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aughdhshfjjsjcjdjfjsbgsknfjs <- leshy in this art probably
#mrk.art#cult of the lamb#cotl fanart#cotl narinder#the one who waits#cotl leshy#blood#eye injury#eyestrain#imagine. you arâ WERE. you were my older brother. you might've had a stick up your ass but i still cared for you. loved youâ even. and then#suddenly my followersâ swayed by your experimentsâ left me and worshipped you instead. and i began to grow weakâ to lose my power#my other siblings also suffered from thisâ allmighty gods no longerâ for you stood above us in terms of might. and thenâ#and thenâ ...i do not know the full extent of what happened. but i know with all my being that you betrayed us.#we fought. godly blood was spilled. the last thing i remember seeing was your claws stained with ichor.#you are gone nowâ imprisoned forever in your realmâ chained there to *rot*. and no matter how much vindication and hatred i feel for youâ#for the fact that you live stillâ as death could not be killedâ there's a part of me that still yearns for an older brother who raised meâ#who taught meâ who loved meâ who betrayed me. who torn my eyes out of my headâ ripped off my brothers earsâ sliced my sister's throat openâ#crushed my sibling's skull.#bishop leshy#LMAO writing a ficlet in the tags. average tumblr user experience. j will now turn into a clam soup. good by e
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Listen, I'm sorry to the people who draw Veils in torn/bloody robes because of the whole Vake thing but you're simply wrong. Do you think Veils would Ever go out like that. Do you think it doesn't have fifteen changes of clothes ready immediately, with options depending on the day and occasion, to climb into when it comes back from killing things. Of course it does. Veils is getting home, taking a shower in the Bazaar, putting on a new perfectly clean robe with accent panels and silk trim, and then dabbing 1 (one) tasteful bloodstain on the hem of it with a claw because it's arrogant and it thinks it can get away with it. What is a Veils if it's not serving cunt. Of course it is.
#Fallen London#Mr Veils#BaL spoilers#i do love veils it's awful. i love it as the interpretation of a beast unchained and a wild thing resenting its constraints#and that's the most common interpretation of it i tend to see#but Also it is a politician. so so so clearly. it covers up its crimes with spotless cufflinks and talks the blood away#it's spent hundreds of years swaying who it wants and killing who it wants in kind#the apparent clashing of its domains is funny sometimes but also to me it makes perfect sense#fashion and violence. look elevated enough and anyone will believe you. kill ruthlessly enough and the ones who don't don't matter#it's the perfect cover#it's also why in spite of seeing some relatability in its moments of straining for freedom Hallowrove doesn't regret killing it#if it were just a beast following its instincts out of control that would be one thing#if it were even a consicous thing bringing anything to ruin it could as revenge for being trapped that's another#but it just so clearly enjoys having power over things. and using that power to crush#and the manipulation beforehand#...hm. makes me wonder if the feelings in the early vake dreams were genuine#or if it constructed the rush to lure the player further into hunting it#.... you know what i think it was genuine actually. and i think it still doesn't matter.#sorry for bag a legend rambling on the funny poast i just think about it a lot still#in spite of finishing more than a year ago
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"their relationship is romantic" "their relationship is familial" "their relationship is platonic" you're thinking too narrow. their relationship goes beyond labels. the family is inherently queer. their platonic love is romantic. the erotic is familial. each one is the other and the other is them
#.txt#i've gotten to the point of relationship anarchy where i no longer understand the obsession with labeling relationships#there's a post floating around like 'it doesn't matter if you view them as romantic or platonic the point is that they love each other'#and i get the message. however may i propose that distinctions such as that don't even have to matter. consider#bold claim probably. but whatever i didn't have the choice to think about love in a normative way and as a consequence i have thoughts#of course i am thinking about wincest but it applies everywhere. jopzier even#jopson views crozier as a surrogate parent but in an inherently queer way. does that mean he want to fuck his mom? probably not#but the fixation and need for redemption turns the traditionally familial relationship into something far more#do you understand#once you leave the normative behind labels become useless#do sam and dean love each other romantically or platonically or familially? consider: it doesn't matter. there are no words to describe it#their love is queer in the sense that it extends beyond normativity. society holds no sway over them. they are ungovernable#i find it ultimately unhelpful to discuss fiction in normative terms when the characters themselves exist outside of normative society#shows like supernatural and the terror are perfect examples. sam and dean were never normal and franklin crew left normal behind#the arctic doesn't care if you fuck your mom. the impala doesn't care if you kiss your brother#this isn't really about anything i just saw that post the other day and i was like. why doesn't this Hit for me. well this is why#however it IS helpful to discuss fiction set within normative society in relation to normativity. it's relevant!#most stories are not however set within the bounds of normativity. that's kinda the whole point of a lot of fiction#baby i explore relationship anarchy in ways that you couldn't even imagine#<-tldr#i have a tendency to write essays in the notes every time i post something. sorry about that. it feels safer here and i am skittish
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a couple more artists who were submitted that i don't think qualify or i'm not sure about but would appreciate some feedback from people who might know more about them or have Opinions:
Alexandra Exter - russian? born in biaĹystok, studied in kyiv, painted in russia and france
Fernand LĂŠger - i guess his wife was polish (belariussian?) but apart from this i can't think of any reason he should be in
Elisa Bloch - born in wrocĹaw when it was german, emigrated to france as a kid
Olga Chernysheva - come on, she is just straight up russian????
