#cool creepy dream in theory

[earlgreytea68]

I have read another terrible book so it is time for me to talk again about terrible books.

All of the terrible books that I have read recently have all had fantastic premises. This was why I picked them up to read. And all of them had glimmers of something good somewhere inside of them. I can't tell if the fault with the book lies with the writers or with the editors. Because in my experience editors don't think super-hard about why characters behave in a certain way, as long as whatever is happening "sounds good" in a plot sort of way. So maybe these were all great books that got edited into absurdity. Or maybe the writers wrote the books in this foolish way, but it's still the fault of the publishers for publishing them like this. Either way, I think everyone could benefit SO MUCH from just, like, thinking a little bit harder about the way characters are behaving???????

I don't often name the books I think are terrible because I don't want to make anyone feel bad for loving those books! It's cool! If you find something that brings you joy, embrace it! I am going to name this recent book, though, because I have Things to Say.

It was The Wishing Game. MASSIVE SPOILERS BELOW.

The premise of this book sounds great because it's like a spin on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (and the author says that was the point in her acknowledgments at the end). And there are glimmers of a pretty complete world the author has dreamed up for the books that form the basis of the in-book fandom.

But. Okay. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the golden ticket game is *in theory* totally random, and all the children except Charlie are awful and in the end Charlie wins.* In this book, the author chooses deliberately who to have compete in this contest and they all seem like nice people and in the end NONE OF THEM WIN because of how stupid this book is lol.

Even worse than the stupid, pointless, manipulative premise (oh, btw, we're meant to believe that the author in question is just a charming and lonely old man NO, HE IS MANIPULATING EVERYONE WHO COMES NEAR HIM AND IT'S CREEPY) is the fact that the MC is the worst Mary Sue I've encountered in years. I cannot believe that for so many years fic had such a bad reputation and meanwhile this professionally published book presented THIS MAIN CHARACTER to me. This woman is so deeply self-centered and selfish and childish and yet is presented as the bestest woman ever who deserves all the bestest things in life. This woman wants to adopt a child whose parents have died, okay, fine, but, like, she consistently refers to herself as this child's mother and seems to want to just pretend his real parents never existed, which is...weird, but Idk, whatever, maybe that can be justified or something, but throughout the book all this woman does is whine about how her parents never loved her. We find out that she believes this because her older sister was really, really sick throughout her life and constantly being hospitalized, so the parents were endlessly in the hospital with the older sister. I get it, she felt abandoned, that does sound rough and awful. Except then we find out that she was sent to live with her grandparents and I understand she feels abandoned by her parents but we find out that her grandparents were apparently lovely people who loved her very much so the fact that she is so constantly angry that she was never loved is...weird, again. AND THEN even worse she haaaaaates her sister so much that she refuses to talk to her, even as a grown-up, and it feels like as a grown-up you should maybe at least start to have some understanding that it wasn't her sister's fault she was so sick???? Like, her sister was genuinely sick, she wasn't faking, it seems, again, REALLY WEIRD that she hates her so furiously. And then they, Idk, make up in the course of a page because this book is like this and then the MC finds out her sister only has a few months to live (BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN REALLY SICK HER WHOLE LIFE) and once again it's ALL ABOUT THE MC, she's all, "Woe is me! I just found her again! This isn't fair!" SHE WAS NEVER LOST. YOU WERE JUST A SELFISH JERK. ALSO I THINK IT'S WORSE FOR HER.

Because this book was sooooo focused on the MC, we never found out very much at all about the other competitors, who all seemed like perfectly nice people, we have no reason to think otherwise. But no. At the end, BECAUSE THE MC IS SO PERFECT, the author chooses HER to basically leave his entire fortune to, but that is a choice that makes no sense when you don't know why the other characters couldn't have gotten it! And she's known this author like a week at this point but she moves herself and HER NEWLY ADOPTED CHILD to live with this guy and this seems like not the wisest course of action?????

And you can see from the Goodreads link that this book has over four stars and was nominated for awards and I'm like, ......WHAT IS HAPPENING?????

I read a lot a lot of terrible books that make me despair, because, again, THESE PEOPLE ARE BEING PAID TO WRITE THIS TERRIBLE STUFF. MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE BEING PAID TO PROMOTE THIS TERRIBLE STUFF. WHY SO MANY RESOURCES BEHIND THESE THINGS?????

But in between these terrible books that honestly at this point I'm reading for sociological investigative purposes, I also sometimes scatter some classics, either that I've never read or that I read years ago and want to revisit. So after finishing this terrible book, I looked at the next book on the very long TBR list that I keep, and it was Kate Chopin's "The Awakening," which I haven't read since high school. I am about a quarter of the way through this book and...the writing is so good. The writing is SO GOOD. I mean, obviously, of course, it should be, the book is a classic and so it should be good. But it's just a relief to remember that I do like to read books lol and some books are really good.

*My personal theory of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as I think I've mentioned before, is that Charlie is Willy Wonka's illegitimate son and the whole contest is manufactured to get Charlie into the factory and allow Willy Wonka to give the factory to him without acknowledging him as his son (because Willy Wonka obviously can never admit to having sex). The end.

[every-shiraishi]

How do you feel about shiraishis backstory?

I was saving this for after his backstory posted so I could properly articulate it. Compared to the other backstories we have seen, Shiraishi's doesn't seem so much. But the more I thought about it the more I liked it.

Shiraishi dealt with multiple prisons, including youth reformatories. He was in the prison system from a young age, and that affects a person. He was sent to prison for theivery, something he likely had to do to survive if he had no family or support network. It has always been his needs first and the rest has to benefit him for him to want to help others. He has this sort of aloof feel to him in beginning of his backstory. Like the 'cool' kids who're like "First time huh?" He's got knowledge of the best times to escape, how to escape, what materials are best for it etc.. Hell, he would even threaten guards with escaping on their watch cause he knows the punishments they would get for it. He's this 'hardened' guy in the prison system.

And yet he's got this soft spot for a lady he's never met. And if you think about it, he's 20 when he becomes obsessed with her. I don't call it love because how can someone who has been in the system their whole life and likely has never met many women or experienced much romance know the difference between love and obsession?

He says himself that her picture got him through tough times. What sort of tough times? We see a bit of it. Hard labor, poor living conditions, creepy cell mates and random and very intrusive body searches. Demeaning and dehumanizing experiences. That's why Sister Miyazawa's picture becomes this treasure for him. He is infatuated with this lady because she was so beautiful that Choan Kumagishi raved about it. He was obsessed with the idea of what she must be like.

So he breaks out and goes looking for her. And when he gets arrested we wash, rinse, repeat, until Abashiri. What I find interesting about his story is how his sneaky little tricks get a spotlight. He's truly devious, he straight up leaves Choan Kumagishi behind because his plans to escape never really involved him beyond using him. He got SOMEONE ELSE to "snitch" just to get put in isolation and be able to escape on his own. He starves himself saying it's for his fellow prisoners to get better treatment? Nah he's gonna break outta there he just had to get the chains removed so he could stick his leggy out real far, and being skinny didn't hurt.

I also don't think he told the crew the full ending to his meeting with Sister Miyazawa. He's a lying liar to everyone in the group at least once. I think he did something really embarrassing and is just saying that he fell out of love with Sister Miyazawa the second he saw her because who is gonna prove him wrong? His two dead cell mates? He did something so cringe I think it still haunts him. I'd love to hear some theories on what that might be. My running theory is he went on and on about how he always thought and dreamed about her and tried to put the moves on her and she rejects him HARD. The man does not have game she is NOT gonna pull a Sound of Music and leave the sisterhood to be with a convict. She rejects him in the nicest way possible and it just CRUSHES him.

Anyway... Shiraishi's backstory may not be the most heart-rending or plot progressing story, but it helps us further understand Shiraishi as a character.

That said it did put Ienaga to sleep so... he just needs to work on his storytelling technique

[fazbearedits]

A eye for an eye

A continuation of this fic https://www.tumblr.com/fazbearedits/755620590954676224/overwhelmed

“Alright since Nicky seems scared we’ll regroup in the afternoon tomorrow and we’ll see if Nicky is ok to go plus it’s getting late” said Delroy,everyone agreed and left the park going to their house but Trinity walked Nicky home first before going back to her place because she knew he was shocked “goodnight Nicky,thanks for helping me” she said,she gave a smile to him to try and cheer him up but Nicky just shut his door and didn’t look back.it was the next day and while everyone was determined to go to this mysterious weather station Nicky was still scared but tried to hide it,he didn’t want to inconvenience anyone.

