#but im not gonna bc that could be misinterpreted in a lot of ways

[ghastbutlikegay]

yknow due to internet poisoning when i saw someone had written a character addressing a family member as "babe" in their fic my first thought was "oh god theyre gonna get comments from ALL the wrong people" and it occurred to me that i have no idea how common that actually is as a term of endearment from family

[drowning-in-webnovel-chapters]

Sonic Prime is a perfect intro show for new Sonic fans and annoying for anyone who pays attention to the plot

Sonic prime shows off Sonic characters in a way that is digestible to new fans without dumping an entire legacy's worth of lore on them.

In the beginning we are told directly by Sonic what his relationship with each character is, showing us the characters from his perspective, while giving us a brief understanding of their background and how they met Sonic.

And I know what you're probably thinking, the original versions of the characters (other than Sonic and Shadow) are barely in the show at all, how could they be shown off if they're not in it? And of course, you're right, they're not in it, but that's the point.

The different versions of the Sonic characters are not just separate characters entirely; they are the same character in a different situation that caused them to change. And this change is what makes the show so perfect for new fans, because each variant shows off emphasized parts of each character.

Take Knuckles for example, in New Yolk Renegade is shown to be extremely determined to single mindedly complete their one goal and is very consistently loyal to Rebel while being unwilling to trust anyone else easily. He's also shown to be very brave and strategic in battle; All traits that Knuckles Prime exhibits but exaggerated to a larger extent to help get the point across.

In Boscage Maze Gnarly is representative of Knuckles naivety, showing how he can misinterpret things or be misled; often thinking with his fists or his stomach instead of his brain. And again, exaggerated to get the point across.

Now Dread is where they really shine, Dread perfectly shows off Knuckles' obsession with the Master Emerald, without even mentioning or showing the Master Emerald at all; Using the prism shard as a stand-in for the Master Emerald. It shows off how far he'd go to get it back, it shows how often he doesn't care about how his actions will affect those around him as long as he gets it back. Dread shows us how Knuckles will isolate himself to keep the master emerald/prism shard safe. He fully introduces us to Knuckles' relationship to the Master Emerald without having to explain any of the lore that comes with it.

Each of the variants have examples like this, of introducing a main facet of the original character in an extreme and unsubtle way. Thorn Rose shows Amy's anger at anyone who harms nature, and her tendency to refuse to change her mind and be stubborn if she believes she is in the right. Rebel emphasizes Rouge leadership skills when leading the rebellion/team dark, and ability to be strategic inside and out of combat regardless of her own emotions. And Sails represents Tails' loyalty and belief in his friends. (Im not gonna touch on Nine bc there's a million and one analyses of his character already)

All of this, plus the ghost versions that straight up tell us their core values, and using the concept of "going through different places to find magical rocks" makes for a show that perfectly introduces new Sonic fans to the characters and basis of the world without spoiling or overloading them with lore and explanations.

Its enough to get us intrigued by the characters, while leaving plenty to still be explored and learned about in which ever way we want.

The movies are also an intro to Sonic, but they lose a lot of points by being separate from the canon Sonic universe, introducing a lot of rules and concepts that aren't true in the canon Sonic lore, that it leaves people feeling confused or misled when trying to get into the rest of the series.

I can say that cuz its exactly what happened to me. I watched the movies, got interested, looked at the rest of the fandom, got confused, and decided to interact with only Movie Sonic content. Until I watched Prime.

Prime introduced me to all the original main characters (unless u count Silver or Blaze) and their aspects and relationships, as well as the canon universe. (and the ships which may have been a driving force for me joining the fandom but just ignore that)

If you want to get someone into Sonic id recommend two methods based on my own experience.

1. If they're hesitant about it/feel like its too cringe, start them with the movies, then a game that's fun to play but not story driven, and then make them watch prime

2. If they're not too hesitant/already in fandoms similar, show them prime and your personal favorite game, let them chose which one they want to do first and boom you got a new sonic fan!

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Gotta say your au mixed with the art style and such and amazing work in what we seen so far with the horror and some laughs it's just become a treat every time I saw new details (whenever you supplies them up, thanks for that)

I know you already disclosure that it's gonna be bad BAD TIMES for the puppets gang but does it have it's soft ad fluff times??

The shot were Frank ask Wally if they're dying will looking up for the ceiling hasn't leave my brain, such a raw emotional clear on them, I wonder when they were just the two of them for a while they cuddle or hold hands for comfort??

I just.i just want them to have small victories of comfort

of course it has fluff and comfort! a lot of it! having a nice blend of both makes the fluff feel sweeter & the hurt hit all the harder <3 i will now supply some (written (for now)) examples and tidbits. putting it under the cut cause it got kinda Long

Frank & Wally do become very affectionate with each other! ofc as soon as Frank woke Wally was like "ok im holding your hand everywhere we go, this is Non Negotiable". because its dark! he doesn't want Frank to stray too far or get lost! and it's easier to yank Frank outta harm's way if they're already holding hands. comfort factors into it later, when Frank starts initiating & Wally does it purely to make sure Frank is still there. but yeah they get Very comfortable with each other, to the point where when Eddie wakes up he asks Frank - misinterpreting the situation entirely - "if you'd rather have Wally than me, i understand." ofc Frank laughs his ass off bc uhhh no that is Not what their relationship is, Ed

~ similarly, (almost) everyone acclimates to Wally's need to be as close as possible at all feasible times. he's Very physically affectionate and has little to no regard for personal space or boundaries anymore. like, he'll listen when someone asks him to back off or somethn, but until then he does not give a fuck. and this rubs off on the others as they get used to it

and then there's OH WAIT IDK IF I'VE MENTIONED THIS YET but! Wally - during his main exploration phase - found the Welcome Home episode recordings! and he eventually figured out how to work a tv he found, so he added "watch an episode of me and my friends" into his Routine. when the others wake up, he includes them in this. is it horrifying for them at first? yeah. but they get used to it and find similar if not the same comfort and enjoyment in it that Wally does. like in This Scribble, Frank & Wally & Poppy & Howdy are all watching an episode, and are quoting the lines they've memorized. they all cuddle up on a couch together and watch their favorite show <3

& Wally also teaches them (as they wake up) how to repair and care for themselves / each other, sleeping or otherwise. picture a little sewing circle of Frank, Wally, and Poppy, with Poppy giving tips and guidance on how to improve. these sessions provide them with genuine smiles and sometimes even some laughs.

before Wally & Home's divorce, they'd pass much of the time with games! go-fish, charades, i spy, etc. one of their favorites was when Wally would toss a ball at Home's door, and Home would hit it back. additionally, whenever Wally discovered something new, he'd rush back to Home with it - either the information or the actual thing, if he could carry it. ex: when he'd find books or files, he'd bring them to Home and (quietly) read them aloud while resting against them

and just in general know that the Post Office is a place of safety. Wally has made sure it's secure. i like to imagine like... little craft sessions and impromptu dancing lessons and story sharing going on in there among the awake neighbors. they try to have fun despite it all

that's all i can recall for Act One's fluff tidbits rn, but trust me there is More. and also abundant angsty comfort. the downright painful stuff has to earn its existence yk yk this au is Not grimdark

[shikai-the-storyteller]

UEUEUEUEUEUEU ILL SEND YOU THIS WHILE WAITING TO SEE BOBBYS STATUS.