Ryan Gander - british but the submitted sculpture is exhibited in poland
Theodor Erdmann Kalide - german, lived in the prussian partition, the sculpture submitted is in bytom
Theodore Roszak - born in poznaĹ, emigrated to the US as a kid
Anastasia Rydlevskaya - belarussian, lives and works in gdaĹsk
Fanny Rabel - born in lublin, emigrated to paris then mexico as a child
additionally:
Wit Stwosz - no dobra, niemiec, ale jest na tyle ikoniczny i w powszechnym mniemaniu spolszczony, Ĺźe raczej go zaakceptujÄ
anonimowy probably niemiecki autor oĹtarza Ĺw. jadwigi ĹlÄ
skiej - primo anonimowy, secundo oĹtarz od 600 lat jest w polsce, wiÄc teĹź zaakceptujemy
PaweĹ Merwart - kinda sorta probably more french than polish but we had him in the previous tournament and also his biography and his work slap so i want him in the tournament
#what have i gotten myself into trying to decide nationalities of 19th century people from kresy or ĹlÄ
sk#ziemia jest globalnÄ
wioskÄ
etc etc nationalities don't matter#maybe i should make a bracket for these artists only or sth#anyway the general rule was ''if they were educated in poland or under polish artists then its enough''#so if you know sth about the education of these guys im not sure about this should be enough to sway me#imo everyone except leger and chernysheva can go in?
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[TUVOKTOBER: Day 6] Based on this line of dialogue:
#I will forever be like 'what did you mean by that??' jennifer lawrence clip about Tuvok saying he 'spoke out against it'#He isn't??? A politician?? And never was???#Is his family one which holds a certain amount of sway??#I need to know if he 'spoke out' in an official capacity - like a way that mattered to the world at large or if he was just talking shit#I tend to assume mostly the latter - maybe talking shit to specific people but still. It reminds me of how in Gravity he says#HE chose to leave Jara and school when in reality he was kicked out and banished - adjusting the facts#anyway one of the things I sincerely love about Tuvok is that he would be like one of many petty Vulcan antagonists* in another series#especially when he was younger but it's not like he's THAT much better in canon#Ex: Though Tuvok agrees & praises the peace treaty he still seems to view B'Elanna unfavorably bc she's Klingon#<- Like what Neelix says 'That's just it!! You don't feel anything FOR me but you feel things AGAINST me' that's him a nutshell#<- Another example is how he treats Chakotay in the earlier seasons: Deliberately undermining him and questioning his authority#He can be very sanctimonious both about him personally and facets of himself without much tolerance for others or deviation#It's a legit character flaw and I do love highlighting it bc I love him even when I want to choke him to death he's fascinating <3#It's also VERY interesting bc he WAS more of a rebel punk as a teen then he went to the monastery and now he is shown to be very#devoted to Vulcan ways and have a keen interest in monastic life.#I know Vulcan philosophy is NOTHING like christianity or catholicism but like forget that for a second. Ok. Now: 'Tuvok's born again swag?#off the charts' v_v thank you#bea art tag#Tuvoktober#st voyager#st voyager fanart#*And this never changes. Unlike Spock or T'Pol he never has moments (that I can recall) where the narrative's like 'GOTCHA!'#& he's never insecure about his identity as Vulcan. Never desires to feel or be more human. & I /do/ think this is bc he's older! We see#himas an ensign in 'Flashback' struggling with his identity as its pitted against humanity AND in 'Gravity' where he's shown to have disdai#for Vulcan culture & customs. It really makes me wish we had gotten more character-building episodes from him rather than character-breakin#ones where he's not really acting as himself in full. v_v#also one last thing: I recognize that other characters do try2 'GOTCHA!' Tuvok both seriously and lightheartedly but Tuvok is never framed#as being actually affected by this unlike Spock or T'Pol where it's a whole like Thing about their characters (humanity - feeling)#tuvoktober
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Have you ever drawn a personality swap with the group? Or maybe even like an opposite personality thing. Idk I was imagining k k with a bit of attitude
mnn... I doodle full-on body swaps (x) once in a blue moon, but I don't usually tend to sit too long on personality swaps?
