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yuseirra · 8 months ago

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**alien stage final round spoilers**

I really enjoy looking at the feelings and relationship dynamics between characters when I see a work. I feel I got a better grasp of/understood that aspect after seeing that most recent alien stage video, so I'd enjoy talking about it. Before I begin, I respect all the canon interactions and appreciate what they give us. The major "ships" for this, I am aware of, they are all very valid and I find all of them intriguing and interesting to see!

This particular stage, I feel, shows a really good insight of how Ivan and Till's love's are conveyed in contrast to each other.

Ivan appears to be very mannerly and he's very kind towards the fans, giving a lot of fanservice, he's the "good boy" of the group (excluding Luka who's simply "made for the stage") while Till tends to be the rebel. He swears towards the aliens, tries to run away, and does the unexpected on stage, he's a loose cannon as they say, but when it comes to "love", their attitudes tend to be the complete opposite.

It appears that Ivan's feelings towards Till is very complex for it to be defined simply as "love"(although I believe it is) although he's reserved on the outside, I feel he's the one has the hardest time dealing with his own emotions, since it does exist, but even he himself can't actually make out what they are. Idk how it's been translated but I saw him defining what he had towards Till as "shallow(얄팍한)" and apologizing to him as being his victim of it, I think it's the contrary. It's way too muddled and complicated, the artbook also mentions that he'd be the only one who can know what that feeling he has towards Till is. And I'm not even sure if he himself does in a complete sense. What I can see is that he does care. However, it seems like Ivan doesn't know how to care for Till in a way that'd come across to Till in a way that he'd like. In turn, he keeps acting in a way that'd provoke him to make the guy look back at him. He ruins the flowers Till treasures that he's received from Mizi, punches him, follows him around, nudges him, and acts pretty imposing and unpredictable when it comes to Till, he does things that Till doesn't want. It's out of his interest and fondness but it just can't come across to Till as a good thing. He doesn't hate him (he's still pretty fond of Ivan when I read the artbook) but finds him annoying. The artbook defines Ivan's feeling as one-sided, and sadly, it is very much that way. Ivan is the one that looks most mature out of the 4 kids that grew up together (Sua, Mizi, Till and Ivan himself) but they phrase Ivan as someone who's grown in terms of body but has never matured from being a child (P 208, 211 in the artbook) The problem here is that he never learned how to express his feeling properly. It always... ends up in a way that hurts Till. Till fails to comprehend or make out just what's happened as he sees Ivan dead in the final moments of stage 6. While Ivan manages to achieve his desired results of having Till finally look back at him, that's also all he gets. It was predictable, though. I feel like they'd have had a much friendlier relationship if they grew up in a normal, humane environment. In the end, Ivan does realize he's being selfish. I personally believe it's both selfish and selfless, a bit similar to how Sua was towards Mizi. They do things for the other but also, they do realize it's what the other party wouldn't enjoy/fully comprehend while they do it. But they can't help it since they want the other to survive.

Till's feelings for Mizi has been always there, I kind of feel it could get overshadowed a lot from how immensely big and impactful Ivan's actions have been portrayed throughout the series, but I really appreciate how they acknowledged Till's feelings for her's also something that's very genuine and what's gave him light. I read that the idea that Till had a crush on Mizi was there from the very early stages of development from the artbook. That's a crucial part of his character. And unlike how the usual "reserved and gentle" Ivan can get pretty aggressive to get a reaction out of Till (nothing against Ivan, just analyzing) Till's love is also pretty much unrequited, but he acts very selfless and gentle towards Mizi, he never does anything that'd.. affect her in a strong sense except for trying to express his feelings through music. While Ivan pokes, punches, grabs, kisses his love to get his attention, Till tends to blush and run away. This guy is very aware of what his feelings towards Mizi is, yet I think he understood his position and how much Mizi loves Sua so he keeps at a distance. His commentary about Mizi is that he believes "she's the most beautiful being in the entire universe and he felt reborn when she smiled at him." Oh wait?? he's an INFP??? REALLY??? Looking at the artbook and..;;hshshg to imagine an INFP acting like him.. oh, he must have suffered A LOT;; I guess he was always on edge in those harsh conditions then. His feelings towards Mizi didn't really come across so much either, as it is said she thought Till was evading her, she wanted to be more friendly with him being the jolly and sweet person she is though.

The outcome for these two are very similar but different. When I watched Till's fate..(yeah, I was shocked he almost NEVER stood a chance against Luka despite how good he is too;;) I think I felt sad, but I was.. also happy for him that he realized Mizi does genuinely care for him. What Ivan got wasn't mutual, Till didn't understand.. and he was engraved, but as a source of trauma (I find this inevitable though seeing how that stage played out). Mizi smiled at Till and he was so happy to see her again he immediately lit up and tried to reach out to her while the stage was still going on, their eyes meet, the way Ivan and Till did on the previous stage, but it was welcoming and out of glee. Of course the one Mizi loves is Sua, but it was sweet to see Mizi really caring for Till as a friend. He's also what she's wanted to save, and Till was suffering after he thought Mizi was gone, but he got that sense of relief in his last moments. There was a comment I found that I found was quite insightful about this situation. He doesn't ask much in return, he always was that person that'd accept and appreciate what she gave him. Was that really enough for Till? I'm not sure but, he was still happy from everything Mizi had given him. I do see Ivan having a harder time being the same way because Till would have been so focused on Mizi to look back at him if he was as passive and accepting as Till was to her, and besides, I think the type of "love" they have may not exactly be the same although it can be categorized as "love". "Love" comes in many different forms and it grew in ways that were affected by their environment and personalities. I appreciate how that was depicted. I feel Till's love towards Mizi is just as powerful as Ivan's love towards Till was, it displays the different types of one-sided love.

I can talk about Sua and Mizi's dynamic too, with that I'd be talking about all the four major ships (I talked about Hyuna and Luka in another post earlier!) but maybe I'll do that another time.

However, I'd still like to mention what I found interesting in the artbook! They say that Sua wanted to protect Mizi's naivety and shield her from reality, because she found salvation in it. It was a place of escape for her, they say (p44) she gave Mizi hope that there would be a good ending, and that's how Mizi completely broke down the moment Sua was gone. Mizi really didn't see it coming while Sua actually did as she sang. Sua wanted to remain in that moment forever with Mizi, they say (p39) she depended on Mizi as much as Mizi did for her. The artbook gives out a really good insight in terms of about how the characters feel about things and it's very colorful and thick and great to see in general, so I recommend you to buy it if you are interested in the series. I'm not a hardcore fan of this piece (yet) but it was still worth every penny to me so, I bet it'd be a gem for those who really care for it~

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losver07 · 6 months ago

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was working on my wip and realised this scene is so wolfstar coded so ummm here ya go (sorry in advance for the awful translation lol)

also this is veeery long so i'm putting most of it under the cut

tw: mention of death, harsh(ish) lenguage

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"Then came the ambulance and the police,” he murmurs, his eyes fixed somewhere in the room, mind showing him once again the image of Sirius' tired smile. "They gave me a blanket. I felt stupid in it."

John, observing him with deep eyes, full of compassion, nods. Remus figures he can't show it, the pity. That it's part of his job not being able to say Oh, you poor thing and that, instead, he must be professional. And it's not that John is bad at it, at hiding what he thinks; it's just the eyes.

It's impossible to lie with one's eyes. Sirius' always shine, even if he insists on wearing the blackest clothes.

Shined. Not anymore. And he doesn't dress in black anymore, it's Remus who has to mourn now, instead of him. And for him.

"How are you feeling?" the psychologist asks, and Remus makes an effort not to cry.

"I don't know," he answers, honest. He doesn't know what words to use. "Bad."

Not enough. John gestures at him to keep talking, to elaborate. He always does that. It's cruel.

Remus looks down at a ring he takes off his finger, and proceeds to watch it turn in his hands as he fidgets with it. It was Sirius'. Everything he owns was either his or reminds him of him in some way. Even the smallest of things, the silliest of details.

If only he could get rid of it all. If only he knew that'd make him forget.

"It's like I don't really believe this is real,” he says, without lifting his gaze from the steel ring. It's carved in a checkered pattern, a chess board that extends and hugs the owner's finger like a ribbon. It's not excessively visible but, if you brush your finger against the metal, you can feel the shapes against your skin, kissing your fingertips like he once did. That feels like so long ago, though. “I... I'm sad, obviously, but also angry. I think it was selfish of him."

Before it had been his, Sirius', the ring had belonged to Regulus. It had been silver then. Sirius turned it into steel when he'd received it from his brother, who got it from their father, whose father had gifted him it, and so on. It must be hundreds of years old.

"Selfish?"

He'll probably ask to be buried with it. If it's not worn on his left hand, it will be trapped on a chain around his neck.

"Yeah, I dunno," he shrugs. He doesn't know how to explain himself. He knows how he feels, he just finds it difficult to believe that anyone could understand it. He tries anyway. "He's gone and he's left us all here as if we didn't have enough problems of our own," he says. "Like, now I have to be myself, which is already tough enough, and also be him for James and Peter and Harry and... Oh, God, Harry..." He shuts his eyes. He needs to breathe. He closes his hand over the ring, and looks at John. "But I need him too. And I don't have him. I don't have anyone to treat me like he did. So, I don't know."

The therapist nods again. When he started the sessions, Remus thought it was weird that John didn't take any notes, like in the movies. It might sound stupid, but he imagined someone constantly writing on a notepad, making a record of every word that came out of his mouth.

It turns out John only uses his notebook to write dates and appointments down; that he actually listens to what he says, instead of analysing every sentence as if it were a mathematical problem.

He's been lucky, and he knows it. At least in this, he's been lucky.

"Do you feel responsible for what happened?" He asks, and Remus thinks about it for a second. Now that the unease has lessened, he's left with just the cold on the tip of his nose and the metal on his fingers. He misses hugging Sirius on cold days like this one.

"Yes," he answers. No point in lying.

John stares at him. Elaborate, he's probably thinking. He always looks at him like that when he wants to make Remus talk.

"I'm the one who was supposed to take care of him," he says then. "And, instead of that, what I did was use him to make him help me with my shit. And even after he's gone I'm still whining about him not being here to give me cuddles. I don't know. Maybe I'm the one who's being selfish.

The psychologist, whose diploma is Remus now observing, makes a face.

"Wanting love is not selfish, Remus," he says, so soft and kind it almost makes Remus feel small, vulnerable and about to break. Or already broken.

"But taking the love away from someone and keeping it to yourself is," he objects.

"You think that's what you did? Taking the love from him?"

"I don't know," he says, and before John can ask him to explain, he continues: "I think maybe if I'd made things right he'd still be here."

The air is still for a few seconds, both in the room and in the street across the window, as well as inside of Remus' lungs, who holds his breath in an attempt to make the ache on his chest go away. It doesn't work.

"It wasn't your fault that he suffered," Josh tells him, but he's been told so many lies he doesn't need to think to detect the lie.

"But it was that he didn’t stop suffering," he tells Mr Too Good For Taking Notes. He should've had that noted. "I should've done something. It's what I'd to have done."

John, wanting to understand but being apparently incapable of it, furrows his brows a bit. The expressions only last a second, and is not even that exaggerated, but Remus sees it anyway. The doubt.

"You think it was your purpose?" He asks. He acts interested. Sometimes he almost even makes Remus forget that he's paid for what he does. That he wouldn't be there if it weren't for the money. That he's got better things to do than...

"Helping him?" Remus asks, trying not to sound too aggressive, but probably failing. "Yes."

"And do you think you were, say, destined to save him?"

"Yes," he agrees. A bit cheesy his personal taste, but, yes, that's what he believes. Why lie, if he's not going to write it down, even.

"But, if it was destiny, how could you have avoided it?"

