#The Re-Verse

[yuri-puppies]

Shape-shifters, face-blindness, and "paying attention to others"

The shapeshifter is one of my favourite "monster of the week" episodes because it showcases how differently Laios processes social information than the rest of the party. It reminds me a lot of the strategies I, faceblind name-forgetter and eye-contact avoider, use to recognize people and learn things about them.

We see Laios clearly fail at recognizing the doubles through "standard" social cues that are perceived as "easy to tell", such as their clothes. This makes the team (unfairly, but understandably) weary of his ability to tell the fakes apart and even worried that he'd prefer the monster versions* over them. Nonetheless, he gives it a try!

...And is immediately overwhelmed. His lack of attention to social cues works a bit in his favor, though, as it makes it harder for him to fall for stereotypes that fool the rest of the group.

Instead, he chooses to rely on his strengths and use his investigation and animal handling skills to distract the shapeshifters, lure out the monster, and roll the most insane balls-to-the-wall intimidation check of all time.

If it had ended there it still would have been a great episode that showcases Laios' strategic mind and his strengths as a leader. He doesn't have the social skills necessary for the task, but he is clever and creative enough to use the skills he does have proficiency in to solve the problem*.

However, what makes this episode so dear and near to my faceblind heart is the revelation that Laios was able to recognize the real party members after all.

Laios is fantastic representation of how special interests actually work for a monotropic interest system. Having a special interest is not just about how much you like it and the need to know everything about it, it's a way of processing and filtering information. Laios' special interest is monsters: his skills as a dungeoneer and party leader are acquired for and informed by his desire to interact with monsters, as is his interest in eating them. He actually brings this up himself when comparing his interest in cooking to Senshi's.

And in this episode, we see that this also extends to his friends. Laios hacks one of the most difficult types of information for him to process by routing it through the lens of the special interest. And, because it's not something most people would notice, it works. He knows that Chilchuck wouldn't let his guard down around a potential mimic, that Senshi values a balanced ecosystem, that (my favourite) Marcille just isn't as thoughtful about monsters as he is.

It might not be what was expected, but it did the trick! And what's more, the narrative validates his way of thinking (even if Chilchuck doesn't).

[nightowl374art]

Posting because if I spend another second on this I will literally cry

[cream-and-tea]

what she says: yea i’m fine

what she’s thinking: the story brought both carpenter and faulkner to their inevitable end points that have been foreshadowed from the v first episode of the show ambiguity of carpenters death aside she stood on the banks of the river singing like her nana glass and was gunned down by the military and faulkner was drowned dragged delivered by the god and story he had let devour him but. but. before those things happened right before the narrative reached its end both of them stood up and said no! i want to go forward! i want to find something past this whatever it might be i don’t want it to take me yet im going to keep on walking! and it was too late! the thing is it was too fucking late!!!!!!! the aquifer was already flooding the soldiers were closing in she was to hurt to run he can’t swim. the chance had come and gone at the beginning of the episode for any hope of them reaching each other ever again but even though it was too little too late never ever going to be enough they both looked the site of their doom in the eyes and said i do not accept this. not here. not now. i am staring at you– the thing that will eat me — and resolving to pry open the jaws and choose to use the last moments of my life (whether i know it or not) to run and stumble and crawl and cry and sing in the hopes of reaching the people who matter to me more than being made your meal. and of course they got fucking eaten anyways. of course they did bc they were walking towards it from the beginning. but there is a way out, there is a way forward, there is a land beyond the storm that is possible to reach if you choose to step out of the story that has been built for you to find it. we walk on, with a rough and tarnished hope, and a tangled, ruined love. it can end with love, and it can end with kindness. even as the jaws are closing. ours is a world of miracles.

[revolutionary-thoy]

Re-Verse Mylene and Ivan!

Drawing these two was really fun! I kept Ivan mostly the same, but I went in a more scene-ish direction with Mylene. There's some really old character bio thing that called Mylene a "mischievous prankster", which doesn't fit her canon self at all, but I feel like this version of Mylene would be more like that. Both of them would be way less shy and reserved than their canon-verse counterparts. They're both still social activists, but to a much more extreme degree due to their world being a dystopian hellscape an all that gjsgdj

Before they join the resistence they aren't aware of The Supreme, but are aware that something is definitely wrong with the government of their world. They would initially form their own mini-resistence group investigating all the shady stuff happening, before finding out about the Supreme and joining Gabriel's resistence

Full lineup of Re-Verse designs below!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

A-Qing, the little fox.

