#because I am a returnee

[rainystressed247]

Kick down the door for non-related content.

Funny how the cookie that makes me go back to the game is not a legendary but this pretty peach blossom 🥹

He so pretty, and just up my alley. He went and parked in my alley ajdhdishxjshxbs

Anyways, do you want to see more of my bias from other media I consumed? I usually try to do more painterly style for them since… you know it is not like I drew them often, unlike a certain hyper fixation.

[coquelicoq]

shin yoosung and lee gilyoung demonstrably would love kim dokja if he were a worm. they've proven it. they have a room full of evidence of how much they love every creature they think could possibly be kim dokja. when he disappears from the world they see him in all things and their love expands accordingly. so yeah, they'd love him if he were a worm. if he's a worm they immediately make him a super comfy terrarium and attach a label that says KIM DOKJA WORLD'S BEST WORM. the first few times they fight over who gets to cuddle him they maybe accidentally pull his head off, but they're quick learners. (and it grows back. the guy's a worm.)

now would they also find a way to make kim dokja being a worm into a competition over who loves him best? obviously. lee gilyoung would be all smug at first. he'd be like hyung is a bug, i win!! and shin yoosung would be all actually it means more that i love him because i clearly love ahjussi for ahjussi whereas you just love all bugs so it doesn't count. and then they'd slapfight until some nerd came along to reveal that worms are members of kingdom animalia, thereby destroying shin yoosung's argument. they have to settle it as a tie. a worm is clearly a bug and technically an animal. either way kim dokja is kim dokja and they would love him in any form, in every universe.

[cryptiddeer]

Just found out that that pink Sakura cross in the foundry counts as a divine key. It is not shown anywhere in the concierge. In the multiple times I looked up divine keys to learn what they are and how they work, none of them mentioned this, instead focusing on the ones obtainable in co-op. I found this out because I saw it passively in a video comparing Eden and Griseo 2.

[pleasantlyinsincere]

BRAVO September 1967 Shortly before his death Brian Epstein admitted to BRAVO-employee Thomas Beyl: The boys are everything to me

His face was white. His grey suit seemed to be too big. His shirt collar was opened widely, the black tie hanging crookedly of his neck. Brian Epstein had met death. He came from his father's funeral. That hot July day I met Brian Epstein for the last time. Six weeks later he was dead. As I was taking the list up to Brian's private office, I was desperately thinking about what to say to him. I knew Brian had been very attached to his father. I knew this loss must have rattled him deeply. There rarely had been a conversation with him, where he didn't mention his 'Daddy'. I didn't feel comfortable in my skin. Even though Brian had promised me once: "Whenever you come to London, come and see me. I'll always have time for you." It had always been like that. But now?

[...] Brian met me at the door. "Hello, Thomas! Do you want something to drink?" That afternoon I met a completely different Brian Epstein. I was startled when I saw him. He seemed broken and like he had aged years. He stood up from his office chair laboriously. He reached his hand out towards me. It was limp, his handshake without strength. "nice to see you, Thomas", he said. "Have you seen the boys? Have they come back relaxed from Greece?" He tried to act as natural and friendly as usual but he was a bad actor. Brian was quiet for a while, then he said: "I know why you came. Nice of you. But let's not talk about it. Please." On Brian's desk stood bottle of whiskey, next to it a glass. It was empty. Absent-mindedly he puffed on his cigarette and regularly his gaze would drift towards a big painting of his father on the wall. I felt out of place and was about to say goodbye when Brian said: "Stay for another moment. I want to tell you about a dream that finally seems to be about to come true. I'm planning a movie with the bullfighter El Cordobes, the dancer Nurejew and the boys. Cardobes and Nurejew have already accepted. I just have to convince the boys of my plan." The big dream was buried with Brian Epstein on 30 August 1967 on the jewish graveyard of Fazackerley, a suburb of Liverpool. Like so many great dreams of Brian Epstein, who had wanted to become an actor - and never became one; who wanted to write plays - and never wrote one; who bought a theater - and never staged one; who loved Mozart and Beethoven - and became manager of a beat group; who looked like a successful stock broker - and was at home on the stage of the pop world.

It was 26 June 1966. BRAVO-Beatles-Blitztournee. 7000 fans are screaming their throats hoarse inside Hamburg's Ernst-Merck-Halle. They are waiting for 'their' Beatles, who had come back to the place their careers had started after four years. It's just minutes before the 'returnees'' concert. A security guard addresses me: "Are you Thomas Beryl? You have to please come outside. There is a young guy in front of the main door, who has been trying to come in for half an hour even though he has no ticket. He claims he is the Beatles famous manager Brian Epstein. He thinks we're stupid." I rip the dressing room door open, calling to the Beatles: "Wait a moment. They aren't letting Brian in." The Beatles double over with laughter. "Once again", chuckles Ringo. John shouts after me: "Tell him he should get a belly befitting of his status, so that people recognize him as a manager!" The 'young guy' was indeed Brian Epstein. During the concert he said to me: "Look at the boys. I have never seen them this happy on stage. It has to be an amazing feeling to return to where you once have started small. That's when you really realize that you've made it. Frankly - I am a bit jealous because I wasn't with the Beatles during their first Hamburg stays." He watched his boys beaming faces - and beamed along with them.

No, Brian Epstein wasn't a typical manager. He preferred to wear suits in muted colors and subtle ties. His luxurious London apartment proved his exquisite taste. Brian loved antiques and chose with great care and knowledge. His appearance was quiet. For a manager he was modest and shy. Brian kept in the background so much, that sometimes the Beatles didn't even realize when he was missing. But still Eppy - as the boys called him - belonged to them as five fingers do on a hand. And Eppy was the thumb. Brian didn't like to hear such words. "No, no", he denied. "I am not the fifth Beatles but the Beatles' number one fan." Similarly he fended off the claim that the Beatles had him to thank for fairy tale career. "The boys would have made it without me", he told me. "At least I have just as much to thank them for as they do me. I'm known as a successful manager and have a big enterprise. But I was only able to do that because four electric boys became my friends."

The boys have a different opinion. John: "Without Brian we would have gotten out of our greasy leather jackets too late and the Queen would have never invited us to her palace. No one but Eppy was ready to help guys like us financially. Without him we would have been stuck in basement pubs. When he proposed to become our manager, we thought he had a screw loose. That's how little we believed in ourselves." George: "It was our luck that the Epstein family shop was so close to the Cavern, else Brian might not have found us. Then it would have been good night, Beatles!" Ringo: "I owe everything to him. Without Eppy I would never have become a Beatle. He was the one who acquired me." Paul: "Without Eppy the Beatles wouldn't exist anymore. There was a lot of truth to the rumors that we were breaking up. We had a few crises within the group. So heavily that we were about to go our separate ways. It was Eppy who repaired the cracks. He was our friend and we trusted him endlessly." The Beatles trustee is dead. His short, hot life ended 27 August 1967. John, Paul, George and Ringo didn't attend his funeral. They respected his biggest wish even after Brian Epstein was dead: He never wanted to be the center of their performance.

[blossoms-phan]

Hi! I am a X escapee relatively recent Dan & Phil returnee who loves your posts, you seem so reasonable. I have just been given what felt like a 90 min presentation detailing how my innocent assumption that Dan and Phil were anything other than platonic housemates was incorrect and offensive.

The lecture i was given included every reference that highlighted, amongst other things: their "obvious" separate bedrooms, bathrooms, towels, angles of items shown in bedrooms, closets, mentions of wanting to go out and meet other men, lack of real concern (X words, not mine) at each others medical emergencies and every use of bro and friend that they have said post hiatus. It was very detailed, they were very insistent and I was very apologetic. I decided to flee the X hostility and head back to tumblr, but here everyone appears to think they are together. So now I am confused and don't want to offend a whole new group of people.

