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ayuuria · 4 years ago

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Yashahime Translation: Animedia Magazine February 2021 Issue

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The Yashahime’s Broadly Smiling Sweets Party

Towa, Setsuna, and Moroha endeavor to slay demons that bother villagers. With each having a unique personality, the three felt disorganized at first, but by showing their cooperation skills by being in sync in battle, they have now grown into a reliable “team”. These girls are still 14-year-olds. During their journey they have silly conversations and admire convenient tools that they brought from the modern era… Even though they do not have heart fluttering episodes, there has certainly been an influx of scenes where one can feel their pure side. Therefore, this time we once again focus on the charms that the girls themselves have instead of as the “demon fighting Yashahimes”. Also, what do the three of them actually think of each other? Including these points of curiosity, we had director Satō Teruo speak.

(Illustration Description)

Gifting treats that Towa brought from the modern era! Moroha seems like she would like anything but Setsuna surprisingly likes candy?

(Character Bios)

The Always Energetic Mood Maker: Moroha

Inuyasha and Kagome’s daughter. She is a bounty hunter who slays demon bounties. When she puts rouge on her lips, she becomes the “Country Destroying Beniyasha” and goes on a rampage.

The Martial Artist Girl Raised in the Reiwa Era: Higurashi Towa

Sesshōmaru’s daughter and Setsuna’s older twin sister. She time traveled 10 years ago and was raised in the modern era. She is currently struggling to take back Setsuna’s sleep in the feudal era.

Satō Teruo Speaks! The Depth of the Three Yashahimes’ Relationship

Cool, Cautious, but Kind: Setsuna

Towa’s younger twin sister. Like Sesshōmaru, she has a calm, collected personality. Due to having her sleep stolen by the Dream Butterfly, she has no memories of her childhood and is unable to sleep.

Going through battles with demons, the relationship among the three has deepened. Now in dangerous situations, their faith is to the point that they can trust their backs to each other. It is just like them to acknowledge each other based on ability rather than blood ties.

They butted heads but they have become comrades that can trust each other.

Setsuna treated Towa coldly as she concerned herself with her as her older sister, but it seems Setsuna has softened up recently…!?

What do they think of each other?

“Hanyō no Yashahime” Interview with the Evangelist of Love, Director Satō Teruo

Focusing the on the birth of Towa and Setsuna in upcoming episode 15

— Please tell us what you think is the charm for Towa, Setsuna, and Moroha each.

For Towa, her little sister, Setsuna’s, existence is absolute in the end. She regretted letting go of her hand when they were kids, and now after overcoming months and years, you can feel her gallantness as she tries to behave like a big sister. While Setsuna has a cool aspect to her like Sesshōmaru, towards Towa’s behavior, she periodically acts affectionate which makes that part of her cute.

Moroha has a part of her that is exactly like Inuyasha, so the animators move her just like him. Then she carries a comedic expression at the front of those movements, so I think that’s what makes her entertaining.

— Among the episodes that have aired thus far, is there anything that left an impression on you?

Towa losing the power of her demonic blood on the “Night of the New Moon” depicted in episode 12. Towa inherited the phenomenon that occurs in half-demons that was depicted in “Inuyasha” and while it didn’t happen in the modern era, it did happen once she returned to the feudal era. I think it was a fun episode, even in the sense that it was familiar to those who know “Inuyasha”. Black haired Towa had an appearance that sort of resembled her mother, but I had character designer, Hishinuma Yoshihito, come up with the ideas on that front.

— It seems Sesshōmaru is heavily involved in the three’s past, so how do you capture his way of life?

I feel that he’s a very smart person. He’ll do whatever he can to get things done and always chooses the best course of action. When you look at that in a partial way, you can’t tell what he’s thinking, but I think everything is his own shortcut. In a sense, I think he’s an earnest character.

— New characters like Kirinmaru and Riku are also of interest.

Kirinmaru ruled over the demons alongside Inuyasha and Sesshōmaru’s father, the “Dog General”, so from a position standpoint, he’s an existence who’s pretty high up. Regarding the settings, I got together with series composition writer Sumisawa-san (Katsuyuki) and we compromised on his character such as how he would interact with the Yashahimes and how he’ll move towards the end.

Currently, Riku is still a mysterious character but his existence is important. His relationship with Towa is also of interest and even if it’s not of a romantic nature, the air (around them) does suggest that they’ll be getting closer so it would be great if you could look forward to what will happen.

— Riku, who is getting closer to Towa, is a character with a unique position that has never been held before.

Rather than the reason as to why he gets close to Towa, you’ll gradually figure out his hidden side. Towa ends up trusting that Riku but there’s a part of him that she can’t hate; essentially, he has an honest side to him so that’s where the drama between them will stem from.

— As they are now, Towa and others seem to be no match for Kirinmaru but what secret methods will make the three of them stronger?

How high can each of them raise their individual latent abilities… I would say. Inuyasha demonstrated his “hidden power” in previous battles so I think it’s also possible for the girls as they’re half-demons. In episode 13, there’s a scene where Miroku seals Setsuna’s demonic blood but unless she becomes able to use that power at will, she will be no match against Kirinmaru’s overwhelming strength. Going forward, the girls will be depicted getting stronger so seeing the three of them grow in battle will be a highlight.

— Lastly, a message for our readers!

The details on why Towa, Setsuna, and Moroha grew up separated from their parents will finally become clear in episode 15. It will flow so that what Sesshōmaru wanted to do and why he acted the way he did will gradually become clear, so I would like everyone to please pay attention to it as one climax.

Valentines Situation Research Team

Sweets Q&A with Satō Teruo

Q. What sweets do the three like?

A. Towa likes apples, so I have a feeling she likes apple type treats like apple pie. Surprisingly, Setsuna might like simple things like ohagi (translator’s note: It’s a Japanese sweet that consists of rice wrapped in sweet bean/azuki paste). Moroha seems like she would like typical things like chocolate.

Q. What if the three of them received Valentines chocolate?

A. Towa would just accept it normally as “food”. The meaning behind it wouldn’t matter. Setsuna would probably slash the person. How to put it, others can’t get close or they won’t reach the point of giving it to her (laughs). Moroha would convert it into money. Hence, the more expensive the chocolate, the better. She may even take what Setsuna didn’t accept and sell it.

Popularity Power Research for Towa

Swooning at her compassion towards the weak.

She cannot stand by when someone is in trouble. She exhibits that big sister trait not just to Setsuna but other people as well. There are times where she will throw herself into danger but that is what makes Towa cool.

Popularity Power Research for Moroha

A master of winning the hearts of others.

Good manners are irrelevant to Moroha. The figure of her doing as she pleases and smiling innocently would make anyone feel as though they were close to her. That is Moroha’s strength. You cannot hate her even when she is a little bit of a cheapskate.

Popularity Power Research for Setsuna

Keeping cool no matter what situation.

Setsuna supports the Yashahime team with her collectedness and fighting strength. She does not really show her emotions, but there are times where she gets lost in thought on sleepless nights. Naiveness that peaks out from within her coolness. That is also Setsuna’s charm.

#yashahime #hanyou no yashahime #yashahime: princess half-demon #translation

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smhalltheurlsaretaken · 4 years ago

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Any thoughts on why, when complaining about how Force-sensitive kids are separated from their bio families, does no one blame the PARENTS?! Jedi don't steal kids, moms and dads willingly give them up. If they're any finger-pointing to be done, I'm pointing to the child's natural guardians.

That’s a very, very good point. I actually want to write a collection of short fics one day from the pov of parents giving up their kids to the Order, because it’d be fascinating to explore. The argument that is often put forward to justify blaming the Jedi instead of the parents (not that I personally think anyone needs to be blamed) is that the parents don’t feel like they have choice, and don’t really have any other option.

To this, I say nope. Luke and Leia grew up without being trained, despite evidence that they’re both very strong in the Force, and we’re never told that it was particularly challenging for their caretakers. The most we see about parents of untrained Force-sensitive is in TCW and Rebels, and when the kids are given back to them (by the JEDI) after attempted kidnapping (by the SITH) it’s never implied that they can’t take care of them. (I’m thinking about Roo-Roo the Gungan girl and the children in Rebels, who at the most exhibit some empathic abilities.)

Parents don’t have to give up their children, and we have no evidence that it would be impossible for normal people to take care of a Force-sensitive kid. Now there could be other reasons for the parents to feel cornered and desperate: maybe they’re too poor for another kid, maybe they’re superstitious and are afraid of the Force, maybe there’s peer pressure from their own families and friends...

And none of that is the Jedi’s fault.

And really, why would it need to be anyone’s “fault”? What’s so tragic about being brought up a Jedi? Sure, it’s a hard life, and sure it was probably terribly difficult for the parents... But why would there need to be a bad guy in the story? Kids are born with incredible talents that could be used for the good of the Galaxy, and they’re entrusted to others who can teach and guide them, and most find fulfilment in that life.

People having to make a difficult decision because of the Order’s existence doesn’t make the Order bad. Seriously.

Another argument I’ve seen being put forward is that there is no other Force-school that’s inclusive. Basically, if you’re Force-sensitive and you aren’t Kel Dor, Bardottan, Lasat, Dathomirian or from any other culture that has its own faith around the Force, the only way you can learn about it is by being a Jedi, and that’s unfair. (And the Guardians of the Whills or the Church of the Force don’t count, because they don’t learn to use the Force.)

That is, without hyperbole, the dumbest argument against the Jedi I’ve ever seen. How the hell would it be the Jedi’s fault that nobody else does what they do - i.e create a community that accepts members of any species from any background and any social status and raises them together as equals and teaches them about the mysteries of the universe? It’s like blaming a school for special-needs children that’s in Europe for being the only one of its kind, and obviously it’s not fair to American parents because it’d be better if there was one in the USA too so that their kids could go there without being separated from their families. It’s so dumb.

“But the Jedi don’t have to separate families, they could allow visitation.”

Welp, Lucas disagrees with that. Now you might think Lucas’ understanding of his universe’s lore and how best to deal with Force-sensitivity is wrong, but it’s still how he made Star Wars to be. And according to him, raising psychic children in a community like them and without fostering attachments (which, for the billionth time, he describes as different from loving connections) is beneficial to their mental health/their ability to master themselves later. We also have no indications that the children cut all ties to their background, Anakin being too much of a special case to rely on. They keep their names, they can choose to keep their cultural heritage, and the Jedi don’t disapprove of acknowledging blood connections.

We are never, ever, ever told in all of Lucas’ canon that theJedi have the legal authority to take kids away from their families without consent, ever.

They stop going to places where they’re no longer welcome, like Bardotta.

They let the kids have an adjustment period, as evidenced in the Holocron arc with the Rodian mother.

There is a (probably Legends now, but that’s what most people who call the Jedi baby thieves base their understanding on) comic in which a Sullustan couple hires a bounty hunter to get their baby back from the Jedi. Mace protects the kid, until he realizes what the situation is and just... gives the baby back.

It baffles me that this is one of the most prevalent criticism against the Order. The Airbenders function exactly the same way and you don’t ever hear anyone clamoring that they were a toxic culture.

#ask #anonymous #meta #jedi order #jedi positivity

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bts-ficrecs · 4 years ago

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Namjoon angst fic recs (no smut)

@ephyra16 asked:

Hey...! Your blog is of so much help to me, thank you for all the hard work you do... I wanted to ask if you know any long Namjoon oneshots or series which mostly have angst but no smut...? Namjoon centered fics are really hard to find. Thanks!!

yes hello for some reason tumblr hates me and idk why everything gets wonky when i try to answer asks so i’m making a new post <3

1) as a jin stan i feel u. is hard to find fics for our mans but that just means when we find one we devour it and cherish it 4 ever lol

2) jsdflajsd you might have more luck asking someone else for straight up angst cause i can barely stomach angst LOL. I tried my best to find some heart breaky fics for you! :”) A majority of these I have not yet read so we will both be riding the emo train together.

As you requested, most of the oneshots are long fics, over 5k but! There are several honorable mentions under 5k are also listed cause they’re great

Thank you for your patience and I’m glad you’re enjoying the fics I reblog! :D so many great stories out there. as always, if there’s a fic that any of you readers think should be on this list lmk!! 🧡🧡 Enjoy!~

A Little Bit Of Sugar by @lthyl

Summary: Namjoon is well aware that some, well actually most people could find his hobby not exactly common, yet he still considers himself to be a man of tasteful words and higher intellect - someone who managed to understand the true, deepest meaning of beauty itself. And so he doesn’t really care if his methods of collecting pretty things end up being darker that expected, once you peek under the surface.

Almost Love by @joonary

Summary: You think you’ve got your life all figured out—after all, you found your soulmate already, and you’re lucky enough to have found him in your childhood best friend. You suppose that maybe, now that you’re older, your luck has begun to run out.

Better To Have Loved by @rkivenamu

Summary: Love, Namjoon had found, wormed its way though people, consumed them whole until it left nothing of the people they had once been. It became a weapon to be used to wound the other. Love, it seemed, was the worst thing that had ever happened to him.

Bloom by @hobidreams

Summary: Family is who you kill for. Who you die for. In this society, you and your kin are shadows, clinging to the darkness to obey orders absolute. But when such orders command you to abandon what little honor remains for wealth and notoriety, you find yourself lost in lonely uncertainty about the only vocation you’ve ever known. That is, until you meet a man with gentle hands, a poet’s heart, and a love for coaxing the world into bloom.

Note: okay, this has smut (there are 2 smut scenes) but… it is too good for me to not add to this list

Breathless by @personawife

Summary: Jungkook was eleven when it had begun. At first, he didn’t realize what was happening to him when he had miraculously coughed up a flower petal. He thought that maybe it had accidentally blown into his mouth with the wind, but then he realized that there were no cherry blossom trees around his house.

Pairing: Namjoon x Jungkook

Catching Fire by @namjoonchronicles

Summary: “If you didn’t want to go, then you should have told me. I wouldn’t have taken you here.”

Cut by @chimchimsauce (>5k)

Summary: Namjoon always hated soulmates.

Chasing Perfection by @shuaffeine-rkive

Summary: Kim Namjoon is the only kid in AP Bio that is smarter than me, and I will make it a point to destroy his perfect record.

Emancipated by @imagniation

Summary: CEO!Namjoon is a hero time and time again when your father takes the villain role.

Five Times by @lordofassgard

Summary: Five times you wished you never met Namjoon.

Sequel (of sorts): Part 2 - Namjoon's POV

For All the Petals by @rosaetae (>5k)

Summary: A story in which you met him in the spring, fell in love with him in the summer, but he left you in autumn and how you missed him in the winter.

Forget Me Not by @fairyjeons

Summary: She fell apart that day. An all white day with crowds of adoring friends and family to see them make the most happiest decisions of their lives, to choose to be together. She chose yes. He chose different.

Ghost In The Machine by @jimlingss

Summary: Kim Namjoon is your android that’s modified to become the best serial killer in all of existence. But when he starts to learn about humanity, he begins to threaten your goals.

God of Destruction by @jimlingss

Summary: Everything he touches breaks; except for you.

Jealous by @btssmutgalore (>5k)

Summary: Namjoon remembered the day you left clearly.

Lit Me Up by @floralseokjin

Summary: You find yourself becoming captivated by a mysterious, handsome author, but you may have bitten off more than you can chew…

No Goodbye by @floralseokjin (>5k)

Summary: Even if you’re the one who ended things, you can still feel pain. Your heartbreak is valid. Your sadness for the past is a grieving process…

Noble Gain and Loss by @jaeminlore (>5k)

Summary: You are a person of nobility preparing with your tutor for your royal debut. The two of you fall into a forbidden love.

Not The One by @personawife (>5k)

Summary: Maybe you should’ve realized early on then, that something was bound to go wrong. Meeting your soulmate at sixteen and living happily ever after? No one’s that lucky. But you refused to believe anything else.

Paracosm by @jimlingss (>5k)

Summary: Namjoon’s always known he was your second choice. He was a substitute for someone who wasn’t there. So when you’re on your deathbed, he intends to reconstruct your memories and remove your regrets.

