#but i imagine she struggles knowing a time before the act and has nobody to remind her

[thunder-sea]

Focalors was really the only person with any insight of who Furina truly was before she started the act, but we can't get practically any knowledge of who Furina used to be because the person who knew is stone dead.

[hooffuloftootsierolls]

Spoilers from leaks for S2(no pictures, just me rambling)

First of all, it's funny in the saddest way to see people depicting Abel and Adam having a healthy relationship with one another and Abel mourning his father. You guys are gonna shatter when S2 releases. Second of all,

I keep thinking about Abel's behavior towards his dad's passing.

In the S2 leaks, Abel only mentions his dad a handful of times, and it's never quite.. with grief. Still, interestingly enough, I feel like he's acting almost like he's trying to be angry or sad about his father's death.

He refers to his dad as "dearly departed", mentions that he's partial on continuing the Exterminations because even though he dislikes confrontation, "they did sorta kinda kill [his] dad a little bit, so... maybe?" and also he tries to retrieve one of Adam's guitars from Adam's quarters to "remember him by" before a grief-crazed Lute screams at him to get out and tries to hit him with the guitar. But this is all said in a normal, unaffected tone, not the kind of way you'd expect someone to talk about their late father.

Overall pretty apathetic behavior, right?

But what intrigues me is the fact that Abel doesn't even necessarily need to act sad.

Lute says it herself, nobody else cares about Adam being dead. This could just be Lute's view, but she doesn't seem wrong(which I am SO pissed about). Emily seems happy as a lark, Sera is moping about the Exterminations, everyone else seems more worried about the Exterminations being kept from them/the possibility of an uprising, and only think of Adam as an example of an angel dying at the claws of a demon, not an actual mourned loss.

Ok, so nobody cares, and I doubt anybody would call out Adam's secondborn son for not caring either. After all, wouldn't that just reinforce a reasoning for their apathy? If his son doesn't care, Adam must have been a real monster undeserving of any grief. After all, according to Lute, Adam didn't even like Abel. So why is Abel still trying to act like he cares instead of just admitting he doesn't feel sad about his dad's death?

I'm going to reference a line from one of my favorite pieces of literature; "And he remembered thinking then that if she died, he was certain he wouldn't cry. For it would be the dying of an unknown, a street face, a newspaper image, and it was suddenly so very wrong that he had begun to cry, not at death but at the thought of not crying at death"(Fahrenheit 451, PDF page 44). (Wow imagine referencing a philosophical classic in a Hazbin Hotel ramble-) To sum this quote up, the main character feels less horrified at the possible death of his wife, and more horrified at how screwed up it is that he wouldn't feel grief.

I think Abel has a similar situation. He's struggling with trying to grieve, trying to convince others that he's grieving, because he feels guilty about his lack of emotions. But still, why? What reason would he have to feel guilty if Adam didn't like him?

This is where things are less speculation and more just me trying to desperately find ways to project onto characters. The chances of this being nitpicky and semantic are through the roof, but Lute's wording of "Adam didn't even fucking like you" suggests Adam never liked him, but she still didn't use the word never. Also she said Adam didn't like him, which isn't the same as dislike, it's just a lack of like. I know this is hyperspecific and far-fetched but work with me here. What if Adam and Abel had a healthy relationship at some point, but they grew apart somehow?

Let's talk about Abel's time alive. Now let's be honest here, Viv is probably gonna find a way to make Adam seem like a horrible asshole father. Obviously he wouldn't be the best dad, but he was literally the first human father. In existence. He had absolutely no frame of reference for how to care for children, him and Eve were just winging it while already struggling to survive by themselves. Please for the love of God, I hope Vivzie doesn't try to paint him as a horrible father. I want to imagine he had a good relationship with his children. Abel might have known Adam as a loving father once, and that would explain why he would feel guilty for not feeling grief. So what about them growing apart?

Well think about how Abel died-- he got his skull fucking bashed in with a rock by his older brother. That had to be traumatizing. With Adam not seeing his son until Adam passed-- maybe even longer, if it's still true that Adam is the first human soul, because maybe Abel ended up manifesting in Heaven later which is a whole nother theory-- and also Abel traumatized by his gruesome death and possibly repressing a lot of memories from life, I wouldn't be surprised if the two were just... disconnected when they saw each other again. Adam didn't like Abel. He had at one point, but now they were distant and felt like strangers with each other.

Still, throughout it all, Abel still knew Adam was his dad and he felt they had been close at some point, so when Adam died this part may or may not be me writing my own feelings surrounding my grief of my late father he felt kind of horrified with himself, that his years of disconnection with his father actually led to him feeling apathetic about his passing. He struggled to bring out any emotion or feeling of grief even if he tried to play the part and act like he was mourning, but all the same also didn't want to reflect on his relationship with his father because he didn't want to feel the anguish of losing his dad.

But let's be realistic here, we're talking about Hazbin Hotel, a show that is desperately trying to make a commentary on things it knows nothing about. More likely, Adam is a shitty father, he never liked Abel, him and Abel never had a good connection, and their relationship was so distant that Abel genuinely couldn't care less about his dead dad and is just trying to act like he does for some unknown reason.

But fuck Vivziepop I'm gonna sit over here in my corner and make these characters more complex by projecting my own experiences and emotions onto them bada boom

[numberonetacostan]

polycule anon is back i have more thoughts (just gonna use ✨ as a sort of tag so you know it’s me lmao)

i have more hcs:

- more tacomic centered but i could totally see mic fidgeting via doing taco’s hair in tiny little braids. not only bc it’s cute but also bc i think taco really likes having her hair played with for some reason. just thinking about them watching a movie together with taco leaning against mic while mic braids and unbraids her hair to keep her hands busy

- i love the nest hc that i’ve seen on this blog as well and i think it’d be 10x more fun with the polycule. girl is stealing all of their clothes and there’s nothing they can do to stop her. she is such a little thief

- again related to a hc mentioned on this blog: taco hoarding stuff. she totally steals random little trinkets from everyone in the polycule (provided they’re not important to them bc she would never upset them like that) and stashes it away in one of her little hiding spots that nobody else can fit in. sometimes just to mess with them she’ll return it to the exact same spot she found it in days or weeks later. mepad is 100% sure it’s her but just lets her keep doing it since it’s not harming anyone

- just. all the little passing touches between them all. hand holding, little kisses when they’re saying hello or goodbye, etc. i personally think taco is really sensitive to touch bc it’s just been so long, so she reacts a lot better to random light touches than sudden hugs or smth. in turn she’d probably act the same with everyone else since it’s what she’s comfortable with. so just. constant little passing touches whenever they see each other

- i love the wingman idea you mentioned so much. i think it’d be extra funny if mepad was completely aware that taco liked him but knew she needed to take her time sorting it out and all. he’d probably wait for her to come to him unless it becomes increasingly obvious that she won’t and he has to do something or she’s just going to be constantly trying to awkwardly flirt with him but never going any further

- give me taco and toilet bonding over the fact that they both messed up so much but still have people that care about them and want to help them. they are genuinely so similar to each other it drives me insane

- mepad is so sweet with all of them even before they get together. he’s always willing to help comfort any of them and is the first to offer up encouragement or kind words. i think he’d also be the first to say how proud he is of them when they do something they’ve struggled with in the past (ex. mic standing up for herself, she’s def gotten better about it but i’m sure she still struggles at times; taco actually communicating properly and being more open about her emotions; i don’t have a example for toilet tbh i tried coming up with one and just couldn’t)

- related to the above, mepad definitely has to help mediate when taco and mic have issues in their relationship. they both tend to fall back into their own patterns which is not healthy and only really causes problems. he notices them start to avoid each other a bit and sits them both down to talk out what happened and why they’re both upset. it helps when he knows enough about taco to figure out what she may have done even if she won’t say it

Hi Sparkle!!!!!!!!!^^ happy to have you back, and thank you for submitting more of the polycule of all time!!!!!!! XD

Awwwww hewjjwhw!!!! I imagine that after all the time in the woods, Taco is really really happy to be able to have clean hair again!!!!!! So getting it played with like this would make her so happy!!! No more oily, matted hair, only soft happy braidable hair!!!!! And Mic would love love to touch it!!!!!!^^

LITTLE THIEF!!!!!!!!!!^^ yay!!!! I'm so glad you like my hc!!!!!! :D omg she would steal clothes from all of them and just!! Revel in how safe and warm she feels with something of theirs surrounding her!!!!! Mepad's stuff would be so massive compared to her it's so cute <3 <3

Omg little thief part 2!!!!!!!! She can take little knick-knacks of theirs and keep them in her shell too!!!!!!! Just something little from each of them so she always has her partners with her, in a way. Mepad would find it very cute <3!!!!!

