#but its also in part an assertion of his position in a “hey im also new like you but im also less new”

[daily-hanamura]

[kawarikisaki]

Okay! So with the new case finished up I'm ready to talk into the void about it.

Starting with the fact that this case has made me reevaluate how strong Hakuba is.

Cause I have always thought of him as being somewhat strong, but lo and behold he can just lift a whole Kaito and keep him on his shoulder for several minutes (it was six pages, and most of it was dramatic deduction time, which is usually not particularly fast dialogue) without any signs of being encumbered by the weight. He does adjust position a few times (his hand moves between panels so either he's adjusting or he's rubbing Kaito’s ass, I'm eating well as a Hakukai shipper but I'll take the innocent explanation) but there’s no sweat, no wince, no commentary about Kaito being heavy. Like, yeah, a fireman's carry is an effective way to carry a person. However, the average person is still going to struggle to lift someone that's a similar size to themselves.

Also, while im sure his assertion that he was going to walk him to the police station was just him being cheeky and bantering... he didn't seem to have any intention to put him down any time soon. I'd like to think that he was waiting for Kaito to call him out on it then make his escape, but if Kaito hadn't he'd have probably kept it up till the deduction was done then walked over to Nakamori-keibu and said something like, "this is Kid by the way, can you handle him from here?"

Anyway... Hakuba strong actually? I have decided to think so.

Can I just say I love all the little faces they make at each other? All the bois, not just Kaito and Hakuba. Granted, the character interactions and shifting dynamics have always been my favorite part of dcmk.

But like....

Hakuba bending down to talk to Conan. Kaito looking to proud of himself when he pulls out the 'hey did you consider it could actually be suicide?' While Conan’s in the background like 'oh shit oh shit oh fuck'. Conan and Kaito both thinking they had Ran Convinced, but she was sus.

Speaking of sus, I think Hakuba figured Conan out.

Sure, that last page had him back off from it and be like, "You got in contact with Shinichi and had him help." And that explaination works but... its an explanation that just makes less sense the more you think about it.

Even if I give the benefit of doubt it doesn't make sense to do it the way Hakuba explained, because if Conan contacted Shinichi to help then why would Conan be acting as the middle man? It'd introduce unnecessary delay to have Shinichi hear what's happening via phone, then Shinichi tell Conan his response, and Conan bowtie it to Kid, and Kid say the lines. (Realistically speaking the way they actually did it should also have this problem, but adding a step like this when in theory its completely unnecessary to have Conan as the middle man beyond just contacting Shinichi is just going to imcrease the delay.)

That said I can actually kind of see how that could be a conclusion he reached from this interaction:

Hakuba, at this point, knows that Shinichi is Kid and that Conan is helping him by supplying lines, but he hasn't figured out the details. So when he notices that Conan reacts before 'Shinichi' that's him reaching that conclusion that he brings up later about Conan being so invested that he was mimicing Shinichi’s expression and attitude.

I don't think he fully believed that, though.

Looking at the information that we know he had:

1. 'Shinichi' is Kid (and also Kaito Kuroba using his real face)

2. Conan is supplying Kid with lines.

3. The lines Kid is saying are from the real Shinichi.

4. Conan gets worked up if you say something that Shinichi would be worked up about

5. Conan has gadgets. (Hakuba is at least aware of the bowtie having speaker/microphone function, bit arguments could be made that he’s aware of the voice changer and also the sleep needles from the events at sunset mansion)

6. (Bonus) In a previous case Hattori had been upset with Hakuba being the representative 'detective of the east' but was completely fine with Conan taking that role.

I think he figured out that Conan was Shinichi, but that he wasn't certain until he brought up 'the real Shinichi' during the deduction and saw Conan begin to panic. I think he had mentioned it purely to get a rise out of Conan and see how he would react, and upon getting his answer he played along and gave Conan an out to jump on because if he exposed him here he wouldn't get the answers as to how this had happened.

And I feel like this read of is is reinforced by his final lines expressing that he understands why Shinichi/Conan would help Kid for the sake of solving the mystery because it's a detective’s nature. Hakuba gets it because he’s doing the same by helping Conan get away with his deception in hopes that doing so will help him get answers to the mystery.

Thats how I've decided to view things anyway, though it is possible that im partially blinded by my hope that he continues to be relevant.

[bbybaku]

can you do more BNHA college boyfriend content? I really loved the Shigaraki one (sorry, english is not my first language)

anything for you anon

(also youre english is perfect and so are you)

def gonna make this 2 parts lolol

mha college bf head cannons

shinso

sfw 

probably majoring in something finance related 

wants to take care of you 

as in you two go shopping like every other weekend

has a ton of money from investing in crypto currency and getting lucky 

yall also go out to eat all the time 

and not like fast food like nice sit down places

you two spoon constantly 

like sleeping face to face limbs intertwined

he loves to sit with his head between your legs while watching tv

or when you two are laying down and you hold his head into your chest and hee holds your hips

you both have apartments but he likes yours because its better deccorated than his

has an amazing taste in music 

makes you playlists all the time 

uses old spice deodorant

mr hitoshi is a man who always smells good 

has amazing hygene 

you talked him into growing his hair out

now hes always asking you to play with it  

is very good at school without even trying

which drives you crazy because he always talks you out of studying 

scares off a lot of people with his scary features

which makes his insecure and needed a lot of reassureance at the start of your relationship. 

but these days he owns your ass 

nsfw 

tpyically a soft dom

is huge 

took you a while to get used to how big he is 

likes to put you in stressful situations just so he can reassure you

“shhhh hey its okay im here” 

“this will stop if you use the safe word, hmm oh whats that you want to keep going?” 

“good girl” 

stressfull situations as in he over stimulates you every god dam time. 

nothing makes him harder than you crying from pleasure 

he spoils you

once spent $200 on toys just for you because he was going out of town for a week 

his gifts for you do come with a cost

shinso goes ferral for blowjobs

and he wants them all the time 

you have def given head in an alarming amount of public restrooms 

very into roleplay

almost jizzed his pants when you put on cat ears once 

same thing when you bought a maid outfit 

in case you were wondering, yes his pubes are purple too. 

sex playlist 

homeboy loves period sex

is very into aftercare

like reads womens magazines about it 

has a sexy voice and knows it

has a mirror in front of his bed because its all about eye contact 

definition of intamacy with this man 

knows how to treat his partner 

aizawa 

the thing about aizawa is he isnt your boyfriend he is your husband 

probaby in grad school for like english 

so a lil older 

but thats okay 

he makes up for it in being hot 

and he has cats 

with very obscure names like katsu and mochi 

since he was older he invited you to live with him 

you said yes of course 

the cats liked you right away 

apartment full of books and windows 

shouta drank wine almost every night 

would grade papers for the class he assisted in 

loved holding hands everywhere 

not the biggester spooner 

but would hold you really close on the couch while you two watched films while wine drunk 

he was an introvert so you two spent most nights in 

and when you two did go out it was always something interesting 

like trivia night, or seeing a band play, or going to a dinner party

was the kind of boyfriend who was really good at co existing with you 

like what is awkward silence 

the vibe is just so positive 

and you two are so comfortable with each other

nsfw 

mr aizawa is a kinky mf behind the scenes

he does not have sex he fucks

very good with ropes 

loved controlling you 

could fuck all day 

like man had stamina 

when you two went out to dinner he would push your underwear to the side finger you under the table 

and whisper other times hes humiliated you while you squirmed under his grip  

gotta call him daddy

or sir

or master

he is the type to tie you up with your arms behind your back and put a vibrator on your clit then just disappear for an hour

also big on choking

like real big on choking

he’ll just rest his hand on your throat while you two are doing mundane thing

also asserts dominance constantly

like holding your hips at the grocery store

kissing you in a crowded place

extremely possessive

probably has a few paddles

likes to spank

really likes to brat tame

you say “make me” and you are in for a wild night

man will wear rings when he fucks you

fingers you

and chokes you

you usually come first

unless you’ve been bad

then aizawa will edge you for hours

bakugou

sfw

the definition of “i hate everyone but you”

like once you figured out how to communicate with him

best bf ever

history major

lives in a house with like 6 of his friends

but don’t worry he has his own room

always at the gym

since he’s very muscular he rarely wears a shirt when you two hang out

and he always wants you to lay on top of him

like imagine him being the ceo of picking you up and throwing you on the bed

then jumping on you

kisses. bakugo would want to make out a lot

very temperamental

like if he’s hungry or sleepy or too hot he will snap at you

but you know by now not to take it personally

also would have a ton of funny nicknames for you

examples : headass, stinky, the first letter of your name or ugly

but he would say it in a loving way

❤️ hey ugly❤️

you loved his friends

didn’t know how he scored them with how mean he was

you two spent a ton of time just lounging in his bed

liked to play fight

and bicker

really liked deep convos too like he would push you to think harder and tell him more about yourself

he didn’t say it a lot but he really liked you

nsfw

katsuki bakugou is an ass man.

big dick energy

he’s the type who wanted you to ride him all the time

but he would be in control when you rode him like death grip on your hips

he also liked to hit if from the back

likes to slam into you

the way you jiggled made him harder

not the type to hold in his grunts and moans made a lot of noise during sex

his roomates hated you guys for how loud you were

def likes his girls a lil chubby

grabbed your ass every chance he had

found porn stars that look like yours make jerking off more fun

loves fingering you.

also big degrader

you two had a lot of angry sex and a lot of make up sex

got real cranky when he was horny and couldn’t have you

took videos of you during sex to rewatch later

you got so turned on when he snapped at you

it drove him nuts

basically you two fucked a lot lol

masterlist

[holy-guacamoly]

HEY OK SO IM INLOVE WITH THIS IDEAA MAYBE LIKE A TITANIC AU. Like Jean as Jack and y/n as rose? crying and throwing up it seems so cute, and maybe when it sinks jean like doesnt die. ANYWAYS TAKE UR TIME I LOVE UR PAGE

NOOOOO, I AM SCREAMING! When I was a kid I was OBSESSED with Titanic! The steamy car scene let my 12-year-old self feel things lmao This is a long-ass movie, so I decided to split it into two parts since it's simply impossible to keep things short. I hope you like it though! 🌸 Also thank you soooo much for the kind words! Stuff like this keeps me motivated.❤️ Honestly, I am fighting the urge to call this Fic "TITANic".

