#anyway my thought was 'it would be very funny if the vibes of the Reality and Pyroland segments of MtP were swapped'

[chaoticwriting]

Gotham New Rogue 2

It's been a few weeks since Danny started to become the Trickster. To be honest, it is working very well. His core is expanding fast as ectoplasm is regenerating faster than ever before. He is also slowly developing new abilities and gaining more control and powers to his already established abilities.

For instance, Danny used to struggle making clones, but now he can easily create dozens of them with just a thought. He can also change his clothes to whatever he imagines using ectoplasm now. His ice power is also stronger and easier to control. His superhuman body is developing and slowly getting stronger and faster.

Overall, Danny will say that make a smart decision to become a rogue especially since no one has caught him yet. Danny is currently laying on top of a building watching the sun slowly set in the horizon. His stomach suddenly grumbles and he decides to hit the shack before he gets to "work" tonight.

Jumping off the roof, Danny lands and walks to the nearest Batburger while still wearing his rogue suit. He has a totally funny idea today and it involves him being seen in public. Entering the Batburger is like entering a library for some reason. As soon as he enters, everyone goes deathly quiet.

Danny slowly walks towards the cashier and orders his food.

Danny: 5 sets of set C please.

Cashier: Ermm, that will be 60 bucks.

Danny: Here.

After paying for the food, Danny gets his food and sits at one of the tables alone. It's only after he is through his 3rd set that reality is set in for the people. They begin to move and contrary to Danny's expectations, approach him to ask for pictures. Danny allows them some pictures and unknowingly raises his status as Gotham's friendliest rogue.

Suddenly, a white man that screams rich guy, a woman with blonde hair and a black guy wearing Signal's merch approach him. Danny has learned a lot of things from his 14 years of life and 2 years of half life and Danny knows when a rich guy approaches you, it's never good (Sam doesn't have the rich vibe).

Rich guy: Hello Trickster! May we have a meal with you?

Danny: Sure.

Rich guy: Ah, how rude of me. My name is Timothy Jackson Drake-Wayne. These two are my friends, Stephanie Brown and Duke Thomas. You can call me Tim by the way.

Danny: Sure, Tim.

They sit opposite him with their meals and try to make small talks with him while eating. The trio realize that Danny seems to respond a lot better when Steph or Duke is the one to ask the question.

Steph: So, Trickster. Why don't you like my friend here?

Duke: Way to go in being subtle, Steph. Why not ask who is he really next?

Steph: Hey, I can't help it you know. He seems so snarky whenever Tim asks questions. I wanna know if Tim pissed him off or something.

Danny: He is rich, right?

Duke: Err, yes?

Steph: Let's say he is. Why does that matter?

Danny: I hate rich people. And government. But who doesn't hate the government?

Duke: So, eat the rich?

Danny: Yes.

Steph: Cool cool. We are also here just so we could leech him off anyway. We're not really friends.

Tim: Ow, you hurt me by saying that. What happened to our vow of eternal friendships?

Steph: I cross my fingers.

Duke: I lie.

Danny: Hahahaha. You're like my friends.

Tim: You have friends?

Danny: Of course I have friends. And unlike you I don't need money to have friends.

Tim: Sorry sorry. Are your friends also rouges?

Danny: Wouldn't you like to know? Last I need is Batman investigating my friends. I'm sure Batman is part of you rich people group chat or something.

Steph and Duke: *Snickers*

Tim: *Glares at the two* Why would you think Batman is in contact with the rich people?

Danny: Isn't it obvious? Batman has all these high tech gadgets and is always there fast whenever a Wayne is kidnapped. I would even say Batman is being sponsored by the Wayne.

Danny: I also don't like most heroes in general. They are just the government lapdog doing whatever the government wants.

Tim, Steph and Duke frowned at that statement. From the way Danny speaks, it is clear that he has some history against the government. Him being here also means he is at least confident enough to run away if any of the bats are here. Is it just blind confidence or a truly competent ability will remain to be seen.

Tim is just about to refute him when Danny suddenly stands up. All of them tensed up and ready for battle when Danny turns towards one side of the window, waves and disappears right in front of them. They are very confused and when they turn towards the direction Danny was just looking at, they see Batman and Black Bat right on the rooftop across the building.

Batman and Tim nod to each other and they all return to the caves.

-Batcave-

Tim: So you all hear the conversation right?

Dick: Except at the end where the sound becomes blurred for a moment, we hear everything.

Tim: Good. So what are your thoughts on this?

Damian: It is pretty self explanatory Drake. He has a personal hatred towards the government and that extends to all bodies of government or people he thought is connected to the government.

Tim: But why though? Is the hatred towards the government something as simple because he is a criminal? Or is there something else towards it?

Bruce: There is nothing to find about him currently with our limited resources about him. Return to the manor for today and take some rest. We will investigate it later.

All of them return to the manor and rest for the night.

-2 weeks later-

The Trickster is standing in front of an unconscious and tied up Batman. He is giggling loudly that evolves into full blown laughter.

He takes off Batman's belt and starts to pull out stuff one after another. Soon, he found the item that he needed.

Trickster: Hahahahahahaha. I have finally got it. The strongest weapon in the world!

The batfam that is watching the live broadcast shiver as they watch Trickster holds out the black object high in the sky.

[gophergal]

TFTober 4 - Provision

[glytchedmuffins]

Okay, so, I talked about some Sampo thoughts before, but I never really talked about the whole poem thing, which seems to be a must when talking about this man so here we go.

I've seen many takes regarding the Sampo of Kalevala and Sampo Koski, his true identity, what role he plays and etc.

I personally have yet to read it, so most of my knowledge is based on wikipedia and tumblr.

I did notice that the theory that Sampo's real name is Ilmarinen (no idea if I spelled that correctly), the creator of The Sampo, is somewhat popular.

But, what if Sampo IS The Sampo? Like his name is actually Sampo Koski, it's not a fake name.

Like, let's say Sampo was born on Kalevala like most people believe, and let's say he was born there years ago, like, hundreds of years ago.

I say that because Sampo always gave me ancient vibes, which is why he calls himself an old timer, and if we go with the theory that he is an Emanator, then it is definitely plausible.

Anyways, back to Kalevala, if Sampo had left the planet hundreds of years before now, then it would make sense that stories of Sampo would change as time went on, eventually becoming the poem we know, when it wasn't how it really happened.

Basically, The Sampo of Kalevala is about Sampo Koski himself but hundreds of years of oral story telling led to it changing and you can now no longer tell it was about a person.

This can also create other ties, for example, The Sampo was stolen by a powerful entity and eventually lost, which could be Aha yoinking Sampo off the planet in reality, which to them was probably very confusing.

Why would Aha do this? Well, we know for a fact that the planet has gone to war over a powerful artifact before (gestures over to Guyun) and it def fits into Aha's MO to start a war.

After all, we do know there was battle after The Sampo was stolen in the poem.

But wait, you may probably not ask, Sampo is a living being, not an atrifact! Which to that I raise Sampo's lines from the recent events that show that this man sees all relationships as transactional and expects people to see him as a tool, so.

And if this is true, this would mean Sampo had the power the grant endless riches to people, and knowing people, he was no doubt only seen as a way to get rich rather than as a person.

Would explain why he joined the Masked Fools in the first place, before he grew older and realized these people sucked too, especially if they knew about the Emanator thing, and he proceeded to fuck off to Belobog where he was probably treated as a person and not a god/tool.

So to sum up; Sampo was born on Kalevala many ember eras ago, was able to grant people riches, was used and seen as a tool, Aha thought it would be funny to remove Sampo from the planet and start a war, Sampo joins the Elation as a means of escape, regrets it, goes to Belobog to escape, again, grows attached, and now has to embrace his powers and Emanator status instead of running away to protect the place he can finally call home.