While walking through the forest Nicky and Trinity stayed behind the group and Trinity obviously saw through Nicky’s act,she then slides over to Nicky and held his hand and smiled “thanks trin” said Nicky “no problem! I’ll hold your hand the whole time” she responded.Enzo heard Trinity and looked back and saw the hand holding and them smiling,he was extremely jealous of Nicky holding her hand since he only held hers once before,it felt like a cloud that he could just sit on in the blue sky,except raven brooks had never had a sunny day only fog and cloudy skies no matter the season so he’d only seen it in media.

But Enzo slightly bumped into delroy in front of him while day dreaming as Delroy came to a stop,”we’re here” he said.The group looked up,the weather station towered over them,they felt like mice compared to it.A massive eyeball stood on a tower next to it as a set piece,it unsettled everyone but they hid it.Walking in the group split up and everyone had their different thoughts.

Maritza:Ew,it smells like a dead body!

Ivan:I hope crowface doesn’t catch us here….

Delroy:woah this place is so creepy…cool!

Enzo:ugh lucky Nicky…

Trinity:how old is this place I wonder?

Nicky:No no no no no no no-

A loud thud was heard from behind a curtain,the group crept over cautiously to it and Ivan pulled the curtain back to find tunnels and Delroy and Nicky looked over to each other as it reminded them of the tunnels that they were in back at the school.they crept behind the curtain and began walking through the tunnels and delroy started to slow down to walk at the level of Trinity and Nicky,who were at the back of the group and delroy began talking to Nicky “Nick I think these tunnels connect to the school”,Nicky actually responded “yeah I think so to delroy.” Delroy and Nicky actually began having a conversation and Trinity was glad because they were normally at each other’s throats so it was nice to see them get along.

Maritza suddenly yelled “wait everyone stop!” She blocked Ivan with her bat,Nicky,Trinity and delroy stopped and walked over to see and they saw a door across the room(?) to stairs that looked like they led to the halls of the school,this confirmed delroy’s theory but Maritza noticed them looking at the stairs but she said “no not that….that.” She pointed her bat down to a huge gaping chasm.Nicky quietly said to himself “no,not here” but everyone heard it and looked at him “let’s go.” Said Trinity,she continued “this is creepy and it’s freaking me out.” But just as everyone was about to react Enzo saw this as his “chance” and rushed over to Trinity,he made sure to go between her and Nicky though so they could stop holding hands but this ended up sending Nicky into a panic attack yet Enzo didn’t care unlike Trinity.

“It’s ok Trinity,I’ll hold your hand! You don’t need to worry!” But Trinity didn’t care about Enzo’s “request”,”Enzo I said let’s go.now I need to get to Nicky“ Enzo tried to push the ask more “No it’s fine! Plus Nicky can stand by himself you know,he’s not a child.” Trinity became irritated “ENZO.STOP” but he still wouldn’t budge the group tried to get to Nicky but Enzo also blocked them “NO! I JUST WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND IS THAT TO MUCH TO ASK!?” Trinity shoved Enzo but she did it so hard he nearly fell down into the chasam but luckily Ivan,Maritza and Delroy were able to hold onto him.once they lifted enzo up they all looked at Trinity who was hugging Nicky while he was calming down but he’s was looking stone cold at them,not caring that Enzo nearly died “Enzo,I’m finally gonna say this to you.stop.you’re a fucking weirdo who is in love with me and it’s fucking weird.I DONT LOVE YOU.”

No one said anything,they didn’t have to,Trinity just walked off with Nicky,completely deserting Ivan,Delroy,Maritza and Enzo.She was walking into the woods with Nicky when he said “I’m sorry you had to say that to Enzo” but Trinity responded with “it’s fine,Enzo has been acting weird to me for a while,it was about time I put my foot down.” They walked back to friendly court and they sat on Nicky’s doorstep for a while before walking back to their respective homes,Trinity didn’t care what happened the next morning with Enzo she didn’t care at all,all that mattered to her is that her friend was safe.

The end of this two parter :D‼️‼️‼️

[humanradiojmp]

My blind reaction to the Murder Drones Finale Part 1

Contains spoilers

Of course, got to have Cyn’s theme for the world ending. Fitting

Wha- REBECCA?!

The teacher could not care less the apocalypse is happening again. He is such a mood

Well there is no air in space, so it makes sense that there wouldn’t be sound, and that Uzi can’t really talk. communicating with space rocks and screens is a good solution

I like the parental advisory sensor. Do the worker drones have that automatically, or can they remove it at a certain point?

Space ship pilot!!! Makes you wonder though how and why they crashed the first time. got distracted or nervous or something?

I half expected the Wall-e kiss, but forehead taps are still good. got to have that comedic sensor cut off as well. I love this show.

Stop that. get help.

Not the Falling for You theme as they fall back to the surface!

That’s the understatement of the century

The ship being brought in looking like the creepy-ass hand that the solver drones got at the manor is such a nice touch

So J is aware of who Cyntessa really is and working with her. interesting. Like to know her reasoning why

Lizzy could not care less she’s about to die-

Is- is it?

SHE’S ALIVE! V’S ALIVE!!! YEEEEESSSSS!!!!!

Was holding my N-doggo plushy and squeezed him so hard and did leg tappies when I saw she was alive. V is back ya’ll!

With a little bit of Eternal Dream as well. I love this soundtrack and the attention to detail to it so much!

Not the sentinel wearing Beau’s hat. I feel like that’s horrible in a way but matches so well.

I laughed so much when I saw the meme.

And the name for V in Lizzy’s contacts. Wow

So much like V with her initial antagonizing towards Uzi, J sided with Cyn out of fear and a need to survive. She rationalized this was the best course of action, even if it’s siding with the obvious ‘bad guy’. But it’s nice to see J does have some semblance of care for her former team mates. Wonder if she also did it all for their sake as well as her own.

The sunglasses and cool pose. Their so cringe

I really like the animation of how Cyn walks in Tessa’s sink. Like it doesn’t quite fit and she doesn’t have complete control over it. nice touch to the creep factor of her existence

Oh yes, emotional and mental torture and manipulation is simply just ‘hurting his feelings’. It’s tots fine, he just needs to get over it.

And just like with Uzi, he can’t shoot Tessa, even if it’s no longer her. or maybe he knows it won’t work?

Nice little moment, but lesson number one kids – never take your eyes off the enemy, ever. Because then you’re going to get your heart stabbed out of your chest

Trying to push her core back in with no hands is so morbid

Of course she has wings. Why wouldn’t she?

I take back the J cares about her teammates statement. Unless she’s trying to make it less hard on herself?

The callback ping with the hands trying to find them, with N on the verge of a panic attack seeing Cyn clawing him out as well as the manor flashback is just so (satisfied grunting)

And Uzi’s heart trying to leave her chest because of the callback ping, her trying to keep it in but it’s pushing out like the monster from Alien (grunting continues)

Oh shoot, they don’t know she’s alive, and you can see just how traumatized the boy is. I really hope they get therapy after this if they survive. They really need it

You protected her from a trap, but at what cost?

V really was operating on fear, I knew it. I know a popular theory is that V remembered most if not all of what happened before Copper-9 and I wonder now if that theory has been proven true. Because she knew what this thing was capable of, and thought if she were to just follow orders, keep her head low, and not incite any callback of former memories, then maybe, just maybe, everything would be ok. But it never was going to be ok, was it? *draws V in for a hug* you need this. A lot.

Oooh, it was N’s core she was going to eat. Oh no.

Wait, Khan has the solver? Or was that a remote for something? (even watching it back, I’m still not 100% sure)

I really like how Uzi has full control of herself and her version of the solver, and how it’s hinted she has some control over the solver in general with how Cyntessa’s eye flickered purple. I kind of half wished they delved into that a little more in the fight to ensue, as it would have shown a cool mental version of a battle of wills. But…

Second part coming because of character limit

Second part

[silviakundera]

In Blossom episode 1 & 2 reactions:

* ML is your standard talented concubine-son of a noble house. I loved his actor in Ancient Love Poetry because he could deliver sweet-creepy. Let's hope he gets an opportunity to demonstrate.

* FL is an undertaker who tries out the graves herself and frightens children with skulls? I love her.

* Coroner disciple? So will we get some investigation cases like in Imperial Coroner?

* I've read the original Cases of Judge Dee, so it's cool I know the #1 trustworthy magistrate investigation tool is torture lmao (Step 2, dream interpretation theory)

* ML's hair is floating in the wind as he stabs stuff. The man knows how to make an entrance.

* Requisite Met As Kids backstory, copy/paste. How do all these people recognize the small child they used know in the face of a mature adult? I struggle with people I knew at 17.

* Naturally they are set upon by assassins. More than a little disappointed he's not the brilliant but physically defenseless scholar type.

