#a majority of them were similar but not the exact same & i believe that should be an indicator that people are not ignoring canon but inste

[essektheylyss]

I am certain that this has been said before, by myself and others, but because we're talking about it, let's look at the Trent situation in some depth, shall we?

I will admit, I was among those who was of the opinion that there might be another arc of campaign 2 to deal with the Assembly, since they were positioned as the entity pulling strings in Wildemount, they had been tangentially associated earlier with a plot to release Tharizdun, and because they were of minor to major interest with regard to character backstories, not least with multiple members being involved in the Aeor arc (and when it was still believed that Veth might've had some relationship to Doolan Tversky). Nevertheless, in hindsight, I don't feel that there's any issue with the positioning of the Assembly by the end of the campaign. They are a problematic entity that continues to exist in the world as grounding, because such entities are not generally one-note villains to be killed and destroyed; they are generally systemic and entrenched, and require sustained and systematic collaboration to dismantle. The same can be said of the Clasp, or the Myriad. And indeed, Caleb will be focused on this dismantling for at least the next six years.

Looking at Trent in particular, though, requires considering Caleb's narrative arc in full, and in particular, the shift that he undergoes from the beginning to the end. He begins the campaign specifying that he is seeking to take down Trent, "among other things", which we know from his later wishes entails turning back time and undoing his parents' deaths—though, given he doesn't give details on the matter at the time, we can't say then whether or not his plan entailed attempting to leave the timeline unaltered, essentially leaving his younger self to succumb to the guilt and subsequent trauma of the Asylum. It's possible that he had considered that then, and it was simply a pragmatic attempt to preserve the timeline and prevent a paradox, but it's also possible that that element only came later, when Caleb found that he was capable of forgiving himself.

By the time he gets to the point of telling the whole group about his history, before they have dinner with Trent, he specifies that his intent was to atone, but "that idea has evolved quite a bit over time, and I'm not sure what the exact answer is. But I mean to atone." It is worth noting that in this conversation also is the exchange with Caduceus about the goal being no more kids on the pyre. This also only comes after the Nein have shifted from their early extreme murder hobo mercenary tendencies to a group with diplomatic ties who have already navigated a minimum of two governments to end a war, so their methods have changed and their options have expanded, not only in terms of their personal abilities but their social influence as well.

At this point, we know, he has not let go of the potential to turn back time—he admits to Essek later that he doesn't know what he would choose if the thing that he wanted was placed in front of him (incidentally, mere hours before it was). Which means that his idea of atonement has shifted in other ways. In that first conversation with Beau and Nott, Beau says that, "There are two options here: you can selfishly try and go after this guy for your own vendetta, or you can use your motives to keep others from getting hurt in a very similar way," and Caleb admits in response that both are appealing. We must infer then, based upon this information, that what has shifted over ninety episodes later in his idea of atonement is that he is no longer motivated by a selfish dedication to his personal vendetta.

In fact, he seems to slip back into that vendetta later, if not in the asylum (where it is unclear how much he is acting out of necessity than due to a regression, but I would suggest it is a bit of both) then when he attempts to convince the Nein and then Essek that they should invite Trent and the scourgers to join them in Aeor, in an effort to eliminate Trent beyond the view of the rest of the Assembly or the Empire. Even as they prepare to go to the asylum, he admits that he wants Trent dead for ruining his life, though only after extensive pressing from Veth as to whether he is avoiding confronting Trent out of fear, and he adds that he does not want to risk the rest of the Nein in the pursuit of it. I've argued previously that Caleb realized when Essek challenged him on it that he was willing to jeopardize their true mission—to prevent Cognouza from wreaking havoc on Exandria in Lucien's hands—in pursuit of this goal, and this was truly his final wake-up call about the dangers of the path he had been on.

The Assembly has a habit of distancing themselves from the responsibilities of their fellow members; the Assembly as a whole turned on Delilah the moment she ran afoul of the law, Ludinus and Vess both distanced themselves from Trent, and later Astrid distances herself from Ludinus, even though we know she is part of the reason he remained untouchable through the trials against Trent. When members are expelled or eliminated, they are framed as fringe criminals, whose actions and activities were unsanctioned by the Assembly and therefore beyond the control of the others, regardless of the truth of that.

Caleb recognizes that there is plenty of evidence to tie Trent's activities to the Assembly, but likely also understands that Trent will not be tried or convicted in death, and as such the scourger program will not come to the attention of the Empire's legal system if he takes revenge before he gets justice. And by this point, what he wants is justice, because only with justice can he prevent further harm. He admits to Essek that, "I know what it means to have other people complicate your desires and wishes," and frames this as not only a good thing, but indeed the only thing that might save either of them. He ultimately neither kills Trent nor returns to the past, and this is what allows him to move forward out from under the weight of his sins and sorrows.

So by the end of the campaign, what Caleb has attained is this: a reorientation of his priorities, a commitment to his own future, and the means to not only gain justice for himself but to ensure that what happened to him will not happen, in this manner at least, again in a manner that is sanctioned by the Assembly.

To argue that the "Assembly plot" was not wrapped up by the end of campaign 2 is to fundamentally misunderstand both the nature of the campaign, which was one driven by character interests and histories rather than external plot, and to additionally further misinterpret Caleb's actual goals. There was no Assembly plot in campaign 2; there was only Caleb's plot. The end state of that plot is determined not by the elimination of one unchanging villain (though it does, technically speaking, still satisfy that requirement, the Solstice blast notwithstanding), but by reaching a point at which Caleb can begin to recognize that he can live with himself and the efforts he is undertaking—but also, more fundamentally, to recognize that he can live.

[mooniety]

i would like to provide an explanation or answer to your question about why fans of the ship enjoy metasusie in a nonchalant way: it's not because we ignore canon, it's because that's how we individually perceive canon & the headcanons we formulate surrounding our interpretation of it!

a lot of people, including me, like to see the "what-ifs" even though they'll probably never happen --there's a reason why alternate universes & fan work for crack ships exist!

& when you consider the fact that multiple people with diverse backgrounds ship the ship, you will inevitably see different interpretations of the ship rather than an echo chamber of ideas

metasusie shouldn't be restricted to a toxic one-sided relationship just because a few people prefer it that way --even the concept of "toxic & one-sided" itself can be interpreted differently, ie. what if meta knight had more control over the relationship than susie. sure, i don't think many would like to see that (or maybe they would) but it IS a valid interpretation of metasusie!

even if people are ignoring canon for the sake of shipping a ship, there's no reason why they shouldn't --people are allowed to & should be able to explore morally subjective/gray topics & ideas as well as see what they want to see instead of feeling at fault for wanting to go beyond what's canon or interpreting it differently from the majority

besides the whole canon part though, i feel that other things should be addressed within your original post, specifically this argument:

"That, or they're sometimes homophobes who want to latch on the first heterosexual ship they see. They make those two stereotypical depiction of both genders. Those, are the absolute worse, for obvious reasons, and albeit they're not the only ones who turn Meta Knight and Susie into people they're not, they always do it in the worst possible way : making MK a strong, masculine knight character who can't feel pain and Susie a cute, feminine and smart scientist who needs to be protected and can do no wrong, so the pink character and the blue character are the most gratingly stereotypic ship to ever exist. I see it often, wether intentional or not. It's so wrong and sexist in both way and is probably the worst iteration of the ship to ever exist. Men can feel pain and have trauma, and women can do fucked up things for fucked reason and be fucked up."

although you argue that metasusie fans are being homophobic & sexist (i know you've stated in multiple reblogs that you're not judging the fans & instead the ship, i'm going to be blatantly honest: this part of the argument IS a judgment of the fans rather than the ship itself), the argument itself is homophobic & sexist, here's why:

labeling people as homophobic for enjoying a heterosexual ship --homosexual people can in fact enjoy heterosexual ships, & it's not limited strictly to people who identify as heterosexual or bisexual. gay & lesbian people can enjoy heterosexual ships, just like how heterosexual people can enjoy gay & lesbian ships

implies that it's sexist or wrong for women to be feminine &/or men to be masculine. it is not wrong for women to be feminine & men to be masculine as much as it's not wrong for women to be masculine & men to be feminine

i imagine you don't actually view these topics as rigidly as you present them based on statements such as "Men can feel pain and have trauma, and women can do fucked up things for fucked reason and be fucked up" & "Altough I like it (moderatly), I just don't understand why you'd ship that over stuff like Metadedede, where the characters have an at least friendly relation in canon," but complex topics such as gender & sexuality should not be simplified into "it's homophobic to enjoy a heterosexual ship" or "it's sexist for women to be feminine/men to be masculine" as these statements completely go against the concepts they represent

i understand that it's much easier to carry out your argument this way, but ultimately it just doesn't work & basically placing a bandaid on a stab wound --it just doesn't cover everything & can make things much more worse.