Press Play by @out-of-jams

Summary: You didn’t mean to. Didn’t intend to fall in love with a dying man.

Submerged by @myfeelsinink

Summary: Kim Namjoon is the man of your dreams; or rather, from your dreams.

Suspended Soul by @justimajin

Summary: A silver ring, a live long promise, and an eternity of happiness. All of which, he had managed to break.

The what Ifs by @ellieljade (>5k)

Summary: You would be able to handle the relationship between Namjoon and your best friend if it weren’t for all those damned “what ifs”

Wishf-oo-l by @sseudanym (>5k)

Summary: To fulfill a good man’s bad dream.

Worshipers of the Soul by @jimlingss

Summary: The King of the Underworld was denounced and exiled from Heaven as a god. But with your help, he may rise to power once more and claim his rightful throne.

You’ve Got That by @mikrksmos

Summary: After making a life-changing decision for your career, you’re unsure of how exactly to bring it up to your boyfriend after your relationship and communication has not really been in sync. Namjoon is ready to take this relationship to the next stage, and he is sure that what he needs to ask you will be the solution to all the problems you have been having. Both know this next move is the right idea, but are unaware of how parallel those ideas really are.

Confirm Or Deny by @dinoyoongi

Status: complete series (6/6)

Summary: You’re a member of the rising group FRNZEE. You’ve been dating Namjoon for years when Dispatch releases an article exposing your relationship. Your company confirms the relationship. Big Hit denies it.

Deeper than Ink by @whoajeon

Status: discontinued series (2/?)

Summary: Should you fall in love with someone, even in the slightest, your skin becomes marked with vibrant colors that depict the story of your emotions. A tattoo, per say. However, should they or you fall out of love, the bright hues dull to black and the feelings you once had for each other melt away. To many, it’s a blessing to not have to live with the pain of your past. But what’s the point when you have too many reminders–say 27?

His Deaf Stars by @jooneos

Status: discontinued series (1/?)

Summary: When Namjoon turned 20 he had been excited to finally find his soulmate. He hadn’t anticipated that finding them would prove to be such a long journey. Now, more than 500 years later Namjoon still hadn’t found them.

Note: ok, yes it’s discontinued and only 1 part is up but still… please read it. It’s an interesting read regardless!

Inked by @kookswife

Status: complete series (6/6)

Summary: The day Namjoon entered your life was the day you were a bit more than utterly fucked.

Monster by @wordycerty

Status: ongoing series (1/?)

Summary: Namjoon as a vampire and you’re locked in a basement with him. For you to escape, he first needs to feed.

Noble Heart by @agustkive

Status: ongoing series (1/?)

Summary: Unrequited love can destroy anyone, and in a society where it could literally do so, it made it difficult to want anything more. Being among the population with Hanahaki disease, you battled with doing what you loved without actually feeling it. That is, until a new florist by the name of Kim Namjoon came into your life to remind you of what it actually felt like.

Reality by @thoughtssilent

Status: ongoing series (11/12)

Summary: Namjoon can’t deal with himself anymore, and to make things worse, BTS is disbanding.

Pairing: Namjoon x OT7

Regrets by @nightbts

Status: complete series (3/3)

Summary: When his eyes met yours, you felt your heart squeeze in your chest at the familiar brown eyes that you once used to know at the back of your hand. The very ones you’d wake up to every morning. The very ones that would gaze at you with so much affection as the words I love you spilled past his mouth during the most random moments of your day. It was him, your ex-boyfriend, the very Kim Namjoon.

Solanacea by @softjeon

Status: complete series (10/10)

Summary: There was something between them that neither could deny. It was like this from the first day they had met.

Pairing: Namjoon x Jimin

The Heiress’ Son by @jimlingss

Status: complete series (3/3)

Summary: Love is never enough. It could never feed you, protect you, stop death from taking you. It chains you down. It compels forgiveness unconditionally. It is dangerous. While it is the most intense of feelings, love is not enough and it will never be. Love never helped anyone.

What If I Said by @thoughtssilent

Status: complete series (3/3)

Summary: If no one is there for him, Namjoon won't be there for them. Or, a collection of sad stories.

Pairing: Namjoon x OT7

#namjoon angst #namjoon fanfic #bts fic recs #rm angst #bts angst #ephyra16 #g recs #g replies #f:knj

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dramaphan · 3 years ago

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Exactly. That's the main issue when it comes down to it. It's fine to headcanon your favorite character as being trans or nb or whatever you want them to be but this is a real person who might actually be affected by the things you say about/to them. And if he is questioning his gender identity, having people speculate about it can't be helping. Dan doesn't exist to be representation for everyone's niche identity. He's a human being with his own identity.

Like, listen, I’ve also reached a point where I don’t really give a shit about pronouns, I’m not gonna be bothered by whatever someone chooses to call me, and I don’t know if that means anything or not, but yet every time someone asks I go oh fuck what am I supposed to say?? So I can only imagine what it would be like to have a way bigger platform where a bunch of kids are constantly hounding you to put your pronouns in your bio and tell them what your specific gender is. There’s loads of fictional characters who can be whatever you want them to be. Real people are best left to their own devices

#ask

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smkkbert · 4 years ago

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Time for a story - The Candidate

“Sit.”

Immediately, Hawk sat down. His eyes were completely focused on Felicity, his ears turned forward. He was just waiting for the next command.

“Down.”

Still completely focused on her, Hawk lay down. His muscles were tense, read to jump up if she told him to.

“Up.”

He got up, making Felicity smile.

“And back up.”

Hawk went backwards a couple of steps before he stopped.

“Here.”

The moment Felicity reached out her hand, Hawk was already there. He pushed his cold nose against the palm of her hand and sat down. Continuing to hold her hand stretched out, she lifted her arm, so her hand was a little higher than her head.

“Touch.”

Hawk jumped up and touched the palm of her hand with his nose once more. As soon as his paws were back on the ground, he sat down there and looked at her with vigilant eyes.

“Spin right.”

Hawk did before he looked at her once more, once again ready to do whatever she asked of him. The posture of his body showed that he already knew what she was going to suggest next.

“Spin left.”

Again, he followed her order immediately before he sat down right in front of her. He was so eager to learn and so willing to please. He always was, and it was a joy watching every time.

“Roll over.”

With a noise that sounded like a potato bag dropping to the floor, Hawk lay down and rolled himself over. He didn’t even have to interrupt the fluent movement and sit back up in front of her.

“Speak.”

Hawk barked. Loudly.

“Shake paw.”

Hawk was so eager that he was lifting both of his front paws at the same time, putting them into Felicity’s hand.

„Beg.“

He got up on his hindlegs and lifted both of his paws.

“Pang.”

Felicity aimed a finger gun at him and pretended to pull the trigger. With a loud whine, Hawk fell back and staid on the floor unmoving.

“And now kiss.”

Hawk’s legs were struggling in the air for a moment before he managed to turn back onto his stomach and get up onto his feet. He waited until Felicity had bowed down towards him and licked her face. She chuckled, moving her fingers through his soft fur.

“Good boy.”

Not only Hawk’s tail, but his entire body was waggling from all the joy. He loved to do what was asked of him because he loved if Felicity, Oliver and the kids were proud of him. It was the one thing he really wanted. She pulled him closer and kissed the top of his head. He really was such a good boy, the best of all.

Hawk had been a part of this family for one and a half years now. Compared to the time the family had existed, Hawk was still a relatively new addition to it. Still, the family was unimaginable without him now.

Felicity was still petting Hawk when Emily came in, her usual clipboard pushed under her arm. She smiled at the sight of her boss being so natural and soft when she was talking to her dog.

“Is the next candidate already there?” Felicity asked and glanced at her watch. “I lost track of time completely.”

Emily smiled, her arm tightening around her clipboard when she said, “We all would do if we were playing with Hawk.”

Hawk walked over to her like he had understood every word and snuggled around her legs like a cat. Emily chuckled and petted him which filled him with joy visibly. He just loved being petted by everyone that was friends with his family.

“How did the last job interviews go?” Emily asked. “Is there anyone promising?”

“Kind of.” Felicity shrugged her shoulders. “I am just not really convinced.”

“Too mainstream?”

“Kind of, yes.”

Emily nodded her head. She had been working for Felicity long enough to know what she meant. Felicity was never aiming to hire to the ordinary guys. She always wanted more, preferably someone with an extraordinary background or someone who had trouble to be hired. Those people often thought outside of the box which brought some great new perspective to the company. At the same time, she liked to know that she had given someone a chance that usually had trouble finding a job for whatever reason.

“Well, the next candidate might be what you are looking for then.” Emily shot a brief glance at her clipboard. “Her name is Anahira Ngata.”

Felicity nodded her head and smiled. If Emily thought that she was a good fit, she was sure that it was true. Emily just knew exactly what Felicity was looking for.

While Emily was leaving the office, Felicity looked at Hawk. She nodded to his dog basket that she had put in front of the large windowfront.

“Into your bed.”

Immediately, Hawk hurried over to his basket and lay down there. His head came to rest on the edge of the basket. Although he looked relaxed, his ears stayed turned forwards. He was still alarmed.

When Felicity turned towards the door, the new candidate was already coming in. As soon as Felicity saw her, the candidate’s cheeks turned red from a slight blush. Something told Felicity that it had something to do with the baby carriage she was pushing into the office in front of her.

“Ms. Ngata?”

“Yes,” she replied, shaking the hand Felicity reached out for her, “it’s a pleasure to meet you Ms. Smoak- I mean Mrs. Queen. I’m sorry. I have been a fan of your work for so long and-“

“It’s fine,” Felicity interrupted her softly, smiling at her, before she turned her gaze towards the sleeping baby in the baby carriage, “and who do we have here?”

“Kai, my son.” Ms. Ngata turned visibly calming at the sight of her sleeping baby. “My mom takes care of him usually, but she got sick overnight, and I couldn’t find someone else to take him for the job interview, so I didn’t know what to do with him and, I don’t know, I guessed my only real possibility was taking him with me.”

That was definitely the thing that made her the most nervous. Felicity got that. Whenever she had gone to job interviews, she had been incredibly nervous. This branch was a particularly tough one, all the more for women. Getting into a male-dominated area of work was hard enough for a woman. Being a mother that had to bring her child to the first day of meeting a possible new job was even harder.

At least it was that way with most bosses. Felicity was different though. With two steps, she reached her desk and grabbed a photo from it. She shot a glance at it first before she showed it to Ms. Ngata.

„This,“ she said, lifting the photo for her to see, “is my family. I had trouble with childcare a lot of times too. I always just took my kids with me to work, just like my husband did. I brought our youngest family member with me today too.”

When Ms. Ngata perked up her eyebrows, Felicity nodded towards Hawk. As soon as all eyes were directed at him, his tail started waggling against the floor, creating a patting sound.

“Sweet.”

“Oh, he is.” Felicity smiled at Hawk briefly before she gestured to the chair in front of the desk. “Please sit down. Can I offer you something to drink?”

“No, thanks. I am so nervous, I wouldn’t get anything down.”

Felicity shot her a sympathetic smile and sat down in the soft leather chair behind her table. Emily had been right. She already liked Ms. Ngata.

“So, tell me about you.”

Ms. Ngata sucked in a deep breath before she replied, “I have studied biomedical engineering at Boston University. While studying, I have also been working in the research group of Professor Doctor Buyeo.”

Felicity smiled as the name Professor Doctor Buyeo was very familiar to her. The ambitious woman, who had come to the U.S. from Korea as a child, had been actively supporting the development of the biochips. She had also been the first doctor to ever implement a biochip.

“So, you have kind of worked for Queen Incorporated already.”

“Kind of, yes,” Ms. Ngata replied with a chuckle, “I guess.”

“Why did you choose that field of work?”

“You mean those nerve-stimulators?”

“Or biomedical engineering in general,” Felicity replied with a slight shrug of her shoulder, “you can choose.”

Ms. Ngata continued to look at Felicity for a moment before she lowered her gaze to her hands. She seemed unsure how to answer that question which only made Felicity nosier. She knew that the answers her candidates had to think about for a moment were the ones that were the most honest. Hence, they were also the ones that helped Felicity the most.

When Ms. Ngata lifted her gaze to Felicity again, she could see that she was still struggling. With a deep intake of breath, she seemed to have decided on answering with exactly what was on her mind right now.

„I am a very faithful person,” she explained, “and I believe in a good and fair god.”

Felicity nodded her head slightly. She could follow so far. Felicity was a very faithful person, too. Maybe she didn’t practice her religion as much as she should do, but she did believe in God, and she believed that, ultimately, he made the right decisions. Despite everything she had seen in her life and suffered through herself, she still believed that there was a God that actually meant well with them.

“However,” Ms. Ngata continued after a moment, “I also know that a lot of people are suffering. Babies are born with disabilities. Accidents and diseases cause problems to people too. Some people might still believe that God had his own plans and people shouldn’t interfere, but I don’t agree with that.”

Felicity narrowed her eyes slightly, looking at the woman in front of her thoroughly. She was already excited to hear the rest of this. Just like Emily had said before, Felicity liked to hire people who were able to think outside of the box.

“I think that God wouldn’t have given us the possibility of developing such things as bio-stimulants or abortions or even different kinds of surgery if he hadn’t wanted us to use them.” She smiled the smile of a woman that had been derided for her beliefs a lot of times. “There is so much bad in the world. If we assume that god created all of that, why wouldn’t he be the one to create all the good too? Why wouldn’t he give us the tools to try and make some of the things better?”

Felicity nodded her head slowly. “I like that way of thinking. It sounds nice.”

“It was my way of still believing in God when I realized how cruel this world could be.” Ms. Ngata sighed. “I thought it was a better way of dealing with it than just giving up on everything.”

Again, Felicity nodded her head. “Sounds about right.”

“Well, once I realized that, I figured that I wanted to be part of that. I wanted to help finding the right tools to help people that felt like their lives could improve if only the right technic was invented.”

“But why not medicine?” Felicity asked. “I mean if someone-“

When the baby started crying, Ms. Ngata pushed the baby carriage back and forth a little bit more quickly. She smiled at Felicity, asking her to go on without really saying the words, but Felicity could see how nervous she was.

“Most people who want to help others,” Felicity continued eventually over the cries of the baby, “think about medicine first. Why biomedical engineering?”

“Compared to medicine, it’s still a relatively new field,” she replied, shooting a nervous look towards her baby boy when his cries grew even more desperate, “and I just thought- I-“

Ms. Nagata looked from Felicity to her baby where her gaze stayed. Felicity could see the struggle she was going through, and she could see her making her decision – the wrong decision if you asked Felicity.

“I think we should end the conversation here,” she said, “I shouldn’t have wasted your time. Coming here with Kai has been the wrong decision from the start, and I-“

Felicity got up, shaking her head. She didn’t agree with any of what she was saying. It hadn’t been a mistake that she had come here. Actually, Felicity got a feeling that she was quite right here.

With a couple of steps, Felicity walked around the desk and looked at the crying baby in the baby carriage. Her kids might be quite some time older than Kai, but Felicity knew that she wouldn’t ever forget what it felt like to hold such a small baby in your arms. Kai wasn’t older than four months. He was still so tiny.

“Do you mind if I-“

Felicity looked from the crying baby to the mother, pointing a finger at the tiny human being that continued crying.

“No,” Ms. Ngata replied quickly, “of course not, but you don’t have to if you don’t want to-“

“Not want to?” With a chuckle, Felicity lifted Kai from the baby carriage and rested him against her chest. His head came to rest on her shoulder, and she leaned her face against his head. “Who couldn’t want to hold this beautiful baby?”

Felicity leaned her torso back a little, making sure the baby was safely tugged against her. Her right hand moved under his butt then, and her left hand tugged at the hem of the baby’s shirt. His cried grew quieter, so Felicity rubbed her hand over his back and went up and down with him. It seemed like Kai hadn’t been hungry at all. He had just wanted or needed some attention.

