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day 1: lesbian

🎭 Erin “Chess” Chesterton 🎭

i have never done an oc pride month challenge before so thank you so, so much @dream-beyond-the-fantasy for thinking of me & tagging me in this, it really means a lot 🥹 this is several days late but i was away for the weekend & only saw the notification about this when i logged back onto tumblr earlier today 😩

there are no posted fics featuring her yet (& with how slow i am at writing these days might not be for ✨quite✨ sometime could be a year 😩😭😩) but she has been in the works since 2019 & will eventually feature first properly in For Years & Years I Roamed (the 12 arc of my canon rewrite AU) as the adopted daughter of barbara & ian before coming further into her own as she turns 15 & joins the bunghole squad, she’s so creative & loves musicals, the theatre, dressing up & makeup, chose to do drama as her creative gcse. barbara, ian, her brothers john & danny along with clara, the doctor & rose (& whoever's travelling with them at the time) go to ALL of her performances.

her love interest will be tanya adeola 🥰

tagging: @queenclaudiabrown @thedragonemperess

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lol I started a "trend" in the looking-for-ticket subforum on the fusion festival forum.

My topic was the first one to have 🚀 rocket emojis around the topic name. And now most of the new ones do too. I am a trendsetter xD

[04dissection]

You know, I would like to add-on a bit to your ideas using a special chess move known as castling, where if the king and at least one of the rooks hasn't moved yet, and the bishop and knight on that side are out of the way, both the king and the rook can move- it's the only move that allows the movement of two pieces! (x)

I noticed you decided Yuno should be a castle, and I thought it'd be an interesting time to bring up the fact Yuno is currently helping Shidou?

Mahiru: Sorry for making you worry. (x)

Yuno: But Mahiru-san has finally fallen asleep. Keep me company with some idle chatter during our break. (x)

Kazui: You're helping Shidou-kun, aren't you? (x)

While I doubt that Yuno has any ulterior motives to helping Shidou, from the games I've watched(then again, these were games from a chess club), once the king is castled like that, neither piece really moves too much until the end of the game since it's a fairly advantageous position, especially if you hadn't developed the pawns in front of the bishop or knight at all.

Speaking of the bishop and the knight! I think it's fitting that you placed Mahiru on king's side, since she had to develop/move in order for Yuno to assist Shidou.

And. Yeah.

Chessgram Theory: Who is Kotoko Breaking?

While the object Kotoko is breaking in Deep Cover’s thumbnail is still certainly up for debate, many people (including myself) are of the belief that she’s snapped a white bishop from the game of chess. Given where Kotoko’s mental state is right now and what’s implied by the lyrics of Deep Cover, I think it’s likely that this MV’s theme will depict all of the prisoners as different chess pieces. Therefore, it’s worth asking: who is that? And, in a larger sense, which prisoners could be represented by which chess pieces?

Kotoko pretty clearly sees her situation as her and Es against the rest of the prison. So, I think that the characters would be divided as Kotoko and Es on one team, and everyone from 01-09 on the other. Kotoko is wearing black and appears to be breaking a white piece, so it’s pretty safe to assume that she and Es would be represented by the black pieces. It’s an interesting choice, given that, even to a non-Western audience, black can be considered a color of evil, and white a color of purity and truth. However, if the Es/Kotoko team is “mystery and anger” and the 01-09 team is “cold demeanors and death,” it fits well enough.

And that’s ignoring the most important part: in chess, the white team always moves first. This would fit with Kotoko’s vigilante worldview that everything she does is just a retaliation against others’ wrongdoing. The other characters attack first by sinning, and Kotoko is only picking them off before they can do any real damage to Team Warden.

Anyways, as for the pieces themselves, different websites seem to have slightly different opinions on what each piece can represent, with some obvious throughlines. I’ll be pulling quotes from these three articles, color coded according to which one is being used, which you can read more of if you wish. I’m also not a chess expert, so if I’m missing anything or got something wrong, I encourage you to add any of your own thoughts!