here's two hypothetical configurations though (based off my own interpretations for convenience). these keep their main trait (energetic/smooth/silly) and alter their personalities solely.
swt is a worker and a perfectionist; it is also, well. sweet! but has a lot of drive while being a bit stubborn. cpn would be more strong-willed (while still avoiding physical conflict), and he'd be the sort to try and work to avoid any feelings/thoughts. cks would be less easygoing, but they'd still be excitable! (their jokes, unfortunately, land a lot more flat this way.) they'd have more priority on work than play.
cpn cares about appearance a lot and maintaining things (or getting new, better things). swt's never been much to care about its looks, but this verse would make them a bit more worried about how cube-like it is and try to smooth those edges down. cks would be the kind to act like they're flirting/being deceptive, but it's all just to lead it into some sort of joke or silly prank. basically they're just more lowkey (and self-conscious).
cks is a huge people pleaser that doesn't want anyone to fret over them and fairly passive when it comes to taking lead. in this case... swt would want to make sure everyone (and it means Everyone) has fun; they also have far too much energy and not enough time to do everything that comes to mind. if they didn't have enough dropped drafts already, well, now they have so many more... cpn would be the guy that tries to play cute/cool in a funny way, not a "hey mama what's up!" way, and would Not have many issues with their identity.
...at least, the configuration I like more is scc but one position to the left (swt with cpn's, cpn with cks's); that's just me being biased. I could talk about the dynamics of both kinds in another post, maybe...?
and an opposite personality verse sounds interesting, but I'm not sure how that'd go...
is it that sweet becomes less brave and willing to fight whereas cap'n takes on those attributes? k_k being more straightforward and honest than they are silly (e.g., "I'm thirsty" when wounded)? no clue... I don't really enjoy this one too much since it takes too much away from them when it's exaggerated in such a way............. kinda.
#[inbox]#[art]#[2023]#i love worldbuilding and i love thinking about verses but even if i want to get into it here i don't think the weather is permitting me to#it doesn't really matter what kind of personality they have - swt and cpn are still going to bicker; and they all respect each other in#their own way as well. albeit the swaps make the arguments less... long?#k!cpn would scam you with a smile and s!cks would still give you the free bagels because they don't have any vendettas against you.#k!swt would still fight you as well but that's ... more of a try and get you swayed to the good sight with good fun and dance. almost.#mmm... y'know? i could talk about it more if anyone really wants but i'll leave it as that for now and lie down#i never pass up excuses to put them in outfits in like đ hope they're free on weekends!
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god the ants make it so fucking hard to be tolerant. im really, really trying to be better about it and chill out
but they really love to fucking test that
#toy txt post#WHY ARE YOU IN MY BEDROOM. WHY ARE YOU NEXT TO MY BED. CAN I FUCKING HELP YOU#THERE HAVE GOT TO BE EASIER PLACES TO GET FOOD#I WISH I COULD TALK TO YOU SO I COULD AT LEAST LET YOU BULLY ME INTO GIVING YOU OFFERINGS OF LIKE COOKIES IN RETURN#FOR STAYING OUT OF MY FUCKING BEDROOM#and i really dont appreciate when my family tries to like weaponize the phobia against me to like shame me for not throwing out an empty#muffin box with crumbs in it as if that somehow attacts ants more than a box full of muffins that they will haphazardly place right in the#fucking Ant Territory as if theyre trying to offer them up. stop keeping unsealed food over there#not that it matters like the ants arent actually fucking stoppable#AUGH. THERES A FUCKING NOTHER ONE. CAN I /HELP YOU/#i should just give up. fuck it. bite me in my fucking sleep i guess. whats the point. stupid fucks cannot be reasoned with#or stopped or swayed or deterred. eat all my food. eat me. make me so itchy. fuck you.#live in the fucking water reservoir of the keurig and become part of my coffee you stupid fuck
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i know some white supremacist catholics who i'm certain are absolutely losing their tiny minds over the trump vance combination
#my childhood best friend and her parents unfortunately#she's got a bakery business page now so she's toned it down but she used to post literal neo nazi shit. we are no longer friends#she also started having babies when she was like 19 and still lives in indiana..............it's unfortunate#it's actually wild to me how many of the people i knew as a kid are still there like. did you guys not go literally anywhere else and#immediately know you had to leave forever.....#anyway it's actually pretty concerning how he picked a guy who will appeal to catholics imo like i feel like that could sway a lot of people#i'm thinking about my catholic republican father too my family seems to think he would have too many morals to be a trump supporter but like#he rode bush dick for decades. sorry not the cool kind. he voluntarily fought in vietnam and went in the nsa and police force#like this guy went back to killing people jobs multiple times you know#so like. idk i'm just not convinced his Morals would be so um. decent#good thing he's dead so it doesn't matter for this one đđť#me
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steven/mocha is canon
