#Volte Face

[stopitlight]

rachel young's story in volte face gotta be one of my favourite genders

[nobodysdaydreams]

I WAITED ALL THIS TIME FOR CUTTER’S TRAGIC BACKSTORY AND IT’S THAT HE GOT HIS TELESCOPE STOLEN AS A TEENAGER AND DECLARED REVENGE?

Oh, well then, forget Hilbert’s family dying of radiation, Jacobi’s guilt over his failures, and Maxwell’s alienation from her family, THIS was the sad villain backstory the show was building up to. And Cutter is so serious about it too, y’all I can’t. 🤣

(Or my reaction to Wolf359’s Special Episode: Volte Face)

Hi Dear Readers. Gonna be doing some work during this one, but I hope you like the reaction regardless because I've put off enough, but I hope you enjoy it anyway. Here we go!

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Special Episode: Volte Face

Huh. A few years before the start of the show. This should be interesting.

Oh ew Rachel.

Wait is this her origin story?

Enlil (yes I looked up the spelling this time, yes I was careful, and yes I did this after the reaction) is so cheery. Like Cutter if he was actually nice.

Wait. Why are they calling her “Miss. Nash”?

Oh. They tried to kill her at the hotel. And she seems to know they’d try to do this, is totally okay with it, and willingly getting on a plan with them? Okay?

Don’t like this David Clark fellow.

Nash is not nice Enlil. She’s not nice at all.

Does Cutter kill or hire all the reporters that come to his door? If so, I hope Minkowski’s husband is okay.

The safety video is on mute? That’s symbolic.

The AI is the only character I like.

Andrea Nash? Am I hearing this wrong, I swear that’s Rachel Young.

So Enlil got the job Hera wanted. Flying a fancy jet all day. Hera did say that’s what happens when you’re happy and do as you’re told.

Huh. Did not expect Cutter to be a Harry Potter fan.

Ew not Cutter doing the “welcome to Wolf359” I hate it.

Was Goddard the OG Marcus? Wright-Goddard? Interesting… let’s see… 40s, 50s, 60s… AI.

Renamed in 1974… so that’s significant. Also when Cutter says “things no monkey could do” why do I think he means humans?

1976. So that’s when he took control.

People? I don’t like the sound of that.

Change the world for the better? …no. I respectfully disagree.

Oh she’s not asking about certain things. Restraining bolt?

“where were we” “how you were gonna change the world for the better” 🤣 yeah. Right after he removes everyone’s free will, sure.

Are all these people that are being listed Cutter? That’s a lot of new people.

Right they all disappeared.

Do the names of the stars have a similar pattern that the fake names have?

What does she mean by “I have EVERYTHING”? What is everything? Like… everything everything?

Oh they got that restraining bolt.

David. I think Cutter might decide to give you the restraining bolt instead.

“The same reason you don’t hold this job for more than a decade” DANG!

Matthew Newman?

Oh that’s him isn’t it? The real him?

IS THAT A GUN?

This escalated so quick.

Oh she got him. And Cutter took this so personally.

Come on Cutter. Drop the backstory. Oh Andrea Nash isn’t her name either.

Yep. Matthew Newman. Here he is.

Ah. A little high school student poking his nose where it didn’t belong. Oh so Cutter has been infatuated with aliens since he was a boy.

Wait. That’s it? The government took his telescope when he was 15 and he declared revenge? That’s his sad backstory? That’s the best he could do?

Oh and then he got fired when someone had to take the fall at the company. That too. But he still said he declared revenge when he was in high school? This is ridiculous. And further proof that science nerds who are also over dramatic theater kids cannot be trusted (expect for me because I’m special 🥰).

Oh so when Matthew left he gave the restructure order. I see… but then how did he get the new bodies?

He found Miranda Pryce. But how did she have the tech?

Maybe he used plastic surgery the first time around.

Oh. He was Miranda’s first test subject. And she wanted to manipulate the human body probably because of her blindness.

“Revenge is fun” “you can just steal one” “space exploration is only part of the bigger picture: progress. I want a better future” put those three statements together and tell me if you sound like a good guy, Cutter.

I see. So rather than stop him, Nash wants in so that she can have a hand in it. She’s just as gross as he is.

“No” *cuts to Andrea as Rachel head of special projects*

Cutter has seen Monsters Inc?

“More productive use” “Volte Face” okay this is the part where you should have brought a gun… oh the wave radiation. Good thing she’s knows that. I guess that’s enough to give Cutter the job. Rough day for you David.

Oh she has to reinvent herself. Rachel. Yep. So this is how she got here. I don’t like her. She knows what Cutter’s about, and her response is she wants in? Absolute worst.

“Goodbye Miss. Nash”

Well that was sort of a dark ending. You either willingly give up your humanity to join Pryce and Cutter or they take it. One way or another.

