#but lets not forget she still has horrible beliefs!!!

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Guys what if I did a thing.

Biker!Red and Rich Girl!Chloe au

TW just in case: Implied/referenced child abuse, implied/referenced gun violence, minor descriptions of injuries.

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The Isle and Auradon are two neighbourhoods, separated because Auradon's mayor, Beast, doesn't trust a single person in the Isle.

Chloe is a part of the Charming Family, owners of the most successful company in Auradon. However, she doesn't want to be. She loathes the idea of everyone treating her like a dumb little rich girl who isn't capable of taking care of herself.

So, she sneaks out.

She secretly goes to parties in the Isle almost every night, craving the adrenaline rush that comes with disobeying her parents. But one night, Chloe gets a Iittle too bold.

She drinks too much, and before she could even blink, some random dude was pinning her to the wall of a secluded hallway, and touching her a little too confidently.

Enter Red.

She has been here for a whole excruciating hour, pointedly avoiding her mother while also working out a money deal for her. She was waiting for the guy to come when she heard a hushed argument coming from a nearby hallway.

As soon as she sees what's going on, Red threatens the guy to let go, and he only does so when she flashes the revolver tucked in her pants.

All Chloe can do is stare up at her saviour as she asks if she's okay, too drunk and gay to say anything. Chloe calls her brother, Chad, to pick her up since he's the only person who knows about her nightly endeavours.

The two talk for a bit, and Chloe finds out that maybe she isn't as educated on the world as she thought she was.

She finds out that everyone in the Isle is suffering, whether it be horrible living conditions, gun violence, abusive home situations, or anything else.

As the mysterious (and very attractive) biker walks away, she recognises the symbol on the back of her black leather jacket.

The Wonderland Gang.

An infamous biker gang that meddled in illegal activities, but the cops were too scared of them to do anything.

Red's mother, Bridget, was the leader is this gang, known by everyone else as the Queen of Hearts.

Contrary to popular belief, Bridget was actually a good mother. She and Red just didn't see eye to eye on most things, and then there was also the responsibility of keeping up their reputation.

Chloe didn't dare tell her parents about her encounter with the biker, knowing they would most likely never let her out of the house again. So, she simply tried to forget about it.

That didn't work, obviously.

She kept having dreams about the girl, it seemed like she couldn't get her out of her head. Her brother was too smug as he watched her fall apart, knowing exactly how uselessly gay his sister was.

A painful week later, as she was walking home from another night out, her wishes were answered.

She heard someone coughing in an alleyway. The coughs sounded like a wet gurgle, making Chloe sick to her stomach. She looked for the person frantically, and eventually found them slumped over a dumpster.

Lo and behold, it was her.

Her face was badly bruised, and with the way she held herself, Chloe guessed her ribs were, too.

She immediately got her out of the alley, and walked her to her house. Initially, her parents were hesitant, but after seeing the state Red was in, they knew she needed help.

Red woke up the next day in Chloe's bed, panicked and wary.

Chloe calmed her down and explained the situation, to which Red replied that she had to go or her mother would kill her.

Chloe didn't want to let her go - whether it was because she was still injured, or because she simply liked her presence, she didn't know - but Red couldn't be stopped. As she was about to hop out of the window and climb down to the ground, she gave Chloe one last look.

"The name's Red, by the way."

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Aaaand, that's all I got! Obviously, I'm not guaranteeing that I'm gonna write this, since school is starting very soon, but if enough people beg me, I might try something. Hope you enjoyed this!

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Dichen Lachman, Gemma Scout’s actress, has done some interviews in the wake of 2x07. I’ve clipped some stuff I found interesting, along with some of my own thoughts.

Spoilers ahead, be warned:

God, she’s been trying for years. My poor girl.

It hurts to see that this recent escape attempt has finally broken Gemma’s resolve. But Dichen thinks that although Gemma is resigned to her fate, she still holds onto the slim hope that Lumon will let her go when the experiments are over (spoiler alert: that is extremely unlikely).

Anyone who’s seen Dollhouse probably got a sense of deja vu when watching this episode. I’m glad that Dichen shares that same feeling. I don’t know, I just found it amusing.

THIS!!!

“The chikhai bardo is a Buddhist belief about a transitional state between death and rebirth, which could point to reintegration for both Mark and Gemma”

Both Mark and Gemma will never be able to reclaim the life they once had. That’s the tragedy. Those versions of them are gone. Dead.

Mark is reintegrating and becoming something new with the melding of his outie and innie personalities; Gemma, splintered into multiple versions of herself that are exposed through endless petty cruelties and psychological torture that she doesn’t remember, fighting tooth and nail to return home. They are becoming something new.

And I think these two new people should have a chance to find a new path forward. Together. Despite it all, despite the horrors and obstacles and misery, their love still endures. It won’t fix anything, it won’t guarantee a happy ending but it will be a new start. They deserve that.

The severance chips are being prepped for mass consumption. Gemma being put through all these varying situations - which are probably her own personal stressors - is to refine these chips perfectly so that people would never have to suffer again. But that’s so antithetical to life. We experience the joys so richly because of our lows, our suffering. You cannot have one without the other. That isn’t life!

All that remains is Cold Harbor. Ominous name. What horrible experience remains for Gemma to suffer through?

Still convinced that Gemma definitely signed up for something regarding the infertility issues but it’s evident that she wasn’t told the full extent of what Lumon would do with her. There’s more story to be told about how they got to her, I’m sure.

THE ENDGAME: Hades and Persephone

After having a full day to process this episode I am, admittedly, filled with a weird sense of optimism. Although Gemma’s fate seems all but sealed, I think the writers are smarter than to lay all this tragedy on characters only to end it in . . . well, more tragedy. There won’t be any healing or progression for either Mark or Gemma’s characters until she is freed from Lumon’s clutches.

Mark already tried to do that and he couldn’t. The only way he could fall in love again is if he never met Gemma. Don’t forget that.

Gemma needs to be free and be reunited with Mark. It won’t fix anything, I assure you. All that grief and yearning and suffering won’t magically disappear because they are back together. There’s so many interesting dynamics to play out.

The unresolved issues they had before she was taken by Lumon.

And then there’s Mark, fully reintegrated, remembering Helly and his love for her. Gemma having to reconcile the fact that there is a part of her husband that loved someone else.

The half-remembered nightmares and waking up with aches. Endless hallways and rooms that fill you with dread. An elevator that only goes down and never back up. Both Mark and Gemma will literally leave pieces of themselves behind in Lumon that they will never get back.

I think we’ve been looking at this wrong. Mark and Gemma being so tragic and Orpheus/Eurydice coded. They’re doomed by the narrative, it seems.

But . . . it doesn’t quite fit anymore now that we know that Gemma is alive and wants to go home.

I think Mark and Gemma are more like Hades and Persephone now. The other pairing in Orpheus and Eurydice’s story. In Hadestown, Orpheus’ song reignites their love and trust in each other, allowing them to try again after their relationship had become so strained.

So who is Orpheus and Eurydice now?

Who do you think.

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Fairly Oddparents: A New Wish Season 2 Predictions

OK, OK, OK, I know this topic has probably been discussed to death, but considering I'm new around these parts, and also considering I've been thinking about this for literal weeks, I figured I’d just spill all my thoughts out. If I forget anything or if I think of new stuff, I’ll just reblog this post and add it.

Anyways, let’s start by looking directly at the end of the Season 1 Finale.

Hazel’s friends (and brother) now know about the existence of fairies

So this is probably the biggest thing to come out of the finale. With her one rule-free wish, Hazel wishes that her friends (and brother) can keep their memories of the craziness that just transpired, meaning they now know about the existence of fairies and the fact that she has fairy godparents. This has the potential to open up a lot of interesting dynamics.