Episode 2

* Finally we meet the bad bitch who's gonna steal undertaker FL's body. TBH I'm liking her deranged energy. Kinda sad that we won't get more of her a la Familiar Stranger (fyi if you haven't watched that mini-drama, this is your cue)

* Those "robbers" who massacred FL's fam were not actual robbers, right? ML's dad?

* Ghost Market????? This is just gonna disappoint me, isn't it.

* I'll give them this - his disguise was better than the cdrama usual. Not just throw a veil on.

* River full of knives? But... why??? This is some wuxia bullshit. Marry that man for his snake retrieval abilities if nothing else

* blah blah marry me my childhood sweetheart. tbh I'm not feeling this material that much because they didn't give me enough build up to "believe" yet that he's really in love with her vs guilty & nostalgic about his former playmate. And she doesn't really feel a connection with him anymore either. I'm guessing I'll actually get attached to the couple when they learn each other after her body swap.

* Hot body snatcher is bringing the chemistry that I'm missing.

[yoongleboonglepie]

You dont have to respond to this, I just thought it was cool.

Last night I had this insane series of dreams based on the events of the fanfic, and I basically went through a few parts of the story as if I was ACTUALLY there, like in the place of y/n, and I developed my own theory on what was happening. AND I DONT REMEMBER IT AT ALL 😭😭😭.

But I do remember something happened with Taehyung, and I feel like he's hiding something, but like in an even deeper aspect than just the fact that he is trying to convince himself that he doesn't believe. And in the dream, I figured it out kinda, but I dont remember. Obviously, I could just be making something up here because it was a dream. 😞

Anyways I just thought you'd like to know that you're ff is actually impacting my mind enough for me to dream about it.

Anyways I will probably be super active on here in the next coming days, I might even reread some of the chapters (which I've literally never done but this ff is actually so amazing omg, plz plz plz dont hurt anyone 😭 😭😭😭) Don't let me bother you too much.

Much love,

Mary <3

🎀🫶

YOU'D NEVER BE A BOTHER

Okay this is so meta considering this fanfic idea originally sprouted from a dream I had 🫢

We are connecting ✨️🤝🙏🧠 perhaps it's the witchcraft, maybe its destiny 😂🤪

Okay but I'm so flattered you're dreaming about it, but I'm also SORRY because it must be kind of creepy sometimes LOL.

Also dont ever think y'all are a bother, I literally love getting to chit chat about the story and seeing how you guys enjoy it. It's like getting to talk to someone about my hyper fixation and the people I'm talking to actually care about it???? It's a crazy concept to me but I'm so incredibly flattered 🥹🥹💜

Especially because I was so sure no one would read it since it's kind of out there in terms of fanfiction and I'm still working on my writing, it just makes every reader that does enjoy it even more special to me 😭

Love,

~Delyn

[borathae]

ok finally doing this after a nap

Chapter 3

What is wrong with me *me 24/7, ALSO YES WHAT WAS ALL THAT???

Ever since you set foot into this estate, your brain went into a total frenzy YES EXACTLY AND it seems like she can remember hmmm

Why does everything here look so ancient? YOU NEED TO READ FANFICS to learn to live (except we dont get lucky yn parts just the unlucky embarrassing parts but thank god we aint dying every 5 chapter like yn)

You remember drinking one glass of wine. the said glass of wine:

It is totally normal to forget your date’s name after sleeping in his guestroom never been on a date, but i forgot someone's name after sitting next to them all day and realized after class while talking to bestie and had to wait till attendance next day -_-

ok the door is still locked. he told her to keep them locked and she did, but opened it for a sec and locked it again during the night. and the entire teleporting happened. this is a bit confusing hmmm. like opening it for a sec caused the change, but she locked it again. then how did they get her inside again? the bruise is there so it means it was real. the lock must have some magic and opening it during night causes it to go away?? i will think later lol

Did you punch your own throat in your sleep oof

Why did he know where to look exactly it wasnt a dream babe

istg im about to bitch slap this bitchless dude (TAE I LOVE U DONT TAKE IT TO THE HEART)

You should take better care of your belongings Kim Taehyung damn

He creeps me out honestly speaking all of them are creepy, yoongi is 10% less

just like that all your worries are wiped away like magic. like magic or with magic 👀👀(were u silent or silenced)

your knees are buckling like crazy THIS WILL BREAK ME THIS IS GONNA BREAK ME

Okay not going to lie, this was kind of cool you know whats more cooler??? jimin feeding his cycle 😂 THAT REMINDS ME OF JIN RIDING THE CYCLE HANDS FREE *fans myself

You snort, “so very humble.” ikr sOoOo HuMbLe

hmm usually you see cats sitting on horses, chilling. yoongles must be a rare kitty

Tell me again, why are you studying?” seriously dude must be bored as fuck to study, or started to forget cuz its beeen toooo looong

hold on what if some old being makes some theories and is "killed/disappeared" and later, with a different identity, studies his own theories in college 😭 and continues with it lol

It earned you a scholarship, it clearly must be well written.” or was it something to bring her to them??? 👀 *sus

The entrance exam stole my sanity from me. Even after a week of completing it I still felt jittery.” what type of students go there? what type of university is that? very weird

sunlight was just too bright for his eyes, DONT BE AN UNCULTURED SWINE, THATS WHEN UR SUPPOSED TO TWITCH AND SAY I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE

Emma left, she won’t come back again EMMA DIED FOR SURE OOF

It was a clean and painless end whats that supposed to mean mr.dracula?

Taehyung was a man of such humour ikr him in interviews 😭

Taehyung knew such peculiar stories about places and that doesnt seem weird???

the rain part was soo cute it could me giggling and listening too still with you

wow the honesty was cool, though there is many secrets, some parts feels really raw.

we are both pick-me girls then BAHAHA PLS *starts playing pd48 pick me

they are so cute im gonna die

(the way i started slightly mad at tae and then ended up simping, sighs)

THEY ARE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER DATE YIPPEE YIPPEE YIPPEE

i cant wait for 2seokkook's pov and her talking to them woohoo

i love how smoothly its written, like everything just flows nicely, the scenes and dialogues, its like those nice cozy well directed movies that you watch with pillows and blanket and rested face, body and mind

its only been 3 chapters, obviously the suspense wouldnt make me grip my pillow yet but its already made me clutch my blanket/pearls lol

jjdafjs it took me so long to figure out how the wine pic happened HAHAHA this is such a funny idea help fjadjfs 😭😂

What is wrong with me *me 24/7, ALSO YES WHAT WAS ALL THAT???

ISTFG WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS ESTATE???

Ever since you set foot into this estate, your brain went into a total frenzy YES EXACTLY AND it seems like she can remember hmmm

like the suspicion is growiinnggg

Why does everything here look so ancient? YOU NEED TO READ FANFICS to learn to live (except we dont get lucky yn parts just the unlucky embarrassing parts but thank god we aint dying every 5 chapter like yn)

it doesn't make sense to you yet probably but I wanna be SA!OC so bad jfasdjf

It is totally normal to forget your date’s name after sleeping in his guestroom never been on a date, but i forgot someone's name after sitting next to them all day and realized after class while talking to bestie and had to wait till attendance next day -_-

girliepop me all the time, I forget names so easily (the same with song titles FAFAJDS like I kid you not I even forgot BTS song titles sometimes like it's so bad)

ok the door is still locked. he told her to keep them locked and she did, but opened it for a sec and locked it again during the night. and the entire teleporting happened. this is a bit confusing hmmm. like opening it for a sec caused the change, but she locked it again. then how did they get her inside again? the bruise is there so it means it was real. the lock must have some magic and opening it during night causes it to go away?? i will think later lol

hmhmhmhm interesting theory indeed mhmhmmh or perhaps 👀 someone made her lock the door again and then think everything was just a dream 👀 mhmhmhm

You should take better care of your belongings Kim Taehyung damn

"belongings" LIKE THE ICK

He creeps me out honestly speaking all of them are creepy, yoongi is 10% less

JFJADSJF YES jhfahsdhf I agree fjadjfa

just like that all your worries are wiped away like magic. like magic or with magic 👀👀(were u silent or silenced)

INDEED LIKE WHAT IS HAPPENING TO HER???