Anyway, now we know more about Rachel and Cutter. Gotta say, his sad backstory is funnier and lamer than I could have ever imagined. I was, bear minimum, expecting something like the board members who pushed him out of the company were close personal friends, or maybe his parents yelled at him and forced him to give up his space dreams or even a line about the kids at school laughing at him for being a high schooler who believed in aliens. But nope. He stumbled upon something, got his telescope stolen by the government and was like “you know what? I’m gonna spend the rest of my life and several more lifetimes getting revenge for this specifically.” The people who took the dang telescope aren’t even alive anymore! Look, I get they also ransacked his house and yelled at him, which is a lot for a teenager, but to respond by declaring revenge then and there and plotting world domination, I just…

I mean, I guess the moral of the story is don’t inconvenience a young science genius if they’re also a dramatic theater kid. Because they will immediately jump to world domination and change their name as part of that process and befriend(?) an evil woman who gives them next level tech. It’s happened too many times in too many of my fandoms (well two so far, show Curtain and Cutter. At least show Curtain’s sad thing was that his family left him. Still not an excuse considering his brother was also a kid at the time, but it’s better than a telescope).

I can see why you all hyped this up. It’s hilarious, but also shows how being affiliated with Cutter makes people slowly lose their humanity (again, one way or another) despite Cutter calling himself a “people person”.

Also if Rachel knows about the modified bodies, does that mean she has one? Or maybe she’s not old enough yet.

On a more serious note: Rachel’s character makes me sad. She could use her powers for good and expose so many bad people. And it sounds like she did for a while. But then she decided to sell out. Disappointing. What a waste. And since Rachel and Andrea were both fake names… we might never learn who she really is. Or maybe that doesn’t matter, since that person, who ever she was, no longer exists. Again, Cutter and Pryce do specialize in taking away other people’s humanity.

Well. Only 2 hours left. Not tonight, but later. When I have time to really sit and give a good listen. We’re in the endgame now dear readers. I hope y’all are ready!

[dyke-in-crisis]

she really said ur gay and suck at your job

[musicalelo]

Ouço a chamar Sei que é por mim Trеmo em temor Alvo terror Num volte-face Dispo o disfarce E num impasse Ganho a moral Um bem que é mal

Volte Face - Eu.Clides

[kaiserouo]

i love him

tbh i think the lineart is better than the final result

[knightwhoisni]

found this thing chewing on my wires what do i do with it

[virgothozul]

L’affaire au Bellissima🥫.

[voltstone]

I HAVE MORE PROOF VIOLET AND MINNIE WERE NEVER ✨A THING✨ I SWEAR

plus how violentine is better bpd relationship. i mean what? hm?

i dont know what spawn within be woke me up from a dead sleep but here we are.

violet gots bpd (…probably). bpd idealization is not at all a good thing and is actually a sign of a rough connection. also, there's a taste of how identity plays into it.

and stuff. but whatever. nobody likes talking about bpd and i'll just sit here and rot or something.

okay, i'm being dramatic. lol. i'll go work on other essays. this is the one that it coms from btw.

[bat-anon]

Cinder pulling the “Where’s your man” card on Tyrian will never not be funny

[little--sunshine]

My, my those eyes like fire I'm a winged insect, you're a funeral pyre

[unabashedqueenfury]

Reign 2013-2017/01-08 • 02-22

Mary and Francis

Per mille volte ben trovata sia

Ipolita gentil, caro mio bene,

Viva speranza, dolce vita mia,

Deh guarda quel che a riveder ti viene;

Deh fagli udir la tuo dolce armonia,

Dà questo rifrigerio alle suo pene!

Se 'l tuo bel canto gli fara' sentire,

Allor allor contento è di morire.

(Agnolo Ambrogini named Poliziano, XII, "Per mille volte ben trovata sia", from "Rime", 1495)

[nobodysdaydreams]

🌷🌷🌷 Flowers for you!! I hope you're having a good day <3

Oh I am Sophie. And I have a special quote just for you because of how much I know you love our good friend Enlil (but I'm afraid this fic won't be out for a while, so I hope you enjoy what I have for now).

Here it is:

“Um…sir…” said Enlil hesitantly.

“Not now Enlil, I’m in the middle of a toast,” said David, raising his glass in the air.

“To you, Warren, for disposing of the most disgusting, inhumane, and vile vermin I’ve ever met. Your foolish and sentimental sacrifice yet worthy contribution to Goddard Futuristics will never be forgotten. Enlil, make a note. I want a plaque made in his honor.”

[aa-400]

i finished my nth w359 relisten today and

[fideidefenswhore]

Cromwell has always given me to understand that he is much devoted to the Princess; nevertheless, I have found no evidence of it, except words [...]

Chapuys to Charles V. 17 April 1535.

[ethmaron]

hi, me again 😭 do you have any advice for anatomy ! ? ill be unstoppable once i can make bodies look normal in my art 🤞

hi again!!

i can give some general advice, sure! heres a quick rundown of how i personally started when looking to refine my anatomy. you can kinda tell im more comfortable freehanding it at this point, but starting tracing over reference images is good too!

everything is made up of shapes, even if you have to break it down a couple of times. get those shapes down and you can draw anything--organic objects (like humans) generally just need the hard lines smoothed out.

references are your best friend--look at bodies and draw lots of bodies. i honestly recommend doing nude/unclothed studies--line of action is a great resource for online studies. if im looking for pose suggestions/references, googles gonna be your best best. i like 'candid 2000s photography' which gives me interaction poses with multiple people in less stiff posing and compositions. i oftentimes use myself as well, and i recommend you to just take pictures of yourself for ref if you cant find something in particular you want :)

im not sure if im the best for advice because most my art teaching came from googling tutorials and whatnot, but this is mostly what ive done in my own art journey to further my anatomy skills :D