#and the grey one isn’t black if you interpret it as grey

[dilfcherricola]

Did you guys know that apparently most gifted and talented programs happened during the school day? The one at my school was after school so I was always glad I never tested into it cuz it had had to do more school after school I would have bitten someone

[sarshles-cheescake-li]

Why's Lu Guang's hair white?

It has occurred to me that a lot of people on the English side of the fandom aren't aware of the Lu Guang white hair theory.

It's a very popular theory/headcanon on the Chinese side (I'd say maybe 30% of people believe in it?) of the situation. I have no idea who in the English fandom have talked about it and who haven't, so I'll just provide what I know of it. Full disclaimer that I wasn't the first one to make this observation.

The theory is based on this scene right here, episode 12 of season 2. Here, Qiao Ling has a singular white hair after receiving Xixi’s powers (and seemingly activating them for the first time). This can be either interpreted as her spontaneously gaining a white hair, or as just an effect of the lighting.

Lu Guang has (presumably) received and activated Cheng Xiaoshi’s powers before.

Lu Guang’s hair is white.

Are you picking up what I’m putting down?

It doesn’t help that his eyebrows are a different colour. In pretty much every piece of official media, they’re a grey a bit lighter than his eyes. Except for in the phone ad for OPPO (I think that’s what that was…?) where his eyebrows are largely black, except for one shot where they’re their normal grey, so I’m fairly certain that’s just a mistake in animation. I could’ve sworn to God there was one piece of media where his eyebrows were white, but I can’t find said piece, so I guess that was a fever dream.

Quite a few people have wondered how a naturally white-haired person would have darker-coloured eyebrows. Based on that, the argument is that Lu Guang’s natural hair colour is darker, and his hair turned white later in life. Of course, from an artistic standpoint, this evidence is… hard to work with. Characters with a light hair colour paired with a light skin colour often are drawn with their eyelashes and eyebrows being a darker colour for the purpose of contrast. It’s not rare for a white-haired character with fair skin to end up with grey eyebrows, since it makes their eyebrows more easily visible while still looking lighter. The problem?

Ouyang Bubai (how does the English fandom refer to him…? Do I use pinyin for him? Jyutping? Cantonese Yale? Is his Chinese name written in simplified or traditional???) has almost the exact same hair colour as Lu Guang. His eyebrows are white.

Paint tool sai version 2 colour picker (and visual examination) tells me his eyebrows are a slightly different colour than his hair, being a bit warmer and a smidgeon darker, but the point stands. Compared to Lu Guang’s eyebrows, you can definitely tell they’re drawn differently.

Other light haired characters like the Li siblings receive the same treatment as Ouyang Bubai, having pink eyebrows. It’s just Lu Guang who has his situation.

And no, it’s not a matter of convenience. Link Click’s eyebrows are always drawn with black lineart and a solid fill, usually one matching the character’s hair colour. Lu Guang’s eyebrows match neither his eyes nor his hair, something that would theoretically make drawing him more inconvenient because now you’ve got one extra colour in the pallet.

But if the point was that Lu Guang’s hair isn’t supposed to be white, then why make his eyebrows so light? Because now, what is potentially foreshadowing looks like artistic liberty. Was it for the sake of visual cohesion? To throw theorists off? Is it something about the character design process and Inplick?

Anyway, a few possibilities emerging from this theory.

How many times has Lu Guang went back in time for Cheng Xiaoshi if all his hair is white? Or does the process speed up the more you use another person’s powers?

Does his hair turn white all at once whenever he goes back in time, or is it gradual? Like, was there ever an attempt where Cheng Xiaoshi went to bed, woke up, and went “woah Lu Guang that was one mean mental breakdown you had last night if you bleached half your hair”

Does using another person’s powers affect you negatively in other ways? Is that why Lu Guang has limited attempts – not because he’s running out of photos, but because he’s running out of time himself? And, my personal favourite:

The white hair isn’t because of power usage. It’s because of stress. Lu Guang is just a lot more stressed than Qiao Ling is.

[signanothername]

Sorry if this sounds out of nonwhere but what are your opinions on canon ink? Maybe fanon ink too perhaps

Canon Ink is my absolute beloved, he’s super complex and I just fucking adore how morally grey he is!

I have mixed feelings about fanon ink?? I feel like (just like Killer) it really depends on the fanon interpretation, there are interpretations in fanon that i like, others I’m neutral about (not my cup of tea but still can indulge in them), and a few I hate with a passion

I especially hate interpetations that have him as a “bad guy” cause of his grey morality or the fact he’s soulless, or when they “fix” him by giving him a soul

Like the problem isn’t the fact he’s soulless, it’s literally just Ink’s personality, he’s a hypocrite that sees everyone as characters in a story yet sees himself above it, that’s why he doesn’t care when people die inside AUs but cares about the AUs themselves, cause creators/creation is literally what keeps him alive, and yes, he’s selfish for it, but he also deems himself the guardian of these AUs… see how conflicting his morality is with his actions?? That’s why Ink is such a good character <33333

But people somehow blame it on the fact he’s soulless?? It’s like how did you even connect his personality with his soulless ribcage dhhdhdhh

Like yeah I get it, souls in monsters are the culmination of their being and whatnot, but a soul doesn’t determine morality, and a monster with a soul can do bad things and a soulless monster can do good things

Morality is complex and is beyond black and white boxes but the fandom just can’t handle grey morality and it shows with how Ink (and especially Ink) is mostly interpreted hcchhchcch, like unfortunately a lot of the fandom feels the need to put Ink in one very tight very binary box with a big label on it that determines which “side” he’s on, when in actuality, Ink can’t be put in either black or white boxes and putting any sort of label onto him is missing the point of his character in my humble opinion (like, if you wanna put him under a label so bad at least use the right one that was used for him in canon and say that he’s neutral dhhdhdhd)

Then we have the other side of the fandom that makes Ink into an absolute bitch, don’t get me started on how a part of the fandom take his soullessness as an excuse to make his behaviors even worse than that of Nightmare’s zhhxhxhdhxh

Like yes, Ink can be blunt and mocking, he can be distant and detached, etc, but he’s also helpful and kind, he even usually avoids conflicts, he literally tries talking to people before fighting them in canon

Ink is a very flawed character and to me, that’s what makes him an Interesting and phenomenal, cause in a way, I feel like Ink is a very realistic depiction of people and how they work

Anyway, Canon Ink for the fucking win <333333

[taylorswiftandx]

Taylor Swift and Opposites

Note: huge thank you to @meandmypagancrew for assembling all the lyrics for this post! At the same time, they also created an amazing, giant set of lyrics I'm tentatively calling TS and Juxtapositions, which is a looser interpretation of this "opposites" prompt, and which tumblr is currently not letting me actually post on the blog due to its length. Hopefully I can find a workaround soon.

'Taylor Swift'

I’m Only Me When I’m With You: I’m only up when you’re not down

'Fearless (Taylor's Version)'

Love Story: You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess

You Belong With Me: She wears high heels, I wear sneakers

You Belong With Me: I’m the one who makes you laugh when you know you’re about to cry

Forever & Always: It rains when you’re here and it rains when you’re gone

Forever & Always: So here’s to everything coming down to nothing

SuperStar: This is wrong but I can’t help but feel like there ain’t nothing more right, babe

You All Over Me: Held out, and held on God knows too long

That’s When: When it’s sunny or storming

That’s When: Laughing, when I’m crying

That’s When: It was sunny or storming

'Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)'

Mine: You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter

Mine: I fell in love with a careless man’s careful daughter

Sparks Fly: It’s just wrong enough to make it feel right

Dear John: Or maybe it’s you and your sick need to give love then take it away

When Emma Falls In Love: She waits and takes her time ‘cause little Miss Sunshine always thinks it’s gonna rain

'Red (Taylor's Version)'

All Too Well: You taught me ‘bout your past, thinking your future was me

22: It’s miserable and magical

I Almost Do: I hope you know that every time I don’t, I almost do

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together: I say “I hate you,” we break up, you call me, “I love you.”

