#and get more plot beats in

[optimistic-autistic]

1, 2, and 30 for the ask game! :3

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okay!! anon didn't specidy which oc, so Dante it is.

just a few notes before anything: many things are still being decided aboutt the story and it's still very much a trainwreck of a wip soo not much is final.

1) Does your OC have a voice claim, if so who?

Dante is a very recent OC of mine, so he was created three or four months into my Hadestown obsession. So, as inspiration for his personality (although it has strayed over time) and also as his voiceclaim, he has Damon Daunno('s Orpheus). That's why I made this animation, in fact. I was getting thoughts about him again.

2) Who's your OCs best friend? How did they become best friends?

This is the part that isn't final. I have no idea if I'm keeping the character there because I haven't figured out how it would affect the story and everything. But as of right now, his bestie would be the Espárrago. Both of them were adopted into a little, kinda dysfunctional family, but they act more like friends than siblings, mostly because the raccoon came in a while later. He didn't like them very much at first, but after actually approaching them they immadiately became pals. Note that this happened after one(1) conversation.

30) My OC and your OC are friends. This isn't a question. I'm not asking. (How do they respond?)

Dante would be very, VERY competitive. That's mostly how he gets along with everyone. I doubt he'd be outright affectionate but he'd be noticeably happier around a friend than anyone else, even though he usually acts all confident.

This is going to bring back the brainworms I can feel. Hopefully I'll make some time for myself and actually work on his story.

have him >:)

[turtleblogatlast]

I am once again reiterating that Leo could and should be a figure skater because what are ice skates if not twin blades? What is dual blade swordsmanship if not a dance-like performance? Using the skates as blades themselves could let Leo make portals be his ice rink no? I rest my case. ⛸️

[cardbored-box]

The lack of filler in arc-v made me realize that yugioh’s filler is necessary for its ecosystem

[vynnyal]

Finally finishing totk

[aroaceleovaldez]

full on feel like pjo tv s2 is not gonna hold up so they need to drag as much attention to the series as they can by using nico as a sock puppet w tsats2

im fully expecting the show to go the way of the movies. it doesnt help Sea of Monsters is almost unanimously the least favorite book of the first series. People frequently forget it even exists or what happens in it, especially more casual fans.

Heck, just look at how little fanfare the second season has gotten so far as compared to the build up to s1. I wouldn't be surprised if s2 totally flops. It would be a little funny.

[mari-lair]

would you say there any variations on optional events?

We've seen a variation on the suspicion event, but what about the others?

So far the ones I already have plans for are Memory of Sadness with Mira and Memory of Bad Touch with Isabeau.

[crustyfloor]

Luka is very good at keeping himself composed on stage, mostly with the help of maintaining track of his heart rate, but during Mizi's attack in ROMH he seemed to slip up, not only was the red background a tell-tale sign of Mizi's violent intentions but it was a more symbolic way of showing Luka in quite visceral fear. Even if for only a second.

I'm not convinced Luka will be as continuously calculated as he normally comes off, it all seems too fake to me. Because it is. It’s a similar case to Ivan who can't feel, isn't normal, isn't human enough so he makes a persona to blend in. So Luka, whoever he is, makes this version of himself to cope with what he has to live through, pretending like he's on top of it all to survive in this world.

So in round 7, I think something drastic will happen to make him 'snap' in a way.

It's safe to say that we don't know Luka. We don't know who he really is. We don't know his real desires. But we do know one thing--he is scared. he is afraid of the aliens. That's why he appeases them--being their trophy. He's only kept around for his purpose as an entertainer and nothing else and he's very aware of that. He knows very well that a dented trophy will be discarded; with that mindset, he's been able to get so far, and he's scared of losing. That's why he holds any little thing he can get his hands on close. And an important extension of that fear is his fear of losing power.

Till should be the more likely in this position, given he's such a rebel. But isn't that just too predictable? Keep in mind, that Till is a strong person. Even after all he's been through, even after he's been beaten into something more manageable for the aliens--He still hasn't lost his spark. Till is a raging storm. subdued but nonetheless a force to be reckoned with.

Round 6's effect on Till is greatly ambiguous for now but at this point when the time for round 7 comes, Till has been put through so much hell. Whatever Luka does to provoke him probably won't work, he and Luka are equally talented individuals and will make for an intense battle, and at the end of the day, the numbers won't lie. Exactly that is what Luka is ready for but scared of--a worthy opponent for the throne. Someone capable of stripping him of his power. (Is fear what makes Luka so dismissive?)

