#She doesn't know she could have other options if she changed her goals. or. she doesn't want the other options bc What would it be for then

[carryhatchet]

It's crazy how the incest stuff negates any support system Cathy has. like technically she has someone offering her an out from her abusive husband but choosing that also means choosing this other terrible thing. like. she's trying to get as far away from the past abuse as she can (while still holding onto so much anger) but she's escaping into new abuse (connected to holding onto anger???) and trusting. deciding. believing that it will aid her in achieving her goals, and then she can go from there. this belief of indestructibility bc what does she have if not that??? how could she stand to keep going while stuck between these options if she didn't separate herself entirely from them. the only people offering her escapes are just asking if she'd please come get abused by them instead of the current guy and every option is still better than how she was raised

[the-overanalyst]

with my post-ena5 understanding of mizuki's character, i've tried reexamining her key moments through that lens. that's what led me to the questions i'll try to answer here: what was mizuki feeling during the rooftop scene (the original one) and did ena's declaration there actually do her more harm than good?

the reason the rooftop scene is so important is because it changes mizuki's motivation. she infamously says "i lied to her," but it doesn't end up being a lie. all the way through this event, her goal was still to keep her secret under wraps. but from this point forward, her goal is to find the courage to share her secret.

it's comparable to how ena's motivation switches from seeking validation to seeking self improvement thanks to kanade's kind gesture in insatiable pale color. in that case, it's clearly a good thing: one need was met so she could focus on another further up maslow's hierarchy. mizuki's situation, unfortunately, is more complicated.

to explain why, we need to address mizuki's defining internal conflict. her desire for meaningful lasting connection is at war with her self-loathing and guilt. so when ena says she'll wait forever, part of mizuki is elated. as she almost admitted out loud, she wants to keep seeing the cherry blossoms together with n25.

at the end of secret distance, having accepted that n25 is important to her, mizuki was faced with a choice. she could either have genuine friendship, or she could keep her secret. once we get to footprints, it's clear she's chosen the latter. that's why her first shock in the scene comes when ena calls her a "friend." whether or not she thinks she deserves it, and despite her best attempts to sabotage its formation, the friendship exists. and the others are trying to make it last.

but mizuki pushes back. she insists ena can't really mean forever, she warns her it could be a really long time. implicitly, she's trying to tell her "i'm not worth it." this is the ugly side of the rooftop scene. because now that ena has made her dedication so clear, there's no way for mizuki to escape her guilt.

so what's the point? aside from making us all cry, what did this scene accomplish?

well, i've hinted at it already, but this the scene that makes mizuki realize, "i want to tell her. i have to tell her." sure, for a moment, it crosses her mind that ena would stay her friend forever if she simply didn't tell her, but even the thought makes her feel like an awful person. continuing on like that was never really an option. even if she doesn't know it by the end of the scene, she now has the motivation and will someday have the courage to move forward.

before this, she saw ena more the way mafuyu sees shizuku or others from school: she'll never really know me because i don't let the mask slip in front of her. afterwards, she sees her the way mafuyu sees kanade: she's trying for me, so i have to try too.

of course, she's still delaying and deflecting out of a desire to keep things the same, but one way or another, the "distance" arc is over. it's a gradual process from here, but as we see in world link and in mafu5, she really is trying.

in the grand scheme of things, i have to argue that ena's declaration had a net positive effect. mizuki's chronic nemesis is stagnation. painful or not, the rooftop scene forces her to make an effort to change. without it, she never would have found the genuine, trusting connections and unconditional love she now knows she has.

[ggukslvrs]

14 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣 | 01

cold!fem reader x cold!jungkook

ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴀʀʏ: 14 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣. A deceitful man. A naïve woman. One night was all it took, to change her life around.

Money, the biggest desire and downfall of humanity. She chose upon it herself.

It's all her fault.

But she does not complain for the man she sees upon is one of a kind. Her heart set on him. Her goal is him. She will make him hers. But will she succeed?

Not everything you want will be yours.

But that doesn't comply to her.

And that is what makes him desire her... dangerously.

Obedience. Lust. Desire. Hunger. Satisfaction.

This is the game.

ᴛʀɪɢɢᴇʀ ᴡᴀʀ��ɪɴɢꜱ (for this chapter): explicit language, manipulation, deception, cursing, substance use (alcohol), mentions of sexual assault

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Shit. Such a shit day. Well, you just got fired.

You roll your eyes after storming away from the building that was once your workplace on the weekdays. Poking your inner cheek, you stuff your hands inside your pocket for protection from the harsh winter winds. It's mid-January but it seems the cold wants to stay a little longer. The evening was dark, but the sky was clear. No speck of star or light — as if the universe were mocking your bitter reality.

Completely empty. Just like you.

Just as you thought your life was finally getting back on track, a massive slap hits you as your boss randomly fires you from your job. You had been working there for 5 years now. Though the pay was little, it was enough to suffice you with the basic necessities to live.

He says you were 'incompetent' and 'slacked on the job' even though it was him ordering everyone around while he's lazily smoking in his office. It really fumed you with anger when you put up with the sexism all these years just for him to fire you in the end. You just could not keep quiet and exploded right there causing you to be kicked out of the building.

It was unbelievable. Your entire lifeline gone like that and you have no second option.

You're stuck and lost.

Wandering the dark streets for hours, without a care or caution to where you now are. You stumble upon a luminescent magenta neon sign casting a spell on you like a witch's potion.

A club.

You start to feel curious as you have never been in a club before. You have never been the type to enjoy congested, turbulent places like this. But today you feel inclined to step inside. You want to know what it feels like to be inside.

It's calling your name.

As soon as you enter, you are confronted with strangers making out — eating each other’s mouth like their life and bloodline depended on it. Obviously, you have seen people making out before but not as disturbing as this. A regretful spasm erupts inside your guts the closer you get to the music, the more you wished you kept your curiosity in control. The flashing colours blind your irises — almost giving you an epileptic seizure. Somehow, you found the bar and took a seat before calling over the bartender.

"A drink please." You call out, slumping your head into your arms — feeling your world spin around you.

"Which drink would you like?" He asks, uncertain of your request.

"The strongest one you got." You replied almost dozing off from the boisterous music blazing your eardrums.

This place was really out of your comfort zone — it just was not you.

Gulping down the drink in one shot, the burn immediately melting your throat. You hiss as this is your first time drinking and never expected such pain. Sourly looking at the glass, you felt the desire for more. Signalling the bartender to refill your glass, he hesitantly obeys you. He doesn't have a good feeling about this, noticing that you are already tipsy and on the verge of getting drunk.

It's your 5th refill and you're more than drunk. You've been sputtering utter nonsense, letting out all the frustration consumed inside of you. Suddenly, you felt a hand snake around your waist and the smell of alcohol consumes your nostrils. Drowsily, you turn your attention onto the old man who's looking at you like a predator ready to pounce on its prey.

"Hey babygirl. I see you're alone tonight. Want me to make you feel heaven from earth?" He licks his lips while leaning in closer.

Your stomach twists.

You felt disgusted and attempt to push him off, but your strength has been drained from the alcohol. Pleadingly, you look at the bartender for help, but he looks away in helplessness.

All of a sudden — in a blink of an eye — the old man is thrown off you. Falling onto the ground holding his jaw from the strong blow.

"Get your filthy hands off her." The man spat in anger.

His broad back was facing you as your eyes travelled down his muscular structure. His tattoo sleeve on display from the black tight fit short sleeved shirt he was wearing. You were in shock as the guy turns to face you.

"Are you alright?" He hurriedly checks to see if you were harmed.

Your body was completely frozen from the shock that you were unable to reply. All you could take in was that the man was undeniably handsome. His beauty was beyond those 'Greek Gods’— the definition of perfection in human form.

Your eyes felt blessed and purified.

All you could do was stare at the man before you with heart eyes.

"Who the fuck do you think you are?" The old man finally utters, limping off the ground.

"I am her boyfriend, and I suggest you get out of my sight before you never see the light of day again." He grits through his teeth as the eyes of the old man widen with fear and he quickly runs away.

The guy turns back to you once again to still find you in shock. He softly holds your shoulders.

"Hey, are you okay?" His tone is completely different from before.

It was amiable and pure.

You slowly come back to your senses and stare wide eyed at the God sent figure in front of you.

"Yes, thank you for saving me." You manage to say— finally coming to your senses.