Begin Again: He didn’t like it when I wore high heels but I do

Begin Again: He always said he didn’t get this song but I do, I do

Begin Again: You don’t know how nice that is, but I do

Forever Winter: He spends most of his flights getting pulled down by gravity

Forever Winter: I’ll be summer sun for your forever, forever winter if you go

'1989 (Taylor’s Version)'

Blank Space: I can make the bad guys good for a weekend

Blank Space: You’re the King, baby, I’m your Queen

Blank Space: Darling, I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream

Out Of The Woods: The rest of the world was black and white, but we were in screaming color

Out Of The Woods: We were built to fall apart then fall back together

I Wish You Would: We’re a crooked love in a straight line down

I Wish You Would: You gave me everything and nothing

Bad Blood: Did you have to ruin what was shiny? Now it’s all rusted

How You Get The Girl: And then you say, “I want you for worse or for better”

This Love: This love is good, this love is bad

This Love: This love is alive, back from the dead

Wonderland: Whispers turned to talking and talking turned to screams

“Slut!”: In a world of boys, he’s a gentleman

Say Don’t Go: Now your silence has me screaming, screaming

'reputation'

…Ready For It?: Some, some boys are trying too hard, he don’t try at all though

I Did Something Bad: They say I did something bad, then why’s it feel so good?

I Did Something Bad: You gotta leave before you get left

Gorgeous: You make me so happy it turns back to sad

Getaway Car: The ties were black, the lies were white in shades of grey and candlelight

Dress: Even in my worst times, you could see the best of me

Dress: Even in my worst lies, you saw the truth in me

'Lover'

I Forgot That You Existed: It isn’t love, it isn’t hate, it’s just indifference

Cruel Summer: Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes

The Man: And it’s all good if you’re bad

The Archer: I say I don’t want that, but what if I do?

The Archer: Easy they come, easy they go

The Archer: Who could ever leave me, darling, but who could stay?

You Need To Calm Down: Sunshine on the street at the parade, but you would rather be in the dark ages

Daylight: I wounded the good and I trusted the wicked

Daylight: I want to be defined by the things that I love, not the things I hate

'folklore'

the 1: Been saying “yes” instead of “no”

cardigan: A friend to all is a friend to none

cardigan: Chase two girls, lose the one

this is me trying: I had the shiniest wheels, now they’re rusting

illicit affairs: It’s born from just one single glance but it dies and it dies and it dies a million little times

illicit affairs: They show their truth one single time but they lie and they lie and they lie a million little times

invisible string: Hell was the journey but it brought me heaven

epiphany: Watch you breathe in, watch you breathing out, out

epiphany: Someone’s daughter, someone’s mother

betty: I don’t know anything, but I know I miss you

betty: Those days turned into nights

peace: I’d give you my sunshine, give you my best, but the rain is always gonna come if you’re standing with me

'evermore'

willow: The more that you say, the less I know

'tis the damn season: I won’t ask you to wait if you don’t ask me to stay

tolerate it: I notice everything you do or don’t do

tolerate it: I know my love should be celebrated but you tolerate it

tolerate it: Gain the weight of you then lose it

ivy: I’d live and die for moments that we stole

marjorie: What died didn’t stay dead, you’re alive, you’re alive in my head

marjorie: What died didn’t stay dead, you’re alive, so alive

closure: I know I’m just a wrinkle in your new life, staying friends would iron it out so nice

right where you left me: Friends break up, friends get married

right where you left me: Strangers get born, strangers get buried

'Midnights'

Anti-Hero: Midnights become my afternoons

Midnight Rain: He was sunshine, I was midnight rain

Question…?: Good girl, sad boy

Vigilante Shit: I don’t dress for women, I don’t dress for men

Vigilante Shit: I don’t start shit but I can tell you how it ends

Vigilante Shit: She don’t start shit but she can tell you how it ends

Bejeweled: Don’t put me in the basement when I want the penthouse of your heart

Labyrinth: Breathe in, breathe through, breathe deep, breathe out

Labyrinth: Break up, break free, break through, break down

‘The Tortured Poets Department’

But Daddy I Love Him: Growing up precocious sometimes means not growing up at all

Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?: If you wanted me dead, you should’ve just said, nothing makes me feel more alive

I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can): I can fix him, no really, I can, woah, maybe I can’t

loml: Still alive, killing time at the cemetery, never quite buried

loml: You low-down boy, you stand-up guy

loml: When your impressionist paintings of heaven turned out to be fakes, well, you took me to hell too

loml: What we thought was for all time was momentary

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived: And I don’t even want you back, I just want to know if rusting my sparkling summer was the goal

Clara Bow: It’s hell on earth to be heavenly

imgonnagetyouback: Told my friends I hate you, but I love you just the same

The Albatross: The devil that you know looks now more like an angel

The Prophecy: I guess a lesser woman would’ve lost hope, a greater woman wouldn’t beg

Cassandra: When it’s “burn the bitch,” they’re shrieking, when the truth comes out, it’s quiet

The Manuscript: Looking backwards might be the only way to move forward

Other Songs written by Taylor

Beautiful Ghosts: Born into nothing, at least you have something

Beautiful Ghosts: Born into nothing, with them I have something, something to cling to

I Don’t Wanna Live Forever: Give me something, oh, but you say nothing

I Heart ?: I’ll be fine if you just walk by but you had to talk about why you were wrong and I was right

I Heart ?: And now you ask about you and I, there’s no you and I

Only The Young: The game was rigged, the ref got tricked, the wrong ones think they’re right

Only The Young: They think that it’s over but it’s just begun

Renegade: There was nowhere for me to stay, but I stayed anyway

You’ll Always Find Your Way Back Home: You can say goodbye and you can say hello

You’ll Always Find Your Way Back Home: You can laugh and cry

Official Alternate Releases

Vigilante Shit (Clean Version): I don’t start it but I can tell you how it ends

Vigilante Shit (Clean Version): She don’t start it but she can tell you how it ends

Cassandra (Clean Version): When its “burn the witch,” they’re shrieking, when the truth comes out it’s quiet

[cocoaletta]

realizing i never elaborated on this. so basically i thought reavers color scheme and fable 3 was odd cause white and black is an odd combo for steampunky colors esp if there isn’t a lot of brown. but they’re also too drab to be flamboyant reaver colors and like, it’s just a weird color combo. anyways i fell into a rabbit hole about colors in the victorian era and their common usages and white, black, and purple are all common mourning colors. sure i guess you could argue that these colors on the characters represent wealth and prestige but if i was reaver and the bestie died, id be dramatic as fuck about it too. anyways there’s a lot more under the cut so fuck it

disclaimer I know fable 3 isn’t explicitly set in the Victorian era but it takes a LOT of inspiration from early Victorian/Industrial era Britain, enough so that I feel its fair to interpret through that lens.

Reaver

Men’s wardrobes were often fairly muted with some browns allowed, and colors would differ depending on the period of mourning you were in (black> black and grey> black and white> black/white and purple> normal colors again)

also important to note that the mourning period would change based off of how close you were with the deceased. Mourning could be anywhere from a few months to a few years.

Black silk top hat with a seven inch crepe (the band on the hat) that is either black, grey or beige.

His clothes are all white with black trimmings which would have been common half mourning attire

ALSO his undershirt under his brown vest is black. Which is also just uncommon in the Victorian era and also in fable 3 lmao, no one fucking dresses like him

his cravat is also black which you literally do not wear unless you are in mourning. Its weird

Like sure you can say he wears white cause he’s a factory owner and is able to stay clean cause he’s rich, but who shows off their wealth in the dullest, most drab colors. All the other nobles walk around in the brightest, most vivid, eye assaulting color combinations, why is he different. Here are some examples of black and white half mourning and quarter mourning attire.

Most of the examples are women’s clothes because um, Victorian misogyny and women being expected to mourn longer while men were expected to be breadwinners and provide for their families. But if you read through old magazines and guides from the time you’ll find that men also wore similar clothes made with the same colors and materials, just usually for a shorter period of time.

In conclusion you can interpret this as however you like but personally I like this idea cause his clothes are just so ugly otherwise.

Little bonus to talk about the HOBW and Logan because they both wear purple and you could fairly interpret that as “oh those are royal colors” “purple is meant to be a neutral color opposed to blue or red”. But look.

Purple, specifically purples with white were often worn by the children of the deceased while in mourning as drab colors would raise an ‘unpleasant child’.

[seadem-on]

Hi, I've read your Blondie/Tuco ship manifesto and I'd love to ask you something since I'm on a personal quest to understand more why ppl ship these two.