Seeing Hazel and Dev interact after they found out about each others’ fairy godparents in Battle of the Dimmsonian was so fun, as it’s not a dynamic we’ve seen a lot of throughout this franchise (at least to my understanding; I haven’t watched the OG show in a LOOOONG time). So now that the group of people “in the know” has expanded, and considering they all have a much different relationship with Hazel than Dev, a ton of wacky shenanigans could ensue. For example, Hazel and Antony now both have to keep Cosmo and Wanda’s (and I guess also Peri’s) existence a secret from their parents, which I can definitely imagine being used for gags. Also, I’m sure Jasmine, Winn, and Antony are going to want the fairies to grant wishes for them, meaning they’ll have to ask Hazel to make those wishes. I can totally see an episode where Hazel is constantly making wishes and gets super exhausted/frustrated. But in general, I think that the fact that Hazel doesn’t have to keep her fairies a secret anymore means that her friends can be involved in more episodes, or at least be involved in a more significant way. Jasmine and Winn, while being great characters, definitely deserve more development. Perhaps we could meet their families. And with Antony, perhaps we could meet his girlfriend?

But if we’re going to talk about friends, there’s one person in particular we have to bring up…

Dev Dimmadome (and all of his shit)

So…here’s the thing. Dev 100% remembers everything that went down in the finale. I know this is a fairly common theory and people have been discussing it, but just in case you’re out of the loop, here’s why I think this is the case.

When Hazel makes her rule-free wish to Jorgen, she specifies that she wants her “friends” to remember the events of the finale. And while, in the moment, she’s definitely thinking about Jasmine, Winn, and Antony, it’s made clear throughout the past few episodes (specifically in Best of Luck, if I remember correctly) that she still considers Dev a friend despite all the disagreements they’ve had. She even spells out in Lost and Founder’s Day that friends can have arguments and still be friends, so unless that belief of hers has radically changed (which I doubt), it would make sense if Dev ended up getting lumped into the wish purely because she still views him as a friend. As others have pointed out, this could explain why Jorgen freaked out so heavily when Hazel made her wish. Why would he react like that if there wasn’t going to be some big consequence?

And speaking of big consequences, I think Dev remembering his attempt to take over Fairy World and the loss of Peri as his godparent is going to have a big impact on him and affect the direction in which his character arc goes. At the end of the finale right before Hazel makes her wish, Dev straight up says that he thinks he deserves his punishment, and seems extremely dejected. The weight of his actions is clearly affecting him, and when you add on his realization that the fairy godparent he treated so horribly still cared about him even when he was on the verge of death BECAUSE OF THAT MISTREATMENT, I feel like Dev is going to be starting off the season in a pretty bad place.

I feel like for the first episode or so, Dev is going to be wallowing in his regret and just generally feeling like trash, but not knowing how to deal with it. He knows what he did is wrong, and seems convinced that Hazel isn’t going to forgive him or that it isn’t worth pursuing a friendship with her any further. Hazel will probably notice this and attempt to talk to him, as she’s not used to seeing him like this (and also is probably assuming that his memory being wiped would mean that he’d be “back to normal”, because remember, she doesn’t know he remembers). Dev will keep avoiding her, some shenanigans will happen that force them to come together, and Hazel will push Dev into admitting what’s wrong. He’ll finally spill that he remembers what he did and feels horrible about it and there will be some sort of reconciliation (I imagine Hazel saying that she doesn’t fully forgive him, but doesn’t want to see him be miserable because, at the end of the day, she’s still his friend and wants him to be better). This will set the two of them off on a good note for the rest of the season.

But that doesn’t mean that everything will be fine and dandy with Dev…

Peri’s role

So given the fact that Peri has swiftly become the fan-favorite character of this series, I have a feeling that, if Season 2 is greenlit, the team behind the show will want to give him a more prominent role than he had in Season 1. I remember being a bit disappointed that we didn’t get as much of him in the show as I was expecting, but then again, I doubt the team could’ve anticipated just how popular Peri became.

With that being said, let’s consider where Peri is right now. He’s just lost his first-ever godkid, whom he cared about despite the fact that he wasn’t very appreciative of him. Given that Peri was very clearly trying to prove something through his godparenting of Dev (mostly that he could “make it on his own”), losing him is going to absolutely DEVASTATE HIM. I can picture him crashing in his parents’ apartment, crying on the couch while eating ice cream and having absolutely no self-confidence. But I can also see him attempting to secretly help out Dev even though he’s not his godparent anymore. I’ve seen plenty of artwork of Peri disguised as a babysitter that Dale hires, and I think that would be a great way to get more Peri and Dev interactions as well as provide a fun twist on Timmy and Vicky’s dynamic from the OG show. Dev will likely be a bit conflicted by Peri’s attempts to help him out, and I can see an episode of them sort of reconciling. Given that there was originally going to be an episode centered around them in Season 1 that got scrapped, this could be a good way to reuse that old idea. Plus, if I’m honest, I just want to see Peri’s human design.

Plus, having Peri essentially go undercover at Dev’s place will give us an opportunity to check in on a certain character…

Dale and Project H (and the Pixies…?)

Ah, yes, everyone’s favorite bastard and terrible father, Dale Dimmadome. The last time we saw him (besides the finale), he was obsessing over Project H, AKA his attempt to figure out why Hazel didn’t buy anything on Founder’s Day. We saw Cosmo and Wanda essentially (and inadvertently) feed Dale the answer he was looking for: Hazel has fairies and therefore doesn’t need to buy things. When Dale inevitably discovers this, we know there’s gonna be a plan that involves fairies somehow. But what?

Personally, I think the most likely answer is that Dale is going to want to utilize fairy magic in some way so he can essentially play genie and bring himself more fame and esteem. Or perhaps he’ll create some uber-expensive device that allows people to wish for things, but the catch is that people have to pay in order to make wishes. Given how powerful fairy magic can be, I can see this being super successful, and Hazel, Dev, and their friends will need to find a way to rescue the fairies who have been kidnapped and had their magic taken (including Cosmo, Wanda, and Peri). However, there’s another wrinkle that I think could also be interesting and possibly a bit more unique…

So originally, according to the series bible, the Season 1 finale was going to involve Dale teaming up with the Pixies. Given that the Pixies are very business-focused, Dale would likely get along with them and be willing to team up with them in order to satisfy his greed. They could easily reuse this concept for the Season 2 finale, as the Pixies seem like an interesting and fun group of villains to have the gang go up against. Plus they would probably pose a formidable threat and invite some creative scenarios and solutions in order to defeat.

There’s also one more possibility I want to discuss in regards to potential villains and season-long arcs…

The Galax Institute

In “Crock to the Future”, we’re introduced to the Galax Institute, where Hazel’s father works. It’s revealed that A.J. is currently the head of the institute, and Crocker has been attempting to land a position there. We know that the Galax Institute studies paranormal phenomena, and it’s hinted at in the first episode that fairy magic could very well be one of those things. This could potentially be a great set-up for a season-long conflict.

I feel like A.J. being the main villain of this season would be a really fun twist. He doesn’t even have to be a mustache-twirling villain or super conniving, but having him serve more as just an inconvenient and unknowing antagonist would be interesting. He could be leading an effort to study increased supernatural activity in Dimmadelphia, and after finding out that a good amount of it is centered near the Wells residence, he could assign Marcus to investigate. Hazel and Antony would then have to try and hide Cosmo and Wanda from their dad and find a way to stop the Galax Institute from learning about the existence of fairies. Having Marcus technically be on the side of the “bad guys” could lead to some really interesting dynamics. Hazel might have to eventually tell her dad about her fairies in an effort to get him to help her protect them from the Galax Institute wanting to kidnap and study them. And considering Dale will likely still be playing a large antagonist role, perhaps he could be funding the Galax Institute’s research after taking part in a board meeting with them and noticing similarities between the phenomena they’re describing and what he’s found out during Project H. This could lead to some more complex conflicts that would be really fun to watch unfold.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand that’s about it for now! Feel free to share any of your thoughts/predictions with me, as I’d love to discuss possibilities for this season!

Oh, and most importantly: STREAM THIS SHOW WHEN IT COMES OUT ON STREAMING SO WE CAN GET A SEASON 2

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Leon, in the intro to RE4make:

"September 30, 1998. It's a day I'll never forget. The cop inside me died that day."

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Officer 1: So, tell me, Yanqui. Why did you come to this horrible place? As close to nowhere as I've ever seen.

Leon: Let's just say... looking for someone.