please, no matter what i say, still feel free to share your opinion as it's still valid, but please don't casually use harmful labels solely because people interpret canon differently & want make what they want to see, just like how you want to see one-sided metasusie being treated in a serious manner! (you could also make content for that depiction of the ship as well, especially since there seems to be a reasonably sized audience for that)

you might not like other people's interpretations of metasusie & canon, but without variability & different takes, there wouldn't be any new ideas

i hope this reblog doesn't come off as antagonistic, passive aggressive or accusatory, i just felt encouraged to write this after reading through your reblogs with shippyo & gaining a better understanding of your stance regarding the ship through your responses to them. i wanted to provide an answer for why people enjoy metasusie the way they do as well as share some of my own grievances with your post since homophobia & sexism are topics i believe that should not be treated so lightly --i felt that they were being used for the sake of making an argument sound correct rather than any genuine concern for possible homophobia &/or sexism. i especially don't want to see these same homophobia/sexism arguments used in a future post against the ship by people who are just blatantly looking to create discourse

Guys, I really need to rant about Metasusie rn. Like, I don't dislike thoses who ship it, but I have such an absolutly visceral hatred for the ship itself my hands are literally trembling right now. If you dont wanna hear me rambling about how much I hate it, then just pass. Chances are I won't be very polite and organised.

So as time progresses I keep seeing more Metasusie. I feel like now's a great time to remind people why this ship is so controversial in the first place by explaining why I and so many others dislike it. Here I go...

Okay. First off. Why the heck would you ship two characters if the only thing we know ever happened beetween them is one of them at the very least ordering (possibly more) the other to be captured, modified and enslaved against his will, and the others time we see thgem together, he literally can't interact of his own because of that, while she is either about to force him to exterminate his own friend, or she is straight up presenting him like he's a non sentient toy she's about to sell ??? Along with fact that Susie calls MK an it in the second cutscene , and that the only time we ever see them interact in game (albeit possibly not canon) is him running away from her, and her chasing him ?! The fact that some people wiew that as a cool starter to a ramantic relationship is is worrying to me.

I feel like some people ship Metasusie out of spite, if that makes sense. They see a ship that's hated on a lot and they want to play devil's advocate. I understand, really (my own "devil" has black, torn off wings) . But even then you still have to consider what makes the devil hated in the first place. There's a lot of wrong in this ship you just can't ignore.

Most of the fans ship them for natural reasons ; because they look cute together, or because of their common points, and they usually just ignore the implications it has. This is understandable, again, but, if you want to ship those two in a cute way, you have to staight up rip away all the unethical stuff. To do that, you have to undermine Susie's terrible actions (or pretend it never happened), to make her cute, to ignore her character. In other words, you have to woobify her. For Meta Knight, it's no less bad, because he's a victim of mechanisation, like many others, and implying it was'nt that important is just kinda dumb (If that was the case, why would the Haltman company be the game's villains anyways ?) . When I say you can't ship those two in that way, I mean that you have to either mischaracterize them heavily, or retcon what happened beetween them to make it work.

That, or they're sometimes homophobes who want to latch on the first heterosexual ship they see. They make those two stereotypical depiction of both genders. Those, are the absolute worse, for obvious reasons, and albeit they're not the only ones who turn Meta Knight and Susie into people they're not, they always do it in the worst possible way : making MK a strong, masculine knight character who can't feel pain and Susie a cute, feminine and smart scientist who needs to be protected and can do no wrong, so the pink character and the blue character are the most gratingly stereotypic ship to ever exist. I see it often, wether intentional or not. It's so wrong and sexist in both way and is probably the worst iteration of the ship to ever exist. Men can feel pain and have trauma, and women can do fucked up things for fucked reason and be fucked up.

This ship has yet another infortunate message. The Haltmans are obviously a metaphor for colonialists. A colonialist having romantic relationship with a person who was colonised, is basically what this ship is. And if you know the slightest bit about that in history, you've probably understood why I feel so icky about this ship, knowing this is a possible comparison.

There's also those who ship one sided, fucked up Metasusie. This is maybe the one of the two only ways to ship those two without mischaracterisation, and the only one I actally like. Not only because I love angst, but also because it actually acknowledges that the slavery, the kidnapping, the mind control, the colonisation, all of that, is fucked up, and that it should'nt be a relationship. (My own interpretation of this, if it interest you, is that Susie has such horrible trauma with her father that she does'nt know what a healthy relationship is anymore. In the absence of her father, she goes to the only person she has a speck of admiration for, and thinks it's love. In her skewed idea of love, the partner has to follow blindly what she says and constantly be under her control, so when he resists, she just think he needs to be "tamed" more. Meanwhile, MK is traumatised and just wants to escape. Eventually she learns that it's more coping than loving and leaves him alone.)

Altough. Some of those people treat the ship, in its unhealthy form, as a good thing. To them Soos and MK are inhuman people who love by hating. But like, unheatlthy relationships are not a good thing. I only like toxic Metasusie if it's treated as a bad thing.

Finally, some shippers actually give both Susie and Meta Knight character arcs, where she comes to understand she is wrong and he learns how to forgive her/cope with his trauma. Not my cup of tea, but honestly, that's based. Altough I like it (moderatly), I just don't understand why you'd ship that over stuff like Metadedede, where the characters have an at least friendly relation in canon.

That was long, but in the end, if I can't understand fully why it's shipped, I can stand Metasusie if it acknowledge both character's flaws and and Susie's terrible actions. It does'nt happen often however, as most instances I see are sadly just idealised, woobified, mischaracterised versions of them randomly loving eachother without context. I won't (and can't) stop people from shipping them that way, but I'll keep being against it.

Wow, after this, I actually kinda feel better. I ended up being more polite than I thought, too. I guess I needed to get this out of my chest somehow...

[aliensupersyn]

Love, Isolation, and Heavenly Restrictions

"Love is worthless" Sukuna vs. "I don't have a heart" Maki.

NOTICE: This was written after the end of 251, weeks before 253's serialization.

TLDR: My case for why Maki will play a pivotal role in killing Sukuna, and showing how her character arc has led to this exact moment. In other words, she's gonna humble the King of Curses. Skip to section four if you don't care for a summary of their combined arcs. Here's the reddit thread if you're into that sort of thing.

I. Fate

Love and isolation have been major motifs throughout JuJutsu Kaisen, mainly concerning Sukuna and Gojo; both these characters satisfy a fateful premise in jujutsu: the existence of the strongest sorcerer of a generation or era. Sukuna, Kashimo, and Gojo all hold the title of "strongest sorcerer" for their respective eras, and for the sake of this post, I will call it a fateful role.

I say fate because Tengen and the omniscient narrator refer to fate as something real that connects certain roles throughout the different eras. For example, it has been Kenjaku's fate to be stopped by a six eyes user.

Toji's existence as an anomaly beyond the power of jujutsu allowed him to break the chains of fate and change the world. By killing the star plasma vessel, something fate was constantly protecting, he opened the doors for Kenjaku to complete his ludicrous plan of merging all Japanese citizens with Tengen.

II. Visual motifs between Toji, Maki, Gojo, and Sukuna

The main (obvious) connections between Toji and Maki:

While Naoya was an idiot, his comparison between Gojo and Toji was not random and should be acknowledged. He recognized the two of them as being the pinnacles of strength. Though, Naoya did not have the sense to understand what Toji and Gojo represented: jujutsu and the rejection of it. Naoya could never occupy the space that Toji and Gojo did. Not only due to his lack of power, but also because he doesn't have the same Heavenly Restriction that Toji and Maki share. Moreso, Toji and Maki represent the antithesis of the strongest sorcerer by being the strongest beings beyond jujutsu sorcery.

Toji, and Maki by extension, have been narratively connected to Gojo, who satisfies the fateful role of strongest sorcerer. Toji's connection to Gojo mirrors Maki's connection to Sukuna. The backstab in 251 seals this connection between the two pairs (will come back to this).

Gojo thinks of the last time he's ever feared loss, and remembers Toji. I believe Sukuna will have a similar moment where he fears loss by Maki's hands which will mirror this page.

Gege has left little crumbs throughout the story connecting Toji and Gojo, depicting Toji to be the antithesis to jujutsu, and finally connecting Toji and Maki. While that's commonly understood, I don't think enough people respect the fact that Toji, Gojo, and Maki's connection meets Sukuna in the end. Gege has tied all four of them together in the narrative, and that's sure to have some major payoff.