I think what set the X people off was i said "partner" as I was under the, I now know, incorrect impression that they went public years ago. Oops. Don't trust the internet is what I have learned from this. I thought all this drama would have died out long ago, but I assume this is a topic to stay far away from still? Thanks

hi anon! first of all, thank you for saying that (still can’t believe I’ve garnered enough attention on here that people specifically like my posts!), I really appreciate it. second of all imma be so real with you I am a person that still primarily refers to “X” as twitter bc I refuse to get with the times so this greatly confused me until I realized there was only one possible platform with those kind of people you could be talking about. i’m sorry you endured that exhausting sounding lecture and welcome you to phannie tumblr with open arms 🫶

i am here to gently reassure you that you can take what dnp say and do and show and form your own opinions about it, don’t let anyone tell you you’re right or wrong for drawing conclusions or making assumptions. however I will also be so bold and tell you why that individual is so blatantly wrong and maybe clear some of your confusion.

first of all, i think dnp would refer to themselves as anything but "platonic housemates." it all comes back to this but i dare someone to look me in the eyes and be so fr when saying that just because they've never stated in words "we're dating/boyfriends/partners etc" the simple fact that they share a mortgage on a "forever home" together, (according to them) spend literally all their time together, are partners in work/life/play (vacations), share families (dan being uncle to phil's niece) implies anything other than them being life partners. i'd also like to draw attention back to possibly the most blatantly open statement either of them has made about the nature of their relationship, in dan's video titled "basically i'm gay" where he describes them as "actual soulmates" and more. there are lots of people who have been discussing/answering posts about the concept of a "hard launch" recently which i could direct you to and i am of the mind that there's nothing wrong with conceptualizing the idea of a hard launch or them being more open to sharing details of their romantic relationship to an extent, but BIG is the most profound public statement of the nature of their relationship and, in my humble opinion, "the" hard launch as dan QUITE LITERALLY says "more than just romantic" and goes on to say he and phil are private people and that that's all he will say of it for now (keep in mind it's been 5 years since this statement- still relevant but minds can change, specifically theirs in terms of what they feel more comfortable and open sharing in a post-comeback world)

now moving on to the "references" you mentioned. again, highlighting literally any of this as "proof" that they are just friends or whatever is utterly ridiculous but i'll still go through it for funsies. i'd like to challenge this person that claims they have "obvious" seperate bedrooms by saying... what is so obvious about it?? dnp are highly aware that whatever they share with us will be analyzed or viewed under a microscope, so obviously they've carefully chosen which parts of the phouse to show us and they're not going to be like oh yeah this is OUR bedroom where we sleep TOGETHER every night. now i'm aware that yes, the "black" bedroom with dan's closet is more obviously a dan room that has been claimed as "his" bedroom. can't find it to link rn but they have posted a photo of the shelf of that room and while it is mostly dan stuff on the shelves, there was also a photo of phil's family and some of phil's books and items on the shelves. storage? sure, but if someone wants to claim that makes it so obviously dan's room then i can say that having phil's stuff in there could also point to them sharing the space. the room that phil films amazingphil videos in has been called a guest room/bed by them both, and in terms of rooms we've seen that just leaves the green room. imho everything points towards this being another guest room/possibly a room for family specifically to stay when they come- iirc nothing has been said to claim this as phil's room other than the fact that there is a painting by his dad and he occasionally films in there. i'm not going to pretend to know the ins and outs of their sleeping arrangements, but i think for two adults that own a huge house together and spend a lot of time together and have a lot of their own things it's perfectly reasonable to have "separate" bedrooms, multiple bathrooms/their own towels (?? i don't get this one i assume they're referring to the part of the golden pig video but like. obviously they have their own towels wtf lmao) and utter those things more on camera and then sleep together/share spaces in their own time.

once again, dan and phil know what they're doing. they are in control of what they show and share. calling each other "bro" and "friend" is an intentional choice and very much second nature at this point after doing it on camera for years. also it's not wrong or implies that they aren't romantic- i am of the opinion that they are friends first and they know that too. however, in a post-hiatus/comeback world, it almost feels pointed at this point. like a joke. a wink wink, nudge nudge, look-to-camera "we know you know" thing that they're keeping going just because they can.

in terms of the "going out and meeting other men" bit i assume they refer to jokes made by dan in the wad era? again, i'm not going to dive deep into this but dan is a comedian and post-coming out, wad and those other shows were the first time in his life he was able to be openly, unapologetically gay and himself and i think he was allowed to make a few grindr jokes for the fun of it. if dan values privacy in terms of his personal life, i highly doubt he would go around telling everyone he was hooking up with dudes- these are jokes plain and simple. but if you're interested @freckliedan has a wonderful post about dnp and the concept of monogamy/them sleeping with other people that i don't entirely disagree with and that is worded much better than i ever could so. i'd also like to talk to this person bc in what fucking world have they EVER shown a "lack of concern" at each others medical emergencies????? this is possibly the most baffling claim out of all of these to me. dan could not have made it more clear how scared/worried/traumatized he was by phil literally almost dying recently, and there have been more instances than i can count of him just being there for phil during all of his more recent health issues/scares. if this is referring to the eye incident, again i'm not going to pretend i know all the ins and outs of their relationship bc i don't- we know what they tell us. literally everything about this they said in a joking way, i don't know why people got their panties in a bunch- phil sending dan alone doesn't mean he doesn't care about him or anything, i honestly don't think he wouldn't have been much help going and i think they both kind of knew this, they were just playing it up to be a funny anecdote because they're entertainers. it's what they do. they've been making stories out of their lives for 15 years.

this is getting far too long and rambley as i don't know how to rein in my yapping when responding to asks but. i promise you're fine. discussing their relationship isn't "drama" or some forbidden thing, it happens on here a lot actually. except you will find most people on here use critical thinking and what dan and phil knowingly share with us, as adults with brains, to draw conclusions about their relationship based on everything from the way they look at each other to the little ways they tell us they care about and love each other bc they do. and that's not something they shy from now. come join us! don't let people tell you you're wrong for thinking they're partners bc in the nicest way possible, they literally are (if you want to sugarcoat it and say life partners instead of romantic go ahead bc they've literally described themselves as companions through life which is a more poetic way of saying partners imo) and respectfully anyone who thinks otherwise is in denial at this point

[katsona-the-katsequel]

Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad Activity Report

Part 6

9/29 (Tue) - Reporter: Junpei Iori

Good evening, it's Junpei!

That's cruel, Yukari-chan. I'm savoring the joy of this wonderful encounter, the first in 16 years and 9 months since I was born into this world, and one that I don't know if I'll ever have again in my lifetime. Please let me off the hook. For some reason, I'm starting to feel sad when I say this myself.

Anyway, I'll admit I was a little carried away, but that doesn't mean I can't be relied on in a fight.

I think I'm the strongest right now! No, I'm serious. Before I met Chidori, I had nothing... There was no purpose for fighting or anything like that. If you just wanted to act like a hero just because you had a Persona and show off how cool you were at fighting, then you'd never be a real fighting force, right? No, rather than the purpose of fighting, there is a greater purpose of living... I've only just started thinking about these things now, and it's all thanks to Chidori. So...

Ugh! What am I talking about? What the hell am I talking about? Is this a chat room? Stop it, stop it, good night!

9/30 (Wed) - Reporter: Fuuka Yamagishi

Good evening, this is Yamagishi.

The Chairman was here today. He was full of praise for Aragaki-senpai. He was always saying how reassuring he felt. Thanks to him, there were few puns, which was very reassuring. …Ah, well, was that a slip of the tongue?

So, leaving that aside, Junpei-kun, I'm really impressed.. I never knew you'd been thinking about something like that... Chidori must be special to you, Junpei. I should be grateful for the good fortune of having met someone like you.

In my case, I wonder if everyone in the activity club and Natsuki-chan are like that? I have to treasure this encounter. I look forward to working with you in the future.

10/1 (Thu) - Reporter: Yukari Takeba

Ah, it's a Takeba. Hmm. Oh. Really? I see, it's Junpei, right? That's right, I see.

Yes, well, it's samurai mercy. I guess I'll spare you any unnecessary comments.

Anyway, I've been wearing winter clothes since today. I was worried that Aigis's clothes might be floating, but I wonder if they'll be okay now? I know that everyone will be wearing the same clothes, but Aigis is still cute. Either way, she might stand out...

Well, I guess she can cover it up by being a slightly air-headed returnee for now. ...Why doesn't anyone notice? This was Takeba.

10/2 (Fri) - Reporter: Mitsuru Kirijo

It's Kirijo. There are only two days left until the next full moon... There are only three Shadows left. I don't know how they will appear, but either way, the end is near. Well, I'm worried about the remnants of Strega, so I can't let my guard down, but let's move forward with hope. Let's stay calm.

10/3 (Sat) - Reporter: Shinjiro Aragaki

Tomorrow is...October 4th.

Kirijo told me to stay calm, but SEES members are so obedient. Seriously, how can you be so sound asleep at a time like this...?