We’ll start with the Black Team, because there are fewer characters and I think it’s pretty obvious who’s who.

Kotoko Yuzuriha

Kotoko herself will probably be the black Queen. As anyone who’s played chess should know, your Queen is the most powerful piece in your arsenal because it can move on straights or diagonals for any distance.

The queen is our impulse to fight and possibly our id. It can argue based on beliefs. It can let loose and fight like a rook. It has no reason to hold back as a knight does and will often attack to the other side of the board just because it wants to.

This hyper-violent description of the Queen reminds me a lot of Kotoko. She attacks the other prisoners because, according to her beliefs, they’re criminals who deserve to be punished. Not to mention, the “id” is actually the same thing as the “es” in psychology. After we voted her innocent in the first trial, Kotoko became our teammate. She thinks that she’s the same as Es, so seeing herself as the “id” would fit perfectly with that self-assessment. Speaking of Es…

Es (and Jackalope?)

Es is most likely going to be the black King.

The king is not as powerful as the queen, but he is considered the most important piece that needs the most protection.

Even if Kotoko has more power than Es inside the prison, Es is still the one ultimately calling the shots. They’re the important piece who actually casts the votes that Kotoko can use to exact justice. The way that Es falls asleep between trials (or, at least, they did the first time) also reminds me of how the king can only move one space per turn, and often remains in the same square until closer to the end of the game.

The meaning of the Queen in the game of chess is she is plainly the closest support to the King and is often the second biggest (tallest) piece on the board, signifying her power and importance.

Es and Kotoko being the King and Queen together also opens them up to being assessed as a pair. They start the game next to each other, far across the board from the white pieces. If Es is the tallest, most notable piece in the prison, Kotoko isn’t far behind, acting as the King’s loyal fang.

I don’t know if any of the other pieces on the black team would have any sort of particular association. Maybe Jackalope could be the pawn that starts in front of the King (I think that’s the E pawn), so that he could hop out of the way on black’s first move to allow Kotoko to escape on a diagonal?

If I’m right about this theming, I also believe it’s possible that the black team would start only with the King and Queen. This would 1) make Kotoko and Es appear as rootable underdogs by having fewer pieces, 2) show how Kotoko is doing all of the work to defend justice, and 3) give Kotoko a lot of space to move around in from the start.

Now that we’re done with the black team, it’s time for the 01-09 White Team! Given that this side has many more main characters, there are several more possibilities to discuss here. I’ve settled on an answer for each of the prisoners, but there’s certainly room to be flexible with any of them.

Haruka Sakurai

Starting with Haruka… sorry, buddy, but I think you’re a Pawn.

Look, there are only eight pieces (not pawns) for each team on the board. If there are nine prisoners on the white team, at least one of them has to be a Pawn. And, especially through Kotoko’s account of the first Trial, Haruka wasn’t doing a whole lot. He didn’t get voted guilty, so she didn’t attack him, and he didn’t try to save any of the attacked prisoners, either. All he really did was get a new fit and align himself with Mu, someone who barely avoided being voted guilty in the first place.

There is a debate about whether the pawns are the peasants who live outside of the castle walls or are the soldiers protecting the royal court behind them.

Specifically, though, I think that Haruka would be the pawn that stands in front of Mu. Depending on which piece Mu is, it doesn’t have to work like this, but if you say that Pawn Haruka’s placement is basically a “if you want to attack her, you’ll have to get through me first,” that’s quite reminiscent of the threat he presented in his second audio drama.

Haruka also makes sense as a Pawn because he has a lot of potential. For anyone who doesn’t know, in chess, if a Pawn manages to make it to the other side of the board, they can transform into any other piece. Haruka’s quiet demeanor might let him slip under the radar, but if Kotoko takes her eye off of him for too long, he could wind up becoming a threat to the King (Es).

Haruka (VD2): “If you don’t forgive Mu-san, I’m going to kill you.”