That feels like a boot to the stomach. He doesn't quite know wether it confuses him or it makes him angry but, either way, he doesn't know what to answer. Perhaps not having thought of it earlier is what irritates him and puts him, once again, in front of a mirror in which a disappointment shines.

He thinks for a bit. Then speaks.

"Trying harder," he says. "Being better."

"No, Remus; is not about trying," his confidant tells him, with a smile that could either indicate complicity or compassion. "You did all that you could, and more. And, still, you couldn't change it, nor can you now."

For some reason, that hurts. Rather, it stings. Both in his open wounds and his sore eyes.

"And what do I do?" He asks. His voice doesn't seem to want to know the answer, as it doesn't cooperate in making itself heard. He swallows and takes a deep breath, letting Sirius' ring slide back into his finger, where it should always have stayed.

"Think about what you did achieve," John offers, so careful it seems almost meticulous. "You made him happy for a time, you gave him peace. You made him feel safe, too. Confident. You helped each other. That's good."

"But he's dead," Remus says. He's not sure he's used that word since it happened. It's not likely, seeing how much it hurts pronouncing it. He's spent over a month circling around and avoiding one of those damned words, the ones that feel like mines in an already ruined field. He presses his lips and looks at John, cheeks wet with rivers of salty water. "That's bad."

"Yes," the therapist agrees. "That is bad."

#crazy about the therapists name being john #cause the original isnt wolfstar so john is a perfectly normal name (and its actually jon)#but in this context it could be interpreted as a conversation with himself and omg aaaaa #also the “if i cant have his ring on my finger i will have it on a chain around my neck” HELLO? im fangirling to my own writing i know #but like #that translates to “if i cant marry him/live a life with him i will at least hold whats left of him close to my heart”#AND THUS I DIE #sorry i just love this scene so much im going nuts #also um ignore the james & lily & peter & harry mention cause i was lazy & didnt know how to make the context make sense lol #wolfstar #remus lupin #sirius black #marauders era #the marauders #dead gay wizards #dead gay wizards from the 70s #moony wormtail padfoot and prongs #tw death #tho if youre sentive to death maybe rethink being on this fandom (for your own personal good)#uhhh idk what else to tag #enjoy the angst #losver fangirls #losver writes for some reason #losver is sad #btw just thought it would have been better if it was sirius talking about finding james dead??? like aaaaa but anyway whats done is done #wolfstar brainrot #wolfstar supremacy #wolfstar microfic #not so micro lol #weirdly i love writing therapy sessions (might be cause i need one)

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fallloverfic · 20 days ago

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Thoughts on To Be Hero X Episode 11: Road to the Crown

That was a fun episode :D

Listening to Queen's speech and noting how she made some good points about the issues with heroes (e.g., they're useful, but they also fight each other, which creates problems) without substance to back up her confidence in her own abilities at heroism (other than academics, which doesn't really seem to have anything to do with heroing here), but noting she was at least inspiring other women, and having that actually be part of the point was fascinating. It wasn't exactly Queen's point, but I did appreciate how the idea was that she was, unintentionally, inspiring other women to... I don't like saying "work harder" because they were likely already working hard. And the reason the numbers are probably so skewed in TBHX world for hero numbers is probably similar to normal world numbers: women are already overworked, undersupported, and not given the chances men are, so of course fewer of them succeed. I mean obviously when power is based on Trust and people believing in you, fewer women in a patriarchal society are going to get that. But Queen was at least maybe inspiring some folks to push harder, which is nice. I appreciate the bartender. You tell off those dickish drunks.

I also appreciated the emphasis on how male these industries are: you have men being talk show hosts, reporters, podcasters, and heads of companies, in rooms seemingly entirely absent of women, with a heavy atmosphere of sexism if not misogyny. Patriarchy is systemic, and again, that's part of how women are so excluded: men are allowed to be mediocre (and set the stage for how women do things). Women have to try far harder to get the bare minimum.

I wonder if we'll get to see the previous female X from/before Year 8. That'd be interesting.

The Johnnies are interesting. Not much else to say about them.

Extro/Smile definitely seems a bit off, so I can understand interacting with him making Nice lose it for some reason.

I like Bowa's hero costume. It kind of gives valkyrie vibes mixed with Hawkgirl's/Shayera Hol's costume in Justice League Unlimited.

I mean it's really just a workout uniform, but well... Bowa and Shayera make it work!

Love a female fighter with a giant weapon (thinking of Balsa from Seirei no Moribito and Red from Transistor). Also her fight with Extro is really cool.

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I'm not entirely sure what Queen's powers are, but it looks like a mix of being able to manipulate gravity in a defined space, based on setting the "rules" of the space, which is always pretty fun. I like heroes who do the "I set the rules here" thing.

Mickey is a certified creep, of course. I'm glad Queen kind of(?) stood up for Bowa, rather than just letting Bowa suffer. The way to beat the patriarchy is not to destroy each other, but to support each other. Sadly, Bowa has not internalized this. Support your shimei, Bowa T-T

Queen being unable to resist Big Johnny('s cuteness) is very funny lol Less so when you think about what johnny is a euphemism for.

(Also they finally released the full version of My Color)

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I can't look at DOS' logo without seeing a weird version of the Bitcoin logo. It's deeply distracting, especially because just the name alone makes me think of distributed denial-of-service ("DDOS") attacks.

I just want to know why they keep calling him Mr. Shand and not Mr. Shang? Is it just some weird transliteration thing with the Chinese? It's not just the regular subtitles: the animated English subtitles in the episode are also spelling it "Shand".

(Tumblr is being a piece of shit and not letting me add alt text so here's the English: "MG executive, Shand, resigns and establishes Treeman Corporation")

If it was just the regular subtitles, I'd assume it's something wonky, like what happened with the Heaven Official's Blessing English subs (which seemed to be machine translation), but that doesn't seem to be what's happening.

This sentence is so silly and I can only imagine is meant to be satirical: "FOMO has provided people with a more convenient method of communication, allowing even regular people to showcase themselves wherever, whenever." I know FOMO is a company, not just the concept, "Fear of missing out", but it's very silly.

Why is Cardcaptor Sakura here????

He's here at last!!!

The "nobody" lol Using his magic tricks to get everyone. I hate that we don't even see the fight and the episode actually makes me feel bad for feeling frustrated with that, because it's kind of pointing out the toxic patriarchy: some random dude walks in off the street and "easily" beats two of the strongest registered female fighters, including X. Ah well. It's just Katanagatari all over again lol

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He looks great in 2D, still. If you haven't seen his intro video, you should. The song is still amazing and the animation is wonderful.

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I love the idea that X maybe hates the system as it exists and that's why he's leaving his rooms alone. Not just that he doesn't trust the system, but also that he kind of actively wants to mess with it. So he's letting it return to nature. Abandoning it.

Overall, a great episode with lots of fun stuff and lore :3

Episode 12 looks fun! More Queen and Cyan bonding. Queen and Bowa fighting... Fun times!

More thoughts:

Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7, Episode 8, Episode 9, Episode 10, Episode 11 (You are here), Episode 12, Episode 13

#to be hero x #tbhx #tbhx spoilers #to be hero x spoilers #fallfthoughts #tbhx queen #tbhx x #bowa #Youtube

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merakiui · 1 year ago

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About tweels in タコの花嫁 again... i thought it was SUPER juicy to see jades quiet distaste (compared to floyds loud hatred) for reader in the og. Like omggg they both hate me and they're sexy about it... AND I LOVE TO THINK ABT HOW THAT'D TRANSLATE IN A EEL X READER SCENARIO!!!! Oughhhh it's delicious!!! Jade hating you quietly for what your brothers done, now he's betrothed to some brat and he has to behave for the good of the kingdom so he can't hurt you or act out about it... AHHH he acts so friendly and polite but he's really thinking about disemboweling you!!!! Until he has that moment where he thinks about it, and he realizes, (it doesnt even come as a shock!) that he really doesn't mind a future with you anymore.

AAUGGHHHHG!!!! And Floyd still hating you, because while you got to sit in your pretty little castle pitying Jade and feeling bad for yourself because of your sudden engagement, Floyd was there with Jade every step of his recovery... and he HATES you and your family for what you put Jade through!!! For the scare of possibly losing his brother!!! But maybe that'd change.. you know, when he sees how happy you two end up... and how cute your fry together are :)

Or possibly before that!!! I mean, teen floyd going through puberty and his twins got a perfectly cute (but in floyds opinion, bratty) soon to be wife... I can absolutely see him developing a little crush during puberty and fantasizing about her into adulthood. Like a little boy pulling on a little girl's pigtails, except he actually has a valid reason to hate her.

and imagining reader slowky accepting it and reading mer/human love stories (like Ariel!) after the engagement like..... OTL OTL OTL investigating and researching mer marriages and mating culture by reading romances.......

I think I'm just a tweelmancer at heart. I loved the concept and the presentation of the tweels in タコの花嫁 and its made me think a lot about those crazy deranged fishes.

AAAAAA YES YES!!!!!! >w< omg this is so scrumptious!!!! Floyd being so open about his hatred for you compared to Jade's very quiet, very secret hatred is so fun. Floyd would have such a vicious opinion of you, but perhaps it changes or shifts slightly when he's going through puberty like you noted. Something like,,, it was always gross to see you and Jade holding hands or being cheesy and lovey-dovey with each other as you both try to get accustomed to being each other's betrothed. But now Floyd's actually a little jealous of Jade because Jade gets to have you all to himself,,, Floyd who only ever looked at you hatefully, so one day it sort of,,,,, hits him over the head. Since when were you so pretty? Since when was your smile so cute? T_T

aaaaaa orz and reader learning to accept it, soon strengthening the bond with Jade while Floyd's growing up with this strange amalgamation of hate-love for you. >:D maybe if Floyd's nice to you, Jade can consider sharing if he wants some fry of his own hehe.

🤝 you and me both, anon!!!! Tweelmancer so real and true. I adore those silly eels too much!!! ( ˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈♡) they deserve to have a cute darling for themselves!!!!

#twisted chit chat #aaaa thank you so much for enjoying the tweels in that fic!!! <3

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itsnothingofinterest · 11 months ago

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Ah what the heck, I may not really be feeling the Epilogue but it's the last chance I'll get for something I used to do a lot so let's try my hand at one last chapter prediction post.

Basic broke prediction: flash-forward into the class' pro hero lives. Katsuki is the No.1 Hero, Deku is no.1 whatever the other thing Hawks proposed was called, he has harry-potter-epilogue-married Uraraka and had a few kids named after characters we know, Shoto visits Dabi's grave because he is dead, besides that though everything is great for no sufficiently explained reason.

(Side note:it is so funny the official translation had Hawks differentiate the new title on the billboard from "Capital H Heroes"...But the official translation is written in caps lock.)

The ending I want because 423 removed all my optimism and made me jaded: Flash even further forward and the Quirk Singularity ends humanity because no one remembered to do anything about that.

...Longshot ending that might be kind of cool: Shigaraki or whoever the latest League member to die is at the start of the chapter meets up with the League in the afterlife to discuss what happened to them. They review if they felt saved, the state of the world, how they think things'll go from here, whatever ghosts talk about when they recently die. I hope they have bad things to say.

And then, idk, they go break into heaven, take over, and name Shigaraki God ruler of creation & destruction who gives get-out-of-hell free cards to all the other villains under him or something. Why not?

Lastly, The ending that'd be pretty funny: It turns out Deku's so inspirational that not only are the civilians not awful anymore because they can't sit back and not support each other, but villainy stops being a thing either. I mean that Deku guy who saved the country is pretty great ain't he? Same with his classmates like Shoji. Wouldn't want to disrupt the peace they fought so hard for when you can just suffer nobly until someone randomly helps you out. Besides a lot of villainy was caused by AFO behind the scenes I guess and he's dead now.