I'm not here to hate, but for context you need to know I ship Blondie with Angel Eyes and might use that ship for comparison. I love complex characters with depth (which we all know they each have in TBGU), hence I don't have a problem with morally grey or criminal characters.

I like Tuco as a character, love the depth that his family situation gives him, the loneliness and sadness in it, and I fully support the idea of Blondie having compassion for Tuco and their frenemies vibes.

I was excited about you pointing out the ropekink/bdsm side of their relationship which I was frankly too blind to see and now am absolutely paying atention to bc I was too deep in my own kink interpretation of Angel Eyes stepping on men with his high leather boots while sucking on a pipe (guess the "Tuco being beaten at the camp" scene has very different meanings for the two of us :D)

Still however there is one major thing that buggs me about Tuco. So why can't I see the ship and instead ship Blondie with Angel who is also a bad man? I've told myself: well maybe it's simply just bc you're superficial and don't find Tuco attractive (I mean I can smell the man through the screen :D) and love Mr. Lee Van Cleef's face too much. So would it be different if Tuco was played by someone I find hot?

Well… no. After many discussions with my gf (you see we're both "old" tumblr residents and share a number of ships together and often spend a long time talking about them) I've realized it's the rapings. "….raping a virgin of the white race, statuatory rape of a minor of the black race.."

Angel Eyes is supposedly this evil man. But I see someone principled, intelligent, cold/composed and efficient. A murderer for hire (who is very interestingly not wanted by the law), who among other methods uses violence to get what he needs/wants. He just gives me dom vibes sorry :D.

Blondie is supposedly a good man. But I see an opportunistic fraud, also intelligent (also very interestingly not wanted by the law - I have some headcanons about that), who uses others for his own gain and bends the law as it suits him.

And Tuco. The ugly. I see a fiery intrepid man, a simple man, who is above all selfish and will betray anyone anytime if it suits him. Who rather then becoming a poor priest turned to crime for his own gain and truly doesn't shy from violence and murder.

I know the movie tells us that none of these men really are simply "the good, the bad, the ugly" still I've found I'm not able to get over the rapings in the context of placing Tuco in a romantic relationship with anyone, and am super curious if it's a problem for Blondie/Tuco shippers as well or if it's just written off as criminal behaviour or smth else entirely.

Thanks for the long message! Whoa this is a very fun question

… Angel Eyes literally beats up a woman on screen… 🤣 isn’t that problematic for you?

As for the rapings - if you accept AE beat up a woman and killed innocent children what is the problem withe morally dubious actions perpetrated by another character? It seems to me you’re applying double standard to him and Tuco.

Furthermore, you’re condemning Tuco for something they accuse him of and we have no evidence of. In my opinion these accusations were made up artificially to increase his bounty - because they are exxaggerated and borderline unbelievable.

Also - you can smell Tuco? He is literally the only character who takes the time to have a bath? He is canonically the one who cares the most about personal hygiene.

Tuco was also cunning, smart and tenacious enough to find Blondie not once but TWICE, leveraging his knowledge of him and acting out a revenge that tells a lot about Tuco having a sadistic, dominant side. Blondie is literally scared to the bone by him and for a reason. Blondie knows Tuco could kill him in a heartbeat and is probably the only person who is able to. Not only that - Blondie actually find this a reason to respect and admire Tuco deeply - and that is something that Blondie does not have for AE. He literally walks out on AE without any care - to go back to Tuco, and you can see from his eyes and his smile how happy he is.

And Blondie develops complex feelings for him - on one side he cannot forget the torture and the murder attempts - it’s so personal between them, like some sort of untold promise to always try and overpower the other (and you know how Blondie would not be interested in getting the better of someone he knows he is weaker than him). On the other side Blondie grows fonder and fonder of Tuco - he smiles when Tuco is around and gets worried when he is in danger. So I wouldn’t talk about feelings of compassion - it’s more about tenderness and friendship, with Blondie being borderline needy of Tuco’s attention and friendship.

Also… AE is not wanted by the law… have you ever considered that he has probably bribed the law to get a pass and be invisible…? That he exerts his power via his money? He pays his henchmen, he pays Wallace, he probably paid someone to get into the army. Have you ever thought that this makes him powerful over poor people who get arrested instead? Which is exactly what Blondie despises (people who take on other people who are weaker than them). I think Blondie has a very low opinion of AE.

So yes I actually believe things would change if Tuco were played by someone you find hot!

[priceofs]

Teacher’s pet

So, I got inspired. I’m going to play out something that I’d really like to happen to me. By the way, English isn’t my first language, though I enjoy writing anyway. This will be a series, and this is part one, almost obviously enough. It’s about you, a male!reader x an older!male teacher. He’s a bit of a goof, be warned. You’re kind of laid-back, apathetic, even.

—

George, a name you’d always remember. Goddamn him and the way he’d changed your life without intending to.

You had to choose between Art or Science. You fit both categories, often diving into the world of doodles and research, but the latter club possessed a quite dull teacher—and you didn’t feel too engaged with her, honestly. You hadn’t met your actual Art teacher until today.

A crazy-looking man with medium-length, brown hair tied into a ponytail with slight grey strands hanging off the attempt at formality in his head, which, you’ve heard wasn’t his forte. He wore a black and red flannel shirt, dark blue glasses with thick frames and smudged lenses—you could see the brown of his eyes twinkle with mischief under them. Well, not exactly, but that was the vibe he gave off. He had a bald spot on his scruffy beard, and he walked a bit irregularly, but you couldn’t assume he had a limp—it was more of a state of mind, if you will, from him, not you, or so you’d like to hope. He carried a cup of hot black coffee that smelled good enough for a school drink; bittersweet. You didn’t like this guy. You had already labeled him from that one school event—he wore those dorky shirts with anime or Marvel references, and, in your opinion, he was trying too hard to be funny.

Then, he dropped his things on his desk, clapping his hands once, smiling to show his irregular teeth. You could almost compare this man to Charles Manson—and that said a lot. A lot about you, too. Anyway.

“Hello, people, people, hello,” he announced with that goofy flair, “time for the annual presentation, ‘cause we’re not doing this again, eh?” He chuckled. Suddenly, he turned serious, but you could tell it was more like a mocking action, not to anyone in particular. “You!” He pointed at one of your classmates, which, by the way, you didn’t hold a relationship with. “Name, age, interests, now!” He held his hands up, looking down at her, expectant. Some chuckled, some stared, a bit bewildered. They probably had some expectations about getting a hippie who was too kind for their own good, too fragile to be a teacher at times like these, you thought. Instead, you all got this clown.

“Uh, Isabel, eighteen, dancing?” She replied.

“What kind of old-ass name is that?” One of those stereotypical machos blurted out, looking at his buddies for approval. George smirked, placing an apparent friendly hand on the guy’s shoulder. “Tell me, what’s your name?”

“Jake”, he answered. “Oh my God! Jake! Are some sort of supreme human being?” George asked, his eyes widening as he placed his previous free hand onto Jake’s other shoulder. The guy just chuckled nervously, caught a bit off guard. Oops, Jake’s control was falling apart. ‘What’s this alpha male gonna do now, huh?’ You thought to yourself, smirking a bit as the teacher started cracking your initial opinion of him. George abruptly turned around. You sensed he wasn’t all that bad, since he wasn’t in the mood to humiliate anyone. You kind of forgot about the whole presentation thing, but suddenly, he was pointing at you.

“Name, age, interests. Same thing. Go!” He enthusiastically stared, shifting the class’ attention to you. ‘Ah, great’, you articulated internally. You presented yourself. Your birthday was in a month, but you weren’t sure it was worth telling. “I’m seventeen”, you continued.

“Oh, a bit younger than your peers, huh?” George said innocently, despite what your initial interpretations made you think.

“Apparently so. I mean, time’s relative, right? Einstein said that. We trust that guy, no? Uh—” Realizing you were rambling like you usually did, you stopped yourself before contributing to humiliate your own image any further, or whatever was left of it in this fucked up hell of an educational system. Not like you knew much about politics, but it sure didn’t seem fair.

