room. He didn't hear anyone in the kitchen. 
He started walking down the hall that held their shared bedroom and the guest room/ office when he heard them.
“Angel, I love you but you're wrong!”
“Watch it Crouch! Or you'll end up in the basement next..”
Regulus was only slightly taken back when he heard his partner say that to their boyfriend. 
Honestly it wouldn't be the first time he heard them say something like that.
Barty then gasped and started shirking something about ‘Never feeling so betrayed’ which was something Barty would say often. 
Regulus took a deep breath mentally preparing himself and then opened the door to the office, he couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle at the sight in front of him.
There they were, the loves of his life hunched over the computer playing the muggle game that Remus had shown them.
‘The Sims’ he thinks it was called, but he couldn't quite remember. 
“Barty.. Did you take the ladder out of the pool again?”
Barty then gasped as if the thought was inconceivable. 
“What would make you think such a thing, angel?”
“I mean other than the fact that you've done it before? The sim’s name is Bartemius Crouch and he looks exactly like your father.”
Barty then giggles looking proud of himself. 
“Leave him there he deserves it.”
Barty says with a wide smile.
Regulus chuckles a little louder this time and shakes his head finally catching the attention of his partners.
You and Barty both turn your heads to look at Regulus. 
You send him a big smile and say.
“Hi my love, how's Sirius?”
“Sirius is fine. Now what are you two doing?”
Regulus say still standing in the doorway of the room.
“I'm trying to show our darling boyfriend that there's more to The Sims than killing the people that you wish you could kill in real life.”
“And I'm trying to show our angel that killing people in the game is the most fun you can have.”
“Wait, so you make the characters people you actually know?”
You and Barty look at each other and then look at Regulus with raised eyebrows.
“Obviously.”
Barty says looking at Regulus like it should be common sense.
“Wait so you have a character of me?”
“Of course we do.”
You say then turning back to the computer clicking on the mouse a few times and then waving Regulus over to show him a big house with sims of the three of you.
“Is this supposed to be our house?”
“Yes. Unfortunately we’re not all technically dating on here, since that's not an option.”
You explain while Barty crosses his arms while pouting and saying.
“Which is stupid.” 
Regulus just smiles at Barty and kisses his head. 
“It’s okay ​mon beau because we’re dating in real life.”
Regulus says while running his hand through his boyfriend's hair.
You and Barty spent the rest of the night showing Regulus your favorite parts of the game. 
Regulus found himself having a good time whether it was just because he got to spend time with the two of you or because he actually found the game entertaining he didn't know nor did he care.
He was just content and happy to be there.
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shelbgrey · 1 year ago
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Hello can give cersh edward cullen x human fem reade headcanons please 🙏 😊
Having a crush on Edward Cullen Headcanons:
Paring: Edward Cullen x Human!Reader
Summary: just some headcanons about crushing on Eddie boi
A/n: so I'm hoping you ment crush instead of cersh(I don't know what it means if so). If I got your request wrong message me or send in a new ask.
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So if your human I feel like you do a good job at keeping your feelings for Edward a secret... At least you thought.
Your more subtle than Bella swan so people really didn't catch on till later, you told your sister Angela but that's about it.
“Edward, is he dating anyone?” you asked.
“no why?” Angela gasped happily. “you like Edward!”
Yes, you did. You weren't going to deny it. You loved everything about him. His eyes, smile, how smart he was. You could always laugh at his sarcasm.
Angela of corse kept it a secret for you but she was always encouraging you to talk to him. Your a bit shy so you only really talked to him in your English class.
He was always so friendly to you too, most guys weren't so that's was kinda sparked your interest in him.
And the rare times you interacted he was either helping you with school work or defending you.
“I think I told you to leave her alone”
He can read your mind, he just choose not to. He respects your privacy and dose his best to stay out of your head.
Edward probably couldn't read Bella's mind beacuse she simply don't have any thoughts. Your not Bella... Your better!
Alice had a vision of you two so she was quick to be-friend you. Not too long after you two become extremely close. This made you feel bad because you didn't want to betray Alice by going after her brother.
What you didn't know is she was trying to bring you closer together. She knew Edward liked you too, he tells her just about anything and everything.
Edward only really admitted to her that he was absolutely smitten by you. He Loved everything about you and to his relief your blood ment nothing to him.
He's always taking about you to her even before you got together.
“she's got theses beautiful eyes... And her smile is so adorable, Alice you should see how cute all her expressions are when she's reading”
But I think the family would quickly get sick of him being chicken, like Emmett would be-friend you just to she what the hype was. He quickly found out how cool you were and started to hang out with you a lot. Edward got jealous and that's exactly what Emmett wanted.
“why don't you cut the horse shit and admit your feelings for one another.”
Yours And Edward's eyes widened as Rosalie slapped him. “Emmett!”
With what dignity you had left you stood up and walked away from the family before you could be embarrassed anymore.
Edward was quick to follow you and stop you from going to far. “What Emmett said was true... I have feelings for you”
Even though he wanted to say 'love' he didn't want to just throw around that word and scare you. He hadn't even told you about him being a vampire.
“I never thought you'd go for someone like me”
Edward looked suprised at your statement, in his eyes you were just perfect. “What do you mean? Your exactly what I've been looking for”
And the rest is history, on the first date he admitted to being a vampire. He didn't want to lie to you and you took way better than he expected.
You guys took things slow, wanting to just savor for every moment you had together.
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kreamcakez · 1 year ago
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Roleplay- Denki Kaminari
(Kinktober day 22)
Smut
HCs
CW: Aged up kami, Talks of the kinks Kami has. And my horny ass thoughts, not proof read.
AN: I'd like to say Kami is a man of culture and a very respectful simp for you🫶🏽! But please enjoy and don't be mean with your thoughts because theses are only my thoughts.
★MDNI★
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★ Let's be honest, Denki Kaminari is a complete fan for roleplay. Like there's things he won't role play as but here is one thing he would probably roleplay as→↓
★Doctor and Nurse★
★He's probably a big fan of this one. And don't get me wrong it's not the idea of power dynamics, no it's the idea of you in a sexy nurse outfit for him. Honestly he couldn't care less you he's on to or bottom but he would personally prefer if you took top on this one. For him the thought of you in a out fit like that, calling him "Doctor" or anything that gives him authority in the slightest, only makes him more in love with you. He likes to sometimes switch the roles, so when he's the Nurse all hell breaks loses like think about (aged up) Kaminari in a sexy nurse uniform? It sends me!!! 😩 so in moments when he's the nurse he trys to make it his mission to tease you and make you wanna top him. But then when you do he pulls a power bottom card.
★When you both get the roles and outfits into play, that's when he can't begin to think his mind goes numb. And the only thing that comes to mind is "So beautiful and sexy..." The way he lets his hand s roam and wander. The way he can't even put into words, the way he's so smitten by you. It's crazy. The way your hands touch his thighs. Hell possibly be fucking into you hard and fast, or soft and slow. (Whatever you want babes) then he'll just be whimpering your name, dare I say whining it? He's head over heels and to see you like that, only makes him want you to top him. So when ya' finally do top him he's a mess. He wanted this more than the world, soooooooo. Long story short when y'all's are in nurse and doctor roles he starts out on top but always ends on bottom.
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AN: omg I swear I have way more for him but idk if my hands and brain can write out that much... But hopefully you enjoyed!!
(Ps after kinktober I'll due different parts to this so November 1st, you'll get more to this!)
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riaarivic · 2 years ago
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HATE 10: UGH! (M) I MYG x F!reader
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🌙 Pairings YoongixReader
🌙 Genres Mafia!AU, Smut, Angst, Action, Thriller, Enemies to lovers
🌙 Rating 18+ minors DNI
🌙 Summary  You were an INTERPOL Agent assigned to infiltrate the depths of the most powerful Gang in South Korea: The Seven Moons. Your objective: to impersonate the daughter of one of their leaders and destroy the operation from within. That is, if they don't discover you first.
And Traitors won’t have the mercy of a quick death
🌙 Warnings For this chapter: Minor character death, drugs, foul language, mentions of organized crime. If any of theses topics make you unconfortable, please don't read this chapter. This is a mafia au, and organized crime is not all handsome boys and nice cars. This chapter and the next one are DARK.
So, if any of this triggers you, see you on chapter 12. Don't worry, you'll still understand the story. But no, this is not a filler chapter.
🌙 A/N At no time do I (the author) encourage this activity in real life, it is important that you know that the criminal acts in this book are that, a crime, as well as harmful to health and should not be romanticized. This is all a work of fiction for entertainment purposes.
Love, Ria
🌙 Chapter wordcount 5k (the longest one yet)
🌙 Series Index
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HATE 10: UGH! (M) I MYG x F!reader
Rage? Of course you need it When it burns up there's always a reason Mayhaps it’s our history Sometimes it changes the world
Anger.
That was all Suga could feel right now. 
Red, hot, flaming anger.
That’s all he could feel since he received the call from JHope telling him that you had been kidnapped and no one knew where you were.
But the worst was when he learned who was suspected for your disappearance.
The Jade Dragon.
Of course anger was necessary.
He felt like a man about to lose his sanity.
But before he did…
He would kill a few men first.
The dimly-lit interrogation room was filled with the stench of sweat and fear. Suga stood across from an old man in cuffs, his ruined demeanor did not change the fact that he once was one of the most powerful men in the Asian mafia clans.
Wang Jiaer. 
The former second in command of the Jade Dragon.