"It's no problem, guys like him really annoy me." He lets go of your shoulders and takes a seat beside you.

"So, you're here alone tonight?" He asks pouring himself a drink.

"Yeah." You reply sadly, taking a sip.

The incident really sobered you up.

"That's strange. Normally girls who come here alone ask to be fucked. You don't look like the type to do that... especially how you're dressed." You see him weirdly eyeing you up and down, causing you to awkwardly laugh.

"I just got fired and found myself here..." You say slowly, feeling his burning gaze on you.

"Damn. That's shit." He replies finishing his first drink — so nonchalantly, oddly attractive.

"Tell me about it." You roll your eyes remembering your horrible boss.

"My name’s Jungkook." He suddenly says as you look at him.

"I'm ___." You reply as he flashes you the cutest bunny smile you have ever seen.

You felt your heart racing — as if it were going to jump right out of your chest.

"That's a beautiful name for a beautiful girl." He replies in a cheesy tone causing you to giggle.

Reaching out for your phone curious of what the time is, your eyes widen when you realise it's almost 2am. You look at Jungkook, who has still been accompanying you the entire time. He made you temporarily forget about the emptiness you were feeling earlier. He looks at you confused.

"What's the matter ___?" He asks.

"It's almost 2am!" You shout in disbelief as your mind worries about how you are going to get home. Not until you hear Jungkook laughing — like you said the most hilarious thing ever.

"Oh, come on ___, don't tell me it's way past your bedtime!" He laughs at you while you annoyingly cross your arms across your chest — clearly not amused.

"'No, it's not! It's really late you know, and I don't even know where I am right or how far I am from my house!" You defend yourself as he slowly stops himself from laughing further.

"Okay fine. Stay for another hour and then I can drop you by a nearby hotel." You hesitate — unsure whether to trust his words — before slowly nodding your head.

An hour passes by and then another hour. You both decided to order more drinks and now you're both drunk as hell.

"___.. let's g-go..." Jungkook says half dozing off.

You slowly get up and grab a hold of his face, cupping his cheeks with your small palms.

"And go where? Huh? You want to seduce me?!" You say raising an eyebrow teasingly.

Jungkook smirks.

"What if I say yes?" He whispers huskily into your ear.

You giggle from the ticklish feeling of his hot breaths mixed with the smell of vodka against your skin.

"You're cute and hot... I want you to fuck me." You say with a devilish grin — completely unaware of the consequences your silly remarks could cause.

You were acting so different from your usual self — the result of alcohol.

You were being too bold for your own comfort that your stomach twisted—from something different.

A feeling of satisfaction?

You've only had two past relationships and those were during your high school years. You were an innocent young girl, blind from the dangerous desires held by the world.

In your first relationship, it was slow and distant. There was never any intimacy nor any physical affection.

Why?

Well, you just weren't the type to do that type of stuff.

It was out of your comfort zone.

You never touched your boyfriend, who was also your 'best friend', because you were shy. He also never initiated anything because he knew your nature.

But unfortunately, he ended things because there was way too much distance between you two.

However, your second relationship started around the end of your high school years, just when you were about to start college. This time, you grew yourself out of your comfort zone and attempted at some intimacy.

However, that didn't go that far from holding hands and cuddles on the couch.

That's when you realised, you aren't ready for relationships, so you came to the decision to focus on yourself and your future.

"Is that so?" He cocks up one eyebrow.

"Yes." You run your fingertips along his muscular chest while giving him a seductive look.

"Be careful what you say babe... it's dangerous." His voice changed to a deeper and more dominant tone —enlightening a fire inside the pits of your stomach.

It sent satisfied tingles up your spine as you climb onto his lap, wrapping your arms around his neck — it was a very risky and bold move, but you could blame the alcohol in your system.

"Show me what you got." You smirk as he drags his hungry gaze down to your lips.

Purposely, you lick your bottom lip causing him to hiss.

"Don't do that... you're seriously making me lose control." He stares back into your hazel brown eyes.

A satisfied smirk on your face as you lean in towards his ear.

"Lose control." You whispered shamelessly.

[fatum679]

The anime "Naruto" showed me what friendship should not be and what love should not be, using the example of the long-suffering Uchiha Sasuke.

Naruto is an example of what friendship should not be. Naruto is a toxic friend, a manipulator, an abuser, a gaslighter, and a privacy violator. He bullies Sasuke, forces his friendship on him, provokes him into a reaction, emotionally vampirizes him, and humiliates him in every way possible because he is jealous that Sasuke is better than him. Sasuke constantly tells Naruto to fuck off and that he doesn't want to be friends with him. Naruto hasn't changed with age.

Sakura is an example of what love should not be. Sakura is a toxic girl, a manipulator, an abuser, a gaslighter and a violator of personal space. She wants to possess Sasuke like object, she wants him to belong only to her, she makes sure that he does not communicate with other girls, she imposes her love, provokes a reaction, emotionally vampirizes, violates personal space by constantly hanging on to him. Sasuke constantly tells Sakura to fuck off and that he does not love her. She did not even know that Sasuke is an orphan. Sakura hasn't changed with age.

In the end, we see the victim under the oppression of toxic people give in and accept Naruto's friendship and Sakura's love. It's disgusting. I haven't yet analyzed Itachi's "true brotherly love" for his younger brother.

An example of a healthy friendship is Sasuke and Suigetsu. They respect each other. Sasuke released Suigetsu from captivity after killing Orochimaru and Suigetsu voluntarily agreed to help Sasuke take revenge on his brother. Suegetsu said that he followed Sasuke because he believed that he would make the world a better place. Despite everything that happened next, they remained good friends.

An example of healthy love is Sasuke and Ino. As a child, Ino was in love with Sasuke and also violated his space and imposed her love, but by the age of 15, she grew up, kept her love for Sasuke and began to respect him. She no longer imposes herself, she does not manipulate him, does not abuse and gaslight. Unlike Sakura, she was able to realize that she was wrong. So I regret that they are not together.

Another example of healthy love is Sasuke and Chino, at the end of "Sasuke Shinden". Chino hates the Uchiha, but she sometimes forgot her hostility around Sasuke and cared for him, she is genuinely surprised when he saved her and this makes her look at Sasuke not as an enemy. When Sasuke finds out the whole truth about her and her clan, he shows sympathy, support and understanding. She forgives his clan, and he does not hold a grudge against her desire for revenge. Chino feels guilty for wanting to kill Sasuke, she genuinely cares for him and worries. Unfortunately, Chino is already in a relationship with Fushin, so she and Sasuke do not have any love relationship. But they really could have been a good couple.

P|S

About Sasuke x Karin. I don't hate this ship. Sasuke respects Karin from their first meeting, Karin understands Sasuke and knows the logic of his actions and what goals he pursues. They had a good relationship, there were no conflicts in the beginning, but Karin, like Sakura, imposes her love and it also looks manic. All this is very stressful and in real life such dependence is scary. In addition, Sasuke almost killed Karin and this is not the norm, although he was in an unhealthy mental state at that moment thanks to Konoha, Itachi and Obito, and if he loved her, he would not have done this, so Karin deserves better.

That's why I think Ino and Chino are the best option. Even when Ino behaved inappropriately like Sakura, Sasuke treated her loyally. While he directly told Sakura and Naruto to leave him alone and used violence against them. I also think that Ino's inappropriate behavior is related to her rivalry with Sakura. She didn't act so aggressively before she met Sakura and their fight. That's why there was such a striking difference in behavior when they both turned 15.

I also want to add that Sasuke is not a completely mentally healthy character, because most characters in anime look at him not as a person, but as their personal project [Itachi, Konoha, Obito, Madara], as a piece of meat or an inanimate object [Sakura, Danzo, Kabuto and Orochimaru], as something that is broken and needs to be fixed (not try to be a normal guardian) [Kakashi] and as an object of bullying or a person who supposedly owes you something [Naruto].

When I first watched the anime, there were strong hints in season 1 that Kakashi and Anko would be Sasuke's father and mother figures. They both worried about Sasuke and showed concern for him at the beginning. Unfortunately, the whole plot went to shit. We really lost such a good plot where Anko and Kakashi try to protect their child from Orochimaru. What a waste of potential for Anko, I was so hoping she would kick Orochimaru's ass.