Well, that's better than being scared and useless. Tomorrow, I'll show you how to fight.

That's right...I don't mean to act like I'm the boss or anything, but over the past month or so I've tried to teach you the basics of how to fight in my own way.

Well, it's a bit late to tell you... I just did it my way... and it's up to you to see what you do with it.

Well, even ifs rotten, it's a technique that has allowed me to survive without any serious injuries in the hangout area of ​​Port Island.

It should help a little. ... Seriously, what am I babbling about? Ah... It's Amada, but he's just a kid and keeps pushing himself too hard. We're all older than you, so please pay him more attention. Please. Now... I'll go to sleep.

10/4 (Sun) - Reporter: Mitsuru Kirijo

The worst-case scenario has occurred. I am not in the mood to say anything, but as the manager, there is no one else for me to report this...

...Aragaki...

Aragaki... is dead.

I'll explain the details. There were two large Shadows this time. Arcanas of Fortune and Strength. We were fighting without Aragaki and Amada, but we defeated them both.

The two missing people were found on the outskirts of Port Island Station. Amada... Apparently, he learned from somewhere that the cause of his mother's death was due to Aragaki's Persona rampage, and summoned him for revenge.

There, Aragaki received a hip shot from Takaya of Strega, and died shielding Amada.

...That's it.

...Damn it...

10/5 (Mon) - Reporter: Aigis

I believe I am the only one who is calm at present, and would like to report this. Aragaki-san's funeral was held today. After that, Amada-san disappeared. ...I am a machine, so I can state the facts calmly. However, because of this, I cannot empathize with everyone else. ...I am a little dissatisfied.

10/6 (Tue) - Reporter: Junpei Iori

Hey, it's Junpei.

A lot of things happened... really a lot of things happened, but Amada and I are back.

I heard the voice message that Aragaki-san left the day before. Amada has come back after a hard time, so we can't be disheartened.

This is an activity report, but we took a day off from conquering Tartarus today, and if we were to do anything else, we would have been waiting for Amada.

…Ah, that's right. Aigis was saying something that was bothering me.

Somehow, the Personas of Amada and Sanada-san seem to have awakened... Maybe it's a power up? Oooh? The warrior has changed jobs to become a knight? The section manager has been promoted to department manager? Wow, this looks like it's getting even more difficult to lose.

Well, seriously, I'll just have to make sure Aragaki-san doesn't laugh at me for getting so close. From now on, just keep an eye on Neo Junpei-sama.

10/7 (Wed) - Reporter: Yukari Takeba

Uh, this is Takeba.

Yesterday, he was saying something cool here. Neo Junpei-sama is already feeling down because he's not making much progress with his studies for the midterm exams in a week.

Well, I understand how you feel. I feel the same way. After all, when people say that Aramichi-senpai is the hole he fell through, I get really depressed. What's worse, when I try to ignore it and keep quiet, they explain, "Oh, that was a pun on the words 'high morale' and 'high threshold'..." Oh, excuse me! I mean, I think it's amazing in a sense that even Koro-chan's movements as she eats come to a sudden stop. A pun that freezes even animals who don't understand the language...it's the best.

10/27 (Tue) - Reporter: Mitsuru Kirijo

Well, I'm honestly glad that you care about me. Please come and see me again, but please refrain from making puns. This was Takeba.

10/9 (Fri) - Reporter: Akihiko Sanada

I'm really grateful that you guys are sincerely grieving over Shinji and haven't forgotten. But you have to understand that not forgetting and not letting it get to you are two different things. Otherwise, Shinji won't be able to rest in peace.

Also, Takeba. I'm glad you're worried about me, but even if it looks painful, I'm fine. I'm not forcing myself. I want to use this painful feeling as a springboard for the next time.

Anyway...after this weekend, you have your midterm exams, right? Are you guys okay in this state?

I'm telling you, try taking a make-up exam. I'll take Shinji's place and give you a good scolding, so be prepared.

10/10 (Sat) - Reporter: Mitsuru Kirijo

This is Kirijo.

Akihiko was harsh, but it seems like everyone is getting back on their feet, no matter what. I think that's great.

As far as I can see, you are growing stronger than many high school students your age. Not only will that help you in defeating shadows, but it will also be a great source of nourishment for your future lives.

Aragaki... left us with a lot of things.

Well, I don't have a report to make... but I noticed something a little odd, so I'll record it. Up until now, the pattern has been that the number of Lost People would decrease after defeating a large Shadow, but this doesn't seem to be the case this time. If anything, the number of patients has been steadily increasing compared to before the operation.

Is this simply the result of the enemy putting all their efforts into making sure there is only one large Shadow left, or is something completely new happening...? I may need to investigate a little. I will report back as soon as I find out.

10/11 (Sun) - Reporter: Ken Amada

...It's been a while since I've done an activity report. I thought I'd never do it again...

I wanted to show Aragaki-san that I'd recovered properly, and for a more direct reason, everyone was too busy with their exams coming up...

I'd heard that high school students' regular exams were tough, but...it's amazing.

I mean, Junpei-san, who normally doesn't even sit at his desk, let alone study, took his textbook all the way to the second floor rest area and was holding his head in his hands? It's kind of moving...

Speaking of studying for exams, I wonder what's going on in Aigis-san's head.

When I asked her, she said, "When it comes to general subjects, I'm average," but...on the contrary, it's amazing. An average artificial intelligence.

Anyway, even an outsider like me is looking forward to the exam results. Aigis said that it would all crumble if you tried, but do your best.

10/15 (Thu) Reporter: Yukari Takeba

Well, this is Takeba. I remember in the first semester I complained about general physics knowledge for a girl... but please don't take issue with the cool things I said in class, huh.

Well, I'm glad I was able to solve it. I hope there will be a good question tomorrow. This was Takeba.

10/16 (Fri) - Reporter: Junpei Iori

Arghhhh, that's too Junpei!

You idiot Ono Mune! Your head is just a helmet stand! How is it a frivolous question about how old Masamune was when he first went to battle? The world doesn't exist only in the Warring States period!

Are there no decent teachers at my school?

10/17 (Sat) - Reporter: Fuuka Yamagishi

Good evening, this is Yamagishi.

The midterm exams are finally over. I wonder how everyone did? I'm not quite sure how I did... I think I'll end up with a lower score than I expected.

Anyway, the exams are over, so I can finally concentrate on fighting shadows...

The next one is supposed to be the last Shadow, but you never know what's going to happen. And even if it's the last one, if you try too hard, you might destroy yourself.

Let's relax and do our best to fight for Aragaki-san.

10/18 (Sun) - Reporter: Mitsuru Kirijo

This is Kirijo.

The midterm exams are finally over.

Everyone, you did well this time, overcoming difficult... events and physically and mentally disadvantageous conditions, in addition to the fact that the exams were held right after the operation.

The results will be announced tomorrow, but just this once, I will refrain from going into detail about your grades. There is no way to judge how much you all suffered and tried to overcome with just a piece of exam paper.

Did you get a good rest today? Junpei seems to have gone to the hospital again, but how about the others? For now, Akihiko, be careful not to overtrain. Got it?

10/19 (Mon) - Reporter: Akihiko Sanada

The exam results are posted. Mitsuru is still at the top... Well, my grades aren't bad either, but I wonder what kind of mind she has?

Also, I checked the grades of the second year students just to be safe. Yamagishi said he didn't feel very good about it, but she's doing pretty well.

It seems like the daily accumulation has paid off. Just like boxing training, persistence pays off.

Aigis... I'm not sure. Well, you did well on your first exam... Hmm... Middle of the pack... Hmm.

But... The problem is you, Junpei. I didn't expect such high scores... but it's too much. If you study and still get low scores, I won't complain, but in your case, it's just a lack of study. You want to show off to that girl Chidori, right? What's the point of being relieved just because you avoided failing?

Well... I could help you with your studies. My own training takes priority, too, so I'm sorry I can only watch over you for about four or five hours a day.

Well, if you get up early and spend an hour before going to school, two or three hours after coming home from school before going to Tartarus, and an hour after you come back from Tartarus, that's perfect.

Okay, Junpei. Let's get started tomorrow!

10/20 (Tue) - Reporter: Aigis

Fuuka-san, I figured it out. …It's difficult. I'm not good at "understanding the context" or "reading the mood".

After that, I learned that Fuuka-san's best friend, Natsuki-san, has transferred schools.