YES YES YES!!!!! She would be so sensitive to touch after the homeless era!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They would be so sweet and patient with her, letting her take the lead in a case-by-case basis. Some days Taco maybe want to snuggle for hours, and some she doesn't want to be touched at all!!! And that's perfectly okay and they never touch her without knowing she'll be okay with it!!!!!^^

OMGA Mepad knows and is totally chill and just gonna let her figure things out for herself and even though he reciprocates he wants to give her that space aaaaaaaaaa I love Mepad so much. I also think he would be a better wingman than Mic, but only because he's subtle about it. Mic is not.

TOICO PARALLELS DID SOMEONE SAY TOICO PARALLELS BOTH WHO HAVE MADE SO MANY MISTAKES AND ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR THEM AND DO WELL. WHO HAD MEPAD AS THE ONE PERSON WILLING TO BELIEVE THEY WERE MORE THAN THOSE MISTAKES??? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I am #1 toico supporter in any dynamic they can be platonic romantic anywhere in between and i love them

OUGH AUGH GAH MEPAD BEING THE SUPPORTIVE KING HE IS. HE IS SO SO PROUD OF ALL OF THEM. *gently taps mepad because I would NEVER slap him* this bad boy can fit so much love inside him. Guh I'm so sorry most of this is just me gushing over what you've said rather than giving an actual response.

Oh yeah he would absolutely be the mediator for them. He's an excellent mediator anyways, and for Taco and Mic he'd have such a solid understand of both of them he'd really be able to help them work it out. Toilet tried once when Mepad was taking a well-deserved Me-day and. Well nothing actually got resolved but it did dissolve into chaos that left them all laughing so hard that Taco and Mic forgot what they were upset about. Thank you, Toilet <3.

[mandaplease10]

A Polin Take Nobody Asked For #3

Balloon Scene

I have seen LOTS of discourse surrounding this scene. Majority love it, while some feel like it was pointless, anticlimactic, and a filler scene. However, to me, while he was a bit of a filler scene and was a little anticlimactic, it definitely served a purpose to move Polin's love story along.

I'll discuss below why I love this scene and how it serves a good purpose!

In storytelling, in order to get where we are going for the characters, there has to building blocks to get there. Imagine like a ladder or a staircase and each step is one instance in the story. Now, most will only focus on the larger steps because those have the most impact, but we also have to look at the smaller ones.

Think of the Balloon Scene in the same way as we get Colin laying in his bed struggling over his feelings or the moment he's in the study before deciding to go to the ball, etc. Each of these moments serve a purpose to their story.

The Balloon Scene:

This is really the first time that Polin interacts after the kiss when Penelope has had a successful moment with a suitor, which means she could be on her way to a courtship. This is also the first time that we hear from Penelope where she is happy and may actually like Debling and wants to share this with Colin. Therefore, it's the first time Colin is having to realize that she could potentially end up with someone else.

The next part with Penelope talking with Debling and trying to battle against Cressida for his attention is important to Pen's personal journey. In past seasons, Penelope never would have stood up against Cressida in that manner, she would have just stood back in the shadows, maybe adding to the conversation here or there.

It also is a moment to show how Debling's attention can be easily swayed away from Pen, while Colin's attention is always on Pen. He was the first to notice she was in danger and did what he could to stop it. Whereas, Debling only noticed when Pen tripped and fell.

Then once again, Cressida makes a scene and Debling leaves Pen to check on her, while Colin is looking at Pen, even though he is surrounded by others. Pen is not hurt, but she is shaken up, and her gaze immediately goes to Colin. Almost like he is her safe space and she knows he is the real reason she wasn't hurt. Plus, in her romance loving mind, he just did the full romantic hero act.

Yes, it would be have been nice to see them interact after this moment. Yes, it would have interesting to see Colin run over to check on Pen or see Debling with his arms around her. Yes, all Pen had to do do was run to the side instead of being her. Yes, all they had to do was let the Balloon go and it would have risen by itself.

But that was the point. The point was to show these little moments of care and love Polin has for each other as well as Penelope's growth as a character. I mean think about it, she went from running away in episode one when Cressida ripped her dress to standing firm against her by talking to Debling.

Honestly, I could really deep dive and break down this scene more, but no one has time to read all that. Ha!

[ask-the-golden-god]

(Response to this: https://www.tumblr.com/askstormscall/772788214728687616/ask-the-golden-goo-slime-boi-approached-mariko?source=share )

*Slime Boi listened to what the Lugia had to say, her struggles coming alight. He let her speak; it was clear Mariko just needed to get her thoughts out of her head. Much like anyone does. Though, her views about her brother reminded him of his. A worrying sign for him though she did not seem like the type to act upon those feelings in such a drastic way. When she had finished up, he spoke in a calm manner.*

Slime Boi: I'd love to hear your song. That'd be absolutely radical. But first, just wanna rewind to what you were saying before. Just to give a little advice to you. I've had a lot of experience so I feel I may be able to rub a little wisdom off onto you, you dig?

The goomy gave a warm smile to the Lugia in front of him. It was clear she just needed a little reassurance. This was probably gonna be hard for her to hear but it had to be said. Time to bust out the fatherly conversation vibes. He looked into her eyes.*

Slime Boi: First thing I've gotta say. Nobody is perfect. Nobody. I'm sure your brother has stuff to deal with and he's just trying to keep his cool for you. He's not perfect. He's got his flaws. Of course he's gonna have some. Everyone does. Even me. He probably seems like someone who has it all together by being cool but he's probably got a bunch of things he struggles with. Though, I imagine the coolness and strength is not something he'd want you to feel envious about. He does sound like a great brother.

*Slime Boi quickly added that last part on, not wanting to seem overly critical or anything. He didn't want to upset the girl, just give her the facts. It was hard to deal with someone who appeared to be this beacon of perfection when your self esteem was low. Slime Boi carried on, trying to help her feel a little better.*

Slime Boi: I don't want you to belittle yourself. I mean, you're a unique Lugia. Nothing which I've seen before, and trust me I've seen a lot of your kind. That is a pretty cool thing if you ask me. And do you know what? So what if he's strong? You are you and that's the most important thing here. From what I can tell, you're a kind Pokémon with an incredibly bright smile. And that, to me, is something truly special. A wonderful attribute to have. Perhaps you just need to focus on what you can do, rather than what others can do.

*He hoped what he was saying would give her the confidence boost she clearly needed. He hated it when others did not value their own talents. Time to address her feelings.*

Slime Boi: And it's ok to feel this way. Totally valid feelings. Sure, it's not something nice to feel but it's ok to feel a little envious of others at times. I knew someone once who was envious of me. However, he let that consume him. He saw me as this perfect being who could do no wrong and it drove him to selfish actions. Just don't let your envy consume you. Be inspired by your brother but know your own strengths too. I think all you need to do is have a conversation about how you're feeling with him, you get me? He probably doesn't know that what he's doing is holding you back. Talk to him. Let him understand these feelings. You don't want them to drive a wedge between the both of you. Though, I thank you for being able to talk to me, a stranger, about all of this. It can be a difficult thing to do. Brave.

*The goomy hoped a reassuring smile would help to make her feel a little better about herself.*

Slime Boi: What it's like out there?