Okay not going to lie, this was kind of cool you know whats more cooler??? jimin feeding his cycle 😂 THAT REMINDS ME OF JIN RIDING THE CYCLE HANDS FREE *fans myself

omg hahahaha this scene 😭😭 he is such a goof I love him 😭😭 Seokjin is honestly so hot I need to inhale him

hmm usually you see cats sitting on horses, chilling. yoongles must be a rare kitty

*cries* he is indeed a kitty

Tell me again, why are you studying?” seriously dude must be bored as fuck to study, or started to forget cuz its beeen toooo looong

LMOAOAO FOR REAL LIKE FADHF couldn't be mE FJASDJF

hold on what if some old being makes some theories and is "killed/disappeared" and later, with a different identity, studies his own theories in college 😭 and continues with it lol

👀 interesting ohohooh

It earned you a scholarship, it clearly must be well written.” or was it something to bring her to them??? 👀 *sus

OOOOOH IMAGINEEEEE 👀👀

The entrance exam stole my sanity from me. Even after a week of completing it I still felt jittery.” what type of students go there? what type of university is that? very weird

IT IS INDEED VERY WEIRD ALL OF IT 👀

sunlight was just too bright for his eyes, DONT BE AN UNCULTURED SWINE, THATS WHEN UR SUPPOSED TO TWITCH AND SAY I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE

lmaoaooaoao in her defence I have really sensitive eyes too and can barely stay in the sun without my eyes ACHING jfadsjfj so it IS possible

Emma left, she won’t come back again EMMA DIED FOR SURE OOF

👀 mhmhmhmmh

It was a clean and painless end whats that supposed to mean mr.dracula?

LIKE HELLO WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER????

Taehyung was a man of such humour ikr him in interviews 😭

I love him 😭😭

Taehyung knew such peculiar stories about places and that doesnt seem weird???

kfadjsfasj she is just here for a good time not a long time lmaooa

wow the honesty was cool, though there is many secrets, some parts feels really raw. they are so cute im gonna die (the way i started slightly mad at tae and then ended up simping, sighs) THEY ARE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER DATE YIPPEE YIPPEE YIPPEE

fjadjfjad I love how you switched instnatly JFJADSJF THIS IS SO ME WHEN SANGUIS TAE FJADSJFJ

i love how smoothly its written, like everything just flows nicely, the scenes and dialogues, its like those nice cozy well directed movies that you watch with pillows and blanket and rested face, body and mind. its only been 3 chapters, obviously the suspense wouldnt make me grip my pillow yet but its already made me clutch my blanket/pearls lol

gaaah thank youuu <3 I'm so happy that you're having such a good time with it heheheh istfg I love reading your comments, they're so awesome heheheh 🥺😭💜💜

[12th-shavie]

AI : The Somnium Files playthrough restrospective

I recently played the game to completion (barring a couple entries in the album but I'll probably do that at some point to see that sweet sweet concept art) and it's been an amazing experience ! I'd recommend it to any mystery visual novel enjoyer, especially those familiar with zero escape (there's even a small nod to it). Without further ado I'll go through my experience playing the game, the theorizing along the way and my thoughts and feelings on its story, characters, gameplay and all that jazz !

Spoilers and thoughts on the entire game below the cut (do yourself a favor and play it first if you like solving mysteries), written with the assumption that there is no need to introduce characters or plot elements.

Part I : Flowchart exploration and theorizing

I went into the game knowing barely anything about it or the plot, besides the fact it was mystery and written by the guy behind zero escape.

I followed my instinct on what was a more compelling choice most of the time, and only revisited the branching somniums later to try the other choice aside from one instance : in the first psync with Mizuki, I immediately used a retry the moment Date associated the balloons with a painful memory for Mizuki (I was already feeling bad for her, and was already determined to try to do the best I could for her).

That first route turned out to immediately be very brutal to Mizuki, with her father's corpse being found next. Unfortunate. The next psync with "Iris" was really puzzling, especially with how I ended up on the Annihilation route with all the murder scenes from the Cyclops Serial Killings in "her" somnium. I suspected her of being a witness to the murders and somehow having repressed the memories but really didn't know what my stance was on Date's face being shown as the murderer's. The most logical theory was that Date was the killer and Boss was doing all the hiding to make sure he wouldn't remember that and go crazy again, but that felt too easy of a conclusion to be true.

Things kept taking a turn for the worse with Date getting tricked and the murder of "Iris" and Ota in the warehouse, more investigation, lore dropped by Pewter about the original Cyclops killers and everyone being depressed until #89 shows up and hands out "his" full backstory and a cool somnium that's (interestingly) the same as Date's dream. Not to mention that #89 looks almost identical to the guy at the end of that dream and it's all very mysterious, until the climax where "Rohan" shows up and shoots, revealing the circumstances of Hitomi's arm wound.

And then "Boss" murders "So Sejima" on camera and the story route is locked. That was pretty shocking to say the least, but it only fueled my theories even more ! I started to suspect Boss of hiding something along the lines being in cahoots with the Cyclops killer and being willing to get her hands dirty to keep it hidden from the public (and Date to an extent).

And back to the "Iris" somnium I went, only to discover that it was a lot more chill in the other route, even if the child's drawings felt a little creepy and allegorical of the murders (I was still on the Iris witness theory) and then what was previously the blue silhouette of a murderer became someone who kissed So Sejima. That guy again, huh (although he was still alive in this timeline).

Unsurprisingly, Date got tricked again, but without the taser so it was nice to have a better view of the events this time around. And with a better timing, neither "Iris" nor Ota died and I got to learn about Mayumi's dementia, some Hitomi lore, and just how truly powerful Mizuki is (she's just built different I love her). Ota's somnium was pretty funky with the comic book aesthetic, and my pick of the green shelf over the red one came down to the flow of things and the camera angle.

Date gets a little greedy with the 6-minute limit in this one, but the reason for the limit itself still isn't explained, and Date promptly passes out. Then I got some quality time investigating with Mizuki ! That was pretty enlightening, with a lot of background to her situation with Date as her guardian, how terrible parents Renju and especially Shoko are, a cute moment at the shrine (which even is relevant later !), a funny optional ending, but most importantly the final key on the investigation to pinpoint "So Sejima" as the polar bear. Turns out HQ and Boss have ties to the congressman (all the more interesting considering "her" actions in the previous timeline) and Date makes the wise choice not to leave Mizuki behind after she's held hostage once already. Very Dadte of him (plus, she deserves to kick some butt, as a treat).

They even get a cool fight scene against a bunch of bodyguards in which Aiba yet again exploits Date's enhanced reflexes (at this point this characteristic was becoming a little suspicious but I didn't focus on it) until Mizuki is in trouble. Again (but it's alright she can be a little reckless, she does have a lot of avenging to do for a 12 year-old). Date is shot in the AI-ball, Sejima says that Date was killed by his own father (which had me in shambles because what do you mean these two are related ? Huh, Sejima ?). Thankfully Date manges to shoot him and that's curtain for Sejima. But also for Date as he passes out, fairly understandably exhausted by that point. In the hospital, there are even more touching moments with Mizuki opening up to comatose Date before psyncing with him to wake him up. Boss' true name is a nice addition (although I was still suspicious of her true intentions, but with So dead she wasn't constrained by those ties anymore).

The psync that follows, within Date's somnium, is far too cute and touching for me to do it justice. It's a glimpse at the familial bond that has grown between Mizuki and Date over the last 4 years, and some of the story events in this branch, like the wish Date made at the shrine for Mizuki to grow up healthy and happy (my eyes were not dry) and ultimately Mizuki's realization that she and Date are family now as she gets him to finally wake up. The short epilogue at the shrine also tugged at my heartstrings a bit. Overall a very poignant ending and I was very satisfied with this one as my first real ending after the previous' locked cliffhanger. At that point, my main theory on Date was that his medication was used to influence or even manipulate his behaviour and that he either was or was closely linked to So Sejima's son, who I assumed to likely be the (past?) Date from the "Iris" murder somnium.

So I went back to Ota's somnium to see how differently things would go on that timeline after going for the red shelf and it wasn't too different at that point, aside of the emphasis on the floral knife and the chocolate in the warehouse making its debut, as well as Mayumi's confession, which opened the door to the "Mayumi wanted to kill the witch" theory, but I didn't even consider it, Mayumi wouldn't ever stab Ota, even under those circumstances. And those who willingly confess are rarely truthful in their guilt. With So Sejima being found dead again, there was still too much information missing on that front.

Mayumi's somnium was (ironically) memorable, with its unique warmth, floating flower, and tragic tone. It made me really appreciate Mayumi's character and Ota's growth in this route, although the lack of many actual clues beyond the series of event preceding the warehouse murder (which was mostly for the locked timeline where it came true), Iris being very suspicious with the floral knife, and I guess Shoko's missing eyeball in Renju's stomach. It was an ending that left me with a warm heart and determination to solve the events of the warehouse (and find out what the hell was going on with eyeballs).