Heroes end up with so much time to kill that they all lose their jobs.

The End.

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soup-her-naturals · 8 days ago

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Season 1 Episode 5: Bloody Mary

Quote of the ep: This guy had more blood in his head than anyone I've ever seen

Rating: 1/6 on the Kinsey Scale

Soup: So since bloody mary is basically a soup we're adding a little vodka SYKE WE'RE DOING GAZPACHO

Ingredience:

Tomatoes (500 g)

Onion (1)

Garlic (4 cloves)

Olive oil

Roasted paprika (1, from a jar)

Cucumber

Balsamic vinegar

Fresh basil

Chili pepper

Salt

Pepper

What to do:

Chop it all up!!! Except the cucumber: slice that in half and scrape the seeds out with a small spoon, then chop it up. Add it all to a blender and blend her. Save some basil for garnish, serve with bread and maybe croutons. Put her in the fridge becuase that'll make her nice (and cool) for the summer. She will give you so much love. If u wanna eat good cut a baguette in slices, put 'em on a baking plate drizzled with more olive oil & covered in salt 'n pepper, bake 'em at 200 C for 10 mins and roast 'em under the grill for a minute. U got toasty bread now too!

Now for the Review:

Classic spooky series subject! Ideal for a monster-of-the-week show of the genus Americana. I think this is one of the eps that god me hooked as a teen because my girlies ofc were obsessed with and terrified of the mythos. Who knew that it would make a great cocktail as well!

I believe this is one of the notoriously SCARY episodes of the early series. Some of my friends who watched SPN as teens neglected to watch this episode because they were too scared. Not me tho I would watch it and get nightmares :')

The origins of the Bloody Mary mythos is interesting and I can really recommend the Spirits Podcast episode on it if u r curious about it. I may relisten that one to see if I can see any similarities between known myths and the Bloody Mary portrayal in SPN. The myth works basically the same with the recital of her name in front of a mirror, but I feel like they gave it their own supernatural twist as well.

The suspense I feel is done quite well in this episode too. I eat these mirror shots up every time they do it on that screen. And this blonde bitch had it coming tbh, making fun of someone's dead dad because his daughter thought she killed him with bloody Mary (and she was right!)

Ah yes they are giving their own spin to the Bloody Mary myth! Kind of creative with it too, very fitting for the SPN format. So she's targeting people that may have a guilty conscience... Wonder if that could be of detriment to either of the boys o:

I wonder if Mirrors the 2008 movie got any inspo from this episode because the way Mary appears in every reflective surface incl the teacher's glasses is kinda reminiscent of that. If you're going for it I recommend watching this episode instead of that movie, it's not that good but this episod is tbh.

Naurrr Sam is feeling guilty for Jess dying, who could have seen that coming!!

Man how many mirrors do you need in a thrift store. This is where my immersion slips because I've been looking for a good mirror in a thrift store and they are not there. Theory: they break too often so you can't find a lot of good ones at the thrift store anymore.

If this got a reboot in 2025 instead of Bloody Mary in the mirror they should instead do Bloody Mary in the selfie camera, that'd be a hoot. I think it's curious that the same fears that exist for mirrors don't translate to the phone selfie camera (afaik), even though that's about as ubiquitous if not more as reflective surfaces. Maybe it's that one can make the conscious choice to start up the selfie cam but mirrors always be reflecting?

So anyway then Sam starts smashing! And we think it's over but WOAH THERE SHE COMES

And they had me so gagged with this. And they defeat her with the mirror too! Gaggy! Gooped!

Wonderful episode. Fun monster-of-the-week theme, well-executed folklore within the context of the series, even has a nice message about feeling guilty about other folks's deaths. And the name is a cocktail, for which I will give a point because I can drink that at a gay bar. 1/6 on the Kinsey Scale.

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Ayesha Liveblogs Mashle S1

"I'm a chic and elegant 75-year-old." Senior Citizen Vibes Goals

Also why's Regro's kid so young, is this a wizard life span thing? Or is this a 'I found you in the woods' kind of thing?

"I couldn't remember if I had to push or pull." "How many years have you lived here?" Hey now, we all forgor sometimes, Regro

"You can't use magic at all, because for some reason you're different. The least I can do is..." Thank you, Exposition Elder

"You're such a good, amenable son." So, I started with dub before I decided I liked Mash's sub voice better, but in English, Regro says, "good, smart son," which is a wild thing to say to someone who just tried to put a door back on sideways

Wonder if the mark on Mash from the intro is makeup. Why not have him do it before going out?? It'd save some trouble

Not a fan of the violent interlude. Bold choice so early

"Ya aimin' for an indirect kiss or something? Ya love me? Are ya pickin' a fight?" Again, I direct you to the English: "What, you want to make out with me? Or are you trying to pick a fight?" which is a much funnier translation. I love localization

Well, say what you will about how little Regro has prepared Mash for society, at least he believes in hands-on parenting:

What I've learned in the past 10 minutes of watching this show is an essential part of the Clark Kent/Teen Hercules formula is that they need to feel friendly and well-meaning. Mash does not have the same, "Oops!! I sincerely want to help," energy. However, I do enjoy that everyone he runs into is absolutely petrified by his vibes

"I can't stay mad at him." Regro said: I'm no disciplinarian

"It's because we aggresively rid ourselves of inferior blood unable to use magic." Why is it always eugen!cs. I am so tired!!!!

I was correct, it WAS an 'I found you in the woods' situation

"Even though we weren't related by blood, even if the entire world denied his existence, I would always be a father to that boy!" At least someone in this society isn't icky

"Can magic be pff'd (away) just like that!" Mash said: RIP to the other guys, I'm literally built different

SCREAM not Mash bumping the Nalcom Pass Magic like a volleyball

"Enroll in magic school and be chosen as [Divine Visionary]. Simply put, if you're selected, that means God accepts you. Which means, society will accept you." We have arrived at the plot. Also, why should anyone believe you, Bradley Coleman, Discrimination Detective and Torture Afficionado

"I want us to be able to live in peace again." [Sobbing] "You're such a good boy. My son." I really do enjoy how much Regro loves his kid. Every couple minutes he's like I Have The World's Best Child

"I made his scar indistinguisable from a real one." Bradley's immediate transition from Evil Guy Who Beats Up Dad to Makeup Artist Acting as Foliage During Exam Prep is incredible. Tell me more

"Claude Lucci!" "This year's seventh best up-and-coming mage!" What, the other six were busy?

"Kindly... stop moving." Not Mash disenchanting his exam paper by asking it nicely

"There's a certain reason I have to keep you away from the goal." Lemon Irvine coming in hot with her not-so-hidden agenda

If the sphinx is the only way we get brown skin in this show, I think that's a hate crime

(That's not what a hate crime is, Michael. Well, I hated it!)

Honestly I'm shocked it took Mash that long to start busting through the maze walls, I thought that'd be his first move

"Professor Lucci asked me to. He told me he would pass me if I got in [Mash's] way. My family is poor, and I desparately wanted to be accepted for their sake." They do love expositional dialogue

I figured Lemon might be a love interest, but wild that she went from sabotage to marriage proposal without a breath

Breaking Lucci's wand is certainly one way to stop him

"Headmaster Wahlberg!" HEADMASTER WHO????

"You never considered that the sphinx might be stronger, or that you may not be able to break the walls." "Well, even if I considered, it still had to be done." Mash is growing on me

"I'm immensely more powerful than you." I give it 3 seconds before Mash decides to cut out the middleman of attacking the magic and instead punch Headmaster Wahlberg directly

Oh, colour me incorrect, he caught it by letting the magic knife go through his hands instead of his dad's doll:

"That is the reason I put emphasis on protecting the weak and regulating the strong. Noblesse Oblige. One's capacity as a powerful being. According to my observations, you are a human being that possesses that capacity." I like this philosophy, Headmaster Wahlberg

This is very Naruto bell-test/chunin exam where the test is more if you are willing to set your own goals and needs aside to prioritize your comrades who may be struggling. It's a good test of character!

HAHAHA Mash clarifying that he would also beat the headmaster up if needed

"God is dead." Mash is me every time I do bad on an exam

"I'm Finn Ames. I'll be rooming with you." I'm guessing this is Divine Visionary Rayne Ames' brother, and Finn seems like social anxiety incarnate

"The dorm pairs up transfers and continuing students together as roommates." That makes sense, in my mind it was just normal that people start Magic High School at 16, but I guess it's helpful to have Magic Elementary/Junior High School

"Finn made sure to not say, 'Let's do our best together.'" Finn said: And they were roommates (not friends)

Based on him having them constantly in the intro, I wonder how many people will think Mash's magical power is generating cream puffs

Why would Mash agree to a broom race knowing that he doesn't have the magic to fly lmao? Is he just going to jump very high?

Update from 1 minute later: He threw the broom and then jumped on it mid-air. Close enough!

"Would you like to be friends with me?" I guess Lloyd Cavill is their in-universe Draco Malfoy

"Because he's the son of a high-ranking member of the Bureau of Magic." Myfatherwillhearaboutthis.jpg

LMAO amazing that Lloyd is trying to bully him but Mash is unbulliable because he's strong enough for every task and too stupid to be emotionally harmed

"But I really am glad. To have a great guy like you for a friend." Mash said: We're friends whether you like it or not, Finn 💝

"I'm getting tired of textbooks. Next, I want you to burn his clothes. Got that, Finn?" Oh no, Lloyd's using Finn for his bullying. That WILL, unfortunately, work

"You called me your friend, but... Still, I did horrible things to you. So I just... I needed to apologize to you. I'm so very sorry." Oh, Finn

"You two and [Lloyd] are of different status. Different social status means different treatment." They really don't bother to hide their prejudice in this world. Vice Principal Farman said: You get expelled because you're poor. Next question

PLEASE I thought Mash might attack the Principal but then I thought, 'No, that'd be too stupid.' Imagine my surprise when I unpaused:

"He didn't seem that open to reason, so I couldn't help it. But really, after one, what's one more?" "That's serial killer logic!" LMAO, WHEN YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT

"You can expel me at any time. I can bury you at any time." Now THAT'S serial killer logic

"The Bureau of Magic is this country's highest legal authority." I will not lie to you, every time this comes up, I think of Fairy Tail and how they made Jellal one of the Ten Wizard Saints. It's not a foolproof system LOL

"The Divine Visionaries who lead the Bureau of Magic have a role. That role is to carefully consider what other people desire. That is why I sincerely hope that someday, someone like you will become a Divine Visionary." 1) Maybe make Mash pass an IQ test first, he doesn't know how to open a door 2) Insane thing to say about someone who just beat up and buried a faculty member

"I will handle the Vice Principal and the Bureau of Magic." Headmaster Wahlberg said: I do pick favourites, and I pick you, Mash

"There is one more problem that you will eventually have to face. I but I have faith in you, that you will overcome it." Does this imply the Headmaster knows Mash is magicless?

"Mash was chosen as a player for Duelo, an aerial magic sport using brooms." A classic part of the Wizard Boy's journey

But really: It's a wonder that Warner Brothers hasn't come after this show for IP theft, considering the design of Headmaster Wahlberg, the school, the Duelo Sports Designs. They've even got them wearing the same house colours, for some reason. Whatever the case may be, I don't think Joke Revolting needs any more money, so, that's fine I guess?

PLEASE why did Tom wait until the game started to explain the rules of Duelo to Mash

I was wondering how they were going to solve the no flying issue long enough for Mash to play a sport, and the answer is: Mash jumped and then kicked his legs very, very fast like the world's most peculiar bird. God bless

"Totes sorry for throwing garbage at you." LOL realistic crowd commentary

"He has two marks. I've never seen him before." Does number of marks correlate with magical abilities?