Fuuka-san says it's okay because "we're connected even if we're apart", but... Junpei-san and Chidori-san don't seem to feel at ease when they're apart. What's the difference?

Connections and bonds between people... I feel like I still have a lot to learn. Every day is a learning experience. It's a lesson for the sixty-year-old.

10/21 (Wed) - Reporter: Yukari Takeba

Well, it's Takeba.

The next one is the last Shadow, so everyone is really excited, or rather, really fired up.

I thought Fuuka might be depressed when Moriyama-san transferred to another school, but she seems to have gotten over it and is okay. Apparently she was talking to Amada today about what to do when the Dark Hour runs out. It's a bit premature... I mean, I was talking about something like that the other day too. But... I see. It's the last one.

It doesn't really feel real, it feels weird. It's been about half a year since I got my Persona and started fighting shadows. But it's been 10 years since Tartarus and the Dark Hour were born from Kirijo's experiment, and nothing has progressed, right? Suddenly, things are moving along so smoothly... Maybe it's just because I don't have a reason to fight... I don't feel like it's ending. Well, whether you cry or laugh, the next one is the last one. Let's get pumped up! This was Takeba!

10/22 (Thu) - Reporter: Junpei Iori

Hey, Junpei here. Well, Yukari said it too, but everyone's really pumped up lately. What? It's unbearably hot in the dorm. But when I told Yukari about it, she said, "Oh, you're hot, aren't you?" Hot? Is that an obsolete expression?

Ikutsuki-san came by today for the first time in a while, but no puns!? He talked to me normally and seriously, and gave me the normal encouragement before he left, so in a way, it's even more of a miracle than the disappearance of the Dark Hour.

I mean, getting rid of Dark Hour isn't really a miracle after all. The enemy seems to be desperately trying to increase the number of Lost people, but it's only a matter of time before shadows, the Dark Hour, and Tartarus all boom!...Come to think of it, we haven't conquered all the floors of Tartarus yet, have we? Is that really safe? Well, even if we go all the way to the top, the treasure chests are only a little more luxurious... so maybe we should just go after all?

10/23 (Fri) - Reporter: Fuuka Yamagishi

Good evening, this is Yamagishi.

It seems like everyone is really motivated for the final Shadow.

Junpei-kun also said that Sanada-senpai has been giving off even more of an aura of McChristie recently.

The ending doesn't make sense though...

But Yukari tells me that not only Sanada-senpai, but everyone's life's radiance is changing. That's what really gives off an aura.

I'm sure the final battle with the Shadow will go well. It'll be fine.

10/24 (Sat) - Reporter: Aigis

Today, Yukari asked me why I fight. The answer is clear.

I was created by humans to fight shadows. Therefore, the reason I fight is because I was born that way.

However... when I answered that and Yukari said, "I see," I felt a little complicated. Defeating shadows is my mission. There is no doubt about that.

In that case, the meaning of my existence when I'm not fighting is lighter than that of my existence when I am. That's only natural.

And yet, the priority of the time I spend at school, when I'm not fighting, which should be just idling time, is being updated to a higher priority in my mind. This is a very mysterious phenomenon.

In any case, this thought is unproductive, so I should seal it away so that it doesn't get in the way of the Shadow fight. My current top priority is the last Shadow. That is for sure.

10/25 (Sun) - Reporter: Akihiko Sanada

Recently, I've been strangely engrossed in my training, and I haven't really noticed what's going on around me. I'm not the only one who's fired up. As Junpei said, everyone is fired up for the fight.

Junpei, I'm sorry for the nasty lecture I gave you the other day about your exam scores. Your attitude was as carefree as ever, and I was so focused on myself that I misjudged you. It seems that you've grown before I knew it. Is this also thanks to this Chidori?

Anyway, with the last Shadow in front of us, there are almost no factors that will cause us to lose. There are less than 10 days until the full moon, so let's keep working hard.

Oh, by the way. Today, I had Aigis make a running regime for me, and it turned out pretty well. She gave me the perfect amount of stress for my current ability, and she chose a course that was easy to run and wouldn't get boring. Her analytical skills are incredible. If you're planning on training, you should ask her.

10/26 (Mon) - Reporter: Junpei Iori

Hi, Junpei here.

Well, when Sanada-san apologizes to me, it kind of throws me off, or rather, ah... sorry.

Well, I'm a carefree person at heart. Admittedly, I've been thinking a little seriously lately, but basically, I just want to live a happy and cheerful life! Defeat shadows and protect my home! That's how it is.

Well, I understand what you're saying. We all have different ways of doing things, but we all have the same heart! Defeat the Shadow! Right?

Oh, but please spare me Aigis' training regime. I seriously nearly died before. It's too difficult for a weak-willed guy like me...

It's Kirijo.

Akihiko. Iori. I've always thought this, but you two make a pretty good pair, don't you think? Yesterday and the day before yesterday, it felt like the friendship between two men before a battle.

...It reminded me a little of Akihiko and Aragaki in their first year of high school. Aragaki back then was a bit overconfident and cocky, but he was full of ideals and wanted to protect others. He also had a pretty cheerful personality. He was the type who told a lot of jokes.

That's right...If you add Iori and Amada now and divide them by two, they might be close to Aragaki back then.

And Akihiko...he hasn't changed at all. He's the same.

...I guess it's not like an old story? Maybe I'm thinking about the end, but I've been remembering the old days lately.

10/29 (Thu) - Reporter: Aigis

Everyone... let's live in the present so that SEES can someday become a fond memory. Let's make shadows a thing of the past!

10/28 (Wed) - Reporter: Yukari Takeba

Well, it's Takeba.

I guess Ikutsuki-san has been coming here a lot lately, maybe because the next Shadow is the last one. I wonder if he wants to see everyone's enthusiasm rising?

Well, that's fine, that's fine.

The problem is the same as always, when someone says, "Everyone's morale is so high, I feel like I can't get close to you," it actually brings down my morale. What's worse, when I try to ignore it and keep quiet, he explains, "Oh, that was a pun between 'high morale' and 'high threshold'...! ...sorry".

I mean, the pun that made even Koro-chan stop moving while he was eating is amazing in a way. A pun that freezes animals that don't understand the language...it's the best.

Well, I'm honestly happy that you care about us. Please come and see us again, but please keep the puns to a minimum. It was Takeba.

It is wrong to take away Yukari and Ikutsuki's puns. It is unacceptable in terms of human dignity. In fact, I once advised Ikutsuki-san to refrain from making puns because it seemed to be bothering people around him. At that time, Mr. Ikutsuki taught me, a machine, about the important things that make us human beings, our individuality, and said that depriving us of our individuality is the same as depriving us of our lives. In other words, if we take away Ikutsuki's puns, he will die. Yukari will become a murderer. Please be careful.

10/30 (Fri) - Reporter: Ken Amada

Aigis-san...are you really being deceived? You're so naive.

Ah, but it seems like it might actually happen that Ikutsuki-san would die if he didn't make a pun. But Ikutsuki-san has been talking to us a lot recently and is really concerned about us, so let's just be patient.

Neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon, and the mnemonic for that is "A strange girl goes crazy one night and starts kissing randomly." And the seventh element in that case is "A plump bra, it suits me." I don't remember the element though.

11/1 (Sun) - Reporter: Fuuka Yamagishi

Wow, studying is quite profound.

10/31 (Sat) - Reporter: Junpei Iori

Hi, Junpei here.

Hey, Amada-kun. Maybe you said it on purpose, but "I'll put up with it" isn't a good follow-up, is it? Uuu, Ikutsuki-san, it's a shame that you're being ignored despite your efforts.

Oh, speaking of puns, it reminds me of the mnemonics used to remember the chemical element symbols, right? That "Horizontal Liebe, my ship" thing. That's the way to remember them in order of element number, but do you know any mnemonics to remember them in the order they are arranged vertically on the periodic table?

Um, for example, the group on the far right. The ones called noble gases? From top to bottom, they're helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon, and apparently the mnemonic for that is "One night, a strange girl goes crazy and gives out a lot of kisses." And the next seven elements are "A fuller bra suits me." I don't remember that one though.

Wow, studying is so deep.

Good evening, this is Yamagishi.

…Junpei-kun, I've been starting to see you in a new light lately, but I guess it can't be helped. Hmm, are all boys like this? Is Sanada-senpai like that too?

Well, it turned into a sexy story, but it seems like Ken was just talking about school.

