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soylent-crocodile · 2 years ago

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Phyrexia

(The Fourth Sphere by Dave Kendall)

What is Phyrexia?

Phyrexia is a disease. It spreads, infects, and consumes. Phyrexia is a faith. It has gods, beliefs, and practices. Phyrexia is a threat. It's coming for you.

Phyrexia is one of the oldest and most unique factions in the card game Magic the Gathering. It has a focus on machinery and body horror that blurs the line between fantasy and science fiction. It has a long history, both within the fiction and as a fiction, and style that draws inspiration from a lot (Hi HR Geiger) but is fully its own idea; all this makes it ripe to translate to Pathfinder. (Innistrad, for example, also has rich history, but is the exact same niche as Ustalav, so I have no reason to make conversions.) This page intends to serve as a guide to Phyrexia for outsiders, as well as outline the conversion I'm making.

Old Phyrexia in Magic: the Gathering

(I am not an expert on the pre-mending lore of MtG; this intends to serve as a drive-by of the important points. That era of Magic is messy and has a lot of nits and details.)

In lore, Phyrexia began as a sort of cult surrounding a man named Yawgmoth, a doctor from an ancient science-magic society called the Thran. Technically, the original plane of Phyrexia was not created by Yawgmoth, but by a powerful Planeswalker (interdimensional godline being whose power would later get massively nerfed, as a category), but Yawgmoth quickly made it his own.

From there, the humans he brought with him turned to biomechanical experimentation and built a religion aroung Yawgmoth, who became known as the Father of the Machines. They were, unfortunately, trapped on the plane- Yawgmoth (who had ascended to a godlike state) wished to bring his conquest back to Dominaria (the plane from which they came) and beyond.

(Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor by Anna Bodedworna)

There were two major incursions of Phyrexia into Dominaria- first, the Brother's War, a story that was old when Magic was new. Two brothers- Urza and Mishra- had found powerful Thran artifacts, which lead to a power struggle between them. Mishra eventually found a Phyrexian portal, became corrupted (a recurring theme of Phyrexia), and eventually lost when Urza unleashed a magical nuke on the plane, hurtling Dominaria into a supernatural ice age and turning him into one of the godlike Planeswalkers.

The second was the conclusion of the Weatherlight Saga, an arc somwhat orchestrated by the now-ancient being that Urza had become and focusing on a man named Gerard and the crew of an interplanar vessel called the Weatherlight. They first show up having corrupted and taken over Rath, as well as Gerard's adopted brother Vuel. The saga concludes with the plane of Rath being overlaid onto Dominaria in an event that ended with most of the cast dead and Phyrexia and Yawgmoth as it stood destroyed, where they would stay for about a decade.

New Phyrexia in Magic: the Gathering

In 2009 Scars of Mirrodin was released, revealing that the setting of Mirrodin (Magic's other most original and interesting setting, sigh) had in fact been corrupted by Phyrexian Oil. The war, which lasted a year in real life, saw Mirrodin being almost entirely consumed and remade into New Phyrexia, a setting with a new art direction and five new leaders.

(artist unknown)

New Phyrexia, and exploring it card-by-card on a now defunct MtG card archive, was my personal introduction to the setting, and the style of Phyrexia that I am most fond of. It now encompassed all five colors of Magic, each with their own distinct subfaction, and felt less like an 80s metal album cover and more like its own, separate thing (for better or worse, to be clear, 80s metal album covers own).

In the 2020s, New Phyrexia had an arc where they had managed to successfully travel to other planes, and used that to do a big multiverse invasion that ended with all but one of their leaders dead and the nature of planes and planeswalkers in the wider MtG setting changed in a precedented paradigm shift.

Phyrexia on Golarion

So, with all that out of the way, let's talk about how I plan to translate that into MtG.

Phyrexian Beliefs Phyrexians are supremacists of a sort; they believe that their way, darwinist philosophy surrounding the forced merging of metal and flesh, is the one true way. Fortunately, they are not here to exterminate others- simply to convert them, by force. "All will be One."

To this end they spread across the galaxy, consuming entire planets and converting their flesh to glorious Phyrexian constructs.

Yawgmoth Yawgmoth is the progenitor of Phyrexia and its god, although by New Phyrexia he's very much dead. The five praetors took his place, with him existing mostly as allusions, even as a past failure that they will not replicate! (spoiler: they fail).

Personally, I like Yawgmoth existing in past tense. He was the god of Phyrexia, but he has been killed- possibly by some great Good divinity trying to end his scourge, more likely through conflict with the nihilistic Dominion of Black. Either way, his name is spoken in Phyrexia with both reverence and shame, and the five Praetors now each carry a fraction of his divinity.

The Five Praetors Now in Magic canon 4/5 of them are dead now, and during the lead-up there was a lot of political jockeying, but I will have them as they existed in between NPH and the Invasion arc; With Elesh Norn as de facto leader, Jin-Gitaxias and Vorinclex respecting her but doing their own thing, and Sheoldred and Urabrask believing in Phyrexia but not in Norn's graces.

Planes and Planets The nature of Planes in MtG is different from planes in Pathfinder/DnD; they're their own self-contained world, each possibly with their own cosmology, rather than being the cosmology of one coherent world. As such, I am changing Phyrexia from an interplanar threat to an interstellar one.

The Praetors, while about on the level of a nascent demon lord, are divinities of the material plane; they lack a home in the outer sphere.

Phyrexia and Other Factions Because the Praetors are acting as their own divinities, Phyrexia has little to no relationship with the gods at work on Golarion, as well as with the Outer and Elder gods.

As I alluded to before, Phyrexians have a poor relationship to the Dominion of Black. The Dominion is nihilistic, seeking to destroy all life, while the Phyrexians seek to consume and convert it. If you want to take the Illithids from @thecreaturecodex's conversion, they almost certainly have a poor relationship with them too.

If your Dark Tapestry is feeling a bit crowded but you want to include Phyrexia, I would personally use them as a replacement for the Dominion. If you did so, I would moisturize Numeria so to speak, replacing much of its harsh desert with noxious swampland more palatable to Phyrexian tastes.

#phyrexia project #soylent talks

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loreholdlesbian · 8 months ago

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Modern Horizons III Play Booster Challenge

With every set, I like to make a booster of custom cards that could be a part of the set. This one took a while, because of terminal brain no worky disease, but we got there. Hopefully I'll get bloomburrow out before Duskmourn releases, but no promises. Modern Horizons sets are always fun though, lots of funky designs you can do you can't do anywhere else. Which is perfect for this challenge- it's based on a challenge from GDS3, so I always try to be innovative in this challenge as if it were for that. This set had a few slots that were flux in their rarity, so I got to pick what those are, so there's a few rares and a several uncommons.

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Peaceful Retirement

Scion of Verdant Leylines

Fluxsteel Armor

Prophet of Broken Futures

Aether Excavation

Mutagenic Shell

Swallowing Wastewalker

Practiced Artistry

Bog Boon

Nyxborn Parasite

Forge Eidolon

Lumitusk Monstrosity

Moon Skulkin

Gauntlet of Strength

Rares

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Peaceful Retirement 3W Enchantment Whenever an attacking creature you control dies, return it to the battlefield with a defender counter and an exalted counter on it. (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each instance of exalted among permanents you control.)

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If there's one thing about me that'll be very evident by the end of this booster, I really love counters. Defender counters are one that haven't popped up yet, but I feel like they're sure to eventually. Here's me doing them. This is meant to work with the modified theme. This card is good at letting you play both defensively and offensively, with the exalted even making your offense continually better.

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Scion of Verdant Leylines 4GG Enchantment Creature- Giant If Scion of Verdant Leylines is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield. If you do, it isn’t a creature. Trample Whenever an opponent is dealt combat damage by one or more green creatures you control, draw a card. 6/6

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Here's a variant on the leylines we've seen before; this time, they give you more if you play them for real rather than cheating them out. The limitation to green creatures acts as both a power limiter and a color pie one. I am worried a bit about the fact that you can blink this to get a big creature with this ability, but blinking enchantments is difficult at least.

Uncommons

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Fluxsteel Armor 1W Artifact- Equipment For Mirrodin! (When this Equipment enters, create a 2/2 red Rebel creature token, then attach this to it.) Aura or Equipment swap 2W (2W: Exchange this Equipment with an Aura or Equipment from your hand.)

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And here comes the world's strangest equipment- no boost to the equipped creature, and no equip ability. For the longest time- literally I changed the card as I was writing this up- this had living weapon like the other equipment in the set (and gave the equipped creature +1/+1). But For Mirrodin! just works better. It makes the card more viable as a draft pick on its own as a better creature, and also even more importantly it makes it work better with more cards in the set, since the auras and equipment that swap in don't need to give a toughness boost. I liked the flavor of the living weapon version better, and it was more in line with the set, but the design is just better. This really isn't an equipment though, that's a lie. It's a token generator for aura and equipment decks. But I do think this is the best way to format this, cause it's hard to make "token body for an aura to attach to" work without it.

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Prophet of Broken Futures 3 C/U Creature- Eldrazi Drone Devoid (This card has no color.) Ingest (Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top card of their library.) When this creature dies, draw a card for each card exiled with it. 3/4

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The thing about ingest is I don't actually think it's a bad mechanic, it just was used in the worst way possible. This card is my attempt to rectify that, and show it could be better. The other thing here is the hybrid colorless/colored mana. I think it's a great way to increase the amount of colorless-costing stuff in an environment without taking away from the colored cards it needs.

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Aether Excavation 1R Sorcery You get EE (two energy counters). Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Then you may pay EEEEE. If you do, you may play that card without paying its mana cost. Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)

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One kind of design I like to do with recursion mechanics is making it so the card plays differently on future castings- and energy is great for this. So great there's another one later on in this booster. It means you can build up the energy on the first few castings, and then eventually get to spend it. This card certainly works a lot better in an energy deck, where you can free cast spells more often, but I think it plays well just on its own.

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Mutagenic Shell 1G Artifact- Equipment Equipped creature has “Whenever you cast a spell, you may adapt X where X is that spell’s mana value.” (If that creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put X +1/+1 counters on it.) Equip 2

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Fun fact- adapt is keyword action, so you can use it as part of triggered abilities. That felt like fun design space to explore that ties in well with the modified theme, especially on an equipment. And I just liked making an equipment you move around a lot; you try to get it on a creature right before you cast a big spell, and then it does its thing but only once per creature.

Commons

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Swallowing Wastewalker 5 C/W Creature- Eldrazi Devoid (This card has no color.) When this creature enters, exile target creature an opponent controls until this creature leaves the battlefield. Basic landcycling C/W (C/W, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand, then shuffle.) 3/7

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Here's some more exploration of hybrid to up the amount of colorless mana in the set. I thought it made a good fit for a basic landcycling cycle, so you can use them to search up wastes if you need colorless mana or search up colored mana if you've drawn too many of your colorless producers.

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Practiced Artistry 1U Sorcery Choose one- * Scry 2. You get EE (two energy counters). * Pay EE. If you do, draw two cards. Flashback 1U (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

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Here's the other card that uses energy on a recursive spell. In an energy deck, this card is quite flexible. You might choose to get the energy both times, or you might be able to pay to draw both times. But in a non energy deck, the energy still lets you split up paying the 4 mana for scry 2 draw 2 in a way that wouldn't be possible without energy.

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Bog Boon 2B Instant Target creature gets +3/+1 until end of turn. Put a wither counter on it. (That creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)

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As I said in the beginning, I'm a counter girlie. I started around the time of Scars of Mirrodin, I can't help myself. And I really like the idea of wither, for a keyword counter, it just seems like good fun. So I wanted to make a simple common that used it.

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Nyxborn Parasite 2B Enchantment Creature- Leech Bestow B (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it’s an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it’s not attached to a creature.) Lifelink 3/2

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This set has a bestow theme, and I wanted to see ways to explore how to use it. This one doesn't use it as an aura at all, it just uses it as a cost reduction mechanic, that makes it so there's a delay before you get your creature. You need a creature to attach it to, and need that creature to die.

