#connect and reaching out anyway

[pompompurin1028]

I've been thinking a lot about connections lately

[bombshellsandbluebells]

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again one of the biggest themes of this show is the denial of love and human connection, the way Lumon and oppressive powers discourage if not outright forbid it unless they can use it, the way they think love and grief are easily cut away by removing memories, and the fact that despite their best efforts, love and human connection will still blossom.

And people complain it’s a pointless straight ship when we see it expressed again with Cobel - the longing for a love/relationship/connection she could never explore with a fellow child laborer, that she likely will never get to explore because Lumon took so much from them.

[thelilylav]

I’ve gotta admit as much as I know Darabella is a flawed ship (and some of the ppl who are anti for it have legit criticisms I love y’all for pointing it out cause it frustrates the hell out of me too trust) they’ll always just kind of be it for me.

Because as much as it was an “I can fix him” trope, as much as Rosabella could be selfish and Daring’s flaws got cranked up to 1000, she was also the first person to look at him after his destiny, the thing he dedicated his life to, failed, when people were questioning him as a prince and putting pressure on his and Apple’s relationship and tell him that, like, maybe it would be alright? Maybe this wasn’t his destiny, and maybe that was okay.

And the part that really gets me? She’s the first person after this happens to tell him that it doesn’t matter what’s on the outside, which as much as you can like other Daring ships or him whatever he desperately needed to hear. Not even cause he was selfish, that’s not what I’m saying, but bc he placed his whole identity on this image that people concocted for him based on him appearing the perfect prince. He was handsome, he was talented, and he was handsome! So who cares about him as a person?

Idk man. You spend four seasons (I watch the specials on Netflix so that’s why four idk if it’s three to some ppl or whatever tho) watching him be praised for his looks, watching girls fawn over him, and of course he enjoys it so nobody really questions how much he enjoys it. And then you get this girl, this girl who owes him nothing, this girl who (contrary to popular belief apparently) has a life of her own and people she cares about outside of him, and she’s nice to him. And she’s the first person after everything happens to just be nice to him, for the sake of being nice. Something about that will always hit different for me

[pizzazz-party]

System Collapse: at this rate the corporates are going to shut down this planet and enslave its people as salvage… unless we put on the biggest talent show this town has ever seen.

[spitblaze]

Coming atcha in this incredible sweater I inherited from my late grandfather

[astrolotte]

I already mentioned it in my rb but since Cookieland is only opened to those who are purest of heart, I think it would be so funny that half the cookies cream befriends just wouldn’t be able to come in 😭

“Cream what the hell why won’t you open the gate for me???���

“It’s not up to me :((((“

Bonus adding on my hc that not only can the unpure not enter the park but they can’t even SEE the park it would be very fun me thinks

YEAH LMAO I like to think that Cream Unicorn can manually adjust the guest list to include "people pure of heart + my friends :D" if they want but Uni's bad guy friends not being allowed in is hilarious.

Imagine Affogato and Caramel Arrow arrive to visit them at the same time. There's tension between them from the get-go but they both decide to stay silent about it for their friend's sake... the gate opens and Caramel Arrow walks in- and then the gate immediately closes before Affogato can step through. And refuses to open back up. Caramel Arrow would laugh her ass off.

In my main affouni au that exists solely in my head, the two meet in CookieLand, but Affogato literally has to break in because the gate won't open for him. There is an unsung hilarity in that stupid rule and Cream Unicorn's apparent habit of befriending evil people

(Though there is something to be said in that, I'd say. Had things gone differently, Cream Unicorn's loneliness may have led them down the same path as Affogato, Licorice, and Red Velvet...)

[some-sort-of-ecologist]

genuinely trying to improve as a person by being vulnerable with people and actively trying to make connections and plans and build friendships and i s2g the vulnerability makes me want to vomit every single time

[scionshtola]

FFXIVWrite2024 Prompt 3 - Tempest

characters: Corisande Ymir, Hermes rating: G | word count: 372 words notes: 6.0 spoilers through Ktisis Hyperboreia and all the cutscenes immediately after

At the highest point of Ktisis Hyperboreia, Hermes falls to his knees. He is a person again, the transformation undone and the conjured winds dissipating in his defeat. He kneels in the middle of the platform, hunched and winded, and despite the performance he just displayed, he seems more fragile to Corisande than before. 

Before anyone can stop them—and Corisande knows they will try—they step forward. Their borrowed shoes make little sound against the metal floor as they approach, their robe whispers around their legs. The others murmur behind them, one’s protests louder than the others, but Corisande presses forward.

She stops beside him, and sets her gun on the floor as she kneels. His gaze stays on the ground, but the pain etched in the turn of his mouth is obvious. She can only guess at the depth of it, measured against the memory of her own pain—the nearly forgotten hurt of always feeling on the outside, the grief caused by no one attempting to understand, the strain of not belonging where she was but having nowhere else to go. 

Corisande rests their hand on his forearm, and he finally looks up. They meet his wild, teary gaze, and will him to remember. The flower changes for me, too.

He blinks, and the storm in his eyes clears. For a moment, Corisande can see the same wide-eyed understanding they shared on the grounds below, the flower held gently between their hands.

