#another clip i haven't seen uploaded so

[darylbrainrot]

HEARTTHROB-

CHAPTER 2: The Aftermath (1k words, 8 photos)

Am I more than you bargained for yet? I've been dying to tell you anything you wanna hear ‘cause that's just who I am this week

- sugar we’re goin down, fall out boy

JANUARY 21— 10:20 AM

It's only been 4 days since you filmed the new video with Quen on her channel. You have chatted with her here and there about whatever over the few days, she was becoming a good friend of yours. You were wondering when the video would be uploaded since you were excited to watch it even though you remember it clearly as day.

Coincidentally, you just received a message from Quen.

Quickly posting the photos of you and Quen, you felt a smile form on your face. Not only were handed such an opportunity but you also gained a friend.

A few minutes later, you saw Quen put your post on her story, captioning it "in 1 hour!! Be ready". Hearting the text, you closed Instagram and decided to practice your guitar.

You practicing a new cover, decode by Paramore, a song you've been practicing for the past few days. You were going to post another cover on your youtube because you haven't uploaded one in well over a couple months. You enjoyed singing and playing guitar, so this was pretty easy content to make.

Before you knew it, an hour passed and you got a quick message from Quen telling you it had been uploaded. Hearting the message and typing a quick reply, you put down your guitar and went to your computer to open up youtube.

You opened her new video, leaving a like and full screening the video, you started to watch it. It was exactly an hour long, wondering how much film the editors had to cut, you continued watching.

The video was good, you were around 30 minutes in and you were laughing already even though you were laughing at yourself and Quens actions. Even though you knew what was happening, the way it was edited and recorded made it effortlessly funny.

You were now reaching your favorite part when you called out Hamzah. Watching it fully through made you laugh, you were glad it was kept in because that had to be at least one of your top favorite moments in the whole video besides the friendly banter between you and Quen.

Finally finishing the video, you were reading a couple of the comments left by users.

username1: the duo i didnt know i needed, love them sm username2: i literally cant wait for the clips to be posted on tik tok LMAO username3: STOP why do i lowk see y/n and hamzah as a cute duo, need them to collab ASAP. username4: BROOO when she called out hamzah i SCREAMEDDD.

Laughing at the comments and reading a few more, you closed out of youtube. Sending Quen a text message on how much you enjoyed the whole video, you went to lie down on your bed. You genuinely did enjoy the video, it was perfectly made and you and Quens personalities paired together perfectly in your humble opinion.

It was around 1 pm now, and you had your schedule cleared for the whole day so you just decided to scroll on your phone until you think of something better to do. You were just scrolling on tik tok when you started to get clips of you and Quen's video. You were laughing at them, seeing people post their favorite parts of the video.

As you continued to scroll, you noticed the amount of clips of you calling out Hamzah, some even having 15k likes which was mindblowing since the video was still new. Other than those clips, you've seen people make edits of you and Quen which you reposted.

You loved seeing these types of videos, and you were glad the video was getting such positive feedback since that was a new experience for you.

7:26 PM

A few hours have passed, and you had taken a nap and just made yourself something to eat. Now you're sitting at your kitchen table in your small apartment, scrolling through your tik tok for anything to watch while eating.

You were getting random videos that helped fill the silence of your apartment. It helped with the sense of loneliness you get sometimes. Continuing to eat, you got an Instagram message.

You saw the notification of his follow and followed back. You didn't actually expect him to text you and reach out over the clip. You were smiling while replying to his texts, and you were sure that nothing would've come from what you said in Quen's video, so this was an interesting outcome.

Laughing at his texts, wondering how the collab would go, you felt all giddy inside oddly enough. It felt good to have these chances, the opportunity to meet new people and create new friends. Even though you didn't really know Martin and Hamzah, you knew their content based on the clips you've seen and the couple of videos you've watched. So you knew it wouldn't be awkward but a nice way to branch out of your comfort zone

It was nice texting hamzah, even though it wasn't talking about anything personal or crazy, texting him felt easy and natural. You wondered if it would feel the same talking to him. Hamzah seemed nice, like he was someone who lived up to their full extent; someone who isn't scared of challenges, someone who fights with everything they have to get what they want.

You knew he was passionate about his youtube and that was extremely rare to find. You've seen countless clips of him putting his all into his content. I mean, it was obvious with the amount of time hamzah and martin both put into slushynoobz. You kind of admired them in that.

So, you felt thrilled that you would be able to collaborate with them and share communities over some silly little comment you said on Quens channel. You were kind of excited to talk to Hamzah though, and of course Martin but it was different with Hamzah. You didn't know him, but it was just a silly little crush that probably meant nothing. It's like when you see someone at school and have a small little hallway crush that you knew theoretically wouldn't go anywhere,

Well of course you found him attractive- as well as his humor and personality so you were kind of exhilarated to talk to him. So, as of now, you will try to wait patiently until you film that roblox video with them in two days.

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A/N: lmk if u wanna be on the tag list and I will also be taking request on what to write :p hope u guys liked this chapter, it was shorter so sorry abt that!! ill try to release the next chapter tmmr!

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[herecirmsims]

Poses for the newborn infant preset!

Hello! It's a double upload day! In case you haven't seen, the AMAZING @electricwhims has released a newborn size preset for infants so we can finally take story shots with a more realistically-sized baby. 😫 They also have a bunch of posepacks to go with it (and a growing list made by other posemakers; see the main preset post for details!) and it's all absolutely free. Nugget really is a gem and we are so lucky to have them.

Emotions With A Newborn

This is just a collection of emotions for an adult Sim holding a newborn. I was lucky enough to be allowed to use this preset in my story ahead of release, and I found I really needed poses like this so I made a bunch of them. It's not a super exciting pack but it was useful to me.

Pack contains 15 poses for an adult Sim (all poses include a silent and speaking version), and 2 poses (awake and asleep) for the infant so you can mix 'n' match them. Poses were made with a femme-frame Sim and as always there may be clipping or floating depending on Sim body type or clothing used.

Hold This

Once again I'm doing that thing where I made an insanely niche posepack for my own personal use and then decide to share it in case another soul actually needs it, but... hopefully it can be useful to someone.

Pack contains 2 poses for 3 adult Sims and a newborn, and 6 poses for 2 adult Sims with a newborn. Height differences are included. As always, there may be clipping or floating depending on Sim body type or clothing.

For both packs, you will need: - Pose Player - Teleport Any Sim - newborn infant preset

Download here (always free!): Emotions With A Newborn: SFS | Patreon Hold This: SFS | Patreon

TOU: you may adjust for personal use to avoid clipping etc., but please do not reupload/paywall/claim as your own.

I’d love to see them used! You can tag me on Bluesky, Instagram, or Tumblr. I repost. ❤️

You can easily browse more of my posepacks using my Ko-Fi gallery, or by browsing my collections on Patreon. Want to commission me and help support my work? Details here! Want to leave a suggestion for poses you'd like to see? Form here!

@ts4-poses @alwaysfreecc

[warblogs17282]

So, someone uploaded the helluva boss panel at the Fan Expo NOLA to YouTube, so I watched the whole panel and wrote down a few notes that you all might be interested in. Links down below.

While the main show will obviously end, well, when it ends once season 4 is complete I believe, that does not automatically mean the end of all new helluva boss content, it was stated during the panel that there might still be some new helluva boss content for us to enjoy after the main show has ended.

Other than the fact that Blitz is murderous and has a horse obsession, Brandon and Blitz aren't really all that different from each other generally speaking. A little bit of each of the VA's personalities can also be seen in the characters that they voice as well.

When Vivzie was answering the question of 'Who is the best singer?', she noted that there are singers (plural) that they haven't announced or revealed at this point in time, I'm not bringing up the clip again but I'm pretty sure this isn't referring to Loona (unless they get another VA to be her singing voice), as her VA did make it quite clear that she's getting a song in season 3 at some point.

Finally, the last noteworthy thing is that Vivzie was asked a question that went 'Stolas' grimoire, is there any chance Loona can learn a little bit of magic from it?' (Was kinda hard to make the question out fully but I feel like it makes sense this way regardless so yea)

Vivzie responded by saying that the implication of the grimoire is that it's just really complicated, so Loona was probably just focusing on the one spell that they, that being I.M.P, needed. But that's not exactly saying that there isn't a little bit in there, which I think means that Loona could learn how to use more of the grimoire's magic if she put her mind to it.

Links to each part of the helluva boss panel here:

[starstruckbyacomet]

Baking and Basketball (Edit 3)

The baiting game is on, Baby!

Right after Bucktommy break up episode, 8x06 "Confessions", went live on Nov 07, 2024, I wondered whether Tim Minear would bait BT nations like he'd been baiting Buddie fans. Three episodes after the break up, he seems to do just that:

1)) Ep. 8x07 "Hotshots", live on Nov 14, 2024

#Tommybubblesbuck, giving a sign that Tommy was also struggling with the break up.

Buck was baking. He said it was to prevent himself from reaching out to Tommy.

2)) Ep. 8x08 "Wannabes", live on Nov 21, 2024

Buck mentioned how he almost called Tommy when he was giving Eddie some baked goods.

3)) Ep. 8x09 "Sob Stories", live on Mar 06, 2025

Buck supposedly dislikes basketball. So, why did Buck hold a basketball when he was talking to Eddie at Eddie's house? He did it absentmindedly, but this is a scripted show. That scene was clearly planned in advance.

It is because Buck played basketball with Tommy, and Tommy gave Buck basketball tickets on their six months anniversary. Thus, basketball = Tommy.

I haven't seen any BT fans going gaga over this. Perhaps this bait went over their heads. If this were a Buddie bait, I don't think Buddie stans would miss it. After all, they have 7 years experience of eating crumbs and whatnots, lol.

EDIT 1: Several Bucktommy fans told me that they had noticed the basketball scene. They just knew it was a bait, and refused to react. Oh, kudos to you, Guys👍👍👍. I'm so proud of us!

EDIT 2: Blaze/Bingo the dog.