III. Love and Isolation

Yorozu, Kashimo, and Gojo all misunderstand Sukuna as being lonely, the latter two projecting their feelings of dejection onto him.

Gojo and Kashimo's sentiments were useless, as Sukuna completely rejects love and calls it worthless. He's not lonely because he's the strongest, he's the strongest because he's alone! Sukuna has evolved past being a human who needs love and he does only what satisfies his own desires. He eats what he wants, he kills what he wants, and he makes anything his own amusement if he wishes to. Sukuna represents a completely selfish outlook that takes and rarely gives. The only thing Sukuna gives is death, and even that he withholds from people who do not interest him.

While Maki appears as being cold, she still cares for her friends. Even before her and Mai made up, she still showed love for her sister, but refused to belittle herself for the sake of their relationship. Maki represents a person who refuses to allow love to hold her back.

Even though Maki gained new powers after Mai's sacrifice, she still could not reach her full potential because she was modeling herself after sorcerers, which she can never be. Maki and Toji can see curses, but relying on her vision only held her back. Her last fight with Naoya was about her finally breaking away from jujutsu's holds and becoming free. First she cleansed her family tree, her namesake that literally connected her to jujutsu, then she freed herself from thinking like a sorcerer altogether.

Finally, she became a demonic fighter. While she appears cold, she still cares for others. She doesn't regret Mai's fate, but instead embraces it and their relationship. Maki's still a heartless fighter, but one who can express care and concern for her allies. She's selfish enough to refuse to allow others to hold her back, but loving enough to protect those she cares about. Sukuna similarly refuses to be held back by love, and therefore cannot be lonely. Maki exists somewhere in the same realm of being loveless, but not nearly as much as Sukuna.

While the two of them share a heartless attitude and a monstrous demeanor, they exist as complete opposite beings. Sukuna's the greatest and strongest model of jujutsu, and Maki's the absolute antithesis of sorcery. Both of them stand alone in their respective extremes, and again, are alone because they are the strongest. Maki's vision of curses, her last remaining connection to jujutsu was hindering her ability to grow stronger; she was blind to her own abilities because of sorcery. Gege makes it obvious that Toji and Maki break the rules of sorcery. Meaning, Maki will be Sukuna's downfall.

IV. Maki's Advantages Over Sukuna

Toji and Maki are the only two of their kind to ever exist. Therefore, Sukuna has never fought a being, a monster like Maki in his entire life. Megumi never found out about Toji or his abilities, so Sukuna still does not have a reference for Maki's abilities. He may be able to recount Megumi's fight against him, that's very limited information, especially because Toji was not full strength. Maki has the element of surprise.

Maki's backstab leaves many questions. The narrator specifies that Sukuna should have been able to sense a sorcerer performing the backstab, but he failed to sense Maki; she is not a sorcerer, but an anomaly, a monster who is not beholden to jujutsu or sorcery. Sukuna's lack of awareness could be because he's been weakened, but he's failed to notice Maki before.

Many people misinterpret this panel to be Sukuna surprised by Maki's aura, but I disagree and argue that he's shocked that he cannot sense her. Both Yuji and Sukuna are suprised by her sudden appearance. Due to Maki not having any cursed energy, Sukuna cannot sense her power and will be forced to rely on sight to find her. Yet, Maki needs neither sight nor cursed energy to fight curses. Maki senses the air's temperature and density, a sight only she possesses that gives her an advantage over curses.

Also, Sukuna sensed that Maki was a problem and thanked Uraume for possibly taking her out:

The top four seek to stop the merger and sever Megumi from Sukuna's body, and Maki possesses a sword that severs souls! Sukuna has been worn down until his cursed energy matched Yuta's, who's now number one since Gojo's died. Keep in mind that Gojo was worlds ahead of Yuta, so Sukuna's power has plummeted and he needs time to recover.

Sukuna's inner monologue in 250:

Maki has the Heavenly Restriction, the sword, the sight, and the timing needed to be able to face Sukuna and possibly even defeat him. Gojo, Kashimo, Higuruma, Yuta, and Yuji were all a means to an ends to weaken Sukuna until Maki could come and clean up (I'm exaggerating).

Maki's entire character arc has been about her clashing with Sukuna. Maki, the monstrous human w/o CE vs Sukuna, the monstrous once-sorcerer with the most CE. Their fight will be about both their ideals and powers. Is strength truly isolating? To what extent does the monster cast aside love? Can monstrous strength be used to protect others?

Edit:

Sukuna's domain may be the only one that works on her (and Kenjaku's but he's dead) because they don't have barrier mechanics. As pointed out by SwimmingStreet8981, "Sukuna showed that he cuts absolutely everything in his domain. He turned buildings to dust without even trying."

Either Gege restores Sukuna's domain to turn the battle once more, or the domain battle with Gojo was for the sake of the top 4 not having to worry about Sukuna's domain. I think the latter tbh.

Questions for their battle:

Now that Sukuna's down to two hands and one mouth, and Maki might be the fastest person in meta at this moment, how much deep shit is Sukuna in?

Will the soul splitting blade be the key to stop the merger? How does that even work against Sukuna?

[capoteera]

Dear anon, I’m sorry but no.

You can and should absolutely call them out, yes it’s clear something is off and they need help- which is way beyond ours to provide, yet some of the stuff you wrote anon is just down right cruel. Calling people losers and saying they will never find love like that as well, that no one will adore them… you can’t call out people for saying horrible shit while saying equally horrible shit.

You wanna defend Alba from their disgusting shit? do that, but don’t let your defense of her become equally as disgusting. To literally wish a miserable and lonely life on someone (no matter the horrible shit they say)- what you are doing is a form of dehumanization- it’s the exact same thing (dehumanization) they are doing to Alba.

And reminder there are in the fandom pro Alba ppl today who were saying similar nasty shit capt and co are saying… are they not worthy of love too?

And I am only responding because I used to be deep in a similar obsessive angry “she’s awful/narc/bad dresser etc” just with a different celebrity partner many years ago (I was not as bad as capt and co, but bad enough that it’s weighting on my conscience today). And yes my life was empty and lonely and a ton of other shit - that was my dumbass way of escaping my problems, but you know what? comments like yours at that time always drove me even further down the funnel. You know what was one of the things that did break my cycle? When I saw posts and comments analyzing behavior like mine but were doing it with some compassion.

The one major thing I have learned from my experience is that: no one is a loser unworthy of love.

And I can’t believe I am out here defending that group, but here we are.🥴😒🤦‍♀️

I was too and I can very much say that anon was correct in everything they said. They are sad pathetic losers. That group in particular are losers sorry

[pronounmelon]

So I was tryna figure out: how would the Younique staff fit into my little story?? Several of the characters have pretty cute looks, I didn’t wanna throw em away or make them terfs

well, solution!! For at least a couple of em, anyway.

reminder that TERFs literally CANNOT ALWAYS TELL that people are trans… they are so often wrong it is comical. A TERF bar could more than likely let in trans women without knowing or batting an eye… in my rewrite, Younique only profiled Ginger, Cherish, and Kaiya because they were so open and proud. Often why TERFs pick us trans folk out to begin with!! If you’re too proud, too open, too showy, they’ll try to take ya down. It sucks, but it’s why I’m so proud to be me. I’m so proud of my transgender siblings, because everyday we face the worst from society, and here we are, still standing.

I did change up Shanzay and Parniya’s styles quite abit… god, you can tell that there’s only *one* kind of lesbian Rusty thinks should exist. The diversity of women is a beautiful thing, and I wanted to show just how differently these two butch lesbians can present themselves, because there is more than one type of butch lesbian. (RUSTY.) People should dress how they’re comfortable, however the amount of characters were supposed to like who have the exact, plain style bothers me. People look different, even those within the same subcultures and similar presentations. I want to highlight that!!

Anyway, on to the character bios!!

Shanzay Binti Meriam!! Malaysian-Australian She/They, Transfeminine lesbian

Shanzay used to go to Younique with her girlfriend Parniya regularly, speaking with other regulars who took no issue with their trans identities. Shanzay is a confident woman who runs women’s martial arts classes with her girlfriend and her mother, Meriam. Unfortunately, after learning of the hateful incident at Younique regarding the GAP gang, Shanzay, Parniya, and several other regulars were horrified to learn of the hateful nature of a staff member of Younique. They took the issue to the owner, only to learn that this is standard behavior for the staff, and that a large majority of the staff are loud and proud transphobes. Shanzay and Parniya felt completely horrified that their less cis passing sisters went through this, not to mention that they had given their patronage to such a hateful business. They rallied many Younique regulars to take their leave, and to give their support to the GAP gang, giving their money to the PayPlease fund that would eventually help the girls open up GAP, their trans friendly nightclub. Shanzay now works for GAP as a bouncer, and is good friends with Kaiya particularly, bonding over their shared pride and love for their families.