Dw idm u answering publicly, I want everyone to be cursed w the thought that Rubius is a babygirl and a very bad one at that <3

Honestly I've only read a few explanations of their lore and bits about their relationship but they seem sooooo,,, /pos. Like they have such a fun and silly dynamic that has this air of toxicity and their loves feels quite self destructive bc rubius is kind of a destructive force of nature of a person who has a tendency to hurt those around him, perhaps as a defense mechanism or perhaps out of simply not understanding there are consequences to the things he does while vegetta is someone far too forgiving, he continues to love rubius despite how much he hurts himself, others, and vegetta himself. I'm not saying cubito rubius is an awful person but from what I've seen he is,,, complex. Difficult despite seeming silly. I could be just completely wrong tho LOL I am doin my best I prommy

ANYWAYS IM CHEERING U ON IN WRITING!!! I'd love to talk to u abt them more and learn more abt rubegetta bc like. Look. Theres no way q!vegetta isnt hung up on that demon idc,,,

I'm likewise waiting for the Eggstatistics (which will probably get posted while I'm in the middle of writing this) (EDIT: IT DID) and you gave me the opportunity to infodump so prepare for an essay LMAO

There are SO many layers to Rubius and Vegetta’s relationship (both romantic and friendship-wise), and that complexity makes them fascinating characters to study. I’ve been discussing this a lot in private lately, but I feel like there’s quite a bit of misinformation / misinterpretations of Rubius and Vegetta’s relationship amongst some of the newer fans who might not know some key components of their personality and their relationship dynamic as a whole (which is understandable since the majority of their lore came from Karmaland, and a lot of newer fans only speak English / only watch QSMP), so ALLOW ME TO ELABORATE:

I think of the two, Rubius definitely gets mischaracterized the most (which, again, maybe isn't too surprising since not everyone watched Karmaland and he hasn't been on the QSMP server too much lately). I could go off on a tangent here and list my frustrations about the people who harassed him for his role / his actions during the Egg event / whining about ships to the point where he decided not to log into the server again ‘til the Egg event is over, but that's ultimately irrelevant to this discussion.

“Their love feels quite self-destructive” is a really good way to sum things up, because Rubius is a pretty self-destructive man. Rubius is, fundamentally, a man who is full of love for the people he cares about, but those feelings are in direct conflict with his reluctance to let people get close to him (and his commitment issues). He can freely give hugs and kisses (and more) to Vegetta, but when it comes to expressing his true thoughts and feelings, he’s pretty emotionally constipated. We’ve already seen this a few times on the QSMP server – when Rubius visits on Vegetta’s birthday, he sings him the most beautiful heartfelt love song ever, but as soon as it’s over and Vegetta tries to talk to him, Rubius runs away. Even in Karmaland V, when hooked up to a lie detector and asked about his feelings for Vegetta, Rubius tried to wiggle his way out of answering. Only when the world was literally ending and they all thought they were gonna die did Rubius finally admit his feelings, shouting his confession and his love for Vegetta at the top of his lungs.

(The real tragedy here is that it was so chaotic with everyone shouting, Vegetta never heard his words…)

Although it’s easy to slap the label “toxic” on Rubius, I think that’s unfair to him and his character, as well as his intentions. He truly does love Vegetta with all his heart, in every universe, and he doesn’t want to hurt him, but Rubius doesn’t want to get hurt either. The Meteor shower conversation gives us a clear understanding of that:

Rubius: I don't want to get hurt. I don't want to get my hopes up, and then get hurt. It's happened to me many times before. Especially here in Karmaland. Vegetta: Have you had lovesickness? Rubius: Yes. In Karmaland, everywhere, in real life... I'm already used to getting beaten. Vegetta: That's a pity... Rubius: I just want someone to take care of me, and that's it. I don't ask for much. Vegetta: I'm very protective.

The way I see it, Rubius is afraid of his feelings for Vegetta, because the larger his love grows, the larger that potential for hurt and disappointment gets. Does this excuse all his actions? No, of course not, however there’s a big difference between doing something out of self-preservation (possibly as a trauma-response, depending on how you interpret his character) and doing something with the intent to hurt someone.

IMO, Rubius isn’t a toxic guy, he just needs therapy.

Vegetta doesn’t get mischaracterized quite as often, though I do feel like people have a tendency to put him on a pedestal and minimize the flaws he has. I’m a massive Vegetta fan, but this guy’s far from perfect. He’s self-centered, borderline narcissistic sometimes, and he’s a very prideful man. He’s never left Rubius at the altar, but he’s still had his fair share of “oopsies” and "yikes" in their relationship. One (which I’m surprised people don’t talk about more) is an incident from Karmaland IV where Vegetta, very unhinged and mentally unstable at the time, kidnapped Rubius’ wife Nieves and threatened her with a sword, saying, “If Rubius can’t be mine, he can’t be anyone’s.”

For the longest time I genuinely thought that line came from a fanfic or something, then I stumbled upon the clip one day and I was just like:

Anyways

In Karmaland V, Rubius became very close with a little alien child named Titi. He took care of Titi like he was his own son, and despite his attempts at emotionally distancing himself early on so he wouldn’t get attached, Rubius wound up caring a lot for him.

Then Titi died.

It was basically Rubius’ worst nightmare come to life – he’d let himself get close to Titi, he’d loved him unconditionally and let Titi into his heart, and Titi’s death utterly destroyed him. Everyone in Karmaland was affected by the death, but Rubius took it especially hard because of how close they were. Rubius was hurting badly and resorting to terrible coping strategies to deal with the pain, and Vegetta…

Well. Vegetta wasn’t very nice about it.

There are a lot of ways we could interpret Vegetta’s actions and words during this time – maybe he’s not super sensitive when talking about death since he’s probably some kind of demigod, maybe he speedran the grieving process, maybe he thought brutal honesty and direct action would help Rubius “snap out of it” sooner. However you see it, ultimately it did a lot more harm than good for Rubius’ overall mental health.

I bring these examples up not to paint their relationship as toxic or negative, but rather to express just how complex it is. Because, despite all their mistakes and drama and heartbreak, at the end of the day, Rubius and Vegetta still love each other more than anything else. Even towards the end of Karmaland V when they were quite literally on opposite sides of the battlefield (one supporting Quackity, the other supporting Luzu), their true loyalties lay with one another. When Rubius was hit by an enemy, Vegetta defended him with his life, and when Vegetta was hurt, Rubius did the same.

Yes, Rubius doesn't really know how to handle healthy relationships, and yes, Vegetta tends to forgive him too easily, but that doesn't erase the love they have. The key we need to remember here is that Rubegetta is a telenovela that sits squarely in the romcom category. They may wander into other genres and tropes from time to time, but they will always gravitate back to one another. Whether you define that as fate or soulmates or just sheer dumb luck, the facts remain and the love is there.