♡ Slow-Burn ♡ (future)Smut ♡ Fluff ♡ Slight Angst ♡

Serious Trigger-Warning, due to themes of suicide! Warnings: attempted suicide, average sexism for 1912 18+ MDNI

♡ JeanxFem!Reader - Titanic!AU ♡ Pt. 1

They say dying is peaceful. They say dying is easy. They say death is salvation.

So how come your knuckles whiten as you desperately clamp onto the railing, if this is supposed to be a gentle journey. Why was your breath growing shallow as panic rested in your lungs? Why was every cell in your body screaming for you to turn around? This wasn't as glorious as you imagined suicide to be. Ending your life wasn't like the wistful poems you have soaked in.

Something heavy seemed to be stuck in your throat as you tried to swallow. The most pathetic whine emitted from your mouth as you looked down. The roaring sea underneath was tinted in an onyx color by the moonless night. It seemed to be stretching its arms towards you, ready to swallow you whole. The scenery reminded you of all the ghost stories your nursemaid used to tell you.

Just a few minutes ago you climbed over the edge of the rear, to finally put yourself out of your misery. Tears stained your cheeks, painting a chaotic pattern on your skin. There was no point in going on since your life would end anyway as soon as you had reached the marleayn shore. "Okay, Y/N...You gonna do this," you whispered to yourself, but the trembling in your voice gave your indecisiveness away. Slowly you let the weight of your chest pull you towards the hungry waves, still holding onto the cold metal. Your movements were slow as if you tried to perform a test run. Right when your mind settled for the fall, the vibration of a voice tore the bone-chilling air apart.

"Gonna do what?"

Your nerves were already on edge so this startling noise pulled a high-pitched shriek out of you. Your breath went from shallow to erratic, when you slightly turned your head to locate the source of the commotion. "I-I'm...gonna jump!" you stated bluntly, trying desperately to sound confident. You didn't know why you explained yourself to a stranger, but right now, you were in no position to think your actions through.

Discontent bubbled up in your core as you heard a soft chuckle in response. "Well, I've been watching you for the past ten minutes. If you really wanted to end it, you would have jumped by now." Your brows knitted furiously at the bold assertion. How dared this stranger to talk to you like that? Didn't he see that you were a woman of class? Well, a woman of class standing at a railing to end herself like a lunatic, you had to admit. Maybe you didn't make the best impression at the moment.

You heard footsteps coming closer. The creaking of the wooden planks gave it away and the sudden sensation of another human's body warmth. "Miss, I don't know what you are going through, but believe me, you don't want to perish like that. The sea of Marley is pretty unforgiving during this season," the stranger continued to talk to you like you were old friends. In addition, you could make out a growing softness in his tone. Finally, a set of arms were in your field of sight. They looked slender but also muscular at the same time, as they rested casually on the railing.

"The water is freezing. Jumping from this height wouldn't kill you right away. Instead, you'll crash into the ice-cold sea, witnessing the pain of a million needles boring into your skin. And then slowly, very slowly, you will grow unable to breathe. That's not the kind of death for a lady of your class." This flagrant comment let your gaze wander over your shoulder in a hurried motion so that you were finally able to look at the brazen person next to you. Even though you despised the fact that such a rude person would be the last thing you laid eyes on.

It was a young man, presumably in his mid-twenties, with ash-blonde hair and the most radiant amber eyes you've ever seen. His hair was longer than usual for a gentleman and his skin looked sunkissed. According to his simple linen shirt and worn-out trousers, that were attached with suspenders, he must have been a third-class passenger.

"Excuse me?" you snapped. "Don't you dare to talk about which kind of death you see fit for me. No, don't you even dare to talk to me at all!" Your voice grew louder and you were afraid that someone would notice, but the roaring of the waves managed to drown your panicked screams. The man laughed again, while he combed a hand through his hair. He didn't lose his calm act and you hated him for that.

"Pardon me, Miss, it was not my intention to upset you. I just want to finish my nightly routine and go to bed. To my pitty, I can't do that unless you come back on deck," he cooed. Again a deep crater formed between your eyebrows, but this time the train of thoughts, that hit you was to blame. "Why do you care?" As you asked this question, you heard your voice crack. Even the refreshing winds couldn't keep your vision from blurring, as excruciating anxiety, pared with confusion washed over you. The cocktail of emotions you were forced to endure clouded everything around you.

Your accompaniment noticed your struggle but chose to remain composed and shrugged his shoulders. "I'd appreciate it if I don't have to jump after you. I hate cold water," he joked and gifted you a heart-warming wink. He was indeed charming. Even though it was freezing outside you felt your cheeks blushing in the loveliest shade of rosè. Embarrassment tied a knot in your stomach. You felt caught off guard.

"You wouldn't jump. You don't know me! To act such selfless would be..." You searched for the right word. "It would be insane!" The last part of the sentence ended in an exhausted whisper. No one would be stupid enough to die for another human being. You tried to look away again but the most bizarre action caught our attention. The stranger suddenly held out his calloused hand. It took you quite a while to process the movement, but in the end, it dawned on you. This passenger wanted to shake your hand.

"I am Jean Kirschtein and it is a pleasure to meet such a fine lady."

You tilted your head a little more to fully face Mr. Kirschtein and send him the most venomous glare you could muster. Was he out of his mind? What did he try to achieve? Jean must have read your frown correctly, because he hawked and explained, "Well, we aren't strangers anymore. So I am kind of obligated to save you." The absurdity of this encounter overwhelmed you. At the brink of death, this obscure person had the nerve to engage you in senseless chatter. But you had to admit that it actually kept you successfully from jumping. Oh god, you wanted to kill yourself. You almost forgot. As you drifted off to a modus operandi, you breathed, "I am Y/N. Y/N L/N." Again a soft smile tugged at Jean's lips, still hovering his hand right in front of you. "Well, Y/N L/N, how about you take my hand?"

So you did as you were told, not knowing that this simple gesture was the start of something magical.

"You draw?" you hummed in surprise and amazement, as you eyed the messy folder of papers under Jean's arms. Since he saved your life the night before, you found it appropriate to thank him with a decent amount of money. He declined politely though, stating that seeing you well and alive was reward enough. After a mild quarrel, where you tried to force him to take the banknotes, you let it be. He truly seemed to be happy that you didn't kill yourself. Still, you asked him if he would fancy taking a walk with you on this nice, sunny day. He agreed gladly this time. Everything above brought you to animated conversations and finally to your burning question. "Yeah, it's my passion. Keeps the mind off things," he answered shyly, his outgoing deminer all gone. You smiled fondly at the tall man, as you stopped. A set of other first-class guests eyed you in disgust since you interacted with a filthy commoner. But you ignored their icy stares. "Can I see? I would love to!" And how could Jean say no to such round puppy eyes? He would rip his heart out just to earn another soft smile from you. The ash-blonde coughed slightly to regain his composure and fidgeted with the leather folder in his arms. "Let's see..." he hummed deep in his thoughts while he searched through the pages. After a few seconds he exclaimed a happy "Ah, this is a nice one!" and shoved the piece of paper under your nose. You shook your head at his overly dramatic behavior but giggled. To be honest, you didn't expect much. Maybe that's why you were even more awestruck by the sight of this precious artwork. The drawing in front of your eyes could be described as nothing but perfection. Picasso, van Gogh and Monet would turn green because of jealousy. "This is amazing!" you exclaimed, a little too loud. You looked around embarrassedly, to check if anyone had noticed your outburst. When you were sure that this wasn't the case your eyes found their way back to the piece of art. Gently you traced your digits over the paper like you would be able to touch the person illustrated on it. It was a young woman, sitting on a huge armchair. She had an angel-like face and the most beautiful black hair framed it. But above all, she was split naked. Not many dared to draw something this erotic. "Really? This was a girl I met in Marley." Jean also mirrored your surprised expression, but also sounded more than proud. "I can almost feel the tension. It's just...perfect. I've never seen anything this honest," you mused. Your gaze wandered up to meet his. The most beaming smile was plastered on the male's face. "You can keep it then," Jean suggested, but you shook your head. "How about you draw me like one of your marleyan girls instead?"

You always had been a person to believe in scientific facts only. Such delusions as destiny and twin flames were something, reserved for dreamers. Already at a young age, you faced the harsh reality of a cruel word. With your father dying at a young age and now your remaining family facing bankruptcy, you had to grow up faster than anyone else. There was simply no space in your heart to embrace the wonders around you. But the final straw was pulled when your mother announced that you were forced into an arranged marriage with a rich businessman from Marley. You knew nothing about him, except that his name was Zeke Yeager.