Parniya Amira Gallus!! Iranian-Australian She/her, Transfeminine intersex lesbian

Standing at nearly 6’8, being transgender and intersex, and suffering from chemical burns at a young age, Parniya is not a very average looking woman. She is very quiet and mellow, and doesn’t wish to draw much attention to herself. Because of her wallflower nature, it’s no shock that the transphobic staff of Younique looked right past her and her girlfriend Shanzay whenever they walked in. Parniya identifies as a butch lesbian, though she still embraces her feminine side often. After finding out about Younique’s transphobia against the GAP gang, Parniya was particularly shaken. Even after rallying other regulars to leave with her and Shanzay, Parniya doesn’t go out nearly as often anymore. She wears much more makeup now, perhaps in an attempt to pass more, like she believes she will run into Younique staff again. Parniya does remote graphic design for GAP, and as a result is well acquainted with Theodosia, and has quickly become good friends with her. They bond over a shared love of old princess stories, as well as their passion for art and other women.

[olasketches]

Hey, I am asking you because I think as an artist you can answer this better.. So I have seen people saying yuuji , wasuke, jin and sukuna look the same. But isn't it just artsyle of gege except for their hair.. Because I have seen most manga characters look the same face wise except minor differences. For example, these people were calling hazenoki the guy who fought kenjaku before takaba and kashimo similar to gojo... By their logic they should be related too.

hey anon! Thanks for stopping by, I’ll try my best to answer your ask.

yuuji, jin and wasuke don’t look the same but they definitely look similar in some ways due to them being related. sukuna also share some similarities with them and yes, the hair seems the most obvious and common charectaristic that ppl tend to notice first but then inumaki had the same hairstyle in volume 0 and he looks nothing like yuuji, sukuna, jin and wasuke. in case of hazenoki, kashimo and gojo, there are some similiraties in their design but to be honest hazenoki’s face reminds me of that one guy from demon slayer who I don’t even know the name of lol and kashimo KINDAAAA reminds me of pre unsealed gojo (he has such a baby face imo), which is probably why gege modified gojo’s design later on and gave him more sharper features. the thing is that when you want to have characters who are closely related to each other to share some similarities you would focus on their facial features the most. I would say that what makes yuuji, jin and wasuke look so similar to one another other are their eyes.

yuuji could change the colour and length of his hair and he would still probably look similar to his grandpa and father. In sukuna’s case I would say that he shares the most characteristics with wasuke.. but the thing is that the facial features don’t have to look exactly the same. the trick is to get their likeness right to have the viewer associate these characters with each other. hazenoki, kashimo and gojo don’t really have that cause they all have at least one distinctive facial feature that separates them from the other two. like hazenoki and his thick eyebrows, kashimo and his sharper eyes (similar to yuuji actually and YET they look nothing alike cause the don’t have a likeness to each other the way yuuji, jin and wasuke do) and gojo’s white eyelashes. 

so when you want family members to look related BUT NOT THE SAME (unless their indentical twins) you would focus on their facial features the most (hair colour and hairstyle can help but that’s not what determines their likenesses), but then again it's really not about drawing the exact same features in the exact same way but drawing them in a way that makes them look very alike. I think you can think about it like when you draw a pair of eyes on a small piece of paper and then you stick it to different surfaces that have similar shapes like a balloon and a ball

and then there characters who have similar designs but don't look like they're related to one another cause of this one or two very distinctive facial feature that separates them from the other.

the thing is that, gege is not only a writer but he's also an artist and I feel like the majority of the fandom mostly associates that with his art style alone. art is so much more than just art style tho. it's also what the artist wants to convey through their work. as an artist myself, I believe that he's very much INTENTIONAL about the way he draws and portray his characters. he wants his readers to make certain connections just by the way he designs them (or makes them act or draws their facial expressions). for example the majority of the fandom knew that there must be some relation between sukuna and yuuji's family, not only because of kenjaku but also because they look like they could be related. and this was deliberate on gege’s part.

[little-world-of-sofia]

"...When allistic people declare that everyone is a little autistic, it means they are close to making an important breakthrough about how mental disorders are defined: why do we declare some people broken and others perfectly normal when they exhibited the exact same traits? Where do we draw the line, and why do we even bother doing so? If an autistic person benefits from more flexibility at work, and more social patience, why not extend those same benefits to everybody?"

Wow. Page 38, Unmasking autism.

I think the problem lies on recognizing diversity. It's okay when it's them and everyone, but when creating "benefits" (which in truth are merely equalization, rather than benefits) people with disabilities are put in a special place. And allistic, or better yet, neuro typical people don't like that.

On a similar note, i can find similarities with racism. Maybe a radical comparation, but let me explain myself. Here in Brazil we have special places, positions and things like that dedicated to black people, as a form of historical reparation. Does it work? Yes. Could definitely be better, but it works to some extent. We call it racial quotas. Now, how do you think white people see this? As a privilege. As something that shouldn't exist, that everyone should have the same chances, but in believing that they fail to notice that black people are, in the majority, not in the same position as white people. When slavery was abolished here, black people were pretty much thrown in the streets, we got together in the outer places of the city. With jobs that pay poorly, that when we got jobs. I'm including myself because I myself am black, and I know how life is in those places. I was there once.

As consequence, in time, black people were, mostly, in poor positions in society. White kids could go to school, study, in time graduate. Black kids? At 14 they'd be working because the house would need money. They didn't have an option. Even in irregular jobs (jobs not recognized by law that, of course, doesn't follow the law related to workers rights).

This happens to this very day. Sure it's better, sure there are more black people in good places. But the majority? Not so much.

How can someone say that a black person and a white person get the same chance? That's beyond me, since that's clearly not the case.

And that's exactly what I see when I read that paragraph. Yeah, it make sense neuro typical people won't be able to see the needs of neuro divergent people. They see the world through their own lens, not ever looking beyond it or taking a step back to try to think how is like to be in the place of someone so different than them.

[totaleclipse573]

Random Eclisper/Whispclipse rant woohoo 🎉

I started shipping this when I realized Eclipse and Whisper share many similar and personal things, specific to them. Starting with something VERY specific only to them, both have experienced the loss of people that were like family to them, the cause of both major losses being tied to Shadow in some way (Team Dark/GUN for Eclipse, and the Shadow Androids for Whisper.)

Being able to bond over this similarity could lead to trust and understanding on both ends, strengthening their bond with one another even just as a beginning friendship. When talking about her past with the Diamond Cutters, Whisper clarified they had been betrayed and killed, with Whisper being the only survivor and was left feeling extremely guilty over their deaths because of it. Sound familiar? It should, because nearly the exact same thing happened to Eclipse, where the Black Arms viewed Shadow as a traitor to their kind, and he killed the remaining of their species, leaving Eclipse feeling betrayed and hurt.

What's nice about these two is the fact that they could both apply to the idea of two tragic characters who need to learn to heal from the past, and deal with their traumas, which they can do together by understanding each other's sides of the story. 

Moving on, they're a perfect example of the opposites attract trope, which I ADORE when done right. Their personalities clash, with Whisper being silent, introverted and somewhat lacking in self-confidence. Eclipse, however, is loud, brash, egotistical and EXTREMELY confident. Eclipse can be the one to give Whisper the encouragement she needs when she needs it, meanwhile Whisper can be the one to help restrain him from making quickly-thought-out or rash decisions, (besides Shadow of course,) helping him learn to not be so impulsive.

They are literally "completely and utterly feral x the only one with some chill" and that makes some room for character development between them both. Also, something that is moreso based on my personal observations of both characters, Eclipse would be a talker, while Whisper would be a listener. Although, if the roles were to reverse given the situation at hand, I believe Eclipse, having shown to be genuinely caring towards the people he trusts, wouldn't mind being the listener if that's what Whisper needs him to be.

And lastly, just something cute that might've been obvious, they both care for a group of wisp (or in Eclipse's case, the Dark Arms, but those are just wisp with Black Arms DNA so it's the same thing lol,) that they have grown to love like family and would do anything to protect. Plus I think it would just be cute if they're literally just minding their own business while Whisper's Wisp and the Dark Arms are out in the background causing chaos, and when somebody comes to ask what's going on both Whisper and Eclipse are just like "it's fine."  Eclipse has wisp parenting experience and so does Whisper XD

[ix-c-999]

Hihi!! I followed you from the soulbonding anon ask, its nice to see other people with similar experiences. May I ask what its like for you? I've only been able to talk about this with one or two other people and I'm terrified of overstepping boundaries or misunderstanding something hff im trying to understand myself a bit more but also stay respectful about it- I've seen quite a bit of syscourse already and its stressful ;w;

Hello! Thanks for your message and your interest!