[dejasenti99]

well hi :3 welcome to deja’s skinblending guide. this is my first full written tutorial so excuse me if its not very good LAWL before we get started, here's the tools i'll be using

sims4studio

tray importer

photoshop 2022 (theres cracked version everywhere on tumblr)

blender 4.1

sims 4 ripper

blender + the ripper aren't required to make skins, plenty of people don't go that extra step, but i love using it for placement help

okay lets fuckin go gamers heres my very in depth process for making my ocs skins

miss dolly is gonna be our model today. she already has a skin but im gonna add some little details for the sake of example + some tats cause ive been meaning to anyway.

so when i first get started on making someone a skin, ill find a good base to use and then add details from other categories like nosemasks, eyebags, contours, etc.

my fav skin creators are @sims3melancholic and @thisisthem. my bases are usually thisisthem, and then i'll pick through a couple s3m skins and make notes on my phone about what parts i wanna take off of them (like, say, i like how a certain s3m skin's nose looks. i'll use that instead of a nosemask)

my goal when im gathering things i wanna add is to free up as many slots as i can. id rather add cheshire's freckles onto her skin than use up the freckle slot in skin details that i could use for something else, yknow?

ill repeat this process for makeup next. obviously im not giving my ocs permanent full glam, but some lipsticks can add better texture, you can get highlights/blush from........the blush section LOL and i love using this obscurus eyeliner at a low-ish opacity

just adds an extra level of detail i love. i think what keeps my sims looking consistent next to each other is that i tend to use some of the same details all across the board

make sure for all makeup/skin detail/tattoo category swatches you use, you make note of what swatch it exactly is. when you go into s4s to export the file, you're gonna have to manually select it and if u cant remember what skintone u chose out it can be annoying :/

note that she is completely nakey aside from her piercings while i pick what im gonna use for her skin! no clothing but u can keep on their hair. this is so we have a clear view of everything (and i mean EVERYTHING) for blender.

after you make sure u save the sim/household to ur gallery, you can close out of cas and save ur game! i forgot to do this bc im a fucking idiot but its okay bc you will not. its not REALLY necessary to do this as long as you know exactly what packages you need to locate for texture exporting

step one is done!!!! close out ur game

i have a million fucking characters so i made a deja senti skinblending folder to keep it all organized :-)

this is what it looks like inside. gives u a pretty good overview of what ur gonna be doing tbh. the 't' folder is all the textures we're about to export

thankfully i do have a version of dahlia saved in my gallery so even tho i didnt go it before i closed my game i can still show u what to do in tray importer lol. i have multiple sims in one household, so i narrowed it down by going up top and selecting dahlia / human / and her everyday outfit.

since im gonna give her this blush, i right click and hit open w package viewer so itll find it and open s4s for me

anime wow sound. im gonna change the color manually in photoshop so it doesnt matter to me what swatch i export. hit that green export button under the list of diffuse/shadow/etc (u dont need to worry about all those options, just diffuse) and save it to ur folder!

once ur done gathering ur textures ur good to close out of tray importer and s4s(we'll come back to s4s later tho)

thats step two! the quickest step lawl

this is where i start being a little extra. u dont have to rip ur sim and use blender if u dont want to, but i think it can rly help bc the default sim in s4s doesn't have ur sims facial features and can make ur skins look wonky/wont give an accurate representation of how itll look in game. this cuts out having to go in game/out of game over and over to check

so in simripper once u load up ur sim, the important part is to make sure u have it set to export the dae with separate meshes. once thats done u can import it into blender and there's plenty of other tutorials out there how to use simripper n all that.

so once u get the dae loaded into blender im gonna send u on a little side quest over to this ask i answered where i explain how i separate eyes from the head mesh. next thing ur gonna open is photoshop! or whatever u have thats similar

say hi to flat dahlia. u should have ur own guy but flat open now too :-) along with everything else ur gonna combine. in my case its blush and a titty mask. im gonna start w the blush so i zoomed into her face in blender. i went into the blush file and copied, then back into my base skin file and pasted into place with crtl+shift+v

please do not be like me. make sure u rename ur layers as you copy and paste them into the main skin file. do this because it DOES matter what order ur layers are in. u dont want to put ur highlight under ur nose mask cause the nose mask will just cover the highlight etc etc. i already lost what layer the new blush i added is. what is wrong w me

so when u have ur first detail pasted on and in place, ur gonna save the base skin file as a psd. then go into blender, and in the little textures window ur gonna replace the diffuse file ur dae came loaded with with ur new psd file

u should see the change u made but mine was super subtle so im gonna show it to u when i put on the cleavage overlay

when it comes to stuff like this, ur obviously gonna want to pick the closest to ur skintone swatch as u can. i did not do this, because again, im an idiot

mine is way too pale LAWL whoops. we can fix this tho

i add a hue/saturation adjustment and make it a clipping mask using that square w the arrow so the adjustment will ONLY affect the mask

from there i just make little adjustments until the color match up is as perfect as i can make it. for example for this, ik that it needs to be a little warmer and a little more saturated, so im gonna bump the hue and saturation sliders to the right and it was pretty much perfect

tiddies with no mask > with mask no adjustments > with mask and adjustments

and ur gonna go ahead and repeat that process with every single thing u wanna add to ur skin.

so as for tattoos! this is another thing ur gonna wanna rename the layers for because depending on how heavily ur sims can be tatted it can get A LOT

here's psyche's neat little tattoo folder. its separated into where the tattoo is and then

what it is

i find all my tattoo inspo on pinterest using flash sheets/keywords in the search. my ocs usually have sub-boards that i hoard inspo in for them specifically. dahlia doesnt have one bc ive never seen her as the most tattooed person, but i think she'd have some at least

this process is pretty much the same as putting on skin details! its all about adjusting to what u like. for example, i like when my sims tattoos are a little faded and a bit blurred at the edges cause it looks a little more real

when it comes to images i find on pinterest, ill save the image and first try to make it as clean as i can

for example, this lil guy

a curve mask made the whites brighter and the blacks darker as u can see. then ill go into filter > reduce noise to soften the harsh edges

then i flatten it, copy and paste to the skin file, n place it wherever i want it to go :-)

louder anime wow!!!

okay so now ur gonna want to make sure u .psd file is saved (it should be bc we've been checking our progress w blender) and then merge the visible layers (NOT flatten, merge visible. we need the transparency around the skin to be in tact)

ur done in photoshop and blender!!! good job :-)

step whatever number we're on. back into s4s!

ur focus is over here. make sure the option filled is the top one, and then hit the cas button

this menu will open, ur gonna go up to part type and find the option skin details, forehead. pick the first forehead wrinkle option that appears and hit 'next.' itll prompt you to save ur new file n give it a name, i usually just make it my sim's name cause i have a folder in my mods folder for specifically my cc

remember wayyyy back when we were exporting the skin details? ur gonna go back to that same section and hit 'import' instead of export. select ur skin's .png file, and poof !

ur skin :DD it looks great man good job

this part is EXTREMELY important. go up to the warehouse tab

in the 'data' section ur gonna see a box at the top labeled 'filter.' thats where i typed in 'compos' just so it would show me JUST the compositionmethod section since theres a lot of shit in there lawl. yours is initially gonna say '3,' but we're gonna change it to '0' mind you, this is because MY skins are all alpha. maxis match overlays do not show up on my skins because my comp method is set to 0, meaning it has top priority essentially.

after you do that, you can hit save and place that .package file you created into your mods folder!!! and GUESS WHAT BESTIE UR DONE!!!!! U DID IT :DDDD

of course, as always, you can always dm me if youre stuck on anything or need any more clarification. i am always open to help as much as i can. i rly hope this helped :-)

[everydayyoulovemeless]

Aa!! The Enclave reactions were so good!! The stuff you write always makes me so happy, if you enjoyed writing them you can always try to do the base companions or stuff! But no rush or anything, you get so many asks so remember to take breaks and drink water!

Fo4 Companions React to Sole Being With The Enclave

➼ Word Count » 1.0k ➼ Warnings » None ➼ Genre » Platonic/Romantic, Angst? ➼ A/N » You're so sweet!! I chugged a bottle in your honor <33 Fo4 Factions React To Sole Being With The Enclave

MacCready recognizes your dog tags the second you approach him in the Third Rail. The grimace on his face would be enough for anyone to interpret what he's thinking, but he'll take on the job anyway. Who's he to judge what others do? As long as he gets the caps you owe him. He's never been a big supporter of any of the major factions, but his memories of the Captial Wasteland ring loudly in the back of his mind as he travels with you. He'll be way more closed off than he'd normally be, mostly out of fear of what you could be capable of if he let anything you didn't like slip. You'll notice that he asks subtle questions about the faction, trying to get any hint of what your morals are or where you stand with them. You and he won't be any closer than his business allows. He'll escort you to where you need to be but don't expect to have him tell you anything personal. He's too afraid for his son to allow you to know anything more than necessary.

