#and it still makes more sense than English

[stevesgother]

loverboy steve harrington would absolutely fuck his girlfriend on her period cw - period sex kinda (fingering but no p in v), reader with a vagina and breasts 18+

"This helping at all?" Steve asks as he rubs firm circles into your lower abdomen just below your navel where your uterus ails you. You don't have to see him to know he's frowning.

"A little," you admit though it's far from convincing, curled on your side in the fetal position where you'd been holed up all day. The first twenty-four hours of your cycle were always the worst. Steve had been attentive all day-- bringing you light foods and keeping you hydrated. The warm pressure of his palm has brought only a brief reprieve from the incessant cramping.

Steve hums from his place cuddled up behind you. When he doesn't continue, you assume that's it; until he says, "Did you know orgasms can help with period cramps?"

You scoff, "Jesus, are you really trying to get in my pants right now?"

"Hey, no," his suddenly serious tone captures your attention, "I'm not joking! It's not about me-- I wanna make you feel better."

You're slow to turn onto your other side and face him, "You're serious?"

"Dead." And you can tell he's not lying.

"Where did you even learn that?" You ask, mildly curious.

"Girl told me once," he half-heartedly shrugs where he lays in front of you, "Might've been Rob, I can't remember."

A pause. The idea that he's not just fooling around making your cheeks heat up with newfound embarrassment, "You wouldn't... you wouldn't, like, think that's gross?" You question skeptically.

You still have half a mind to think this is some sort of sick prank, until you realize your bodies have been pressed together for nearly an hour now and there's no sign at all of his own arousal. This was purely about you.

"'Course not," he assures you with a hand to cradle your cheek, "If it might help, then I think we should try it."

Your expression must stay doubtful because he doubles down, "Promise I won't look if you don't want me to."

You nod, albeit tentatively, but his expression is beyond pleased. "Can I kiss you?" He asks quietly, lips a breath away from touching your own.

"You don't have to ask to kiss me, Steve," you huff a laugh, suddenly breathless and admittedly a little nervous.

"Want this to be about you," Steve whispers, low in his throat, "whatever you want."

"Okay..." it's more whimper than actual spoken English, but Steve understands, kissing you as softly as his words had promised.

The hand that had been previously massaging your tender lower abdomen travels further south, but he takes his time. Still caressing firm circles as he goes, still kissing you languidly. His tongue tastes minty as it swipes across yours. You can't remember the last time you'd taken things this slow, but it makes the fire in your belly burn all the brighter.

His deft fingers slip beneath the hem of your underwear, and you barely even notice; too lost in the feeling of his lips devouring you and the smell of his natural musk wafting infiltrating your senses. You think, maybe, that he'd done it on purpose.

"Gonna touch you now, okay?" He checks, somehow sounding the sexiest and most loving he ever has simultaneously.

Merely his words alone have you keening before he even touches you. He doesn't have you waiting for long, though.

He collects the concoction that is your arousal and residual blood pooling between your legs, spreading the slick through you folds and rubbing tight but gentle circles around your bud. You cringe inwardly at the insinuation that he has your blood on his fingers, and Steve notices. Of course he does.

Steve shushes you, "Relax, baby, you're so beautiful," his lips find the spot just below your ear, barely speaking more than he's kissing, "So glad I get to make you feel better."

"Steve--"

"Yeah? That feel good?" He knows it does.

"Yes," you gasp.

"Good."

Maybe you won't be needing that Midol after all.

[yuumcbr]

Twisted Wonderland's 2025 anniversary cards and what it says about the characters

English is not my first language and I translated this with the translator, as I'm in a hurry to finish the chocolates for Easter, so please excuse any grammatical errors.

Feel free to comment on what you thought about the character cards, maybe some of your thoughts make more sense than my conclusion, and by the way, it's always good to hear from other people about things you like!!

It's really cool to see how seriously the characters in Twisted Wonderland take self-care. I thought this was just something Pomefire did, but no!!

The worst part is that it makes a lot of sense!!

Initially, I thought 'the fact that they look like they're wearing makeup is for the game's aesthetics or to make the characters look better and sell more!!', but boy, was I wrong!!

From the beginning of the game we notice that most of the characters are hostile and only think about themselves (I mean literally the beginning of the game, before the overblots).

Crowley himself tells us that the students never work as a team and would rather lose than carry all the victory and glory on their backs. They see themselves as the best and are full of ego, and whether we like it or not, isn't ego a type of heightened self-esteem?