Despite all this cruelty, strings of faith pulled you into Jean Kirschtein's arms, on this fey night. All of a sudden you dared to believe in such magical things. You even allowed yourself to dream about a life, where you would walk off this ship, with him by your side. Of course, hidden in the deep valleys of your heart, you know that this was just an illusion. You were born into a wealthy family, while he was an ordinary factory worker. Poor as anyone could be. Society didn't like the idea of marrying out of pure love, nor to put one's happiness first. The only thing important to those prude citizens was to keep up the facade of the noble. They would talk behind your back, maybe even trick Jean into something to get him behind bars. And your mother would rather see you dead than in a third-class person's arms. But still, you were here. Attached to your lover's lips, while you hid in the storage room of the ship. Only two days after you've met. This had to mean something. This couldn't be just an obscure coincidence. Knowing someone for such a short period of time and still dedicating your head to them had to be a sign of the heavens. Jean was different than anyone you've met. He had a gentle soul, the most radiant smile and a good sense of humor. The people you normally had the pleasure with, were stuck up and boring. It felt refreshing to interact with someone as bold as him. And oh, how you enjoyed the sensation of his gentle touch. Jean's hands roamed your body like you were the portrayal of a goddess. He had to worship you. Over and over again the young man whispered the sweetest nothings into your ear. Telling you how he was gonna marry you and how beautiful your children would look. He would do everything to give you the life you deserved - A life of freedom. If any other man would have whispered such surreal things to you, you would have cringed. But your lover had his way with words and you believed everything he said. "Jean," you finally sighed as you peeled away from his lips, still lingering in his embrace. "I am promised to someone, you know that. It won't be as easy." You brought your soft hand up to his face and traced your thumb over his cheekbone. "Also, we are hiding in a storage room, like criminals. A lot of things have to change before we can live our lives in peace," you added with a slight giggle at the comedic scenery. Jean moved to softly lay his hand over yours. He gave your slender fingers a loving squeeze, while he brought your wrist up to his mouth. The softest kiss let you shudder. "I know, my love, but we will make it happen," he assured you in a child-like manner, while stars of excitement danced in his sepia-colored orbs. Then he added, "And for now we can just pretend." You raised an eyebrow because you couldn't make out what he meant. To ease your confusion, Jean took your tiny hand, compared to his, and lead you through the full room. You maneuvered your bodies through diverse boxes and the most obscure objects. People brought the weirdest things with them. You saw a whole couch, a huge collection of marbles and a hunting trophy, which was a stuffed duck. After another turn at a tower of boxes, you gasped. There was a car standing. An actual car. Only the wealthiest families owned such fancy technology. "Wanna go for a ride?" Jean winked, sprinted over to the vehicle and opened the back door. "M'Lady?" he spoke in a mockingly nasal tone and bowed. As a result, you burst into laughter. Joining his theatrical act you strutted towards his form, while you swung your emerald green dress around your ankles. "Why thank you, Mr. Kirschtein," you cooed and took his offer to help you inside. Jean was quick to follow and placed his ridiculously tall body next to yours. A well-sculpted arm found its way around your shoulders.

"Where should our driver take us?" he asked with a mischievous grin, gesturing to the empty front seat a.k.a the imaginary driver. In a thinking motion, you brought your finger up to your lips and tapped them a few times. A quiet "Hm" hummed through your chest.

Finally, you turned to face him, while you grabbed his collar to almost close the space between you. Your breath mingled with his as you susurrated,

"To the stars."

[dawsonscreekwasalwaysbad]

season 6 thoughts

hey quick question why the FUCK did you start with that

like on the one hand i’m glad that now i know what happened right after the end of “that’s too much man!”. on the other hand… ow

the mountain bojack climbs is called “metaphor mountain” God bless Lisa Hanawalt

i LOVE the way the episodes are framed… like you get one flashback to bojack drinking and you think that was the first time then it’s like NOPE he was even younger

CINDY CRAWFISH AKSHDJDSF

AND BABY BOJACK SNUGGLING UP TO HIS MOTHER… TRYING TO FEEL AN EMBRACE SHE WOULD NEVER GIVE… CATCH ME CRYING IN THE CLUB

WHO THE FUCK CAME UP WITH THIS NEW INTRO

AND THE WAY IT HAS ALL THOSE FLASHBACK SCENES BUT IT STILL ENDS WITH HIM FALLING INTO THE POOL AND DIANE AND PEANUTBUTTER CHECKING TO SEE IF HES OK AND THEN HES JSUT LOUNGING IN HIS APPLE SHORTS;;; it’s just,, he’s going back home in the end, going back to the place where he started, as if everything will go back to the way it was before and he’ll find himself stuck in the same cycles he tried so hard to escape… all im saying is, i dont think this season is gonna end well

and how it dwells on his past, everything he did wrong, all the most heartwrenching moments, and there aren’t any changes to the intro (as far as i could tell) until episode 8… nothing changes if all you do is look back.

I am LOVING the Mr. Peanutbutter we’re getting this season. I was never really attached to him before; it’s not that I hated him, just that I liked all the other main characters better. and now that they’ve had him do something really bad and reckon with that,, he’s plumbing new depths, exploring those dark places, questioning if he’s truly as happy as he says he is

and bonding with bojack??? who would have guessed

bojack keeps giving advice that is, at best, the kind he doesn’t follow himself, and at worst, bringing others down into the well of self-pity that he’s been stuck in the whole series

Someone give Princess Carolyn a break…

SHE NAMED HER DAUGHTER RUTHIE IM CRYING

Guy seems like a cool guy but I feel like they’re setting him up to seem nice so that it’s more surprising when it’s revealed he’s not. I’m probably being too suspicious, but also we don’t know much of the details about his divorce, do we? Lakeith Stanfield's great tho

EPISODE 4 WAS COMEDY GOLD

The return of Queefburglar69

I WANNA WRAP PICKLES UP IN A BLANKET LIKE A BURRITO AND TELL HER EVERYTHINGS OKAY

Oh man Pickles talking about how her subscribers will always be there for her… like… it’s not one person, it’s a cloud of people, the contents and shape of which changes, might even be completely different and unrecognizable from one year to the next, but they’re all still there as this nebulous support system. and it reminded me of what bojack said to young sarah lynn about how her fans are the only things she can count on

Todd is babey.

Also him wearing the ace colors under his hoodie!!

I knew Diane’s rationale for going to chicago was bullshit. she said it makes her feel good, but “it doesn’t matter where you are, it’s who you are,” and she still dwells on her bad feelings and hates herself just as much in chicago as she did in LA. moving somewhere else isn’t necessarily gonna change those tendencies, she has to work on it herself.

OH MAN AND WHEN BOJACK GETS DR CHAMP DRUNK AGAIN… THROWING THE BOTTLE OUT THE WINDOW WAS A WAY TO AVOID RUINING ANOTHER LIFE AND HE ENDS UP DOING THE EXACT THING HE HOPED HE WOULD NEVER DO AGAIN

was honestly kinda hoping that Dr Champ was just pretending he got drunk to show how bad bojack could get if he relapsed but at the end when he was like “stay…” that’s how i knew that shit was real.

todd is so fucking stupid i love him

ngl am kinda disappointed that todd’s confirmed white, cause i’ve kinda been picturing him as latino for a long time and i know rbw said he doesn’t want to alienate latino viewers who relate to todd. but it makes a  lot of sense, cause he always gets away with stupid shit and gets to the top of things without even having to try just because he knows a guy. and maybe the reason he’s so positive all the time is because it’s so easy for him to be, he never has to worry about shit bc of the privilege his whiteness affords him. also I love that we got to learn more about his backstory

THE CONTRAST BTWN “all the shitty things I did that I can barely even remember because I was high or drunk or it was thirty years ago” and “I remember everything. I’m sober now.” !!!!!!!!!!!!!

sharona sounds like a cross btwn princess carolyn and margo martindale

I have… mixed feelings about the haircut

Oh man Mr. Peanutbutter had a moment… he finally got that crossover episode… I was kinda hoping for a joke that went “Mr. Peanutbutter and BoJack Horseman in the same room? What is this, Philbert?” or “What is this, a short-lived show on a streaming network that got canceled because the star got addicted to painkillers and strangled his costar in a drugged haze?” but this is SO MUCH BETTER. I've never seen him cry before and the way he reacts to himself crying suggests that maybe he’s never cried before at all, and that’s why he just keeps laughing, almost like it’s forced, cause this is supposed to be his happiest moment and it’s not supposed to make him so sad. fucking,, character development

and the cold open of ep 8… you can forgive yourself and move on from your past wrongs but it doesn’t erase the things you did, the effects they have on people, and the trauma they’ve suffered. and then like, how can you forgive yourself if they never forgive you? how do you maintain that balance? why should you move forward if they can’t?

its weird to have an episode consisting entirely of guest stars but it also illustrates the extensive world they’ve built and i applaud that… also where the fuck is ana spanakopita

GINA RETURNS!!! HELL YEAH

her quote about not wanting to be defined by what bojack did to her has always stuck with me, and i feel like now, that quote has sort of come true. like, her saying that made us avoid reducing her to what happened to her, and thats why i wanted to see her come back this season, hopefully moving past it. but she can’t. it traumatized her. and everyone can see the effects of it but she feels like she can’t come forward, cause if she does she’ll be punished. shit like that changes you.

and it’s another instance on the show where someone chooses to advance their career & preserve their reputation over doing the right thing (like what bojack does with herb & sharona), but bojack does it out of self-interest, and gina does it so she doesn’t have to relive her trauma every time she gets interviewed or recognized by a fan. but even when she keeps quiet about it she’s still reliving her trauma

noah fence but what a waste of the once-per-season fuck word. youre really gonna use it in an episode IN WHICH BOJACK DOES NOT EVEN APPEAR, and not only that, but RECYCLE AN OLD SENTENCE FROM A PREVIOUS EPISODE

netflix places no limits on a show’s use of the fuck word (i think), so… fingers crossed for something better in the second part?