Nick will ask you outright what your goal with them is. Surely, they have people who'd be willing to find your son - so why come to him? He's not afraid of you, or the faction you associate yourself with, but he's very vocally against it. He views you the same way he'd view a member of the Brotherhood and, although the Enclave doesn't play a massive role in the Commonwealth, he's fairly certain they're not too accepting of synths either, or freedom. If you need help, he'll help you, but once the job's done he'll tell you to get out of town and not to come back. He does it more for your kid's sake than he does for you, though.

Cait may not be all that into their ideologies, but the power armor and the weapons give her a kick. As long as you let her in on some of the loot, you won't hear her complain all that much. It gives her an incentive to ruin those who ruined her. Put her in a suit of T-51 and she'll absolutely ravage any nearby raider camp. She's a killing machine once you put her behind the wheel, whether she agrees with the organization or not. You help make her feel a part of something and she'll gladly play her part.

Codsworth has mixed feelings on it.. on one hand, he's happy you’re still working with the US Government but on the other, he’s worried that it’s not the best option. They've definitely changed from when he remembers them and, although he's loyal to his country, he can't help but feel as if maybe they've taken things too far? He's very gentle in his approach to getting you to leave. It's a big decision and, he doesn't want you to feel pressured, but he also wants you to be someone your son could be proud of. Just.. think it over, won't you?

Piper will look into the symbol the following days after her interview with you. She’ll rummage through all sorts of logs and entries until she finally discovers what it represents. The next time you stroll into Diamond City, she's jabbing a finger into your chest and accusing you of all sorts of crimes and misdoings. If you think you can come into her home and take advantage of the citizens there, then you've got another thing coming. She'll warn you once to leave and if you don't, she won't hold anything back on the next paper she writes about you.

Curie is actually kinda excited about it. She's never had access to logs obtaining such interesting notions to the FEV and other experimentations that the Enclave has conducted. She may not agree with how they were gathered, but she'd be a fool to not recognize the sheer possibility that the research allows. She'll stick around long enough to get her hands on the notes, but she'll try to leave immediately after.

Strong both hates and loves it? He doesn’t like how they look, or the fact they use so many robots in their arsenal. But he loves how they spread the FEV. He thinks everyone should be a mutant and he'll gladly help out with that. Everything else he despises, though.

Hancock isn't familiar with the symbol, so he ignores it until he eventually decides to question you about it. He asks in a light-hearted way, nudging you with his elbow and pointing at the Enclave patch on your jacket. However, his face falls quickly once you begin to explain it. He's not sure how you thought that he'd ever be ok with someone like you. He'll try to play it off despite the obvious tension exuding from his person. When you least expect him, he'll try to stab you. It'll just be a quick jab. Something that'll get rid of you without you hurting too much. He'd started to grow fond of you after all, and there's a part that still cares for you somewhat.

Old Longfellow hasn’t ever been a fan of organizations with big power. He’s seen them abuse that power too many times to trust anything they say. So, when you come in with the symbol somewhere on you, he knows better than to say anything to you. He might not recognize the label, but he's not willing to take any chances and neither are most others in Far Harbor. The only one who will really speak to you in the small coastal town is Avery, but besides her, you're not going to get very far.

Gage doesn’t recognize your dog tags at all, but when you mention it in passing, his interest will peak. It's not a deal breaker at all, in fact, he's kinda relieved to hear you say that since it means you're a lot more capable than he initially thought. He hopes you have a high rank so that the gangs can have some extra firepower backing them up while they take over the rest of the park. Maybe you can deploy some of your men to help them out? Take over the Commonwealth as allies? He'll support the Enclave as long as he and the other raiders benefit from doing so.

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

WIBTA if I told my parents to get a divorce?

So, I (26M) live with my sister (19) and parents (67F and 63M) due to financial circumstances (that usamerican economy, eh?). The things described with my parents have been going on since I was in pampers.

My parents fight all the time. Over little things. In nasty, insulting the person and belittling them types of ways. Everything my mom does that my dad doesn't fully agree with or think she's doing exactly how it should be done, he yells at her for it and things become a screaming match. Sometimes my mom just stops talking, or just responds "Okay." until my dad tires himself out or gets so frustrated that he drops the argument. And she'll do similar things to him.

I've talked to them both one-on-one before about how aggressive and explosive they are during arguments. I've tried to impress upon both of them that personal insults don't make people change. Problems need cooperative solutions, where both parties are working towards the goal, whether that's dinner at a certain time or laundry at a certain frequency.

My dad justifies himself because my mom is just too difficult to deal with, and doesn't listen no matter how much he tries to tell her about an issue (his words. Not reality in my eyes, because he's never *telling* her an issue, he's *yelling* an issue at her). He's under the impression his demands for her to change are cooperative and equally-involved.

My mom doesn't tend to comment on her behavior beyond "I know. I get frustrated, but I know" or some excuse or another for my dad's behavior (her go to is "But I don't want to hurt the child in his heart anymore than his childhood has". In my eyes, not her responsibility to heal my grandma's neglectful, piss-poor parenting, especially when my dad has no interest in therapy of any kind). She doesn't think cooperation is possible with my dad, and doesn't want to start that conversation. In her words, it could end in a fight, or he just won't do his half of the work, so she might as well do the full task and save herself the frustration.

This, again, has been going on since before I could wobble on my own two feet. I don't think either are going to change. I hate seeing my mom roll over, especially because having grown up with this *I thought it was normal for a relationship to be so mean.* I had to put in a lot of work and experience a lot of difficult lessons to unlearn that. And I hate seeing my dad so frustrated to the point of blowing his fuse over mundane topics like dishes and parking spots. I worry about his health, and his happiness. I worry about both of their happinesses. I hate the pettiness. I hate the disrespect and the refusal to hear each other out.

The breaking point was today, when during an argument my dad started berating my mom over leaving the shower towels out too long. Yes, the towels were starting to ripen. But he started saying (yelling. I could hear him from upstairs, door closed) that as a mother she should know better than to let towels, especially towels that go on your face and hands and stuff, grow bacteria, and that she's disgraceful for not changing the towels daily. (Towels that, mind y'all, he ALSO could be changing daily, since one of those two towels is "his" shower towel).

I've been at the end of my rope for years. Yes one option is just beg a friend to let me rent a room off one of them and try to make ends meet, but that still leaves my sister stuck in this mess, and now stuck in it alone. I'm not keen on doing that. So. Would I be the asshole if I told my parents I think it's time to seriously consider divorce? Or hell, is there another option?

What are these acronyms?

[princess-of-the-corner]

You're writing a Winx reboot right?

Will you be using that Icy Backstory where her home planet was frozen, stolen or what have you?

No but yes but no!

I yoinked a few tidbits from her Canon backstory like the name of the planet and her having a sister but a lot of it's different and mostly made up and tied to lore changes.

So this ties into the Ancestral Witches and the Fall of Domino lore changes.

Canon could be vague on this whole thing. Sometimes this was ancient Gods causing problems in time long past. Sometimes it happened like less than 20 years ago..

Which resulted in me scrapping the Old Gods bit.

Instead, "Ancestral" was an organization that was intent on finding the Dragon Flame and using it to take over all Realms. Its leader was a Witch named Blizzeta.

As you can guess from Winx's naming conventions, this is Icy's mother.

Like Canon, Ancestral figured out the Dragon Flame was on Domino, in the hands of the Royal Family, and launched an attack to take it by force. Daphne yeeted the Flame and Bloom to Earth before trying to fight back. Everyone got fucked up, Daphne ended up in Spirit Mode and the planet itself was cursed with an eternal blizzard.

Icy is aware of who her mother was and what her goals were and is following in her footsteps. Reviving Ancestral with her new friends and trying to succeed where Blizzeta failed. Girl has a bit of a complex about it and thinking this is her only option in life and.... yeah she needs some therapy lmao. But that's why she's after the Dragon Flame and why she keeps holding onto the idea despite causing potential death and destruction and everyone else jumping ship.