Yes, as the game progresses we see that they are like onions, full of layers. And this ego is just a fragile wall encrusted with diamonds that hides their true feelings and internal conflicts.

But this self-care doesn't go away, this ego of wanting to be the best creates a 'friendly' rivalry as the game progresses. And it's good to see that they care so much about themselves, how their appearance and way of acting reflects who they are.

And the cherry on the cake is that the pajamas show that there are times when they allow themselves to be comfortable, ignoring everything else and focusing only on themselves. Even if there is a day full of problems, chores and obligations waiting for them outside (and the decision whether they go out or not is theirs, *cough cough* Leona and Idia *cough cough*).

And what's more, despite them getting ready and taking care of themselves, in some cards we have small moments where those who show themselves to be the strongest and most self-assured, are 'vulnerable', with their walls down.

It's funny how few images reveal more about them than practically half the game.

I don't know if you understood what I meant, but it would be practically that despite all the bad things they faced, they still allow themselves to get up and get ready and take care of themselves. And this perfectly matches the type of student that Dark Mirror brings to the NRC!!

These birthday cards are simply the most brilliant idea they've ever done (not really, TWST is like a box of surprises lol).

Well here are some pictures of the characters and notes about:

Jamil has always been someone full of obligations and responsibilities, I wonder how long it took him to learn how to do such a complex hairstyle in less than 5 minutes.

He seems to have few beauty products and I think this is due to the fact that he has to avoid drawing attention to himself, hence the basic makeup and a few decorations here and there.

I hope I'm wrong in thinking that this is one of the few moments where he can think only of himself and not of Kalim and his obligations as a servant of the Al-Asim family.

On the other side, we have Sebek, someone who always tries to appear confident and flawless in order to be the perfect servant for his lord Malleus-sama!!

In this letter, we have him wrapped in a blanket and thoughtful, even though Lilia and Malleus never demand much from him about not making mistakes, this is something that doesn't enter his head.

I imagine that Sebek at some point heard the phrase "to make mistakes is human" and thought something like 'And mistakes because I'm half human? How do I make up for that?'

It hurts to think that he might be thinking this.

Of course, he could be thinking about anything in the image, but it seems to be something much more about himself than anything else, much more like anxiety than something banal or trivial.

As I said before, some images show us how they have more layers than what we see on the surface.

Now, Floyd!!

Did anyone else think that he is cleaning his shoes on orders from Azul, like 'It is necessary to have an impeccable uniform to work at the Lougue'?

We know that not even Azul has 'control' over Floyd's actions and it is quite likely that Jade has to encourage her brother sometimes to do these things.

But it is interesting to see that even though Floyd does not seem to enjoy this part of the day, he still does it. Growing up at sea, keeping his shoes clean and polished must be something that Floyd does not see much point in, but he still does it.

Whether it's a way of respecting the ground dwellers (I don't think so), self-care (maybe), or a way of saying something like 'I'm only doing this because Azul and Jade get annoying when my shoes stay dirty for so long' (probably), we'll never know!!

But I see it as a way for the ovto-trio to take care of themselves, influencing each other to do boring things that still preserve their self-care. The way they take care of each other is nice. (◕‿◕)

And lastly, Azul!!

It's cool to see how our leader of Octavinelle appears in the image, just like Sebek, Azul has the habit of always demanding the best of himself, be it in his studies, hobbies, food, in everything.

He always tries to avoid making any mistake, because one mistake and they can use it against him. In the Octavinelle arc we learn a lot about Azul's layers, so it's not a surprise to us that he takes such good care of himself.

It would be clear to us players that Azul takes great care of himself, so showing him putting on makeup like Jamil or keeping his things clean like Floyd would be something we would already expect from him.

But seeing his messy hair, his face without makeup and like someone who just woke up, which is exactly what he did, is surprising.

Showing not the leader of Octavinelle, the perfect and unbeatable owner of Mobstro Lougue, but Azul, Azul Ashegrotto.

Imperfect, perfectly imperfect!! It's good to see this side of him, it shows how much he fought for everything he achieved. Not that we didn't already know his struggles, but seeing this is something else entirely!!

[pinkdoozyxoxo]

Here are the raws and the summary of chapter 29.

Remember to only share the link to this post on other websites and not the link to the google drive.

Also, I would just like to inform about the fact that neither English nor Japanese is my first language, so there will probably be dialogue from the manga that I've misunderstood. That is also why I write the summary as a story and not line-by-line dialogue.