*Slime Boi paused for a moment, tapping a grey finger onto his chin. He considered his words carefully. It really depends on where you went. He'd seen the best of what Pokémon and humans could be but he also saw the worst of them too. He didn't want to frighten her inquisitive nature towards the subject.*

Slime Boi: That's a huge question. Because you have parts of the world that are loud, chaotic and terrifying at times. You see things you wish you never would have seen. You experience things that make you terrified for what's to come. However, you also witness some of the most beautiful things you've ever seen in your entire life. Small delicate wonders which drive you to find out more. Seas so vast you barely know if they'll ever end. Lands dotted with flowers and trees which help to give life to everything you see. The changes in hues the sky shows you in different places. The simple acts of kindness that others give and receive on a daily basis. It can be truly wonderful out there and terrifying. But, it's always best to look for the brighter things in life and hold them dear to your heart.

*Damn, this girl reminded him so much of his daughter. That same spark of curiosity in her eyes made him feel so incredibly warm inside. He chuckled a little. He remembered when his daughter was young and used to question everything. There was always something that she was inquisitively questioning him about. How did the laws of gravity work? Why was there a lack of air in space? Why were some Pokémon given the ability to fly and others not? He used to love every second of their time together.*

Slime Boi: In terms of your kind, there is a wide variety of them. I've met some as small as me and some as large as the tallest mountain you've seen. Each have their strengths. Each have their weaknesses. All unique in how they go about their duties. Some wise. Some kind. Some with the fury of thunder. Some as delicate as a raindrop. None of them with a unique colour like yours, mind you. Though all of them have something wonderful about them.

*Slime Boi adjusted his sunglasses as he could feel them slipping from his face. He Bagan to speak in more excited tones.*

Slime Boi: The way a Lugia moves is one of the most graceful things I've ever seen. And it doesn't matter whether they're a hunk of a beast that's considered a grump or nimble creature that can be rather skittish. They all move with grace and beauty, which is awe inspiring. Many mortals will take time out of their day to witness a lugia's flight. It really is rather remarkable. Mortals sometimes call it the dance of the storm.

*The goomy gestured at each thing he said, trying to make the scope of what he was saying seem more grand. Slime Boi really wanted what he was saying to inspire her. To make her happy. He turned back to her, a curious expression present (although probably not as visible behind those dark sunglasses).

Slime Boi: Now, about that song you mentioned. It'd be most bodacious to hear it.

@askstormscall

[hopeless-ronantic]

i’ve recently come to the realization that i think my favorite fics to read are the ones where nancy and/or steve struggle to accept their bisexuality.

maybe nancy is like

“😡😡😡 robin is so annoying”

and then is like

“but maybe…?”

and then she finally can’t take it anymore & just has to be sure about what she’s feeling, so she kisses robin and everything makes sense finally

and of course the whole time robin can’t figure out what nancy’s problem is, and thinks that maybe she really is just a prissy know-it-all, but of course that doesn’t stop her from wanting to spend time around nancy any chance she gets

so when nancy finally kisses her, robin realizes nancy’s problem was never with robin, it was with her feelings for robin.

& maybe nancy realizes she had a crush on barb at some point or that maybe her love for blondie goes a little beyond just liking their music. but when she’s kissing robin, everything makes sense and everything just feels right

or maybe nancy and robin get along great (which is kinda weird for steve at first, but he’s got eddie & he and nancy are back on good terms now)

and robin has a crush on nancy but vows to never act on it or do anything to risk losing nancy’s friendship because that’s more important to her than some dumb unrequited crush

but secretly nancy is trying to pinpoint the exact feeling she gets around robin because she’s always so excited to hang out with her & she can’t tell why. because she’s never been that excited to hang out with any of her other friends before, so why does she get so giddy when it’s robin?

and one night, they decide to have a sleepover with makeovers & chinese takeout & maybe a couple wine coolers that nancy stole from karen (or maybe robin convinced steve to buy them some).

and nancy is so excited robin agreed to the makeovers part because it means that robin gets to play with her hair but again can’t tell why that excites her so much

(meanwhile robin is trying so hard to be as “normal” as she can while braiding nancy’s hair, because all she can think about through the light fog from the 2 wine coolers she’s had, is leaning down and placing light kisses on nancy’s exposed shoulders & she’s terrified that nancy might somehow read her mind or that she might not be able to stop herself & in turn ruin the only real friendship she’s had with a girl since barb)

and when they move on to makeup and nancy is applying lipgloss to robin, she is finally able to put a name to the feelings she’s been having: want, desire, longing. staring at robins freshly glossed lips, she realizes there’s nothing she wants more in the world than to know what they’d feel like on hers.

and because she’s nancy (and possibly slightly tipsy). she decides, screw it, and she just goes for it. and robin, surprised at first, quickly realizes she isn’t dreaming and kisses nancy back and it’s more magical than either girl could’ve ever imagined

i lose my fucking mind over that shit!!!

or like steve is confused because why does his heart beat like that when eddie is around? why does his stomach do little flips when eddie calls him pet names, those little flips like it used to when nancy would laugh at his jokes, or when she’d affectionately call him an idiot?

he can’t quite figure it out, because it can’t be that he likes eddie because he’s never felt this way about another man before, and he is certain he likes girls. and you can’t like both, right? right??

and he goes to robin in a panic because she’s really the most qualified to give advice in this situation (but also because there’s nobody he’s ever trusted to not judge him as much as her). and robin laughs and has to explain to steve that he can like both & that just because he hasn’t felt this way before doesn’t make it any less real or valid.

& maybe steve has to sit with that for a little bit, so he spends the weekend in his bed just staring at the ceiling, thinking. and eddie is convinced he pissed steve off because he won’t answer the phone, so he goes over sunday night to apologize for whatever he did because the thought of losing steve makes his heart ache

& when eddie knocks on steve’s open door and peeks his head in with an apologetic smile, steve looks into eddie’s big brown eyes, and everything clicks into place. all the thoughts and questions that were running through his head all weekend finally stop & all he can think is “kiss him” so he does & nothing has felt more right in his life

and eddie can’t believe this is really happening, because he thought one day the ache in his heart would kill him, the ache from knowing steve would never feel the same way eddie did. the ache that eddie would have to live the rest of his life as nothing more to steve harrington than a friend, and he’d have to be okay with that.

and i just really need more of these in my life, especially ronance because there just really isn’t enough content out there for them.. okay that’s all, thanks for listening to my ramblings.

[sophieinwonderland]

Hello! VrGenic anon again back with some small updates!

So I started off by going into public game lobbies under a sort of persona, I started off by writing some basic traits and some likes/dislikes (these will change overtime once she gains consciousness)

I also remember in the post with the video you were talking about, it had only taken a couple days for the person to start talking about this persona as if a completely different person.

So I tried this out specifically, after each play session I would go to my friends and start talking about what happened, at first I stuck with just I/me pronouns, but eventually as I kept playing more and more, I noticed I would accidentally switch between I/me and referring to the persona as her proper name and pronouns

I've noticed also that it's pretty hard to exactly "act" (I don't wanna say act but lowkey that's what I'm doing before she fully forms) as her outside of VrChat, for example, I decided to take a bit of a break and get a drink, so I decided "hm this might be a good time to practice" so I kept trying to ask myself things like "what would she drink? How would she mix it? Does she like multiple drinks?" And overall the answers were mixed, I couldn't exactly put one answer on each question, but if I was in VrChat and someone asked her her favorite drink, she would say apple juice (I ended up drinking alot of apple juice bc of her, but apple juice is good so🤷‍♂️)

Also whenever I would log into VrChat, while standing in the blue void waiting to get into the lobby, I had a weird almost dizzy like feeling, not like the feeling u get if u get motion sickness but as if I was having to shed off my old persona and then layer on this one, it wasn't bad it didn't really affect me that much, but it was cool to notice!

She has also gained some friends on VrChat, which helps tremendously with forming her since I can use more time in private worlds and figure out how she might react to certain situations, she ended up going to a spiderman world and she thought it was pretty fun, just a bit of a struggle to figure out

Overall, in a nutshell, so far some progress has been made, but I do not think she has her own consciousness YET, I will keep working towards it tho!