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Forge Eidolon 3R Enchantment Creature- Spirit Bestow onto artifact 3R (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it’s an Aura spell with enchant artifact. It becomes a creature again if it’s not attached to an artifact.) Enchanted artifact is an artifact creature with base power and toughness 4/4. 4/4

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Here's the other new thing I wanted to do with bestow. Modern horizons does designs like this all the time, a slight variant on a keyword, and it works well on bestow. This also ties into the RB artifacts theme, but at worst is just a well statted creature.

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Lumitusk Monstrosity 4G Creature- Elephant Fish Beast Splice onto creature G (As you cast a creature spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card’s effects to that spell.) This creature enters with a vigilance counter on it. 5/5

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"Splice onto creature" is something i've experimented with for a while, and entering with counters is the best execution i've come up with. As with many of the designs here, it does something a bit weird, but it's also just perfectly serviceable as a well statted creature.

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Moon Skulkin 2 Artifact Creature- Scarecrow 4: Target colorless creature gains flying until end of turn. 2/2 Even with Emrakul trapped in the silver moon, some souls still thrum to the sound of her whispers.

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There was a cycle of scarecrows in shadowmoor, the skulkin, that all had an activated ability that granted a creature of a particular color an appropriate keyword. Here's a secret sixth member of the cycle, that works well with the eldrazi theme of MH3. This one can hit itself, so the ability wanted to cost a good bit.

Reprint Slot

Card transcription

Gauntlet of Strength 4 Artifact [rare] Green creatures you control get +1/+1. Whenever you tap a Forest for mana, add an additional G.

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This was a very hard slot to fill. It's expressly a reprint, in a challenge that's about making new cards. But I do like making new cards, I didn't want to just pick a reprint and say it's here. For something like the strixhaven bonus sheet, I make a design that wouldn't make sense in the main set, uses a mechanic that set doesn't use. It's hard to make a card that doesn't feel modern horizons though. So eventually, I settled on a different approach- an alternate universe kind of deal. Take a card that in theory could be a good fit for a modern horizons reprint but has a few issues preventing that, and make a new version that doesn't have those issues. In my MH2 booster, I did an alternate version of Filth that granted menace, since swampwalk isn't considered to play well these days. Here, I did an alternate version of Gauntlet of Might- a card with three main problems. Firstly, the effect is green, not red. Secondly, the effect being symmetrical doesn't play well since it's color specific, so the potential downside is very all or nothing and very random. And thirdly, that card was reserved. There's every chance this card is a bit too good even for modern, but tbh it was just what I had and I wanted to finally get this booster out.

#original post #mtg #custom magic card #booster challenge

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faunastanza · 8 months ago

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Schoolyard Disease

Schoolyard Disease, by [crossed out]

This one has Lily and Neon on the title card! WILL IT BE PLOT OR MORE RANTING? The winning option in the last VN was the destruction of the role.

We do a real throwback and go back to Beleth Goes to School, with the opening rant about accepting a divine gift, although this time it says that we are "destroying" a divine gift. It says we do not fear oblivion for we ARE oblivion, and asks what it tastes like to drink fear.

The speaker asks if their brethren really thought they could escape the light of the Pole Star, their light, and if they really thought there was a way to not succumb to the truth of it all. The Pole Star then says that they've always known, and that they've always been bound together and have always been here. They wonder what it's like to hurt them, while saying that they are you, and you are them.

i'm freaking out!!

Lily and Neon are in the dark and Call-Clout comes to the door, asking what they'll do this time. Neon still has the Paranoia angel on her shoulders, while Lily pushes her back and says that Call-Clout might be part of the disease. She asks if Neon recognizes them (Call-Clout? Not clear), since Lily doesn't. The angel on Neon's shoulders says they do not remember them with the exact same phrasing as Beleth Goes to School, and that Lily knows what they must do.

Lily tells Neon not to move. Neon (or Paranoia) asks Lily to sing along with her in the chant, then asks if she just wants to kill her again (as implied in Call Sign!). Lily again echoes Beleth Goes to School lines in asking what the angel did to Neon. Chip flies by and half the slide fills up with just Neon's name.

hi chip

It seems sort of like a mix of different lines being said at once. One is Neon saying who she is - a doctor who loves robotics. Another is Beleth's line from when they were first introduced, and another is Orobas's line from when she was first introduced. Someone keeps asking if someone else (Neon I think) is there and if she can hear them.

It turns out it's a recording of Neon on Chip. Neon calls out to herself saying that they've survived across multiple frequencies and that this is the [REDACTED] time they've tried to get in TAL's chamber, and that "I have never managed to wake you up here".

Call-Clout meanwhile lols and asks if Chip/Neon is an idiot/robot. Call-Clout asks when anyone has ever been able to beat Paranoia with the facts (get it), again stating this is hilarious. They ask where Chip's proof is, and how they're supposed to believe someone who's on Neon's side. "I went through all this trouble to write myself into your story, and you can't get a single thing about me right?" they ask, saying that this is all about them.

Call-Clout is really annoying by the way

Call-Clout says they're bored and wants to play a different game, Cops and Robbers. It cuts to someone sitting at a desk with Lily's body and a three line face with one eye blocked out. Call-Clout says they're the cop who gets to watch everything they do and judge if it's bad or wrong, and Lily (?) is the robber and gets to be robbed of their identity. Yes we're still on the cancelling thing.

Lily protests, saying she likes her identity, and Call-Clout says they don't care. They say that Lily is a criminal, walking around with Call-Clout's face like that, but that they fixed the problem for her. Call-Clout is holding masks of Lily, Neon, and themselves at this point. It cuts back to Lily, but she has the combined features of her and Neon.

subtle

Her face is replaced with "criminals" and Call-Clout says this makes things a lot easier, since everyone will know who they are and they don't have to think about what to do with either of them anymore. They say they gave them plenty of chances "to leave her behind", but "you" kept letting a dirty criminal in here, so they must be one too. I'm assuming Neon is the criminal in here, given that her privileges were revoked way back when. Call-Clout says this is much simpler since they don't have to keep track of both of them anymore and that it was so hard to think that two different individuals could exist at the same time.

Lilyneon says some odd text, with one repeating "I see her" and the other saying that they see her on the train, that she's like them, that she's missing, that they're looking for her, that he will be drained, and that they're on the cusp of change. Cozmo and Orobas, perhaps? Lilyneon asks if Call-Clout is the janitor, who is confused by the question. Behind them, Inkcat pokes their head inside and Scissors soon follows.

Call-Clout says they're teaching Lilyneon an important lesson and tells them to leave. Inkcat says that they will once they're done with their task, but it'd go faster with their help. Call-Clout says they'll help, but in exchange for their identities to use as their own, which they'll collect at an earlier/later date. Inkcat clarifies that they just want directions to the next door.

Call-Clout says it was worth a shot, then asks if they can do them two favors. Inkcat says maybe. Call-Clout asks if they can come back and play with them later (Inkcat says maybe) and if they can do something about the annoying noise from the hallway (TVscout banging their cymbals) and Inkcat says they can. They give them a bunch of random rhetorical questions as they go.

look i'm going, sheesh

Inkcat says they're off to repeat the last minute of everything they guess and go through the door. Call-Clout turns to Lilyneon and tells them not to try and and play "tricks" like that again, do they understand? Lilyneon says they see nothing. Call-Clout says they have a fun idea and asks if Lilyneon wants to hear it. Lilyneon asks what the idea is while text saying "don't you dare hurt them" repeats endlessly behind her.

Call-Clout acts offended that Lilyneon thinks that they'd hurt Jupet, saying that Jupet is already good at hurting themselves, and wondering what kind of stupid kid hurts themselves because of a comic they read? They say Lily's a bad parent for making sure that Jupet wasn't reading safe material. Glip was accused of exposing children to porn or unsafe topics through their comics, so this feels like a jab at that.

Lilyneon asks if Call-Clout has anything else to say to them or if they're finished. In the background "I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND KILL YOU" scrolls repeatedly. Call-Clout says that's rude and that killing is for cops, not robbers (acab). They says they're almost done here and just want to make a few more little "edits".

ugh troupe imagery

The spots in their infinity halo look a bit like the squigglies for Paige or Andre as they ask if Lilyneon likes costumes and games like Jupet does, and that they'll make it a fun game to see if they can actually do "it" this time.

They send out a bunch of bugs from their halo, saying they make a huge mess everywhere they go since that's their job and they're really talented. They can't wait to see what they'll do to Lilyneon. They then say again that this has nothing to do with Lilyneon and has everything to do with Call-Clout, and that it'd be really self-centered to think otherwise.

The bugs descend on Lilyneon as Call-Clout says that "in accordance with [REDACTED]'s law, you are sentenced to be forgotten". "We offer this sacrifice unto You and we hope You are pleased", they continue. Call-Clout, I think, says that they don't have to hurt Jupet when it's a lot easier to let someone else do it. They say Lily never loses a fight, Lily never goes without drawing blood, and that Lily never goes without going for the kill. Meanwhile the bugs and Lilyneon are mixing together.

Call-Clout (I think) continues, saying that Lily isn't a very good mom, she always leaves her child alone, and she never watches what Sylvan does to them. Lily trusts one wrong friend, Lily believes the best in everyone, Lily never notices if anything's wrong if it's a stranger, Lily doesn't know how to get her head out of fiction, because she knows death perfectly.

hey, sylvan again!

Lilyneon and the bugs seem to have formed an angel that kind of looks like a worm on a string lol. More text, probably being said by Call-Clout still but I'm not sure, keeps going on as the worm burrows around. It's the same text from Beleth Goes to School and the other Ever Hopeful things, with someone asking if anyone has seen their child, that today was their first day of school, they came at the right time to pick them up but they aren't here, nobody was here, and they just want to find their child.

The voice continues, describing Neon this time. She says that Neon is really nosy, likes educating others, ignores shame to teach. Neon is always scared everyone around her will be hurt, and she has a hard time understanding boundaries so she keeps to herself so she won't break any. Neon overlooks this when she thinks someone will be in danger, and so does Lily.

The worm thing keeps transforming, getting kind of bigger. Call-Clout continues on, saying that Lily kills in self-defense but also for fun, since the world is boring for her since she can't die. The world's so boring when it bows to her every whim! Lily killed for sport to see if she could kill enough to have someone realize her as a threat and take her down. Call-Clout says that's despicable and asks how Neon could even like her, and asks if she even knows anything about her.

Lily, godcat

Call-Clout keeps going in angry caps now, saying that Neon told Lily what she thought Sylvan was up to, and Lily didn't believe her. Neon went to see for herself, and it turned out that Lily already knew, and she already knew about Ever Hopeful, and she never told Neon. And Lily let her go through all that pain and hurt just to reach a place that they could've gone to together, but Neon got hurt and didn't know how to blame her. I'm not sure if this is an actually accurate description of what happened or Neon's feelings or if Call-Clout's making it up. Who knows at this point.

It starts getting unclear who's talking again. Someone says they can't just blame Lily when neither of them knew what they would find. Someone else says that maybe this is the only way things could have gone, and wonders which one of "us" is lesser. Someone says they don't know and they don't want to do this "with you" anymore. The other voice says they can't do this if you're not honest.

The angel keeps morphing as it seems like Lily and Neon are talking to each other again. Lily says that she was as honest as she could be and that she wasn't trying to trick Neon, it was just that if she told Neon about it she would have spilled the beans and Sylvan would have known. Sylvan is very hard to trick, apparently.

Lily says she doesn't want to say why she was into Neon in the first place. Neon says she can't cry with her CYBEREYES presumably but now there's also a normal eye. I think this related to the Lilyneon having three eyes but I'm not sure.

angel eye?

Anyway, it turns out that Chip also got caught up in this weird angel amalgamation, and jokes they can call it "D-bug" now. It says that it'll be the one to remind them of what they have to do and will be their guide. It says that it's going to be a little sad, but it's okay.

Lily asks if they really messed it up every single time, and Neon says they did. She then laughs about how she can't believe this, and Lily asks what she means. They start taking a sort of horse-like shape and Lily says that this isn't so bad and that they can probably help "them" like this. They're way better off knowing about them firsthand, even if it's in battle or as a pet, Lily says. Anyway they end up as a pony that kind of looks like Amdusias, and they don't seem too bothered about it.