Kagiura is sitting on the bus, thinking back on that day, trying to figure out what happened when a basketball junior calls out to him and asks to borrow his smartphone to watch the game, since he has a subscription.

Kagiura is thinking about how he could feel that Hirano didn't like it when he touched his lower back. But he's a little confused about when Hirano hugged him instead and said, "I'm glad/I'm relieved." Hirano is desperately trying to figure out if that means Hirano likes him or not. He's trying to reason that if he didn't like the hug, he wouldn't have said "I'm glad/I'm relieved," so that means Hirano liked the hug as well, right? A junior is watching Kagiura from the front of the bus when he gets called by a senior.

Hirano runs into Ichinose and greets him while they stand outside the dorm. Ichinose talks about how he wishes it will be sunny on the upcoming sports festival. They start walking together without saying anything, so Hirano is wondering if the mood is awkward or if he's just overthinking it, when Ichinose asks Hirano for a moment of his time.

Ichinose apologizes about the incident in the laundry room and how bad the timing was. Hirano says it's fine. He goes on to ask if Hirano and Kagiura are in that kind of relationship, which makes Hirano confused about what Ichinose means, so he goes on to explain that he meant dating. Hirano thinks back to when Kagiura said that he wasn't asking Hirano out or anything.

Hirano says that it's "still not that."

Ichinose looks a little surprised while wondering over the fact that Hirano said: still/yet, but smiles while telling Hirano that he's glad that it looks like it's going to become the case soon. They look confused at each other. 

Seems like Hirano gives Ichinose some background info, and Ichinose finally realizes that Kagiura has confessed to Hirano. 

Hirano is looking really flustered, and Ichinose is apologizing about making Hirano explain the whole thing, and that he's not very good at talking about that kind of thing. Hirano thinks to himself that this whole thing is so awkward.

Ichinose comments that it looks like fun, and that's the best part.

He laughs while commenting on the fact that it seems like Hirano is having more fun now than when they were roommates.

Hirano hesitates before telling Ichinose that there's something that he can't really ask anyone for advice about.

Ichinose asks what it is, and to ask away.

Hirano asks Ichinose if there has ever been someone he wanted to kiss and try various different things.

(Ichinose is so confused 😂)

The only thing in Ichinose's head is "NANI?!"

Hirano explains that he doesn't mind touching Kagiura, but that he sometimes doesn't like being touched. At least the way he was getting touched, and that it made him think that he couldn't accept everything about Kagiura, however...

Hirano thinks about how relieved he was when they got to stay as roommates, and says that he really wants to give Kagiura an answer.

Hirano starts to wonder about if he can see Kagiura as a romantic partner because he wants to give him an answer. He's thinking that there's such a big difference between them that it might be impossible. That line that Kagiura might not be able to cross and the feelings they have might not be the same. Maybe the feeling Hirano has isn't romantic feelings. Ichinose tells him that he is the kind of person who wants to kiss the person he likes. Hirano looks a little down, but says that makes sense. Ichinose smiles and says that doesn't have to be what love is all about, right?

Hirano gets flustered and says that he guesses so. Ichinose opens his umbrella and says that he's glad that these special feelings aren't one-sided.

Hirano thinks back to hugging Kagiura: "I can tell that you care about me."

Hirano agrees with Ichinose. Ichinose looks up and says the sun is out.

(Miyano in the right corner though 😂)

Kagiura tells Hirano that he looked cool while being the cheer captain.

Hirano looks tired, but says thank you to Kagiura. Kagiura comments about how it's cool in the shadow, and Hirano starts to say that Sasa(ki)... someone he knows told him about that place. Kagiura still picked up on the name Hirano was trying not to say. When Hirano won't reply, Kagiura says that it's fine, he doesn't really care. Hirano points out that it sure doesn't look like he doesn't care. Hirano asks about what's going on outside and Kagiura says he just saw Niibashi trying to tie the balls together with a string. Hirano laughs and that's clever. Hirano fanning himself while he is saying that it takes him back, since he did the same his first year. 

(Where are you looking Kagi-kun? 🫣) 

Kagiura asks Hirano if the uniform is the one from junior high. Hirano says that he had to borrow the uniform because the one from junior high was too small.

Kagiura asks how much Hirano has grown since entering high school, and Hirano says he grew 10 cm, but that he stopped growing now. Kagiura says he's still growing, and Hirano says that if he wants a fight, he'll fight him.