As for Dyamond. That is the planet Blizzeta and Icy were from. But instead of cursed, it just naturally is a cold place. (matching the other characters in powers = homeworld's vibes)

As for the Princess thing.... technically.

Icy was the result of one of Blizzeta's other plans for power. After all she wasn't going to just wait around until she found the Dragon Flame! What if that took decades?!

So she managed to befriend and seduce one of Dyamond's royals, Inverno who was only a prince at the time. Purposefully getting pregnant and intending to show up a few years down the line with the child to claim rights over the throne as it'd be the firstborn regardless of bastard status. (Blizzeta wanted to wait to make sure Icy was old enough that the royal family couldn't make her easily disappear).

Ofc that plan got set aside because when Icy was still little the Dragon Flame was found and Blizzeta switched focus to that, and eventually died in the battle on Domino.

Icy doesn't know about her father. She remembers her mom saying some things about her ruling Dyamond and all, but thinks that was more in reference to the Dragon Flame thing.

Similarly, Inverno doesn't know about Icy. He did find out what kind of person Blizzeta really was when she died on Domino, but doesn't know about their kid. Sometime between back then and the Canon era, Inverno has become King of Dyamond and has a wife and daughter. And ofc the daughter, Sapphire, is Icy's half-sister.

[arom-antix]

Aaaaand we're back. Sadly. Of course we are. More @thegirlwhorideslikeasamurai bs! Notice how that @ leads nowhere? Well, that's the topic I'm here to add to the situation about.

For those who haven't been following this situation, here's a link to the TL;DR post of it which includes links to everything else.

Anyway, let me actually get straight to the point for once: Samurai changed their URL. And blog name. And description. And removed their original pinned post. And did all of this on seemingly all their socials. Her new URL (and username on other platforms) is @thegayfigureskatingagenda, so if you see that URL, now you know who's behind it.

(Sidenote because I'm petty: I just gotta say her new description including "Too old for fandom drama." is rich coming from her but I digress).

To catch some concerns from the off: Isn't it mean and witch hunting to chase her around the Internet? Shouldn't we just let it go? And to that I ask: Would you let a criminal who hurt your friends go just because they left the country and changed their name? Of course you wouldn't, and I won't either. People should know that Samurai is running from accountability. She hasn't apologised. She hasn't done anything I've seen to make things better with the people she's hurt. To her credit, she hasn't posted anything obviously stupid for a while, but she's barely been posting at all, just reblogging stuff, so I'm not gonna give her points for that.

But what if this is her attempt to redeem herself? Well, she might have better success if she apologised. It doesn't have to be a big public sobfest, she could just privately reach out. But Arom, what if she has, and you just don't know? Well, she certainly hasn't apologised to any of the multiple victims I'm in contact with who have also publicly and thoroughly exposed her on multiple platforms. If I was Samurai, I'd probably start there. Even if my motivation was entirely selfish, getting them to stop calling me out would be my primary goal which means I'd still start there. So. You know. If she's apologised, she's sure prioritised her time poorly.

So, if this is her genuine attempt at redemption, she better start doing some apologising. That's all I want. For her to apologise and do better in the future. Not either or. She must do both. Regardless of how perfect she might become in the future, I still won't stop putting pressure on her to own up to her mistakes and apologise to those she's hurt. Because they deserve it. I don't care that it's hard. I don't care if she "needs time". The victims have been waiting for way too long already. Do better.

And I'm sorry if I seem extremely quick to judge her, but to be honest, she's given me very little incentive to offer her the benefit of the doubt and trust her ability to change for the better. If you think that's mean, go read the post linked at the top. Go read all the posts. And remember as you read that she has not made a single direct response to this. If we were getting it all wrong, all she had to do was explain herself, but she has failed to do that repeatedly and has instead decided to run from her problems by changing her name. And I, for one, don't aim to let her get away with it. She must at the very least apologise before I'll even consider letting her move on and this be a thing of the past. The victims aren't gonna magically forget Samurai's mistreatment of them just because she wants to move on. Plenty are still hurting. Don't let her get away with thinking that running away is a viable option.

And Samurai, if you're reading this, it's as I said before: It's entirely up to you what I do next. Own up, and do better, and I won't ever breathe your name again. You'll be free. But keep running, and I'll keep chasing. It's up to you.

[creetch]

I really do hope Sunday joins the Nameless. I think putting him on that train would help him heal from Everything

Also I wanna see him get involved in the Trailblaze Trio's shenanigans so bad

I agree! I really think he'd get along with Dan Heng, also I don't think March would give him a moment of peace either which would be so funny to watch lol I need to see her call him every single day of the week apart from Sunday

I have a lot of new thoughts about Astral Express Sunday that I want to put into a big post, but I also haven't had the time to as of yet because of work

To be brief about how I feel, I've been thinking about it a whole lot and one of the things I love most is how the members of the Express are reborn in a way which ties very well into Sunday's character.

Dan Heng doesn't want to be associated with the actions of his prior incarnation and is following a new path with the crew, March 7th doesn't know her past but is happy to travel with the express and live as she is now learning more about herself along the way, Welt comes from another world entirely and is now treading a new path in his current universe, the Trailblazer has had their memories wiped by Kafka and are discovering themselves aboard the Express, and Himeko started this all by paving the way for members of the Express to move forward via fixing the train. Sunday moving forward from his past and joining the Express really fits in with the crew, and even Dan Heng himself told him not to be shackled by the past, something he would really understand

Also the 'you have a noble soul...' ;_;

Sunday can't go back to the way things were prior to the Penacony storyline, that's over. His entire life has changed. The life he lived before is gone. He has no option but to move forward towards a new future which is exactly what he can do with the Express.

Robin has been able to travel to other planets, meet a wide array of people and form her view on the world based on those experiences. It's one reason why they have such differing viewpoints. Meanwhile, Sunday has been caged in the Dreamscape, rarely venturing into reality (as we see Robin encouraging him to please spend more time in reality in one of her letters) and the only views he was exposed to since childhood were that of Gopher Wood who had a vested interest in shoving the teachings of Order on him the moment he noticed his uncertainty, his kindness and his hatred of suffering, and pinpointed this as a weakness. This is especially evident when Sunday says, about the Dove, that he wants the bird to live 'no matter what'.

Joining the Express would give Sunday the chance to really experience reality. It fits into the idea of him being the bird that can't fly - what better way to spread his wings than with them? With how his reply to Robin saying they were meant to fly into the sky together was 'If only... I could...' him joining the crew would make me actually cry like a fucking baby lol

It would give him the chance to travel to various worlds just as Robin has, to meet different people with different perspectives on life, and then decide for himself what he believes based on his own life experiences and not on the grooming of his adoptive father. If it is a Paradise he wishes for, and he says he still wants to achieve that goal at the end of 2.3, then maybe he'll find one in travelling to help others.

I still really believe that the Death of a Crow readable is from Elio about Sunday, however knowing that Elio and the rest of the Hunters try to aid the Express, and with Firefly calling them the dark to the Astral Express's light, I wouldn't be surprised if the poem itself was about Sunday joining the Astral Express instead of the Stellaron Hunters. Elio's aim is to support the Express, so him pushing Sunday towards joining the Express would be in line with the Stellaron Hunters and what they've always done throughout the story - provided us with their help.

Sunday has had rebirth themes around him for such a long time now that him totally changing outfit and walking a new path to travel the stars when he's only ever been stuck in the Dreamscape, now being able to create a new life for himself, would be very fitting. Sunday's lightcone animation has him saying 'the end is also the beginning', along with the description for his sticker which also points towards rebirth.

ALSO the whole fallen angel rebirth thing, etcetera etcetera, right down to Jade offering him a deal that's super comparable to the forbidden fruit, but that's pretty clear, yet I thought I'd throw it in there

In my opinion, the Astral Express would welcome him. They thought he was trying to resurrect Ena at first, but they then realised he wanted to create a world without suffering. He was also willing to listen to what the Astral Express had to say, and I really think he would welcome them challenging his views. I do believe they'd welcome him with open arms, as someone who is willing to move on from his past.

Also Sunday talks about the Trailblaze like this

So there's that too

I... really want this to happen lol. And I'm so happy current leaks point very strongly towards it

[alyona11]

Hi! So I am very new to Hadestown and I am watching the bootleg. I really love the dynamic between Hades and Persephone, but there is one thing that kind of rub me in not so good way, is Hey Little Song Bird implied that Hades and Eurydice slept together? I am seeing a lot of interpretation and it genuinely confused the hell out of me asdfghk

Hi! Well, tbf it's a tricky question, but the short answer is that Hadestown suggests that something might have happened behind closed doors. The rest is up to audience and actor's interpretation.