Nobody at this school has a problem with Lance Crown kidnapping three students and trapping them in a bottle right in a classroom with witnesses? Is his daddy also rich LMAO

"If you want it back, come to the forest next to the owl hut." Maybe it's the intro, but I'm convinced that this deranged interaction will end up with Lance and Mash being friends

"And the lines on your mark reveal the amount reveal the amount of magic power you currently have." Thanks for confirming, Tom

"Double line magic users. They exist in this realm at a rate of one in 100,000. They're considered chosen by magic itself." Makes you wonder what's the max amount of lines someone can get on their face

"Don't do it, Mash! He's dangerous!" [Finn yelling, simultaneously] "It's over. My life is going to end!" Tom and Lemon legitimately warning Mash away while Finn just screams in the background that he's going to die. Poor baby

"I wonder if Mash is okay." "I'm worried." [Regro looks up, shocked] "What?" [Bradley, defensively] "No, I'm talking about my profits." Bradley Coleman for that One Bigoted Uncle You Still Have to Maintain A Relationship With

Also also also. Why is Brad still wearing the leotard. Why isn't he working his day job? Several days have passed. Has he quit being a Magical Bigot Cop to hang out in the forest with Regro all day?

"I have to call the police. He's a criminal." LMAO why is Mash's first assumption upon seeing a young girl in Lance's locket that he must be a freak?? Mash said: I can excuse kidnapping, but I draw the line at being a child predator

"I don't have a Lolita complex. I have a sister complex." "And that makes it better?" I gave Lance too much credit. Call the police!

Also, this is NOT a good enough show for me to put up with this weirdness. Meet me in the back alley, behnchod

"Apparently, it's an incurable disease that will strip her of her mark and magical power. The doctor says she has five years at best." I don't know if I like the positioning of magiclessness as a disease, but I guess interesting that being born with magic isn't a guarantee that you'll continue to have it?

"The Bureau of Magic made this rotten system. I'll become a Divine Visionary and make sure to save you!" You see, Lance's disowning his parents and rebelling against the system that makes his sister Anna's magic loss dangerous is a compelling enough story. There was no need for the other stuff. Share those feelings only with a psychiatrist

"Unbelievable. Is he using physical enhancement magic?" This Lance vs. Mash altercation is good for establishing the different kinds of magic. Lance's gravity. That people DO have body magic, even if Mash's is not magic, just Insane Strength

"You don't seem like a bad guy. We shouldn't be fighting." Mash chooses his character judgment purely on Lance NOT dropping his friends off a cliff, and not the whole kidnapping thing

Lance said: I may have overreacted, you are entitled to compensation. He went to the My Dad School of Hey, My Bad, Here's Some Money

"There are three dorms in Easton Magic Academy. Students with corresponding characteristics are assigned to each dorm. Adler. Courage and conviction. Orca. Wisdom and willingness. Lang. Ability and ambition." Ah yes, the famed One Trait to Rule Them All test. They said: We don't need a Hufflepuff

"I did it! I did it, Lance." "Even slackers like you should be able to do this much." [Finn, mentally] "Maybe Lance is really good at taking care of others." The way Lance showed up to Finn and Mash's dorm just to gently bully them into letting him be their Potions tutor. He'd be a great character if not for The Troubles

We interrupt this program to say: Their Potions aprons are SOOO cute. Also I love that they did a silly transition screen with them

"You're completely useless when not fighting, huh?" "Well, yeah." Mash knows his flaws

"Side characters have no right to give me orders, you moron!" Rude Redhead provides meta commentary as his first line

I do think it's funny how Mash and Finn have immediately accepted Lance into their friend group. He didn't apologize. He just started showing up and helping them, and they were like 'yeah, we're accepting strays'

"I, Dot Barrett, is the main character of this world." Do you think the grammar is intentionally off in this sentence LOL?

"I'm going to join the Bureau of Magic and rid this world of hot guys!" 1) Crazy plan, please elaborate. 2) Indirectly, Dot's saying he thinks is Mash is hot

"Hey, Mash. Ignore him. He's one year older than us. And he's infamous for misconduct." Lance said: You can only accept challenges from me, your self-assigned rival, who plays fair, by trapping your friends in a bottle to lure you to the woods

Dot's voice sounded familiar and apparently he is Kaji from Given AND Loid from Spy x Family. He said: I have range. I can play Bisexual Drummer, Anxious Spy Father, AND Annoying

"What's with him? Freaky." "Huh? What'd you just say?" "I was just marvelling at how manly and wonderful you are." I expect the girl showing interest in Dot has been paid for this somehow

"With my magic, I can make anyone even slightly attracted to me fall in love." To be fair, I think Dot just acts that way normally

"I don't want to be involved in anything that's bad." Personally, I think Silva and the girl (whose hair also happens to be silver) are in cahoots

Explosion does seem to be an effective combat form for Dot

Again, I cannot emphasize strongly enough how funny it is that Lance is now Lemon and Finn's comfort person. HE KIDNAPPED AND IMPRISONED YOU ONE EPISODE AGO

"Endure five hits from my magic, and I'll leave that girl alone." Well, if Mash is involved, I bet he can take a punch

I guess Mash did not feel inclined to help Dot LOL

"I know you're under my charm spell, but I didn't think you'd be this desperate." Called it, she's working with Silva

Well, I guess throwing a cream puff in Silva's mouth is one way to shut him up

Also why is there no professor monitoring the clear fight between students during class hours? This school has NO safeguards

"There are different types of magic users. White Mages excel at scholarship and support magic. Red Mages excel at combat. Mash has been facing White Mages so far." [Schmidt from New Girl voice] A White Mage? NO! Typical!

"Triceps Magic: Ballista Knuckle." I wonder how long Mash can give the appearance of magic by just saying Magic before he beats people up

"That makes two." "Huh?" "You're going to endure ten hits, right? Show me how much better you are. You have eight more to go." Alright Mash, I have to admit, that was pretty metal (no pun intended)

"I treat everyone equally," said Mash, as he pile drives his girl opponent into the ground

"Sorry for getting you caught up in all that. Thanks, man." "That's not like you." Mash said: You do not give the vibes of someone capable of an apology, Dot

"The great war for the coins against Lang's elite, the Magia Lupus." LUPUS??? LIKE THE DISEASE? WHAT?

"Touch the unicorn's horn, and through your magic power, it will read your thoughts and ideas to select a dorm that suits you." Not the Sorting Skeleton LMAO

PLEASE I thought the problem was going to be Mash's lack of magic not allowing the Skeleton to read him. Instead, it is Mash only having thoughts of cream puffs so the Sorting Skeleton just has to make up what his vibes could be. Mash is literally, no thoughts, head empty, incarnate

"Perfect education. Overwhelming talent. Noble bloodline. We're collecting coins to create a world free of impurities." I am so tired. Is there any shonen anime that isn't about eugen!cs???? Give me a break!! I have so much to say, and it all amounts to 🖕🖕🖕

Are all those puppets former students??? Does Lang only have like 7 students in it now? Were the parents of these children notified?? This school is terrible

To Regro's credit as a parent, he did try to talk Mash out of wizard school

Bizarre to have a recap episode six episodes into the series LOL

It is interesting to confirm that Mash was keeping Regro in the loop about his school fights but how is it that the school didn't notify Regro that Mash fought an adult man, The Vice Principal, no less

"Do you know why humanity has flourished? Because we tireless pillage, use and devour those weaker than us." That's why capitalism has flourished. Lifespans are GREATLY increased in countries not committing [LOUD FOGHORN NOISE]

I guess Silva proves the puppet transformation isn't permanent

It looks like Serial Pupetter Slyther-Lang has three magic marks?

"I'm going to take him to the nurse's office." "You're giving up your coin?" "No, but I'm prioritizing." "Besides, it doesn't matter how strong you are, I'm not gonna lose." Mash is a sweet boy, after a fashion

I know the fact that Serial Puppetter was tricked by Mash's slight of hand is supposed to be interesting, but it seems so silly that they explained it Humpty Dumpty-montage style with Mash huffing and puffing the coin like the Big Bad Wolf?

"When of us is in trouble, we're all in trouble, huh? Damn that punk." Mash's rescue of Silva has prompted a crisis of conscience

"What do you think you're doing here? And did you change your hairstyle?" Lance said: There's only room for one unhinged friend in Mash and Finn's dorm, and that position is occupied by me

"His face clearly scores above 70th percentile. And being so tall... his difficulty playing the game of life is... Easy Mode." Dot, evaluating all the men you meet by how hot they are is kinda gay, just so you know

"I hate good-lookin' guys to death." Dot has a crush and doesn't know how to deal with it so he's writing Lance a letter that says 'get out of my school'

"What? Always have a gift when you drop by someone else's place. That's common sense." [Finn, internally] "Despite talking and acting like a ruffian, Dot may have a good upbringing? And it's herb tea to boot." I do like this characterization for Dot

"Adler upperclassmen who could stop them are all away for off-campus internships." Aren't they always LOL?

It's v fair that Mash got detention for kicking a staff member

Whoever designed the owls was so on the ball, they're adorable

[Lance, seriously] "Lang guys might come into contact with you, targeting your coin. And I will hut them down." [Mash with a shojo background] "You're worried about me?" Maybe Lance also a crush (on Mash)

"*Help me. I've never swum before in my life." LOL @ the captioned gurgling

OH, LANCE NOT WANTING TO HURT THE OWLS. I want to like him so bad. I wish you weren't a freak 💔

There's more blood in this fight than I thought there would be

"He wasn't attacking me the whole time because he was worried about the owls." Wahhhhhhhhh Lance 😭

"I'll get serious about this," said the Shark with a wand in his fin, fighting a human torpedo who couldn't swim two minutes ago

"I apologize for seeming menacing." The masked Lang member is the only interesting one so far LOL

"Such speed, and with no magic... Then he is the same type as me." See, interesting!

Why does Lance have Mash's dorm robe? He's so involved in Mash

Are Tom and the other students in the hospital wing people who were turned into puppets? Or has another magic stricken them?

"I feel bad for them. Let's take them with us." Please. Why are Lance and Mash the pillars of this friendship group

Perhaps it's because they are the ones bonded by protecting their family and generally being able to deal with a crisis:

"Don't do anything too risky, all right?" [Mash presses Lemon's stuffed toy cream puff to his chest] "I'm sorry, but I don't think I'll be able to keep that promise." Maybe Lemon's feelings are reciprocated!

"An arena?" "What is this?" "Are you a little slow?" Yes he is, Dot

"I'm here at Third Fang's request." Is Third Fang the name of a student or another school clique like Magia Lupus?

Dot's reason for fighting this guy being him being hot. He may be the gayest person at this school

Even the background artist knows it. The rainbows are a metaphor:

"Six of death row's most notorious inmates have escaped from Hecatrice." Maybe that's where the other six up-and-coming mages were

"You guys beat Silva the second-year, didn't you?" "Actually, he maybe kind beat the crap outta me." Dot said: Mama didn't raise no liar

"I never said anything about making you step on the marks." [Explodes his opponent's wand on a time bomb] Dot is smarter than he looks

"This punk. Striking an attractive pose, even in defeat... He sure is unwavering. I don't exactly hate that." Dot said: Baddie down 😔💘

I need to describe to you exactly what just happened. Honestly, it makes the most compelling case for their friendship thus far:

[Everyone being sucked into the ground by quicksand pits]: Mash, deadpan, holding a cream puff above his head: Please, save my baby. At least spare this one. Lance, shockingly calm for someone being sucked into quicksand: I assume this means our enemies have no intention of letting us g.... Finn, crying, wrapping his whole body around Dot: I'm sinking! I'm going to sink! Dot [internal monologue]: I think these guys are... even more insane than I am?