#wispy talks#im going off my deep end mode . i no longer care about peoples perception of me outside of not being a jackass to ideas i dont like#bc no matter how low i get im not. like. uber popular. but most of this fandom is minors. i do not want to sway easily swayable opinions#for like. nonserious shit if its not a problem. this is unrelated tho basically dont be a jackass 2 ppl Anywyas#context: my oc#context: rp partner and i rp it.. yay#fuck EVERY OTHER STEVEN SHIP XCEPT THIS ONE !!!! ( /j )#this isnt no Fandom ship that erases their personality and characterization for unseasoned yaoi this is REAL SHIT!1!!!!!!!!!#that isnt a callout to anything particular other than fandom culture in general#You dont know how many thoughts i have youd never survive a day in the asylum they raised me in. Why the fuck did i quote that.#the 'asylum they raised me in' was miiverse and 3ds youtube.#so i dont know what that adds to anything#if any of my ex friends turned back into current friends see this i am so fucking sorry my hyperfixation shame runs deep#but its my hyperfixation now. I have become more autistic. Welcome back CHEATER. ive reclaimed him essentially. mine now.#dont let me type online within 20 mins of waking up#anyways (goes insane#mocha makes him breakfast in bed and mails him little letters by togekiss and visits when hes not busy at work... and steven just opens up.#bit by bit by bit... and he misses mocha so deaaarly. he misses her. he misses his beautiful doeboyfriend. and his scent.#and his good as fuck pancakes and the way he worries about stevens mental health and if hes taking care of himself. etc etc...#hes scary and intimidating. but not to mocha . not anymore...
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I think part of the discourse here really stems more from what kind of interpretation of RWBY's story you take away from the whole thing.
Your viewpoint is predicated on the idea that RWBY must completely prove the gods wrong, or it would be a disservice to the story's themes.
To me, however, a large part of the story is kind of a complicated mix, in that the villains and antagonists are PARTIALLY correct, but the issue is how they twist a kernel of truth into a means of abuse and control over domains that they don't really have any right to claim control over.
The Gods ARE correct that Life and Death shouldn't be treated carelessly, but they are consistently shown to be hypocrites who use it as a means to enforce their power over others.
Adam and Sienna WERE correct about the state of Faunus, but the former twisted the cause into satiating his own bloodlust and petty egotism.
Ironwood WAS correct that Salem needed to be known as a villain publicly in order to better combat her, but he refused to acknowledge that he wasn't that important and was twisted by Atlas' pro-conformity and fascistic culture into believing that he knew what was best for the world, despite all the evidence to the contrary.
Jacques WAS correct that Ironwood was becoming as much of a danger to his country, but that was fueled out of self-serving greed and his own gain.
The recurring point that RWBY tends to follow is that the Villains are not people without a point, but that they use the point as a means to enforce unjust control and power over others.
But it doesn't make them completely wrong.
And the honest reality is; I think Penny not coming back is not inherently an incorrect or thematically wrong way of doing things, because ultimately she already PROVED that the Gods are full of shit.
She came back to life TWICE despite being killed.
The Gods have already been proven WRONG.
Her final death is just proof of something else; that even when you do everything right, even when you do manage to defy the expectations and possibilities laid out before you, bad shit can still happen anyways. It's literally what happened with Ozma dying from illness after he and Salem got together.
What happened to her last life was not the result of the story going against it's themes; it was just simply the result of poor choices on Penny's part and plain bad luck. That's it.
And Choices are just as much of a theme in the story, and poor choices or lack of choices are too.
The key is not in proving the Gods completely wrong, but in wresting control away from them so that THEY can't be the ones to dictate terms. They are NOT the arbiters of everything despite what the God of Light believes.
But that doesn't mean life and death will cease to matter. It'll still exist as the tragedy in someone's life.
I don't really disagree with you on like, 95% of this honestly.
I think it's helpful to recognize though, the wider context of the argument. In the simplest form, the fact that I am in that post responding to someone making the claim that Salem was at fault for what happened with the gods. So yeah, my argument there is about how she wasn't wrong for trying to get Ozma back, and Ruby wouldn't be wrong either for trying to get Penny back.
And yeah, life and death shouldn't be treated carelessly, but that's why it's important that this happens in Fairytale Bullshit Land, where Penny's Magic Aura Bullshit Body may have landed. These are very unique circumstances! This isn't gonna end up being a repeatable situation. They are incapable of treating life and death carelessly, and I'm sure that if they manage to bring Penny back with them, there will be a cost.
And the point of the gods has not been refuted yet. Not on screen.
Penny's revival happened off screen, and on the technicality that she wasn't actually dead. She was still on Remnant. Her core was intact, and that's why she could come back. Had she been completely destroyed, she would have been truly very dead.
And the situation with Ambrosius? She wasn't dead.