When Buck returned Blaze/Bingo to its owners he said, "I know we didn't have much time together, but I will never forget you. And you don't go running off on your people anymore, okay? Because... you have no idea how hard it is on them."

"Didn't have much time together" is clearly a reference to Tommy, not Eddie (Buck and Eddie has been friends for 7 years!).

@johanna-swann reminded me about this scene. Initially, I hesitated to include this on the list. Yes, it's clearly a reference to Tommy, but I see it as a proxy goodbye to Tommy, which Buck never had a chance to say (because Tim Minear doesn't allow Buck to call him 😒). And because it's a goodbye, which is sad, I didn't associate it with a hope of reunion, which is supposed to be hopeful.

Later on, I pondered about all the other hints. On the surface, all of them show that Buck still remembers Tommy. They become baits because by making Buck remembers Tommy, the show ignites the hope in (some of) BT fans' hearts that there would be a reunion. Because they're clearly not over each other. Sadly, this is not always the case. One day, Buck could meet another Love Interest and let Tommy go, like he let Abby go after he met Taylor Kelly.

As long as Buck still remembers Tommy, (at least, some) BT fans will always have hope for their reunion. By dragging Buck's remembrance of Tommy, Tim Minear could bait BT fans as long as he wanted. Damn it!

Back to the Buck & Blaze's goodbye scene, considering it also shows that Buck still remembers Tommy, I think it's eligible as a bait. Hence, this addition to the list.

4)) Ep. 8x10 "Voices", live on Mar 13, 2025

Source: brandonmehlow/TikTok

9-1-1 was shooting in front of someone's house. That person has recorded parts of it, then uploaded the clips on TikTok. It seems like Buck gave Eddie baked goods while Eddie was moving out. We don't know what episode this scene would be in. However, since Eddie has said goodbye to 118 family in ep. 8x09, it is safe to guess that this scene would be in ep. 8x10.

Edit 3: Yup. Buck is still baking and mentions Tommy's name in ep. 8x10 "Voices"

Did Tim Minear think he could bait BT nations like he did to Buddie fans? Did he think we would go gaga over basketball and baked goods while declaring "Bucktommy reunited!" all over the internet? I can see why he was thinking like that. He has seen Buddie stans doing exactly that and more for 7 years and counting. It's funny, but also a little insulting.

[detailtilted]

Part of the J2 Gold Panel from BOSCON 2025 (plus most recent StageIt upload of main panel)

I haven't yet seen any sign of a full Gold panel, or even any hints that one might be coming, but there's always hope.

Meanwhile, there are two videos on YouTube adding up to 9 minutes and Fangasm has also posted some short clips on X and Bluesky.

Below are the Fangasm Gold panel clips I'm aware of, which I think were probably already posted here. I'm utterly behind on everything in life right now, so I haven't watched these and I'm just pasting them in a completely haphazard order so this may not be the correct order of events. I couldn't even swear I'm not posting the same clip more than once. Sorry for the disorganization! But I thought I'd share so people who have time and haven't seen them already can watch.

Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 Link 4 Link 5 Link 6

And last of all, this is the only full video of the main J2 panel that I'm aware of. It's the StageIt version so the video quality is very bad. There was another StageIt upload posted on Sunday, but that entire account is gone, so I don't know if people who repost StageIt videos are getting their accounts deleted if they get caught or if it was a voluntary choice made by the account. The length of this video is different than the length of the first video was, so I don't think it's the same person.

[bookshopsbizarreblog]

Can we talk about how good the Moon Mining song in Midst S3E14 - Shindig is? Like, I've heard lots of songs across the various podcasts I've listened to, some of them quite good. But I have yet to encounter one that was situated in the story as masterfully as the Moon Mining song, or that conveys a fraction of the emotionality. Even without getting into story spoilers, the (at least seemingly) improvised nature of each verse, the layering of shouts and cheers and merry heckling to create a whole crowd leaning into it, the way each character expresses themself and their situation (and is expressed to us as the audience), and even just the way the song is introduced paint such a vibrant and lively setting. The entire 5-ish minutes just radiates a community coming together and having fun.

S2E4 - Weather used to be my favorite episode, as someone who has a deep love of cosmic horror and general eldritch shenans, but I've gone back to Shindig at least seven or eight times just to listen and relisten to that single song. I can't imagine not getting swept up in the revelry, and its position within the episode (and season overall) just sells it so much harder. More concrete spoilers beneath the cut.

If you haven't listened to Midst, please do. Gracious goodness, it's so good.

The entire episode is a rollercoaster of highs and lows for these characters and the community of Stationary Hill that we've gotten to love at this point. Sherman and Tzila finally arrive home, to celebration and joy. The community is barely recognizable but we've seen them band together and rebuild. And at a pinnacle of tension, after the gut punches of Hieronymus' confession to Saskia and the Vault demolition plan and Weepe's victory over Kozma, we finally get a brief break. But even that break is tainted with uncertainty and pain. Right before the song begins, we get Emmet's toast to the fallen, Sherman's uncertainty and fear of staying in Stationary Hill, all the festivities and merriment tinged bittersweet. And then the catharsis hits. It's not announced as a song. It's not a side bar where the ambiance cuts away so a tune can be inserted above the story. All we know is that Goe is getting on stage, and the narrators are saying we're missing something, but what? "That's right." "It wouldn't be a party on Midst without-" "Goe: It's time, you dang raskals!"

It's like the podcast version of show, don't tell. They could have laid out that a song was coming up. They could have even just launched into it. But by merely having uncertain build up and sudden increasing excitement and anticipation from the crowd, we get dragged along with it too. Straight from all the emotions of the previous conversations into this building energy with no clear outlet. It isn't until the cheers and diegetic voices demand "that friggin' moon tune," now that we are also fully on board, that the end point is revealed. And then it slaps.

The different methods of singing for each person, of which Saskia and Ettie (x2) and Ned (whose voice makes me understand the random background lady) stand out the most. Bets and Walter's and Tzila all representing different versions of how a kid would approach being asked to sing in front of their entire community. Sylvester and the chanting and everyone joining in on the chorus and the way each person's verse is a snippet of their life and perspective and situation and story without it being overbearing. It just. The whole thing. It screams of the close-knit Stationary Hill community, which then also pays off in another big way during the last episode.

I highly recommend listening to the song again, with headphones and the volume cranked up to get the full experience if you haven't already. I'm losing my mind over this song. If tumblr woulda let me, I would have just uploaded the full 5:19 clip I isolated, but unfortunately it wound up being too big to post. So here's the link to the time where the song specifically starts.

Thank you so much Third Person ( @midstpodcast ) for creating such a full and magical world.

[stormblessed95]

Watching Are You Sure?! EP 6

A reminder of how I do these reaction posts as I watch things. I just write my reactions and thoughts down literally they happen. Think more of a bullet point format. I'll include links when I can to videos, thanks to the people who twt who upload clips. And at the end, I'll do a better wrap up of all my opinions. I hope everyone enjoyed the show so far!!

Flying to Japan on Nov 25, 2023!

Jikook being the rich bitches that they are now, do you think they had the whole plane just for them and their staff? The way they BOTH got to enjoy the window seats and the whole row to themselves for most of the trip. Genuinely wish I could fly that way 😂 it has to make that experience a little less miserable lol

Jungkooks super informal tone, the soft way he spoke, the way he placed his hand over Jimin's nape.... Topped off with talking about how their first ever trip together was to Japan, Tokyo. And that's why he wanted to come back. Excuse me 😭 the romantic in you is escaping!

JK panning down with his camera and us getting to see Jimin gripping his sweater over his tummy. Such a consistent habit! Both of them! JK randomly panning to film Jimin, and Jimin holding onto JK. They are so sweet and cute. It's giving boyfriend. I can't lie lol

"We have arrived" they say, while in a moving car, and I'm pretty sure Jimin has to be in JKs lap to film the way they are. Or at least BASICALLY all the way in it. Lol and JKs smug ass little smirk and pouty lips. Bro, chill 😅😂

The zoom in on Jimins eyes randomly. Another habit consistently consistent!

JK saying yes of course he knew Jimin's album was coming out soon and yes of course he watched the SGMB video. He stays up to date on all Jimin content thank you very much

Not the kids making Jimin feel old by calling him Uncle 😂😂

Jikook hanging out drinking and eating snacks and just chit chatting so normal and regular that Jimin just completely forgets they are filming a show for a brief second there, walking away without his camera. There is something so endearing about that

Not them showing us JK falling on the ice from both Jimin and JKs camera perspectives 😂😂

JK being super whiny and bratty and Jimin going "why are you so angry these days?" With a laugh and JK going "it's for the show" basically to be more entertaining. Lol and Jimin just saying that he can handle all his anger. Handle all of JK. "I can handle you" is what it's giving. And it's giving so so much. Just wow

They way they reminisced about their first Tokyo trip while eating their midnight snack 🥰 Jimin remembered so many details. JK just remembered being worried about Jimin's feet hurting during their long walk to Shibuya.

JK sharing how special it was for him to get a short letter from RM when he did his showcase. That was so cute!!

Them arguing over the AC with one being hot and the other cold was so relatable for me. It was like watching me and my partner 😂

They went to sleep in separate beds and woke up in front of cameras in separate beds, but you can't convince me that JK didn't end up in Jimins bed for at least part of the night. Lol his sheets are still tucked in all nicely (Jimin's aren't and JK doesn't sleep that neat from what we have seen lol) and his water bottle is moved over to Jimin's side of the nightstand too. But what do I know 🤷‍♀️😂

Has there been an episode where Jikook haven't brushed their teeth together? Lol

JK being all romantic about remember this moment of watching the snow fall together in the morning. And Jimin popping the bubble by saying they'll have to shovel so much snow in the military 😂😂

JK going I want to cut my hair and Jimin immediately coming over to crack jokes with wordplay 😂

JK just turning to stare at Jimin wanting his compliments over the glasses he picked out to wear. Lol and Jimin immediately giving him said compliment. It was absolutely giving domestic couple vibes. Can't lie won't lie

Bathroom selcas!!