"I am the Third Fang of Magia Lupus, Wirth Madl." What a sentence. Also I guess it was neither student nor clique name, it was a position

The individual battle thing is fun, but these names are all crazy. Every name on this show is so silly. Milo Genius, Love Cute, Abyss Razor, it's like a random word generator

"You're unable to use magic, aren't you?" "Th-Th-That's not necessarily t-t-true." LOL Mash never expected anyone to call him on it

"The Crown family is renowned for their gravity magic. You come from a good bloodline. Your talent is wasted." Wirth said: Have you considered ✨being a bigot✨?

Wirth does look a little like a Gojogeto baby. Like Dad #1, he has lil round sunglasses and a spiky hairstyle, and like Dad #2, he has dark hair and a belief in geno—[GUNSHOT NOISE]

"You said people become stronger with a better environment. Based on on your logic, it appears my environment is the superior one." Lance said: I do have house spirit actually

"This is concentrated magical essence, extracted from other students." Gross. Student juice

"So the only one allowed to insult them as flunkies is me." Lance said: Quit dissing my friends

WHAT KIND OF AN ATTACK NAME IS TORTURE POLE, LANCE?

Apparently it is an attack name where the subject is quartered by opposing graviational pulls. Fitting I guess. Lucky he's using it on a mud monster and not a person!

"Do you understand? You are still worthless to me." Bad choice of name for your baby then, Wirth's Dad

"I don't like the way you talk or act. But I respect all the effort you've put in." I think Lance just talk-no-jutsu'd Wirth

Abyss is the first person to be able to get real damage on Mash. They seem to be doing magic, so is it that they have magic tools, or that they meant by being despised by the world that they just look very strange? They do have funky eyes

"How revolting. Your situation is similar to mine, but those ideas... You must've blessed by whoever was around you." Abyss said: I'm gonna make my bad childhood YOUR problem, Mash

"This device drains magic power." That answers an earlier question of what was happening to the students

Mash using being impaled to get a hit in is unexpectedly clever

"The Eye of the Devil temporarily disables the magic of all who fall under its gaze. Magic is everything in this world. Thus, I am a pariah. A target of scorn." Everyone states their motivations outright in this show

"I feel kinda bad now. You can't use that eye on me at all." LMAO @ MASH APOLOGIZING FOR BEING HARD TO ATTACK

[Abyss as Michael Realman voice]: Birth is a curse, and existence, a prison

Mash splitting the floor to force Abyss into a single path. What Mash lacks in thinking, he makes up for in instinct

"My Secondth spell was shattered by ridiculous violence?" Sounds about right

Mash shouting which muscle he's using to attack before doing it seems like adding insult to injury LOL

"I was an affront to God's gift of magic." Everyone seems real religious in magical society

"Lord Abel needed me. Even if it was simply to be a useful tool." Abyss fulfills the Haku archetype (a power feared by people, attempted murder by parents, taken in by someone who needs them, even the ambiguous gender vibes), so I am more sympathetic to their plight

"You're probably right about me being blessed. I can't even begin to put myself in your place. But we could become friends, then..." That's a very sweet way for Mash to end this fight

Abyss can't even trust Mash not to hate him for his eye eventually

"Oh, and I won't change my mind. No matter how much the world loathes your eye. No matter what others say about you because of it. My attitude towards you won't change. That's how Pops raised me. Me, who can't use magic." Mash said: Maybe the real magic is the power of good parenting

Oh!!!! Is Finn's brother (I assume) from the intro finally showing up??

"Hey. Do you like me, or don't ya?" "It's just, I barely know you, so. Right, Finn?" We have finally found someone Dot doesn't find hot

Awwww, Dot stepping in front of Finn to brace for the attack

"Daddy said I can kill any guy who doesn't cherish me." Honestly, a slay for Love's dad!

It is not enough to have the battle, they must also have a 30 minute time limit before Mash gets to face Middle School Medusa

"You seriously give up too easily. But that's gonna be a problem once you get a real friend." "A real friend?" "That's right. Someone who'll honestly get sad or angry on your behalf." I like Dot's sister

(Also, this proves the point they CAN write a normal sibling relationship and simply chose not to. Eep.)

Did Dot just gain another magical mark from the power of friendship?!?!

"Children born with the Warding Cross on their foreheads... Battle demons who unleash their magic power when their emotions cross a certain threshold." WAIT, THE BANDANA WAS A PLOT POINT?

[Stomping on Milo's spine repeatedly] "The most important thing in this world is actions. Not words." Big Brother Rayne is here, but he's more spooky than I expected

Also wild that you can be a Divine Visionary while also being a student. They're letting teens run the government?

Also also. How does no one know that Finn and Rayne are siblings. They all know Lance. Somehow how they don't know that this guy with the exact same half-blond, half-black hair, same gold eyes, and same last name is related?

I'm shocked that we still haven't seen Finn's magic style

"Allow me to apologize for my rudeness," said Rayne, after pelting Mash with a series of magical swords three times without even asking his name

"But without any magic, you're going to have a tough time." [Mash, lying defensively] "But I can use magic." He keeps getting called on it LOL

"Our world has no shortage of problems. For allies, I want people who are strong on their own." Rayne said: We're friends now whether you like it or not. He's uno reversed what Mash did to his brother

"He's probably a good guy." LOL that's about the level of confidence I have in Rayne too, Mash

Mash going from destroying doors because he's confused to doing it because he's angry on Lemon's behalf is character development

"You can't possibly be a better magic user than Rayne, a Divine Visionary." Oh, he isn't!

"They're on the receiving end, yet they take advantage of our kindness. And they selfishly assert their rights. Audacious, is it not?" This is what it feels like talking to Conservatives LOL

"What? A double back somersault at this age?" PLEASE, excessively advanced toddlers is my favourite trope:

"Your way is kinda a problem for me. So I don't think we can be friends." Mash is so polite about it

Using magic to make someone fight themselves is a very evil combat form

"If you break the rules, I will break your friend apart." I said that, and Abel found an immediately more evil way to fight, by using Finn as a puppet and threatening to disassemble him if Mash fights back

"What I am doesn't matter. I need to have you regret lashing out at my friends." Mashhhhhhhhh

"It's true my magic only transforms the exterior which I then puppet, but internally, they remain human." Everything we learn about Abel's magic is deeply horrifying

GKHJDJHKD??? Mash was saved from being a puppet because his spinal reflexes activated when Abel reached for his cream puff??? What kind of fight mechanics

"My mother said it was only by chance that we were born privileged." Abel proving that good parenting isn't enough to turn out well

Abel believing in [LOUD FOGHORN NOISE] because a poor person stabbed his mother is giving that one Liam Neeson racism story (look it up, it's terrible)

KHGGHKGHGKH Abel just casually agreeing to release the students from his magical torture device. Mash does love a civil battle ending

"But since this all for your mom, I guess you're not that terrible a person. I'm slightly relieved by that." I'm still Team Cool Motive, Still Murder

"They're all such fools, aren't they, Mother?" I think Abel has to like them a little by now

HKDHKDHJKD they're not going to explain why Dot's face is inside out???

"Guilty until proven innocent is more expedient." I don't know if I like your political philosophy, Rayne

"I even chose the face of a student here, too." THANK GOD Lance is a real boy he is one of the characters I half-like LOL, it'd be a real bummer in this like medium-at-best show

"I'll be your opponent. The serial killer and cannibalist, Jon Pierre." Now, why on earth?

"They won't stand a chance against him." Rayne does care!

Brad is back in his cop uniform, so I guess he hasn't quit his day job yet

"You don't need to work?" "Time on screen is better than work." "Time on screen is important." LOL Brad and Regro's fourth wall break????

"Where is that handsome punk?" said Dot about Lance, like that was a normal way to refer to your friends

OH NO, CALLING ABYSS HAKU WAS FORESHADOWING:

"He was all alone for the longest time. It was so tough for him to keep living. And that's why I think he was happy that you needed him." It's a little fucked up, but I do think there's some kind of love between Abyss and Abel

Also they've confirmed that Abyss is he/him. Wasn't sure!

"Learn to put yourself in another's position. If you can do that... You will become just a little bit kinder to others." Abel had a REALLY good mother

Dot not getting involved in Mash's fight because he wants to be there to protect Lemon and Finn!! Ohhhh 😭

"The strong take from the weak, and that's their right. And... the weak oppose the strong, and that's also their right." What a quick philosophical turnaround, Abel

"I'm asking what your personal magic is." "Huh... Um. Power." LMAOOOO

"A powerful magical item that reflects any and every spell cast its way!" HAHAHAHA a very funny final battle for Mash

"It's..." "It's..." "It's not magic." EVERYONE LEARNING THIS AT THE SAME TIME HAHAHHA. WHO'S GONNA TELL LANCE

"Y-you mean nothing until now was magic?" "Mash did everything with his body alone?" I guess in a world where everything is magic, being exceptionally powerful without it is the fantasy

If Innocent Zero is looking for Mash, does that mean he's some kind of prophecy baby? His lack of magic means something? One Strong Baby to Rule Them All?

"My name is Cell War." Another randomly generated name. Until this moment, I thought HIS name was Innocent Zero, not his group

Rayne's healing bunny hankerchief was also a plot point. I forgot!

"I give you my thanks, Mash Burnedead. I will make sure to return the favour." Still sounds a little threatening, Abel, but it's a nice thought

Awwwww the way all of Mash's friends are immediately so concerned for his lack of magic putting him in danger. He is a terrible liar:

"Anyway, we've gotta protect Mash's secret so people won't find out." Yeah you do 💗 Also what do we think that chances are that Lance already knows but hasn't said anything about it for like 9 episodes

"I heard everything! A student who can't use magic in our school? That's an outrage. I'm telling the teachers!" They probably should've waited to have this conversation 'til there weren't tons of other students around waking up from their puppet trance

Is this the way the season ends? What a cliffhanger!

Also, This is the first time I've watched the full outro and it is very silly and cute

#mashle #mashle series #there is also a spoiler for the tower of heaven arc of fairytail LOL #also various references to [redacted] potter because it is not so loosely inspired by it #ayesha talks anime #liveblogging #ayesha liveblogs mashle #television #long post

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(As a Casual Gesture) Figaro SR Card Story Translation

A cute hospitality from us - Chapter 1

Chloe: Figaro, Why are you staring at your palm?

Figaro: Oh, Chloe. Just the man I need. What do you think of this?

Chloe: Let me see, is that a rabbit doll...?

Chloe: It's palm-sized and cute! But it seems a bit embarrassed, hiding its face.

Figaro: It's a bit shy. Hold on... Come on, let him see your face.

Chloe: Oh, it's moving! It's tilting its head and looking up at me… Is this Figaro's magic?

Figaro: Yep. It's a cute little bit of hospitality from me and this doll.

Figaro: isn't it cute how it scrunches like it's grooming itself.

Chloe: Yes, very much! It's like it's alive. Where did you get this doll?

Figaro: A customer at the salon gave it to me. They were carrying around a lot of little dolls…

Figaro: I told them I knew someone who likes cute things like that, and they gave me this doll, saying they wanted it to make that person happy.

Figaro: They said that the dolls are important to them, but if there are other people who will love them, the dolls will be happy too.

Chloe: Wow... To give something important to them for someone else, what a kind person. By the way, who is that person who likes cute things?

Figaro: It's Master Sage. They love small things that are soft to the touch and have big round eyes, don't they?

A cute hospitality from us - Chapter 2

Chloe: I see, so that's why you were trying to make its movements cute and do some hospitality with it.

Chloe: hmm….. that's it! How about making it look even cuter?

Chloe: For example, Figaro could scrunches first, and have the doll imitate him.

Figaro: Eh, I'm going to do scrunches too?

Chloe: Because it's cute to do twinsies! Master Sage seems to like that sort of thing too!

Figaro: That's true, but would it look cute if I did it?

Chloe: Hmm, Figaro is always considerate and cool, so I can't really imagine it...