In the audio drama, Es counters this plan by pointing out that, as a prisoner, Haruka cannot attack them. However, the sentiment is still there. Even if a Pawn doesn’t really stand a chance of attacking the King when Queen Kotoko is on the loose, there’s always the possibility that he could get too close and throw a wrench into Kotoko’s plans.

Yuno Kashiki

As for Yuno… well, we all know that she’s a Queen in general, but in chess, I don’t think that argument really holds up. Yuno really just isn’t… relevant? enough? to the conflicts of the prison as a whole (at least where Kotoko is involved) to be represented by such an important piece. But, if Yuno isn’t the Queen, what would she be…?

Personally, I think she would be a Rook.

The rook is brute force. It is a disregard to beliefs.

Simply put, Yuno is a Rook because she’s a pretty straightforward person. That’s not to say that she doesn’t lie, of course– her whole t1 attitude seems to have been a bit of an act, and that one section in the middle of Tear Drop makes it pretty obvious that Yuno conceals her true feelings on order to better please her customers sometimes– but that, in the end, Yuno always does what she wants. If she wants to barge forward or cut across the entire board sideways, she’ll do it. She often keeps to herself, just like how enemy pieces wouldn’t want to get directly in front of the Rook for fear of being curb stomped.

Back to her t1 attitude, though…

The rook is the castle, the walls, the protectorate of the city, and in being so, is the only piece not representative of a living thing.

While most sources attribute the Rook’s walls to protecting the other important pieces, Yuno’s walls protect herself. Yuno’s Castle keeps her true self locked behind cold and stony walls, giving her freedom from making any attachments.

Futa Kajiyama

Futa is a Knight because… he’s, uh, literally a knight.

The knight pieces are the protective knights in the castle. The pieces are shaped like a horse because it is symbolic of what knights rode during battle.

It doesn’t always have to be that deep. (/j)

Actually, though, there are other reasons to call Futa the Knight– possibly some of the same reasons why the Milgram creative team decided to make one of his MVs themed after fantasy RPGs in the first place.

The knight represents the pure inner-warrior. If a knight starts out passive, it will always end up aggressive and vice versa. It can't move very far, but it never moves in a straight line, always preferring to be tactical and thoughtful.

Futa definitely seems to cycle between aggressive and passive. He passively lived his life as a regular guy until he unleashed his aggression and became a cyberbully. That aggression fueled him until he learned of his victim’s death, at which point he shut down and seemed to become more passive and introspective again. Arriving in Milgram triggered his aggressive tendencies, but getting voted guilty and losing an eye for it triggered his passive terror. At the time of his second audio drama, it seems like he’s returned to aggressively questioning Es again, and it remains to be seen whether he keeps that attitude into t3 or if something happens that once again makes him lose his footing (or die).

Mu Kusunoki

Much like Yuno, Mu also has an argument for being called the Queen– more so than Yuno, considering her strong Queen Bee coding in It’s Not My Fault and the titles of both of her audio dramas– but also falls short in the “being opposed to Kotoko” department. Although Haruka certainly looks to her for leadership, I can’t imagine Kotoko actually considering Mu a serious enough threat to put Mu on the same level as herself.

So again, like Yuno, I think Mu might be the other Rook. Mu also displayed a very “whatever I say goes” attitude in INMF, so she can share the same rhetoric behind Yuno being represented by that piece. The logic behind the castle aspect is slightly different, though.

Every country or medieval estate would have its royalty who were protected within the walled city or castle.

Mu is a rich, half-European girl whose dad sells real estate. Of course she would be represented by the Castle! Mu’s tactics involve consolidating her power in order to lead from a place above it all, exactly like how a castle looks over the rest of the village. Additionally, I can’t find the source of whoever pointed it out first, but I’ve seen it mentioned that the dress Mu wears in her birthday art is a reference to the one that Belle wears in Disney’s interpretation of Beauty and the Beast. It’s a fairytale with a princess (and perhaps someday, a queen), yes, but it’s specifically one where the heroine is trapped within a castle. Making Mu into a Rook would be a great way to keep up her royal theming, while leaving the Queen for a character a bit more powerful and relevant to Kotoko.