That Kim Dohan captured and thrown into a wet, dimly lit room in the basement of the Seven Moons Mansion. 
Like a fallen warrior. 
That was turned into a war souvenir for Kim DoHan. 
"Where is she?" Suga demanded.
The old man coughed, spewing blood on the concrete floor of the dimly lit basement. He grimaced, his wrinkled face twisting into a grotesque smile. “Still haven’t learned any manners I see, young man.”
Suga glowered at the former leader of Jade Dragon, his grip tightening on the baseball bat in his hands. “You seem awfully cheerful for a dead man, old timer.”
"I don't know what you're talking about," the man stammered, his eyes darting around the room. The old man chuckled. “I’ve been dead for 20 years, boy. Your Leader just didn’t have the balls to finish the job.” His grin widened, showcasing his blood stained teeth. “Not like you.”
Suga swung the bat, smashing the old man’s fingers with a sickening crack. The man shrieked, his pained cries echoing in the empty basement.  "Where is she?" she asked for a second time.
The man's eyes widened in surprise. "What makes you think that I would know something about it? I'm here," he said, lifting his hand to show the cuffs “and my clan is done for, your Leader made sure of it.”
"Because nothing happens above ground without you hearing about it," Suga replied, his eyes narrowing. "And I don’t know, the pile of bodies with a pretty memo sitting on Jhope’s bay with your clan emblem on it, might really send a message.” 
The young gangster rounded the table that stood between them to be in front of the old man “I am going to ask only one more time. We’ll see how many more parts of you I’ll have to break before you die,” He paused “Where is Lee NaRi?”
The old man panted, his mangled fingers twisting at unnatural angles. But his eyes glinted with amusement. “Still don’t have the stomach for this, do you boy?”
Suga grabbed the old man’s collar and hauled him up from the chair, growling into his bruised face. “Do not fucking test me, Wang”
The old man chuckled. “You bark loud but your bite is lacking. I told you, the Jade Dragon clan is finished. I have been your family’s pet for 2 decades, I know nothing.”
The man gave him a low chuckle. "But I did hear about that, corpse container. Nice touch, a litte on the dramatic side. Not our style though" he paused and leaned towards Suga. “Oh, yes. You look just like your father, boy. He must be very proud in whatever deep corner of hell he ended up...”
“I DO NOT HAVE FUCKING TIME FOR YOUR GAMES, WANG!” Suga screamed at the man’s face, interrupting him, his gaze piercing. "And my father is Kim Dohan. He is very much alive," he said, his voice dripping with venom. "Start talking, and if you say something of value I might give you something you want."
"You and I both know that is not your father's name. And what do you know about what I want, young man?" the man asked, his voice barely a whisper.
“Death” Suga said simply “you know there’s nothing for you outside these walls anymore. You want release”
“Oh, no. I want retribution, young man. I want Kim Dohan’s entire bloodline to suffer and disappear from the face of the Earth. I want that everything he has ever wanted to be suddenly ripped from his bloody hands… and only then, I want to die” Suga could see the warrior inside the old second in command; he was beaten, malnourished, there wasn’t an inch of skin that wasn’t bruised.
But he still commanded power. 
Suga let out a tired sigh knowing there was no other way to make Wang talk. So he let go of the baseball bat he had on his hands to bow his head.
“Please.” 
His men behind him looked at him in shock.
One of the young leaders of The Seven Moons was…
Beggin.
Even the old second in command couldn’t believe what he was witnessing. But he semed to be pleased.
“You must really care for this girl If you are willing to trade your pride for her” The old man sighed and tried to stand up, but his bruised legs could not let him. He extended one hand to take Suga’s “We did not do it. That is all I know. We are not responsible for the girl’s disappearance.” His voice was a dead man's sincerity. Suga knew he wasn't lying.
He didn't have to.
“Then who took her? Someone else is pulling the strings, someone on the inside. They knew where she was going and that she only had one bodyguard with her.  Was it...was it my brother? Was it Namjoon?” Suga tried and failed to not let his voice break. 
Anger was starting to wear off. 
And something else was bubbling inside him.
The old man sighed, shaking his head with an incredulous smile. “Your family and your trust issues. Always so quick to turn on your own blood.” His eyes glinted ominously. “The person responsible for the girl’s kidnapping is the same person who is responsible for the death of your father and the disappearance of your mother”
“My mother is dead.”
“Did you see a body? Listen young boy, you came here looking for the truth. And this is the only one I can give you. After all this time, at least you showed some manners and I owe it to her.” The old man paused and he knew he was waiting for him to continue “Your Leader killed your grandfather. To start the clan wars and then he killed your father. But Kim DoHan could never kill your mother”
The room went silent. 
Like the moment right after a lighting strikes.
Suga was waiting for the thunder. 
“Your mother is alive. Young man, and I think is time you go see her, she will know where the girl is. If you can find her first.” The look on Suga's face was a mix of confusion and anger. 
“I gave you what you wanted and I kept my promise” the man whispered. “Now give me what I want” 
With a swift move Suga got his gun outside his holster and shot the old man right between his eyes.
 
Death.
A clean shot. 
There it was, the thunder.
 
The terrifying sound hat announced the beginning of the storm that was starting to brew on Suga’s soul. 
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Location unknown, South Korea
Tap...
Tap...
Tap...
A leak was falling from the ceiling, the lack of windows and the artificial light coming in from the other room told you that you were in some sort of basement.
You were starting to regain consciousness and your survival instinct kicked in immediately.
Your brain was on agent mode observing everything that could tell you anything about where you were and who were your captors. 
Your eyes started traveling around the room, the walls are made of rough concrete, with no decorations or furnishings to make the space more comfortable. A metal door with a small window and a sliding bolt lock separates the basement from the rest of the building, making escape impossible.
The only furniture in the room is a mattress on the floor, a bucket in the corner for waste disposal, and a small table with a lamp and a chair where the protagonist's captor might sit to watch over her. The air is musty and stale, with a faint smell of dampness and mildew.
Remember every fucking thing you see, there is no time for a panick attack. You thought. 
Pay attention. 
You could distinguish a factory logo on the wall in front of you.
There were no such buildings in Seoul, so you must be on the outskirts?
Unless, you had been moved to another state while you were unconscious.
You could also tell that you were nowhere near the coast by the absence of saltpeter in the structures. 
You knew that at least three men were in charge of you, all carrying firearms and pocket knives.
But from what you had seen they had no clan markings.
Not a single tattoo.
Nothing to identify them.
That was strange...
That was all you had been able to discover so far, you weren’t sure how long you had been in that room
They kept you drugged, almost unconscious for the most part. But you could guess that it had been at least a day because they had fed you twice.
So far none of the men had spoken to you, they just went in to bring you food and came back out. Without looking at you, if you spoke to them they did not respond.
You heard them speaking in a dialect you could not quite place. But you knew it was from China.
Which was weird. 
The members from the Jade Dragon were all from Beijing, a few of them from some northern regions. 
But you were almost sure they were speaking in Wu. 
Which was fucking weird. 
Because the Shanghai triad did not work with the Jade Dragon. 
Not at all.
You said it two times before.
It was weird.
You were sitting on a mattress that seemed to be dirtier than the floor itself; with your hands starting to feel numb from the restraints that immobilized you. Your head hurt a little and you could still hear a ringing in your ears from the loud blow you had taken.
You were almost sure that you had a concussion and that the head wound was going to leave a scar... 
At the very least.
You knew it was useless to try to escape even if she broke free of your restraints because you had been unconscious when you were taken there. You had no idea  how far you were from the exit, nor how many men might be outside the place.
You were very good in combat  but going outside like this was suicide. 
Fuck.
You knew perfectly well the dangers you were exposing yourself to every time you accepted a mission. This was not the first time you have been in such a situation.
There were some scars on your skin that were proof of how dangerous your job was.
And then…
There were the other scars you couldn't see.
Those really hurt.
You had to stay calm.
Your best hope was that you would be found soon.
At least you hoped so.
No, you knew Yoongi would look for you.
Hopefully he was going to find you alive.
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Suga just killed a man. 
And he was about to kill another. 
Specifically the one who let you leave the house with only one bodyguard.
“Namjoon!” Suga kicked open the doors to the meeting room where all his brothers were. “If even one hair on her head isn't intact when we find her, I'm going to kill you. It's a fucking promise”
Suga was past the point where he could control himself.
Anger was a fire that consumed everything in its path and the Second in Command would be the first target.
“Suga. Know. Your fucking. Place” Namjoon, who was sitting on the top of the table, barked each of the words as an order “I won't let you talk to me that way.”
The black-haired man let out a sinister laugh “Ah, you won’t? Then tell me brother, how is it that Nari, who is supposed to be our greatest responsibility, left this house without enough protection? “He paused when he was in front of him “With your permission?”
On the meeting room’s table you could see open computers and messy papers sprawled everywhere you looked.
To say that the seven Moons were in chaos was an understatement.
And what made things worse The Leader sent them a clear message:
He will not help them find the young heiress. 
You were their responsibility. 
And whatever happened to you. 
Kim DoHan swore to his sons, he would do it to them.
“I don't have to explain anything I do to you, Suga” Namjoon looked right into his eyes. Even if Suga was raging like a demon fresh out of hell, the Second in Command was intimidating. A calm sinister demeanor surrounding him. 