Hirano looks at Kagiura and thinks about how the sky suits him.

Kagiura asks what's up and gives back the jacket. Hirano looks around before asking Kagiura if he wants to kiss him. Kagiura looks flustered and asks if he means right here and now? Hirano won't look up while saying that he's asking a serious question.

Kagiura looks a little nervous but says that he wants to kiss him because he likes Hirano.

Hirano looks uncomfortable while saying, "I see."

Kagiura kind of interrupts Hirano to tell him that it's not the only reason that he wants to date him. That he wants to be with him more than anyone else; that is his kind of "like."

Kagiura looks quite flustered but tells Hirano he wants to have his 10 seconds while talking. Hirano says that someone might see them doing that where they're sitting. Hirano thinks about how he doesn't want another situation like with Ichinose in the laundry room.

Kagiura mumbles to himself that Hirano has become aware of him when suddenly a junior comes around the corner yelling Kagiura's name and asking what he's going to compete in. The junior calls Hirano the roommate senpai and tells Hirano his cheering was cool. The junior says that he's from the basketball team and wants them to exchange contact info. Hirano doesn't have his phone with him, and Kagiura tells the junior that Hirano is in the Disciplinary committee, which makes the junior scared that Hirano is going to confiscate his phone.

A classmate of Hirano shows up and asks if he has seen Sasaki; he can't find him, and that Sasaki's race is coming up. Hirano says that Sasaki is probably in the shadow cooling off somewhere.

Hirano tells Kagiura to give him the junior's contact info later. Kagiura is not happy but says okay. The junior says he'll send him a reminder, but Kagiura says he'll do it. The junior is adamant that Kagiura will just say he forgot to do it.

Hirano pats Kagiura's head while saying "10," walks off while saying "see you."

The junior is telling Kagiura that he has sent the reminder while Kagiura sits there speechless. When he finally gets his senses back, all he is wondering is what's going on?!

Hirano is running along while thinking about what Kagiura said about wanting to be with him and that is his kind of "like."

Hirano realizes that he feels the same.

Just want to point out the fact that Hirano is now on his way to talk to Sasaki that just confessed to Miyano. 🩷

[your-dear-memmy]

I rewatched drv3 and I want to say that I don't dislike Saiouma nor Shuichi at all, -quite the opposite, really!!- but I hate that the basis for it seems to be the mistranslation of Kokichi deeming Shuichi "trustworthy" when in the og game he labels him with "stay catious", which is the OPPOSITE of trustworthy.

Of course he'd be suspicious of a detective being put into a murder mystery killing game, he thought Shuichi was the mastermind! It's such a turn off whenever the "trustworthy" thing is mentioned in fics because it doesn't make any sense: It's not like they had many positive interactions together that would justify Shuichi somehow being trustworthy- at best there's the time Shuichi bandaged Kokichi's finger (basing it all on that would be too emotion driven for someone as logical as Kokichi), at worst there's when Shuichi left Kokichi's concussed ahh to wobble off screen.

(Unrelated, but why do people write Kokichi SOLELY thinking of Shuichi on his deathbed, rather than DICE? He knows DICE isn't real but in his mind that's his family and always has been. People idly mention Gonta too occasionally, but aside from the guilt of getting him killed, Kokichi would think of Gonta more, bc they were actually friends and were often seen hanging out.)

Also the way Kokichi's arc ends with Shuichi deciding there was nothing to Kokichi but lies hurt sm like WDYM? Kaito may have omitted some things, but he still spelled the answer out for you, detective. (He figures it out later when going into Kokichi's room though so it's not a big deal but STILL💔💔)

I just wish saiouma fics weren't so centered on, well... A lie. There's still plenty of ways to develop them together, even without the trustworthy label! I like their ship, to an extent, and I believe it can be done well while staying true to the og game, but so many things about them seem to be taken at face value rather than truly analyzed. Their dynamic would be more interesting if it stayed true to them, and if both of their flaws were acknowledged, as well as the mind games there could be with Kokichi suspecting Shuichi.

Crazy how the localization also fucked up Kokichi's relationship with Kaito (for example, in ch 2 in the og Kaito tells Maki to let Kokichi go or he'll die, while in the english ver he tells her to let him go or she'll die; end of ch 5, og Kaito says "He was a liar to the core", rather than "he was a lying sack of shit" ) and Gonta (in the og it was more clear Gonta and Kokichi were scheming together in ch2, and that Gonta knew about the true purpose of the insect meet and greet; in general, Gonta is portayed in the english ver as a dumb caveman and I wish people wrote him by just making him talk formally but in the third person like he does in japanese, because it takes away from his character- and, by extension, Kokichi's)

I've read SO much fanfiction in this fandom, and the probability of me finding something that addresses the canon dynamics rather than the localization ones is lower than the chance of a meteorite coming to kill me on my birthday. What a shame.