(Going back to Haruka for a moment, this would make him specifically the A or H pawn.)

Shidou Kirisaki

I really thought that Shidou might have more competition for the role of King, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that nobody fit the role quite as well as he did.

Shidou is the perfect balance of a piece who’s very problematic for Kotoko’s win condition, while also not being much of an active threat himself. There are very low odds that Shidou would ever actually try to harm Kotoko directly or get in her way to divert an attack. However, as long as he’s alive, Kotoko can’t win, because Shidou can keep attempting to heal all of the pieces Kotoko tries to eliminate. That’s not something that the King piece can actually do in a chess game, but hopefully you get my point.

Additionally, Triage let us know that Shidou is a family man. While the white Queen will obviously not be representative of Shidou’s deceased wife, and not every other prisoner would enjoy living under his reign (cough cough Amane), the optics of him being the “head of the family” are obviously there. It’s a pretty bad look if the white King starts the game by pleading with the black King to give him the death penalty, but… Well, at least Shidou changed his mind.

Mahiru Shiina

Not to answer the theory’s main question so early into the post, but… I think Mahiru is a white Bishop. Specifically, the one that Kotoko could be snapping in half in the thumbnail.

As far as I can remember, barring Undercover, Milgram’s MVs have only shown us things that have happened in the past. There are some things that could kind of hint at the future (like Shidou’s “So hey, prolong my life / I’m indispensable” in Triage) or depict prisoner’s fears of the future (like Futa potentially being afraid that Es could declare him guilty again at the end of Backdraft). But, I think that every instance of something like that happening could be explained as something that the character did or thought about in the past as well. That might be wrong, as I don’t want to take the time to write out how everything that appears like it could be in the future is actually in the past, but it sounds right to my memory.

My point being, while the snapped bishop could be indicative of Kotoko’s plans to crush someone in the future, if the chess pieces do represent characters, it makes far more sense if her smashing the white bishop is something that already happened in the past. Thus, it would probably be one of the three characters that Kotoko attacked in the past: Futa, Mahiru, or Mikoto.

Of the three options, I think Mahiru fits the role of bishop best.

The bishop is your belief structure. This is why a bishop that starts on white, will always be on white and vice versa for the black bishop.

While not a particularly religious person, Mahiru is someone who lives and dies based on her beliefs about the value of love. No matter what happens to her, she always keeps her same perspective, believing that love is the entirety of who she is and the only thing that’s worth living for. It’s how firmly she clung to those beliefs that sent her to Milgram, and her lack of awareness regarding her actions that got her voted guilty. AKA, Mahiru’s Bishop-like beliefs are exactly what sent her to be crushed in Kotoko’s palm.

To the extent that the blood in the thumbnail is the Bishop’s and not Kotoko’s, Mahiru was also the most grievously injured of the prisoners in between trials. I saw people joking that the thing Kotoko was crushing was “Mahiru’s bones,” and, like… maybe you’re not entirely wrong? 

I hope that you continue reading the post to hear my thoughts on the last three prisoners. But, if you are tapping out here… uhhhh, 0610 enjoyers, go crazy with this one.

Kazui Mukuhara

When I started theorizing for this post, I really thought that I was going to make Kazui the Queen to Shidou’s King. The two of them are pretty close, so the idea of Kazui being Shidou’s guardian makes total sense. And, most importantly, Kazui was the one to actually intercept and divert Kotoko’s attack on Futa. He’s been established as the most muscular prisoner in Milgram, on par with someone like Kotoko, which is perfect for him being the Queen!

Wellllll… I changed my mind and decided to make Kazui a Knight anyway.

There are a lot of good arguments for Kazui being a knight too, okay? After Cat, it’s pretty clear that Kazui was once a police officer. Thus, being a member of the castle guard would be a good match for his choice of career. They’re also probably the most traditionally “manly” piece, representative of an armed man on a horse, and Kazui tries very hard to be manly.