“My kids are all older, but it really doesn’t feel like it’s been years since my youngest was at that age,” Felicity said, almost missing the days when her kids were that small for a moment, but she didn’t allow this thought to go any deeper, “anyway, I think this will allow us to continue our conversation a little longer. That is, if you want to.”

Ms. Ngata seemed unsure what to say about this. Looking at her baby boy, who had almost fallen back asleep in Felicity’s arms, she seemed to be relieved that she still got a chance.

While Felicity was walking up and down in the office, alternating between rubbing her hand over Kai’s back and patting her fingertips against it, Felicity continued to interview Ms. Ngata for the job. Admittedly, at this point, it was less of trying to figure out if she wanted to hire her and more of trying to confirm that her decision had been the right one.

It was safe to say that Anahira Ngata was very passionate about her job. She loved what she was doing, and she did it because she was convinced that she could do some good in the world. In addition to that, she was also very skilled and willed to learn more if she realized that she was pushed to her limits. She was persistent, patient and strong. She wasn’t unsettled easily, and she could deal with a bunch of work.

Emily had been right when she had said that Felicity would like her because Felicity really did. She liked women that managed to make something out of themselves, women that came from rather poor or uneducated families and still decided to work their asses off, so they could graduate from college, study at colleges or universities and have jobs that were usually saved for men. If they decided that they didn’t want to give away their chance at a family of their own despite aiming for a better job.

“So, one last question, if you allow?” Felicity asked eventually.

“Sure.”

“Would you like me to book you a place in our in-house daycare?”

Ms. Ngata perked up her eyebrows. “There is an in-house daycare?”

“Yes.” Felicity smiled proudly, knowing that it was still relatively rare for most bigger companies around here. “I built it a couple of years ago when I realized how easily you could get in trouble with trying to find someone to take care of your kid when it was needed. I have always allowed and still see no problem in bringing your kid to work if that is necessary and if safety measures allow it. If possible, I also have no problem with parents working from home. All those options are still available even since I have opened the daycare.”

“Are your kids in that daycare too?”

“No,” Felicity replied with a smile, “they would be if I hadn’t hired a wonderful woman that has helped raising my husband already. She is part of the family and like the second grandmother they never got to know. I could never put her out of her job, and she likes to have the kids around.”

Ms. Ngata nodded her head slowly before she smiled. “If I get a job here, I would be more than happy if Kai could get a place at daycare. That is if you hire me of course.”

“I will hire you.”

The simple statement made Ms. Ngata’s eyebrows perk up. She seemed to be surprised about the fact that she was already hired.

“Don’t you have to discuss that with the head of HR or the board or anything?”

Felicity waved it off. “They always agree to my decisions because they know that I have never made a wrong choice. If you want to, you can sign the papers right now. Or maybe you want to read them through thoroughly which is absolutely okay too. If you ask my assistant Emily to just give you the papers, you can read them at home, and we can talk about them after the weekend.”

“I don’t know what to say.”

“Just say that you will think about the offer.”

“Of course I will. I probably won’t be able to think about anything else than this offer. It’s like a dream come true.”

“I am happy to hear that.” Felicity stepped in front of the woman that was hopefully going to be her newest employee and offered her hand to her. “I hope to be able to welcome you on board of this crazy ship soon.”

“The chances are good.”

Ms. Ngata took Felicity’s hand and shook it. Felicity was sure that she had enough knowledge of people to know that she wasn’t lying. She really wanted to think about this offer, and she was currently tending towards agreeing to it.

Once they had continued to shake hands, Felicity waited for Ms. Ngata to say goodbye. She was just looking at her though, almost like she was waiting for Felicity to say something more.

“Like I said,” Felicity said almost a little awkwardly, “Emily will give you the papers. If you just call me on Monday. We will find an appointment to sign the papers and talk about them if there are any open questions.”

“Sounds great.”

Again, Ms. Ngata shook her head, but she continued to look at Felicity. When the latter frowned slightly, the candidate shook her head and gestured towards Felicity’s shoulder.

“My baby?”

Following the direction of the gesture, Felicity looked down at the tiny human being that was resting against her shoulder. Only now she realized that Kai was still sleeping in her arms.

“Oh my god,” she said quickly, “of course.”

She put the baby back into the arms of her mother. She really couldn’t say how she could have forgotten that she was still holding a baby in her arms. Maybe she had been too flashed by the idea of hiring this woman. Felicity just already knew that she was going to be a great addition to the company.

“Goodbye then, Mrs. Queen.”

“Ms. Ngata.”

This was all going to work out great. Felicity just knew it, and she really was never ever wrong when it came to her employees. She had like a sixth sense for choosing them.

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Earthbound Playthrough

Fighter: Ness

Game: Earthbound, Wii U virtual console (SNES). First Released on August 27th 1994.

Fighter Bio.

A young boy living in Onett, a town in Eagleland, Ness is awoken one night following a meteorite crashing into a hilltop near his home. Ness and his neighbours eventually go to see the meteorite and it is there they meet Buzz Buzz, a small insect-like being who tells Ness that he is from 10 years in the future and has seen what will happen if he does not stop Giygas, an alien being. Buzz Buzz tells Ness that he is one of four destined to defeat Giygas and that they are the only ones who can. Following this Ness sets off on an adventure, meeting other members of the chosen four who help him to take on Giygas’s forces. Ness is a fairly strong physical fighter, with his weapons of choice being various baseball bats and sometimes Yo-yos. He also however has abilities he uses with PSI, although unlike his two other friends who also use PSI, his tend to be more focused on healing and lowering enemies defence and attack as well as raising those of his party.

Ness is once again a silent protagonist similar to many other Nintendo series protagonists and as such there isn’t much revealed of his personality. He seems to be a fan of baseball given his propensity to use bats as well as him wearing a Baseball Cap. Ness also has Steak as his favourite food which his Mother cooks for him when he visits home whilst on his adventure. Ness along with the other party members in the game can be named whatever the player wishes, however his default and therefore often considered ‘canon’ name is Ness. Similarly the player can choose his favourite food which by default is steak. Ness looks very similar to the player character of the first game in the series, Mother (localised many years later as Earthbound Beginnings) who’s default name is Ninten which was intentional as the creator Shigesato Itoi wished to allow the player to decide on whether they were the same character or not. For this blog and my own personal playthroughs, I will interpret them as separate characters, however there is no set canon regarding this.

Ness’s family consists of his Mother, Sister, Father and pet dog. Ness is close with his Mother, to the point that if he travels for too long without speaking to her he will get homesick, a condition that makes him sometimes miss turns in battle because he’s busy thinking of home and his favourite food. Homesickness is cured by either speaking to his Mother in person, or speaking to her over the phone. Ness’s Sister, Tracy can also be spoken to on the phone and during Earthbound she gets a job working for Excargo Express, a company that provides storage for items. By phoning his Sister, Ness can ask for someone from the company to be sent to him so he can give them items to store or to deliver items to him. Ness can also use this service when speaking to Tracy in person, with her giving and accepting items from Ness directly. Tracy and Ness’s Mother both can be found at Ness’s home in Onett, however his Father is constantly working and therefore never home. He can be called as well as call Ness on the phone however with him saving the game for the player when called and telling the party how much Exp they need to reach their next level. Ness’s Father will call Ness if the player has not saved for a long time in order to remind them to do so. Ness’s Father is never seen in person throughout the game, to the point that his representation in the credits role call is simply Ness’s home phone. The final member of Ness’s family is his dog King, who is the only non-playable character who can be named by the player, with King being the default. King is an optional party member at the start of the game who will reluctantly travel with the player to the meteor, helping out in battle with the occasional attack. When approaching the meteor however, he will get scared and run home. Following this King will remain at home for the rest of the game refusing to move.

Friends: On his journey, Ness meets with many characters, with the other three members of the chosen four being his closest companions, Paula, Jeff and Poo. Ness first meets Paula helping her escape from the Happy Happyism Cult who under the influence of Giygas have kidnapped her. Paula is much better at offensive PSI than Ness with his moves in Super Smash Bros actually mostly being ones Paula uses in Earthbound. Jeff, the only member of the group unable to use PSI is at a boarding school when he receives a psychic message from Paula asking him to help her and Ness who are trapped. Jeff sets off and eventually meets Ness and Paula when he arrives to help them escape from a dungeon. Finally, Poo is the prince of Dalaam who has trained for many years to strengthen his PSI. With his training complete Poo learns how to teleport and travels to meet the others knowing he is destined to fight alongside them. Poo later leaves the party for some time to learn a new attack, PSI Starstorm which is another attack Ness later uses in Super Smash Bros before returning to them after being successful.

There are many other characters Ness and his friends help during his journey and many who help them in return. Of those closest to Ness specifically, Buzz Buzz is a character only met by Ness and his neighbours Pokey and Picky Minch before he reaches his unfortunate end. The Runaway Five meet with Ness and his friends a couple of times through the game, and thanks to Ness helping them settle their debts they help out with their van and later on in a difficult battle. Apple Kid is an inventor who will provide Ness with inventions provided he funds his research. These inventions are vital to proceeding and later on Apple Kid assists in the final part of the game along with another important character, Dr. Andonuts. Dr. Andonuts is Jeff’s Father whom he has a strained relationship with, he provides Jeff and later his friends help with various inventions during the game. Finally of note is that when Ness visits Magicant he can gain temporary party members known as Flying Man. There are five of these who will join Ness when asked and when defeated will be lost for the rest of the game, with gravestones representing them outside of their home. The gravestones refer to the Flying Men as Ness’s Courage, although with each one the Tombstone’s become more and more vague until the last one chastises Ness and by extension the player for taking them for granted calling it “The Final Flying Man”.

Enemies/Rivals: Pokey Minch is Ness’s next-door Neighbour, known for being a bratty troublemaker, he doesn’t really have many friends only really having Ness to play with growing up as they’re neighbours. As the game goes on Pokey seems to get more and more corrupted by Giygas, although it is arguable that in fact Pokey’s true colours simply start to shine through once he manages to get Giygas’s power. Due to Ness’s status as a mostly silent protagonist and Pokey being quite erratic in his actions it’s debatable how much they are true enemies and how much Pokey has simply been twisted, with him often showing hints of still wishing to be friends with Ness, but showing it in twisted ways such as having to one-up him constantly. The rest of Pokey’s family aren’t on very good terms with Ness’s family, with Pokey’s Father constantly insisting Ness’s Father borrowed a large sum of money from him, although he then admits it might not have been as much as he said it is. He later assists Pokey in a scheme in the city of Fourside, however he ends up being more of a bit player and after Pokey’s plans in Fourside fail he leaves his Father washed up and wallowing in a bar. There are other characters Ness fights with some either testing him such as Captain Strong and others such as Frank being a gang leader who surrenders once Ness beats him.

Every other enemy pretty much is influenced by Ness’s true enemy Giygas, an invader from another world. Giygas was once a physical being, but eventually he gained such power he seemed to lose his physical form as well as his mind becoming bent purely on ending all existence. He still seems to be aware enough that when he learns during his invasion of earth 10 years in the future from the apple of enlightenment that Ness was destined to defeat him he goes back in time to defeat Ness knowing he could stop him, which shows he at least has enough thought to put a plan in motion. Beyond that, simply his presence is enough to cause all sorts of creatures and some people to seek to destroy Ness and his friends. Various agents of his such as the Starmen as well as objects such as the Mani Mani statue are his most direct forms of influence, with the Mani Mani statue managing to influence various figures such as the leader of the Happy Happy Cult into doing their will or just acting dangerously.

Crossovers with other Smash characters: Earthbound tends to fairly rarely actually make easter egg appearances or cameos in other games and as such Ness has had very little crossover with other characters outside of Super Smash Bros. One notable one is he makes a cameo in the sequel to his game, Mother 3 which stars Lucas, however I will detail that more in the post for Lucas. Beyond this, the only other real crossover for Ness is that Kirby has a power in Kirby Planet Robobot called ESP where he has a similar (although blue rather than red) baseball cap to Ness, and the description in-game mentions the powers being “just like a certain boy with PSI” being a clear reference to Ness. Ness himself does not appear however.

Why this game?

This is a very very simple one, it’s the only game Ness is in. There are other games in the Mother series, one of which stars a character who will have a post further down the line, however this is the only game in the Mother series that stars Ness, so it’s the obvious choice.

My past with this game.

So, my history with Earthbound is quite different to a lot of accounts I tend to read and that’s down to one big reason, Earthbound wasn’t released in Europe. Due to this, my first exposure to Earthbound, or rather Ness specifically was in Super Smash Bros on the N64. Back when I was in school, I remember another kid who would often make up the usual ‘rumours’ regarding games at the time, such as how to find Mew under the truck or how he had 50 Charizard cards at home, or how to get Luigi in Super Mario 64. One day, he told me about a secret character in Super Smash Bros. He said this character was a weird one as it was like Baby Mario. He told me I think how to unlock him and being naïve I gave it a shot, only this time it turned out to be somewhat real. I got this character with a red cap who was a kid, so I was completely confused as to who this was. I thought it must have been Kid Mario, an older Baby Mario for some reason. I forget now how long it was following this I started looking more into Ness and realising he wasn’t related to Mario but was from another game entirely with the most obvious sign being when I read his bio in-game. Although it was rather vague, it stated Ness had Psychic powers. At the time, my first time really hearing of Psychic powers was from Pokemon, so because of that I started associating Ness with Pokemon since he was somewhat similar to a typical Pokemon Trainer, with a cap and bag. Yeah, back then I’d muddle all sorts of different things into being connected in my head.

It was probably in Super Smash Bros Melee where I first started to learn a lot more about Ness, partially thanks to all the info contained in the various trophies, but also due to other factors such as being older and able to comprehend more, and the biggest factor, the internet. Super Smash Bros Melee was when I was able to first start looking for information on games from something other than Magazines. There were not many websites at the time I knew to look at however, Wikipedia wasn’t really that well known, at least to me back then and so most of the time I would learn information from fansites. Probably one of the biggest influences to me when it comes to a lot of my interest in Super Smash Bros was a site known as Detstar, which is only really viewable through the wayback machine now. It covered a lot of aspects of Melee, from the more basic things such as characters, moves, items and stages, to the parts that I had more interest in, “Cool Stuff” and “Misc”. “Cool Stuff” covered all sorts of things, from Trophies to Easter Eggs in the game whilst “Misc” is the more important section to this article. Under this section were various things, from the fake Sonic & Tails as well as the Toad Rumours, to Beta elements, and then a few things covering some of the more obscure games represented in Melee, Dr. Mario, Ice Climber and finally “Ness & Earthbound.” (No Fire Emblem however, which I’ll cover more in detail when I get to them.) This was probably where I first really learnt about Earthbound, seeing screenshots of the game as well as some information on the very basic plot outline. Needless to say, at the time, as someone who at most had played Ocarina of Time, Paper Mario and Pokemon when it came to RPGs, my imagination ran wild about this game. These few images looked so unique to other games I’d played then and there was so little info really looking back at it that I really wanted to know more, it helped that I was really into Pokemon at the time, regarding which the site itself said “So if you’re looking for someone or something to blame for Pokemon, blame Earthbound” (Sidenote: It’s funny how for a fair amount of time in my childhood, Pokemon was seen a lot in the same way Fortnite and FNAF tend to be, with a lot of ‘true gamers’ then seeing it as a plague on gaming. Detstar I don’t think really went that way so much, more he was just acknowledging it being a common view at the time, although I could be wrong.) So the appeal for the game was more there for me than it might have been earlier in my life. I would advise if anyone does want to look into the site, remember it’s an old internet fansite written by someone who I think pretty much dropped out of the gaming scene years ago, so it definitely has a lot of quirks typical of fansites at that time, just so you know what you’re getting into.