Officer 1: That someone must be very important, eh? The Chief gave the orders himself. "Help him," he said.

Leon: I'm sure you boys didn't come all the way out here to roast marshmallows.

Officers 1 & 2: (laugh)

Leon: (annoyed) Maybe you did.

Officer 1: You have a strange sense of humor. I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. Just between us. A lot of people have gone missing around here, and it's been that way for a while, now.

Leon: (still annoyed) Well, then. Should be just another day in the office, right?

Officer 1: Mmm... I mean, last week, there was a search for some missing hikers.

Leon: (sarcastically) I'm sure you'll do your best to help me.

Officer 1: (laughs)

[...]

Leon, much later in the scene: So much for helping me.

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Leon, later in chapter 1:

(bitterly) "Gotta fix everything myself."

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Leon tells Ada in RE2make that the reason why he went into law enforcement was to help people like Kendo and his daughter -- vulnerable people, good people, members of the community who are facing the worst moments of their life and need someone to help make it right.

And yet he says in the intro to RE4make that the cop inside him died that day. When we take that in context with what he told Ada about Kendo, what he means is that his desire to help people died that day. The belief that he could help people died that day.

His faith in humanity died that day.

Leon goes into his mission to save Ashley already expecting the two local officers that he's with to be completely fucking useless, and he gets immediately annoyed at the first hint that they are. His "So much for helping me" is said with a sense of "Why am I not surprised?"

He went into RE2make believing that people are generally good and that things will work themselves out.

He goes into RE4make believing that people are generally selfish and will take advantage of him, leaving him to work through any problem that arises on his own.

This is why he's so supremely pissed off at Ada when they meet back up again, and it's also why Ashley is so integral to his character arc. It's also why I've said in the past that Ada is a foil for Ashley in RE4make.

(NOTE: A foil is a character that is set up in the narrative to directly contrast with another one. Where one character is deficient, the foil character is strong, and vice versa. Where Ada is cold, Ashley is warm. Where Ada is physically capable, Ashley is defenseless. Where Ada is secretive, Ashley is honest. Where Ada is calculating, Ashley is impulsive. A foil does not necessarily exist to make one character seem better than the other; a foil exists to showcase two equals using a different approach and receiving different outcomes as a result.)

Ada is the genesis of Leon's cynicism. She's the reason why he expects less than nothing from people anymore -- the reason why he goes into every social interaction waiting to be screwed over. And she reinforces this throughout the narrative by trying to tear him down ("Leave the girl. She's lost no matter what.") or by keeping score ("Happy to help. Now you owe me.") -- which she takes even further in Separate Ways ("Don't worry, Leon. First time's free.").

In the six years since her initial betrayal, Leon has been forged into a weapon by the US government. The kind-hearted boy from RE2make who wanted to save the world now is more comfortable shoving a knife in the throat of an old woman than he is with carrying on small talk with people.

But weapons on their own are neither good nor bad. It's how they're used that determines that. Up until RE4make, Leon has been surrounded by extreme violence and senseless death (that's the point of changing Operation Javier btw), and he doesn't see a way in which his status as a weapon could possibly be used for good.

Until Ashley comes into his life.

If there was ever anyone who had a good reason to take Leon for granted and take advantage of him, it's Ashley -- but not only does she not do that, but she goes out of her way to make herself useful without expectation or strings attached. The only thing she ever asks for in return is a "thank you."

So, every time she gets that "thank you" -- every time she gets a real smile out of him -- she's returning pieces of his humanity to him. She's healing the hurts that Ada and the CIA inflicted on him so many years ago. She's showing him that there's still some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for. She's worth fighting for.

When Leon says: "This time, it has to be different..." he's not talking about his inability to save anyone in Raccoon City. That's a very surface-level interpretation. What he's referring to there is that Raccoon City destroyed his faith in humanity, ruined his image of himself, and poisoned his ability to create meaningful connections with people.

That's what has to be different this time. That's why the full line he says in the intro is: "If I could just forget what happened that night... the pain, even for a second... This time, it can be different. It has to."

RE2make took so much from him, but Ashley spent the entirety of RE4make giving so much of it back. But if she were to die in his arms in chapter 15, that hope and that healing would die with her. Her death would be a reaffirmation that everything that Leon wants or hopes for in this world isn't real, and that reality is nothing more than a series of random tragedies and chaos that results in suffering.

Ashley re-teaches him how to trust in people again, how to work as part of a team again, how to feel good about his own actions again. She teaches him how to hope again.

Ashley is the first person in six years to care about whether Leon gets or feels hurt by her actions. The most important line of dialogue spoken to Leon in the entire game is "Stay back! I might hurt you again..." as Ashley openly sobs over the mere thought of it.

Juxtapose that beside...

During the boat scene, Ada asks Leon in response to whether or not she's changed, after all of the damage she's already inflicted on him: "What do you think? Don't think too hard."

And so, in the ending, Leon answers: "I think we both know that this is where we go our separate ways."

Because, this time, things were different.

Because, this time, his partner was Ashley.

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Casino cups headcanons and general cuphead headcanons

Casino Cups takes place in 1933, the soul collecting crap took place 3 years earlier in 1930 when the cup bros were 15.

Mugman owns a few more guns than just the shotgun shown in his closet. 

Mugman occasionally goes out as Tallulah and has a group of friends who also enjoy cross dressing. 

Mugman has definitely dated and had crushes on quite a few people even if it was just for a short while. How do you think he realized he was bi?

Cuphead is the better at cooking out of the two brothers. Mugman could get to his brother's level if not better but he never really practices.

Cuphead isn’t very picky with food at all and will eat almost anything. Mugman is picky but will often just force the food down anyways.

Cuphead has great potential with instruments he’s just never tried because he thinks it would be too hard.

Paimon and Cuphead are great friends and bond over how they don’t like people bugging them about relationships. (I headcanon that Paimon is aro ace). Paimon also knows that Cuphead would be really good at playing instruments and keeps offering to teach him. Though Cuphead doesn’t really wanna learn. Though still Paimon nags him about it and knows that he’d be great at it. Which is a surprise to most others since Paimon is very picky about who she picks for her band (I headcanon she has a band who sometimes plays at the Casino or just in hell for money and for fun).

Her plan is to get Cuphead good at at least one or two instruments before she starts his other plan to nag the Devil about letting Cuphead work for her.

His camel isn’t a huge fan of Cuphead though (or anyone really).

The Inkwell Isles are in the Mediterranean Sea just somewhat west of Greece and used to be considered a part of it. 

The Inkwell Isles turned out a lot like America due to the Isles being seen as a good place for immigrants to start anew.

Every once in a while religious groups try to come to the Isles to convert the Isles and spread beliefs. They usually die to gangs or demons pretty fast.

Prohibition still happened on the Isles (this is confirmed by an image about the Tipsy Troops childhood) but it ended after only a few years and didn’t last till 1933 like how it did for America.

Speaking of the Tipsy Troop they had a horrible childhood. Their parents were poor and their mother nearly died having them (they’re triplets). The Troop nearly died a ton of times as children and were put into harsh work environments to make ends meet as children. The reason they keep to the sidelines of the casino is to avoid the risks of getting too involved with casino business despite having worked at the casino for a long while. Their parents died when the troop were around 13. 

Ginettes olive just kind of appeared there one day and she never questioned it. Sometimes she nibbles on between shifts.

Hocus Pocus only became an anthropomorphic rabbit due to an accident with a circus magician he used to work with. Said magician was also the one to teach Hocus most of his tricks and is Hocus’s main inspiration. That magician was like a father to Hocus and was the one to give Hocus the opening to escape the traveling freakshow. Hocus still misses that magician but madness is making him forget more.

Pip and Dot were sold to the freakshow by their parents who never wanted kids, Hocus was just a random talking rabbit the freakshow owners picked up off the street.

The 4th isle still exists but not many people live there and it's considered dangerous due to constant feuding between the Moonshine mob and other smaller gangs. Along with the fact that the island is mostly used for military training (aka The Howling Aces). The 4th isle also has a huge smuggling business with the Moonshine Mob making alcohol to ship to the other isles and other countries. 