JK wearing a napkin under his glasses because his nose was sweating because of the spice 🤣

The vibes and tones they have when speaking about their service is so drastically different when compared to in the USA. They are about to enter into service together and they have no more doubts or fear of being separated and you can tell in how they talk about it now versus then.

The editors making fun of Jikook ordering in Japanese lmfao "using all the words they know"

The reappearance of "KooKoo-San" 😭😭🥰😍

I love the animated train station 🤣🤣

Jikook sharing air pods and music on the train and roleplaying saying it feels like they are in an anime. They said they were listening to a Japanese song and Jimin was getting really into when he started this role play. Lol what song was it?!!?

Jimin pulled a JK and went from filming scenery to randomly switching his camera view to film Jungkook close up too.

JK snuggling up on Jimin as they watch the scenery go by on the train is the cutest fucking thing. JK was living the dream. You can tell they were so content and happy.

Finally arriving in Sapporo and walking through the train station seeing an adorable little girl and Jimin getting all sappy about how he would be an emotional mess as a girl dad if he ever had a daughter. JK looked both nervous and excited about that idea 🤣🥰💜

Jimin saying JKs live vocals on Hate You were so good that he threw his phone. So relatable. The biggest fanboy!

Jikook singing Super Tuna!! So cute!!

Jimin saying he has to be the most normal on a team of weirdos and JK being like nah babe, you are a total weirdo freak just like the rest of us! (Personally, I think to make it as an idol, you can't be normal, you gotta have a little bit of freak going on to be able to handle all of that lol) But yes Jungkook! Speak that truth! "Who sets the standard for 'normal' anyway?" EXACTLY!!!

Not Jimin pulling up Christmas Day by Jikook circa 2014 to listen to on their snowy drive in Sapporo Japan?! The sentimentality and romance in the air that has to be happening?! Lol even with their younger voices 🤣 the cringe over hearing his 19 year old voice say merry Christmas 🤣😂😂

Impromptu self photoshoot in the snow!

The way they giggle together is one of my favorite things. Over anything and everything

Jikook roleplaying at the museum bar lol that was inherently flirty. So flirty. What the heck. That was first time meeting at a bar with cheesy pick up lines roleplay. That's like kinky foreplay for some people 😂😂 JK getting all flustered over it too and ending it with the "you're ridiculous" lol

JK this thing is cute, Jimin buy it then. Ah, rich people 😅😂

Their embarrassed faces when the staff told them as they were walking away that they didn't pay for their drinks 😂😂😂 Jimin running up to go pay but with JKs black card! Lol not even his own! But that's before they said Cash only, so JK comes to pay for it in cash lol I too, would've felt very embarrassed over forgetting to pay 😂

Jimin galloping through the snow. Lmao he is such a little weirdo 🤣😂 love him so much

Their cute little snowball fight with JK picking up just massive clumps of snow to throw lol

Not them calling ARMY out for just enjoying watching them just sit around and eat. They know we are down bad lol

What kind of carrots is Jimin eating that they are bitter??! 😂

Jikook constantly memeing together too lmao!

Them saying they would've been such trouble together as same age friends. They already don't have a normal hyung/dongsaeng relationship at all. Can you imagine if those lines that they already pretend don't exist actually never existed at all? Already attached at the hip. If vminkook were ALL same age friends, they would be even crazier together I bet! Lol

Jimin once again talking about the dumpling fight. The way he was actually ready to beat Tae up during that is still so crazy to me 😂😂 the way he Knows they (Vmin) were both being petty AF back then and they can laugh now.

Lmfao not them talking about JK kissing RM for his birthday and RM telling him he went too far and crossing the line. They wore him down to accepting their kisses eventually. Birthday kisses must've turned into tradition since then for Joonie 😂😂

They've come so so far. I'm so proud of all my members. I too can't wait to see the 7 back together again!

Shall we head to the hot springs?? Can't wait!

Wrap Up Thoughts:

Please ignore any and all typos in this post. My brain is so fried and I'm so sleepy. Lol

Anyone else notice they spent almost this entire episode in matching and/or coordinated outfits? Yeah, me too! How very adorable of them. It's so obvious and clear in this episode than it has been in any other. The thing I noticed most about their dynamics in this episode was the consistency in all their little sweet and cute habits together. Things they've done around each other for years and years. And they are still doing it!

JK spent the entire episode randomly filming Jimin. And he said "I love it" or "I'm so happy" over 30 times in just the one episode. Traveling with Jimin and just chilling together brings him so much joy. Everyone should rejoice in that. And Jimin spent the entire episode randomly bursting out into song, but specifically SNTY 🥰 the support!

And the way JK was filming Jimin, it's still that consistency man.

I said most of my "analysis" moments in all that stuff above, I don't really feel the need to repeat myself but if someone wants or needs clarification on my thoughts, please ask/let me know! This was a beautiful and very sweet episode. They were just purely enjoying each other's company! They were so happy together. Good food, good beer, good company, beautiful atmosphere. I'm so happy for them. And it reeks of domestic bliss so often in this episode too. Lol love that for them as well!

If anyone in Brazil wants to know what video from Twitter is under any of my purple links, please let me know which one and I'll try and download and post that specific video for you. Just send an ask. Sorry for the inconvenience!

[thanksforthepancakes]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN I am happy to announce I just saved a Kabaret Sybarit (my favorite band) song from being lost media!!! NOT ONLY THAT BUT ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND COMMENTED ON MY VIDEO!!!

Below is the full story:

Let me start from the beginning. 2 days ago I was trying to find the lyrics of the Bloodshed and Bones song online but I quickly got sidetracked by this weird sketchy site to download music (I think the name was Rilds? Relds? idk). Now when I usually download music I use emp3juice (Yes that's the websites name) and convert to mp3 but Google just RANDOMLY decided to give me lost media on a silver platter.

You see the page that Rilds got for Kabaret Sybarit had a few songs of theirs... and also one that belongs from a lost EP of the band (Well, *kinda* lost, because the band has uploaded one of the tracks onto the YouTube they got and also Discogs has the full tracklist) Now if I am aware the song was only uploaded two times before on YT, one instance is a recording from a live show that sounds like those 2018 earrape memes from Soundcloud and thus is very low quality, the other is uh... an interesting speed paint to say the least (if you want to see for yourself search the song's name) with the song in the background. But I... I had a PURE. CONDENSED. SEPARATE AUDIO FILE. I hit the jackpot.

Okay I'm starting to see this is getting very long so uhm INSERT THAT ONE CLIP OF MARKIPLIER JINGLING A PAIR OF KEYS IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA AND SAYING "JINGLE JANGLE" alright now that I extended your attention span length I can continue

I quickly decided that this little dust covered gem must shine once more because, y'know, it was close to being absolutely forgotten (but also because I needed to complete my KABARET SYBARIT ULTIMATE PLAYLIST *Yes I actually named it like that, don't ask why* on YT Music) so I quickly went to TunesToTube.com and pressed that DAMN upload button faster than the speed of light.

The next day, I opened up my Android and what do I see? A YouTube notification. With a comment. On MY OWN VIDEO. This never actually happens because the only time I get a notification about that sort of thing is when another Save Europe kid comments on that one very funny "ragebait" (I wouldn't even call it ragebait but it got some steam heads fuming) I posted onto a nightcore video... but that's a story for another day.

But back to the topic. I opened the notification. It's Mathias Bjørnskov. The composer of the band. The guy that currently runs the Kabaret Sybarit on YouTube. He asks if I have any other songs from The EP and says he got the physical version of the EP from a fan but has no ways to play it. I, of course, reply with a LENGTHY message like I always do (and I feel that makes me look like I haven't seen the sunlight in 23 years but oh well). I won't transcribe it here because for 1. It would be cringe 2. I already linked the video in the post so you can check it yourself (and get cringed too!).

Now, if anything else happens, I will post on my blog. If not (virtually impossible but still), then uhhh the Kabaret Sybarit arc of my life is complete move on with a sad song in the background as you walk in the opposite direction of the street or something I'm not good at that.

But I would also like to reach out to whoever has had the patience to read the entirety of this text wall. Do not let your passions and interests get forgotten, because there is a chance others won't be able to experience it themselves. Media archiving is IMPORTANT. Without it some of the things you love would not even exist currently. So if you see a strange video, picture, song or text somewhere on the Internet... don't think it's accidental. Nothing is. Okay MAYBE if it's something illegal you should let it be (but it varies ofc)

So, yeah... For now that's all. See you!

[daemadness]

Hi, thanks for not giving up on the search (and sorry I dragged you into this xD it's been bugging me that I can't find it and now I've inflicted that upon you too)

Just to clarify, it was definitely on YouTube and I think it can't be longer than ~half a year ago that I saw it, hence my utter confusion that I can't find it anymore. And I don't think it's geo-blocked as I also don't live in Germany.

Okay, I want to ask that are you SURE that you haven't been dreaming? XD No but, this is such an odd situations. Videos do get taken down fast, and Youtube's search system sucks nowadays and it's sometimes easier to find stuff through Google than its own search, yet I can't find anything that would fit this criteria.

I've been a fan since 2009, I witnessed auch being released, I saw all the interviews being uploaded (yet was not able to watch majority of them myself unless they were on Youtube), and I keep checking youtube for any new dä videos almost daily. I don't remember seeing a video like this ever, not in 2012 and also not recently. You say that you watched it about a half a year ago, but it might still be something that was uploaded 13 years ago, because I've not seen any auch era interviews being uploaded to Youtube in years. Apart from the ones I have reuploaded there because the originals were taken down.

Anyhow, I'm at home atm so I will look closely and investigate all the videos I already have in my files just in case. There literally is only like 3-4 videos where Rod is present, and it's none of those afaik. But I will check them anyway.

My another thought was that could it be something from Die Nacht der Dämonen. It had some super weird and very short bits but I have only ever seen one or two of those uploaded to Youtube, so much so I don't even remember what is on that now because it's the only DVD I have never done a dvd rip of yet. I think I'll check it out too just in case, because this concept also sounds like something dä would do on purpose for a dvd. And it's also the only dvd released after auch. Altho, I still don't think this interview is on the dvd, but it's worth checking it out anyway.