OH MY GOD PETE REPEAT INTRODUCED HIMSELF AS PETER ITS ALMOST LIKE HES TRYING TO FORGET THAT TIME & THAT PERSON HE WAS (im probably reading into it too much, I’m sure it’s mostly so we wouldn’t figure out who it was immediately. maybe im just like the kid with the coffee cup.)

and just… ppl describe this show as “family guy or the simpsons except the protagonist faces consequences for his actions” but bojack has gotten away with everything.

you ever just like… you ever watch a scene and feel the cliffhanger vibes creeping up and you just know it’s gonna end there and leave you unsatisfied and begging for more but at the same time that’s what makes it such a good place to end it. that was me with this. (and also the ending of undone)

the thing about this show is, it illustrates what it’s like to be a toxic person. and sure, he has it hard, but the show never asserts that he has it any worse than his victims, even if bojack himself does so. and he only does it so he can feel better about himself. he deserves a reckoning, he needs to pay for his bad deeds. but then, when you know what made him this way and what goes on inside his mind and that he wants to get better, it makes you feel for him, and forces you to ask if he deserves to get better and forgive himself and move forward. but even if he does, it doesn’t change the things he did. it doesn’t fix the lives he’s ruined.

anyway sound off if you think bojack’s gonna die at the end. hopefully not by suicide

[fantroll-purgatory]

@itoshiki​

hello! im submitting my sort-of-trollsona-but-not-really. I made him I guess more Alternian and he’s highly personal 2 me but that shouldn’t discourage you! I’m stuck at some parts because I just recently got back into homestuck and I’d like advice from someone who knows their stuff. IT’S SO LONG IM SO SORRY… Thank you so much if you do review it tho!

Hey no worries. Thanks for your patience!

Hell yeah hell yeah ceruleanbloods with Eye Stuff.

World: Alternia, maybe an AU? I’m unsure. But he’s Alternian.

Name: Sancti Serpus

“Sancti” comes from “Saint” and his belief that he can do no wrong, as well as how he believes that his experiments benefit troll society. “Serpus” comes from “Serpent” and his personality being sly and manipulative, could be described as a snake by others in the way he is first nice to his friends but backstabs them later, as well as his lusus being a two-headed Titanoboa (prehistoric Boa).

I understand the reasoning behind the first name! If you want something that plays a little more into the archetypal Mad Scientist “I will become a GOD AHAHAHAHA” vibe then I suggest Apoteu from the Greek apotheoun, meaning “to make a god of.” Still fits his beliefs about himself and how he benefits society…but there is such a thing a vengeful, malevolent god.

I like the serpent theme, especially given the Rod of Asclepius/Caduceus confusion, given that the former is about medicine and the latter about commerce. Plus snake oil salesman as duplicitous people claiming they have a cure when they’re really just selling you whatever they could dig up. Serpus is a little too obvious as a snake troll though, so maybe we abstract that a bit. A slightly silly one would be Davdav, since the longest-living two-headed snake is named Double Dave after its discoverer.

Apoteu Davdav. It has the opposite of a nice ring to it, but I like it because it sounds kind of mad sciencey.

Age: 7.5 Sweeps (16 Human Years)

Theme/Story: His theme is sort of Mad Scientist vibes. He dabbles in forensic pathology, chemistry (even though he often explodes things), troll biology/genes and psychology. Those are his main 5 branches because he’s not very good at math so his knowledge of physics is limited.

fugidghiuuaehiu Bad At Math Science Gang RISE UP

He was hatched and went through The Brooding Caverns. He decided to settle on a Hive in the outskirts of a city, in a suburban area with only a few highblooded neighbors. However, his lusus was very, very hard to feed for the two heads would often argue with and attack each other. His lusus would feed on anyone who visited or came too close, by asphyxiating them. It also neglected him and didn’t pay attention to him for it was too busy fighting with itself. He eventually learned to sedate his lusus through aromatherapy, with chemicals he himself created in his lab. He lives on a huge castle-like hive near a forest where he gets the material for his experiments and corpses to analyze. He has a bunch of body parts in flasks and bottles.

He is a very strange troll, but he doesn’t want to be. Due to his upbringing and his lusus eating whoever came over. He often saw culling, death and destruction near him, which caused him to have a morbid fixation on death and a desire to better troll society through science, influenced by his ancestor Discordi Discipla (he’s a WIP). However, he has fallen victim to his own mental deterioration and apathy as he spent more time around the dead (and undead). This mental deterioration was exacerbated when a presumed dead corpse came to life in his lab and attacked him, causing him blindness in his right eye. He’s somewhat afraid of being culled for his blindness, but knows that it’s not likely, due to his highblood status.

This is pretty good and comprehensive!

Due to his childhood where he didn’t have control over what his lusus did, he now wants to have control over everything in his life. This makes him a very controlling and manipulative person, bent on doing anything to get his way even if it means experimenting on his lowblooded friends. He doesn’t necessarily like hurting others and doesn’t mean to, Alternian society and his own visions of violence has just made him apathetic. This apathy as well as his low self-worth stemming from his neglect has made him have tons of unhealthy relationships, as well as has made him a perfectionist and narcissist. Despite his supposed belief that the end justifies the means and he’s going to make troll society better, he doubts himself and has an inferiority complex.

His mental deterioration has made him a very unstable troll to be around. He’s still a good troll at heart, however the odds are in disfavor due to his blood color causing him to look down on others lower on the hemospectrum and his own childhood. He does things mainly on impulse and suffers from strange hallucinations and visions of the future ever since he was blinded on his right eye. He’s learned to cope with them and they don’t necessarily harm him, but they do cause him significant distress.

He also has a lot of scars from laboratory incidents, and his neighbors hate him.

fjiodshfuo yeah if my neighbor kept making ungodly noises and murdering people with abandon I may also have a beef with them.

Review Goals: General Overview please! Strife Specibus:

Chemicalkind. He carries around various noxious chemicals to use as he pleases, but sometimes they irritate his eyes when he uses them. He can handle it almost all of the time though. He throws them in bottles and that’s how he fights.

I know I *just* suggested this for my most recent review but bottlekind fits here too because if he runs out of chemicals he can just break a bottle off on a nearby surface and stab someone with the broken glass it’s fun it’s easy it’s free.

Fetch Modus:  I kind of took the idea from a mspa fetch modus entry, since I’m bad at coming up with fetch moduses. It’s unoriginal I know, but I genuinely couldn’t think of anything.

Periodic Table Modus.

It requires Sancti to remember his elements, as he needs to remember them for when he’s working and therefore it helps him but also inconveniences him as he can forget them.

This is how it works:

When an item is captchalogued, a quick calculation is checked to see the size of that item. If it is lower than 190x190, the size of the item is totalled and placed on a slot on the fetch modus that corresponds to the periodic table number. 

For example, an item that is 4 in by 2 in would total to 6, and be in the position of Carbon on the table.

Sancti would then have to open the periodic table modus, which would open as an actual metaphysical table, and retrieve the item.

It is blank, with 118 spaces.

This fetch modus is a little confusing to me as well, and your poor math challenged troll likely also finds it difficult.

…but I think I have an idea that keeps with the spirit *and* the confusion while generating some good old Modus Shenanigans. What about an ORBITAL MODUS, with items filling in in each new category as an electron shell would? All items in the outermost shell would be immediately accessible, with deeply nested items remaining inaccessible until the outer shells were emptied.

Like this. Which is perfect for your chemist troll.

Blood Color: Ceruleanblood/Cobaltblood.

Lunar Sway: Derse, because he is dissatisfied with himself.

Derse and Prospit assignations don’t necessarily have to do with how one feelings about *themselves!* Karkat is Prospit and Nepeta is Derse, which reflects the fact that Karkat has accepted the hemospectrum as the way things have to be despite the horrors it inflicts on him, while Nepeta is extremely happy to be herself, but constantly snipes Equius for kowtowing to the hemospectrum. Even Equius is a Dersite, since he doesn’t agree with the hemospectrum so much as develop a really disturbing fixation over the following and subversion of it.

Given that your troll actively uses the hemospectrum to his advantage and delights in doing so, I’d argue he’s a Prospitan!  Title: I’m unsure if I want to make them a sylph of light or a sylph of space, I’m actually not sure at all what they should be.

Between forensic pathology and genetics and chemistry and being attacked by a zombie and feeling he knows best he’s actually coming off VERY much as a Life player to me. Since you’re bouncing between two Sylph classpects I’m happy to keep that title as long as we acknowledge he’s not currently very good at it :P.

Symbol and Meaning: The symbol for purification by burning. He’s my first troll in the session I want to make. It kind of has the meaning of spiritual cleansing or purifying something that is not pure. In this case I think it relates to Sancti’s personal growth that will happen through the session, reflecting how he has to better himself through painful events.

If we go by the EZ, his sign would be Scorsci, Sign of the Fixer. Which is certainly what he sees himself as! I’ll see if I can play with the symbol you gave him and incorporate the Scorpio M into it.

Handle: gravesideAnopsia

Anopsia is a defect in the visual field or blindness, and graveside refers to how he got his blindness.

We definitely see trolls with retroactively foreshadowy trolltags, but I can’t think of a reason for him to have picked Anopsia before his blinding. What about gravesideConjunct, since he sees himself as the connective tissue between the dead and the living? Which can become retroactively ironic when his eye putrifies after it comes into contact with necrotic tissue, which is basically an extreme version of conjunctivitis.

Quirk: ~~( he types…. zzz….. taking… his time…. with words… and….types in caps when he…..wants to zzz…. ASSERT HIS POINT….)~~

Love this quirk he’s a sleeby boy.

He either keysmashes to laugh as “eoeoeoe” “sksksks” or simply laughs like “haha” or “hehe”. He also uses the following emoji    :)-< and (－‸ლ)

Special Abilities: None, unless you count his visions of the future. But he wasn’t born with psychic abilities.

Idk that he even needs visions of the future tbh. Injury does not always confer abilities in troll society.