Chef Saltbaker also made a deal with the Devil to be the best baker in the land. Then proceeded to steal the contract and burn it with some hell fire he got his hands on. His original wish was to have control of the astral plane but that type of thing is out of the Devil's power and even if he did have that power he would not give it to Chef Saltbaker. The Devil and Chef Saltbaker have a massive hatred of each other and Saltbaker stays on the 4th Isle to be away from the Devil.

Chef Saltbaker and Porkrind were friends a long time ago. Though once Saltbaker started studying powerful magic for nefarious reasons Porkrind split away from him and dislikes him. Though he still hopes that one day Saltbaker will give up on the astral plane crap and go back to the good person he used to be.

Esther Winchester and the Salon are located in a small town on Isle 4 in the desert. The only reason the Moonshine Mob haven’t been disbanded yet is because Esther only works in that area. She’s a very competent sheriff and great at cracking down on criminals.

On the other hand though the Ant cops are the opposite. They actually have deals with the Moonshine Mob and are pretty corrupt and incompetent. Another reason to not go to Isle 4. 

A lot of the members of Mortemer Freeze’s cult were created by Mortemer himself though he denies it. The more members the more imposing the cult seems. The ant cops are aware of how bad the cult is yet refuse to do anything about it due to being afraid.

The librarian owl hates his job

The reason that all the buildings look so cramped together on the isles is because of the high tides. Cala Maria and the large fish she has make huge waves when they swim around the Isles. Also the closer the Earth is to the moon and the fuller the moon the more the tides rise. When Hildaberg transforms into her moon form the tides get very messed up due to how close she is to the Earth even if she is in crescent shape. Go to the beach at your own risk. BrinyBeard is grateful to be alive.

Dr. Khal lives in the junkyard in the house and lab he made there. He lost his previous job due to concerns of him being insane and using lab materials for personal projects. Cuphead was right about Khal planning to use Mugman for some sort of experiment but Khal was waiting for the right moment. He waited too long though.

Pachinko is quiet not only because it's just part of his personality but he’s from Japan and isn’t good with the isles languages. Also he literally skates around the casino on those wheels he’s got. He’s fast and efficient and often zooms past fast enough that no one really gets to see him or talk to him. He also has a teensy crush on Mugman, just hasn’t realized it yet. 

Pirouletta is fully aware of Pachinko’s crush and actually introduced Pachinko to Mugman because if she didn’t Pachinko would be too shy to talk to him.

Baroness Von Bon Bons candy realm from the show is still here but the rules only apply to those who go in deep enough. That’s why the cup bros were able to eat some of the sweets from there without issue.

I have more but I'll type them out later

[crazylittlejester]

DAILY BRAINROT

I'm very scatterbrained today, so please excuse the multiple topic changes. 😅

The Sky angst WIP is in progress, and I accidentally started a new WIP that is Hyrule angst. I think pretty much all the Hyrule angst I've read takes place in forest regions, so naturally I had to take it upon myself to write something that happens in The Great Sea. Legend is not the only one who deserves island-related trauma.

Still thinking about the academia AU, too. Sun has a bachelors degree in aviation, like Sky (it's how they met) and one in religious studies. She's decided to get her graduate degree in religious studies and may or may not have a side gig with Sky flying little bitty planes for a tourist place because they're both crazy and think they can somehow fit that into their schedules.

LU EAH AU is still in progress! It's just going very, very slowly, and I need to remember to review some of my source material because I keep forgetting to do that. I also need to finish up the fic about Fi's backstory and figure out a cool title for it. The AU itself will likely be Linked Ever After unless I think of something cooler.

Also, I was writing a scene with Legend & Sky and needed to do some quick fact-checking and recipe-searching and DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE THAT'S MADE OUT OF HORSE MILK!?

Anyway, the scene in question is another attempt at letting Legend be soft and chill because he is Too Old for This Shit. The actual recipe I ended up using was basically warm milk with pumpkin pie spices and maple syrup because Legend just gives off warm milk vibes. He knows what works, and he's going to do it, and if anyone tries to give him grief over it, he'll just smack them right good.

Side tangent: as much as I want to say that Warriors is the best with self-care, I think it's really more Legend's thing. Time also looks like he has everything together, but he is totally panicking and masking (pun intended) 24/7 with rare exceptions. Legend is the one who's had enough of this shit and figured out what does and doesn't actually help his physical and mental health. He's obviously not perfect at it, but he's the closest to an actual role model most of them have, just because he's trying to live his best life (partly out of spite).

Warriors is still the one who drags Twilight to therapy, though.

i so desperately needed the daily brainrot, i caught this 35 seconds after it appeared in my asks

You’re so real for that. I have a Hyrule angst wip in my drafts somewhere titled ‘Hyrule Drowns’… I don’t- I don’t think I have to explain further (he doesn’t DIE but I AM gonna throw him in a lake. Shoutout to @/carelessapples for this one because if I remember correctly, this was sort of their idea/i am writing it for them)

I LOVE THAT SO MUCH YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

LINKED EVER AFTER. 10/10, I LOVE IT. I’m so excited for that au, but take ur time man. I know it’ll be awesome

THERES A FUCKING WHAT NOW??? (and yeah Legend DOES give off warm milk vibes)

Oh yeah no, Time is masking most of the time bro does NOT have it together like, at all, I so agree. I love the idea of Wars just DRAGGING Twi to therapy kicking and screaming. Legend definitely has things figured out by now, though I am of the personal belief that he’s horrible at explaining it to the others and helping THEM with stuff. I headcanon he’s better at self care for himself than helping the others take care of themselves but he’s doin’ his best 😔

[maeljade]

Character lore poll

I am cooking an OC and my brain has come up with two possible variations of lore and cant decide so I am outsourcing it to Tumblr! Here's the OC, Jade!

And here's the poll, answer based on vibes or full information with Dawntrail spoilers below the cut!

And now under the cut the full lore. Once again, spoilers for themes of Shadowbringers +, things that happened in Endwalker and the entire second half of Dawntrail! Consider yourself warned.

As should be easily visible from the picture, she's my Solution 9/Alexandria OC. And yes, she is in fact the local shard of Mael, my lizzer and WoL. And since Solution 9 has the whole Regulator business its a great opportunity for some wonderful storytelling.

Her basic lore backstory is that she's working as one of the hunters keeping the outskirts of Heritage Found safe and thus naturally uses a regulator. Between Lightningstrikes and wild beasts the risks of death are high and hunters also use it for simple soul fusion to enhance their fighting (so no full transformation like Arcadion). Unfortunately for her there is no Hydaelyn since Endwalker sending a crystal of light with images of a starshower attached so no echo for her. Also she used to have a partner, which is at the center of both torments!

Now unto the 2 possible torments that my brain has come up with!

Torment of Forgetting:

Imagine having a loving partner, half the room decorated in her style, her perfume in the bathroom, small trinkets from her in your outfit. This partner also wears a regulator ... and dies. And because both of you had a regulator the memory is erased. Gone. Nothing there anymore. The memory has been erased leaving only an emptiness and a feeling of something missing. And looking around her home everything makes this void sting harder. Decorations Jade would not buy but that still feel right in the room. Perfumes the smell of which she loves but wouldn't wear herself. Accessories that feel close to her heart but she cant remember. The typical Elidibus/Solution 9 package.

Torment of Remembering

Same relationship as the other torment, same loving partner dying ... but this time her regulator had been destroyed before it happened so she alone remembers her love. Friend groups her lover introduced her to suddenly missing the connection. In laws who don't even remember how you met. The entire world moving on and forgetting, leaving you all alone to grieve. Let's call it the Emet-Selch deal, to be the only one remembering and mourning.

Both of these sound like horrible torment to heave upon her. Yet both feel fitting, especially when I consider both the connection to Mael as Dotharl and her beliefs and the parallels with the two unsundered.

And both parts would lead her on a path towards working with and maybe even joining the resistance, yet also being reliant on the regulator for fighting and doing her job.

And not least of all the potential angst of meeting someone new and struggling with fears of also being forgotten.