“You don't have to explain yourself?!? “ That was enough for the clan’s shadow to lose control and throw the first punch straight to his face “You break a promise, you lose a finger remember? Didn't we all swear to protect our father?” Suga screamed right at Namjoon’s face, Jhope tried to separate them but The eldest brother held him back. 
“This is on them,” he said.
Suga threw a second punch and this time Namjoon didn't dodge it, he let him hit him again “Do it then.” He took out a knife from his coat pocket “Start by cutting my finger. But after you finish with mine, you are next. Or did you forget that we also swore not to touch her?” The black-haired man's eyes widened, he knew he wasn't doing a good job of hiding his nightly trips to the girl's window.
The taller one held the knife by the edge of the blade hard enough for drops of blood to start dripping on the expensive fur rug. “Did you think no one would find out that you spend every night in her room? Weren't you supposed to follow her everywhere? Why didn't you follow her today? Where were you at the beauty salon?” 
Shit.
As hard as it was for him to admit it, he had failed you too.
This morning he had decided to go to settle some unfinished business instead of following you as he had been doing since the day you arrived in Seoul.
That made his blood boil even more.
But he wasn't going to explain himself to that jerk Namjoon.
“No answer? How about this one, do you think father doesn't already know what you have been doing? I'm going to find her Suga, and when I do I'm going to make sure of two things.” Namjoon paused, the light seemed to drain from his eyes, replaced by a menacing darkness. “The first thing I’ll make sure of is that you never touch her again. And the second one is that you are completely out of the clan's inheritance” he finished his voice sounding more like a growl. 
“You know what the funniest thing is Kim Namjoon? That you think you deserve everything, that you can control everything. Just because for now you are the right hand of the clan.” The other brothers were standing still in the room, none of them could challenge their Second in Command. 
Never like that.
Unless you were Suga and didn't give a shit if you lost a finger or your whole arm “Do you think your pathetic attempt to intimidate me really works? Go ahead, cut off your own finger and keep spilling blood on the carpet. It won't be a waste, after all you're not the true heir to this clan's legacy.... “ 
“That's enough hyungs, damn it! While you two are playing who has the biggest dick or the purest blood or some other ridiculous bullshit. Nari-Noona is somewhere scared, alone and who knows what they might be doing to her.” To everyone's surprise, the youngest of the brothers was the one who dared to interrupt them “For God's sake, a week ago they sent us a container of corpses, what do you think they're going to do to the heir of this clan?”
Suga and Namjoon turned in surprise to look at their younger brother, there were very few occasions when JK was disrespectful to them “We are wasting time, because in the best case scenario... they are going to kill her”
And in the best case scenario The Leader would kill them for failing in their mission.
“You are right, Joon,"  Jin, who was sitting at the other end of the table, stood up to look at his brothers. "This is the third time we are under direct attack, so I called my police contacts. Every inch of Seoul has at least one surveillance camera and Miss Nari was kidnapped in the only place where there wasn't one. They have contacts, at least with the security department.”
Seokjin was always the most controlled of the brothers, every step he took was well calculated. So many years involved with the high forces of his country's politics had taught him to remain calm in crisis.
And even if he couldn't get any answers, something was very wrong.
“I have 5 Hacker squads trying to trace her digital footprint, there is nothing, she disappeared” Jhope was the next one to speak “We are all worried, but this is already bordering on ridiculous, you have to stop fighting.” The others nodded in agreement with what the brown-haired man had just said.
Suga threw the knife to the ground and made an exasperated sound “You're right, I'm wasting my time with you.” He finally said and crossed the doors that would lead him to the mansion’s garden. 
When Suga was outside the house he felt someone grab him by the arm “Hey, the fuck is happening to you? You're not like that Hyung” it was Jhope who had followed him from the other room, clearly worried about him “Why are you so worked up? Are you... are you in love with her?”
“I don't know what the fuck you're talking about, Hope”  he answered trying to hide any emotion on his face.
Indifference was his best weapon.
But not with Jhope.
The younger man's eyes softened a little as he understood his brother's expression “Please don't lie to me, Hyung. I've known you since we were kids and we've both taken a bullet for each other...but if I was kidnapped today you wouldn't lose your head. Not like this.”
It was true, he had taken a bullet for Jhope years ago in the middle of a shootout but he probably wouldn't have a catfight in the middle of the room with Namjoon to protect him.
Probably.
“Let me rephrase the question. Do you care that much?” Suga knew he couldn’t lie to Jhope, his younger brother knew him too well. He could see through his every facade. 
The thing is, he didn't know the answer himself.
Did he like having sex with you? Hell yes.
Did he like talking to you? Yes, he did.
Did he like the way you smiled at him right before you kissed him or the way you looked at him when he told you one of his twisted stories?
Like you didn’t judge him. 
Like you understood him. 
Like you didn't see him as a monster, but as a man.
Oh, shit.
🌙 🌙 🌙 🌙 🌙 🌙  Last night...
“Tell me the stupidest thing you've ever done to get someone’s attention” Suga had asked you the night before while you were both still lying naked on your bed.
You let out an amused laugh “You have probably already seen it on my body. It 's embarrassing.” 
Suga laughed with you, the sound was warm and his eyes were locked on yours “Nothing on your body is embarrassing to me.” he said and you rolled your eyes. 
“Be serious” 
“I am” he pushed a rouge strand of hair behind your ears and you decided to continue talking before you got distracted with other things” 
“When I was 16 I got a Star Wars tattoo because the boy I liked liked Star Wars. I wanted to surprise him the first time he saw me naked he would see the jedi symbol” now you both started laughing “Don't judge me, haven't you done something stupid to get someone's attention?”
“Maybe.” Was the only thing he answered. 
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Here 's the thing.
Suga had gone to a tattoo parlor this morning.
That was his unfinished business.
He was getting a fucking Star Wars tattoo on his ribs. 
Right where you had it. 
He hasn't even watched the movies. 
Not even the new ones.
Oh, he was down bad.  And now he had to go see his dead mother.
Scratch that.
He had to go see his un-dead mother.
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Somewhere else in the house.
“The fuck do you mean you didn’t do this. This is not what we agreed on.” Namjoon's deep voice could barely be heard inside The Leader’s office. The tall man was standing in front of the window as he spoke into the phone “Then fucking find her Yong or I’ll make sure you are going to wish I kill you.” 
Yong.
The rumored dragon head of the triad.
The Second in command of the Seven Moons, had given the order to kidnap you. 
On his scheme to secure his place as the heir. 
He needed that for his plan to work. 
When you told him this morning that you were going to visit Grace and that you didn't need so many people following you around, the young gangster thought it was the perfect opportunity to put the next part of his plan into action.
But something went horribly wrong. 
And now he was the one who was betrayed.
“What have you done Namjoon-ah?” The voice of the eldest brother brought him out of his thoughts and he looked at him completely surprised  “Out of all the people I thought would betray our father, I would never think of you.”
“Hyung... “
“Just tell me that, whatever you're doing, you won't hurt Miss Nari, Joon. If there is someone innocent in all this, it's her.” Jin finished entering the office looking at his brother with disbelief. 
Seokjin looked at him with the eyes of an older brother. Hopefully waiting for all this to be a mistake. 
Because if Namjoon betrayed his father. 
He was a dead man walking.
But the elder also knew very well the resentment that Namjoon had grown up with. If someone has been hurt by Kim DoHan, it was his own son. Although he wanted to be wrong, Seokjin knew well what was in his younger brother's heart.
Revenge.
And that was not far from his own feelings.
“I came to think that all this love triangle, teenage fiction with Suga really meant that you liked the girl.” He poured himself a shot of the expensive whiskey that his father had in the office and let out a sigh before drinking it all at once “You will have to explain everything very well to understand you, Joon-ah”
Jin was the closest person to Namjoon in the clan, he saw him as an older brother. As a child he was the example of what he wanted to become one day, he hated to see that look of disappointment in his eyes “Hyung, you know perfectly well what my reasons are, I'm not going to stand by and wait for Kim DoHan to take away what is rightfully mine and hand it over on a silver platter to that asshole. She's just a means to an end.”
Before the younger one continued, Jin interrupted him, "If you want me to help you, you have to explain everything without lying to me this time.”
Kim Seokjin was the eldest of the seven moons.
And like all of them, he had lost much more than he had earned in all this time.
He would give all his money, cars, luxuries, fine clothes and contacts to have his family back with him.
But that was impossible.
And for the impossible, there is only revenge.
Break a promise, lose a finger.
If that really applied in the Seven Moon’s clan as it should, they would  have had all their hands and feet cut off.
Anger was an uncontrollable fire that burned everything in its path, it was useful, yes.
But for both clan leaders, retribution was much better and more satisfying.
A calm sea that was about to turn into a Tsunami.
A cold wave that will destroy everything on it's path.
Many games were played within the walls of the mansion of the 7 moons.
And your time was running out.
🌙 🌙 🌙 🌙 🌙 🌙 🌙  Hello!!! I'm sorry it took too long! I got sick and I was so tired I couldn't even read... much less write. BUT I'm catching up with all of you that are sending me messages, thank you you guys are so sweet!! 🥹 I mean, everytime someone says they're enjoying Hate! Makes me giggle like a teenager. Let me be honest, I'm enjoying writing this just as much. This chapter turned out to be one of my favs 👀 I wasn't like this on my original story and I am really liking how it is turning out.
Anyway, Hope you liked this one too!! Ps. I have Hate!11 Almost ready... what do you say double update tomorrow??