This is really awesome! Thanks for sharing your results with this experiment so far!

There's a lot of really interesting stuff here!

It's cool hearing how naturally the shift in pronouns happened. Especially since you were already aware of it from the other video and were watching out for it. I would have guessed that knowing would have made it less likely for this to happen. That because you were aware that it happened with someone else, that you would be paying slightly more attention when you spoke, and so using these other pronouns would be less likely to just slip out. The fact the language change happened even when you knew that it happened to someone else and was watching for it is fascinating!

The way you describe the dizziness whenever you're in the loading screen makes me wonder if it's become a sort of trigger. If so, I'm curious what would happen when you practiced outside of VR if you took a moment, closed your eyes, and imagined going through the loading screen.

But I might not advise doing this yet. It might be better to wait until later in development and you think that she's fully conscious. If only because I am incredibly curious how a headmate who has existed primarily in virtual reality would react when fronting outside of it and what her perspective would be on the outside world.

Overall, this is just really cool stuff! It's a whole new frontier of plural psychology that nobody has really tested before, so thanks so much for sharing your results with me so far! 😄👍

[strangegardendelusion]

MY REVIEW OF HAZBIN HOTEL EP 2!

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Summary of the episode:

This episode follows Alastor as he finally goes back in the public eye. In this same episode, we are finally meeting The vee's: Vox, Velvette, and Valentino. Now, for plot B of the episode, we follow the hotel as they receive a new guest... Sir Pentious!

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My issues with the episode short formed:

● voice acting (I explain later in full)

● When Charlie said she had to get done in 6 months

● The villains for the season should be switched around

● How they handle Vanlentino character

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My issues with the episode long formed:

● I heard Valentino voice for the first time, I legit thought, "Why is the Valentino voice changing?" Because Valentino had 10 different voices going on. I don't know if the va was nervous, so he kept messing up, or if he was struggling to keep up with the voice.

● in the beginning of the episode, Charlie was freaking out, saying she had to be done in 6 months. Which to me crazy! For example, if charlie plan of redemption is the first of it kind, why is she limiting herself to 6 months! Like that not enough time to prepare nor find out what she needs to do to help sinners get to heaven.

Like 6 months roll fast! Especially if you are doing something new and unique. Like things take time, that is why a lot of projects take years to take off the ground. So because of that, I do find it a little annoying whenever charlie brings up that she has to be done before 6 months. Because nobody actively told her to do 6 months, and we later see in other episodes that it stresses her out.

So why stick with the 6 month limition when it first stresses you out, and it really doesn't benefit anyone from I can see. Now I think about it, I do see why charlie wants to be done in 6 months, she want to prove to heaven that the extermination is not needed, but I don't know the hotel is not that main of focus to really care about the 6 month limition.

● I feel like the villains should be switched around. Imagine having literally Father of humanity and his right hand person against you, then only for the next season it just 3 people who apparently we supposed to be sacred of. It just feels like a down grade, so just switching villains around would probably just be more appropriate.

● honestly, I hated how Vox treated Val like a child. Like we supposed to fear Val, but honestly, I was just like, when is this gonna be over. I just didn't like how they just treated him as a kid instead of an adult. They do the same thing to charlie, where she more treated as a child than an adult. But charlie I get but Val on the other hand just no.