More questions to you: do you remember if it was a short clip or a part of another video? Maybe some longer video and this being a snippet in it? I'm wondering if it could be a YT short, because the search does not handle them normally and they are almost impossible to search through, but it would need to be an extremely short video to be that...

But yeah, I'll continue my search (or actually start it for real now that I'm at home XD). I also can always go through the old LiveJournal community to see if there are any reports on an interview that would fit the description. There are also some broadcast names on Die Ärzte Archiv but I can't find shit with those, aka, they are not on Youtube, at least.

[artpharos]

How about 5 and Lambda and Sophie? For the good angsts :3

5. “There’s blood on my/your hands.” So uh it got to about 4.6k words and I haven't posted fanfics on tumblr in a reallyy long time so I hope nothing screwed up!! But also I've uploaded it to ao3 here as well so that hopefully only my italics are screwed up--

By all accounts, there was no reason for Lambda to refuse. 

“No.” 

Sophie paused in surprise, glancing over to her side.  

The refusal was clipped, weighty with a gravitas that was out of place on Asbel’s face. It was spoken with tightly restrained vehemence, in a voice that was far sharper than Asbel’s own. But more than that, what caught Sophie’s attention was the bright flare in her father’s left eye. In the darkened lab, Asbel’s lavender eye glowed with a rage and pain that she hadn’t seen in years; had almost forgotten.

Her grip tightened on the table. Around her, the bracing warmth in the eleth that she’d only more recently started to associate with Lambda fluttered with agitation. The tense undercurrent was more familiar to her than she wanted to admit, tying a knot in her chest.

“Wh-whyever not?” Across the lab table, Pascal exchanged a confused look with her. Spread out between them, the humanoid hull the researcher had been showing off lay still and silent, empty without a conscience or a soul. Asleep, waiting for a spark of life to coax it into action. 

“I will not.”

“Lambda, give it some thought–” This time, Asbel spoke with his own mouth, before wincing. He pressed a palm against his left temple as his lips moved again, another voice echoing sharply through his words.  

“I said no. I will not enter that lifeless husk. Have we not agreed that we would share this body?” 

“Yes, but–”

“No.”

Sophie felt Lambda’s departure rather than heard it. The eleth, which had swirling in the air in tandem with Lambda’s words, stilled. His presence evaporated; fell dull and silent to her senses like a winter chill. Sophie exhaled softly– Lambda was always stubborn and dramatic, but it had been a while since he’d reacted this vehemently to anything. 

With Lambda gone, Asbel slumped forward, bracing himself against the table. He uttered a soft curse under his breath. 

“Asbel?” She walked around to her father’s side, pressed a hand against his temple. The soft glow of a healing arte lit up the dim room, and soft, mismatched eyes glanced at her in gratitude. The purple in his left eye remained muted; quiet.  

“I’m fine,” Asbel reassured her, flinching as he straightened up. “He’s… just upset.”

Across the table, Pascal snorted. “I’ll say.” 

Sophie winced. That was an understatement. Lambda rarely spoke through Asbel like this– had always been more content to whisper quiet, sometimes-snide comments to anyone whenever they glanced against Asbel with a touch– but clearly, in this instance, he wanted his feelings loudly heard and known. 

“I don’t get it.” Asbel sighed wearily, his gaze lingering on the humanoid hull in front of them. “It’s been years. After all this time, I thought he’d jump at the opportunity to finally have his own body.”

“I know, right?” Pascal huffed. “I made sure to follow the tech specs we found on Fodra, too– just the way he'd like it. None of my additional adjustments, even! Although I’m sure if Lambda really wanted, I could fit in a rocket launcher somewhere–”

Sophie shook her head. “I don’t think that’s the point, Pascal.”

“You think?” Pascal scratched her chin as she swayed in thought. “But come on, like– I get that freeloading off Asbel’s a pretty nifty deal– no offense– but wouldn’t you want to do your own thing eventually?”

“None taken,” Asbel quipped back sardonically. Her father shook his head. “Maybe Lambda’s happy as things are.” 

Sophie frowned. She glanced at the empty body in front of her, at a figure built of soft skin and steel, with a face that was similar to the one she’d glimpsed from the recordings in the Humanoid Research Laboratory. It was why they had come all this way to the Amarcian Enclave, after all. On a whim, a hope, a promise– 

“I think– maybe he’s… scared.”

Both pairs of eyes darted to her, and Sophie froze. The words had slipped from her mouth before her thoughts had caught up, but now that she'd said that out loud… She bit her lip. 

Scared and Lambda weren't words that were ever used in the same sentence, weren’t they? 

Asbel grimaced. “He has a few choice words about that comment,” her father relayed. He paused, before letting out a resigned sigh. “Along with a demand to ‘begone from this infernal place’ as soon as we can. His words,” Asbel interjected before Pascal could protest, “not mine.”

Pascal slouched. “Aww. You guys came all this way and you’re leaving already?”

Her father hesitated. Catching his gaze, Sophie offered a small smile. “It would be rude,” she pointed out.

Asbel chuckled. “It would, wouldn’t it?”

“Totally rude.” Pascal grinned. The researcher finally stowed her toolkit as she walked over. “So yeah, maybe Project Mecha Lambda didn’t turn out all that great, but it is getting pretty late. Why don’t you stay the night? The inn’s got a really tootin’ hot chocolate this time of year. Amarcian Enclave speciality!”

“Don’t they always have hot chocolate, Pascal?” Asbel muttered.

“All the more reason to have a taste, yeah?” Pascal grinned. “Who knows, maybe it'll be so good in your own body that Lambda will change his mind.”

Asbel winced, nodding as he listened to Lambda’s unheard voice. “That’s… doubtful.”

Pascal laughed, swinging the door to her lab open. The cool air from the Enclave brushed through the muggy lab, and Asbel (perhaps for more than one reason) eagerly stepped out from the dim light of the lab. 

Sophie moved to follow, but a thought halted her steps. Glancing over her shoulder, the empty hull lay unmoving back on the lab table, that unfamiliar-yet-not face looking almost peacefully asleep in the dark. 

She swallowed. It didn’t dislodge the weight pressed against her throat. 

“Sophie, you coming? I can’t keep holding the door all day, y’know!”

“Coming,” she answered, shaking free of her inertia. She flashed Pascal a grateful smile as she slipped back into the evening light. “I hope the chocolate’s good.”

“The best!” Pascal laughed, slinging an arm around her shoulders in easy affection as they followed Asbel down the cobbled streets.

It was reassuringly warm. Normal. An actual life that Sophie had slowly grown used to, over the years. But even as she walked alongside her friends, her mind lingered back to that quiet face in the lab. And her gaze remained fixed onto Asbel's back. ------

“Can I talk to Lambda?”

Asbel glanced up at her in surprise. It had been a good two hours after dinner, and her father had been working at the little desk in their inn room, the pile of never-ending paperwork that he’d brought with him haphazardly stacked in front of him. Illuminated by the eleth torch beside the inkwell, there wasn’t a hint of sharpness or anger on Asbel’s gentle features; just the man she’d always known, reassuring as always. 

“What’s this about, Sophie?” Asbel asked, putting down his quill. 

Sophie shrugged. It was an odd request, to be sure. Ever since their return from Fodra’s core years ago, the conversations she’d had with Lambda had been infrequent, little things. Still, slowly, quietly– their earlier antagonism and ambivalence had faded into something… different. It wasn’t usually enough for Sophie to ask to speak to the creature, but his outburst at the lab remained in the back of her mind. The sight of his distress continued to flash behind her eyes. 

Her father sat back in his chair with a sigh. “Lambda’s said nothing since we left Pascal’s lab, and I’ve tried.” Ruefully, Asbel flashed her a smile. “I’m not even sure he wants to talk.”

“Aren’t you curious?” Sophie frowned. If nothing else, Asbel was always the first to fret over the creature who shared his body; the one who usually understood how Lambda’s mind worked. He’d been the person who had been most eager about their whole trip– about the chance for Lambda to get his own body, his own life. 

“Of course.” Asbel sighed. “But he’s been awfully silent. He’s fine, but I can’t pick up anything else from him at all.”

“Is he pouting?”

Her father laughed, scratching his chin. “I wouldn’t say that to his face but– oh, hold on.”

Sophie waited patiently as Asbel frowned, dipping his chin into his hand as he listened to unspoken words. Then, the eleth around them shifted with Lambda’s presence– a slight warmth that breathed of wind-swept plains, no longer leadened with dread and pain; a sigh that reminded Sophie of a sunset over the flower fields back in Lhant.

“I do not pout, Protos Heis.”

Unbidden, she smiled as Lambda turned to face her. Even though it was Asbel’s face, Asbel’s body… Lambda always comported himself differently to her father– his chin lifted slightly more imperiously, limbs held a bit more tight. His expression was calm, distant– a far cry from the anger she had glimpsed earlier in the day. And though Sophie could count the times she’d seen him in control of Asbel’s body on one hand, meeting Lambda through her father’s eyes was like catching sight of an old friend. 

“Good,” she admitted. “I was worried.”

Dual lavender eyes softened. “Your concern is unwarranted. I am fine.” Lambda exhaled, his posture relaxing as he slackened against the chair. “Though I do not appreciate eating curry for five days in this week alone. Asbel’s lack of adventure when it comes to food has been… exasperating.” 

“I know.” Sophie sighed wistfully. “We haven’t had crablettes in a while.”

He shot her a look. “That is scarcely an improvement.” 

“Crablettes are always an improvement.”

Lambda snorted and glanced to the side, something slight tugging at his lips. Sophie couldn't help but giggle. Here, like this, with Lambda relaxed in front of her, talking with her… it eased the tension in her chest. They’d talked sporadically, but being like this felt natural, like after everything they had been through, this was how they were always meant to be. Who they could be. A wish, a dream that hadn’t yet taken form. 