In order to do that, I went back to Mizuki's somnium and went through the painful memory of her mom's abuse and the frozen corpse of "Iris" being there for some reason. I had my suspicions on Iris for a while and was content to see that she was getting some focus (and thus more information to solve the mysteries about her and "her" really creepy somnium from the other timeline. After a nice section with Mizuki and Hitomi helping her, the investigation goes into Renju's disappearance as well, whom I was fully expecting to show up as a corpse at that point, given his quick demise in the other timeline. Aiba and Date setting a password for her self-destruct command felt very ominous and I couldn't help but wonder what kind of lie would eventually trigger it (because I'd be surprised if it didn't end up happening). The inclusion of So Sejima's part in the first murder and the frozen "Iris" at the warehouse were interesting segments, considering how much of the mystery kept turning around Sejima somehow.

Finally getting to see what So had in mind was interesting to say the least (and good misdirection, looking back on it), and even more so when it becomes clear that Iris is in fact very much alive. After that there is a good amount of investigation on #89, Renju, and even some more Hitomi lore, until #89 is interrogated and escapes with Renju somehow. Then it's the Iris show and she goes a little nuts with conspiracies.

But after a ShovelForge somnium that made me feel like Date was also going bonkers, he decided to believe her delusions (I was not buying one bit). Then came round 2 of the Iris show until the revelation that Pewter of all people has betrayed Date for Renju and is the lover mentioned with the watch story (very nicely foreshadowed in the early game with some BL in the shelves). He kidnaps Iris, the funny squad is assembled in order to rescue her and after that is done, more Iris lore on her Uncle (identified at Falco and #89 at this point), and a bit of flashback that isn't new (it was shown briefly when Iris revealed her name to Date) but shows that Date shares some of the Uncle's memories somehow. And then they go to the abandoned chemical plant and the prototype psync machine is there ! How convenient that this obviously very important machine was in reach of the characters at any point in time, provided they know about it, surely that won't open up the door to way too many theories later (this is foreshadowing). And also Iris' brain fails her. Welp.

More ShovelForge somnium it is, at least for a bit. Aiba's blocky look was as cute as ever but Iris didn't make it (bummer). The amount of focus on the manual to the psync machine and Iris' bleeding left eye as she passed away were very important clues that I regrettably did not give too much thought to. Date being so very affected by her death also felt very important and I did pick up on it.

Time go back to ShovelForge Somnium the First™ and after a little struggle on how to change the course of that particular psync (I ended up glancing at a guide for a lead), Date is finally reasonable about Iris' delusions. Turns out she had a malignant brain tumor all along (that explains a lot) and also she just ran away with someone she trusts (with all these context clues, the most likely candidate to me is the conveniently escaped #89 who's the spitting image of her Uncle, but Renju makes more sense in this context I suppose), only for "her" frozen corpse to show up again in the warehouse's forklift. And with Aiba around, it confirms that this corpse is very real and Date going nuts. After realizing that the body couldn't, in fact, be Iris', and a very nice zero escape reference, Mizuki is the one to reveal the truth about the body being Manaka Iwai's and Renju's heavy involvement with the warehouse and its management (Mizuki I am so sorry that you keep seeing dead bodies I want you to be happy). Up next is interrogating Hitomi, and boy was I glad that I'd finally get some answers from her, she was clearly hiding something huge in my opinion. But she refused to speak so psync time- wait no time for the single most crucial piece of information in this ENTIRE mystery. So the psync time limit, which has been repeated time and time again is not simply a precaution to maintain the psyncer's consciousness, it's the time limit before the minds swap, effectively switching bodies. I immediately applied that knowledge to a new theory : the Date/#89 switcheroo theory, which explained Date's strange dream in Hitomi's apartment, and I started considering the possibility of more switcheroos.

Hitomi's dark forest somnium is a welcome change of atmosphere after the ShovelForge Somnium experience™. After dealing with it, Hitomi revealed the truth behind Manaka's disappearance and Iris' parentage, making her Saito Sejima's half-sibling (Date's body's owner 6 years ago, according to my theory !), Rohan Kumakura's involvement in the disposal of the body (explaining the missing right eye), and how the body found its way to the frozen forklift, but also Hitomi's desire for revenge, it fading away in favor of Iris until the brain tumor was found, the blackmailing involving Manaka's body in the warehouse ! It all made so much more sense now ! I could see it clear as day, Saito Sejima was 12 18 years ago and Date('s body) was stated to be precisely 30 ! It was a perfect match to my theory ! One Pewter betrayal and Aiba intervention later, it was time to confront what awaited at the chemical plant : the prototype psync machine, Renju's remains, and #89 with a taser he immediately puts to good use, locking this portion of the story.

Time to finally see the first locked route through, and this nothing would prevent me from uncovering whatever "Boss" was hiding ! I suspected it to be a particular mind switcheroo or something along those lines. After exploding a bag of flour at Sagan residence, Date finally got a hold of "Boss" and enlisted Pewter's help to psync with "her".

After a banger of a somnium with a very 999 feel to it, the truth about the crazy murders is far beyond my estimations : it wasn't just one or two, but an entire chain of body-swapped murderers all under the plot of a single mind, that of Saito Sejima. As I suspected, Date was indeed in Saito's body at present, and the meds he administrated were to compensate for Saito's oxytocin problem, and this body was the very reason behind Saito's display of his victims, as an attack against Date specifically, the one who was occupying the body Saito craved to go back to to once again enjoy murder to the fullest ! With Hitomi taken hostage, Date complies in switching bodies with Saito in exchange for her location... that doesn't well, with Saito Sejima back as himself, Date in Boss' injured body, and the bomb detonating regardless of the deal. Aiba saves the (admittedly very bleak) day with well-timed shock, and here ends this timeline. So far the most gripping string of reveals, exhilarated by the confirmation of multiple theories I'd been formulating with conviction and making it terribly satisfying for me to know I had a hold of the truth !

But there is still a final conclusion to reach in the timeline I had to leave just before this moment. #89, who is none other than Saito in Falco's body at this point in time, takes all his time explaining his actions throughout this timeline just to make Date mad (and I have to respect his commitment to being a spiteful yet entertaining shitty little man). Another funny part of this is the way Date starts remembering things from the other timelines and questions how and why he knows it, that was just so zero escape of him (I was expecting something like that from the moment the timelines branched). Saito goes on and on about the way he went about his business, using Renju's money and connections until his body was on the brink of death, exploiting Iris' trust in Falco, and even how he killed Manaka 18 years ago to feel the happiness his brain produced as a response to murder. He then goes for the psync, doing his left classic eyeball-ripping without a hint of hesitation, and that just really shows his character.

The final psync being all reversed is very cool, and it shows the events of 6 years ago, first when Falco and Rohan swapped, and then the swap between Falco in Rohan's body and Saito. Most of the psync UI is cryptic and concealed (since Date is the subject and not the psyncer) until the final swap is finally over. After waking up sedated to a taunting Saito who wants to kill Iris and Hitomi in front of him, Date gets the complete flashback of the important moments of Hayato Yagyu aka Falco 6 years ago. Meeting Hitomi, wanting to share their lives, trying to quit his deal wit the Kumakuras, asking Boss for help, swapping with Rohan, chasing him to Hitomi's residence, the shooting, meeting up with Saito, getting dragged to the prototype psync machine, swapping with Saito and losing his memories, running away from the chemical plant, encountering Boss and finally becoming Kaname Date of ABIS, joined by Aiba a year later.

The final stretch against Saito begins with a last bit of exposition on the events of 6 years ago on Saito and Rohan's sides, before Saito pulling out Date's gun and Moma intervening to rescue him, lending him a gun. The fended-off Saito is then found holding Iris at gunpoint and rambling about fireworks and murder, but Mizuki with a pipe comes to the rescue and Date follows up when Mizuki is shot in the leg, knocking Saito away. Ota (who is also here) unties Iris and the youngster trio, up to speed about the body-swapping thanks to Aiba (and Saito in Iris' case), looks for Hitomi with Date. She's found, unfortunately with Saito threatening her life once again this time with a countdown for Date to throw his gun. Ota pulls out his phone with Aiba, who is not only stuck in Saito's eye socket physically but also in data (Pewter's latest betrayal included deleting her data from the cloud) and finally puts her self-destructing function on the table as the last resort. I had been waiting for that moment at increasing levels of worry as the story advanced ever since the password was set, so it didn't catch me off-guard, but it was nonetheless a very emotional scene when the countdown ended, Date threw his gun, and Saito immediately declared that he was a fool for doing that and that he would kill all of them, Date told a heart-wrenching lie to Aiba (I'd be lying if I said my eyes were dry) and she exploded Saito's head entirely, putting an end to his murderous intents once and for all.