I remember the order of the noble gases, so I guess you could say that things have gotten better since the old days. Maybe, right? Hmm, that's a pretty euphemism, even to me. To be honest, I was going to tell you all to relax today since it's just before the final battle, but I don't think it's necessary at this rate.

It's good to be in high spirits, but if you get too excited and on edge, your nerves will be exhausted and you won't be able to last until the day of the event. I'm not saying you need to be as tense as Junpei, but everyone should try to maintain a moderate level of tension and keep a cool head. I'll support you with all my might.

11/2 (Mon) - Reporter: Mitsuru Kirijo

It's Kirijo.

I think you've already said almost everything I wanted to say to you before the final battle. It was in March of this year that we welcomed Takeba, the first new member in a long time, into SEES. During that time, your awareness as warriors seems to have grown beyond anything I could have imagined.

Tomorrow is finally a full moon.

There are no more words to say.

I pray that tomorrow, after the final Dark Hour is over, everyone will be able to enjoy it safely.

I'll turn shadows into rust with my sword!

11/3 (Tue) - Reporter: Fuuka Yamagishi

Good evening, this is Yamagishi.

We've defeated the last Shadow! To be honest, I thought that such an important report should be made by Kirijo-senpai, but she entrusted the operational report to me, saying that my role was to back them up. I wonder if I was of any use to everyone? I hope so. Wasn't that an unnecessary backup? It was a short time, but I'm really glad we were able to fight together.

...There's one thing that's bothering me. A guy named Jin from Strega said that once the Dark Hour is over, even Persona Users will lose their memories. Is that... for real? Will we lose our memories like normal people?

…Even though it's over, there are still many things I don't understand, and I'm a little worried. But for now, I won't imagine anything bad, and I'll go to sleep savoring our victory. Goodnight.

11/4 (Wed) - Reporter: Akihiko Sanada

November 4th...it's already early in the morning of the 5th...but I will never forget this day.

Today, a celebration was held at the dormitory to celebrate the completion of the Shadows defeat. During the celebration, something surprising... no, it was expected in a way, but the Dark Hour began. The information that the Dark Hour would end if the 12 large Shadows were defeated was incorrect...

...No, that's not it! It was deliberately distorted information! The one who fabricated the information was Ikutsuki-san... Shuji Ikutsuki. What we had done up until now had not erased the Dark Hour, but instead had fused the 12 large Shadows together to create a new Shadow Arcana, Death.

...In the end, Ikutsuki was shot by Takeharu Kirijo and fell to his death from the observatory, where they were probably going to perform the Death Summoning Ritual. However, they both died in the process... Kirijo also died... All other members of SEES were safe. Death's appearance has not been confirmed.

11/8 (Sun) - Reporter: Ken Amada

That's all for now. I'll report back tomorrow.

11/5 (Thu) - Reporter: Akihiko Sanada

It's Sanada.

Continuing from yesterday, I'll report on the situation. In addition, I'd like to add a few details about last night's events.

First of all, the Dark Hour and Tartarus still haven't disappeared. All of Ikutsuki's information was distorted in his favor. Therefore, at this point, we don't know how to erase the Dark Hour. We're back to square one...

The details of the ritual Ikutsuki tried to perform last night are still unclear. The Kirijo Audit Office took the luggage from the principal's room in the dormitory, so if there is any record, we'll probably hear a report later. However, Kirijo is also in turmoil due to Takeharu's death. I don't think we can expect much. If Ikutsuki was trying to sacrifice us, then that means we've thwarted his intention... but I can't feel any relief.

Speaking of Takeharu's death, Mitsuru has left the dorm and gone to the head family of Kirijo. There's a mountain of things to do, like the succession issue and the funeral, so she won't be back anytime soon. As a senior, I'm planning on acting as SEES' president for the time being.

Well, fortunately... that might be the wrong way to put it, but there's still a mountain of things we can do. The Dark Hour, Tartarus, and the shadows haven't disappeared. That means it's time for us, the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad, to take action. We'll sharpen our fangs and wait for the situation to change.

11/6 (Fri) - Reporter: Yukari Takeba

Well, it's Takeba.

It seems like I was ecstatic a few days ago that this was going to be the end, but that was a lie. Well, that incident with Ikutsuki was a lie, actually.

…Dammit! I can't believe it! That pun-making guy! Just remembering it makes me angry! It makes me boil!

Ugh, I need to calm down for now.

And it seems like Kirijo-senpai hasn't come back yet. Sanada-senpai is worried, but I'm a little, no, quite worried. It seems like she loved her father a lot, so I think I can understand how much she's hurting right now.

I think Kirijo-senpai probably doesn't have time to grieve. It was the same for me. Irresponsible, talkative adults are just swarming around and stirring things up. It feels like there are really people who are sad. I wonder what kind of person her mother is? I hope she's someone who will support Kirijo-senpai... We have to do our best so that she can at least concentrate on household chores.

By the way, Junpei seems to be feeling down. It seems something happened with Chidori-san. And then... Oh, that's right. Aigis has come back. The control device that was attached to Ikutsuki has been removed, and she seems to be fine now. Let's try to get things back to the way they were before, little by little. This was Takeba.

11/7 (Sat) - Reporter: Fuuka Yamagishi

Good evening, this is Yamagishi.

Everyone has been beaten to a pulp, but now they are slowly starting to get back on their feet. I'm sure if we wait a little longer they will be able to fight again. As Sanada-senpai said, there is a mountain of work to do. Please keep an eye on your juniors for a little while.

Yukari-chan, it seems the video data I salvaged from the HD was useful, right? I'm glad you found out your father was innocent. If you can just cheer up a little, I feel like I and the others can do our best.

Aigis, don't worry too much about what happened when you were being controlled, okay? Our leader is kind, so he has already forgiven you. No, he never thought you were in the wrong from the beginning.

Amada-kun, Koro-chan. Are you two okay? Rather than being disappointed, you look like you can't help but get angry at the useless people around you. Let's keep it up and get our revenge.

Junpei, you seem to be down. Are you okay? If you need to talk to me about something, let me know. I'm not good with romance, but I'll do my best.

Leader...you're still as laid-back as ever, which is reassuring. It looks like there's still a long way to go in the exploration of Tartarus, so I'm looking forward to seeing some sharp leadership from you.

Well then...good night.

It feels like it's been a long time since I've reported on activities. At one point I was at a loss, but seeing everyone working hard makes me feel like I still have a lot to learn. You're all real seniors!

But why are adults like that? Ikutsuki-san and the Kirijo family. I can tolerate it if it's just a coincidence that there are bad people around us. But if you think about it, if you just live a normal life, anyone can become that bad... it makes me hate becoming an adult.

Ikutsuki-san... Thinking about it now, before he revealed his true identity, he just pushed the battle onto us and only came to check on us occasionally, so he might have been classified as a bad adult. But to be honest, I didn't dislike Ikutsuki-san because he was one of the few people who didn't treat me like a child. Maybe he was just trying not to upset me because I was a useful pawn to help him achieve his goal... But no one knows for sure now, so there's no point in saying it. However, I'm grateful that he taught me that there are many different sides to people. Is this a bad example? Let's change our attitude.

11/9 (Mon) - Reporter: Junpei Iori

Hey there, it's Junpei!

Thank you Yukari and Fuuka for worrying about me. Well, lately, I've been feeling down because we couldn't erase the Dark Hour, Kirijo-senpai got into a lot of trouble, and that guy Ikutsuki was like that, and then Chidori... I have no idea why, but she suddenly started saying she didn't want to see me. I was a helpless samurai with no hope of a future. Even if I asked someone for advice, there was no point in asking her the reason.

Anyway, I'm sorry for being depressed all by myself. I'm sorry!

For now, there's nothing I can do about it, so I'm going to go back to the hospital once I've calmed down and ask what happened. I guess I'll consult them about something then.

Takeba, can you give me some love advice? I wonder if you understand the subtleties of a man's heart. And in the first place, do you have time to stick your nose into other people's affairs?

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[patientlibrarian]

Goran Thursday.

Hello everyone, everywhere, it's "Goran Thursday" and still very hot here in the UK. Lots of Goran about at the moment.

Talking of hot:

Translation:

Goran Višnjić and Zrinka Cvitešić together on stage for the first time: "We became like a small family "

The most successful Croatian actors abroad, who play the main roles in the play 'Equinocija' at the Dubrovnik Summer Games, discover what the atmosphere is like at rehearsals led by director Krešimir Dolenčić and recall their summers in Dubrovnik where their professional paths have never crossed before.