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v1nnydinny · 10 months ago
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OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE LAST HCS DUDE ! Can I go for a second request but instead of a fighter , a mediator type of reader ? U know , the type to try to solve things in a pacific way , through talking or get involved to stop a fight before it grows worse ? Sorry if I'm asking way too fast I'm excited to see more TBP content alive :")
Ahhh yesss send as many requests as you like:) I love writing the black phone!
Theses can be seen as romantic or platonic!!
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Vance Hopper
⋆he was definitely confused when you wanted to talk things through with him.
⋆he’s used to yelling and violence from both ends—
⋆so having someone who actually wants to talk about it is strange to him, very strange.
“Vance we don’t need to fight about this let’s just talk, okay..?” Your voice soft and pleading.
He’d turn around confused asf—
“What?” He’d ask genuinely confused, he’d pause and stare at you his fists slowly unclenching as he looks at you.
“Cmon please..” you’d say and slowly take his hand directly him to sit down, he’d still have that same confused expression.
“We don’t need to fight about theses things, we can talk about them, calmly.” You’d say again and he’d just stare at you shocked. Shocked that someone would rather talk theses things through, than fight about them
⋆when you tried to stop the fight he was in you probably go smack or punch by Vance or the other person he was fighting.
⋆with Vance it wasn’t one purpose, he either thought you were someone else, or you were a friend of the guy he is fighting and trying to pull him off.
⋆when he saw it was you trying to pull him off he calmed down just a bit.
⋆but when he also saw that him or the guy hurt you he’d be upset
⋆if it was him he’d be mad at himself and would patch you up when yall got home, he knows how to patch up up because before you he had to patch himself by himself.
⋆if it was the person he was fighting he’d just wait till you weren’t around and acutely beat the person senseless.
“Why did you pull me off of them?! And look you got yourself hurt in the process dipshit!” He’d say upsell but not as upset as he was (Dipshit with love🥰🙏🏻)
“Look- I’m sorry! But you don’t need to fight with someone! Or anyone-! Just ignore them, or come to me. I don’t like you getting into fights and I especially don’t like seeing you hurt.” You’d say the ending part sternly.
“Okay well you still got hurt. So let’s go home and patch you up now.” He’d say and put his hand on your upper back gently pushing you out of the store or wherever you found him-
Finney Blake
⋆I don’t really see him getting into fights but you know- “anything’s possible 🤓”
⋆he would definitely prefer talking and communicating rather then yelling at each other.
“Finney we need to talk about this and communicate to each! No yelling please!” You’d say in the same soft, pleading voice. He’d immediately nod his head and take your hands in his rubbing his thumb over your knuckles.
“Of course, I’m sorry Y/N” he’d say his voice full of sorrow
⋆if he got into a fight it’d probably be because of someone making fun of you but he wouldn’t be the one to start it. The other reason is maybe his bullies started it- but I don’t think he’d really be against starting the fight if it was for you
⋆you’d hear about the fight because of course every kid is running to see it and chant, and one of your friends probably told you about it. You’d immediately be sprinting to where ever he is.
“FINNEY STOP IT!” You’d yell and pull him off the person but if someone was on him you’d yank them off and push them to the side immediately helping Finney up and going somewhere else.
“Finney what happened back there.?” You ask with sadness.
“Someone was talking bad about you.” He’d say angrily but the anger not at you. Of course you couldn’t help but smile just a bit at that but you quickly would put on a stern look
“Finney! You can’t just fight someone about that! It’s nice to know you have my back but please don’t get into anymore fights okay..? Unless it’s saving yourself and you didn’t start it, alright..?” You’d say with sadness
He’d look at you and nod before pulling you into a hug
Robin Arellano
⋆Robin doesn’t mind talking things through, he’s glad to know you’d wanna talk about it rather then fight, tho Robin fights with everyone your not everyone.
⋆your someone special and he’d rather talk then lose you and have yall both hurt.
“Robin we need to talk about this, I don’t wanna fight with you.” He’d say softly and he’d immediately nod and sit down where ever and look up at you and pat the spot next to him.
“Of course Y/N, cmere sit we’ll talk” he’d say sweetly
⋆Was shook you pulled him off the person.
⋆he looked at you very confused.
⋆he was really only fighting the person for shit talking you or Finney.
⋆like he said in the movie—
⋆”he was just shit talking” “pretty sure he’d back down- nope!”
⋆youd pull him off and he was worried you were hurt when you did that.
⋆you’d drag him away from the area by the hand
“Robin! No fights! Please! I hate it when you get into fights and I hate seeing you hurt, you know it breaks me when pathing up your face.” You say with sadness and that look you had on your face always got him.
⋆He take one of your hands in his and rub his thumb over it.
“Im sorry Y/N, it won’t happen again” he’d say softly. He might also have crossed his fingers behind his back but you know- shhh
Billy Showalter
⋆he loves communicating with you.
⋆he likes hearing about how you feel about things
“Billy, we need to talk about this.” You’d say softly and sternly. He’d immediately turn around if he wasn’t already looking at you and nod his head and give you his full attention.
“Yeah yeah, of course Y/N cmon” he’d say and sit you to down, his arm wrapped around your torso.
⋆I don’t really see him fighting someone but if it were for you then he definitely would.
⋆you come running over and grabbing his arm just as he was about to punch the person.
“Billy! Stop it!” You’d yell and take him somewhere off to the side
“Billy no! No fight please! You know how I feel about fighting!” You say with sadness
He’d nod, his eyes full of sorrow,
“I know, I’m sorry Y/N”
Bruce Yamada
⋆he LOVES communicating with you, he loves knowing how you feel about different things and what he could do better
“Bruce, I think we should talk about what happened earlier today.” You say with stern
He’d perk up and nod immediately
“Yeah okay, what’s wrong?” His hand on your rubbing your shoulder.
You had seen the fight start.
You ran to him and yelled his name which obviously got his attention
“Bruce get off the guy and get over here!” You’d yell and some people would go “ooo” and he’d look down ashamed.
“Bruce, no. fighting. Okay? Please please.” You beg and he’d nod so fast and pull you into a hug
“Im so sorry Y/N”
Griffin Stagg
⋆definitely will talk with you about whatever it was
⋆never taking his eyes off yours
“Griffin can we talk please?” And he’d look at you and nod, mans is nervous
“Huh? Oh, of course Y/N..” he’d be so afraid dawg
⋆He’s literally not fighting no one.
⋆he’d call someone a monkey and run off yelling I fear-
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The Beginner’s Guide to The Void
(by caspiancomic)
The Void is my favourite game that I’ve never played.
Released in 2008 under the name Tension, it’s the second major release from Russian studio Ice-Pick Lodge, following 2005′s Pathologic. If you are familiar with this foreign indie art game, you are probably full to bursting already with indie gamer snob cred, but I implore you to help yourself to a bit more. If you’ve gone so far as to play it, you’ve got more snob cred than even I, so congratulations on that. For those of you interested in experiencing it, which will hopefully be all of you, it is available to PC users on Steam, but for the rest of you, I recommend CannibalK9′s spectacular Let’s Play.
Let me repay my debts right away. In this essay, I hope to open your eyes to some of the thematic through lines of The Void, encourage you to experience the game yourself, suggest that in the future you think more fully and deeply about the thematic core of your chosen games, and maybe expose you to a beautiful, little understood, and criminally under appreciated diamond of a video game. But if all I accomplished with this essay was CannibalK9 reading it and learning how much his LP affected my ability to read and appreciate games, media generally, and life, I would still consider it an unqualified success. CannibalK9 speaks beautifully, a trait I admire in others and seek to cultivate in myself, and he has a great deal of knowledge and wisdom regarding this game. Many if not all of my own ideas are indebted to his observations of and reflections on the game. If you know him, or are in contact with him, send him this way. I’d love a chance to thank him for everything he’s done for me.
And before we get down to it properly, one last thing. Ice-Pick Lodge is, at the time of writing, running a Kickstarter to fund their next game, called Knock-Knock. If you’re a fan of either The Void specifically, or atmospheric horror games generally, I’d highly recommend chucking them a few bucks. They’re only looking for a modest $30 000 to fund the game, and even a tiny donation gets you access to the finished game, so please do go check that out.
But enough sentiment for now, eh? Let’s get down to it.
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Once, when asked what Neon Genesis Evangelion is about, I cherished the opportunity to glibly respond with “everything.” It’s an answer that only makes sense to those already familiar with the series, and as such, was completely unhelpful to the person who asked me. But I maintain that it’s true. On a textual level, of course, Evangelion is about children who pilot giant robots to fight against alien invaders. But thematically, Evangelion is about religion, death, parent/child relationships (and as an extension, God/creation relationships), sex, puberty, loneliness, identity, free will, science, and basically anything you care to name. The Void is similarly weighted with thematic theses. The primary difference is that even on a strictly textual level, The Void is borderline incomprehensible, particularly on a virgin playthrough.
Still, that’s all just stage setting. I’m here to provide as in-depth an analysis as I can manage for a couple of The Void’s thematic hearts. Like Evangelion, The Void has a lot to say, and it says it quietly and clearly. For the purposes of this essay, I will be examining The Void’s relationship with death and the afterlife, and feminism and patriarchy.
But first, crib notes! The Void is dense with information, and I’m going to be referring to characters and concepts by their names from now on. The section that follows is more comprehensive than a “Beginner’s Guide to The Void” probably should be, but nowhere near an all-encompassing overview of the game. Some of the elements of the game that are not of importance for the discussion to follow- like glyphs, the presence and role of predators, etc- have been excluded from this explanation to keep the focus tight and the length tolerable. Also, where multiple characters give conflicting information on a topic (which happens all the time in this game), I’ve either attempted to include all the information, or focus on whichever version of events ended up being most true.