I still love most things this fandom makes, so I guess this -the trustworthy thing- is just a pet peeve of mine.

[buttercupshands]

I've been thinking a lot lately

ref to the quote under the cut

under the cut for maybe some people that would like to try and guess *shruggs*

[dingodad]

"june never fought lord english" is definitely the best explanation for what the burning letters mean that I've thought of, but I feel like that just doesn't make a ton of sense practically? like idc if some stuff from the epilogues unhappens to be clear, I just can't figure out how meat can still occur without resorting to "why didn't they just pass the life ring around"isms.

oh yeah I doubt it's going to be as simple as "John is alive and hanging out with everyone else normal-style now". there's clearly some good reason they're making us wait to actually see what the result of that first addendum was... and it's not like they're just gonna throw out the plot thread where Terezi has been hanging onto the dead John's corpse, right? I donno.

[bumblingbabooshka]

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[oceandiagonale]

Actually, Guzman is his spanish name.

OH YEAH some other folks pointed that out too, makes sense since it's an irl Spanish name (probably why I see it around a lot!) 😳

(normally it's a surname, I've only seen it used as a first name once in a blue moon -- but also in the pokemon world it's pretty clear that naming conventions aren't the same lol)

[431989]

more resident alien posting. predictions... spoilers so beware

well. i'm upset that the shows going to have a difficult time having more serious scenes now. and that's probably what it's going to try and set itself up for.

i reaaaally would have loved to see this show do something ACTUALLY different and good. by different i mean in terms of writing and not necessarily drifting from source material. yes i'm still sour over last ep, but i wouldn't be AS sour if everyone on the show didn't treat harry and asta's relationship as "mother and child." and also if the show didn't take such a nose dive into the type of comedy it's putting out.

ALSO? IN A RECENT INTERVIEW? Sheridan going on to state that harry would lose his first """love""" (more like lust. awesome that a show trying to teach human emotion gets those two things mixed up) and then realize there's love everywhere or something? why does this feel like "weird" people are forever left to the role of outcasts. already fucked it up once i guess the guy's trying to fuck it up more. could've just left it at "he'll lose his first love, then he will have to reconcile with his feelings." but he had to drop in that last corny bit.

like. the show's source is already good. i don't understand all these decisions they're making to try and make it seem "unique." and now to get numbers back they're dumbing it way down. WHICH. BY DOING SO. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE YOUR DRAMA? like how am i supposed to take anything seriously in the show. i *could* in season 1 and parts of season 2, but now it's just whatever. it's too goofed up for me to care. and now people who love the goofy won't give two shits about whatever message you want to drop or plot you want to develop. i dont give a shit about the greys!!! i dont care what theyre doing!!!! who gives a fuck if theyll blow up the earth. none of the characters really care anymore either. oh well!!!

also, predictions kind of. i'm not trying to say this will be the be all end all but it certainly could be a turn the show takes. in one of the issues of the comic (suicide blonde i think), harry is investigating the "suicide" of a woman. by the end of the issue, he catches up with her ex-lover and ex-roommate. they were both ladies. and the girl who died had a drinking problem btw. and was constantly seeing boys. i'm all for gay couples on screen as a gay guy myself but it'll feel so cheap to pair darcy and asta together despite the way theyve been played on screen. maybe its doable. i don't know. but i genuinely could care less considering the overall tone of the show's drifted more towards a sitcom than anything else. i think the small handful of 40+ year old gay wine moms would probably love it, but the vast majority of viewers wont. either they'll hate it and say it's forced diversity (there's already people saying that about the gay couple on screen this past episode) or it'll be another nothing moment to a further nothing story. if anything it'd feel one step removed from tokenization, considering they see harry as a manchild. ableism! show's trying to seem fucking wholesome but they can't be bothered to care about their nd viewers. like "haha look we have a main gay couple!!! what do you *mean* our show has rampant ableist tropes, we have a gay couple!"