I consider this cheating death, rather than really being a proper "brought back from dying". Even disregarding that though... it's our protagonists who need to refute the villains.
Pietro revived Penny, team rwby cheated with the staff of creation. But Ruby making the active choice to bring Penny back would be a very clear message that she understands Salem. No moral high ground to keep there, on Salem's original problem with the gods. And when you have an unkillable enemy, that is desperately needed.
I also don't think Penny needs to die to drive home the message you put in bold. Plenty of things went wrong already, like losing both of the relics, and the "one way trip to Vacuo".
Lastly though, as long as the comparison between ruby/penny and salem/ozma exists, the elephant in the room remains as well.
If the comparison holds up... it's reasonable to interpret Ruby and Penny as romantically in love with each other, and then we get back to the writers wanting to avoid playing into the bury your gays trope.
Really though, a lot of what you say about complicated mixes of right and wrong are things I agree with. I also can absolutely see the sort of themes someone could go for with permadead Penny. But I take issue with it on several grounds, including that it feels a lot like fridging (except that the protagonist is also a woman this time, adding some bury your gays flavour). And, you know, I just like Penny and would like to think better of the writers than the fuck-up for her story that is the last three episodes of v8.
And that's just talking about the thematic stuff, not even the allusions or the things that don't add up.
#penny polendina#rwby#rwby spoilers#anon#ask#I gotta emphasize here though. you really do have good points!#and you're absolutely right that the difference in opinion is a matter of what kind of story you expect rwby to be#if penny's death is a satisfying story to you then more power to you#I can assure you though I am not easily swayed from my belief that she is returning#because there are many more reasons I believe this than what I have mentioned#and it'll take a lot of discussion to get through all those#the hardest one to convince me on though would have to be the nnd/ozlem parallels#and what that implies about the queerness of the situation and in turn the bury your gays#close second is that the maiden transfer had jaune's colours#which is really damn weird for a show where colour matters so much
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why canât this week just end alreadyyyyyyy
#rant about the week incominâ in the tags bc âcomplainingâ is my unofficial middle name#this week has *not* been my week so far and itâs only wednesday morning#my horrible week commenced on sunday night when i was unable to sleep bc my pillow was oriented wrong#thus i had a grand total of 1 hour of sleep which was not very poggers tbh. so i tried to sleep on the train butâŚ#the guy next to me??? kept swaying to lean on my shoulder??? so i hunched over to avoid physical contact but he just landed on my back??#so that sucked balls. i kept having to wake up to push him away with my bag and then trying to go back to sleep.#but then!!! just as i fell asleep after one such instance!!! the guyâs phone alarm went off????? like?? why???? why would you set an alarm??#weâre on a friggin train mannnnn!!!!! why did you have to set an alarm?????????????#and ofc when the dude finally alighted (and i was asleep) he just *had* to jab me in the side with his elbow when he got up. ಠ_ಠ#so thatâs how i knew the rest of the week was gonna be just â¨peachyâ¨#anyways manning 2 workstations (+ 1 bonus âminiâ workstation) on 1h of sleep isnât very fun. esp if youâre incompetent af like me#and ofc there just had to be problems too. like the printers couldnât print (and the systems crashed everytime i tried to print something)#and this sample running software kept closing itself in the middle of running samples so that was a pain to deal with#and tuesday (yesterday) wasnât much better. in fact it was â¨worseâ¨. none of the 2 workstations could get started till like 10am and aaaaaaâ#to make matters worse i had stubbed my toe so badly in the morning that my skin tore. so walking was â¨much pain⨠as well :(#and ofc yesterday had to be the one day where i had to walk back and forth an unnecessarily high number of times >:( sadded#and ofc they *had* to have an hour-long meeting about something or other towards the end of the workday when i had yet to eat my lunch >:(#(fell asleep during the meeting though bc it was boring as balls whoops)#and i could only take a half-hour break after that >:((( i wanted my full hour dammitttttttt#and ofc it was raining when i left and ofc it took like 25 mins for me to hail a taxi on this booking app bc i didnât want to take the train#and ofccccc i misheard the taxi driver when he arrived and he roasted my chinese speaking skills. and ofcccc we were caught in a traffic jam#(i had a really nice hour long nap in the cab though so thanks traffic jam)#and thus ended my terrible 2 past weekdays. iâm drained af and itâs *only* wednesday morning????!!!!!!!!!!!!!#iâm mentally looping anzu no uta (imascg) to cope. ânu-uh i donât wanna workâ so true anzu#i just wanna sleeeeeeep and wake up this weekend or sth idk itâs too early in the year for this#it is suiyoubi my dudes#may spam self-rb my monster-length character image/gif posts later to cope. you have been warned
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Do not underestimate my ability to seduce* shitty white guys with my good innocent Irish Catholic girl swag.