Location: Croatian National Theater in Zagreb. Weather: three in the afternoon, end of the week, heat, steam. Wardrobe no. 106, make-up artist, hairdresser, Gloria's team and two of the most outstanding actors of contemporary Croatia - Zrinka Cvitešić (44), laureate of the highest British theater award Olivier, and Goran Višnjić (52), our most successful representative in Hollywood.

The reason for the meeting: the Dubrovnik Summer Games and their collaboration on the play "Equinocija" by Ivo Vojnović, directed by Krešimir Dolenčić. Goran plays a rich returnee from America, Nika Marinović, and Zrinka plays his love from his youth, Jela. This time, Višnjić did not return from America, but from Great Britain, where he lives with his family in the southwest of the island - in Cornwall, while Cvitešić is still at two addresses, one in Zagreb and one in London with his partner, former soccer player Niko Kranjčar .

In preparation for our recording, Zrinka and Goran excitedly exchange impressions from the rehearsal they just came from. Both she and he have the text with their notes in their hands and are commenting on younger colleagues from the play's team - whose performance they are delighted with. Lovers of acting recognize each other, one might say. Director Krešimir Dolenčić , however, did not choose this "duo fantastikus" by chance.

"Nothing is a coincidence, and then again, it is. We met by chance after a performance at the &TD Theater and then he told me that he had a meeting the next day regarding the Games and that we would talk to each other when he knew exactly what it was about. I am in that moment I said that I would like to work at the Games, I just don't know when and which show. And then he called me the next day and offered to do "Equinocia", to which I immediately said - come on! Krešo and I have known each other for almost thirty years. ever since he was an assistant to our professor Neva Rošić at the Acting course. When I was a student, he gave me a scholarship at Gavella," recalls Goran Višnjić with a laugh.

Zrinka agrees with the statement and complements the answer with his memory. "An actor should be very lucky to work with directors like Krešo in his career. I've had very few of them so far - they're directors you don't ask what, how, why... When you're invited to a project, you just ask them when and where you should come. They are unreservedly guided, inspired, and loved by you. It's nice to come back to Kreša after more than ten years, but we both asked ourselves - is it really so?! Because we both feel like we've worked together before. In short, we had a great time at the rehearsals. The ensemble is not big and after a week we have become like a small family. The young actors Lara Nekić and Karlo Mrkša are wonderful and curious actors. It's best when it's created together, when there's no "this is not my scene and I'm not interested in it". The most beautiful ideas are born from togetherness, this has been confirmed to me again and again throughout my life, and so it is this time," says the actress who, together with Goran Višnjić, recalled her first associations with the Games, and they also revealed to us something about their summer plans.

PLUS: Wonderful 'presentation' for a new concept Verne car by Goran on his instagram page. Must have taken ages to do. Has priceless references to a couple of old tv series!!

Hope your day goes as you would wish it to.

[galzydraw]

To Ganz Gusev: You can show a profile of Eliz la revenant V (I loved her design on Instagram) I'm excited to hear about his role in Promised! Tale and what is the trait of his soul.

Promised!Eliz (Timeline V)

Elizabeth Will (20 years old) Granddaughter of the "legendary P! Gerson" and fifth returnee of Tamara's group

When Promised! Tale was created She was found hanging from a pine tree waterfall (for 4 hours) when she was just an orphaned child.

And who was the one who rescued her? "P! Gerson" found her after retiring from her position as a royal guard due to her age and poor health. She was surprised when she tried to return home and saw the little girl in trouble and very tired. Without much thought she cut the pine tree with her bone sword. and he took care of the girl since she was in very bad condition.

Although the girl was not responding due to lack of food. She realized that she was the girl that many said stole food at the waterfalls. Despite her oath to hand such people over to the royal guard to the empress. She saw the girl in need, but apart from that, she was a girl and didn't see that as necessary. But if you go with all those who ever see you steal something from them. She gave those inhabitants a joy to see that the girl did apologize for her past actions since P! Gerson showed her that those actions of hers would not take her anywhere.

To which, after being able to feed her, something in her had a hard time talking to her. since little Eliz barely knew how to say a word. That put more stress on old P! Gerson to find out more about the girl and her past. to which she went to her old friend empress toriel to ask if she knew anything about the girl or her family…

To which the empress is surprised to see Eliz after a long time. and she responded that Eliz was a creation made to give a family to a human couple. But at the time of creating her she ran away from her (since she became nervous when she met her new family) and shortly after she was searched by the entire line of sentinels but they never found her whereabouts. until now that P!Gerson found her

To which Father Gerson understood and saw the little girl shortly after meeting her and for several months he walked around the island asking who the girl belonged to and if they knew about her family. He became attached to the girl during that trip and search.

To which he offered to take care of her and adopt her. giving him a good life and education.

Eliz grew up surrounded by good friends in Waterfell and at the same time helped her grandfather with her medication. Until everything fell apart due to the fall of the kingdom by Error!Sans. causing the fateful death of Eliz, who with her sacrifice saved her grandfather but at the cost of her life she was disintegrated by space and time.

Leaving P! Gerson heartbroken over losing his only family…

Years passed and we talked about how after Tamara she reset the world after obtaining the fourth reset fragment. (Timeline V was created) This is where Emperor Gaster after failing in his attempt to dominate the Au in the fourth timeline. He finds the code and Eliz's soul in the underground. And thanks to his ignorance and his thirst for revenge because of Tamara and a small group of returnees who were previously his allies, he turns Eliz into a returnee and as one more in Gaster's plans he orders poor Eliz to attack and finish the beings from Ebott Island and Tamara's silly team who were just becoming known as the saviors.

And this is where the story begins of Eliz being a returnee and how she fought Tamara against her will due to Emperor Gaster's curse….

(I am NOT going to give any more spoilers about Eliz and her story since "This subplot of the comic is the one I liked writing the most and it would be bad for me to tell it all): 3

Curiosities:

1- Eliz is bisexual

2- The bone sword she uses is a gift from her grandfather P! Gerson (Maintaining the legacy of her former grandfather)

3- she likes pizza with pineapple

4- She loves to collect cascading gemstones. This is a hobby that P! Gerson himself dedicated himself to entertainment when he was barely 6 years old.

5- She likes to read superhero comics.

6- The reason she can levitate is because her powerful soul that has the "optimism" trait is released through magical waves that make her levitate slightly.

7- The Cap she has was found in the waterfall dump even though she had to fight with P! Dummy to get it when she was an orphan. She says it's her favorite cap. and that if she were lost she would go crazy and would not tire of looking for him.

8- She suffers from Brontophobia (Fear of storms), reason? Lightning struck him after he failed to control her levitation.

Statistics:

HP: 30 ATC: 5000 Per hit with her "Bone Sword" (she is the strongest in terms of melee weapon damage)

Level: 1 Soul: Optimistic Species: Human and (Revenant Alpha)

Art by: @ganzdraw

[myliobatis]

Why Did This Fic Involve So Much Math: Behind The Scenes Of A Really Long Chapter

I kept threatening to do this and here it is: the planning materials (scribbles) that kept me organized enough to finish chapter two of far to the west and worlds away, aka the ensemble-cast-repentance-in-avallónë fic that ate my life. I am not constitutionally suited to writing longfic (and a 10k chapter is LONG for me, I usually hover in the 1k or less range), so this was an extremely necessary part of the process. Let’s get into it!

where it all began: early shape-of the-world thoughts in the back of a work notebook. it also contains first drafts of several scenes, but those are not pictured because they have Actual Confidential Work Materials mixed in.

from there, it developed into this bullet-point conceptualisation of the “deal with the death”, which has lived in the bottom of the continually-growing gdoc ever since. almost none of this rationale made it into the text, even though it underpinned everything.

here are the notes I took during my silm and UT reread these past few months. I made a conscious effort to compare the text to fanon, because I hadn’t reread since my first time in the fandom eight years (!) ago. the areas marked with the red inkstick are notes I found particularly useful for this project (vs. generally interesting).

within that notebook, there are some pages specific to planning this series. this one was an early stab at working out the order in which the characters would return. you can also tell that I ran through multiple pens during this process!

working out relative ages at the time of the crossing to Beleriand, which was part of a larger effort to contextualize character relationships.

an early attempt to plan the order of scenes and break up the chapters, including a couple of concepts I later removed. I wrote myself into a corner with the publishing order at the start of the series and here was desperately trying to fix it (only partially successfully!)

another stab at the sequence of returnees, in which you can tell I was having trouble remembering the year of tyelpë’s death…!

questions I asked myself to flesh out the worldbuilding of returnee-aman. in the end I chose to go with less self-actualisation, because. well. drama

working out what exactly this in-universe project entailed; only some of which made it into the finished version. never could work in the random Teleri shipbreaker.

a page of painful math, using this timeline, to figure out when a reasonable date to start the returns was. I did so so much math and then remembered like two weeks later that the numenorean invasion happened and had to recalibrate all over again!!

finally, this large-format sketchbook sheet I wrote out at around 75% finished the fic, to finalize the order, mark down issues to resolve, and make sure the characters were getting roughly equivalent screen time (the dots are tracking focus scenes).