And just like that, it's all over. Many lives are saved, but inevitable sacrifices were made to get here, to this best possible ending. The epilogue wraps things up nicely, showcasing everyone by the time Iris was out of the hospital, with Date remembering a couple of things from other timeline splits, Iris hoping for Date and Hitomi to get together, Boss and Pewter (temporarily out of prison) knocking Date out and using the psync machine on him as a treat, Kagami making an appearance (good for him), So Sejima still not being in prison, Iris trying to set up Hitomi and Date, Mizuki (now Mizuki Date, the adoption now being official) being mad at Date over the most trivial things, Ota being a little more responsible, Mayumi doing well, Moma being a foolish A-Set fan, Mama refusing to know too much about the truth (smart and respectable move), and finally Aiba making her grand comeback thanks to the Wadjet system and being reunited with Date before a grand dance number with the entire cast.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with the order in which I explored the story ! It had a good balance between nebulous mysteries and clues with which to solve them, the strongest emotional moments to me were spread apart a good amount (enough to hook me in, leave me some time to get attached and only then remind me that I'm not immune to tear-jerking), and I had plenty of opportunities to theorize before new information came to wreck my thoughts !

I guess the most influence different routing could've had would be what characters I trusted more (for example Pewter's actions felt more like a betrayal after a full timeline of nothing suspicious on his part) and how much I valued some information (such as everything surrounding So Sejima being doubly suspicious after the "killed by your own father" moment, or Saito's somnium when disguised as Iris showing "Date" as a killer).

[tallcrishorror]

WK10

THE STRIGOI: A Vampire, a Ghost, or Just an Undead Nightmare?

Okay, so this week I went full vampire mode and researched the strigoi, one of the creepiest creatures from Romanian folklore. If you thought vampires were scary, just wait—this thing makes Dracula look like a cuddly bat.

The strigoi is like a hybrid between a vampire and a restless spirit. In Romanian legends, they’re basically undead people who rise from their graves to terrorize the living. They can suck your blood (classic vampire vibes), but they’re also known to drain your energy or even torment you in your dreams. Some strigoi don’t even wait until they’re dead to start wreaking havoc—if a person is born with something “weird” (like a tail, apparently), they could be accused of already being a strigoi. Harsh, right?

Strigoi in Pop Culture

So, the strigoi hasn’t blown up as much as Dracula in the media, but it still has some cool references. If you’ve ever seen The Strain (2014), that entire show is based on strigoi lore, but Guillermo del Toro gave them a modern, parasitic twist. These things are gross—they have stingers, spread a virus, and don’t sparkle (sorry, Twilight fans). Another big reference is in The Witcher universe, where strigoi and similar creatures pop up as monsters you have to fight.

Oh, and how could I forget Castlevania? While they don’t explicitly call out the strigoi, you can tell the creators were pulling from a lot of Eastern European myths, and strigoi vibes are all over the place.

TikTok also loves a good strigoi story. There are all these videos of people claiming they’ve seen glowing eyes in the woods or heard strange voices calling their name. Like, sure, it’s probably just a fox… but what if it’s not?

Are Strigoi Real or Just a Scary Story?

Now, do I think strigoi are real? Honestly, it’s hard to say. Back in the day, a lot of strigoi legends came from stuff people didn’t understand, like diseases or decomposition. For example, when bodies didn’t decay “normally,” people would freak out and think the corpse was sneaking out at night to cause trouble. There are even records of people digging up graves to stab the bodies or burn them because they thought they were strigoi!

If strigoi aren’t literal undead monsters, I think they could’ve been a way to explain weird or scary things people couldn’t make sense of—like sleep paralysis, sudden deaths, or even just nightmares. That whole “draining your energy” thing? Sounds a lot like sleep paralysis demons to me.

But at the same time… what if? I mean, Romania is full of dark forests, creepy castles, and old superstitions. Who’s to say there isn’t something out there that inspired these stories?

Final Thoughts

The strigoi is such a wild mix of vampire, ghost, and zombie, which is why I think it’s way scarier than your basic “I vant to suck your blood” vampire. Whether it’s real or just a way to explain the unexplainable, it’s definitely a creature I wouldn’t want to meet at night (or ever).

So, what do you guys think? Is the strigoi just an old-timey ghost story, or is there a chance something like this could exist? Drop your theories, and let’s talk about it!

Stay spooky, my friends. 👻🦇

[enlighten3d]

OKAY. MY THOUGHTS ON MUTANT MAYHEM:

its amazing.

(spoilers for tmnt mutant mayhem!!!!!)

this is all going to be very incoherent and in all caps

SO I FUCKING LOVE IT. ITS NOT MY FAVOURITE (thats rise, i owe my soul to rise), BUT.

gods its so amazing

their first time meeting april! ITS VERY SIMILAR TO THE WAY THEY MEET APRIL IN 2012 BUT WITH LEO BEING THE SIMP EXCEPT HES NOT AS CREEPY ABOUT IT????

and oh my gods, april literally said the word 'sus' in the movie. SEVERAL TIMES. WHY. ASHFBSK WHY IS THAT SO FUNNY TO ME HOLY SHIT. AND DONNIE LITERALLY TOLD LEO THAT HE HAS NO RIZZ. USING THE WORD RIZZ.

leo is. in the words of my good friend, @sp-teri, "leo is cringefail". i love leo so much. donnies my favourite, but. leo is wonderful. HE DOESNT KNOW WHAT HES DOING AND HAS LITERALLY NO RIZZ (donnie described it perfectly) HES AMAZING

and oH MY GODS. SUPERFLY?? SUPERFLY IS COOL. VERY COOL. HES KINDA LIKE DRAXUM BUT ALSO NOT???????

how is superflys plan even supposed to WORK. i mean, he wants to turn all animals into mutants and kill humans. HOW DOES THE OOZE (i love that its called ooze in this. ooze rights.) DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ANIMALS AND HUMANS????? HUMANS ARE ANIMALS TOO...

idk, ill chalk it up to movie logic, i guess.

AND BRO. DONNIE. MUTANT MAYHEM DONNIE IS AMAZING.

HES A KPOP STAN. im so proud of him.

AND THE ENTIREEEEE MOVIE HINGES ON THE FACT THAT DONNIE RLY RLY RLY LIKES ATTACK ON TITAN. THEY WON BECAUSE OF ATTACK ON TITAN. GO FOR THE NECK!!!!!!! AND IT WORKS. I AM. IM GOING INSANE ABT THAT.

AND DONNIE HIMSELF. HES MY FAVOURITE. I LOVE HIM. HES SO SASSY AND AMAZING AND HE HAS SO MUCH PERSONALITY AND. i stan every version of donnie (...even 2012 donnie...) BUT MM!DONNIE? HES MY SECOND-FAVOURITE (once again, my soul belongs to rise).

donnie is. hes so cool Ɛ>

i literally dont have words.

and i love mm!april so much. IM SO PROUD OF HER. SHES A CONSPIRACY THEORIST AND WE STAN IT. AND SHE OVERCAME HER FEAR OF CAMERAS IN THE END!!! SHES A REAL REPORTER!!!!! APRILLLLLL O'NEILLLLLL

and oh, oh! that weird boss lady that wants to milk the turtles (every damn time they said that they were gonna milk the turtles, i was. that shits hilarious. "they/we dont even have nipples!")! my theory, with basically no evidence to it, is that SHES A KRAANG OR SMTH. IDK. i mean, she mentioned utroms????

OH MAN THE SHREDDER APPEARING AT THE END THO??? CHILLS. CHIIIILLLLSSSS

and omg the turtles get to go to school. im so happy for them. THEY GET TO BE TEENAGERS! i do not approve of them taking their masks off, but pop off ig LMAO.

AND THE. THE ARTSTYLE OF THE MOVIE. AGH. SO FUCKING PRETTY. I LOVED ALL THE EXPLOSIONS AND SCRIBBLES AND -

oh my gods the fuckin childishly drawn scene near the beginning where theyre dreaming about their 'impossible' future is. IT COMES TRUE!!!! almost. BECAUSE THE CHILDISHLY DRAWN VERSIONS OF THEM HAD SIXPACKS, ABHAHAHEBRBDJGJKE THAT IS SO FUCKING FUNNY TO ME-

Back to the art! it was all so... 3d... which is a bit of a redundant statement, considering that i watched the movie in 3d, BUT. it was so... lively ! they were all so animated (pun intentional)!! its such a UNIQUE artstyle and is so amazing and wonderful Ɛ>Ɛ>Ɛ>

im. i dont draw so i cant rly properly marvel at the wondrousness of the art, BUT AS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT ART??? ITS SO FUCKING PRETTY AND BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

oh and all the little connections and references and parallels to the other iterations of tmnt!!! their goofy-ass belts w their initials, splinter being like... was it 2003 splinter that was originally a rat instead of a human? OH the movie also kinda reminded me of bay tmnt in some ways! cant rly explain it... but there are connections to all the other shows and movies and its so cool ... (not pointing out any rise or 2012 connections because theyre just so INHERENT??? mm is, in a way, kinda like if rise were 2012. BUT ALSO NOT. BECAUSE ITS A SEPARATE THING. but its one way to describe it.)

but also, quickly going back to aprileo thing, i dont. im not into it. leo, i support your rights and wrongs, TRUST ME I DO, but. idk abt this one, man... i rly hope they dont make aprileo properly canon and april just rejects leo. tbf im not big on romance in general, but i rly do think of the turtles and april as being family. aprileo is just odd. BUT I AM VERY GOOD AY IGNORING ROMANCE SO. hopefully i wont have to do that tho.