It features what you might call spoilers, but in order to progress through this discussion it’s important that we all know the characters and terms I’m about to discuss. So if you’re hellbent on a blind playthrough (the best way to play, according to CannibalK9), go play the game and come back when you’re done, the essay will still be here. As for the rest of us, let’s dive on in.
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How do you feel? Dizzy? Overwhelmed? Confused? Well, believe me, it only gets worse. This information is presented gradually, obliquely, and resentfully by multiple characters all whispering different lies and half-truths in your ear over the entire game. Detangling this particular Gordian Knot has taken a lot of careful examination and consideration of the game’s glut of information. Even so, I am 100% open to the idea that I have misinterpreted or otherwise misunderstood some element of the game and its mythology. Necessarily, any summary of the events of the game is going to involve some conjecture, a bit of artistic interpretation, and your own interpretation may differ from my own. This is as close as I could come to the “truth” about this game, but the beautiful thing about The Void is that finding your own truth amid the cacophony is one of the most satisfying facets of the story. If the above summary doesn’t mesh with your interpretation of the events of the game, I’d love to hear about it. Otherwise, definition of terms aside, we can now jump into an examination of the thematic undercurrents of the game.
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The world of The Void is married to death. The first character you meet, the melancholic Nameless Sister, is called Sister Death by her siblings. Throughout your journey, when you are approaching death, it will be Sister Death who warns you. Towards the end of the game, Sister Death will also make the ultimate sacrifice: she rips out her final heart and surrenders the last of her Colour to you to aid you on your quest. This act of generosity deeply disturbs the Sisters and Brothers, and I don’t mind telling you it deeply disturbed me. The characters of the game were shocked because “giving” in this world is either impossible or taboo, depending on who you ask. I was shocked because I didn’t realize until her sacrifice how much I really cared for Sister Death, and how much she obviously cared for me.
But for all Sister Death does to keep you alive, it is implied from the very beginning that our character is dead already. The Sisters, or at least Sister Death seem to believe you fell into the Void from above, while the Brothers insist you came up from below. Brother Triumphator insists that the Guest is “not alive, he’s quite dead.” In any case, Master Colour makes it perfectly clear (if his word can really be taken on the subject) that the only way to travel between Limits is to die. In the final leg of the game, Master Colour will also tell you that you are the soul of the Void- that you are the reason the Void is dead. Should that be true, you would be the wandering spirit of the well and truly deceased Sleeper, and therefor quite dead indeed. No matter how you cut it, the Guest is almost certainly dead, as the accounts of the various factions of the game only disagree in this respect on where you came from.
In spite of your posthumous nature, the threat of death still looms large over The Void. The sprigs of Colour you harvest to survive will periodically tell you that “there is no death in the Void.” This is, of course, patently untrue. Sister Death warns you early that beneath the Void is the Nightmare, the realm of Absolute Death. Should your hearts empty, you will sink into the Nightmare. In addition to this, Brothers can be killed in combat, and Sisters can be cannibalized with Aya’s Vampire glyph. At the end of the game, you will allow a Sister ascend, and if Colour is to be believed, travelling up to a new Limit requires death in the current one. As if that wasn’t enough, it’s made unambiguously clear that one Sister will ascend to the detriment of her siblings: everybody but the selected Sister, including the player character, must die for her to reach Breakthrough.
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When we examine these elements of The Void’s mythology, then, we can reach a conclusion about its thesis regarding not only the afterlife, but life. Let’s sum up. In The Void, reality is described as being like a chain of Limits, one above the other, travelling up infinitely high, but with a definite bottom in the Nightmare. Travelling between Limits is only possible upon death, and the deceased will either travel down, or with a great deal of effort and sacrifice, up. The Brothers, nightmarish creatures themselves who believe yourself to be one of them, and believe you ascended to the Void from the Nightmare, refer to the Void as Paradise. The Sisters, beautiful human women in appearance, aspire either secretly or obviously to reach Breakthrough and ascend. Sister Ole and Sister Yani, the uppermost Sisters in the Void, occupy chambers almost uncannily similar to the Limit above, and Sister Yani even claims she has been there. From these elements we can draw the conclusion that afterlife and life are, essentially, one and the same.
What we perceive as the world of the living is merely our own Limit, and upon death our spirit will either sink into the Limit below, which we will perceive as either a purgatory like the Void or a kind of hell like the Nightmare, or we will travel up, to what we might call Paradise. The Void suggests that there is no after life: only life.
There is, however, an interesting caveat to that unique interpretation of the after life. The chain of Limits has a bottom, the Nightmare, which we could call Hell, but it is infinitely tall. The Brothers (who, it is my belief, ascended to the Void from the Nightmare) refer to the Void as Paradise, in spite of the fact that to our eyes it is miserably bleak. From this we can infer that the Limit above our own would be perceived as a Paradise. In fact, ascending a Sister with the Rite of Devotio is said to create a world “for” or “from” that Sister- a world both created from and perfectly suiting the ascended soul. This is all evidence that the Limit above our own is equivalent to the concept of Heaven. But, the chain of Limits is infinitely tall- meaning that “Paradise” is, essentially, relative.
In a couple of ways this is sort of depressing. First, it implies that something approximating “perfection” can never be achieved. Sister Aya refers to Breakthrough as “creating a life from mere existence”, but no matter how high you manage to ascend, you will never reach a sort of “Absolute Life” to counterbalance the Nightmare’s Absolute Death. The second way this chain of Limits can be interpreted negatively is the implication that there is a Hell, but no Heaven. The Nightmare is a very real and definitive dead end on the chain of Limits, but no such finish line exists at the top of the chain. This means traditional western concepts of Heaven- perfect happiness, tranquility, peace, and togetherness with God- simply do not exist in the world of The Void.
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And yet in spite of this, I personally can’t help but interpret this positively. Consider it a facet of my- to borrow a phrase from CannibalK9- “gratingly optimistic” personality. For a start, as an atheist the idea of Heaven isn’t compatible with my belief system. But more than that, the idea of a final resting place in which souls spend the rest of time in perfect harmonious bliss is not in keeping with the tone of The Void. The Void is about struggle- tension, if you like- and it values hard work and dedication above all things. The idea of struggling your entire life to make the world around you a better place, and being rewarded with a higher Limit to work your craft on, is much more appealing to me than a kind of winner’s circle in which spirits congratulate themselves for the rest of eternity.
In his Let’s Play, CannibalK9 makes an inspired comparison between the infinitely tall chain of Limits and creative pursuits: you can always improve, but never perfect, your given craft. Perfection is dull. Everything interesting in life comes from tension, from learning, practicing, struggling, trying, failing, and succeeding. Why should the after life sanitize the most rewarding elements of life? In the cosmogony of The Void, there is no resting on laurels, no pats on the back, and no air of self congratulation. The end of every life represents a new opportunity to improve yourself and the world around you. How often have you looked back at your own life in abject embarrassment, wishing you knew then what you know now? Have you ever looked at something you wrote or drew several years ago and been repulsed by your own inexperience? Are you haunted by the time you were cruel or inconsiderate to someone who trusted you? Did reckless mistakes you made when you were younger have a disproportionately strong effect on the course your life took? In The Void, the end of every life represents an opportunity to approach the whole ordeal again with more and better wisdom, inspiration, trust, intelligence, and kindness. Consider it a New Game Plus mode for life. How many people here would prefer that option to an eternity spent strumming on a harp?
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You might think it’s strange that a game in which a host of powerful male characters protect and repress a sorority of helpless little girls could be considered feminist. Is it possible for a game in which women are literally bound, have no power except their beauty, and depend on a male spirit for sustenance, could have a healthy and sympathetic tone for women? What are we to think of a game in which the only female characters are forced to provocatively pose and strip in exchange for the substance they need to live, like a gentleman’s club where the dancers beg for food stamps? Well, it’s my opinion that this game has deep, strong feminist themes in its very DNA.
When feminism and video games enter the same conversation, more often than not attention is drawn to female characters with strength and conviction. Well, no, when feminism and video games mix more often the result is entitled children throwing their toys out of the crib and making fools of themselves. But in the more civilized corners of the internet (they do exist), great attention is payed to Lara Croft, Jade, Samus- the girls who kick ass and take names. And rightly so- a woman who can accomplish any task a man can and doesn’t make a big thing out of it is commendable progress in an industry that is overwhelmingly male-dominated.
However, while these characters and games are great examples of feminist game icons, I think they all fall into the same category: feminist power fantasies. There’s nothing wrong with a good feminist power fantasy, of course, but it’s only a single facet of what could be a much larger jewel. The Void has a more subtle, more literary feminist streak. It’s my belief that The Void can be very satisfyingly read as an allegory for modern feminism- a woman’s eye view of life amidst the patriarchy.
The Void’s gender politics are extremely obvious, and impossible to ignore. The Brothers and the Sisters have gendered names even as factions. They are totally segregated by gender, and the Brothers are the exclusive wielders of all the power there is to be had in the Void. With the exceptions of Echo and Aya, the sisters are prisoners in their chambers, each one both guarded and dominated by their respective Brother. Even those ostensibly “liberated” sisters are only free to move about the Void at the behest of the Brothers. In other words, the women in this game are utterly repressed by the men. This isn’t a coincidence- the singularly male ruling class keeping the female population in their place is a literal manifestation of the concept of the patriarchy, silently handicapping women to benefit a small ruling class exclusively composed of men.