*force them to confront their biases and reconsider their political ideologies
#ra speaks#personal#Iâm 2/2 on âstraight guy thought he could fix me and I somehow fixed him instead*#like thatâs not even trying that was just incidental bettering. I think if indulge in a little intentional manipulation I can enhance#my power tenfold <- meet w the college dean after mass bc we go to the same church and lament the schoolâs lack of support for the oppresse#despite the popeâs clear support for the people of palestine. heâll never see it coming I am so unassumingly femme on Sundays#he wonât realize a gay tranny is talking him into not being a pos#Iâm doing my part o7 they canât misgender me in any way that matters#anyways this is brought to you by the student group looking for outreach advocates and like#as the not Jewish Not Muslim white guy in the crowd I think Iâll have some sway with the campus republicans#Iâll pull out all the demure and non threatening white girl stops. social shaming and disappointment at max levels.
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Ykno it's interesting seeing ppl being like "how is Akechi/Joker winning..." literally most of our fandom is like. Insane lmao. Just bc you haven't seen it doesn't mean it isn't influential for polls
#speculation nation#and tumblr akeshu nation looks Normal when you compare it to twitter akeshu nation#really that's the thing. we're quiet in comparison to our twitter counterparts. but we still exist#in other news my screenshot additions seem to have genuinely had an impact in that poll & that's fun#makes me feel Powerful... but tbh it was mostly the getting it to other goroboys that really swayed it#thank U andi for spreading the akeshu agenda#we probably arent gonna win against homura and madoka lmao but getting to round 3 would be enough of an accomplishment itself#i never see persona getting far in any of these polls. so i wanna see it for once!!!#my real ship im rooting for tho is narusasu. i think they have a genuine chance to beat this#(secret fun fact if youve read this far. i was actually the one to submit the narusasu description hfkshf)#(i was just shy so i stayed anonymous)#(yes i submitted an akeshu one no it didnt make it in the post. that's ok tho)#anyways tumblr polls r fun. i love rooting for competitors in competitions that ultimately mean Nothing#just for the fun of it! that's what matters
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Please drop mrd theatre au lore????
OH HOO BOY so. genuinely did not remember i never explained that au huh ksjdngd its been a hot minute since ive messed with that one, but lets see what i can dig up for it. as a disclaimer, its kind of an... abstract au, very rough around the edges as well. dont expect it to be anything too concrete WAHAHA
anyhow. tldr: Â the mrd theatre au is exactly what it sounds like: the plot of the game described entirely through the lens of a theater production! alternately referred to as the dance au, because... its a musical! major events are described through dance, each piece pushing the story forward with the power of music and expression. literally-- the story wonât move on without it. starring mad rat as the lead role, rat god as the director, and heart as... That One Guy, Sure!
  the abstraction kicks in in its presentation though-- it's told through the framing of a stage-- however, the story itself is Real to the characters. their world is real, and as characters, they see it as such. to everyone else, it's exactly as its namesake: a play. the term "actor" and "character" go hand in hand, practically synonyms. actors are the characters. the narrative is their world. all in all: the theatre au is an inspection of the meaning of Reality and Perception, the meaning of what it is to be a Character or a Person, and a play on Stories and Roles. more under the cut.
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 As it does in canon, the narrative starts with Mad Rat waking up, and Rat God telling him his situation. Y'know, he died, she's giving him a second chance, etc etc. However, she Specifically tells him that he is, in fact, a character in a play and, as someone outside of the narrative, she knows what to do and what paths to follow. As long as he followed her, he'd be able to make it to the end of his story a-ok, and finally get the ending he deserved!
 In the beginning, Rat God starts out with a whole musical number as she narrates the scene (to both the audience and Mad Rat) to catch him up to speed on where he is, who she is, and why he died. As she finishes, hands off the (metaphorical) mic to Mad Rat to get a word in for his debut scene. Unfortunately, Mad Rat, having just recovered from a terminal case of Being Dead, Does Not In Fact Have The Nicest Voice. Seeing this, Rat God quickly interrupts and redirects to another option: Dance. Which is where a major quirk comes in: every character has a specialized dance style!
 Rat gods style is tap/swing, which is what the intro scene Truly is! It's Rat God introducing Mad Rat to the concept of The Show in a duet swing performance. Specifically, in this performance, Rat God takes the lead role in this one for several reasons: 1) She's Extra and Likes Showmanship. 2) She's ensuring Mad Rat goes in the direction he's supposed to-- making sure he's following along. And 3) She's effectively re-teaching Mad Rat how to move after. Y'know. Being Dead. Swing is a heavily motion-focused and improvisational dance: Mad Rat Does Not Know How To Dance. However, Rat God is good enough at it that she can take the lead and turn his stumbles and missteps into motion and flair. It's essentially the tutorial stage!
