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[vampirerite]

when you write the three page semi-complete oc outline but go to the design phase and hit a wall so hard all your bones crunch

[feroluce]

So I've already seen this one pointed out, but in the new CG, Boothill's older human form doesn't really match what people thought it should. Of course it could just be neglect on Hoyo's part like I've seen speculated, but personally? With the other lore we got from this patch, combined with some of the stuff we already had, I'd love to think there is a possibility that is way, WAY more fun.

(fun for me and all the other whump enjoyers, anyway, RIP Boothill fjkasjkdj)

In Boothill's lc, we see him in the middle of his surgery where he threw away his flesh and bone body for steel and cybernetics. We know it was The Big Surgery and not just like some sort of tune up or modification because of the description attached to the lc:

Which is where a lot of the dissonance comes in, because in this lc, Boothill's hair is much, much longer than in the cg.

And as someone who also has super long hair, I can tell you that it would take like. Multiple years to grow it out to this length.

There's also the fact that these cybernetic arms don't even match, the lc is the one that looks like our Boothill does now. And there's no reason for Boothill's shirt to be ripped up and in tatters like that; it even states he takes off his clothes before the lc surgery. If it were a matter of Hoyo needing to censor nudity, there were plenty of other methods they could have used that would make more sense, like a hospital gown, a blanket, surgical partition, etc

When will I get to see Boothill with all his scars, Hoyo, when, quit cockblocking me!!! OTL

But there was also another piece of new lore this patch that hit me like a fuckin' brick- the fact that Boothill was tortured by the IPC.

He just drops this out of nowhere! Just says it and then moves right along!! BABY, PLEASE. I WANNA KNOW MORE SO GODDAMN BAD.

But anyway as Hydrachea pointed out to me, this means the torture definitely had to happen before the lc surgery, because being whipped with a belt soaked in saltwater (fucking OUCH) wouldn't work on someone with metal skin.

So, we know that the IPC did, at some point, capture Boothill. And this is reaching further back to previous patches, but we also know from the Luminary Wardance event in 2.5 that the IPC also dabbles in cybernetic arms, because of the one they foisted on Luka.

The model there is a new one they're debuting, but we see in a flashback sequence that the IPC has been part of the cybernetics game for at least 700-800 years, because they also manipulated Igor into getting one too, and this could have only happened before the Eternal Freeze on Jarilo-VI.

It's never stated just how old Boothill is, or how long ago the genocide on Aeragan-Epharshel took place.

But I doubt it was more than 700-800 years ago.

I really don't think Boothill is that old, or has been doing this for that long. So he definitely would have been captured at a point that the IPC was manufacturing cybernetic arms, and had a known history of amputating perfectly healthy patients to use them.

I wonder if all their test subjects were willing.

(This part is entirely unnecessary for the new cg showing Boothill being a forced lab rat as part of the IPC torturing him. But it is a fun, delightful, bloodily gruesome twist of the knife nonetheless.

Boothill was also betrayed by his own brothers-in-arms on Aeragan-Epharshel. For the IPC. Just saying.)

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[compacflt]

So one of the things that made me cry (and laugh) the most, when reading the whole series was in Debriefing when Ice has surgery and Mav kisses him on the forehead, then Ice types out “I am cured” with like no punctuation. (Because of course Ice is the punctuation man 99% of the time.)

One, Ice is actually so fucking funny with the “I am cured.” Like no one would believe how funny he actually is. (And I headcanon that Mav knows this, of course, but almost no one else believes him. Which drives him up the wall.) Two, that exchange was so simple but so loving??? Foaming at the mouth here. Especially after those crazy 30 years. So my question is, what are Ice and Mav’s kisses of choice? Forehead, cheek, regular ol’ lips, the world is their secretly sappy oyster.

I haven’t read that chapter of debriefing since fucking last October! Whoa! not sure how i feel about it .

regular ol’ on the lips :) it means something more than all the rest, it’s romantic in a way none of the others are (which is why it’s so dangerous)

okay yes re: ice being funny yes. wait wait wait let me find it in my doc hold on

here!

[sarellathesphinx]

Hey did you guys know Reeve is the one who had to tell Elmyra and Marlene that Aerith died in the original game. I think about this constantly

[encouragink]

veganism discourse on this site drives me fucking nuts, people are so incredibly willing to uncritically believe anything that justifies consuming animal products. I saw someone in the notes in one of these posts go "ugh I cant believe vegans say that in the dairy industry male calves get slaughtered. That's not true for small family farms!" Like okay?? Does the dairy industry mainly consist of small family farms then??

[microcomets]

Are you still working on a book?

yes!!!! my current word count is 133k

[softstarryblanket]

doing missions. getting cool items. recruiting. stalling because I'm too nervous to replay SE5 hahah

[sandpapersnowman]

kind of fucked up that I had my mom death scare when we lost contact during Helene and I started hearing about how bad the damages were (she lives in Marshall NC)

and now Milton is about to hit Tampa, where my dad lives, and I'm not even on speaking terms with him right now so I can't even see if he's evacuated or prepared or what

so I just have to wait on either news that he lived or news that he died and either way I'm dealing with So Much Guilt About It :^)

[wajb]

here’s tbe thing it’s like i don’t want to do this i am thinking like a child i am speaking to no one spinning words out like dirt in the morning im a corpse draft my emails to the corporation ‘you’re saving my life every day god bless you’. and there’s no way out for cowards suicide is embarrassing the whole town at your door “come back david we need you”. i just needed more money more time more love all my desires are so poorly drawn out. okay.

[bigyikes97]

> in a bad mood > irritatedly ate muffin in dark without looking > tasted weird > turned on lights > ~mold~

[andromachos]

you see the thing with vampires is that so much modern media its about this poor eternally tortured, fuckable soul is sad in some way and how inmortality plays against them, but once you get over the fuckability of the vampire they tend to be pretty meek, pretty pathetic. you're no more than a parasite with some notoriously easy to exploit weaknesses. if they aren't a metaphor then there just isn't enough material for a vampire. meanwhile the werewolf is the werewolf

[starsapphire]

just thought about bruce and jason. might lose my mind

[heirofnepeta]

augh ough urgh i think i should go to the fucking doctor the gut pain from b4 keeps coming back D:

[beeelderly]

i need to hang out so bad.

[thinkingnot]

me after sports: i am in immeasurable amount of pain