[thebestusernamepossible]

Thoughts combining two of three of my biggest interests rn

Isat x Gravity falls (note I’m role swapping, but if the roles had romance between them please note that it’s platonic now. Like the people in the Isa and Sif roles aren’t being shipped. Likewise, if I put someone in the gravity falls roles and they are being shipped I don’t ship those GF characters necessarily.)

Anyway, GF characters in isat roles

Siffrin -> Mabel. Her whole thing is that she doesn’t want to lose the people she loves and she tries to hold onto them, accidentally causing the apocalypse. Sounds VERY similar to Sif’s whole deal tbh. Mabel is also someone who acts as the ‘funny jokes person’ in her group, similarly to Siffrin, and controversy i’d say it’s a bit of a protective layer for both of them. Also the way Siffrin’s loops works and how he almost seems to crave them near the end and how Mabel was in the bubble can be parallels. Do you see the vision???

Odile-> Dipper. OK HEAR ME OUT!!! I know you’re going ‘no Ford would be Odile!!!’ WRONG! First of all, no Dipper is scrappy in a way Odile is and Ford isn’t (Ford is badass and kinda unhinged but he’s not ‘scrappy’ even when going insane). Also Dipper is generally more pessimistic and less gullible than Ford. Dipper and Odile are both people with a thirst for knowledge who don’t like not knowing things. Both these characters have a clear ambition, but are similarly grounded in how much they CARE. Also Ford could never pull off the sus quest, but I think Dipper could 100%. Also also Dipper and Odile are doing the same type of shenanigans to me (-awkward teen boy things).

Isabeau-> Stan. Hmmmmmmmmm…. Changing everything about yourself until the old you is dead because you hate yourself? Being too much of a coward to communicate with the people you love despite them meaning everything to you? Refusing to acknowledge how smart you are and acting dumb (well ok this one is a stretch because Stan actually thinks he’s stupid, but he TAUGHT HIMSLEF TO REBUILD THE PORTAL???? FORD needed BILLS help for that! Ofc Stan had some of Fords notes, but like…. He taught himslef complex physics to PUNCH A HOLE IN REALITY. I think it applies.)? Yeah Isa and Stan are weirdly good parallels.

Mirabelle-> Ford. I’m mostly relating him to Mira becaus Sif the way he felt like he was solely responsible for killing Bill weighed on him. This isn’t the most 1-1, but Mira is someone who is different from her peers. She follows a belief of change while being the most aroace autistic invidual ever who wants to stay the same execpt she gets to be a scholar and learn everything. OK FORD. Also I think if the Change God pulled a Bill Cipher on her she would also become a Sci-Fi hero and go try to fucking kill it, Ty <3

Bonnie-> Pacifica? Sorry the pines family is four members and none of them except maybe Mabel fit into the Bonnie slot, and Maybel is better as Sif to me. They could theoretically be Soos or Wendy who sometimes get added but none of them give Bonnue vibes and also if you have one you need the other.

Loop-> I so BADLY want to say Dippy Fresh…. so I will. Loop is Dippy fresh, fuck you. (Created from a wish of an alternate Mabel wishing that somewhere she had company while going isane? For a Dipper that understood the Loops? Idk.) OR MAYBE!!!! Anti-Mabel????? Alternatively she’s ‘Shooting Star’ (Mabel in a loop situation)

King-> Bill. Do I need to explain this? Pathetic horrible guys who have sympathetic backstories but are sopping wet assholes

Change-> axolotl

Euphie- J the Unswerving (Oracle)

[user-needs-new-hyperfixation]

Trying to start a giant-ass meta on why I ship Mycroft/Albert and what there is to see of it and right off the bat I'm like...I want people to look at every single panel of their interactions.

No, it's not Sherliam levels. And BIG OLD DISCLAIMER: very little of what I'm going to present here is like "We were clearly intended to read it this way." I'll always argue that Sherliam is meant to be romantic: it hits so many well-established notes and tropes it's almost impossible to think otherwise. MycAl is a bit different. I do think it's definitely like...we're welcome and even invited to see it. But a LOT of my shipping it comes from the way I personally read and interpret things. So this is about explaining what I'm seeing that makes me ship it, rather than trying to be like "This is canon and you should agree with me." Anyway, for reference, I'll be using the official translation as far as it goes and then swapping to teawaffles' wonderful translation for the rest!

So...like right off the bat throughout the entirety of their Chapter 4 interactions their body language and expressions and ways of talking are so flirty? (Also, I still find it funny that in the manga Mycroft is introduced before Sherlock and thus Mycal is introduced before Sherliam. Older bros first lol.)

Maybe it's just that 2 decades on the internet have skewed me towards reading suggestiveness into everything, but the way Mycroft addresses Albert feels so flirtatious even if he's literally just being normal. "And what would an Indian Army official such as yourself want from an intelligence official such as myself this late in the evening?" Like...am I crazy? Does that not kinda sound like a porn intro? 😂 (This could also be Sherliam Side-effects. The way they call each other Professor and Detective in That One Scene is like...almost undeniably foreplay. Now every time anyone calls each other by title/profession/rank is this series I assume they're hitting on each other.)

But also Albert is just so...handsy throughout that scene. He's touching Mycroft's knickknacks, and just sort of limp-wristing all over the place. And I mean, I think that's just one of Albert's public-facing personas (customer service peeps, you know what's up) but it definitely lends itself to the existence of Vibes.

Anyway, there's this parallel of "You have my attention. What do you want?" that I think is kinda neat. (But look how comparatively sad Mycroft looks in the second version!!!)

Chapter 4:

Chapter 23:

Btw, in Scandal in the British Empire...why does Mycroft introduce himself to the Queen? Never mind, not why we're here. Again, my weird innuendo sensors perk up in Chapter 17 at "I did not drag you out of bed this early for nothing." Maybe it's because my perception of Victorian niceties, whether it's factual or not, is that there was this sense of avoiding talk of physical realities. We don't speak of pregnancy, we speak of "her condition" and "confinement." We don't "go to bed," we "retire." And so on. So conversely, it feels almost suggestive to even acknowledge that someone was in bed. In whatever state of undress the might imply. *Kellen Goff Sasaki voice:* OOOH how sCanDaLOus. (Mind you I DON'T believe there is anything of authorial intent in this, again, just trying to explain the factors that make me read things a certain way.)

The little mind games: Albert immediately recognizing that he's being tested, and Mycroft well aware that something is off, that he and Albert are using each other to their own ends. All juicy ship ingredients.

Then there's this...I can't articulate why it's important. But it is. Something about mouths and thoughts. If I wasn't terribly lazy, I'd go digging for examples in various manga series and I have a pretty firm suspicion that I could prove that, often, Mouth-Focus Thinking Panel + Name = Ship.

Jumping forward to the start of The Riot in New Scotland Yard (Chapter 29), Mycroft's demeanour has really changed. During the meeting at the British Museum he's radiating "I'm not angry I'm just disappointed" energy. He's tense, he's not sure if the Moriartys are enemies and when he understands their plan he seems understandably sad about it even as he accepts it. But now, he's radiating an almost Sherlock-like excitement. He's just gotten to see a miniature version of The Plan in action during the Jack the Ripper case, and it worked. He says he's just visiting Albert as an acquaintance (read: friend in Mycroftian), and that's what it feels like. They're chummy. It's cute. Also Albert teasing Mycroft over his squabbles with Sherlock when he leaves? When did Albert find out about that, hmm? (I mean, could be spying of course. But I like to think it just suggests they've talked more than we've seen.)