Neon says that she asked Shizu about spirit magic and hooking her and D-bug up to be able to see it. Neon doesn't think spirit magic is an element and then blew it off, so she thinks that maybe this whole thing could have been avoided if she'd just accepted the existence of spirit magic and got the hook-up in the first place.

Anyway, Neon says that the comic and what Sylvan taught them gave Jupet the idea to make Beleth, presumably.

Lotsa faces, here for you

Neon wonders why Sylvan taught Jupet about "the atrocities" (angels?), then they say someone's there. It pans out to reveal... BELETH!! AND SOME OF THEIR DOLLS! Wow how long as it been. Lily or Neon says they recognize Beleth and wonder what the hell they're doing here "in this ridiculous fight".

LilyneonchipPony, AngelPony, seems to have a bit of a moment where either Lily or Neon are fighting or completing each other's thoughts, it's hard to tell. They say not to attack, asking Beleth to hear them, "remember before this moment we thought they were lost". They say they always go in for the kill, which means they can cancel themselves in case things get out of hand I guess?

They seem a bit disoriented and wonder if they lost some time. They say this is a horrible fate.

Why the Amdusias imagery

They say they used the "claws" to try and escape "this wretched story" and that they successfully did use the knife/claws to get out. They said they fell to that blade/them in an instant for the felt the loss, because of the little fairy (Min). This will be explained (a little) in Who's Left and What's Right in the future.

White Beleth calls out to them, saying their "PUNISH-mint" is on hold and that Baby has a message for them. Beleth's doll here is a kangaroo. The baby (Baby Boopit, could this be a variant of Mr Boo Boo Bye??) asks where the fairies are, and the mom (Punchily) says there aren't any fairies here, only angels. The other doll that came along, D-Judy, struggles to check the threat levels and get the translator ready.

Beleth is annoyed that D-Judy isn't prepared and says that Baby Boopit can understand angel talk. She says to let Baby Boopit ask if it knows where the fairies are, because then they can stop hundreds of seeds (!!!!) from sprouting, so it's worth asking at least. D-Judy is offended and says they'll try to get the translator working before the other commanders arrive and that they need a thought to hang on to that can be read.

Not sure if we've seen this one before

The Amdusias pony thing seems to have lost it again, wondering why Jupet/Beleth would be with those things and feeling like something's wrong. D-Judy says they have a vaccine for "not being able to speak this way", since they don't know how to translate "that" yet, and they can at least inject the angel with the ability to talk like them.

Amdusias pony is still confused, saying it's remembering that sometimes it's better to have the wrong shape than no shape at all, repeating the word sometimes and a faint "i hear you". Pony wonders how "you were able to fill your heart with your mothers so easily" and how it came to "you" so easily when it never occurred to them. She then addresses a strange witch, asking where she's gone off to and saying that she can't return without seeing her face once more. Maybe the witch Orobas from Try Try Again?

D-Judy sends a bee to inject the vaccine into the Amdusias pony, saying they're going to inject them with a song called [missing translation]. The pony freaks a bit at first but remembers that this is to help them and calms down. They say that for once they don't have to play and can just listen, even if it hurts. The injection goes in (addressed as "Key Points") and Amdusias pony starts yelling about how it hurts. Beleth is like WAIT WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S SAYING NOW

Beleth wonders how they can get it to calm down, and D-Judy says they should try and get its attention. Baby Boopit starts repeating that it hurts and Punchily is upset, and Beleth chides her for never listening to her baby. Get it. Beleth says that's just what they should do and throws their arms up, yelling that they knows that it hurts, that they can hear you because it hurts, and that they don't need to know you, because they know it hurts.

Anyway, they keep calling out to Amdusias pony and eventually she does stop, saying that she hears them. They're still not sure how to talk to her and send Baby Boopit out with Beleth's toy horse. The Amdusias horse is taken aback by a baby approaching them, and Baby Boopit asks if they want to ride on the toy horse. When Amdusias pony doesn't respond, they say they can play "fight" instead. Amdusias horse is upset, fearing that they'll kill the baby if they try, and Baby Boopit baps it with the Toy Horse. Boopit asks why the big horse wants to fight all the time. Amdusias pony laughs feebly.

I'm not sure if this horse is still supposed to be Lily and Neon and Chip or what at this point. Amdusias pony says they remember their first War and some other version of themselves surrounded by pain and suffering. They say their song only healed those that remained. They say they've forgotten and so much was lost that they couldn't even keep track, it felt endless.

Boopit asks if Amdusias pony is tired and if they want to do something else. They say they're looking for bugs and ask Amdusias pony if they want to help.

what IS this angel at this point, how many characters is it

Beleth clarifies that they're looking for fairies. Amdusias says they remember now that they were looking for fairies and they were following the trail of the shays, the fairy bees (REMEMBER THOSE?), or that some other them was looking for the shays and someone else told them about the shays, but they can't remember who it was. Big hair, can see into other souls, who is it? The pony asks themselves. There's some music notes going by.

All of a sudden, ghost Orobas appears! Amdusias pony looks at her and wonders what she'd think if she saw her now, if she'd scold her or say she's creepy like before, or if she'd speak ill of her mother to her face (?). Orobas brushes it off, saying she likes it when she looks creepy, and says she's been doing a lot since Amdusias last saw her and she's been trying to figure out a way to help everyone. She says this was the only way things could go, since they'd tried the same thing over and over and over.

been a long time

Orobas does scold her for not taking breaks and tells her to trust Beleth to do this. Amdusias (when did this angel become Amdusias and how??) says she doesn't remember anyone named Beleth, and Orobas confirms that the witch in Jupet's story was her after all. She tells Amdusias that she's going to let Lily and Neon down if she doesn't help their kid out. She tells her to get moving and "no more knives this time" and that hurting is only okay in pretend.

Amdusias apologizes and says that she thought giving up was the best thing to do, since she thought the problem was her. Orobas says the problem was never with Amdusias, it was with the whole system, and Amdusias says she thought that Orobas wanted this to end and didn't want this (fighting angels, presumably) to be Amdusias's purpose. She says she told Orobas this would happen.

Orobas counters that Amdusias made it happen by taking the knife away from "him", since he wasn't going to do it. Amdusias says she couldn't have known that, and Orobas says that instead of seeing if he'd do it or not, she took the knife and made it happen, and then has the temerity to say she told her so. Amdusias apologizes. As usual this comic is going backwards for no reason, what they're actually talking about comes up in Who's Left and What's Right up ahead.

Orobas says that Amdusias is frustrating, with her apologies and trying to be right all the time. She says that she doesn't need a purpose ALL the time. Amdusias apologizes again, saying she didn't understand and she didn't know what she was doing, and she didn't understand what would happen to her. Orobas says it's okay and asks if she remembers when she (Orobas) broke her (Amdusias) leg and how Beleth helped them out and just wanted Amdusias to take a break to feel better.

incidentally that leg breaking story happened in a porn sidecomic and i'm not proud i know that

Orobas keeps reassuring her and Amdusias wonders why anyone would want to help her, and Orobas says that she's always wanted to and that she'll never regret the path she's taken with her. Amdusias wonders why Orobas would stay with her after all the pain she's put her through.

We cut back to the white world with Beleth who's hugging Amdusias's face. They say Amdusias's full title and say that she "shielded others from the full consequences of looking away". They chide Amdusias for going on ahead without them and that Amdusias always told them to go in groups of three (to protect against angel attacks I guess). Beleth says they'll find the fairies and then figure out what's happening with the seeds. They'll figure it out together this time!

The last card for this says "hey remember the seeds, those are still a thing". I've been waiting this whole time for a resolution to the seeds plot! I'm not the one who forgot!

Here's my best guess at what happened - Call-Clout say Lily and Neon somewhere they weren't supposed to be and meshed them into one being, then doomed them to be forgotten while disguising them as Amdusias. They maybe lost their memories around this point. Beleth manages to break Amdusias out of an angel haze and maybe Orobas is also there somehow, I don't know. I'm trying, man.

#floraverse

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The Bangtan Gal Chapter 10- Rookie King Episode 8

Chapter Summary: Thanks to a rainy day, BTS and Jen play X Man. During the Of Course game, Jungkook claims that Jennie broke the lamp, which causes an uproar as she tries to explain her innocence.

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'An Actual Situation'

'Bangtan X Man/Woman'

With Jin opening up their dorm door, the members prepare for an outing as they gather up their bags. Jennie wore grey sweatpants and a sleeveless loose black top that just went over her stomach.

"It says that a typhoon is coming. Can we really go?" Suga asked.

"A what?" Jennie questioned as they looked at the news, looking at the rain. Expressions of the members hardened once they saw it was pouring outside.

'Outing schedule canceled!'

'We will just move to the practice room first'

'Outing schedule is canceled with the unexpected situation!'

'But the shooting can't be wrapped up just like that!'

Putting on a leather jacket, Jen and the rest of the guys make their way to the practice room and stand together for the cameras.

"Real!" J-Hope pointed

"Situation!" Rapmon added

"Tuesday!" Suga announced

"X Man!" Each member announced, making an X with their arms.

'Channel Bangtan 1st time, based on X Man. Today's entreating casts, Jin, J-Hope, Rap Monster, V, Jennie, Jimin, Jungkook.'

"The rain outside is extremely~ heavy right now!" Suga announced while J-Hope danced the rainism dance, earning some giggles. "Today we prepared ourselves to go to an MT. Sadly, the typhoon personally came in our way. And since the production crew wanted to conserve some

time, X Man really prepared it for us with their budget. As you can see, the cards...it was colored at our dorm, by ourselves."

"Why did you wear the sunglasses today?" J-Hope pondered

"He has the celebrity disease!" V joked

"Since you're becoming the MC today, you're showing off a little bit, huh?" Rapmon teased

"Everybody, I'll explain it to you." Suga explained that he was playing with a BB Gun and hit the bullet under his eye. "I might be fine with it but the viewers, possibly might be a little uncomfortable with it. Anyways, X Man officially starts! Please give a round of applause!"

'The member that was selected to be the X Man has to lead his team and distract them. After ending all the games, the members will select the suspected X Man through voting. Then if the selected suspect of X Man is correct, excluding the X Man, the remaining members would get the sweet & sour pork. If the members guessed it wrong, the sweet & sour pork is only given to the X Man.'

Walking into the secluded room, Jennie puts the headphones on, anticipating her fate.

"Jennifer...you...are not the X Woman."

Hearing that, she let out a small smirk for the camera, nodding to herself.

'Sly Smirk from Miss Bangtan, is she the X Woman?'

Once they all gather around, the guys joke around, saying that they're the X Man. When they are gathered into two teams, RapMon's team consists of V and Jungkook, while J-Hope's team consists of Jimin, Jin and Jennie.

'MISSION 1'

'Hat Removal'

'Both players face each other while wearing a connected hat. A game without using their body, they must remove the opponent's hat with only using their head.'

'Jimin VS V'

'Start!'

With both hats connected, V and Jimin stand face to face, staring at each other. Once V blows his breath into Jimin's face, he cringes and yells, making everyone giggle.

"Calm down, my friend!" Jimin puts his hands on his shoulders. "It smells! Don't laugh!"

'Only surrounded with breath smells'

"I'm so glad I'm not in that position." Jennie crossed her arms.

But then Jimin couldn't take it anymore and covered his mouth, running away. V high fives his teammates as Jungkook asks him what he ate.

'Something he ate during lunch, V wins'

"I brushed my teeth ten minutes ago." V revealed, as everyone grows suspicious, thinking Jimin is the X Man.

'Jungkook VS Jin'

'Start'

"Jungkook, shh, don't say anything." Jin puts a finger on his lips and starts leaning in.

"AHHHHHHHHH~"

The sudden move, makes everyone freak out.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Jen screamed before putting her hands over her head, backing up.

Suddenly, Jungkook spits on his face, making Jin cover his mouth and move away, winning for his team.

'Jennie VS Rapmon'

With the hat over their heads, Jennie and Rapmon stare at each other as she starts to chew gum.

'START!'