I would have it rewritten where Vox found out by himself rather than Val telling him. So Vox is doing his thing when his assistant tells him that the radio demon is back. Or Vox is stalking the big computer desk thing he has when he notices a familiar red deer. Either way, Vox rushes in Val room to tell him who is back in town. Then Vox is like, "he can't be back! I beat him fair and square! And Val is like, "Yes, you did, and you will do it again. I mean, you only have been getting more powerful. Maybe we should teach this deer another lesson."

~~~

I rate it 7/10, even though I had a lot to say. I really did enjoy it!

[xerith-42]

pls talk more about doll shadowknight headcanons i love hearing about them

Hey council, I uhh, I may have cooked something up @gonedreaminggg @cinnamontoastcroonch @laurencezvahlslefteyebrow I'm gonna mash my two favorite headcanons together watch this--

Shadow Knight Musician Struggle Time!!

Laurance trying to play the lyre after the doll effects start kicking in and his hand just goes limp mid song. He can't do anything about it and just feels so ill about the whole situation. Garroth tells him that it's okay, that his playing before was great, but it's still kinda a cowabummer.

Vylad practicing his ocarina along and suddenly their lips get stuck around it as Vylad's body just freezes. He's on his own at this point, but it still sucks. He had a real jam going.

Hatsune help me, what if Sasha was a musician before her death? I could totally see Sasha playing the violin when she was younger, giving up on it so she could become a guard or whatever, but when she comes across an abandoned violin, she decides to take it and practice it again. And while she's playing one day, her hand stops moving, as does her arm. Just frozen in place. Her grip on the bow was loose in the first place, and in the silence left by the sudden stop of her music, the bow clatters to the ground.

If she's unlucky, it could even fall from the roof of the fortress she's playing on and land in the lava pools below. Then again if that happened, the instant Sasha got control of her body again she would go beat the fuck out of the Shadow King with her bare hands. It's hard to get musical instruments when you're literally stuck in hell and it's one of the few things that brings her solace.

Just had a wicked and evil thought, we characterized Gene with his porcelain scar, but what if we applied that same idea to someone else? Zenix is like a puppet on his strings, right? What if one day he glanced down at his wrists and found red lines wrapped around them? As if the strings are digging into his skin. And this is after he's already "cut himself free" from the Shadow King's control and is killing Shadow Knights. A chilling reminder that he still isn't in control.

After a bad fight his healing powers come into play, but it leaves a permanent stitch mark where his flesh came back together. Not the way a scar from stitching normally looks, but like a rushed stitch you did on a piece of fabric to get it functional but not pretty. It never goes away, nobody can see it from under his armor, but Zenix knows. He knows it's there.

I know before I said Vylad has compeltely limp states like Laurance, and that's still a thing, but I want to tweak the flavor. I'm imagining Vylad as like a

This fucking thing. That's Vylad. Sometimes only one of his joints stops working instead of the entire limb. Bro will be climbing trees and then their left elbow just goes backwards. Whoops it's not supposed to do that! Vylad is honestly not too bothered by this after the third time it happens, bro just gets used to it.

Everyone else (especially Garroth) is understandably very thrown off by this suddenly happening. Like it's one thing for Laurance's arm to go numb and act like it's out of socket, it's another thing for Vylad's arm to be able to bend backwards with seemingly no physical pain caused to him. He keeps trying to assure everyone that this is just ab symptom of being a shadow knight, and it's only Laurance who really gets it. The phrase "all dolled up" might as well be a universal trigger of Shadow Knights. Cadenza says it in reference to Laurance while she's helping him get ready for Kenmur's wedding, and while she instantly knows she fucked up and Laurance can see that, it still makes him stiff. His hands twitch as if to make sure it didn't start just from her saying the phrase. References to dolls start to fade out of the vocabulary of the alliance and its members over time. Largely because everyone has respect for either Vylad, Laurance, or Vincent and doesn't want to potentially upset them. The whole doll thing is a pretty sensitive subject.

Speaking of Vincent, as we've established, the doll stuff happens regardless of whether they're premature or not. I think that it happens less if you've answered the calling, but it still happens. Vincent gives me the vibes of like a voodoo doll almost. So he definitely gets the randomly limp limbs sometimes, but sometimes he just can't open his mouth, as if it were sewn shut. Oh that's awful oh my Irene this headcanon has caused so much pain.

I have other stuff to say on the Vincent as a voodoo doll thing but... Wow what the fuck that's horrifying. Like the first time that happens is maybe after he's answered the calling but still doesn't fully understand what he is. He's trying to explain it, nearly screaming to try and fight against it, clawing at his face to try and tear it off-- Wowie Minecraft Diaries really lends itself to body horror. I didn't even plan to write that sentence but as I was writing it I remembered the very popular headcanon about Shadow Knights having claws or at least sharper nails that could easily tear skin and yeah wow what the actual fuck.

Uhm, on a better (??) note, I think this means Vincent sometimes just gets random stabbing pains in his body with seemingly no cause. I feel like this might be connected to the Shadow King, but then also could somehow connect to the other divine? Idk about that part I just think the idea of Aph growing her angel wings causing Vincent to feel some form of pain in his back as a response would be weird and net. Vincent is weird and neat, sorry for low key mutilating him.

Have fun incorporating those scars into your next redesign!

[sleepybunn-y]

Introducing my current PC’s!!!

Tomie:

———

- Specifically named after Junji Ito’s Tomie because A. I like the name and B. I think every PC has a little Tomie in them. She just has a lot. But without the murder. Yeah.

- Star-sign is pisces.

- Favorite animal; doe.

- Only child; parents died in murder-suicide of which she was a witness.

- Severe survivors guilt.

———

- Tries to act like “normal” people and fails miserably. Frustrated by her social incompetency.

- Struggles with her mental health due to that isolation. Very close with Harper. Almost infatuated with him in a way. Odd.

- Very unaware, or at least that’s how she wants to be. If she sees things others don’t she gives no indication.

- Almost as unpopular as Kylar in school and so they spend a lot of time together. Despite this, she doesn’t really like him. Thinks his obsession is flattering though.

- Her room is as filled as Bailey will allow with stuffed animals. (Whitney’s twin fr 🤞🏻)

- Owns one stuffed bear from her life before the orphanage. Her one prized possession.

- Very fashion oriented, closet is stuffed with clothing.

- Makes most of her money as a model.

- Aspirations to become a professional model or a lawyer. Whichever is easiest.

- Angel motif, not an actual angel.

- Genuinely thinks Avery is a sweetheart.

- Feels as though she’s been forsaken by God.

- Would do almost anything for affection.

- Just wants to be loved.

Anthy:

———

- Named after Anthy Himemiya because I like that name. Heresy to name a character this pale after Anthy but whatever.

- Star-sign is Cancer.

- Favorite animal; bunny.

- Only child; parents died in house fire.

———

- Biggest whore in town. Proud town bicycle. Fucks for free. Enjoys the agency found in willingly giving her body away.

- An it girl. Very popular in school and out.

- Despite her obvious attraction to all things profane, she’s very active in the temple. She’s mostly just curious about the goings on.

- She is not well liked in the Temple. Like, at all. I don’t know why they let her stay to be honest.

- Ivory Wraith apologist. Thinks the tentacle thing is weird but is dtf whenever.

- Doesn’t really like Sydney as a person. Feels like he’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Honestly a bit frightened by him.

- Also doesn’t appreciate how malleable he is.

- Doesn’t like Sirrus either. He’s a weirdo.

- Also struggles with mental health issues (what PC doesn’t tbh) but distrusts Harper. Doesn’t understand how nobody else sees through his bullshit.

- Makes most of her money at the cafe doing gross things for gross amounts of money.

- Weird about anime. Like in the way I imagine Kylar is. A weeaboo if you will. She’s dl with it though, doesn’t want to freak people out.

- Big Wren fan. Has a crush on him and feels strange about it. Doesn’t like that she’s gotten attached, especially to a guy like him.

- Shit at blackjack. Maybe on purpose.

[danwhobrowses]

One Piece Chapter 1098 - Initial Thoughts

Who's ready to feel sad again this week?

If the answer was no then...well...yeah, sorry Another One Piece chapter is out and we are ready to get hit by the cast iron hammer of trauma

brace yourselves

Spoilers for the Chapter, Support the Official Release too

We'll start with the elephant in the room, I didn't want to believe comments that the chapter looked unfinished because I didn't want to also worry about Oda's health, but the chapter is very unkempt. The cover even has a message of Oda apologizing

I'm sure I'm not alone, but I feel like nobody would've thought less of Oda just delaying the chapter to make it look polished if he so wished, I am curious about the reasoning though because usually he's ahead on these things, did the sent draft get damaged or corrupted or something? I wonder if we'll ever know

But the cover page is Brook jamming with an Electric Eel, no continuity relevant covers like last time

It appears that during the Goa fire incident another uprising is looking dire, stretching the army thin

Kuma decides to go and solo it though, on a mission and acting recklessly after news of Ginny's kidnapping

Oh, oh no. It's much worse. Captured as a prisoner for being a Revolutionary would've been one thing, but Ginny was kidnapped because a Celestial Dragon wanted her as a bride

And we all can guess what that will mean...

Kuma does successfully help the Toomi uprising succeed for the army, but Kuma has being running himself rugged

2 years pass and a ragged ship sails the sea with a crying baby Bonney

Ginny is alive, contacting Baltigo to talk to Kumachi

Something feels off though, the Celestial Dragons aren't ones for simply letting people go, especially if they're sick, usually it's a bullet