Not pictured: hours and hours and HOURS of thinking about scenes and mentally editing while running, walking, doing laundry, etc. It was weird to put my entire brain into this post, but fun!

[blazedhs]

If that him, then?? I dont get itttt

spoilers to novel

this is brand new info as I am reading webtoon after the novel. the human who saved nirvana so in next life it reincarnated as a human was yjh? when??? if orv kdj roughtly follows the same scenarios yjh went through in twsa (3rd regression path? using info from all regressions?) when did he got into the scenario to create nirvana if kdj has info on him when he is already nirvana. In 0? ??? *

also in some regressions, 41 f.e. how long joonghyuk even lives with his companions in between scenarios if yoosung is already a young woman. just how different are the scenarios in different regressions? Or their length solely depends on the amount of probability conjured into the scenario? For example if in one regression yjh calls for powerful constellations, the probability calls for a more horrible disasters and the pacing goes quicker, but what if yjh just chills and barely uses his powers to avoid probability? then the scenario can last years, right?? So then he couldve had more sub scenarios and go into different worlds I suppose, and there he couldve met snake nirvana? And snake nirvana was either a disaster to that world or a high grade monster? Uh?

* if its 0, then It means kdj doing his OD thing told him to save the snake so it can be reborn as nirvana so kdj has someone to chill inside the library with eater of dreams and 4th wall.

* if it's not 0 I cant imagine yjh not killing a monster.

Also? In previous regressions of yjh does it mean nirvana had a different reincarnation body?? and had different encounters with him? But how can it be if yjh is a regressor and by regressing he goes back in time where he creates different universe but the starting setting is the same, so how can nirvana be different. Logically if nirvana was created after 0, it should remember only 0. and zero wasnt a regressor yet. Ha. Brainfuck. So that means nirvana should be made after 0 turn when yjh is already a regressor. Why would yjh spare a monster. And how will he then encounter salvation church that dokja reads about in twsa

Idk but this webtoon slide ruined my last understanding of the novel because I thought it was just a random human who saved a snake in another dimension and then nirvana was born as a human in one of the worlds with scenarios and became an incarnation then a returnee and died quite a bit but always recovered memories of the previous lives and at one point created salvation church and that's how it met yjh. How it knows yjh idk in headcanon he met him not as a nirvana before but as a returnee in some dimension. Maybe in murim or elsewhere. And then he like idk went back in time as a returnee who looks like this nirvana of salvation church and he was the same in every regression of yjh.

[nofoodsallowedinsidepls]

19 | SEPTEMBER 23

INTRODUCING MYSELF

Im a BA Communication Student from ESSU.

Janelle by the way, are you may call me Jah | ate Jah if you just want to, or else call me by my surname.

#IntroductionOfSelf

I'm a 28-year-old stunner (char), obviously a returnee after 13 years of not being in an academic field. I used to stop taking my preferred program because we were financially unstable at that moment, until now. But I tried hard to sustain my needs as a self-loving, self-supporting,  or rather independent woman. I'm working while pursuing my dream; my only dream is to finish college, which is where I am now. I have three part-time jobs, one of which is an office assistant at a private store, a sales representative (agent) at a telecommunications company and a musician.

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Way back in 2018, I applied to this telecommunications company as an agent to gain job experience. At that time, I never thought that I was able to go back to college because I was very devastated because of my mental health issues. That thing called "social anxiety" makes me think that everywhere I go, there's always rejection, and it feels like I don't have the guts to do that academic stuff.

Because of my good decision to apply for a job, my co-workers helped me overcome my weakest

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I loved traveling, exploring, wandering, and connecting with nature with music. Ive been through a lot of places here in Samar, more on nature, hoping, but never been hiking. More on beach rivers and falls: I wish I could trek on Mt. Batulao and Sagada/Buscalan and have a tattoo by Apo Wang-od, the oldest "mamba batok," just one of my to-do lists. But as for now, I just want to pursue my dream first to finish school; this is one of my main goals. 

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Here's a bit of flexing about my favorite career: being in a band. I have this band called Maria, a full band that plays a variety of pop rock genres all over Eastern Samar.

Being in a band is a great reliever, even though I lack sleep because of this career. It relieves all my stress through playing music and having a great bond with my bandmates. 

For me, they were the ones who made me realize that life is much better when you take it so easy. But we have to be hardworking even though we are having trouble organizing our time because it's my number one source of income aside from having part-time jobs.

Now I hope everything flows easily, as I am facing health issues too. But I very positively believe that everything will go to its rightful place. My only plan now is to finish college and to enhance and apply it to my chosen profession in the future.

[betawooper]

[ID: Written passages featuring Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonghyuk from the webnovel, Omniscient Reader. The pronouns for Joonghyuk have been changed to she/her. Transcript:

There was one thing: it wasn’t a lie to call myself a fan. I liked Joonghyuk when she did well in TWSA, hated her for being a dumbass, grumbled when she came upon a serious threat, and cheered her on when she executed an ingenius a plan. She had an amazing development arc and interesting characterization. That’s why I stuck with her, through her struggles with her traumas and identity crisis, for over three-thousand chapters.

Oh, shit... she didn’t realize she was a woman this early on, right? I would have to remember that.

Second Transcript:

I am worthless.

“Worthless? What did I come here for if you were worth nothing?”

My sword tore at her hands. Pale flesh ripped. Crimson flowed. I went in again. And again.

“Explain! How are you worthless? How? Because you died like a fool in this dungeon? Because you cried over the body of your dead little sister? Because you let the Prophet stab you in the back? Because you grew enraged when your child died? Because you looked at yourself in the mirror and no longer found a man standing within it no matter how hard you tried?”

I kept spouting detail after painstaking detail of this stupid woman’s life, all while recalling my own.

“You fought against demon kings and powerful returnees! You fought against the damn reincarnators! You stood before the constellations themselves!”

What did I do? I remembered senior officers in the army yelling at me. My bosses exploiting me. I wasn’t saving the world. I was heating up cup noodles in the shitty microwave at my apartment simply trying to survive.

The only respite I felt in my life was when I found a new notification on my phone: TWSA had updated. How pathetic was that?

If anyone was worthless, it was...

It was...

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transfem joonghyuk, do you all See My Vision

[honeymouthedtales]

manhwa anon - omg didnt expect to get a special cla rec list thank you!! 😭🩷 i cant really describe what tropes are my favorite because i am a total newbie but from the few i’ve read: i also LOVE villainess tropes, esp. those with smart and cunning fl (im currently reading villainess turns hourglass, obsessed with the fl she’s so evil and smart, and not really a villainess but think navier of remarried empress- her brain is just so huge ugh im in love)

another aspect i like is when the story focuses a lot on imperial politics and high society strategizing etc, i find it really fascinating!! basically the heavier, more dramatic stuff, as opposed to light topics & fluffy romance all throughout the story :3

if you have any !!must read!! recs for beginners pls also share, even if they dont fit those tropes!!! 🫶

sorry this took a lot but my mental illness went downhill these days

i've already mentioned my faves i think but i can go a little further. you've already mentioned navier who's a real queen, but when it comes to scheming main characters I can mention:

The Villainess Is A Marionette: the setting is a bit all over the place with the inspiration but the art is gorgeous and both she and her twin brother are schemers and tbh even if he is the villain sometimes I feel like siding with him ahah. There's a lot of intrigue and court factions in it!