She stares at him and starts to blow a big bubble as he laughs. "How big is that going to get?"

Once she pops it, Rap Monster decides to blow a raspberry at her, making her immediately back up.

"Ugh! Why!?" She wiped her face with the sudden saliva.

"Winner! Team Mon! Three to Zero!" Suga announced as Team Rapmon high fives each other.

'Mission 2'

'Pig Wrestle'

'In a sitting position while both their hands are holding their ankles, they have to push the opponent out of the marked space either using only their bottom and feet to win!'

'Jimin VS V'

"We'll start the pig wrestle immediately!" Suga commences as they get on the floor.

'START!'

V and Jimin start hitting each other with their feet while Jennie laughs but then Jimin kicks him and V places a hand on the floor. Shocked by the sudden move, everyone points to V's hand on the floor.

"Ah! You're done!" Jen shouted

'V puts his hands on the floor!?'

"He lost!" Jin and Jennie shouted

"Then did I win?" Jimin asked, looking around.

"V explain yourself." Suga pointed. "Why did you put your hand on the floor? Why?"

"It just fell without me knowing!" He explained

"Since you've done it unknowingly, we will have another round." Suga said while V fist pumps.

"Really?!" Jennie called out. "No! No, I refuse!"

"Wait a second, since when were things changed?" Jin laughed

'Team Hope who is complaining'

"It's up to the MC!" Rapmon mocked.

"Uh huh, and if it was the other way around, you would be the ones complaining." Jennie retorted, crossing her arms. "Don't play, you know you would."

Once they try it again, V quickly ends up pushing Jimin and makes him tumble over.

"BULL! I demand a rematch! This is not fair!" She huffed.

'This doesn't make sense'

'With the unbelievable loss, the members' suspicions grow bigger'

'V makes use of the term of an idiot as a highly strategic!?'

'Jimin keeping his head low, perhaps to hide his identity as X Man?'

'Rap Monster V Jin'

'Round 2 Start!'

Jin immediately starts Aahing while Rap Monster relentlessly attacks him repeatedly, not letting up. Suddenly, everything stops when Rap Monster puts his hand on the ground. He claims he didn't know but he gets eliminated anyway, making everyone laugh.

'J-Hope VS Jungkook'

"Jeon Jungkook. You're really handsome." J-Hope hugged him

"This is the X man! This guy! This guy!" Jin accused.

"What is this!?" Rap Monster protested. "They are having a love confession here!"

"Hol' up! No!" Jennie raised her hand. "Um, no, Jungkook belongs to me. Not you, J-Hope."

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH" The guys start wildlin' out, acting goofy while Jungkook chuckled to himself, looking down.

'Miss Bangtan highly disagrees'

"Jungkook is this true?" J-Hope playfully gasped in shock.

"Yes it is true! That's my best friend!" Jen playfully claimed, teasing him.

"Accept me calling you handsome!" J-Hope pointed.

"Thank you." Jungkook grinned at him.

"It's very suspicious how these two are acting, right now." Suga murmured.

"Hoseok Hyung is truly...more than Jin Hyung. Uglier." Jungkook addressed, making everyone laugh. Jennie dropped her jaw at his statement while J-Hope went to attack him.

'Love hunter J-Hope failed to make a new love'

For the Pig wrestle, J-Hope quickly moves his feet around while humming. Jungkook makes his attack while J-Hope screams and spins around. Jungkook laughs at J-Hope's sound effects and ends up falling over in any way.

"J-Hope, you lost!" Suga said

'It was a good game hyung!'

Jungkook laughs and shoots him a thumbs up. "Mon Team wins!" Suga announced.

'Mission 3'

'Of course'

'The attackers have to question the opponent with difficult questions, and the defender would have to answer 'Of Course' no matter what. If they couldn't speak out 'Of Course' it's a KNOCK DOWN!'

"Everyone as you can see below, the low budgeted duct tape is lined there." Suga pointed down. "With this seriously poorly made duct tape lines, either you guys take a step back from it or walk away from your original position. I'll immediately take it as a sign that you're out. Who will come out first from the Hope Team?"

'Jin VS Jungkook'

'Start!'

"Yah!" Jungkook started off. Jin smirks out of amusement, crossing his arms while the rest of the members burst out in laughs because of his disrespectful words. "You know that your life is awkward?"

Jin grinned out of embarrassment. "Of course!" He answered.

"They are both five years apart!" J-Hope pointed out.

"There's nothing much that I can go against him..." Jin sighed.

"Of course!" Jungkook laughed.

"What are you saying!? Hold up! Wait!" Jin exclaimed.

'Jin lost his chance to attack and lost a turn!'

"You know that truly, you're a worse dancer than Rap Monster, right?" Jungkook dissed.

Jennie dropped her jaw and looked from him to Jin while everyone freaked out.

"Wait! Wait! With this chance, do you really think you're worse than this human robot?" Suga questioned.

'Who is the winner of the dance battle between the human robot and the half dead dancer?'

"Of course..." Jin admitted

"Poor Jin..." Jennie looked concerned while Jimin rubbed his shoulders.

"Yah!" Jungkook striked again. "You know that we called you handsome for the broadcasts only, right?"

"YO~" Jennie laughed while Jin stomped away.

'KNOCK DOWN!'

Jungkook fist pumps and hugs V as he wins the round.

"Jin, you good, buddy? You're handsome, don't worry." Jen tried to help him while Jimin stood next to her and comforted him too.

'Is Jin...really pissed off?'

'Rap Monster vs Jimin'

"You seem quite tall today. Isn't it?" Rap Monster asked.

"Of course." Jimin admitted. "Hey, you! Just now you said to Jin hyung, 'Hyung, you're so noisy! I can't stand it!' But did you know you were snoring?"

"OH~" Everyone yelled

"That was strong!" V laughed

"Of course!" Rapmon replies after trying to recover from his comment. "Jimin, you know do know that you and I are a two-top when it comes to snoring? If my snoring is like a beatbox, Jimin's snoring is like he was doing a moonwalk."

"Every night these two make a nose harmony phantom," Suga said

"Of course," Jimin admitted, not backing down. "Hey, you! Euhehehehe, this is really fun. I have a really curious question to ask! You know that you look like the Maori's clan chiefs, right?"

"Eliminated!" Suga yelled, pushing Rap Monster back

"I'm still a Korean!" Rapmon exclaimed

'V VS J-HOPE'

"Yah! You like me, right?" V asked

"Wow, just went right to it." Jennie crossed her arms, watching with interest.

Surprised, J-Hope couldn't help but laugh at his boldness. "Of course. I'll ask you something serious, now. That time, you enjoyed the kiss, didn't you? Your lips were trembling! I thought his lips was a handphone on vibrate"

"I can't believe he went there..." Jennie commented

V laughed out of embarrassment. "Of course. You know that you're getting noisier by the second, right?"

"Of course! You...that time...you...you stuck out your tongue during the kiss, didn't you!?" J-Hope accused

'WHAT DID YOU SAY?'

"OOOOHHHHHHHH! OH MY GOD!" Everyone screamed while Jennie fell to the floor. V started laughing and walked away immediately.

'KNOCK DOWN'

"That didn't really happen. I just said it for this game." J-Hope confessed after everyone pulled themselves together.

"Since it's an odd number, Jennie will go up against all members of Team Mon. Starting with Rap Monster." Suga announced as the both of them stood at the pieces of tape.

'Rapmon VS Jennie'

"Aye yo. Your hair looked like a bushy forest. Ugly as hell. Never again," Jen dissed, making everyone ooh at her comment.

"That was mean!" Rap Monster exclaimed, laughing. "Of course...so, you're going to let me have your noodles that you have in your fridge, right?"

She narrowed her eyes at him and crossed her arms. Sighing, she nodded. "Of course...Jin is a better dancer than you."

"OOHHHHHHHHH"

Rap Monster stepped back immediately. "No way!"

'KNOCK DOWN'

"Winner! Jennie!" Suga announced while she high fived her teammates.

'Jungkook VS Jennie'

'97 Line Going At It'

"Let me take my jacket off for this one. I'm not backing down." She took off her leather jacket and stood at the tape to face off with Jungkook.

"Things are about to get serious." Jimin anticipated.

'START!'

"Ladies first." Jungkook gestured

"I'm better at video games than you." She smirked, raising a brow.

She got a glare from him, knowing that she hit a nerve. Jen couldn't help by smile innocently while the guys laugh in the background.

"...Of course..." Jungkook grumbled. "The only reason you beat me in video games is because I let you win. You know this."

"Oooohhhhhh." The guys look on in interest.

"That game you wanna play, huh? All right. Of course...remember I told you that you were a cool person? I lied. You're not cool."

"Of course...so Jennie, wasn't it you that broke the lamp a few weeks ago?" Jungkook smiled evilly, raising a brow.

As soon as he mentioned the word, Lamp, her stomach dropped as her eyes went round. She motions him to stop as she makes a slicing motion on her neck. His statement makes Jin and Rap Monster turn to her.

"WHAT!?" The two males yell, walking up to her while she laughs nervously and buries her face in her hands.

"You did what!?" Jin yelled

'Jennie is under fire!'

'Is it true!?'

"It was you!? I got yelled out for an hour!" Rapmon yelled.

"I had to fix that thing!" Suga exclaimed.

They start shouting all at once, while Jungkook proudly stands, satisfied with what he's done.

"Wait, what happened?" V looked confused.

"Really Jungkook!?" She yelled at him as he just shrugged innocently.

"No, no, no, no, it wasn't just me! He did it too!" She tried to explain. "He attacked me with pillows and I put him in a headlock! We both stumbled into the lamp! You gotta believe me!"

"That's not true! She stumbled into the lamp all by herself!" Jungkook explained.

"YOU LIE! Tell the truth!" She looked at him in disbelief.

Oh, she was going to get him, now.

"Hyungs, I'm serious! She attacked me with pillows and jumped all over me. I was in so much pain. Jin was in the shower, I tried to yell for help. But then she put the pillow against my head, trying to suffocate me" Jungkook looked down, pretending to be sad.

"Jennifer how could you!?" Jin scolded. "We're going to have a long talk when this is over."

"ARE YOU SERIOUS!?" She screamed, throwing her arms up in the air. "You have GOT to be kidding me! How are you believing HIM instead of me!?"

"I believe you, Jennie!" Jimin raised his hand.

"You're supposed to be on my team!" Jungkook yelled, turning to him.

"I like Jennie, more! She's very precious to us. We must save her at all costs!" Jimin announced while V agreed. "Maybe I should be your best friend instead of Jungkookie."

"NO, Jimin!" Jungkook pointed to him.

"Just to let you all know, I knew her longer, so she is technically my best friend." V raised his hand with a grin.

"Back to the game. Continue. It's Jennie's turn." Suga calmed everything down.

"Of course...you know what? You and I aren't best friends, anymore. You're a big meanie." Jennie grumbled.

Chuckling, he nodded. "Of course. But you and I both know that you can't stay mad at me forever." Jungkook declared with a cute smile, making her look away.

"He's trying to sweet talk." V giggled.

Before she knew it, she felt the corners of her mouth start to curve as she tried to fight it.

"Hahah, it worked! She's smiling! She can't stay mad at our Jungkookie." J-Hope teased.

"...Of course. Your smile is contagious."

"Of course. You think I'm hot." He mentioned in a cocky manner.

"AHHHHHHHH." The members obnoxiously yell.

"This is so entertaining. Keep going, please!" Suga looked on.

Jennie sighed, putting her hands on her hips, shaking her head. The nerve of him. "I walked right into that one...Of course. You're such a dork."

"Of course."

Jungkook wasn't going to go down so easily. What could he say to make her back out? He had to win. He couldn't lose.

"So...you really liked our kiss, right?" He questioned, making her stammer while the guys in the background started hollering and yelling, yet again.

Jungkook was acting bold today, what did he eat this morning?

'Is it true...?'

'What Will Jennie Say?'

Jennie sighed before looking at him in the eyes. "Of course."

"AHHHHH SHE ADMITS IT!" The guys yell while Jungkook smiles victoriously.