PHEW anyways that felt good to get out, I have so many thoughts on Rubegetta so I appreciate the excuse to rant. I'm always happy to chat about these two! :D And you're so right - Vegetta is so smitten for that demon, I hope he gets to meet the angel too. I hope Rubius comes back soon so Vegetta can see his Osito Fiu Fiu, but in the meantime, we'll have to keep wishing and praying just like Vegetta...

(ALSO THANK YOU the current chapter of that dang Rubegetta fic is kicking my butt rn because it's the only chapter I didn't outline and life events keep interrupting me when I try and work on it, but it IS getting chipped away at bit by bit! I hope folks enjoy the outcome when it's released :D)

[ohwell-itsme-but-danganronpa]

[NSFW] Oviposition saiou prompt

Hina: You could make a bubble guppies saiou au Me: Make it oviposition or get out of here Bunny: just make a normal mer au hina Hina: Excuse me. What? Me: I said Make it oviposition or get out of here, mer sex or go to the normal ⁠au-corner [because it was in a nsfw channel]

Hina: Monokuma the orange fish Bunny: MR GROUPER DESERVES BETTER monokuma is grumpfish /j

Hina: Why oviposition Me: Seahorses, hell, one of them can even be a seahorse prince if you want, think about it But actually just because I like it [red evil smiley emoji] Bunny: really catering to hina's interests huh [Hina's thing with horse prince is Pit lore, sorry]

Bunny: i rlly enjoy ovi/eggpreg stuff which is VERY funny since normal pregnancy is. one of my biggest squicks, so are saiou childhood friends AND eggpreg bc then we can slide in some 'if you don't get married by-' Me: I don't know the cartoon, I just want the egg laying action Bunny: i go for interspecies ovi usually but they can both be mer this time. as a treat Hina: I'm down for anything childhood friends [but we had to explain ovi to him]

Bunny: chasing each other thru the seaweed a mating chase/capture could be fun, as a throwback to their childhood games,, Me: That's so cute Bunny: it is!! they're giggling the whole way through kokichi teases him abt it because shuuichi always lost their childhood races (he will win this time) whether it was something along the lines of hysterical strength or kokichi let him the world will never know Hina: WHY IS THE HE WILL WIN SO THREATENING Bunny: BECAUSE HE'S GONNA TACKLE KOKICHI INTO THE MUD AND FILL HIM WITH EGGS, HINA Hina: EXCUSE ME??? Bunny: WHAT TJE FUCK DID YOU THINK MATING CHASE/CAPTURE MEANT Hina: I wasn't paying attention to that part I was just like. "Oh chase sounds fun" Wait so loser gets egged? Bunny: yes, hina what a way to phrase it

Hina: Also isn't that like. A shitton of eggs Me: Not the craziest amount of eggs in the nature world But yeah, it can be lowered for the mers, they evolved past the high infant mortality biological precautions Hina: Also how big are these eggs Like relative to a human Bunny: i was thinking about kokichi getting an ovipositor as thick as his arm stuffed in him ok big eggs because i want to make kokichi cry Me: Tiny, Okay, sure Hina: Where are these eggs going Bunny: his womb??? where else would they go… Hina: He has a womb??? Bunny: both of them do MER HAVE DICK/OVIPOSITOR AND VULVA, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE INTERNAL MECHANICS THAT IMPLIES Hina: Where do they go do they just. Sit in there. Bunny: WHAT DO YOU MEAN SIT IN THERE DID YOU EXPECT THEM TO DO A LITTLE DANCE Hina: WHAT DO THE EGGS DO Like do they have to lay the eggs? Or are they just. Eggs for the sake of eggs and get dissolved like human eggs do? Bunny: are blanks (like unfertilized chicken eggs) just for sex purposes? hatch inside leading to live birth? get laid and THEN hatch? eat each other like shark pups??? lots of options Kai: THEY INCUBATE IN THE FATHER AND HATCH AND HE PUSHES THEM OUT HINA Hina: WAIT SO THEY HATCH INSIDE???? Bunny: there's plenty of real fish that do that, hina Dra: Yea the dads just pops the babies out Hina some fish give birth fun fact Hina: IM QUITE LITERALLY ALLERVIX TO EGGS I HAVE AN EGG ALLERGY Okay [Bunny] just explain the AU I'll Google it

Bunny: WHICH ONE Hina: CHILDHOOD FRIENDS MERMAIDS WITH A SIDE OF OVIPOSIFION YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT MARRIAGE Bunny: saiou are best friends as children. both of them are disliked by almost everyone and find a safe haven in each other, eventually promising to mate each other by age [idk] if no one else will. Shenanigans Proceed, they have a better pod and found family now but the joke promise remains,, kokichi brings it up when it's time as a funny haha because obviously shuuichi wouldn;t want HIM and shuuichi misinterprets and thinks kokichi is making fun of the concept of wanting HIM, cue third act breakdown and resolution. Me: Wtf Why would you add angst to it Bunny: that's not angst it's hurt/comfort they're fine being raised in a pod that hated them both led to some self esteem issues but they find love in each other and their new friends and family they have a mating run/chase through the seaweed and shuuichi wins, pinning kokichi down and filling him tf up. the end i like emotions in my egg porn what can i say im stealing from pregame hcs and saying baby shuuichi is just, WAY too into poison for everyone's comfort, to be supportive, kokichi keeps asking him to '''poison his enemies''' he will not

Me: How do they actually resolve the conflict and get together tho? Bunny: idk they have a conversation about it maybe one of them is packing to dramatically leave and the other one accidentally spills the beans on their pining we never decided if they actually have babies huh Hina: No that's why I was confused Is there a reason they need to mate Is it a for life thing? Bunny: generally i assume yeah? Hina: Okay so it's kinda just because? If they wanted theh could be unmarried? Bunny: i..guess?? hina it's porn Me: Ofc they have babies, if they didn't want babies then they should have yeeted the eggs

[yuripira4e]

ur points are fine but do you really have to put an obnoxious anon in the mgs tag talking shit abt one of the few games with gay male rep "made up yaoi" and claiming bb/eva is like a Real Canon pairing and not they fucked one bc eva was trying to get something from him and if you want to talk about women her feelings towards him were clearly a lot more complicated than it just being a ship. virtue signaling is also acting like you have to publicly blog about female characters to show that you care and respect them. also strangeboss WAS very popular, more so when the game came out for what its worth. if you really want to get into the nitty gritty im always pretty disappointed that ppl interpret their relationship as cute mutual attraction and ignore that strangelove has an obsession with the boss that likely makes her an unreliable narrator, which imo isnt a bad thing!! i legit think thats really interesting, zero and bb talk a lot about the boss and her will from the pov of soldiers but strangelove equally puts her on a pedestal imo. yeah thats not a good trope for a lesbian character but again! if you want to get nitty gritty. theres a really clear pattern in the mgs series where only villains are CANONICALLY bi/gay, but theres a lot of heavy handed queer coding among the "good guys"