SPEAKING OF ROMANCE. THE FUCKING SPLINTER X THAT ONE COCKROACH MUTANT? THAts KINDA DISGUSTING BUT ALSO FUCKING HILARIOUS. never thought id see a rat and a cockroach making out be animated in a movie. that cockroach is splinters cockroach friend back when he was just a rat, wasnt she... SHE DIDNT DIE AFTER GETTING RUN OVER BY A SCOOTER!!! accurate to real life cockroaches lmaooo

and the climax of the movie!! i cant believe leos 'we can do it' speech worked. like. POP OFF, but. raph is right, only time leo was ever cool Ɛ> /aff

and the ending of the movie,,, THEY GET TO GO TO SCHOOOLLL!!! WITH APRILLLLLLLL (O'NEILLLLL)!!!!!!

mikey gets to join the improv comedy club.... im unashamed to say that i legit laughed at his 'australian nike is crikey' joke LMAO. its. im laughing just thinking about it. dont. dont question me, i love bad jokes sm

mikey looks like a watermelon Ɛ>

watermelon guy... but fr, mikey is v pog tooooo!! i dont particularly have much to say about him,, i didnt pay much attention to him honestly, but hes still VERY COOL

and raph is cool too!!! i just didnt pay much attention to him either qhdhjd

OH. EVERYBODY LISTEN TO ME: MIKEY AND RAPH ARE TWINS. FUCKING FIGHT ME. WERE IGNORING THE FACT THAT THEYRE ALL THE SAME AGE. MIKEY AND RAPH ARE TWINS. THEYRE GOOFY TOGETHER.

i love them all so much holy shit.

i love this movie so much.

its so amazing.

its so pretty.

the plot is so goofy.

i cant wait for the tv show.

Ɛ>Ɛ>Ɛ>Ɛ>Ɛ>Ɛ>Ɛ>Ɛ>Ɛ>Ɛ>

[belovedhyacinths]

One of my favorite Spirit phone songs is You’re at The Party, don’t get me wrong- I love every song on that album, but the chaos that unravels at the end of this masterpiece is just AAAAA funky. I haven’t gone too deep into the meaning of the song, but I love how it starts off somewhat normal and then by the end it starts descending into madness. With all of the repeating voice lines together, it induces this feeling that the listener is listening to something they shouldn’t be. Not in the sense that it’s creepy but rather that the lines overlapping seem to be contradictory. The louder voices are showing that the person in the dream is having the time of their lives while the quieter ones are insisting for you to “wake up” or that it’s “too late”. It gives some depth to the song which is kind of cool.

My theory is that someone broke into your house while you are sleeping which is… probably not correct.

TLDR: YOURE AT THE PARTY BY LEMON DEMON SCRITCHES MY BRAIN

[jarognieva]

Jara (❤️), tell me - what Micolash means exactly for you? I mean, we all love him, but every person has their own reasons. Maybe he represents for you something or is associated with anything? Or something else?

Hiii 🖤

Soo with what should I start hmm...

I've been always into villains I think? Always. Even as a child I was huge fan of Scar for example (back then I was feeling bad for his pathetic end but... now I think this is excellent. Really. Bad guy ending in pathetic way as consequences of his failed ambitions instead of turning into sweet cool guy who decided to be good somehow. Evil until the end. I love this). Or Jadis from The chronicles of Narnia. Yes, I was little shit and already then I've been feeling that villains are cool xD Especially when they have dark gothic aura like The Witch-King from Angmar (I was obsessed about him for years).

Okay but you asked about Micolash xD He fit into all of these things I mentioned before! He's evil, his ambitions led him to pathetic end, also he's kind of (stinky) gothic nerd xD

During my first playthrough I was... pleasantly surprised? This was something new. The boss fight which is not quite a fight. I had to looking for him and quickly I realised that THE HUNTER here is in fact the toy in his play. You see, Micolash doesn't only run away. He WAITS for you, he looks if you follow him so he can troll you by making tricks like disapearing in the fog or jumping into mirror (shame he doesn't have two healthbars like some bosses in Dark Souls 3 or Elden Ring, so the trick with "dying" in the first phase wasn't so convincing). Most (if not all) boss fights are kind of duel (okay, very hard duel but still) and here you completely lost control of the situation! You don't see the opponent or you can't reach him, meanwhile he mocks you with his disturbing and charming at the same time voice. This is HIS wonderful nightmare, his lucid dream in which he can do whatever he wants. I was absolutely delighted. And surprised when I found out on the internet that people hate him because of all of this.

It is worth to mention that... I adore evil, disturbing and cursed things? The more creepy stuff I find about him, the more I'm in love. His both cutscene and ingame models are cursed? Excellent. He's responsible for all terrifying things that we've seen in Yahargul and feels no remorse for it, and probably enjoys all of this? GREAT! Theories and headcanons that turn him into more evil mad man? Hell yeah! This man lives rent free in my head! He's my nr 1 blorbo ever.

[karinamay]

Writing interview tag game

Thank you @cinnamontails-ff for the taaaag now I get to ramble about writing hell yes

When did you start writing?

I've been writing stories basically as long as I can remember, and I was a very avid journal keeper between ages like 7 and 21. First time I decided I was going to "write a book" I was 10, and me and my best friend at the time got permission to spend 2 hours or so every week at school to work on it because it was a "good creative persuit", whic was pretty cool. I have been writing fiction ever since, and I think I started writing fanfic around when I was 16 or so, so about 14 yearsish ago.

Are there different themes or genres you enjoy reading than what you write?

I write (urban) fantasy/romance pretty much exclusively, but I read all sorts. I do enjoy me some good dystopian, and some scifi here and there, and from time to time I 180 into reading less fantastical literary fiction that borders on nihilistic-satire-black comedy ish (I've read Bret Easton Ellis' entire bibliography, to give an idea). In the end most of what I read is in the fantasy with either romance or found family (or, ideally, both) realm though, I love escaping to magical worlds.

Is there a writer you want to emulate or get compared to often?

I try not to compare my work actively to other writers'. Of course there are writers I admire and look up to, but there isn't a writer that I want to "write like" really. I write very much like me. And with that, I don't think I've ever specifically been compared to another author? Not that I can remember anyway.

Can you tell me a bit about your writing space?

My current writing setup is in my living room, which is not ideal, it's just because my wifi doesn't reach into my office well enough. I am in the process of moving my shit over there though, so I'm excited to turn that into a bit more of an inspiring space. The only nice thing that I currently have in my writing space is my recently spruced up "bookcase" (I'll put a picture under the cut.)

What's your most effective way to muster up a muse?

Work for it. Nine out of ten times when I sit down to write I don't already have the spark or whatever that I need. (The tenth time is a great day, but it just doesn't happen very often, and it also doesn't actually necessarily mean your writing will be better that day.) When I have sat down on the days when it's not immediately there, and I start writing, it will usually come. It's kind of a stupid writing will come from writing loop that feeds itself, if that makes sense.

Are there any recurring themes in your writing? Do they surprise you?

Healthy communication is a big one, whether that's between romantic partners or any other kind of relationships. I write a lot about power and corruption and I'm big on found family. None of this is surprising at all. What is surprising to me is that I've started leaning more into creepy/eerie/horrory realms over the past year or so, which isn't really a theme, but definitely a genre I never thought I would enjoy so much.

What is your reason for writing?

Because it's the closest we can get to magic in this world. I get to dream up worlds and people and watch them try and fail and succeed and evolve, give them life, give them reason, fear, doubt, love, everything. It's fucking brilliant, and even though I get stuck and it's frustrating, I will never be able to not do it, because I don't know how not to.

Is there any specific comment or type of comment you find particularly motivating?

"I felt like I was there" is something that will always get me, that motivates me to no end. And I love when people start theorising, trying to figure out what's going to happen next. I weirdly get drawn into the theories, even though I know what happens next. I love it.

How do you want to be thought about by your readers?