"But! But! You're a bad kisser!" She blurted out, making the members yell even louder and fall to the ground. Some were banging on the floor and walls, laughing loudly. J-Hope and Jin start jumping up and down with Rapmon.

During the commotion, Jungkook's grin dropped as he started to feel his face heat up.

"She got you good, Jungkookie!" Jimin laughed loudly.

Jungkook had no choice but to back up from that, he couldn't admit that.

"Winner! Jennie! Team J-Hope wins!" Suga announced.

"Sorry Kookie." She grinned sheepishly.

'Mission 4'

'Take off socks'

'While carrying the opposite team's member on their back, the person who takes off the socks or stockings first, is the winner! Before the game begins, two boxes that contains a sock or a stocking would be picked by the winner of Rock, Paper, Scissors.'

After Jimin wins Rock Paper Scissors, he picks the pink box thanks to Jin and gets a pair of socks.

"Awe yeah!" Jennie cheered while Rap Monster gripped V by the jacket, upset that he got stockings.

'Round 1'

Jennie jumps on V's back and wraps her arms around his neck. Standing next to Jimin who had Jungkook on his back.

"I'm not heavy, am I?" She asked, holding onto him tightly.

"You're not heavy at all. That's a great thing, for me." V mentioned, carrying her with ease.

"I'm going to make you eat your words."

As soon as they start, Jennie tries her best to prevent V from pulling off a stocking by squirming and moving all around on his back.

"Don't take it off! Don't do it! V!" She laughed before he started spinning her around. "Ah, I'm getting dizzy!"

'Dizzy Jennie stops her assault while V tries to take a stocking off'

Jimin manages to pull off one sock.

"Atta boy!" Jennie praised Jimin.

"Continue keeping him busy!" Jimin huffed to Jennie while he tried to get the other sock off. Once he does, Jimin is declared the winner.

"Yeah!" Jennie dropped down, running up to him for a high five and a big hug.

'The Autumn Man Jimin who gets the over the knee sock, wins!'

After they all get situated, Suga points out that V was in a position to take off the stocking as suspicious looks are sent toward him. Once he was asked if he was possibly the X Man, V made an X to the screen. But then Jungkook follows suit and soon after, everyone else does it except Jennie.

"How come you're not doing it?" Jimin questioned. "Are you the X woman?!"

"Maybe. Maybe not." She smirked

Suga also points out that Jungkook wasn't even moving his body when he was on Jimin's back, which makes the youngest male make another X at the screen.

'Jungkook is...the X Man?'

'Round 2'

With Jimin on Rap Monster's back and V on Jin's back, the battle begins as Jimin starts shaking violently on Rapmon's back. Meanwhile, V rides Jin like a horse.

"This is very interesting." Jennie laughed as Jin quickly took a sock off.

After a few seconds, Jin effortlessly takes off the over, taking the victory.

"We finally found a talent Jin is good at! Taking off socks!" J-Hope cheered.

"Mother! I'm good at taking off my socks!" Jin laughed at the camera.

'The best moment of Jin's life'

"Everyone since there's two winnings after the three rounds, this time, Hope team wins the game!" Suga announced.

'Mission 5'

'Fry-Pan-Play'

'The last mission that's welcomed with a round of applause'

"I...have no idea how to play this game." Jennie admitted.

"You'll know this game without me specifically telling you what it's called. Ting, ting, ting, ting" Suga chanted

"Teng, teng, teng, teng,!" Everyone but Jennie chants. "Ting, Ting, teng, teng, Fry-Pan-Play!"

"What? Ting ting what what?" She looked confused as the guys laughed while Suga explained it slowly to her. "Guys...I think I may be the cause of you losing this time." She said to her team.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine." J-Hope reassured her.

Suga had a squeaky hammer to hit anyone who messed up. "Round 1! Go! Go!" He announced

Once they started the chant, Jennie tried to follow while watching her teammates until V's team got the beat wrong. Suga ends up hitting the three of them with the squeaky hammer while J-Hope high fives his teammates.

"Did we win?" Jennie happily asked.

"We won the round." Jimin answered.

"Darn. I thought it was over."

'Round 2'

Clapping and chanting again, Suga makes Jennie go first as she gulps. "O-okay..." She continued clapping. "Rapmon five!"

"Rapmon, Rapmon, Rapmon, Rapmon, Rapmon, Jin four!"

After Jin successfully does his chant, he calls out V, yelling three but V stutters and loses the round for his team. Suga hits the three guys while Rap Monster calls him out for making two mistakes.

'Round 3'

Jungkook starts, calling out Jin but then he messes up immediately.

"What are you doing!?" Jimin yelled while Suga walked over to them to hit them.

Jennie scrunches up her face when Suga hits her head hard with the squeaky hammer as she rubs the top of her head. Based on Jin's actions, Rap Monster points out that Jin could be the X Man since he messed up so quickly.

'Round 4'

Starting again, the flow goes well but then Jimin messes up and his team gets hit again.

'Round 5'

"For the last round, to make it more fun, we'll change the rules. I'll give you a chance to personally hit the person across you. Do you feel more pumped up to win this?" Suga reasoned.

Starting again, everyone eagerly starts with Jin, and the flow goes well for a long time.

"V three!" Jin clapped.

"V! V! V! Jennie seven!" He chanted.

"Jennie, Jennie, Jennie, Jennie, Jennie, Jennie, Jennie! Rapmon 5!" She managed to continue the flow without messing up, mentally thanking her quick learning skills.

"Rapmon! Rapmon! Rapmon! Rapmon! Rapmon! Hope four!"

"Hope! Hope! Hope! Hope! Rapmon four!"

"Rapmon! Rapmon! Rapmon! Jin three!" He chanted only three times.

"Jin! Jin! Jin! Jin! Jungkook Three!"

"Jungkook! Jungkook! Jungkook! Jimin one!"

"Jimin! Rapmon four!"

"Rapmon! Rapmon! Rap..M-" He stuttered while Team Hope stood up and celebrated

"WOOO!" Jennie jumped up and down.

J-Hope pulls his team in for a big group hug while each member of the team hits Rap Monster's team on the head. Rapmon calls out that Jin has a talent for hitting as Jin hits V on the head yet again.

After Suga announces J-Hope's team as the winner, he concludes who won the whole thing.

"With the final score being 3 to 2, Hope team wins! Any words from Team Hope?"

"Our win was expected, of course, because of the amazing leader." J-Hope grinned, earning a stare from Rap Monster.

After getting situated, Suga asks if anyone has thoughts about who could possibly be the X Man. Jennie accuses Rap Monster of the X Man while everyone else agrees and also questions Jin as the possible X Man.

After voting, mostly everyone chose Jin as the X Man, and Suga confirmed if he was the X Man with a fingerprint detector.

"Is Jin the X Man? It will be revealed in another 60 seconds." Suga dramatically said.

"SUGA!" Jennie yelled while everyone else complained.

After a while, Suga is back to announce the second suspect, revealing that Rap Monster is not the X Man.

"I told you!" Rap Monster shouted.

"I told you it was Jungkook!" Jimin yelled at the camera, pulling up his sign to show.

"Okay, today's Channel Bangtan X Man is...of course, V!" Suga revealed as he stood up with a grin.

"Wha!?" Jennie asked in surprise.

Embarrassed, Jimin sits back down when he hears his accusation was wrong while everyone is blank and shocked at V.

"It makes sense. He put his hand on the floor, didn't take off the stocking and kept messing up the beat." Jennie mentioned. "Sneaky!"

After the commotion, everyone sits around to eat a meal of sweet and sour pork, King Mandu and back bean noodles.

"FOOOD~! I love food. Food is good. Food is life. Food is amazing." She gushed at the mouth watering meal and ate it with the members. "Ugh, the sweet and sour pork...V can I have one? Please?"

Since he wasn't caught as the X Man, the main dish, which was the sweet and sour pork was all meant for him.

"Ah, you can have some." V happily shared

"Thank you!" She placed a big kiss on his cheek and happily took some to put with her noodles.

"Share food and get a kiss from Jennie? Duly noted!" Jimin grinned

"Hey, I kissed your nose last week." She laughed

'Channel Bangtan X Man Complete'

#jungkook x oc #bts #bangtan boys #bts fanfic #rookie king #bts fluff #bts additional member #bts female member

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gwydionmisha · 2 years ago

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Advice to the Able-Bodied Poet Entering the Disability Poetics Workshop - Liv Mammone

For Jennifer Bartlett and Shira Erlichman

1. Let's just save time—Yes I have seen Rain Man, The Miracle Worker, My Left Foot, or, more recently, The Theory of Everything. I wanna fuck Daniel Day Lewis too but can we not? 2. If all the the Special Needs Kids everybody's mom/cousin/friend/friend's mom/cousin's friend's mom has ever worked with got together, they could overthrow the government and we'd see some real change. Those people aren't reference points for me. There are no reference points for me. 3. This isn't the Whose Life Sucks More game. You have seen moments I can never imagine. 4. When asking about my disability, please remember you have Siri. What you really need to know will come up in the poems. 5. Similarly, if you decide you need to ask my diagnosis, I can guarantee those ugly sounding words are all I have in common with whoever you know. If you don't know anyone, asking me what does that mean isn't ingratiating. I'm not a painting by Warhol. Asterisk: if you're just meeting me and that's your opening? That, or so what happened to you—you're suspect. I have a favorite band, a gaggle of furry children. Let's start there. 6. The words disability, disorder, and disease aren't synonymous. 7. And while we're at it, let's talk about language. You're here for that above all right? Me too. But I get to decide how it's done, not you. If I say cripple, it's because I like how the consonants break like bones. I'm not handing you a membership card. If I say call me "special needs" and I'll roll over your foot, it doesn't mean that softness won't comfort others. Political correctness is kind of like using correct pronouns. So many words have been made up and thrown onto my flesh. None were my name. 8. If you didn't get the above reference to pronouns, I'll write a separate piece for you. 9. Your ear will need to curve around the rhythm of speech. Your pace will hunger to leave me limping. You will want to catch me as I lurch forward; lead me by elbow or hand; not to repeat yourself; to talk as fast as you do out there. Slow down. Slow everything down. 10. The phrase but you don't look sick can go fuck itself with a moving train covered in chainsaws. 11. Don't use the word inspiration unless you're talking about Whitman, Langston Hughes, John Keats or Jesus. 12. Matter of fact, leave Jesus out of it altogether; he's busy enough. 13. It isn't a wheelchair; it's a fully automated battle station. It isn't a cane; it's a dowsing rod. It isn't a limp; it's a swagger. It isn't a stim—it's how my fabulous self is pulling magic out of the air. 14. I'm not your metaphor. Phantom limbs, deafness, or blindness as figurative language in your poems will result in my unhinging my fucking jaw. 15. If you find yourself saying something that begins with no offense, but I want you to stop. Take a breath. And say to yourself these three sentences: Does this need to be said? Does this need to be said right now? Does this need to be said right now by me? If the answer to any of those is no, return to start do not collect $200. 16. Laugh. 17. Be honest. 18. Your head had best be a microscope. Ask yourself why you're here. But question my motives, too. Slam your hand hard on my buttons. 19. Some kind of dragon needed slaying to get to this room, whether it be the nasty bus driver or the thoughts of suicide. So somebody's probably gonna show up in pajamas, crocks, mismatched socks, un showered, hair falling loose from ponytail—whatever. Either they're embarrassed or don't give a fuck. Either way, they don't need you mentioning it. 20. Speak for me, not over me. 21. Yes, I can have sex. I hope everybody in here writes a jam so graphic it makes your goosebumps mambo just so you never ask a disabled person that ever again, unless you're offering. 22. I don't think shy people become poets, but in case you are, you best chill if you fear the body. If I'm gonna write a colostomy bag free verse or a pantoum about how hard it is to negotiate my period on crutches, I wanna do it in peace. 23. You need Advil? Guaranteed, somebody got you. 24. If I have to leave the room while you're reading, sorry in advance. 25. Let me point out, Tiny Tim has been fucking me over since 1843. If I'm happy, it's taken for a miracle; if I'm not, I remind them of all they have and all the work they have to do. I could be a big smile, a raised fist, an eye glittered with tears. 26. This is the place I come to sharpen my teeth; to weep until I am the Danube. I don't care if you're frightened. 27. Trigger warnings. That is all. 28. Halle Berry, Harriet Tubman, Orlando Bloom, Clinton, Christie, Darwin. A lot of your faves are disabled. Just like a lot of your faves are actually bisexual. (More breaking news at 11.) 29. And while we're on that, being disabled doesn't mean you've checked off your minority box on the form. Just saying. 30. I don't want to talk about me; how's my stanza structure? 31. Intersectionality isn't a buzzword. 32. I will ask if I need your help. Repeat this a billion times. 33. Related note: you wouldn't grab someone on the subway. You'd let your face smash into the pole before steadying yourself on the person next to you. So why in the name of God's teeth would you touch me or whatever apparatus I may have without asking?! 34. Remember, you're one slip in the shower, doctor's visit, missed turn away from being me. 35. If I fall, the way you gasp hurts worse than impact. 36. I'm not blaming you. I'm saying pay attention. 37. Inevitably, someone will be forced to stop coming. Email them; that'd be cool. 38. Even if you pity me, don't mess around when it comes to editing. 39. Your body is so damn fucking beautiful. It's like nothing else. 40. Please remember that compliance with any or all of the aforementioned will not result in praise of any kind, cookies, medals, or otherwise. Thank you. 41. People are like poems. They don't get finished, they just stop.