[marstriesthings]

Sins represented by the Ichinose Family

WARNING!! MAJOR SPOILERS

I have never been much of a fan of time loop elements, but the characters in this manga were very interesting and had me hooked from the beginning till the end. So, what sins do each family represent?

Let me give you my two cents.

Shiori - Lust The most obvious representation. I'm sure this is everyone's starting point because it's the easiest to guess.

Shiori's exposed to be having an affair with a much older man (which surprised her too, in her defense). She is constantly shown wanting affection and had probably started chatting with people online to receive the slightest of it.

Minako (Mother) - Gluttony The second obvious one. She had Bulimia Nervosa (an eating disorder that causes people to binge eat and follow it up with compensatory behaviors to prevent weight gain).

She eats to forget her past, she eats to forget her insecurities, her room is filled with all kinds of food to the point at one point she had lost control. This is even more signified in one scene she tells Tsubasa to just eat one of the packet breads while she held two bags filled with food. Especially since Gluttony is defined as excessive consumption to the point of waste.

Kakeru (Father) - Envy The father was a very unnoticeable character throughout the manga up until the very end. At first I suspected him to be Sloth, and then Lust. Finally, once his whole past and the truth was revealed, I concluded he was Envy.

His envy stems from the lack of his father's expectations for him. Did he live a lucky life? Or did his father love his grandson more? Such thoughts festered in his mind, and in an attempt to prove himself, he had taken over his father's research and threw his own family down that whole rabbit hole. This was all the result of his envy and wanting his father to be proud of him as well.

Sachie (Grandmother) - Greed This one is also very straightforward. Her main trait is that she cares...no, she only cares for her husband, Tsubasa's grandfather. The grandfather is sick and comatose, and the family's only complaint about her is that she only spends time with the grandfather and doesn't do anything else.

Moreover, she is the first person to have realized what was happening, and that they were stuck in a dream and her first decision is to keep it a secret. All because she can spend more time with the grandfather. And when Tsubasa slowly starts uncovering the truth, she goes as far as to push him off a cliff in hopes to keep the loop and dreams ongoing. Indeed, it is a strong act of love. But it also proves that she is a selfish person.

Kozo (Grandfather) - Pride Kudos to the manga for managing to make a character that is alive haunt the narrative.

As I just said, the grandfather has the most crucial role in the manga, but it is still a background role. His sin was the hardest to deduce, but all his traits fall under the sin of Pride.

Okay come on, only a person with that level of confidence and pridefulness can manage to create a dream and pull the whole family into it. He was a physics professor, and he even called himself a genius at some point.

Not only that, even till the very end he refused to admit he had done Sota wrong. He had written in his letter to Tsubasa that Sota's potential would have done him good in the research, and had ignored his own pushiness over Sota's life and whatnot. They had shown his reaction, uneasy but arrogant, which explains his personality perfectly well.

Sota - Wrath Sota was the golden child of the family. Kind, dependable, and always there for everyone. But because he didn't show it outright (especially in the beginning) doesn't mean he had a lot of pent up anger inside of him.

From the beginning, I found him as a very angry person. Of course, he had every right to lash out at the family. But to jump to the belief that family is a horrible thing, and to feel endless anger towards families is a little... Plus, later when he comes back, his anger is more pronounced as we get to see him perspective more. His inner thoughts and his increasing wrath towards his family.

In the end, once he is much more open about his feelings, he is literally always shown irritated or yelling at someone😭 It is also pretty obvious that unlike the rest of his family, he still harbors uneasy or unhappy feelings towards them.

Tsubasa - Sloth I'll be honest, in the beginning I assumed he was the sin of Envy.

But as the manga went on, he is constantly accused of being ignorant and trying to sweep things under the rug. He had tried to ignore his feelings, others feelings, finding his memories and whatnot. All until he was forced to do so.

Tsubasa is a very interesting character. Because out of everyone in his family, he is the one who managed to overcome his sin. All the way till the middle, he was someone who actively tried to run away form his problems. Even when they showed him trying to solve something, he was very obviously avoiding the root of the issue. At the same time, he forgoes thinking, opting to directly find answers from people instead of himself.

Tbh I can talk a lot more about these guys, but by now I'm sure you get the gist of who is which sin so! It really was a great read.

[kanazero-vampireknight2]

I think it's a popular belief that the reason Yuuki doesn't want Kaname to remember her is because he'll realize that he can somehow reincarnate her with her heart but I think a reason why Yuuki's fragment doesn't want Kaname to remember her is because by remembering Yuuki he'll also remember all the horrible things he's done for the sake of Yuuki. Takuma has pointed out the Kaname is still dealing with depression and I think when he realizes what he's done, it's only going to do him more harm. Kaname has always wanted to be helpful to others not just Yuuki, let's be real going back to his time as an ancestor he's always wanted to be apart of a community and that manifest more while he's a human I mean hell he enjoyed making tea and serving others in his little cafe 🤣 imagine if he remembers Yuuki and remembers all the horrible things he's done for her? I mean, how can he look Ren in the eyes when he realizes that he turned a child soilder into his personal weapon? And it doesn't help that Ren has Zero's colour pallete. I also think that by remembering Yuuki he'll remember his time as an ancestor due to that weird time paradox that he and Yuuki created when he showed her his past which is going to make him worse. I beleive that it was during Shiuka's arc where Kaname mentions that sometimes it's good to forget things and I think that Yuuki has understand that and she's doing to him what he did to her from when she was human. Also sorry about the vampire knight fandom, I don't know specifically what's going on but knowing that they have not changed over the last almost 10+ years I know it's just a bunch of Tom foolery.

Yes, Yuuki doesn’t want him to remember the bad things, although the present Kaname is sensing that something might have happened.

Yes, depression is still there, even when the memories are erased, so bringing them back would make things worse.

He is a helpful guy indeed!

I don’t think he would be able to look Ren in the eyes after that…

Tbh remembering too much at once, for example the ancestor timeline would destroy him.

It’s alright, I mean I���m pretty annoyed by people who defend or glorify one ship but hate on the other. I thought I stumbled upon some decent people in here but turns out I was wrong.

Thank you for the anon!

[agonycrossbow]

Leon, in the intro to RE4make:

"September 30, 1998. It's a day I'll never forget. The cop inside me died that day."

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Officer 1: So, tell me, Yanqui. Why did you come to this horrible place? As close to nowhere as I've ever seen.

Leon: Let's just say... looking for someone.

Officer 1: That someone must be very important, eh? The Chief gave the orders himself. "Help him," he said.

Leon: I'm sure you boys didn't come all the way out here to roast marshmallows.

Officers 1 & 2: (laugh)

Leon: (annoyed) Maybe you did.

Officer 1: You have a strange sense of humor. I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. Just between us. A lot of people have gone missing around here, and it's been that way for a while, now.

Leon: (still annoyed) Well, then. Should be just another day in the office, right?

Officer 1: Mmm... I mean, last week, there was a search for some missing hikers.

Leon: (sarcastically) I'm sure you'll do your best to help me.

Officer 1: (laughs)

[...]

Leon, much later in the scene: So much for helping me.

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Leon, later in chapter 1:

(bitterly) "Gotta fix everything myself."

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Leon tells Ada in RE2make that the reason why he went into law enforcement was to help people like Kendo and his daughter -- vulnerable people, good people, members of the community who are facing the worst moments of their life and need someone to help make it right.

And yet he says in the intro to RE4make that the cop inside him died that day. When we take that in context with what he told Ada about Kendo, what he means is that his desire to help people died that day. The belief that he could help people died that day.

His faith in humanity died that day.

Leon goes into his mission to save Ashley already expecting the two local officers that he's with to be completely fucking useless, and he gets immediately annoyed at the first hint that they are. His "So much for helping me" is said with a sense of "Why am I not surprised?"

He went into RE2make believing that people are generally good and that things will work themselves out.

He goes into RE4make believing that people are generally selfish and will take advantage of him, leaving him to work through any problem that arises on his own.

This is why he's so supremely pissed off at Ada when they meet back up again, and it's also why Ashley is so integral to his character arc. It's also why I've said in the past that Ada is a foil for Ashley in RE4make.