Lusus/Guardian: A 2-headed Titanoboa (think of a huuuuuge prehistoric Boa, even bigger than an Anaconda). He considers himself to have two dads as the two heads have separate brains. He calls them “my snake dads”. Him and his lusus have a better relationship now that his lusus is sedated, and he often cuddles with his lusus in between their two heads and feeds them the corpses after he’s done analyzing them. However, their relationship used to be negative and neglectful, as explained above.

Omg yes I love his dads.

Interests: Apart from the sciences listed on his theme, he also enjoys the arts and painting with blood of the corpses he studies, as well as making artistic murals outside to the annoyance of his neighbors. He likes cosmic horror books, doomsday devices and machinery, bodily modification, philosophers, and in his spare game he will play puzzle and roleplaying games (but not FLARPing, he’s bad at it). He thinks about hunting the undead sometimes, and likes horror movies, making friends regardless of their dead or alive status, scaring his neighbors, horror movies, and mindless antics.

Appearance: His hair is very straight, but it tends to get messy. Also the string on one of his horns is a string that got stuck on his horn and it’s hard to remove now.

usghiuserg good. I’m gonna see what I can do to his sprite to convey the “straight but messy” vibe more.

Personality: 

He’s VERY creative, more than analytical, which is an oddity for a scientist, others may think of him as a “creative genius” but he rejects the title of being a mad scientist. He wants to be positively known. He also always tries to finish things and has a general curious personality. He’s always seeking knowledge, and often tires himself out from working too much on his experiments, which causes him to enter a cycle of all nighters vs heavy sleeping. He’s a very heavy sleeper, often taking naps throughout the day. He procrastinates on mundane tasks that don’t relate to his interests or experiments. However, he drinks a lot of caffeinated beverages when he needs to work in order to keep himself awake essentially starting an all nighter cycle.

Depending on the circumstances, he can be very friendly and charming, or quite the opposite. It all depends. He likes to crack morbid jokes that make nobody laugh, and is quite disorganized as well as silly. He cares for his moirail (wip) and matesprit (wip) the most, and even though he sometimes snaps at them, he never wants to lose them.

Land: Land of Dreams and Angels, but depending on the classpect you assign him I will change it.

*Hopes and Dreams plays in the background*

What if he’s Land of Regrowth and Thaw, with the grass being fed by the remains of former consorts and the rest slowly unfreezing from ice as his journey continues? Works with his work with dead bodies and also gives us the vegetation associated with Life.

I also have his introduction written out but idk if I should include it. Here it is:

Your name is SANCTI SERPUS and you’d rather be sleeping, or dead.

You love everything relating to THE SCIENCES, but you are not very good at MATH, or keeping organized. However, you are still considered a “CREATIVE GENIUS”. You love anything that STIMULATES YOUR GRUBBY BRAIN -  such as PSYCHOLOGY, FORENSICS and TROLL BIOLOGY. You do many EXPERIMENTS, most of which involve using troll parts in jars, to create true ABOMINATIONS; and one which sadly took your right eye’s vision and has had you in fear of being CULLED. However, you reject the idea of being a “MAD SCIENTIST”.

In a weird fashion, you also highly enjoy THE ARTS, and paint the walls of your GINORMOUS HIVE and other places with objectively “pretty good” PICTURES made from the BLOOD of the corpses you work with, to the annoyance of your neighbors. You also have a slight interest in BODILY MODIFICATION, in an effort to withdraw attention from your accident, as well as an interest in COSMIC HORROR BOOKS, as any good scientist should have. Another interest of yours is VIDEO GAMES, especially ROLE PLAYING and PUZZLE games, and when you’re not working, you spend your time playing them. You’ve even attempted to CODE your own game, and FAILED.  However, you are not a very good FLARPER.

Despite this, all your work leaves you tired, which means you are a HEAVY SLEEPER and tend to procrastinate even the most MUNDANE TASKS that are not related to your interests. On the days that you are energized from drinking CAFFEINATED BEVERAGES, you like to go outside at night and collect all sorts of RANDOM KNICK-KNACKS, which may include CORPSES and FOSSILS to analyze. This has attracted the attention of your neighbors and BEST FRIENDS, who call you an UNHINGED TOTAL MANIAC. You don’t understand why, until you take off your lab coat to reveal an alarming amount of new scars from LABORATORY INCIDENTS. You really are kind of an ODDBALL. 

This is such a frickin MOOD. Let’s go to the redesign, though I don’t have much!

Horns - you said he got string tangled in his horns but those horns are shaped in a way that makes it pretty easy to untangle stuff! I gave him horns that are Klein-bottle inspired, though it’s obviously impossible for horns to actually grow into a Klein bottle shape. Now THAT’S a mess I wouldn’t wanna tangle with!

Hair - I absolutely ripped a fan-troll template to shreds and put it back together again for this hair, but I think this conveys “basically straight but mussed up” with a little more shape than the original.

Face - I adjusted the proportions and replaced the eyebrows with just the piercings because it was looking a little busy.

Shirt - Again it looked a little busy with the jacket with symbols on both flaps and the pendant in the middle, so I gave him a mad scientist jacket edited from John’s.

Symbol - I tried to find a happy medium between the radial symmetry of the original symbol and the Scorsci M with the arrows.

That’s pretty much it! Hope this helped!

-TR

[lemondoddle]

Lane tell me about ur ocs....

LOR!!!! ❤💖💗💕 literally yes its Ramble Time

so i have a sort of universe for my ocs in like a series setup- its called Anomalies and the basic jist is that modern society rules and etiquette in this universe is just a cover for little rituals to keep the supernatural at bay and keep the general public calm, BUT an organization is going around helping people with supernatural shenanigens and educating them like Hey you dont have to be afraid anymore

OK FIRST- we have Aris. at first aris was just a character i drew based off of the song Aristotle’s Denial (Aris for short) but then i realized i liked him too much and gave him a backstory. He works for the organization as a field agent and helping people with their Paranormal Problems, but also to search for his lost lover and partner,Lola, that was separated from him on a failed mission a few years ago. he’s tired all the time and perpetually half-lidded but he’s kind and gentle and a father figure/ good dad to Jasmine. he smokes and is kind of a disaster bi. he’s also trans and has a sigil of Lola’s name burned onto his arm that appeared during The Incident and he keeps it covered

NEXT is Jasmine. she ran away from her home and stumbled into danger on her travels but was luckily saved by aris who was like “kid whats your deal” and took her in as a sort of apprentice But theyre really more of a father/daughter duo but they wont admit it. Jasmine is young and kinda naive but she also knew that something is up with society and paranatural stuff, part of the reason she left home

NOW Edith! she’s aris’ coworker and friend. Edith is super sweet and supportive but assertive in that  “i want you to be my mom but you also scare me” sense. BIG osono from kikis delivery service vibes. just always happy to help people 

SANDRA!! at first sandra was actually a character i made for an improv camp but realized she kinda fits in really well with this universe so i chucked her in there as well! she’s a brainwashed target employee rescued from her position by aris and jasmine and shes working on trying to remember her life or family or literally any non-target related. she’s staying with edith who’s helping her and cue romantic tension because edith really likes her but she thinks sandra has enough on her plate and her sentience is still dubious at best. sandra likes edith back but is still working on expressing emotions properly again, what a soap opera

FINALLY for this universe (for now) Lola!!- i still dont have much figured out with her since the tiny very not linear story in my head still keeps her as a mystery to the nonexistent audience but im getting there. she was aris’ field agent partner (edith stayed back and did research/ consulations) and they fell in love but oops! during a house call Lola disappeared and aris has been looking for her ever since. she was a calming presence, defs more level-headed than aris but could always make him laugh somehow

OKAY i think thats enough for now, i still have other ocs that i dont think about as much but this post is already so long. ill probs post some art of them tomorrow and maybe eventually even the mock TMA statement i wrote thru aris’ perspective on The Incident. (fun fact i made aris like last summer and listened to tma this past february and oh my god aris and jon are twins. very tired disaster bi’s that smoke and have supernatural trauma relating to their jobs, how bout that??)

[bluepunkmon]

idr if you've talked abt this b4 cuz its been months since we've talked smt1 but... thots on an au where all the heroes knew eachother b4 the apocalypse?

this got rambly and im not sure if i wrote what you wanted but here this is

To start I’m already half convinced they knew each other pre-game, if only bc of their proximity. Kazuya and Takeshi lived in the same neighborhood I think? Im pretty sure. And Yuji was dating the girl living next to Kazuya so they probably crossed paths at least once, and isn’t impossible that takeshi crossed paths with yuji at least once. SO they’ve seen each other, and from there it might not be a stretch to say they know of each other, at least vaguely.

I don’t think it would take too much for them to know each other. Kazuya and takeshi have a lot of similarities, from geographic proximity, both living on social margins (takeshi bullied, kazuya ignored) and both with semi-similar home lives (both have single parents, no siblings (that I know of)). It would take a lot of effort on both their parts, mostly takeshi deciding to not see an offer of friendship as condescension or pity, so maybe he’d have to initiate. But they could be friends, if only in that ‘we have no one else to be with and I mostly tolerate you’ kind of way some schools friendships are formed.

Yuji I have a harder time seeing with them both on the basis of familiarity, just bc what little we know about him doesn’t seem to intersect with their own pasts much. He has both parents seems pretty well off and is into music possibly because his parents are. But there have been friendships based on less, and he seems amicable enough in game, working with Kazuya to escape the hospital and jumping in to help Takeshi with Ozawa. I don’t imagine itd take too much more than a conversation or two with Kazuya while he’s out walking Pascal for them to start forming a connection.

And hey I can just make this even more ficcy and just imagine that Yuji has a seemingly cushy life but is being pushed into things out of expectation rather than because he wants it, or maybe his relationship with his parents actually has some serious rough patches, idk. Maybe with his dad, since every other party member has dad issues.