#Advice to the Able-Bodied Poet Entering the Disability Poetics Workshop #Liv Mammone #Poem #Poetry

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cenviswasteland · 11 months ago

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hellp tumblr user cenviswasteland. tell me about your ocs please? batting my cartoonishly large eyes at you [ insert microphone emoji here its 2:15am and i dojt want to find it ]

- 🍤

HELLO TUMBLR ANON SHRIMP EMOJI I WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO. APOLOGIES FOR NOT RESPONDING SOONER I WAS PLOTTING.

for the sake of everyone involved, im just gonna post one guy. uhhh if you wanna see more i might reblog it later with more people idk idk. also im gonna cut the post here for the sake of mobile users. love peace and little donuts or whatevsies.

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hey thanks for clicking on the button now let's talk about a wet cat given human form.

Zeno Eldiare

27 yrs, he/him, human-ish, bi

this is the first OC I ever really used. not my current favorite out of all of them, but he deserves to be first just on principle.

he's a pessimistically down-to-earth type of person. he has one hell of a temper. frequent user of swear words (there was a time where i was throwing a "fuck" into every sentence he said). he'll listen to your problems, but don't expect him to help solve them.

years ago, he was wrapped up in the mafia. he was coerced into it and he couldn't properly get himself out, so he just kept going down into the depths of it. he started as a hired gun, he earned a reputation that way. he took a fake name ("Atlas Pierre") and just kept getting worse. he was eventually caught and jailed.

depending on which universe i'm working in, zeno is either jailed on a different planet (sci-fi bullshit) or he's experimented on in jail. either way, he ends up infected with a fictional disease called Glaisica, or Glass Body. unable to be properly treated, the disease binds to every one of his cells-- basically rewriting him on a molecular level-- to basically make him living glass.

it's been a couple years, but was able to get himself out of jail and get his record cleared (it's an INCREDIBLY long story that i don't have time for here). he now has an apartment and a job as a mechanic.

zeno likes greasy american-diner food (large burgers, milkshakes, fries, etc), rock and alt music, crime dramas, cats, hole-in-the-wall bars, neon lights, karaoke, and card games.

zeno dislikes mornings, empty rooms, commercials, and getting wet.

when it comes to vices, he has a bit of a drinking problem. his poison of choice is whiskey. he also, unrelatedly, drinks ACTUAL poison because he practices mithridatism. see below for his recipe! (DO NOT ATTEMPT.)

yeah thats the most basic run down of him. he is my babiest girl and i have about twelve versions of him in the back.

for example: Blaise "Zero" Lucibello, who was born and raised in Adamas, New York [not a real place]. He's an A/V guy for the local news station. His dick leads him to places no one in their right mind would go with a gun (the mafia).

i'm writing a whole trilogy of books about blaise, actually. i might make a separate post about him at some point. teehee.

anyway! moral of the story! uhhh thanks for reading? again how the hell do you end a tumblr post

#cenviswasteland #cenviswriter #zeno eldiare #blaise lucibello #OCs #cenvispeach

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indraklyr · 5 months ago

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You Know How This Story Ends

Tonight is a special night. Its outcome is known to you all — prophecy, fate, determinism, take your pick. Point is, you know exactly how this night is going to go, and that it can’t be changed.

The real question is: when the time comes, how will you play your part?

Supplies: Index cards, pencils, a token to mark time.

1. Decide where and why your group is gathering. Write that down.

2. Everyone creates a character. Give them a Name and a Want. Introduce yourself.

3. Each player takes two index cards and writes down two Events that their character will cause or experience this night. Keep them simple and clear.

4. Place Events in a linear timeline, starting with the youngest player and rotating clockwise. Events can go anywhere in the timeline, but can’t be rearranged afterwards.

After all Events are placed, place the token marker on the leftmost Event. That Event is Imminent and must occur before the next Event does.

5. Roleplay freely through the night’s Events. When the Imminent Event happens, return that card to its player and place the time marker on the next one. That Event is Imminent.

Play until each Event has happened.

Permission:

I give permission to archive this post off-site for posterity.

Commentary:

This game was originally a unique mechanic I designed for my forthcoming (and first!) TTRPG, Nostos: A Game about Sailing Home and Saying Goodbye. In that game, players portray the sole survivors of a metaphysical apocalypse, adrift on a sea composed of the dissolved building blocks of reality. These survivors of a world now gone sail across a primordial ocean, making stops at little proto-realities, Islands, while grappling with their trauma, finding joy where they can, and maybe, just maybe finding a way back home.

This mechanic was designed for the Island of Estis, “Where One’s Path Is Known”. Each Island has a number of Aspects (very much inspired by Region Properties in Jenna Moran’s Chuubo’s Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine), specific laws of reality unique to each Island. They’re as essential to life on that Island as “Gravity pulls you down” is here on Earth. Estis’s Aspects make it a place where the future is as well known as the past, and the future cannot be changed.

(In Nostos, players have resources they can spend to defy, resist, or change Aspects, but adding that to this 200-word RPG feels like it would just muddy things too much and take away from the drama of having fated Events on the horizon)

The focus of the mechanic on Estis ends up being about terminal disease — one of the inhabitants of the Island is fated to die while the PCs are visiting, and the players have to reckon with how their characters respond to this situation, especially given that the person about to die seems to have made some peace with their imminent death. You could totally use the 200-word version to tackle those sorts of topics too, but I wanted this version to be non-specific enough to fit whatever doom/prophecy/whatever your group is interested in playing.

Thanks for reading! If you're interested in reading Nostos when it's finished, give this account a follow/check here Summer 2025 when I aim to publish it.

(Somehow got to exactly 200 words! Woo!)

200 Word RPGs 2024

Each November, some people try to write a novel. Others would prefer to do as little writing as possible. For those who wish to challenge their ability to not write, we offer this alternative: producing a complete, playable roleplaying game in two hundred words or fewer.

This is the submission thread for the 2024 event, running from November 1st, 2024 through November 30th, 2024. Submission guidelines can be found in this blog's pinned post, here.

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xj033858jh · 8 months ago

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(from Kim Dotcom)

This may be the most important post you’ll ever read because it provides a simple explanation about why our world is being destroyed, by design.

I’m not antisemitic or a Nazi. I’m simply a former hacker with great analytical skills who understands what’s happening in the world.

At the end of this post I will quote from a world domination plan. You will recognize the truth immediately because that’s what’s currently happening in the world. Today’s reality suggests that this plan is real.

When you do your own research you will learn that the origin of this plan was discredited and that the alleged creators have nothing to do with it. But who was the person providing the key evidence?

It was Allen Dulles. The man who raised money from US industrialists to fund Adolf Hitler, his Nazi party and his war. The man who later became the director of the CIA during Kennedy and the head of the Warren commission that investigated the Kennedy assassination. Why would anybody believe a man with such a questionable character?

The protocols of the Elders of Zion have unquestionably borrowed ideas from several authors but you can say that about most important writings throughout history. It was called a fabrication and is one of the first uses of the term ‘conspiracy theory’.

Why do Zionists have a massive over-representation in the media, politics, banking and world affairs? How did such a small community get to dominate all the centers of power and information?

Why can Israel ignore UN resolutions, international law and commit a genocide in Gaza to standing ovations in the US Congress? Why is Israel acting like it is above the law seemingly without any fear of consequences.

Read some of the alleged Zionist world domination plan below and compare it with reality. Is all of this just a coincidence?

“Our power will be more invincible than any other, because it will remain invisible until the moment when it has gained such strength that no cunning can any longer undermine it.”

“We shall absolutely control the media, so that not a single announcement will ever reach the public without our control. In this way we shall have a sure triumph over our opponents, for without the media, they are helpless.”

“We will distract the brainless heads with vain conceptions, fantastic theories, rotten amusement, games and filthy passions, so that they will be unable to use what intellect they have. They will never suspect that they have been stage managed by us.”

“We shall establish huge monopolies so that all will go to ruin when the political smash-up comes. We must at all cost, deprive them of their lands, we must lower wages and raise the price of all necessities of life.”

“We shall create an economic crisis, which will stop dealings in all exchanges and bring industry to a standstill. We shall throw onto the streets whole mobs of workers, simultaneously, all over the world, who will rush to loot property and delight to shed blood.”

“In our government, besides ourselves, there must only be the mass of enslaved people, a few billionaires devoted entirely to us, police and soldiers. To do this we must create chaos and hostilities and we must use all deceit, treachery and falseness possible. Our greatest weapon is the media.”

“We shall establish one king over all of earth who will annihilate all causes of discord, such as borders, nationalities, religion, state debts, etc. and get peace and quiet which cannot be secured in any other way. To attain our ends we must foment trouble in all countries, utterly exhaust all of humanity with hatred, struggle, envies, torture, starvation and diseases so that the people will be forced to take refuge in our complete sovereignty.”

“Our master card has been and is and shall be the destruction of all privileges, on the ruins of which we shall set up our absolute autocracy.”

Please be mindful that most pro-Israel comments on social media are generated by the largest bot network in the world, not by real people.

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genesisera · 2 months ago

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I Got Lost In The Sauce For This One.

So this glamor set is both at once the one glamor set I appreciate the most for just HOW MUCH retroactively went into making this fit work, as well as the one where I got completely lost in the sauce and got away from the original idea of making a Dragoon set (as is plain to see from the above image not having a spear). ---

Story time; I had just crafted the Thavnairian Bustier and the Beak of the Vortex for myself and wanted to make a fit with both, and browsing Eorzea Collection I saw Sev Alsev's Valkyrie - Preserver of Peace (below).

It's a beautiful fit, absolutely stunning with a strong concept, and I love it and wanted it for myself, but then I hit a roadblock.

The headgear she was using was the Republican Eques's Headgear and it was what made the Valkyrie look work.....and you get one from exchanging in Wolf Marks.

Wolf Marks. A PvP currency.

Which free trial players don't get, on account of they don't have PvP.

So I had to improvise.

There are many Valkyrie-coded winged headgear, but the one most available to free trial players was the Creed Wings, part of the Paladin Artifact Armor set for Heavensward.

Good news on the headgear front, but that also meant I needed different weapons - paladin weapons.

Which brings me to these:

The Zodiac Zeta Relic weapons of A Realm Reborn, the Excalibur Zeta & the Aegis Shield Zeta. A bitch to get even for full-time subscribed players; an ABSOLUTE PAIN FOR FREE TRIAL PLAYERS WITH NO MARKETBOARD TO BUY MATERIA FOR THE SPHERE SCROLL PHASE OF THE PRECEDING NOVUS WEAPONS.

I HAD TO SPIRITBOND THE MATERIA MYSELF UPHILL BOTH WAYS FOR THESE AND IT ONLY SEEM FITTING TO USE THESE TWO.