Annnnnd....cutting this part off here because I'm bored of it for now and it's long. I'll do the rest when the mood strikes. 😂

[misc-obeyme]

Lesson 32 spoilers below (including the hard lesson, though it is labelled as such):

My poor baby Levi. After all that, he blamed himself. It's perfectly understandable for him to be upset about MC trying to leave. And yet he was convinced that he didn't deserve to feel that way. Please my heart can't take any more of this.

HOWEVER.

We didn't even get to see his Little D at all. I wonder if we'll see him at some point after the flood? It just seems like we've met everyone else's...

ALSO.

A looooot of talking about MC's special room this time. I no longer think these are the past brothers/characters. At this point, I think these are all the same characters, even Solomon. That's why we've never seen past Solomon. Because he isn't there.

I think it's some kind of spell/curse/magic that has transported everyone back to the past. (Or a simulated version of the past.) Everyone but Solomon and MC lost their memories, making it so their memories start at that moment in the past that they were sent to. It isn't that they are past versions of the brothers. It's that they're the same versions, but sent to the past with their memories wiped. And yet despite whatever magic did that (or perhaps a deliberate flaw of it), they get vibes from MC's old room.

This is the only explanation that makes sense to me anymore. It's the only way they can have feelings about MC's room, the only way characters like Luke can talk about how it feels right to spend time with Simeon and Solomon, likely the only reason we've never met or had to worry about past Solomon. I think this truth is what Solomon told Simeon at the end of season one (I don't quite remember what lesson it was). I think Barbatos knows because for some reason the magic doesn't work on him, but he's going along with it.

It just doesn't make sense otherwise. In this lesson they discuss how the feelings they get from that room are getting stronger.

I think that when MC has made pacts with all of them again, everybody gets their memories back. And this new experience of the past is the one they remember as reality. A way to retcon the past without changing the OG story.

I know people have speculated about this before, I am not at all the first person to think this is the case. But the more I think about it, the more this seems like the only plausible scenario?

And the only scenario in which we aren't abandoning a version of the brothers that we've come to love. Because it's actually been the same set of brothers all along.

Still have no clue who Nightbringer is or what the purpose of doing any of this is. And I could be way off base here. But I guess we'll see.

Hard Lesson:

I would also like to say that of course Solomon made the inside of the boat a freakin' castle. THOUGH. OH SHIT.

I was legit just gonna talk about how funny I thought that was, but isn't it just another example of the fact that Solomon can create entirely different worlds with magic? Though if Solomon is the one who created another world, it seems weird that his magic would also be declining in that world? Though he can clearly make entire ark-castles so maybe it's not as bad as it seemed?

ALTHOUGH I think it would be very interesting if Nightbringer is using Solomon's magic (or making Solomon use his magic) to create this alternate past. And Solomon's magic is fading because he's using so much of it to maintain that place. (MC's magic fading might be more about trying to impart urgency so they'll make pacts faster.)

ANYWAY. This is all speculation obviously lol. Solomon is a silly guy who loves MC so I think the only way he could be actually involved is if Nightbringer is somehow forcing him. (Like he might do all of that if it's going to, say, save MC's life in the end or something.)

Ugh I'm so tired of speculating lol. Any time I'm like okay but what if...? I end up writing myself in circles trying to figure things out.

This whole Nightbringer thing better be DONE by the end of this season or I am going to be UPSET.

Anyway, we all know you did CPR to save us, Levi, it's okay. You can say it tee hee. <3

[bonvoyagenoona]

Is the SO the pseudo-Yoongi???

Lol the SO is not the pseudo-Yoongi that I was posting about from a couple of years back, but I met him around the same time, and he is arguably even more Yoongi-esque!

Please forgive me, as I will take any and every opportunity to gush about this wonderful human:

He's an old soul, super gentle and very bashful.

He says he's not an audiophile, but that's just because he's humble. He knows a lot about music, recently got me new speakers, and even used to DJ!

His love language is acts of service. Especially cooking.

He's an amazing listener, and he gives me such helpful perspectives on things.

His baseline is stoic and professional unless he's getting really into a song, amped up by a video game, or playing with his/our sweet old man dog!

When we first started dating, we were in the checkout line at the grocery store, and I saw a magazine with BTS on the cover. By this point, he already knew about our beautiful fanfic bubble and my experiences writing and posting, but he didn't really know much about BTS. So I motioned to the magazine cover and asked, "Which do you think is Yoongi?" And he immediately, effortlessly, wordlessly pointed Yoongi out. I asked him how he knew, and he said, "Well, I looked at them all and just kinda picked the person I thought was most similar to me?" 🤣

Our strong compatibility makes life very easy. We've been together for nearly 2 years now. We have lived together for a year and 4 months, and we love each other very much. We're very happy. I'm very, very happy 🥹

In some ways, I feel like writing my stories manifested him? Whatever fantasies I have are more quickly brought to reality because he brings them to life. One day, we'll be entertaining Countermelody Yoongi sexy fun times 🤣😜 and another day, it's more Kittenfishing Yoongi best friend vibes, Arizona Iced Teas in hand as we stroll around and have one of our philosophical chats.

I'm also learning so many new things. I get wisps of inspiration to share more of what I'm experiencing now, in this chapter of my life. But I suspect that before I write a big project again, I need to live more of it.

The works I wrote from 2020-2022 were all these stories that had been piling up in me up until that point, like my experiences in academia, or my switch to industry, or how my experiences as a woman and as an immigrant intersect with those other life themes. So you could say that I'm almost doing another round of life research, making observations and processing new and even bigger emotions.

One really cool thing that he always does is check in with me to make sure I have creative time set aside. And he'll even build story prompts with me the way I used to. I have notes on my phone of one-liners and banter he's shared with me that I think would be particularly nice to sprinkle into a work, haha.

He cheers me on, too. Something funny or interesting will happen, and then he'll say something like, "That's a good one. You could even get pretty smutty with it. You should write it!"

Anyway lol. Thanks for indulging me and my late-night thoughts about my SO, lol. I feel very lucky. I am following where this is leading me. And I can't wait to share more of what I'm experiencing through writing again!

[mecachrome]

Hi k! I love reading your ojp scholarship, as he has crept up on me and taken over my brain. Weird question but why do you think he picked Lando as his guy to be a bit weird about?

hi anon 🥺 first off thank u for indulging me & also that is not a weird question at all!!!

ok obviously this is just me saying Anything so i apologize in advance T__T but tbh i think a lot of it ultimately goes back to the idea of lando's ~Proximity~ and how a very specific mélange of career circumstance laid out a foundation for oscar's interest extremely early on... which. let me explain!!! more behind the cut:

not to go on too much of a tangent but if you look at the current drivers in f1 who are roughly within a few years of oscar's age and could have feasibly been someone he'd looked up to coming up the ranks, i'd say the cutoff is like, 2018? so the group is basically charles/george/alex/lando, of whom the first 3 were alr in intrepid together (albeit in diff categories) when oscar had barely started karting at all. also alex moved up to single-seaters very early and his career/road to f1 is obviously a lot more complex than the others, so in reality the only ones oscar would have properly "followed" are lando and george, and then having gone through rfm & british f4 himself it makes sense that he'd lean more toward lando.

...idk how to put this succinctly but basically it's Like: so you're a kid in australia who believes in yourself so much you're willing to move halfway across the globe and attend boarding school by yourself while all your friends and family and the World As You've Always Known It grows and changes without you, and the team you're determined to prove yourself at has semi-recently achieved victory with a guy named lando norris, who is now british f4 champion and runs three separate series the same year you move to europe and goes on to win them all, who is extremely accessible on social media and is kind of awkward but charming and uses dumb unfunny gifs that match your level of online humor exactly, and all the while you're learning to navigate a new country, learning what it really means to prioritize the endless grind of motorsport, and you wouldn't dare look too far ahead into the future but sometimes you see him and think if he can keep winning everything then why not you?