But that was neither here nor there. 

“But that was not what you wished to discuss.”

Sophie shook her head. Sitting on the corner of the nearby bed, she folded her hands in her lap. “About earlier…” She frowned. “Lambda, are you sure you don't want a new body?”

“I have already made my refusal clear.” Lambda rested Asbel’s chin on his hand, lips thinning into a line. “I thought you, of all people, would understand.”

“Understand?” 

“There’s blood on my hands, Protos Heis,” Lambda said softly. “You know that.”

Sophie froze. Of course she knew. Despite everything, the scars that Lambda had torn into both Fodra and Ephinea were still evident in her daily life– and the grief and rage from the people hurt by his actions had yet to completely subside. She could still see the him she knew from her deepest nightmares– a creature of spindly, monstrous limbs and a faceless mask. She would always remember her fear and horror when she had watched him hurt her friends; the family she now loved. 

At her silence, Lambda deflated, shoulders sagging. The eleth around him flickered with a muted sadness; a soft regret that was as stiflingly heavy as a blanket of freshly fallen snow.  

And despite what Sophie knew, the lump in her throat felt more suffocating than ever. 

“Why does that matter now?” 

Her words fell quietly into the empty space between them. Outside, the stillness of the Amarcian Enclave did little to break the morose solitude that cloaked Lambda’s shoulders. In the night, her companion looked so much colder, the illumination from the eleth lamps doing little to warm the pallor of his face as he leaned away from the light. 

Lambda kept his attention focused out the window next to him. “Surely, you would not endorse my release back into the world,” he said tersely. “Surely, you would not accept my separation from Asbel Lhant.”

His words sank like a stone. In the silence, Lambda looked sharp and cold, even while wearing Asbel’s face. To anyone else, he would have seemed foreboding and menacing. And yet, that stony visage was betrayed by the despair in the eleth that swirled around them, evident only to her, glancing against her skin.

Sophie couldn’t bear it. 

Wordlessly, she stood up and walked over. Resting one hand on Asbel’s clenched fist, Sophie waited until lavender eyes reluctantly turned back on her. 

“Why wouldn’t I?” she asked gently.

Lambda huffed. “Perhaps everyone else has forgotten what I am capable of, but you would not underestimate how Asbel keeps me in check.”

“Is that what this is about?” Sophie breathed. 

The eleth flared around them. Lambda’s lips pressed thin.

Sophie’s eyes narrowed. “You are scared.”

A dismissive snort. “Take care, Protos Heis. You may find yourself a jester yet.”

“I'm serious,” she said, grasping his hand tightly. “Lambda, you're afraid of leaving Asbel, aren't you?”

“I… have reservations about what I might do.”

Lambda’s words were soft, barely audible to her ears as they faded off in the quiet night. His gaze was distant, turned to stare out into the inky dark. And where their hands were joined… there was no longer that sharp, stinging pain of rejection. Of hate. 

Just a sorrowful warmth that Sophie had only started to recognize. 

Her companion sighed as he spoke again. 

“It was not so long ago that all I ever knew, all I ever felt, was rage and hate. And all I wanted was not to. That path led me down a road of destruction; of myself, and of everyone around me.”

Sophie’s throat tightened. She had felt Lambda’s pain, back in Ephinea’s core. But now, the clear despondency in his eyes stilled her words, and the guilt in his voice ate at her heart. 

“Asbel changed all that. While I am with him, I feel peace; joy. I finally feel… whole.” Lambda closed his eyes. “If I leave him, if I have all that freedom on my hands… Who's to say I wouldn't fall prey to my baser instincts once more?”

When Lambda looked at her again, a vulnerable softness rounded out lavender eyes. Though he had lived longer than she had, Sophie was reminded all the more how young he actually was, too.  

“I do not wish to cross blades with you again, Protos Heis.”

His voice was a whisper, a shudder through the eleth. Filled with a plea that squeezed at her heart. 

And when she looked at Lambda now– 

Sophie shook her head. Crouching down, she grasped Asbel’s still hand with both of hers. “You won’t.”

“You cannot guarantee that with any certainty.”

She frowned. “I can.”

“Of me?” Disbelief coloured Lambda’s voice as he studied her. His gaze narrowed. “Truly, your father’s foolishness must have rubbed off on you. More than his own, even, considering you must have forgotten everything I’ve done to you.”

Sophie held his stare. Swallowing the lump in her throat, she whispered gently, “I haven’t forgotten. And you haven’t, either.”

His eyes dipped. Soft regret crossed his face. A welling of sympathy, of longing, pulsed through her, and more than anything, Sophie wanted to wipe that sadness away from Lambda’s eyes, away from Lambda’s heart.

“You’re not a bad person, Lambda.” She leaned forward, wrapped her arms around Asbel’s broad shoulders. “You saved everyone, back on Fodra. You’ve looked after Asbel for all these years. And you’re… you’re my friend, even now.”

The body under her arms stiffened– but when she didn’t pull away, slowly, Lambda began to relax. A deep sigh fluttered by her ear. In her embrace, the creature of her nightmares leaned against her, suddenly more fragile than she could ever imagine. “Sophie…”

The sound of her name warmed her heart. Sophie smiled, pulling away slightly to brush the bangs out of lavender eyes. 

“Yes, you did bad things. But you feel sorry for them, and you’ve worked hard to make up for them.” She reached out and picked up one of Asbel’s hands, pressed cold fingers over her heart. Her smile widened in the face of Lambda’s wide-eyed stare. “You’ve been kind to me; to the sopherias. You’ve been trying to help everyone else– with Asbel, and with Lhant. You’ve changed, and grown, and you’ve already done so much for our world. Imagine how much more you could do with your own body, your own life. You can be free to be who you want to be.”

Lambda hesitated. “Can I truly?”

“Look at me,” Sophie whispered. “Look at us. Look at how far we’ve come.”

Lambda’s gaze dipped to his hand over her heart, before resting on her face once more. He frowned. “I do not deserve all the credit.”

“No, but it takes two hands to clap.” Sophie pushed on. “That’s what the Captain says.”

Lambda paused. “‘It doesn’t matter who reaches out first, as long as the other accepts.’”

Familiar words. But this time… this time, it was Lambda who said them hesitantly, trustingly. To her. 

“Exactly!” Sophie nodded, giving his hand a squeeze. “I’ll always be your friend, Lambda. You don’t have to be scared. I’ll always be here, to remind you of who you really are.”

Incredulity melted into something soft in Lambda’s lavender gaze. 

“You truly are… remarkable, Protos Heis.”

Maybe it was the way Lambda was watching her– soft and proud. Maybe it was the gentle eleth that floated around them, filling the room with a comforting kindness. But Sophie’s cheeks warmed as she ducked her head. “You’re remarkable too, Lambda. That's why I… I want you to live, too.” 

Lambda huffed, finally tugging his hand away. The eleth around them ebbed gently in the cryas’ light, content and at peace. His features were as tight and imperious as always, but he didn’t seem as uncomfortable as before, as shaken and unnerved. 

“I will accept the Amarcian’s proposal.” 

Sophie couldn’t quite believe her ears. In front of her, Lambda played with Asbel’s quill. 

“You will?”

“Your reasoning is sound.” Lambda arched an eyebrow. “Besides, you have already taken up the responsibility to watch over my actions, have you not?”

Those words echoed with a promise; one that had given her strength when she struggled with her place in the world, a lifetime ago. The warmth in his eyes swirled in the eleth around them, wrapping comfortably around her heart. Lambda’s expression was as still as ever, but in his presence, Sophie only found that calm understanding that had always encouraged her; that friendship which had prompted her to reach out to him now.

Sophie laughed. “Yes!”

“Then it is settled.” 

Lambda smiled. A soft, precious thing. It lit his lavender eyes with a soothing light, a secret entrusted to her in the quiet of the night.

With a final nod, he pulled away and closed his eyes. His presence faded, the eleth around her falling quiet once more. And when he blinked, mismatched blue and purple met her gaze instead of Lambda through her father’s eyes. 

“Wow.” Asbel breathed. “You got through to him.”

Sophie shrugged with a small smile. “He was scared,” she explained. “I’m sure he would have talked to you, eventually.”

“Maybe.” Asbel sighed, leaning back against the chair. He grimaced. “He’s saying he would have only talked to you, though, because at least you don’t force him to eat curry all day.”

“Well,” Sophie said, clasping her hands together, “he won’t need to eat curry every day any longer if he doesn’t want to. He’ll get to make his own choices. Live his own life. Find out his own favorite things, and protect them with everything he has.”

Asbel watched her. A gentle smile slowly crept its way onto his face. “Yeah. He will.” Her father reached over, ruffling her hair. “You’re incredible, Sophie. Thank you. From me and Lambda, both.”

Sophie beamed. Around her, the eleth swirled faintly with Lambda’s joy.  ------

They reconvened the next day in Pascal’s lab. More accurately, rather– they reconvened when Pascal finally woke up– which meant it was half-past noon, and Asbel and Sophie had to carry Pascal out of her bed while the researcher begged for ‘five more minutes’. 

Luckily, the whole procedure was rather simple. 

“All Lambda has to do is to just zippy zap into the frame!” Pascal gave them a thumb’s up as she cabled the last few wires on the console. “Everything else should be easy-peasy. A little bit of juice, maybe a zap or two or a whammo, and he’ll be good to go!”

“I’m starting to feel uneasy about all this,” Asbel muttered, scratching his cheek.

Sophie smiled at him. Sure, there were a few more big machines than she’d expected connected to the humanoid body, but it was normal for Pascal. “I’m sure it’ll be fine,” she said, resting a hand on her father’s shoulder.

The gentlest tickle of eleth glanced against her fingers, and Asbel caught her gaze, no doubt listening to Lambda’s words. “He says he has faith in Pascal,” he relayed to her with a rueful smile. “I’d never imagined I’d live to hear him say that word.”

Sophie giggled. “Lambda has a lot of faith in every one of us.”