For example, Anaïs Mitchell often mentions in Working On a Song that in early workshops she often went with the idea that Hades cheats and pretty regularly even though these affairs mean nothing to him since the only person he loves is Persephone. It even had a cut song:

In her early drafts/productions of Hadestown you can often get the vibe that from her point of view it doesn't matter as much because they are eternal beings and love each other since the world began so does it even matter for them?

However, by NYTW this story line was cut apart from Persephone's line in How Long:

"I don't mind if you look at other girls, now and then"

"The girl means nothing to me"

"I know"

Plus the staging in NYTW Papers and Hades' protective peacock behavior with Eurydice around Orpheus in the scene also gives you a thought that they might have had an affair? Plus some bits like the fact that she has a line in Why We Build a Wall and her words "But don't you see? That's different with me!" - "Different than who? They thought they were different too!" Could also be interpreted as Hades suggesting some special conditions by granting her a role of a romantic interest. Whether the interest is real or not and did he use it or not is again up to your interpretation of NYTW Hades. He is more of a morally dubious guy (as all ht Hades are) so it's more up to you to either believe he would have cheated to put Persephone in her place or would just use showing off Eurydice as a brutal way to get Persephone's interest.

As for Broadway, I think it's still suggested and you can find profs in the lyrics but I think that they are what they are - suggestive and leave you to interprete it whichever way you feel comfortable. I think the biggest suggestion remains in Flowers with the line:

'I trembled when he laid me out

"You won’t feel a thing," he said, "when you go down"'

Which kinda can have a death meaning and sex meaning, tbf someone could have written a good article on how those topics are connected in Hadestown. So here, again chose one of the two or both.

But again, Broadway also changed the lyrics in How Long and the whole staging in Papers so it's less suggestive.

My personal opinion based on Broadway production is that it all depends on how the actor plays it and whether you believe this particular Hades is the type to sleep with Eurydice to get Persephone's attention and prove he is still attractive or he is more of a person who doesn't care about having the affair and his only goal is to get Persephone to react somehow by composing such a messed up hurtful plan. Personally, I prefer the second option maybe because I'm a pussy or maybe because I see Hades (whom I mostly base on Patrick Page ht Broadway previews) like a person who is desperate to get Persephone's attention in such a radical way like a cat pushing objects from your table to see your reaction. He wants to be stopped, he wants any reaction from Persephone. He even touches her by the shoulder before going into the office like "Look!! Look! I'm absolutely totally leaving! To cheat! See! Hey come on! I'll even take off my tie to show that I'm serious! Don't you wanna stop me???". Seems kinda way too extra to me. Like he could have just gotten to the office after parading a pretty girl in front of her and it would be understood that it's for an affair. But he takes so much time to make sure she understands that he can find himself someone when all he wants is for her to come back to him with open arms. I'm not sure he has the guts to actually damage his relationship to an irreversible degree (considering Broadway Hades is never stated as a cheater before the Eurydice sub-plot). Like it's one thing to take a mortal before her time and parade her in front of your wife (because what is a mortal life after all?) as a "replacement" and it's the other way to actually cheat on her and deal with the fact that she might never forgive him again if it is a deal-breaker for her considering they seem to be true to each other for all these years.

One interesting thing to note here as well is how Hades actors play the reaction to Persephone's line in How Long:

"He has the kind if love that you and I once had"

Because his instant reaction is "OH SHIT once had?? Does she think I don't love her still?? OH SHIT I BROUGHT THE GIRL THIS IS WHY SHE MIGHT THINK THAT", so he answers to that:

"The girl means nothing to me!"

Depending on the actor and she show the line sounds either scared, confused, angry, undignified etc. So it's once again up to you to interprete why he reacts this way: is he angry because she suggested he would actually cheated on her? Is he angry because she called him out on that affair? Is he confused and scared because she thinks he doesn't love her anymore because of his foolish decision to tease her in such a cruel way?

That's up to you.

P.S. I think one of the most interesting studies of the subject and Hades' character that I've read in a fic for that matter was the Songbird chapter of Winters Nigh and Summers O're. You can check it out, but I will warn you that it's probably one of the heaviest chapters of that fic in the emotional sense and it has explicit parts (don't worry, nothing bad happens to Eurydice. Well...apart from dying, I guess), so check out the warnings if you decide to read it.

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

Just started Medjed arc of P5R; here are my current thoughts on the characters I know so far:

Joker: Look, I know people say he's a "self-insert" but I really, really see a few very distinct personality traits in him. He's lost in thought a lot. He zones out. He's really goal-driven. He's clever. He's a risk-taker. He's wary of consequences. He takes a little while to trust people, especially adults. He's suspicious and easily annoyed. He's on your side. He wants to help. He's a snarky little shit. His compassion is as much his defiance as his bitter disdain. He's hesitant. He's confident. He's bluffing. His respect is earned. His assistance isn't. He's free. He's chained. He's larger than life. He's a dumbass dork of a teenager. Incredibly fun character to play as, 10/10. I love that you can actually see him becoming more confident as time goes on. His dialogue options also become sillier/snarkier/more teasing as he becomes closer with people. It's just fun. I have a lot more thoughts on him but I'm going to stop here. I'd love to do a bit of an analysis on him once I finish the game - I'd like to go back through his main story dialogue options and his idle and specific scene animations. Plus, they seriously popped off with his character design. There's so much I could say about that alone.

Ryuji: Ryuji, my beloved. I wish you were less horny in uncomfortable ways in some scenes - I think, as well as Atlus not knowing what teenage girls are like, they also have not... spoken to people raised by single mothers, or mothers who got out of an abusive relationship... but anyways, asides from that, I love Ryuji. I think his desire for popularity makes a lot of sense - he's only ever stood out in a bad way. He just wants to be liked, you know? And he doesn't think he's enough the way he is. He's trying his best. I need him to shut up so bad but also I hope he never shuts up, you know. He's genuinely so funny, and he's the most ride or die of anyone. Ryuji gets angry on everyone's behalf when they can't muster up their own anger yet. Everyone say thank you, Ryuji.

Morgana: I do not get the hate for this not-cat; he's so funny to me. He's becoming a little more aligned to the thieves' morality, which is probably for the best since at the beginning he was definitely down with accidental murder and totally open about his pragmatism. He actually encourages this in Joker. It's just funny. I love my emotional support not-cat bestie who sits in my desk at school then tells me to go strike shady deals with random people in back alleys. You can definitely see a change in Morgana though; he's becoming more excited about helping people for the sake of it (like Joker, he too has gained purpose), but he's also becoming more insecure.

Ann: She remains my favourite of the Thieves. If Ryuji is the original drive and Morgana the original method, then she is the original conviction. The strength to stand with victims. The desire to force those who hurt others to understand the feelings of said victims. She has the rawest fucking lines at the end of the Kamoshida arc. She loves Shiho so much, and I really feel like her and Joker are on the same page when it comes to things deeper than their surface level interests. Get you a friend like Ann fr. It's a shame that later scenes have her mostly just getting mad at the guys when they uhhh... act like horny guys towards her. Feels bad man, especially because I love the aspect of her character that wants to be more comfortable with her sexuality and have that be on her terms. <- That's really cool, actually! Why couldn't we do more with that...? As a note though, I seriously love her admiration towards female cartoon villains and that one mean girl model. I think that's so funny and also such a mood. I do not believe for one second that Ann is straight. I hope she becomes the sexy and confidant morally-ambiguous thief of her dreams, and also that she gets a girlfriend. It's what she deserves.

Yusuke: He's so dramatic. Do you expect me not to love him? I really loved his conflict during Madarame's arc - those revelations were absolutely brutal, and Yusuke really handled things well, all things considered. Again, like Ann, there were some raw lines in there. But then, of course, the slump on the other end, when the adrenaline wears off. That Yusuke's painting only showed the dark side of desire tells me that he is still grappling with the effects of all these reveals. He has a lot to process.