 The narrative is pretty much the same through the first third of the game, more or less. Mad Rat meets Heart, who doesn't really Dance but rather just cheers him on, and they begin "travelling" together, with periodical "intermissions" where Rat God, off to the side of the stage presents recaps, narration, and questions-- but it's never clear if it's to the audience or Mad Rat. Maybe both. What's really important is the Framing, though. Mad Rat (kind of) acknowledges he is just a Character, but doesn't really Understand it.Â
 Despite the knowledge, he still functions through the frame of a Character. He perceives the stage as The World Around Him rather than A Stage, while Rat God is the opposite. This leads to Mad Rat essentially just Following Her Lead. Which ends up just seeming... brazenly reckless and incredibly dangerous-- because Mad Rat doesn't think it will lead to anything. Obviously he's the main character, so he's probably going to just... get to his goal and whatever happens happens, right? Rat God said which way the story goes so... whatever, right?
 Which all culminates at Heart's intervention: Heart notices all of this and gets worried. Whatever this Mess about "shows" and "story" and "directors" is, Mad Rat is still being really really flippant about how many Near Death Experiences he's had (not to mention the whole "Seeing Things That Heart Doesn't" thing.) So he decides to step in.
 This is the first time we ever see Heart dance! He'd always insisted on being moral support/backup for Mad Rat, not really stepping in in any major way. Turns out, he's really good at a lot of dance styles. It's the first time we have a music genre outside of showtunes and the adjacent. It's heart basically trying to tell him that, whatever bullshit about "Narratives" he's following, Mad Rat is still Here. He's still a contributor to the world around him-- he can affect It, and it can affect him. It doesn't matter what he knows about Whatever This Is because it all wont matter if he gets himself into Real Trouble. Which is a convenient segue to the next arc-- they go off-script.
 The following arcs are pretty much just those two figuring out what to do and where theyâre going. Mad Rat, up to this point, was just (kind of badly) trying to imitate the swing style from the beginning, but slowly starts figuring out his own specialty on his own. Mad Rat kind of dabbles through a lot, but is Particularly good at breakdance/krump. Itâs a bit of a slow process, but he slowly forges his own place in a world he technically does not belong in.Â
 All the while, Rat God is suspiciously quiet. They werenât supposed to go that way, or do any of that, But she could improvise. She passively tried to mess with them from offstage-- changing the background scenery, tossing obstacles after them-- but they just. Kept going. Mad Rat even began Understanding the nature of The Stage and learning how to use that to his advantage, predicting the way things would move or shift, and using that knowledge to move even faster. It was only after Mimoletteâs scene (which was Not supposed to be this early in the script, to Rat Godâs chagrin,) that she Really started to get particularly miffed. Theyâd completely gone off-script, avoided Everything she sent after them-- but there was still an ending that needed to be told, and she was going to tell it no matter how messy it was to get there. Which leads to an intervention of her own.
 As the director, she had direct control over a lot of things-- but she herself could never interact with the Narrative. She had no real Hold, as it were. She was barely a concept to the characters in the narrative-- they could not really perceive her. So, she decided to break that rule-- and interact with them directly. Rat Godâs scene is incredibly similar to that in canon: Incredibly Chaotic and Hard To Track. She mostly keeps to swing, as thatâs her specialty, but regularly switches it up to try and throw Mad Rat off. But things are different than their first dance.
 Mad Rat has a grasp on himself and his goals. Rat Godâs plan is already off its rhythm-- it was clear from the start that this was a last-ditch effort on her part to kill him. Despite her still trying to take control, Mad Rat was nothing if not stubborn. He was just as good at deflecting and navigating the scene as she was. But itâs hard to truly get rid of something like Rat God. She isnât done until the Story was done. There was still a story to be told, so here she stayed. She could keep going as long as he could, and longer. So knowing what he did now, and understanding the circumstance, he did the only think of. The two had, to some extent, switched places: Rat God taking the stance of a Character/Participant in the scene, and Mad Rat seeing the full scope of The Stage and how it worked. The show was still going, so all he had to do was end it.Â
 Tricking her into a monologue, he truly exits the frame of the narrative for the first time, grabbing one of the curtain ropes and letting it free, closing the curtains on the stage-- with Rat God behind them. And... silence. In the end, it was just the closed curtains, the audience, and Mad Rat and Heart in front of them. They saw the audience, truly, for the first time-- that larger force constantly watching over him from beyond his view, pushing the show forward not of their own actions, but of their presence alone. This is who it was all for. And seeing this, Mad Rat makes the decision... to ignore them.Â
 They werenât important anymore. The show was over-- the audience had no more use here. No more power here. They meant nothing to him. Nothing to them. He has one last talk with Heart-- they knew they werenât alone, not truly-- but all that mattered right then was just the two of them. What theyâd seen, what theyâd been through-- it all had to come to an end eventually. But not by the hand of someone who had no stake in their story-- in their lives. Mad Rat gets to make his own choice about his future: And with no story left to tell... he gets up, and walks off the stage.Â
  The Story Is Over.