Although women in video games being attractive by traditional standards is nothing new, the way the Sisters’ loveliness contrasts with the monstrousness of the Brothers is significant. Divorced from its here strictly physical manifestation, The Void seems to suggest in this way that all women are beautiful (intelligent, courageous, selfless, inquisitive, creative, etc) while all men are ugly (vain, egocentric, hypocritical, self-righteous, pompous, and so forth). This is an extremely strong stance to take, and contrary to the opinions of many a Youtube comments section feminists do not believe that women are superior to men, and certainly not to the degree seemingly hypothesized by The Void. But, The Void does not strive to create an allegory representative of the real world, remember. The Void represents the patriarchy as viewed through the lens of its female victims.
As long as we keep this in mind, the loveliness of the Sisters and the striking grotesqueness of the Brothers will make more thematic sense. Through this lens, many of the character decisions made by Ice-Pick Lodge will come into focus. For example, the fact that the Brothers consider themselves the infallible champions of the Sisters, or that the Brothers consider the Sisters somehow dangerous or threatening, or even that the Sisters resent rather than fear their Brothers. Using this interpretation we can also make sense of the seemingly problematic concept of the Sisters being unable to free themselves: one of the core tenets of a functioning patriarchy is that it is a system in which women are powerless, subservient, and subordinate. If the Sisters were capable of fighting the Brothers themselves, The Void would cross over into the above mentioned “feminist power fantasy”, and would not be representative of a “pure” patriarchy. In order to represent an airtight allegorical representation of the patriarchy, the female characters are necessarily powerless.
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There are two factions still to incorporate into this formula, though: Colour, and the Guest. Colour is certainly a masculine presence, and Colour in The Void is representative of power. The patriarchy is so entrenched in the Void that the very voice of “power” is male, and what’s more, power itself desires to remain exclusively in the hands of men. In the final leg of the game, Colour begins speaking to Golden Eyes constantly and aggressively. Although Colour introduces the player to the concept of Breakthrough, and teaches you that this rite ought to be performed on a Sister, as the game progresses Colour at first suggests, and then demands with increasing annoyance, that Golden Eyes perform the Rite of Devotio on himself. It is never suggested that a Brother could achieve Breakthrough- although they are explicitly referred to as being able to “take”, they consider Nerva to be poisonous- so Colour’s only option for keeping power in male hands is to ascend through his male vessel, the Spirit.
The final piece in this particular puzzle is the Guest. The Guest is by all accounts outwardly male. He has a masculine body when you view his hearts, and he spends much of the game successfully disguising himself as a Brother. However, the Guest lacks many of the qualities The Void associates with masculinity. He doesn’t speak, which contrasts him with the Brothers and their interminable self-righteous tirades. He also, strikingly, lacks genitals. Don’t dismiss this as censorship or authorial restraint either: any one of the Sisters will stand as naked as a newborn should you unlock all her hearts, and all their sex organs are clearly visible. In these ways The Void differentiates between a character who is a pillar of the oppressive patriarchy- the Brothers and Colour- and a character who is simply male.
But why is the Spirit male at all? The suggestion to me seems to be that overthrowing the patriarchy and creating a society in which women are truly considered equal to men is the responsibility of everybody, including men. In the Void, Colour is power. In a power-unbalanced society, evening the odds requires the empowered party to sacrifice power to the powerless party. The relationship between the Guest and the Sisters is collaborative- it represents men willingly and happily draining their own privilege and power and offering it to women. With this interpretation, it makes one male character offering power to women under the disapproving gaze of ten empowered men that much more significant: according to The Void, the power equalization between men and women is going to come slowly, from a dedicated minority of male feminist allies, and is going to be met with outrage and violence from the vast majority of men.
This makes Master Colour’s description of the barriers between Limits as a “glass ceiling” much more meaningful. By willfully surrendering his own power to a woman, against the wishes of the ruling patriarchy, the Spirit allows a Sister to literally break the so-called glass ceiling, and ascend to a position above that of even the Brothers. Now that we accept that it is the responsibility of men and women both to overthrow the patriarchy, we can make more sense of the Spirit’s systematic elimination of the Brothers. The Void’s contention is that for women to truly ascend, feminist men need to not only empower women, but actively destroy the patriarchal elements in their society and themselves. The Guest- the male feminist- literally destroys the patriarchy in his quest to empower a Sister.
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Finally, the ultimate goal of The Void is coloured, if you will, with feminist (or at the very least, feminine) themes. The Rite of Devotio will allow one Sister to ascend to the Upper Limit- creating life from mere existence. This is tantamount to a kind of birth. If the Upper Limit is where true “life” occurs, then the Void is not only an afterlife, but prelife. You could call the Void a kind of womb, in which there exists the possibility for many different lives, but only one can be chosen. Even the concept of the Void- vacant, hollow, accepting- is symbolically vaginal. The layout and design of the Void even echoes the appearance of a uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries. The Sisters in their chambers could be said to be unfertilized eggs. In this analogy, then, Colour becomes seminal. It’s the substance used to fertilize a Sister so that she can ascend to the Upper Limit to be born. After all, in order to perform Breakthrough, the Spirit must reach a state of Turgor- turgidity, the opposite of flaccidity, being the state of tissue that has become rigid with the absorption of fluid. In other words, for humans, an erection. In this light, try not to think too hard about the fact that the oldest Sister is nineteen.
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Well, that represents just about the sum total of my most concrete theories regarding The Void. The Void is a spectacularly nourishing experience, and I had to trim away several potential avenues of thematic exploration to save on space and time. In the future, I may return to The Void, and use it as a jumping board to discuss art, love (platonic, familial, romantic, sexual, it’s all there in some form or another, and every player will have a different reaction to every Sister), religion, truth and lies, how we define ourselves against those around us… essentially any topic you care to mention can be meaningfully addressed using the language of The Void. For today, though, I hope I’ve managed to enrich your understanding of this and all games, the way CannibalK9 nourished my own understanding of this and all games. Once again, I’d like to implore you to check out Ice-Pick Lodge’s Kickstarter, and for any PC users, don’t forget that The Void is available on Steam. If you good folks have something to add about The Void (and anybody who has experienced it must have something to say about it), whether you’re building on or tearing down something I’ve said above or you’d like to pursue your own avenue of thought, please feel free to drop a comment, or even contact me personally. I could discuss this game to the end of time, so it certainly wouldn’t be an imposition.
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Hey Beautiful! I saw you helping people with their vedic charts, I would be more than happy if u could take a look at mine.
D1 Chart + Nakshatra Table
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D10 + Nakshatra Table + D10 chart from a different website (extra)
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I want career interpretation based on these D1& D10 chart. I think if u interpret both of these charts side by side you'll be able to provide a bit more accurate career interpretation that's why send both of theses charts.
Thank you sooo much 🤎
Hello dear,
Thank you for kind words and support 🙏
Here you go for your career interpretation from vedic d1 and d10 charts.
You are born in Punarvasu Nakshatra. Punarvasu Nakshatra is ruled by planet jupiter.
Now your 10th house ruler is Aries ruled by Mars but Mars in your d1 chart is weak ( Means Mars is Darakaraka). So i will not interpret according your 10th house ruler.
In your chart Rahu is in 10th house. Rahu Represents Illusions so you may be in need to find the right career path. Illusion as to which career you should pursue.
You may get fame in your Profession. You may travel foreign land for career.
In your d1 and d10 chart there is prominent planets. I interpreting your career according to that.
Your Nakshatra ruler is Jupiter of d1. Jupiter is in conjunction with 10th house (ruler by Mars). Jupiter is in sign Virgo sign ( ruled by Mercury). Also jupiter's Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni ( Ruled by Sun).
In your D1 chart there is Conjuction of Sun, Mars and Jupiter in sign Virgo( ruled by mercury ).
Your d10 chart Ascendant sign is pieces (ruled by jupiter) , 10th house is in sign Sagittarius ( ruled by jupiter).
Your d10 chart Nakshatra is Revati ruled by Mercury. Jupiter As also Ascendant ruler is in sign Gemini ( ruled by mercury) and Nakshatra of jupiter is Ardra ( ruled by Rahu). Rahu is in 10th house of D1 chart.
In your D10 chart 2nd Strongest planet is Mercury and 3rd Strongest planet is Jupiter.
So as conclusion imo Jupiter, Mercury and Rahu will play a huge part in your Profession.
I am suggesting you career options in which you may Achieve Success and Fame.
Teacher ( someone who is highly knowledgeable) or Guru, tutoring. Educationist, Astrologer. Income tax, Financial Department, wealth tax, etc.
Healing field ( doctor, psychologist), telecommunications Related works. Foreign business, politics, movies and cinema.
My advice: if you learn any skills or you have any wisdom or talent try to teach that to people you will gain financially well from it. ( even in education wise for example: giving tuitions).
I am not professional i am still learning vedic Astrology.