It would be so aggravating that this 'pest'. who is so indignant, so rebellious (in a way Luka envies.), could so easily destroy everything Luka has worked for, disregard every pain Luka has been through to get to this point, and Till doesn't value this throne as much as Luka does, and Luka doesn't want to feel the pain of death anymore. If his facade is as destructible as I think it is, that will be what ultimately brings out Luka.

This idea may be flawed. Luka is so perfect, too perfect and confident and experienced for something as little as that to break him, just think of all the training Luka went through to get to this point. I'm positive he's very aware of what playing unfairly will lead to. But isn't there always room for a wild card?

Just remember what happened to Hyun-woo.

What happened here isn't fully explained (and probably will be in round 7) but imagine Luka: "Trophy child, goody two shoes" Luka possibly killing another human. Whether by accident or not, what happened?--what and how did Luka feel in the moment for the repercussions of whatever happened to be that bad?

A Luka that is secretly greatly insecure, pliable, and defensive enough that in a spur of emotions, he can’t help but lose his cool in a way he hasn’t in a while because he’s afraid—just to try and prove he is still valuable. That is the type of character I theorize we'll come to see in round 7.

[colinfeatherington]

man I just keep thinking about it. why did colin have to ice her out after the wedding… I just feel so bad for penelope laying alone in that martial bed night after night after he seemingly forgave her for being whistledown and they get married and have such a beautiful dance and she thinks this is it, it’s resolved but he couldn’t accept her continuing to be whistledown so instead they live this silent strange life together for weeks and go to family functions together but not and they live these parallel lives instead of a life as a couple. I’m not saying colin doesn’t have a right to be upset or process his emotions but the method and timing and time it took… it’s hard to accept rn

[dazais-guardian-angel]

Well, at least Fukuzawa got his wish granted, I guess.... he's finally inside Fukuchi <3

[kloppenheimer]

asking for a black sails box set for christmas because this show is so scarce and unheard of that i’m terrified one day it will be wiped from existence and i need physical copies of the one and only thing i’ve ever truly cared about🙏

[refractionfish]

interview with tetsuya chiba (artist behind ashita no joe as well titles like ore wa teppei and notari matsutaro) from 2022. apparently the "white ashes" beat was his idea — one has to wonder what author asao takamori (aka ikki kajiwara) even contributed.

eBookJapan. “インタビュー【漫画家のまんなか。vol.4 ちばてつや】弱さもダメなところもひっくるめて、人間の素晴らしさを描きたい - Ebjニュース＆トピックス,” April 18, 2022. https://ebookjapan.yahoo.co.jp/special/article/aa0243.html.

[retroautomaton]

crazy casual

(comic previews! 💎💼)

[aerophone-amphibians]

Goddamn, MTMTE goes hard on the third readthrough

[llycaons]

I was never into this but I get why so many people have read gay intent into canonically platonic friendships without ANY intent to gaybait...this is rly fun. you're watching a great show with people dying and getting stabbed and screaming and undergoing crazy trauma AND they might be gay? what could be better. well. if they were actually explicitly gay ig. blows a kiss to cql but I still wish they got to fuck etc.

[agnesandhilda]

interesting to note that mark's superhero name is for the most part actually accurate in the comics. the only people who've beaten him in combat so far are omni-man (makes sense wrt to in-universe powerscaling, plus the point of that fight was that mark would defeat his father ideologically rather than physically) and battle beast (explicitly meant to be an outlier), meanwhile show! mark gets his shit rocked in mid-tier fights every other episode. I don't have a working theory for why this specific change was made in the reboot yet but I'm open to suggestions

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

people being scared over sonic movie spoilers is so funny to me like. i get it logically but also. literally i do not care they could spend half the movie on a still frame of shadow the hedgehog drawn by a two year old and end revealing tommy turtle will be all the next movie is about and I’d still be hype as shit and making theories. and you could tell and show me that and i also would not care. i mean i know it’s been leaked and I’m avoiding that shit but that’s literally just bc I don’t wanna accidentally spoil it for anyone bc again. you could do anything and I’d be hyped as shit. the whole movie could be big the cat fishing and I’d reblog the hell out of that and be extremely fucking excited. they could include fucking Locke and Geoffrey St John and I’d tolerate them. you do not understand the depths of my insanity over this franchise i do not give a fuck.