Next up for my exposure to Earthbound was another old internet site I spent a lot of time on back then (and another probably best not viewed by kids) Newgrounds. On there, there were a lot of parody videos, with a lot of my favourites being pixel animations. Naturally, there were plenty of Earthbound ones, with probably the one that sticks out most in my mind being one of the ever popular “outtakes/bloopers” videos, something practically every gaming franchise on there probably has had by this point. Still, with this outtake video I got a look at other scenarios that were in the game, although often pretty different to how they were in the actual game and without context for me, someone who hasn’t played the game, still it was probably another way I learnt more of the game and got to see the sprites in motion rather than just screenshots. Following this my memory is somewhat messy, Super Smash Bros Brawl was announced and I really started following online speculation at this time, learning of Mother 3 and most importantly getting a lot more info on the game. Youtube was starting to get popular providing me with a fair few videos of the game itself. Gradually, I came across Lets Plays watching a few of other games, and finally watching Chuggaaconroy’s Lets Play of Earthbound. It was through this I admittedly saw the game all the way through for the first time so yes, I never played it blind. Following this, I did get a chance to play the game, although not in a method I particularly liked and I was hoping that one day it would finally come to the Wii Virtual Console. In this playthrough, as with a lot of RPGs I’d tried at this point, I made it to a certain boss (the rematch with Master Belch) and got stuck, eventually just playing other games instead.

Now, before I get onto the final part of my history with the franchise, there is a fairly notable omission here when it comes to websites with information. Starmen.net is the biggest and most influential English language website when it comes to the Mother series to my knowledge. It is a fantastic resource and has a very devoted community who have been involved in covering a lot of the series for those outside of Japan, compiling a lot of information and very vocally campaigning for the series to see releases outside of Japan. Many people who are longtime Mother series fans tend to have links to the site such as the aforementioned Chuggaaconroy and as such I feel it is important I mention it. Whilst I did read a lot of things on the site, and for a time I remember religiously checking out the fanart on there, I’ll admit I didn’t personally get that involved with the site, however I feel it is too important to not mention. This links nicely into the final part really of my history with Earthbound, in 2013 after so long waiting it was finally announced that Earthbound would see a worldwide release on the Wii U Virtual Console, finally coming to Europe. Satoru Iwata stated this was down to the many requests on Miiverse I believe, however I’m sure that the vocal fanbases such as Starmen.net were a very big part of this too. Sadly, the same hasn’t happened for Mother 3 yet, we can only hope for that one day, but for me, I was glad I was finally getting to officially own Earthbound after so long. So, I excitedly started, played through and beat the game, right? No… I got stuck at a boss and started playing other games again. I know, I’m a failure of a gamer.

My Smash Playthrough.

When it comes to big games on my list, this really was probably the biggest game I knew I needed to beat. When it comes to replaying these games, and they’re ones where I specifically have started them multiple times, I like to where possible pick up my old save file and continue on rather than start from scratch again. With the long list I have with many RPGs and other long games, restarting every single one from scratch can admittedly hit my motivation somewhat. Earthbound is an amazing game and a lot of fun, however I wanted to finally get to new parts I hadn’t played before. Luckily, my save file actually had everything I wanted in my playthrough, as in the correct names for the characters and the items I wanted, so this was one of the easier games to simply continue from where I’d left off. The screenshot above is from a Miiverse post I made at the time, in it I said that I was finally “Further than I've got before.” I don’t necessarily remember most moments of my playthroughs now, but this one was very important to me. Super Metroid was a big game sure, but it was one I’d had easy access to really whenever I wanted. Earthbound however, this was a game I’d managed to have a lot of history with despite not being able to play it for the majority of my life, so to finally be at this moment, knowing I’d made it past where I was stuck and was going to beat the game was a huge deal to me. Honestly, thinking on it now, it might be one of my biggest gaming memories. Still, I don’t want to go too overboard here, needless to say though, I’m glad I was able to get that screenshot of seeing for myself in-game a moment I’d only seen in screenshots and other people’s playthroughs beforehand.

There were a fair few difficult spots for me following this however, areas where I found enemies tough and a few bosses gave me trouble. Earthbound definitely isn’t a hard game, but I’ve never been great at RPGs and this was at the start of my Smash Playthroughs, the idea of playing a Dragon Quest game for example would have been a pretty out there concept to me then. Areas that stand out in my mind include Stonehenge base, and an occurrence in an earlier area which takes place towards the end of the game involving very difficult enemies appearing there (which happens to be a point of no return I wasn’t prepared for, meaning a very important area was lost to me somewhat on this save file) Funnily enough, Master Belch’s rematch which had stopped me in my tracks both times I’d played before, was one of the boss fights I probably had the least trouble with, partially as I was aware of a trick with him, but even without that I’d managed to get to a level where he wasn’t really a problem, which was very satisfying. Many of the bosses could be challenging, but I don’t remember any of them being very large roadblocks to me, it helps that at this point I had gained somewhat more experience with RPGs and learnt a lot more about how Earthbound’s battle system worked than I had before, meaning I had more of an understanding of what I was doing.

The final boss is an experience I honestly don’t want to spoil. I know I’ve spoilt a lot here, but this final boss is one of the most notable in Nintendo and perhaps RPG history, one which I think it’s really best to experience yourself. I will however, spoil something unique in the ending of this game, so I guess skip to the next paragraph if you don’t want to hear it. This game has an epilogue where essentially you can walk around the whole world of the game with all the enemies gone and practically every single NPC will have a new line of dialogue. All sorts of NPCs, even the most minor will somewhat conclude various small events from the game, really there’s far too many to mention, but every location is open to you to revisit at your own pace in order to see what’s changed now the world is saved. It’s something I don’t think many other games have really done, granted there are those with a post-game, but it’s a pretty unique experience overall and is just another reason this game is so beloved in my opinion. Of course, you’re entirely free to just go to the ending and ignore what anyone else has to say, it’s all up to you.

The music is great, with quite a variety of themes and some very psychedelic sounding songs, especially for the battles which matches up with the swirling backgrounds very well. The dialogue is easily one of the strongest points of the game, with almost every NPC being worth talking to as there’s often so many funny things to be heard, with many wacky scenarios such as a club where philosophical patrons gather to essentially stare at a rock and drink overpriced water. The setting of the game being in a modern world also helps it stand out from a lot of RPGs at the time. Returning to Dragon Quest which I mentioned earlier, I didn’t know back then but a lot of influence was drawn from that series when it comes to how the Mother series plays, with a menu being used to choose which options to do such as check what’s in front of you or talk to what’s in front of you. There is a button which will also do the job without having to bring up the menu however, which means Earthbound isn’t as closely linked to the style as its predecessor was, but it’s still there at any rate. Finally, and this is just a personal note, but I love a lot of the little features in the game that add to it’s charm, things like being able to order a pizza and the pizza being an item that can heal the whole party (since they share it) and being able to get a delivery guy to come out and take items from you to store them, or getting on the bus to travel from one town to the next. This is definitely a personal preference thing, but I still wanted to include it.

Overall, even today I would say Earthbound is a game worth checking out. Its uniqueness manages to let it remain an experience that still holds up and isn’t necessarily hampered by any huge aspects of gaming back then that would perhaps make me feel the need to warn about when recommending, with only a few minor things such as inventory management really sticking out in my mind. If you want any further evidence, Earthbound’s legacy really speaks for itself, with it’s influence definitely being present in a fair few notable series following it, probably the biggest of which being Pokemon (I believe having a crossover of some staff but I’m really not sure of specifics there) and a fair few games in the indie scene, most notably Undertale. Honestly, I keep thinking of pretty big aspects of the game that I haven’t even mentioned, like Mr. Saturns, but I feel at this point I’ve gone over most of what I really should, and Mr. Saturn will be mentioned again much further down the line.

Specific aspects about the game relating to Ness in Smash.

So, when it comes to Ness in Super Smash Bros, this is the first example on my list of something that’s really optional and just me going somewhat obsessively overboard really. Before I get onto that point however, regarding Ness’s attacks, as stated earlier, PK Fire, PK Thunder, PSI Magnet and PK Starstorm are not attacks Ness learns in the game, with them instead being used by either Paula or Poo. In Super Smash Bros Brawl I believe this is explained in a trophy as Ness being taught how to use these moves by Paula and Poo, but that’s really all that can be said regarding those attacks. PK Flash is the only PSI attack that Ness can use in the game but its function is somewhat different than in Super Smash Bros. It can cause various status effects on the enemy (depending on which version of it is used) such as causing them to cry (lowering their accuracy) feel strange, get paralysed or the most notable effect, being defeated instantly. This last effect is perhaps the closest to its use in Super Smash Bros, as it is a fairly difficult to pull off move but when it does connect can cause a lot of knockback making it pretty close to an instant KO providing some damage has been done to an opponent. The final of Ness’s PSI abilities is one that’s not really used in battle, but is part of his entrance in Super Smash Bros, being Teleport. In Earthbound, one form of Teleport requires Ness and his friends to run forwards gathering speed until they warp away, arriving at another location. If they collide with any solid objects whilst building speed, Ness and his friends will stop in their tracks and be completely covered in soot from the resulting energy backfire. In Super Smash Bros, Ness will arrive to a battle in a similar way to having just arrived in a new location through Teleport, however he will also briefly be covered in soot, similar to if he crashes into something whilst trying to build up speed.

Ness also fights with a baseball bat and a Yo-yo in Super Smash Bros. The baseball bat is not specifically based on any bat from Earthbound with the only notable thing about it being “Nett Sports” written on it. Ness’s Yo-yo similarly is not based on a specific one from the game with the main notable aspect of it being the word “Mother” on it when zoomed in close. Weapons are not physically seen in Earthbound, with battles being from a first person perspective. Similarly various clothes do not change characters appearances, with Ness always looking the same throughout the game barring specific events such as the start of the game where he wears Pyjamas. Where my obsessive methods come in are that in cases like this, I tend to like to try to work out what would be the closest equipment in my opinion to how it looks in the character’s portrayal in Super Smash Bros. So really, for this next part you can completely ignore this as it’s not anything concrete and purely my speculation. For the baseball bat I feel there are two candidates. The Ultimate Bat is the most straightforward, since what little artwork there is of the bats shows it as looking still like a fairly standard wooden baseball bat, similar to the one used in Smash. The only other candidate however, is the Tee ball bat, the reason being that this bat is sold in Onett, and the “Nett Sports” written on the bat would imply that specific bat has a connection to Onett. Still, I went with the Ultimate Bat mostly as the Tee Ball bat is the second weakest in the game. Of the Yo-yos, my first choice simply because Ness fights with it and it looks flashy was the Combat Yo-yo, the strongest yo-yo in the game. However, based on what little artwork there is, it seems this yo-yo actually has spikes on it, a feature not on the one in Smash, so therefore probably the other best choice would be the Trick yo-yo, again because it looks fairly flashy with the yellow lightning looking patterns in Smash. Finally, when it comes to equipment, probably the only real choice I felt for Ness is the Mr. Baseball Cap. This hat is a gift to Ness from a character in Onett, and the other choices such as the Holmes hat and Hard Hat definitely don’t fit the way Ness’s hat in artwork and Smash looks. There is a standard Baseball Cap available in the store in Onett, however the Mr. Baseball Cap still feels more fitting and specific to Ness overall in my opinion.

Credits.

For information on this game including dates of releases I must give credit to Wikibound Wiki.

The screenshots in this post are taken by me using Miiverse before it shut down.

#Ness #Earthbound #Mother 2 #Super Smash Bros #SNES #Wii U #Virtual Console #My Smash Playthrough #My Smash Playthroughs

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psychefm · 5 years ago

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talk to the hand [ booboo stewart ], [ deon damgaard ] is the new kid on the block around here. at [ twenty one ], the [ demi boy ] works at [ chuck e cheese ] in the mall and, like, [ he ] totally reminds us of [ travis birkenstock ]. oh snap! what? their favorite movie is [ addams family values ]???? so is mine! (pepper, she/her, twenty three, est )

ABOUT THE MUN. hey demons, it’s ya gurl pepper

tumblr still hates me, and yk what i hate it right back.

BIO. i need a himbo! i’m holding out for a himbo at the end of the night! he’s gotta be strong, and he’s gotta be fast, and he’s gotta be dumb and polite! suicide tw, depression tw, death tw !!!

Deon Damgaard was born from a tryst of passion. In other words, an affair. A very exciting affair, if that makes things any better. Said affair was between his mother, a talented young pianist, and his father, an influential, very much married businessman. You see, his father saw his mother play once and instantly fell in love. He came to every single one of his mother’s performances after that, and every time he did he left her flowers. Extravagant, beautiful flowers, the kind of flowers that make an impact on a woman, apparently. And they must have, because before long Deon’s mother was falling just as in love with Deon’s father as he was with her. And obviously you know what happens next. Deon.

Now, the thing about passionate love affairs is that they’re love affairs for a reason. There’s the love part of course. But there’s also the affair part. And that’s where things get complicated. Because despite being utterly, and completely in love with Deon’s mother, his father was still married. And he had no intention of ending his marriage, even for love.

But Deon’s mother didn’t know that at first. You see, Deon has inherited his mother’s easy optimism. The woman was in love and she believed with absolute surety that the love of her life would ultimately choose her. And so she waited for that day. And waited. And waited.

She spent most of the first few years of Deon’s life waiting, but the longer she waited the less Deon’s father even bothered to come around. The thing with falling in love hard and fast is that you can fall out of love just as quickly. And that’s exactly what Deon’s father did. He fell out of love like it was nothing.

So there was Deon’s mother, with a baby she shared with a man who didn’t love her anymore. One that carried his last name against his wishes, one that even had the name that he’d said he’d always wanted to give a son. One that she loved, truly. But that love wasn’t enough. Because Deon’s mother was in pain. More pain than a little baby like Deon could understand. Enough pain to end her own life.

Deon was six at the time. Not old enough to know what was happening, but old enough to understand that something was wrong. Especially when he quickly found himself in an orphanage. His father never claimed him of course. Deon doesn’t even know if he mourned his mother. Or if he wanted to come to her funeral. All he knows is that he wasn’t there.

There’s not much to be said after that, or at least nothing as poetic as the beginning. Deon was put into the foster system and he was never really wanted again. Well. Maybe that’s not completely true. The truth is no one ever wanted to adopt him. But he always hoped someone would. He’d be passed from family to family to family, bright eyed and hoping like the optimistic child he was. But they never wanted him. Some said he was too hyper. Others said he was too curious. More than a few just said he was too odd, and Deon always found that strange. That he was too odd to keep. Too odd to love.

Of course most of them didn’t expect Deon to be eavesdropping when they said these things so Deon couldn’t really fault them. They didn’t mean to hurt him. And so he could never truly hate them. He couldn’t find it in his heart to. But it was painful, to get his hopes up each time only to have them dashed away. Whether that be by being tossed aside like nothing but a nuisance or tossed around like nothing but a rag doll. It always hurt to seek love and give love and yet never get any in return.

Deon moved to Strawberry, Nebraska at thirteen to be fostered by a cold, gruff couple who didn’t really have much of an interest in him other than the checks he provided. It took a while for Deon to realize that and even longer for him to accept it, and honestly some part of him still hasn’t. Even to this day Deon will try with them, just optimistically hoping that this one extra act of kindness, or one extra attempt at bonding will be the one to break the camels back and make them like him. It never is though. But at the very least Jack and Barb Finchum never got rid of him. They kept him around for the money, and due to this Deon got to stick around Strawberry. Strawberry is the place he’s been the longest in his entire life.

And after Deon realized that he might be around for good he started trying harder than ever to make friends. Prior to Strawberry Deon had never really made many, and honestly he tried to see it as a blessing. I mean, could you imagine having to leave not only your family but also friends time after time? It would be too much to bear. So Deon did his best to see it as a good thing. But now that he had the opportunity Deon was trying harder than ever to find his people. Maybe a bit too hard. Honestly Deon was probably known throughout town for being the weird loud kid, and he was pretty okay with that. I mean, he didn’t know it but he would be okay with it if he did.