The forlorn face of Ginny's Den Den Mushi does hide a more darker truth, maybe even one Oda's not fully telling us

Of course, Kuma clocks onto the fact that Ginny's sick, and it turns out that Ginny isn't gonna be able to make it to Baltigo

Kuma wants to be with her, but she doesn't want him to see her in her state at death's door, asking Dragon and Ivankov to look after Kuma

Kuma's already gone though, rushing to the Sorbet Kingdom to the one place he knew she'd go, but in turn missing her last declaration of love for him

Kuma arrives to the right place, but time has run out

Ginny's illness is something we've not seen, her skin hardened and crystallized in contact with the sun, a risk she willingly took to cross the ocean and get home, leaving a baby Bonney in the safest place she knew

It's heartbreaking stuff as Kuma reminds himself of all the times he had with her; he did everything right, everything selflessly, and he still lost everything

Kuma's a better man than me though; if I learned that the woman I loved and lived with for over a decade got kidnapped and spent the last 2 years being the enslaved plaything of the worst creatures imaginable only to come back dying of a disease that deprives her from the light and dies before I got to see her I would've gone full Shinra Tensei on Marejois

Still, Kuma will not let Ginny's death be in vain, and will raise Bonney well

Of course, since Kuma is gigantic, he struggles being delicate with a child, seeking advice from the elderly people

Bonney was a glutton since birth

A brief wholesome montage of Kuma being a good dad to make sure this chapter didn't get super dark

Until it's layered in with Kuma having to fight with the Revolutionaries at the same time

He did put an iron cage over Bonney's cot too so he didn't smush her

And a brief Sabo training cameo

Time passes but the two kids find the church boarded up and Kuma locked inside

And right where her piercing is, blue stones form on Bonney's face

Doctors aren't sure what it is, but it's clear Bonney inherited Ginny's condition, we can only confirm it's not White Lead Poisoning like Law had

As a result, Kuma quits the Revolutionary Army to tend to her

For a guy who quit raising his child to be a Revolutionary, Dragon seems more than understanding seeing Kuma quit the Revolutionaries to raise his child

Seven years ago, Bonney is 5 years old, meaning her true age is likely 12

Local kids bully her, calling her a vampire and running into the daylight to escape her

Bonney is still foul mouthed for someone raised by a pastor, giving the boys the finger as well

Kids aren't too smart though, trying to use a cross on her, while she lives in a church...

Bonney threatens to chase after them, but is stopped by Kuma, who worries even if she wasn't being serious

Bonney is at least aware that her facial stones are part of an illness, but Kuma still tries to uplift her, calling them her Jewels

I guess that's where the Jewelry comes from

Kuma asks Bonney where she'd like to go when she's better, leading her to talk about the Sky Islands

It's a bit obscure, but it seems the book she read it from is Kuma's bible

Bonney also feels like they could meet Nika up there, so they settle that as her 20th birthday, for her 19th she'll go to Fishman Island

Bonney's disease finally gets a name though; Sapphire Scale, feels like a Game of Thrones Greyscale kinda deal, it's allegedly incurable

It's super rare, but the stones grow when they touch any natural light, sun or moon, and even then avoiding the light just slows the disease

The doctor gives Bonney 5 years, traumatizing Kuma more

Bonney only partly overheard the conversation too, taking 'it'll be over on her 10th birthday' as the disease will pass by then

Kuma goes along with it though, you can't tell a child they're gonna die after all but he also feels the guilt of giving her so much hope

A year later, King Becori returns with fire

This time instead of making borders, he's gonna burn the south down himself

Oda please, it's sad enough

and it's gonna be 12+ weeks since we last saw Nico Robin too I haven't forgotten about that

The unfinished panels didn't hamper the chapter as much as it might have had the story quality not been strong, there was only a couple of panels I just had to look a bit harder at to distinguish.

But yeah, the story. I can't say it's great because it's heartbreaking and soul-wrenching, so let's just say it achieved its intent. Ginny suffered a cruel fate and unable to be saved by Kuma, but I also feel like there's more to it than her simply being 'let go', escape is probable but I also fear that Sapphire Scale was an experiment.

There's so much traumatic irony too, a disease that deprives you of the sun, of the light, of the dawn, it feels like something the Gorosei would weaponize. Also the irony of Bonney stopping Zoro from killing a Celestial Dragon who was going to forcibly take a woman as one of his wives, I feel like Kuma wouldn't let her know the full story but that is a tragic bit for us. It also implies that Bonney is technically a Celestial Dragon herself, almost a bridge between both since Ginny was also a slave, it could explain why the Gorosei keep offering a bit of leeway to her too.

The worst part of it all is that I can't be certain that the clone theory is off the table for Bonney, Law survived his disease due to the Ope Ope no Mi, I don't think Bonney's fruit can provide the same assurances. Oda can go super dark if he wants to continue to rip chunks out of Kuma by having Bonney not make her 10th birthday after all, and then Vegapunk clones a Bonney without the Sapphire Scale disease in her DNA. I do hope not of course but it still sadly remains an option.

King Becori's return was an odd place to end though, this is either the point where Kuma becomes King, a pirate, a Warlord or all of the above, perhaps as King he gets World Government information to find a cure for Bonney. We'll find out in 2 weeks I guess, but Oda please,

There has to be a way to end the story with Kuma being happy.

[jinxie-117]

heavy suicide tw under the cut. heavy HEAVY. i mean it. suicide watch type heavy. i am going to talk about my feelings about arcane season 2. so spoilers as well.

this is a very, very personal post but in the end its purpose serves to demonstrate why i think a lot of the narrative choices with jinx were done incredibly poorly and the extent of their irresponsibility. buckle up

the ending of arcane s2 genuinely made me want to kill myself.

not in a "haha, it was so sad!" kind of thing, i absorbed the piece, and i sat with it, and i thought. "wow! i really am right about myself. nobody has ever benefitted from my presence. i really would be better off dead."

backstory time - i am fictionkin, and jinx is my highest kin. she as a character has always been so incredibly close to my soul that we are, essentially, the same person. her pain is my pain. i named myself after her, and i did so for the same reasons she did - to reclaim the mistakes i've made in my past and wear them as armour. not only that spiritual connection, but we are a one-to-one in terms of personality, a characteristic i can't claim for many of my other kintypes. jinx was so vital to me because she made me feel so seen. finally i had somebody who understood me - and other people who also related to her, who understood me. i finally wasn't alone.

and then, well. we know what happens in season 2. jinx kills herself - and before you say she's still alive, well. i don't care. she's dead to all the people around her. maybe cait knows she's still alive but if she tells vi then it'll just end up with more heartbreak. if you want a more in-depth reason as to why it's a bad narrative choice just look at the post i last reblogged on my account. if you come into my notes talking about how she's still alive, i will block you, no exceptions.

i am not very easily triggered. i've suffered with a large number of mental struggles and all of them have been equally painful, and yet, i am rarely ever triggered by anyone reminding me of these or anything like that. i relish in stories like jinx's despite their similarities to my own because it's easy for me to consume media like this without being distressed, and it lets me feel seen.

so, imagine my surprise when jinx killed herself, and i was just like "oh. okay." and immediately this wave of suicidal ideation hit me. and, god, i couldn't tell anyone. not if i didn't want people to worry. i had to just sit there with my feelings, and maybe i told someone about it just a little bit but i didn't really go into detail with it. i couldn't. i had to believe people still wanted me. that they'd still worry for me. i had to fight against what the show was telling me.

sure, i get it. don't consume media that triggers you. but i really wasn't expecting it. even if she'd killed herself during the suicide montage, honest-to-god i would have been less triggered. what got me about jinx's death was that she had fought back from the brink, she'd lived, and then... she kills herself, again. she kills herself, and it's good. it's good for her to be out of the lives of everyone to love her. she saved her sister! her sister can finally be fucking happy with everyone else in her life, while her corpse fucking rots. and that's okay!

this last week i have been the worst i've ever been. maybe i am making this post because i have absolutely nobody to talk to, because i have been having such a bad time of it that most of my friends have been cut off. i just want to tell somebody i'm in danger. to tell somebody i'm not okay, and then not immediately be rebuked with dismissal. i have nobody i can go to.

because what if they're right? what if everyone in my life really is better off without me? what if i'm allowed to kill myself, so long as its a heroic act, something that will benefit the people around me? what if it wasn't a tragedy for me to be gone? what if the people in my life all moved on and lived happy lives without me? what if i never even made a mark on them at all? all the work i've done on myself has been rendered null and void. i feel like a part of me has been ripped out and ruined. all because of this show. it's silly, isn't it? to be so miserable because of a tv show.

i'm not weak. i never have been. i make an effort to live every single day, because i know myself worth it. apparently this makes me not sick enough, or something. should i hate myself instead? would that earn me love, affection? god knows. i swear, if i could bring myself to shut my mouth i wouldn't even make this post but it's like - what if? what if somebody else feels the same way? what if we both want ourselves gone from the world because this show we let into our hearts has told us it's better this way? what if someone else goes to bed at night and thinks, maybe tonight's the night? maybe i'll free everyone of the burden that is my person?