Knights can also hop over other pieces, much like how Kazui jumped into the fight between Kotoko and Futa. In fact…

Never underestimate [the Knight] for its limited range. It’s known as the "Queen Killer" for a reason!

Knights are often a good piece to use to attack Queens because of their unique L-shaped movement pattern. Unlike every other piece, they can attack the Queen from a position that can’t be immediately reversed upon them. Thus, Kazui’s ability to beat Kotoko could be an indicator of this “Queen Killer” quality, instead of the innate power of being a Queen himself. (This logic applies to Futa as well: he can attack Kotoko from the unique angle of appealing to Es’ morals and own sense of justice. Kotoko can’t do the same because, unlike Futa, she has yet to outwardly acknowledge that her murder could have been anything less than righteous.)

Also… the Knight is the only piece that doesn’t move in a straight line. Get it? The Knight doesn’t move straight? And that represents Kazui? Because Kazui is–

Amane Momose

Amane is the other Bishop because… religion.

The bishop stands close to the king and queen because it represents the church which many royal courts held near and dear to their hearts.

The Bishop represents the church, an important and very powerful entity throughout history and even today if you think about it.

Again, not everything has to be a reach. (/j)

So… yeah, Amane’s beliefs– specifically religious beliefs, this time– are also a huge part of her life. Even if she’s changed what the cult’s doctrine means to her, she still confesses that she carried out her murders for the sake of what her religion considers right and wrong.

This is also considered the third most powerful piece on the chessboard because back in the day religion could influence many people, even without the help of the royal family.

Not so much for Mahiru, but this sentiment also fits Amane pretty well! Between the threats of potential conversions and potential assassinations, Amane was definitely one of the prisoners to watch heading into t2. From what I’ve heard, the main reason why her vote was so down to the wire was mostly because people were afraid of the power that Amane held.

Interestingly, this would put another prisoner who was voted guilty in contention for the piece that Kotoko is crushing. However, I still think it’s more likely that that piece would be Mahiru, because Kotoko didn’t physically attack Amane. If it were Amane, it would more likely be that her beliefs were crushed as opposed to her bones, but… I don’t really think that really happened, either. Amane would almost certainly be a bishop, though, so there’s certainly a possibility that that broken piece could be her.

Mikoto/John Kayano

With only one prisoner left to go, you may have already come to the conclusion that Mikoto is the white Queen. And… yeah, I can’t really deny that at this point. Like I said, I wanted to make Kazui the Queen, but I couldn’t otherwise figure out what Mikoto would be.

Because, there’s one main thing that makes me think that Mikoto has to be the Queen… John’s lack of restraints.

She is allowed to move in any direction and in as many squares as she wants.

Due to the whole situation with John not technically being a prisoner, when John is the alter in charge, John cannot be restrained, even when voted guilty. That makes him very powerful; no matter what he does, we can’t use a guilty vote to try to stop him, much like many people hoped to do with Haruka when voting him guilty in t2. The Queen can visit any square, no matter whether it’s black or white, upright or reversed, Mikoto or John. Choosing any other piece that was constrained to a much more limited set of movement rules just felt off for him.

Next, while Kazui was able to defeat Kotoko and save Futa, the fight between John and Kotoko was a draw. That means that they are also evenly matched– perfect for both being the same kind of piece. Mikoto isn’t as close to Shidou as Kazui is (anymore, I think?), but they were at least smoking club buddies, so calling Mikoto the Queen to Shidou’s King isn’t the most ridiculous proposition.