(Yuji and Takeshi mostly tolerate each other via both being friends with Kazuya, and when hanging out with him can stay civil, and later on even friendly. They don’t really hang out with just the two of them though because then it descends into fighting real quick).

(No Yuka here unfortunately bc I don’t think its ever mentioned what Yuka did before heading the resistance faction, besides, being psychic, somewhere.)

I also like to imagine this increasingly intricate scenario as being a semi-long standing thing rather than something formed a year or two pre-game, so maybe they first got to know each other in like mid middle school. So they have middle school until the summer after high school (I imagine them as 18-ish to make the game also a metaphor for entering adulthood and the lack of guidance and choices that that brings) to get to know each other, hanging out after school or at arcades or studying together or whatever it was Japanese teenage boys did in 199X.

And bc Im a sap I like to think that the time together ifluences them, at least a little bit. Takeshi gets a bit less angry, because he has people to talk to and who look out for him and he doesn’t feel so alone. Kazuya leans to be more assertive, both from encouragement and from having to step up several times and make sure their group stays cohesive. Yuji learns to, idk, tolerate people with different viewpoints? There are very obvious rough patches, especially as they get older, but the friendship is a positive force in their lives overall.

SO finally the game happens. Pre time skip, most everything goes the same. Demons still happen, Kazuya’s mom still dies, Yuka still shows up, bombs still fall. The differences are small; Kazuya has his friends and not strangers to comfort him after she dies, so maybe he bounces back from that a bit better. The group isn’t as quick to go their separate ways, if they ever do, and maybe all of them try to find and rescue Yuji’s girlfriend (and im not sure how this would affect Kazuya’s relationship with Yuka? Ok maybe he splits off to help her but Takeshi sticks with Yuji when he goes off to find his girlfriend, which would be a pretty big moment of character growth for him)

Bombs still fall, they still get kicked to the Diamond Realm (I almost said velvet room what), and they all get dropped 30 years into the future.

SO the thing im torn about most here is whether their preexisting bonds would change their groups very-bad-end

On the one hand, I like to think that their bonds would change a few things. They’d still go their separate ways, bc Takeshi, for all that their friendship shores up his confidence and self esteem, is still insecure when it comes to Ozawa and wouldn’t pass up a chance to gain the upper hand and fuse with a demon to kill him. He might still leave bc he sympathizes with the gaean faction more than the others and still believes that being able to stand alone is true strength. Yuji would still die and get reincarnated bc, he’d still die protecting Kazuya bc he’s a good friend like that.

So that all happens. But maybe the friendship is the key difference that prevents things from descending into a bloodbath at the Cathedral. Takeshi still doesn’t want to rejoin Kazuya (assuming he’s going canon neutral route), but he remembers their days together, how Kazuya helped him when he felt completely alone in the world, and can’t bring himself to hurt or kill him, at least not then (or their past makes him even more insecure bc he thinks Kazuya thought he was weak but this is the happy scenario so we aren’t going there)

Yuji I’m not sure, since its implied (I think anyway) that he came back altered, so there might not be anything that could be done in the past to make sure he stayed someone they could reason with? But this is best end so maybe their past together is just strong enough to sway him from Messian control.

So there isn’t a death fight in the Cathedral maybe, but they’d still believe very strongly in their own factions, and probably just push the conflict farther down the road. In a way I feel its inevitable, and when the clashes finally happen they’ll be all the more painful for everything they’ve shared.

[domitiann-blog]

Who am I?

I recently did an interview with my friend who works as a social media influencer for her newly launched website. Im reposting the content here & I hope the answers give some insight into who I am & perhaps the misunderstood world of sex work...

So tell me more about yourself. What do you do for living and how would you best describe your job? 

Hey! My name is Ethan and I am a male escort based in London working both within the UK and internationally.  Perhaps adult entertainer better describes what I do as I do/have done strip teases, live performances and adult party hosting (there are probably a few things I’m missing out)

On a functional level what I do can range from helping individuals to access intimacy all the way through to exposing people to a variety of sex or a quality of sexual experience they may not typically have. This might mean a quiet date, a holiday somewhere exotic, a tantric massage, a night of wet & wild fun with multiple orgasms…or all of the above!

More generally, I have a degree in Politics, Philosophy & Economics. I do gymnastics and triathlons for fun. I guess the typical view of an escort is of someone looking to make money in the short run to support an addiction of some kind but for me sex work has been the most fulfilling job I’ve had and I’ve had some pretty good jobs. I certainly wouldn't recommend it for everyone but for a very select group it can be a very positive lifestyle.

Tell me about the first time you received money? What motivated you & how did you feel after your first client? 

The first time I received money from someone it was actually the second time that I had been propositioned and based on stories I have exchanged with friends this is not uncommon! I was approached by a man who said that he was involved with a modelling agency and would like to put me on their books and so I gave him my contact details. It later turned out that he wanted to spend sometime simply looking my body and then to watch me masturbate for, what was to me then, a large amount of money. So as a young man with a high sex drive and exhibitionist tendencies there seemed like very little downside. Afterwards he cooked me dinner in his penthouse apartment and we played on his playstation. Although the nature of our sexual encounter was different in some ways,  it was actually quite similar to other sexual relationships i was having at that time.

 I encounter quite a lot of interest overall (i hope this doesn’t come across as big headed, its more a reality which has lead to what i do) and am very sexually active. At that time, i felt the financial incentive was more of a way of deciding how i was going to spend my time and plentiful sexual energy rather than for any ‘service’. I’ve always just been myself and that slowly became quite lucrative. At the start it was definitely not a conscious career choice like becoming an accountant or an actor or anything like that.

What’s your price list? 

This varies too much based on currencies, locations and time scale for me to give you an accurate picture. I will say that unlike many female escorts, prices are for time rather than a specific ‘act’ or ‘service’ and I always make full use of that time and sometimes run over having lost track. Escorts who formulate their prices in the first way i described are mostly working in a very different market though and are not in fact formulating their own prices. However this is a topic that i think we will touch on later in the interview.

Can you describe the people who pay for your time and services? What gender are they? Which services are they usually asking for? 

Wow, how much time do you have?! Haha. The spread is more diverse than you might be able to imagine and some of them you may actually know!  In fact one of the things i love about escorting is how diverse a spectrum of people I know and connect with. I am quite a people-oriented person and people will sometimes trust me with a side of themselves they don’t show anyone else. Over time, i have acquired a vault-like inventory of insights on how people think and feel in their most secret thoughts & when they are most vulnerable. When people meet me they will often remark that I have a different outlook on life and i believe this is partly responsible.

 I see females, males & couples. As an assertive 6 ft 4 male i tend to attract individuals of a more submissive disposition who access intimacy most readily through strong guidance & instruction both inside and outside the bedroom. This means that most frequently individuals will come to see me to experience domination, tantric massage or for me to be their ‘boyfriend-for-the-night’. 

What are you’re limits in your job? 

My sexuality aligns more strongly with what my role in the bedroom is than what the gender of my partner is. Submissive acts of any kind simply don’t turn me on and its important as a male that i am enjoying myself if you catch my drift haha 😛! 

 Drug use and unprotected sex are also major no’s for me and are unfortunately highly prevalent in the world of escorting. I did once spend a week with an individual who wanted unprotected sex but we both agreed to get a full sexual health screen before and after! I also get tested every 3 weeks.

Humanity and escorting/prostitution. What is your personal and honest opinion about the work you do? Were you ever judged harshly when you revealed that you are an escort..? If yes, how and why do you think people judge the job you have negatively? 

I touched on this briefly earlier but the first thing to say is that there are two clear & distinct fields within “escorting”. 

 First is what I would refer to as the “independent” escort. These range from the student looking to make some extra money to highly intelligent individuals who have found success leveraging their social & sexual skills into a fulfilling lifestyle. We advertise through independent advertising sites or agencies that take a pre-agreed percentage of what we make and make arrangements for us.

 The demand for ‘sexual services’ is deep rooted in society and using a currency to expedite that process is fairly well established in not just human civilisation but the animal kingdom. One study into our closest animal relatives, the chimpanzee, showed that when a currency was introduced into their social ecology the first thing they did was trade it for sex! So sex work in some manner was always there, it remains here and is here to stay; so should our response as a society be to condemn something that is an upshot of who we are as humans? No. In my opinion understanding and accepting the independent sex worker is the best way to prevent escorting becoming the dark, exploitative activity which people confuse with what i do. The best way for society to deal with it perceives to be its ills is to, to quote Karl Jung, ‘integrate its own shadow into the whole’…

The second type of escort is the “trafficked” escort. These are mostly female and are brought into the country either by a boyfriend or a cartel of traffickers usually against their will or under false apprehensions. The entire business end is managed by minders and little to none of the money reaches the woman doing the ‘work’. These girls are advertised through ‘massage parlours’ and occasionally through independent sites. A couple of my friends have worked as ‘madams’ in the brothels where these girls sometimes work and the stories are so bad that they would never even find their way into the most explicit documentary. This is the part of escorting that is damaging to peoples humanity, is exploitative at every stage of the operation & has practically no cross over with what some of my friends & I do.

Was I ever judged harshly? Once or twice...but escorting is only one small part of who I am. I also have a degree from one of the best universities in the UK. I do gymnastics & triathlons, I read loads, love art, etc. so i don’t need to hide any part of myself. I simply try to be tactful so that the preconceived notions people have don’t prevent them from seeing all of who I am

I expect people to always challenge what i do. It makes me question where i am in my life. Is escorting still right for me? It is right now but in 6 months or a year who knows where life will take me...

What is the the most unforgettable experience or moment from your job?

Thats a difficult question to answer. Australia was my favourite travel location although its sufficed to say that I enjoy sun, sea and sex! I am always happiest being active and healthy outdoors.

What does love mean for you? Have you ever been in love? Does your heart belong to someone at the moment? 