i'll probably be at war with these thoughts for a while. i really didn't intend or realise that this would happen, that it'd affect me so. i can promise everyone that i can try hard enough to be fine. saying all of this has made me feel a lot more. i just feel like, if i feel this way, someone else must, right?

anyway, i think i'm done yapping now? all this to say, the message they put out in jinx's arc is, in no fashion, positive. and i'm proof of it. all of you people acting like this kind of messaging doesn't affect people, well - look me in the eye. call me weak for it. i don't care that jinx is alive. her 'suicide' might nearly trigger mine.

once again, if you so much as imply that she's still alive as an argument against my post, i am going to set an army upon you. stay out of my fucking life.

[dirtsoilmulch]

Guide/Dryad hcs??

anon. i have a lot to say (this ended up like a ramble fic more than headcanons) (oopsie) (hope you like anyway)

prehardmode:

- they don't start out very close, but it's obvious to the both of them that they will at least talk occasionally. the guide is constantly looking for more information on the world around him. (information which i assume is journaled, categorized in different ways. like if the beastiary covered every single aspect of terraria.) the only reliable source of the past is the dryad

- he reaches out to learn more, especially when it comes to skeletron's defeat and the clothier's return.

- she just. sucks. at talking.

- it isn't on purpose or anything. her tone just ends up flat and dry, her expression rarely changes (other than to frown). the dryad is insanely difficult to read. she'll spend most of her time staring and frowning at him than actually speaking.

- she does get along with him much better than anyone else (which isnt saying much). most people can't hold a conversation at all. at the very least, the guide can do small talk.

- he'd push on the unknowns more, but doesn't like the fact that it all has to be explained. it definitely doesn't help that the dryad seems like shes talking down to everyone when saying anything.

- she can't give him much information on world guardians and the guide's responsibilities before the wall of flesh fight. she's given vague information, but anything more is hard to talk on.

- part of her doesn't want to scare him and doesn't want to make him feel like an idiot for not knowing his true purpose. the other part wants him to understand the gravity of what is happening. the safety of the world lies in his hands. if the world guardian falls, they will only be exposed to more and more horrors.

- the dryad couldn't name the feeling even if she wanted to. but she understands how it feels to be a sole savior. and, by extension, how it feels to fail

hardmode:

- the same guide comes back once the wall of flesh is defeated. now he understands, he realizes that he's failed when he sees the hallow. the first person he seeks out is the dryad.

- he doesn't even let the nurse tend to his wounds. he's realised the dryad understands him. in a way nobody could possibly try to unless they had failed in the way that he did (and the way she did 500 years ago)

- with everything that changes at the start of hardmode, the guide feels the overwhelming need to write and document it. but with the burn scars, he's in so much pain that he can't move.

- the dryad helps him with it. she writes for him, making some of the journals half clean penmanship and half light, loopy chicken scratch. sometimes he'll speak and she'll copy it down. other times, she writes on her own and he rereads and edits it.

- this whole process doesn't actually end even when he's recovered. and it's not an act of pity from the dryad (though it never was). she enjoys it. spending time with him, looking over his work and seeing the very essence of the guide within everything he writes- she likes it. she likes him

- feelings develop between the two. even when he doesn't need her help, she's by his side. i imagine they've discussed what happened during the wall of flesh fight once or twice. late at night.

- neither can express any kind of emotion very well. the dryad still struggles with tone, but she's making an effort to try harder. to say what she thinks instead of what she needs to say.

- the dryad tries to tell jokes. mostly bad tree puns. she's very lucky the guide likes her because no one finds them funny but him

- she teases a lot more often. still, the guide struggles to tell what she even means in the first place, but he's getting used to it. they are able to joke back and forth

- slowly, overtime, they've got this weird thing going on. not dating, not friends, but a weird thing in the middle.

- they're closer to each other than anyone else. and when more romantic shit happens, it's all very incredibly awkward.

- they are bad at kissing. bad at saying i love you. (they still attempt these things. from the outside, it probably looks like the worst experience of anyone's life. but they enjoy it together despite the weirdness)

- i think the most they can do successfully is hold each other and stare. it comes easier than traditional romantic stuff does

- the guide does make more of an attempt at the traditional romance things as the plot begins to cool down. big acts of service person, dabbles in gifts and physical touch but relies on words of affirmation from the dryad (which she is content to give because she likes to see him speechless)

- they do all kinds of things with each other. hikes, patrols around corruption/crimson/hallow.

- he enjoys reading aloud his own writing to her. she listens, even to the simplest of things. (i imagine the guide is the most well-versed in forest creatures just because he lives there. she's not stupid, she knows what a bunny is. but she'll let him talk anyway)

- the dryad scares him. not on purpose, she just walks quietly and doesn't say anything until she's right behind him. (she would alert him better, but she finds it funny)

- i've always imagined the guide and dryad to be relatively immortal beings. the dryad can live for around a thousand years, but can also enter the static, disguise state where she exists as a tree. all without a consciousness or aging.

- the guide title is something that's existed forever. guides can only die by their own hand (which is what i think the guide's father did before telling him anything), or by failing to protect the world. but plot armor or something.

- so they do live for a while. no matter how many generations pass through, everyone still points out the way she looks at him. with her head tilted slightly to the side and the tiniest smile on her lips. and the guide stares in a similar way, though his adoration tends to be more obvious.

- your honor. theyr in love

[lgcmisha]

hi! i'm nyeo (18+ / sh/th) and i'm very, very happy to be introducing you all to the semi-honorable, idol-actress-personality in-the-making: hong misha. she's outspoken, bratty, and ever-so-slightly catty, but above all, she's a businesswoman who knows how to play to her strengths and (usually) get exactly what she wants. small, but mighty, etc. etc. she's a bit of an enigma, but an interesting case study in self-sabotage, for sure. in lieu of writing a super long intro, i'm gonna link her expanded character outline here and save you the super long read with her gen outline under the cut. :3 uhhh, other than that, d-scord is available upon request and if you'd like to plot, give me a like so i can come to you! i look forward to writing with everyone!!! 💖💘💝

hong misha (紅米沙, 홍미샤) was born august 13, 2001 in nanping, china. her blood type is O+, her MBTI is ENTJ and she thinks that both of those things don’t really mean anything. she’s bisexual and single. her favorite color is light yellow or dusty rose, her favorite kind of candy is gummies, and she listens to all kinds of music, but has a particular affinity toward pop and rnb. her primary goal is to become an idol-actress, but she’s open to various avenues. her primary strengths lie in acting and vocals, but she shows great promise in variety and songwriting, too. she plays the guzheng and speaks chinese, korean, and japanese with varying degrees of fluency, but only slightly conversational english. her style is cute, feminine and eclectic, and she considers herself a maximalist. her concept is versatile, but she excels at cute, quirky, and story-driven concepts. when she's not training, she works as a freelance nail artist and a waitress.

positives quick-witted, methodical, independent, adorable, self-confident, loyal, ambitious neutrals coquettish, artful, savvy, fanatical, opinionated, superstitious negatives short-tempered, repressed, spiteful, skeptical, impenitent, competitive, melodramatic

debrief

while outsiders will describe her as deceptively innocent, incredibly cute and endearingly poised, those close to her might tell the tale of someone that you never fully know. she’s yet to truly master the art of emotional intimacy and truly growing closer to her tends to involve a lot of push and pull. she’s not really interested in people that aren’t interested in her and all of her oddities. no flower blooms without a struggle, no?

creatively minded, she enjoys music a lot more as an idol-will-be than she ever did as a child who grew up around the sordid, punkish types who played in smoky bars (and forgot to pick her up from her lessons,) and more and more is honing her skill set to make herself feel more deserving of the praise she gets as both a personality and a vocal. she’s vibrant in her element and has gained a reputation for being a hardworker, maintaining the “fighting!” spirit and zeal of a fresher faced trainee well into her growing seniority. she’s clear and playful, well-mannered and well-spoken, and a (mostly, sometimes, if the sky is clear and she slept eight hours the night before) good sport when it comes to the innate competition that comes as a side effect to being a trainee among many others.

home life

she was raised primarily by her grandparents, but started living with her aunt in seoul in 2015, after her mother remarried following a short trial period of misha living with her again full-time in an attempt to repair their historically tumultuous relationship. nobody wants to say the quiet part out loud, but it was clearly a fresh start for her mother, who’d gotten married and had her very young. she visits when time allows, but now that her mom is pregnant again, she can only imagine how often that’ll be. anyway, moving to seoul was a new beginning and, as it stands, her only connection back home to nanping is her grandparents and her ever-therapized dad. she was formally adopted by her aunt in 2018.

fun facts

she has a habit of intergrating chinese or english phrases or exclamations into her daily speech (ex. saying something is cute or delicious in either eng or chn, saying “oh my god,”/“wow” etc.)

she was born a month early and her grandparents affectionately call her “speedracer” because they could tell early on that her eagerness to get here would be indicative of her desire to succeed.