I agree with you too. I’m sorry for putting discourse in the tag. 1. strange boss is a complex dynamic and as much as I love it it is ultimately from Strangelove’s pov. I think that’s just a reoccurring theme with the boss in general. I mean the entire game is centered around the misinterpretation of her will and everyone taking what they thought she meant from it and warping it to for their own perception. I do think strangeboss was mutual but Strangelove was definitely not healthily crushing on the boss either. I haven’t been in the fandom that long so I actually didn’t know the ship was that popular at one point but you have to admit it does get overshadowed as do a lot of female pairings (straight or queer) in the fanbase

2. I already said I don’t ship bb ships. I love Eva and I think her complex relationship with bb and other characters should absolutely be talked about and I enjoy their dynamic so that’s why I said I liked their relationship but not endgame

3. I do think the made up yaoi thing was kind of rude bc I don’t think it was made up at all (I should have said that on that but I don’t really feel like starting arguments or defending shit). I think the mlm representation in the game is honestly really groundbreaking even if it does adhere to a lot of stereotypes and unfortunately villainize it a lot. But it has multiple relationships and single characters in queer or queer coded mlm relationships that differ in age, ethnicity, dynamic, and backstory which is just insanely cool. From like canonically queer characters like volgin and vamp and I’m gonna say ocelot bc I think pw put him past queer coded and into fully implied queer territory to deep, healthy, interesting queer coded relationships like otasune and even liquidmantis I think it’s amazing and should not be minimized even if it could be improved or there are faults in the way other characters are treated because of it at times which is something every fanbase has. Even other ships that I don’t like have a lot of really interesting dynamics and feelings that are undeniably queer coded and I think we should just look at all of it and enjoy the queer media we’ve been given while being able to critique it and not turn on each other

[sophfandoms53]

I agree I wish people could view things with more neutrality because it would greatly improve the type of gameplay that we see but It feels sometimes like the fandom has these unrealistic borderline double standard expectations for how houseguests should act. There is so much negativity and hate around things like players getting frustrated if someone is making a move that will negatively impact them, or crying when someone they like gets voted out, or venting and shit talking other houseguests who are getting on their nerves. There is anger if players make up lies about their faves but also anger if people in the house get mad about people lying because lying is part of the game. I could go on but I won’t bore you any further lol. but the fandom who isn’t even competing couldn’t stop doing any of those things if their life depended on it so it’s like why then do those same people insist that the ones actually playing the high stress game for a life changing amount of money should are bad and wrong and silly for being emotional when things aren’t going their way.

Omg im so sorry for responding late to this 😭

I am answering this now bc i still think its kinda relevant especially when it comes to how people talk about Cirie or Cory’s game recently.

You can’t appreciate or criticize how either of them play without someone trying to bash them or misinterpreting how they’re playing for the sake of wanting to feel valid for disliking them.

I really like Cirie and Cory as players and people but I’m not gonna act like they’re flawless in every way or that their strategies don’t have issues. They for sure do, Cory’s been cracking a lot recently especially with Jared treating him the way he has. And Cirie and Izzy spiral every hour and change plans constantly, its a disaster in there LMAO

But they’re also just trying to play the game and their moves don’t need to be over analyzed with some deeper motivation behind it bc they’re going after someone or they aren’t working with someone you personally favor.

Full disclosure though, you’re allowed to dislike any houseguest for any reason. It doesn’t have to be this essay of reasons or you searching for evidence so you feel valid about it. That’s kinda the problem with ppl here and on twitter, they wanna feel validated for not vibing with a houseguest so they constantly misinterpret things that arent that big a deal and want ppl to agree with them. And its kinda not necessary imo.

I think we’re just so used to disliking a majority of the hgs that people don’t know what to do with a cast that’s messy all around as people and players but are overall decent (cameron, red, and jared suck tho lemme be clear they are not part of what im talking about), so some people wanna just hate so they reach to the most extremes because that’s what we’ve come to expect. But humans don’t work in such a good or bad way, and i think this season is a reminder that people are messy and complex but aren’t bad.

It’s hard for players to truly play BB and it’s hard as a viewer to talk about gameplay bc of this “this or that” lense ppl watch the game through.

[golbrocklovely]

not the same anon but i wanna add to the alcohol thing. go out,have fun, do you but stas has posted herself out drinking and celebrating getting drunk,being hungover, and curing that hangover with more drinking. i dunno what’s happened to kat, it was probably already in her but she does a lot of this often now almost as if this were the go to choice of beverage. they both have posted themselves pregaming to go out and get drunk and one of them just posted a tiktok where both are holding 2 drinks each. Im honestly glad someone else pointed this out and noticed it too because most of the fandom seems to praise them and treat it like the anon said all cutesy and silly when its not.

I remember last year people blaming snc as a bad influence on the girls for drinking and look now. It wasnt snc it was them. the boys are working and theyre fine. these two are using this as a crutch. also how can you not feel emotionally,mentally, and even physically exhausted going out every night and doing this.sam legit quoted stas last year saying she rather drink than eat.

i'm gonna combine these two asks together since they are about the same thing. hope you don't mind.

this is kinda long so... i'm sorry about that.

so the last time i talked about this type of stuff/the last time i got asks about stas and kat drinking was back in 2021/22 and any time i made the same argument i'm gonna make now, i got chewed out bc ppl misinterpreted what i said and felt like i was minimizing alcoholism. as someone that has had family members on both sides have addiction issues with alcohol (along with other things), i'm not one to be blase about alcoholism. this is also not me shrugging off the real issue that stas and kat could have addiction problems.

however…. we don't know them. we only see what they post. and it's not impossible that they make it seem like they're drinking a lot when in actuality they might only be having one or two drinks. does that make what they're doing any better? no. i'm not making that argument. what i'm trying to say is that we shouldn't jump to conclusions when we don't know the full story. plus, you can't diagnosis someone via a couple stories and snapchat or two. that's just reality.

does that mean that them joking about being alcoholics is cool? no it's not. it's really dumb at the very least, and extremely dark at the most. my hope and my personal belief is that they are just partying a bunch and made some tasteless jokes. i remember when i was in college, basically the same age (if not younger) as them, and ppl around me would joke about being alcoholics. i didn't find it funny, but they did. and i'm gonna assume that it's the same thing with them. that it's not them casually telling their fanbase that they have addictions issues, but more "omg isn't it so funny how we drink every night when we party??"

i don't think this behavior is great, especially since a lot of snc's younger fans have drifted into being these two girls' fans. it's not cute to aspire to be drunkards in your early 20s. you wanna go out and have your fun, so be it. but be realistic about what your limit is. also, you don't have to hit your limit every night. you don't have to drink every night either.

but again, as i stated before, i don't think they actually have addiction issues. if they did, that's for them and ppl close to them who know them to discuss and figure out. not for us to speculate over a couple stories and snapchats. i don't pay attention to them enough to really know one way or the other, but regardless i think it's best to not assume something's wrong. if it is really that much of an issue to anyone reading this, maybe reach out to them somehow and tell them you're concerned. or if it's too triggering, which is totally understandable, just block them and move on.

i truly wish them the best, and i hope their fans know that excessive drinking is not good for you.