It’s rare that someone engages me on an emotional level. It’s not my natural posture. However, conversely my friends would probably describe me as verbally and emotionally articulate. As I see it this comes down to a preference for remaining in control but doing so by understanding what’s going on rather than shutting things out. 

Amorous love for me is. Hmmmm. Well i’d most succinctly describe it as - surrender, but defined within reason; not to a fatalistic degree like teenagers or Romeo & Juliet haha! I think there is surrender involved in finding the compromise that it takes to form a bond with someone regardless of whether you call that person your partner, your lover or even your submissive!

I was in love a few years ago but right now my heart belongs to myself, the gym & my passport and I’m happy just like this right now haha.

How do you imagine that right person with who you would like to live and build your life together..? 

I don’t have a clear picture of anything for my future in that way. I am the author and director of what is to come. I don’t have any intention of releasing myself into the hands of fate and hoping my future turns into a dream i once had or a story i read if you see what i mean. I have hopes for the future but not expectations. When i meet someone, regardless of who they are, i hope that they will meet and surpass everything i believe about the positive capacity & potential of humans but I expect that a lot of the time both them and I will fail to live up to this because we are all imperfect. For me its important that people I’m with treat me with this same reasonable attitude and understanding. Sometimes when people meet me and know what i do and see my pictures and social media they forget that i have my own idiosyncracies and flaws like everyone else. 

The only firm criteria I have is that I am able to have the same wild adventures with that person that I have on my own or with friends. I’ve been fortunate enough to have seen some amazing things and anyone i am with longer term needs to expand the scope of my life not limit it.

What are your plans for the future? 

My goal is to continue to do what I’m doing and over time develop the personal training that i also do into a fitness business. I am going to become qualified to instruct swimming, yoga, gymnastics & triathlon in addition to qualifications i already have and use them to build a company that focuses on truly functional fitness through sport. When i go into gyms I find it hard seeing how poor most peoples general understanding of training, sport & their own body is. There is so much to learn from sport that can be applied to those with more of an interest in general fitness. 

Please, share with me your secret dream?

Unfortunately if i told you…it would no longer be a secret 😛

Thanks for talking with me!

No problem 

[illusionlockarchive]

Belief and Persuasion- Chapter 4

hey folks! i’ve been working on a little batim prequel fanfic for a while n its finally done! its a little long, so im dividing it in 8 chapters total!

if you want to read more, i’ll be tagging this under ‘bap fic’ on my blog!

summary:

Joey Drew gives an interview about how he managed to build his empire, and focuses on the two things needed most: belief and persuasion, the latter of which is trickier. As he talks about his philosophy, we can see examples of his influence at work.

This chapter: Joey has a little talk with Bendy.

(note: when Bendy “speaks” in this fanfiction, it’s not that he is actually speaking, but rather whistling, and everyone can just understand him, hence the parenthesis. It’s an old silly little trope, but I like it.)

"That's certainly a great strategy you have there." The interviewer complimented him. "But I imagine, is this inherent to every person? Or is it a 'natural born' sort of thing?"

"Well, in a way, persuasion is like belief. Anyone can be persuasive if they set their minds to it. But most of the time, there's some who are more prone to persuading, while others are more prone to be persuaded." Joey leaned back, grinning.

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"I don't understand you, Bendy, I really don't." Joey shook his head in disappointment as he shut the door behind them.

"(Of course you don't, you always assume I'm the same as you.)" Bendy whistled angrily, arms crossed, not looking back at his creator.

"Well, do you blame me?" He opened his arms, welcoming, slightly taunting. "Look at me, look at you. We mirror each other, always positive, finding our way around the hardships of life. We're natural born tricksters, gosh darn it!"

"(Maybe, but I'm not the one who doesn't listen to a thing my employees say.)" Bendy whistled, still staring at the wall.

"Oh, Bendy, c'mon, you only say that because you've never been put in a leadership position. You- you're just a little cartoon, what do you know of the human world and doing business, eh? Why, you've had everything handed to ya on a silver platter ever since I brought you to life! You know, I would've thought you'd be more grateful, Bends." Joey kept coming closer to him, hunching his shoulders and head to be in level with the little demon. "Why, I was once like you too. Just a small, wide eyed, idealistic lad, head full of dreams, never working a day in my life. But now, look at me. And I got all that by starting with asserting myself."

Bendy finally turned around to look at Joey, but with still a mocking look. "(Funny.)" He whistled. "(I thought I was being very assertive when I told you how I felt just now.)"

"Well, we also can't have everything that we want all the time. Trust me, Bendy, I'd love to let you go out frolicking all day, having fun with your cartoon friends and the employees, seeing the world outside-" As Joey said that, he made a little dancing motion with his hands, his voice getting gradually thinner to mock him. "-But that's not how it works. To keep ourselves in business, to keep that ink machine that made you pumping, we need to have resources, money. And that money is depleting, because bringing you and your friends to life cost us, but you could save us, if you stopped slacking around."

Bendy now seemed more interested, afraid of what could happen to the company and the studio he called home if they didn't get said money. "(How?)" He whistled.

"By taking a step beyond. You need to become full-fledged actors. You'll rehearse, you'll make live action cartoons! And even better than that, maybe one day, you won't need to rehearse; you'll be naturals, because we could become one. Imagine that! Humans and cartoons, the ultimate life forms, beyond mortality and logic, a lifetime of fun! A world of cartoons! Doesn't that sound amazing, Bendy?" Joey told him, excitedly.

"(It... it does. Well, I need to think about that last part, but I want to save the studio, I really do. If you need me to rehearse, then by golly I will!)" Bendy whistled, nodding to his creator. "(I'll dance and sing, for you, for everyone! And... I'll waste less time, I promise.)"

Joey laughed, putting his hand under Bendy's mouth, making him look up to his eyes. "Excellent. And for the last one, well, you can always change your mind." 

[ojaneyg-blog]

hey y’all !! name’s em, i live in ye great olde tornado valley ( that puts me in the cst! ), i’m twenty and always a struggling psych major ( the s stands for “strangled by her own perfectionism” ) but enough about me, this is about jane, the uber cautious! single mom and the “artsy” member of the band b u. i prob haven’t done an oc in . . . god, so long,but i’m so excited to take this chance to develop janey here. this is a flying post & run because i’m about to head into work, but if you maybe wanna plot or whatever that is like !! this post and i’ll slide into your im like i’m about to cha-cha real smooth.

- ̗̀ PAULINA SINGER ⋮ CISFEMALE ⋮ SHE/HER ̖́- that’s JANE GILLESPIE on the cover of castle magazine. the TWENTY-FOUR year old is mostly known for her MUSIC career on the castle channel. the tabloids exposed her to be CAUTIOUS & ASSERTIVE, but people close to her know her to be CLEAR-HEADED & DEDICATED. she has been a part of the castle channel for THREE YEARS and is MUSE D4 in B U. ( EM ⋮ 20 ⋮ CST )

janey here has been affiliated indirectly with the castle channel practically since birth b/c her mom works in the costume dept, so she’s been hanging around the sets since . . . forever ?? ( like there are legit stories in all of the tech aspects of her waddling around as a toddler getting up to mischief. easiest way to embarrass her is to bring up one of these stories, which the crew will happily share b/c it’s basically a family  )

when she was almost 21 and looking for an internship to fulfill some college credit her mom hooked her up and talked the management at castle into giving jane an interview for the costume dept — obvi not working under her mom, b/c yikes. jane cinched it in the bag and so has officially been working with castle for around three years

first of the three years she spent with costuming, which led to her getting to know the cast and band members that were around that early, which . . . led to sammy, her two-going-on-three-year-old son. jane fulfilled gabriel santo’s connection of his secret baby momma

quote -   “ they had a baby when they were together a few years back but his management are making him keep it a secret because they don’t think the scandal will help his career. the only reason is he going along with it is because he’s brainwashed into thinking its the right thing to do. plus gabe and the mother want to keep their child out of the limelight as much as they can. they are no longer together but he sees his child as much as he can. ”

jane nearly lost her position at castle over this, though of course the channel will staunchly deny it. actually, the channel denies any rumors of gabriel santos having a child with one of its other employees, not wanting to get the bad rep as a scandalous company for youth entertainment.

the scandal and jane’s ensuing job loss was what actually led her to b u as it was just being pulled together by the company. the music label was promoting this all-girl empowerment band and one more opportunistic higher-ups at castle thought that the story of an empowered young mom putting her energy into raising her newborn son on her own would be a good image for the band to sell

it didn’t hurt that she could carry a tune either, nor that her mom had saved up money all throughout jane’s childhood so that she could buy her cheap art supplies and musical instruments from local flea markets so that her daughter could practice

so jane caught another job just in the nick of time, and samuel gillespie came screaming into the world entirely unaware of how dangerous his very existence was

since then, jane has been  VERY CAREFUL to keep her son out of the limelight — not only because of her terrible experiences under castle’s scrunity, but also out of spite towards the company. she wasn’t about to let them use her son to promote their image when they’d been about to fire her over it

this cautious and assertive nature hasn’t garnered her much fans in castle’s management, so any time she’s stuck in a meeting with them she’ll let the other girls in b u talk for the band and just keep quiet to herself

but meanwhile ALL THAT SCANDAL ASIDE jane’s presented a very different story to the public eye ; she’s not nearly so DEFENSIVE when it doesn’t come to her son or her past at castle

publicly, she’s got the rep as the “ artsy one ” in b u as she’s always open to talking about her love for design and etc. arts. she jumps @ the opportunity to help out at the costume dept when she can

sometimes she feels a little out of place in the band since she’s one of the oldest there, and v removed from the problems of the younger members since she . . . already got a son from one of her romantic dalliances yikes and hasn’t been interested in the dating pools since

but she’s 100% ready to be the “ voice of reason ” and “ mom friend ”, offering advice whenever the situation calls for it

and sammy often works as her ice-breaker whenever she brings him to work with her, so that doesn’t hurt either

sOOOOOOOOOO TL;DR version of all that: janey g is the epitome of a mama bear, no one can touch her kid and get away with it, and she’s something of a “ difficult employee ” @ castle and is 110% ready at all times to fight a company but would rather swerve into a ditch than hurt any of the people she really cares about

plotting’s super open since jane’s been around the company before she was even there in professional standards, so if you’ve got a connection idea or just wanna headcanon the shiznit out w/ me like this message and i’ll im you once i’m free from Retail Hell(tm) or im me and i’ll get back to you once i’m ............. well ditto !!