(NOTE: A foil is a character that is set up in the narrative to directly contrast with another one. Where one character is deficient, the foil character is strong, and vice versa. Where Ada is cold, Ashley is warm. Where Ada is physically capable, Ashley is defenseless. Where Ada is secretive, Ashley is honest. Where Ada is calculating, Ashley is impulsive. A foil does not necessarily exist to make one character seem better than the other; a foil exists to showcase two equals using a different approach and receiving different outcomes as a result.)

Ada is the genesis of Leon's cynicism. She's the reason why he expects less than nothing from people anymore -- the reason why he goes into every social interaction waiting to be screwed over. And she reinforces this throughout the narrative by trying to tear him down ("Leave the girl. She's lost no matter what.") or by keeping score ("Happy to help. Now you owe me.") -- which she takes even further in Separate Ways ("Don't worry, Leon. First time's free.").

In the six years since her initial betrayal, Leon has been forged into a weapon by the US government. The kind-hearted boy from RE2make who wanted to save the world now is more comfortable shoving a knife in the throat of an old woman than he is with carrying on small talk with people.

But weapons on their own are neither good nor bad. It's how they're used that determines that. Up until RE4make, Leon has been surrounded by extreme violence and senseless death (that's the point of changing Operation Javier btw), and he doesn't see a way in which his status as a weapon could possibly be used for good.

Until Ashley comes into his life.

If there was ever anyone who had a good reason to take Leon for granted and take advantage of him, it's Ashley -- but not only does she not do that, but she goes out of her way to make herself useful without expectation or strings attached. The only thing she ever asks for in return is a "thank you."

So, every time she gets that "thank you" -- every time she gets a real smile out of him -- she's returning pieces of his humanity to him. She's healing the hurts that Ada and the CIA inflicted on him so many years ago. She's showing him that there's still some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for. She's worth fighting for.

When Leon says: "This time, it has to be different..." he's not talking about his inability to save anyone in Raccoon City. That's a very surface-level interpretation. What he's referring to there is that Raccoon City destroyed his faith in humanity, ruined his image of himself, and poisoned his ability to create meaningful connections with people.

That's what has to be different this time. That's why the full line he says in the intro is: "If I could just forget what happened that night... the pain, even for a second... This time, it can be different. It has to."

RE2make took so much from him, but Ashley spent the entirety of RE4make giving so much of it back. But if she were to die in his arms in chapter 15, that hope and that healing would die with her. Her death would be a reaffirmation that everything that Leon wants or hopes for in this world isn't real, and that reality is nothing more than a series of random tragedies and chaos that results in suffering.

Ashley re-teaches him how to trust in people again, how to work as part of a team again, how to feel good about his own actions again. She teaches him how to hope again.

Ashley is the first person in six years to care about whether Leon gets or feels hurt by her actions. The most important line of dialogue spoken to Leon in the entire game is "Stay back! I might hurt you again..." as Ashley openly sobs over the mere thought of it.

Juxtapose that beside...

During the boat scene, Ada asks Leon in response to whether or not she's changed, after all of the damage she's already inflicted on him: "What do you think? Don't think too hard."

And so, in the ending, Leon answers: "I think we both know that this is where we go our separate ways."

Because, this time, things were different.

Because, this time, his partner was Ashley.

[columbocorners]

I haven't done any art of otto but honest to god I feel like so much of otto's angsty behavior I really have chalked up to being normal for me because I have so many weird ocs who have trauma on the basis of horrible shit they can't comprehend happening to them. so this ramble is about that.

one of my ocs, mr. forget-me-nots' whole trauma is on the basis of pure abandonment by his family when he was 18 years old and expectation to run a horrible drug operation long after his mother, the sole owner, passes, and how does he even cope? by doing it. because he wanted any approval from his mother even after she was dead and buried, by hands which he embalmed, and he is so caught up in the world of the dead and the past which he is completely shook by to even understand why he mourns the way he does, because he's so stuck in anger he never truly got to express.

and for another character, their whole identity is chalked up to ' you are an essential copy of another man's legacy and mistake ( in this case, a mistake interpreted as a GOOD thing, mind you ) and told he can't be anyone else other than that person's legacy, that personification, and has to abide by that law, because that's all he is, all he will ever be, and he is told to kill anything personal ( his own childhood crush and lover ) just to extract any idea or possibility he could even be human.

and then I look at otto and all his actions just. make perfect sense to me because he is SO traumatized. by someone who he was potentially close to being taken by something and the idea noone suggested cece ( cici ? ) wanted that, is horrible in execution because has anyone ever considered that maybe cece is his only family? that maybe even their parents weren't that good? there is enough there were you could make the assumption they even hated each other as siblings, but by god with the way otto acts I can't imagine anything else beyond purely a good sibling dynamic or just the pain that is of losing someone, knowing they are in reach, but you're incapable of even getting there, and maybe to some extent it is because of WHO you are, and in that same sense there is a fear that because of how OTTO is, that could even be why she was gone which is why I have been doing nothing but rotting on otto being just such a misguidedly good person who does such horrible things because he is absolutely a bad therapist but you know it is because not only is he attached to noone, it's just the fact she's the one thing that could tell him why cece was taken which is why he's so frantic. noone doesn't respect him and I can't blame her, but I also think it's the little things, the breathing techniques, the attempts to try and make genuine connections, he's in so much denial though that is he so selfish with his own wants that he can't abide by noone's own but you know, that's the thing with someone who is as traumatized as otto is, how could he not be like that? how could he not be as aggressive and outrageously selfish as he is? it does not at all justify the behavior, especially towards a CHILD, mind you. However, it's still the point and clear fact that like or not, he has a complex care for noone and his patients, he doesn't like referring to children by numbers, he tries to ensure noone is given opportunities and chances to get cake, to have gifts. It is so unprofessional as it is a weak attempt to try and do better because he knows he's fucked up, but he's so disorientated in the belief that he can at least fix the one thing that BROKE him in the first place all these years, like. I get that honestly. as someone who has been abused, who has gone through more than the average person, I get not letting go of the past and the refusal not to, the denial, the bitterness about it all, the grief, because as much as you are moving forward, you can't help but look back and for me, that's what otto does so much in the podcast.

he can't help but be caught up in that incident because he was just a boy who lost his sister and was told by someone else that yeah, she could've left because of how he was, but then it's like, that is a majorly fucked up thing to say to someone, actually, he is being so shitty as he is, but he didn't deserve to be told that to me, because from how I see it, otto is alone. he's got nothing to cling to but someone who is already gone, and it's like. he lost his way because he got relapsed by trauma from the past that came to haunt him by literally noone experiencing the same thing his own sister was.

and I feel like by the end of it, he's just going to go down a hole he can't climb out of ( well, he's already dug himself so far as he did ) and it's like. on god, you couldn't exactly blame him for being mad at the ferryman either because it's like. in his eyes, that was the thing that took away a family member, someone he cared about. and if there is one thing I hate, it's like that so many people are forgetful of what makes up otto which is the trauma. like yes, he's done so much that is so shitty, but I'm not gonna' have that be like the only thing I will see about that character because he's really layered to me, I love noone, and I genuinely get why she's upset at otto, honestly I am too, but on god, I love seeing the trauma within characters and how that, for otto, never went away even through adulthood because trauma doesn't. you don't get rid of that, there is no healing some wounds, they just linger and they burn, and they will eat at you if you LET them.

and otto has. I've got like multiple headcanons about otto honestly that I could go into, because honestly he gives off divorced energy to me and that means lack of understanding and difficulty with some social cues reads to me as adhd in my eyes and I have adhd so I'm making that a big hc so it's like. broooo I could go on for hours.

[erigold13261]

Assuming 1010 stay with their SOs for years… what would they do if their SOs pass away? (I am guessing 1010 as robots would live longer than their SOs)

Short answer is:

-Rin: Never tries to love again and hold their relationship with Zuke in a very high regard. This feeling stops it from every trying to form another romantic relationship again.

-Purl: Already accepted that their partners are going to die before they have actually died. Once they do, they bottle up all their emotions and try to move on as if nothing happened only to break down in horrible, extreme ways all alone. Uses bad coping mechanisms like drugs and sex to forget the love they once had while rejecting any kind of meaningful relationship to avoid this pain again.