BUT THERE IS ONE FINAL INGREDIENT TO THIS GLAMOR

BECAUSE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MMORPG FINAL FANTASY XIV WAS NOT THE ONLY CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED GAME I WAS PLAYING AT THIS TIME

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR GAME YU-GI-OH MASTER DUEL (it's in the Steam Tags you can go check) WAS DOING AN LIMITED DUEL EVENT AT THE TIME, AND I HAPPENED TO BE RUNNING A CHAOS BYSTIAL SYNCHRO DECK THAT HAD LEGS, AND THIS WAS THE BOSS OF THAT DECK:

The English name for it was Chaos Angel, but the Japanese name was substantially longer: カオス・アンヘル－混（こん）沌（とん）の双（そう）翼（よく）－

Transliterated?

Chaos Angel - Twin Wings of Chaos

And this is when it all came together.

...

I ACTIVATE THE QUICK PLAY SPELL CARD SUPER POLYMERIZATION TO FUSE BOTH OF MY BRAINROTS TOGETHER

WHEN THE FORCES OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS INTERTWINE, A NEW POWER IS BORN!

SPECIAL SUMMON

"Chaos Valkyrie - Twin Angelic Wings of Chaos!"

--- I dyed the Thavnairian Bustier Soot Black, but left the natural brass untouched, and the soot black/snow white dye pairings worked AMAZINGLY for matching the same dark/light vibes Chaos Angel had.

But more crucially, this was the set where I let my brainrot take over the creative process and I went along for the ride, and by god, I love this set so much that I went and got more glamor shots.

...and then, I got possessed again.

And I made this.

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"The materials are 1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner LIGHT or DARK monsters! I tune the Level 4 Chaos Mirage Dragon, with the Level 6, Bystial Magmahut!

WHEN LIGHT AND DARK INTERSECT, A NEW DIVINITY DESCENDS! TAKE TO THE FIELD!

"SYNCHRO SHOKAN"

"LEVEL 10 - CHAOS ANGEL - TWIN WINGS OF CHAOS!"

#ffxiv glamour #ffxiv gpose #x'ndanya madhe #yu gi oh #master duel #card game disease is real and it is COMING FOR YOU #paint.net > photoshop #LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO WORRY ABOUT CRINGE #FUCK IT WE BALL

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solardick · 10 months ago

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One of the biggest problems with the tarot’s depiction of strength is the lion. Not speaking of Waite’s version. The marseilles or italiano versions are the correct one’s in the current context. The lion isn’t an adequate symbol. For what it has come to represent in popular fiction. This includes it’s role in the zodiac showcase for leo. Or the warner brother’s films. Disney’s the lion king is a prime example also. For the lion here in tarot is supposed to mean the wild. The wild in man. To contrast it against the woman. And this is why she’s wrestling it. To added context here is the lion and his pride. Which is an interesting group of concepts to think about. Considering they are all interconnected in this way by association. Many animals will work as a replacement for the lion. All excluding pets or domesticated animals. Including house cats.

In russian lion and forest only have a single letter change that distinguishes on from the other. And most of these other animals, gender cannot be easily distinguished. There’s one animal in particular that bridges continental differences. And that’s the bear. Bears can be found almost everywhere. Save for africa i beleive. Maybe im wrong and Australia. But, austrailia doesnt really count when it comes to tarot anyway. The southern hemisphere doesn’t match most od the “esoteric” symbol the rest of the world has.

Christmas for them isn’t the darkest day of the year. And alit of “christmass magic” is stunted by this fact. It’s not as powerful.

Remove the lion. Remove the association to the emperor and the “holy roman empire”. Removes the basic infant needs, habits, or the “internal feminine” attacking the “patriarchy”. Replace her with a man and the scene changes significantly. Same message less bs. But the tarot sucks no matter how you look at it. A one side game. And uou can only only loss at it. And its like teying to read a lnaguge wth t any vowels in it. Not possible.

Some minor alterations to my hogh priestess card and it makes a fitting Bv card.

Yeah…. Think im broken now. No longer care. Only took 39 years of being fucked by the world. Ar every step. Dont think his goi g to try talking anymore. To anyone. Or trying to accomplish anything. Or trying to develop. There’s nothign to talk about or anything to say really.

Like oh great its a member of the oppositiee sex. Hows the rest if the community going to yse her to fuck with me?

Sorry ass rot pain is back. Not to be confused with the railbone pain or the sphincter hardons.

But. Back on the begative note. I have a hard enough time explaining sensitive issues in english never mind a foreign doctor that cant speak english woth a heavy foreign accent on his french. Or to a “gardian” that flips shit on you and starts beating on you ir throwing a spycotic fit whenever your person is involved. Oh well. Bred to be abused. All those years od heavy chaos. Ans all i needed was a pretty face. Not prine to violence and abuse. But, oh well. That time os gone now. Theres no hope in connecting to anyone. It seems that after all these years of abuse have left me with a disease.

I dont think thos is the real world at all. Cant wait to die so i can wake up to reality.

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void-wolfie · 1 year ago

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It’s been a while and I know you’re not really in the mood to write but I hope you’re down to answering some questions. Missed your presence on my home page.

1. What are the three scents you like?

2. What’s your favorite board or card game?

3. What is the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?

4. Have you ever thought of what your future baby will be named?

5. Who is your all-time favorite Disney character?

6. Are you afraid of ghosts?

7. Do you believe that love is blind?

8. What period would you travel to if you were given a time machine?

9. Would you take it if you had the opportunity to be immortal?

10. What makes your day better?

Hope you’re doing well and school isn’t too stressful, if it is do take the time to entertain my silly request. Maybe it’ll be a good distraction. Or not, you can totally ignore me lol.

With love,

- 🥞

really sorry I haven't been in the mood to write lately lol, but hell yeah, I'm always down to talk to my lovely followers

1. 3 scents I like?

vanilla, the smell before it rains, and bonfires

2. favorite board / card game?

we don't play board games very much in my house, but cards games are fun, Uno is always good, Cards Against Humanity, Skip-bo is classic in my house, and if I'm really bored I'll play solitaire on my computer lol

3. weirdest thing I've ever eaten?

not much considering I'm a picky eater (how I ended up with someone who's a chef I'll never understand lol)

weirdest thing though would probably have to be raw octopus, had it a sushi restaurant once when I was like 8

4. future kids names?

honestly I'm so young I haven't really thought about having kids much, I think I'm still in a part of my life where I don't exactly want them, but who knows maybe that'll change sometime in the future

however, considering most of my friends (the girls, not the guys obviously lol) are the type to think about this a lot and it's actually come up in conversation before, I have slightly thought about it lol

I don't keep a written list or anything so here's just a few off the top of my head; Jordan, Alexander, Riley, Justin, Brandon, Brooke, Erik, Sam

5. favorite Disney character?

ughhh, this is so hard why would you do this to me 😭

if I had to pick I'm going to sayyyyyy, Baloo from The Jungle Book, I used to watch that movie so much as a kid

however, Mushu (Mulan) and Genie (Aladdin) are close seconds

6. afraid of ghosts?

honestly, I feel like it would depend on the ghost, if it's evil I'm running the hell away, if it's nice I'm pulling up a chair and asking it every question I can think of lol

7. is love blind?

wow, this is a tough one... honestly I'm not sure. I think that maybe, sometimes love can blind people, but I wouldn't say that's the case all the time. I think it just comes down to the person and the situation.

8. when/where would I travel to if I had a time machine?

oh god, so many places

first stop would probably be the Renaissance (England), kings, knights, swords, and jousting? hell yeah lol

Ancient Egypt? sign me up, gotta prove the conspiracy nuts wrong and show them aliens didn't build the pyramids lol

Most importantly though, dinosaur ages (Mesozoic Era), I gotta know what they actually looked like, and to hear a real trex roar? yes please

9. immortality?

this is a tough one because on one hand, eternal life, getting to see the future, plus all the cool inventions... on the other though, living through global horrors (war, politics, disease, etc) and having to outlive all your friends and family...

i honestly have no idea what I would actually say to an offer like that, so because I'm feeling reckless today we'll say yes 😂

10. what makes my day better?

depends on the day, but I'll list a few for fun: sitting down with a comfort movie and some popcorn, talking to my (adoptive) kiddos, anything to do with my girlfriend, and making other people happy

kind of a cheesy list but all true lol

Hopefully I answered your questions well enough, thanks for sending them :)

and thank you for checking in on me! I'm not doing too bad at the moment, and hopefully you're doing well yourself!

(even if I'm not in the mood to write I'm always down to talk to you guys so feel free to stop by whenever)

#asks #anon #🥞 anon #inbox

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forgottenyear · 2 years ago

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Today, I feel like everything I do is wrong.

I have long assumed that this was depression’s spontaneous idea. But from recent writing, I can see what has probably been obvious to everyone but me, that this is just a holdover from what we were told by everyone prior to fusion.

There must have been a point where I/we decided always being put down was no longer okay. I cannot, with what I affectionately refer to as memory, identify the exact point. It may never have been an exact point in time, anyway.

Guessing, it may have been the changeover from my (my) first employer to my second, the second being the longest we have stayed with any one employer. This is a reasonable guess because the first was openly insulting (but that was what we were used to). The second went to extremes (or what felt like extremes, in our experience) to be supportive and never hid that they valued me more than they could ever afford to pay.

When I suggested a program to the first, they laughed at me. I soon learned to think through my suggestions carefully before talking with the second employer because their response was almost always, “what do you need to make this happen?” (We would then schedule several hours from a workday, for example, to go to craft stores to pick up all needed supplies for an accessible workshop on holiday card-making.)

I left this second employer, only after many years, and then got sick (Fifth Disease, which led to the confusingly eponymous, chronic-fatigue-like syndrome). Then I was contacted by the second employer again because the state was looking for me, specifically, to work for them – which becomes awkward in the retelling forever, since who is going to believe this actually happened and is not some fantastic delusion. What comes next in my employment chronology can only be confirmation of the delusion, so I will not go there today.

The point, however, is that we spent so much of our life trying to overcome limitations that were projected onto us, and internalizing the belief that the limitations must be real if everyone told us they were, that I was not prepared for the effort to compensate for non-existent limitations to be overkill.

I was woefully unprepared to be valued on merit in my work. I was woefully unprepared to be valued on merit in friendships. (I am kept humble in my relationship with my partner because their disorder means I may never be valued on merit in our relationship. I am changing the rules in most areas of our relationship, however.)

I try so hard to justify my existence, always, and I keep trying because I never feel I have earned my place among people. I never feel good enough.

I have learned to dampen this feeling of inadequacy into background noise, to allow me to function – to allow me to continue the effort to prove myself to the world.

Depression echoes the voices of everyone who tells me I am not good enough and never will be. And deprives me of the will to resist this belief.

I am on to depression's game, but it makes little difference on days like today. The best I can do is to ride it out. It will get bored eventually and return to the background.

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storiesforallfandoms · 4 years ago

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Masterlist 2!

Here’s the second masterlist of all my imagines and preferences! (first masterlist can be found here!) Imagines marked as * are smutty imagines! Imagines marked as ` are requests!