Makoto: I just think she's so cute. Her design is adorable. She's such a sweetheart. On the flip side though, while I don't find her as intimidating as the game seems to, I definitely would not want her mad at me. While, as I mentioned before, I found the lead up to her joining the thieves to be a little janky, the actual moment was great. I love that she has a support system now. She really needed that. I hope there are more scenes with her in group settings tbh. While I'm enjoying her one-on-one dynamics with Ryuji and Ann, I do feel like she doesn't really... gel with the group as well as, say, Yusuke did. I think they need to drag her out to more activities lol.

Sojiro: I still don't know yet? He seems like the tough love sort. I do enjoy getting to learn random coffee trivia from him, and it seems like he cares in a kind of gruff way. He also gets a lot of suspicious people coming by. Guess I'll find out more later.

Maruki: Again, I don't know much still. He's endearing and dorky. That salt bae thing still lives rent-free in my head. I feel his frustration with not being able to help more. I get it man. I will say though, the fact that we get to see scenes with the thieves and Maruki, with no Joker present, is... odd.

Kasumi: I... I don't know how to feel. She's too nice. She's too polite. All of her scenes are so weirdly convenient. I like her just fine, but there's something seriously off. I almost feel like she's an outlier on purpose, like she doesn't blend into the world. Unlike Maruki, who is new to Royal but blends into the story quite nicely, Kasumi really stands out, to the point it kind of feels like that was the intention. She is adorable, though, I won't deny that, and I do want her to succeed and all, I just... hm. I don't know how to feel about her.

Akechi: I could fix him (smack him upside the head). <- okay but seriously, he is so obviously suspicious, he so obviously knows about Joker, he's such a smarmy little shit. I would despise him irl, but he's absolutely the funniest character in the game right now. Everything he says has me either cackling or my jaw dropping at the fucking audacity. He's also really interesting to me. Love a character whose every line means three things rolled into one. He feels dangerous and weirdly endearing at the same time. What the hell is his problem (affectionate + derogatory).

Yoshida: YOSHIDA MY ABSOLUTE BELOVED. I love him so far. He's my favourite confidant right now. He just makes me so happy man I love him so much. Yoshida takes the hard road and he's got the conviction, but you need support from people to really turn your life around. Hey, that's kind of what the game is about, yeah?

Takemi: Oh I love her confidant so far. I don't know that she's one of my favourites, character-wise, but I was especially taken with her dedication to that medicine, and Joker's response to her saying that she doesn't suit everyone coming to her for medical help by countering her with an "it suits you". Very sweet. I'm getting close to finishing her confidant; I just need to level up charm.

Mishima: I'm almost done his confidant too! I actually enjoy Mishima's character. I feel like his downward spiral made a lot of sense, and I like that he's both helpful and made me feel a bit uncomfortable. I especially like that he's pulling himself out of that fame mentality by himself, without his heart being changed. We just gave his shadow something to think on.

Kawakami: Idk how I feel about this, but the perks are good. I'm curious about her though.

Sae: She seems dedicated to her job. Forming a confidant with her during the interrogation was something I did not expect and had me going "ohohoho". But man, some of the stuff she says to Makoto is way out of line... I'm glad she's at least aware as soon as it leaves her mouth, and I cannot imagine the constant stress and scrutiny she's under but... still. Girl. :/

Iwai: I'm going to properly start his confidant soon. He's cool. I feel like he's not nearly as scary as he makes himself out to be.

Ohya: Don't know much about her so far, but she's a disaster, and I will always enjoy a good disaster woman.

Lala: SHE'S PERFECT. I wish there was a mechanic where you could get advice from Lala-chan. She's looking out for everybody. She's good. :)

Chihaya: She told me I'm gonna die... :(

[my-castles-crumbling]

Anon Advice Asks - March 11

time skip anon (new), pansexual x bi anon (new), unserious goblin anon (new), midnights anon, stung anon (new)

Time skip anon

hii hope your day is going well. I kinda need advice on something? So basically my friend and I when we first met were like lowk attracted to each other and were always kinda hinting at it but never doing anything about it and then we just kinda stopped one day? Time skip and i really freaking like them again. Personality wise we fit really well and our hobbies complement each other and we really trust each other but our life goals are so different that its like I know i would never be happy with them in a long term relationship

Bottom line i really like someone and as friends we work really well but idk about a relationship and so I kinda have all of these feelings just like sitting there with nothing to do with them. Help?

Hi!

Honestly I feel like it kind of depends like...how old you are and what your life goals are? Like if you're young and there's a chance either of your goals could change then i'd say you should at least try it. My goals changed like ten time when I was in high school. I'm not saying that happens with everyone, but giving up on a relationship before it's started because of possibilities in the future isn't fair, imo. But if you're almost graduated college and you've committed to degrees, and like...one of you has already decided you're moving across the world, that's different.

Also, it might be something to actually discuss. Like as scary as that is, if this person really likes you too, would they want to find a way to make it work? Or do they agree that things would be too difficult?

Sorry I don't have a clear answer!

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pansexual x bi anon

Hey cas I know u probably get alot of asks but if u don't mind I need some advice. I think I like this girl she's pansexual and I'm bi I'm not sure if she likes me back but we're friends and I don't want to ruin our friendship pls if u have any advice on either how to ask her or if i even should

I would be very grateful 🙏xxx

Hi!

I mean...I think you have three options. First, you could do nothing, which is kind of blah. Second, you could go the middle school route of seeing if you can find out through mutual friends. Or third, you can say something, and trust that if this person cares about you as a friend, she won't let this ruin things even if she doesn't feel the same. I think most real friends would try to move past something like that and not be weird about it, you know? like it says something about HER if she can't.

But also if you don't want to risk it, I can understand that, and that's valid.

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unserious goblin anon

Hi <3

I'm gonna be honest, I can't figure out if you're referencing other anons or if you ARE other anons? But I'm sorry your mom isn't being supportive <3 I'm glad you at least seem to be figuring out who you are!

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Midnights anon

Helloooo!

It’s midnights anon! And I have good news and also a few questions on life and gender and stuff

Good news: it’s finally spring break! I have 2 weeks of no school and can take my time in discovering myself and whatnot, and it’s already working! I realized that one of the things I was struggling with was derealization and feeling untethered to reality so I went outside and scavenged for cool rocks! And I found some, (and some of the birds I befriended left me a shiny pebble again which made me happy). I also painted all my nails black and put on my rings and I feel very euphoric right now. I feel like a mix of Sirius black and Remus Lupin. I have a leather jacket, doc martens (black ones that make me think of Sirius and thick suede brown ones that make me think of Remus) and a ton of sweaters! Also I washed my hair which was very nice, since my hair always smells really good after since I use a really nice shampoo that is specifically made for super curly hair. (Also my parents said I could dye it if I learn to take care of my hair so I’m making progress!!!)

Also also, I watched marauders TikToks on Pinterest and it was very fun. My neighbor’s playing their piano which is nice since I can hear it in my room, but it’s faint enough to not be bothersome

Annnndddd now for the questions

So, I might be genderfluid? Maybe? I used to feel SUPER girly and then I felt SUOER boyish and then I felt SUPER girlish and now I feel very very boyish. Which is fine, since I have a binder (which works well enough) and my outfits are pretty androgynous in a way that I feel good in, but my biggest issue is my face and hair. My hair never feels like me, it’s awkward and curly and stuff but whenever it dries it doesn’t feel flattering. I kinda want to cut it, but it’s not long enough where cutting would make it feel more me. And I don’t know what to do with that?

Also a few days ago I said that one of the years for my 5 year plan was figuring out friendships and relationships, and I added that to my plan since I figured it’d be good to do a deep dive into past friendships that were a bit traumatic, and then just label my sexuality, which I THOUGHT would be easy. I thought I was just gay, as in I liked guys and was also sometimes a guy (usually nonbinary most of the time) but then I saw a girl, a really really cool girl who looked awesome and I was SO CONFUSED.

Am I bi???? I mean I don’t really need to know for a while, but huh???? I just kinda assumed I already knew but huh??????? Is this Bi Panic? I don’t know what to do???

Thank you for reading! Have a wonderful day :]

Hi!

As far as your appearance, something that really helped me was looking on pinterest for ways to style my hair in both masculine and feminine ways and also ways to contour my face in masculine and feminine ways. 10/10 recommend.

For your sexuality....I mean I can't decide that for you, unfortunately. Just know that you don't have to pick a specific label. You could just be queer if you want, and that's fine! Maybe it would be helpful to write don your thoughts in a journal for a while and see how/if they change?

Have a great vacation!