Was the guy you’d see at every house party, the guy who would make an elaborate plan to skateboard down the stairwell railing of the school on a dare, who would do your big chemistry project for nothing but a couple of joints and a taco, because that’s another thing, despite being a complete idiot Deon is also somehow a genius. Like he’s stupid, but he’s good at school, mostly because Deon quickly learned that everything in life had a price: food, toys, family, but school? School was free, and he adored it. Okay, maybe not all of it. English and foreign languages and god, history, all of that was painfully boring even if Deon could pass. But science? Science was the one thing that he had to look forward to throughout most of his childhood. And it continued to be that one thing into his young adulthood.

The majority of Deon’s said young adulthood was also spent sporadically behind bars. Let’s just say Deon fell into the wrong crowd. It wasn’t on purpose, Deon has just and likely always will be the kind of person who is eager for friendship. All these kids had to do was be even slightly nice to him and ‘sure, man! i can totally hotwire that car for you!’. That’s not to say Deon was completely innocent himself. Most of his arrests for theft, graffiti, and street racing, were products of his own doing. But sometimes, Deon just happened to be the guy abandoned at the scene of the crime. He never gave up his friends, no matter what the cops threatened him with, but he unfortunately never had the privilege of having his loyalty returned.

Deon stayed out of juvie by the skin of his teeth. It was mostly due to the fact that strawberry wasn’t a particularly big town, and Deon could usually endear the small town sheriff to him with his incessant chatter, and well meaning demeanor. He honestly made friends with more than a few of the cops that had arrested him, and there are more than a few that Deon would still call up today and chat with. He is probably in mall jail all the time for little things honestly. Sorry Peter.

Despite his dabbling in crime, Deon graduated from high school with an almost spotless GPA and partial to full scholarships to more than a few universities including Harvard, MIT, Yale. Deon was kind of startled by all of the offers, but he did have more than a few projects during his years of schooling that caught the universities attention (including making the car from back to the future for fun but also making it so that it could possibly run on electricity, making a small robot that could run on used vegetable oil, etc). But with all the offers, Deon decided to stay local, because I would like to think that he finally made friends here and he could never just leave them now that he did.

I feel like Deon has been working at Chuck E Cheese since he was maybe fourteen? And he loves it, he has the time of his life every shift. Likes to go around and play with the kids, can generally be depended on to fix the animatronics when they’re acting up, honestly probably started working there because he kept fucking with the animatronics for fun in his spare time and realized he could actually fix them too. that said, he still likes to reprogram chuckie himself to like do the worm or something. he has a great time with it, and i am so sorry kath.

okay that’s it i think

HEADCANNONS. if i get shot do i own the bullet? like can i keep it?

this is deon.

fun fact, i originally made deon as an npc in a house party para i was doing with my friend sdkjsdjk he was genuinely made to be as annoying as possible but then my friend actually really liked him so now he’s a whole ass muse. that said if he is annoying… it’s because he was legit designed to be i’m sorry folks sdkjdskj fingers crossed he’s not though! but grating traits he has: never stops talking man, says man, dude, bruh, and bro, constantly. CONSTANTLY. you’ll be having a conversation with him and he’ll just blurt out something completely off topic??? HE’S SO LOUD TOO! And incredibly inappropriate god

that said deon was also inspired by jason mendoza and i literally teared up writing that because i’m still not over the end of the good place so dkjsdkj let’s move on!

loves back to the future and honestly i should have put back to the future as his favourite movie but i really didn’t remember it existed until now.

has a septum piercing, a tongue piercing, a smiley piercing, a nipple piercing on his left nipple and several tattoos, most of which he’s done himself after buying a tattoo gun (honestly you shouldn’t let deon tattoo you because he just does whatever comes to him at the time but also LET DEON TATTOO YOU!). honestly has more than a few earrings too like both ears are probably full of piercings and he’s very proud of all of his them honestly.

loves colour and neon especially, but also loves to wear a lot of black like he’s a whole ass mess. his favourite colour is yellow btw. generally just wears what he likes, but he pretty much never looks polished.

his favourite number is 0!

wears a lot of rings and jewelry as well, you will rarely find your boy without something on his fingers.

has a rat named titty boy that he calls titty for short. his name is titty boy because he only eats hot cheetos and likes to watch garbage tv. as sad as it sounds he was one of deon’s first genuine friends so he loves him like BIG. takes him everywhere like he usually has him in his bag at work, so you can catch titty scurrying around chuck e cheese sometimes.

built a little bot and named him douche bag, or rather deebs for short. also loves him big. deebs is constantly getting updated by deon honestly, but your boy actually probably won a prize when he made him because he’s actually?? very like advanced for what he is (he runs on used oil from fast food chains, has a touch screen, etc). deon literally made him so that he could help him remember to take his pills (deon has clinical depression and adhd, so he needs deebs around to give him that nudge sometimes), and he can do that and more now. deon kind of wants to see if he can break him into the service animal industry, cause he figures he could be good for people who need service animals but have allergies to fur.

gets around, mostly because he is attracted like everybody and feels no qualms about telling them that? and omg he’s also bi btw, no one is surprised. but honestly isn’t really a player just cause he’s too dumb to be one man. like if he was suppose to call you and he didn’t he literally just forgot sdkjsdkj

does not talk about himself at all! ever! like legit learning anything about deon’s past is like pulling teeth!

like i said deon has depression, but like most people probably don’t know that because again,, your boy is close lipped. that said he doesn’t try to hide it, like if you see him taking his pills you see him taking his pills. there are times though that deon will just not be found for a week or two when his depression gets bad. he usually emerges from these occasions chill and chipper as he usually is with sdkmds absolutely no mention of it. i don’t know if he has any friends he’s close enough to that he’d talk to about that though you know, like honestly from deon’s perspective *deon vc* i don’t wanna bring anybody down, man…

says man and bro and bruh and dude WAY TOO MUCH like they punctuate most of his sentences sdkdjs

surfer dude energy. skater dude energy. stoner dude energy.

smokes A LOT of weed. LOVES to party! that guy you see at every house party and have to wonder like??? how is he passing ANY of his classes sdkjsdj how is he SURVIVING

honestly when i usually write deon he’s an MIT graduate so dskjds he definitely got an offer from there that he casually responded to like ‘oh shit, thanks man, but i’m cool!’ sdkjdsjk

sometimes you can catch deon sitting in his car blasting mariah carey and crying in the mall parking lot.

knows all the words to TLC’s waterfalls and will sing it to completion whenever it’s on.

will come to your flat and like fix your heater if it’s acting up. literally just hail deon down if you need anything fixed and he will do it for literally nothing. he just likes to help, and to be wanted around tbh rip

swears A TON omg i almost forgot deon swears constantly dkjds he doesn’t see a problem with it honestly, and he’s never like angrily swearing honestly it’s usually excited swearing but sdkjsdkj he’s a potty mouth nonetheless and if your muse doesn’t swear deon will pay them money to do it despite being BROKE. “will you say fuck for a dollar?” sdkjdsj

PERSONALITY. do u are have stupid? hell yeah brother!

honestly one of my most kindhearted muses. like deon wouldn’t hurt a FLY! he catches spiders in his hands and takes them outside sdkjsdk. like even if you’re a dick to deon he will still be nice to you! never gets mad at ANYBODY, like it’s so rare to see deon pissed man he has the heart of a surfer dude

just freaking says things man. doesn’t think before he says anything ever. no brain to mouth filter at ALL.

that said he’s a lot smarter than he looks and acts skjdsj but he’s also so so stupid, it’s a bit contradictory honestly because deon is a DUMBASS! but he be knowing things man i can’t explain it. like he has no brain to mouth filter but like if you tell deon a secret no one is ever going to know.

PAINFULLY loyal to his friends like to a fault! even if you betray deon or abandon him he legit will not do the same to you, like if you were ever his friend you will be his friend until the day he dies.

generous. would give the shirt off his back to someone if they needed it

humble? like deon knows he’s good at what he does because people keep telling him that but he doesn’t do it because he’s good at it he does it because he thinks it’s fun and like rewarding, like seeing deebs beeping around just makes him happy.

doesn’t have a competitive bone in his body when it comes to academic success or professional success but when it comes to pacman or tWISTER and suddenly nothing else matters in the world

lowkey still desperately wants friends and to be accepted, and cares a lot more about what people think of him than he lets on, rip

you absolutely could manipulate deon whenever you wanted to, he would skdjdsjk probably never catch on man. it’s like ‘fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, come on man… fool me THREE TIMES?? bro.’ dkjdskj

lowkey sad sometimes because it be like that, but he will hide it the minute there’s someone around him.

one of those muses that is like… are you pretending to be dumb or are you really that dumb? and like legit i don’t even know the answer man and i’ve never actually got to play him long enough to find out so i’m hype for that!

WANTED CONNECTIONS. *tries to crowd surf at a ted talk*

BROS. give deon some a group of close guy friends he will adore them with everything in him!

SOMEONE THAT’S ANNOYED BY HIM. whether you’re trying to go home after your shift and deon is talking your ear off about the toe he found in his subway sandwich, or you have to hear him playing cotton eyed joe over the mall’s speakers (cause deon would do that,,,, i am so sorry peter blooth mall cop) you have a right to be annoyed by him. you are valid.

CONFIDANTE. despite the amount deon likes to talk he’s actually a really good listener and will keep all your secrets forever! so confide in him man, he’s got you. or the other way around someone deon feels like he can confide in and talk to?? a concept.

EXES. give me someone who broke his heart! i’ve never gotten to play brokenhearted deon but it would be fun. or someone who’s heart he accidentally broke, honestly he wouldn’t know it until it was too late sdkjsdkj.

CRUSH. give me someone who has a crush on deon that he is completely oblivious to. give me someone who deon has a crush on that he doesn’t know what to do with! honestly for the most part deon is either very blunt and forward or awkward and dumb with a crush, but either way it will be entertaining for all involved.

DAD FRIEND/MOM FRIEND. deon is a whole mess honestly, and he just needs someone who will make sure he doesn’t die you know? because he’s used to taking care of himself generally but he really will get himself into dangerous situation because he’s just stupid. some random stranger offers deon crack at a music festival? deon will take it! it’s so nice that they offered him some! *deon vc* yoooo, thanks man!

ENEMY. i just find it funny that deon wouldn’t know they are enemies. he’d wave to them and say hi and they’d be like I HATE YOU and he’d laugh like it’s a joke dkjdsk it’d be very one sided but very entertaining.

CHILDHOOD FRIENDS. deon has traveled all around america so give this to me friends! they were buds for maybe a bit before he moved or something like?? i want it.

FWB. just really chill buds who also have sex. deon will try to high five them after sdkjdsjk maybe someone involved is catching feelings or maybe they’re just going to always be friends who have seen each other naked, and you know what that’s okay too.

alright that’s all i’ve got for now and yk how it is, please smash that like button if you’d like to plot and i’ll come running.

#d.d. | intro.#vhsintro #god finally done #this is probably a mess and there might be mistakes but i'm tired of looking at it #suicide tw #death tw #depression tw #just in case

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fathomintoxconstellations · 4 years ago

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{HANDE ERÇEL, FEMALE, SHE/HER )} have you seen AIDAN “AIDA” SCOTT around icaria? they are the 26 year old child of APHRODITE. they remind me of the faintest scent of luxury perfume, disheveled sheets and a wavering smile. They’ve been on the island for 5 years.

Basics:

Full Name: Aidan Scott

Nickname: Aida

Parents: Easton Scott & Aphrodite

D.O.B.: October 25th

Age: 26

Profession: Owner of Relaxing Tides

Hometown: Los Angeles

Sexuality: Pansexual

Spoken Languages: English, French, Greek, Turkish and some broken Spanish

Abilities: Emotion manipulation (the ability to control and manipulate emotions); fertility manipulation (along with the ability to bring small things to life for a limited time)

BIO:

TW: Mental Illness, Alcoholism, Drugs, Violence

Aidan Scott spent her entire childhood having to live up to an idea. Her father, Easton Scott, would tell her stories about her stunning mother. The woman who could make jaws drop with a passing look. The most beautiful woman in the world who Aida apparently was a ‘spitting image of’. Only the woman she believed was her mother, wasn’t, the free spirited woman who walked out on their family when Aida was only a child. But, Aphrodite- the goddess of love and beauty.

Easton and Hayley had been young and rushed too quickly into marriage. They barely knew each other and, after the first year into their marriage, Hayley couldn’t bring herself to stay. With his wife walking out on him, Easton quickly slipped back into a depression. He was half way through a bottle when he stumble upon a woman he couldn’t take his eyes off of. It was one night of passion and praise and, the next thing Easton knew, the goddess left a beautiful baby girl off on his doorstep and the child was constantly reminded of just how beautiful she was.

Aida loved her father and, for the most part, things were great. Better than great. When Easton was good, it was like her world was touched with light and fire. He’d tell the school she was sick so they could to the arcade or an amusement park. She’d wake up to pancakes and waffles and so much food it could feed a neighborhood; the most exorbitant and over the top breakfasts imaginable. They’d dance around in their living and laugh till the sun came up. But, it was get to be too much. He’d have so much energy that he’d keep her up for days. She’d could barely focus let alone stay awake at her desk. He’d start comparing her more and more to the woman she didn’t remember and could never live up to. He’d even have her pretend to be her mother on occasion, just before he crashed. During the lows, Easton would barely get out of bed. If she walked in five minutes late from school, he might even throw a glass at her head for worrying him too much. She loved her dad and she tried not to ever blame him for the mania or the depression. Instead, she handled what little money they had and did her best to take care of the both of them, often playing down how smart and responsible she truly was to help put her father’s mind at ease and act like any other kid without a trouble in the world.

That was until her abilities began to set in. Aida didn’t understand it, but in high school, the girl slowly started to see more and more people around her become overrun by their emotions. A cashier who she exchanged friendly words with for a few seconds, would start throwing things the next. At first she thought it was just her imagination and, yet, she couldn’t shake this feeling that she was the cause of it. She tried to bring it up with her father, but he’d just brush it off like it was nothing. When she discovered she had the ability to bring small things to life for a limited time- she hoped that was the proof she needed that something was going on with her. Maybe even was wrong with her? But, instead of having an answer, her dad signed her up for therapy. For years, she convinced herself it was all in her head. Maybe she was just crazy? Hiding her worry behind pretty smiles that didn’t quite reach the eye and a long train of partying and booze. But, finally the truth came out.

Demigods were going missing, so her dad reached out to the mother she never knew. She was beyond angry and hurt at her dad for hiding it. He had been trying to protect her, but in doing so, he made her feel lost and alone. Words were said. Bitter phrases the two would long regret. And the next thing Aida knew, she was packing up her bag, heading off to Icaria and not looking back.

Aida keeps up her carefree appearance, often losing herself to the bottle of a bottle or waking up in strangers beds. She’s a flirt decked out in designer clothes who uses her ability of emotion manipulation to be able to live the lavish lifestyle she had never been privy to growing up. She’s smart, but often chooses to feign innocent or tone down just how much so in public, pretending to be more like the mysterious goddess who is her mother than she truly thinks she is. Aida pushes down the guilt she has for how her and her dad, the closest man in her life, ended things and hides behind the pretty walls she’s built up for herself.