The Way To Protect The Female Lead's Older Brother: i am in love with this webtoon, not only the art is gorgeous, everyone in it is kinda insane. The fl doesn't want to be a villainess but has to become it in order to survive and isn't she an amazing villainess? I also somehow really love the male lead, I like when they deviate from the buff guy stereotype, he has a very youthful vibe (and I loved that he was a prisoner of the fl's family at the beginning of the story). I also love the other male lead and I normally despise the second guy very bad, but tbh as someone who read the ending of the novel I personally wouldn't know who I was really hoping to win in the end. Anyway, if you like gothic and a little gory themes and a lot of scheming this is also very pretty.

The Broken Ring: I really like the female lead so much, she's one of my favorite in existence. When you read villainess webtoons, most of them are just normal girls who end up a villainess and conquer everyone with their charm/sweetness, but in this case she is a girl who gets to live her life for the third time and after suffering in both the previous lives she is quite tired and just wants to marry her 'no thoughts in that pretty head' chosen husband and live on her own. There's not that much of a plot with adventures and kidnapping but I love that it has a very mature feel.

The Villainess Lives Twice: if you like the fl of villainess turns the hourglass you will also like her. The plot does sometimes get a little unbelievable but there's a lot of politics and intrigues and going to ballrooms to make connections, I definitely recommend but don't expect a very how can I say refined plot.

I tamed my ex husband's mad dog: I thought it was a little strange at the beginning bc it's one of those adopting a very cute weak teenager and then he grows up to be my knight who loves me and I can't control him anymore damn, and when they meet he's 16 and she's 25, but ACTUALLY I'll put the spoiler after a few lines bc idk how to write it in white so you can avoid it ;;

apparently the guy is a isekai returnee as well? So he was just pretending to be a child after reincarnating?

Do of this what you want. Anyway they're both kinda selfish and trying to use the other for their selfish reasons in the end.

The Princess Imprints a Traitor: this is also one of those stories that are about a returnee who comes back and tries to change the past. She's absolutely not a villainess, but I like how smart she is, how she protects her people, and how she goes hard into politics because the only way to save everyone would be becoming crown princess and changing things herself. Also the plot is very unique, with magic and alchemy and spellbound servants who serve their masters in bed? Although she's too noble so she refuses lol

Isn't Being a Wicked Woman Much Better? I live for people who become a villainess and decide to keep living as a villainess. She's smarter than everyone, she's rich, she has power, I just hope she can leave everyone penniless and enjoy herself forever.

I'll be the matriarch in this life/I shall master this family: she's not exactly a villainess but after returning from the dead Florentia is the most scheming and business savvy 5yo and then 8yo and then 12yo in existence. I've been waiting for her to grow up for two seasons and I can't wait for her to show me what she can do in the next seasons as well. It's more light-hearted compared to everything I've recced until now but I think it's a top read and I love the fl <3

This got very long but if you send me another ask I might do a part two!

[darksoulwizard]

LIVING IN THE MOMENT

One of the most memorable episodes of my school life was when I reached senior high school. My first day at school was such a day. It was the month of August 2022. I was the 16 years old. And I am still 16 years old right now. My family decided that I should enroll in face-to-face classes rather than an online class so I could interact with and communicate with other people instead of always staying at home.

After I finished enrolling myself, I waited for a few days for an announcement about which class I belonged to. A few days later, school starts. I felt nervous and could not think of anything else.

School is both stressful and fun. Almost everyone in this world has been or will go to school at some point in their lives.

One of the funniest episodes in my school life was when our teacher in practical research 1 asked us to introduced ourselves and choose one object that could describe ourselves. After my other classmates introduced themselves, it was one of our friend’s turns. She introduced herself and told the teacher that the object she chose to describe herself is a sunflower. And when our teacher asked for a reason why she liked sunflowers, she just answered that she just liked them.

One of the most dramatic episodes in my school life was when my classmate in 7th grade had an argument. It was really a heated argument, and they kept shouting at each other to the point that my other classmates needed to stop them. A few minutes later, they got exhausted from shouting but still didn’t stop arguing. And one of my classmates told my other classmates to stop them or they might faint. After my classmate said the word “faint”. My classmate, who is having argument, pretends to faint. I can say that he is pretending because when my other classmates pursued my other classmates to call a teacher, He stood up, like he didn’t pretend to faint.

One of the happiest episodes of my school life was the first time I heard her laugh. And when she moved into our class in the second semester, I was shocked. One of my best friends knows that I have a crush on her and keep teasing me about it. And the more they teased me, the more I fell in love with her. And I really like it when she calls me by my nickname.

One the saddest moments in my academic career was when she started distancing herself from me because I think she knows about the feelings I harbor for her. But I’m still thankful that she didn’t completely distance herself from me. But I’m still sad because she views me differently now. Before, we could go home together and play together, but now we hardly greet each other. And I can only see her properly every time she plays volleyball. Because she will never know that I am watching. Because I’m only watching her from far.

And also, one of the happiest moments in my academic career is when I am with my friends, or when I and my friends go to a lot of different place after school. I am really grateful to have met them and to have them as my friends.

The most annoying thing that happened to me in my school life was when someone touched my phone without permission and had the audacity to put a password on it. And every time I remember, or someone reminds me about what happened to my phone, I always hope that the person who put the password on it stumbles. And also, one of the most annoying things that happened was when we practiced our molecular dance. Because our choreographer is expecting too much from us and thinks that we could master the dance steps right away after they teach them to us. And letting us practice under the scorching heat of the sun and giving us a ridiculous reason that it can energize us, but instead I end up getting sick and can’t get up from bed for almost two days.

One of the most memorable episodes in my school life was when I was in 8th grade. I was not expecting that I would be ok at my section because I am a returnee.

I was not expecting to be happy and comfortable with the people around me. They are so friendly. I remember the second day of my school year when one of my classmates approached me, he asked my name, and told me that I was so funny yesterday. Then he asked me to join them at the back, and that day was so funny and memorable to me because I did an unexpected thing. We have our subject teacher telling to us what we need to bring or what book we need to buy for her subject, and me and my classmates got bored and had nothing to do, so I start the unexpected thing that I was talking about earlier so I licked my new school shoes because I cleaned them and wiped it using baby wipes and alcohol. then one of our classmates saw me licking my shoes, and she called other classmates to see what I was doing, and they started to laugh and make fun of me.

[badwasabi]

pic unrelated. Except that it's from a much better manhua.

Webtoon: Our young hero has to face a big, dangerous monster! Hero: How am I going to get out of this one? Meanwhile, in a flashback: Hero's Teacher: Hero, you should never, ever use your dangerous super special power, because it will kill you. Meanwhile, in the present: Hero: Welp, guess I'll use my dangerous, super special power. Me: Oh no! How will he handle the extremely dangerous backlash to using his dangerous super special power! Webtoon: Actually, it'll be super-easy, barely an inconvenience a quarter-chapter.

What's the point of trying to create suspense at the last minute if you immediately ruin it? Why not make the dangerous super special power have some sort of lasting negative effect that hampers the hero going forward, until he can get it resolved? No, his teacher yelling at him afterward doesn't count, especially since his teacher is in the form of a comic-relief, strawberry-cheesecake obsessed cat at the time. Come to think ,the protag has been very consistently cruising through obstacles, without any real struggle, unless you count "trying not to be too awesome in public".

Yes, he's a returnee/regression, but could he stop holding down the I WIN button for five minutes?

[xhudgenssistersconfessions]

More reviews (if i am being annoying lemme know)

-The supporting players, similarly, have relatively little to do, including returnees Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig and Paola Nuñez, a fleeting cameo by Tiffany Haddish, and a puzzling, wasted role for Rhea Seehorn (“Better Call Saul”).

-Paola Núñez, Vanessa Hudgens, and Alexander Ludwig) and shady contacts (Tiffany Haddish, John Salley), Arbi & Fallah sprinkle in several thrilling action set pieces

- I’m not even going to attempt to explain the crime plot of Ride or Die, but it is used as an excuse to do all sorts of things that the filmmakers probably think audiences want, such as bring back returning characters Kelly (a weapons expert played by Vanessa Hudgens) and Dorn (a tech guru played by Alexander Ludwig).

- It gets a bit overcrowded with supporting players, including franchise alum and newbies. There’s Vanessa Hudgens, Eric Dane, DJ Khaled and even Michael Bay, who directed the first two Bad Boys films. Eric Dane

- Vanessa and Alexander is such a good duo (I adapted this one a little because it had spoilers lol)

What I notice most in these reviews is the number of characters that many found unnecessary and that they don't have much to do

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