IMAGINES

Z NATION powerful ~ 10k` nothing left ~ 10k* stay ~ 10k (part two)` still mine ~ 10k

HANNIBAL childhood secrets ~ hannibal lecter` i know ~ hannibal lecter`

GAME OF THRONES disrespect ~ oberyn martell

HEMLOCK GROVE assistant ~ roman godfrey

VICTORIOUS dirty little secret ~ jade west new to school ~ tori vega` my sister’s best frienemy ~ tori vega`

CRIMINAL MINDS hearing it all ~ spencer reid hard case ~ spencer reid

THE MANDALORIAN something i could never dream of ~ din djarin

PEAKY BLINDERS i’m giving up this life ~ thomas shelby dedication ~ thomas shelby` all grown up ~ thomas shelby` like looking in a mirror ~ thomas shelby` take a hint ~ thomas shelby` on your knees ~ thomas shelby*`

THE BODYGUARD road trip ~ david budd (part eight) finally ~ david budd (part nine)* turning tables ~ david budd (part ten)

SHADOWHUNTERS i don’t need your help ~ jace herondale*`

HOUSE OF CARDS movie marathon ~ duncan shepherd`

BRIDGERTON unhappy futures ~ simon bassett

LUCIFER old flame ~ lucifer morningstar

BARRY similar experiences ~ barry berkman`

AMERICAN HORROR STORY behind closed doors ~ michael langdon*`

THE ORVILLE cautious ~ ed mercer

SUPERNATURAL to keep you safe ~ sam winchester*`

THE VAMPIRE DIARIES should’ve asked you first ~ jeremy gilbert

NEW GIRL rejected hearts club ~ nick miller`

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY second chances ~ ben hargreeves`

STRANGER THINGS pool side ~ steve harrington (part one)* clear head ~ steve harrington (part two) undead ~ eddie munson he’s not what you think ~ steve harrington (part three) soft side ~ billy hargrove` sister’s night ~ steve harrington (part four)

BOY MEETS WORLD nowhere else to turn ~ shawn hunter`

PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN oh captain ~ captain jack sparrow*` survivor ~ captain jack sparrow` vulnerable ~ captain jack sparrow` thought i lost you ~ captain jack sparrow`

MIDSOMMAR baby sister ~ mark` wish i could be them ~ mark`

MARVEL always ~ bucky barnes a bit of excitement ~ bucky barnes* in another life ~ peter parker (tasm) come home ~ wanda maximoff what did you call me? ~ shang-chi*` don’t go ~ stephen strange*` putting it to better use ~ bucky barnes*`

DCEU his domination ~ the joker*` guilty ~ bruce wayne*

TWILIGHT bloodlust ~ jasper hale`

THE DIRT handsy date ~ mick mars` i could’ve lost you ~ nikki sixx` need help ~ nikki sixx`

JENNIFER’S BODY boy’s are a disease ~ jennifer check

IT CHAPTER TWO the type you take home to mom ~ eddie kaspbrak

8 MILE can’t buy me ~ jimmy smith jr.`

SCREAM haunted house ~ billy loomis there’s always tomorrow ~ billy loomis and stu macher`

VAMPIRE ACADEMY the small guardian ~ christian ozera`

MACHINE GUN KELLY soldier girl*` wap*` better than the movie*` can’t get in` pretty toes*` driver’s license like i’m gonna lose you (part two) rained out` burnt out` accident prone` asserting dominance` sister’s approval` that makes it all feel complicated` way too hot` worst first` comparisons` sucker for pain` thirsty` she ain’t a gold digger` stepping out` my favorite parts*` i have something to tell you` stuck with you` open book` she’s a baddie` it was always you` it’s too easy*` everything is going to be alright` the only one for me` talent that runs in the family` your real prize*` emergency visit` just something i bought` if you remember tomorrow` gamer girl` spoiled` a book by her cover` can’t keep my hands to myself*` break it up!` how you waste love` something’s different` you don’t own me*` leave us alone`

CORPSE HUSBAND sing me to sleep` safe space` needy permanently` hand delivered everything i’m insecure about inspirational` small world` starstruck` unimaginably happy` hype you up` i hope he knows irrelevant

ROOK choker*` unconventional (with pete davidson)` finishing*` daddy’s hurt` never let you go` little drummer girl` shorty` little red marks`

EMINEM pushing buttons` tabloid bs` delayed` mama’s boy` and the winner is...` juxtaposition` something new` dance party for one` am i ready?` caught` morning glory*` relapse` speaking code` rescue` doing it again` old man` the first time in a long time` my greatest mistake` too busy` stop being a cliché` be with you than without you` well that’s awkward` stealing my stuff` brat*` i hate my step dad` releasing the beast` personal collaboration` the toughest decision` tale as old as time`

HARRY STYLES dreams (au part four) going solo` causing trouble up in hotel rooms (part one) tell the world (part two)

ANDREW SIWICKI master plan`

PETE DAVIDSON the wrong time for flirting` our own luck` backstage*` cliche christmas proposal` kissing strangers (part one)` unconventional (with rook)` out of practice (part two)` the best interview ever` hard day*` clingy` pose` looking for someone` you’re my best friend` just want to stay in bed` patience*` secret matching tattoos` my little family` looking good next to you` stop disrespecting my partner` take care` study buddies*`

BLACKBEAR tour bus shenanigans*’

YUNGBLUD just hold me` honey, i’m home` wingman`

MODSUN strong`

HENRY CAVILL too much*`

AARON TVEIT first show` messed up internal clock*` the morning after*` opening night`

KARL JACOBS interrupted the secret spoil`

CODY FERN pranks` i will never be satisfied`

EWAN MCGREGOR fantasies*` feeling like forever`

DOMINIC FIKE inspiration*`

NOEN EUBANKS he’ll never see this`

JOHNNY DEPP drunk mistakes` an honor` between the stacks`

SWAGGERSOULS stop simping in the smp` get out of my room* unnecessary comments` three little words` private room*

DEVON BOSTICK sweethearts`

BO BURNHAM isn’t it ironic? meet cute` a bad idea with a great outcome*` slumber party*` a different side*`

ARIANA GRANDE i choose you`

ANDY BIERSACK the right thing

GOODGUYFITZ real poggers moment`

RICHARD MADDEN the most special moment big sister`

MEGAN FOX absolutely stunning`

JACOB ELORDI abcdefu

TRAVIS BARKER deatbeat`

TAYLOR MOMSEN sweet in private`

SHANNON LETO always overlooked`

TOM FELTON teaching them young`

JOAQUIN PHEONIX love of animals`

ANDREW GARFIELD marking`

TOM HIDDLESTON the archer and the trickster`

JOHNNY KNOXVILLE when stunts go wrong`

SHAWN MENDES neglected`

EVAN PETERS rest

TOM HOLLAND my badass girl`

MULTIFANDOM we’re too stupid ~ the vlog squad` ghostin’ ~ multiple musicians` secrets ~ riverdale cast`

SHIPS oh no, i think i’m catching feelings ~ louis tomlinson x harry styles` save a seat ~ yelena belova x clint barton` possessive ~ eminem x machine gun kelly`

HEADCANONS watching rupaul’s drag race w/corpse calling bucky barnes “buck” for the first time since steve left marc spector railing you in front of a mirror to make steven grant jealous*

NSFW ALPHABET HEADCANONS bo burnham* bucky barnes* eminem*` andrew garfield*`

PREFERENCES when they wrongfully accuse you of cheating ~ misfits` how they react when you walk in covered in blood and carrying a gun ~ mcu

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buffintruder · 3 years ago

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Here are some real life Tokusatsu shows that inspired the show in my fic what if the real steel samurai fandom was the friends we made along the way, focusing on the enemies to homoerotic partners aspect. Almost all of these are with men because unfortunately I don’t know any shows in this genre with women as the main characters

Each of these shows can be watched as stand alones, though they might contain some references to other series, and a lot of the extra-canon content includes crossovers

Kamen Rider Ex-Aid

This is what I would recommend if you’re interested in the tension aspect of enemies-to-lovers. Watching this made me go ‘wait I need to increase the homoeroticism in my fake show by at least 300%’

The premise for this is that people are getting infected by sentient computer viruses so a bunch of doctors have to transform into video game characters to heal their patients. (Yes it is as ridiculous as it sounds. they’ll be like “it’s time to perform a surgery” and then go beat up a guy in a funny costume)

The main character is a former competitive gamer turned doctor intern who is just really doing his best to help people while also wrangling three other doctor Kamen Riders with enormous trust issues and martyr complexes, and also trying to avoid this one game disease guy who is weirdly obsessed with fighting him.

The homoeroticism in this comes in the form of people pushing people against walls in the middle of arguments, villains that spend way too much time thinking about the main character in a “nobody is allowed to touch him because i will be the one to defeat him” way, going from calling someone your ‘fighting partner’ (opponent) to ‘fighting partner’ (best friend and trusted ally), cradling a dying person in your arms, etc.. Also one guy transforms into a motorcycle and cannot fight unless someone rides him, I am not joking.

You can watch the series here https://archive.org/details/kamenriderjw27 or here https://bit.ly/3cvFdOr

Kamen Rider Blade

This series is enemies-to-homoerotic friends in more of a tragic star-crossed lovers way and gave me inspiration for Cloud and Murasaki more towards the end of their show.

The premise is that 10,000 years ago there was a Battle Royale type fight between the Undead which are the immortal representatives of 53 species, each of which matches a card in the typical deck. The Human Undead won, allowing humans to flourish on earth, and the rest were all sealed up in their corresponding card. Now they’ve all gotten released. The main character works for a research company trying to seal them all back up, and one of the other major characters is an Undead who lives with a widowed woman and her young daughter as he tries to understand humans.

The homoeroticism in this is like “I don’t know why I trust you, I just do.” “I hate everyone in the world except like two singular people, but you have won my trust and affection.” “Literally everyone we meet says that we should be enemies and that I should destroy you, but I would fight fate itself if it means we can both live happily.” “I would rather risk letting the world be destroyed than kill you.”

You can watch the series here http://bit.ly/2zEeiyq or here https://toku.fun/post/kamen-rider-blade-full-series-episodes-movies-english-sub. Some of the links for the episodes in the second link didn’t work for me, but you can also find the episodes on archive.org. They’re not organized into a playlist so you have to find each episode individually (you can search “Kamen Rider Blade ep 1” etc)

Kamen Rider Drive

This one isn’t the high up on the rec list despite being the first one to inspire Cloud and Murasaki because I haven’t actually seen most of it. I saw like 5 or so episodes towards the end plus some of the post-canon content and got obsessed with two of the side characters (one of which I would say is canonically gay for the other one in the post-canon audio drama, unless you can think of a way that saying “I can’t deny that one of my hidden desires is to go on a date with him, even though he’s a boy” is platonic)

Additionally, the main character has a guy who really wants to fight him and the lesser villain trio has weird tensions of the girl and guy both really wanting their leader’s attention and being jealous over each other.

This one is about a police officer in a ‘special investigations unit’ that deals with weird going-ons with this robot race that slows down time and is trying to take over humanity or something like that

You can watch it here http://bit.ly/2UhJfly or here https://toku.fun/post/kamen-rider-drive-full-series-english-subbed

Kamen Rider Revice

I also haven’t seen this one but I know people who have (with mixed opinions on the show). The writer of this show originally wanted to make the main Rider a woman but the company shut him down. However, that does mean that this show has a major female character with her own character arc and homoerotic rival (and from what I hear, she is the best part of this show). This is currently airing though it’s almost over

It’s about a family who runs a bath house and fights using their inner demons (and fights against their inner demons sometimes). I’ve only seen a couple bits and pieces of this but the parents of this family are wholesome heterosexuals and the sister definitely seemed like she was trying to go on a date with her rival-turned-ally.

You can watch this here: https://toku.fun/post/kamen-rider-revice-full-series-movies-english-sub

Super Sentai Donbrothers

I also haven’t seen this, but I know at least three people whose taste in media I trust who love this. I’m reccing this one because it’s also based in Japanese fairytales, specifically centered around Momotaro. Characters include guy who was found in a peach and is unable to lie and has a homoerotic rivalry/secret identity thing with a villain where they’re friends out of their suits and enemies in their suits; teenage manga artist accused of plagerism; wife guy; wanted fugitive; and anti-money poet

Every time I hear about this show I wonder how on earth they can pack so much into one 20 minute episode. This one is also still airing

You can watch it here: https://kshow123.be/avataro-sentai-donbrothers-2022-episode-10/

and here https://www.bilibili.tv/en/search-result?q=donbrothers

Miscellaneous

Here is also a link to all the Kamen Rider series of the Heisei era (2000 to 2019) with some brief summaries of each show if you’re interested in seeing a bit of what else is out there. I’ve seen OOO and W, both of which I recommend

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19wl37LsDD4J_yqR7usLNkXA4hGAXngnlI3HgSgMN2Kk/edit?usp=sharing

#my post #my writing #or at least adjacent to it #kamen rider #recommendations #long post #what if the real steel samurai fandom was the friends we made along the way #update: go watch donbrothers it fucking slaps

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