Wanted Connections:

Family:

Half-Siblings: Briar (super close); Max (Used to Party in Vegas before finding out they’re related) & Lyric

Brother in Law: Colton (Married to Briar)

Little Sister

Adopted Sibling

Make-Shift Siblings (taken each other under their wing or relied on each other as family)

Cousins

Relative Once Removed

Work:

Coworkers at Relaxing Tides

Regular Customers at the Spa

People to test out different Spa Treatments on - Theo;

Friendships:

Best Male Friend

Best Female Friend

Mean Girls/Heathers Trio of Best Friends- Rue/Rye

Friends

Role Model (Someone she looks up to/strives to be like)

Dysfunctional Role Model (Someone who looks up to her/strives to be like her)

Someone who brings out the best in her

Someone who brings out the worst in her

Someone to teach her how to fight/protect herself

Workout Buddy/Sparring Partner

Partner in Crime

Friends from College - Dexter (helped him out secretly with school);

Friends from High School

Childhood Best Friend

Family Friends

Phone a Friend (the person she goes to/calls whenever she’s in trouble)

Old Roommate

Couch Surfer (Someone who used to crash on her couch from time to time)

Spider Killer (Calls them over at weird hours in the night to do odd tasks like kill a spider)

One Sided Friendship

Frenemies (Act super nice, but actually don’t get along/like each other)

Bickering Frenemies (Act like they hate each other, but really love the hell out of each other)

Frenemies who get high together- Gianna

Friends who had a falling out

Friends who grew apart

Someone who takes her under their wing

Someone who she takes under her wing

Mom Friend (Mothers the hell out of her)

Dad Friend (Fathers the hell out of her)

Someone who brings out the more serious side of her

Someone who discovers how smart she truly is

A friend who is lying to her

A friend who she is lying to

A friend who helped her out back when she was making ends meet

Toxic Friendship

Rivals

Acquaintances (Have always been aware of the other person’s existence, but for some reason have never grown close)

Stumbled upon each other in either an awkward or personal moment and now have trouble looking each other in the eyes

Wingwoman (Someone she’s a wingwoman for)

Wingman/Wingwoman for Her

Fake friend

Fake Staker (someone who she teases about stalking her, but actually enjoys their company)

Thrift Shop Buddy- Mari

Enjoys their company, but acts embarrassed to actually admit they’re friends- Caelan

Breakfast Club (Someone she met once when traveling. They opened up to each other and had a breakfast club-esque relationship for a day/weekend before they parted ways, only to see each other again now) -HJ

Drug Dealer (Someone he goes to for drugs)

Good Influence (Someone who disapproves of Aida’s choices and tries to help her)

Bad Influence (Someone who encourages her questionable choices)

Someone who helps her gain more control of her abilities

Someone who she helps gain more control of their abilities

Someone who plays pranks on her/teases her, but she pretends not to get it/find it funny

Bond over their experiences with Metal Illness- Mara

Don’t Believe in Love- Mira (bonded over how they don’t do relationships);

Serendipity (Someone who she consistently runs into again and again over the years; could be friends or acquaintances, but neither can deny, it’s weird that they keep on meeting like this)

Relationships:

Exes who ended on good terms

Exes who ended on bad terms

Exes who still hook up on occasion- Deacon

First time

Old Flame

Past one night stand

FWB- Lisa;

EX-FWB - Noah (Before he dated Briar- never talk about the fact they hooked up);

Crush

Ex Crush turned Friend

Ex Crush turned Foe

Exes who are now friends, but don’t ever talk about the fact that they dated

Unrequited love

First boyfriend

First girlfriend

Kindergarten couple

End-game- Zoey

#icaria: intro #aida bio

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nd-bumble-bee · 5 years ago

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Some Thoughts About Antisepticeye:

I really like puzzles, mystery solving, & storytelling. I have no idea if anyone else has made these connections or publicly stated them. But I also might have an overactive imagination, which got me to start going down this rabbit hole.

So when I think back to Seán saying that nobody has really figured out who or what Anti is, I got curious. Eventually (today-ish), my brain decided to take that as a challenge.

This may be a bit lengthy, so if you plan to read all of this: Buckle up, buttercups!

Now, I'm not usually one to try & actively theorize about this kind of stuff. But I love learning about lore & psychology! One thing I know is that there are a bunch of people in Seán's community who love to come up with theories about the egos, especially Anti (& I totally understand why, since Seán & Robin are pretty damn good at storytelling). One common thing that pops up is the idea that Anti is a glitch (bitch) or a demon. Or both. But because of what Seán said, either those ideas are incorrect or they’re not specific enough & we need to dig deeper. Like, much deeper.

One thing that caught my attention was a post on Tumblr (I included the link to it so it can be properly credited) that talked about the 1st time we actually see Anti's full body (the HTC Cubicle video) & how he 1st took over Jack's body VS. how he is able to do that now. But that's not the 1st time we see Anti or any hints of him at all! I looked into this by watching an edit someone made with (almost?) all of his appearances from the beginning of the channel up until the Bio Inc. Redemption video in 2017 (you can find this collection here). Obviously, Anti has made more appearances afterward, but I focused more on the early days for this as well as some of the more recent things Seán talked about regarding PMA & his mental health.

While I have met Seán in person (& can confirm that he gives amazing hugs!), I'm in no way involved in his personal life. So I could be wrong about some of the thoughts I have moving forward. I'm basically going by what I've seen & heard from videos, live shows, pannels, etc. & taking guesses based on that information & what I know about building/creating a character (I've done interactive theatre in different settings where I had almost total creative freedom in that with some guidance & training). I also can’t speak for Seán because...I’m not him.

I wouldn't doubt if any of Seán's egos came from very personal places, maybe some of them were made because of some silly idea that he decided to run with & build on. But Anti was possibly from a very personal place in Seán's mind (especially if this was one of the 1st egos he created).

And this lead to a thought that crossed my mind & started this whole dive into the rabbit hole:

What if Anti is a "glitch" in Seán's mental system?

Okay, hear me out on this:

We know there was a period of time where a bunch of YouTubers (including Seán) were creating evil versions/counterparts of themselves. I can't say how much thought was put into all of them (because again, I’m not them), but I don't doubt Seán thought this through A LOT because he's pretty damn methodical about what he chooses to show us (the audience). Meanwhile, Anti is chaotic, much harder to predict (especially because he's been much more careful about showing himself lately), & loves to fuck with everyone. But what about the character creation aspect of this? Where did Seán pull this character from?

My guess is that Anti is an embodiment of some of Jack's darker thoughts & feelings if they were more exaggerated or taken into a much darker, more sinister direction. Seán has talked somewhat openly about being depressed, sad, & lonely (particularly when he started making YouTube content). He has also talked about his fear of letting us down/failing us as a content creator, feeling that what he puts out there needs to be perfect, & the anxiety that causes him to feel sometimes. Just because the Seán/Jack we all know & love is kind, caring, & wouldn't want to harm anyone, doesn't mean he has never experienced some dark, scary thoughts. Especially if he's not kidding about having ADD or experiencing OCD-like symptoms (I'm only grabbing this from anytime he has says his "OCD kicks in" or talks about his "ADD" brain, I'm giving the benefit of the doubt that there's at least some truth to this). One thing I can say from personal experience is that when your brain is a hot mess & you have been through some shit (even if it’s just emotionally), it's hard to not have some dark & scary thoughts, which is why we try not to be alone with them.

And then there's Seán's interest in video games & computers. When you find a glitch in a game or software, it may or may not cause problems down the road (some of them are actually pretty funny & harmless!) depending on what happens next. You know what else runs on tiny pulses of electricity & some form of "wiring"?

Your brain!

In Jack's case: Those times when he was having negative feelings & thoughts could have opened a gateway for his "glitch/virus" (Anti) to work his way into Seán's brain wiring. You could go as far as to say that Anti is trying to crash the whole damn system! Trying to delete the "Seán/Jack" software & claim it for himself.

At 1st, Anti thought the easiest way to do that was to kill Jack (which he has tried at least twice now). But what if Anti realized at some point that if he was actually successful in killing him, there would be no "system" to take over because it would permanently shut down? And Anti may not have much interest in claiming a damaged body if there's a possibility he can keep it in the best condition possible.

So like anyone creating a computer virus or hacking into a system would do: Anti had to adapt & try a different approach. This could explain why when he last spoke to us (& anytime we see him afterwards), there was no throat slit or any injury to Jack’s body. Because Anti doesn't need to physically kill Seán. He needs to kill him mentally/emotionally! Which is slower, harder to pick up on, & potentially more effective in the long run because it builds up over time.

And being the glitch (bitch) that he is, Anti is slowly feeding off of Seán's doubts, fears, insecurities, etc. to become stronger than ever. Anti is slowly integrating his "code" in small fragments that are harder to find as deep & scattered as possible so then when they finally are able to fully connect & Seán is manipulated into the right mindset, Anti can hit the kill switch. And once he does that...it's hard to say what happens next.

We already know that Anti is able to physically project himself into our world. He actually may be doing exactly that or "hacking" into the other egos, manipulating his "puppets" (JJ; working on Chase; maybe Marvin?) in order to eventually get Jack to where he needs him to be mentally & emotionally in order to go for the "kill."

This could be where the events of the “Mayhem” videos come into play. Since Anti probably has JJ under his control already, Chase would obviously be the next best place to start. Chase’s state of mind is exactly what Anti is looking for & he knows exactly what buttons to push to use Chase however he wants to.

I’m not exactly sure how the “time is broken” concept plays into this yet (I honestly haven’t thought about that until later on as I finish writing this). Seán did mention that he’s really into sci-fi, space, things like that. I wouldn’t be surprised if Anti’s appearances in the Observance videos are adding on to what has already been building. Maybe the egos are all fragments of how Seán might exist in alternate universes? Or how he imagines he would?

But I mostly focused on the early stuff because if we want to know (or continue guessing) who or what Anti truly is...it’s probably better to start from the very beginning.

As awesome as it would be to hit the nail on the head with this: I also understand that I might be completely wrong or going in the way off into the wrong direction with this. Hell, I probably dug WAAAYYY too deep for this one. But I didn’t want to let this fester (especially if I end up being right!) in my brain & I’m curious what others might think about this. And hey, it’s JUST a theory. A GAME Theory! An Ego Theory!

If you actually read through this all of this: Thank you! I really appreciate it!

And now, my brain is off to go hyperfocus on something else...

#jacksepticeye #antisepticeye #jacksepticegos #jacksepticeye ego theory #antisepticeye theory

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morningstarlucemon · 5 years ago

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((So, this is a super personal thing that relates to my beliefs. So if you don’t wanna read cause you’re not interested, that’s totally cool. This is gonna be OOC and stuff. I just wanna post this here cause I don’t feel that I can openly say this anywhere else just yet. It’s not really safe for me in case bio family sees it. But I’m just... really excited and wanna talk about it. So if you’re interested, read more is below. There’s a TL;DR at the bottom if you want.))

So, anyone who knows me personally in any intimate manner might know that I’ve struggled with my beliefs for a really long time. I was raised super, super Christian, and even though my family was non-denominational, and we didn’t have a lot of religious “rules” like in mainstream Catholicism or anything similar, it was still really oppressive to me. Parts of my mental illnesses were blamed on demons and went untreated, and actually aggravated with the methods used to “help,” namely my OCD. To this day I have ticks that were programmed into my thought patters based in prayers I was taught that became compulsive habits rather than soothing mantras. And since I was very young I’ve been in a really precarious place with my faith.

I wanna say first and foremost, I don’t think Christianity is bad. I DO think the way people carry it out is harmful. But I don’t believe the faith as a whole is bad. I think that any religion practiced by someone for the want of peace and personal fulfillment without harming others is good so long as it makes them happy. I’m only saying that Christianity as I was taught it hurt me, and the people who taught it to me hurt me. And I now have a very uneasy relationship with the faith as a whole.

For probably around ten years or so, I’ve been a very... nihilistic person, not out of choice, but out of a compulsively logical mindset. If I didn’t have proof of it, my brain didn’t wanna believe it. It still doesn’t. I don’t claim to have ever experienced any proof of the supernatural. But I didn’t wanna call myself an atheist. I WANT to believe in something, anything. But any time I try, the logic part of my brain steps in and demands proof. And it’s been slowly killing me for several years, choking off my spirituality and adding to my depression. It didn’t help that, although I was too logical to believe in anything, I still had the fear and guilt that came with believing I was gonna be sent to hell. I had all of the guilt of religion, and none of the personal peace or fulfillment.

I have spent the last few years of my life talking to people of other faiths and lack there ofs-- atheists, agnostics, Lokean, Wiccan, Catholic, Voodoo practitioners, Heathens, Jews, Muslims, Hedonists, Multi-Theists, Hellenists, and a lot more, as well as several variations of Christians. But no matter what I tried, nothing seemed to fit. I couldn’t settle back into Christianity, no matter how much I tried to fit myself into more secular and relaxed sections of the faith, it never felt welcoming or comfortable. I could never get away from the guilt. But I also never felt attached to any other faith I dabbled in, either. Nothing clicked. I felt present and welcomed, but I didn’t feel at home.

I’ve been working in therapy to really explore myself, and doing a lot of self-reflecting. And part of that has been looking back on what I’ve identified with through the years. And something I have always gone back to was Dark Angels and things associated with Death. When I was very little and my Mom would watch Touched by an Angel, I’d ask her about the Angel of Death, and she would explain that he was not a bad person, but that he was someone who would come take us to Heaven when we died. And that stuck with me. I’ve always been drawn to characters who were outcasts, logical thinkers, people who thought of things with raw data and not pre-conceived ideas, and, of course, those associated with Darkness. Duo Maxwell, Treize Khushrenada, Lucemon, Violet Parr, Levi Ackerman, Rorschach, Raven Roth, Laura Kinney, Vaal Hazak, Sephiroth, Howl Jenkins Pendragon, Adrian Tepes, Black Shucks, Damien Bloodmarch... I never could put my finger on what they had in common until now. All of them are outcasts who think differently than society as a whole, many of them with dark or complex morality or emotionally injured themes about them. I have always been drawn to the darkness, even since I was a little kid. And I think, because of the fear I was taught, I denied and lied to myself something that I’m fairly sure I’ve known for years.

After really learning what other beliefs are, that they’re not all goat sacrifice and child rape, and learning the actual principals behind them, I think I might finally be ready to choose a title for myself and my belief set. After years of introspection, and debate, and self-exploration, I, for now, when it is safe to do so, will align myself with Luciferian Satanism.

I have chosen this faith for many reasons. Lucifer expects nothing from me, not even for me to truly believe in them. Do no harm, and take no shit. This faith allows me to still be a kind human being, but also to not let myself be hurt and abused as I’ve been in the past. It is the first thing to slightly allay my fear of death in years. It recognizes that life is sometimes shit, but that we don’t have to live in existential dread all the time because of it. Sure, this life is piss sometimes-- but what the fuck is sulking about it gonna do? I might not be able to change the world, but I can make a few people feel better for a little while. I don’t need to search for the meaning in life-- it doesn’t matter if life is inherently meaningless, cause I am here, so I’m gonna have fun. And I’m gonna help others have fun, too. I’m gonna be kind to people because it makes me feel better to know I’ve made someone else feel better. Yeah, it’s a selfish motivation, but that’s what all acts are motivated by-- the want to feel better. And that’s very much okay. There’s nothing wrong with helping people because it makes you feel good, knowing that someone else’s day was improved by you. I don’t need an entity threatening me to make me do good things, and I don’t need praise from humans. I can worship myself, I can love and care for myself, and that’s not only okay but expected. Things aren’t good or bad just because society says they are. Things are good or bad because of the effect they put out into the world. It’s okay to be weird as long as you’re not hurting anyone else. I don’t have to always speak as others do or move like they do. It’s okay that I’m on the spectrum. I don’t have to pretend to be normal. Whatever comes for me, I’m gonna embrace it with open arms, and will take control and improve what I can, and ask for help when I need it, because I’m alive and I chose to try and be happy. I don’t need the promise of heaven or any afterlife to make me happy. If one comes, that’s wonderful. I hope I’m surrounded by people I love and who love me.

I’m not going to lie and say Lucemon didn’t have a part in me realizing I’m a Satanist, because they definitely did. I don’t think I would have ever been willing to even truly consider it if not for this angel. But I want to clarify one thing, as some of my friends seem to be a bit confused. I do believe I am kin with Lucemon. I do not believe myself to be kin with Lucifer, Satan, or the Devil. I may have a shard of them in me, but I lay no claim to their power except what I’ve been allotted in this life. I will absolutely claim myself and my power and title as Lucemon, Demon Lord of Pride in the Digital World. But I at no time want to claim to speak for Lucifer or have any right to his power.