So. also i think what always krills meeee about young_814 lore is that you have to really envision what they looked like circa 2016 like they were undersized dweebs for a majority of their lives!!! anyway. but also nasdlfnagk every time oscar is like i thought you were 30 with your goatee going on haha xD it's like U knowww he's flashing back to that image of little baby lando in his mind..... ok i need to relax.

there are of course other people oscar could have been weird about but in the end it's kind of just a Skill Issue thing / matter of attrition. like from the rfm pack max and logan and guanyu never progressed the same way lando did, and you also have to remember that by the time lando was a mclaren junior he was genuinely their Golden BoyTM, and i know we often talk about lando's competency kink but oscar is also similar to that but in like a ........ he needs to respect you on some fundamental level to be obsessed with you. so the fact that he genuinely rates lando contributes (imo) massively to the fundamentals of their dynamic!!!

also tbh to me one of oscar's biggest mental strengths is specifically that he isn't a very sentimental person, as in if he left to another team i don't think he'd be torn up or anything about not having lando as a teammate lol. but i DO believe he's someone who adapts very well to unfamiliar environments and is always willing to match someone's energy/meet them where they're at (again - especially when he respects them), so he's basically the perfect person to vibe with lando's idiosyncrasies and engage in all the lighthearted push/pulling they have going on. because like he genuinely thinks lando is funny and is more than happy to follow along his meandering bantz and the weirder lando is the weirder oscar is in response and that's just how they Work ?__? so At the end of the day it's: oscar was once a teenage boy who followed (still does) at ladbible instagram and watched the same gaming streamers lando likes or whatever and has seen lando grow into the man he is today (way more confident and "visible" and successful, very much a menace, brutally honest as ever) from this Very Specific vantage point of basically the only other junior after lando to have followed the same path to f1 and been Equally as good / achieved the same stock.

*__* does any of that make sense. 

do u ever think about how lando (extensively nurtured by the team as their only junior) and oscar (basically crashlanded belatedly into his seat) are the only driver pairing in team history to have both debuted with mclaren........ do you ever think about how in a way lando's karting success indirectly influenced oscar's move to europe. do you ever think about how if alpine weren't an abject mess we would have never gotten 814 as teammates and lando would have just been Another Guy On The Grid to him........ 😮‍💨

[koicrimes]

since hardly no one is online today i think i'll take this opportunity to share my thoughts on succession thus far (i'm on episode 7)

so far, i think ep 6 is the one that had me the most engaged. like, i was in the middle of cooking and i had to turn my tv toward the kitchen so that i could multitask bc hearing it wasn't enough hahaha

im still not entirely sure if i'm invested enough to have favorites or anything so far. tho, i guess i do have like 3 characters that i have very strong feelings about but only one of them is positive lol.

i think if anything, right now as everything stands, i most want to see them all rip each other apart. i want to see many of them broke. a couple of them could die too and that'd be great. and (as it stands) i want greg to gtfo of there and be free- but im geting ahead of myself.

again, these are MY thoughts and i'm only on episode 7. so everything is subject to change. tbh, idk who the 'fan' favorites are bc i never paid attention when people were constantly talking about this show and i dont think i care to know.. i'm trying to avoid anything online succession related to that i cant form my own opinion. so, this is all me. ANYWAY:

-i really like the little theme song that plays at the intro and throughout the episodes. i saw a meme about it once but i didn't have any context so i never thought much about it. but yeah, it's nice.

-the dialogue can be so awkward sometimes but it's mostly grown on me. like, there are some instances where i can't help but wonder if the writer and director (dont know them) were like, 'alright, here's your scenario. this is how your character feels about it. character b make sure you mention this. annnnd ACTION!' hahaha. like, sometimes they just feel more improvised that scipted which i guess makes these people seem a little more human to me-- i could elaborate more but i feel like i've been on this point for too long.

-ya know how most shows, you're given a clear person to root for? yeah, i dont have that here. which i imagine may be the point? oh! but there is greg but, unless the character himself is acting, he's so naive and malleable that i can't help but feel like he's gonna be tainted and there will be a major character shift in the opposite direction at some point. which breaks my heart for him :( i hope instead he's more so hardened by he realities of the circle he's in now and decides he wants no part of it but i can't imagine a scenario where that happens and he remains on the cast long term. so.. hey fingers crossed! lol

since i'm still not entirely sure of the overarching plot here besides, spoiled, power hungry wealthy people behave like spoiled, power hungry wealthy people, i wont speak too much about how i feel about the story overall or where i think it's going. i've got faith in it tho. so i look forward to seeing how it unfolds.

instead, i'm gonna share my thoughts on the characters:

logan: truly cannot stand him. if i ever worked for him, he'd be the boss that i'd avoid like the plague and consider slitting my own throat if i ever found myself stuck in an elevator with him. im not entirely sure what of his behavior is a lingering result of his medical thing and what of it is just him. but of the things i've pieced together is just him, i hate. cant stand him. would love less of him. the guy that plays him does a phenomenal job lmao. atp, im convinced logan would call me the n-word in the most casual of conversations and not bat an eye.

marcia: i dont have too much to say here. i mean, i can't figure it out but i feel like i don't trust her... but also, i'd love it if she robbed logan blind <3

roman: is a dickhead but he's outwardly a dickhead and i can respect that. i've always found myself drawn to those types in my fiction lol. something i think is funny is that he immediately gave me rich white cokehead vibes and although i dont recall ever seeing him do coke on screen, i feel vindicated from all the lines referring to him as such with different ways lmao. initially, i worried i'd crush on him but i saw how he treated that woman- idk if she's his wife or gf but that immediately turned me off. which is great bc i can't afford anymore fictional crushes.

shiv: my biggest grip with her is that she's brought tom into this already awful family LMAOOOO. like, is it bad that when i thought she was about to cheat on tom, i was disappointed when she didnt? i hate him THAT much. and sorry to form my opinion of a woman around her relationship to a man but i just dont have too much to say about her rn. i'm holding off on my judgement where she is concerned bc her character confuses me a tad.

kendall: cannot for the life of me tell you what i think of him.. i am painfully neutral on him atm- again, episode 7. but i will say, i was so proud of him for sticking up for his kid after what logan did at that dinner. i know that's the bare minimum but it stuck out to me bc i've seen what is brushed off in patriarchial family structures. so to me, that said alot.

connor: god.... sugar daddy alert!!! he's got that pathetic, pitiful rich old man energy that does things to me that i'm not proud of... he's just soooooo sad and pathetic. i'd fuck him for free but i wouldn't let him know that. like, genuinely if he pulled me aside asking to 'go to the next level' or whatever it was he said to that lady- im sorry but i'd fold :/ it's horrendous.... no, i dont have daddy issues why do you ask??

tom: if this is one of those shows where people get killed off constantly, i am on my knees BEGGING that he's the first to go. god, i DESPISE him. i dont think i've hated a character this intensely for a very, very long time. kudos to his actor for making me forget that he's not a real guy. JEsus, he's so horrendous. i also hc that's bisexual at the very least (bc i mean, he's pretty into shiv from the looks of it) he just gives such legubutia energy. idk what to tell you. and i refuse to share a community with him. i want him DEAD! kill him or i will! STAY AWAY FROM GREG YOU PIECE OF SHIT! you know, when i first witnessed him interacting with greg, i thought he was flirting but doing a horrendous job at it. idk what the intention behind this portrayal is but if the actor and writers didn't want me to think that tom secretly wants to fuck greg then im not really sure what to tell them. they're doing an awful job at saying otherwise. STAY AWAY FROM GREG, BITCH!