her grandparents own a bakery and her aunt, who she lived with up until her signing with legacy entertainment, makes specialty marshmallows in a cafe. misha sometimes goes in to help when time allows, but has more or less accepted that it’s not really her calling.

misha enjoys collecting stuffed animals but has recently had to donate more than half of the ones she brought with her to the dorms because they were taking up a ridiculous amount of space. that combined with her shopping habit was practically a recipe for disaster. she still buys them, obviously, but she’s restricting herself to small, soft, cute ones that she could stuff in a suitcase, if necessary.

die-hard 2nd gen kpop fan

she was a reptile kid growing up, so she has a lot of useless knowledge about lizards and snakes stored in her pretty little head.

more than likely dresses like a combination of harper finkle and london tipton and one of those maximalist fashion girlies on tiktok

“she’s incredibly sexy, but she has to do something goofy every five seconds or she’ll die.”

[therummesoccupied]

IDW'S SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, ISSUE #74 - THOUGHTS

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

Oh yeah, I have a review to do.

So, here we are - the penultimate issue of the Phantom Riders arc, which itself might be the climax of the ongoing Clean Sweepstakes saga, we'll see.

This issue does everything you'd expect the second-to-last issue of a major arc to do. Builds the stakes, heightens the drama, and sets everything up for a climactic showdown, and it opens up by paying off a showdown of its own, set up last issue.

Here we get Amy, Tails, Belle, Don, and the Chaotix vs. Clutch and his henchmen - with Rough and Tumble being amongst them. Last time, I mentioned that I expected this fight to go fairly quickly in the heroes' favor, wondering what it was Clutch had up FDWJFGBDhis sleeve, and it turns out...

A. I was right!

B. Nothing!

Yeah, outside of the quick hostage situation, the heroes are quickly able to fend of Clutch and co. long enough for Charmy to escape the vault carrying a data drive full of Clean Sweep's dirty deeds. Pursued by Clutch, he immediately rushes it to the bridge, resulting in this really great scene where Clutch struggles tirelessly to stop Nite from releasing the incriminating information to the public, but at every turn, the random, nameless Restoration workers throw themselves in his way - throw themselves into danger - to slow him down, even if it's just a couple seconds.

It really hammers in just how genuinely cool the Restoration is. These people are volunteers. We have no idea if they're being paid or not, but the fact of the matter is that nobody is requiring them to be here. And yet, when the chips are down, these regular folks spring into action because they believe in the Restoration and its cause, not because of how lucrative its partnership with Clean Sweep can be.

I also love Clutch's expressions throughout this issue. Over the course of this whole saga, Clutch has prided himself on being a smooth operator, remaining collected and confident as he pulls strings from the shadows. Yet, every now and again, we've seen little hints of a hidden temper within him. Hints that, when his plans don't go smoothly, he nearly falls apart. Here, we finally get to see that in full force, with Clutch absolutely melting down when all of the chips he so perfectly arranged seem to turn against him. I really like seeing him descend into petty rage.

Nite and the Restoration volunteers aren't the only ones getting badass moments here, though. Jewel herself gets a bit of spotlight when Clutch tries to take control of the shuttle and its weapons system, using her own authorization to activate the shuttle's self-destruct sequence.

Clutch, of course, doesn't take this sitting down, his tantrum coming to a head as he sets the shuttle on a crash course with the city below before wrecking the controls the prevent the course from being altered. It's kind of insane that the stakes to this story got so high when there's no tyrannical empire, no ancient gods, no sentient weapons of mass destruction. Just a crude businessman about to commit a massive war crime that will result in countless casualties.

The drama does not stop outside the shuttle though, as, in the midst of Sonic's face-off with the Diamond Cutters, Duo arrives and spills a not-insignificant can of beans:

They've been playing an interesting game with the Diamond Cutters here, with Lanolin doggedly pursuing the Phantom Rider while Tangle and Whisper know it's Sonic, and keep quiet because they assume he's acting for the greater good in some way - all the while Mimic, incognito as Duo, works to drive a wedge between them. Tensions have been rising between the DC for some time now, and it seems like they may finally come to a head here. I'm fascinated to imagine what will happen as a result of this. How will this affect Lanolin's view of herself as a leader, knowing that her own teammates didn't trust her enough to tell her about this? How will she react when she learns that Sonic's stunts as the Phantom Rider were all pulled off with the help of Dr. Eggman? What's going to happen when they all learn who Duo really is? This plot line specifically has got me really excited.

Of course, all the while, Sonic himself sees the imminent danger approaching and rushes off to handle it without a second thought, without a single care what conclusions the Diamond Cutters come to regarding his recent antics.

This arc has really done a great job at nailing down that irreverent aspect of Sonic's character. He doesn't care what laws he broke or what the consequences are. He only cares what he feels is right, and acts upon that instinct one hundred percent of the time. Radical free-agent, Sonic the Hedgehog.

We also get a neat little bit of tension between Duo and Surge as well.

This is really cool since Mimic, now faced with Surge and Kit as enemies, has to reckon with the fact that they are they only two people in the world besides Clutch who know his true identity, and the extreme danger they present to him. As he rushes with the Diamond Cutters toward the Shuttle, and the inevitable confrontation with Clutch, it's likely that his cover isn't going to last too much longer, so I'm really excited to see how this all shakes out.

And that's where Issue 74 leaves us - right in the throes of a do-or-die scenario. These past couple arcs have really been peak IDW Sonic, and this issue did a phenomenal job of bringing everything to a boiling point.

Hammerstrom was a perfect choice for this one, as his expressions really sold the drama at play here, and Froese's lines and Graham's colors consistently compliment his work perfectly. Stanley continues to be at the top of her game, and I can't wait to see how she pays all this buildup off in the next issue.

Before that, however, we have a Knuckles Anniversary Special to look forward to here in about... 20 minutes, so I'mma go read that and see what my thoughts are.

Til then, thanks for reading, and I'll catch you for the next review!

[realmeganamram]

NEPO BABY

Hey, guys! There’s been a lot of discussion going on lately and I just wanted to clear the air. I totally understand that people think I got my job because of my dad, but I definitely would have still been the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ even if my dad wasn’t God. Everyone says I would have been the Son of God even if I weren’t the son of God.

Just because my dad is famous, it doesn’t mean I don’t have merits of my own. I am a very good listener, and nice, and I have a bag that has seven million fish in it. I’m pretty embarrassed by D-d—I don’t even really like telling people my last name. When people find out that my last name is Of Nazareth, it just shuts down any conversation. How do they know it’s the same Of Nazareth? What if my dad was, like, Bill Of Nazareth, just, like, a guy with a truck and a snake? Not everyone in my family is famous. What about my mom? She’s a prude and a nobody! Her last name, Mary, isn’t well known at all! Her last name is Mary and her first name is Virgin.

You have no idea—it actually really sucks to have a famous parent. No one believes that I healed those lepers on my own. But now we’ll never know if I could have cured leprosy without the leg up my dad gave me, which is that I am magic and have the gorgeous hair of a horse you hope breeds with all the other horses. Sure, I got all this myrrh as a kid, but that myrrh lasts you only so long. And then you have to work for your own myrrh. And I worked for every inch of myrrh I ever got. Every cubic centimetre of myrrh. Every cup of it. What is myrrh?

I toiled really hard to get where I am. I went to four years of carpenter school. And, no, I don’t have student loans, because, yes, my dad invented wood, but it was still hard. I have hammered my thumbs so many times. One time, I even drove a nail all the way through my hand. It hurt so bad, and I was, like, I hope that never happens again, but then it did! I totally acknowledge my privilege, but let’s not act like other people don’t have privilege, too. I can turn water into wine, but my buddy Eric can turn water into piss. Why aren’t people obsessed with Eric’s dad?

I started from the bottom—I was born and immediately put in a manger. You’d imagine that soft hay would be in there, but no. Do you know what was in there? Four scorpions. Worse than a normal bed. I don’t even technically have my own birthday! I share it with Santa, which is antisemitic.

I’m a really good sport about things. Every time I walk into a Catholic church, there’s a good chance I’ll see myself on the Cross, being crucified. Obsessed with me much? And everyone is obsessed with drinking my blood and eating my body. It makes me feel faint. We have to talk about something else before I fall off this horse. And, before you comment about my having a fancy horse, just know that a lot of people’s dads make them horses for their sixteenth birthday.

I don’t want anyone to feel too sorry for me, but the nepo-baby thing makes me really insecure. People are just so ready to tear you down and say, “You don’t even deserve to have a really popular book about you.” I struggled with impostor syndrome for so long, but then I was able to cure it, because I can cure any disease, because I am magic, because of my dad.

All I can hope for is that, by keeping my head down and just doing the work, my legacy will finally be separate from D-d’s. At the end of my career as the Lamb of God, no one is going to think about my dad. They’ll just be, like, That’s some guy who is a really hard worker and always has, like, a hundred loaves of bread with him for some reason.

Ultimately, it boils down to talent. And I will rest easy knowing that the haters are just jealous. But I will love them anyway. Because I am the most humble person of all time.