Asbel’s worried frown softened into a soft smile. “That’s true enough.” He nodded to Lambda’s unsaid words, before finally turning to Pascal. “Well,” he said, “Lambda’s ready, so I guess we should get started.”

Sophie nodded, and Pascal grinned. 

With a deep exhale, Asbel closed his eyes. The eleth around them thrummed in the air, rousing to Lambda’s waking presence. The lights around them flickered– once, twice– then, with a pulse through the eleth, a bloom of light converged in front of Asbel, swirling hues of gold and purple lighting the dim lab.

This close, this pure, Lambda felt so much more intense, so much more warm and bright, a star given form. Sophie had to grip onto the table to stay upright, to withstand the eleth winds buffeting her. But through the turbulence, there was a supportive weight around her shoulder, a bracing breath of air in her lungs. It was Lambda; a far cry from who he had once been.

Sophie gasped. A gentle touch warmed against her cheek, and she had the fleeting impression of Lambda’s quiet smile. 

The bloom of light hovered in the air, in the eleth, lingering at the foot of the table, studying the hull before him. There was a moment of hesitation– until Sophie felt Lambda’s attention on her, and the gentlest squeeze on her shoulder. Then, he dove straight into the humanoid body, and the lab was bathed in a bright, blinding light.

When it faded, the sudden darkness was disconcerting. The machines in the lab, which had been humming and thrumming in the background, sputtered and fell silent. It took a while for Sophie’s eyes to adjust to the lack of light. But she heard Pascal's coughing end in a whoop of joy, followed by Asbel's sigh of relief.

She blinked, searching– and then her attention caught on the table. Dimly lit by faint light, a boy was seated on its surface. Instead of a sleeping humanoid, he looked different from the empty body before– slightly taller than she had thought, more flesh covering his arms than steel. He slowly scanned the room, before meeting her gaze with calm, red eyes, watching her under teal bangs.

Lambda lifted his chin, spoke in a soft, but clear voice. “Hello.”

Sophie gasped. A million things ran through her mind– a million things she had practiced to say– but then her body moved, and before she could even think, she’d flung her arms around the friend she’d thought she’d never be able to touch. 

Lambda froze stiff under her touch. But the longer she held him… the more his body relaxed; the more natural he felt, easing into her arms. 

“Protos Heis–” He sighed in her ear. “You’re– this is– This is… unnecessary.”

Asbel chuckled from somewhere behind her. “What have we said about manners, Sophie?”

“Right, of course.” Sophie couldn’t help but laugh, pulling away to wipe a stray tear from her eye. Pascal was grinning at them from behind the console as the lab flickered back to life, and Asbel’s warm hand clapped her back as he came to stand by her side. 

Lambda’s face was as expressionless as ever, but in his own body, there was a slight flush on his cheeks, the slightest duck of his head. Yet, he didn’t move away. 

Sophie drew in a deep, calming breath, before holding a hand out towards her once-enemy, now-friend. “It's so good to finally meet you, Lambda,” she said with a smile.

“Foolish,” Lambda muttered. But he lifted his hand slowly and placed it in hers, fragile fingers threading through her own as she clasped him tight.

Sophie grinned as she helped him off the table. The boy in her arms trembled as he stood on his own feet, leaning his weight against her as he got his bearings. He was lighter than she imagined, taller than she had initially thought. And so much more frail and vulnerable than she’d ever attributed to him before. 

Lambda stayed quiet as Pascal ran a few checks with a machine scanning over his body, but his fingers remained latched on her hand, and the eleth around them swirled soothingly as Sophie gently rubbed his back.

“Aaaand we're all done!” Pascal said at last, closing her scanner with a grin. “Welcome to freedom, Lambda! If anything feels wonky, just hit me up and we'll get it fixed in a jiffy! For everything else– world's your oyster! Just… try not to destroy it again.”

“Pascal.” Asbel shot her a warning look, but Lambda merely snorted.

“I appreciate the sentiment.” Lambda spoke in that same distant, imperious tone that Sophie knew all too well. But now, it no longer hid the soft warmth in his eyes. He gave Pascal a short nod before he glanced over to Asbel. “However, I would prefer more time to get my bearings in this world before I seek out the rest of it. At least, for the present.”

Asbel’s eyes softened. “You'll always have a home in Lhant. Sophie and I will make sure of that.”

Lambda nodded. “I will hold you to your word, Asbel Lhant. You as well, Protos Heis.” Despite his words, his voice was softer, quieter, a faint pink coloring his now-physical cheeks. 

Sophie’s heart swelled. Unbidden, the images of Lambda in her life fluttered through her mind’s eye– in Lhant, in the flower fields. Out travelling to Strahta and Fendel, and maybe all the way to distant Fodra. And he’d be by her side. However long their lives would span, however long they’d be friends. 

As if sensing her thoughts, Lambda glanced over to her. And on his face, there was the gentlest, tiniest smile.  

“So what do you wanna do, Lambda? Since you’ve gotten a new body and all.” Pascal was bouncing on the soles of her feet with a familiar eagerness that Sophie understood when Lambda cringed in her arms. “Wanna go for a test drive? Run down the mountain, play a bit of shot cube-”

“It’s already lunch time,” Asbel interrupted. “We could go for curry.”

“And crablettes,” Sophie added. 

“And banana pie!” 

Lambda said nothing, but this close, Sophie could see the faintest smirk pulling at his lips. His gaze was colored with fondness, with understanding– everything he finally could be. She gave his hand a squeeze, smiling when he turned to look at her.

“Maybe we should ask Lambda what he would like to eat,” she spoke up.

His eyes widened, before he let out a little, exasperated huff, squeezing Sophie’s hand in return. 

“I would like to try the hot chocolate,” he stated, clear and concise.

And Sophie laughed as Lambda looked at her, alive. 

[guesswhosonfire]

Deignited isn't dead, I haven't had much of a chance to work on anything over this year between uni and other priorities. It's also been even longer since I last uploaded an update to ModDB, but rest assured - there's been plenty of progress made since the middle of last year or whenever it was.

Mostly in regards to Spyro 1 enemies. Some of them are like fully done (except for custom eyes) - modelled, vert painted, rigged and all set up in UE and everything, but most are in various stages of the rigging process and/or pretty close to being fully modelled and vert coloured.

I seriously need to get off my arse and dump the dev screenies onto Tumblr (or make more for the stuff that hasn't been documented anywhere).

For now, I'm gonna ramble about a recent development.

Sometimes it can be a bit of a trial to rig a low-poly model to armatures/animations made for a high-poly model, especially when you're not bothering to make extra geometry around the joints to accommodate for deformation out of stubbornness regarding the general lack thereof throughout the OG Spyro models.

Yes, I'm aware of the rampart hypocrisy. Anyone who's played the mod or seen the models knows that I've made plenty of deviations - the muscular-type dragons, for example.

Trondo's got forearm muscles since I cut more geometry into them to connect the spines to his main mesh (Bubba taught me the hard way that disconnecting thing and shit from the arms is a good way to make jank visuals) and provide more of an accurate position to vert paint the bandages - and then there's poor bastards like Gavin who really need an extra loop midway along the forearm(s) to avoid taking a trip through Clip City during their animations.

I don't know if I should try fiddle with his weights before resorting to another loop - and also, whether or not I want to do this with every dragon who doesn't already have additional forearm loops.

Either way, I need to fix Cosmos' rigging.

That being said, I think I'm running into more dilemmas involving twists along limbs more often than the joints themselves. It can be pretty wild if there's only just one loop per joint, e.g. shoulder - elbow - wrist; sometimes it's exacerbated by having only four verts in a loop, sometimes it isn't.

There's usually a way around it if you fiddle around with the tweak bones, like if you balance out an arm by taking some of the shoulder/clavicle's first arm tweak bone influence and dumping it into one or more of the last ones, then vice versa for however much the elbow is weighted to the last arm tweak bones. Can't always change the direction of the tris in a quad, what might work for one position might get completely fucked up in another positon/anim/etc.

Sometimes, the increments in rotation between a limb's tweak bones during certain animations aren't relatively equal, and it can get messier if the weights aren't particularly feathered from loop to loop.

Again, stuff like this always varies - and Toys for Bob, Sanzaru and all the outsource studios who helped with Reignited are all miles more experienced and talented than I am with animation (and 3D in general), so I'm not in much of a position to whinge about it…even if there are times where analysing stuff makes me feel like I'm going to have a stroke.

word of advice do not look at the sleeping dogs' weight painting because holy jesus motherfucking christ

Take the big Carrot-Topped Monks from Dream Weavers during their death animation, for example. The sudden twist between tweak 1 and tweak 2 is doing a number on those polygons, and then up until the elbow it's relatively smooth sailing. With a little figurative and literal elbow grease, you can kinda alleviate how much the faces clip into each other on a lower-poly model!

Untwisting the loops can kinda sacrifice some of their width or general size, especially if shit's fucked from shoulder, elbow to wrist…

I might be able to fix that.

What I might not be able to fix is something regarding the small versions of these guys.

Look, this isn't my first time seeing limbs without gradual tweak bones, but um, I think this might be the first time I've seen an armature have those tweak bones while the model just straight up doesn't have any vertex groups for those bones.

The bones themselves are animated, but since tweak bones are in parenting chains stemming from a main bone and main bones are usually parented to other main bones…they're kinda unable to do anything here.

I've never added custom vert groups to my Deignited models before, so I'm not sure what'd happen if I did for the small Carrot-Topped Monks. Even then, I don't know if the order of the groups is a potential issue either in Blender itself, UE and/or Reignited.

Or if it'd just fuck up the animations in general.

Unfortunately there's only one way to find out - and that is trial and error.