[mithliya]

"Is anon trying to revile woman nowadays based on-" hi im that anon, not really Im just anti military 😭

i have no motive to try and push a "women are just as bad as men" im just an anon! I might be seeing it as more accusatory than that person intended but. i wasnt even expecting any one other than mena to respond or read that! I didnt dig anything up it was just something I heard of and thought it was a very clear example bc it really messed me up to see + read!

Like even though women in the military are not cruel as often or to the extent that men are, they still aren't innocent and sometimes participate or go along with their male teammates cruelty, Thats pretty much it.

Also no offense but i feel like something from 20 years ago isnt that irrelevant or far away... isnt the USA still warring with the same countries, isnt the mindset of a lot of americans very similar? When I read about jt i was so freaked out bc i thought it *wasnt* that long ago. And then I was freaked out bc well if that happened then, what's happening now? What don't we know about?

Anyways i hope I am not being rude ?? 😭😭 its just weird to be misinterpreted bc that was just random.ramblings which I tend to do ..

i dont think ur being rude! also ngl i can somewhat empathise w the ppl who joined the military in the US bc they’re poor n it gives them some opportunities. at the same ive come across some that joined for such reasons but they’ll ALSO like defend the military and promote it online and everything lol which is beyond off-putting. i reckon they cant shit talk the military online for obvious reasons but.. i assume they dont have to promote it the way they do? while i understand human nature is selfish and they are being incentivised into doing sth they may not necessarily want to, i did come across some who said they joined the military bc they’re super poor meanwhile they can afford so much useless shit that could feed entire families for a whole month 😭 and on the other side some who say that aren’t extremely poor, just not rich enough to afford most of the expensive ass universities in the US. also ppl who go into combat from those backgrounds i just think.. well. i can understand your desperation. but i do not think the brown ppl who lost their family members & saw their country go up in flames bc of ur army will. bc what they faced & continue to is far beyond the desperation you faced.

idk. i feel like either way i have no stake in this convo the way many do. i was around US army kids and while many of them were racists and xenophobes and were outright talking shit about my country & culture & entitled etc, im just not gonna have the same experience as someone from a country that allies w the US & isnt being bombed by them.

[kinaesthetiqueer]

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:3c

🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction? 

> just answered this so im gonna deliberately misinterpret this for the lolz

> my first fics (elementary school) were written on notebook paper and in comp notebooks that i still have! i also recorded a lot of fic like improv/ad lib podfic on one of my first phones while walking back and forth from the bus stop. there are even college notebooks i still keep bc of the fic or original work writing i did in them. i wrote stuff on word as well eventually but when my first flashdrive inexplicably corrupted, i stopped doing that lol

🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

> hhhhhhhhhhhh i'm deep into nordic winter right now so

> obligatory: nora fell first, weiss fell harder

> once they learn to battle couple, it's So Over for the bad guys

> weiss learns to bake, just for nora. she starts with box mixes and kits and slowly works up her way to stuff from scratch

> nora loooooves doing weiss' hair and will pester her for a chance to do it. she can and will spend hours just playing with her hair

> weiss doesn't Get nora at first because she simply doesn't believe anyone could actually be that nice and bubbly. eventually she realizes people like nora and ruby just... exist with that as their default, not an exception

> they would kill for each other. they wouldn't enjoy it but they wouldn't regret it either

> nora's chances of an accidental confession actually go down once she realizes she loves weiss; on the contrary, weiss's chances skyrocket

🌸 ⇢ do you have any pets? if you do, post some pictures of them

oh with pleasure 💗💗💗

thank you for the questions!

[truth or dare questions here]

[topperscumslut]

Bro you're acting like Camilla is a middle aged woman like she and Tay aren't a mere 2-3 years apart ijbol. Nor did she "lure" him. Young fans caught up in celeb drama aren't going to get it but it's ok to not justify and excuse the most objectively anti-feminist and hypocritical song of Taylor. (BC no way would SHE tolerate a song like that written about her and her fans would demand an apology on her behalf.)

camilla was a grown ass 22 yr old woman who got with a 19 yr old guy who was already dating an 18 yr old, a TEENAGER, and then was so pissed that a literal teenager wrote a petty and immature song that she continued to bash her for years when it came to things that literally did not even involve her… INCLUDING the kimye scandal that was entirely fabricated. and taylor literally admitted that writing that song was immature and stupid even tho it’s a bop… be so fr

and no song like that aimed at taylor should exist in the first place cuz she never even did some shady shit like that? yes she was too harsh on camilla and should’ve blamed joe more but she had every right to call her out and i will die on this hill

like i felt like i made this point clear in the original post but im gonna repeat it for people that don’t understand or don’t want to understand - yes better than revenge was immature and taylor was in the wrong but TEENAGERS ARE GONNA BE IMMATURE!!!!!! i just turned 20 (like literally half an hour ago) and feel like an ENTIRELY different person than i did at 18, the difference between an 18 yr old and a 22 yr old is ASTRONOMICAL. and the fact that camilla held onto the grudge for YEARS into adulthood is just… weird behavior. imo it says a lot about the type of person she is and makes me understand the sentiment behind better than revenge a whole lot more

and don’t even get me started on the nicki minaj “drama.” nicki and taylor were never even beefing!!!!! (tho nicki is extremely problematic for other reasons) nicki made a post that DEFINITELY seemed like it was about later (and tbh prolly was and she just backtracked) and taylor was completely respectful about it, she didn’t “call her out” or anything, she was just like “hey girl this isn’t like you, idk where this is coming from i don’t have a problem with you” and when nicki explained it wasn’t aimed at her taylor LITERALLY APOLOGIZED for misinterpreting it!!!!! camilla and katy were the ones that had to turn it into something it wasn’t and pretend taylor was attacking nicki so they could stay relevant cuz they knew without being connected to taylor swift no one would gaf about anything they said or did. i said what i said

[snekdood]

Some of yall are really like:

Someone who hasnt condemned this person i dont like yet? Clearly that means they actually like them or dont mind their behavior, even if they dont actually know the person or any controversy around them

Someone doesnt eat meat? An eco fash who hates native people and ppl who cant not eat meat.

Someone consumes media i find problematic? That secretly means they agree with everything some of the characters/the creator believes.

Someone had a rough childhood that taught them problematic ideals/coping mechanisms but theyve since changed and are working on it? Actually that person will Always be right wing and im perfect and more leftist bc my parents are both liberals and neither one a right winger.