Huh, I don't know. As someone who really cares deeply about the story I'm writing, I think. And hopefully as someone who captures the voices of the characters they love and who does them justice.

What do you feel is your greatest strength as a writer?

Dialogue. My stories are very dialogue driven, and I take a lot of pride in how the dialogue runs. And hand in hand with that dialogue, knowing when to throw in a bit of humour, especially in a dark story, without it feeling cheap.

How do you feel about your own writing?

Depends on the day, although I'm starting to get to a place where I'm generally pretty happy with it. There are many things I know I can improve on a lot still, but in the end, I do like what I'm writing, and I do think other people do/would like to read it.

It's a work in progress but the vibes are vibing imo.

[apurikottotii]

april song recs!

bro i am about to die from stress (aps, college, LIFE???) but that's ok because i found so much banging music this month. trying to not feel sad by being busy af. but being busy also makes me sad. talking to other people make me sad. smh. idk man. however es milgram has entered my life and i am very happy for that (i love you pookie).

after looking at this list will you believe me if i say i don't like deco27?

--- hibana (es cover) - deco27

i think i listened to this song more than any other song i've listened to for the past YEAR. i need hibana (specifically the es cover) injected into my soul RIGHT NOW. it's so goddamn good. i love the chord progression, how es sings every line, the bridge, how much emotion there is, everything about the song. when es's cv whispers the words with the sung version layered with it my soul transcends. like every other deco27 song, of course it's a complicated song about love. but!!! but!!! i also love the "knock knock", etc. that starts every verse. it's so good. i also love HOW THERE'S A VERSE IN ENGLISH THAT IS SO COOL I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE UNTIL I READ THE LYRICS ASDFISDNFASN. when es sings "ah-ha-ha" i go IUFAINDASIFNASIDASUD. when i hear the background harmonies i go AISUDFNASDFOASDNFASMFAOS. personal favorite lyrics: "I don’t want to harbor a love that will never end" / "it’s “incomplete”, I’ll say it time and time again" / "amidst a love that missed hitting 'NO'" / "come on, melt me more properly!" i love you es.

--- the good child and the fox spirit - kikuo

guess who finally listened to this song after it being on my "to listen" list for months because of a milgram animatic. listen, when you're starved for content you gotta do what you gotta do. anyways, that animatic is so fire i love it so much but this is not about the animatic. I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH. it's so catchy and creepy and the notes slide into each other so well i can't believe kikuo never had formal music theory education.

--- string theocracy - mili

this shit is CRAZY. at first i didn't notice that it was in english because of the distinctive sort of "j-pop" style, but as i listened closer, my brain exploded. it's so jazzy, so fun and the lyrics are really really profound and moving. this song supports my argument that songs in english are not inherently cringe- it's just that they've been molded into a specific style that sounds really cringe. personal favorite lyrics include: "if you're gonna control me, at least make it interesting theatrically" / "if you're gonna replace me, at least have the audacity to kill me throughly" / "and if you love me, can you love your everything too, for me?" i also love the reference to "do androids dream of electric sheep" awww yeah. it's just such a fun listen and it's so indie. makes me feel so... asdfnsf. did i mention it's SO JAZZY???

--- half (es cover) - deco27 (milgram)

--- liar dance - deco27

--- android girl (haruka cover) - deco27

--- diary of underage observation - kurage-p

honorable mentions: little party never killed nobody (i love the great gatsby okay), happy synthesizer (i need to listen to more classics- i did not expect this and kimagure mercy to sound so good but they absolutely SLAP), sobakasu (this song makes me :( when i listen man... reminds me of an old friend. i absolutely love the timbre of the singer's voice- it's so RAW. i've never heard a song with more emotion)

[stereocyon]

tagged by @chrysopid like several months ago and completely forgot about it until iwas clearing out my drafts OOPS OOPS OOPS

Are you named after anyone? LOL not anymore

When was the last time you cried? yesterday due to having dropped my girlfriend off at the airport :(

Do you have kids? nop. + mixed feelings on whether i even want them lmao

Do you use sarcasm a lot? not really i just like. exhibit a sort of silliness that is similarly not to be taken seriously

What's the first thing you notice about people? probably Cool Outfits or voice due to it taking a bit of warming up before i can like. look at someones face without wanting to faint immediately

What's your eye color? blue with a big creepy black ring around. The scary looker

Scary movie or happy ending? scary movie in theory but ive been wicked anxious lately so i sort of cant stomach much horror rn without it wrecking my vibe. :(

Any special talents? umm. cooking i think B) and i can make a funny trumpet sound with my mouth. and i can play piano pretty good i guess but ive neglected it for ages

Where were you born? i was born in a hospital that they started tearing down almost immediately after my birth and still have not finished tearing down

What are your hobbies? ive been reallyyy into dyeing things. also listening to music #music #musiclife #musaic. also plant identification

Have you got pets? i have one huge orange cat VINCENT and i live with my parents who have three other cats and a dog lmao

What sports do/have you played? ive never been a sports guy, i was an asthmatic kid and people were actively cruel to me in situations because of it so it really put me off sports in general. right now i can kind of only say that i relish in taking pointlessly long walks and i really need to get back into swimming

How tall are you? one hundred sixty five scentimeters or like i think thats just about 5'5

Favorite subject in school? SCIENCE!!!!!!!!! in general! i love you science!!!!!!!

Dream job? eum theres a lot in my field i would be happy with but i keep encountering things in my field i DONT want to get into (academia, aquaculture, fucking being an ocean cop, uh etc etc) so like, idk, man i just want to make enough to support myself honestly and have a job that doesny make me want to krill my shellf

and whom do i tag. i think i tag NOBODY unless you think it would be enriching. do what you want forever. i love you

[watching-pictures-move]

Movie Review | Terrifier 2 (Leone, 2022)

I was not a fan of the first movie, whose cruelty I found a bit much to take despite thinking it was competent enough as far as modern slashers go, but I decided to give this a look given the fairly ecstatic reactions from my Letterboxd circle. And having seen it, I'm ready to throw my hands up in the air and admit that I don't get it. I found this overlong and lacking in any real grace notes, and as a result it might be my least favourite thing I've sat through in quite some time.

I see a lot of reviews praising it for its ambition, but is that just the runtime? Having a two and a half hour slasher seems maddening in concept (ninety minutes is the perfect runtime for these things), but I'm not sure the movie ever uses this runtime to its benefit. For all the narrative ideas here, none of them feel expansive or divorced enough from the movie's influences to have much novelty. There's no added scope to full up that runtime. Just more of the same. Just endless scenes of Art the Clown doing some insufferable epic mugging before brutally murdering and mutilating his victims in agonizing detail. (The mugging isn't just limited to Art; there's a pretty excruciating dream sequence as well.) While I generally think watching movies at faster speeds is idiotic, this is one case where I can sympathize with the impulse, as this feels like a ninety minute movie playing in slow motion.

In theory I'm the target audience for this, as I love violent horror movies and likely enjoy a lot of the same movies the filmmakers do. But with every gore gag, while I suspect most viewers might be impressed with the audacity of the bodily destruction being depicted, I found myself muttering "Seems a little excessive." So I found myself feeling disconnected from the majority of horror fans, as what appeals to me about splatter movies is less the extremity of the splatter itself but the way the splatter is delivered. The elaborate colour schemes and camera moves of Dario Argento, or the way Lucio Fulci will set up a thick fog of dread and pierce through it with a scene of horrific violence so that it carries a sledgehammer impact. I can't fault the quality of the special effects here, which depict acts of mutilation and dismemberment that stretch the physical possibilities of what can be done to the human body. But the presentation of these scenes is monotonous, Art mugging for endless minutes, taking apart his victims' bodies, all shot in uninspired compositions and a hideous colour scheme. (I found this movie extremely unpleasant to look at for different reasons than the filmmakers intended.) Perhaps if the movie brought a viewpoint to this violence other than "check out how cool this looks!" I might have gotten something more out of it, but especially at this runtime, I found the effect numbing more than anything else.

As for Art, I found him an effective villain in the first one, but after this, I'd be happy to never look at his stupid fucking face ever again. In the shorter runtime, I found him creepy enough, but here, I think it becomes clear how manufactured a presence he is, something too obviously designed to really unsettle. There's a found quality to some of the creepiest slasher villains, something tossed off, simple enough to be both plausible and needle into your subconscious. Look at Michael Myers with his William Shatner mask or Jason in the second Friday the 13th with his potato sack. Total blank slates. Body language defined purely by their capacity for murder. Look at Freddie Krueger in the original Nightmare on Elm Street and the way he feels like a collection of disconnected horrific sensations. Then compare them to Art the Clown and his overly detailed makeup and costuming, his elaborate physical gestures. I know which one I find creepier.