Chloe: But that's exactly why! I'm sure Master Sage would be surprised and pleased to hear that Figaro would do something like that.

Figaro: You think so? Well, if you insist, maybe I'll give it a try.

Chloe: Yes! Oh, isn't that Master Sage over there? I'll go get them!

Figaro: Oh, wait a minute... he's gone.

Figaro: Eh, whatever. Then again, me doing scrunches huh.

Figaro: I'd like to make Master Sage happy, but...

Figaro: …….

Figaro: I don't want to do all that only for them to think the doll is cuter, that'd hurt…

This is the beloved youngest - Card Episode

Akira: Today's lunch was delicious too.

Figaro: Yeah. I'm full and feeling relaxed.

Figaro: Oh... By the way, Master Sage, is that child doing well?

Akira: That child?

Figaro: The doll I gave you at the Blue Rose Salon. The little rabbit one.

Akira: Oh, the way it scrunches its face is so cute! I've got it on display on my desk now.

Akira: The magic that Figaro casted on it has worn off, but it's so fluffy and cute that it soothes me every day.

Figaro: I'm glad you like it. If you want to see it moving again, just let me know anytime.

Akira: Yes, thank you! By the way, that doll was given to you by a customer at the salon right?

Figaro: Yeah. When I told them about Master Sage, they picked out that baby horned rabbit from the many varieties available.

Figaro: But... It seems like it took a while for its family to send it off.

Akira: Family...?

Figaro: Right. I think they were four siblings living in a house with a blue roof, and that one was the youngest, and everyone loved them...

Figaro: The more I heard about it, the more I felt that each doll had a detailed setting.

Figaro: Even though it was sad to leave, it felt like a joyous start to a new life and arrived at Master sage's side... That's roughly how this one's setting is.

Akira: I see... Then I'll have to take even better care of it for the sake of its family too.

Figaro: Haha, yep. Please do so.

Homescreen Voiceline

Master Sage, your world has a lot of special anniversaries and it's so fun. I remember there was a day called White Day right? Lord White was overjoyed to hear about it, so don't you think there can be a Figaro Day too?

#mhyktl #mahoutsukai no yakusoku #mahoyaku #mhyk #card episode and homescreen line is also included #figaro garcia #chloe collins

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DirectDoggo interview with facts_indie (archive)

In 2022, the (no longer active) Twitter page "@Facts_indie" interviewed DirectDoggo creator of Dialtown and Dayshift at Freddy's. This is an archive so that it's easier to find in the future!

(Note: One of the account owners asked me to not name them by their name, so they will be referred to as "facts_indie")

Hey, y'all. I'm DirectDogman. I bang rocks together and sometimes, shoddy video games miraculously appear. I was the developer behind Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim, a quirky video novel on Steam and Dayshift at Freddy's 1-3 on GJ/Itch. I was asked by @facts_indie to do a lil interview, so I thought, why not? I'll answer the questions in the thread via this doc, just because Twitter's per-tweet character limit really screws with stuff like this.

I'll try to get to most questions, obviously I'll ignore duplicates or questions I feel may be silly or that I can't understand. Alright, 20 questions, let's go!

"do you get the phone/object heads in dialtown off of google/another site or do you just have all these phones/objects and take pictures yourself?" (Dialtown quest) - @cryptictones Answer: I don't source assets from google images as that'd be illegal! (Assets on Google Images are just web search results, and images you find on there are generally copyrighted media!) I use a mix of licensed stock media and photos of phones/objects that I've taken photos of. All of the datable heads, for instance, are real world photos (with the exception of Karen, whose head is a 3d model, alongside the player's and Callum Crown's!)

"Do you plan on translating Dialtown into other language?" - @WaddleAAAAAAAA Answer: "Nope! I don't speak any language completely fluently other than English, and Dialtown is too writing-heavy to really just pass off to a translator without letting them know what they're in for. It'd cost a fortune to get Dialtown translated by any service, and to be frank, I think the game'd be excruciatingly weird to translate. Dialtown uses a lot of really funky goblin language and I doubt that'd translate exactly into other languages as we'd read it, heh heh."

"When does dialtown take place? Also, how do you pronounce Gingi's name?" - @veronicaisdead_

Answer: Dialtown takes place in 202X. Gingi's name is pronounced however it sounds in your head!

"whats your favorite dialtown passersby i like little billy a lot" -@iceandwinter

Answer: Passerby, huh? Well, I'm partial to Nathan in Downtown. Some of the NPCs in Dialtown are incoherent and some are British, but Nathan is the intersection of that venn diagram. Special.

"Why did you use voice forge for willy afton" (DSaF Question) - @That1Acer

Answer: Because it sounded funny as shit. Of all the voices for William to have, c'mon! I'd do it again.

"Whats your favorite character from DSaF and from Dialtown?" - @WaddleAAAAAAAA

Answer: From DSaF? Probably Phone Guy, predictably enough, as a whole. I turned the overworked middle manager from canon into an entire species of exploited worker. A big theme of DSaF's satire was the idea that with every new FNaF game, there's a new location in the FNaF timeline, and thus, more dead kids, etc. DSaF's comical timeline is the culmination of stacking tragedies upon tragedies into the same timeline until suspension of disbelief gives way. It's the ordinary FNaF premise, but extrapolated to comic levels, really. I have big issues with the actual nitty-gritty timeline for DSaF, which is pretty concrete and has few holes for its overall size, but yeah, that's something I'm glad I parodied with DSaF. And y'know, The DSaF 3 phone guy character arcs had a huge impact on what Dialtown ended up becoming for sure.

For Dialtown, no idea. I do enjoy writing Mayor Mingus a lot, Callum Crown and God are also fun! Oh, and Tango. Ray of sunshine, that guy. Actually, player dialogue is pretty funny too, I like how specifically unhinged a lot of it comes off as. Man, I'm spoiled for choice here.

How did you decide on what traits to give the main cast (Norm being a space cowboy, Karen's inability to detect sarcasm, ect.) (Dialtown question) - @Brainrot_real Answer: Oh man, that was entirely different for each character. For Randy, I was rummaging around for potential props and found the old Nokia in the same drawer as the gauze wraps and naturally thought of how funny it was seeing the two together, given that Nokias are associated with their durability, and bandages are for, y'know, broken flesh. The name "Randy" and the phone sex-hotline part came shortly after, pretty much just like that (Randy's full name is a stupid pun.) After I figured out that the hands were bandaged, I thought "huh, how on earth could he have ended up with such mangled hands?" and sure enough… I'd been bitten by a swan not long before production began and the bite(s) were fresh on the mind. So. It was so.

A lot of Karen's character is pretty much an answer to things I personally think aren't depicted enough in autistic characters. Autistic scientists and mathematicians are common in media, but autistic artists tend to get overlooked. Also, typically, autistic characters in fiction tend to either fully understand sarcasm (and hence, it's not mentioned) or they're unable to literally comprehend a sarcastic statement even after it's been fully explained. I wanted to have a middleground where Karen misses idioms first-time, but gets them each subsequent time she re-hears it, because she remembers the explanation.

For Oliver: Early on, I knew I wanted a character who was dressed in plaid and spoke like a greaser. My friend Phil pointed out that Randy and Karen both had head decals (bandage + horse sticker), but that proto-Oliver hadn't. (He was fezless). So, I thought to myself: "Hey, maybe I should add something cool, like a hat?" Exciting stuff, I know. Anyway, my mind instantly jumped to the fez. Guy comes off as a fez wearer to me, anyway. Bet he adores that thing. Fun fact, I almost cut Oliver from the game during development (I originally had 6 datables, not 5, and decided to cut one of the 6 before production ended to make the game's scope more manageable.) I almost cut Oliver instead of the guy who was cut. It's weird imagining a Dialtown without Oliver, huh? Guess I made the right call.

Bigfoot… I want to believe, man. Look, me? I'm a lover of all things Squatch. Enough said. I wore the Bigfoot suit in Dialtown. When my buddy took shots of me wearing the suit, I made the ape noises Bigfoot makes in-game for EVERY shot. Had to. Wouldn't have turned out right if I didn't mantle the Squatch metaphysically, y'know?

Norm Allen's name can be attributed to Phil too, that pun was his idea, though making him a sergeant was mine. After the name was on the table, the space motif was considered as one possible reason to explain how a human being with a normal head had time traveled to a time where phone heads had taken over. I remember pitching another alternate Norm to a few friends, he was in a cryptid investigation FBI-esque bureau, akin to the well-known SCP Foundation or Men in Black/Area 51. Reason I went with NASA in the end was the stronger visual identity (space suits are instantly recognizable, unlike… black suits and shades. Yawn.) Norm being a cowboy kinda came from the conflict I'd already developed in the game's earlier draft with Mingus already banishing Norm early on. I knew why Mingus had gotten rid of Norm, and with a spaghetti-western-esque plot developing and with a showdown at the end, I decided to finalize making him a cowboy as well as a spaceman because it's kind of thematically funny. It's probably fair to say that there's a little bit of Fallout New Vegas in him, the whole spaceman meets cowboy aesthetic. God, I adore that game.

Phonegingi came to me pretty much all at once, like a chair to the face. Actually, if I recall correctly, the very first scene of the game was the first Dialtown dialogue I ever put to paper? Close to it, if not the very first scene. Egglaying. Yeah.

"Theres any scrapped ideas for yours games you realy want to use in future projects?" - @dawnmaskedguy

Answer: Dialtown has an insane number of scrapped scenes and lil arcs. If I ever make DLC or sequels, I won't be short of ideas to pull from! ;)

"Question: will the dog EVER get to fully consume the waffle?" - @Cattusontwitt

Answer: Just as the Greek emo Sisyphus eternally pushes his boulder up the hill, only for it to roll back down just as it reaches the top, some bites are just too big to be finished. Not tonight.

"How did you came up with the idea of Dialtown?" - @rubesova_anna

Answer: This isn't the most interesting story, but one I get asked a lot! The last series I'd developed before Dialtown, Dayshift at Freddy's, had these guys with phones for heads in 'em. In each game, you got closer and closer to your resident phone person (going from distant coworkers in DSaF 1, to siblings in DSaF 2, to then giving them life advice and therapy pretty much in 3!), and I had a parody spinoff game idea using Phone people (of course) that involved dating phone guys as the 'next step' in phone-to-man intimacy (there was a lot more to the idea than that of course, lots of other off the wall stuff.) My friend Phil, upon hearing the pitch in its entirety, said "I really liked the phone dating bit. I'd play a whole game based on that part alone", which made me say "Oh snap… Give me a moment." and Dialtown's plot was drafted VERY soon after that! Same deal as DSaF, really, it was the best part of a weaker pitch fully developed as its own idea.

"I'm a bit curious about this.. How did you come up with the idea of Dayshift at Freddy's?" - @CreativeGamer22

Answer: I was experimenting with RPG Maker (tinkering away, as I often did) and I had the idea of creating a lil free roam pre-rendered FNaF fangame where you work for the rebooted Freddy's restaurant franchise after FNaF 3. Springtrap, BB, the whole thing was a fever dream. Anyway, the game ended with the player being transferred to the Dayshift, and I thought it'd be cool to show the place during the day, and I think I was the first fangame developer to really attempt this. Felt super obvious, the more I thought of it later, and goes to show how the game has cemented itself in the fandom, even now.

Either way, upon playing my first completed alpha build, I was kinda disappointed with how boring and uninspired the early gameplay that took place at the restaurant itself after-hours (like all official FNaF stuff) felt. But, I felt the Dayshift part at the end had so much potential and thought of many ways to build off it. In the end, I decided to start again from scratch. DSaF 1 was my second attempt at this first concept.