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stung anon

hi Cas

I’m just feeling so insecure rn. My boyfriend (who I’ve only been dating for, like, two weeks) and I were hanging out today and it was genuinely really enjoyable but there was a small comment he said that I just have not been able to stop thinking about. My closest friend came up in the conversation and we were just talking about her. For a bit of context, she’s kind of the stereotypical perfection girl that everyone always loves. Funny, sweet, thin, tall, pretty, blonde, all that. I am NOT that at all in the slightest and have always felt second place compared to her but I still love her so much. Anyway, my boyfriend mentions that when she went to school with us before she transferred, they played band together (which obviously I knew) and he mentioned something like ‘yeah I kind of liked her then’ and it was just like. Ouch.

I know I’m overthinking it. The fact that he was so casual and brought it up is clue enough that it’s completely in the past and I know that he doesn’t like her bc that just wouldn’t make sense. But it’s just. Every guy (albeit it’s a small number) that I’ve had serious feelings for have liked her first. I just feel so insecure compared to her and I kind of that the first time I had something that was completely and utterly mine, I still was managed to be reminded of her.

He didn’t mean any harm by it I know. But it just stung and I already always feel so insecure compared to her, so now it’s twice as bad.

Idk. I just wanted to vent ig.

Hi!

Honestly, I completely understand why you feel this way, even if it was an innocent comment. I think this is a great opportunity to practice communication. Sit him down and tell him that even though you know he didn't mean to be hurtful, you feel a bit hurt, and you'd like it if he didn't talk about his past feelings for your friend. He should react by saying 'sure, no problem' and moving on. If he gets mad, that's kind of a red flag.

Sometimes people who care about us say things that hurt without meaning to. But to have a healthy relationship, we need to be able to communicate that and work through it. Use this as an opportunity to grow together rather than grow resentment <3

[redteaillustrations]

I've revisited some of my old batman art seeing if I can improve both on style and design. I had this idea that Ivy should start off as a politician like Dent and I really liked the idea of her and Harvey being together, with eachother being a big part of the other's spiral into villainy. /// So here's the thought...Pam and Harvey are politicians who both want to see Gotham prosper though have different ideas of what that looks like, Pam thinks that by building more parks and public gardens they could start to pave a better future by making the city nicer for children as well as wanting to put out policies to control pollution. Harvey's approach to improving the city is by funding better education and social services to better empower the poor and put laws in place to protect workers. Both looking to tax the rich to fund these projects which get's the court of owl's attention. Both of them pay dearly for their views as Harvey gets kidnapped and tortured (half of his face is cut off) and he's given an options of either running away with Pam or doing exactly what they say if he doesn't want Pam hurt. Harvey tries to convince Pam to leave Gotham to drop it all and get away when they can. Pamela refuses after everything they've worked for and with Bruce backing them they're going to make Gotham a better place. Harvey tells her what really happened to him and why half his face is gone and why he thinks Gotham is a lost cause, hoping that it might be able to change her mind. Though the owls are watching and they take out Pamela for being too stubborn to leave and for knowing about them. When they take Pamela they murder her and dispose of her body in a swamp. Harvey knows Pam is missing though he's not sure if she dead or held hostage by the owls, all he knows is that it was likely his fault that she's gone. His paranoia of owls gets worse in her absence, without any way of communicating with them he has no way of knowing if he's doing right by them or if Pam can be saved if she's being kept as a bargaining chip. Harvey hates being made a pawn of the owls he wants to quit the political race but Bruce tells him he needs to keep at it, though he's not sure if he could trust Bruce or anyone for the possibility they might be an owl. So he choses to lock up a government building with a bunch of people trapped inside and set it on fire to eliminate any owls that might be there and to maybe see Pam again if she's already dead. When Pam is killed she is resurrected by swamp thing from there she's left confused, months (maybe little more than a year? idk) have passed since she was killed. She returns lost and confused and she goes to Bruce to figure out what happened since she was gone and Bruce turns her away at the door, so she's left to piece it all together herself.

She's heartbroken at the news that Harvey died in a fire and she makes it her goal to wipe out the people who hurt Harvey and killed her. She resents Bruce for being a bad friend and not looking out for Harvey when he needed him, believing that if he'd turn his back on her he must've done the same to Harvey while she was gone. /// I'm a big fan of the idea of villains starting off as normal to good people and then bad circumstances changing them. I don't like redeemable at all but resentful? vengeful? good stuff. I always felt like Harvey is kind of aimless after the transformation like the multipersonality bpd mr hyde takes over and that's it and Ivy just never had a legit evil motive other than "nature's great and men are trash" and her being paired with Quinn doesn't really do much for her character than making her "Harley's cute supportive not abusive lesbian girlfriend" Which no hate on gays but Ivy is really just an accessory to Harley's "men are trash I date girls now".

[sora-of-uranus]

I've been thinking about seer powers and just what it all includes cuss the show kinda died before we could properly learn. Obviously Ethan can see the future, and I think the past? But what else, what more is there?

In fiction and older mythologys 'seer's or other prophetic people normally invoke a god of some kind so I think it would be intresting if Ethan found a spirit of a god from the old religion. I'm not saying he becomes religious, more aware of supernatrual forces that we might perceive as gods. I think the forces he'd most likely worship are 'life' 'death' and 'nature'. Obvious and a bit lame I know, but life and death are a cycle and are essentially the withered the past and the ever growing future. With nature, its a mixture of the two and connects him to his friends.

Another thing is (at least in western mythologys) A LOT of phrophetic people end up having problems with their eyes, either becoming blind or loosing them. It's obvious Irony, but I do think it would be intresting that Ethans normal vision changes the longer he's awakened his powers. Maybe its to the extent of needing glasses and eventually going fully blind, although I think a more intresting take would be for Ethan to be more aware of supernatrual elements with either a 'aura' arround non-humans and magic artifacts. Another option would be to see 'fate striken objects' or things like the red strings of fate. Just small bits of the future that he KNOWS exist and he can't change, but play no obvious goal to himself.

The more he uses his visions the stronger they can get. Things like being able to walk arround them, letting them stay for longer, maybe even hearing peoples thoughts whilst in the vision. I think an intresting idea would be that he could 'retrigger' a vision if he really forces it, but it leaves him with a migrane as it takes a lot of mental energy. Maybe even physical. The gang starts carrying sweets on them so he can atleast get a small sugar rush so that he doesn't collapse or get to shakey.

One last thing that I think would be sick, though holds no purpose to his powers, is whilst he's dreaming he has 'visions'. BUT these visions arn't always focused on him or his life. Sometimes they arn't even happening during his life time. This leads to him writing multiple note books of his preminitions like Nostradamus or the good omens Agnes Nutter. He predicts all sorts of things and eventually his books become marveled for their 99% accuracy. I think it would be cool to see a reverse of this where he has flashback visisons and he's in history class and the teachers all "and we will never know what Agatha Christie did for those 11 days she vanished" and he has to physicall fight the urge to shout that HE knows because HE saw her in his dreams. His history essays are always exciting to read because he pulls a LOT of facts outa his arse by accident.

[the-badger-mole]

Thought I would help with the year of content as well :)

Besides Zuko, what would be your preference as Katara's love interest? I know she had a crush on Jet. He did use her in season 1 but he was sadly killed off in season 2 before he could fully redeem himself. Poor Jet. I think Haru is a decent guy and they were friendly but the romance aspect is lacking. Would you go with the OC route? Would Aang be an option of his writing was better?

It would never be Aang. Even if he had a good growth arc, unless his dynamic with Katara was changed, I wouldn't want to see them together. And if they change both his arc and his dynamic with Katara, he'd be a completely different character who just so happened to be named Aang...okay, sure I'd ship Katara with some other guy named Aang. Why not.

For real though, if we're going just on guys in the show, I don't really long-term ship her with anyone except Zuko. I think Jet would be the likeliest option, but just because I like him doesn't mean I think he'd be the best boyfriend for her long term. I feel like eventually their goals and ideals would pull them in separate directions. I could get behind them being good friends , though. I have paired Katara with an OC, but he doesn't even get any speaking lines in that fic. If I were to put Katara with a fleshed out OC, he would probably just a mix of Zuko and Jet with less baggage. Haru would be a bit too bland for her. (That feels mean. I don't dislike Haru, I just feel like he's the wrong match for Katara. Although, interestingly, I like the idea of him and Toph together).