Snapping you back to reality, George’s voice rang through the echoing classroom. “Well, a science guy, huh? Me too. Science is in everything, right? Even sweeping! It’s the way you grab the broom, the way you mentally organize the space to remove all visible dirt or unwelcome objects from the floor— Anyway, back to the presentations.” He said enthusiastically, turning around to another student. You realized that you were smiling by the slight stretches and twitches the muscles of your face made. With that description, it sounds like you’re exaggerating it a bit, but it was a genuine grin, something that was rare in anyone, especially you.

[diwatyara]

UNHEARD TRANSCRIPT CASE 1: TWINS

Contains spoilers for Unheard: Voices of Crime Case #1.

A transcript of every line.

Who hid the drugs?

Tyler

JENNIFER

Welcome, detective. Please, make yourself comfortable…

You open your eyes and see a woman sitting across a table from you. On the table is a tablet and an ash tray. The woman wear a grey coat with medium length straigiht black hair, her face is obscured in shadows cast by the hanging light directly overhead her. To your left, there is a metal door with grates blocking a window. There a vents and a CCTV camera, with a small red light. There is also what seems to be an emergency lights system to your right. There are lights where the walls and floor meet.

JENNIFER

I appreciate your coming in today and I’m sure you’re wondering what this is all about.

As you know, technology is changing how conduct investigations, so we’re looking for “exceptional candidates” to test a new human-computer interface system.

We think you might have what it takes. So, let’s get started.

First of all, we’d like you to put on these headphones, but the room is equipped with speakers if you’d prefer.

There is a rustling-like noise, almost as if you’re putting on a headset.

JENNIFER

Next, we’re going to show you a series of pictures.

We want you to tell us what you see… or more importantly, what you hear.

Go head and pick up the tablet in front of you.

She taps the tablet as it lights up, showing a floor plan.

JENNIFER

Try to relax. Think of this as a sort of a… Game. Or a puzzle.

Something to assess your interpretive and deductive skills.

You hear echoes of voices and yelling as you are sucked into the illusion.

(HEY! WHAT DRUGS, YO? WHAT THE HELL’S GOING ON?)

INT. POLICE STATION - JAN. 1ST 21:18:18

INTERROGATION ROOM

AMBER

State your name, please.

CAMERON

Already told you. Tyler.

AMBER

Hmm? But your car is registered under the name ‘Cameron’.

CAMERON (coughing)

My brother lets me borrow his luxury vehicles sometimes.

AMBER

You two look a lot alike.

CAMERON

You’re not the first person to mistake us for each other. We’re twins. Except he’s a big shot CEO. Was on a magazine cover recently.

Amber chuckles.

AMBER

I pulled your sheet. A repeat offender. DUI. Assault.

CAMERON (sighing)

It’s the people I hang out with, honest. I told the guys I shoudn’t’ve been drinking but they insisted — I swear. Never again.

AMBER

Do you have anything else you’d like to come clean on besides the DUI?

CAMERON

Uh… Nothin’ I could think of. Why?

AMBER

Drugs, perhaps? Does that jog your memory?

CAMERON

Wait, what? I dont know anything about any drugs!

AMBER

Okay, we’re done for now. Wait here.

Amber stands up and starts walking out of the interrogation room.

Cameron stands up and approaches a few steps.

CAMERON

Hey! What drugs, yo! What the hell’s going on here?

CONT’D. INTERROGATION ROOM - 21:19:19

CAMERON

Come back here! Wha’did you mean when you said — Ugh — Damn it!

CAMERON (exhaling)

Kay — think, think. I paid my bar tab… Went to the car… Definitely had too much to drink but I don’t remember there being anything wrong when I got there. Ugh… I may have passed out for a couple minutes. Could somebody be trying to set me up? Maybe, but who? And why like this? Ugh… Just - stick to the story. As if I had another one.

CONT’D. INTERROGATION ROOM - 21:20:00

Marty and Amber enter the room.

CAMERON

Officer, you said something about drugs earlier. What was that all about?

MARTY

What’s your name, son?

CAMERON

Tyler.

MARTY

Same old story, I see. If you’re Tyler, then who’s the Tyler in the room next door?

CAMERON

He’s here too?

MARTY

Let me ask you again. Who. Are. You?

CAMERON

Alright. Alright… Cameron.

MARTY

This isn’t your first time impersonating Tyler, is it?

CAMERON

No…

MARTY

If it was only a DUI this time, you might have been able to pull of your little stunt again. But seriously, drugs? You really wanna pin that on your brother, too?

CAMERON

What drugs?

MARTY

We found a whole kilo in your trunk.

CAMERON

That’s impossible! Okay, I drank too much but I’ve never taken anything stronger than aspirin! (panting) … I wanna see my lawyer.

MARTY

Finally. There’s the magic word. Amber, let’s go.

AMBER

You wanna question him again once his lawyer gets here?

MARTY

He’s done nothing but lie straight from the start. We already read him his rights but he didn’t ask for a lawyer until now. The statement we got will hold up in court. Lawyer or no lawyer, we’ve got him.

INT. POLICE STATION - JAN. 1ST 21:18:18

QUIET ROOM

MARTY

Take a seat.

TYLER

Thanks.

MARTY

The tips you provided us have all been checked out. We’ve got the guy and the drugs. There’s just one thing I don’t get. Why would you report your own brother?

TYLER

Because he’s gotta learn to take responsibility for his own mistakes.

MARTY

What do you mean by that?

TYLER

We’re twins, right? Identical. He’s been pinning his fuck-ups on me ever since we were kids. But now he’s rich and famous. And me? I’m trying hard just to get by!

MARTY

Then why do you always take the fall for him? Until now, I mean.

TYLER

Because he’s older. By a couple minutes! But as the second son, I was considered the ‘spoiled brat’. So it was my duty to protect the rep of the ‘rightful heir to our father’s business’. I guess I always thought “What’s the harm of adding a few misdemeanours to my rap sheet?”

MARTY

Pretty generous for a ‘spoiled brat’.

TYLER

Don’t believe me? Ask him. Fucker’s probably still pretending to be me.

MARTY

Alright. What changed this time, then?

TYLER

He racks up a couple moving violations? Fine! Whatever. But I ain’t taking the fall for no drugs. That’s some felony level shit!

There’s a knock at the door.

MARTY

Be right back.

The door opens and Amber steps inside. Marty walks over to her.

AMBER

All done, Marty.

MARTY

Ah, Amber. How’d it go?

AMBER

Asked him the basics. He said he didn’t know anything.

MARTY

Figured as much. Follow me, I’ll talk to him. (to Tyler) Wait here. We’ll need your signature for that affidavit.

TYLER

Of course, officer. I need to make a phone call, anyway.

Marty and Amber leave.

CONT’D. QUIET ROOM - 21:19:50

Tyler dials someone.

TYLER (to someone on the phone)

Yo. I’m at the police station. Can’t talk much. Just wanna make sure you get everything tied up…

Yeah, shut that guy up for good… When? Now, obviously!…

Cops ain’t that stupid. We’re talking about a whole ki here, ‘course they’re gonna trace the source. And the dealer can ID me, so hurry up…

My brother? Pulling the same old stunt as we speak. Heh. Yeah. I knew he’d try to blame me, but it’s gonna backfire on him this time…

Don’t worry, he was already wasted when I popped open the car. Didn’t notice a thing. The police are gonna nail him for possession and purgery. And when you finish this little errand, he won’t even be able to offer up the dealer as part of a plea.

He’s going to jail and I’m getting the business. My old man can’t and won’t help him this time. Not after Cameron got caught with what he did…

You’ll get your cut after I take over as heir. Anyway, no celebratin’ yet. Go do what you gotta do. And call me back when it’s done.

[rainbow18]

The D Charming’s Outfits meanings.

Prince Daring Charming.

Daring’s crown is the most extravagant. This symbolizes He’s the spoiled and Vain one and he’s presumably The Heir to their Kingdom. (I’m not sure how the monarchies work in Eah.) He’s the one that was supposed to be The Best.

The Gold/Yellow symbolizes that He is Popular and He smothers those that he’s close to and Daring’s magical touch is to literally light up a room.

Daring has a EAH Jacket as a unique feature. The Jacket symbolizes Daring’s love of Sports and how he is firmly on the Royal Side.

Daring wears a light blue shirt that has traces of Yellow and black.