I'd probably rather deal with this than fun eyelids. Looking at you, most of the fodder in Year of the Dragon…

[lizardsfromspace]

The way Oprah memory holed her own show is bonkers. Look up a clip from her show & if it's online, it's likely cut to pieces

Take her interview with James Frey. One of the most viewed television moments of the '00s. OWN's Youtube upload of it has this like-dislike ratio

Because it isn't the interview. It's a few second's worth of the interview, and otherwise two minutes of talking heads (TV Guide personalities & Oprah)

And I haven't been able to find it. This thing millions of people saw. I can find copious coverage of it, but it's not on Youtube, it's not on Archive, and you'd think it'd be on OWN's own archive of the Oprah Winfrey Show. But it just has the TV Guide retrospective, and video of a different interview conducted with James Frey five years later, towards the end of her show's run

It's like this with every clip, even innocent ones. Which Oprah content we see and what we don't is controlled judiciously, and primarily in the form of narrated over "retrospectives" that include anywhere from a few seconds to none of the original footage. There have been around 60 full episodes uploaded by OWN, a number that includes none of the (in)famous ones, and is a small number out of 4,500+. Now, few talk shows have any official record online, but it's not hard to find uploads of old VHS tapes bouncing around. But Oprah uploads are rare, and tend to disappear quickly

But how about the less innocent ones? Remember how Oprah heavily promoted The Secret? Well good luck finding it. There's still an old text article buried on her old website (this will be a theme), and it looks like clips from the episode were online at one point but were copystruck, but the only video we have of her promoting it is an upload of an appearance she made on Larry King.

A search for Jenny McCarthy will give you just one clip relating to autism: a short two minute one where she sits around while another celebrity discusses children with autism. It will bring up a text Q&A where she urges parents not to vaccinate - this is the only direct proof I can find of her multiple appearances pushing anti-vaxx beliefs on what was then America's biggest talk show; the rest is scrubbed clean

Hey, did you know James Frey wasn't the only (fictionalized) memoir she promoted? She also heavily promoted a book called Angel at the Fence that was debunked prior to publication & withdrawn. She had featured the couple it was about multiple times on her show, and called it the "greatest love story" she'd ever seen. Anyway our proof of this is a mention in an old text article. No videos, only a brief clip available online

Every now and then, an Oprah backlash threatens to emerge. She did do good in elevating the concerns of marginalized groups on mainstream TV, and in her role in the election of Obama. But looking back, her show was responsible for a lot of bad, too. A lot. Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil both came from her show; her show was the main force pushing basically every moral panic & pseudoscience of the 2000s; she promoted alt-med grifters with reckless abandon. Even her vaunted exposing of fake memorists has an asterisk, because the only reason any of that happened was because of a publishing industry hungry for confessional/inspirational trauma books (aka "misery lit")...because Oprah's constant recommendation of them had made them so popular. But the backlash always dissipates because, well, it's hard to sustain one when everyone is so decisively prevented from linking to the video of her doing the shitty thing

It's a dead talk show, but also one of the artifacts that most influenced the culture & politics of the 2000s and 2010s. When your show is credited with helping elect a President, with bringing an anti-science movement to America, with changing the publishing industry thanks to first the success of your book club and later the scandal of false memoirs being promoted repeatedly, you probably shouldn't be able to lock away all the messy bits in a video vault forever.

Anyway, remember that viral clip from her interview with Nathan Lane in 1996? The one where she tried to out him when he wasn't yet out, and Robin Williams covered for him? The one that went viral about a year ago?

I hope you remember it. Bc you may have some difficulty watching it again

One thing that's interesting about Dr. Phil is that his show is a spin-off of Oprah and one thing I've discovered, that's interesting, is that it's virtually impossible to find footage from Oprah's show. Go looking and you'll find it hard to find uncut clips of even well-liked famous moments; instead they're all intercut with commentary on the event. Interviews watched by tens of millions of people now exist only in twenty seconds of clips interspersed with talking heads telling us how to feel about it. Over 4,5000 episodes, almost all of it vaulted

Remember Oprah platforming anti-vaxxers and all kinds of alt-med scams and literary hoaxes? Uh, no you don't, prove it. She doesn't even let people see uncut footage of the Good Moments of her show (since she seems to be deeply embarrassed by literally all of it?) so of course she's burying any Bad Moments.

In conclusion the Rainbow Parties segment is one of the few full clips you'll find online intact, somehow. Enjoy.

[wondernus]

˗ˋˏ LIVE・ˎˊ˗

synopsis: having just finished composing a song a few hours ago, jihoon starts a live on his phone to sing to those who are feeling a little lonely at night. little does he know, your sleeping figure could be seen in the corner of his little livestream, causing his fans to go crazy.

pairing: ljh x reader

genre: fluff

tags: established relationship, public relationship, idol x non idol

wc: 1.24k

a/n: just a little something short I barely remember drafting at 4am. I haven't written an imagine in months so this was a nice change c: also squeezing a little something out of my braincells before I let my brain melt during the concert in a few days ahhh!!

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“I don’t really do this a lot,” he whispers while leaning forward in his seat to stare into his phone screen he set on his desk, propped loosely between his mechanical keyboard and his miniature sound board. “I usually upload videos, but I wanted to sing to you on live today.”

Thousands of hearts and messages pop up one after another, and Jihoon quickly reads through them as best as he can. Most of them are greetings from fans who are slowly joining his live, and some fans ask him why he’s whispering.

“Why am I whispering? It’s past midnight,” he chuckles. “I’m trying to keep my voice low so I don’t disturb anybody.”

His studio lights are off, and the LED lights color his studio in a lazy purple haze. Fans can see him rolling his seat over to the guitar rack near his work desk and return with an acoustic guitar. He tunes his strings a bit before positioning the capo on the neck of the guitar. He opens his desk drawer to grab a silicone guitar mute to tuck under his strings.

“Are you all getting ready to sleep?" his voice is tender and loving in this interaction. He finger picks a simple but sweet melody as he continues, "I wrote this a few hours ago and just wanted to share it with you tonight. Maybe it’ll bring comfort to those who are feeling a little lonely."

Jihoon was never the type of guy to act so caring in public and private. The most care he would show was to slap you on the back once in a while if you did something right. But him singing his fans to sleep? Him offering comfort in a time of loneliness? These are actions he would never do on his own before you came into his life. Now knowing what it feels like to have someone by his side, to have someone he never plans on letting go, he's become more sympathetic to others. He openly worries and cares for those who need that extra comfort.

“Where’s Yn? Ahh…” he awkwardly scratches his hair and shakes his head so that his hairs fall flat against his head. “Yn’s sleeping right now.”

There are replies about him avoiding the question, but he smiles into his lap while he hugs his guitar closer to his chest.

Despite the fact that your relationship with him has been public for a while, the two of you still choose to keep your relationship to yourselves. As much as his fans want to know more about Jihoon's love life, they respect the privacy of others. However, anybody can notice the positive changes your relationship has on him.

He seems happier - not exactly floating on cloud nine. Jihoon is not the type to do so, but he simply seems happier than he was before. There's a subtle type of warmth he exudes. He's smiling more than usual and pushing Soonyoung off him less in interviews. One time he patted Soonyoung’s hair while Soonyoung was leaning his head on his shoulder. It weirded out the older boy so much that he avoided Jihoon for the rest of the day.

In his studio, there is a tiny framed polaroid of the two of you smiling, cheeks touching and faces squished together, that leans against one of his large Bearbricks standing on his white cubed shelves. One of his minimized tabs on his desktop is a page for a Polaroid film bundle that comes with a mini photo album and a string with tiny clips to hang the photos on the wall. He thinks it would look good on the wall above the couch with tiny fairy lights. He’d probably hang pictures of his studio guests and his pictures of you on the strings once he has time to print them out.

He tells his fans to wait a few seconds while he pulls up the lyrics he finalized after you fell asleep. With nothing in mind but singing the song he wrote with you to his fans, he pulls his keyboard close to him. His phone slowly slides backwards onto his sound board, and his fans see nothing but the ceiling changing colors in slow waves from purple to blue. They hear him click on his mouse a few times before softly gasping when he notices his fallen phone.

He mumbles his apologies while propping his phone against whichever surface he finds. His head turns away from his livestream, checking on something behind him, but he quickly focuses back on his live. The phone is repositioned in a new angle that Jihoon isn’t really bothered to doublecheck as long as he is in the frame. It’s already pretty late, and he doesn’t want to keep his fans up for too long.

The song he sings is very short. With a simple down, down, up, down, down strum pattern, he sings about the feeling of having somebody he loves fall asleep on him. He describes the fear of moving when someone is resting on his shoulder – too afraid to wake them up. He wonders if they’re dreaming about him, if the version of him in their dreams is a better version of the real him. Casting doubts aside, he ends his song on a note about the difference between dream him and real him is that they chose to be with the real him.

There is a small but cheesy smile plastered on his face as he leans forward to look at the comments his fans are leaving. However, his smiling face turns into one of blatant confusion when he notices the chat box moving a lot quicker than usual. He can barely catch the comments as they zoom upwards along the left side of the screen. His mouth drops open and his eyebrows twist in confusion when the only comments he is able to catch are keyboard smashes and people talking about themselves crying. He awkwardly thanks his fans for staying awake and waves them goodnight before ending his livestream.

When he locks his phone, he turns around to look behind him. He sighs in relief when he sees you sleeping soundly on his old couch. He puts his guitar back on the guitar rack and makes his way over to you. He quietly squats in front of you, laughing through his nose when he sees the tiny pool of drool forming where the corner of your lips touch the cushion you’re using as a pillow. He readjusts his large jean jacket you’re using as a blanket and decides to quickly clean up around him before waking you up to go home with him.

Little does he know the two of you are trending on Twitter. There are screenshots and recordings of his live from when he was singing. More importantly, fans are going wild about seeing you sleeping soundly in the corner of his screen. Not only that, they notice his jacket draped over you, and you’re hugging a pair of matching plushies fans have deduced are supposed to represent the both of you. Many have already guessed that there was another person in the studio with Jihoon when he started whispering in his large studio and turned around to check on something. However, many are even happier to find out that the person was you.

A few hours later, Soonyoung posts a screenshot from the live with the caption: “When will it be my turn?”

forever taglist: @jiminismybabymochi, @anissanightyoung, @bat-shark-repellant, @woozarts, @jaycheoluwu, @staysstrays, @soobin-chois, @anothershorthuman, @hoohoohope, @bibinnieposts, @candidupped, @purpleglassesenthusiast, @seokshook

[horrorlesbo]

Some law of talos facts and info off the top of my head (by someone who's very hyper fixated and wants people to know more about it!!!!)