"Favourite FNaF animatronic and why? [ ] If you had the chance to have a FNaF game remade, which would it be and why?" - @The_NeonGhoul

Answer: My favourite FNaF animatronic is Golden Freddy (any version)! Has been for a long time. Have a soft spot for Springtrap too, though he really has become a prune now, hasn't he? FNaF 2. I feel like every FNaF game was constructed from a perfect base concept and each game captures its core concept by differing amounts. In my opinion, 1 does the best job at reaching its 'core' potential (it's exactly what it needs to be, no more, no less) and 2 does the 'least' good job of reaching its own potential (lot of great ideas/iconic characters introduced, but the game is kinda vast compared to 1, and its mechanics/the robots' AI's just don't scare me at all. I've even beaten every mode in FNaF 2 other than 10/20 mode. The gameplay loop is extraordinarily easy to cheese.) There isn't a main series FNaF title I don't like, but 2'd be my pick to completely remake from scratch, as a nice 'what if', y'know? Scott did a MUCH better of job than I'd have done in his shoes, designing the rest of the series with only FNaF 1 as a base, but half a decade of contemplation later, I'd love to be a creative designer/director with complete creative control over a FNaF 2 remake… if I wasn't busy with my other work, naturally.

"What's your overall goal with creating games/content creation?" - @dirtynoodlebowl

Answer: Hmm. Big question. First and foremost: I love the process. I love making stupid lil games and publishing them online, seeing people bond with the characters. It's neat to see, and 99% of the time, it's a really positive experience for the developer. Also: I know I'm definitely not doing this for money, 'cause I've still got a day job, heh heh. I'm always amazed when I see fanart, or when I see videos on youtube of DT footage with a lot of interaction. I don't think there's one single reason I do this, but "I enjoy it" is probably the closest that I can give. I think if I stopped, my brain'd explode due to the viciousness of the 3 brain cells I'd have floating around in here that'd be now completely unsupervised and thoughtless. Game design allows me to share weird dialogue with strangers all over the world through the medium of dating sims about antique phones. That's not an everyday kind of opportunity, y'know?

"what inspired you to become a game dev?" - @Dabominhiding

Answer: Hey, y'ever see those Goosebumps books that have narrative choices in 'em? Y'know, you'll get to the bottom of a page and a little bit of text on the footer'll say "Turn to page X to enter room A, turn to page Y to enter room B", allowing you to make a choice that affects what happens next in the story. That kinda stuff. Anyway, I read one of these as a kiddin' and it dawned on me that stories could be written with diverging paths that react to reader intentions, and that made my wee lil mind race. I tried to write my own story with diverging paths, physically, on large amounts of fax paper. The end result was a mess to say the least. A little later on, I discovered text games online and realized that you could use game design or scripting tools to tell stories with paths that diverge depending on what the viewer decides, like in those Goosebumps stories, but with no awkward page flipping, and you could track as many details as you wanted without the viewer even knowing what info you've held onto. Adding visuals + music to the text game formula gives you visual novels, which is what I make. I love telling stories and realizing that game design as a medium can transmit stories that no other art form fully can the same way is what pulls me back towards game development any of the times in the last few years that I've come close to entirely quitting, and boy, have there been close calls. I often once thought about backing away entirely, y'know. Anyway, the element of choice/user interactivity that games allow for is still magic to me. To be frank, most of the games I made pre-DSaF weren't uploaded (and the few that were didn't stay up for very long.) Mainly, they were just enjoyed on my desktop PC, hanging with my friends after school, us laughing at our heads edited onto sprites, full of in-jokes, etc. Scott Cawthon releasing Five Nights at Freddy's really changed that though, because I didn't just kinda get into FNaF. I was hooked, and hung around in places where the other people who refreshed Scottgames.com hung out. FNaF was the first fandom I became really integrated in, and I quickly realized that I was missing out on a lot by never publishing my stuff. So, I swore in 2014 to publish games one day!

"What was the inspiration for turning Henry into the big bad?" (DSaF Question) - @BigMadRabbit

Answer: I thought it'd be a neat inversion, setting up William (Dave) as an obvious contender for the role of the series villain, as he is in canon FNaF, only for someone much worse to appear out of left field, and by its very nature, act as an explanation for how things ended up their own unique flavours of fucked up, essentially. Judging from user feedback I've gotten over the years, it seemed to have been a popular call.

How long did the development of each game take and were there any issues/problems during it? (All Games) - DNoshit

Answer: For DSaF 1-3, I'm afraid I don't know off the top of my head as we're talking about over half a decade ago now for DSaF 1's development. Hell, 2's early development too. I remember small issues cropping up involving small engine quirks and for some of 'em, I never found out the cause 'til Dialtown development started. But, by and large, the games came out just fine. Those games have… rough edges to say the least. That general lack of quality control definitely helped speed things along, no doubt.

Dialtown took 3 years. The biggest issue I had with them is with these goddamned mobile ports, partly because an OS update broke one build and an app store criteria change forbade DT from being on its platform. Some hassles just aren't worth it.

"Why isn’t there more god?" (Dialtown) - @KittyPi53783769

Answer: I hate to break it to you, but there's a ton of cut God content on paper! It's all canon (well, most of it, anyway), but none of it's shown in-game. I just couldn't justify giving such a worthless NPC so much screen time! The universe was created a good, what, ten thousand years ago, for cryin' out loud, the dude's GOTTA stop milking the universe that he churned up a couple o' eons ago and put something NEW out! Washed up hasbin.

"What’s their favorite Easter egg?" - @EggsNoCntxt

Answer: Favourite easter egg in any of my games are the gnomes in Dialtown. If you know, you know.

"What creature is phonegingi" - @risepticeye

Answer: Good question.

"Do you plan on making more dialtown related contents? Maybe sequel or something else very different but related to it?" - @LathyLatte

Answer: Dialtown has only been out for a couple of months so far, so it might be a little early to answer this question. Truth be told, I cannot see the future. Fuck, man, I'm nearsighted, so I struggle to even see the present. That being said, I do really like Dialtown.

That being said, I've also had a few other projects come across my desk that would also have a lot of potential, non-Dialtown related stuff. Ah, the agony of choice. At the moment, I'm enjoying the rest while my creative batteries recharge. 3 years of development time DRAINS you, so the last thing I'd wanna do is announce anything tonight. BUT: If Dialtown's fandom continues to grow, perhaps that could motivate me to shake the moss off of myself and churn some more phone related stuff out? Just maybe. ;)

(Finally a bonus 21st question from @facts_indie, who asked me to do the interview) "What advice do you have for aspiring game developers?"

Answer: Oh, man. That's actually real tough to answer since I'm not really anywhere near the end of my journey yet and definitely not somewhere I'm comfortable giving advice for achieving success from. I guess if you wanna do what I do, just consider the obvious: You will work on content you're excited for, and it won't do as well as you'd have hoped. Maybe sometimes, maybe all the time. You will do game design at a LOSS before you ever make a cent off it, that is, if you do ever make a profit off it. If you are fully willing to accept the last 2 tips, then good news, you no longer need advice. You "have" what it takes, now! I can't honestly tell you "Oh, just do what I do, and you'll succeed!" because… like I said, I'm still working a day job right now. Yeah, I'm calling it, 3 years from now, I'll either own my own country or be lying dead in a dumpster in Belarus. Maybe we can revisit my bountiful choices then. Until then, all I really have are the three practical pieces of advice that got me THIS far.

Make what you wanna make and do it because YOU want to. I can't emphasize this enough, if not making money off game design is a dealbreaker for you starting, then steer clear from it. Like say, the indie animation field, it's a lot of work for comparatively little payoff and what becomes successful and what doesn't is largely random in the end. But, if you love it, the work's its own reward. Game design will be torture if you're watching your numbers constantly, bemoaning your lack of success as people discover you.

But, if your head is completely focused on your work itself and you know why you're doing this, you'll be okay. This point is specifically if you're looking for what I have, by the way. You could also just go to college and get a degree in game design, get a development job at a company, though that's very far removed from creating your own stories and characters and publishing them online for all to see, which is what I do.

Generally speaking, if you do wanna make a game, try to make a game that you can make more or less on your own. The one definite reason none of my work ever got publicly canned kinda suddenly (like a lot of big FNaF fangames from yesteryear that you can likely remember) is because when I decide what kind of game I want to make, I keep my own limitations in mind and avoid games that would require lots of essential team members. Remember: Each core position you add to your project is another position that will need to be filled if a team member walks, and 99% of the time I've seen a fangame project get canned, it was not long after somebody significant left, yet another vacancy opened up and the lead just gave up trying to pass the cursed project between collaborators. I'll give y'all a for instance here: I love working with Nathan Hanover (composer of Porkchop's Adventure or The Joy of Creation story mode), but if Nathan declared me a villainous fiend and declared I couldn't use any of their music again… I have (albeit depressing) royalty free options. Granted, those tracks wouldn't be even a fraction as good as what Nathan makes, but the sudden split wouldn't cancel any project I was working on with them. I'm sure it sounds kinda callous to say "Don't make big games that you can't complete without the help of others", but I'll put it this way… If you spent months working on something, pouring your all into it, do you really want to hand someone else the power to decide whether or not your game gets finished? I've seen this first-hand and it's heartbreaking. Hell, I've seen this RECENTLY. Also important: No developer releases their magnum opus first, and the key to maybe getting there is getting started. Small releases can help you get a few games out there.

Determination. You really can't do jack shit without it. Some parts of game development royally SUCK. It takes forever and in the end… … …BUT, if you can persevere, good gravy, you've got an immensely time consuming and sometimes very rewarding hobby.

And that's it. I have no better advice to give you, 'cause if I had THAT, well, I'd be first in line to test it!

Alright, that's it, those are my answers! I hope these answers sufficed and whatnot. Obvious shill now: you can get my latest game, Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim on Steam riiiight over here. Buy it for yourself, or like, a friend, if you hate them. Come on dooown…….. *bares teeth like stressed chimpanzee*

#dialtown #directdoggo #interview #archive #dayshift at freddy's #dsaf

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Boueibu Rewatch Part 8

Episode Ten

Another instance of someone reading the LOVE! manga lol (Definitely from the one that was discontinued--can anyone make out what page it is? I think it's from the first chapter if memory serves...)

Entaro is someone else who doesn't really fit the formula of becoming a monster. The twins just turned him into one because they were salty. Though I guess his thing to some extent is that he can't read the room? Like the twins were obviously peeved at his first mention of Binan Land being lame, and then...he just kept going.

Anyway, I think I've said it before, but the timeline for this episode is all over the place? Start at school, during the day, Yumoto tells the Defense Club about Binan Land closing. Then at the Kurotama at night, they arrive and apologize to Yumoto. "Let's go play!" Cut to Binan Land, during a cloudy day, with a sign that it's the last day. It was established that Binan Land would close at the end of the month, so I guess it's February 28? (I'll get back to this.)

Yumoto says he doesn't remember Goura coming back... Maybe he doesn't remember because of the link to his future self in the finale?

I love how they jump to change scenes. Reminds me of how Steve would jump into pictures on Blue's Clues lol

So is everyone seeing the memories Dadacha's transferring to Yumoto? I guess it's possible, cause he can make more than one monster at a time.

So, the entire time they're at Binan Land, it's cloudy. Not cloudy when Goura's kidnapped. Sun is setting when the Defense Club returns to the bath. Does that mean after the twins confronted them, they just... stayed at the park? I guess Io would insist so everyone would get their money's worth lol

Episode Eleven

Anyway! Continuing with the timeline being weird... If they went to Binan Land on February 28 (because the sign said "last day" and it was closing at the end of the month), and Kinshirou's calendar says it's March 13... That means Goura was missing for almost two weeks! Really wish more emphasis was put on this. Unless "closing at the end of the month" really was referring to the demolition, and so the last day the park was open was in March?

Love how they look like PEZ dispensers.

Also, in this episode we can see the shadowed silhouette of the twins' mom.