The shirt symbolizes that while at First Glance, Daring appears to be the average Cocky Jock, once you get to know him, Daring can be nice and helpful. He isn’t above being willing to ask others for help if he really thinks he needs it and He’s willing to acknowledge his mistakes. Daring does want to be a Prince Charming in more than name.

Prince Dexter Charming.

Dexter’s crown is more simple than Daring’s. This symbolizes how He’ll never be more than 2nd best in their Father’s eyes. However it still has details/designs because assuming that Daring is The Heir, Dexter is The Spare.

Dexter’s Blue symbolizes how he does want to be a good Prince Charming but he doesn’t fit in with his family. He wasn’t a natural at sports. He isn’t obsessed with training. He is the only one that needs Glasses. He is the only one with dark hair. He liked reading, much to his father’s disapproval. He is more open minded than King Charming. He doesn’t want to marry a Damsel in distress.

Dexter’s black shirt having his family crest symbolizes how with a couple exceptions, most of his relatives ignore and/or abuse him.

Dexter’s grey pants symbolizes his indecisiveness/inconsistencies and his anxieties.

He wants to please his family and learn his fairytale but he also wants to marry because of True Love.

He insulted Maddie’s madness yet he enjoyed Her Teashop’s madness. (But then again, He might’ve been feeling bitter about how Maddie had injured him.)

He has been shown liking and not liking dancing.

He made a joke about Daring’s ego yet he wants to be exactly like Daring.

Princess Darling Charming.

I’m not a expert on Crowns or Tiaras but I suspect that Darling has a Tiara on since 1. It doesn’t look like it makes a complete circle. 2. It looks completely different from her brothers crowns. 3. It is common for Princesses to wear Tiara’s.

Darling’s Tiara is silver because She’s a Rebel. It has a unique design because She is The only Princess in her Immediate Family. However it doesn’t have many if any details because if she’s in the line of succession, She’s just a Spare because Dexter was born first. (Although given the family’s sexism, Darling might still be after Dexter even if she had been born first.)

Darling’s armor shows her interest in being a Hero. Just Like her brothers, She wears Blue however she also has pink.

This symbolizes how Her parents force her to be ladylike and pretty all the time. Although its up to interpretation whether or not She is truly feminine.

[rizzulusarcturizz]

yo i can't reply to your comment OP blocked me lol, but i just wanted to say sorry if my comment was too aggressive but i'm just really annoyed at anyone who acts like family Must Mean Everything - especially since i've gotten shit so many times for not loving my own. if someone wants to hc sirius as not caring for regulus it doesn't mean that they're an only child - or that it's a bad hc, cause OP made it sound like it was (maybe they didn't mean it like this though). and tbh i don't feel like anyone is trying to be the authority about them, people just read this characters differently, we don't even have a clear canon of them so ofc that happens

anyways sorry again if it was badly said in my comment

I’m not offended, everyone is entitled to their own opinions! I was speaking to my personal experience and am the first to admit I can’t fathom the idea of not caring about my siblings. I’m not saying people are wrong if they have a different experience, I absolutely recognize the importance of setting healthy boundaries with family. There isn’t one universal relationship that all siblings experience; lots of people go no contact with family members because it’s the best thing they can do to protect themselves! That being said, what concerns me about some of the headcanons about the Black brothers having a bad relationship is that it can start to get in to the realm of victim blaming.

When we’re writing from the character’s POV Sirius/Regulus resenting the other brother for staying/leaving is completely understandable. That being said, when readers start to say one of them is terrible for trying to survive what is often interpreted as an abusive household you get in to a more grey zone. No one should ever be encouraging children to do something that they personally don’t feel safe doing in an abusive situation. This isn’t directed at you, I’m not suggesting that’s what you were saying, but my day job is a social worker so I feel entitled to say this.

I can’t speak for OP, obviously, but I think they were just speaking to a particular headcanon they dislike. I definitely have seen people wielding the idea of “canon” to justify only one idea of a character which I think is silly because we know very little canonically about these characters. I don’t think it was an aggressive comment but it is typically considered rude in fandom to comment on someone’s post calling them out for a personal fandom rant. Tumblr is a space to cultivate your own experience; if you feel like people are making you feel shitty for your personal family experience you should absolutely block away. This particular fandom is exhausting at the best of times given how much conflict there is; don’t feel like you have to consume content that makes you feel bad. Sibling relationships are not a one size fit all kind of thing and don’t let fandom make you think otherwise!

[drdrizzey]

Ghouls and goulettes -> Headcanons of them as monsters!!

There’s my interpretation on how ghouls could look like and live like if they were some fantastic spooky monsters like werewolves or vampires.

I will probably later on draw some of the band members the way I picture them as that, so feel free to do the same and tell me what you think!! I just did that for fun since I wanted to make some ghoul and Ghoulettes ocs.

How they’d look like :

- grey-ish skin. Can be darker or lighter and have marks, freekles, tattoos and all that.

- Horns. Can be slightly different in form, length and color. Always in grey-ish tones. If they’re not then it isn’t natural and they changed it themselves. They can be like mountain’s ; with different black and white patterns on the horns ; doesn’t have to be only one colour.

- (Grey-ish means everything on a B&W scale.)

- Eyes. Can be all black, can be all white, can be pretty much anything as long as it feels right.

- Teeth. Most ghouls got nice fangs like bats. Teeth can be different depending on the ghoul as well.

- Tails. Most ghouls have tails that they hide in their pants when they perform on stage. They can have different forms and patterns like horns ; it just has to look natural.

- Nails/claws. Ghouls can get their nails to work kinda like claws. A bit useless but hey. Ghouls kinda reminds me of cats somehow so I won’t be surprised if they purred and hissed as well.

- Ears. They’re mostly pointy but their form differs depending on the ghoul.

- Feets. Actually no, they don’t got feets, they got paws. Paws are cuter than feets. Yes.

- Hair. Natural ghoul hair colour always have a little bit of a grey-ish tone but aren’t necessarily on a B&W scale even though they’re not very colourful still. Hair type can really be anything.

- wings. I love the idea of ghouls and Ghoulettes having wings, like bat wings. But it doesn’t seems practical. So I guess they can retract them however they want or something. Why couldn’t they.

How they’d live :

Ghouls live in the dark. The light isn’t much good for them, kinda like vampires. They eat like bats so some need fruits and other only meat or blood, it just depends of their needs. They live hidden of humans, mostly in pretty bad conditions. They’re mostly scared or angry at humans since they’ve always been badly treated by them.

Some ghouls and Ghoulettes are saved by papas and live in a huge abbey in a place where it’s always dark outside. Not all of them play instruments or are in the band. They all love their papa so playing in the band with him is kind of a goal for lots of them but it’s not an easily accessible position obviously. Some ghoulettes became sisters in the abbey. Playing in the band is an amazing opportunity for them but it’s also very difficult since they have to wear a costume that protect them from the sun or from humans to see them. They make their skin look human-like on some stage but the sun still hurts them a bit so they mostly play in the dark with artificial light. For them, playing in the band not only allows them to be close to papa but also to see humans treat them like they’re so cool while they usually hate ghouls and ghoulettes when they don’t have their costume on.

The abbey, papa’s satanism and the songs brings them comfort and home. Living at the abbey or at papa’s side as a ghoul or Ghoulette is a huge privilege since being one isn’t all fun games since they’re mostly seen as invasive nasty stuff like bats and rats by humans and every other creature. Rats and bats loves ghouls. All other animals either die, get mean or run away when they’re close. Sometimes plants also die when they’re close, which makes them sad but it’s not always the case.

Songs :

- Rats

- Griftwood

- Respite of the spitalfields

- we don’t need another hero

And that’s pretty much it ! Just some of my silly headcanons. Hope you liked it!

[colgatebluemintygel]

Find A Word Tag

The rules are simple - find the word (or something close enough) in a fic (WIP, published, whatever) and share the excerpt it’s in.

Words I was given: constant, bare, green, flop, sore

Your words: moon, skin, flavour, ache, try

thank you for the tag darling em @maybebabyplease <333 kisses for your curly head

i tag: @drowsyanddazed, @mostlyoptimisticdinosaur, @fruity-individual, @crushofdoves <3

excerpts under the cut! x

constant - on another ocean

The early spring light is golden and crisp, the bright blue sky dotted with mottled grey clouds. The trees, slowly being overtaken by the first green buds of spring, are smoky and wispy on the Parisian skyline, and as they walk, the Eiffel tower watches over them, a constant, looming presence.