Apparently some people just didn't know that law of talos was an oc tournament 😭??? I thought that was basic info but I guess not! I'm not counting it being a tournament as a fact but more people not knowing (also some people didn't know unknown person had comics for before and after each animation??? There's literally YouTube videos with both idk what to tell you guys 💀)

Unknown persons entries are the most popular, but the 5th animation is non canon! The canon ending was by the winner Blacklillian but it's currently lost media :( there's a description of it on the lost media page, a few meantions of plot points on the tv tropes (example)

An ask + drawing related to what happened to Karl after on unknown person's tumblr (unknownpsn) we can also gather a tiny bit from the winner announcement post comments, the main point I've noticed is people talking about their disappointment in the lack of action and badly done Karl but praising the more satisfying ending. There was also apparently an epilogue by Blacklillian but that is also currently lost :(

Blacklillians entrees (along with the majority of others) are lost media! Some info can be gathered/interpreted from the lost media page and the tv tropes page (both linked at the bottom along with the intro/winner post for the contest and the wiki) A few entries are up although it's few and far between but I do encourage you to look for them on competitors' deviant art pages (I'll edit this and add list who's is up in a little while) here's a chart of the tournament though!

Here's chimbley's reference page which is the only known piece for his portion at the moment (please lmk if more has been found) *update you can buy the official chimbley archive on the artist Iris Jay's patreon for just 5 dollars :3 !!!!!

Chimbley's creator does have Twitter+tumblr but no longer makes content for him so savor what we have. We do know from the tv tropes page that chimbley was more flight than fight and all his competitors were disqualified rather than beaten in a combat (makes me giggle really hard ngl 😭)

Climber and Karl (and Rachel + Clarice obviously) are both part of the unreleased.... comic? Series? (Whatever it was going to be!) Called Castle of nations by unknown person (ofc)! There's not a ton known about it as the actual media was never released/finished and unknown person stopped posting in 2016 but there's lots asks + content on his tumblr if you want to look into it some

Karl was not going to wish for Rachel back despite common misconception! According to unknown person he was actually going to wish for an unlimited power supply to escape the amusement park permanently

There's a silly joke cosplay video called "law of talos chimbley vs Karl live action" that's available on the internet archive but someone uploaded the whole thing on tik tok (linked here) chimbley does a heel click at 8:22 i feel it's important everyone see it.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRgK62j8/

People have also been uploading the voice actors singing various Christmas songs in character I haven't seen them all but I know Karl's video (What's this- the nightmare before Christmas) is pretty available and a clip of Chimbley's (little drummer boy) as also recently been uploaded. I think I saw Steffi's at one point but I don't remember it like at all sorry (EDJT I FOUND IT GUYS I'LL LINK IT BECAUSE IT'S HARDER TO FIND THAN THE OTHER TWO I MENTIONED)

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRgw7FhS/

Speaking of Steffi!!!!! She stars in her very own webcomic "Kiwi Blitz"!!! I'll link it here :3

That's all I can think of for rn I'll make another post if I get more info on the lost media or if I think/learn anything else!!! Here are the links to the law of talos intro/winner post, lost media page, wiki, and TV tropes!!! Once again I encourage you to look through them if you haven't!!!

[thetaekookcloset]

Taekook at Busan Rehearsals

I've gotten a couple of links sent in from different people of a couple of these (frankly wild lol) moments from today's rehearsal in Busan, and I honestly anticipate that I'll likely get more -- at least, I've seen more and wouldn't mind talking about them -- so I'm just going to make a post about it.

If you're trying to avoid seeing anything about the rehearsals at all (though to clarify, I'm not really talking about spoilers for the real show, just moments that happened during the rehearsal), you can skip this one!

1. Jungkook undressing Taehyung

Like he really did that lmao!

From what I've seen, it sounds like the full moment began with Taehyung going around and pulling up/possibly tightening everyone's hoodies. He was the only one not wearing one of them. I saw someone say that as he was pulling on their hoods, a couple of the members tugged at his sweater, but I haven't seen video of that.

Then when he'd finished, Jungkook did what's shown in the link above: he reached over and unbuttoned one button on Taehyung's sweater, which he appears to have done with a huge smile.

This is a longer clip which shows a lot more of the moment. It seems that not only did Jungkook unbutton Taehyung's sweater, he also tugged down the sleeve, revealing Tae's whole shoulder, and then when Tae moved away (you can see in some clips that he was laughing), Jungkook beckoned for him to come back. When Tae did, Jungkook pulled the shoulder down again.

At that point, Taehyung moved to stand directly in front of Jungkook and pulled the other shoulder down to match (Namjoon helped lol), which made both Tae and JK laugh a lot and Taehyung sang that way for a moment. In this upload you can see Tae a bit better just to have a better idea lol, if you've somehow missed seeing this trending on Twitter.

There's also a part where Tae sort of bends over and Jungkook has his hand on his waist/back, and a friend mentioned that it sort of looks like Jungkook was pushing him down?? It's hard to tell for sure, but he was definitely touching him.

Another friend also reached out with this clip, which seems to imply that Jungkook originally tried to cover Tae up more (which would fit with the fact that Taehyung was covering up the other members too) but Taehyung resisted it, and that was when Jungkook opened the button. I'm not sure whether that's accurate or not, but I figured I'd share it!

Honestly this whole moment is so wild to me! Jungkook teasing Taehyung by pulling his clothes down is already next level, but then Taehyung moving to stand in front of Jungkook directly, getting undressed even further, and then turning to him and both of them smiling like that!! How am I even supposed to have coherent thought about this, honestly??

I can almost, almost, say that maybe this is all just standard, typical Bangtan shenanigans, maybe dialed up a bit because they knew not many people could see them or see them well anyway, but the fact that Taehyung moved to get directly in front of Jungkook before pulling his sweater down just makes this seem unavoidably suspicious at the least.

2. Linking arms

I haven't come across this one on Twitter yet, although I'm sure it's there somewhere or will be soon, but in a bit of a tone shift, look! at! this! clip!!

There's not really so much to say about this one, just the two of them walking around a bit and while Jungkook had his hand in the pocket of his hoodie, Taehyung stuck really close to him and put his hand through Jungkook's arm and kind of held onto him by the look of it, but oh man! So cute!!

If I try to have some Thoughts about this, rather than just screeching endlessly into the void, it's nice because it's yet another example of the two of them sticking close together (people don't call them magnets for nothing) and also it's just such a sweet little gesture. It's very soft of them, and you know how I feel about that.

3. Taehyung on his knees

And then in another abrupt change in tone, we have this!!! Y'all -- when I tell you I don't even know what to make of this!!

Is this what it looks like?? I genuinely don't know. The quality is obviously pretty bad, it's blurry and far away and there's a lot of camera movement, but it certainly looks like Jungkook gestured for Taehyung to get down, and then when Taehyung only bent over, Jungkook pushed him?? Onto his knees????

I don't even know how to say this lol! I don't even know if I want to say it! But it sure looks like that's what's happening here!!

I've only seen this one angle/video of this moment, so it's definitely possible that more will come out later (if it's not out already and I just haven't seen it yet) that will give a better idea of what's going on here, but honestly no matter how it happened, Taehyung still ended up on his knees facing Jungkook and I'm not going to lie, I'm probably going to be stuck here for a while. I won't be analyzing this one lol.

I can't even handle these two today. I wonder if they were just getting out all of their wild during this rehearsal since they'll likely all be behaving in a more-reserved-than-usual way for the concert itself (I'm guessing).

Whatever the reason, I can't say I haven't been enjoying watching these moments come out over the course of the day. This was some pretty suspicious stuff in my opinion, especially this last one (although maybe I say that just because I've seen the first moment so many times at this point).

It's really so fun and lovely just to see them playing around like this! I'm assuming they had to have known that people could see them, at the very least after yesterday. Even if they couldn't see or hear fans, their staff must have told them they were visible from outside, so I've just been enjoying the chance to see them being playful and a little, shall we say, unhinged. Whatever was going on today, I adore them.

I'm curious about any other moments people have seen that I've missed here, and any thoughts/opinions you might have about these!

[musette22]

https://twitter.com/freshdarIing/status/1651349239409045505?t=x9DMSA9VzbVIqgJjN1_M9w&s=19 this thread of today's zoom 🥺

the answer i liked the most was when he was asked something he was grateful for (or so i read) and he answered he's grateful that his mom I'd alive and healthy 🥺 and because he has a solid thing, whatever that means but it makes me so happy for him 💓, he spoke about his body dysmorphia again, if he wasn't an actor he'd be a teacher 🥺 THE BROADWAY CALL!!! 😭😭😍😍😍 and he said he'll call another actor he knows so he does it with him 👀 HE WANTS CHRIS TO RETURN THE FAVOR OF THE CAMEO LMAO 😍😍😍 another potential reunion in the future!!! the book he's reading sounds super interesting!!! 🤔🧐

Aaaaaaaahhh oh my god, this MAN 🥺🥺🥺🥺 He is SO wonderful, I'm just!!!! Overwhelmed with love for him right now, and I haven't even seen this whole call, just some clips and read some threads! I really really hope Don uploads the full thing at some point 🙏🏻

But god, Sebastian talking about how much he loves his mom will always get to me, especially now that we've actually seen them together 😭 And I could definitely see him being a teacher!! Those clips from the Ghetto Film School (?) definitely showed he'd be excellent at that!

AND THE BROADWAY SHOW!!!! OMGGG!!! If he does that, I am DEFINITELY GOING, I'm not kidding. Please please please Seb, accept that offer!!! You know you want to!!!! And as for who he might ask to do it with him........ It's probably too much to hope for that it would be Chris (Paul Walter Hauser does seem like a more likely option for various reasons), but it's not impossible........

IMAGINE??? 😵😵😵