#pikasks#mrd theatreAU#long post#no fandomtags we die like men#anyhow. thanks for enabling another essay of an infodump ur a real one <333 kdjgnkdjf#this au means The World to me but because its so... [waves arms around.] its very hard to explain in a way that feels Correct.#a lot of it is Vibes alone. feelings and concepts and notions of motion and song. as it is in canon too i think.#as with canon; its a play on tiers of personhood and control-- of who truly gets to choose fate; or if it really exists at all.#its about grabbing on with such fervor that the fabric of the world around you bends to your will.#about the inescapability of Role and Expectation; of Progress and Actions. how nobody in this story; truly; could choose how it ended.#not alone; at least.#rat god is equally bound to her role as director. she has no sway in this world. no matter how deeply she may want it.#the difference between her and mad rat is something tragic; to me.#two people in such similar roles reacting so differently they mirror each other perfectly.#surrender to a role you have no control of and hope it eventually benefits you-- or fight tooth and nail against forces stronger than you.#but these are the tags. im just waxing poetic at this point.#if you want a more clear read of the vibes this was inspired and started entirely by the mrd piano medley by tmsy.#please go check it out it slaughters me. id point out a specific part but its kind of all of them.#anyhow. thanks for reading and also enabling me. have a lovely day !! <33
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genuinely the smartest (and funniest) choice i ever made in junior high was completely ignoring people who tried to bully and/or annoy me
#i fucking slayed for that#i built the patience and skill for ignorance when in middle school these kids who would antagonize me on the bus learned my name#and so every day was âhey marley hey marley hey marleyâ for the rest of the year#idk how the bus driver didnât go crazy and kill them. anyways i got Really Good at tuning that out#and by the time i got to middle school i was a fucking expert#iâm not talking like âchoosing not to respond/pretending i didnât hearâ ignoring by the way#i was such a master that i was able to Not Percieve People.#there was a kid in my art class who just generally tried to be annoying#and every now and again iâd be the one he tried to annoy#and i literally for almost the entire year acted as though he did not exist#he waved his hand in front of my face. i kept drawing like it wasnât there#he would poke and tap me. i would have swayed more in a gentle breeze#he would ask my friends (who i made aware of this plan of mine) things about me for ammunition#they would provide general info bc they knew it didnât matter#my friends would tell me to look in the direction he was standing and vying for my attention from#i would look Through Him and go âi donât see anything what are you guys talking aboutâ#i think the evilest idea i ever had was to write like a fully formatted essay#like psychoanalyzing this kid and trying to guess at his psychological problems (a need for attention most likely resulting from a lack#of it at home)#but i thought âno thatâs like actually meanâ and didnât do it#BTW this only worked for me bc none of my harrassers in middle school were trying to physically hurt me#they just wanted to get a rise out of me. so i beat them at their own game#they wanted to take joy in my anger? fools. i would simply be amused by their inability to affect me#genuinely it is such a powerful thing. i wonder if i ever drove people insane#itâs why i take that approach to anon hate (although i do acknowledge its existence)#ooooh you want to hurt my feelings sooo bad. oh you refreshed the page waiting for my response#you care about me lmao. and all i care about is how funny that is#i grew up on looney tunes btw. so maybe this is just the bugs bunny strat. but itâs sooooo fun
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Things that will never stop amazing me:
With friends/fam, we can be talking about things that I Clearly know a lot less than them about, but when we disagree about it, they never bring up that I have less basis for that knowledge, but engage with me as an equal
Take me seriously and explain their points with extra patience so that I can follow
In matters that I am less skilled than them with, they never hold it against me or ask me not to participate
Where a lot of people would consider me a failure, they look at the same underperformance and donât even consider the possibility, rather valuing the areas I am capable with, and just me
Absolutely phenomenal
What good people, cherish themÂ
#Vio's Personal#I have thought about making diff versions of this post for months#Do you guys have any idea how many mini debates I will initiate on topics I literally only know two things about#Can you fathom the strength of my friends/fam to not call me out for knowing very little on the topic?#With how I torture specific points especially?#And yet. Reward goes to them. They hold so much sway with my thoughts on matters#because they go through everything with me#and win to me whenever I provoke them to study something further#I am forcing us both to learn today!#Nothing motivates someone like a person saying something incorrect I tell ya what#-thereâs a reason only the best humanity has to offer end up as close friends with me-#-do you think a selfish person could tolerate me all that long with my nitpicking ways?-#this is not self depreciating honestly#I see a lot of good come out of this habit jwndksjdj I just respect people so much for treating me as an equal#when they donât necessarily have to in those contexts#people are so kind to me man idk#Thankful constantly to have people who click with me and who I can learn with
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