At this time of the year, there’s a gentleness to Paris that Sirius doesn’t remember from the stifling summers of his youth. He wonders if it’s Remus’s presence, or if Regulus was right in that he’d never truly known Paris. Perhaps it’s both.

bare - on another ocean

The lean muscle of Remus’s bare back glows with sweat in the midday Tuscan sun. Sirius could count every freckle on his golden skin. He could trace them with his fingers. He wants to.

Images flash through Sirius’s mind at that moment, memories of his dream from the night before. Images of his own hands on Remus’s back, his nails dug in, crescent moons imbedded into the skin there; red, raised welts from his fingernails marring golden skin; Remus above him, amber eyes dark with heat—

Sirius’s stomach swoops and he’s filled with want: pure, utterly dizzying, undeniable want.

Oh.

Oh fuck, Sirius thinks. No, no, no.

green - wading in waist-high water

Sirius is wide eyed, surrounded by the fronds of the willow, the last vestiges of sunlight dappling on his skin, on his hair, in his eyes, making them shine. Remus thinks he almost looks like the image of some god, some painting; he should be in a gallery, the Louvre . His aristocratic features, his windswept black hair, surrounded by the green; frazzled, shirt untucked, and hair ruffled. Remus has a fleeting thought that he doesn’t know what’s more beautiful: Sirius or the scenery.

It’s him, his mind supplies. Him.

flop - wading in waist-high water

“Not a morning person then?” Sirius asks, his voice light and airy.

Remus flops down beside him, his long arms spilling onto the counter, and grumbles something that could be interpreted as affirmative, but Sirius really isn’t sure.

“French press or espresso?” Sirius asks, standing up.

Remus yawns.

sore - wading in waist-high water

And, sometimes, when he lets his mind get away from him, he imagines a shock of black hair against his pillow. Pale skin against his own golden skin. Stormy eyes gazing up at him, lips—

“Sore hip?” Malene’s voice shakes him from his reverie.

Remus clears his throat and blows on his tea before he takes a sip. “Yeah.”

“How’s the bread practice going?”

He shrugs. “So, so. Bread’s always a bit of a funny one. It either works or it doesn’t.”

[sterlingsilverrosepetals]

Black Butler, Rewatch: Episode 1

Episode 1: “His Butler, Able”

Before watching this episode, on a scale of 1-10, how much are you looking forward to seeing it again?

7 

The episode that started it all. It’s okay not the best episode and I analyzed the entire first chapter so I have very mixed feelings about the anime’s take. Nevertheless, I still enjoy watching it. 

Favorite screencap: (I have two just because I can’t think of one without the other.)

Favorite Moment:

I loved seeing this entire scene animated. The swift ability Sebastian displays to easily pull the tablecloth. I love how they focused on his concentration as pulled the tablecloth away and in an instant the cup settled with the wine now in the cup. The contrast of the Butler and Earl’s reaction in the scene was great. If anything they animated this scene wonderfully. I will never get tired of it.

Least Favorite Moment:

Ciel: I don't need to explain my actions.

So this dart scene always made me uncomfortable. I didn’t like what Ciel did. Plus when I actually read the manga he didn’t do this to Finnian or the others. I could see him doing this to Sebastian easily but not the rest of his staff. It kind of made him more of a cruel tyrant in a way. It doesn’t fit Ciel when it comes to those closely connected to him. He would not do something so cruel to Finny. 

This entire scene makes him out to be a completely spoiled brat and makes the audience less inclined to see him as more than a wicked upstart noble.

Manga/Anime Difference Thoughts:

They definitely changed stuff from the original manga and these are some of things that stand out to me.

Ciel summoning Sebastian. This is not how the manga does it. There is no cage involved it almost seems like a void is where they first met. I prefer how it is shown in the actual manga. The naked child under a sheet is just wrong. Thank goodness the Book of Circus follows canon. 

Sebastian is hinted at as being abnormal in chapter 1 but he is still considered ‘human’. In contrast, the anime plays up his supernatural abilities from the start. This is kind of a misstep they are missing out on the big reveal. I think if they kept with the original manga interpretation they could have made the big reveal rather shocking. One of the things I love about the manga is it starts giving hints to his demonic nature but it doesn’t show them right around.

Who are you, good sir? Where is Chlaus? I can’t imagine why they changed him out. Except to have someone they could torture from the get-go. Missing out on an important overarching plot in the first book with the drugs because Chlaus isn’t there to give the evidence. That scene is necessary to understand Ciel’s role as Watch Dog. The anime just makes Ciel someone who tortures people to get his way. Also interesting to note it is Sebastian who greets the arrival whereas in the manga it is Ciel who welcomes Chlaus. From the beginning, it tells you what they think of their guest.

Morning tea Earl Grey instead of Ceylon Tea. The tea set is different too. It is a bitter variety of tea while in the manga Ciel starts out with a citrus tea. The original tea in the manga fits with the little hints of his childlike nature and his love of milk with honey for bed. This tea seems to play on the fact they want things darker. On a side note, the entire reason I tried Earl Grey was because of Black Butler and it’s one of my favorite teas now.  I always thought it would be too bitter but after trying it I loved it so much. 

What’s one thing you noticed/realized about this episode that you hadn’t before?

The Portrait/Flashback image looks ghastly and for some reason, Rachel has black hair. This looks odd and given how she looks in the rest of the anime I think it was a mistake.

The board game is still a good interpretation of the canon. I still enjoy the clever board game between Ciel and the bad guy. Even if it’s not in the manga it does demonstrate both Ciel’s intelligence and ability. Along with the fact he is a kid. Even in the manga Ciel is very prone to playing games it’s one of his joys in life. And it’s often used to show his detachment from the world and how he views life in general. So I think it was cool.

Foodie moment. They did a great job with the food what can I say? I want to show each dessert that Sebastian serves Ciel just because it is delicious. 

On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate this episode?

6 

To be honest I started with the manga (when it was still limited in translation) for a little while but the anime is how I was truly got into Black Butler. The beginning never entirely endeared me to the characters or the story. It wasn’t until they got into the Jack the Ripper stuff that was in it for the long haul. When I did read the manga I really viewed the anime differently and from a writing standpoint I think the manga was better.

They changed so many things I loved about the manga. The episode feels inconsistent and the payoff isn’t here. While I like the torture of the bad guy toy factory manager it made the series even darker and paints a bitter contrast to the manga. Plus they stuff so much filler in here. It works I suppose for the anime-only season but it gives you a different viewpoint on Black Butler as a whole. 

Celebrate it! (A little poem for you all.)

A lone visitor comes to call.

When will this foolish man fall?

Ravens stalk the night.

Danger lurks with frights.

Mishaps and chaos abound.

Yet still the Butler is profound.

Next Episode: Episode 2 His Butler, Strongest

[cescalr]

in my project to make too many minecraft characters as sims i have currently finished the following [dsmp ones] (under the cut)

DSMP;

Wilbur; 

L’Manberg War of Independence General Wilbur/Election Arc Wilbur [napoleon-era French military uniform skin]

Pogtopia Wilbur [trenchcoat skin]

Ghostbur [... ghostbur]

Revived Wilbur/Wilburger Era Wilbur [grey hairs now lol]

Post-Reset Wilbur [My alternate canon-adjacent interpretation of a post-reset au that incorporates a lot of other changes and ignores some stuff... let’s call it CLRAU for now so I don’t have to state All That every time.] 

Ur usual wils

a post-reset Wil. 

I’m not really happy with this one, but I also don’t really... care enough to fix the issues. Ah well. I like some aspects more than others, and it suits the purpose (for him to exist at all) so that’s... whatever. It’s whatever. 

Tommy;

Base Tommy (not LMWI Tommy) [usual skin with the red and white t-shirt + the beige cargos]

Post-Exile/Pre-Doomsday Tommy. [green bandana skin reminiscent of Wilbur’s attire during pogtopia]

I don’t actually have them saved individually so I had to go searching for which era groupings I’d put them in, lol. Here’s base tommy;

The devil child /literal was too good to pass up, sorry. It’s part of the CLRAU stuff. As Xephos would say; don’t worry about it! :D [Dad!Schlatt AU with Tubbo is boring to me. Dad!Schlatt for Tommy... hehehehe... >:)]

Gonna be honest and say I simply could not be fucking bothered as I am barely invested (read: not really at all) so... yeah. This one was pretty lazy. Slapped an alpha skin on him for the detail and called it day so I wouldn’t have to invest time doing it myself. Did the best I could matching the colours and the outfit to compensate. 