Finally, making Mikoto the Queen, a very feminine piece, is super interesting in the context of people discussing how Mikoto is often associated with stereotypically feminine roles and the girl prisoners (oboetemasuka | candckirby | purgemarchlockdown). I don’t have a whole lot else to say on this matter considering these weren’t points of Mikoto’s characterization I originally noticed myself, but I encourage you to read these posts to get a taste of what I’m talking about. I’m sure there were other posts discussing it too, but… it’s so hard to find things on Tumblr ;-;

Conclusion

Finally, we’ve been through every prisoner! Here’s a summary of what I decided on (left or right side doesn’t matter):

The funny thing about this theory is that it could be fully disproven wrong in, like, a week, if either 1) that wasn’t a chess piece at all, or 2) the chess pieces obviously represent something else. For instance, the chess board could fully relate to, you know, Kotoko’s actual murder and not what she got up to in between trials. We are supposed to get more actual evidence regarding that too, aren’t we…?

Still, if it turns out that the chess board does represent Milgram, I will get the full satisfaction of having called it ahead of time, even if my assignments aren’t 100% correct. No matter what, I had fun thinking about it, which is (in my opinion) the highlight of theorizing! If you have anything else to add, I encourage you to communicate your thoughts in comments, tags, or reblogs. If you don’t, then I simply thank you for reading this far!

Deep Cover… soon.

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Jazz’s Bedroom🌼🛌

    Made a bedroom for my version Jazz🌼. Normally OG Jazz’s room doesn’t have all the ember stuff excpet sometimes the guitar but it shows her room the most. It's pretty much your typical teenage girl room with mainly various pinks and some orange details. Usually having some stationery, books and pictures like flowers and I believe a Japanese Temple:

I wanted to show more of Jazz’s character in her room. I wanted to push the academia aesthatic more since she loves things like school, research and reading so I gave our fav bookworm A LOT of books as well as a well organized desk with a bunch of specials awards like Spelling bees and Chess and stuff she probably got at school since she seems highly regarded at School with a Yale flag. Yales often mentioned about her being interested in. The DMS-5-TR and "Thinking in Pictures" book by Temple Grandin she has in her shelf was a suggestion from @spoopylockerghost724​ since for my Jazz she’s especially interested in psychology and therapy. It's also why I added a Rorschach test by her window seat.

I also added other things aside from books like the yoga ball, knitting basket, chess, arts and crafts, puzzles, etc to show the other kind of stuff she’s into, not just books.

Her desk was actually based a bit on the one I own myself.

For her room I was looking A LOT at IKEA especially for her windowseat/bookshelf

I also wanted to show her as a girl who tries to promote a positive and zen energy and enviroment and follows feng shui tips but not strictly (she loves doing her work in her room), like light colors and being careful of arrangement. Feng shui says you shouldn't have ur bed face the mirror unless covered and her mirror can etheir be flipped over or covered when she goes to bed. She also has things like calming seashells, mental health and esteem posters, a chakra tree, etc. 

I also wanted to show she’s a bit of a theater kid by having some mini broadway music posters along with the other stuff🎭

I also changed her Bearbert Einstein plush to a  Bearik Bearikson. Here's info explaining it in more detail. I added a lot of bear stuff I'm making them her fav animal🐻🐻🐻

I also wanted a mix of mature but also teenage girl by havign things like that teddy bear piggy bank I found pictures of online and stuffed animals. Show while she does her best to be mature, she’s still a kid and enjoys youthful things and uses her room as a way to just let herself be a kid and not worry about others seeing her as childish.

I changed her primarly pink bedroom to having more aqua colors as it's her motif color, soothing especially for a bedroom, and I made the pink stuff into warmer peach like pastels. Also for an ocean aesthatic🌊🐚

What do u think? What kind of stuff do you think could be in Jazz's bedroom? Id love to know💖