greg: oh, sweet, sad little greg... my little pookie muffin... you should've been screwed over more in highschool so that you could have a stronger radar to pick up on when people are tryin to fuck you over in your adulthood. god, i want to protect this kid with every fiber of my being.. i am almost 100% sure that the dark side will take him eventually tho and that makes me so, so sad. also, can i just say? the guy that plays him does SUUUUUUUCH a great job with him. like, sure, i think alot of things are awkward on this show but his awkwardness is the most palpable to me. man, oh man. i'm stressed out 100% of the time that he interacts with literally anyone *sigh* oh, poor sad greg...

gerri: i'm not 100% sure about who gerri is but at first glance, she gives me the vibe of someone who walks in silent power and i find that so hot omg. i can't wait to see more of her. i doubt it'd happen but if she could somehow take everything from them, she'd have my eternal support.

but these are all the thoughts i have as of right now. again, this is only episode 7. everything's subject to change. the characters i like, i may come to hate and vice versa. im open to any and all possibilities.

looking forward to seeing more

[yanderefarm]

ok so, i'm gonna elaborate, but those are just my personal experience and pov so don't attack me if you disagree, it's non canon anyway

achilles: capricorn

achilles really gives capricorn vibe. extremely loyal, successful career (or at least ambitious and trying), can have pokerface when required, will let their loved ones take the lead. i've met a few that secretly likes cute things too

but also yeah, can be a bit humble in a servile way

ajax: aries

aries are pretty stupid in a way, i know because i am one... also hard denying being gay because that'll make you look 'soft' is 100% something aries would do. plus we tend to act before brain does its thing

like im more logical because i took enough hit from reality to know better, otherwise im just as stupid

noemie: aquarius

aquarius tends to like wacky stuff, but they also want stable relationships, just don't want to be bored that's all. surprisingly innocent

silvan: virgo??? this one im not sure

i thought virgo because virgos wants to be perfect, or wants everything to be perfect. many i've met has incredible talents be it art or something else, but some of them have horrible flaws. personally i've witnessed one throw horrible adult tantrum and honestly it was fucking scary (i was a kid)

BUT! that's female virgos :/ male virgos are pretty chill...and slight coward if i have to be honest but for the most part they're very understanding and calm

ares: cancer

very family oriented/ has a family dream, will do practically anything for their family. gonna be honest i don't know cancers that well, might be coz there's not many around me. but ares gives the vibe

emil: pisces

extremely realistic but hopeless romantic at the same time, don't ask me how it's possible i witnessed it in highschool. down for crazy shit if it's with loved ones. some traits don't match emil but emil grew up in extreme environment so i let that pass

nephite: taurus

down to earth, stubborn, reliable, stuck in their ways. had a friend who loved kpop so much they learnt korean, can definitely see that translate to cult stuff

bunny

hear me out, i dont really blindly trust whatever star sign shit there is online. I'm a science person so i do it the scientific way: I ask people their star signs and compare people with same signs in my head, their behaviours, their attitude, how they respond to certain things, how they interact with me, and i analyze them. it's fun

but then if i ask someone i newly met too early i would make judgements and 1 that's not fun 2 judging by star sign is rude asf and it would affect my interaction with them even subconsciously

same with internet people. so i wait a while before i ask

irl i might dread certain signs but online idgaf

anyway thanks for coming to my ted talk

-pretty anon

this also does not work with my autism but i love listening to it.

idk how i would rank everything its funny tht ares and i have the same one tho djjehdjdnsn

silvan's is definitely the least accurate bc he's not really a perfectionist as much as he just has anxiety. things wouldn't need to be perfect if he felt safe and comfortable. he also has a secret ego hidden under all his anxiety.

like mmm imagine silvan as an animal who was treated poorly it's whole life. when it first meets humans its very scared and timid, hiding under things, jumpy, etc. silvan is like that, he's very scared of being thrown away, of being hated, of being locked in his lil padded room.

once the animal gets comfortable and safe its real personality shines through.

and silvan's real personality is kind of a brat. he's greedy for attention, he's a crybaby, he's got a bit of a complex about his looks. he literally threw himself at you because he was very confident that he was pretty enough to be a human pet!

if silvan was absolutely certain you would never throw him away (aka in like 100 years from getting him) you could get another pet and he would bully them and then cry and act like the victim. he's a little bit of a prince. he's just also shy.

[ruelin024]

What does the neutral mean?

Heyo Anon, this is not specifically targeted at you, okie╰(*°▽°*)╯

I will answer you and others for this post. 👌

[Neutral shipper: Typically refers to someone who does not want to participate in proship versus antiship discourse. Can be considered 'proship' by default to some.]

Quoted off from This Carrd -> SHIPPING GLOSSARY

Now, this is for all the other anonymous in my inbox that keep asking me "what I am", "who I am part of", and "why I call myself Neutral."

I deleted those asks since; I will be answering y'all questions here.

First off, it felt funny/weird being asked "What am I?" Like lmao. I'm just Rue/Ruth, I draw :3 I like Undertale, I'm tryna learn how to socialize better and improve my art, so wassup.✨o(*^▽^*)┛

This post is meant for those who are open-minded and respectful plz and thank you. (^^ゞ)

Long Wordy Personal Post Below

(CW/TW regarding ships, I curse a bit sorry)

None of this is meant to offend nor dismiss anyone’s opinion, experiences, or feelings. Understand, this is just my rambling and thoughts. I'm also not calling out anyone! AND PLZ do not harass anyone from the links.

Some of my quick research:

-> SHIPPING GLOSSARY -> so what does ‘ship-neutral’ actually mean? -> 👑yorse backyorse friends the backyorsigans🐝 — Sad how "proship is the neutral side" is kind of... -> Proship, at it's very core, is a combination of four general principles-- -> Proship is, at the very core, very simple! -> Curating your online and fandom experience includes: -> They have links about "Fiction and Reality" -> Other short discussion on Proship

I am usually not one for drama or negative vibes, but it would be nice if I can stop getting asks pertaining to proshipping and anti-shippers.

And the fact I'm okay and Welcoming to ALL is really because I am Neutral, my personal thought process has always been, "I do not wish to bother nor be bothered."

I am told/warned by very close peers, I am quite desensitized or apathetic to things, but it's due to some personal trauma I will not discuss publicly for my safety. It's one of the reasons I don't care to bother with troublesome things. Dw I'm working on it and healing.

This means "this" will be the first and only big important post I make regarding this topic.

And if I happen to be a bother, plz tell me or do block, and unfollow me okay, for your sake. ╯︿╰

I do not have a dni for many reasons. Though the main bare minimum I shouldn't even ask of anyone is to just be nice, respectful, kind and open-minded. I will not tolerate harassment, insults, or threats around me or for those around me.

Anyway, the Proshipper and Antishipper community arguments are bothersome but is quite an entertaining read.

We all have our own opinions, thoughts, view etc, if you actually don't like something, then just stay far far away from what you find/consider problematic. And you'll see life is so much calmer.

I for one am living as satisfied as I can.

I am a simple person. I just like art and doing/making what I like such as exploring Undertale content, creating fanart for friends, conversing about OCs and AUs, participating in DTIYS, all that fun exciting stuff! I get to know others; I get to draw more and improve on myself! Win-win! ♪(^∇^*)

Tumblr is my first ever social media when I turned 18, literally 2023, last year. I anxiously decided when I became an adult, I can finally do instagram, discord, tumblr, etc, to share my art because I am usually a nervous wreck both irl & online.