Only thing different for post-exile disc-obsessed Tommy is his outfit tbh so. Can’t be arsed. Imagine it I guess.

Tubbo;

Base Tubbo [green shirt blue jeans. also he is BLOND, guys c’mon.]

Manberg Arc Tubbo

President Tubbo

Snowchester Tubbo

There’s another Tubbo somewhere but he’s hiding and I can’t be bothered to find him. Imagine, again, if you will, President Tubbo, based on these fellas. I’m straight-up not happy with them, which is the reason why I can’t be bothered to find the missing one. May redo entirely, but probably not. Only thing I like is the choice to forgo completely the inane probably dad!schlatt related design choices. he’s a goat/bee hybrid. Not a sheep. And he’s BLOND. If he’s brunet bc the cc is brunet.... fellas. fellas what are you doing. and why are you doing it? rpf? why would you do that? stop that. The MC skin is blond. So he’s blond. End all, be all, full-fucking-stop. Eye colour can be whatever but hair colour is one of the few things I, being blind, can notice about a person, so the accuracy of it matters to me so I can recognise people. I had no fucking clue who the fanart of Tubbo was even supposed to be for like half a year. Tubbo is blonde; I was looking for a blond kid. Only found Tommy. Result: Immense confusion and genuine worry I’d gotten something wrong somewhere fundamental about the story, but NOPE. The fandom was just lying to me! Thanks for that, guys. 

Karl;

Base Karl [his attire isn’t accurate to his skin because i just can’t find a hoodie like that. I’ve done the best I can, though.]

His face is good when compared against the only thing that matters (the skin), but his outfit is... only really as close as I could get with what I had - spent forever looking for something even akin to his hoodie but I just couldn’t find anything even slightly resembling it, alas. So, yeah. Here’s what I came up with as a result. I’m not happy with it, and am still on the search for more accurate apparel. 

Btw, I do have this, which I used for his winter gear, but it’s not close enough for me to be satisfied using it for everyday wear. 

Sapnap;

Base Sapnap [usual skin with the white tunic/long tshirt + flame symbol, black everything else, white headband thing.]

Sapnap I’m pretty dang happy with. I went with what matched his skin most for everything for the colour tones, referencing only a few select fanarts more for attire interpretation and mostly making it up as I went along elsewise. I didn’t get to use all the cc I wanted to on him, but what I did use I think I used well. Some of his outfits are more accurate than others, of course. I actually think the following is more accurate than the default (though I like the default the most);

Though, of course, it’s lacking a flame decal on the t-shirt. 

Schlatt;

Election Arc/President Schlatt {can be used for both) [usual suits, some outfits are tidy and some are rumpled, to represent the character arc.]

schpirit/glatt {missed out on such a great pun not using schpirit smh anyway. yeah. Glatt.) [ghost skin]

Revived Schlatt [CLRAU. based on the canon fact Q won their wager but still wanted to go about reviving him anyway for... some reason... and so Schlatt would be working for Q in this part of the timeline.]

Post-Reset Schlatt [CLRAU, again, clearly. Pretty much the same as Post-Nukes/Revived schlatt tbh. Doesn’t have a separate sim.]

One demonstration of General Face:

But - look. There’s too many of this fella for pictures of all of him so just. Have the lineup.

Blurry man. He’s actually one of my best sims, for the record. Lmao. 

Anyway; he’s based, actually, on an artbreeder of him I guided to generation;

Which was intended more for his SCU self, but since that’s just The Same Fucking Guy (he’s just got amnesia) in my CLRAU continuity... yeah. Relevant.

I don’t do this often, but it really helps me reference things because I can’t visualise for shit. I’m also blind, so referencing undetailed images tends to end up as a mess - the less detail there is, the less detail there is for my shitty eyes to miss, so the less detail I actually see overall. I needed a realistic reference to get even vaguely close to matching it, and as I iterate later, and to iterate it now; fuck rpf. No way was I ever going to reference the cc for this shit. Yike. Bye. Making up c!Schlatt’s face on his skin was the only way to go, so I just had to make do. If AI art offends you... well. Not much to be done about it now, I’m afraid. Already made the image. (And many more, besides.) 

Hannah;

Base Hannah [pink top and skirt skin with the winding roses on her limbs.]

Eggpire Hannah [CLRAU personal interpretation of Egg follower aesthetics so I can have as much fun as possible making evil designs for everyone <3)

Anyway i took the ‘fairy’ part of Hannah X Rose Fairy pretty literally. I took... liberties. 

I mean, it makes it pretty obvious she’s been Egged, but like... the idea was too cool to me for passing it up to be an option. 

Palette Swaps are just too fun <3

Anyway; based this on literally fuck all. Hard to find fanart for her dsmp skin? Dunno why. Maybe just looking in the wrong place. Anyway, yeah. Did my best. Eyebrows are A Bit High. I’m still trying to figure out the best way to make sims - I want them looking unique, but not uncanny, you know? and TS4 has a habit of the latter when you try for the former. Sighing. Hannah looks decent, though, I think she turned out well. Not uncanny. Which was the aim. I don’t know if she looks right, though, since I only really had her skin for reference, and those 5 pixels don’t really tell me much other than colour palette. 

Nikki;

Post-Manburg Nikki {white top will’s cloak pink hair skin)

This sim is basically just me... trying to figure out how to interpret nikki’s skins. So there’s two versions of the white top cloak idea.

Exhibit A

Exhibit B.

You also get a syndicate fit;

Also; she has the most hairstyles out of all my mc sims, to boot. Because I wanted to.

The reason being I was trying out some new things with the way I did her face and <3 <3 <3. She’s one of my better sims. 

Quackity;

Pre-DSMP Q [CLRAU backstory stuff. Heard he arrived with Capt. Puffy’s boat once and sort of ran with it + there’s some actual backstory stuff that ties in with why that happened and what kind of hybrid i make him (not a duck) so... yeah. Lots and LOTS of headcanon. Cannot stress that enough.]

Pre-Election Arc Q [era when he was mostly just helping out Tommy and Tubbo run a drug dealing business out of the og L’manberg van or whatever idk check the wiki]

Election Arc/Manberg Q [suit skin sunglasses]

Pogtopia Q [deconstruction of suit + sunglasses based on a vague amount of realism, meaning he’s not got access to his full wardrobe what with it being in Manberg so he’s borrowing bits and pieces and mixing them with the suit he was wearing when he left Manberg.] 

Mexican L’Manberg + El Rapids/The Butcher Army General Q [complete with bloody apron!]

Las Nevadas Q

Post-Nevadas/Pre-Reset Q [CLRAU stuff based on the - supposedly canonical and stated by Q’s cc himself, though i got that info secondhand so idk - notion he survived the fall because it wasn’t his third life he lost that day.]

Post-Reset Q [CLRAU]

Low res images bc. wow there’s so many of this one guy... not gonna go thru the effort of getting proper pics. sorry. one face though. one consolation face. 

I’m... sighing, just a bit. I really did try, I referenced a lot of fanart and his skins and stuff, but those five pixels off-centre on the wrong layer don’t tell me much, and a lot of the fanart is super stylised and looks AMAZING, but doesn’t help me here. Again, I don’t actually know what any of the ccs look like (I know, it’s like not having star wars spoilers - I really make an effort to avoid as much rpf stuff as possible) so as not to get influence from that even subconsciously, but I can’t know if the fanart hasn’t had it because of that, you know? So I don’t even want to reference the fanart too heavily jic. So... yeah. This is what I came up with. I don’t really like the scars - they’re not present enough, not visceral enough, and I don’t have the right teeth, which are very important for a Nevadas era Q. But oh well. Did my best, as always - but I’m not sure if I missed the mark, here, or not. Might just be because out of all the DSMP characters i know things about* (*still haven’t watched it, remember?) Q is the one I find the most interesting, storyline-wise. But yeah. I really did try. 