On a similar note, I am not in this belief for the power. I don’t expect Satan to bestow me with a silver tongue or armies of demons. I do wish to become stronger in magic and charisma and use of my natural abilities to get what I want, but I intend to work for these things, not have them handed to me. I recognize that I have nothing Lucifer could ever potentially want, except possibly, maybe my understanding. I have nothing I could offer that would be of use to them. So I won’t try to barter for something I know damn well I’m not entitled to. I intend to work, study, practice, listen, and learn to grow my power. Lucifer expects nothing from me, I expect nothing from him. I only wish to devote to them my heart and respect because I feel a kindred spirit within them.

I believe Lucifer to be an enlightener, a symbol of progress, logic, exploration, love of knowledge and acceptance, and seeing things without bias. They may exist as a concept, or as an actual entity, or something in-between, or something totally outside my comprehension. Regardless of the nature of their existence, they bring me peace, and I find speaking of and to them to be soothing and helpful to me. I also do not feel that my devotion to them will interfere with my offerings to other gods. Lucifer is not tyrannical. Lucifer is not Jealous. They want only for me to be kind, and be myself. And that’s all I want.

I’m getting super tired, and I’m really rambling at this point. But I really wanted to state all this somewhere. I’m so grateful to finally begin to have something to take solace in. And I intend to accept this and further growth, regardless of where it takes me, openly and thankfully, as holding back has only hurt me. I intend to further research my stance, and potentially am looking into calling myself a Warlock. I understand that term is typically given to you by others as a derogatory term, and is used for those who have been expelled from their covens. But with that said, I HAVE been ejected from everything I knew before. I’ve thrown much of it out in favor of healthier beliefs and practices, and I seem myself as not fitting in with where I was and as something of an “other.” So I feel this term resonates with me and what I am and want to be.

So, yes. TL;DR: I consider myself a agnostic Luciferian Satanist, and am hoping to study and grow fully into a Warlock. This has given me peace I haven’t had in many years, and I am happier with this than I’ve been with anything else since I was a child.

Thank you all so much for listening to me. I love you.

#☉ Out of Wings (ooc)#personal #HIGHLY personal #religion

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lifecursed · 5 years ago

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i can’t continue talking about morgan and james’ kids without this dude first.

Name: Lucifer Morningstar Age: ageless Gender: whatever he wants Status: uhh...how do you?? alive???

Current location: Hell. Birthplace: To be named world. Relatives: Jesus ( son ; deceased ) , To be named ( daughter ; deceased ) , To be named ( son ; deceased ) , Eve ( wife ; deceased ) , Mary ( girlfriend ; deceased ) , Joseph ( boyfriend ; deceased ) , Morgan Harvey ( separated ; alive ) , Irvine Magnus Malcolmson - Wallace ( stepson ; alive ) , Lucifer has nothing much to do with Maria during his time with Morgan.

sexuality: whatever he wants.

very general and complicated bio : first off. don’t come at him with the bible or any kind of christian history. he’ll either laugh it off if he’s in a good mood, or he might immolate you if he’s in a bad mood. but most important of all he will tell you “ it’s all bullshit. fake news.”

god never existed.

neither did the angels.

he is the father of jesus.

lucifer is only here after being banished from his own world during the time of the dinosaurs. he didn’t even create the earth. it was already here. truthfully, lucifer is a fae / faery. he was banished by his queen tbn after an ongoing dispute reached boiling point. there is a version of humans where lucifer is from as well as morgan’s mother heather. they were the superior magic users when lucifer was in his homeworld, but they were terribly cruel and savage towards the other races. lucifer tried to start an uprising against the humans with many other magical creatures. but the queen insisted it was not yet time. the result left him with his wings being torn and sent away to earth.

demons are a result of lucifer’s first failed attempts to make man for his own companionship. and although they often turned cruel and manipulative, due to manifestations of his own anger at the fae queen during the creation process, he protected them deep underground in hell when the meteor came to wipe out the dinos. for this they have always been deeply loyal to lucifer and do as he asks of them. they may be assholes, but it is controlled to a degree.

Adam and Eve were the first two humans successfully created by Lucifer. And they were created equally, there was also no evil snake and stupid apple test involved. These are all man made stories of which he has no idea where they come from. apples didn’t even exist when adam and ever were made. anyway, adam turned out to be an asshole, and eve decided she actually preferred lucifer to adam. pissed about this, adam swore vengeance and tried to poison lucifer. it ultimately failed. adam was banished from the garden and eve lived in it with lucifer quite happily. Eve was not truly 100% human like we know. She was more like the one’s from his home world. A sort of fae / human crossover. the earth humans still came about from evolution.

But as the world began to slowly grow again many mannnnnyyyyy years after the meteor. Eve became unwell as her body could not quite cope with the environmental changes happening around her. Lucifer became enraged and thought to smite the world for taking his love away, but Eve pleaded with him to let the world be, to grow, to thrive, and that there would be more love for him to experience. Eve died happily and at peace much to Lucifer’s sadness.

He mourned for a long time but still explored this new world at Eve’s dying insistence. He helped the early people learn to create fire and shapes, build societies. but he also witnessed war and was horribly reminded of his own homeland constantly at war with someone over something.

as people grew and moved out over the planet creating civilisations, making the world their own. lucifer drew back to that first underworld place where he had sheltered the demons. a place that would come to one day be named hell. he started to create his own world there, far beneath the surface. one much like the world above. during its creation, lucifer was one day informed that humans from the surface were showing up in the demon’s space. upon further inspection it was clear the humans were dead and that for some reason they were unable to leave this place. lucifer has never truly discovered why his earth home became the place for the dead. it just did. he does research into it but has no solid theories as of yet.

lucifer’s next relationship concludes in the birth of Jesus, yes, Jesus. Lucifer is the father of a boy named Jesus who can perform miracles. Mary is his mother and Joseph his stepfather. Lucifer enters a polyamorous relationship with the two at some point after meeting them on one of his earth travels promised to eve. they are free spirited and mary is an outcast like himself.

when jesus is born, lucifer visits him from time to time as well as his lovers, but he is a busy being and hell has become a priority as well as managing the demons. he only learns of jesus’ death when he turns up in hell one day after over exerting his healing powers so much that they ultimately used up his life force. lucifer is devastated at once again not being able to save someone he loves. he doesn’t see mary or joseph again for shame of it all.

Hell is not the christian hell we think of. it doesn’t just contain the souls of bad people. it contains the souls of ALL the dead. there just happens to be shitty demons there that were there first and a grumpy old fae that is fucking tired of them all. hell is just an eternal continuation of your earth life....which in hindsight can be considered hell for many. if you commit a crime in hell you suffer for it which is now the demon’s primary function. they do operate on earth too as servants of magic users. they are essentially free agents to do as they please. lucifer is running this show on his own and can only do so much to keep things under control even if he is a very powerful being.

meeting morgan when he prayed for satan to take away his abusive father was coincidence. but it intrigued the tired fae for children never prayed to satan of all people! by this time he had become a demonised character in religion. it didn’t really bother him. some demons probably bs’d the whole thing to gain some wealth of treasure. think of it as a shitty tabloid that makes up stupid stories to sell more copies and get more money. demon’s sold lucifer out to humans to make a buck because it was just in their nature to do bad things.

the bible - helped created by demons.

christian mythos - started by demons to cause chaos and conflict.

lucifer is a very neutral being. he’s not especially evil, he’s not especially good. he’s too old and tired for earth bs. but morgan intrigued him in being one of the first children to pray to him. he answered after morgan began insulting him in prayer because he was failing to get results. and it was true, god did nothing when people prayed, because god didn’t exist. all they really had was him. a being from another world. trapped there without his wings.

after responding to morgan and scaring the shit out of him in the process. he kept an eye on the child swiftly growing into an adult that was so interested in following teachings he had never even really endorsed, practicing magic that even he didn’t truly know where it came from. but the people that professed to be followers of the lord satan reminded him of something from a long time ago. they reminded him of himself---rebelling against conformity and injustice. choosing to live their lives and they saw fit and not how society deemed it fit. he slowly became more involved with the ‘satanists’ and even began to enjoy getting attention after so long of being alone. morgan was especially attentive in his worship and had become a beautiful being from the scared child he met in a pantry years before.

though there is flirtation between the two and brief moments of passion over the centuries. the two don’t embark on a real relationship until james abandons morgan and irvine after causing the death of his other son. he sees morgan at a very low point and unable to really look after irvine properly because of their emotional state. lucifer offers a rare hand of kindness to make morgan the queen of hell in exchange for helping him run the place with their vast magical knowledge. stunned, morgan agrees. running hell, marrying lucifer, and keeping an eye on irvine keeps them distracted from thinking about james’ betrayal as much. plus, lucifer grows fond of irvine quickly. helping to raise him as if irvine was his own son. lucifer becomes aware of james searching for morgan and irvine, but never says anything of it for many years. the two start to grow apart in the early 20th century and morgan takes a break, leaving hell to go live in new york with irvine. the two amicably separate after some time though a divorce has never taken place.

lucifer’s has another blood child that is thought to be the anti-christ. but it is once again more demon and human propaganda collaboration. not much more if known about him at this point.

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radiojamming · 6 years ago

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Y'know what would be awful? If Joseph never really realizes that Anastasia is his kid until the cage confrontation when he tells her his origin story, but the story he tells her is the one from canon. So not only did her bio dad abandon her and create a cult, but he also tells people he murdered her as a baby for religious street cred.

>:)

(also normally i don’t like taking canon conversation verbatim from its source but i think joseph’s speech is pretty poignant.)

(aaaaand obvious warnings for, uh, joseph’s whole speech about his kid. yeah.)

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The air is weighed down with the stench of smoke and waste. Ana’s eyes sting with it and nausea rises and falls every time she so much as turns her head. That damn song is still echoing in the back of her skull, and if it didn’t stick that Jacob–goddamnit, her uncle–is pretty fucked up, the general state of what she thinks might be his backyard just drives that point home firmly. She’s not sure what the plan for her is, because there’s a handful of things that can be done to people in cages, but the way Pratt stutters and fumbles on his words makes her think that it isn’t going to be anything pretty.

And then she sees her father.

It’s telling that by now, the hair on the back of her neck rises like hackles when she sees him. She’s had a lot of time to parse a few things about since she arrived, through one propaganda session at Jacob’s hands and a swan dive off the statue of her father thanks in part to her adoptive aunt. She hasn’t dealt with John yet, but she has a sneaking suspicion that he wouldn’t treat her much better. Through it all, though, she’s come to realize that all of this is due part and parcel through Joseph. He might not represent the whole machine, but he’s the man that put most of the gears together and winds it up to make it work. If she traces any of this back, she’ll find him at the proverbial reigns.

That thought makes her feel even more sick, even though she knew, to some degree, what she might find. A man running a doomsday cult can only be so mentally healthy, and this has obviously catapulted itself into something that can’t be so neatly defined.

Joseph comes to her cage, and damn it all if he doesn’t completely act the part of benevolent saint. His expression is all lofty neutrality, like he’s achieved enlightenment and just deigns to walk among mortals now out of a sense of obligation. And then he crouches down to her level, watching her with the firelight reflecting on his lenses.

“I know you are in pain,” he says softly, keeping one hand on a bar in front of her face. “The Lord taketh, and the Lord giveth, huh?”

He pauses for a moment, and if Ana wasn’t looking for it, she’d miss the strange, dull shine in his eyes. It’s fleeting, lost in a moment.

“But you’re not the only one to be tested,” he says. “Did you know I had a wife?”

He holds out his right arm then, turning it over and pushing aside the rosary, and Ana’s heart palpitates so violently that she thinks she’s going to faint. There, wreathed in datura blossoms, peering through a curtain of dark hair, is the face of her mother. Ana can almost see the woman in the photograph, with her dark hair and her crooked grin. It’s strange to see it all etched on her father’s skin, this funerary portrait. He reverently runs his fingers over the tattoo, tracing the edge of her face, a spot right under her visible eye. It’s gentle, and for a second–just a second–Ana thinks she might understand. She might see what her father and mother were really like.

“So beautiful, isn’t she?” he asks, but obviously to no one in particular. But Ana agrees, because she’s always thought that. She loves the parents who took her in, but she’s always held this secret love for a woman she was never able to meet, tucked in a dusty little corner of her heart. She loves the woman in the photograph, and for this strange moment, she loves the woman her father loves, because this is the first time in her life she’s truly aware of her mother’s presence. Outside of a death certificate and a photograph, she hasn’t really existed until now.

Joseph looks up at Ana then, and the dullness has returned to his eyes, but there’s no shine there now. “We were pregnant with our first child. And we were just babies ourselves, really. And I was terrified,” he says, his voice catching on the last word with something that’s almost a laugh. “On becoming a father. Mostly about money.” He looks up at this, and then there’s a slight tug at his mouth. “She wasn’t worried. She had faith that things were going to work out. She always had faith.”

Ana feels like she’s in a dream, hearing her father talk about her mother, talk about her. It just reminds her that he doesn’t know. He has no idea who he’s speaking to, because by all rights, this situation shouldn’t be happening. He left her in that little hospital right above the Georgia and South Carolina border, and there’s no reason she should reappear in a little county in Montana.

Then–

“And then one day, she was going to go visit a friend. There was an accident… and the Lord taketh.”

Her heart double-beats again, and there’s a cold feeling encroaching on her insides.

“And they rushed me to a hospital and put me in a room with this little pink bundle stuffed with tubes and they told me I had to be strong because my little girl was going to live.”

She stares at him, wide-eyed, throat tightening and burning with an emotion that she has no name for. There is no word on earth for what she feels.

“God was looking out for our daughter. And they left me alone in a room with her. I just… stared,” he says. He’s fixed her with his gaze, but it’s clear that in his head, he’s somewhere far away. “At my daughter. So helpless. So innocent.”

God, he has no clue.

More than that, Ana now knows he was there. He was with her at the beginning, standing in the shadow of her mother’s death. It starts to make sense, and it starts to fill in those little gaps that have been left in Ana’s head for years; all the hows and whys. She starts to understand him.

“All she had in the world was me; a nobody, from nowhere, with nothing.”

Something in her aches, and tears start to burn at the corners of her eyes. Even after everything, after all of the agony of searching for him and turning up one of the worst possibilities of where he could be– She wants to reach through the bars, reach for him. She wants to say that now she gets it, that she forgives him even though there was no way that she could have known. Because even after all of this, she still thinks of those long nights when she was growing up when she hid under her blankets with a flashlight and looked at her parents at that party, and it felt as though there was a hole in her chest that couldn’t be filled because they weren’t there.

But now he is here, regardless of what he’s become or what he’s done. She can actually see her father in him, in this sad desperation clinging to his voice, this resignation that he just couldn’t be that man–

“And in that moment I knew that God was testing me. He was laying out a path before me and all I had to do was choose,” he says.

But his voice isn’t… It isn’t right.

Something’s wrong.

“So I put my hand on my little girl’s head and I leaned in and I could smell. And we prayed together,” he says. The voice he speaks in now isn’t him, and that cold, gnawing, empty thing begins to creep into her again. “Prayed for wisdom. Prayed for strength… Then I knew. I heard God’s plan for me.”

No. No, this isn’t him.

“And I took my fingers and I put them on that little plastic tube taped to her angelic face and I pinched it shut,” he whispers. Ana looks at him in horror, seeing his pupils blown wide, his gaze empty and dead. “And after a little while her legs began to kick and kick. Then… nothing. Stillness. Release.”

If he says something after that, Ana doesn’t know. She can’t hear so much as a whisper above the roar in her ears, the raging tempest inside of her head. She’s only dimly aware of her hands trembling on the bars. If anything, she feels like everything happening around her is now happening to someone else, as her vision shifts away from her father’s face to Jacob beside him, staring down at them with an unreadable expression. Then, back to her father.

No, back to the man that was her father.

Because in his words, in his memory, he killed her. He suffocated her and left her for dead, if anything he says is true. And for fuck’s sake, it could be and it couldn’t be, because she doesn’t know if she can believe anything from him anymore.