Someone critiques ppl i think have good ideas and are intelligent? Clearly they just dont understand how amazing they are and are attacking them for abreason unrelated to the reason they brought up

Someone worded something weirdly and in an easy to misinterpret way? Shit, time to misinterpret on purpose

Someone did something wrong once and has apologized for it and doesnt do it anymore and is clearly working on it? Truly iredeemable and should be shot

Someone with a lot of attention wants to make more money by doing sponsorships? Backstabbers and totally not someone just trying to survive in this capitalist hellscape

Someone who doesnt believe every little thing i do and doesnt clarify they're an anarcho communist clearly and specifically? Purely my enemy

I could go on- but like how do yall function lmao. Do you ever get tired of constantly antagonizing people around you and trying to beat any problematic thing you THINK someone has inside them out of them? Do you ever get tired of seeing everything in black and white and expecting people to line up in an easily digestable way for you and not be human and make mistakes and sometimes have shitty opinions? Sometimes ppl just havent heard a different perpsective or even the laternate opinion. Sometimes people might have a perspective you didn't consider. And if you're scared of people and dont want to losten to their different opinion for fear of being "lead astray" then i feel bad for you in your lack of confidence in yourself in what you know to be true.

Anyways. Sometimes people are human and not perfect and im sorry they dont alogn perfectly in a box you can fit them in. Sometimes you're just gonna hafta deal with the unknown without throwing rocks of assumption into the fog, possibly hitting someone who didnt do shit on accident.

Also. Imagine expecting people to be anarcho communists and not giving any arguements or reasons why. Imagine expecting people to be at the same headspace and level you're at while taking 0 steps to help them get to your understanding. Lol.

[angstandhappiness]

INTERESTING to consider

@istopaskingmemate: #this is so true#stop hating on sun wukong#he is doing a good job#bro achelly being the world protecter isn't even his job it would more of Nezhu's job then wukong's he doing this out of the good of his#haert. and he still gets yelled at. you see ao gaun being yelled at for not doing or Master puti or Nezhu or any of the other powerful bein#that could be helping it's just sun wukong.#TBH i think the reason he didn't explain his plan is that given it envoles him putting the only thing powerful enough to kill inside of#himself he wasn't sure whether it would kill him or not and didn't say that which fair

@ladybonedemon: #oh my god this is like the exact same argument us wu ninjago fans gotta give all the time#bc ppl be acting like somehow he was supposed to KNOW all these old threats he dealt with AGES ago were gonna come back#like what the fuck#anyways i love swk i will defend him forever like I defend wu ninajgo !!!

@imbeccablee: #THANK YOU#absolutely tired of ppl misinterpreting him#like i might make jokes or whatever about him being lazy#but at the end of the day he generally knows how to get a job done and has learnes to do it HIMSELF#should he have told mk about lbd? perhaps but it wouldnt be inline with his character to do so#should he have told mei about the fourth ring? dubiously perhaps but as op has outlined it would have turned out just as poorly#like swk is a flawed character guys thats the POINT#he makes mistakes but he isnt a bad guy who cant do anything right#hes an old man trying to retire while someone he couldnt have forseen centuries ago is undoing all his hard work#anyway im also a sun wukong apologist til the day i die

@monkie-brainriot: #half his communication issues are trauma#THAT PEOPLE SEEMINGLY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE#it’s literally never been in Wukong’s character to purposefully make things harder for his friends#and I know that she show shows the villains perspective bc technically jttw was swk’s perspective#like i might make jokes or whatever about him being lazy#but at the end of the day he generally knows how to get a job done and has learnes to do it HIMSELF#hes an old man trying to retire while someone he couldnt have forseen centuries ago is undoing all his hard work#bc ppl be acting like somehow he was supposed to KNOW all these old threats he dealt with AGES ago were gonna come back

@4filen0tfound4: #FR#I love hating on Wukong in like a silly way but whenever the fandom hates on him for this it just feels. stupid#it’s literally never been in Wukong’s character to purposefully make things harder for his friends#and I know that she show shows the villains perspective bc technically jttw was swk’s perspective#and unreliable narrators are fun to work with#but HGRGGH he gets too much hate for the stuff he did as if he didn’t state in s4 he regrets a lot of the stuff he did#even tho he’s seen as a hero#he’s a complex guy ok !!

@the1trueanon: #AGREEEEEEE#STOP MAKING HIM THE BAD GUY#HES LITERALLY DONE EVERYTHING HE CAN#AND ALSO#its in literally every living things NATURE to learn and adapt!!#the villians theyre all facing after swk has royally beaten their asses hundreds or thousands of years ago?#THEYVE LEARNED FROM THAT#THEYVE ADAPTED#and that's in no way swk's fault#ESPECIALLY when he has no way to even predict that theyd come back#tbh when you think about it#the only people wukong would ever have thought for mk to have to face while he was training him would've been the dbk family#and seeing how easily mk handled them in the pilot he wouldve known that mk was strong enough and capable enough to handle them#even while still in training#literally everyone else? he had no clue about#MK WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE TO FACE THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY DEALT WITH#if you PAY ATTENTION#throughout the show you can see that most of the time#WUKONG IS WITH MK IN SOME FORM#not a lot of attention is drawn to him#and most of the time mk doesnt notice or realize#BUT HES THERE#JUST IN CASE HE NEEDS TO STEP IN AND HELP HIM#there are obvious exceptions to this BUT STILL

@luescris: #YEAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH#*YEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!!!!!*#*SAY IT FUCKING LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!!!!!!!*#HOLY SHIT. HOLY SHIT!!!!!!#OP EVEN MADE ME REALIZE THAT HE LEGIT *DID* DEAL WITH THESE BAD GUYS ALREADY. THEY JUST KEEP COMING BACK#AND ITS CLEAR WUKONG BLAMES HIMSELF ALREADY THINKING THAT HE DIDNT TAKE CARE IF THEM#BUT HOW WOULD HE HAVE KNOWN????#LEGIT FUCKING HELL HE LITERALLY *IS DOING HIS BEST*. I SWEAR TO GOD#I WILL DIE ON THE WUKONG APPRECIATION TRAIN#nahmahstuff

@porthatrack: #no i am also very passionate about this#lbd in particular bc it's literally said that he would have killed her if it hadn't been for tang#and the macaque thing got more complicated by season 4 but still#if he was attacking the jttw gang then killing him did deal with him#and telling mei would have made things a lot more complicated

@six-earedshadowmonkey: "Wukong has done a lot of bad in his life. He's hurt a lot of people." *frowns and looks at the ground, remembering something personal and painful* "But..." *sucks in a long breath through his nose and sighs* "...he's also done a lot of good." *looks at OP* "And you're right. That has to be acknowledged. Punish the bad without rewarding the good and you create a villian." *smiles crookedly* "But if you also reward the good, you create a hero."

"every major baddie problem in the lmk universe is caused by SWK not dealing with his shit properly"

expect he dealt with all the shit and i'm tired of people ignoring it to paint him as an ignorant, uncaring bastard.

(very very minor s4 spoilers, so the cut)

Demon Bull King? Got his ass whooped and was sealed away for however long years it took for an entire ass megapolis to be built literally on top of him, causing absolutely no trouble to anyone whatsoever. Oh, and what sealed DBK? The staff. And if you'd care to know SWK outside of the LEGOverse, you'd realize how strong was SWK's resolve to seal DBK - keep him relatively safe, one might say - by using his trusty staff. The guy would literally die seven times over than let go of this thing.