Yeah, internet still paranoids me, but I'm getting though it cause school requires me to. *sigh*

(Uh. to my friends, reading this, that I've bothered multiple times to help me use sites and my phone/computer, 😭 you cool, also sorrysorrysorrysorrysorry) My bad. 👌Y'all patience is immaculate.

So, I for one am not knowledgeable about, well, "the internet" as others may be at my age. I never knew the art community had more issues other an ai, art theft, and tracing, like whoa.

So lemme tell you something, when I was recently first confronted about if I was a proshipper, I went to research, and there's not a way I can word this nicely, but "I do not care what other people think, like, do or say" especially on the internet, unless it's being shoved down my throat forcibly, but you know what, no one can exactly do that online, since I and everyone else has the power to block, unfollow and curate their own internet experience respectfully.

And if you can't, I insist you take care/be kind to yourself and chill off your device OR learn how to block certain people, content labels and tags, etc y'know.

And a dni list might sometimes not be read, personal experience:

I happened to accidentally disrespect a friend's dni list because at the time I didn't know I was a person that had opinions that were against what their thoughts/views were and didn't know/realize that they had an issue with "Fiction doesn't affect reality." Purely accidental, they were one of the first asks and friends I made, so I followed without reading their blog thoroughly cause I was just happy to make more Undertale friends. And didn't know if I should randomly disappear from them, up until they confronted me about it. Anyway, I think that issue was solved, hopefully.

Now I have friends who were proshippers, friends that are nice antis, friends in-between and friends that are neutral like me. And those I still consider Friends who have blocked and unfollowed me.

Along with some who didn't wish to hear me out and decided to make their vile assumptions of me, and others who were kind and open enough to listen to my own words and remain a dear friend.

Being Neutral to me is not having a strong enough opinion for or against. Cause not all proshippers are badshit mental, not all anti-shippers are death threatening fancop messengers, and not all neutrals are hypocritical.

Something around those lines. Btw, I enjoy platonic ships for the most part, also consent and boundaries is highly important in my book. I do not support sick shit and know just because someone is associated with people who draw that, doesn't mean they support it, I for one know my reality and know where fiction stays fiction. That's my opinion and thoughts. If you can't differentiate and you let something like fiction rule your life in a bad way, I hope you work on yourself more and be kind to yourself. 😔 I had a moment of struggle like that after going through certain experiences, until I learned and disciplined myself to not give a flying fuck anymore. Cause I found it to be very draining and stupid to keep dwelling on it. Now I don't get triggered easily for my well-being! Inner Peace type shit! 👈(ﾟヮﾟ👈)

Also, regarding the frans question cause of the ask about the "Sooner or Later You're Gonna Be Mine" post I made a few days earlier. Uh yeah, as long as characters are being depicted as adults, it also applies to aging up a child canon character, then it's fine, both are depicted as adults. That's their view, their drawing, their writing, their thoughts. And I will respect them for depicting their ship as adults if that's what it is.

In my opinion, I'm just glad they didn't do child x adult stuff in the frans ship in their fanfic. And even if they did, I'd cringe then just scroll off far far away and not bother with it anymore for my mental. OR I can just easily, replace the characters I'm reading on, with my own characters. I wouldn't spread hate nor harass anyone over it for being problematic. Cause I don't wanna bother, they probably get enough shit from others anyway, cause many types of people exist whether we like it or not.

I had someone tell me in a discussion once, where in their Undertale AU and drawings, their Frisk was an adult, and just know there's people out in the world that have a version of Frisk that ages with them, and is their specified identity despite canon Frisk being a nonbinary human, and that's their choice, not my business fr. Also, another talk with a friend, was that it was weird you'd still see an aged-up Frisk as a child, I dunno if this makes sense, but you view them as a child, despite them being drawn as an adult as depicted in certain frans drawings, that's odd, I guess and it was funny they told me, and I summarize quote them, "That means adults can't have romance(seggs)! We are basically aged-up children!" -So anyway, either you're protective of canon frisk and you simply can't see them in other's people's respective view or you just something else I dunno.

When I see a ship, I don't like, my way to view it is just replacing the characters in my head and scrolling off, simple. Well simple for me. I'm not sure about y'all? I'm in my head a lot, so I have a lot of imaginative power up there lol.

And my favorite color blue and green-ish blue. (✿◡‿◡)

Hopefully, I answered most of the asks. IF anyone needs some clarification, just be open minded and do you own research, go explore, don't just listen to close friends' opinions, have fun and discover your own opinions. That's how I gain my own perspective on many Undertale ships deemed common/problematic and being a Neutral. Understand, definitions are skewed overtime, find more than one source, learn from others, and then decide your own views.

This whole thing ain't mean to change your views or anything.

I'm not sure if I missed anything. I don't wanna proofread this again. This was tiresome to make. ╯︿╰ If I worded something wrong, comment it or something I will try to clear it up later perhaps.

I apologize to those who's view of me changed due to this post. Really sorry.

In conclusion, you do you, I do me, peace. (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)

[from-izzy]

things/aesthetic you associate with your moots please!

anon! this is such a fun ask! thank you so much for this one!! 😍

i'm doing the ones i've talked to enough (dm and/or on gcs) for me to (somewhat) answer this ask (sorry if i missed you or gave you something that doesn't suit you 😭) also limiting to fifteen (15) things or else we'll probably be here all day oop---

my obsession with alphabetical order strikes once again!!

honestly this became more of an appreciation post but 🥺

@astrae4

my child, cute round glasses, colourful heart shaped balloons and parties, 'i just go with the flow', energiser, miffy, light blue jeans, photobooths, wanderlust, 'paris! it's no longer just europe now', ice skating, falling gracefully despite being sick and swamped into 'sewer water' 😭, bakeries, caffeine in the form of daily matcha, doesn't like me as much as i thought she did

@cloverdaisies

black and white (with a splash of red), dynamic hair colour changes, black sleeveless satin dress, but also oversized monochromic shirts, a glass of wine one on hand, blurred pictures, mirror selfies with flash on, eyeliner wings, but also fruity and lovely, same age but so mature, 'guys it's due today and i haven't started', 'i knew you would come back with time' (🥺), juvenile, no emojis at all, sarcasm (not) detected most of the time (i'm gullible ok 😭)

@cupidjyu

my hyunjae bestie!!, bows and croquette, pink and white, picnic with flowers, toro inoue, spring breeze, texting and chatting during school times, 'i'm bored' (talking about class), thirteen-hour time zone difference (and my body clock makes it worse), 'sunwoo is cute!', but also 'hyunjae!', but also sleep >>> anything (including hyunjae 🙄), sexy brain (please gimme those braincells), going around in circles, 'why do you do this to yourself? sleep!'

@heemingyu

honey bee, distorted purple and white aesthetic, gilmore girls, late deep night talks, love and patience, three-leaf clover (shamrocks), the grinch filter, being a huge menace to society but still lovable so it's hard to really tell her off, in reality i love her more than she loves me, but i still give her silent treatment anyways, 'naur', economics and crying, missing the bus and then blaming it on me, black cat, izz instead of izzy 🥺

@justalildumpling

chaotic sibling energy, my no.1 bitch, casual night time walks, fearless, freedom, making videos during said walks, lovesick puppy, ohmyface by silichmasha on instagram, side eyes, selfies with a slightly tilted head, sometimes cutely gaped open mouth other times closed (either way it makes me wanna squish her cheeks most of the time), 'izzy i have tea! well...not really tea! actually no it's tea!', talking late into the night (well...the morning), sunlight and blue sky seeping into her blinds, 'come get unready with me!'