Firstly, I should explain that I (Vyvian, the original host of the system) don't actually identify as a soulbonder, although I don't really have a problem with people thinking of me as an unintentional one as long as they think of me as a non-created system first.

What happened in my case was that, at more or less the exact same time, 1. I was removed from a formerly abusive situation and placed in an isolating one, 2. I started self-shipping with my main F/O (F.ord Pr.efect from Hit.chhiker's Gui.de), and 3. my system went into total dormancy.

(Note about my system: we're traumagenic and have never fully intentionally created an alter, so we're very different from the rest of the soulbond community in that regard in that our experience can be explained by a psychological process our brain already does. You can see why I don't really consider myself part of that community.)

Anyway, because of how lonely I was (both from the isolation and from my alters not being around anymore), I leaned very very heavily into my self-ship with Ford and coped by imagining him with me constantly. With my self-ship friends and on the blog I ran at the time, I talked about him like he was real, e.g. "Ford and I went to the store today" or "I showed Ford this meme and now I'm showing you".

Every so often, though, I'd have moments where I dissociated and where the house I was living in seemed unfamiliar to me (I had just started living in it, but I'd been familiar with it for months before then). These were accompanied by an intense sense of alienation, unfamiliarity, non-humanity, and being trapped - things that Ford canonically feels as an alien from Betelgeuse stuck on Earth but that I just chalked up to dissociating while feeling weird about my new living situation.

About eight months after fully beginning to self-ship, I had a manic break in which I was compelled to write a series of spiritual Documents. My F/O is notably non-spiritual and I was too consumed by the mania to imagine him on purpose.

At the most intense point during the break, I involuntarily felt Ford's presence as intensely as I would feel someone physically next to me (I've never felt it that strongly before or since) and got the impression that the spiritual ideas I was writing about could be viewed psychologically as well (which is more in line with what Ford would say). This was immensely helpful, as I believe that, had I not incorporated psychological views of spirituality into the Documents, things could have gone a lot differently for me in ways I wouldn't want them to.

Some members of my system think that Venn split during this incident but didn't knowingly front until the rest of my system came out of dormancy. Some think that it was a major event that contributed to his development as an alter but that that wasn't the event that brought him into existence per se. Some think that Venn is a literal spiritual gift from Betelgeuse (our guardian star) and that Betelgeuse gave him to me at the moment when my mind would be the most receptive to accommodating spiritual entities.

Either way, Venn either continued to form for the next few months or else had already split and extremely covertly co-fronted with me some of the time. I was still imagining Ford around me as a fictional character and I recall that it became easier and easier to imagine him, to the point where I didn't need to consciously do it anymore.

My system fully came out of dormancy last June after about a month of me feeling like they could come back. I correctly predicted that my system's new lineup would include a Ford fictive induced by self-shipping. I was not able to predict some of the ways in which he would very quickly diverge from my already canon divergent characterization of him, nor that he would become the new host of the system (to the point where, for a while, I was only a co-host as opposed to a secondary host. My system now has two hosts and two co-hosts.)

I think the fact that I imagined Ford with me CONSTANTLY is what contributed to Venn becoming a host. If my brain is used to Ford as a constant presence, it makes sense that the alter of him would be constantly around. However, some of the members of my system who attribute a spiritual explanation to Venn's existence think he's a host because he's a spiritual entity and therefore behaves anomalously compared to other alters.

A TLDR to your question about what it's like: I imagined my F/O with me constantly and treated him like he was real with no expectation that it would lead to an alter in my then-dormant system, and then when my system came out of dormancy, it included a fictive of him that became a host.

As you can see, I'm unable to speak to the experience of intentionally creating a non-physical entity, and the involvement of spirituality is ambiguous at best. So I hope my base of knowledge is still helpful! If you have any additional questions and feel comfortable with it, feel free to DM me (which goes for anyone reading this)!

(Additionally to your thing about discourse: I would recommend a system in your situation to follow tags like "endo safe" and "endos please interact", as well as "pluralgang" which is intended to be endo-friendly, although I'm not sure if you identify as a system and thus how useful those suggestions would be for you. In general, I recommend occasionally looking at the tag "endos dni" for the express purpose of blocking everybody who uses it.)

[apothekosm]

Belief & Apotheosis (a multi-part headcanon)

With this collection of words & references, I am hoping to provide both context and a 'mechanical understanding' to the following statement:

Ana'Hira fashioned herself into a God over the course of her life by rewriting her 'status' in the eyes of the universe, through sheer overwhelming belief.

By referring to herself as such (A God) and by getting others to believe that she is such (A GOD), she became as such (A GOD!).

Certain actions & events had to transpire in order to create the perfect conditions for Ana'Hira's ascension to be possible, of course, but an overwhelming majority (about 90%) of the 'evolution' from 'cosmic clone' to 'universal host' to 'divine being' came from within. A simple mantra of 'I believe in myself.'

To get there, i first need to take you here:

Skrull Religions & The Last Members of the Skrull Pantheon (or, Part One: The Book of Worlds)

In the eyes of the Skrull, RELIGION has often taken a huge, huge backseat to science and military might after the original printing of the Book of Worlds (The Skrull version of a Quran/Legendarium/Litany of Prophecies) was lost during the destruction of Skrullos by THE GREAT HUNGER. (An event PROPHESIED in the Book of Worlds, mind you)

[It's important to note: The Book of Worlds is much more similar to the Quran than a Bible or the Torah, because The Book of Worlds was written by The Gods themselves. It's not 'stories being told by those inspired by the actions of the divine, but a pen-to-paper transcription of the word(s) of The Gods themselves.]

Without the dedicated word of their Gods available for perusal, most Skrull cultures fell in line behind those they believed ordained by Gods: The Emperors, The Empresses, The Cosmic Cubes & The Super Skrulls.

Anyone with the might to rule was followed, as the base idea that 'their might was ordained by the Gods' still prevailed even if the more intricate and subtle lessons of the religions were fading over time. However, some houses, families, and even entire planets (separate from the Throneworld, though they may be) held tight to the idea of the Old Pantheon; to the worship of Kly'Bn the Eternal, and Sl'gur't, of Infinite Names.

Two Skrulls, born millions of years ago, that became THE First Two (and in the eyes of some, ONLY) Skrull Gods.

Millions of years ago, at the conclusion of the Skrull civil war between the three sub-species (Deviant Skrulls, Prime Skrulls, and Eternal Skrulls), after the Prime Skrulls had been exterminated, Sl'gur't the warrior queen of the Deviant Skrulls led her people against the last Eternal Skrull stronghold. When she found the last Eternal Skrull (Kly'bn) who was kneeling at an altar, he persuaded her not to kill him but to let him be their guide and proclaimed his love for her. The two were elevated to godhood because of the truth of his words. The two of them indirectly supported the creation and expansion of the Skrull Empire. They conquered and enslaved the pantheons of the conquered races, numbering nearly 1000 pantheons.

Now THAT THERE IN THE MIDDLE, that's the bit! The important bit. Kly'bn & Sl'gur't ascended to divinity and ruled over their people, literally uplifted into the realm of Gods, simply by finding the TRUTH in Kly'bn's words. A 'truth', mind you, that was simply:

(For a non-pontificating translation: You've killed everything on this planet that is not like you. But the entire universe is not like you. With myself here, as the pinnacle and mould for what Skrulls should be, I will guide us all to the subjugation, destruction, and conquering of the universe around us.)

And that Truth was enough. Seriously. That was it.

At that moment, every Skrull in the 'Empire' held the exact same thought: These two beings will lead us into our future, they will sit in the stars, eternal and infinite, and light the way for our species forevermore. I love them, as they love me... My Gods.

And that was enough.

The Power of Belief transformed two, otherwise ordinary individuals, into eternal (they lived MILLIONS OF YEARS after these panels. MILLIONS.), powerful (they fought Hercules' God Squad in a 2v5 and almost won), GODS.

And if it was possible for them, even when the Empire was statistically at its least populated? Then it could be possible for any child of Skrullos, should the right conditions be met...

ENTER: Ana'Hira. (or, Part Two coming soon!)

[saralayne]

Sacrifice 🩵💜

Lucy returns from her first long, deep UC mission and has made a decision.

Lucy had been on a deep OC Op for 8 months. No contact with anyone from Wilshire. Not Grey, Angela or Nyla. Not Tamara. Most importantly, not even Tim. The love of her life. She hadn’t been able to hear his voice. See his face. No contact. This had been a type of lonely she had never experienced. She had never truly been in love before. There were many nights in the past 8 months where Lucy cried herself to sleep. Lucy excelled with UC missions. Truth be told, she had loved it since she was a rookie. This was a path she always wanted to explore. It was never a question. Never a doubt.