Also people like, ignore the fact that canonically SWK stuck around the area (for the most part to stalk MK, but still), so he was literally there to deal with the DBK family if something went southwards? He didn't, because MK was able to hold the staff and the legend of the Monkie Kid then began.

(also zero antagonistic feelings towards DBK from SWK, like, whatsoever. i bet the dude actually wanted DBK to be free, cuz he felt bad abt it)

Macaque? In a morally gray manner, still very dealt with. SWK killed the dude. He was literally as dealt with as it can be. Or what, should SWK have predicted that after thousand upon thousand of years later a spirit (he dealt with too) would pull Mac out of Diyu? Yeah, I'd like to see that thought process.

SWK isn't omnipotent, he isn't even that far-thinking. Never was, actually. So holding that against him is like, very stupid. Especially because you don't do it to any other character in the show. 

Spider Queen? Wouldja look at that, also pretty much dealt with. We don't really know how exactly, but we know that she lost literally every ounce of power she had and had to resort to living in the sewers, prolly never to cause troubles ever again because, well, we never even heard of her until the special. SQ was pulled onto the scene by the Lady Bone Demon.

Which is, again, something SWK couldn't predict even if he tried.

And now into the fun part.

Lady Bone Demon? Was sealed away by Tripitaka and also didn't cause any trouble until DBK decided to use this freaky coffin he knew literally zero things about for his plans.

"But he should've killed LBD!!!"

He tried. Believe him he tried. This decision just wasn't his, and if you hold it against him and not Tripitaka, shame on you.

"He should have told the crew about LBD!"

He really couldn't have.

And people thinking that are blatantly ignoring SWK's character. Not that obnoxious fan favorite uncaring bastard one.

SWK deals with things on his own. That is just how he is, how he always was and he never learned to do it the other way around. If that's a fight, he'll do it, because he's damn strong. If it's to scout the mountain, he'll do it, because Bajie is a lazy ass motherfucker. If it's to find food for Trip, he'll do it, cuz he's fast and his eyes are awesome.

Same applies here.

LBD? Tried to kill her and Trip didn't let me -> Basically I didn't do the job right -> WTF I always do my job right, I am Sun Wukong hello???

It was, dare I say, a question to his pride, and SWK will forever be prideful. And when he acts on his pride, he does it with style and flare, in the most stupid way possible.

Hence all of the s2 off-screen investigation arc.

"Well, he should've told about the Samadhi rings!"

It would've endangered Mei, questioned his at this point in time very shaky authority and ability to handle shit, and prolly would've fucked Mei up a very whole lot.

You don't go and say to a person that they are a part of the most dangerous seal in the world and could die and destroy everything they love because you fucked up long time ago (again, very much jabbing at his mentality of 'Sun Wukong can do no bad job, and if he does he'll better fucking die trying to make it right').

Was his plan a shitty one? Obviously. Like, no question asked, it was a shit show of a plan. Very in character, though (SWK handles all the shit because he thinks he can).

And this little character arc of SWK not learning a damn thing results in him, oh golly you would not believe it, running off to do things on his own because he thinks he can handle it, because he's THE Sun Wukong who already handled this in the past.

Who woulda thought.

MINOR S4 SPOILERS HERE

And the new addition to the baddie group, Azure Lion. Won't be addressing all 'SWK is a betraying bitch' because the show refuses to give us SWK's perspective and I hate it.

But you already know what I will say, because you know the truth. He was dealt with. Got his ass whooped and sealed away in the inky scroll. To be pulled back onto the scene by a third party that Wukong literally couldn't have known about.

See a pattern?

SWK deals with the shit, some unknown variable meddles in it, suddenly SWK is an incapable asshole who left the problems for the poor lmk crew to deal with.

Wukong did his job. Someone fucked him over by undoing his job. He tried to deal with it again the only way he knows how, but the solo play doesn't fly anymore, so he made it kinda worse.

He's not an unbearable, incapable asshole because of it.

And I'm tired of people not seeing this.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk, I am Sun Wukong Apologist till the day I die.

Have a nice day!

[jemmo]

Did you read Nanon and Ohm’s letters they wrote. IM CRYINGGG. Their friendship is so beautiful and the way they both talk about it and especially Ohm had me crying so much

yep... yep... i read them... i cried a lot. a lot a lot.

honestly, as a fan, there's really nothing better than knowing that the people that made the thing you love love it just as much as you. im gonna get emo for a sec but i feel like the biggest thing i hate hearing around shows like this and people that are fans of them is why do you care so much??? its only a show. theyre not real. get over it. fandom spaces and the shows they're there for are so rarely taken seriously, and the affect they have on people is honestly so so underappreciated. and it can make you feel silly and stupid for caring so much and that sucks, bc you just wanna love the thing and be so deep and invested in it and ride that emotional rollercoaster for all its worth and just feel every second. and you should. thats good. youre doing it right.

so knowing that not just ohm and nanon, but all the other cast and crew, are right there with us. they put just as much love into this thing as we got out of it. and you can feel it in the show. feel the love and care and passion and attention. you can just feel that its something special. its not just some show to them. they out their hearts and souls into it. and thats how great media is made, with love.

and as for ohm and nanon, honestly, i just cant thank them enough. i think they have been so brave throughout this whole thing, not just in their portrays and how open and trusting they were with the roles, but to be so open and bold about their friendship in real life. not shy away from it or overexaggerate it. thats brave. i think back to ohm getting teary during that podcast and it gets me right in the core, bc to see them have such a strong bond, so strong that they put it out there for the world to see, knowing itll get judged and read into and misinterpreted, and they dont care. theyre gonna be honest with us bc they're honest with each other. theyve been through a lot and they know where they stand. i can see in what they say how transformative this show has been for them, that its had a profound affect on their lives and on them as people. and thats special and deserves to be shared and celebrated. when i first got into BL one of my nitpicks was there was never enough discussion like the discussions ohm and nanon have been able to have. so many interviews and such are surface level with fanservice for show and its just... i wanna hear about the actors, the show, their process, how they went about performing, their opinions on what happens. bc its so interesting, and they should be able to talk about that. and i get that not all leads are close or care incredibly about the show, but that just makes this all the more precious. two people that care immensely about each other and what they're doing. two people that can be easily and naturally affectionate and express their care outwardly without awkwardness or fear or reservation. two people with a commitment to their work and craft that have never once dismissed this show, this BL, as frivolous or dumb or a splash in the pan. they respected this show. they gave it everything just as they would with any other drama. and i am beyond grateful for that. im beyond grateful for them.

honestly i could go on forever about them. they are just one of the millions of things that have made this experience something else, something that i think can never be recaptured or repeated. im so grateful that they let us peek into their real life friendship bc its such an inspiring thing. just seeing people be like that makes me want to be a good person and care about the people around me and not feel dumb for having those feelings. its truly one of the most beautiful and honest and healthy relationships ive ever seen. and they're just gonna have a special place in my heart forever.