I also made a bedroom for Sam & Tucker

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🎲The Rabbit’s game🎭

You woke up in a giant black void….no light no nothing….just….darkness…but your standing on something, it was a purple and yellow chess board and you see a lot of people all confused and scared. “W-where are we..?”, “Honey I’m scared” “W-where’s my home?!”…You saw so many people scared and worried. You were about to calm everyone down until you heard…”𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐦......𝐡𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐡𝐞......“ Everyone panicked when they heard that loudy and deep booming voice. “Who are you?! Show yourself!” A man said in anger. “....𝐎𝐤...𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲~“The figure said in a teasing voice as it revealed it self…..Everyone saw two gigantic yellow glowing eyes with square pupils and a glowing Cheshire Cat-like smile staring at them…..everyone was terrified seeing this god-like figure staring at them “𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞....𝐈'𝐦 𝐣𝐚𝐱 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫“ Jax reveals himself as a god-size purple rabbit with red overalls and yellow gloves. “W-why are we here…?!” A girl said in fear…”𝐉𝐚𝐱: 𝐎𝐡 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞...𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 “𝐭𝐨𝐲𝐬“ 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡...“

“T-toys…..you mean we’re…..the toys…” you said in a scared tone. “Jax:𝐘𝐮𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲....𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨...𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭“ everyone was in distress that there’s no escape, you tried to see if you can jump off the giant chess board but you saw a void…. “Listen you asswipe I’m not here to play games! You better take me home before I kill you!” An angry man said as he threatened a fucking god- Jax used his finger to crush the tiny angry man who threatened him….everyone saw Jax crushed the man so fast “Jax:𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦..?“ Jax said in an annoyed and scary voice, everyone said no in fear as they were terrified “Jax: Ok so….the first game we’ll play is….don’t get crushed~” Jax said in a scary teasing voice…He lifted his finger and crushed two people in on go, everyone began to run as Jax began to crush people with his finger…”Jax and that’s the game…and only 330 people died…heh..such idiots~” Jax said as he licked the blood of the crushed people off of his finge. “Jax: mmm~ such tasty blood~” You and the survivors were terrified seeing him lick the blood of the dead…..

Will you survive the next game……?

[imjulia-andilikecats]

The Reason

Why I love the Love Triangle (Maven x Mare x Cal) in Red Queen

Mare + Maven: *Playing 3D chess with each other's emotion. Relationship as complicated as solving a 15x15 rubik's cube 🧊 and, as toxic☣️ as an Asian Aunt calling you fat in every family reunion* But they make it look dark, edgy and 🎭DRAMATIC🎭 cause HOMEBOI has a bondage kink and BABYGURL too broke to issue a restraining order😫

Mare + Cal: *They are relatively smart and clever individuals who's IQ immediately DROPS 👇to NEGATIVE DIGITS in each other's presence.Thinking skills. GONE. Reading comprehension. GONE. Hygeine. GONE. Respect to public grounds. GONE. Cal's underwear🩲. GONE. Mare. LOOKING LIKE A FERAL SHRUB🪴. With their most iconic line being, "TO BONE OR NOT TO BONE". Only followed by "Thief. Obviously" 💅

[pinespittinink]

“You’re working hard, Morgan,” Ariel says at one point, voice a lighter, pensive sound. 

“Someone has to,” I reply, squinting as the fabric seems to drip through my hands again, again, again, as I touch it a dozen times and see my fingers multiply. Claudia has hired additional help at my behest, a flurry of women to cut the pieces from my patterns and assemble the myriad garments. Yet I still work more than all the rest of them it seems, overseeing every detail, every pearl and gem and bit of lace. 

Ariel shifts on the stool, an infinitesimal movement, but it is enough to make me bite my tongue in frustration. From the corner of my eye, something stands out among the chorus girls trying out their floaty tutus. I turn my head and see someone standing in the shadow by the end of the makeup counter, where Christina and Lingyu are once again playing chess before the mirror. Neither of them notice the stranger. I cannot see their face.

an excerpt from The Great Glavenisean Theater, Chapter Eleven: Dollar and Dime and the Violinist's Child

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👽 🎭 💅 ♥️ ♠️ for Hikaru

👽- What is your stance on aliens? Should they be treated just like mutants?

"I think aliens" He says, before turning back to vocalize to Tavi across the room. "should TURN BACK the ROOK of mine they turned into a wooden spider." He says, before turning back to you. "That's my stance on aliens."

🎭- How do you access entertainment? What is available to you to do for fun?