[hurrakka]

Netflix and chill moment

[zarstarss]

there was an opportunity

[lights-at-night-art]

carp and faulk doodles

[r0ttingj3lly]

Miguel is so damn hot. AND THE MOVIE HOLY SHIT!

anyways I’m his wife it’s canon

[linktoo]

the teaser 1 year ago vs the final movie. holy shit dude.

like all of it really culminates and was adjusted to make miles and gwen more as equals.. miles' deepened voice, miles also using a spider web to try grabbing at the sketchbook instead of his hand,

both of them standing on more equal footing,

overall making miles a lot less "dopey". and clearly fond of gwen rather than being strung along.

also something really specific but they changed gwen tipping her head down to just widening her eyes which is so much more subtle character acting which I love tbh.

shes not telling him what to do next but she's waiting for a response.

also just the fact they took the criticism of miles' hair and adjusted it from looser curls (3c/4A) to tighter, springy coils (4c) is so satisfying to see....

[clouds-soup]

I'm slowly making my way through the resident evil games and the jump from 6 to 7 is fucking insane.

6 is like me and my buddies on a fun little adventure. Haha I can punch the zombies look at how dumb they are this guys only defense is screaming at me!!!

And then 7 is like my fucking wife is possessed and this old man is force feeding me human flesh. Oh god the mold is alive and it's eating me oh fuck he's mutated and has a chainsaw now and his wife is giving birth to bugs that eat people

[ex-libris-craux]

HELLOOOOOOO MY DARLING FELLOW ADORERS OF SPOOKY AUDIOFICTION

Hello hi it's me I'm back on my bullshit! Remember a while back I talked a lot about how fantastic the podcast Shadows at the Door is? They're still amazing, they're in the middle of producing season 3, and they are working on a WHOLE-ASS MUSICAL.

As in, multiple songs, a fantastic cast, amazingly talented people writing and producing it, it's going to be phenomenal.

Fan of shows like Re: Dracula? David Ault (Re Drac's very own Friend Arthur!) voices the protagonist, beloved fan favourite Doctor Geoffrey Troughton.

Professor Elemental (Fighting Trousers, anyone?) is writing several songs and voicing the production's deeply creepy antagonist.

Did you like The Silt Verses or The Secret of St Kilda? Shadows has got Erika Sanderson and Michelle Kelly on the cast, as well as a slew of other phenomenally talented voice actors.

Please check out the production's kickstarter page for more details about this beastie, and if you're interested and can spare a few bucks to help get it off the ground, please consider doing so! Shadows is well-made queer media created by hugely talented queer people and will more than meet expectations if they can meet their funding goals.

THANK YOU I LOVE YOU MUAH

[demigod-of-the-agni]

some memes to help me cope because i am god's strongest soldier

[revolutionary-thoy]

You all *really* liked my Re-verse designs so I did Rose and Juleka as well! The initial idea was to switch up their aesthetics, but being goth is like Juleka's defining trait so I just made her a slightly different flavor of goth jhkjjfjl

I've been throwing around some worldbuilding and backstory ideas for the Re-verse. The current idea for these two is that this Juleka is even more shy and reserved than our Juleka, since she never got to be friends with the other girls, and i feel like Anarka would be much more of a strict and controlling parent in this universe, similar to how Marinette seems to have the opposite homelife in the Re-verse. As for Rose, she didn't recieve proper treatment for her anime coughing disease™ due to the Supreme's influence on the healthcare system or something, so she's still sick. Due to Rose being bedridden most of the time, she also has little to no friends. Juleka and Rose are each other's only friend pretty much. The two of them would *eventually* join the Resistence some time after the events of the special (my hc is that by the time of the special the resistence consists of just Gabe, Alya, Nino, Max and Kim)

Full lineup below

[aropodcastfuck]

Listening to new podcasts always means I get to play the game: what other podcast do I recognize this voice from!?!?!?

Why are there like 10 VAs that are in everything

[uncharted-constellations]

Dreaming about them 🥰