Eret; 

Red Royal Military Garb Lord Eret [I’m dumb and kind of forgot to check when this skin was used. It’s the one with the red military royal uniform. most of their skins have the blue lipstick so that wouldn’t help mentioning to find it lol. Not L’Manberg Eret though, for certain. Pretty sure it’s Lord Eret era post-l’manberg but I’m... not certain.]

Lucky for you guys I just went thru a panic at the fact Eret was missing from my list of saved sims </3 so since i’ve found them u get a proper pic <3

did the best I could /genuinely. pls remember: am blind. Minecraft skins are super hard for me to parse and dear god will i literally fucking NEVER base these on the ccs. gross and weird. rpf bad. they’re voice actors and write for the story via improv NOT the characters themselves. easy to understand but isn’t commonly understood for some reason. and yet RvB and Critical Role are treated as fictional... have consistent standards guys. Please. I use a little fanart reference for reasons of lack of creativity so if it resembles the cc... no it doesn’t <3

Technoblade;

Base Techno (red regency-ish era men’s finery + jewelled crown; most literal interpretation I could get of his skin, so he’s very pink.]

Tried real hard guys but sims is limited to... well... sims. humanoids. Tried real hard though. Promise. Pigman (hybrid) sim Techno, for your ability to perceive things. 

His crown also seems to have reset to clipping really badly >:[ trust me I had it looking right before.... sigh.

Have a blurry little preview img tech to prove it <3. 

That’s all the TS4DSMPCs I’ve made. I’ll make another post or two for the others. 

[ladybugmeat]

4.

OLD KENT ROAD:

MONOPOLY'S DUD SQUARE

Old Kent Road : Monopoly's dud square. The cheapest and only property south of the river. At Bricklayer’s Arms, I alight with the crowd and pause in the shadow of the orbital. Here, pavement breeds new pavement. Slabs of grey-green asphalt spill out like wet turbot skins - complete with chewing-gum tubercles. Like a noose, the elevated motorway pushes people out. Tesco bags blow against the perimeter. A sour blue-raspberry condom licks my heel.

10:27

I plan my zigzagged passage across the pedestrian islands. If you are to inhabit the city, you learn to perfect your dance with death. I make it to Island B before the black Honda turns left. I fast-walk to Island C. I pull down my hood and reply to a text. By an inch, I miss the side view mirror of an articulated lorry. I breathe out: Ellipsis. Michel de Certeau would read these maneuvers as a prosody poem. Under the traffic’s imposing rhyme scheme, I intercept and interrupt. ‘Asyndeton cuts out: it undoes continuity and undercuts its plausibility.’ My walk is constituted of  footstepped stutters - Deletions. I dart between cars - Slash. I mount the pavement- Hyphen. I write a text of ‘enlarged singularities and separate islands.’ My rhetoric is hinged on spatial elements, street furniture, and their references. I weave between bollards and cat’s eyes. I scamper between the lights of the cars - two streams, red and gold.

10:29

A pair of Nike Jordans straggle from a power line. I interpret this as a hanging - a gibbeting. Walking is forbidden here. I use the adverb ‘here’ because how else does one condense this terrain? This junction of stifled oxygen. This junction of cars that hurl as if launched from the barrel of a gun. Between traffic, I hear the electricity hum through the power lines and across the white sky. Whilst there isn’t the soil to grow a weed, red roses repeatedly appear at the railings. A photograph of a young boy. A note: ‘Jimmy, we miss you. I should have held your hand.’

10:31

My feet sidle at the entrance. Somewhere in the depths of the corridor, a man sits like a large toad. His craned shoulders are framed by a ravine of dismembered circuit boards, computer carcasses, and hard drives. The narrow inlet is thick with the warm olfactory of plastic and solder. He looks up from his work and calls out to me.

‘If you want to take my picture, you can leave.’ His eyes hang through thick rimmed glasses.

I push my phone down into the side of my leg and come clean.

‘I did want to take a photo but you wouldn’t need to be in it …’

He sighs, puts the laptop down, and begins to inch through the clutter.

‘What is it about this place that you people like? I’m not a celebrity.’ He smiles and kicks a small satellite dish from the doorway. It spins and cracks on the last step.

I collect the pieces and hand them to him.

‘I have two Ebay accounts. One sells hardware, the other sells the stuff I can’t fix.’ He drops the shards of fibre-glass into a cardboard box and steps out into the rain.

[sunsorbit]

Practical entroponetics: an addition

I have taken the liberty to collect all (take that with a grain of salt, I probably missed a bunch of it) information about the physical properties of the pale we know from the book Sacred and Terrible Air.

Major spoiler warning for the book, obviously. More under the cut :)

The pale is visible from orbit (the communication satellite “Iikon” can observe Katla’s Northern Passage be swept over by the pale “in one wave”).

The pale “rises”, and makes a noise as it approaches. It’s described as “an ominous rumble, a low crackling noise. Like a wave breaking” and “the terrible noise of time, the most violent sound in the world.” The noise also makes people’s hairs stand on end, causing cold chills.

A porch collapse (the immediate threshold between normal matter and pale/where they interact) seems to pull/suck matter into the air. “The black mass of the forest slowly [drifts] into the sky. The earth crunches and cracks as the spruce trees tear themselves out of it, roots and all.” Entire structures can float, like houses and buildings; while they are suspended in the pale, they begin to dissolve.

The pale’s movement is slow but observable with the naked eye, it seems to rise vertically “like a wave”. (It is also compared to tsunamis/killer waves, and said that the same non-linear effect that explains killer waves also explains the pale.)

When the pale is only “a few days away” fruit will grow spores and hairy mould on it, and if you touch it, crack open. Nobody knows why.

Inside the pale, it can be completely silent, so much so that you can hear your blood rushing inside your ears loudly, interfering with your hearing. Human speech is described as sounding “out of place” in the silence of the pale, and that shouting supposedly helps to keep the past from “coming up”.

It is also (surprise surprise) pale inside the pale, as if color had been removed from it. Inside of it, the pale is described as making the surroundings look twilit, grey/blue-grey, and dim. It doesn’t seem to get brighter than morning inside of the pale.

Watches stop working inside the pale, and in the “far pale”, the times of day “no longer register at all”, meaning it most likely also absorbs light/photons. It also stops/freezes snowfall (although it is not entirely clear whether this is part of the unreliable narrator’s fantasy).

The pale also seems to freeze the natural movement of living creatures but does not suspend their breathing and cardiovascular rhythm (at least for a while). It is implied this has to do with the organic creature’s internal sense of time. “Primitive” creatures’ brains stray faster in the pale than that of humans.

(People use this to go hunting inside the pale — makes it easy when your prey doesn’t move. It is also implied that if you go into the pale often enough, eventually you will not leave it again.)

Eventually, mould starts to grow on the frozen organisms, and they no longer breathe oxygen but pure pale instead. When they get dissolved, they become protein masses that float into the sky.

(There is a passage that to me almost implies that there is no oxygen inside the pale unless it was previously contained in an airtight container, but that’s only my interpretation and not said explicitly.)

Long-distance calls always bring pale interference with them. The pale is described as having a quiet, whispery, hissing voice that speaks in an unintelligible language.

The pale is described as “the enemy of matter” and “the world’s memory of the world. It accumulates matter and sweeps away everything in its path.”

When people or objects disappear into the pale, they disappear from the collective world’s memory. Not only human memory is altered, but physical memory as well — for example photos taken of those objects or people now no longer depict them. The image isn’t empty, corrupted, or damaged either — it looks as if the object or person was never there. This also applies to other written data. Reports and other physical evidence of objects and people get erased as if they had never existed in the first place. To try to stop this from happening, people have to continuously observe this evidence (lest it might vanish) or actively make an effort to remember vanished objects or people. It is implied that this is a futile effort.

In conclusion: the pale is really fucking scary man

theoretical entroponetics: the post

okay. LONG post incoming. i have summarized all available information on the pale, separated into confirmed objective truth & in-canon speculation that may or may not be true, and then appended my own very detailed theory on the pale! this post is meant as a resource; please feel free to add things of your own in replies/reblogs (please tag me if you do!) or point out any errors i may have made. you’re welcome to use any of my personal theory in your own work but please credit me if you do!! (and tag me in that/send it to me, i really want to see what you do with it!)

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