She’s aware that he opens his mouth, but then, so does she. She feels the muscles in her jaw tighten and loosen, and she feels that burning in her throat suddenly travel down into her stomach and melt that ice that’s taken hold of her. Then, her grip on the bars doesn’t shake anymore. It tightens, and it holds vise-like on the metal.

“You…” she starts, voice low and furious. “Do you have any idea what you’ve done?”

Passiveness. Of course. He can’t look at her with anything less than that stupid dead-eyed saint look. And he doesn’t say a word.

Good, because she has enough for the both of them.

“You’re a fucking liar, and you know it,” she snarls. God, she’s no better than the wolves. “Do they know? Your followers? Your own fucking family?”

He just stares, but she feels a little gratified to see a pinch in his brow. “What are you talking about, child?” he asks, voice still so deceptively soft.

“You walked away from that hospital, and you–” She chokes on her words, too angry to deal them out in any way that isn’t outright rage. Instead, she repositions them, tries not to do what her biological family seems so fond of doing, playing around with words and anecdotes and only cutting to the chase when they’ve strung someone along enough. “You didn’t kill her. You walked away.”

Staring. Perfectly passive staring.

Then, for the first time, something like recognition.

Sometimes, the best thing to do, is to walk away.

Fuck. He said it right then and there, because that’s all he’s ever done. He walked away from his wife’s body, from his child, from a crime scene, from an entire state. Away and away, until he found a place where he didn’t have to walk anymore.

“You didn’t kill your daughter. You came to the hospital, you identified a body, and then you left,” Ana says, voice staying steady. She’s almost proud of herself for that. “And it took me years to find you again. All I had to work with is a birth certificate and a photograph, and now I don’t even have that.”

Joseph stares for only a moment more. Then, for the first time since she’s met him, he seems completely robbed of speech. His eyes get wider by the second, moving around frantically, trying to– Trying to find someone in her face.

And she knows he could. She knows because she used to look in her bedroom mirror, trying to find pieces of people that she knew from the photograph. And she knows because she’s looked since then, finding some pieces of her father in places on her face, in the way she carries herself. He’ll find his and his wife’s dark hair there, and his wife’s eyes, his cheekbones, her jaw, the set of her mouth under his slightly crooked nose. He’ll see this delicate mix of two people taking the form of someone that he’s supposed to have murdered.

Ana knows the moment he sees it, because he suddenly stands up straight, taking a full step back from the cage.

Jacob looks between Ana and Joseph, and Ana knows that Jacob’s too quick-thinking not to understand what’s just happened. There’s a recognition in his expression as well, but there’s now an extra hesitation. Whatever he had planned for her, he’s clearly having to rethink.

“Joseph–” he starts, unsure, but Joseph shakes his head.

“No. No, just…” He shakes his head again, like he’s trying to clear away the possibility. But all he has to do is look at her once more. “Move her. Somewhere. Just not here. I need to…”

He doesn’t say what he needs to do, because suddenly he’s walking away.

Again.

#far cry 5 #prompt fill #joseph seed #jacob seed #oc: anastasia rook #SURPRISE DICKHEAD YOUR KID'S ALIVE #YOU FUCKED UP REAL BAD

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mairzymarzipan · 6 years ago

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Night of the Full Moon Character Reviews: The Carpenter(s) and the Lumberjack(s)

After yesterday’s events, I decided to push my reviews of these characters way up.

Just a note that at this point, I’m going to just sum up descriptions. Some of them get to be really longg and sort of redundant in their wording.

The Carpenter/The Werewolf

The Carpenter, Jerry, is a character Red might meet in the first chapter. He’s usually very weak and a quick battle. I can’t even remember his attacks. His reason for fighting you is he’s worried about your safety. When he talks to you, you can either choose to thank him, tell him you’ll protect yourself, or disregard him. If you thank him, he stops himself from saying something. If you disregard him, he’s hurt.

ofc if you read my post yesterday you that the big twist that he’s also the werewolf you fight in the end. The second fight is definitely more of a challenge. The werewolf has regenerative powers. His main gimmick is that, on each turn, you have to pick one of seven cards, each with a different effect. Two of them actually benefit you but most of them are a pain in the ass. I recommend using the 90% heal and the ‘you can’t use cards’ option while you have a lot of health.

“I don’t know if it’s because he is young and shy or because he’s a werewolf, but the carpenter won’t tell Little Red Riding Hood how he feels. He was worried that on a full moon night he will turn, lose control and harm the villagers. The werewolf planned to go and spend the night in the Black Forest, but he did not expect to be pursued by hunters. He was injured and finally fell at Little Red Riding Hood’s hands...he didn’t even get the chance to say anything.”

So yeah, this is another downer ending. Honestly, idk what is worse- killing your grandma or your childhood friend. This is another weird instance of the text going into first person for no reason. Who’s talking here? The Infected?

The Carpenter description is quite a bit longer, but it summarizes to:

He’s adopted

His dad is the lumberjack

He makes beautiful furniture

He’s well liked

He’s got a secret crush on his friend, Red

He’s a werewolf

He’s kept that secret from everyone

He does not remember when he got cursed

He’s worried he might harm people when he’s a wolf

I would like to know how the heck he managed to keep the werewolf thing secret from his dad, who he lived with. This isn’t like, oh, he has a certain opinion. Nah- this is his body transforming every month. How does his dad miss that?

Him being adopted also kind of hints that his bio parents are werewolves, as does this.

This is the picture you get when you toggle Jerry’s class to hard: a crying werewolf leaving a human baby at a lumberjack’s shop.

Since there’s a full moon and the werewolf is, well, a wolf, and the baby isn’t, I’m going to bet that werewolves in this world don’t start transforming until a certain age. Jerry would be old enough to know that he has to hide himself once he starts. One does wonder, though, why the wolf needs to leave their baby. Does it have something to do with the arrow in their leg?

Maybe this will be like Red’s set. Maybe we’ll get all kinds of Jerry classes and each one will display a scene of him a little older to tell a story.

Here’s another theory: This wolf is the Cursed Werewolf, who Jerry might fight as a boss. I mean it works just as well as Red fighting her grandma.

I must say, fighting as Jerry is pretty fun. It feels as chaotic as a card game can be, yanno? Like you really are a rabid wolf. I especially love the cards you can get, though. A lot of them have Jerry- as a wolf or a human- on them. And they sort of humanize him a lot. He has this whole range of emotions, whereas the cards Red appears on always makes her look like a badass.

I especially love that one.

Anyhoo, I’m gonna give Jerry 🌕🌕🌕🌕 four full moons. He’s a cute kid, and as a werewolf, and challenging fight. It’s clear that they’re planning to embellish on his story more. I just do not care about the romance angle, tho, and I hate that the game does so much.

The Lumberjack

When Red encounters the Lumberjack, he’s wondering what she’s doing out so late, but isn’t really trying to stop her. If you defeat him, he’ll tell you about Jerry going missing and ask if you’ve seen him. He even sees he goes missing every full moon, and yet he still hasn’t put the werewolf thing together yet? Oi.

One bit of interesting trivia is that his dialog actually changed. He used to say, “Who are you? What are you doing here?” So, I guess he used to be just, a guy, but then the programmers decided to make him important. That’s cool.

His description tells us that the Lumberjack found Jerry in the woods, so it clashes with the illustration we saw earlier, but I’m willing to forgive that. Also it was snowing when he found the baby. Either it was winter or the curse was in affect even waaaaay back then.

I’ll give him 🌲🌲 two trees. He’s a good solid character for what he is. Obviously he is just there to be a part of Jerry’s story but he does as best as he can in a support role. He’s just, not terribly memorable? I’ve fought him several times but I’m struggling to remember what cards he uses.

The Crocodile

The Crocodile is a boss, so you could find him in any of the three chapters. He makes good use of attack cards. He also has some great lines.

“I’m more like drift wood.”

“Family means hope.”

“Crocodiles don’t cry only because...they’re never sad.”

“I could never lift an axe...”

I haven’t talked about the voice artists yet, but I feel like the crocodile gets one of the better English ones. It’s too bad these people aren’t credited! Honestly, why?

But yeah, he really does a good job of making this character sound like a real person. There’s a sense of trying to put on a brave face with self-effacing jokes while honestly being miserable.

So anyway, this guy

“This powerful-looking crocodile was once a lumberjack. Once he learned that the identities of Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother had been exposed, he tried to help them hide. However, the church patroller had other ideas. Things didn’t end up well for the lumberjack, but Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother made it out. Now he still waits for the curse to be lifted from the Black Forest, for it afflicts many innocent people, including his out son: the carpenter, Jerry.”

Is Jerry’s dad.

Jerry’s dad in, another timeline? This whole thing about Red and Grandma needing to hide for a while- that’s not really referenced in the other character bios. Usually it’s just Grandma going out into the woods and Red needing to find her. The human Lumberjack doesn’t seem very protective of Red. He seems totally understanding of her quest and only asks if she’s seen his son. So it doesn’t make sense for him to get turned into a croc while trying to help her the same night when he was on his own mission. But this bio kind of gives the impression that this guy has been trapped for like, months if not years.

I can tell you that Jerry’s line got changed too. It used to be ‘One day, my father went into the dark forest, and never came back”. Now it’s “There are those who go into the forest and never return.”

It almost seems like the Crocodile being Jerry’s father is something the creators want to retcon out of existence. So far this description hasn’t changed, but I keep watching it.

It would bum me out, to be honest, if that were the case. The Crocodile is, honestly, my favorite character. He’s the reason I got so swept up into the lore of this game. Not only does he have the best lines, but his voice actor is really good. You get the sense of a guy who’s losing hope because he lost his family, and at the same time hates himself because he wouldn’t be able to provide for them anyway. But he’s also proud, and doesn’t want Red to know he’s cursed, and certain not a person who cries!

I also love that these two sometimes-animal people are both cursed but also both taking pains to keep the other from finding out about the curse. Wonderful irony, there.

The obvious way to fix this situation with the two lumberdads is...with two dads. In fact, in my fics Jerry does have two dads- a red headed guy who’s still there, and another one who’s missing. He’s supposed to look like this.

Anyhoo, I’m going to give him 🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊 SIX big toothy lizards in the hope that the devs will save my croc son!

#mairzy posts #night of the full moon #the werewolf #the carpenter #the lumberjack #the crocodile #character reviews #jerry #theorizing

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kyucstudi · 6 years ago

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so i just practically survived my first year of high school and decided to do a whole guide for those incoming freshmen !! *uh this whole guide is gonna be (probably passive) aggressive and somewhat sarcastic just a heads up because why the fuck not *also this is based on my own personal experiences and my friends’ so uh this may not apply to you or sth

your first year may be really goddamn easy or really goddamn stressful depending on the classes you get, so be careful when you have to choose your classes.

like seriously, math 2 aint like those advanced 8th grade math classes and english 1a may be really fucking stressful since it's not english 1, the basic freshman english.

so unless you’re ready to take that shit to the next level, dont make ur life hella stressful cus it's barely your first year in high school bro.

just saying from my own and my friends’ personal experience

also heads up physics deals with a shit ton of math so unless you love math or you prepared for all that math shit, take bio or sth else (im not even kidding man)

go to your school before the first day and try to find your classes (in order of your schedule) so you don’t have to look like a clutz stumbling into 129730217 different classrooms and be late

ok but even though its your first year, do all your fucking homework. it’ll give you all those fucking points and credits and your grade will fucking thank you for that.

lets be real; you dont always have to eat breakfast if you dont want to. i mean if you want to, go ahead, but if you dont want to (or you just cant eat it for some damn reason //coughme//), thats a-okay too.

JOIN SOME FUCKING CLUBS BRO. SOCIALIZE. MAKE SOME FRIENDS AND TALK TO PEOPLE IN YOUR CLASS. TRUST ME, IT’LL MAKE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER.

unless you uh dont want to then thATS FINE TOO

dont ditch or skip a class dude. just. dont.

BRING YOUR CHARGER AND A PORTABLE BATTERY THING IF YOU HAVE IT !!! SOME CLASSES WILL ALLOW YOU TO CHARGE YOUR PHONE AND YOUR PHONE WILL GODDAMN THANK YOU FOR THAT

no one really cares abt how you look tbh so dress however you want.

dont be that asshole/douchebag to your teachers, even if you secretly despise them.

upperclassmen are not scary at all like they may look intimidating to talk to but they end up being these really nice and friendly people. so dONT HESITATE TO SOCIALIZE WITH THEM. THEY CAN ALSO MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER TOO

lets be real #2; most people are not gonna get those godly 9 hours of beauty sleep, so if you’re those type of people, just attempt to sleep for like- 7 fucking hours or something.

get those goddamn sleep calculators if you have to bro

and dont try to be those morning ppl who wake up at 5 in the morning to ‘meditate’ or ‘journal’ or some shit if you arent a morning person. get those fucking sleep because ur gonna fucking need it.

FOR THOSE FEMALE FRESHMEN: BRING! YOUR! GOD! DAMN! NECESSITIES!! PADS, TAMPONS, AN EXTRA UNDERWEAR, JUST BRING IT

okay but heads up, theres gonna be a trend of freshmen being like ‘losers’ or something in the first week of school or in those (competitive) rallies so yeah uh dont punch them cus its just a tradition.

i mean then again you’re gonna be following the tradition too once you hit sophomore and etc. sooooooo

sometimes dont rely on teachers to teach you those goddamn materials and shit because uh their teaching might not help you at all*

*in other words: their teaching sucks and dont try to blame yourself for not being able to understand it.

unless you got those teachers that actually will try to help you get that goddamn good grade

OKAY IF YOU’RE GONNA EMAIL YOUR TEACHERS, THEN PLEASE DO IT WITH (ATTEMPTED) PROPER GRAMMAR ! USE GRAMMERLY IF YOU HAVE TO !! JUST DONT MAKE IT SOUND LIKE YOU’RE TEXTING THEM CUS THEY ARENT GONNA HELP YOUR ASS IF YOU DO.

sometimes, you just gotta participate in class for those points bro.

peer pressure’s gonna fucking suck but you just gotta know that you can say no.

aka; dont do those goddamn drugs, dont drink those fucking alcohols, and uh dont have sex if you are not ready. if you want to, just use some goddamn protection aight?

bitch bring some earphones and listen to those sweet sweet jams in class (if ur allowed to)

you’re gonna screw up or fail at some point but dont blame ur ass for that bro. just learn from it and move the fuck on.

lets be real #4; you dont have to be that motherfucking straight A student if you cant, aight? like A’s are cool and all but if it’s just too hard for you to get it, then just dont stress bro.

getting straight A’s can be really motherfucking stressful. its not a genetic shit type of thing.

lets be real #5; high school irl is not those high school movies or some shit. social ladders like popular kids or geeks or some shit kinda dont exist since everyone just stays in their circle and not give a shit about other people.

unless you give them a reason to give a shit about you, just stay with your circle bro or/and dont make their life hard ok

prepare your fucking ass for those finals cus they aint fucking easy peasy lemon squeezy. get those study guide shit done and study. do some fucking math problems, go on quizlet for those english vocabulary shit, just prepare your fucking ass before you walk into that goddamn classroom on finals day.

RELAX YOSELF IN THE WEEKENDS OR SOME SHIT. TREAT YOURSELF LIKE A FUCKING PRINCESS ONCE IN A WHILE.

TAKE THAT FUCKING BATH WITH SOME BUBBLES OR SHIT, COOK THAT GORDON RAMSEY MEAL FOR YOURSELF, BAKE SOME DAMN COOKIES, DESTRESS DUDE CUS YOU DESERVE IT

and lastly, RELAX AND HAVE SOME FUN! ITS YOUR FIRST YEAR BRUH SO JUST RELAX BEFORE YOU HIT THAT SOPHOMORE YEAR MAN. YOU DID IT! BE PROUD

#studyblr #masterpost #studyblr masterpost #tips #studyspo #studyblrmasterposts #freshman survival guide #this is so lame i tried #im sorry #dont trust me to do masterposts like these

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