[survivorbouvetisland]

Episode #3: “Find out next time on total drama suck my ass” - Andrew

Bodhi

I'm pretending to have been told to vote for Kelsey, but in reality I knew exactly who was leaving, and I just wanted to see what happened. So I called out my old tribe in the swapped tribe chat and Kelsey is explaining what happened to me while I call Trixie and Nehemiah snakes. I quite like those two and I kinda regret calling them out for something they didn't do like that, but it's FUN.

QuilLynn

So im on albatross now and I couldn't be happier! so far everyone seems nice, i've only talked really to shea and roxy but i really like both of them so far. The only person i'm with from skua is austin, but he can go tbh if he needs too, noah fence I just don't really have a relationship with him and im here to win and make some drama!

I tried to get a higher score on this reward challenge than i think the other team will get altogether. I hope it will establish me as a threat and serious player in this game. I'm trying to integrate with Shea, Roxy and Ali, because I know old albatross is going to stick together, I'm hoping i'll be able to work with them but I trust nobody 100% in this game. I told Shea that if I get an idol clue i'd share it with him, that's half true. If i get an Idol clue and find myself in the same situation as i was in at Skua then I'll get his advice with the idol, but if i find that bitch its mine! 

stop spelling my name wrong @hosts it quillynn (two n's like how you all seem to have two 21st chromosomes)  im going to POP OFF..... im jk love you guys <3, but it is two n's 

Roxy's opinions are wrong sorry. Also @my tribe thanks for the all work in the challenge. I really feel like i'm going to be dragging this team through these challenges. At least trixie did something at this point she's the only one i wouldn't be okay with voting out.

I feel like with me on this team there is no way we lose a music video challenege, even though pretty much everyone seems to not want to be involved in it. I wanted to take editing too, but i let trixie take it because she said to me she was really good and i didn't want to come off as a total control freak, although i'm sure i still will... I will probably still help with the editing tbh. I just want to win! 

I tried confiding in shea that I had an idol clue in hopes that he'd be able to give me some info about old albatross and also build trust, but i don't think it really worked. I like shea, but don't trust him. He didn't give me much and said roxy was the best in the scavanger hunt. When I went to roxy and asked her about the same challenege she said she was too busy to do basically any of it. To be fair I don't believe her either, but i might need to talk to one more person before I really can find out which one is lying and who has the first clue for the albatross idol

There is a crack starting to present itself within the old albatross tribe. Shea and roxy clearly don't get along. I believe i could convince roxy to vote shea out if i needed too, i just would need to solidify the rest of the votes which might be hard since i haven't talked much to the other non-albatross members. I also like shea and would want him to stay over roxy but realistically it would be harder to get his vote and I have a gut feeling that we should take him out asap if we get the opportunity. 

We won, DUH. Skua's was shit ours was great, the judges were clearly on crack for lowballing our scores. 

Trixie, Nehe, Austin, and myself might make an "outsiders" alliance amongst our tribe. Based on performance in the the last immunity challenge I'm contemplating throwing the next in order to get shea out. If we have our alliance plus maybe the vote of roxy or ali we'll be able to do it. 

Jacob

Hey look, new tribes! I'm glad to see Bodhi! <3 And now I can get to know some more new people. I'm pretty excited overall, but I guess only time will tell how this turns out in the end.

Welp. That challenge was a bust. At least Regan is asking us to vote her out so we don't have to worry about the vote. I keep forgetting we have to do confessionals through this thing instead of just dropping them in the Host Chat.

Trixie

RIP dana. She had so much to live for. I can't believe she smacked her head and now she's dead. She deserved it for putting me in this tribe. JK everyone is very lovely and I'm trying to snuff out the problematics from the ppl I can trust.

This. Girl. Is. The. Nastiest. Skank. Bitch. I. Have. Ever. Met. Do. Not. Trust. Her. She. Is. A. Fugly. Slut. #Mean-Girl-Dana@notgivingmeareward.com JK!!! <3 

I'M LIVING FOR THIS FIGHT. BUY PRAYING ON ITUNES.

I just finished the music video, I hope everybody likes it!

I'm sorry but can I just fucking say I spent like 2 hours editing that 5 minute music video and not even a single 10/10 by the judges. Get fucked! I know we won but Skua's was less than a minute long and some bitch judges have the audacity to give us lower scores than them. Yikes @ these judges, learn how to judge

I'm thinkin aboot making an alliance with Quillynn and Nehe. Quillynn is up for this and said that maybe we can add Austin to make an alliance of 4 that way we can have half the votes on our team. I'm worried Albatross will just try to pick us off since we're the leftovers of Skua & Adelie

Andrew

Will Jacob ever agree with anything? Find out next time on total drama suck my ass

Regan

MY TRIBE IS FULL OF ANNOYING FUCKS. I hate this tribe swap no one wants to agree on any song we pick which are all bops by the way. 80s songs in general are bops!!!!!

I didnt think it was possible to hate the tribe this much..... its not a music video if youre using like audio clips from random shit thats just a video idk i dont find it creative i hate rupauls drag race so fucking much.  im sorry our tribe is full of weirdos but like????

Nicholas

no offense but why is my entire tribe inbred

Zack

I hope my tribe does well with those music video. I will be in a car for thirteen hours and cannot do lip sync without having to do a long explanation as to why I'm doing it.

Kelsey

Oh my...SO much has happened since the last week lovers, let me catch you all up. So first, tribal. It was quite clear that Trixie and Bodhi were on opposing sides than Ragan and Cole. Trixie really did feel it was best to eliminate Cole from the competition, but Ragan had her doubts as did I. I feel as if Bodhi is not the best...communicator. Cole wasn't either, but he was better. But regardless, I draw up a plan that says that Ragan, Cole, Nehe(who was in the center of all of it) and I vote out Bodhi, therefore keeping Cole around. We all agreed on it and I thought it was sickening...until we get to the vote and myself and Cole are the only ones to vote for Bodhi. Ragan chickened out at the last moment and Nehe said he wanted to force a tie. L U D I C R O U S. Did they HONESTLY think that it would work if it tied? Oh, whatever. Trixie's happy, everyone assumes Ragan was the second vote, I'm still the sweet girl of the tribe. Whatever. And then we tribe swap...oh WHATEVER. I'm going to miss my romance island...especially now that we have to leave it FOREVER. Ragan and Bodhi both end up on the same tribe as me and, while it's nice to have the familiar faces, those two will probably not end up working together. Bodhi has a nice boiling rage for Trixie and Ragan and Ragan herself...is...so much more assertive on this tribe than she was last time. All these new people are also a bit scary to me...I don't think many of them particularly see themselves working with me and I know that's going to be deepened ever more after this challenge. All I can do is hope that I can make people like me like Gwen Stefani and slay...I know I'm not going to participate in this challenge. I have a fake name, I don't feel like revealing anything about myself...and it's tragic. I have to choose between a silly fear and a necessary challenge and I already know I'm picking fear. Not to mention there is a supposed music guru on the other side...I am just preparing myself for the worst. Oh, how I miss the Isles of Romance...no matter how messy it was...

And THAT'S all there is to it~! Can you pay my telephone billz? -Kelsey V Mikaelson

Well...that challenge was a thing. I expected it to be a particularly tough challenge...I did NOT expect to be left with doing the brunt of the work. I never expect editing to be so dificult...but my submission was made and honestly? I'm proud of it. I feel like it's sickening, not because of quality, but because I made it in three hours, odds against and I feel like it's wonderful. It may not be a music video but gosh...I'm proud. If I go home this week, I feel like I made something I can take with me and that's incredible. I do hope I don't leave...some of the reactions to the performance were less the incredible...but my name is Kelsey Mikaelson, darling. A lover's quarrel is nothing more than a love bite to me~! I wish myself the best...for strategy, I know, on my end, these people aren't as welcoming to a romantic such as myself. All I can do is...Pray. *rolls eyes* IT DIDNT EVEN HAVE ALL OF THE TRIBEMATES UGH X'D And THAT'S all there is to it~! Wish me luck, hen-pen-pals~! Yours truly, Kelsey V Mikaelson

Ali

IM LEGIT IN AN AlLIANCE WITH EVERYONE HELP ME!

Austin

OK so I still have zero social game. Apparently I was the last to be picked and that's pretty funny. I'm on a tribe with Nehe and Ali SO I formed an alliance with them and that was literally the first thing I said to them. They know I'm on vacation so I can't really talk much, but Ali seemed to be very into it. I've known Zack just as long as I've known Isaiah/Jay so he's 100% going to be a number for me considering this is his first ORG. I've literally fallen into a position of power without even trying. I told Ali/Nehe that Bodhi and I are a part of a secret twist called "Secret Lovers" and if we make merge then we can decide if we want to give immunity to two other players during round 1 merge. IVE LITERALLY SECURED SAFETY OFF OF BULLSHIT AND BODHI DOESNT EVEN KNOW!! Tbh just get me to merge with Jay, Zack, and Bodhi and I can guarantee final 3....Lmao I haven't even spoken to anyone