#but this is my contribution to the blog

[mildeleef]

Coughs this up uhuh cool updatw right guys

[sundayinthcpark]

[seventh-district]

Making Incorrect H:SR Quotes Until I Run Out of (hopefully) Original Ideas - Pt. 1 - Ratiorine Messages Edition

[Pt. 2] [Pt. 3] [Pt. 4] [Pt. 5] [Pt. 6]

[hwanwooyoung]

my knight in shining armour 🏍️

[apple-onigiri]

i think a lot can be done with headcanons about the northern island because we're bound to get very little information on it in canon. what little we get is enough to get our curiosity going and the only way to sate it is to think of stuff yourself, and it's genuinely so fun

take the beaches and the black sand we're told they're made out of, for example. i think that it'd be really cool if, on some occasions, like maybe for festivals, the islanders would arrange constellations and other elaborate patterns on it with white rocks. i'm talking elaborate, long-spanning collaborative collages that you can't see all at once, just like the sky

another idea for beaches is for it to be popular to make art in the sand during the low tide and allowing for that art to be washed away. the universe is all about the constant journey and impermanence, so letting in be taken by the sea and having this be something not ever finished in a way you can see later would work well to mirror that

moving a bit off the topic of the seaside but still keeping to art, i think public collaborative pieces like murals anyone can add onto might also be cool to have, what with being a part of something bigger and only one small part of the universe that works with other parts to live their life

i find it interesting how such an ideal-based religion - that doesn't seem to worship anything, since the universe is something more of a guide being asked for advice rather than a divine being that's revered (which i talk ab here a bit) - would influence and permeate the cultural and day-to-day life. cool to ponder :) i have many a thought about the island, as always

[professional-lurker-42]

as finished as that one gets. not happy by far but good enough to post. hopefully.

[almalex24]

shoutouts to my friend for asking me to draw this

[spocks-kaathyra]

has this been done already

[yourlocalabomination]

Has anyone done this yet?

[beepboopappreciation]

This came to me in a vision

[andhumanslovedstories]

working in healthcare has both radicalized me further left and made me like so more frustrated with ideologues for whom the good enough is the enemy of the perfect. Like I truly believe the best solution for most of our health problems is to provide people with universal healthcare, universal housing, and universal basic income. I think anything less than that will be ultimately less effective in noticeably improving the life of the majority of my patients who are most desperately need help. Also these patients need care now and will not live to see the realization of a better, kinder society. If we refuse any partial or compromised improvement, people will unnecessarily suffer and die. But also I think we need uncompromising leftists who take principled stands and drag us further left as a result. But also they are not always good on committees. It's a difficult balancing act, one I've never (and likely will never) fully reconciled within mythm344444444 44444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 44444444444444444444444444 444444444444444444444 44444444444444444444444 44444444444444444uiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii sorry the cat jumped on the keyboard but she's right you know, you work as best you can with the world you got while trying to make it better, I think that's what she was trying to type, but when I pressed her on details about that, she dumped ten pounds of cat litter on the floor

[giratinazero]

everything here is from free chapters, but I've put it under a cut anyways in case someone isn't caught up, because I do discuss some season 2 stuff. screenshot-heavy, talking about Ada.

so we know that Ada, obviously, just wants to be loved. mainly she leans on the idea of romantic love, but she clearly just wants any kind of acceptance, given that her reaction to Morella cutting her off seems genuine before she starts blustering again.

I also think her attempt to connect with Lenore in 37 was genuine, because Ada seems to be a pretty bad liar, or at least bad at "being bad," so I don't think she's faking this conversation.

Ada also quite clearly seems to believe she has to earn love or be useful somehow. On a meta level this is reflected in her original life as a maid, and in-story still manifests as doing whatever Montresor says, even before Prospero rejected her. From the start she's been doing what she's told for no reason other than to "belong" somewhere.

in comparison to Montresor [eager as hell] and Will [at least neutral], Ada also doesn't seem down with walling up Duke, but she goes along without really complaining because it's what they want her to do.

Ada wants to be useful no matter what, because then she'll finally be loved this time, right? and what's the best way to be useful? to be strong.

Maybe it's because I reread the dreamland/amontillado chapters a lot, but it seems that Ada is incredibly quick to pull out her specter. We've seen her at least 3 times in a [relatively] short span; first manifesting in 69-71,

then reappearing again in 82-88,

and most recently in 110-111.

That seems fast, right? In comparison, Berenice and Eula have only manifested once, Pluto has only really used his specter once-- he didn't do anything with it in the maze, only in the tower-- and I believe we've only seen Montresor once as well, maybe twice if my memory's bad. Ada defaults to her specter as quickly as possible because it's the only way she feels confident in her usefulness.

So where am I going with all this? I think Ada's going to lose access to her specter for a long, long time.

the stag clearly overloaded her with power, right? it didn't seem to drain her at all-- it made her so strong, her body couldn't handle it anymore.

based on this, I think it can go in one of two directions, and I think they're equally likely. either 1: Ada can no longer manifest at all. this would put her at a massive disadvantage in comparison to other students, but it would put her on equal playing field with Lenore specifically, and could be an interesting way to actually develop a proper connection between the two. Especially given that there's a chance Lenore's group experiences some strain in their relationships, there's room to work Ada in. of course she'd regain her ability eventually, but it would probably require more #trauma along the way.

or 2: because of the stag's residual power, Ada's become so strong that she can no longer control it. she's a liability now. sure, she's powerful, but what good is that power if you can't use it properly? Annabel is running a tight ship, and I don't think she'd be interested in relying on a volatile transformation that might hurt her group on accident instead of Lenore's friends on purpose.

whatever ends up happening on that front, Ada is once again stripped of what she considers her only value. She was useless to everyone before she manifested, and after finally proving herself, she's been forcibly reverted back to step one. As far as she knows, Monty won't want her without her specter, but Morella has made it clear there's no room for friendship without an attitude adjustment. Ada is going to be alone again, even though for the briefest moment, she finally had what she wanted. it's a fantastic chance for character development, because if you can't be loved, be useful; if you can't be useful, what's after that?

[mspaint-flower]

lamp

[physicsandfandoms]

I was comparing how the elf emojis change across various platforms and determined that Apple supports three Elvish gender presentations. Male, female, and Rings of Power. 🤣

[will-o-the-wips]

Whumpee is not forced to kneel.

They are not made to bow their head or grovel at whumper's feet.

They are not meant to debase themself with a loss of composure.

If they so much as shudder, they are punished.

If they are anything less than perfectly controlled, they are punished.

If they are not exactly to the letter of their rules, they are punished.

And if they cry or scream or plead with whumper, well. That's punished, too.

[poisonedfate]

anyways. there should've been an episode of merlin where merlin turns himself into a bird. on accident. but with his own magic. he can do it and undo it as he wishes, he simply doesn't know how to. yet. and so he turns into a bird. and the main plot could be him overhearing something and then trying to figure out how to stop being a bird/how to intervene the thing he heard (bird or no bird). comical subplot could be him essentially disney princess-ing arthur. cleaning up his room all birded up whilst arthur is on the other side of the castle asking where merlin is. and then he comes back to his room all "???", because merlin must've been there. so all day he thinks he's missing him just by a few blinks. (he starts worrying merlin might be avoiding him. you know how he gets). once it's all said and done merlin thinks "well, i'm never doing that again". but he can. bird on bird off. he just chooses not to.