@littleroaes

pastel purple, pastel pink, pastel blue, basically fairy floss, innocence and beauty, supportive and real, very shy, long white dresses, flowers all around her dancing in the wind, but is also very funny, drawing reactions, sometimes talking in all caps, sometimes talking with lower caps, all the time very cute, sitting down at the beach and watching sunsets

@mosviqu

pink and white, scarfs and gloves, long-sleeved shirts paired with short skirts, long drives with dynamic playlists changes, and would ask her friends to go and make sure they have a great time, jamming out to a playlist at 3am (but she has a healthy sleep schedule so), that one friend who knows what to do, not afraid to express herself 99% of the time, the other 1% is just the world being mean, will always be a white cat, 'izzy i'm so proud of you', words of comfort, head pats!!, artistically talented, eric sohn's soulmate

@winterchimez

soulmates (but lives in the wrong country), ireland, loving mother vibes, but also tired mother vibes, sunrise vibes but specifically orange and yellow, hard worker, faith in god, quiet art museums but also bustling concert halls, turning bitterness in life into a lesson that can never be replaced and is always thankful for the opportunity even though the period of that life was hard, mental and physical resilience through crazy back to back schedules, videocalling on the bus/train on the way home, 'so/saur', my favourite purple jacket, music and piano are forever ally's vibe tbh, 'if i missed your call, i will always call you back'

@zzoguri

crying when seeing a friend, headphones all day every day, classy look, black top with light blue jeans, vintage camera film filter, journalism (it really does suit you), 'YEAH YEAH I GET YOU!', crying about uni (same tho 😭), gaming for hours, specifically valorant, my infj bestie, acoustic guitar vibes (ykwim?), 'you're so valid though', a distinct unique accent, jacob bae's partner

[rev-wrath]

Reed. Beloved mutual. Lovely friend. I am in your asks to go on a rant about the a/b/o Battinson fic I have in mind.

Originally, I was thinking omega!Bruce, cause y'know me and my need to omegify the heroes. But then. Inspiration struck me. (Also I was rereading my library of a/b/o au fics). I've written about an omega character pretending to be an alpha but!!! What about!!! Alpha character pretending to be omega??

I'm under the assumption that the Gotham elites (or any high society let's be real) are really conservative, and think of omegas to be 'weak' and 'fragile' making them all underestimate omegas. And like Battinson rarely goes and interacts with them all + the 'shy' demeanour makes the elites assume that lil Brucie Wayne is an omega cause no alpha would act like that, right?

Anyway, Bruce doesn't present until after his parents death and his scent is very ambiguous- not too much like an omega's but also not too much like an alpha's so everyone assumes he's an omega wearing really strong scent blockers (cause he's rich + the sole inheritor of the Wayne fortune. Gotta keep those pesky suitors at bay.). In reality he wears cologne that makes him smell more like an omega.

Batman tho? He's an alpha. For sure. Like he doesn't smell like anything certain, but the dominance of the scent is there. And that incongruence between Bruce and Batman ensures that the two aren't connected.

Where does R comes into all this??? Idk. It's just all vibes at this point. I'm still juggling between what secondary gender R would have. I think any of the three would work, but idk at the moment.

My first thought was also omega!Bruce, but this is so much more interesting. I imagine like Steve or Matt in your other fics he's also a little stunted given the everything about him. His cologne just making him smelling more omega is so funny to me honestly.

Gotham elites would be so conservative. Which brings us to R. I can see them as any of the three. An omega who won't bend to the rules of Gotham's high society, who will bare their teeth and be loud without a care. An alpha who would help with Bruce's omega cover, who can play along with him fake dating turns real or childhood friends. A beta who's a strong and steady presence for Bruce, once again refusing to bend to high society's rules and will be seen and part of things, they're a person, damn it. I imagine the beta or alpha being more likely to know about Batman from the get-go. My brain just started turning gears and I couldn't stop it. Oh well.

[hoshizoralone]

will you ever play hit 1999 adventure game The Silver Case i think playing it would scratch your brain in very funny ways

longass ramble time: so the only two suda51 games ive ever played are no more heroes and michigan report from hell. the former i think is just okay (i remember not really liking it much honestly but some of the complaints aren’t writing related so i’ll say it’s Just Okay). and the latter is probably in my top 50 games of all time��� not because it’s good, but because it’s so weird and bad that it has this really strange aura, like it was made by aliens imitating a human blockbuster or something.

that being said the two games i have played have left me with the impression “i dont think i really like this guy’s works”. (like, i only love michigan because it’s so dogshit) . i initially bought no more heroes just because i heard one of the games in the series was more reading based/just a lot of text but i didnt even get that far.

and so the silver case/25th ward/anything adjacent to the series i don’t really plan on playing despite being low on english visual novels to read at this point… i just dont think i would vibe w it. that and i feel immense pain and regret when i drop money on something only to not like it (im still pissed i bought raging loop used for 10 dollars thats how much i hated it) so im not itching to buy them when i might just confirm what i thought anyways

Tldr: i have not played it but i dont think i ever will unless someone buys it for me so regret never sets in if i dont like it

Quick edit a few min later: i remember describing no more heroes as “the way i felt when the morphine kicked in when i was in the hospital in 2017 and i started hallucinating things just happening and ending but also understood that they were connected to their own reality outside my vision” to a friend

[itsblasttothepast]

It's so nice that the rumours keep getting wilder and wilder. I do not understand why people say the WCC could be saved - the car is awful, it has no brakes, it changes downforce at will and doesn't turn properly and even Max is complaining about it but apparetlny the fans want to see Daniel as some sort of superhero who would just swoop in and master the control of RB20 (when we know he struggled with the VB car so yeah). It doesn't matter if he was swapped eariler, he would have to get used to the car and that wouldn't be easy and the WCC would be fucked anyway. I think RBR just wants the WDC for Max now and prays for a good car next year so he won't leave. Franco could still technically take the VB seat (which please no, I want him in F1 but not with RBR). Hear me out on this because it's crazy but - Liam got some bad press lately and he does not have a huge fanbase so he is kind of the opposite of Franco, who is loved by fans already and is seen as RB Sebastian Vettel reincarnation (I'm joking but you know what I mean) Oh yes, the people saying that Sergio is in the sport only because he's taking part in Brad Pitt's live fanfic production is ridiculous but funny at the same time - I'm really starting to believe some fans had lost their minds and believe F1 isn't a sport but some TV drama. Aside from the fact that I hate the movie with my entire heart and wouldn't like to see Checo in it I can't even imagine how people made connection between the Hollywood bs and reality. The whole thing with Franco is a bit sad, he isn't even fully in F1 and the hate is already starting, the media could have given him at least a year or so :( (not judging the situation or the people calling the weirdness of it out, everyone has the right to express their feelings but it is possible to do so without insults) The Checo-Liam beef that does not exist in reality (I wish people understood that just becasue they had like two or three run ins on track doesn't mean they hate each other) is in my opinion just structured by the media because a) they have nothing better to write about apparently or b) they are trying to make Sergio look like some bitter old man crumbling at the first sight of a new threat - which Liam was but not so more, not with all we know about the contract. On that topic let me talk about the photo:

They look so uncomfortable here lol. Max is staring at the sun all contemplative, Yuki doesn't know why they made them sit there and Liam and Checo were forced to sit next to each other and it shows - compare that to the photo Sergio had only with Max, it's a completly different vibe and the same wall xD