i'm just so bummed. the show's cornered itself into a sitcom so meaningful moments aren't a thing anymore. plus the comparison of harry to a child is really getting at me. like he's a grown man as a human, and hes a grown alien thing as an alien. it's such a big slap in the face to any person who cherished the witty and unique story telling of the first season... like.... i don't know.... people who would've been fans of the comic too? i have small gripes about the comic, but at least it takes itself more seriously. but the show runners haaate the people who read the comics. why? i dont know. well maybe i do know. probably seen as too nerdy and weird for their idea of the show's viewerbase. despite the fucking basis of the show being weird and nerdy.

they couldve done the darcy asta thing better if they do go down that road. i'm just saying i wouldn't be surprised. they already scared off everyone who would've cared for something like that, so i don't know how they'll manage to find an audience that cares. everything in s1 was so organic and felt real!!!!! now its just!!! nothing!!!!!!!!!!

im also thinking about the fact that after posting that one resident alien drawing i did, i've had to block tons of people because they're freaks. loud and proud conservatives. man this shit sucks.

[incoherentbabblings]

I understand people joking about unintelligible accents/dialects sometimes I do but there is always something really surreal about seeing one that is either yours or one that you understand perfectly well being made the butt of a joke and you'll sit there like what's the joke they're being perfectly coherent!

There are many many many many examples of this but the one that is relevant for myself is the chap in Brave speaking Doric. He's not even speaking that fast.

If he was a wee bit closer I could lob a caber [tree trunk/log] at him, ken [you know]? and It's just nae fair making us fit [fight] for the hand of the quine [woman], it disnae whet an appetite, ken [you know]?

[citrusinicake]

i wonder what their accents are meant to convey

[bmpmp3]

also guess which complainer about cevio/voisona's supposed lack of vocal dynamics controls finally Looked Up. and Discovered.

[semi-sketchy]

The Q&A of the Xenoblade 3 art book leaked and I am. Feeling something.

I think it's annoyance. I don't know if even Takahashi knows what he's cooking at this point.

[anger-and-red-flames]

oha surprise surprise, being in a relationship where you are forced to speak the other person's language almost 24/7 is exhausting?

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

"not the time for scrupules, we have to save the future"

[rugessnome]

How are you liking 20 trillion leagues so far? It's on my to-read list so I am curious. :)

I'd read it before a couple times, but some years ago, closer to when it came out. I didn't remember much except for one memorable technical explanation and a suspicion about one plot point.

I'd say I find it oddly compelling, hence my return to it, although I can't promise that people will find the ending satisfying, or that everyone will like the book generally. On this reading I noticed some horror-like aspects to the story (I mean, people are stuck in a malfunctioning submarine —also, not to give too much away, but many characters eventually die. In certain regards it *might* resemble at least my understanding of the loose plot of [the Arctic season of] The Terror(?)).

Particularly the denouement is very ...science-fantasy, perhaps? (particularly physics concepts, though a smattering of biology comes in at some points) and more or less philosophical too—it doesn't have a swashbuckling adventure sort of ending.

It's been even longer since I read 20000 Leagues Under the Sea but there are some references detectable from familiarity with even the basics of that book. However, it's not a straightforward sequel or update.

It's not easy to really like most of the characters, and to me even the character who becomes a main protagonist in the second half or so of the story is not straightforwardly entirely sympathetic. (the first half is more ensemble cast, and I think all the French names eventually become clear but they can be confusing!)

content warnings: Some of the characters do express racism, primarily regarding the two Indian scientists aboard; some of it is religiously motivated. One character, in extreme circumstance, retreats into Christian fanaticism (ala Wazzer, sort of, but more homicidal). Limited references to World War II, particularly the fact that one character worked (possibly in a secret agent capacity) for the Vichy regime, and also at least one discussion where someone praises the Soviet Union. There are graphic descriptions of serious (sometimes fatal) injury, fantasy underwater ~monsters that I think are illustrated in the non-audio book, and eventually someone with fantastical body modifications.

one more slightly spoiler-y thing about someone who doesn't turn against people but also the question of narrative racism under the cut

with the caveat that I'm not entirely up on plot points of The Terror, one of the Indian scientists aboard is probably the closest the story has to a Goodsir (as in not succumbing to harming other people and trying to help other people survive until the end type stuff) but the narrative maintains a certain distance (that to me is probably intended to implicitly make a point about French attitudes of the time) and does not (third-person with some limited insight into some characters' thoughts) provide us with the viewpoint of either Indian scientist for the vast majority of the plot; it also gives very little explicit detail about the background of the two Indian scientists.