[screechingcheesecakecheesecake]

GOOD GODS HOW DO PEOPLE MISINTERPRET ZHONGLI AND AYAKA SO BAD

I keep seeing people say Zhongli and Ayaka are manipulators and acting like they are evil and shit. Gonna write an essay why they are fucking wrong because its 1 am and im pissed off.

Long post ahead

:readmore:

Alright, let's look at Biggest Manipulator™ of Teyvat Zhongli.

We all know what he did, put Liyue to a test if they can go on without him.

"He faked his own death, unleashed Osial, and made Ningguang sacrifice the Jade Chamber just because he wants to retire!"

First of all, the Osial thing was Childe's plan.

Second, Ningguang's Jade Chamber sacrifice is indeed an unfortunate event that was collateral damage because of it.

(but let's be real, her dream of the Jade Chamber shadowing all over Teyvat wouldn't pass under Celestia's watch lmao)

Third, we have to consider his position. He is the Geo Archon, known to be the oldest remaining from the OG7. He is very much loved and respected by his people and they depend a lot on him.

But he isn't a perfect being, that's the point of the Archon stories, even if he is an Archon, he isn't perfect. 6000 years of protecting Liyue is going to wear him at some point. Liyue can't depend on him forever, what if he suddenly died, which is, Oh! What happened to his fellow OG7!

He didn't just fuck off, he PREPARED for his retirement. From the contract with Tsaritsa to his test to his people. Even if he wanted to retire, he still loves Liyue, of course he wanted to make sure first that they can handle things without him. (though not considering the mora for Teyvat might be a writing mistake by Mhy)

Signora herself said that Zhongli could easily defeat Osial again, but he didn't. Because he wanted to make sure that not only the people of Liyue, but the Adepti can handle things without him. We've already seen that the Adepti initially are VERY hostile to the humans after his death was announced. It goes to show that they protected Liyue not on their behalf but because of their respect for Rex Lapis.

So the trial made their hostility lessen and they even formed a new contract with the humans.

There's another thing that Zhongli has to be wary off: Erosion. We've seen how it affected Azhdaha and it can happen to Zhongli too. He would'nt want to be a leader who is literally eroding, would he?

He held on to his gnosis until he is fully convinced that his people can continue living without him. Give him a break, it's one of his few desires for himself.

Woo, now. Let's go to Ayaka.

She's harder to dissect bc she's a victim of poor writing but I'll try.

First, Ayaka did sincerely want Traveler's aid and with the Vision Hunt Decree, she was desperate. But she did put Traveler in a position where they'd look like an asshole if they still refuse after the 3 visionless men event even if it's out of good will.

And honestly, I don't trust that she actually had a way to make Traveler talk to Raiden because she said herself that she only met her once (or a few times). Plus when Traveler actually, joined, she didn't even have any plan on what to do which is pretty stupid.

Also, she barely did anything for the rebellion to be honest. She cared too much about her reputation she ended up not doing shit. Why did MHY write her like that despite her being the poster character for Inazuma, idk.

Also it was pretty naive of her to depend the fate of the Vision Hunt on a fucking foreigner that she only knows from rumor. And insisting too despite Traveler rejecting the offer.

In other words, she wasn't manipulative she was just badly written that it made her look dumb.

Im sleepy now but god that removed some stressed ok gn

[satanswrathussy]

playing mystic messenger blind in 2023 update 1

i am on day 3? anywho i think i missed some stuff from day 1 bc i guess it based on real time- which i have no clue like how the timing works on this but whatever.

i am NOT here for the cat slander 😤 just bc the weird capitalist guy has a cat shouldn't mean that aLL THE OTHER CHARACTERS SHOULD HAVE A VENDETTA AGAINST CATS ???

anywho i figured out there's different routes and stuff? so this is gonna be a lot more involved than i expected 🥴 but wHATEVEr i'm going for Jaehee first she deserves better- ALSO MY EXCITEMENT WHEN I REALIZED SHE WAS AN OPTION??? OFF THE CHARTS.

there's apparently seven endings each??? or maybe i'm misinterpreting the "0/7" thingy. im trying to stay away from any spoilers bc i haven't been able to play something 100% genuinely blind in a LOOOONG time- but my small goblin brain wants all the answers immediately.

also from the way the game reads, it definitely aged! very much the way i typed in middle school, but i like the nostalgia :)

CURRENT QUESTIONS:

who TF is unknown and why am i involved in any of this,,,

why did everyone accept me so fast?? (then again that could just be for the sake of the plot.)

HOW DID RIKA DIE?? is she actually dead?? why do i not believe she's dead...

CURRENT THEORIES:

yoosung seems weirdly suspicious of V and it's MAKING ME SUSPICIOUS TOOOOOOOO. ive honestly convinced myself that V killed Rika and then like ... idfk ... i haven't gotten far on this theory lmao

i'm simultaneously convinced that someone killed Rika, but also that she's just fully not dead and SHE'S unknown- i mean everyone made it overwhelmingly clear ONLY rika knew the apartment code. "but unknown just found her phone-!" EASY EXCUSE. I KNOW YOURE ALIVE BITCH.

PREDICTIONS

I'm assuming they're not going to leave the characters TOO flat, otherwise i'll be... so disappointed... so i'm gonna predict their character arcs/~big reveals~

yoosung probably games so much as a form of escapism (or maybe he used to play it w/ rika a lot?) also i'm guessing he's prolly a bit resentful that everyone looks at him as a child

zen ... i bet this man is SO insecure. maybe that's why he doesn't like capitalist man, because he seems so self confident?

jumin- i fully had to look up his name :,) -probably has daddy issues. he's entitled and has never faced a problem that he couldn't just pay to get rid of. this isn't a prediction but i just don't like him. i stan elizabeth the third though

jaehee is my wife ;-; i hoPE her arc is that she finally gets thru to capitalist man and makes him understand, or that she understands that she's WORTH SO MUCH MORE AND QUITS HER JOB !!! also i stg if it turns out she's NOT a datable option and her ending is a "friendship" route i WILL be going on a rampage

V has a secretttttt, but i wonder if it's like... a secret that he's hiding for selfish reasons or not? like the difference between 'i know the truth and im hiding it to avoid consequences" or "i know the truth and im hiding it to protect the RFA"

707 is a wild card i got no predictions on him lmao. although i did read somewhere i should do his route last, bc it reveals the most information?? so i predict his route is more following him while he uncovers the truth, rather than he knew the truth all along... if that makes sense

i also wonder if this game is gonna stay a lil silly goofy and lighthearted (...other than the dead girl thing) or if it's gonna have some weird twist. i have trust issues after doki doki literature club 😭

if you made it this far into the post... i'm so sorry you had to read all that incomprehensible garbage lol

i am now downloading mystic messenger bc i saw someone mention it once while talking about obey me!

which i've heard the name mystic messenger before, but i don't rlly know what it is? 😭 i'm just assuming it's vaguely similar soooooo- wish me luck 😎