Here i interpreted chart According to my Calculations. So my dear please take what Resonates with you.🙏
I would like to wish you Best of luck. Sending you lots of positivity 🎐🍀🤍
Do good karma, forgive who hurted you, meditate, love yourself ❤
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you're making me consider watching those east asian (korean? japanese?) romantic tv shows you watch. do you have any recommendations for someone who tried to watch one (1) k-drama once (1x) and quickly stopped because the genre conventions were very different from what i was used to and that made it take more energy than i was expecting. (was expecting a typical romantic comedy plot like i'm used to and like, i think it was a typical romantic comedy plot but just like, not western)
like, is there a show that's relatively easy to get into? did i get unlucky with that one k-drama (and my own capacity for adjustment in that moment)?
also something that can help me watch stuff is episode summaries to read beforehand, if you're the kind of person who reads episode summaries sometimes and if so, do you have a recommendation for where to read them?
if this ask feels like work to you, please don't answer it. but if this feels like a nice chance to get someone into a thing you're into, i'd love to hear your recommendations
also i'm guessing they don't speak english in thesee shows, nor dutch, so like, would the first result on google for "show name watch free online" typically have good subtitles or are there things to watch out for or look for?
hi bestie, thank you so much for sending me this ask! i'm really happy to hear that my obsession has made you want to check out what the fuss is all about 😍 i've been almost exclusively watching shows from thailand for the past few months, and i'll gladly recommend some! (as for the episode summaries thing, i'm sorry i can't help you, i never read stuff like that.)
many of these shows are free to watch on youtube, and they usually come with english subtitles of varying quality. lately, gmmtv shows have had really amazing translations, but you need to be a bit forgiving with some of the older shows and shows made by other studios.
that said, let's get into the recommendations!
personally, i started this journey with kinnporsche the series (2022, 14 episodes), but that's like being dropped into the ocean from 500 feet above ground with no warning and expected to stay alive by any means necessary. the experience was absolutely amazing and 100% life-changing for me, and i've been showing kp to as many of my irl friends as possible because in my opinion, everyone should watch it, but as a first foray into thai bl it is... a LOT. (if that sounds intriguing to you, message me privately about where to watch it.)
however, here are some other suggestions in case you want to ease into the whole thing:
are you into comedy?
bad buddy (2021, 12 episodes) free to watch on youtube
this one became an instant classic and has a HUGE fandom here on tumblr. two college students have a shared history as the kids of two families who hate each other, and have been made to compete in everything since childhood... however, what their parents didn't plan for was the two of them falling in love. amazing chemistry between the main couple, will make you ugly cry.
my school president (2022, 12 episodes) free to watch on viki
super sweet romcom about a group of school friends who are in a band and are trying to win a battle of the bands type competition. the main love story is cute, heartfelt and very moving and you're going to end up wanting to adopt all of the kids.
care for some higher heat?
only friends (2023, ongoing) free to watch on youtube
if you want to get into something that's currently airing with a vibrant and active fandom, try only friends. everyone is problematic, morality is for losers, it's incredibly erotic, it's been three episodes and almost all of the main characters have already had sex scenes. plot what plot/insane college friend group without plot.
in case you would like to sob uncontrollably:
laws of attraction (2023, ongoing) free to watch on youtube
a man's niece is killed in a car accident that might actually be a murder. said man hires an unhinged lawyer to investigate. still airing (final episode will air on saturday), WILL twist your heart in such a way that you're probably going to need therapy. insanely heated chemistry between the main pairing, absolutely incredible acting from film thanapat.
moonlight chicken (2023, 8 episodes) free to watch on youtube
a poor restaurant owner is struggling dealing with raising his nephew, his own trauma and the pressures of capitalism. also, some guy he slept with keeps hanging around his restaurant because he wants to teach him to love again. this show makes you feel pain but it always hands you a cup of hot chocolate and caresses your back right after. aftercare for the viewer done right.
free philosophy classes wanted?
not me (2021, 14 episodes) free to watch on youtube
local group of gay anarchists are trying to bring a capitalist to justice. they discuss the concepts of justice and morality at length. what exactly is the power of art? if the law is unjust, then how to define justice? and how can we change the world for the better? made by a trans woman, a must-watch in the genre.
be my favorite (2023, 12 episodes) free to watch on youtube
what does it mean to live a good life? how can we ever know what choices to make? what if you could go back and change the things you did wrong? very gentle, compassionate and kind storytelling. this is my personal favorite bl after kinnporsche and about as far from kinnporsche storytelling-wise as anything could possibly get.
why not go for the classics?
until we meet again (2019, 17 episodes) free to watch on youtube
two college students discover they have a soulmate bond and get flashes of memory from their previous lives, making one of them incredibly traumatized as they try to find out what really happened back then. this one is truly a classic bl: filmed on a potato, atrocious audio quality, trope-heavy. however, the way this show manages to sneak up on you and threaten your entire life is unparalleled and i'm still not over those final two episodes.
he's coming to me (2019, 8 episodes) free to watch on youtube
this one is a hidden gem. there's almost no fandom for it on here but it's a show that i can recommend wholeheartedly. a guy falls in love with a ghost he keeps seeing in the cemetery and tries to help him unravel the secret of his violent death. features a whole bunch of actors who are now considered veterans/heavy hitters.
i hope this was helpful! message me if you have any more questions 😊
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If you already got this from someone and you just haven't answered yet pls ignore, but if no one else asked i want to add klinger+charles for the relationship bingo ask meme
ok I’m getting to this late as FUCK but PLEASE nobody ever hesitate to send me something for an ask game if I get one ask on a topic I will go YIPPEE and if I get 20 asks on the same topic I will go YIIIIIPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Anyhow you're indeed the only one around here who shows outside interest in our rarepair insanity, a boon I will remember as long as I live btw. Mx. Smoking Marlene Dietrich I owe you the WORLD
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TRIPLE BINGO because they are EVERYTHING. to me.
It’s funny. This is the one duo where I almost do just want to post the bingo and leave it at that. Part of me wants to tell people about this ship SO bad, to give novel-length explanations and justifications and theses. But the other part of me is like you know what. You either Get It or you don’t.
Anyways there are 10000 things to say about Them but one is: I specifically did not fill in “gay af to have a sworn rival” even though it cost me another bingo because one of the most fascinating things about the interactions between these two is that they actually do not have a mutually adversarial relationship--even though that’s what writers usually do with two characters on diametrically opposite ends of the socioeconomic spectrum. 
I’ve been thinking about this a bit because I’ve seen people say things like, “It’s great what a funny duo they turned into when they started out hating each other, haha.” And I get why one would think like this but IMO it’s actually not the case! Charles acts more familiar with Max over time because he does that with everyone--
(Though he’s racist towards Max throughout, of course. Because Charles’ racism never goes away. You know that right. MASH fandom I am putting my hands on your shoulders and asking: You know that, right? I keep seeing people talk about Charles having a character arc and a redemption arc so I’m just. I’m just making sure.)
--but Max has actually been pretty nice to him right from the start, back when Charles’ relationship with basically every character was antagonistic. As soon as s6e13 he tells Charles how similar they are, how they should work together to try and get away from the war, how they’re “soulmates”. Even after Charles insults him, he straight up says, “I’m on your side, Major”, which I’m pretty sure remains one of the nicest things someone canonically says to Charles, ever. Just one scene, but emblematic of a greater whole, of quite a few future scenes where Max gamely engages with Charles even when it puts him in unpleasant situations.
And of course, the motivation the show usually gives, on those occasions when it thinks about Maxwell’s motivations at all, is a simple throwaway “Well Charles is paying him / giving him some other material benefit, so obviously Klinger will be his kicked dog! You all know how Middle Eastern people are! We are a groundbreakingly progressive show btw.”
But man. Fuck that shit. This is far afield of my original point but the thing is, Max’s interactions with Charles are often the most egregious exempla of every way the later seasons fucked over my girl here. It almost seems useless to try to analyze any of Max’s actions after a certain point from a Watsonian perspective, when the Doylist reading of the show being too racist and stupid to do anything coherent with him is the ultimate explanation, and sometimes the only explanation you can even come up with, because shit just makes NO fucking sense in-universe. 
But unfortunately I’m a stupid cringe ass fanfic writer/reader, and I love this character, and Max already gets so little screentime compared to the main protagonists, and I don’t want to just ignore him because of the decisions of writers who didn’t care about him.
(That’s the entire reason I started shipping this stupid thing in the first place, btw. I just wanted to read some fanfic where Max is the main character and idk if you’ve noticed but if it weren’t for AO3 user stateofintegrity and their ~problematic cringe ship~, the pickings would be pretty fucking slim.)
So I like to pretend there’s a better reason for Maxwell going from “Major Burns I hate you so fucking much I am going to kill us both with this fucking grenade” to the equivalent of a tumblr blog responding to pathetic anon hate with “are we about to have sex”. After all, if you’re going to write Maxwell yourself, get inside his head and all, then you also have to account for why he tolerates all the OTHER characters’ racism towards him in later seasons, too. 
And the messy problematic reasoning I come up with is that Max is at heart the kindest and also most emotionally intelligent character on the show, and even the liberalized version of the 1950s our story is set in is a systemically bigoted universe that is all he’s ever known and experienced, and he’s certain these are good people, really, when it matters. And being emotionally intelligent, and generally intelligent too for that fucking matter, and observant and insightful, he can tell there’s a big difference between Frank and Charles, and perhaps less of a difference, even, between Charles and Hawkeye. Maybe when you watch things from Hawkeye’s POV, the ideological and moral differences between him and Charles are huge, but maybe if you were in Max’s POV instead there wouldn’t be quite as much of a distinction between them. I don’t know! I don’t know. Just some ideas, I don’t know. 