-Zimelu: Takes a long time to grieve and needs basically a decade before being open to the idea of dating again. Not going out of her way to date, but by that point if something happens she won't try to stop herself from loving again.

-Haym: Bottles up his emotions in order to help his partners. Wants to feel helpful as a way to lessen the pain they feel. Is open to dating again at some point. Probably the fasted to get into a new relationship (other than Purl whose new "relationship" are all basically one night stands).

-Eloni: Ends up pulling away from the partners they have to get more familial support. Doesn't even realize he is neglecting his partner because of the pain he is in. The family helps both him and his partner(s). Either ends up going back to their partner, or is able to get into a new relationship, but it will take a while.

Long answer:

Well right off the bat, I'm gonna say that Purl is the only 1010 that has actually thought of this and put time into this thought process. They are the only one to really take it seriously that 1010 is most likely going to outlive their SOs, which is why Purl was the last to even get a SO because their main belief is basically "why even try to love when they are going to die and the pain will be worse in the end?" or something along those lines.

So Purl is already preparing themself for when everyone around them, not just their SOs, ends up dying. Once West or Cyril pass (even Joust which is a complicated relationship that Purl has with him), Purl is probably just going to shut down emotionally, bottle up their emotions, and just push forward in a very unhealthy way. Their main coping mechanism is just to run away from their feelings, so to an outsider it looks like Purl never even cared about their SO and just moved on. On the inside though they are in so much pain but refuse to ever let it out until they probably can't hold it in anymore. Even then they will just have an absolute breakdown in their room and then hide that away until they can't hold it in again later on.

Plus, while all of this is going on, they would still be doing self destructive behaviours. Especially using substances or basically giving their body away to strangers. Honestly, they would become more of a whore after this to try and forget about their relationship as much as they can. Though obviously trying to avoid any kind of real connection with whoever they are sleeping with.

All the rest of 1010 either haven't thought of death as a possibility, or have been trying to push the thought away to not think about it at all. I would say that Rin and Eloni are the ones to push it away as much as possible as the two of them are very much anxious in their own ways about death and the end.

Rin, if its SO died (whether it be Zuke or anyone else it falls in love with, same with the other 1010s, they might not all be with their current SOs in like 20 years), then it would be devastated. Considering that Rin is a very romance heavy bot, and puts a LOT of emphasis on basically "true love" or like finding "the one" that I can see it never fully getting over Zuke or dating again. I'm sure Rin could find someone to love just as much, but its not really open to that idea. Basically I can see it becoming like Neon J, where that love of a past relationship will always be at the forefront and never truly go away (though obviously Rin and Zuke's relationship is much different from J and Martha's).

Zimelu, Haym, and Eloni are all three that are similar in their aftermaths where I can see each of them going through a time of mourning and then some day trying to date again. Especially Haym and Eloni because them being poly potentially allows them to have another partner that will share in their grief and help them get over/come to terms the loss of their SOs in a way that friends and family cannot. It would be easier (still difficult though) for them to move on and try to find someone new.

Zimelu I can see as, like I said, taking a very long time to process her grief, but she does end up getting with someone new. Probably a very long time after the death of her SO though. Depending on how long 1010 actually can survive given how I am thinking of magic works for robots, then possibly a decade or so after Zimelu's SO dies would she be willing to try again. And even then, she wouldn't be looking for a new love like Haym and Eloni might, she would have to have it be very natural.

Haym and Eloni keep their loves in their heart, but also help their other partners (or I guess in Haym's case, he would be helping Eve if he is still in a relationship with her and May, and May was the one who died since technically he and Eve are not dating). In the case of Haym and Eve, the two would stop dating but would remain friends and help each other process stuff. If it was a different group of people for Haym, depending if he was dating the other person(s) or not means he either leans into them more or will try to just help them out in their grief. Honestly, Haym probably bottles his emotions up a lot and does more to help his other partners while ignoring his own feelings, trying to feel helpful as a coping mechanism for his loss.

Eloni on the other hand isn't going to find a partner quickly. First, because it is hard for them to find someone wanting a QPR, secondly, because they would be in a lot of pain and probably a crying mess. Very over emotional and not knowing how to really deal with this. Unfortunately, I kinda see her as drawing away from their other partner(s) and clinging to family during this time. This would leave his partner(s) in a bit of isolation, but the rest of 1010 (and possibly Neon if he is still around) would do their best to help both Eloni and his partner(s).

Not doing Dew, Carna, or Maragold because 1). they are all minors and I haven't thought of them in any serious relationship as they get older yet, and 2). they are technically not part of 1010 which is what you asked for.

[tintysun]

Maybe I'm due for more Tumblr lore...

There was a time when Tumblr was an easygoing place. You'd just post and repost things you liked. Fandom, quotes, aesthetics, and such. There was also a lot of psychology floating around to help with mental health and daily dealings. Within my range, at some point, a network was formed of people who enjoyed getting deeper into various topics. Whether they were heavy or taboo or not. With a certain boy occasionally taunting and teasing to push the conversation further. It could be annoying, but it was ultimately harmless and part of what made it a rich exchange. I'll never get why, on Tumblr, a place that isn't even really that monetizable, someone came over and started posting like she was on the ultimate mission to become the absolute most popular person around and be the authority on what was true and what was correct. Lots of things she did and got away with that ruined what we had. Maybe especially for me. But the one thing I'm bringing up now is stalling conversations. In her case, it was because of her beliefs (or so she claimed) but also because she was just too strict about what was and wasn't 'proper'. And basically, anything that disturbed her rhythm or had her looking like not-the-expert on the subject, was something she was offended by and would loudly be unwelcoming of. We tried ignoring her, but it wasn't so simple to do.

We also, for a very long time, tried accommodating her and letting her catch up, until we realized and were proved beyond doubt that she was and would continue to be horribly selfish. It was incredibly wasteful and a huge regret. (This is why the line "we wait for trains that just aren't coming" hits so much for me.) So fast forward to today, my attitude toward anyone who has trouble with a conversation, even if they're not anywhere near as awful as she was and are instead actually a lovely person, isn't to tone it down or censor it for their sake. It's basically to tell them to take a break or be elsewhere while it happens. I also started to put a lot of disclaimers and warnings when I'm getting into something that might be too heavy or taboo, too, so don't ignore/forget those. I suppose encountering anything resembling that or the possibility of that can still be grating or even triggering, evoking a visceral reaction. If that happens, now you know. We're not sick and tired of you, we're sick and tired of what happened - that in no way in hell we're signing up for again. 😞 That said, it really is no lie that sensitivity and more are appreciated. But gotta let the grit happen where it happens too...

[dumbbitchfrommars]

Travelling means I journal on my phone.

I am just……… I’m hurt. I’m triggered. I’m insecure. I’m upset. I am angry. I am frustrated.

I’m not ready to be a slut. I’m a slut… but I’m not a slut. I was a slut - but I wasn’t clever about it. And now I’m traumatised, and I don’t want anything to do with men, despite wishing for all the validation from them, and I can barely defend myself.

Like when you gaslight me by asking me where we are, and I answer your question, and you say you know in irritation. I ANSWERED YOUR FUCKING QUESTION.

Or when you call me out on not knowing what it’s like to have a friend to look up to, instead of always being the one who is looked up to. Like I know nothing. Like I have no friends. Like I’ve had nothing real or genuine or mutually beneficial in my whole life.

When you say behind my back that you had no idea I was so swayed by men. That I needed their validation more than you once thought. Or that you never realised how much it did matter to me what they think about me, whether they accept me or reject me.

Try being rejected by boys your whole life like I have been.

Try watching girls like you, with big tits and girlish clothes who show their skin get all the positivity and attention and respect (is it really?) - all the HELP the help I’ve been desperately wanting and seeking, beyond anything I’ve ever received, simply for existing - imagine experiencing that constantly. Imagine hoping for something difference and still being let down every time amongst the people you love most - surely you’d slowly find yourself growing resentful of such a thing????

I feel like Chloe might not want to be my friend anymore after this trip.