They missed some potential with the twins having a falling out earlier in the season.

And it's like... The twins are just choosing this future for Goura. What do they think is going to happen? Unless they put him into a trance like Tawarayama...

"Are you... moist?" asdifsadfa that'd be a great reaction image for certain scenarios.

Do you think the twins' house actually launched into space, or is it just hovering, preparing to launch? It's still on the ground at the start of the next episode, but do you think it launches at any point? If not, the twins will probably have a huge bill for fuel.

Zundar got some sort of new translator that makes his mouth move because he was insecure about his muzzle twitching from the first season lol

At a couple points, the twins are talking and the singing continues in the background. They should have been called out for lip-syncing. Or have it revealed that their technology is what makes them good singers. (Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and Trolls Band Together, I'm looking at you--keep meaning to make a Venn diagram of the three groups of villains lol)

And something I keep saying is they should have had all the monsters from this season in the audience, to mirror how they had cameos in the culture festival for the first season. But now I'm thinking... those who were monsters would probably be on the side of the Battle Lovers. So they could also have the Beppu Apes in the audience, too. Like maybe have those who were reformed on one side, cheering on the Battle Lovers, and the Apes on the other side cheering on VEPPer.

Episode Twelve

I always thought the twins were referring to the Defense Club's singing as having no tempo, but if you look at their choreography, it's out of sync! (Though they also mention pitch, so... should've had a version recorded specifically for the episode that was bad lol)

The twins should have been bombarded with the likes.

Love the difference in how Goura met his animal mascot versus the Defense Clubs.

So many drones! (Laughed cause there's been a lot flying in my area...)

So how did the twins see an uncensored version of CIDE? That's something I never got. Unless I missed a line about the "dickcheese" version being a rerelease? (I know it's a reedit, but if CIDE did poorly, why would they bother?) Like did the bullies hate Gorar because they were seeing the uncensored version or the "dickcheese" version? En was right, there are so many questions.

Also, was Goura censored as Gorar? The twins don't mention it when they're little, and I'm wondering if the blurring was introduced for CIDER, maybe to prevent anyone from becoming obsessed with the heroes/villains like the twins did. Like "oh, we don't think we're going to need more idols ten years from now who will be obsessed with CA/BL, so let's blur their faces for those who see them in person."

Anyway, like I said for episode ten, maybe Yumoto doesn't remember Goura coming back because of his current self's link to his past self this episode? Like the fear Yumoto was feeling went both ways. Who knows what little Yumoto was going through? Do you think past!Goura had to calm him down like the Battle Lovers did?

If you look in Yumoto's Love Stick as it's getting zoomed in for the Ultra More Better version, there's an egg? Like watching it I was like "oh, that shape kinda looks like an egg." But going through it frame by frame, it's definitely an egg, and then light comes out of it, and we see the closeup of wings and then Yumoto from behind. Wonder if that's going to be touched on in the movie.

For the last scene, I literally gasped and was like "they're talking to each other~" when En and Kinshirou were talking about the trip abroad lol (The bare minimum I want for the movie alsdfkjs)

Anyway, next week is the OVA! (Though I'm probably going to rewatch the Christmas episode again, either on or around Christmas lol)

#boueibu #boueibu love #boueibu rewatch

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thenexusofsouls · 5 months ago

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{i am the caretaker of souls} If I wrote a starter for Zhaan aboard Moya with... well Pilot is essential, and I can write Rygel, and maybe they've locked Aeryn in one of the cells, heh... I can't write D'argo, Chiana, or Crichton, they're just too far outside of my own personality and my ability to emulate muses. But yeah, Zhaan, Pilot, Rygel, and a pissed off, locked up Aeryn, heh.... would anyone be interested in that? Multiverse shenanigans? Magical mishaps? Or your muse participating in space exploration and getting sucked through a wormhole like Crichton did? Whatever scenario you'd like?

I have a mighty need to write at least some of Zhaan's found family with her, and I love the whole Moya environment, so... if anyone would like that kind of starter, you can, I guess... like this post? (Current writing partners only, though, in case any random folks are reading this).

Or more helpfully, reply to this post and let me know how you want your character to get aboard Moya. Choices are: 1) the way Crichton did, his spaceship being drawn into Moya's docking bay because they locked onto it and forcibly brought it in, 2) multiverse issues where your character goes through a portal or rift in time/space and winks into existence aboard Moya, 3) magical happenings that'd result in the same thing, your character just appearing suddenly on Moya. I guess it depends on who your muse is and what world/time they'd be coming from which fits best.

Also if you're cool or not with your character being injected in the foot (likely, because DRDs are at foot level) with translator microbes so they can understand everyone, let me know. Crichton was injected within minutes of him stepping on board, so the DRDs are going to follow your muse around until they get what they want, haha. But I can fudge.... something if you don't want that.

It'd be a lot like a sandbox rp, in that your character would get thrown into the plot of the show, likely at the pilot episode, where Zhaan, Rygel, Pilot, and Moya have escaped Peacekeeper control and are trying to stay free (Zhaan and Rygel are fugitives from forced labor planets), and Aeryn is a Peacekeeper soldier they would have overpowered and locked in one of the containment cells on Moya. So your muse could choose to side with Zhaan, Rygel, and everyone else, or they could choose to help Aeryn, or they could try to get everyone to get along. Or they could simply learn about where they are now and what's going on. It's open to whatever you wanna do. You move your muse around, and I react and shape the situation and other muses around yours. I used to love doing sandbox rps with my original worlds many years ago, and I'd love to do one with this show.

Just an idea. Let me know what you think so I can gauge interest level and either get really into writing this kind of thing or try to drop it from my current Farscape hyperfixation, heh.

#{ i am the caretaker of souls } ᵒᵒᶜ #{i wanna do it but it's a lot of work to write a starter that complex}#{so if there's no interest then I won't bother heh}#{no hard feelings if you're not feelin' it}#{don't feel obligated}

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ace-does-stuff · 11 months ago

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you say you love me, i say you crazy (we're nothing more than friends)

summary: this is what he gets for thinking that Gai would be happy with one night and nothing more than that

tags: aromantic Kakashi, angst, communication errors, implied one night stand

authors note: theyre so allo4aro qpr coded to me

https://archiveofourown.org/works/57561631

Gai won't stop bugging Kakashi about it.

It was supposed to be a one night stand, get the deeply enjoyed annoyance off his back for a bit. Mostly to turn the amount of "we should spar!" declarations he'd get from Gai, but it's backfired. He's let himself into a whole new world of horror.

And that world?

Desperate pleas of more.

It's nauseating to him. Sex is fine, sex is great, he'd be fine doing it with Gai every now and then if it meant keeping him from being so insistent. He gets it. Gai's a guy with ideals, he's got plans, and he plans full well on living them out. He's got an idea on how the world should work and what he needs to do to succeed in life.

Kakashi? He'll pass on the training and the teaching and the searching for the one. He has his books, his dogs, and his three students. That's more than enough for him. He loves them equally and ambivalently, his stories, his lifelong partners, his bastard children- unlike what Gai keeps trying to convince him of.

Someone didn't read enough of Jiraiya's books to understand a one night stand can stay as one night. One single night. Not a single string attached to it. A little fling between friends for shits and giggles, a simple parting gift for someone you'll never see again, a cost of fifty dollars for a quickie. What's so hard to understand?

He said one night. He said it loud and clear. To prove his point he left before Gai could wake up in the morning to start on his reread of Makeout Paradise. See if he can figure out why it was such an awful experience compared to any other affair he's had.

No matter how much he tried to shut Gai up by kissing him till he turned blue in the face he kept saying so many sweet things. Sugary sweet. Sticky like honey and it made Kakashi's skin fucking crawl. Love, love, love- yes, he'd rather die for Gai than bury another a dead friend, but where does that translate to love? He doesn't know.

Maybe he should try to get less hot under the collar when he's reading anything emotional. Maybe people would get the message that he's not fucking interested at all. Just his luck that he's disconnected to the point that an utterance of adoration in his stories where nothing can go wrong makes him flush bright red.

Gai tries to confess to him again, ask him out on a date, try and see if he'd like to spend the night once more. Can't he take a single hint? Or is his skull really that thick?

"What do you want from me?" The amount of exasperation on his tone borders onto a shout, final straw having been plucked.

Gai huffs, "I thought you'd have picked up on my hints by now-"

"I have picked up on your hints! How come you keep trying to give me hints is what I'm asking!" Kakashi swears he doesn't mean to snap, but that'd be a lie. He can't do this anymore. Can't brush off his best friend and say 'maybe later' anymore.

"Because the sex was great and I'm-"

"I've had better, now will you please just stop. Take a hint, Gai, I'm not into you and I never will be."

Kakashi swears he can see Gai's heart shatter into a million little pieces in real time. He knows that he'll regret his harshness later on but right now it feels fucking cathartic. He feels so fucking justified it's unbelievable.

As the beat of silence stretches on Kakashi opts to open his book once more and walk off. Whatever. Just, fucking, whatever. If the tables were turned everybody would care. If Gai was getting borderline harassed for romance every other day then there would be riots. But he's Kakashi Hatake, he's used to Gai's pestering, used to his insistence on rivalry, he can't complain.

Just suck it up and keep moving.

He lacks, he feels a gaping absence in his soul- why would anyone care for someone missing something. Missing what's supposed to make you human. Whose supposed to care about him in spite of that when he never brings it up calm and collected, even if he does they pity him. They pity his happiness because that's not how happiness works. No, sages no, what would he know about happiness?

-/-/-/-

Kakashi doesn't talk to Gai again for a week.

Kakashi doesn't talk to anyone for a week unless they come to him, and the only one who does drop by is Gai.

"Kakashi-"

"Don't."

"What?"

"Don't even bother, whatever you have planned in your head won't end up with me buying you roses, I promise you that much."

"You didn't even let me try my speech."

"Because I know that nothing you can say will ever make me love you as anything more than what we already are- and that's final."

"But-"

Kakashi has Gai in a chokeslam against the wall before another syllable can be uttered, and as much as Gai could break out, he doesn't. He waits for Kakashi to speak, "Listen to me, Gai, I don't work like that."

Gai keeps listening.

"And I never will, you either live with it or leave."

The silence he gets in response is deafening.

Kakashi let's go of Gai's throat and slams his front door shut. What an idiot. Bothering to explain it, even in simple terms, is a death wish, a way to seal any coffin. He should know by now that Gai follows the hierarchy, that he'd see romance as higher than what they have, that he'd want romance after sex. It's the only logical progression to people like him, not to people like Kakashi.

He's too different to ever find peace, isn't he? That's the world keeps telling him at least.

-/-/-/-

Gai buys Kakashi a single rose after another week passes. A bright yellow flower, carried in a tarnished cup with some masking tape that had the word 'sorry' scribed onto it. He hands it over to Kakashi eagerly and watches as his rival starts to tear up.

"Gai, I fucking told you-"

"Before you say another word, rival, consider the meaning of the yellow rose!" The exuberance on his voice is enough to snap Kakashi from his disappointed state.

"A rose is a rose and a rose always means love."

"Not quite, while the classic red rose may symbolize love, each individual color has its own meaning. Blue, mystery. Orange, enthusiasm. White, purity. And yellow symbolizes what we have."

Kakashi gives a defeated sigh, "What do we have?"

"Friendship, dear rival, and nothing more."

Kakashi has the gall to laugh, "And what makes you think I believe you?"

"You said I lived with you not loving me or leave, and I'll live with it."

That's sweet, but, not in a way that makes Kakashi sick to his stomach. He grabs the rose and the glass it's in, "Thanks, Gai."

"No problem at all, Kakashi." He's back to his old self again, not like his old self ever really left though.

"Wanna go get some sushi, or something? We didn't actually do that last week."

"You and I both now that I'd never turn you down."

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