Until…

She had something worth coming home to every night. The man she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. Her forever. It all changed for her. Lucy was as confused as ever.

Lucy and Tim made the decision TOGETHER that she would follow through with her dream to work UC. A deep mission. It’s something she needed to do for herself. The thought of Lucy away for that long, with no contact. No way to know is she was safe. If she was hurt. It gave the feeling of knots in Tim’s stomach. He would be holding his breath for 8 long months. But she needed to see this through. Lucy had wanted this opportunity for a long time and he was going to support her, not be her downfall. Lucy knew that Tim wouldn’t be able to not dwell on his past. What he went through with Isabel. Lucy and Isabel were very similar with their chosen career paths and the desire they both had for UC work. There was one defining difference of which Lucy repeatedly assured Tim. Their ending would not be the same. If Tim ever sounded the alarm, Lucy would walk away. No questions asked. For Lucy’s part, if she EVER felt she was heading down a dark hole in anyway she would be DONE. She was NEVER going to let UC work change her. She made a promise to not only Tim but herself. She would walk away long before UC got the best of her. Of them.

It had been 7 months. 220 days. Tim worried everyday. He would wake up thinking of his girlfriend. The love of his life. Wondering what she was doing at that exact moment. They had a shorthand for a long time. He missed her gorgeous smile. Her captivating brown eyes. He just missed her. Tim had settled into his routine now. Long hours with Metro, which he didn’t mind most of the time. In his downtime, it consisted of going for hikes with Kojo. He had stayed at Lucy’s the majority of the time. As hard as this was on him, it was also hard on Tamara. Not wanting her to be alone while at the apartment. Tim wanted to be there if she ever needed him. It was not only a promise made to Lucy but he had also grown very fond of Lucy’s puppy. Tamara wasn’t only Lucy’s roommate. She was family. Even going as far as becoming their unofficial daughter. If he didn’t stay at the apartment, he made sure Tamara knew he was just a text or call away. Day or night.

Tim had been on an Op with Metro. Walking into Wilshire he felt all eyes were on him. Angela was staring at him. Instantly feeling he couldn’t catch his breath. Had the worst happened? What he had been dreading. Was she hurt? He wanted to keel over to his knees at that very moment. As he walked over to Angela he felt his life was about to change.

“Lopez. What’s going on? Is it about…? Please tell me she’s ok. She’s safe”

“Tim. Take a breath. She’s safe. She’s ok”

Tim looked around the room and saw everyone smiling.

“IT’S OVER Tim”

“WHAT!?! What do you mean…It’s over?”

“I mean it’s over. We just got a call from Lucy’s handler. All of those ass hats have been captured. Arrested. In custody. They will be going away for a very long time. He said they were just waiting for all of them to be in custody, to ensure her safety. She is safely on her way home now. Should be here in the next hour”

“I can’t believe it. Lucy’s coming home. She’s coming home to me. I have thought about this moment for the last 7 months. Replaying it in my head over and over”

Tim’s tough exterior came crumbling down. He was only soft with Lucy. Occasionally Angela or Grey. He made a point to continue with his rough exterior with his Wilshire colleagues. He did have a reputation to uphold. However, on this day his emotions got the best of him. Tears falling down his cheeks simultaneously.

As he tried to hide his emotional wall. It all came crumbling down.

“Tim, it’s more than ok to be emotional. Stop trying to be the tough guy. We all know that guy left the building when Lucy came into your life. Especially since you have been together. She changed you. Tim it’s been 7 months. I would be worried if you weren’t emotional. Having no contact with the woman you love. C’mon Bradford. Just let it out”

“I’m scared of the unknown. How this affected her. I know what she promised me. She will need to decompress for a while. Even not knowing the details, I know this is a reality. But all I wanna do is to hold her in my arms. Hell, even having the chance to close my eyes to her and wake up in the mornings to her”

Just over an hour later, there she was. Standing before him. Those gorgeous brown eyes. Teary eyes staring at him. That big smile he had missed so much was more bright than ever. Lucy never looked more beautiful. He immediately saw a difference between Lucy and Isabel. Isabel would come home looking like she was in shambles. Distant. No brightness. Lucy had sunshine illuminating over her.

Lucy dropped her bag and made a beeline through the station. Jumping into Tim’s arms. Tim wrapped his arms around her, tightly. He had never held anyone or anything that tight. Buried his head deep into her neck. Giving her a soft, passionate kiss. Both Lucy and Tim made sure to never pack on the PDA at work. But right now in this moment somethings mattered more.

“BABY. You’re home. I have missed you so much”

Before, he could stop himself he uttered those magic words he had felt for years.

“I LOVE YOU, Lucy Chen. I Love You so damn much. Thank you for coming home to me”

“Tim. I Love You so very much. Actually, more than anything. I’m so happy to be back into your arms again”

Later at home, their home. Tamara had returned and the three of them had a tear felt reunion. They ordered Lucy’s favorite take out and watched a movie. One of the girls favorite. Tim could not have cared less. He would watch chick flicks till the end of time. As long as he was with his girls everyone is safe.

Later they laid in bed after a passionate couple of rounds of love making. Holding one another as if it was their last day on earth.

“Tim, I need to talk to you”

“Luce get some sleep. We have lots of time to talk once you get a good nights sleep. Please, baby. You need rest”

“No, Tim. I need to say one thing. Please listen to me”

“Of course I will, Baby”

“I don’t want to do deep UC work”

“WHAT?!? Did the Op not go well? You don’t have to go into details right now. Until you’re ready”

“No, it went ok. I mean there was some close call moments and it was draining. But that’s not what I want to talk about right now. I realized, it’s not for me anymore. Yes, it was the dream for so long but it’s different now. That was when I didn’t have everything to come home to. I remained focused while undercover. When I wasn’t, in my hotel room. When I was Lucy. I hated it. I just wanted to be here in our home. In your arms. I lost the passion for it. I lost the love for deep UC work. I LOVE YOU. That’s the only LOVE I need or want”

“Luce. I love you for that. I will always support you with any path you take professionally but I promise you, I’m ok”

“Tim, you may be but I’M NOT”

“I still wanna pursue detective work. Just not deep UC work. Little Ops here and there, sure but nothing where I’m gone for months on end. I want US. Maybe even starting a family in the near future. What makes me happy. What gives me joy. The thought of it being us, Tamara and Kojo. With the prospect of adding a baby to our family. That’s what I want. I’m sorry. I know this is too soon. We haven’t been together for that long. That’s how I truly feel”

“Luce. First ‘our home’ never sounded so wonderful. You are my home. I feel this right here is our home too. Second, there is absolutely nothing I want more than to start a family with you. Sure, we haven’t been together for that long but I have realized I have been in love with you for years. I was just too stupid to admit it to myself. I’M ALL IN”

“I Love You, Bradford”

“I Love You, Chen”

As Tim closed his eyes. He knew without a doubt. He had already bought a ring while she was away. Very soon, this beautiful woman laying beside him was going to be his wife.

[celevrian]

♦ What was a mildly annoying thing that has happened to you rp wise?

✧ Do you agree with reblog karma or is it forced interaction?

❥ Has someone ever ruined an FC or character for you?

that's my secret cap. I'm always salty.

What was a mildly annoying thing that has happened to you rp wise?

So back in 20.....something. ( 2014 maybe? ) I started playing a character in a very small fandom. I had made edits of this character previously on my personal, with a fancasting, it was generally something which was just me goofing around and deciding to at some point make a fully fledged lil character blog. There was so little on this character it was basically an OC, and I built her from the ground up. One problem I did not foresee was that someone else saw my edit on my personal and chose to use that edit as a base for making the exact same character. However, I had no idea, and I was so small time while they were more thought through and just really detailed about edits and such, when i did find them I was more in awe of their existence. of course I found them through them blasting me for plagiarism. . . Which I didn't do, like said I didn't even know they existed. They didn't believe me. I could prove I had no idea, I tried to reason with them, but no I was just a plagiarist, I had copied their FC, and because we had certain similarities ( which I've realized later seems to happen when you're playing the same character )--- I had clearly copied them and that's all there was. This resulted in the entire tiny rpc fandom blacklisting me, and by extension others connected to them to do so as well. I attempted damage control by changing my FC and starting a new blog, but the damage was kinda done, and my reputation in that sphere of the RPC kinda didn't recover so I let it drop. So yeah. Mildly annoying.

Do you agree with reblog karma or is it forced interaction?