The Markorner silence can mean only two things to me, either they had given up and Sergio won their little mind game with the barriers around his contract or they are planning something nasty. About the Checo's dad situation - it was so random that I honestly don't know what to say. What he said was awful and he should never do it but I also think it was more anti-Ralph (who was shitting on Sergio FOR YEARS and used stereotypes in his commentary for years not only towards Sergio but Lewis too, he was not very nice about Mick's time in F1 and he was awful to Seb in his last season too - the man should never be allowed on air but yeah, famous surname sometimes is enough) than anything. I'm not justifying anything because the words were just horrible but I really would like to know where this came from. I'm also confused becasue I thought he supported LGB movement? (I was pretty sure I saw his photos duing pride parade somewhere and it's the first time I heard something this terrible coming from him) but I am not Mexican and all I know about him and his politics is a fog in a dark room, a glimpses of his celebrations at Sergio's podium in Mexico and that's about it. But, I have to say this, I don't understand why people are calling Sergio out as if he was the one who said that stuff. He does not control his father and said multiple times he doesn't want to have anything to do with Antonio's career so idk what this is about. I also know from a post I read around here that Sergio apparently asked his father multiple times to not use his image for political reasons and was ignored so yeah, this is werid too (I guess if it's true then Chestappen has one more thing in common - overbearing dads). And I am going to be petty about this but why is Sergio being blamed for what his dad said but Max never was for all the shit Jos did? Something seems fishy here - they are not their parents and they can't control two grown men from being how they are but this does strike a nerve in me. I have my own set of rumours and they go like this:

RBR accuses Sergio of leaking data to McLaren just to see if this will work in getting him out;

Max will win the WDC in LA despite FIA giving him all the possible penalties;

McLaren does their own interpretation of crash gate and Oscar is sacrificed to wreck Max's car all the remaining races;

Franco starts courting Sergio and Checo is oblivious, thinking they are just friends but Max gets angry and dominates all the races out of pure rage;

We have at least three married duos after LV - all part of George's plan to piss off the FIA;

Sergio, since he is obviously the villian in all this, gets crowned the king of F1 and all the rumours about him manipulating the sport with money became true;

Charlos will cry on live in Abu Dhabi and it will be one of the saddest moments in this season;

At least one drivers gets drunk in LV and proclaims their love for their teammate and it gets caught on camera;

You know? I wanted to wait to continue our little lottery rumor, just to see how LV would spice things up... man, Marko didn't disappoint, uh?

WCC is lost unless there's some serious voodoo involved and McLaren and Ferrari stay P10 and P9 the rest of the season. Unlikely, but hey, it could happen, but at the same time RBR nees to get their shit together, and that's what is even less likely.

However, the wind tunnel theory makes sense if they want the RB21 to actually work and be competitive, because they are so lost in how to get a car working properly, they need all the help they can get. With Lewis going to Ferrari, McLaren apparently getting a clue and Newey with AM, the next season will be wild and need all the help.

Honestly, that picture gives me the 'they forced me to sit next to the guy I don't like' they took in highschool XD, I think Checo is guarded when Liam is around, I know he doesn't hate him or anything, but he doesn't act as freely as he does with Yuki.

Also Yuki saying he will destroy Lawson like he did with his other teammates... on fire!

Well, the Markorner thing took a weird turn, did you see the way Horner was touching Checo all weekend? Almost like he likes him or something, gave me chills (not in the good way); and Horner speaking with Slim... something weird is cooking here, and now my rumor game is thrown off!

Marko is still reliable at being an asshole though, with the 'poor mechanics won't get their bonuses because Sergio failed and we won't get the WCC' and 'the owners will evaluate Sergio's continuity for 2025'.

The Checo's dad thing has two sides on the Mexican fandom: the ones who understand where Checo's dad is coming from, and those who claim he is still using him as a political platform. Honestly, I find it weird, because it's not like Checo's dad is a big political name, and I say it because I'm not from Guadalajara, but it's true that Checo has asked to avoid talking about him or posting personal pictures, but Don Antonio does it anyway because he's not media trained, reporters keep asking him about Checo and also he's a mexican dad, I'm not saying that's okay, but there's a cultural component in this. Anyway, I think he was bound to do something stupid soon, because all year people has been talking shit about his son, and if us as fans feel hurt, I can't imagine how his family must feel, and especially his parents. If I do and say stupid things defending friends... well, that's another story. On a side note, I don't think Don Antonio is homophobic, just hotheaded and crude, trying to hurt Ralph somehow, which is why Ralph also, to his credit, was very understanding of the situation.

Messing with someone's kids brings the worst side of the parents.

However Checo already clarified he doesn't agree with anything his dad says, and that he can't control what he says; I must say this was also something unexpected in our game, right?

Hey!! You got the Max's winning the WDC right!! You are slaying this game my friend!

I didn't expect Charlos public divorce though, or Checo being pregnant, because why would he wear that hoodie that's double his size?

My rumor for the game:

Checo buys RBR and decides to just drive around with Max and be happy.

Charlos either make a public scene (more than LV) that ends in tears, or make up and marry.

Zhou is the new Colapinto and now every team wants him. Also he's the one with Checo's seat for 2025.

Pierresteban takes another podium and screw over McLaren's chance at WCC.

The new team that apparently will join in 2026 is owned by Checo too.

[moldybonessmell]

My thoughts on the arcane finale except I write them as I progress through last episodes of season 2 and edit after I finish the show PART 3: EPISODE 9 FINALE

// ARCANE SPOILERS SEASON 2 ACT 3

S2E9

EKKO!!! EKKO STOPPED. THE. MONKEY. BOMB.

Loris is fucking dead.

Steb please don't die you're so cutie ha ha ha💀 He's fine by now *sweating* Yeah he's fine thanks riot

Maddie. Yeah I kinda saw this one coming😀 kill meh

"I warned you of the hazards of professional entanglement" oh fuck off🙄🙄

"I did appreciate your warmth" kill yourself.

Wait Mel fuck stop AHAHAHAHAHA It was a funny af timing for me going throught all these emotions as I write the draft

The Jinx, Ekko and Zaun appearance was cool, I have nothing to say. Jinx's aircraft has Isha's hat design FUCK

The shell was empty tho. All of this bloodshed just for it to be empty. Ambessa is so good it's too annoying when she's an enemy.

Y'all are not gonna turn Sevika and Steb into these creatures FUCK NO I was sweating about Steb during the last episode lol

Caitlyn, I'm sorry my dear, but you're no match to Ambessa, it's a suicide wish. I mean, keep stalling, yeah, but like it doesn't seem like she would win enough time. Homegirl lost her eye, gotta give her that it was only eye and not her life

"Still don't get it, sis? I'm always with you, even if we're worlds apart"🥺

Jayce being in the same pose in the same exact spot as in the alternate reality he saw. Poetic.

And the moment he realised it too. And just gave up oh man

Ekko can't teleport FUCK

HE EITHER KILLS EVERYONE OR HIMSELF I really thought he died in the explosion with Vik and Jayce

Viktor is the mage in a cape yeah okay damn bruv you really took "I am the problem" very literally. He

Ekko sitting and mourning Jinx oh boy I still dk when he had time to fall in love with her ngl they were children and only time they met before they tried to kill each other

Sevika in council is crazy I would expect Ekko being sorta leader more then her, she gives off "loyal right hand" vibe way more, but maybe it's her growing as a character. I'm just glad she's alive

Singed daughter bro no way this fucker got happy ending after all that💀

"Our story isn't over" riot will def make new shows in the future

Monkey bomb head and Cait researching ventillation I've seen on tiktok people theorising Jinx "walked away" just like Silco hallucination told her yeah I believe it no way she's dead

All in all, I have a lot of qustions left about plot ngl, but the show is amazing anyways.

Other parts: Part 1 Episode 7 Part 2 Episode 8