It only lasts a heartbeat, the space of a breath, the single rise and fall of a pair of wings, before a voice cuts in. “It’s over, Hermes.” 

The moment shatters, and the loss is a jagged pain in her chest. They both stand, and Hermes’ eyes dart away to watch Hades approach, something akin to resignation in his gaze.

Corisande falls back to the space between Hythlodaeus and Venat. She’s not quite sure what comes next, but whatever it is, she knows she can’t stop it. There’s no saving him, or any of them, from what has already happened. 

But even when he turns against them again, when he traps them in chains, when the winds rage once more—she cannot shake the feeling she let him and Meteion down.

[arckhaic]

i wish i had a writing group

[torgawl]

if wriothesley doesn't appear in any quest once we get to remuria, what even is the point?

the parallels between wrio and king remus are crystal clear. remus who descended upon meropis (a name very familiar to anyone who knows of the fortress of meropide) in his golden fortuna, the legendary ship of remus that is also called the bringer of civilization and glory (wrio who built a ship to deal with the misfortune upon fontaine) is an example of it.

wrio also has connections to hades with the cerberus motif as guardian of the underworld. it's curious that the tower in remuria is described not only as not built to receive heavenly oracles, serving as a guide to ships traveling between islands, but also as a border of reality and dreams. if this is not necessarily literal but a metaphor or allegory, it could fit very well with the idea of a portal between domains or realms, like life and death.

wriothesley also parallels another character in the genshin universe and that person is arlecchino. they were brought up as orphans, taken in by an institution with corrupted leaders, which they reformed and achieved a leading position of. and funnily enough, she has ties to purgatory (a place for punishment, much like the fortress). as i have said in another post, purgatory has been described by dante as a tower leading to heaven. but we also know that celestia in the genshin world is associated with the demon realm - archons being named after ars goetia, an anonymous grimoire on demonology. although the concepts aren't the same in theory, is it impossible that the game has used elements of both? wriothesley and arlecchino's themes are similar enough to overlap. even though i don't expect wriothesley to be lore revelant anymore, i do think his ties to remuria and his role as someone who punishes others for their sins, much like arlecchino, is very much purposeful.

[icewindandboringhorror]

"We can get through this by working together, reach out to your friends, community is all we have, a social network will be your security in the world, now is the time to lean on others!"

I do agree, and it's scientifically sound (pretty sure there is data about how people with better social networks live longer and etc) but also....augh..... what about the severe social issues, difficulty to leave the house, physical issues which lead to like zero socialization energy a majority of the time, etc. etc. Social support can be a replacement for structural support, but.. I guess I just wish it didn't have to be. Community is extremely difficult to build, even moreso if you're someone who has issues with social cues or group conversations or even just being around others in the first place. And blah, nuance, of course I'm just complaining or maybe being too negative or maybe misunderstanding, but, I hardly have the energy to brush my hair once every 2 months.. how am I supposed to maintain a wide social network and be active in a Community and Join Groups lol... sometimes it kind of feels like "er.. well if thats my only option then...... ruh roh". It's overwhelming

[butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway]

Ayyyyy, there are a couple of people on this site who, if I see you reblogging from them often enough i will simply block you. Not a bad by association thing, it doesn't make me think anything about you. But put quite simply, these are people I refuse to be in "six degrees from kevin bacon" vacinity of them. Them showing up on my dash because people I follow are following them means my occupied space has gotten too close to those motherfuckers, and I'm not about that.

Anyway, this isn't a call out post, I'm not making morality commentary here, but sometimes you look at a person and go "if we are ever in the same room I'm going to jail for murder" and that's just how life is

[jackals-ships]

wait hold on i just realized; i think dog ENTIRELY forgets to tell bachus about the proposal when it first happens

they're busy with Emotions and work (in my mind they go back and forth between bachus n saturns ships.. depending on where they're needed. + occasionally satis just to Bother Him) (+they didn't wanna talk FEELINGS..)so it slips their mind entirely (even in another universe u are NOT immune to adhd-)

goes back and he's just

hey brother you got somethin to tell me or-

[despair-tea]

I think I'm growing up alright. I'm gonna keep at it.

[dennistakesamentalhealthday]

the nancy boy thing is just so fucking insane because like. they broke from the spelling of this name to do it but also incorporated it into the spelling of his name with n for nancy (possibly showing how he associates it with himself). but the license plate could have been any letter and that letter could have been any word and they chose b for boy. they could have cut to the license plate from any letter in dennis and they chose n for nancy. and we already know the way dennis spells out his name/words in this scene is very important metaphorically they showed us with that alternate D.E.N.N.I.S. system he gives us so.....they did that on purpose and drew attention to it

[hecatesbroom]

I fully did not expect to write a fic today (or this week, for that matter), let alone finish one. But I woke up with an idea this morning and here we are! A very short exploration of Phil and Dorothy's relationship, in the context of queerness (and boy, do I have more thoughts about them now!)

Summary

Phil looks for an ally in Dorothy, but these are the 1950s — and not everyone is brave enough to be themselves just yet.