I don't. Mostly because I think interactions should be spontaneous and inspired, and reblog karma kinda insists on less genuine interaction. Granted I used to do it, so occasionally I'll do it just so I can feel less guilty when I don't. Reblogging from the source helps a lot, plus I can't always remember if folks are doing karma or not so it's just... easier.

Has someone ever ruined an FC or character for you?

Adelaide Kane & Isolda Dychauk. Which sucks because they're really pretty and I'd love to use them. Actually I do use Isolda as my Nimrodel in an effort to rehabilitate my mind toward the fact that they're not actually connected to the characters they played. Basically there was an rper in my early days who had characters that... just were very difficult to deal with,and she was constantly belittling my characters out of ( I later found out ) jealousy. Isoldas character was actually set to cause a ship of mine to have an affair on my character. It was a group setting which is just such a mistake and I do not recommend. Buy the mun was young soooo she does get a major by, but it just... it was awful and it's hard to look at those fcs and not see those characters and the just pure entitlement they displayed. One of these days I might just take on an adelaide fc just to cure myself, I tried years ago when I had her as a fem!Ecthelion, but it's.... rough and the character would have to be soooo capable to offset it.

[eowyn-igneelcheshire]

Okay so I'm tired and this is going to be a lot of rambling so bear with me here. Just finished watching season 2 of Ancient Apocalypse and there's a point where they're talking about the Mayan Calendar(s) and how there's one specifically designed to track the changing into a new age. One of the anthropologists talked about how according to Mayan mythology we are in the "fourth sun" or fourth age which they believed started in I think ~1300 BC (he said an exact year, I don't remember what it was but it was around the same time that Ancient Egypt as well as several other cultures around the world suddenly started ramping up into the major societies we remember them as today), and they said that the "apocalypse" that was supposed to happen in 2012 might not have been a prediction of the end of the world like we originally thought, but a prediction of the end of the current age. They also said that this change could be taking place over the course of an 80 year time span, rather than just being instantaneous.

In the myths there was this story about the gods trying to create people and a sun so the people could survive. This is a really short summary of it but basically one god would volunteer to become the sun and people would live happily for a while, until eventually something (usually drama between the gods if I remember correctly) happened that would cause that god to destroy the world and step down, then the world would be rebuilt and another god would take over. If I remember correctly, they said around the time the fourth age is said to have started the earth is theorised to have crossed paths with the shrapnel(??? Definitely not the word I'm thinking of but it's the only one coming to mind) of a broken meteor, which might have caused people to seek shelter underground as the falling pieces of the meteor would have made it too dangerous to live aboveground. So that was how the current age began, it wasn't a world ending apocalypse but a lot of things changed, and most likely the previous ages also actually began in very similar not-world-ending-but-still-a-massive-change ways. Now we're supposed to be going into a fifth change, which is marked by massive world changes which we're seeing a lot of in California being constantly on fire and parts of North America that previously did not snow getting lots of snow... I had a point to this and I've forgotten what it was...

Basically, it's just really fascinating, the Mayans were probably right and we just misunderstood what they meant, and Ancient Apocalypse season 2 is really good you guys should watch it. I haven't seen season 1 since I started watching it with my moms after they'd started season 2 but we're going to rewatch it so I can see it.

[baxterkairos]

LUKE 24:25, ELLEN G. WHITE ON CHRIST’S COMING, SDA’S FINAL REJECTION

God’s prophets have been entrusted with the prophecy concerning the end of time (Amos 3:7, Hosea 12:13, Daniel 2:28-29), particularly the coming of Christ, for it will surely be revealed to His people.

Hence, those who teach that Christ's return would not be known are evidently characterized as false prophets, whom the people should distrust (Matthew 24:3, 24, 26).

Christ’s return was being correlated with the days of Noah, whereby the probationary time had been made known to all beforehand (Genesis 6:3, 4T 308-120 years, predicted event).

Thus, only those who refused the given time were being perished by the flood (Matthew 24:37-39).

The argument most often brought forward by rejecters of Christ’s coming is that “No man knoweth the day and the hour… (Mark 13:32).” GC 370, 371

Nonetheless, the word “KNOW” was used in the same sense by Paul in 1 Corinthians 2:2: “For I determined NOT TO KNOW [MAKE KNOWN] anything among you, save Jesus Christ...”

Thus, men will not make known the day and hour, even the angels, and neither will the Son alone, but with the agreement of the Father and the Spirit.

Ellen White, being regarded by the Seventh-day Adventists as a prophet due to her Biblical gift of prophecy, was fully mindful that there is an appointed time of Christ’s coming, as it was shown unto her in a vision.

“…you distinctly declare that you were SHOWN THE DAY AND HOUR of Christ's second coming… I HEARD THE HOUR PROCLAIMED, but had NO REMEMBRANCE of that HOUR after I came out of vision.” 1SM 75, 76

Consequently, God allowed the day and hour to be forgotten, since it is not for them to know His appointed time (Acts 1:7), but rather for His appointed people in our time.

The majority had been under a strong delusion, as they believed that God’s appointed time would be given exactly on the day of His coming (GC 640).

“The sky opened and shut and was in commotion... And as GOD SPOKE THE DAY AND THE HOUR of Jesus’ coming... The Israel of God stood with their eyes fixed upward, listening to the words… of Jehovah...” EW 285

God’s words written by His prophets were not always in a chronological order, for it is profoundly illogical to assert that God’s appointed time will only be given on the day of His return, as it holds no relevance to His people.

Herewith, comparing the preceding passage to the other writings of Ellen White, God precisely gave the day and the hour of His coming through a vision, soon after the 1844 disappointment.

“The light behind them went out, leaving their feet in perfect darkness… SOON we HEARD the voice of God… which GAVE us the DAY AND HOUR OF JESUS’ COMING…” EW 15

Ellen White had thereby knew that after the great disappointment in 1844 God’s appointed time would then be gradually unfolds in these last days before Christ’s comes.

GC 359, 360

“ARE WE NEVER TO KNOW THAT PERIOD… where it is said that the WORDS were SHUT UP to the TIME of the END (which was the CASE IN HIS TIME)… and KNOWLEDGE' (regarding that TIME) ‘shall be INCREASED.’ Daniel 12:4.”

“But NO MAN… has ever attained to a full understanding of the great plan of redemption… Even the PROPHETS who were favored with the special illumination of the Spirit DID NOT FULLY COMPREHEND the import of the REVELATIONS COMMITTED to them. The meaning was to be UNFOLDED FROM AGE TO AGE…” GC 343, 344

The Seventh-day Adventists had clearly misunderstood what God conveyed through Ellen White in her writings, as they believed that there should be no preaching of a definite time.

This leads to their final rejection of God’s appointed time, similar to the Jewish church, which has cursed all who attempt to compute the time of Christ’s coming (GC 378).

However, knowing the exact day of Christ’s return, definitely involves a mathematical computation.

COLOSSIANS 4:3 …that God would OPEN UNTO US A DOOR OF UTTERANCE, to SPEAK the MYSTERY of Christ…

The word “UTTERANCE” in Strong’s Greek #3056 means “a COMPUTATION, concerning doctrine.

God will hereby curse all who became fools in remaining defiant against the truth of God's appointed time clearly foretold by His prophets, just as the awful destruction of Jerusalem in the past (Luke 19:41-44).

LUKE 24:25 …O FOOLS, and SLOW of HEART to BELIEVE all that the PROPHETS have SPOKEN:

Christ gave the exact year of His return, 2026, in the date of the First and Second Destruction of Jerusalem.

586 BCE – FIRST Destruction, 70 CE – SECOND Destruction

BY USING CONCATENATION:

586 + 7 = 5867 (flipped figure of 5786)

The Hebrew year 5786 precisely corresponds to the year 2026 in the Gregorian calendar.

The children of light, who have not despise the prophesying of God’s appointed time in accordance with the scripture, precisely knew the day of Christ’s return (1 Thessalonians 5:20-21, 2-4).

TO GOD BE THE GLORY!

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[idylls-of-the-divine-romance]

Is Chile not more south than Mexico?? Also, Latin America is not a continent. Are you referring to North America, or the Americas, or just the USA? And why not just say Americans? Because when you say Americans, it is understood that that means the Country and not North Americans or Latin Americans. It just feels weird to say USAmericans and then talk about something that could also apply to not only Canada but also much of the "Western world" including, say, Australia or the UK or Germany. And does your experience in USAMERICA extend from coast to coast? It is a big country! You cannot speak for Canada but you can speak for people farther away than that? What about Hawaii, or Alaska? It just seems like such a strange term. As a North American who is not USAmerican...it feels Performative and gross.

Okay.