It would hurt me deeply but I also wouldn’t give two shits. Because she hurts me so much sometimes. A lot of the time, actually. And she’s not even trying to or intending to. But that just makes it hurt even more. Because it’s me. And I’m projecting, and I can’t seem to stop doing it. I might be worse of a person than I first thought I was. I’m completely flawed and horrible and resentful and mean and angry.

I would miss her all the time but I’d also be so glad because I wouldn’t have to compare myself to her anymore. To feel insecure or hurt by the thought that there is something about me thwt makes me less worthy than her - and that is why she receives so much different energy than I do.

I need to remember that in my own person with my own identity and my own dreams and goals and beliefs about the world. I like indie music. I’m a classic indie pop rock girl. I also am a Sri Lankan girl in the middle of three. There’s so much that is special and unique about me. I need to step away from the consumption of another person. As much as I love her…

I’m frustrated. I’m tired. I’m so tired…… I wan5 to go home. I want my own space. Is that such a crime??? Sure… it’s expensive to live in Australia. But I spent my entire savings from the past few years on this one single month long trip away. How long will it take me to save that up again? Wait I lie… it actually took me a year. Idk.

I’m definitely more well of than I once thought. I’m a lot more well off than I once thought. I’m blessed. My parents provided me with opportunities I could never have had elsewhere. Definitely not back home if they’d stayed in Sri Lanka. Which is crazy…. Because now I want to move back there. And Chloe hated it there. But she loves it here. And she’s been working her men into her plans the entire time, and leaving us to figure it out, when we would’ve anyway, if she wasn’t so anal about every movement we made and deciding what we did including was fucking water we drink. The gaslighting is what gets me the most though. She’s fucking crazy - but only in bursts- and that’s what is scariest. Because I forget. I see the good and excuse the bad again and again. And while I love her so dearly and excuse that bad. She still has gaslit me multiple times on this trip. She has had episodes of narcissism where she non stop talks about herself with zero space for interjection or conversation about angone else purely for the fact that she can’t stand the attention being on someone besides herself for more than a single moment. Which is actually fucking insane. Cause how do you not realise that about yourself???????

Idk. Idk.

I’m tired. I’m on my period. I’m hurt. I’m upset. I’m irritable. I’m frustrated. I’m angry. I’m betrayed. I feel like I’ve been dealt a short straw that makes no sense. Like I’m being treated less than for reasons that make no sense. Because of reasons that aren’t valid or what I deserve because I am a princess - and boys don’t want to treat me how I deserve. I’m a Sri Lankan fucking princess. Ugh. Maybe I’m not entertaining them enough. Could explain all of this tbh.

I could really go for some pizza. Some Hindley street kickons pizza right now would really hit. Anyway.

At least I get a whole double bed to myself tonight. Even if I am shivering.

I just want to return to my mind hole where all my fantasies live and my perfect men who are completely obsessed with me and do the work to win me over some way and some how. Whatever it takes. Because they’re head over heels and completely dedicated to me and only me. That’s what I want and need and expect. And I won’t expect any less. I won’t ACCEPT any less. And I won’t laugh and smile and nod away any less because they want me to, because they want to feel accepted in only giving the bare minimum.

I deserve better. I know I deserve better. And I won’t accept any less than that. And that’s where I am different to you, Chloe. I won’t accept a single ounce less than what I know my value is.

Even if it is just for fun.

[theuniverseawakens347]

Oops..not 3 turned 1 🫢 multiplied INSIDE by 8 leading back to 1 …at Obama you got documentation of my mothers ultrasounds 😌 I really ATE MY TWINS LIKE I SAID LEE GARLINGTON.

ADONDI.

Taneisha.

Cashay.

Cashay = SECRET TREASURE. MEANING YAL NOT KILLING ME THIS TIME FOR EVER AND ETERNITY YOU BELONG TO ME.

I AM SOURCE ENERGY. GOD. YAHWEH. GHANDI. WHATEVER TF YOU WANA CALL ME. BUT I AM THE BIG BIIG BIIIIIIG ONE. ☝🏾 AND ONLY. ..AND ILL KEEP MULTIPLYING WHEN NEED BE.

Lee YOU ARE REAL LYFE PSYCHO CAUSE YOU KNOW THIS. AND LEAD PEOPLE LIKE AJA ( who willingly chooses wrong LIKE I SAID) MORGAN AND CAMERON ( questioning their belief but knowing what I know ..we don’t want THEM ON CREATION PLANE OF EARTH ANYMORE = CONTAMINATION OF WHAT IS SUPPOSE TO BE PEACE LOVE HAPPINESS AND CREATION!)

YOU HAVE PEOPLE OUT HERE LIKE JAYZ FATHER TO BEYONCE BUT TINA KNOWLES CARRIED AND HIM NOW HAVING KIDS W HER…YOURE MICH OLDER THAN YOU SAY ( at HELLA FACELIFTS X 6) HOWARD IS YOUR 🥚 #stemcells …WEIRD MAD “SCIENTIST” LIKE YOU LEAD THE ENTIRE WORLD INTO INCEST WHETHER IT BE NATURAL BIRTHING OR JUST STRAIGHT UP IVF OF ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER EGG ALL BC YOUR ORIGINAL FAMILY TRIBE WAS ON SOME “SATANIC” LETS FUCK CUTE / FIT FAMILY AND SEE WHAT “Gems” WE GET TO PROLONG [your] FAMILY LINE…. GIRL ALL GO BYE BYE EXCEPT THOSE WHO WRONGFULLY GOT ROPED INTO THIS AT THERESE BUT SHE STILL HAS SIN ON HER HANDS …

GIRL LIKE ARE YOU OKAY?? WHAT MAKES YOU WANA…JUST READING YOUR MIND YOU REALLY ARE SELFISH AND HAVE NO REGARD FOR ANYONES INTEREST BUT YOUR OWN UNLESS SOMEONE LITERALLY LINES UP WITH YOUR WEIRDNESS. AT TIM HYDE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ETCETERA…YOU HAVE CHILDREN OUT HERE HAVING KIDS AND WANTED TO SEE “WHATS THE YOUNGEST AGE A CHILD CAN HAVE A CHILD”

AT COI CAME OUT A 4 YEAR OLD VAGINA. YAL RRALLY PLAYED WITH MY BODY. BITCH IM BOUT TO OLAY WITH YOUR MENTAL WHILE CASTING YOU AWAY. BECAUSE THAT IS JUST HORRIBLE AND HORRIFIC..GOT MY MOM HAVING KIDS SINCE A YOUNG AGE MY WHOLE FUCKING FAMILY. .. WE ARE NOT HUMAN BEINGS AND YOU KNOW THAT. YOUR FAMILY LEAD PPL FUCKING LIES AND ONLY TOLD THE DEMONIC 1/% THE TRUTH OF OUR BEINGS.

Girl , im so over and sick of you. I LITERALLY AGAIN, leave you to my family.

That’s cashay.. the peaceful one,

But your ass so fucking stupid bitch …YOU FORGET ABOUT ADONI AND TANEISHA.

ADONDI really on some FUCK YOU UP BEAT

And TANEISHA ON SOME LETS KEEP IT LEGAL ..

IM ALL 3. MY BIG 3 IS ME. IM THE GOVERNMENT AND THE UNIVERSE ALL IN ONE. THE BIG BIIG BIIIIIIIIG ONE FROM THE SKY.

My mental AND my body AND MY FAMILY YOU PLAYED WITH.

TAKING EGGS FROM ME ..PUTTING THEM IN LAYWAY AS PAYMENT FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO CARRY A CHIKD WITH AT BEYONCE. .. who ALSO COMES FROM MY SEED.

LIKE you KNOW DAMN WELL THIS IS NOT THE FIRST LIFETIME OF US DOING THIS SHIT. THE BIBLE IS VERY VERY VERY REAL.

AND YOURE GETTING OFF MY PLANET OF CREATION AND GOING TO MY TRUEST PLANET OF FUCKING HELL AND ALL YOUR NASTY RIDDLED WITH INCEST AND VIOLENCE ON THE INNOCENT “ADOPTED CHILDREN” WILL BE GOING WITH YOU.