Of course getting into fucking. internalized racism and such is pretty uncomfy and exhausting shit. And that’s not even touching all the gender stuff my girl has going on. You start to see why nobody wants to get into this character’s head much. But I do :3 And I do honestly think sometimes the most effective way to do that is to look at the Messiest Ship In All Of MASH (TM). As I’ve talked about before from the Charles angle, I love this ship precisely because of its Problems, because they’re problems that exist anyways for both characters, and having the two of them interact makes the problems impossible to ignore, so they maybe finally get to be dealt with. I mean, I just don’t think the optimal resolution to Charles and Max’s racism-laden interactions is that Charles goes back home to a big opulent house and Max struggles to save up to buy a used car in After M*A*S*H. That is not super satisfying. to me. 
This post got derailed to hell but I think what I was trying to say is that Max treats Charles SO much better than that bastard man deserves and I would at least like to see something come of it, for the love of--
#HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE I lost so much sleep to write this and for what. truly for what.#to hopefully not get hashtag canceled for it on the off chance someone reads it I guess ghdsjgkhdsklkhk anyways#I meant to say I actually usually hate when Rich Character and Poor Character are portrayed in a Rivalry Of Equals type scenario cause like#nooooo actually that's not how life works. power differential means something. this is no a fair fight.#Starky loves answering questions#marley-manson#putting my organizational tags early this time cause apparently if you put them too late they don't show up on your own blog tag searches??#I couldn't find my unpopular opinion Charles manifesto ;;;_;;; thankfully I'd linked it before smh#did any of this make ANY sense like just out of curiosity. clap if it made sense.#mash#charmax#idk man I just can't separate the fact#that Charles being racist to Klinger is contemporaneous with#1) the other characters not really giving a shit about Charles' racism#and 2) the other characters also being racist to Klinger themselves#albeit less frequently depending on the season#I've said it before and I'll say it again#everything people hate about this ship should be things they hate about much more than JUST this ship#the concept of shipping these two together just makes you suddenly step back and take notice of all the latent garbage#and that's part of why I like it. because it makes you take notice.#the other part of why I like it is that Max deserves a sugar daddy who will buy him anything he wants forever#also this isn't the direction I ended up going with the post#but my favorite thing about the total imbalance in how they see each other#is that Max makes Charles soooo angry all the time#and Charles barely registers as an annoyance to Max most of the time#it's like when a cat has decided one of your appendages is an enemy to be attacked#and you're just sitting there like haha playtime with my silly kitty :3#K if you're reading this btw you know I don't think your stuff is cringe or problematic#that was for the Outsiders the Uninitiated the Ignorant#you understand how it is. I am giving you 1000000 kisses now also.
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3. I prefer to do longer threads like 3+ paragraphs and flex my writing muscles that I haven’t flexed in a long time. (Shorter threads are nice, but I am trying to push myself into being a more detail orientated writer again)
4. The best way to start writing with me is to send memes or I will send memes. After that, plotting becomes a far easier thing for me to do once I have a slightly better grasp on the chemistry of our muses
5. Hi my name is Paige, I have been writing many of theses muses off and on for many years. Some I have been writing since my very first days on this hellsite in 2009 (yikes). I love them all to pieces but do note that with writing a muse for a long time comes a character that has basically become an OC thanks to all of the development and headcanons that have developed along the way.
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Refusing The Enemy
MEMORY VERSE OF THE WEEK
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+ Romans 10:13- For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved."
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VERSE OF THE DAY
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+Ephesians‬ ‭2‬:‭2‬ You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.”
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** SAY THIS BEFORE YOU READ; HERE’S SOME CHRISTIAN TRUTHS **
I AM REFUSING THE ENEMY
I AM DENYING THE FLESH
I AM RESTING IN CHRIST
I AM STRONGER IN GOD
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THOUGHTS:
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When I first got my car, they let me have XM radio for free, and I never used it because I had Spotify or Apple Music, but I they sent me letters and e-mails about signing up for a year to have XM radio. I would send back in an email I decline, or I refuse, or whatever to get them to understand I didn’t want it or need it, one day I called. I told the lady, please don’t send me any more emails or letters. I don’t want the service she said well, we will give it to you at a discounted rate, you’ll love it I said no, I’m okay; she said I don’t think you understand. I said I do. I am refusing the service; sometimes, we have to put our foot down and refuse service from the enemy.
We used to be people that were like the world, holding on to everything the devil made us BELIEVE. Satan is the commander of this world; when we refuse to obey God and we refuse to heed his voice, that’s who we obey; we can say we are obeying this or that, or we don’t follow his voice and his commands, but when we refuse to let go of how we do things. We allow the enemy to direct our steps; we are refusing God.
How many of us have turned away from him? How many of us refuse to hear God's voice? How many of us are still heeding the voice of the enemy?? The enemy isn’t going to stop; he isn’t going to stop getting your or my attention; he’s just going to keep going and keep trying us at every side.
The world today tells us he has powers, he has ways; he’s strategic, and he’s always going to try something to get us to come back to being the people we were. Verse 3 tells us exactly who we used to be: “Among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.”
We lived for the passion of our own flesh, we carried the things that our body wanted, and we did what we wanted because we felt this was living, and it wasn’t , it was us dying; this is letting ourselves die for things and pleasures. But now, because we constantly refusing the devil's schemes and plots, we are different!
“1 Corinthians 6:11 tells us what we are now: “And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” We are washed and sanctified and justified in the name of Jesus! We are set free; we are no longer captives! We don’t have to sit and wait to be free, and we don’t have to get ourselves together! We don’t have to wait for the perfect moment; our time is now to refuse Satan, or time is now to refuse what he’s offering!
“Ephesians 5:16 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.”
Some of us allow the enemy to entice us with these empty words: “We aren’t good enough.” No one loves us, and “ we are never going to be successful.” theses words are empty; they don’t mean anything; they don’t have any power over our lives! Because the Bible tells us God loves us and that we are the head and not the tail, that he has plans for us, plans to prosper us and not to harm us, plans to give us hope and a future.
The enemy came to Jesus three times, and Jesus refused him each time; when the enemy comes, we must say no; we must refuse him! No matter how many times they sent me the offer to keep the service, I refused; no matter how good the deal sounds we, I refuse the service; we must be and do the same thing: refuse the service, don’t allow what he says to convince you, that you need his temporary happiness, his temporary success and his empty words we don’t all we need is Jesus.
***Today, don’t allow an offer that isn’t worth anything to keep you from being with Jesus! Don’t allow what he says to persuade you; allow what he says to be ignored, and hold on to the fact that Jesus loves you so much that he died for you and that he fought for you! That he wanted you to be that much filled with his love and joy! Refuse the enemy, and he must go ©Seer~ Prophetess Lee
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PRAYER
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Heavenly Father thank you so much for everything , lord give us strength to help us through the day , lord help us to refuse the enemy, and abide by you , lord give us wisdom and understanding on how to handle the enemy , everyday we want to refuse his seeds of mischief and seeds of doubt . Give us more faith to believe, give us more faith to hold on to you and not the temporary things of this life ! Lord we ask you right now to help us to deny our fleshly ways, lord no sin is bigger then the next but father help us to deny anything attaching itself to us ! In Jesus Name Amen
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REFERENCES
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+ Ephesians 5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience
+1 John 3:10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
+ 1Peter 1:14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance
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FURTHER READINGS
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Judges 19:1-20:48
John 3:22-4:3
Psalm 104:24-35
Proverbs 14:22-23
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how does someone edit the template you made for OCs? I'd love to use it - while giving credit obviously but I just can't figure it out.😭
hello anon!!
first of all thank you for your interest!! it really means a lot that you’d love to use it.
i created the template in procreate on my ipad and that is what i will be demonstrating on, but all theses tools should be available in other image editing programmes such as photoshop etc. it should also be possible in word, so if this is unhelpful i’ll be happy to try that as well 🙂
1) download the image into the editor, my image is set to size a4 paper (247mm x 210mm)
2) select the spaces where the pictures are meant to be with a selection tool, manually or automatically.
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3) erase the area selected. once erased place the picture behind. the erased area should appear!
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4) for text, black out over the text. either with a paintbrush tool or rectangle shape. add a text box over the top and place the correct information.
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i really hope that this is helpful and enjoy using the template!!
please send another message if you want more info and i’ll try my hardest to help you!
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currentlymissing · 2 years ago
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I posted 9,956 times in 2022
That's 1,512 more posts than 2021!
92 posts created (1%)
9,864 posts reblogged (99%)
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Longest Tag: 140 characters
#kinda grossed out my this....not gonna lie..... something fundamentalto how theses woman mush change when they turn 25 huh..................
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
two things that can stop me in my tracks: Cats, The Moon
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#4
There's one Scorpio dude who lives in my head rent-free, like, how do I send him an eviction notice? There's not enough space up there, please!
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#3
One like and I'll call out from my 9 hour shift today due to insomnia.
2 notes - Posted November 21, 2022
#2
【Official】『PRINCESS ARETE』English sub (Limited Time Only)
3 notes - Posted November 18, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
hi hi! 5 and 9 for the self care ask post :)
5. last book you read?
Currently reading The Man Who Tasted Shapes by Richard E. Cytowie. it's about synesthesia!
9. do you have pets? if so, tell us about them. if not, would you like a pet?
I don't currently, I used to have a Hamster named Wednesday and for a short time 2 cats named Sir Captain and Boots.
I would absolutely love to adopt another cat or two tho, someday.
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