Yes, Chile is more south thank Mexico. I mentioned Chile because "the America's" is North and (Central and) South America which extends from Canada to Chile. I think. I did like a quick google search and should be doing schoolwork right now so just give me some grace.

I do know Latin America is not a continent. Mexico is considered a Latin American Country and is a part of North America. Latin America has to do with the ethnicity of the reigions (i.e. coming from Latin based, Romance Languages, etc, etc). This is also why I said "almost" everything south of Mexico is Latin American because there is a country (whose name escapes me) that isn't.

It just feels weird to say USAmericans and then talk about something that could also apply to not only Canada but also much of the "Western world" including, say, Australia or the UK or Germany.

Which is why sometimes I do specifically say "Western Christianity" or I'll talk about Christianity "in the West" (tho I am fully aware that West/East stuff is complicated and whatnot. For the sake of discussion we have to just set that aside for now). When I am reasonably confident that something is a problem in all of Western Christianity, I say Western. In fact, this is the majority of the way I talk about it. But in the case that I was talking about just now (a mistaken understanding of Christianity as some Old White European Religion) I can only speak specifically to how this manifests in the United States. For example, I am ethnically African American. During the 20th century there were quite a few people in that community who rebelled against the idea of being Christian because it was "the white man's religion" and became Muslim instead.... despite them coming from the exact same place.

In the politics of my home country that is a lot of nationalism that is inherently tied to conservative politics and conservative theology, which is distressing because it means that being anti-nationalist, and having a more accurate (biblically and historically) and diverse understanding of Christianity is associated with liberal theology ("associated" but not actually there. Liberals are just as Western-centric as the conservatives. This is probably a West problem but i have to talk to a friend about that before i could comment further).

Also for example, apparently Africa and Latin America have a prosperity "gospel" problem. That said, I don't live in either of these places and have yet to do any research so if was going to post about say, "The Christ of Culture Phenomenon and Prosperity 'Gospel'" I couldn't go in depth about either of those regions and probably wouldn't discuss them at all. I would focus my view on specifically my home country. Which just happens to be the US. Is it a problem in Canada? Idk. Probably but I don't live there, i don't now anything about it's politics or culture or theology. I'm sure it's similar (similar regions and what not) but they have a distinctive history that would shape them differently (that said: I do believe they have a liberal theology problem, like the us. But, i don't know anything beyond that it's there.)

I mean, my experience with the US is based in the fact that 1) I live here, 2) most people I listen to also live here (I am trying to find theologians from other countries but i don't have the time. Again. School) and a few of them go around the country. It is a big region, and when I discuss the theological issues of the United States, i speak mostly from a generalized point. I feel more comfortable talking about Brazil than Hawaii or Alaska. But that's because I know a bit more about the culture, philosophy, and theological issues. Heck, I mean north to south American theology is different (liberal to north, conservative south). This is simply a way of talking about something I see as an issue, in a way that isn't just "Well over here in the state i live in we have this issue". The issue of "Christianity is White Religion" is one that affects the very founding and expansion of this nation. So, ofc, I am going to talk specifically about this.

I say often (on my other blog) "this nation is up to it's neck in blood". On this blog I frequently call it "Babylon", because it is Babylon. But so is every other nation on planet earth throughout history. And I am aware of this, but when I speak of living in Babylon, and how it sucks, I am speaking of my personal experience. When I get more abstract, I do so because I know it's a universal experience, but in my mind I still have my more personal experience in sight.

I can understand why it might seem performative. And I do despise virtue signaling and performance. It is beyond "gross" and is striahgt up unchristian. But here's the problem: I genuinely do not like that people in the US call themselves "American" as a nation identity. My Brazilian mutual is also "American" because we all live in America! It's not an accurate term. Similar reasons why i don't use "grace" or "sin" "transgression" "iniquity" "righteousness" "soul" "hell" "heaven" (that one more rarely). Because those are theological words that get so overused we forget their meaning. I think it's dangerous for words to lose meaning. It's why I fight so hard against Arians calling themselves "Christian". Why I oppose translating the woman in Proverbs 31 "a woman of virtue" or ezer in Gen 2 as "help". Because words have meanings and histories and contexts. Why do people in the US call themselves "American" as if the United States is the entire continent?

Edit: To be clear, people can call themselves whatever they want. I personally in good conscience, however, cannot. My point about not liking it is not that I want to police people's speech or whatever, but I do believe in thinking about the words you choose.

I am a writer. A poet and an aspiring author. I care so much about what words get used (especially in religious settings) I aspire to learn Hebrew and Greek and to translate the entire bible one day. I love words very much. I assure you my use of any word is definitely not performative. I have done deep deliberation, meditation, and contemplation on my word choices.

[nymphmoth]

Okay so I know I’m still kinda new to this app & don’t have really any followers but I wanted to rant about FNaF or well a theory real quick. So I guess I should just get right into it; Duel Process Theory (a channel on Yt for those who don’t know) uploaded their first video which was a two hour long theory about FNaF to UCN. I’m gonna go ahead and just say that I believe this theory a lot more than I believe Mat Pats. The reason I believe DPTs theory more than I do Mat Pats is because I believe their evidence is a lot more solid and they were able to look at all the games and theory following the games after they had already been made, so they pretty much already had everything laid out for them. They just needed to find the missing pieces and fill in plot holes, as well as figure out what the other theorists got wrong, they also were able to look at everything, not just the games but the theories as well, from an outside perspective; and again after everything was already out there. Whereas other theorists like Mat Pat were trying to figure everything out as the games and books were being released.

The first point they made in the theory was that they believe C.C is Cassidy, and DPT provided pretty solid evidence and reasonings behind this. I’m not going to go into full detail, if you want to know all the details I recommend looking the video up on Yt and watching it. Two big pieces of evidence for this was one the logbook, and two the happiest day. Again I’m not going to go into detail because they explained it a lot better than I ever could, so you should just watch their video over it. And I know that this is honestly a pretty controversial take within the FNaF fandom but, honestly? I believe them, it makes no sense that one of the most important characters of the games wouldn’t have a name. Plus in the movie Cassidy has the exact same blonde shade of hair that Vanessa (who is Williams bio kid in the movie) has, plus Cassidy is wearing a striped shirt similar to the crying child in FNaF 4. Am I saying that Cassidy is one of William kids in the movie? No, but I am saying that there is a parallel there.

The second major point DPT made is that Mike is actually the vengeful spirit in UCN. Another hot take, but, I believe this one as well. As someone who’s grown up in a toxic environment I know that my older siblings are a lot more justice motivated even if they are in the wrong. DPTs evidence for this was the lines where Mike is repeating to his father, “I’m going to come find you,” in a very threatening way. The other evidence is William’s voice specifically calling out to Henry and Mike, the only two souls actually there. As well as the animatronics voice lines when Mike is talking through them. Again DPT explains this a lot better than me, so you should probably go watch their video.

So finally to the reason I’m talking about this on the internet right now, Game Theorists made a video talking about DPTs theory which usually isn’t a bad thing. I want to go ahead and say something real quickly here, I am a major fan of Game Theorists and I have been for a really long time, what I’m about to talk about is not from hatred or anything malicious; I’m just disappointed. When Game Theorists cover DPTs theory they didn’t cover most of what DPT talked about in their theory, which I know it was a two hour long video but they didn’t cover the major points DPT made and even said that Cassidy (C.C) being a missing child didn’t make sense because he was bit everyone saw that. Not even covering what DPT said about how in real life hospitals will often send people who’ve had they’re frontal lobes injured to rest at home. Game Theorists pointed out that we here the monitor flatlining but they completely dismissed that it doesn’t necessarily mean he died, but instead was taken off of it when he was moved from the hospital to his room. Game Theory also didn’t cover that one of the points DPT made was that William buried his son in the woods and used it as an alibi, saying that his son was missing too. Obviously that is just a speculation, but if that is what happened (and let’s just say it is) Cassidy would be missing to the public, thus making him one of the missing children. Another reason I’m disappointed in Game Theorists is because they didn’t seem like they were actually interested in the theory at all and were only using it as an advertisement for Mat Pats Lofi horror quest thing on Spotify, which Mat Pat even states himself that, that’s the only reason he’s there.

So In conclusion, Game Theorists used someone else’s theory to promote one of their projects and then swept it under the rug. This also brought to my attention that Mat Pat and the Game Theorists are too caught up in their own theories to really give any others a chance which is fine, but I’m still disappointed, and I believe this needs to be talked about more because this isn’t the first time they’ve talked about someone else’s theory just to rip it apart for any plot holes it may have.

If you have anything you want to add to this in the comments that’s fine but if you have have any questions about DPTs theory please go watch their video on YouTube, I know it’s two hours long but they have it broken down in segments so it’s easier to watch.