"Call me old fashioned, but I like just going to local theatres and seeing what small time productions or bands are playing. Still not quite as caught up with this internet thing. Besides that. There's plenty of fun to be had just goofing of with your friends."

💅- Do you have time or resources for self care or small luxuries?

"Hmm" He says. "Money has been tight lately, but I like those small little scented candles you can get in shops."

♥️- Do you think that pity should still be considered the normal feelings for a red or would you say love is a more common practice to look for in a mate?

"I don't think any relationship should be built solely on pity. But I guess its a normal emotion to be mixed up in there if your red is having a really tough time."

♠️- Do you think pitches should only be based on hate, or do you believe they should also be based on a strong rivalry as well?

"Heh" he says. "I've never had a kismesis I don't play chess with. Rivalry is fun."

[tadc-funfair-au]

🌊{MASTERPOST}🌊꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷꒦꒷

👇🏻👇🏻{CONTEXT RESUME OF THE AU}👇🏻👇🏻

👇🏻👇🏻{MAIN CAST REF SHEETS}👇🏻👇🏻

Gangle :

Zooble :

Kinger :

Ragatha :

Jax :

Kaufmo :

Pomni :

Mimine :

[key2solve]

so, we've got a new alter, and ey have been using ey/it/he primarily. it does want to look into more noir/investigative based neos, as well as a new name. mainly looking for neutral names, common noun names like crow and rain are ok.

tyvm!!

alright! noir neos and neutral names comin up!! 🫡 (gun ment and alcohol ment tw)

fog/fogs

blam/blams

rev/revolve/revolver

ware/wares (ware house)

smoke/smokeself

dust/dusty

gray/grays

blind/blinds

street/streets

light/lights

glow/glows

grain/grains

noise/noises

stat/static

mel/mels (melancholy)

chol/chols

beige/beiges

cob/web/cobweb/cobwebs

chess/chess

wine/wines

radio/radios

show/shows

🐈‍⬛/🐈‍⬛

🕸️/🕸️

🕷️/🕷️

🐜/🐜

🎱/🎱

🎳/🎳

♟️/♟️

📸/📸

🎙️/🎙️

🎭/🎭

🎥/🎥

🎞️/🎞️

☕/☕

🥃/🥃

🧊/🧊

🍿/🍿

🎷/🎷

🎹/🎹

🎬/🎬

☎️/☎️

📞/📞

📠/📠

💾/💾

☂️/☂️

🖋️/🖋️

✒️/✒️

🗃️/🗃️

now names!

ace

aero

allium

aloe

ares

axel

aza

bes

bex

bingo

birch

bucket

button

caelum

carver

caspian

chrome

cran

dallas

dalle

deo

dez

dove

dune

ellis

es

esper

espin

ey

faris

fawn

feather

geo

hawk

helio

ira

jade

jax

jaz

sprite

kip

kris

lennox

lupine

lux

myth

sparrow

[philososwift]

Speak Now 💬

🍀. do you remember all the city lights on the water? you saw me start to believe for the first time

✨. just keep on keeping your eyes on me it’s just wrong enough to make it feel right

🥀. it turns out freedom ain’t nothing but missing you

💒. you wish it was me don’t you?

☔️. i lived in your chess game but you changed the rules every day

🪕. but the circle ends right now ‘cause you can’t lead me down that road

📖. the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now

🌛. and it’s so quiet in the world tonight

💖. this is me praying that this was the very first page not where the story line ends

🧨. let’s hear the applause

🎭. your string of lights is still bright to me

👻. you and i walk a fragile line

⌛️. i feel you forget me like i used to feel you breathe

🐉. may these memories break our fall

🔐. people throw rocks at things that shine

🎞️. maybe i’ve been going back too much lately when time stood still and i had you

🦸. i always forget to tell you i love you

❄️. maybe this is wishful thinking probably mindless dreaming but if we loved again i swear i’d love you right

🌩️. he will try to take away my pain

favorite lyrics by album (7/10)